Fest 2017 Issue 3

Director

George Sully

Additional Design

Kyle McPartlin

Sales Executive

Sebastian Fisher

Cover Image

Kat Gollock

Lead Theatre Critic

Matt Trueman

Writing Team

Rosie Bannister, Theo Bosanquet, Arnoud Breitbarth, Marissa Burgess, Polly Checkland Harding, Seòras Coxon, Ruby Foster, Eve Green, Si Hawkins, Lauren Hunter, Malcolm Jack, Louise Jones, Katharine Kavanagh, Laura Kressly, Edd McCracken, Alice McGuire, Brett Mills, Daniel Perks, Lewis Porteous, Lucy Ribchester, Jay Richardson, Alice Saville, Claire Sawyers, Matthew Sharpe, John Stansfield, Tom Wicker, Ben Williams, Holly Williams, Kate Wyver, Will Young

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Rosamund West

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Deputy Editor Jo Caird

Artworker Silvia Razakova

Production Manager Jess Hardiman

Comedy 24 Desiree Burch

Bumming Around

Wild Bores Zoe CoombsMarr, Ursula Martinez and Adrienne Truscott get meta with the interview process.

Who's Laughing Now?

The director of Manwatching on the liberating power of anonymity.

Dancing with the Bard

The shows making Shakespeare shake his tail feather.

Plus: Venue Map and Listings

The only place for show listings ordered by time, including stars from our busy team of reviewers.

The American comic doesn’t waste a moment.

Theatre

36 Mouthpiece

Female experience, fearlessly told.

Dance, Physical Theatre & Circus

48 Border Tales

A multicultural cast explores ideas of Brexit Britain in this powerful piece.

Cabaret & Variety

53 Pollyanna

Rude and raunchy gender-focused performance with a decidedly political slant.

Musicals & Opera

54 Don Giovanni

The EIF disappoints with this plodding production of Mozart’s comic melodrama.

Kids

56 Kid Critics

The youngest members of the Fest team get in on the reviewing action.

Perfect Day

Struggling for ideas? Brain overloaded? Sit back and let Fest plan an ideal day at the Fringe

Henderson’s

94 Hanover Street

10:00am

While you’re soaking up the Fringe, it seems only right to embrace Edinburgh’s other historic charms. That includes brekkie at Henderson’s, a vegetarian and vegan mainstay that’s been knocking about for decades. Cherished for fresh, largely organic veggie-centric food, we recommend setting yourself up properly with the fry up.

The Extraordinary Time-Travelling Adventures of Baron Munchausen

New Town Theatre

12:10pm - 1:10pm

The timeless yet fictional German nobleman Baron Munchausen is now providing the premise for a comedy improv hour for kids. Taking suggestions from the audience based on the baron’s many adventures, expect anything from duels and elephants to castles built out of cheese.

Buried: A New Musical

C venues – C too

2:45pm - 3:45pm

Unearth your dark side and revel in this murderous musical set to a traditional folk score. In the wrong hands, this could be camp festival fodder, but for their Fringe debut Sheffield’s Colla Voce steer already strong performances into a beautiful black comedy, and put a sinister serial-killing spin on the classic boy-meetsgirl narrative.

Big Howard Little Howard: Man and Boy

Banshee Labyrinth

4:20pm - 5:20pm

Treat yourself to a little late-afternoon silliness courtesy of Perriernominated comedian Howard Read (aka Big Howard) and his mischievous animated alter ego Little Howard, who together make up a delightful multimedia double act that’ll function as the perfect interlude to your day. There are fart jokes, too.

Holyrood 9A

9A Holyrood Rd

7:00pm

By this point, your harmless desire for a casual daytime pint—it is the Fringe, after all—will have morphed into the beginnings of a potentially messy night out. Best get some dinner in you, old pal! With local craft ales (alongside the usual suspects, for those that just want a “normal drink”) and decently priced gourmet burgers, Holyrood 9A’s got your back in both areas.

Desiree Burch

Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus

10:00pm

End the night with some comedy on a bus –specifically, some top qual Desiree Burch standup on Bob’s BlundaBus! Burch’s latest show, Unf*ckable, is a gutsy tour de force that dabbles in her former life as a dominatrix and her experiences as a woman of colour, among much more.

Bumming Around

In Wild Bore, Zoe Coombs Marr, Ursula Martinez and Adrienne Truscott have created a glorious piece of theatre that skewers lazy criticism and explores the hierarchies of performance and critical discourse. A traditional interview seemed like just another iteration of that hierarchy, so we decided to turn the tables and print the interviewees’ take instead, plus some nuggets from Fest deputy editor— and reviewer—Jo Caird, to put it all in context. Here goes nothing…

The relationship between artist and critical voice is at the heart of Wild Bore, a show that developed, initially, Truscott recalls, from “the kind of chats you have at the artists’ bar: ‘Oh my god, I got the most amazing review, this person said such and such.’” Along with a “sadistic joy in recounting terrible quotes”, though, says Coombs Marr, there was a deeper frustration of having their work as female artists misunderstood: “There’s this thing of getting one of two responses, and sometimes both at the same time, which is either: you’re too political and too boring— banging on about feminism and politics—or it’s just so wild and wacky and crazy that you can’t even understand it.” So Truscott, Coombs Marr and Martinez made a show that allows them to occupy both those positions simultaneously, to be not just boring, but wildly so, and in the process pose all sorts of questions about whose voices are heard and whose are silenced.

I wouldn’t normally bring booze to an interview but a) this is the Fringe; and b) I thought it might get me a more favourable review. If they didn’t like my questions, at least they’d enjoy the hipster beers.

Jo Caird: Interview with Wild Bore / Review by Wild Bore

Every interview, like it or not, is shaped by those that come before them. Interviewers with an agenda and cagey, tired interviewees often result in a dance of mistrust –like two cats circling each other, at least in the beginning. Jo Caird’s interview starts, predictably, with a greeting: “Hello, how are you?” We’ve seen this before, countless times. A meeting is set, the players show up, a classic tale of interviewer and interviewees. But what next?

We sit in an upstairs alcove of a university building and, after commenting on the strange architecture of a badly planned atrium (it is truly, bafflingly awful, like the dirty area under a grandstand, but somehow in the middle of an office block) we sit around a low coffee table, sipping beers and plastic cups of wine. The setting is slightly open, and not ideal for an interview, but when are they ever?

Credit: Kat Gollock

Left to right: Zoe Coombs Marr, Ursula Martinez and Adrienne Truscott

We’re taken on a rambling journey through question and answer: “Where did the idea for the show come from?” and “How did you all meet” warm us up. This is somewhat well worn ground, perhaps, but Jo manages to avoid the drearier old faithfuls, such as “what does the name mean?”. We have always found this question a litmus test of types. If an interviewer is resorting to name questions, chances are they’ve done very little research. Jo, it seems, has. Her questions are a delightful mix of planned and spontane- ous. Enough space is allowed for the natural flow of con- versation, but with a safety raft of preplanned questions, written on a piece of ripped out notepad.

Eventually we delve deeper into the themes of the show, the larger implications of the work, and what we hope an audience might take away from it. By this point we are all chatty, throwing in the kind of jokes designed to make someone laugh in the moment, but also look good in print. We still have an outside agenda in our minds, but it seems to be going well. Of course years of disappointments by great interviews gone awry have left us untrusting, and afraid of misquoting. Too many times have we had those conversations that seemed to go brilliantly and then ended with a piece that seems to have been written by someone else entirely. And what artist can forget what Stacy Merkin did to Jenny Schechter when she reviewed her book in The L Word?

Indeed. I can tell you, for instance, that Martinez, Coombs-Marr and Truscott, who hail from the UK, Australia and the US respectively, have each received critical acclaim (for what it’s worth) for genre-defying solo projects exploring feminism, politics and performance. Truscott won the Ed- inburgh Comedy Award Panel Prize for her show Asking For It – A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pussy and Little Else! in 2013; Coombs Marr brought Dave, her hilarious mi- sogynist standup alter ego, to the Fringe in 2015 and 2016; and Martinez, as well as producing a body of provocative solo shows, directed Lucy McCormick’s Triple Threat, one of the most talked about shows of last year’s festival.

“The show’s not really about criticism, it’s about other stuff. If it was just about critics and artists it would be a really boring show. It’s mostly about bums,” says Coombs Marr. “It’s about expression and freedom and bodies and language and diversity and widening your vision,” continues Martinez. “Widening your arsehole,” rejoins Coombs Marr with a snigger. Ah, the arseholes – the trio spend the first part of the play with their bums perched on a trestle table, talking out of them in the actual words of real life critics who, it’s safe to say without spoiling the show, didn’t particularly enjoy what they saw. Anyone familiar with their work won’t be surprised by the flesh on display—all three are known for getting naked in the name of art—but the nudity here plays a different role. “It purely served a dramaturgical intention and solution initially,” says Truscott. “And then we were like, it’s the least gendered part of our bodies, and what happens when people known for being feminist or naked women put that on stage?”

Nonetheless, the interview with Jo Caird was enjoyable, comfortable and the time flew by, leaving us with the impression that it would come out well. But, as always, the proof is in the pudding.

Unfamiliar with The L Word, I had to look up this scene, in which Merkin “uses her gayness” to get Schechter to open up and then pans her and her book. Schechter, enraged, goes to the offices of the magazine that printed the interview and berates the receptionist. Whatever happens with this piece, I respectfully ask Truscott, Coombs Marr and Martinez not to storm the Fest office.

Who’s Laughing Now?

Manwatching gives an anonymous female writer a voice – via a different male comedian each day. Tom Wicker speaks to director Lucy Morrison about exploring gender expectations on stage

Here are a few of questions: do you think you’d hear someone’s words differently, if they were read out loud by someone else? And if they were funny words, might you laugh more or less? And what if those words were written by a nameless woman, but performed by a man?

These are issues raised by the Royal Court Theatre’s fascinating show Manwatching, which is at Paines Plough’s Roundabout Theatre at Summerhall. Each day of the Fringe, a different male comedian reads out a sharp, funny and frank monologue about sexual desire by an unnamed female writer. He hasn’t seen it before the moment he goes on stage.

The initial idea for Manwatching was brought to the Royal Court Theatre by the female writer, explains associate director Lucy Morrison. “The form of it was already in her head,” she says.

When she was younger, the writer, who “has quite a comic voice,” had the urge to try standup comedy. But an open mic night turned out to be “one of the worst nights of her life,” says Morrison. “It was an endless stream of men doing wank jokes. Then she got up and she had completely different material. She felt like a complete alien.”

The effect of that experience lasted. It resulted in the writer abandoning the idea of standup as a career, says Morrison, and left her with questions about how women who talk about personal subjects are viewed differently to men.

The narrative anonymity so integral to Manwatching arose because “she wanted to write something that was really, searingly honest about

heterosexual desire,” says Morrison, with “some layer of protection”. And it was a chance to interrogate “the series of judgments you go through when you do that as a woman, that you don’t as a man”.

Is there a risk that the show’s approach could just affirm the idea that there are some things that women can’t say on stage? That’s not how Morrison sees it. For her, Manwatching’s anonymity liberates the power of the writing, while also making people think. “If a woman stood up to do it, people would go, ‘Oh, that’s one particular woman’s experience – she looks like this, seems like that.’ Judgments are made.”

In contrast, when it comes through a man’s voice, “you really ask yourself how you’re listening to it –whether you’re listening to it in a particular way,” says Morrison. “You go: ‘Yeah, maybe I do accept material like that in a different way when a man comes on stage.’” She believes that “the form makes you actively think about all of those things”.

From the start—including an earlier run at the Royal Court—it’s been important that the piece is performed by comedians rather than actors. “Having an actor doing it exposed the fact that it wasn’t rehearsed, rather than celebrating that,” reflects Morrison. “The way a comedian attacks it in the moment felt like the right thing.”

I’ve seen Manwatching a couple of times and the relationship between script and performer is an engrossingly complex, evolving one. Depending on who’s on stage, it can be joyfully harmonious or almost adversarial – marked by a raised eyebrow or a

Credit: Kat Gollock

stumbled delivery. Sometimes there is an obvious, yawning gap between person and text.

It’s an exposing experience for the volunteer comedians. At two points, Manwatching’s script asks the audience to consider his performance and appearance. These deliberately thought-provoking moments about how we look at performers can be uncomfortable if that particular hour hasn’t gone well. It adds to the show’s wit-wrapped sharp edges.

Morrison and the writer have focused on all of the easily overlooked (by the audience) “tiny things that really do have an impact on his performance”, right down to exactly how the script is delivered into the comedian’s hands. It’s interesting how much of the humour survives, sometimes in spite of the delivery.

But the risk of things going wrong is wired into Manwatching’s DNA. “I actually find that really energising,” says Morrison. “It highlights that moment where word and act come together – when it doesn’t, it’s really obvious.” There have been a few shows, she adds, “where you think: ‘That wasn’t the right person doing it.’ But I stand by those as part of the form.”

“It works best when the comedian opens himself up to the material and just confidently allows it to flow through him,” believes Morrison. “That’s when the communication between the writer and the comedian is one of pure trust – him really listening to her.” It’s about the rhythm rather than perfectly landing a punchline. “My favourites are when that happens,” she says.

Morrison worked “really hard” with the writer to get Manwatching’s script “as performer-proof as possible,” from extensively workshopping it early on, to only including a couple of lines per page at key stages. “We’re trying to slow him down a bit,” Morrison says. While the show has some beautifully structured jokes, “there are moments where it’s more theatre. It’s darker, deliberately not as funny.”

Besides, even the script itself could differ between shows. “It’s brilliant and maddening at the same time,” Morrison says with a laugh. “Because the performer doesn’t have to learn it, it means we can change it.” The writer has been in to see the show since it opened in Edinburgh, she reveals. “She’s always working on it. She never really rests.” Morrison relishes this element of “liveness. The form allows us to do that.”

Since Manwatching first opened, has Morrison been surprised by how curious people have been about the identity of its writer? That anonymity hasn’t been “to create a kind of mystery around it,” says Morrison. “It was to give her what she needed, to be able to write it in the way she has.”

Then she smiles. “But it’s rather delicious, isn’t it, speculating?”

VENUE: Roundabout @ Summerhall

TIME: 7:25pm – 8:20pm, various dates between 4 Aug and 27 Aug

TICKETS: £15 – £17

“It works best when the comedian opens himself up to the material and just confidently allows it to flow through him”

Credit: Kat Gollock

DISCOVER NEW ZEALAND AT THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE 2017

WHITE FACE CREW - LA VIE DANS UNE MARIONETTE

BINGE CULTURE - WHALES

GILDED BALLOON AT THE MUSEUM @ 10:30

“A remarkable happening”

“Superb…Marvellous…Sublime…So good!…Absolute joy…World class”

Theatreview

- Theatre Scenes

BINGE CULTURE - WHALES

MODERN MAORI QUARTET: THAT’S US!

ASSEMBLY SATS & SUNS @ 12:30

“Hilarious and harmonious entertainment at its best”

Find out more

Theatreview

“A remarkable happening”

- Theatreview

MODERN MĀORI QUARTET: THAT’S US!

JULIA CROFT - POWER BALLAD

ASSEMBLY @ 14:25

“More of this please ”

“Hilarious and harmonious entertainment at its best”

The List

- Theatreview

TRICK OF THE LIGHT - THE ROAD THAT WASN’T THERE

BINGE CULTURE - ANCIENT SHRINES AND HALF TRUTHS

ASSEMBLY @ 14:35

“a delightfully dark adventure, engrossing, entertaining and emotionally touching”

★

“One of the country’s most exciting and original theatre companies” NZ Herald

★

★ ★ - Broadway Baby

ELEANOR BISHOP - JANE DOE

BINGE CULTURE - BREAK UP (WE NEED TO TALK)

ASSEMBLY @ 15:00

“… comedic gems and heartbreaking moments”

Theatre Scenes

“Breathtaking in its sincerity, groundbreaking in its approach”

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ - The Theatre Guide, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017

BINGE CULTURE - ANCIENT SHRINES AND HALF TRUTHS

WHITE FACE CREW - LA VIE DANS UNE MARIONETTE

SUMMERHALL @ 15:15 & 18:15

“Superb…Marvellous…Sublime…So good!…Absolute joy…World class”

Theatreview

“…plenty of fun to be had…”

★ ★ ★ ★ - The List

BINGE CULTURE - BREAK UP (WE NEED TO TALK)

JUAN VESUVIUS - I AM YOUR DEEJAY

SUMMERHALL MONDAYS @ 18:00

“Bizarre, sexy and very, very funny” Broadway Baby

The Skinny

“… comedic gems and heartbreaking moments”

- Theatre Scenes

JULIA CROFT - POWER BALLAD

TRICK OF THE LIGHT - THE ROAD THAT WASN’T THERE

SUMMERHALL @ 19:30

“… the pick of the crop” The Advertiser (Adelaide, Australia)

“More of this please ★ ★ ★ ★ ★” - The List (on 2016’s If There’s Not Dancing at the Revolution, I’m Not Coming)

ELEANOR BISHOP - JANE DOE

JUAN VESUVIUS - I AM YOUR DEEJAY

ASSEMBLY @ 23:00

“… insightful, powerful and must not be missed”

NZ Herald

“Bizarre, sexy and very, very funny” - Broadway Baby

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ - The Skinny

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Dancing with the Bard

From The Merry Wives of Windsor to Macbeth’s troubled heroine, the Bard is enjoying a renaissance this year when it comes to inspiring dance and physical theatre

“Ithink the way he uses language is to paint pictures, draw characters and scenes. He shows us the story,” says Kally LloydJones, artistic director of Company Chordelia, whose Lady Macbeth: Unsex Me Here runs at Dancebase throughout August. Taking its name from Shakespeare’s enigmatic anti-heroine and one of

Credit: DavidFoulkes

Credit: Patrick Moore

Rosalind

Lear

her most famous lines, the piece sees Lady Macbeth played by three male performers, addressing the play’s overt and underhand themes of gender and power. “What dance and movement can do is create meaning without always being literal, so there is space for ambiguity or for creating an emotional world which does not exist so easily in words,” says Lloyd-Jones.

shape of the dance. “Sometimes something would just capture me, like the BSL for ‘funeral’ and I incorporated that into the choreography of the final section to Mozart’s Requiem.”

Words do feature in Lady Macbeth: Unsex Me Here, however not always of the oral kind. The production is a collaboration with Solar Bear, a Glasgow-based company which creates theatre with a focus on the D/deaf community, and British Sign Language (BSL) has formed a starting point for some of the choreography. At times, explains Lloyd-Jones, verbatim phrases from the play have been translated into BSL, at others embedded BSL words inform the

New pathways to Shakespeare have always found traction in music, art and film, but it seems the Bard is enjoying a particular renaissance in dance this year at the Fringe. Also at Dancebase, John Scott Dance’s Lear promises to delve into themes of parental love and transformation. James Cousins Company’s Rosalind at Summerhall gets to the heart of the tangled gender politics of As You Like It. Korean company Chang Moon are presenting The Merry Wives of Windsor in dance form at Greenside, and Gecko’s The Dreamer over at the Pleasance marries A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Shakespeare’s Chinese contemporary Tang Xianzu’s The Peony Pavilion

As Lloyd-Jones knows, sometimes looking at a familiar text from a different angle can illuminate new corners. “Of course, you keep finding new things. I have found myself becoming more and more immersed in the character and story of Lady Macbeth so the rest of the play has sort of receded in my mind – which is the very opposite of what happens in the play.” / Lucy Ribchester

SHOW: The Merry Wives of Windsor

VENUE: Greenside @ Infirmary Street / theSpace on Niddry St

TIME: times vary, 15–19 Aug

TICKETS: £8

SHOW: Rosalind

VENUE: Summerhall

TIME: 4:30pm – 5:35pm, 4–26 Aug, not 7, 14, 21

TICKETS: £13

SHOW: The Dreamer

VENUE: Summerhall

TIME: 1:30pm – 2:40pm, 2–15 Aug, not 9

TICKETS: £11.50 – £14.50

SHOW: Lady Macbeth: Unsex Me Here

VENUE: Dance Base

TIME: 8:00pm – 8:55pm, 4–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21

TICKETS: £12

SHOW: Lear

VENUE: Dance Base

TIME: 4:15pm – 5:15pm, 23–27 Aug

TICKETS: £10 – £12

“Dance and movement create meaning without always being literal”

Credit: Yin Xuefeng

The Dreamer

Desiree Burch: Unf*ckable

The American comic doesn't waste a single second in this riotously funny and searingly honest hour

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Comedy Reviews

COMEDY CRITIC

That said, after Trump’s election last November—the event that inspired much of this show—it was probably only a matter of time before he had us teetering on the brink of a third world war. As Barnes points out, there was something distinctly apocalyptic about the events of 2016.

This is a storming hour of standup from the acclaimed comedian. On the very same day that the news came in that Trump had won the US election Barnes turned 40, but despite the chaos in the world at large, she’s feeling pretty together. She’s loved up but maintaining her solitude, is child-free and happy, knows where she is in life and what she likes – including a bloody good bunker. The fact that she came to comedy slightly later than many (in her 30s), having lived a life already—she was a nurse—has been one of the secrets to her success – she won the BBC New Comedy Award in 2011. It’s provided her with a certain directness, a quality that is in full evidence in some deliciously blunt routines, such as one in which she creates a “fuck it list” rather than a bucket list.

For any Generation X-ers and older who lived through the chill of the Cold War, much of this will hit a chord. Younger readers, you may have all that to look forward to...

Embarking on his debut solo show after winning the prestigious Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year at Leicester Comedy Festival in February is Alasdair Beckett-King. Industry eyes may be on him, but he has nothing to worry about – The Alasdair Beckett-King Mysteries is an assured hour.

Like many inaugural shows at the Fringe, Beckett-King’s is a kind of ‘introduction to...’. Unless they’ve got a strong back story, for some acts it can be a touch underwhelming, all “I look a bit like...”, “People always say to me...”, “In the town where I’m from...”. But Beckett-King is already onto a winner as there’s something otherworldly about him, even before he opens his mouth, blessed as he is with beautiful long red hair, skin whiter than a BNP rally and natty, 19th-century dandy dress sense. Even

Pleasance Courtyard, 7:15pm –8:15pm, 2–27 Aug, not 14, £7.50 – £10 Alasdair

Pleasance Courtyard, 6:00pm –7:00pm, 2–28 Aug, not 14, £7.50 – £9.50 Ali

Heroes @ The Hive, 2:30pm – 3:20pm, 4–26 Aug, not 9, 22, £5

It turns out that Angela Barnes’s show Fortitude, set in a nuclear bunker, is even more apt this week as Trump and Kim Jong-un poke metaphorical sticks at each other and try and work out who’s the most batshit of the pair.

Angela Barnes

the ginger jokes he makes about himself are more inventive than most.

Sensibly he’s incorporated visuals and readings to break up the standup and avoid that notorious 40-minute mark lull, using them to showcase his eclectic and unashamedly highbrow tastes. How many Fringe shows boast readings from poet and painter William Blake, representations of Jesus through the ages, and Romanian communist health and safety posters? It all adds to the delightfully idiosyncratic feel of the show. The kind of hour you’d expect from such a distinctive act.

Usually favouring prop and character-heavy shows, Ali Brice is trying a different direction this Fringe following an incident with a Stanley knife creating one of those props back in January – Ali Brice’s Never-Ending Pencil sees him embracing straight standup.

Though he’s leaving his eccentric alter ego Eric Meat behind for this year, it’s not actually that straight a show: he drifts onto the stage in a monk’s outfit, anointing all within his reach, then flips back his cowl to reveal his shades, and cranks up the dance beats.

Today’s performance is something of a muddle but

thoroughly enjoyable nevertheless. Easily distracted, he uses up some of his time on banter with the audience. It’s easily done, as with a sprinkling of mates down the front, a verbose Canadian in the second row and “easily pleased Louise” on the far side of the room, the crowd provide ample responses to a flurry of nonsensical questions. Everyone plays along goodnaturedly, creating a warm atmosphere in the room.

Eventually he manages to explain that the pencil of the title is a particularly posh one, the remaining one of a set bought for him by his parents and embossed in gold with his name. It’s a thread that's importance becomes clear by the close of the show – he’s more on topic than it first appears, it turns out. A little later, a happy pink shower cap perched on his head to diffuse anxiety, he divulges material that’s a touch more frank, and pretty dark.

Somehow Brice manages to be silly, heartwarming and moving in one hour. It doesn’t quite gel but he’s got something of note in there. Maybe it’ll come together tomorrow. Or maybe next year. In the meantime, this is an intriguing hour of comedy that’s certainly worth your while.

Alasdair Beckett-King

Ali Brice

Credit: Jill Wooster

Trygve vs a Baby

"The show is a chance for Wakenshaw to roll out another batch of his gloriously silly characters and scenarios, with Phinneas serving as a sort of punchline incarnate" – p. 24

Shappi Khorsandi: Mistress and Misfit

"Charming and heartfelt, Khorsandi candidly tells tales that her usual audience might find shocking" – p. 22

Evelyn Mok: Hymen Manoeuvre

"A cake-obsessed, sexually repressed self-deprecator for the Sex in the City generation" - p. 28

Infant Hercules

"The show lacks dynamism and however much McGlade tries to propel it on through, shouting louder just makes for an uncomfortable hour" – p. 30

Matt Forde: A Show Hastily Written in Light of Recent EventsAgain!

"Funny as much of it is, it’s all very measured, and seems to pull its punches when it comes to big, belly laugh punchlines" – p. 31

Jordan Brookes: Body of Work

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VENUE: Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake

TIME: 6:15pm – 7:15pm, 3–27 Aug, not 14

TICKETS: FREE

Jordan Brookes’ latest hour signals a minor evolution in Fringe comedy, beyond the sincere dead relative tribute but also the mockery of it. In terms of intent, his stated aim of acknowledging his late grandmother feels heartfelt. But he’s also conveying it quasi-physically, with his lungs, arsehole and eyes rolled right back into his head, this expressive comic delivering a bizarre panegyric that’s as much about exercising control over his body as exorcising the demons within it. Featuring the basest elements of familial, self and animal love, Body of Work is a magnetic display, with

Brookes’ limber, often grotesque performance too big for his intimate venue.

His proximity to the crowd remains a boon though, as it lets him truly force a connection onto them, even as he’s mouthing obscene vocal warm-ups. The suggestion that any one of us could storm the stage reinforces a sense of risk, regrettably confirmed by a smattering of walkouts. Such self-indulgent strangeness won’t be for everyone.

For the most part, Brookes is gamely playful, messing about with the conventions of mime, character and confessional comedy, seemingly with no great intent beyond seeing if he can get away with it. But his animated eyes and, indeed, complicit other body parts are windows into his troubled soul. As in previous years, he raises his mental health without browbeating you with it, his cartoonish delivery keeping it light even as he explores what can only be characterised as some extremely dark and truly fucked up shit. /

Jay Richardson

Shappi Khorsandi: Mistress and Misfit

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VENUE: Assembly George Square Studios

TIME: 6:40pm – 7:40pm, 3–27 Aug, not 14

TICKETS: £13 – £14

Tragic yet uplifting, Shappi Khorsandi’s love letter to Emma, Lady Hamilton in her new hour Mistress and Misfit is a subtle and touching hour of comedy from a standup

The Harry and Chris Show 2

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VENUE: Just the Tonic at The Mash House

TIME: 2:20pm – 3:20pm, 3–26 Aug, not 14

TICKETS: £5

It’s not damning with faint praise to say that some shows sit perfectly in their mid-afternoon time slot. This sweet show is the perfect tonic for anyone wanting to escape the lunacy of the madcap Fringe, for it’s a charming and uplifting hour of good tunes, sharp lyrics, and endearing performers.

Harry Baker is a performance poet and Chris Read is a jazz musician, and together they form a duet whose witty wordplay enlightens the soul. It’s a stripped-back show, with just the two of them, a couple of microphones and a guitar. But what they also bring is their lifelong friendship, which reveals itself

who knows her craft inside and out. Much like all the men that seemed to cross her path during the 18th century, there is a genuine love and affection from Khorsandi for her chosen subject and no great deal of pity for a woman probably most famously known as Admiral Nelson’s mistress.

A woman disregarded by many on account of her perceived lack of virtue, Khorsandi seeks to find common ground with a woman who served as scullery maid, prostitute and muse. Paralleling her life with that of Emma, Khorsandi is able to look at the impossible standards and strictures that kept women ‘in their place’, and the emotional

blackmail that imprisoned Emma for long periods of time. Something that Khorsandi herself has had to endure, not just as a comedian in a male-dominated landscape but in her romantic endeavours too.

Charming and heartfelt, Khorsandi candidly tells tales that her usual audience might find shocking – and a pretty impressive recitation of Stormzy’s ‘Shut Up’ that really didn’t catch the ear of the mostly over fifties crowd at this performance. They make for a refreshing show, however, about what it is to be a woman in today’s world, acknowledging that while it could be so much worse, it should be so much better. /

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in their instinctive interaction and unthreatening ribbing. Their songs take trivial ideas—such as imagining the life of a panda—and turn them into fizzing celebrations of language, leavened with laid-back tunes. So central is their friendship to their appeal that a song about a potential cause of conflict between them generates genuine gasps of concern from the audience.

A small piece of improv doesn’t fly as it should, but this is the only

misstep in a tight set that is impressive in its relaxed casualness. The final song offers a simple worldview that is uplifting in its honesty, just perfect for returning to the outside chaos.

They note that while this show is numbered ‘2’, it’s their first in the comedy section as they previously performed under the category of ‘spoken word’. The audience reaction here suggests they’ve made the right move. / Brett Mills

VENUE: Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus

TIME: 10:00pm – 11:00pm, 3–27 Aug, not 15, 22

TICKETS: £5

Desiree Burch is an old-school standup. The kind you’d have at a fantasy dinner party. Barely a moment is wasted in the riotously fun Unf*ckable, an hour that fully justifies why, for her, a bright future surely lies in wait.

Desiree Burch: Unf*ckable HHHH Trygve vs a Baby HHHH

Seemingly wound up by a mech-

anised key before being unleashed on stage, she unfurls a neverending barrage of energy, operating on a breathless stream of gags and barely pausing to take stock. Once she hits her stride, you never want her to break it, and her audience can’t help but will her on as she descends deeper into the tales of depravity.

She’s a master of the extended routine (each plot point is structured expertly and every detail is squeezed for all its worth), here telling the story of her former life as a dominatrix, and then as a plaything for rich pervert bosses. She touches on her identity as a woman

of colour, and her plight against the preconceptions assigned to her. Burch sure knows how to work a room, and the chaotic result is an enjoyable blend of style and substance.

It’s comedy from the gut, and the cramped top deck of the Blundabus consolidates the intimacy of her debauched tales. Here Seinfeld’s “no hugging, no learning” mantra is stretched to its logical limit, unless you’re a 275lb sex worker who’s now going to quit their job in search of greener pastures. If you can stomach the gory details, it’s well worth your time.

/ Matthew Sharpe

VENUE: Assembly Roxy

TIME: 3:00pm – 4:00pm, 3–27 Aug, not 14, 21

TICKETS: £11 – £12.50

Thirteen months ago, the award-winning New Zealand mime artist Trygve Wakenshaw and his wife Lisa had a baby. They called him Phinneas and now he’s a star, performing opposite—and endlessly upstaging—his father in a hilarious and heart-warming show that explores, ever so gently, ideas of performance, comedy and stagecraft.

Trygve vs a Baby is a chance for Wakenshaw to roll out another batch of his gloriously silly characters and scenarios, with Phinneas serving as a sort of punchline incarnate. Toddling into scenes in a succession of adorable costumes—baby boxing gloves, a lion’s mane and tail—his presence either enables a neat tying up

of whatever gag Wakenshaw Sr. has been building or, as is more often the case, triggers an even funnier sequence in which Papa Wakenshaw cajoles his offspring into ending the scene as planned. Not all of Wakenshaw’s skits hit the mark in conceptual terms, but you can’t fault his performance – such precision is rare to see.

Writing about a father ‘using’ his son to get laughs, it’s hard not

to make this caper sound a touch exploitative. But rest assured, it’s nothing of the kind – despite having eschewed an afternoon snooze today (there aren’t that many shows this Fringe that open with a nap disclaimer), Phinneas is a happy little soul and clearly enjoying both hanging out with his daddy, and the adulation of a whole theatre full of people. Warning: the joyful ending might just make you cry. /

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VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard

TIME: 7:00pm – 8:00pm, 2–27 Aug, not 14

TICKETS: £10 – £12

Phil Wang is, he states, a “child of Empire”. With a Malaysian father and a mother from Stoke-on-Trent, his British Asian-ness functions as a key driver in much of his set. This has potency, because it enables him to explore geopolitics and history in ways that would doubtless be rendered problematic coming out of someone else’s mouth. He revels in that licence, arguing for some of the positive outcomes of Empire and mocking liberal Brits whose right-on politics are not supported by his experiences.

But what’s interesting about this set is that it engages with these

Phil Wang: Kinabalu HHH Stephen Bailey: Can’t Think Straight HHH

VENUE: Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters

TIME: 5:15pm – 6:15pm, 3–27 Aug, not 14

TICKETS: FREE

Camp, effeminate, flamboyant. These are the words Stephen Bailey doesn’t want me to use to describe his show. Or, more accurately, he insists on them being starting points for an understanding of him, not the sum. A

ideas only from the midway point, as if rebutting the idea that Wang is only allowed to talk about identity politics. Which is good, as opening sequences about scary movies and the embarrassment of buying particular items in supermarkets demonstrate skill in spinning out comic yarns from unspectacular experiences.

It’s odd, then, that this ‘everyman’ material is delivered in a comic style that negates that commonality. Everything is a bit too slick, and I was reminded of the polished performance styles of big name American standups. While this indicates a skilful professionalism, it also serves to render everything as comedy alone, rather than as lived experiences. What could be communal observational comedy somehow doesn’t offer recognition as one of its pleasures. So there’s craft here, but a lack of those guttural, collective moments that bring audience and performer together.

/ Brett Mills

clear concern arises here of being pigeonholed as another camp comic, just the next in a long line of representations of homosexuality deemed acceptable by a mainstream straight audience.

Towards the end of the show he therefore delivers his message of self-realisation and tolerance. He notes he’s come to terms with who he is, and doesn’t care what others think. And he encourages the audience to do the same, seeing self-identity as something inescapable. Unsurprisingly, the audience cheers this exhortation for tolerance.

That said, there’s no denying that the comedy here is powered by the camp, effeminate and flamboyant persona he presents. Gags often

hinge on his superficiality, and he flirts with male members of the audience, bitchily dismissing their female partners. This is not to deny there’s skill in doing this effectively, and one of the problems of the long history of camp comedians is to undercut the talent of those who do it well. Stirling adds a class inflection—often referring to himself as “council”—that supplies an edge to the worldview he presents. So there are tales of working in supermarkets and all-inclusive family holidays that complicate the persona he’s concerned about being trapped within. In a culture energised by debates about identity politics, his exploration of comic identity has considerable heft.

/ Brett Mills

Twonkey’s Christmas in the Jungle

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VENUE: Heroes @ Dragonfly

TIME: 7:20pm – 8:20pm, 3–27 Aug, not 15

TICKETS: £5

“Now I’ll attempt my special dance, during which I may or may not throttle myself.” Such is onstage life for Mr Twonkey, aka Paul Vickers, now something of a Fringe stalwart having graced Edinburgh with his fantasy islands and freakish DIY puppets since 2010. Thankfully those years of toil haven’t led to the Twonkey brand becoming offputtingly polished, as yet.

Then again, it’s hard to know exactly how much of this heroic mayhem is actually planned. One splendid concept early on: due to this year’s labyrinthine plot Mr Twonkey offers the audience an actual narrative thread, a big red rope we can pull on if we get too confused. Unfortunately, while thrusting it forth (to yours truly) it gets caught up in his mic lead and trapped around his neck, so he gives up and carries on, dragging this twin tether around like some archaic prisoner harness.

It adds a hint of jeopardy to that dance, and as Twonkey wades into the audience to stroke someone with the lollypop of a Christmas pudding spider or make us sniff cheese garnished with a whiff of Taylor Swift, there’s as much hilarity about the rope-based carnage being wrought behind him. By crikey, it’s funny though.

Vickers is an interesting character offstage and on: he was formerly the man behind the credible indie rock band Dawn of the Replicants, and backing the bedlam here there’s a clever soundtrack burbling away, while Mr Twonkey can certainly belt out a tune. Las Vegas may still be a little way off though. /

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Evelyn Mok: Hymen Manoeuvre HHH

VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard

TIME: 6:00pm – 7:00pm, 2–27 Aug, not 14

TICKETS: £7 – £9

Evelyn Mok is an Eastern girl with some simple, Western ambitions – “Cake over dick any day, that’s my motto”. Ethnicity, food and sex form the building blocks for a solid debut Fringe hour in Hymen Manoeuvre, as she recounts in excruciating detail the experiences that have come to define her.

Born in Sweden to Chinese

Big Howard Little Howard: Man and Boy HHH

VENUE: Banshee Labyrinth

TIME: 4:20pm – 5:20pm, 5–27 Aug, not 10, 11

TICKETS: FREE

If you don’t like a well-worked fart gag, then this isn’t the show for you. There are other issues for you, too, but the main point here is that Howard Read (Big Howard) and his cartoon companion (Little Howard) have constructed an excellent and lengthy fart joke, which sets the tone for a fun and polished hour of technical wizardry and good-natured gags. And some farts.

The setup is as follows: Big Howard is a real man (genuinely, he’s quite big and 100 per cent real). Little Howard is not. He’s an

parents—with a touch of Indian heritage thrown in for good measure—Mok is a modern paradigm of multiculturalism, although she hasn’t necessarily felt the benefits herself. A confusing childhood left her with a muddled sense of identity, but now she’s reaping the rewards in terms of authentic material if nothing else. Actively eschewing the “naïve damsel in distress” tag people have pegged her with because of her Asian background, she now represents a sort of female answer to the schlubby Judd Apatow archetype. A cake-obsessed, sexually repressed self-deprecator for the Sex in the City generation.

It’s more interesting than it is funny, but her lethargic, rambling

delivery does contain enough payoffs to merit the pedestrian pace. She specialises in withering sass, although she does take the time to explain the emotional and physical fallout of her first sexual encounter.

Generally it feels organic and homegrown, which anchors the show in a comfortingly honest vibe. Anecdotal humour works best when it’s paired with humble sincerity, and that’s mostly what she offers (an extended tale about adult virginity wouldn’t really work were it not tethered to some kind of earnest reflection). Perhaps the running time stretches her material a little too thin, but she’s bound to fulfil the hype surrounding her soon. /

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eternal six-year-old, a figment of Big Howard’s imagination brought to life via a projected animation with whom BH interacts, bickers, fights and by whom he is consistently undermined. It’s a double act in all but the fact that only one of the parties is alive. And it’s a lovely dynamic. BH is bumbling, well intentioned, apologetic. LH is an assured idiot, consistently tactless without a second thought. Given the technical constraints, LH has to have ‘lines’, and the contrast with BH’s halting, more unsteady delivery is good fun.

There’s a not-entirely-wholehearted attempt to inject some weightier themes in here – politics and diversity for instance. But one suspects these are just handy hooks to hang the silliness on.

This is the first adult show the experienced kids entertainer has put together involving Little Howard in years, and he hasn’t attempted to change his modus operandi for the sake of some stupid adults. Read is strongest when he is silliest. And this show is delightfully silly.

/ Evan Beswick

Infant Hercules

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VENUE: Just the Tonic at The Caves

TIME: 11:00pm – 12:00am, 3–27

Aug, not 14, 21

TICKETS: £5

The Fringe is bloated with middleclass drama students and is more expensive for those performing than it is for those coming to watch the shows. This squeezes out less well-off artists and creates an imbalance of voices on the comedy circuit. That’s a pretty succinct way of expressing what Chris McGlade sets out to argue with his hour-long show Infant Hercules, only without the 60 minutes of invective and misplaced rage that goes along with it.

Chris McGlade is a proud working class man from the ‘boro (Middlesborough that is, the Infant Hercules of the title, which refers to the town’s strong industrial past) who laments his place as an ‘inbetweener’ in the comedy world: too working class for the “liberal

Patrick Turpin: Itty Bitty Little Titty Piece HH

VENUE: Underbelly, Cowgate

TIME: 10:40pm – 11:40pm, 3–27

Aug, not 14

TICKETS: £9 – £10

Patrick Turpin spends much of this show labouring under the notion that tedious, puerile schtick will accrue greater comic value the longer he persists with it. The hour sees him wag dildo after dildo in our faces, while making constant refer-

London comedy circuit” and too intelligent for the “Northern working men’s club circuit”. He has several legitimate beefs but never quite manages to legitimise them, instead spouting boringly offensive Jimmy Saville references and a misguided fat-shaming diatribe that comes only 20 minutes after defending the health problems of the working class and the conglomerates making them obese.

The show lacks dynamism and however much McGlade tries to propel it on through, shouting louder just makes for an uncomfortable hour that he may interpret as people being scared of the truth, but in reality is just an audience waiting for it to be over. He claims to be fighting for change, but his views on race, sexuality and class divides show a man unwilling to embrace it. / John

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ence to dicks – mostly his own, but also ours. The first appearance of a sex toy on stage is met with only a few generous chuckles and this reaction diminishes over the course of the gig. His persistence achieves nothing other than to make the set’s non-dick-related highlights seem like moments of sheer luck.

The root of Itty Bitty Little Titty Piece’s problems is that Turpin is a peculiarly charmless performer, over-familiar when he strives to be confrontationally weird. Lou Sanders, the show’s director, has form for testing audiences’ patience thresholds, but almost always gets away with self-indulgence because

her own incredulous amusement is so infectious. Her protege comes across as entitled by contrast, taking liberties with our time before we’ve even established a rapport.

The act’s ambition and determination to produce work which is decidedly offbeat is to be applauded, while the strength of some ideas buried beneath the dick material suggests that this may just be a misfire. Any enjoyment to be had from his more inventive moments is tempered by the repeated promise that he’ll soon get back to the penis humour, and we’re left wondering if this is what he thinks we really want.

/ Lewis Porteous

Athena Kugblenu: KMT HH

VENUE: Underbelly Med Quad

TIME: 5:50pm – 6:50pm, 2–27 Aug, not 14

TICKETS: £10 – £11

While it would be an exaggeration to describe this afternoon’s incredibly subdued performance of KMT as a failure, neither is it anything approaching a success. Athena Kugblenu is an intelligent, purposeful comedian who takes her inability to set the room alight in good stead. Smiling comfortably even as her material is met with silence, she is evidently less interested in pandering to our tastes and sensibilities than in being honest and true to herself. This isn’t a confrontational hour of standup, but one which is warm, passionate and, unfortunately, flat.

The comedian addresses issues as pertinent as diminishing public services, British imperialism and white privilege, making points with

Matt Forde: A Show Hastily Written in Light of Recent Events - Again! HH

VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard

TIME: 8:30pm – 9:30pm, 2–27 Aug

TICKETS: £12 – £14

The right and left are brought in for mild bashings in this satirical standup show, although the comedy stays mostly in the middle

which the largely left wing Fringe audience already seems to agree. In the context of a mixed bill circuit gig, these routines could doubtless seem brave, challenging and insightful. Here, Kugblenu is preaching to the largely unimpressed choir, her words reduced to little more than a soothing balm.

There’s a lot of potential on

of the road. Forde, host of Dave’s topical comedy show Unspun and presenter of his own podcast The Political Party, is an excellent mimic. He brings out a very bumbly Boris Johnson, a jolly-raging Nicola Sturgeon and a metal-loving Ed Miliband (he’s been sitting in for Jeremy Vine on his Radio 2 show recently, Forde explains).

Presumably conscious of how hard to swallow his pro-Blair stance has been for some in the past, he’s added a bit about Tony dodging questions on war crimes. Saving the best for last, his manbaby impression of Donald Trump

display here, but it the performer has to rethink her priorities if she’s to harness it effectively. KMT— which stands for Kiss My Teeth, a Jamaican expression—is too literal an hour of progressive thought. Were Kugblenu to experiment more with form, her material could really start to soar, or at least surprise us.

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gets the most laughs. The man once poetically described as “a mangled apricot hellbeast” by Scottish people on Twitter is imagined here, in a cream puff after not being invited to a children’s party. Leadership problems within UKIP and the DUP (“more UVF than IVF”) all get a pasting here too.

Funny as much of it is, it’s all very measured, and seems to pull its punches when it comes to big, belly laugh punchlines. Attempts at audience banter fall flat once or twice too, but the lukewarm bits are carried along by Forde’s smooth style. /

Claire Sawers

‘Transit evokes the spirit of JOIE DE VIVRE’

The Circus Diaries

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Following the success of the 2016 Fringe Hit Attrape Moi, Flip Fabrique returns with a new show.

‘True circus AT ITS BEST’

‘True AT ITS BEST’

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‘If you see one show at the Fringe MAKE IT THIS ONE ’

‘If you see one show at the Fringe MAKE IT THIS ONE ’

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Mouthpiece

Fearless performances and phenomenal choreography exploring bereavement and womanhood

Theatre Reviews

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LEAD THEATRE CRITIC

What a piece of work is a man? If this year’s Fringe has been big on binning old binaries—and rightly so—where does that leave the once great white male?

Around the world, he’s rallying by torchlight in the state of Virginia. He’s pushing women in front of buses on Putney Bridge. He’s picking up his paycheck at BBC Towers, penning anti-diversity memos to his fellow Google bros, tweeting his way to nuclear armogeddon. What about that guy? Won’t someone think about him?

Argentine duo Luciano Rosso and Alfonso Barón find him—where else?—down the gym in Un Poyo Rojo. This is what you might call Locker Room Dance. Dressed in vests and short shorts, the two men trot through a compendium of male movement. They mime phones and down pints, drop press ups and shadow box. It’s a face-off, a play fight; two skaters swapping tricks. Their dances swing from masc to femme, manly to camp. Dick swinging hip-hop drops to hair-flicking drag; Brazilian capoeira gives way to muscular ballet; Beyoncé to MJ to shake, rattle and roll. Even here there’s a spectrum.

It’s brilliantly witty – like banter in dance. Towel flicking contests twist into bullfights. Suspicion and brickmanship reign supreme, but beneath, there’s a sadness – the silence within. The two of them stop, and slip into sighs. Rosso toys with a cigarette or 10, fashioning a mask for himself out of fags. You sense, if not a death wish, then depression setting in. Live radio provides the soundtrack – from Front Row to club anthems. As they vie for control of the tuning dial, male voices talk Venezuela, then Razorlight kicks in. Barón wants talk radio; Rosso wants bass beats. Serious man versus partyboy who just wants to get fucked.

Out of that comes a tussle that provides the main thrust. Homoeroticism wrestles with homophobia throughout – not prejudice exactly, but fear of what might lurk within. Again and again, the two inch together. Again and again, they push each other away. It’s steamy as hell; sometimes tender, then uptight. It’s as if men are themselves lockers: steely on the outside, secrets within.

Onstage, real men are salesman – from Willy Loman to the sharks of Glengarry Glen Ross. The pair in Different Party, not so much. Grareth Krubb and Dennis Chang—aka Ruck’s Leather Interiors—are the bumbling creations of Kiwi comics Trygve Wakenshaw and Barnie Duncan. One’s squeezed into his blazer.

Un Poyo Rojo

Dance Base, 7:15pm – 8:15pm, various dates between 4 Aug and 27 Aug, £12

Trygve Wakenshaw & Barnie Duncan: Different Party

Assembly Roxy, 8:30pm – 9:30pm, 2–27 Aug, not 14, £10.50 – £12

Jelly Beans

Pleasance Courtyard, 3:15pm – 4:15pm, 2–28 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £8 – £10

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Un Poyo Rojo

The other’s swamped by his.

It’s a staple situation: the banality of carpet tiles and flip charts juxtaposed with absurd flights of fancy. It’s an expression of the emptiness of nine-to-five life, as sales speak becomes babble and briefcases become pets. Different Party’s best when it commits to that world—there’s a neat running gag about endless cups of coffee—but too often, Wakenshaw and Duncan resort to stock tricks. Good as their animal acts and jelly legs are, they never add up to a theory of man. The Fringe has seen this before and, frankly, seen it done better.

Unemployment’s not the answer, mind – that goes without saying. In Dan Pick’s debut play Jelly Beans a young bloke from Port Glasgow with too much time on his hands wallows in his bedroom, wanking himself silly. Webcams by choice – he likes the authenticity. Young girls with braces. Fannies with flaws.

This is a guy who sees through the fakery of contemporary consumerism, but still buys into it. He knows Pop Tarts are synthetic shite, but they’re still his breakfast of choice. He counts jelly beans

in amongst his five a day. And he spots the bullshit of movie men a million miles off: Keanu Reeves in The Matrix, cool as a cuke; Bruce Willis in Die Hard, chiselled as fuck; every suave-ass, wise-cracking, black-tied James Bond. Only the image still soaks into his subconscious. How could it not?

It’s why he feels so wasted, “so full of potential”. It’s why obesity disgusts him when it mobility scoots by. It’s why he snaps in the supermarket and fucks in pub loos. It’s why he keeps all his hurt to himself. Strong and silent, like. Strong and stable.

Adam Harley’s anything but. With his trousers rolled up and his check shirt tucked in, he seems kind of sweet. Goofy even. Less so with his face and clothes coated in blood. His eyes glaze over. Joylessness kicks in.

Pick writes in high definition, zooming in on every sweat gland and semen stain in sight. It takes you right inside his protagonist’s head but (and it’s a big but) to exactly what end? The effect is a cartoon masculinity, Martin Amis stylee, that gets its kicks from the very thing it sets out to condemn.

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Jelly Beans

Trygve Wakenshaw and Barnie Duncan - Different Party

Gimme Five

Mouthpiece

"What makes Mouthpiece extraordinary is how much is contained within it" – p. 36

Wild Bore

"They fight against critical arrogance by creating a show which descends into exhilarating, but tightly-planned chaos" – p. 41

Lula del Ray by Manuel Cinema

"They create a cinematic world right before our eyes; technically, this is an extraordinary endeavour" – p. 42

Staging Wittgenstein

"There are similarities to improv exercises, but it largely feels like the performers are mucking about" – p. 45

No Miracles Here

"This is an irritatingly cloying and upbeat exploration of mental health which only hints at the extreme sickness many have to endure" – p. 45

Mouthpiece HHHHH

VENUE: CanadaHub @ King’s Hall in association with Summerhall

TIME: 3:30pm – 4:30pm, various dates between 3 Aug and 27 Aug

TICKETS: £10

Mouthpiece centres around a writer who, after the death of her mother, cannot speak – but must give a eulogy at the funeral. It is also—ironically—a show in full, formidable voice: the two performers, Norah Sadava and Amy Nostbakken, together deliver one woman’s private, grieving tirade through dialogue, song, ululation and screams. Mouthpiece looks at how important and inconceivable it feels to represent the life of another; a lone microphone, the symbolic site of the eulogy, acts as a kind of vacillating magnet – a lure one minute, repellent the next.

What makes Mouthpiece extraordinary, aside from the utterly fearless performances and phenomenal choreography, is how much is con-

tained within it. The pairing of two people is used to achieve a myriad of different effects, through which daughterly bereavement becomes a conduit for the dissection of womanhood itself. Inner conflict is cleverly staged as Sadava parodies Nostbakken’s dilemmas about what to wear to the funeral – capturing how simultaneously crucial and crass this decision feels. Reflections on her mother’s restricted diet are counterpointed with a sales pitch on restrictive garments – and, at one point, Sadava adopts an external voice to critique the privilege contained in the piece.

The sheer weight of oppression on female experience is brilliantly accumulated, as the script cites adverts, magazines, jokes, films, insults – and even the science of tone, around which contradictory things are expected (low for power, high for feminine). By being rooted in the story of the piece, this doesn’t feel moralising – but make no mistake, this is an angry, punishing piece; exhausting even. It is also relevant, vital, and may leave you, too, speechless.

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Credit: Joel Clifton

VENUE: Summerhall

TIME: 1:10pm – 2:10pm, 2–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21

TICKETS: £15

“Proposition, dilemma, response.” That’s theatre, according to Anthony Nicholl, the worldrenowned actor who’s giving a masterclass today. So, what do we have here then?

Proposition: Nicholl gives a focused lesson in acting to enthusiastic student, Promise. He encourages her to dig into her history, to mine it for drama. Robert Goodale is spot on as the the avuncular, respected expert, bumbling

How to Act HHHH The Man on the Moor

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VENUE: Underbelly, Cowgate

TIME: 3:00pm – 4:00pm, 3–27 Aug

TICKETS: £9.50 – £10.50

On 12 December 2015, a body was found on Saddleworth Moor in the Peak District. The man, in his 60s, wasn’t identified for more than a year.

In Britain, someone goes missing every eight minutes. Of those, 2,000 people a year never come back. In his one-man show, author and performer Max Dickins is inspired by the story of the man on the moor to look at the reasons someone goes missing and the effects on their loved ones.

Dickins is captivating as

but assured. Jade Ogugua excels as the nervous (at first), compliant Promise. Both give the necessary spontenaity to Graham Eatough’s script.

Dilemma: Nicholl is white, male, of means. Promise is black, female. She was born in Nigeria but fled with her mother to England in the hope of escaping their corrupt, exploited, polluted home. Nicholl is in charge and pushes Promise into uncomfortable territory. Promise goes along with it, at first willingly and, increasingly, reluctantly.

It’s uncomfortable, sure. But theatre is about having the space to explore this stuff, right? It’s an egalitarian platform for finding the truth, right? The same sort of truth that Nicholl found all those years ago on a field trip to Africa. There, in a circle in the bush, they

experienced real theatre, a ritual unsullied by the chaos of Western life, and the artifice of our theatre.

Response: fireworks. Central to How to Act are issues of ownership and power. Who owns the territory and the resources – the stage being both of those things? Through whose lens is truth seen? If this all sounds laid on thick, it’s not, and that’s the strength here. Eatough’s production leads us through wideeyed enthusiasm at the start of the masterclass. Cracks start to appear, but we brush them off, until Promise’s discomfort becomes untenable and things fall apart. There’s a slighty off ending –symbolic where all else has been naturalistic. But it’s just a way of pulling the escape chord. By that point, the train has been wrecked. Transformative.

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Evan Beswick

Matthew, a fictional character based on another real-life disappearance, whose father vanished more than 20 years ago. He sees an article about the man on the moor, and believes it’s his dad.

He’s one of 40 people who contacted the police after seeing footage of the man on the moor— eventually discovered to be David Lytton—believing him to be their missing relative. This highlights the tricks the brain can play to make you see what you want to see.

The results of a DNA test come in, and Matthew goes through his

dad’s belongings, trying to find clues he may have missed before. He realised that he didn’t really know him at all— “There’s a core of us all that’s unreachable”—and in that knowledge, finds catharsis.

The writing is where the play shines. The language is intricate and lyrical, drawing you into the story. There are some wonderfully poetic lines, and Dickins interweaves fact and fiction, looking into the minds of those left behind.

To be missing, says Matthew, you have to be missed. You’d be a fool to miss this.

Rosie Bannister

Credit: Martin Hodgkiss

BY ALAN AYCKBOURN

Wild Bore HHHH

VENUE: Traverse Theatre

TIME: times vary, 8–27 Aug, not 14, 21

TICKETS: £21.50

If you ever feel that theatre critics are just talking out of their arses, this show’s for you. Three female comedians—Adrienne Truscott, Ursula Martinez and Zoe Coombs Marr—let out a stream of quotes from theatre reviews, their bums perched in front of microphones.

The three performers have surprisingly expressive rear ends,

Fag/Stag HHHH

VENUE: Underbelly, Cowgate

TIME: 4:00pm – 5:00pm, 3–27 Aug, not 14

TICKETS: £11.50 – £12.50

We’re probably not lacking plays about how tough it is to be a straight, white male. But that’s technically only half of Australian theatre company The Last Great Hunt’s Fag/Stag – and, besides, this is actually an astute, knottily funny exploration of identity and friendship.

Jimmy and Corgan became friends through Corgan’s ex-girlfriend. Now, as her wedding approaches, Jimmy has just broken up with his boyfriend and Corgan is lost. Together, they have Donkey Kong, but that might not be enough.

Fag/Stag is written and performed by Jeffrey Jay Fowler and Chris Isaacs. As Jimmy and Corgan, they sit side by side, perched on stools,

which bounce or vibrate with rage, or swallow pens in bafflement. But this is no incontinent flow of verbal diarrhoea: the joy of Wild Bore is the craft that’s gone into repurposing these reviews, patterning them and burrowing into their meaning.

The critical voices that get the biggest laughs are the old farts, puffed up with fury at the very idea that theatre they don’t like should have been allowed to come into being. But Wild Bore shows that all theatre criticism deserves to be criticised and satirised, whether it’s vitriolic or dripping with well-meaning sympathy. The artists focus on the phrase “for no apparent reason”, showing

how theatre critics assume that anything they don’t understand is either sloppiness or random whimsy. They fight against this tide of critical arrogance by creating a show which descends into exhilarating, but tightly planned chaos: each shitting, prancing, penis nose-wearing moment of insanity is a meta-theatrical callback to their critics’ words.

Predictably, Wild Bore does periodically disappear up its own arse, muddying its power with pettiness or tightly-wound, inward-looking analysis of what it all means. But it’s still so much hilarious, filthy fun: you come out feeling slightly soiled, gasping for air. / Alice Saville

talking to us and each other. One’s narrative mirrors the other’s as they let slip telling details.

The play drills insightfully into the misunderstanding, resentment and affection fuelling Jimmy and Corgan’s odd-couple friendship. Their wildly differing interpretations of the same events switch from spikily amusing to sad in a beat. Fowler and Isaacs make each falter interesting.

As Jimmy, Fowler is a rapid-talking bundle of quick wit, defensiveness and vulnerability. Isaacs wears Corgan’s smile like a mask. In subtle ways, their script catches the complexity and pitilessness of that lurking feeling that you’re not quite fulfilling your ‘role’, whether as a gay man or a ‘bloke’.

The result is a comedy that builds on its ‘bromance’ foundations into a satisfyingly unforced portrait of trying to work out who you are and where you fit. It unfolds with all the messy awkwardness, edges and humour of real life.

/ Tom Wicker

Mia: Daughters of Fortune

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VENUE: Summerhall

TIME: 2:45pm – 3:45pm, 8–27 Aug, not 14, 21

TICKETS: £10

This show from the terrific Mind the Gap theatre company sets out to explore “the truths and myths about learning difficulties and parenthood in today’s society”. It’s a failure if taken entirely on these terms.

The vast majority of its audience

Lula del Ray by Manual Cinema HHH

VENUE: Underbelly Med Quad

TIME: 4:30pm – 5:35pm, 2–28 Aug, not 14

TICKETS: £12.50 – £14

For all the praise that has already been heaped on Manual Cinema for the novelty, creativity and sheer imaginative chutzpah of what they do, it’s not enough. For those who didn’t catch last year’s hit Ada/ Ava, Manual Cinema’s USP is to create, well, a cinema experience, manually. Using a combination of overhead projections, colour slides and human actors in silhouette—as well as a live band—they create a cinematic world right before our eyes. Technically, this is an extraordinary endeavour.

It’s also a delightful aesthetic, the clunky lo-fi feel easily spanning the sweetness of young Lula’s caravan home, to the meanness of the big city; from the bright stars of

will enter the room aware that many people with learning difficulties are sexually active and in possession of fully functioning reproductive organs. The conflict between an individual’s right to autonomy over their own body and the availability of public resources required to ensure parents and children receive the care and support they need is a stark case of idealism versus pragmatism, an ethical debate in which concepts of truth and myth are rendered almost redundant.

Mia: Daughters of Fortune is wholly successful if approached as a provocative exercise in hu-

manising an issue that many prefer to look at coldly from a position of detachment. It’s refreshing and important to see charismatic marginalised people celebrate their stories, their dreams and their very existence, as they do here. The cast members are comfortable breaking from their script to engage in improvisation, and the distinct personalities of all four come across throughout bold and imaginative set pieces. Each is clearly aware of their own limitations and of the responsibility to plan and take ownership of significant life decisions.

/ Lewis Porteous

the night sky to the bright lights of a starry concert. It’s here Lula runs to, having become infatuated with crooners “The Baden Brothers”. The manner of production undoubtedly influences the style, but that’s not too much of an issue. There’s enough variety to keep this a visual feast.

But, perhaps, it’s all a bit too much like the silver screen the team so ably usurp: all superficial sheen, but no real heart. That’s not to say that there isn’t pathos: Lula is a likeable, sweet character. But

somewhere the story gets lost in the telling. Her motivations aren’t believable. There’s a slightly clunky point made which paints lovely Lula in contrast with the 2D pop stars she idolises. The conceit that some 2D projections are more equal than others isn’t the epiphany maybe it thinks it is – a weak denouement looking for a route to an ending. And Lula’s final transformation into an astronaut feels like a go-girl message which has neither been fought for nor won over the course of the show. /

Evan Beswick

Courtesy of Jerry Shulman

VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard

TIME: 3:40pm – 4:40pm, 2–28 Aug, not 14, 21

TICKETS: £9 – £12

In the fight for female equality, sport is a significant battleground. Sabrina Mahfouz and Hollie McNish’s Offside shines a spotlight on football, intercutting three years spanning more than a century—1892, 1921 and 2017—to explore the struggles and sheer determination of women players in the UK.

In 2017, Mickey (Tanya-Loretta Dee) and Keeley (Jessica Butcher) are about to embark on training for England’s women’s national football team. As they pursue their dream, they remember—and Dee and Butcher play—their real-life heroes: Emma Clarke, the first black professional player in the 1800s, and Lilly Parr, who had to face the FA’s 1920s ban on women using FA pitches after the war.

Offside throws up some illuminating details about an important part of the women’s movement, including Parr’s open relationship with another woman. There’s also a well-handled, dispiriting connection between the infuriated men who invade the pitch to expose the legs of Clarke’s team, and the patronising, prying fascination of today’s media with Mickey and Keeley’s bodies and private lives. Dee and Butcher breathe life and energy into the pair, capturing their defiance and uncertainty, while switching seamlessly to Clarke and Parr.

Caroline Bryant’s production sometimes hammers home the inspirational theme a little too hard, while audience-facing monologues cumulatively slow down the pace, leaving the show feeling choppy. But there are moments of real poetry and passion in this tribute to the women who have fought to play the beautiful game. /

Tom Wicker

Credit: Lidia Crisafulli

Hear Me Raw HHH

VENUE: Underbelly, George Square

TIME: 2:40pm – 3:40pm, 2–27 Aug, not 14

TICKETS: £9 – £10

It is, of course, tricky territory to stomp around on, writing about how a performer looks. Especially when reviewing a show which focuses on self-perception and its connection to anxiety and eating disorders. Especially when the performer in question is writing and performing autobiographically, and painfully honestly. Especially when that’s so tied up with how women are made to feel in a society where ‘wellness’ presents an ideal not necessarily of women's own design. But, as oafish as it sounds, Daniella Isaacs glows throughout this performance. That’s only important as it’s central to why this piece is so unsettling – this is definitely theatre and not straight confessional, and

Last Resort HH

VENUE: Summerhall

TIME: times vary, 2–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21

TICKETS: £10

We are greeted with a cocktail, a Cuba libre; “communist rum and American capitalist Coca-Cola.” Deckchairs in a particular shade of orange are arranged in rows, with bags of sand (“your own private beach”) at their feet. Inescapably, however, the basement space has a penal, bunker feel... because this, in an imagined future, is the Guantanamo Bay private holiday resort.

one can assume that the look is part of the design. Daniella Isaacs is a wellness blogger. Anxiety issues led her into the glossy maze of wellness and clean eating, where she became thoroughly lost. But it’s not entirely clear that she’s found her way out. Voices talk to her from pots of matcha and tubs of almond butter – voices that it’s unlikely have been silenced just yet. Letters from her doctors are shown – presumably as part of an ongoing conversation. She looks great and exudes wellness – which gets to the heart of why this illness

is so pernicious and destructive. What’s healthy, and what’s sick? It’s a clever staging, which treads a line between what’s inside and outside of her head.

It’s not all smart choices. There’s a slightly coddish section on the link between “control” and eating disorders that spells out issues more powerfully shown in previous scenes, and a few bum jokes (quinoa has been thoroughly milled for comic potential). But, overall, this is a powerful and personal piece, with nuanced theatrical telling. / Evan Beswick

Late checkout is standard, early checkout is “subject to availability”. Drawing on research with MOD-trained interrogators and the human rights charity Reprieve, Last Resort highlights the abominations faced by Gitmo detainees by distorting typically innocent leisure activities. In a 'stretching' session, the audience adopts what is actually a stress position, and is told to hold it for “one, two, three, four... hours” – the maximum time legally. Bingo becomes a sprightly roll call of appalling facts; number 20 – the hour limit for a continuous interrogation.

Horror, then, is in no shortage here – but the gravity of the show’s subject and intent is let down by

the two performers, or resort 'reps'. Menace is diffused by flat delivery, with awkward, drawn-out interactions such as a discussion over banned books sapping tension.

During the show, the audience shifts from the position of detainee, rather grimly induced to imagine being waterboarded in a 'meditation' session, to a far more complicit position. Watching one of the performers choking as he is force-fed a jerry can of mixed alcohol—which we have had a hand in adding to—no one moves. The brutal culpability entailed in this experience is the most powerful sequence in an otherwise oddly sluggish piece of theatre.

/ Polly Checkland Harding

Staging Wittgenstein

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VENUE: C venues – C

TIME: 7:40pm – 8:25pm, 2–28 Aug, not 9, 16, 23

TICKETS: £9.50 – £11.50

For 45 minutes, two people try to get themselves inside giant, human-sized balloons while speaking gibberish and disordered language. Sometimes they succeed, sometimes the balloons burst. That’s it.

According to its programme listing, the point of this piece is to “explore and celebrate” language. Re-ordering the words in the balloons’ instructions for inflation only barely does this. People making noises at each other while fighting to wrap themselves in broken balloons certainly does not.

The production is improvisational at its core due to the constant potential for explosions, though there are two clear sections of the show. Within these sections, anything can happen, but due to the lack of comprehensible language, the stakes

No Miracles Here HH

VENUE: Northern Stage at Summerhall

TIME: 11:00am – 12:00pm, 5–26 Aug, not 9, 16, 23

TICKETS: £12

The thing about life, yeah, is it’s a bit like a dance marathon. The kind that was popular in America during the Great Depression, specifically. Like, there’s so much pressure on us, the ‘participants’, to keep on dancing, yeah? But what if various factors

are low for the performers – it’s impossible for the audience to tell if they are making mistakes or getting it spot on. There are similarities to improv exercises in the second part, but it largely feels like the performers are mucking about.

An on-stage assistant supplies additional balloons as needed and helps with the hoover required to inflate these monstrosities. She is cold and functional, though her occasional laughter betrays an

inconsistent professionalism.

Despite the baffling lack of purpose to this work, there are moments that are genuinely funny. The performers are physically adept and create some good physical comedy along the way. And someone bouncing around the stage, with only their silver, swimming-capped head showing, is a hilarious image. But there’s little else of merit in this performance art piece.

/ Laura Kressly

prevent us from doing so? Don’t want be knocked out the running of this crazy dance marathon known, quite simply, as life.

The Letter Room are here to tell us it’s okay to do our own thing on this metaphorical dance floor – a noble sentiment, but one which would perhaps be better expressed in a less chirpy manner. This is an irritatingly cloying and upbeat exploration of mental health which only hints at the extreme sickness many have to endure.

No sooner have we been introduced to our house band and its

frontman Ray do we learn that the reluctant star is feeling down. The circumstances of his depression are never satisfactorily explored, nor is his present frame of mind. The character goes on to reveal that he has been having suicidal thoughts, but without having first earned our emotional investment from a dramatic point of view. His redemption is soundtracked by tight and versatile, if ultimately unconvincing, musicianship. The performers of No Miracles Here seem to aim for wide-eyed, soulful conviction, but instead offer up sterile affectation.

/ Lewis Porteous

Credit: Ella Barnes

Fest Launch Party 2017

As is customary, we launched Fest for the 2017 festivals with a BIG FAT PARTY. Huge shouts to La Belle Angèle for hosting the evening, serving up fine bevs courtesy of Black Cow Vodka and Porter’s Gin –both consumed and enjoyed by the gallon. Thanks also to Swish for our très stylish Fest tote bags and, of course, to our very good pals at The Skinny for DJing in between acts. All absolute babes.

Our first half was kicked off ably by Made in Adelaide star MANE (aka Paige Renee Court), who was followed by cabaret act Mother’s Ruin and 201 Dance Company’s dazzling SKIN – all bound together by our wonderful flamehaired compere Gingzilla, one of our issue 1 cover stars and an all-round Fest fave.

We were all kept amused during the interval by some

unique entertainment involving that old classic combo of nudity and jelly from circus artists Joren and Jascha, before the fabulous Reuben Kaye took to the stage to host round two, spicing things up with some deliciously savage, acid-tongued chat.

Jamie MacDowell and Tom Thum’s looping and beatboxing wizardry impressed us all – not least their successors, Sage Francis and B Dolan, who called Thum back on stage to backbeat some freestyle rap to close their set. The always amazing Hot Brown Honey then stormed the stage with a spirited rendition of ‘Don’t Touch My Hair’, before things concluded with the very-full-of-beans Tomàs Ford, whose Crap Music Rave Party kept us dancing into the wee hours... much to our delight the next day, as we ploughed through the issue 2 print deadline. No regrets! Thanks all!

Credit: Kat Gollock

Tomàs Ford's Crap Music Rave Party

Next page (clockwise from top left): Reuben Kaye, Sage Francis & B. Dolan, Crap Music Rave Party, MANE, Tom Thum (of Jamie MacDowell & Tom Thum), Gingzilla, Mother's Ruin, Joren & Jascha, Hot Brown Honey

DANCE CRITIC

Luocha Land from the National Theatre of China is set in the fictional country of its title. Maji (Miao Zhao) washes up after a plane crash and finds himself surrounded by demons, some of who want to befriend him, others to imprison him. While incarcerated he discovers there are other humans here, hiding as demons, and that the laws of good and evil are reversed.

The land itself is beautifully evoked, with echoes of traditional pageantry and battle dances with long bamboo poles, all backed by a rowdy soundtrack. Multi-eyed masks representing the demons are held inches from the face to uncanny effect. As a theatrical experience it’s beguiling, and the theme of hostility towards otherness comes through. The only drawback is that it feels like the Mandarin dialogue cannot be done justice by the small snippet summaries projected onto the backcloth. However, this mythical tale conjures up the awe-inspiring spirit of traditional storytelling.

The Dance Double Bill in the Arab Arts Focus programme had the aim of showcasing artists from Egypt and Palestine and exploring identity in the context of their homelands. However when we arrive at Summerhall’s Demonstration Room, choreographer Shaymaa Shoukry has an announcement. The UK Home Office has denied visas to Nagham Saleh and Hamza Damra. Saleh applied twice but was turned down on the grounds that she did not have enough money to support herself, despite the festival providing evidence of their financial support, and in Damra’s case the UK did not believe he was a student.

The denial of visas to artists from the Middle East is a troubling and increasing practice, brought to the headlines earlier in the year when Iranian illustrator Ehsan Abdollahi was only granted a visa to appear at the Edinburgh International Book Festival after festival director Nick Barley led a public campaign for his case. More recently Conchita Wurst’s Syrian band members were also denied visas.

Shoukry has arranged for video excerpts of each scheduled piece to be shown as well as another of her own pieces, performed by Mahmoud el Haddad, a tribute to endurance that sees him running in circles to the

Luocha Land

C venues – C, run ended

Arab Arts Focus:

Dance Double Bill

Summerhall, 1:35pm – 2:20pm, 2–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £12

Border Tales «««««

Summerhall, 2:40pm – 4:00pm, 4–26 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £13

The Crossing PlaceRomantika

Upper Church @ Summerhall hosted by RBC, 10:30pm – 11:25pm, 4–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £7

While stories of unfamiliar places can broaden our understanding, tales of home are also useful to make us see it in a new light. Dance might not be the obvious choice for painting a map of the world, but with its sensory textures and visual details, it’s a medium that can strongly evoke a sense of place.

Border Tales

Credit: Jane Hobson Dance,

point of exhaustion, while he states phrases that begin, "I will keep running until..."

Though on video Shoukry’s piece danced by Saleh looks particularly interesting—textured movements based around shaking—it’s impossible to gain the same perspective on the work as a live performance would give. The absence of the artists makes for a bleak 45 minutes, and it doesn't feel appropriate to give a star rating in the circumstances.

In light of this, Border Tales, also at Summerhall, feels an even more necessary piece of theatre. The production was created several years ago by Luca Silvestrini’s Protein in collaboration with London’s The Place, but has been updated to explore Brexit Britain via the experiences of its multicultural cast of seven.

The action centres around a party Northerner Andy is throwing to try and prove his integration credentials. But his blundering attempts to virtue signal expose a petri dish of underlying bigotries. He doesn’t care about the correct pronunciation of names, he infantilises his guests, and while he loves to celebrate diverse foods and dances, he would prefer it if people from backgrounds different to his own stayed in the small boxes he has allocated for them.

In the midst of all this, the cast members introduce themselves in dance-theatre solos. Temitope Ajose Cutting confronts us with the gestural stereotypes pro-

jected onto black women, the sassy finger snap and the booty-shaking dance. In a monologue she talks about her conflict between the Nigerian culture of her parents and the way she is bringing up her own children.

Salah El Brogy sends up confused assumptions about Egyptian customs—”I eat humous five times a day”—while a harrowing passage sees him interrogated with personal questions while being kicked about by an unseen force.

Always frank and unflinching, the tone veers between playful and sombre, and feels similar to the equally brilliant Nikesh Shukla-edited book, The Good Immigrant. Taking a demoralising, frightening issue and fighting it with wit and poetry cannot be an easy thing to do, but that is what Protein has achieved.

Late night The Crossing Place takes us back into fictional territory, but it is a landscape inhabited only by the minds of its three performers, members of the collective Romantika. The piece has been devised around the poetry of Tomas Tranströmer, but unfortunately the young troupe has not created enough of a framework to illuminate their insights or share their connections. There is nothing here we might be able to latch onto: just random recitations accompanied by dance, and theatrical confections such as chucking flour around. The place it speaks of most is one of artistic privilege given free rein.

The Crossing Place Luocha Land

Credit: Martin Bohm

Dance, Physical Theatre & Circus

Attached HHHH

VENUE: Underbelly, George Square

TIME: 3:15pm – 4:15pm, 3–27 Aug, not 14, 21

TICKETS: £12 – £14

With all the charm and energy of street entertainment, Tiger Circus (in association with UK-based Lost in Translation) have combined the adrenaline factor of high risk acrobatics with playful scientific exploration to create a nearly wordless experiential lesson in practical physics. It is delightfully funny, while giving room for deeper reflections on force and effort too.

Company co-founder Manu Tiger is joined by Massimiliano Rossetti, who fills the role previously created by Magnus Bjøru perfectly. The pair are a living demonstration of action and reaction, gradually introducing parts to build increasingly complex Rube Goldberg constructions until every object in the room is utilised, including us—the audience—as essential components.

My body is flooded with natural thrill hormones again and again until withdrawal symptoms begin to hit during the slower sections, where anticipation for the next experiment is coaxed out through the intrigue of preparation, accompanied by electric sound and silly jingles. Equal and opposite reactions

Arm – Mireille & Mathieu

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VENUE: Summerhall

TIME: 4:20pm – 5:20pm, 4–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21

TICKETS: £10

Tattered dolls and cuddly toys are scattered around the room, inanimate until they grab the hungry attention of double act Mireille and Mathieu. Performing in a mixture of English, French and garbled nonsense, these riotous performers are just big kids.

Their attention spins from one toy to the next, inventing stories that rip the objects from their original context. Babies box; Barbie and Ken get mixed up in a futuristic, Biblical fable; and mischievous rabbits play Knock-Down-Ginger

Aside from a misplaced phallic joke, the childish delight the pair

instill ripples across the audience. The speed with which they change story, power structure and character keeps the energy high throughout.

Mireille and Mathieu don’t hide their bodies like many puppeteers. They are as flexible, malleable and prone to manipulation as the toys they control.

The pair race to catch up with each other and make us laugh even more. Mireille turns the ironing board into a horse—entirely believably—until Mathieu gets distracted

are displayed without ostentation through a range of teeterboard-based acrobatics, which include tiny scaled models that flip juggling balls in fascinating patterns, and a large curved metal bowl that adds extra frission to the exchanges between small wiry Tiger and massive Rossetti. Sports stadium floodlights and a training gym aesthetic are a neat reminder of the athletic edge that circus performers carry with them, while the open responsiveness of the two men connects us on a human level. Attachment, in this show, goes beyond the literal velcro suits, and reveals the natural laws that govern our physical existence.

/ Katharine Kavanagh

by a bin lid and the horse is discarded, its former use redundant. They communicate through their puppetry rather than directly in coversation, their domestics turning into childish tiffs. The duo aren’t afraid to be brutal with each other either, thumping and rolling their way across the stage.

Top-notch tech isn’t needed to transport the audience in Arm, only a leap of imagination. At the end of this unruly performance, it seems appropriate that the toys get a round of applause too.

/ Kate Wyver

Credit: Wouter de Groot

The Ping-Pong Ball Effect

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VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard

TIME: 2:30pm – 3:25pm, 2–28 Aug, not 14, 21

TICKETS: £10.50 – £13.50

As a strange school punishment in the 1960s, my mother was once made to write an essay on The Inside Of A Ping Pong Ball. Russian circus troupe Upsala have taken the abstract possibilities inherent in this concept further, and translated them to the stage. Huge kudos to director Larisa Afanasieva, not just for creating a well-rounded visual and sonic cohesion to the show, but also for her part in co-founding the 17-year-old social enterprise from which the 10 performers are drawn. Strands of the company’s work include

training street children, disabled youngsters and young offenders, and those selected for this project are experiencing international exchange for the first time.

In the UK, certain preconceptions are often attached to youth performance, but the acrobatic skills of this troupe are unquestionable. Some of the cast have more stage presence and technical ability than others, but the sophistication of the musical accompaniment raises the show to a higher level. Composer Dmitry Maximachev (who also performs live with cellist Natalia Nazarova) builds a beautiful soundscape of

interactive looping and electronic manipulation while onstage. Round white objects are manipulated more physically. A cyr wheel. Hula hoops. Drums. A giant crashmat and scores of the eponymous pingpong balls magically appearing and disappearing.

Ensemble physical theatre choreographies are still basic, but concepts of scene segments are lovely and well executed with delightful use of lo-fi special effects that even garner their own applause. The Circus Hub is not the only place to see interesting international circus theatre explorations this month. / Katharine Kavanagh

“determinedlyconfrontational andchallenging” The Scotsman

TUTUMUCKY

ZOO Southside Venue 82

Wed 16 - Sun 20 August, 7:00pm

£12/£10 concessions

Book: 0131 662 6892 | zoofestival.co.uk

“Yourimaginationtingles: thisisbold,breath-takingstuff.”

The Herald

“ahigh-octanecelebrationofyouthful optimism and desire”

The List

VELVET PETAL: BEDROOM PROCESS DAY

ZOO Southside Venue 82

Tue 22 - Sat 26 August, 7:00pm

£12/£10 concessions

Book: 0131 662 6892 | zoofestival.co.uk

of British Council Edinburgh Showcase 2017

Summerhall Venue 26

Thu 17- Sun 27 August (not 21, 22)

1:15pm, £10/£8 concessions

Book: 0131 560 1581 | summerhall.co.uk

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Pollyanna «««

VENUE: Paradise Palms

TIME: 11:00pm – 3:00am, various dates between 2 Aug and 24 Aug

TICKETS: FREE

A parade of the raunchiest and filthiest of drag artists might not be everyone’s cup of tea. But host Pollyfilla, the personification of mess and chaos, collects an impressive lineup of mostly bearded, torn-panties-wearing queens for this late night show nonetheless.

All of them play with perceptions of gender and try to shock by leaving little to the imagination when it comes to the exact location of their genitals. They show butt cracks and pull bloodied items out of imaginary vaginas. More interestingly, all of them have political messages. The prime minister features an awful

Seven Crazy Bitches

VENUE: Assembly Hall

TIME: 7:00pm – 8:00pm, 3–27 Aug, not 14, 24

TICKETS: £9 – £11

Entering the stage in full Madonna garb, tinfoil wrapped around halo, Holly Morgan lives up to her selfstyled moniker, “Diva on a budget”. The Holy Virgin marks birth, as Morgan sets out to establish the seven stages of woman inspired by Shakespeare. So certain is she in her defiance of the Bard that she’s dragged him onto the stage (Morgan’s partner Tom Moores, trying on

lot, as does Nicola Sturgeon. Sometimes it gets a bit too predictable: the Tories are bad, Corbyn is good. And some London-based artists still don’t know what to make of the call for Scottish independence. But hey, we’re in Scotland so it has to be mentioned.

Over the course of just of a few minutes, drag artist The Night Bus effortlessly challenges Trump’s hypocrisy, Islamophobia and radicalisation, while fiercly lipsyncing and wooing the crowds. It’s performers like these who make a trip to Pollyanna worth while. Because, frankly, the execution of the cabaret could be improved upon: the show starts too late (“We’re on drag time!”) and what was announced as one-minute breaks between acts last 20 minutes. Some people walk out, but the majority of the crowd doesn’t mind it that much: they’re here to drink with their friends and be entertained. Once the show gets going, Pollyanna certainly succeeds in that. /

Arnoud Breitbarth

a broad Brummie accent). It’s a bold and engaging hour of “standing cabaret” and self-love, rich in singing if not a complex exploration of the themes within.

For every stage of woman there’s an anthem for Morgan to knock out of the park. Impersonations are exaggerated but impressive, parodying a range of styles from Britney to Shirley Bassey to Cher. Of course Morgan portrays Cher— she’s far too legendary a diva to leave out—and Morgan does not disappoint.

Morgan and Moores share a

delightfully catty dynamic on stage, enhancing the subtext of whether capable women are celebrated as such or dismissed as “crazy bitches”. The discourse is teased at but never fully addressed. Morgan’s points are clever and she gleefully subverts ideas of mansplaining, but there’s not enough time to get into the real meat of women portrayed in the public eye. The spotlight on Stevie Nicks comes frustratingly close but errs more on self-indulgence so Morgan can live a fantasy on stage. More power to her: this eighth diva is a joy to behold. /

Louise Jones

Credit: Rod Penn

VENUE: Sweet Grassmarket

TIME: 5:55pm – 7:00pm, 3–27 Aug, not 15

TICKETS: £10

Divorced beheaded died, divorced beheaded survived. If you know the old rhyme then you almost know the plot to this refreshingly original new musical, performed by an all-female crew of Cambridge University students.

Almost, because in the hands of writer Lucy Moss and co-writer/ composer Toby Marlow these wives are also popstars, battling it out in song. Forget deep psychological insights or feminist revisionist history – you’d be better off watching Lucy Worsley’s excellent BBC4 documentary series for that. This is an excuse to unleash pitchperfect pastiches of 21st century

Don Giovanni HH

VENUE: Festival Theatre

TIME: 7:00pm – 10:20pm, 9 Aug, 11 Aug, 12 Aug

TICKETS: £20

Iván Fischer’s 2015 outing at the EIF—of The Marriage of Figaro was a whizzy, busy whirlwind of a performance. It’s difficult to escape the impression tonight that he’s trying his best to draw a contrast with that success. The stripped back staging (a “staged concert”, we’re told) is sparse and moody. The leads’ own evening dress is casual, nonspecific. Actually, that all works

female-fronted pop, right down to the endless key changes and millennial whoops.

Moss and Marlow revel in the ironic contrast between 16thcentury courtship and modern day X-Factor narratives of strength and girl power, and the cast have plenty of fun with their gleefully anachronistic lyrics. Anne of Cleves’ flattering portrait is the work of the Kraftwerk-tinged ‘Haus of Holbein’, and she’s keen to let us know that Henry’s codpiece was equally misleading. But alack-aday, this treatment doesn’t quite

work for the wives whose stories are sadder, or duller. Catherine Parr’s anti-love anthem is a weird choice for a woman famous for having had four husbands. And Catherine Howard’s number is just tasteless, turning the sexual abuse she suffered as a 13-year-old into a coquettish number which calls her a “little piece of ass”.

Still, although parts of it could have done with the chop, this is a promisingly ambitious work from a young company who are more than ready to divorce musical theatre from its past. /

Alice Saville

fine. But, oh, the pace. This is a plodding Don Giovanni that comes alive too seldom to engage.

The odd staging is probably the best success here. Grey statuesque actors stand in for any discernable set, and the near-naked bodies drive home the hedonism of the hell Don Giovanni creates. They also provide for some fantastic imagistic moments, Leporello turning them like the pages of a book as he relates his master’s conquests. Strikingly, in the Commendatore’s terrifying scene, the statues move from largely passive to active, dragging the philanderer to hell. To which, Christopher Maltman is a solid lead, his sinuous lines and muscular presence proving thoroughly sinister.

But Fischer seems to aggressively clamp the brakes on the Budapest Festival Orchestra. Sometimes this works: Don Giovanni’s attempt to undermine Donna Elvira (‘Non ti fidar, o misera’) is glacial and excrutiating. It feels like Fischer has tried to apply this theory to the whole piece, though, slowly pouring any potentially exciteable babies out with the bathwater. It’s utterly disengaging, leaving us thoroughly unconcerned for the characters. The destruction that Don Giovanni leaves in his wake, the violence which drives much of the action, feels fake. There’s one moment in the finale of act I where Fischer releases his tight leash. It’s a peek at what this Don Giovanni might have been. /

Evan Beswick

Credit: Ruari Paterson-Achenbach

The Dark Room for Kids

Lauren Hunter, aged 11, thought she’d be scared at this kids’ version of the hit game show, but ended up in stitches

What happens in the show?

“You find yourself in a dark, dark room!” Audience members are given options to try and escape, like you would in a video game, but can anyone succeed? Or will everyone just die, die, die?

Describe the show in five words

Very, very, very, very dark.

Who was your favourite character and why?

John Robertson made the whole thing flow perfectly. When I heard about the show I knew it was comedy, but I was expecting it to be scary with a few laughs – but it turned out to be much funnier than it was scary.

What did you like most about the show?  Disruptive things, because John could always use it to his advantage. When people came in late and opened the door the show could have been ruined by the light (because then the room wasn’t dark) – but John made it hilarious.

What didn’t you like about the show? The projector could have been better but I think that was to do with the room.

What did you think of the music?

The intro music was the famous song, ‘They’re Coming to Take me Away, HaHaaa!’ I don’t know if I love or hate this song! But I can see why John chose it.

What did your grown-up think of the show?

My mum enjoyed it but I didn’t understand why she wouldn’t put her hand up when he asked all of the parents in the room to put their hands up. She says she didn’t want to be told what to do!

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

Yes. But not if they are afraid of the dark.

VENUE: Just the Tonic at The Community Project

TIME: 4:30pm – 5:30pm, 4–27 Aug, not 14

TICKETS: £8 – £10

& Seòras

Credit: Mark Dawson Photography

The Giant Jam Sandwich

Seòras Coxon, aged five, finds this show about a battle with a bunch of wasps very tasty indeed

What happens in the show?

The people sing a song called ‘Thump It, Bump It, Bang It About’, and go “shooo, shooo, shooo”. There’s a baker and a man that’s dressed like a pirate. There’s a lady that’s dressed as a farmer. They live in a town. One hundred million wasps come to that town and they kill them with a giant jam sandwich.

Describe the show in five words

Loud, colourful, bright, long, tuneful.

Who was your favourite character and why?

The man dressed like a pirate – because he was dressed up like a pirate and his voice was funny (Mum says this man is the town mayor).

Were there any characters you didn’t like?

The wasps and I didn’t like them because I didn’t like their stings.

What did you like most about the show?

Trapping the wasps was the best bit. I loved that the birds would have picked up the whole sandwich and dropped it in the sea.

What didn’t you like?

I did not like the wasps being killed but I liked them being trapped.

What did you think of the music?

They were like a band of hyenas – funniest and great!

What did your grown-up think of the show?

My mum liked the bits where we all got to join in and sing or shout. Her favourite characters were definitely the wasps as they were really funny and there were bits that she laughed at. She said that it was a great show version of the book. (My brother who’s three also really liked the show – it was his first ever show and it wasn’t too scary for him, just good fun.)

Would you tell your friends to come and see it?  Yes I would.

VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard

TIME: 10:20am – 11:20am, 2–28 Aug, not 14

TICKETS: £9.50 – £11.50

Credit: Pamela Raith Photography

Calvinball HHHH

VENUE: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh – John Hope Gateway

TIME: times vary, 5–27 Aug, not 8, 15, 22

TICKETS: £5

Who needs rules anyway? Certainly not Rhubard and Custard, the irrespressible hosts of Calvinball, Ipdip Theatre’s glorious show at the Royal Botanic Garden. And certainly not this audience of excited nought to five-year-olds, seated on blue tarpaulins in the dappled light under the trees.

Inspired by the game played by cartoon duo Calvin and Harris, in which you make up the rules as you go along, the show is essentially an opportunity to lark about in the sunshine (or otherwise, as the case may be – this is Scotland after all). This deceptively simple concept gives the three-strong cast the flexibility to be responsive to the particular needs of each audience, ensuring that Calvinball appeals to

The Polar Bears Go Up HHH

VENUE: Pleasance at EICC

TIME: times vary, 10–27 Aug, not 14, 21, 23

TICKETS: £8

From their cosy flat to deep space, The Polar Bears Go Up stages a small-scale odyssey to rescue a balloon, switching from everyday routine to a full-blown chase sequence across any and every form of transport.

The polar bears are a physically-

a broad range of ages and interests. Games with props, songs and dances, hide and seek – even deciding on the physical boundaries of the game is an excuse for fun. There’s novelty here, in the shape of original songs and plot devices, but enough familiar elements to ensure the experience is never overwhelming for even the youngest audience members.

There’s too much faff getting started – Ipdip do their best to make checking tickets and giving out wristbands a cheery process, but that extra five-10 minutes before it all actually begins feels like an age for impatient under-fives. Once we get going though, the pace is fast without feeling rushed. If a particular game isn’t to your taste, don’t worry; there will be another one along in a minute. The three-strong cast keep a firm grip on proceedings—impressive given that there’s no additional stage managerial support here—while still managing to engage directly with individual children and their parents. This game may have no rules, but it’s got a whole lot of winners. / Jo Caird minded pair: powered by their senses, they sniff and snack their way around the stage. Affecting a big bear/little bear dynamic, Eilidh MacAskill and Fiona Manson create a cosy chemistry that makes for a real charmer of a show.

Lee Lyford’s direction is largely choreographed to an immersive score by Greg Sinclair. With dialogue kept to a minimum, the music is communicative and invokes a playfulness as the bears go about their daily business, before taking on a dream-like quality on their discovery of the balloon. The show as a result is easily accessible to all ages, although on occasion

younger audience members may be confused as to what exactly is going on.

Once the bears are in pursuit of the runaway balloon is where the show really comes into its own. Props are used simply but effectively to show them scaling trees and taking cable cars to make their way higher into the sky (detailed on a height chart to map their progress). Despite the excitement of the chase, the play still feels very gentle, but MacAskill and Manson’s stage presence is cheery and silly enough to keep the audience on board no matter where they go.

/ Louise Jones

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adapted by GLENN CHANDLER the creator of Taggart from the novel by MICHAEL CAMPBELL

00:00

The Love of Stationery HHHH

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 4–28 Aug, not 15, £3—£5

Best of the Fest Assembly Hall, Various dates from 5 Aug to 28

Aug, £12—£15

Rob Kemp: The Elvis Dead

Heroes @ Monkey Barrel, 4–28 Aug, not 16, 17, 23, 24, £5

Rahul Kohli’s Late Night

Comedy Compilation

Show: Kohl and the Gang

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 5–28

Aug, not 15, £free

Arna Spek: Museum

Piece

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 4–27 Aug, not 15, £3—£5

Spank!

Underbelly, Cowgate, 5–28 Aug, £13.50—£15.50

McCann and Omobitan

Just the Tonic at The Community Project, 4–21 Aug, not 15, £5

Will Seaward’s Spooky

Midnight Ghost Stories IV

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 3–29 Aug, not 10, 15, 22, £6—£10

00:10

America vs Sweden

Laughing Horse @ 48

Below, 4–28 Aug, £free

William Rees: The Splash Laughing Horse @ The Cellar Monkey, 5 Aug–1 Sep, £free

00:15

Inheritance

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, Various dates from 4 Aug to 26 Aug, £free

Spank!tacular

Pleasance Courtyard, 13 Aug, 20 Aug, 27 Aug, £15.50

00:20

Haver

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 4–28 Aug, not 15, 24, £5

00:25

How Not to Pull: Confessions of a Trainee Pickup Artist – Free

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 4–28 Aug, not 22, £free

00:30

Pure Dying

Laughing Horse @ Southside Social, 4–28

Aug, £free

The Improverts Bedlam Theatre, 4–30

Aug, £7—£8

Sensitive Bricks and the Cement of Time

Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 4–28 Aug, not 17, £free

Naked

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 4–17 Aug, £free

Boycotted: Comedy from Israel

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 18–28 Aug, not 19, 26, £free

BlundaBuskers Fringe

After-Party & Piano Bar

Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus, 2–28 Aug, £free

00:45

Kit Sullivan in Digital Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 4–28 Aug, not 17, £free

Nazi Jihadi

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 4–27 Aug, £free

01:00

Bare Jokes

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 4–27 Aug, £free

Manic Pixie Dream Girls

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 14–28

Aug, not 26, £free

Late’n’Live Gilded Balloon Teviot, 5–29

Aug, £10—£16

01:15

BlundaBuskers Fringe

After-Party & Piano Bar

Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus, 2–28 Aug, £free

Sameer Katz: Can Fish

Drown?

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 4–28 Aug, £free

01:20

Trevor Feelgood: Sold Out (But Tickets Still Available)

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 5–28 Aug, not 15, £free

01:30

Comedy Lock-In Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 4 Aug–1 Sep, not 16 Aug, £free

02:00

BlundaBuskers Fringe

After-Party & Piano Bar

Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus, 2–28 Aug, £free

09:00

BBC at George Heriot’s School

BBC, 4–25 Aug, £free

10:00

Phill Jupitus: Sketch Comic

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, 18–24 Aug, £free

Taking the Biscuit Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 4–27 Aug, £free

Phill Jupitus: Sketch Comic

Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 11–17 Aug, £free

BBC: The Janice Forsyth Show

BBC, 7–24 Aug, not 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, £free

Ready, Aim, Pray, Fire! Lemon Creek Baptist Church Handgun Training Course

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 3–27 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £free

10:40

Super Cally Fragile

Lipstick

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 22–25 Aug, £5

The Obscurist

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–18 Aug, £6.50

10:45

A Comedy Brunch

Just the Tonic at The Community Project, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £5

Present and Correct

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 3–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free

11:00

Too Soon: Jokes from the Future

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 3–19 Aug, not 14, £free

John Porter – Five

Years’ Time

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 14–19 Aug, £free

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Courses

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, Various dates from 5 Aug to 26 Aug, £99

Digital Fart from the Neo-Archaic Futureland (Russia)

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £free

Franks and Skinner

Present: MindfulMess

Just the Tonic at The Tron, 3–19 Aug, not 14, £4—£6

The Full Irish Whistlebinkies, 5–27

Aug, £free

Stateless

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 17 Aug, 18

Aug, 21 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, £free

Edy Hurst: Theme Show

Just the Tonic at The Tron, 20–27 Aug, £5

11:05

Cheetah

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3–27 Aug, £free

11:10

Mary Flanigan Is a Pisces, Obviously

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 17–27 Aug, £free

Phi and Me

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3–16 Aug, £free

11:15

Pam Ford: Pants and Pantsability

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 3–27 Aug, not 15, £free

11:20

Spirit of the Dane Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–19 Aug, £8

11:30

A Monk’s Tale: Relics, Revolt and Reformation

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 5–23

Aug, £8—£9

Hivemind Presents: Playlight Robbery

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 5–27 Aug, £free

11:40

David Callaghan: Let’s Get This Party Startled

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 3–27 Aug, not 14, 17, £5

Alice Devlin: Extra-Curricular

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £3—£5

Orwell that Ends Well

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–27 Aug, not 13, 14, £free—£5

11:50

Two Dunnit theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £7—£8.50

11:55

Shaken Not Stirred: The Improvised James Bond Film

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–26 Aug, not 14, £4—£7.50

12:00

Nathan Willcock: State of the Nathan Laughing Horse @ Moriarty’s, 7–27 Aug, £free

UCL Graters: Smashing

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £6.50—£10

Afternoon Delight

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–26 Aug, not 14, £3—£5

Struan Logan: Mingalabar

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 3–27 Aug, £free

Green Bananas

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3–27 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £free

Siân Docksey’s Totally Casual and Freewheeling

Mystic Comedy: Lemon

Torpedo

Laughing Horse @ 48 Below, 3–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free

Aaaaaaaaaaargh! It’s the One-Liner Show – Free Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 3–27 Aug, £free

Anders Lee Here

Laughing Horse @ The Golf Tavern, 3–27 Aug, not 15, 16, 17, 19, £free

Tony Law: Absurdity for the Common People

HHHH

The Stand Comedy Club, 3–28 Aug, not 14, £10—£12.50

David Ephgrave: Now Who’s a Comedian?

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £3—£5

Generation Hummus

Laughing Horse @ Southside Social, 13–19 Aug, £free

Joby Mageean and Edy Hurst: Dead Nice Boys

Laughing Horse @ Southside Social, 21–25 Aug, £free

Too Old to Be a Power Ranger

Laughing Horse @ The Cellar Monkey, 3–27 Aug, £free

Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised Pleasance Dome, 2–28 Aug, not 16, £6—£10

Funny Women Fest

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–28 Aug, £6—£9

Alex Love: How to Win a Pub Quiz

The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6, 4–27 Aug, not 14, 22, £9

Conor O’Toole and Ruth Hunter Are Fine With This Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 3–27 Aug, £free

Karoshi

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 4–27 Aug, not 14, £5—£7

Scott Barnett: Quantumly Entangled With a Blobfish

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–26 Aug, not 14, £5

Carabet

Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 3–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free

C theFestival

With more than 200 shows and events across our venues in the heart of Edinburgh, we celebrate our 26th Fringe with an inspiring international programme of cabaret, comedy, circus, dance, musicals, theatre and family shows. See it all with C venues.

Pop Filter (NY, USA) Fauxchella Music Festival

Megan Gogerty (Iowa, USA) Lady Macbeth and Her Pal, Megan

Playwright (Hong Kong)

with

Gedi Production (South Australia)

Company (Korea)

presents

theatre Dickens

theatre

Production

Theatre

China

David O’Doherty: Big Time

Assembly George Square Theatre, 24 Aug, 28

Aug, £16

12:05

Breaking Black by Njambi McGrath

HHH

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3–26

Aug, £free

Fern Brady: Suffer, Fools! The Stand Comedy Club

2, 2–27 Aug, not 3, 14, 15, £9—£10

Eleanor Morton: Angry Young Woman

The Stand Comedy Club

3 & 4, 2–27 Aug, not 3, 14, 21, £7—£8

Be Prepared!

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–26 Aug, £10

Wretched

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–26 Aug, not

14, £7

Joe Wells: I Hope I Die Before I Start Voting

Conservative Sneaky Pete’s, 5–27

Aug, £free

Daisy Earl / Kirsty Mann

Just the Tonic at The Community Project, 15–27

Aug, £6—£8

12:10

Tom Crosbie: You Can’t Polish a Nerd Voodoo Rooms, 5–27

Aug, £free

The Red Emerald: A Farce for the Colourblind theSpace on Niddry St, 14–19 Aug, £7—£10

12:15

The Family Friendly(ish) Stand-Up Show

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 3–27 Aug, £free

Frank Carson: If I Didn’t Laugh, I’d Cry Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–28 Aug, £6—£10

Andrew Ryan’s Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 3–27 Aug, £free

The Silly Iles

Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, 3–27 Aug, not 19, 20, £free

Jacob Hawley: Fruit Machine

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 3–27 Aug, not 16, £free

Amy Annette: What Women Want

Underbelly Med Quad, 16–20 Aug, £6

Revill’s Selection – Free

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 3–27 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £free

Richard Pulsford: Phrases Ready

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 4–27

Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free

The Rat Pack Presents...

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–27

Aug, £free

Men With Coconuts

La Belle Angèle, 5–27

Aug, £free

12:20

A Digital Legacy

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 4–27 Aug, not 14, £7

Dan Attfield: Google Drive

Underbelly Med Quad, 2–28 Aug, not 14, £6.50—£10

Wake Up and Deirdrealize

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £5

12:30

Spirit of the Dane Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 4–26 Aug, not 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, £8

Mervyn Stutter’s Pick of the Fringe

Pleasance Courtyard, 5–27 Aug, not 17, 24, £11—£12

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

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 3–27 Aug, not 15, £free

Alistair Green: The Nan Tapes

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £free

Lucy Pearman: Maid of Cabbage

Heroes @ Monkey Barrel, 3–27 Aug, not 14, 15, £5

The Lunchtime Special

Just the Tonic at The Tron, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £3—£6

12:45

Idi-chums – A Stand-Up Comedy Showcase

Paradise in The Vault, 21–27 Aug, £free

Tom Toal in Better Than Before

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 3–27 Aug, £free

Albrecht Dürer: Renaissance Dude C venues – C cubed, 3–28 Aug, not 15, £7.50—£9.50

Mutiny! An Improvised Pirate Adventure Paradise in The Vault, 14–19 Aug, £5

Lauren Bok: Is That a Burrito in Your Pocket or Are You Just Happy You Have a Burrito

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–28 Aug, £5—£10

Mr Danger’s Really Safe Show

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 31 Jul–27

Aug, not 14 Aug, £free

The Edinburgh Revue’s 2017 Stand-Up Show Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 4–28 Aug, not 14, £free

12:50

Peter Brush: A Worm’s Guide to Immortality Banshee Labyrinth, 5–27 Aug, £free

13:00

Ivan Brackenbury’s 10 Year Anniversary Party with Tom Binns, Ian D Montfort and Friends Assembly George Square Studios, 3–28 Aug, £8—£12.50

Good Girl

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £4—£8

Richard Todd: Monsters

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £free Wow!

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, £6.50—£10

Rahul Kohli: Newcastle Brown Tales

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 4–27 Aug, not 14, £free

Adam Larter: L’Art

Nouveau HHH

Heroes @ The Hive, 4–26 Aug, not 12, £5

Cold Hard Cache

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £free—£5

Unfinished Business

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 4–24 Aug, not 14, £5—£7

Normal Boy Presents: Normal Boy

Sweet Holyrood, 3–27 Aug, not 24, 25, £5

Briony Redman: Theory of Positivity

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28 Aug, not 16, £6—£9

Off the Top:

Neuroscience With Attitude

Ciao Roma, 5–27 Aug, not 14, £free

13:05

Cow

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3–27 Aug, not 15, £free

13:10

Rik Carranza Presents: Star Trek vs Star Wars

Heroes @ Monkey Barrel, 3–27 Aug, not 16, £5

Andy Onions –PowerPointless Banshee Labyrinth, 5–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £free

Amused Moose Comedy

Award: Grand Final theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 20 Aug, £12.50

13:15

Aaaaaaaaaahhh. It’s 101 Clean Jokes in 30 Minutes – Free

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 3–27 Aug, £free

Candy Gigi Presents: Becky Rimmer’s Bat Mitzvah!

Heroes @ The Hive, 4–27 Aug, not 13, 14, 22, £5

Cambridge Impronauts: Improv Actually

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–28 Aug, £6—£10

On the Edge

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 3–15 Aug, £free

Arielle Dundas: Vulva

Cupcake

Laughing Horse @ 48

Below, 3–27 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £free

How to Suffer Better

Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 3–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £free

Angel Comedy Showcase

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 4–27 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £free

Lost Voice Guy: Inspiration Porn

The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6, 2–27 Aug, not 3, 7, 14, 21, £8—£9

Paul ‘Silky’ White’s Food Fight!

The Stand Comedy Club

3 & 4, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £7—£8

Being Hueman Being

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–26 Aug, not 14, £6—£9

A Comedy Tapas

Opium, 5–26 Aug, £free

Robin Boot’s Rockomedy: Puns of AnyKey Sneaky Pete’s, 5–26 Aug, not 21, £free

Girl in da Corner – Free

Laughing Horse @ The Cellar Monkey, 3–27 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £free

Harriet Braine: Total Eclipse of the Art

Laughing Horse @ The Golf Tavern, 4–27 Aug, not 14, £free

Gareth Mutch: Mutch Ado

About Nothing

The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6, 7 Aug, 21 Aug, £9

Zinus

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 16–27 Aug, £free

13:20

The Science of Cringe Underbelly, George Square, 2–28 Aug, not 14, £6.50—£10.50

Muriel: Bad Master Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £6.50—£10

Daniel Cook: For Money

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £5

Sandra Hale: Self Helpless!

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–26 Aug, not 14, £3—£6

Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show

Pleasance Courtyard, 3–27 Aug, £6—£12

Lou Conran: I Love Lou C

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £5

Michael Legge: Jerk

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £8—£9

The Durham Revue: Laugh Actually Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, not 15, £6.50—£10.50

13:25

The Game of His Life

Just the Tonic at The Community Project, 21–27 Aug, £5

Super Cally Fragile Lipstick

Just the Tonic at The Community Project, 5–20 Aug, not 14, £5

The Daddy and Beeje Chat Show

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–26 Aug, not 14, £7

Wisebowm: The Struggle Is Real

Opium, 5–27 Aug, not 20, £free

13:30

The House Sweet Grassmarket, 4–27 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £7.50

Old Jewish Jokes

Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, 3–27 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £free

Kevin McAleer: Saying Yes to Yes

New Town Theatre, 3–27 Aug, not 15, £9—£10

Katharine Ferns is in Stitches

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 3–27 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £free

The Stuntman

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 16–27 Aug, £free

Maddy Anholt –Herselves HHH

Underbelly Med Quad, 2–27 Aug, £6.50—£10.50

Seymour Mace’s Magical Shitcakes from Heaven

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £10—£12

Fred MacAulay in Conversation

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 14–27 Aug, not 17, 18, 19, £13—£14

The Oxford Imps: Improvised Comedy

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–28 Aug, £6—£10

Bad Habits

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 15–26 Aug, £3.50—£8

Gareth Waugh: Honestly?

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–28 Aug, not 15, £6—£9

Guns ‘n’ Rosé With Peter E Davidson / Free Festival

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3–27 Aug, £free

Afternoon Tea With Ray Fordyce and Other Thoroughly Pleasant People

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 3–26 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £free

Austentatious

Underbelly, George Square, 3–28 Aug, not 15, £9—£14.50

Trolley Girls

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 17–27 Aug, £free

Coates and Cooper

Present: Kidnap

Laughing Horse @ The Mockingbird, 13–27 Aug, £free

Only Fools and Three Courses

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 7–27 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £42.50

2 Religions 1 Comedy Show – Free

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 14–16 Aug, £free

13:35

Woolly: The Morose Merino

Assembly George Square Studios, 3–28 Aug, not 25, £7—£10

Mark Watson: This Is Not A Show Yet

The Stand Comedy Club, 15–27 Aug, £12

13:40

It’s No Job For A Nice

Jewish Girl

Black Market, 6–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £free

Mike Newall: Desert Boot-Leg Island Discs

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £6

Panilla Ice Ice Baby

Underbelly Med Quad, 2–28 Aug, not 15, £6.50—£10

Ari Eldjárn: Pardon My Icelandic Heroes @ Monkey Barrel, 3–27 Aug, not 9, 14, 15, 23, £5

Matt Hutchinson: Mixtape

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £4—£5

13:45

Henry Cafe: It’s Gameshow Time!

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 4–26 Aug, not 16, £free

Story Poker

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 21–27

Aug, £free

Clash of the Tight Tens Black Market, 5–26

Aug, £free

A Giant Misfit

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–20

Aug, £free

Sketch Thieves

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 3–27 Aug, not 15, £free

Sue Perkins Live! in Spectacles

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug, £15.50

Blank Canvas

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 3–27 Aug, not 16, £free

13:50

Vicki Sargent: One Woman Army – Free

Laughing Horse @ The Cuckoo’s Nest, 3–27 Aug, not 6, 14, 20, £free

Richard Herring’s Edinburgh Fringe Podcast

New Town Theatre, 4 Aug, 11 Aug, 18 Aug, £12

The Bugle Live Podcast New Town Theatre, 27 Aug, £14

13:55

Bristol Revunions: Walnut theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 4–26 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £free—£5

14:00

Simon Day – In Character

Pleasance Dome, 16–20

Aug, £13.50

Aaaaaaaaargh! It’s 101 Naughty Jokes in 30 Minutes – Free

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 3–27

Aug, £free

Sofie Hagen: Dead Baby Frog

Bedlam Theatre, 2–28

Aug, £10

www.tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/mary-queen-of-scots

Afternoon T With Georgia

Tasda

Paradise Palms, 3–25

Aug, not 4, 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, £free

Ahir Shah: Control HHHH

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 3–27 Aug, £free

Douglas Walker Has a Nice Sit Down

Follow @DouglasSits on Twitter, 3–27 Aug, not 15, £free

Aside Effect

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 3–27 Aug, not 7, 14, £free

Aideen McQueen – No Satisfaction

Heroes @ Dragonfly, 3–26

Aug, £5

The Duke Pleasance Courtyard, 5–27

Aug, not 15, 22, £5

Joe Hart: Alpha, Beta, Gamer

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–27

Aug, £5—£10

Yianni Agisilaou: Pockets of Equality

Banshee Labyrinth, 5–27

Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free

Daniel Downie: 2 O’Clock Gun

Scottish Comedy Festival

@ The Beehive Inn, 3–27

Aug, not 5, 6, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, £free

Margarita Dreams HH

Underbelly Med Quad, 2–28 Aug, £6.50—£10.50

The Patrick Monahan Game Show

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–19 Aug, £10

Arthur Smith Sings

Leonard Cohen – The Final Tribute Pleasance Courtyard, 18–20 Aug, £12.50

This Arthur’s Seat

Belongs to Lionel Richie

On Top of Arthurs Seat, 19

Aug, £free

BBC: Round Britain Quiz

BBC, 21 Aug, £free

14:05

Mick Neven: Killing It

Southsider, 8 Aug, 15 Aug, 22 Aug, £free

14:10

I Can Cure

Ciao Roma, 4–28 Aug, £free

Ships

Southsider, 5–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £free

14:15

Always Be Rolling – Free

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 3–27 Aug, not 16, 23, £free

Tom Bell’s Citizen Test

Heroes @ The Hive, 13–27

Aug, not 15, 19, 23, 24, 26, £5

Shehan Wanigasekera: Wa Niga Wit Attitude

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 3–27 Aug, not 16, £free

Bare Jokes

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 16 Aug, 23 Aug, £free

Adrienne Truscott’s a One-Trick Pony (Or Andy

Kaufmann is a Feminist Performance Artist and I’m a Comedian)

Heroes @ The Hive, 19

Aug, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, 26

Aug, £5

14:20

Kieran Boyd: Sitzpinkler

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £5

Pamela DeMenthe

Presents: Sticky Digits

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £5—£8

The Harry and Chris Show 2 HHHH

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 3–26 Aug, not 14, £5

Flo & Joan: The Kindness of Stranglers

Just the Tonic at The Tron, 3–26 Aug, not 14, £5

John-Luke Roberts: Look on My Works, Ye Mighty, and Despair! (All in Caps)

Heroes @ Monkey Barrel, 3–27 Aug, not 16, £5

Andy Stedman –Parental Guidance

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £free

Adrian Minkowicz: Best Newcomer

Banshee Labyrinth, 5–27 Aug, not 14, £free

14:25

Charmian Hughes

Soixante Mirth

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 2–27 Aug, not 3, 14, £7—£8

14:30

Juliet Meyers: This Flipping Rescue Dog Has Ruined My Life

Laughing Horse @ Southside Social, 3–27 Aug, not 15, £free

Mickey Sharma –Sharmanator

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 3–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £free

Worst Show on the Fringe – Free

Subway (previously Movement), 5–27 Aug, £free

James Bennison: How to be a Winner

Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 3–27 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £free

Pottervision

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 3–27 Aug, £free

Peter Dobbing: Electric Plum

Sneaky Pete’s, 5–26 Aug, £free

Georges the Spider

Laughing Horse @ Moriarty’s, 4–27 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £free

Jon Pearson: Feet First

Laughing Horse @ The Cellar Monkey, 3–27 Aug, £free

Ali Brice’s Never-Ending

Pencil

Heroes @ The Hive, 4–26 Aug, not 9, 22, £5

Aaaaaaand Now It’s Time for Roger Swift’s

Puneumatic

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 3–27 Aug, not 15, £free

Tiernan Douieb: Miserably Happy Waverley Bar, 5–27 Aug, not 15, 19, £free

Frank Foucault: Shoes (WIP)

Laughing Horse @ The Golf Tavern, 20–27 Aug, £free

Metamorphosis

Opium, 5–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free

#Jollyboat: Pirates of the Karaoke

Liquid Room Annexe, 5–27 Aug, £free

LGBTQZX

Laughing Horse @ 48

Below, 20–27 Aug, £free

John Hegley: Peace, Love and Potatoes

Assembly Checkpoint, 13–21 Aug, £11—£13

Phill Jupitus: Achtung!/ Acting!

The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £8—£9

WMD Makes Everything

Better

Laughing Horse @ The Golf Tavern, 4–19 Aug, £free

Sparkly Unicorn

Laughing Horse @ 48

Below, 12–19 Aug, £free

14:35

Salt Water: A Comedy Show

Underbelly Med Quad, 2–28 Aug, not 14, £6.50—£10.50

I Want an Irish Passport!

The Stand Comedy Club

2, 2–27 Aug, not 3, 14, £8—£9

Ed Patrick: Comedians’

Surgery

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–26 Aug, not 8, 14, 15, 22, £7—£9

14:40

Sam and Ben: Shnozzleballers!

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £free

Pippa Evans: Joy

Provision!

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27

Aug, £7.50—£13

Hurt and Anderson: Come What May

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £4—£5

Dad’s Army Radio Hour

Pleasance Dome, 2–28

Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £7—£13.50

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

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 4–26 Aug, not 14, £7—£10.50

The Canon: A Literary Sketch Show

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, not 15, £6.50—£11

Sam Goodburn: Dumbstruck

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £7—£12.50

14:45

Robyn’s Bad Decision Time

Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, 3–27 Aug, not 15, £free

The Naz Show HHH

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–25 Aug, not 14, £5

Marcus Ryan – Love Me

Tinder – Free

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £free

The Amazing Guy Show!

La Belle Angèle, 5–27

Aug, £free

Studio 9

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–28 Aug, not 14, £6—£10

Old Men at the Gates of Dawn

Scottish Comedy Festival

@ The Beehive Inn, 4–28

Aug, not 14, £free

Trumpageddon

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–28 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £6—£12.50

A Singh in the North!

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 3–27

Aug, £free

Funny Cluckers –Afternoon Show – Free

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 3–27 Aug, £free

Jez Watts: Sex, Lies & Videogames

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, Various dates from 3 Aug to 25

Aug, £free

Home Truths

Just the Tonic at The Community Project, 3–27

Aug, not 14, £4—£5

Eshaan Akbar: Not for Prophet HHHH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–27 Aug, not 15, £5—£10

Cheekykita: Somewhere in the Ether

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £free

Gareth Richards: Idiot Wind

Whistlebinkies, 5–27 Aug, not 17, £free

Rightly or Wrongly, for Better or Worse, the Fact Is This Is Tom Little Black Market, 5–26 Aug, £free

Afternoon Family

Underground Ghost Tour City of Edinburgh Tours, 1–31 Aug, £9

Chris Martin: The One and Only Chris Martin

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 3–27 Aug, not 19, £free

The Rock ‘n’ Roll Relationship Show (Unplugged) – Free

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 12–20 Aug, £free

14:50

Australia: A Whinging

Pom’s Guide

The Liquid Room, 5–26

Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £free

The Ashes: Comedy Showdown

The Liquid Room, 6 Aug, 13

Aug, 20 Aug, 27 Aug, £free

Tom Goodliffe’s Coffee Run

Underbelly Med Quad, 2–27

Aug, not 15, £6.50—£11

Mitch Benn: I’m Still Here

The Stand Comedy Club

5 & 6, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £9—£10

Pat Cahill: The Fisherman HHHH

Heroes @ Monkey Barrel, 3–27 Aug, not 16, £5

14:55

Des Kapital’s Never Mind the Cossacks

Sweet Grassmarket, 3–27

Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £8

Jody Kamali: Hotel Yes Please

Sweet Grassmarket, 4–27

Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £6

Christopher Bliss: Writing Wrongs

Voodoo Rooms, 5–27 Aug, not 14, £free

15:00

Inspiration

Opium, 5–26 Aug, £free

Mark Simmons: One-Linerer Bar Bados Complex, 5–26 Aug, £free

Thom Tuck: An August Institution Heroes @ Dragonfly, 3–27 Aug, not 15, £5

Georgie Morrell: The Morrell High Ground

Underbelly Med Quad, 2–28 Aug, not 16, £6.50—£10

Paul Revill: Revillations –Free HHH

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 3–27 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £free

Notflix

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–28 Aug, £6—£10

AAA Batteries (Not Included)

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–26 Aug, not 14, £5

The Rise and Fall of Marcus Monroe

Assembly George Square

Gardens, 3–27 Aug, £9—£15

CSI: Crime Scene

Improvisation

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 4–27 Aug, not 14, £5

Stephen Carlin: The Rise of the Autistic

Laughing Horse @ City

Cafe, 3–26 Aug, not 15, £free

Trygve vs a Baby

HHHH

Assembly Roxy, 3–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £8—£12.50

Classic Joke Club – Free Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 3–27 Aug, not 15, £free

Bumper Blyton Improvised Adventure Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3–27 Aug, not 15, £free

Would You Want Your Daughter to Marry a Weegie?

Outhouse, 5 Aug, 12 Aug, 19 Aug, 26 Aug, £7

The Noise Next Door’s Really, Really Good Afternoon Show

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–27 Aug, not 7, 8, 16, £5—£10.50

Trevor Lock’s Community Circle

Bannermans, 5–27 Aug, £free

Susie Steed: Money Walks – The Unofficial Story of Capitalism

Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus, 3–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £3—£5

Andy Zaltzman: Satirist for Hire (World of 2017 Special Edition)

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 15–27 Aug, £12

David Edwards – How to Get a Second Date

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–23 Aug, £6—£9

Adventures of the Improvised Sherlock Holmes

Just the Tonic at The Community Project, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £5

Tudur Owen: Normal Wear and Tear

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 10–27 Aug, not 14, £5

Tom & Ollie in Wasps

Laughing Horse @ The Cuckoo’s Nest, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £free

Matt Forde’s Political Party Podcast

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 16 Aug, £12

Bob Blackman’s Tray? Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 15 Aug, £free

15:05

Funny Bones and Wisdom Teeth theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 15–19 Aug, £7

15:10

Anna Morris: Bitchelors Voodoo Rooms, 5–27 Aug, not 16, £free

Rose Red: A Grimm Panto theSpace on the Mile, 14–19 Aug, £6.50

Eleanor Tiernan – People Pleaser HHH

Banshee Labyrinth, 5–27 Aug, not 14, £free

15:15

Inheritance

C venues – C royale, 2–28 Aug, not 14, £6.50—£8.50

There’s Always One Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 3–27 Aug, not 14, 23, £free

Romantic Encounters in a Darkened Room Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28 Aug, not 21, £6—£9.50

Robert White: InstruMENTAL

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–27 Aug, not 14, £5—£10

Rory O’Keeffe: Rorytelling Southsider, 5–26 Aug, £free

Thünderbards: 4nd HHH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–27 Aug, £8—£12

A Struggle: Work in Progress / Free Festival Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 3–27 Aug, £free

15:20

Nick Hall: Spencer Ciao Roma, 5–26 Aug, £free

Simon Munnery: Renegade Plumber The Stand Comedy Club, 3–28 Aug, not 14, £10—£12

Dates

C venues – C royale, 2–19

Aug, £7.50—£9.50

15:25

15:30

Hello Humans

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 1–27 Aug, £free

Great British Mysteries?

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28 Aug, not 14, £6—£10

Nina Conti: In Therapy

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug, £13

Will Seaward Goes to El Dorado

Heroes @ The Hive, 3–27 Aug, not 16, £5

Markus Birdman’s

Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea HHH

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £free

Chris Coltrane: Make

Love and Smash Fascism

Banshee Labyrinth, 5–27 Aug, £free

Avocado!

Sweet Holyrood, 2–27 Aug, not 12, 13, 24, 25, £9.50

Show Up

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £free

Tessa Coates: Primates

HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–26 Aug, £6—£9

1 Woman, a High-Flyer and a Flat Bottom: Samantha Baines

HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28 Aug, not 15, £6—£10 lastminute.com

Edinburgh Comedy Awards Show

Venue150 at EICC, 27 Aug, £14

BBC: Round Britain Quiz BBC, 21 Aug, £free

15:35

Sunil Patel: Titan

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £free

Nick Revell vs Lily, Evil Cat Queen of Earth

Planet and The Laughing Fridge

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £8—£9

The Sean Kelly Chat Show

Underbelly Med Quad, 2–27 Aug, not 16, £7—£12

15:40

Nobody Puts Bibby in the Corner

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, not 15, £6.50—£10

Unreal

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £free—£5

Bilal Zafar: Biscuit

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £5

Simon Morley: Naked Ambition

Heroes @ Monkey Barrel, 4–27 Aug, £8

Kev’s Komedy Kitchen –The Second Cumin

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £5—£8

Tom Ward: Love Machine HHHH

Just the Tonic at The Tron, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £5—£7

15:45

One Romanian Answering Questions

Laughing Horse @ The Cellar Monkey, 3–27 Aug, £free

Steve Gribbin: Shunted

Again

The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6, 4–27 Aug, not 14, £9

Bright Lights, Big City

Impro

Laughing Horse @ Moriarty’s, 20–27 Aug, £free—£10

The Oxford Revue: Witch Hunt Subway (previously Movement), 12–26 Aug, not 21, £free

Aaaaaaaargh! It’s the Monster Stand-Up Show – Free

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 3–27 Aug, £free

Northern Power Blouse

Opium, 5–26 Aug, not 15, 22, £free

Not Quite Mass

Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, 3–27 Aug, £free

David Sheeran: I Am

Donut

Laughing Horse @ The Golf Tavern, 3–27 Aug, not 5, 18, £free

Dharmander Singh from Bollywood and Birmingham to Berlin and Brexit

Laughing Horse @ Southside Social, 3–19 Aug, £free

Scott Gibson: Like Father Like Son HHH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–28 Aug, £6—£10

Stuart Goldsmith: Like I Mean It

Liquid Room Annexe, 5–27 Aug, £free

The Oxford Revue: Free

Laughing Horse @ Moriarty’s, 3–19 Aug, £free

Marny Godden is One Tooth

Heroes @ The Hive, 3–27 Aug, not 16, £5

LoveHard: Murdered by Murder

Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 3–27 Aug, £free

Martin Huburn: Tiptonite

Laughing Horse @ 48 Below, 12–27 Aug, £free

Afternoon Shaggers (Free Festival)

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 3–27 Aug, £free

Chris Betts vs The Audience

Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus, 3–27 Aug, not 9, 12, 14, £5

Erich McElroy Tops

Trump HH

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 3–27 Aug, £free

Michael Legge & Caroline

Mabey are Two Stupids

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 16–27 Aug, £free

15:50

Keir McAllister: Hey, You’re Only Cosmic Dust! The Stand Comedy Club 2, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £8—£9

The Secret Life of Your Mobile Phone theSpace on the Mile, 21–26 Aug, £8

15:55

Rob Auton: The Hair Show HHHH

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–26 Aug, not 14, £5

Tom Neenan: Attenborough

Underbelly Med Quad, 2–27 Aug, £6.50—£11

16:00

The Ayahuasca Diaries

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 3–27 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £free

All Together Irish

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 3–27 Aug, £free

Any Suggestions, Doctor? An Improvised Adventure in Space and Time

Sweet Grassmarket, 4–27

Aug, not 14, 21, £10

Edd Hedges: Wonderland

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–27 Aug, not 14, £5—£9.50

Burning Love to the Ground. (And, Lasagne) Nightcap, 3–27 Aug, £free

Teasing the Funny

Bone: A Seminar (For Professionals, Amateurs and Anyone In-Between)

Laughing Horse @ The Mockingbird, 3–27 Aug, not 16, £free

Daniel Nils Roberts: The Causeway Underbelly, George Square, 2–28 Aug, not 16, £6.50—£10

Carmen Lynch: Lynched

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3–27 Aug, not 15, £free

Me and Robin Hood

Pleasance Dome, 2–27

Aug, not 15, 22, £5

Tim Vine: Sunset Milk

Idiot

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27

Aug, not 9, 16, £12—£18

Sean Hughes’s Blank Book

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 14–24 Aug, not 18, 19, 20, £12.50

Stephen K Amos Talk Show

Gilded Balloon Teviot, Various dates from 4 Aug to 26 Aug, £7—£14

Clicking Comedians

Stills: Centre for Photography, 4–28 Aug, not 14, £free

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 4–27 Aug, £free

We’re Sorry – Canada’s 150th

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 3–27 Aug, £free

Beak Speaks

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £6.50—£10.50

Ray Bradshaw: Deaf

Comedy Fam

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–28

Aug, not 14, £6—£10

Battle of the Superheroes: The Great Superhero Debate (Free Festival)

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 5–27 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £free

Jessica Fostekew: The Silence of the Nans

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–26 Aug, not 14, £6

Jimmy McGhie’s Tribal Gathering

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 3–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free

What Bowie Did Next

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £4.50—£7.50

The Cambridge Footlights International

Tour Show 2017: Dream Sequence

Pleasance Dome, 2–28

Aug, not 14, £8—£13

Tony Cowards: Punderdog

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £5—£7

Michael Brunström: Parsley

Heroes @ Dragonfly, 16–27 Aug, £5

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 4 Aug, 9 Aug, 16 Aug, 23 Aug, 27 Aug, £free

16:05

Broke as a Joke theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 4–25 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £9

Funny for a Grrrl The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6, 2–27 Aug, not 3, 14, £9—£10

The Oppression Olympics theSpace @ Venue45, 21–26 Aug, £7—£8

Wombmates

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 4–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £8—£9

Rachel Fairburn: Her Majesty

Just the Tonic at The Community Project, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £5

Jonny Awsum: Honey, I Promised the Kid

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–26 Aug, not 14, £5

MakeyUppers’ Bedtime

Stories

Heroes @ Dragonfly, 11–15 Aug, £5

The Intimate Strangers: Mister Bond theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 4–26 Aug, not 6, 20, £4—£7

16:10

Chapshtick New Town Theatre, 3–27 Aug, not 15, £8—£9

16:15

Puppet Fiction

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free

Olaf Falafel Presents: The Marmosets of My Mind HH

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 3–27 Aug, not 15, £free

Suzanne Lea Shepherd: Scrappy Cuddler

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 3–27 Aug, not 15, £free

Abi Roberts: Fat Girl Dancing (Work in Progress)

Voodoo Rooms, 5–27 Aug, not 14, £free

Natalie Palamides: LAID Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27 Aug, not 14, £7—£12

Crossbones

Sweet Grassmarket, 3–27 Aug, not 16, £8

George Egg: DIY Chef Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–27 Aug, not 14, £6—£10

Danny Ward – Extra Dates Added Bar Bados Complex, 5–26 Aug, £free

Tash Goldstone and Sam Lake: Queens

52 Canoes (Grassmarket), 5–26 Aug, not 15, £free

Awkward Confessions of a Homeless Sex God Bar Bados Complex, 5–26 Aug, £free

Matt Hutson & Rob

Copland: Pack It in You Two

Opium, 5–26 Aug, not 15, £free

Adam Vincent: How Not to Kill Yourself When Living in the Suburbs

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 3–27 Aug, £free

Old Jewish Jokes

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 21 Aug, £free

16:20

Alex Kealy: The Art of the Keal HHH

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £5

Nomad-a What

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £free

Laughing Stock

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, not 14, 15, £6.50—£11

Big Howard Little

Howard: Man and Boy HHH

Banshee Labyrinth, 5–27 Aug, not 10, 11, £free

The Oxford Revue

Assembly George Square Studios, 3–28 Aug, not 14, 15, £7—£10

16:30

Russell Hicks: The Brain is in the Heart

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 3–28 Aug, £free

Galpals: Because at the End of the Day, That’s What We’d Like to be Known as Southsider, 5–26 Aug, not 16, £free

Tom Skelton: Blind Man’s Bluff

Underbelly Med Quad, 2–28 Aug, not 16, £6.50—£10

Ingrid Oliver: Speech!

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27

Aug, not 14, £6—£9

Phill Jupitus Up the Stand

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £10—£12

Sagar Mega Drive

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 3–27 Aug, not 15, £free

Four Go Off On One!

A Jolly Good Romp Through Childhood

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–27

Aug, not 15, £6—£11

Kids With Beards: Fandango!

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 15–26 Aug, £free

Goose: Amphetawaltz Assembly George Square Gardens, 3–27 Aug, £8—£12.50

The Rat Pack Presents...

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 3–27 Aug, £free

Giants: For an Hour

HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27

Aug, not 14, £6—£11

Outdoor Heated Swimming Pool

Bar Bados Complex, 5–26

Aug, not 14, £free

Juliette Burton: Butterfly Effect

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–27

Aug, not 14, £6—£9.50

16:40

Dominic Holland

Eclipsed – Free HHH

The Voodoo Rooms, 5–27

Aug, not 8, 9, £free

Stiff & Kitsch: By All Accounts Two Normal Girls*

C venues – C royale, 13–28

Aug, £7.50—£9.50

16:45

Hari Sriskantha: Clown

Atlas

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £free

Colin Hoult / Anna Mann in How We Stop the Fascists

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27

Aug, not 14, £6—£11

Luke Kempner: Take a Long Hard Luke at Yourself

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28

Aug, not 14, £6—£12

Ben Fogg: How I Won Best Newcomer 2017

HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28

Aug, not 14, £5—£12

Board Game Smackdown – Free

Laughing Horse @ Bar

50, 3–27 Aug, not 16, 23, £free

Twayna Mayne: Black Girl

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27

Aug, not 16, £6—£12

Rotating Bill

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret

Voltaire, 3–27 Aug, £free

John Pendal: How to Escape from Stuff

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 2–27 Aug, not 3, 14, £7—£8

Richard Brown: Hold

Tightly to the Walls

Globe Bar, 5–27 Aug, not 14, £free

Ken Cheng: Chinese Comedian HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27

Aug, not 16, £6—£10

Erin McGathy: MurderTown (One-Woman Murder Mystery)

Gilded Balloon at Rose

Theatre, 2–28 Aug, not 14, £6—£10

Next Best Thing: How to Be Good at Everything

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28

Aug, not 15, £6—£9.50

Pete Johansson: Pete Jo-Handsome Comes

Alive!

Heroes @ The Hive, 3–27

Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £5

Dino Wiand – Yorkshire

Ripper / Free Festival

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 23 Aug, £free

16:50

Frank Lavender: Fragile Masculinity

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3–26

Aug, £free

16:55

Paul Sinha: Shout Out to My Ex

The Stand Comedy Club, 2–27 Aug, not 3, 14, £5—£12

Thrones! The Musical Assembly George Square Studios, 2–28 Aug, £10—£15

Jem Brookes: Pull Yourself Together

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 3–27 Aug, £free

17:00

Inglourious Basstard

Frankenstein Pub, 14–27

Aug, not 21, £free

Steve Bugeja: Summer Camp HHH

Just the Tonic at The Tron, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £6—£8

Julio Torres: My Favourite

Shapes HHH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27

Aug, not 14, £6.50—£10.50

John Kearns: Don’t Worry They’re Here

Heroes @ Monkey Barrel, 4–27 Aug, not 16, £7

The Sheffield Revue

Presents: Comedy in a Basement

Laughing Horse @ 48 Below, 12–18 Aug, £free

Charlotte Gittins: Mirror Image

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 3–27 Aug, not 15, £free

Marcus Ryan – ¿Hablas

Inglés? – Free

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £free

Comedy With a Colourblind Dyslexic Geordie Who Also Has Other Aliments

Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 3–27 Aug, £free

Jenny Collier: Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Jen

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 3–27 Aug, £free

#Jollyboat: Why Do Nerds Suddenly Appear?

Subway (previously Movement), 5–27 Aug, £free

Stephanie Laing: Mad About the Boy Nightcap, 3–27 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £free

Declan Amphlett: Verbal Remedies

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 17–27 Aug, £free

The Long, Miserable Journey to Happiness

Laughing Horse @ The Golf Tavern, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £free

Ben Target’s Orangeade

HHH

Heroes @ Dragonfly, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £5

Alexander Fox: Ringo Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28 Aug, £6—£9.50

Balamory Doubtfire

Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, 3–27 Aug, £free

Laughter is the Best Placebo

Sweet Grassmarket, 3–27 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £5

Andrew O’Neill’s Black Magick Fun Hour – Free

HHH

Liquid Room Annexe, 5–27 Aug, not 21, £free

We Stand Amused

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 3–16 Aug, £free

Self Sabotage

Laughing Horse @ Southside Social, 14–27 Aug, £free

Rory O’Hanlon: Getting Serious

Opium, 5–26 Aug, £free

Gary Tro: SupercalifragilisticexpiGARYTROcious

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £5

Mojo and Lew Fitz: Let You In

Kilderkin, 5–26 Aug, not 14, £free

Murder, She Didn’t Write: The Improvised Murder Mystery

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28 Aug, £6—£12.50

Viv Groskop: Anchorwoman

The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6, 3–26 Aug, not 14, £8—£9

The Establishment: Eton Mess Assembly George Square Theatre, 2–28 Aug, not 6, 14, £6—£10.50

Matt Winning: Filibuster

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £3—£5

Imaginary Radio

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 3–27 Aug, not 9, 14, 21, £10

A Pessimist’s Guide to Being Happy Laughing Horse @ Moriarty’s, 3–27 Aug, not 21, £free

Lucy Hopkins: Powerful Women Are About Heroes @ The Hive, 3–27 Aug, not 9, 16, £5

Joe Jacobs: Ripe Sweet Holyrood, 3–27 Aug, not 24, 25, £5

Forks, Sharks and Leafy Greens

Laughing Horse @ 48

Below, 21–27 Aug, £free

What’s in the Happy Shed?

Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus, 5–26 Aug, not 9, £5

Unprecedented and Unpresidential: How Hillary Clinton Lost the Election – Free Festival

Laughing Horse @ 48 Below, 19–20 Aug, £free

I Am What I Eat

Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 14–16 Aug, £10

17:05

Jojo Sutherland and Susan Morrison: Fanny’s Ahoy! The Stand Comedy Club

2, 2–27 Aug, not 3, 14, £8—£9

17:10

Fish Finger Fridays: Fun Time Friends Black Market, 5–26 Aug, not 16, £free

Prestonian Laughing Horse @ The Cellar Monkey, 3–27 Aug, not 12, 16, 23, £free

Artificial Intelligence

Improvisation

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–26 Aug, £8

17:15

Morgan & West: Return of the Time-Travelling

Magicians

Underbelly Med Quad, 2–28 Aug, not 23, £6.50—£12

Will Mars: This

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 3–27 Aug, not 15, £free

The Kagools: Tutti

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–26 Aug, not 14, £7

Dylan Gott: Cool Guy, Lots of Friends

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 3–27 Aug, £free

Chris Kent: Moving on Assembly George Square Studios, 2–28 Aug, not 15, £5—£9.50

Stephen Bailey: Can’t Think Straight HHH

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £free

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 4–27 Aug, £free

Bec Hill: Out of Order HHH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–27 Aug, not 15, £5—£9.50

Micky Bartlett: Typical Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–28 Aug, £6—£11

Hardeep Singh

Kohli: Alternative, Fact HHHH

Assembly George Square Studios, 2–27 Aug, not 14, £8—£13

A Sad Joke About Life

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3–27 Aug, not 11, 17, £free

Avril’s Character

Assassination: Everyday Problems

Laughing Horse @ The Mockingbird, 17–27 Aug, £free

A Voyage of the Easy Sisters

C venues – C royale, 14–28 Aug, £7.50—£9.50

Ian Smith: Snowflake

Underbelly Med Quad, 2–27

Aug, not 16, £6.50—£12

Full International Brexit Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 3–27 Aug, not 15, £free

Alex Smith – Real Man

Whistlebinkies, 5–26 Aug, £free

Komödie Distillery

Laughing Horse @ The Mockingbird, 3–16 Aug, £free

17:20

Will Duggan: Perspicuator HHH

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £5

Nick Helm: Masterworks in Progress ‘17 Pleasance Courtyard, 14–27 Aug, £10

Alice Marshall: Blood

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–26 Aug, not 14, £4—£5

Liam Withnail: The Immigration Game Heroes @ Monkey Barrel, 3–27 Aug, not 15, £5

The Starship Osiris

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–26 Aug, £6.50—£11.50

Audible Presents

Pleasance Dome, Various dates from 4 Aug to 27 Aug, £free

Viggo Venn – The Life of Pepito

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, not 16, £6.50—£10

The Starship Osiris: Special Performance Underbelly, Cowgate, 27 Aug, £10.50

Aaaaaaargh! Macbeth… Without the Shakespeare Bollocks

The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £8—£10

Sweet Things

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £3—£5

Christian Reilly: LOLternative Rock

Liquid Room Annexe, 5–27 Aug, £free

17:25

David Huntsberger: Big Nothingness

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–26 Aug, not 14, £4—£5

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

Just the Tonic at The Community Project, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £3—£6.50

17:30

Harun Musho’d: Harun With a View

Opium, 5–27 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £free

Celtic Comedy

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 3–27 Aug, £free

Tobias Persson: Sweden Sour

New Town Theatre, 4–27 Aug, not 15, £10

Australia: Still F*cked

Black Market, 5–18 Aug, £free

Paul Savage is Set to Self Destruct

52 Canoes (Grassmarket), 5–27 Aug, not 15, £free

Sleeping Trees at the Movies

Pleasance Dome, 2–28 Aug, not 15, £7—£13

Anything Can Be a Podcast Returns Again for the Third Time! With John Hastings

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £free

The Older Brothers’ Almanac C venues – C, 2–28 Aug, not 15, 22, £9.50—£11.50

Gusset Grippers Woodland Creatures, Various dates from 3 Aug to 27 Aug, £6

Tiff Stevenson: Bombshell

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–27 Aug, £6—£12

Nick Coyle: Queen of Wolves

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, not 15, £6.50—£10

Tamar Broadbent: Get Ugly HHHH

Underbelly Med Quad, 2–28 Aug, not 14, £6.50—£10.50

Paul McCaffrey: Suburban Legend

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3–26 Aug, £free

Lucy Porter: Choose Your Battles HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27 Aug, not 16, 23, £7—£15

Harriet Dyer – Dyergnosis Murder

Bar Bados Complex, 5–26 Aug, £free

Nik Coppin: Globetrotter (Free Festival)

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 3–27 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £free

Kae Kurd: Kurd Your Enthusiasm

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27 Aug, not 16, £6—£12

Eamonn Fleming in association with LittleMighty presents

17:40

I Hate Myself So People Will Like Me (and Other Strategies for Success)

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–27 Aug, not 14, 19, £9

Chris Washington: Dream Big (Within Reason)

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £5

Live at the Pleasance

Pleasance Dome, Various dates from 9 Aug to 24

Aug, £free

17:45

Kat Bond: Loo Roll

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28

Aug, not 16, £6—£10

Lauren Pattison: Lady Muck

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28

Aug, not 14, £6—£10

Another Political Comedy Show

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 4–27

Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £5

Ellie Taylor: This Guy Pleasance Courtyard, 3–27

Aug, not 5, 16, £6—£12

LadyFace Assembly Hall, 3–28 Aug, not 15, £6—£11

Sally-Anne Hayward: Um... I Was Talking About You Not to You

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3–27 Aug, not 15, £free

The Ghosts of Moistly Hollow

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 15–22 Aug, £free

You’re Never Too Old... Are You? – Free

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 23–27 Aug, £free

Dan & Jamie Work On Progress

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 3–28 Aug, not 15, £free

Tom Houghton: Class

Half Empty

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–28 Aug, £6—£10

Christian Schulte-Loh: Rise of the 50 Foot

German Comedian

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret

Voltaire, 4–27 Aug, not 16, 23, £free

Barry Loves You (Work in Progress)

Sweet Grassmarket, 4–27

Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £5

Greg Proops is the Smartest Man in the World

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9 Aug, 16 Aug, £12

Ahir Shah: Control

HHHH

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 16 Aug, 23 Aug, £free

17:50

Athena Kugblenu: KMT

Underbelly Med Quad, 2–27 Aug, not 14, £6.50—£11

Mick Neven: Killing It Ciao Roma, 5–26 Aug, not 14, £free

The Red Emerald: A Farce for the Colourblind theSpace on Niddry St, 21–26 Aug, £10

17:55

Michael Brandon –Off-Ramps

Assembly Rooms, 3–27

Aug, not 14, £10—£15

Louise Reay: Hard Mode HH

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £7—£8

18:00

Would You Want Your Daughter to Marry a Weegie?

Outhouse, 4–26 Aug, not 6, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, £7

The Best of Irish Comedy

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 4–27 Aug, £12

Zsa Zsa and Me

Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre, 2–28 Aug, not 14, 21, £6—£12

Only Fools and Three Courses

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 4–27 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £47.50

Gareth Morinan: Brexitocracy (Explained With Graphs)

Banshee Labyrinth, 5–26 Aug, £free

Cat FM

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–26 Aug, not 14, £4—£5

Rhys James: Wiseboy

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27 Aug, £6—£11.50

Audrey’s Absolute Fest of All Assembly Rooms, 4–26 Aug, not 14, £12.50

Michael Stranney: Welcome to Ballybeg Pleasance Courtyard, 2–25 Aug, £6—£10

Abandoman’s Rob Broderick – The Musical in My Mind

Assembly George Square Gardens, 3–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £8—£12.50

Tom Lucy: Needs to Stop Showing Off in Front of His Friends

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27 Aug, not 14, £6—£10

Pick of the Fringe

The Sheraton Grand Hotel , 24 Aug, £150

Comedy in the Dark

Just the Tonic at The Community Project, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £6—£12

Kriss Foster: The Mug Tree Globe Bar, 5–27 Aug, £free

Brennan Reece: Everlong HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27 Aug, £6—£10

Mark Thomas: A Show That Gambles on the Future

Summerhall, 2–27 Aug, not 3, 14, 19, £12—£15

Adam Hess: Cactus Heroes @ The Hive, 4–27

Aug, £6

Evelyn Mok: Hymen Manoeuvre HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27 Aug, not 14, £6—£9

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27 Aug, not 15, £10—£17

Conor Drum: All My Friends Are Dead

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 3–27 Aug, £free

Scarlet Sohandsome: Recreational Drag Use Nightcap, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £free

Iguana Mum

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret

Voltaire, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £free

Alasdair Beckett-King: The Alasdair

Beckett-King Mysteries

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28

Aug, not 14, £6—£9.50

Joey Page: Pretty Boy

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3–28 Aug, £free

What’s in the Happy Shed?

Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus, 5–26 Aug, not 9, £5

Justin Moorhouse: People and Feelings

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 18–20 Aug, £15

Barry Cryer and Ronnie Golden: Just the Two at Six

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 15–16 Aug, £14

18:05

Ongals: Babbling

Comedy Assembly Roxy, 2–28 Aug, £10—£15

Shellshock! Improv Live! theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–26 Aug, £6.50

18:10

Alcohol is Good for You Too

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 3–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free

Sam & Tom: Unrectifiable Heroes @ Dragonfly, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £5

18:15

Jordan Brookes: Body of Work HHHH

Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £free

Al Murray: The Pub Landlord’s Saloon Assembly George Square Gardens, 17–27 Aug, £19.50

Bob Slayer: Whatever Next?

Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus, 3–27 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £5

The Rise of a Comedy Dictator

Waverley Bar, 5–27 Aug, £free

Darius Davies: Road to Wrestlemania

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 3–28 Aug, not 15, £free

Quiz in My Pants

Subway (previously Movement), 5–27 Aug, £free

Beach Hunks: Hog Wild

Laughing Horse @ The Cellar Monkey, 3–27 Aug, not 20, £free

Scott ‘The Redman’

Redmond: Departures

Laughing Horse @ Moriarty’s, 3–27 Aug, £free

Bronston Jones: God

Bless ‘Merica (3) – Free

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 3–27 Aug, £free

Battered

Laughing Horse @ 48

Below, 3–27 Aug, £free

James & Jamesy: 2 for Tea

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–27 Aug, not 14, £6—£11

The Edinburgh Revue: Jamboreavement Kilderkin, 5–26 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £free

Is Edward Aczel Infinite?

Heroes @ The Hive, 3–27 Aug, not 15, £7

John Robertson: Dominant HH

The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £8—£9

Big Cat Small Flap

Laughing Horse @ The Golf Tavern, 14–27 Aug, £free

Tony Burgess – Crimbo

HHH

Sneaky Pete’s, 5–26 Aug, not 13, 21, £free

Kev’s Komedy Klub

Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £free

Alexander Bennett’s Terrifying Smile Opium, 5–26 Aug, not 15, £free

As If I Hadn’t Slept

Laughing Horse @ Southside Social, 3–27 Aug, £free

Shaggers (Free Festival)

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 3–27 Aug, £free

Marjolein Robertson: Relations

Black Market, 5–26 Aug, not 15, £free

Carey Marx: The Afterwife Liquid Room Annexe, 5–27 Aug, not 16, £free

Gordon Southern: That’s a Fun Fact!

Frankenstein Pub, 4–28 Aug, not 16, £free

Sajeela Kershi: Fights Like a Girl!

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 3–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free

18:20

Spencer Jones: The Audition Heroes @ Monkey Barrel, 4–27 Aug, not 15, £7

Annie McGrath: Ambivert Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £5

Joanne McNally: Bite Me Assembly Roxy, 2–28 Aug, not 15, £5—£9.50

Glenn Moore: The Very Best of Belinda Carlisle

Just the Tonic at The Tron, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £5

Katy Brand: I Could’ve Been an Astronaut HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £7—£13.50

Topical Storm 2017

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 15–27 Aug, £10

AAA Stand-Up at Underbelly

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, £6.50—£11

Scientology: The Musical Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 15–27 Aug, £10

Jimeoin: Ridiculous Venue150 at EICC, 3–27 Aug, not 14, 22, £8.50—£18.50

Tom Mayhew: Fragile Fragments

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £5

Flour theSpace on the Mile, 14–19 Aug, £7

18:25

Myrtle Throgmorton: Stuffed and Mounted

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 4–26 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £10

Andy Quirk’s Got First World Problems Black Market, 5–26 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £free

Domesticated Paradise in The Vault, 5–19 Aug, not 13, £7

Hannah Gadsby – Nanette HHHHH

Assembly George Square Studios, 2–27 Aug, not 15, £7.50—£12

18:30

Mike Bubbins: Retrosexual Male Assembly George Square Studios, 2–27 Aug, £6—£11

John Scott Delusions

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 4–27 Aug, not 21, £free

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 4–27 Aug, £free

Escape for Dummies

Greenside @ Royal Terrace, Various dates from 5 Aug to 25 Aug, £8

Michael Redmond: I

Wrote a Joke in 1987

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–28

Aug, not 14, £6—£10

Andrew Doyle: Thought Crimes HHH

The Stand Comedy Club, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £10—£12

Chris Henry: Ignorance Is Chris

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 3–27

Aug, not 14, 21, £free

Gary Little: Club Classics

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 3–28

Aug, £free

Gráinne Maguire: Gráinne with a Fada

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–28 Aug, not 15, £5—£9.50

Carol Cates: Lady Carol The Voodoo Rooms, 4–27

Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £10

Rosie Wilby: The Conscious Uncoupling

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £free

JoJo Smith: I Was the Ninth Dexys Midnight Runner (Ten True Tales)

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 3–26 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £free

NewsRevue 2017

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28 Aug, not 15, £10—£17.50

Britney in: John

Bedlam Theatre, 2–28 Aug, not 13, 20, £9—£10

Dino Wiand – Yorkshire Ripper / Free Festival

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 22 Aug, £free

Phill Jupitus: Sketch

Comic

Scottish National Gallery, 10 Aug, 17 Aug, 24 Aug, £free

18:35

Aditi Mittal: Global Village Idiot HHH

Underbelly Med Quad, 2–27 Aug, not 14, £6—£11

Michelle McManus’s Reality: The Musical The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6, 2–27 Aug, not 3, 5, 14, £10—£12

Absolute Improv! theSpace on Niddry St, 4–26 Aug, not 6, £6—£10

Leeds Tealights: Fix Us

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–26 Aug, not 14, £7—£9

The Ashes: Comedy Showdown The Liquid Room, 15 Aug, £free

18:40

Larry Dean: Fandan Heroes @ Monkey Barrel, 3–27 Aug, not 15, £5

Fast Fringe Pleasance Dome, 2–26 Aug, £5—£11

Johnny White

Really-Really: Pigeons

HHHH

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £6

I See You – Live

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £5—£8

Shappi Khorsandi: Mistress and Misfit

HHHH

Assembly George Square Studios, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £10—£14

Abi Roberts: Anglichanka

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £6.50—£10.50

Zach Zucker – Human Person

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, not 16, £6.50—£10

Geoff Norcott: Right Leaning but Well

Meaning

Underbelly, George Square, 2–27 Aug, not 14, 16, £6.50—£11.50

Focus On: Lola and Jo

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–26 Aug, not 14, £5

John Robins: The Darkness of Robins Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27 Aug, not 14, £6—£14

The Committee: Improvised Comedy Bar Bados Complex, 5–26 Aug, not 21, £free

Brendon Burns and Craig Quartermaine in Race Off HHH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–28 Aug, not 17, £7—£13

Andrew Ryan: Did You Get Here Alright? HHH

Assembly George Square Studios, 2–27 Aug, £5—£11

Sean McLoughlin: You Can’t Ignore Me Forever Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 3–26 Aug, £free

We Are Not Afraid

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–26 Aug, not 14, £free

Kwame Asante: Open Arms HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27 Aug, not 16, £6—£10

Kai Humphries: Punch-Drunk

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–28 Aug, £6—£12.50

IlluminArchie: Archie Maddocks

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £free

Ashley Storrie: Morning Glory

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3–27 Aug, £free

Siân and Zoë’s Sugar Coma Fever Nightmare

Just the Tonic at The Community Project, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £2.50—£5

Becky Brunning: Beaming Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 3–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £free

Al Porter in Campus

Maximus

Underbelly Med Quad, 12–27 Aug, £12—£14

18:50

Aaron Twitchen: Curtain

Twitchen

C venues – C south, 3–28 Aug, not 15, £7.50—£9.50

Sooz on Film

Underbelly Med Quad, 2–27 Aug, not 16, £6.50—£10.50

Catriona Knox: Adorable Deplorable Pleasance Dome, 2–28 Aug, not 15, £6—£11

18:55

(500) Days of Stammer Black Market, 5–26 Aug, £free

The Wedding Guest Voodoo Rooms, 5–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £free

Sean Kelly: Sold Your Way!

Underbelly Med Quad, 2–27 Aug, not 16, £7—£14

19:00

Becky Lucas: Little Bitch Assembly George Square Theatre, 2–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £7—£12

Nicola Cross – Tracey

Tracey

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £5

C’est La Vegan Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3–27 Aug, £free

David Correos and Matt Stellingwerf: Chaos and Order

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–28 Aug, not 14, £6—£9

What’s in the Happy Shed?

Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus, 5–26 Aug, not 9, £5 Mediocre as F*ck

Sweet Grassmarket, 21–27

Aug, £8.50

Adam Rowe: Unbearable

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £5

Dave Johns: I, Fillum Star Pleasance Dome, 3–27 Aug, not 15, 22, £9.50—£13.50

Jan Ravens: Difficult

Woman

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–27

Aug, not 16, £6—£14

Sarah Kendall: One-Seventeen

Assembly George Square Studios, 2–27 Aug, £7—£12.50

Tinder Rehab

Sweet Grassmarket, 7–20 Aug, £7

Lloyd Griffith in:Undated Pleasance Dome, 2–27 Aug, £6—£10.50

Stand-Up Nomad: Backpacking Comedy

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 3–27 Aug, £free

Raymond Mearns is Present and Incorrect

Scottish Comedy Festival

@ The Beehive Inn, 3–28

Aug, not 14, £free

Sara Schaefer: Little White Box

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28

Aug, not 14, £6—£12.50

Martin Mor: All the Best

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 3–27 Aug, £free

I Am What I Eat Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 17 Aug, 18 Aug, 23

Aug, £10

Milo McCabe: The Talented Mr Hawke Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £free

Sara Pascoe: LadsLadsLads

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27

Aug, not 14, £7—£13.50

Phil Wang: Kinabalu HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27

Aug, not 14, £8—£12

Equality Street Nightcap, 3–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free

Jess Robinson: Unravelled

Underbelly, George Square, 2–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £9—£14.50

Stuart Laws Stops

HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27

Aug, not 16, £6—£9.50

Police Cops in Space

Pleasance Dome, 2–27

Aug, not 14, 23, £8—£12

Make Tea, Not War

Quaker Meeting House, 27–28 Aug, £7

BBC: The Now Show

BBC, 23 Aug, £free

Michele Durante Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 22 Aug, 24 Aug, £20

19:05

Date Night With Bristol

Improv theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 21–26 Aug, £5

Rahul Kohli: A Not So Chubby, Brown

The Stand Comedy Club

3 & 4, 2–27 Aug, not 3, 14, £7—£8

19:10

Paul Foot: ‘Tis a Pity

She’s a Piglet

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £7.50—£12.50

John Lynn: Woke Up Underbelly Med Quad, 2–28 Aug, not 14, £6.50—£10

Shellshock! Improv Live! theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 14–19 Aug, £6.50

19:15

This Is Your Trial Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–28 Aug, £6.50—£14

Angela Barnes: Fortitude Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27 Aug, not 14, £6—£10

Jon Pointing: Act Natural Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27 Aug, not 3, 14, £6—£11

London Hughes: Superstar C venues – C royale, 2–27 Aug, not 14, £12.50—£14.50

Josh Pugh: A Boy Named Pugh Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28 Aug, not 15, £6—£10

Ed Gamble: Mammoth HHHH Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27 Aug, £8—£12

Mindy Raf: Keeping My Kidneys

Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre, 2–28 Aug, not 14, £6—£12

Nina Conti: In Your Face Pleasance at EICC, 17–24 Aug, £17.50

Sisters: White Noise Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27 Aug, £6—£9.50

Laugh Train Home Comedy Showcase

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 3–27 Aug, £free

Bobby Mair: Loudly Insecure

Heroes @ The Hive, 4–27 Aug, not 14, £5

AAA Stand-Up Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28 Aug, £6—£11

ForniKATEress

Banshee Labyrinth, 5–27 Aug, not 15, £free

Ivor Dembina Show

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3–27 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £free

Bob Blackman’s Tray?

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 15 Aug, £free

19:20

Big Value Comedy Show – Early

Just the Tonic at The Community Project, 3–27

Aug, not 14, £5—£10

Twonkey’s Christmas in the Jungle HHH

Heroes @ Dragonfly, 3–27

Aug, not 15, £5

Limmy: That’s Your Lot – The Book Tour

New Town Theatre, 18–20

Aug, £15

Piff the Magic Dragon: The Road to Piffland

New Town Theatre, 22–27

Aug, £16

The Bugle Live Podcast

New Town Theatre, 16

Aug, £14

Joe Lycett and Friends

New Town Theatre, 17

Aug, £14

19:25

Jonny & the Baptists: The Best of 2012-2017

Roundabout @ Summerhall, Various dates from 13 Aug to 19 Aug, £10—£14

Slug

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 3–27 Aug, £free

Adele Cliff: Cliff Notes

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 3–27 Aug, not 16, £free

19:30

Henning Wehn: Westphalia is Not an Option

The Queen’s Hall, 3–20

Aug, not 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, £free

Sarah Bennetto: All My Life’s Mistakes, Catalogued (Volume One)

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 3–26 Aug, not 14, £free

More Classic Stanley

Frankenstein Pub, 4–27

Aug, £free

Vladimir McTavish: Scotland the State of the Nation

The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £8—£9

Nick Doody: Interesting Times Liquid Room Annexe, 5–25 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £free

Shazia Mirza: With Love from St Tropez Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–28

Aug, not 16, £6—£12

Joz Norris: The Incredible Joz Norris Locks Himself Inside His Own Show, Then Escapes, Against All the Odds!!

Heroes @ The Hive, 3–27 Aug, not 16, £5

Milton Jones is Out There Assembly Hall, 3–20 Aug, not 14, £10—£18

Aaah Sure, It’s the Irish Comedian of the Year!

Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, 3–27 Aug, £free

Blurred Lines

Laughing Horse @ Southside Social, 3–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free

Ed Byrne: Spoiler Alert HH

Assembly George Square Theatre, 2–27 Aug, not 14, £10—£18.50

Ethnic Cleansing

Laughing Horse @ The Golf Tavern, 3–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free

The Reel Comedy Club

Assembly Rooms, 4–26

Aug, not 14, £12.50

Samantha Pressdee: Back 2 Basics

Laughing Horse @ 48 Below, 3–27 Aug, £free

Tommy Tiernan: Under the Influence

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 4–27 Aug, not 13, 14, 24, £10—£17

I Can Make You Tory

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 3–28 Aug, not 15, £free

Ayesha Hazarika: State of the Nation

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 14–20 Aug, £10—£12

Comedians Against Humanity: Hosted by Yianni Agisilaou – Free Subway (previously Movement), 5–26 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free

Richard Herring: Oh Frig, I’m 50!

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–26 Aug, £10—£14

Dirty Rotten Irish Scoundrel

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 3–27 Aug, £free

Carl Donnelly: The Nutter on the Bus

HHHH Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus, 3–27 Aug, not 9, 16, £7

101 Comedy Club – Free Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 3–27 Aug, £free

It’s Better to Lie Than to Tell the Truth and End Up Alone in a Ditch Crying

Laughing Horse @ The Cellar Monkey, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £free

A1: The Long Road to Edinburgh

Laughing Horse @ Moriarty’s, 3–27 Aug, £free

David O’Doherty: Big Time

Assembly Hall, 25–27 Aug, £16

07800 834030: Thank You for Waiting Sneaky Pete’s, 5–27 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £free

Paul Zerdin: All Mouth Assembly Hall, 22–24 Aug, £16.50

Seriously Funny Quaker Meeting House, 11 Aug, 18 Aug, 25 Aug, £5

So You Think You’re Funny? Sketch

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 16 Aug, £10

Jenny Collier: Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Jen

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 15 Aug, £free

Comedy Gala 2017: In Aid of Waverley Care Edinburgh Playhouse , 18 Aug, £25

Playing Politics – The Last Hurrah

The Queen’s Hall, 25 Aug, £free

So You Think You’re Funny? Grand Final

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24 Aug, £15

19:35

Gavin Webster: It’s About Time We Had More Women in There HHH

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 2–27 Aug, not 3, 14, £8—£9

Helen Duff: When the Going Gets Duff

Assembly Roxy, 2–27 Aug, not 14, £7—£12

19:40

Iain Stirling: U OK Hun? X HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27 Aug, £8—£12

Caroline Mabey: Quetzals

HH

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £4—£5

Abigoliah Schamaun: Namaste, Bitches HHH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, not 15, £6.50—£10

Craig Hill: Someone’s Gonna Get Kilt!

Venue150 at EICC, 3–27 Aug, not 14, 22, £8.50—£18.50

Alun Cochrane: Alunish Cochranish The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 4–27 Aug, not 14, £12

Jack Barry: High Treason

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £5

Phil Ellis Has Been on Ice

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £5

Organ Freeman

Just the Tonic at The Tron, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £5

Glenn Wool: Viva Forever Heroes @ Monkey Barrel, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £7.50

19:45

Evan Desmarais: I Like Me

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3–27 Aug, £free

Andrew Silverwood is a ‘Self-Absorbed Tw*t’ Laughing Horse @ The Mockingbird, 3–27 Aug, £free

Chris Forbes: Unquiet Mind

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–28 Aug, not 15, £6—£10

Aaaaaaargh! It’s the Monster Stand-Up Show – Flamin’ Hot – Free Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 3–27 Aug, £free

Matt Price: The Weed Fairy

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 3–27 Aug, £free

Jonny Pelham: Just Shout Louder HHHH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–27 Aug, £6—£11

God Hates Me: I’m Trans Brewhemia, 4–28 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £8—£11

Nathan Cassidy: The Man in the Arena

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £free

Urzila Carlson – First Edition

Assembly George Square Studios, 2–27 Aug, not 15, £7—£11.50

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 4–27 Aug, £free

19:50

Jo Caulfield: Older. Wiser. Smarter. Meaner. The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6, 4–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £10

Hilda & The Spectrum

Voodoo Rooms, 5–28 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £free

Spontaneous Sherlock Liquid Room Annexe, 5–27

Aug, £free

Vikki Stone – Concerto for Comedian and Orchestra

Pleasance Courtyard, 27

Aug, £16.50

19:55

Bristol Revunions: Glass

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–26 Aug, not 14, £5—£7

Anne Edmonds: No Offence, None Taken HHH

Underbelly Med Quad, 2–27

Aug, not 14, £7—£12

20:00

Neal Portenza

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27

Aug, £6.50—£11

Mae Martin: Dope

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £free

Donald Alexander and Stuart McPherson

Nightcap, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £free

Nazeem Hussain – Hussain In The Membrane Assembly George Square Studios, 2–27 Aug, not 15, £7.50—£12.50

Big Fat Gay CC Blooms, 5–27 Aug, £free

Joseph Morpurgo: Hammerhead

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28

Aug, not 14, £7—£12

Tom Allen: Absolutely Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27

Aug, not 14, £7—£11

John Robertson: The Dark Room

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, £6.50—£11

CSI Comedy

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3–20 Aug, £free

The Papa CJ Happiness Project

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 21–27 Aug, £free

Lily Lovett Lovett Lovett, I’m Lovin’ It Like That Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 3–27 Aug, £free

Popular Comedian Rob Mulholland HH

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £5

Micky P Kerr is Lay-Z

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–26 Aug, not 14, £5

Accidents Happen to Sasha Ellen

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £5

Mark Nelson: Irreverence

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–27 Aug, not 15, £6—£12.50

Jon Long – Winded Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 3–27 Aug, £free

Charlie Baker: The Hit Polisher Assembly George Square Theatre, 2–27 Aug, not 14, £5—£11

Planet Caramel: Hot, Sexy, Kind and Desperate Bar Bados Complex, 5–26 Aug, not 16, £free

What’s in the Happy Shed?

Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus, 5–26 Aug, not 9, £5

Steen Raskopoulos – The Coolest Kid in Competitive Chess HHHH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £7—£12.50

Sophie Willan: Branded Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27 Aug, not 16, £6—£12

Tom Walker: Bee Boo Underbelly, George Square, 2–27 Aug, not 15, £6.50—£11

Patrick Monahan: Rewind Selector 90s

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–27 Aug, not 14, £7—£14

The Cat Man Curse Bedlam Theatre, 2–28 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £8

Liam Withnail: True Defective

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 15 Aug, £10

The Tartan Ribbon Comedy Benefit Pleasance Courtyard, 15 Aug, £12

Comic Relief Live Assembly Hall, 21 Aug, £16.50

BBC: The Arts Hour on Tour

BBC, 17 Aug, £free

BBC: Global Beats

BBC, 16 Aug, £free

20:05

Ava Rage

Just the Tonic at The Community Project, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £5

Fred MacAulay: IndyFred2

The Stand Comedy Club, 2–27 Aug, not 3, 14, 18, 19, £10—£15

Alternative 2

theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 4–19 Aug, not 6, 13, £5

Alistair Williams: Food

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–26 Aug, not 14, £5

An Imp-Revised History of the World Black Market, 5–26 Aug, £free

The Agony and the Ivories

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–26 Aug, £8

Martin Mor: Adventure

Comedian

The Stand Comedy Club, 18 Aug, £12

20:10

Whose Line is It Anyway? – Live at the Fringe Assembly Rooms, 3–27

Aug, not 14, £10—£17.50

Jenny Bede: Eggtime

Pleasance Dome, 2–28

Aug, not 14, £6.50—£13.50

Martini Dry

Sweet Holyrood, 3–27 Aug, not 24, 25, £8

Graham Dickson is The Narcissist HHH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27

Aug, not 15, £6.50—£11

Tom Binns is Ian D

Montfort: Ian Talk Three Assembly George Square Studios, 2–27 Aug, £10—£12.50

Holt and Talbot Can’t Stand the Sight of Each Other

Sweet Grassmarket, 3–27

Aug, not 14, £7

Laura Davis – Cake in the Rain

Underbelly Med Quad, 2–28 Aug, not 14, £6.50—£10.50

Butt Kapinski

Pleasance Dome, 2–27

Aug, not 9, 14, 21, £6—£10

20:15

Ivo Graham: Educated Guess

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27

Aug, not 14, £7—£11

Elliot Steel: Near Life Experience

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–27

Aug, not 14, £6—£10

Mark Forward Wins All the Awards

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–27

Aug, not 14, £6—£11.50

Nai Bowen is Brave!

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3–27

Aug, £free

David McIver: Stop It, David, We Are Having Too Much Fun

Southsider, 5–26 Aug, not 15, £free

Joke Thieves

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 3–27 Aug, not 15, £free

For Godley’s Sake!

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 3–27 Aug, £free

Who, Me

Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre, 2–28 Aug, £6—£12

The St Andrews Revue presents: The Big Time Assembly Hall, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £5—£8

Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Appropriate Adult HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28 Aug, £6—£10

James Nokise: Britain, Let’s Talk About the Golliwogs

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £7—£8

Sean Patton: Number One

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27 Aug, not 14, £6—£10

20:20

Simon Evans: Genius Assembly George Square Studios, 2–27 Aug, not 14, £10—£14

Hivemind Presents: An Offer You Can’t Refuse

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 15–27 Aug, £7

Nick Cody: On Fire Underbelly Med Quad, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £6.50—£14.50

The Matriarchy Experience

Ciao Roma, 5–26 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £free

Marcel Lucont’s Whine List

Pleasance Dome, 15–27 Aug, £10—£14

Rachel Parris: Keynote

Pleasance Dome, 3–28 Aug, not 16, £6—£11.50

Damien Power – Utopia: Now in 3D!

Assembly George Square Theatre, 2–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £8—£12

Maria Shehata: Wisdomless HHHH

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £6—£10

20:25

Trump’d!

C venues – C, 2–28 Aug, not 15, £11.50—£13.50

Jamie MacDonald: Designated Driver Assembly Rooms, 3–27

Aug, not 15, £5—£11

20:30

Luca Cupani: It’s Me! Heroes @ Dragonfly, 3–27 Aug, not 17, £5

Paul Currie: Cats in My Mouth

Heroes @ The Hive, 4–27

Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £5

Georgie Morrell: A Poke in the Eye

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 4–28 Aug, not 16, £free

Improv Cage Match Black Market, 15–26

Aug, £free

The Midnight Beast: All Killer

Pleasance Dome, 2–28

Aug, not 15, £6—£12

Lewis Schaffer: Unopened Letters from My Mother

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 4–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free

Adam Kay – Fingering A Minor on the Piano

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 14–28 Aug, not 16, 23, £13—£14

Andrew Roper’s Superhero Secret Origins: The Movies

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 4–27 Aug, £free

Jay Lafferty: Besom

Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre, 2–28 Aug, not 14, £6—£10

Annie Sertich: How to Not Kill Yourself for 30 Days... and the Next 330 HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27

Aug, not 14, £6—£12.50

Matt Forde: A Show

Hastily Rewritten in Light of Recent Events –Again! HH

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27

Aug, £8—£14

Tez Ilyas: Teztify HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27

Aug, not 16, £6—£12

Tom Ballard: Problematic

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27

Aug, £6—£13

Bald Man Sings Rihanna

Globe Bar, 5–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free

Ed Night: Anthem for Doomed Youth

HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28

Aug, not 14, £6—£9.50

Garrett Millerick: The Devil’s Advocate

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27

Aug, not 14, £6—£10

Playing Politics – A Fringe Taster

Acoustic Music Centre @ UCC, 18 Aug, £12.50

Phil Jerrod: Submerged

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27

Aug, not 14, £6—£10

Sally-Anne Hayward:

Um... I Was Talking About You Not to You

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 14 Aug, 21

Aug, £free

20:35

Eric, Kat and Joe: Gig

Together, Die Alone Black Market, 5–26

Aug, £free

The Thinking Drinkers: History of Alcohol

Underbelly Med Quad, 2–27

Aug, not 16, £7—£14

20:40

Frank and Cynthia

C venues – C royale, 2–19

Aug, £7.50—£9.50

Fresh Prince of Comedy

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 3–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free

Banged Up!

C venues – C royale, 20–28

Aug, £7.50—£9.50

20:45

Foil, Arms and Hog: Oink Underbelly, George Square, 2–28 Aug, £7—£15

Escaping Trump’s America

Frankenstein Pub, 4–28

Aug, £free

Irish Comedy @ Finnegan’s Wake

Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, 3–27

Aug, £free

The Rule of Threes

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 3–27 Aug, £free

Nasty Women on the Fringe – Sajeela Kershi and Friends

Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 3–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free

An Aussie Abroad

Laughing Horse @ The Cellar Monkey, 3–27

Aug, £free

George McGoldrick: The Good Herb

Laughing Horse @ The Golf Tavern, 3–27 Aug, £free

Mat Ewins Presents Adventureman 7: The Return of Adventureman

HHHH

Heroes @ The Hive, 3–27

Aug, £5

Dope Friction – Free

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 3–27 Aug, £free

Clusterf**k

Subway (previously Movement), 5–27 Aug, £free

Can’t Dance, Won’t Dance

Laughing Horse @ Southside Social, 3–27 Aug, not 20, £free

Tales from a Tampon

Laughing Horse @ 48

Below, 21–27 Aug, £free

Laugh Train Home Comedy Showcase

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 3–27 Aug, £free

Ben Van der Velde –Sidekick

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 3–27 Aug, not 15, £free

Bernie Keith: Life Without Sat Nav HH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–27

Aug, not 16, £6—£12

LJ DA FUNK in... Last Brexit to ‘ooklyn

Laughing Horse @ Moriarty’s, 3–27 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £free

David Quirk: Cowboy Mouth

Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus, 3–27 Aug, not 9, £5

Squeeze Harder, Zanni!

C venues – C primo, 2–28 Aug, not 14, £8.50—£10.50

Auntie

Laughing Horse @ 48

Below, 8–20 Aug, £free

20:50

Iain Connell: Some Buzz (Work in Progress)

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 15–27 Aug, £9

21:00

Danny McLoughlin: 01/02

Just the Tonic at The Tron, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £5

Daniel Sloss: NOW

Venue150 at EICC, 3–27 Aug, not 11, 12, 14, 18, 19, 22, 25, 26, £8.50—£18.50

Sharma Sharma Sharma

Sharma Sharma...

Comedian!

theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £5

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

Assembly George Square Gardens, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £10—£14

Rik Carranza: I’m a Fan

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3–27 Aug, not 16, £free

Neil Delamere: Butch

Cassidy and the Sundance Pensioner

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 2–27 Aug, not 15, £8—£13.50

Dane Baptiste: G.O.D. (Gold. Oil. Drugs.)

HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27 Aug, not 16, £7—£14

#AA Abnormal Asian

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 3–27 Aug, £free

Emotional Terrorism

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–26 Aug, not 14, £5—£10

James Loveridge: Suspiciously Happy

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £5

Jimeoin: Even More Ridiculous!

Venue150 at EICC, Various dates from 11 Aug to 26 Aug, £15.50

Gone Clear Nightcap, 15–27 Aug, £free

Scotland’s Pick of the Fringe

Scottish Comedy Festival

@ The Beehive Inn, 4–27

Aug, not 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, £5—£10

Lolbot Wars

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 3–27

Aug, £free

Gillian Cosgriff: To the Moon and Back

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–27

Aug, not 15, £6—£11

Daniel Sloss: NOW

Venue150 at EICC, Various dates from 11 Aug to 26

Aug, £17.50—£18.50

Femmetamorphosis

Paradise in The Vault, 5–27

Aug, not 13, 20, £8.50

Free Footlights

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £free—£5

Phil Nichol: Your Wrong Heroes @ Monkey Barrel, 3–27 Aug, £7

Denim: World Tour

HHHH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27

Aug, not 14, £6.50—£11

Nath Valvo – Not In This

House

Assembly George Square Studios, 2–27 Aug, not 15, £7.50—£12

More Equal Than Others

Laughing Horse @ The Mockingbird, 3–27 Aug, £free

Carl Hutchinson Live! The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6, 4–26 Aug, not 14, £10

Tom Stade: I Swear

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–27

Aug, not 14, 24, £8—£16

Loyiso Gola: Unlearning HHH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–28

Aug, not 14, £6—£11

Jason Byrne: The Man with Three Brains Assembly Hall, 3–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £10—£19.50

Harmon Leon Infiltrates

Trump America Banshee Labyrinth, 5–26

Aug, £free

Andrew Maxwell: Showtime HHH Assembly George Square Theatre, 2–27 Aug, not 14, £10—£15

Harriet Kemsley: Bad at Doing Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £5

James Acaster: The Trelogy

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £8—£14

Comedy World War 5

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 4–27 Aug, £free

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 4–27 Aug, £free

21:05

Improvabunga! theSpace on Niddry St, 4–26 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £6.50—£7

Will Shakespeare’s ImproMusical SpaceTriplex, 4–26 Aug, not 6, 13, £14

Blind Mirth theSpace on the Mile, 4–19 Aug, not 6, 13, £7

North-South Divide theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–26 Aug, £8

21:10

Stephen K Amos: Work in Progress

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 4–26 Aug, not 14, 15, 21, 22, £12

The Best of Scottish Comedy

The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6, 4–27 Aug, not 14, £12 Standard Issue Stands Up

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 14–15 Aug, £12

Bob Doolally’s Load of Old Balls

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 21–22 Aug, £12

21:15

Alastair Clark: Herding Cats

Bar Bados Complex, 5–26 Aug, not 15, £free

John Hastings: Audacity Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28 Aug, not 14, £6—£10.50

James Adomian: Lacking in Character HHH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–27 Aug, £6—£12.50

Kate Butch in Kate If You Wanna Go Butcher

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 4–27 Aug, not 9, 15, 23, £free

Dan Antopolski: Return of the Dan Antopolski HHH

Assembly George Square Studios, 2–27 Aug, £6—£12

Semi-Pro 4 Life

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 3–19 Aug, £free

Rhys Nicholson: I’m Fine Underbelly Med Quad, 3–27 Aug, £7.50—£12

Best of Chortle Student Comedy Award

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £free

Shit I’m in Love With You Again

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–26 Aug, £8

Two Plus Ones: Huge Night In

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–26 Aug, not 14, £2—£6

Alex Williamson: Make the World a Banter Place

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–28 Aug, not 16, £6—£12.50

The MMORPG Show – No Rolls Bard

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £free

The Really Great Compilation Show

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 20–27 Aug, £free

21:20

Damien Slash: Demographic

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–26 Aug, not 14, £5

Frankie Boyle: Prometheus Volume I Venue150 at EICC, Various dates from 5 Aug to 24 Aug, £17.50

Phil Kay: Euphoric Heroes @ Monkey Barrel, 10–27 Aug, £7

Eleanor Colville: Bigamous

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £6—£7

Demi Lardner: Look What You Made Me Do

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £6.50—£11

Francesco De Carlo: Comfort Zone

Underbelly, George Square, 2–28 Aug, not 14, £6.50—£11

Dirty White Boys: Stupid

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £5

Gary Delaney: There’s Something About Gary Pleasance Courtyard, 18–26 Aug, £12—£14

Lee Nelson: Serious Joker

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27 Aug, not 14, 15, 16, £14—£17.50

21:25

Lee Kyle: Somewhat Adorable Man Baby

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 4–27 Aug, not 14, £8

Boris & Sergey’s One Man

Extravaganza HHH

Assembly George Square Theatre, 2–27 Aug, not 15, £7—£12.50

Alpha Child

Just the Tonic at The Community Project, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £5

Sam Garlepp: Well, There You Go

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–26 Aug, not 14, £2—£10

21:30

Zach & Viggo HHH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, not 16, £6.50—£11

Elf Lyons: Swan

Underbelly Med Quad, 2–28 Aug, not 15, £6.50—£10

The Comedy Reserve

Pleasance Dome, 2–28 Aug, not 14, 21, £6—£9.50

Red Bastard: Lie With Me Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27 Aug, not 14, £6—£11

99 Club Stand-Up Selection – Free

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 3–27 Aug, £free

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical Assembly George Square Studios, 2–27 Aug, £10—£15

Darren Harriott: Defiant Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27

Aug, not 16, £6—£10

Jerry Sadowitz: Comedian, Magician, Psychopath!

Assembly Rooms, 14–20 Aug, £16.50

Aaaaaaargh! How Can I Drive to a Gig With a Jakey on My Bonnet?

Scottish Comedy Festival

@ The Beehive Inn, 3–27

Aug, not 14, £3—£5

Jayde Adams is Jayded HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28 Aug, £6—£12

Best of... So You Think You’re Funny?

Gilded Balloon at Rose

Theatre, 18–27 Aug, £10

Princes of Main: New Year’s Eve HHH

Bedlam Theatre, 2–27 Aug, £9—£10

Matt Richardson: Slash

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–27 Aug, £8—£12

Josh Glanc: Manfül HHHH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–28

Aug, not 14, £5—£11

Phoebe Walsh: I’ll Have What She’s Having HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27

Aug, not 14, £6—£11

Left Wing Conspiracy

Theorist (With Dyspraxia)

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3–27 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £free

21:35

Mark Steel: Every Little Thing’s Gonna Be Alright Assembly Hall, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £10—£14

Sarah Keyworth: Why Not? (WIP)

Ciao Roma, 5–27 Aug, not 13, £free

21:40

Barry Crimmins: Atlas’s Knees

The Stand Comedy Club, 15–27 Aug, £12

Adele Is Younger Than Us

Pleasance Dome, 2–27

Aug, not 14, £6—£10.50

Sam Simmons A-K Assembly George Square Studios, 11–27 Aug, £14—£16

Yuriko Kotani: Green in English, Blue in Japanese

Heroes @ Dragonfly, 3–27

Aug, not 14, £5

50% Canadian, 100% Crazy, Let’s Laugh

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £free

American Immigrant:

Zoltan Kaszas

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £5—£8

Goodbear

Pleasance Dome, 2–27

Aug, £6—£11

Tape Face

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27

Aug, not 15, £10—£17

Big Value Comedy Show – Late

Just the Tonic at The Community Project, 3–27

Aug, not 14, £5—£10

Simon Evans: Genius Assembly George Square Studios, 18 Aug, £14

21:45

The Carl Donnelly and Chris Martin Podcast Live!

Heroes @ The Hive, 6–24

Aug, not 11, 12, 18, 19, £5

Chris Turner: What a Time to Be Alive

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27

Aug, £6—£10

Zahra Barri: Talk Like an Egyptian Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 3–28 Aug, £free

Glossolalia: Ranney is Speaking in Tongues

C venues – C royale, 2–28

Aug, not 14, £8.50—£10.50

Chris Betts: Bewilderbeest

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28

Aug, not 14, £6—£12

The Andy Field Experience HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27

Aug, not 16, £6—£10

Pierre Novellie Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27 Aug, £6—£10

Christopher Macarthur-Boyd: The Boyd With the Thorn in His Side

Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre, 2–28 Aug, not 14, £6—£9

Rose Matafeo: Sassy Best Friend HHHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27 Aug, not 15, £6—£9

Amy Howerska Goddess... *Unless Tired or Hungry.

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3–27 Aug, £free

The Inane Chicanery of a Certain Adam GC Riches Pleasance Dome, 2–27 Aug, £7—£14

Suzi Ruffell: Keeping It Classy Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27 Aug, not 14, £6—£10

Hell to Play: The End Times

New Town Theatre, 2–27 Aug, not 3, 15, £9—£10

21:50

Abigail’s Party – Comedy Cabaret

Underbelly Med Quad, 2–28 Aug, not 14, £6.50—£10

Reformed Whores: Grand Ole C*ntry Sweet Grassmarket, 3–27 Aug, £7

21:55

It’s My Funeral and I’ll Throw Glitter If I Want to Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 3–15 Aug, £free

Broadway Baby

London City Nights

Alex White: What in Tarnation?!

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 16–27 Aug, £free

22:00

James Bone: Townies

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £free

Desiree Burch: Unf*ckable HHHH

Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus, 3–27 Aug, not 15, 22, £5

Rob Oldham: Brink

Laughing Horse @ The Cellar Monkey, 3–27 Aug, not 16, £free

Shit-Faced Showtime: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Underbelly Med Quad, 2–28 Aug, £6.50—£12.50

Belonging

Sweet Holyrood, 4–27 Aug, not 24, 25, £7

Doug Anthony All

Stars: Near Death

Experience HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27 Aug, not 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, £10—£15

Cosmic Comedy Berlin / Free Festival

Laughing Horse @ Moriarty’s, 3–19 Aug, £free

The First Gag is the Cheapest

Laughing Horse @ The Golf Tavern, 21–27 Aug, £free

Head Sets

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 3–27 Aug, not 15, £free

Alice Fraser: Empire HHH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–28 Aug, not 14, £6—£11

Omar & Lee’s Countercultural Comedic

Cavalcade

Laughing Horse @ Moriarty’s, 20–27 Aug, £free

All Hail the Rat King!

Greenside @ Royal Terrace, 15–19 Aug, £6

Bob Blackman’s Tray?

Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £free

We Are Still All C*nts

Laughing Horse @ Southside Social, 3–27 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £free

Comedians Film Club Assembly Rooms, 4–26 Aug, not 14, £12.50

Mark Dean Quinn: My Heart on a Plate

Heroes @ The Hive, 3–27 Aug, not 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 25, 26, £5

A Drinking Game!

Laughing Horse @ The Golf Tavern, 3–20 Aug, not 13, £free

22:05

The Oppression Olympics theSpace @ Venue45, 14–19 Aug, £3.50—£8

Harry Poppers and the Deathly Swallows

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £12.50

Polyphony

theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 4–26 Aug, not 6, 14, 20, £5

Man Up theSpace on the Mile, 14–19 Aug, £6

22:10

#AlmostFamous Nightcap, 3–27 Aug, £free

Otto & Astrid: Eurosmash! (Die Roten Punkte)

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, not 9, 15, £6.50—£11.50

Date Night With Bristol

Improv

theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 14–19 Aug, £5

22:15

D’Arcehole

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick

Murphys, 6–31 Aug, not 11, 12, 18, 19, 25, 26, £free

Khaled Khalafalla: Loose

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–28 Aug, not 16, £6—£10

Shit-Faced Shakespeare:

Romeo and Juliet

Underbelly, George Square, 2–28 Aug, £7—£15

Scott Agnew: Spunk on Our Lady’s Face

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–28 Aug, not 15, £6—£10

Dana Alexander: The Milk Is Not Free, But Sometimes It Is on Sale

The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £8—£9

Rhiannon Vivian’s Office Meltdown

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 15–27 Aug, £free

The Stevenson Experience: Identical as Anything

Assembly George Square Studios, 2–27 Aug, not 14, £7—£11.50

Boys & Girls

Laughing Horse @ The Mockingbird, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £free

Smug Roberts: Just Me HH

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 4–28 Aug, £free

Comedy Boxing: The Rematch

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 3–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free

The Shambles theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 4–26 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £7

22:20

Gein’s Family

Giftshop: Volume 3 HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28 Aug, £6—£10.50

Fin Taylor: Lefty Tighty Righty Loosey

Just the Tonic at The Tron, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £6.50

Brendon Burns and Colt Cabana Do Comedy and Commentary to Bad Wrestling Matches Heroes @ Monkey Barrel, 4–27 Aug, £8—£10

Michael Clarke: A Felt in Progress

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £free

Danny O’Brien: RaconTour HHH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £6.50—£10.50

Brendon Lemon, Prophet of Doom

Just the Tonic at The Caves, Various dates from 3 Aug to 27 Aug, £5

Bill Beteet: If You Feel Like Killing Yourself, Call Me

Just the Tonic at The Caves, Various dates from 4 Aug to 26 Aug, £5

22:30

Myra DuBois: DuBois

Entendre HHH

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3–26 Aug, not 25, £free

Rachel Jackson: Bunny

Boiler

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28

Aug, not 24, £6.50—£9.50

Reginald D Hunter: Some People vs Reginald D Hunter

Assembly Hall, 3–27 Aug, not 9, 15, 21, £10—£17

Night at the Museum

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 2–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £6—£12

Hambone : enobmaH

C venues – C royale, 2–28

Aug, not 15, £7.50—£9.50

Dante’s History of the Banished

Paradise in The Vault, 14–27

Aug, not 20, £4—£8

The Abersham Flat

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 3–27 Aug, £free

Mae Martin and Nick Coyle: Show Party

Laughing Horse @ City

Cafe, 4–28 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £free

Puppetry of the Penis

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 15–28

Aug, £15—£16

Frenchy Unleashed

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–27

Aug, not 16, £6—£11

Set List: Stand-Up Without a Net

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 3–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £6—£14.50

LOLympics Live 2017

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 4–27 Aug, not 14, £12

Gayshit

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–26 Aug, not 14, £7.50

The Ruby Darlings: Lil’

Darling’s Lady Power Voodoo Rooms, 5–16 Aug, £free

Fright Bus Service

Necrobus, 2–27 Aug, £7—£9

Hyprov: Improv Under Hypnosis

Assembly George Square Theatre, 2–27 Aug, not 14, £6—£15

Single Comedians Trying to Impress You!

Bar Bados Complex, 5–26 Aug, £free

22:35

David Trent: Here’s Your Future

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–26 Aug, not 14, £5

Eleanor Conway’s Walk of Shame

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £9—£10

22:40

Andy Barr: Tropic of Admin

Heroes @ Dragonfly, 4–27 Aug, not 16, £5

Laugh, Why Don’t You? A Sketch Show by Fish Pie!

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–26 Aug, not 14, £6

Patrick Turpin: Itty Bitty Little Titty Piece HH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £6.50—£10

Terry Alderton: All Crazy Now HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27 Aug, not 14, £6—£11

Luke McQueen: The Boy With Tape on His Face

Heroes @ Monkey Barrel, 3–27 Aug, not 15, £5

Douglas Walker: Zuschauer

Underbelly, George Square, 2–27 Aug, not 16, £6.50—£10

Thoughts That Count

Canons’ Gait, 5–18 Aug, £free

Data Night

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–27 Aug, £5

Found Footage Festival

HHH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £6.50—£11

The Bear Pack

Underbelly, Cowgate, 15–27 Aug, not 21, £10—£11

The Walk of Shame

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £free

Good Vibes

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–16 Aug, not 14, £5

22:45

Rosco McClelland: How I Got Over

Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre, 2–28 Aug, not 14, £6—£9

Pussy Play Masterclass

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 4–26 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £10—£15

The Craig Ferguson Show

Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre, 7–18 Aug, weekdays only, £16

Shaggers (Free Festival)

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 3–27 Aug, £free

The Death Hilarious: The Scum Always Rises

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27 Aug, not 16, £6—£11

The Not So Late Show

With Ross and Josh Pleasance Dome, 2–28 Aug, not 14, £5—£12.50

Pontoon

Laughing Horse @ The Golf Tavern, 21–27 Aug, £free

Mark Watson’s Festival of Bad Ideas

Pleasance Courtyard, 15–27 Aug, £5

Bendiana Jones and the Temple of Huge

Just the Tonic at The Community Project, 3–27

Aug, not 14, £5

Joe Sutherland: Model / Actress

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27

Aug, not 15, £6—£9

Molotov Cocktail Party

Bar Bados Complex, 6–26

Aug, £free

Pity Laughs: A Tale of Two Gays Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–26 Aug, not 14, £3.50—£7

AAA Stand-Up Late at Gilded Balloon

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–28

Aug, £6—£11

Daniel Muggleton – Let’s

Never Hang Out

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3–27

Aug, £free

AA-AA The Adventures of Rich and Morty (The ‘A’s Are Silent)

Southsider, 5–26 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free

22:50

New Town’s Very Best of the Fest

New Town Theatre, Various dates from 4 Aug to 26

Aug, £15

The Noise Next Door: 10

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27

Aug, not 16, £7—£14

Anarchy Cabaret III

Ciao Roma, 5–25 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £free

22:55

Spectaculus

Laughing Horse @ The Cellar Monkey, 14–27 Aug, not 23, £free

Odette!

Laughing Horse @ 48

Below, 3–27 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £free

23:00

Late Night Gimp Fight HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, Various dates from 3 Aug to 26 Aug, £7—£13

AAA Stand-Up Late Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28

Aug, £6—£11

2 Girls 1 Cup of Comedy

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £5

Rob Cawsey: Just

Cruising HHH

Banshee Labyrinth, 5–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £free

Henry Ginsberg: Molesting the Corpse of Traditional Masculinity

Since 1987

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 3–27 Aug, £free

The Free Association: Jacuzzi

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27 Aug, £6.50—£10.50

Phil Dunning: The House of Pigs

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27 Aug, not 14, £6—£9

Comedians Bullseye

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 14–27

Aug, not 24, £10

Juan Vesuvius: I am Your Deejay

Assembly George Square Theatre, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £7—£12

Folie à Deux

Pleasance Dome, 21–25

Aug, £9—£11

Infant Hercules HH

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £5

Josie Long

Summerhall, 14–16

Aug, £10

Richard Gadd: Monkey See Monkey Do Summerhall, 18–27

Aug, £15

Imaginary Porno Charades

Sweet Grassmarket, Various dates from 4 Aug to 20 Aug, £7

Tim Key: Work in Progress

Pleasance Dome, 14–27

Aug, £10—£12

Asian Comedy Fusion

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 12–27

Aug, £free

Tom Allen: Absolutely Pleasance Dome, 25–26

Aug, £11

Goose: The Game Show Assembly George Square Studios, 24–25 Aug, £10

The Wrestling

Pleasance Courtyard, 15–16 Aug, £20

Imaginary Porno Charades

Sweet Grassmarket, 18

Aug, 25 Aug, 26 Aug, £7

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrghhh! It’s the Last Ever Increasingly Prestigious Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards Show – and It’s Free!

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 25–26 Aug, £free

Murder, She Didn’t Write: The Improvised Murder Mystery Pleasance Courtyard, 6

Aug, 13 Aug, 20 Aug, 27

Aug, £12.50

23:05

Chicago’s Stand-Up Showcase

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 4–26 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £5

Grimmprov: The Improvised Fairytale theSpace on the Mile, 4–26

Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £7

23:10

Stoph Demetriou - The Dunning-Kruger Effect HH

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 4–28 Aug, £free

Hot Gay Time Machine

Underbelly Med Quad, 7–28 Aug, £9—£10

Afterhours Comedy: Amused Moose Comedy theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £12.50

23:15

Kevin James Doyle: 30 Year Old Virgin Laughing Horse @ Southside Social, 3–27 Aug, not 15, £free

Aatif Nawaz: The Last Laugh

Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 3–27 Aug, £free

Jolly Goodfellow: Fooling a Part

Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus, 4–27 Aug, £5

Splitting the Bill

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 3–27 Aug, £free

Double Denim HHH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–28 Aug, not 14, £5—£11

It’s a Wretched Life

Laughing Horse @ Moriarty’s, 21–27 Aug, £free

Fernando – Dog Poo on a Shoe

Sweet Grassmarket, 18 Aug, 25 Aug, £8

23:20

Shit I’m in Love With You Again

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 15–19 Aug, £8

Best of Scottish Comedian of the Year

Underbelly Med Quad, Various dates from 3 Aug to 27 Aug, £6.50—£13.50

Paul Williams: Summertime Love theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 4–25 Aug, weekdays only, £5

Mark Watson: I’m Not Here

Pleasance Courtyard, 24–26 Aug, £14.50—£16

Simon Amstell: Tour Previews (Work in Progress)

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–19 Aug, £15

Amusical Pleasance Courtyard, 23–24 Aug, £10

Political Animal

The Stand Comedy Club, Various dates from 15 Aug to 24 Aug, £12

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical Pleasance Courtyard, 13 Aug, 20 Aug, £17

23:25

Leebo Luby - Farucchio

Peru Is Extraordinaire theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 22–26 Aug, £7

23:30

Trans-Gangster

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 3–16 Aug, £free

Consignia’s Panopticon

Laughing Horse @ The Mockingbird, 8–15 Aug, £free

2 Girls 1 Capo – Free

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 21–27 Aug, £free

Siblings

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–28 Aug, not 14, 23, £6—£9

Guardians of Imperfection

Laughing Horse @ The Mockingbird, 16–27 Aug, £free

Kaitlyn Rogers: Can I Get an Amen?!

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–28

Aug, not 14, £5—£10

Ultimate Comedy Championship

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 3–27 Aug, not 20, £free

Laughing Horse Free

Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 17–20 Aug, £free

23:40

Stuart Black: It’s the End of the World as We Know It

Just the Tonic at The Tron, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £3—£5

F*ck Me Like Dry Vegetable

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 4–27 Aug, not 14, £5

23:45

Hate ‘n’ Live

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3–28 Aug, not 25, £free

Edinburgh Comedy Allstars

Underbelly, George Square, Various dates from 4 Aug to 26 Aug, £10—£15

Wank Bank Masterclass

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 4–26 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £10—£15

In Between Nightmares

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 3–27 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £free

Njambi McGrath and Guests

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 4–25 Aug, £free

The Stand Late Club

The Stand Comedy Club, Various dates from 4 Aug to 26 Aug, £15

Austentatious Presents...

Crosstentatious! In Aid of Waverley Care Underbelly, George Square, 17–18 Aug, £10

23:50

Alternative Comedy Memorial Society (ACMS)

Heroes @ Monkey Barrel, 6–23 Aug, not 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, £7

Javier Costales: The Invisible Blind Man Heroes @ Dragonfly, 4–27 Aug, £5

Phil Nichol: The Asylum Heroes @ Monkey Barrel, Various dates from 3 Aug to 26 Aug, £10

23:55

Fright Bus Service Necrobus, Various dates from 4 Aug to 26 Aug, £9

Just the Tonic Comedy Club – Midnight Show

Just the Tonic at The Community Project, Various dates from 4 Aug to 26 Aug, £10

00:15

The Last Emperor of Mexico

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 4–28 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £free

00:30

Séance

Sweet Grassmarket, 17 Aug, 24 Aug, £15

09:00

Breakfast Plays: B!rth Traverse Theatre, 15–27 Aug, not 21, £15.50

09:30

Exile SpaceTriplex, 14–19 Aug, £6

09:50

Avalon Paradise in The Vault, 5–27 Aug, not 13, 20, £8

Nothing Summerhall, 2–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, 22, £7—£10

Sink theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–19 Aug, £8

09:55

Private Peaceful theSpace on Niddry St, 14–19 Aug, £8

The Plum Tree Paradise in The Vault, 5–19 Aug, not 13, £8

Prison Psychologist Paradise in The Vault, 21–27 Aug, £5

10:00

Adventurers Wanted: A 250-Hour Epic Tabletop Roleplaying Game Sweet Holyrood, 2–28 Aug, not 24, 25, £3

The Comedy of Errors theSpace on Niddry St, 22–26 Aug, £8.50

The Whip Hand HHH

Traverse Theatre, 11 Aug, 12 Aug, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, 27 Aug, £21.50

The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk

Traverse Theatre, 15 Aug, 20 Aug, 26 Aug, £15—£21.50

Shakespeare on a Shoestring: Cymbeline!

Paradise in Augustines, 14

Aug, 15 Aug, 16 Aug, 18 Aug, 19 Aug, £8

Wild Bore HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 8 Aug, 13 Aug, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, £15—£21.50

Adam Traverse Theatre, 6 Aug, 9 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, £21.50

10:05

Salome theSpace on North Bridge, 4–26 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £8

DROLL theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–19 Aug, £8.50

10:10

Action at a Distance Zoo Southside, 4–22 Aug, not 10, 17, £6—£10

Pronoun Paradise in Augustines, 21–26 Aug, £10

Maria Ornata Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–19 Aug, £8.50

10:15

Give Me Your Love

Summerhall, 15–27 Aug, not 21, £10—£14

Young and Fresh theSpace on the Mile, 22–26 Aug, £8

Waiting for Spring Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £9.50

The Second Copy: 2045 Summerhall, 2–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £8—£12

Hyperion Greenside @ Royal Terrace, 14–19 Aug, £7

Girls Like That Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 14–19 Aug, £6.50

10:30

The Sleeper theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 14–19 Aug, £6—£8

Broken Episodes

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–19 Aug, £15

Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show

Pleasance Dome, 2–28 Aug, not 15, 22, £8.50—£12.50

Home Pleasance Courtyard, Various dates from 21 Aug to 28 Aug, £12.50

#Magical Mystery Walking

Tour of the Fringe

Laughing Horse @ Meeting

Outside Burgers and Beers

Grillhouse, 14–27 Aug, £free Twenty Something

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £7

Day Dream

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 3–28 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £free

Bombastic Declaration of Love – Julie Cafmeyer

HHH

Summerhall, 4–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £8—£10

Joseph K

C venues – C, 20–26 Aug, £7.50—£9.50

Sink

SpaceTriplex, 21–26 Aug, £8

Plan B for Utopia

Pleasance Courtyard, 21–27 Aug, £12

10:35

NSFW

theSpace on Niddry St, 14–19 Aug, £9.50

10:40

Ingo’s War

Pleasance Dome, 2–20 Aug, not 14, £6—£10

Things We Find in the Dark ZOO, 4–28 Aug, not 15, £7—£12

10:45

Crimes of the Heart

theSpace on North Bridge, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £6—£8

The Dame

10:50

Donors theSpace on the Mile, 4–26 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £6—£10

Just William’s Luck

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, not 16, £6.50—£10

When the Sky Falls In theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 22–26 Aug, £7

Birdland by Simon Stephens theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–19 Aug, £8

10:55

Julius Caesar theSpace on Niddry St, 21–26 Aug, £6 Columns theSpace on the Mile, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £9

11:00

Adventurers Wanted: A 250-Hour Epic Tabletop Roleplaying Game

Sweet Holyrood, 2–28 Aug, not 24, 25, £3

Looking for John HH Assembly Hall, 3–27 Aug, not 15, £6—£12 Bottles

C venues – C, 22–26 Aug, £7.50—£9.50

The Testament of Mary C venues – C cubed, 3–28 Aug, not 15, £7.50—£9.50

Nassim HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 8 Aug, 13 Aug, 19 Aug, 25 Aug, £19.50

Our Carnal Hearts Summerhall, 15–26 Aug, £10—£12

No Miracles Here HH

Northern Stage at Summerhall, 5–26 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £10—£12

The Shaken and the Stirred

Scottish Arts Club, 10 Aug, 11 Aug, 17 Aug, 18 Aug, 19 Aug, £12

The Empress and Me Assembly George Square Studios, 3–28 Aug, not 21, £5—£10

Lilith: The Jungle Girl HHH

Letters to Morrissey HHH

Traverse Theatre, 3 Aug, 9

Aug, 15 Aug, 20 Aug, 26 Aug, £13—£19.50

Jess and Joe Forever

HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 6 Aug, 12

Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, £19.50

Eve Traverse Theatre, 5 Aug, 11

Aug, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, £19.50

Hats Off to Laurel and Hardy

Sweet Grassmarket, 19–20

Aug, £10

11:05

The Truman Capote Talk Show

Assembly Rooms, 3–27 Aug, £6—£12

Human Animals

SpaceTriplex, 14–19 Aug, £9

11:10

The Time Machine Assembly Roxy, 3–28 Aug, not 15, £8—£13

The Picture of Dorian Gray Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27

Aug, not 15, £6.50—£9

Cult-ure theSpace on North Bridge, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £8

11:15

All the King’s Women

Central Hall, 18 Aug, £5 On One Condition

Zoo Southside, 20–28 Aug, £9—£14

The Black That I Am

Upper Church @ Summerhall hosted by RBC, 17–27

Aug, £8

Let Me Look at You

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28

Aug, not 14, £6—£10

An Actor’s Tribute

Central Hall, 18 Aug, £5

Fahrenheit 451

Paradise in The Vault, 14–19

Aug, £10

Medea

Central Hall, 16 Aug, £5

11:20

Maria Ornata

The Lucky Durhams: The First Day of the Somme

Zoo Southside, 21–27

Aug, £9

Fish Food

Paradise in The Vault, 5–19 Aug, not 13, £7

Julius Caesar theSpace on Niddry St, 14–19 Aug, £8

The Soldier and Death Paradise in The Vault, 21–27 Aug, £8

NSFW theSpace on Niddry St, 21–26 Aug, £9.50

11:30

Lamentations HHH

Assembly George Square Studios, 3–28 Aug, not 14, 21, £8—£14

Labels

Pleasance Courtyard, 10–27 Aug, not 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, £9

The Girl Who Jumped Off The Hollywood Sign Assembly Roxy, 3–28 Aug, not 14, 15, £8—£13

Your Love Is Fire Summerhall, 2–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £8—£12

Hyperthymesia

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 4–19 Aug, not 13, £5—£9

Hopes, Dreams and the Bits In-Between theSpace on the Mile, 21–26 Aug, £6

Deleted

Central Hall, 17 Aug, £5

Exile

SpaceTriplex, 21–26 Aug, £6 A While With Seamus Heaney

The Royal Scots Club, 15–19 Aug, £10

Re: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

C venues – C primo, 14–15 Aug, £7.50

Primal Instincts theSpace on the Mile, 14–18 Aug, £8

11:35

A Matter of Race

Shakespeare for Breakfast C venues – C, 2–28 Aug, not 14, £8.50—£10.50

Rainbow Soapbox Traverse Theatre, 7 Aug, 14 Aug, 21 Aug, £9

Adulting SpaceTriplex, 14–19 Aug, £7.50

10:20

Next! Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 22–26 Aug, £5

10:25

Undercover Refugee theSpace on the Mile, 15–19 Aug, £8

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 22–26 Aug, £10

Scorch

Roundabout @ Summerhall, Various dates from 21 Aug to 27 Aug, £14—£16

Traverse Theatre, 4 Aug, 10 Aug, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, 27 Aug, £19.50

How I Said ‘F**k You’ to the Company When They Tried to Make Me Redundant Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 20–27 Aug, £free

Indian Kaleidoscope

Underbelly Med Quad, 21–28 Aug, £11—£12

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, Various dates from 4 Aug to 26 Aug, £8.50

Avery Pierson

Central Hall, 15 Aug, £5

11:25

Beam

Zoo Southside, 4–17 Aug, £7—£12

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 21 Aug, 22 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, 26 Aug, £8

11:40

Girls Will Be Girls

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £10

Meet Me At Dawn HHHHH Traverse Theatre, 5 Aug, 10 Aug, 19 Aug, 25 Aug, £21.50

The Room at the Top of the House

ZOO, 4–28 Aug, not 15, £7—£12

The Sleeper theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, Various dates from 4 Aug to 26 Aug, £5—£8

Kafka and Son

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27

Aug, not 15, 16, £6—£11

And Then There Were None Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 21–26 Aug, £9

Karoo Moose – No Fathers Assembly George Square Studios, 3–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £10—£15

Somethings Old, Somethings New The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6, 15–22 Aug, £12

11:45

Hear All About It

SpaceTriplex, 21–26 Aug, £7 (FEAR) HH

ZOO, Various dates from 21 Aug to 28 Aug, £10

Me and My Bee

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28

Aug, not 15, £6—£10

Tshepang: The Third Testament HHHH Assembly Roxy, 3–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £10—£15

The Drive HH

ZOO, 4–19 Aug, £6—£12

11:50

A Heart at Sea HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28

Aug, not 15, £6—£9.50

Jogging

Summerhall, 15–23

Aug, £12

Fragile Man

theSpace on the Mile, 10–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £8—£10

11:55

Games and After Liverpool by James Saunders

Underbelly Med Quad, 2–28

Aug, not 15, £6.50—£10

The Glummer Twins theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–26 Aug, £9

12:00

Last Resort HH

Summerhall, 2–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £8—£10

The Chess Player C venues – C primo, 2–28

Aug, £8.50—£10.50

Strangers: A Magic Play II theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–19 Aug, £10

Agent November: Major X

Plow-Shun / The Murder of Mr E

New Town Theatre, 2–27

Aug, not 15, £8—£15

Marie

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 3–26 Aug, not 7, 14, 19, 20, 21, £free

Werewolves

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 20–27 Aug, £10

The Nature of Forgetting HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 3–27

Aug, not 14, £6—£12.50

Distortion

Just the Tonic at The Community Project, 26–27 Aug, £6

Neil Hilborn – Live Poetry

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 21–27 Aug, £10

Hear All About It

theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 14–19 Aug, £7

The Pilgrims

Follow Twitter: @ ThePilgrimsMove, 12–26 Aug, £free

Part of the Picture

HHH

Pleasance Dome, 2–28 Aug, not 14, £6—£10

Not About Heroes

Pleasance Dome, 2–28 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £6—£12.50

Your Ever Loving

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–20 Aug, £6.50—£11

Eurohouse

Summerhall, 23–26 Aug, £10

Safe Place

Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre, 13–28 Aug, £10

Adventurers Wanted: A 250-Hour Epic Tabletop Roleplaying Game

Sweet Holyrood, 2–28 Aug, not 24, 25, £3

Daniel Cainer: More Gefilte Fish and Chips

Underbelly, George Square, 2–28 Aug, £6.50—£11

Tobacco

Assembly George Square Studios, 3–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £10—£15

DeLorean

Assembly Rooms, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £10—£15

The Patchwork Odyssey Assembly Roxy, 3–28 Aug, not 9, 14, 21, £6—£10

Every Brilliant Thing

Roundabout @ Summerhall, Various dates from 21 Aug to 27 Aug, £20

The Power Behind the Crone

Assembly George Square Studios, 3–28 Aug, not 14, £6—£12

The Tobacco Merchant’s Lawyer

Sweet Holyrood, 3–27 Aug, not 24, 25, £10

Frost and Lorca

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 17–23 Aug, £12

Lemons Lemons Lemons

Lemons Lemons

Roundabout @ Summerhall, 4–20 Aug, not 8, 15, £9—£13

Luke Wright: What I Learned from Johnny Bevan

Underbelly, Cowgate, 21–27 Aug, £12—£14

Not I

Pleasance Courtyard, 22–26 Aug, £10—£13

In Conversation With…

David Mach

New Town Theatre, 18 Aug, £10

In Conversation With…

David Hayman

New Town Theatre, 20 Aug, £10

If Only: An Audience With Rudyard Kipling

Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 23–27 Aug, £8

In Conversation With…

Barry Crimmins

New Town Theatre, 17

Aug, £10

In Conversation With…

Amy Macdonald

New Town Theatre, 15 Aug, £10

Girls

Pleasance Courtyard, 22–27

Aug, £11—£12

Stranger Than Truth

Paradise in Augustines, 22–25 Aug, £free

In Conversation With…

Mark Thomas

New Town Theatre, 26

Aug, £10

In Conversation With...

Judy Murray

New Town Theatre, 16

Aug, £10

In Conversation With…

Stuart Braithwaite

New Town Theatre, 25

Aug, £10

In Conversation With…

Paul Sinha

New Town Theatre, 19

Aug, £10

In Conversation With…

Hazel Irvine

New Town Theatre, 22

Aug, £10

In Conversation With…

Graeme Obree

New Town Theatre, 23

Aug, £10

In Conversation With… Val McDermid

New Town Theatre, 24

Aug, £10

In Conversation With…

Barbara Dickson

New Town Theatre, 21

Aug, £10

In Conversation with…

Jeremy Corbyn

New Town Theatre, 27

Aug, £10

12:05

The Way It Is

theSpace on the Mile, 14–19

Aug, £8

12:10

Cow HH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27

Aug, not 16, £6.50—£10

Brothers

Underbelly Med Quad, 2–28 Aug, not 16, £6.50—£10

Wandering Bones

Sweet Grassmarket, 3–27

Aug, not 16, 23, £8

Chaucer Retold theSpace on Niddry St, 21–25 Aug, £5

12:15

Gazing at a Distant Star

Assembly George Square Studios, 3–28 Aug, not 14, £6—£10

Big Bite-Size Lunch Hour:

Izzy’s Manifestos

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–28 Aug, not 15, 22, £6—£12

The Dog Daze of Summer Sweet Grassmarket, 21–27 Aug, £8

12:20

Harry Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, not 16, £6.50—£10.50

Slooshy Wordshow Assembly Hall, 3–28 Aug, not 15, 22, £5—£10

Half Breed HHHH Assembly George Square Theatre, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £7—£12

The Growing Pains of the Mantle Family Living Room theSpace on North Bridge, 21–26 Aug, £7

Threadbare theSpace on North Bridge, 4–19 Aug, not 6, 13, £6

Wife

The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6, 23–27 Aug, £9

Katie and Pip C venues – C, 20 Aug, 22 Aug, 24 Aug, 26 Aug, 28 Aug, £7.50—£9.50

12:25

To Hell in a Handbag Assembly Rooms, 3–27 Aug, not 15, 22, £8—£11

Pip Utton’s Greatest Hits Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28 Aug, £6—£11

Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew

C venues – C, 13–19 Aug, £7.50—£9.50

A Different Way Home Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 4–26 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £12

The Scottis h Arts Club

24 Rutlan d Square

THE SWEET SCIENCE

BOXING, BULLYING SEXISM, TECH STARTUPS

Undercover Refugee theSpace on the Mile, 21–26

Aug, £8

12:30

A Gym Thing

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28

Aug, not 14, £6—£10

Phill Jupitus is Porky the Poet in Survivalve

Bannermans, 5–27 Aug, not 14, £free

Up the Hill Jackie Bedlam Theatre, Various dates from 2 Aug to 28

Aug, £10

MARVELus: All the Marvel Movies in an Hour

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £free

The Delights of Dogs and the Problems of People

SpaceTriplex, 14–19

Aug, £10

Big Bite-Size Lunch Hour: Best Bites

Pleasance Dome, 5–28 Aug, not 15, 22, £7—£10.50

That’s Life on Lisgar

C venues – C royale, 2–28

Aug, £8.50—£10.50

These Walls

Sweet Grassmarket, 5–20

Aug, not 14, £7.50

This Is Soap

C venues – C, 2–28 Aug, not 14, £8.50—£10.50

Bassett

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–17 Aug, £8

Not the Horse

theSpace @ Venue45, 22–26 Aug, £9

Meeting at 33

Pleasance Courtyard, 11

Aug, 12 Aug, 18 Aug, £10

Cold Fronts and Hot

Flushes: The Short Stories of Kevin Spacey

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–19 Aug, £10

Distinctively Scottish St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St, 16 Aug, £7

12:35

Hyperion Greenside @ Royal Terrace, 21–26 Aug, £7

Everyman theSpace @ Venue45, 10 Aug, 11 Aug, 12 Aug, 14 Aug, 15 Aug, £8

Human Animals SpaceTriplex, 21–26 Aug, £9

12:40

Oyster Boy Assembly George Square Theatre, 3–28 Aug, not 17, 18, £5—£10

Rupture

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, not 15, £6.50—£10

She and Her Cat – Eddies in the Ebb and Flow Greenside @ Royal Terrace, 14–19 Aug, £10

The Tinder Tales Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–19 Aug, £free

We Need to Talk About Bobby (Off EastEnders)

Zoo Southside, 14–28 Aug, £5—£9

Woyzeck Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 14–19 Aug, £7

12:45

Perfectly Imperfect Women

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27

Aug, not 14, 21, £6—£9.50

Anyone’s Guess How We Got Here

ZOO, 13–28 Aug, £7—£12

What Goes on in Front of Closed Doors

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28

Aug, not 14, 21, £6—£10

A Play, A Pie and A Pint

Le Monde, 4–25 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £12.50

The Believers Are But Brothers

Northern Stage at Summerhall, 5–26 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £10—£12

Follow Suit

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28 Aug, not 9, 14, 15, 21, £6.50—£11

The Great Big Beautiful Sky

C venues – C too, 3–28 Aug, not 14, £7.50—£9.50

Doig the Musical, With No Singing, No Dancing and Very Little Music theSpace on the Mile, Various dates from 6 Aug to 26 Aug, £6—£9.50

Talkabout Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 21–25 Aug, £8

From Dust

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–28 Aug, not 14, £6—£11

12:50

A Clockwork Orange theSpace on Niddry St, 21–26 Aug, £8

100

theSpace on the Mile, Various dates from 5 Aug to 25 Aug, £6—£9.50 Service!

theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 4–26 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £10

12:55

Two

C venues – C royale, 3–19 Aug, not 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, £8.50—£10.50

Hi. (Entering Burned Area)

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 4–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £4—£8

Mary and Me

Paradise in The Vault, 5–27

Aug, not 13, 20, £11

An Unexpected Electric Nativity

C venues – C royale, 2–18 Aug, not 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, £7.50—£9.50

Woman on Fire

theSpace on North Bridge, 4–26 Aug, not 13, £6—£9

Loud in Babel

theSpace on Niddry St, 14–19 Aug, £7

Comedy of Errors

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 22–26 Aug, £7

13:00

An Evening With an Immigrant Traverse Theatre, 21 Aug, £19.50

Whalebone

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27

Aug, not 15, £6—£9

Agent November: Major X Plow-Shun / The Murder of Mr E New Town Theatre, 2–27

Aug, not 15, £8—£15

Eggsistentialism

HHHH

Summerhall, 2–27 Aug, not 9, 14, 22, £6—£10

Séance

Summerhall, 2–26 Aug, £4—£5

Stealth Aspies: Autistic People Speak

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 11–19 Aug, £free

Storyteller

Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre, 3–28 Aug, £6—£9

Bare Skin on Briny Waters

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28

Aug, not 15, £6—£11

Snowflake by Mark Thomson

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28

Aug, not 15, 22, £6—£10.50

Guerilla Aspies - Third

Autism and Aspergers

Converting Year

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, Various dates from 3 Aug to 27 Aug, £free

Adventurers Wanted: A 250-Hour Epic Tabletop

Roleplaying Game

Sweet Holyrood, 2–28 Aug, not 24, 25, £3

You Forgot the Mince

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–28

Aug, not 21, £7.50—£10

The Revlon Girl Assembly Roxy, 3–28 Aug, £10—£13

Our Man in Havana

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28

Aug, not 15, £6—£10

Foreign Radical

CanadaHub @ King’s Hall in association with Summerhall, 2–27 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £8—£10

Gypsy Queen Assembly Rooms, 3–26

Aug, not 14, 21, £8—£10

Home is Not the Place

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 18–27 Aug, £10

Wild Bore HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 9 Aug, 18

Aug, 24 Aug, £21.50

The Whip Hand HHH

Traverse Theatre, 8 Aug, 13

Aug, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, £21.50

Adam

Traverse Theatre, 10 Aug, 19

Aug, 25 Aug, £21.50

Real Magic

The Studio, 26 Aug, £25

13:05

Hive theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £9

Heroes theSpace on the Mile, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £9

Strangers: A Magic Play II theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–26 Aug, £10

A Woman’s Wit, Wisdom and Pratfalls theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 16–19 Aug, £5

13:10

The Naked Dietitian Quaker Meeting House, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £5

Autopsy. The Soul of Richard Nixon Natural Food Kafe, 5–26 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £free

How to Act HHHH

Summerhall, 2–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £13—£15

Macbeth Kills the Duchess theSpace on Niddry St, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £7

Wondr

Assembly Roxy, Various dates from 4 Aug to 28 Aug, £7—£11

Merrily We Roll Along theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 21–26 Aug, £8

Pixel Dust

Assembly Roxy, Various dates from 3 Aug to 27 Aug, £7—£11

Chips and Cheese

theSpace on the Mile, 14–19 Aug, £7

Catch SpaceTriplex, 22–26 Aug, £8

13:15

Odyssey Pleasance Dome, 2–28 Aug, not 9, 15, 22, £7.50—£13.50

Glitter Punch Assembly George Square Studios, 3–28 Aug, not 14, £8—£12

This is the music you’ve been looking for

August 14 – 19 August 21 – 26 rondavismusic.com

FROM OFFIE-NOMINATED DIRECTOR JACK SILVER

Up Periscope

Laughing Horse @ Southside Social, 4–28 Aug, not 18, 25, £free

Playback Impro

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 3–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free

The Etiquette Show: Much Ado About Everything!

Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre, 15–28 Aug, £14

The Hero Who Overslept

Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre, 2–28 Aug, not 14, 21, £6—£12

Victorian Gothic

Sweet Holyrood, 3–27 Aug, not 13, 20, 24, 25, £8

Traverse Theatre, 15 Aug, 20 Aug, 26 Aug, £21.50

The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk

Traverse Theatre, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, 27 Aug, £21.50

Medea

Central Hall, 17 Aug, £5

Alice and the Black Hole

Blues

Central Hall, 18 Aug, £5

Joan

Underbelly Med Quad, 24 Aug, £10.50

13:20

Edgartown

theSpace on North Bridge, 4–26 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £5—£7

The Expiration Date of Jonas Müller (Age 70)

Pleasance Dome, 3–27 Aug, not 9, 14, 21, £6—£9.50

Once Were Pirates HH

Pleasance Dome, 2–27 Aug, not 14, 15, £6.50—£11

Syd and Sylvia

Silk, 5–26 Aug, not 11, 18, 25, £free

Jennaration Y

Venue 13, 12–26 Aug, not 13, 14, 16, 18, 21, £9

Séance

Summerhall, 2–26 Aug, £4—£5

Probably Still Drunk

Collective Presents:

Inebriated

Venue 13, 13 Aug, 16 Aug, 18 Aug, £9

Avery Pierson

Central Hall, 17 Aug, £5

Reeling

Central Hall, 15 Aug, £5

13:25

The Great Ridolphi

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £6.50—£10.50

Mary Go Nowhere

Assembly George Square Studios, 3–28 Aug, not 14, 21, £8—£14

Out Of Love HHH

Roundabout @ Summerhall, Various dates from 4 Aug to 27 Aug, £9—£17

Black Mountain HHH

Roundabout @ Summerhall, Various dates from 5 Aug to 26 Aug, £15—£17

Hamlettes Central Hall, 16 Aug, £5

13:30

The Last Days of Judas

Iscariot

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28 Aug, £6.50—£12.50

City Love

Bourbon Bar, 5–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free

Richard III (A One-Woman Show)

The Royal Scots Club, 15–19

Aug, £12

A Thousand Doorways

C venues – C primo, 2–19

Aug, £8.50—£10.50

Dickens for Dinner

C venues – C, 2–28 Aug, not 14, £8.50—£10.50

Love, Bombs and Apples HHHH

Summerhall, 2–27 Aug, not

7, 14, 21, £8—£12

The Emily Triptych Quaker Meeting House, 12

Aug, 15 Aug, 16 Aug, 18 Aug, 19 Aug, £8

Reduced Shakespeare Company – William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (Abridged)

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 3–28

Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £6—£14

Letters to Morrissey

HHH

Traverse Theatre, 4 Aug, 10 Aug, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, 27

Aug, £19.50

Circled in the Radio Times by John Osborne

Voodoo Rooms, 5–27 Aug, not 16, £free

My Cloth-Eared Heart Black Market, 5–26 Aug, £free

Eve

Traverse Theatre, 6 Aug, 12

Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, £19.50

The Illusion of Truth

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 3–24 Aug, not 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 19, 20, £6—£9

Tumble Tuck

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27

Aug, not 14, £6.50—£11

Mengele

Sweet Grassmarket, 14–20

Aug, £9

Bonnie Fechters – Songs and Stories of Hope and Resistance

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 18 Aug, 19 Aug, 20 Aug, 25

Aug, 26 Aug, £9

Nassim HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 3 Aug, 9

Aug, 15 Aug, 20 Aug, 26 Aug, £13—£19.50

Lilith: The Jungle Girl

HHH

Traverse Theatre, 5 Aug, 11

Aug, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, £19.50

My Mind is Free

The Salvation Army Edinburgh City Corps, 9 Aug, 10

Aug, 16 Aug, 17 Aug, £8

Jess and Joe Forever

HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 8 Aug, 13

Aug, 19 Aug, 25 Aug, £19.50

Tayberry Tales

Eric Liddell Centre, 15–16 Aug, £free

13:35

The Dame Dolly Donut Show

C venues – C, 2–28 Aug, not 15, £7.50—£9.50

And They Played

Shang-A-Lang

The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6, 2–27 Aug, not 3, 14, £10—£12

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

theSpace @ Venue45, 11–19 Aug, not 13, £5

Enterprise

Assembly George Square Studios, 3–28 Aug, not 14, 22, £8—£11

An Evening With the Voices in Annie’s Head Paradise in Augustines, 14–27 Aug, not 20, £5

Towers of Eden

theSpace on the Mile, 21–26 Aug, £8

13:40

Confabulation

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28

Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £7—£12

Patience

C venues – C royale, 16–27 Aug, £7.50—£9.50

Bump

Assembly George Square Theatre, 3–28 Aug, not 14, 21, £8—£11

Gratiano

Assembly Hall, 3–28 Aug, not 21, £7—£12

The Recovery Version

Sweet Grassmarket, 4–20 Aug, £8

Trashed

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, £6.50—£10.50

Frank Carson – A Rebel Without a Pause Assembly Rooms, 3–27 Aug, not 15, £10—£15

A Compendium of Lost Things

C venues – C, 20–27 Aug, £8.50—£10.50

Séance

Summerhall, 2–26 Aug, £4—£5

No Rest for the Lizard Banshee Labyrinth, 5–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £free Smoking With Grandma

C venues – C royale, 2–15 Aug, £9.50—£11.50

13:45

Nathan Cassidy: Watch This. Love Me. It’s Deep.

C venues – C cubed, 3–27 Aug, £8.50—£10.50

DIGS

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28

Aug, £6—£10

The Paper Cinema’s Macbeth

Pleasance Dome, 22–26

Aug, £10—£13

ScotlandsFest 2017

Quaker Meeting House, 21–25 Aug, £5

Eleanor’s Story: An American Girl in Hitler’s Germany

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–28

Aug, not 14, £6—£10

All My Life Long

C venues – C royale, 2–28 Aug, not 17, £7.50—£9.50

Lists for the End of the World HHHH

Summerhall, 2–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £8—£12

Fox and Hound Presents

Tennessee Williams’

Ivan’s Widow and Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen

Greenside @ Infirmary

Street, 4–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £7—£11

Alex Salmond... Unleashed Assembly Rooms, 13–27 Aug, £22.50

Welcome Question Mark

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–19 Aug, £9

Open Road

C venues – C royale, 2–28

Aug, not 15, £7.50—£9.50

Play Something

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 14–19 Aug, £10

13:50

Treasure Trove of Shadows

C venues – C, 20–28 Aug, £10.50—£12.50

Surviving the Storm

New Town Theatre, 20

Aug, £8

The Elephant, Your Majesty!

New Town Theatre, Various dates from 9 Aug to 17

Aug, £12

Busu and the Damask Drum

Greenside @ Royal Terrace, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £10

Sad Girls

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 21–26 Aug, £8

Dae Ye Have a Sick-Line, Ken?

New Town Theatre, 21 Aug, £8

A Level Playing Field

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 21–26 Aug, £6

The Cause of Thunder

New Town Theatre, 19–25

Aug, £16

What Keeps You Sharp?

New Town Theatre, 15 Aug, £8

How to Rebuild a Life

New Town Theatre, 23 Aug, £8

Women, Science Is Not For You: III

New Town Theatre, 11 Aug, 25 Aug, £8

Cows Eat Grass, Don’t They?

New Town Theatre, 24 Aug, £8

Dr Data: The Answer to Cancer

New Town Theatre, 19 Aug, £8

Alternative Facts: Is the Truth in the Archives?

New Town Theatre, 22 Aug, £8

Measuring Humanity

New Town Theatre, 18 Aug, £8

Can Sustainability Ever Be Mainstream?

New Town Theatre, 27

Aug, £8

Fitness to Witness

New Town Theatre, 17 Aug, £8

No Copyright, No Problem?

New Town Theatre, 16

Aug, £8

Doctor Google Will See You Now!

New Town Theatre, 26

Aug, £8

13:55

A Joke theSpace on Niddry St, 14–26 Aug, £12

Hell Has No Fury SpaceTriplex, 22–26

Aug, £10

From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28

Aug, £7—£12

Peer Gynt

ZOO, 4–28 Aug, £8—£12

10 Rillington Place

SpaceTriplex, 7–19 Aug, not 13, £10

14:00

Woke

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 4–28

Aug, not 17, 18, 19, £6—£12

Faulty Towers The Dining

Experience

The Principal, 4–28 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £49.50—£54.50

Firewater theSpace on North Bridge, 14–19 Aug, £8

Deadpan Theatre: Third Wheel

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–27 Aug, £8—£12

Arthur Conan Doyle – The Spiritualist

Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 8 Aug, 10 Aug, 15 Aug, 17 Aug, 22 Aug, £8

Victim

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28 Aug, not 16, £6.50—£11

Dr Carnesky’s Incredible Bleeding Woman HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28 Aug, not 9, 21, £6—£10

On Ice – Suzanne Grotenhuis/De Nwe Tijd HH

Upper Church @ Summerhall hosted by RBC, 4–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £8—£10

Agent November: Major X Plow-Shun / The Murder of Mr E New Town Theatre, 2–27 Aug, not 15, £8—£15

Above the Mealy-mouthed Sea

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, not 16, £6.50—£10

Adventurers Wanted: A 250-Hour Epic Tabletop Roleplaying Game Sweet Holyrood, 2–28 Aug, not 24, 25, £3

Meat

ZOO, 7–27 Aug, not 20, £5—£9

From the Ground Up Assembly Roxy, 14–27 Aug, not 21, £9—£10

Meet Me At Dawn HHHHH

All Quiet on the Western Front

Pleasance Dome, 2–15 Aug, £6—£12

Cockroached

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28

Aug, not 14, 21, £6—£9.50

Rhapsodes

Pleasance Dome, 14–27

Aug, £10—£12.50

Séance

Summerhall, 2–26 Aug, £4—£5

Vote 100 – Alice Hawkins

– Suffragette

Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 13 Aug, 14 Aug, 16 Aug, £8

The Divide - Part 2

King’s Theatre, 16 Aug, 18

Aug, £14

The Divide - Part 1

King’s Theatre, Various dates from 11 Aug to 20

Aug, £14

Meeting at 33

Pleasance Courtyard, 7 Aug, 8 Aug, 14 Aug, 15 Aug, £9

The Wedding Reception

The Principal, 8 Aug, 15 Aug, 22 Aug, £39

Flight Church Hill Theatre & Studio, 5–27 Aug, not 8, 11, 12, 13, 16, 22, £15

Party Game HH

Traverse at the Wee Red Bar, 13 Aug, 19 Aug, 20

Aug, £21.50

A Field of Our Own

Hibernian Football Club, 20

Aug, £12

Lunacy Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 25–26 Aug, £free

14:05

The Edelweiss Pirates

theSpace on the Mile, 14–19

Aug, £10

Desert Bloom

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–26 Aug, £9

So I’ve Heard Sweet Grassmarket, 15–20

Aug, £8

14:10

Domestic theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–19 Aug, £8

14:15

Obfuscation

theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 4–26 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £7

Goody

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28

Aug, not 15, £6.50—£11

Volte Face

Gilded Balloon at Rose

Theatre, 14–28 Aug, £8

Poll Function

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28

Aug, not 21, £6—£9

Ballistic

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28

Aug, not 14, £5—£12

Egg

Bourbon Bar, 5–27 Aug, £free

Replay

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28

Aug, not 15, £7—£12

Yvette

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–26

Aug, not 14, £6—£11

14:20

Submission

C venues – C royale, 2–28

Aug, £9.50—£11.50

Matt Abbott: Two Little

Ducks

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27

Aug, not 14, £6.50—£10

Sugar Baby

Paradise in The Vault, 5–27

Aug, not 13, 20, £10

A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad)

HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28

Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £7—£12

Call Mr Robeson Quaker Meeting House, 21

Aug, 23 Aug, 25 Aug, £12

Walls and Bridges

theSpace on North Bridge, 4–26 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £5—£7

Séance

Summerhall, 2–26 Aug, £4—£5

Class Mates

theSpace on the Mile, Various dates from 5 Aug to 25 Aug, £6—£9.50

The Merry Wives of Windsor

theSpace on Niddry St, 14–19 Aug, £8

The Shakespeares: Scenes from a Marriage theSpace on the Mile, Various dates from 6 Aug to 26 Aug, £6—£9.50

Just an Ordinary Lawyer

Quaker Meeting House, 22

Aug, 24 Aug, 26 Aug, £12

14:25

Bright Colours Only Assembly Rooms, 3–26 Aug, not 14, £8—£15

14:30

The Giant Killers

Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre, 2–28 Aug, £6—£12

Dear Home Office 2: Still Pending

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 21–27 Aug, £10

Mies Julie

Assembly Rooms, 3–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £10—£17.50

A Sudden Burst of Blinding Light

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–19 Aug, £6—£11

Wedding Fever

Mayfield Salisbury Church, 5 Aug, 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £12 salt.

Northern Stage at Summerhall, 5–26 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £10—£12

Assessment

Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre, 2–28 Aug, not 15, £5—£10

Raton Laveur HH

Assembly Roxy, 3–27 Aug, not 16, £7—£12

Arlene! The Glitz. The Glamour. The Gossip. Assembly Checkpoint, 22–26 Aug, £15

Guilty Noodle Sweet Grassmarket, 23–27 Aug, £7

Two Chairs Paradise in The Vault, 21–27 Aug, £10

Cold Comfort Farm theSpace on Niddry St, 21–26 Aug, £7

The Gardener Summerhall, 3–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £5—£10

A Stool Against the Printed Rule Quaker Meeting House, 14–19 Aug, £7

The Amorous Ambassador Inverleith St Serf’s Church Centre, 19 Aug, £12

Improbable Fiction St Ninian’s Hall, 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £12

14:35

The Road That Wasn’t There HH

Assembly Roxy, 3–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £8—£11

The Friday Night Effect

HHH

Assembly George Square Studios, 3–28 Aug, not 14, £6—£12

The Cricket C venues – C, 2–19 Aug, £10.50—£12.50

La Dispute theSpace on the Mile, 21–26

Aug, £8

14:40

Séance Summerhall, 2–26 Aug, £4—£5

The Accidental Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

C venues – C, 2–28 Aug, £8.50—£10.50

Hear Me Raw HHH

Underbelly, George Square, 2–27 Aug, not 14, £6.50—£10

Swan Bake

C venues – C royale, 2–28 Aug, £8.50—£10.50

Crazy Horse: A Dream of Thunder

Sweet Holyrood, 4–27 Aug, not 24, 25, £10

Derailed

Pleasance Dome, 14–28 Aug, £6.50—£11

Quarter Life Crisis

HHHH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27

Aug, not 14, £6.50—£11

A Machine they’re Secretly Building

Summerhall, 15–27 Aug, £11

14:45

Mia: Daughters of Fortune HHHH

Summerhall, 8–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £6—£10

Clonely

Laughing Horse @ The Mockingbird, 3–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free

Gunshot Medley

Venue 13, 5–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £10

Toll

C venues – C, 2–15 Aug, £8.50—£10.50

Stegosaurus

C venues – C royale, 2–19 Aug, £8.50—£10.50

Polaris

52 Canoes (Grassmarket), 4–28 Aug, not 10, 17, 24, £free

Flight

Church Hill Theatre & Studio, 5–27 Aug, not 8, 11, 12, 13, 16, 22, £15

Locker Room Talk

Traverse Theatre, 21 Aug, £9

14:50

3000 Trees: The Death of Mr William MacRae

New Town Theatre, 3–27

Aug, not 15, £9—£10

Todd & God HHH

Pleasance Dome, 2–28 Aug, not 15, £7—£13

Locus Amoenus

Summerhall, 15–27 Aug, £12

Beadledom: Alpha

Underbelly, Cowgate, Various dates from 4 Aug to 26 Aug, £6.50—£10.50

Other Voices Spoken Word Cabaret

Banshee Labyrinth, 5–27

Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £free

Beadledom: Omega

Underbelly, Cowgate, Various dates from 3 Aug to 27 Aug, £6.50—£10.50

14:55

Caravaggio: Between the Darkness

theSpace on the Mile, 4–26

Aug, not 13, £5—£10

What Would Cathy Do?

C venues – C primo, 3–28

Aug, not 14, £7.50—£9.50

For the School Colours: The Life and Works of Angela Brazil

C venues – C cubed, 3–28

Aug, not 14, £9.50—£11.50

When We Ran Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28

Aug, not 14, £6—£12

Transmission Assembly George Square Studios, 5–26 Aug, not 9, 14, 21, £8—£10

15:00

Moonlight After Midnight HHHH Assembly George Square Theatre, 3–28 Aug, not 9, 16, £7—£12

Confessions of a Personal Trainer

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 4–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £10

Séance

Summerhall, 2–26 Aug, £4—£5

1984

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug, £5

My Name is Irrelevant H Assembly Hall, 3–28 Aug, not 14, 21, £7.50—£11

Agent November: Major X Plow-Shun / The Murder of Mr E New Town Theatre, 2–27

Aug, not 15, £8—£15

Frogman

Traverse at CodeBase, 12–20 Aug, not 14, £19.50

Pike St. HHH

Roundabout @ Summerhall, 4–27 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £9—£15

Jane Doe HHH

Assembly George Square Studios, 3–28 Aug, not 14, 21, £9—£12

The Story of Snow and Other True Tales According to Reet Petite

Paradise in Augustines, 14–18 Aug, £9

Struggle

Lauriston Halls, 21–27 Aug, £8

Meeting at 33 Pleasance Courtyard, 11 Aug, 12 Aug, 18 Aug, £10

Hands-On Messiah

St Patrick’s Church, 19 Aug, 20 Aug, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, £7

Christina Rossetti’s Goblin Market

Greenside @ Royal Terrace, 4–26 Aug, not 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21, £10

Emerald Boy

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–19 Aug, £5

The Girl Who Loved Stalin theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 4–26 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £7

Chamberlain: Peace in Our Time

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 4–19 Aug, not 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, £5.50—£11

A Wake (For Those Dying for an Honest Job That Always Makes a Killing) Brewhemia, 18–19 Aug, £4

Parentcraft C venues – C royale, 2–21 Aug, £8.50—£10.50

Ensonglopedia of Science

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 2–27 Aug, not 14, £6—£10

Beautiful Little Fool Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 21–26 Aug, £8

Becoming Scheherazade Summerhall, 2–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £7.50—£10

The Man on the Moor HHHH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, £6.50—£10.50

Spring Awakening: A Reimagining SpaceTriplex, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £5—£8

Krapp’s Last Tape HHHH

Church Hill Theatre & Studio, 19 Aug, 20 Aug, 24 Aug, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, £25

Fuaigh – Interweaving Scottish Storytelling Centre, 17 Aug, 21 Aug, £10

15:05

All KIDding Aside theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 4–26 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £5—£10

Vanessa cook Dance

CREATURE

d A n CE in n E w dim E nsions

Edgar and Me

Zoo Southside, 20–28 Aug, £7—£10

The Bearpit

Zoo Southside, 4–19 Aug, £7—£10

Awakening, Sweet and Sour Sensory Composition

theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 15–19 Aug, £11

A Charlie Montague

Mystery: The Game’s a Foot, Try the Fish

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 4–26 Aug, not 6, £5—£8

The F Word

ZOO, 4–28 Aug, £6—£9

Bunker Girls

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 22–26 Aug, £7

Woolf

theSpace on North Bridge, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £7

Maklena

theSpace @ Venue45, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £8

All’s Well That Ends As You Like It: A Lamentable Comedie and Hysterickal Tragedie, by William Shakefpeare

theSpace on Niddry St, 20 Aug, £9.50

15:10

The Loneliest Girl in the World Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 15–26 Aug, not 20, £8

The Inconvenience of Wings

Assembly George Square Studios, 3–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £10—£15

Squeeze My Cans

Assembly Rooms, 3–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £5—£12

Ladies Who Lunch

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 21–25 Aug, £7

15:15

Venus and Adonis C venues – C primo, 2–28

Aug, not 14, £9.50—£11.50

Empty Shoes Paradise in Augustines, 14–27 Aug, not 20, £10

Ancient Shrines and Half

Truths HHH

Summerhall, 2–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 15, 21, £9—£11

Monster HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28

Aug, not 16, £6—£10

Jelly Beans HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28

Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £6—£10

Alice and the Black Hole

Blues

Central Hall, 16 Aug, £5

Medea

Central Hall, 18 Aug, £5

An Actor’s Tribute

Central Hall, 15 Aug, £5

Questioning Aslan: An Evening With CS Lewis Palmerston Place Church, 26 Aug, £11

15:20

Séance Summerhall, 2–26 Aug, £4—£5

This Really Is Too Much

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £6.50—£11

Reeling

Central Hall, 17 Aug, £5

The Ties That Bind

Whitespace 76, Various dates from 3 Aug to 23 Aug, £7

The Importance of Being

Frank

theSpace on North Bridge, 14–19 Aug, £8.50

Avery Pierson

Central Hall, 18 Aug, £5

15:25

Out of the Bad New Town Theatre, 4–25

Aug, not 15, £12

Tartuffe

Sweet Grassmarket, 21–26

Aug, £10

Side Orders

theSpace on North Bridge, 21–26 Aug, £5

15:30

Finding Nana

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28

Aug, not 14, £6—£12.50

Alan, We Think You Should Get a Dog HH

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28 Aug, not 14, £7—£11.50

Cathy HHHH

Pleasance Dome, 2–26 Aug, not 9, 14, 21, £6.50—£11

Mouthpiece HHHHH

CanadaHub @ King’s Hall in association with Summerhall, 3–27 Aug, not 8, 15, 18, 22, 25, £8—£10

Green Knight

The Royal Scots Club, 7–23 Aug, not 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, £8

Curse of Cranholme Abbey Pleasance Courtyard, 4–19 Aug, £6—£10

Fémage à Trois

Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre, 2–28 Aug, not 14, £6—£11

Deleted

Central Hall, 16 Aug, £5

Flight Church Hill Theatre & Studio, 5–27 Aug, not 8, 11, 12, 13, 16, 22, £15

Sugar & Salt

Bedlam Theatre, 5–28 Aug, not 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 21, £6—£7

Robert Burns: Rough Cut Scottish Storytelling Centre, 4–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £10

PreScribed (A Life Written for Me)

ZOO, 15–25 Aug, £10

All’s Well That Ends As You Like It: A Lamentable Comedie and Hysterickal Tragedie, by William Shakefpeare theSpace on Niddry St, 21–26 Aug, £9.50

ScotlandsFest 2017

Quaker Meeting House, 21–25 Aug, £5

Between the Crosses Army @ The Fringe in Association with Summerhall, 11–16 Aug, £12.50

Wired

Army @ The Fringe in Association with Summerhall, 23–26 Aug, £10

Dick in Space

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 14 Aug, 21 Aug, £free

15:35

Fine, Thanks C venues – C, 20–27 Aug, £7.50—£9.50

15:40

Van Gogh Find Yourself

#VGFY

Natural Food Kafe, 3–26

Aug, not 10, 18, 19, 20, £free

Séance

Summerhall, 2–26 Aug, £4—£5

The Greenhouse theSpace on the Mile, Various dates from 5 Aug to 25 Aug, £6—£9.50

Offside HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28

Aug, not 14, 21, £6—£12

15:45

iDENTiTY

Sweet Holyrood, 4–27 Aug, not 9, 16, 24, 25, £8

The Offering (Guru Dakshina)

C venues – C royale, 2–28

Aug, not 14, £9.50—£11.50

Ivona, Princess of Burgundia – Tibaldus

Upper Church @ Summerhall hosted by RBC, 15–27

Aug, not 17, £8—£10

Misterman

C venues – C primo, 4–28

Aug, not 14, £9.50—£11.50

Jocky Wilson Said

Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre, 2–24 Aug, £6—£12

Translunar Paradise

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28 Aug, not 9, 15, 22, £6.50—£13.50

Noose Women

theSpace on the Mile, Various dates from 6 Aug to 26 Aug, £6—£9.50

The Alien Chicken

Remembers Galatea

The Royal Scots Club, 10–26

Aug, not 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, £15

Conspiracy Theory: A Lizard’s Tale

Bar Bados Complex, 5–26

Aug, not 14, £free

Letters to Morrissey

HHH

Traverse Theatre, 11 Aug, 17

Aug, 23 Aug, £19.50

Eve

Traverse Theatre, 8 Aug, 13

Aug, 19 Aug, 25 Aug, £19.50

The Etiquette Show: Much

Ado About Everything!

Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre, 25–28 Aug, £14

Nassim HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 10 Aug, 16

Aug, 22 Aug, £19.50

Lilith: The Jungle Girl

HHH

Traverse Theatre, 12 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, £19.50

15:50

Scribble HH Assembly Roxy, 3–27 Aug, not 15, 22, £6—£11

Anxiety and Animal GIFs Black Market, 6–26 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £free

Three Tales of Life and Death by Craig Lucas Assembly Rooms, 3–26 Aug, not 9, 15, 22, £6—£12 26.2

Paradise in The Vault, 14–19 Aug, £7.50

15:55

Blank Tiles Assembly George Square Studios, 3–28 Aug, not 14, £6—£11

Pharmacophilia

Paradise in The Vault, 21–27 Aug, £7

16:00

Little Boy C venues – C royale, 2–28 Aug, not 15, £8.50—£10.50

The Portable Dorothy Parker Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre, 2–28 Aug, not 14, 21, £6—£12

The Delights of Dogs and the Problems of People SpaceTriplex, Various dates from 4 Aug to 26 Aug, £6—£10

Lost in Translation: A Bilingual Journey Institut français d’Ecosse, 4–28 Aug, not 7, 14, 15, 22, £6—£8

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Jess and Joe Forever HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 3 Aug, 15 Aug, 20 Aug, 26 Aug, £13—£19.50

Fag/Stag HHHH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27

Aug, not 14, £7—£12.50

Nassim HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 4 Aug, 27

Aug, £19.50

Agent November: Major X

Plow-Shun / The Murder of Mr E

New Town Theatre, 2–27

Aug, not 15, £8—£15

Iraq Out & Loud: We Read the Chilcot Report (Documentary)

Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus, 7–19 Aug, not 9, £free

The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk

Traverse Theatre, 17 Aug, 23

Aug, £21.50

Daniel Piper’s Day Off

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27

Aug, not 14, £6.50—£10

Flesh and Bone

Pleasance Dome, 2–28 Aug, £6—£10

The Whip Hand HHH

Traverse Theatre, 9 Aug, 18

Aug, 24 Aug, £21.50

Cracked Tiles

C venues – C royale, 13–28

Aug, not 17, £8.50—£10.50

The Emily Triptych

Quaker Meeting House, 12

Aug, 19 Aug, £8

The Egg-Born Princess

SpaceTriplex, 14–19 Aug, £5

Wild Bore HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 10 Aug, 19

Aug, 25 Aug, £21.50

James Tait Black Prize for Drama 2017: The Award

Ceremony

Traverse Theatre, 21 Aug, £7

16:05

Fox and Hound Presents 1 in 2 Chance

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 4–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £6—£10

Know Brexit

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 4–26 Aug, not 6, 13, £10

Whore: A Kid’s Play

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 4–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £6—£12

From Today, Everything Changes.

theSpace on North Bridge, 21–26 Aug, £8

The Unaccompanied Minor theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, Various dates from 4 Aug to 26 Aug, £10

Someone Dies at the End theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 4–19 Aug, not 6, 13, £free—£8

God Ltd

theSpace on Niddry St, 4–19 Aug, not 6, 13, £5—£8

Overshare!

theSpace on North Bridge, 4–19 Aug, not 6, 13, £8

Super Earth

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, Various dates from 11 Aug to 18 Aug, £10

The Play

theSpace on the Mile, 14–19 Aug, £7

16:10

Tense Vagina: an actual diagnosis HH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, not 9, 14, 21, £6.50—£11

An Act of Kindness

C venues – C cubed, 3–28 Aug, not 15, £8.50—£10.50

Cannonball

Greenside @ Royal Terrace, 4–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £4—£8

The Bothy Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 21–26 Aug, £2

Wil Greenway: These Trees the Autumn Leaves Alone

HHH

Underbelly Med Quad, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £6.50—£11.50 Me, as a Penguin theSpace on the Mile, 14–19 Aug, £10

Under My Thumb Assembly Roxy, 3–20 Aug, not 14, £6—£10

Beethoven in Stalingrad Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 14–19 Aug, £12

The Tempest theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–26 Aug, £7

16:15

Diary

Pilgrim, 5–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £free

Shame

Assembly George Square Studios, 3–28 Aug, not 14, £7—£11

#DirtyWoman

Laughing Horse @ The Cuckoo’s Nest, 3–27 Aug, £free

A Great Fear of Shallow Living

Zoo Southside, 4–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £5—£10

The Waiting Game Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 4–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £5—£9

Wrong Tree Adventures

Lauriston Halls, 7–17 Aug, not 13, £7

I’m Always the Bridesmaid Bar Bados Complex, 5–26 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £free

Wrong Tree Adventures

Lauriston Halls, 18–27 Aug, not 20, £7

1917: A Phantasmagoria Sweet Holyrood, 3–27 Aug, not 24, 25, £10

Deadly Dialogues

C venues – C, 4–28 Aug, not 15, £10.50—£12.50

Attila the Stockbroker –Undaunted

Bannermans, 16–25 Aug, not 19, £free

Adam

Traverse Theatre, 15 Aug, 20 Aug, 26 Aug, £21.50

Flight

Church Hill Theatre & Studio, 5–27 Aug, not 8, 11, 12, 13, 16, 22, £15

16:20

One-Man Apocalypse Now Sweet Grassmarket, 3–27 Aug, £8

Broken theSpace on the Mile, 21–26 Aug, £8

Brutal Cessation HHH

Assembly George Square Theatre, 3–28 Aug, not 14, £7—£11

We Are Not a Muse

theSpace on North Bridge, 7–19 Aug, not 13, £6

Arm – Mireille & Mathieu

HHH

Summerhall, 4–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £8—£10

Father of Lies

Silk, 5–26 Aug, not 14, £free

What If the Plane Falls Out of the Sky?

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28 Aug, not 14, £7—£12

Sandman

ZOO, 17–28 Aug, £10

6 x 6 x 6

Pleasance Dome, 2–28 Aug, £6—£10

Interrobang

theSpace on North Bridge, 21–26 Aug, £5

16:25

The Soft Subject (A Love Story)

Assembly Hall, 3–28 Aug, not 14, £6—£11

Taiwan Season: Ever Never

Summerhall, 2–27 Aug, not 3, 7, 14, 21, £8—£12

How to Drown a Fish

ZOO, 4–16 Aug, £7—£10

16:30

Alex in Shadow

Paradise in The Vault, 5–27

Aug, not 13, 20, £8

The Missing Girl of Grigglewood

C venues – C south, 3–28

Aug, £7.50—£9.50

Iraq Out & Loud: We Read the Chilcot Report (Documentary)

Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus, 7–19 Aug, not 9, £free

The Gardener Summerhall, 2–27 Aug, not 3, 14, 21, £5—£10

Help!

ZOO, 4–28 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £10

Velvet Evening Séance Assembly Hall, 3–28 Aug, not 15, 22, £8—£12

A Hundred Different Words for Love

HHHH

Summerhall, 2–27 Aug, not 3, 20, 21, £8—£10

Borders by Henry Naylor

HHH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–28

Aug, not 16, £7—£12.50

Lula del Ray by Manual

Cinema HHH

Underbelly Med Quad, 2–28

Aug, not 14, £7—£14

HHHHH

Traverse Theatre, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, 27 Aug, £21.50

16:35

Ursula, Queen of the Jungle

C venues – C primo, 13–28 Aug, £9.50—£11.50

The Odyssey

C venues – C, 20–27 Aug, £7.50—£9.50

Private Peaceful theSpace on Niddry St, 21–26 Aug, £8

16:40

Instructions for Border Crossing HHH

Northern Stage at Summerhall, 5–26 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £10—£12

Dust HHHH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, not 15, £6.50—£11

Box Clever HH Roundabout @ Summerhall, 4–27 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £11—£13

Lemonade

Assembly Rooms, 3–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £8—£12

Sarah, Sky and Seven

Other Guys

C venues – C royale, 2–28 Aug, £9.50—£11.50

16:45

Penthouse

theSpace on Niddry St, 4–26 Aug, not 13, £8—£10

Scene

Paradise in Augustines, 14–27 Aug, not 20, £6

Performers H

Assembly Rooms, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £10—£15

Meet Me At Dawn

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Matt Panesh – Freedom...!

Banshee Labyrinth, 5–26

Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £free

16:50

Teahouse

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 14–18 Aug, £10

16:55

Teddy Bears’ Picnic

Natural Food Kafe, 4–26

Aug, not 14, 21, £free

Seanmhair

Bedlam Theatre, 2–28 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £9—£12

Alice – Underground

Lives My Buried Mind (Deflowering Lewis Carroll’s Script)

ZOO, 4–20 Aug, £8—£10

An Audience With Ted Pendleton

Paradise in The Vault, 14–19

Aug, £7 17:00

Agent November: Major X Plow-Shun / The Murder of Mr E

New Town Theatre, 2–27

Aug, not 15, £8—£15

Places

New Town Theatre, 3–27

Aug, not 15, £10—£12

1902

Wee Red Bar, 2–28 Aug, not 6, 7, 10, 17, 24, £12

Mairi Campbell: Pulse Scottish Storytelling Centre, Various dates from 3 Aug to 27 Aug, £12

Amy, 25, Almost Cool

C venues – C royale, 2–22

Aug, £8.50—£10.50

Sam Shaber: Life, Death & Duran Duran

Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre, 2–28 Aug, not 15, £6—£11

Death High Bar Bados Complex, 5–28 Aug, not 21, £free

The Damned United Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28 Aug, not 14, 22, £6—£12.50

Meeting at 33

Pleasance Courtyard, 7 Aug, 8 Aug, 14 Aug, 15 Aug, £9

Iraq Out & Loud: We Read the Chilcot Report (Documentary)

Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus, 7–19 Aug, not 9, £free

Testosterone

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27 Aug, not 14, 20, £6—£11.50

Adventurers Wanted: A 250-Hour Epic Tabletop

Roleplaying Game

Sweet Holyrood, 2–28 Aug, not 24, 25, £3

The Emily Triptych Quaker Meeting House, 15 Aug, 16 Aug, 18 Aug, £8

What If I Told You

Army @ The Fringe in Association with Summerhall, 11–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £8—£12

Leaf by Niggle Scottish Storytelling Centre, Various dates from 4 Aug to 28 Aug, £12

Nocturnes ZOO, 21–26 Aug, £14

Freshlings

Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 21–25 Aug, £5

My Mind is Free

The Salvation Army Edinburgh City Corps, 11 Aug, 12 Aug, 18 Aug, £8

Parable of Lysistrata Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 17–18 Aug, £6

17:05

Mental Assembly Roxy, 2–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £8—£12

Love vs Fear and My Mother’s Prayers theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 21–26 Aug, £10

Burnt Toast Assembly Rooms, 3–26 Aug, not 14, £7—£10

Dada Surrealist Cookbook Silk, 5–26 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £free

A Charlie Montague Mystery: The Man with the Twisted Hip theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 4–26 Aug, not 6, 13, £5—£8

Died Blondes theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 15–19 Aug, £5

A Feyre Tale

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–19 Aug, £7

17:10

Commons

theSpace on North Bridge, 4–19 Aug, not 6, 13, £8

Dead Men Tell No Tale

theSpace @ Venue45, Various dates from 14 Aug to 25 Aug, £8

Dirty Bitches theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 14–19 Aug, £8

Waggo theSpace @ Venue45, Various dates from 15 Aug to 26 Aug, £8

The Other Side of the Flood Banshee Labyrinth, 5–25 Aug, not 16, £free

The Course of True Love

C venues – C cubed, 13–28 Aug, £8.50—£10.50

Lipstick and Scones theSpace on the Mile, 4–26 Aug, not 13, £9

Conversations With Rats theSpace on the Mile, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £7—£8

Doreen’s No-Brainer Lectures – Live theSpace on North Bridge, 21–26 Aug, £10

17:15

An Actor’s Tribute Central Hall, 16 Aug, £5 Mirror, Mirror, Off the Wall Greenside @ Royal Terrace, 4–19 Aug, not 13, £4—£8

100 Years of Balfour Just Festival at St John’s , Various dates from 11 Aug to 19 Aug, £10

Fleabag

Underbelly, George Square, 21–27 Aug, £12—£14

ScotlandsFest 2017 Quaker Meeting House, 21–25 Aug, £5

Torn Apart – By Romeo and Juliet

Greenside @ Royal Terrace, 21–26 Aug, £8

Alice and the Black Hole Blues

Central Hall, 17 Aug, £5

All the King’s Women Central Hall, 15 Aug, £5

17:20

Sleepwalkers theSpace on the Mile, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £8.50

The Tinder Tales Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 21–26 Aug, £free Richard Carpenter is Close to You HH

Underbelly, George Square, 2–27 Aug, not 15, £6.50—£11.50

Education, Education, Education

Pleasance Dome, 2–27 Aug, not 15, 25, £6—£11

Jack Rooke: Happy Hour HHHH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £7—£12

Guy Fawkes It Up theSpace on North Bridge, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £7

Teresa di Maggio

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 21–26 Aug, £15

Freshers Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–18 Aug, £7

17:25

In Pieces

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 4–19 Aug, not 13, £5—£9

(My Father) John Gabriel Borkman SpaceTriplex, 4–26 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £5—£9

Hamlettes

Central Hall, 15 Aug, £5

17:30

Turntable / Edinburgh

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 14–20 Aug, £6—£8

Siri

CanadaHub @ King’s Hall in association with Summerhall, 2–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £8—£10

Iraq Out & Loud: We Read the Chilcot Report (Documentary)

Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus, 7–19 Aug, not 9, £free

Good With Maps

C venues – C primo, 2–28 Aug, not 14, £9.50—£11.50

Suspicious Minds

Pleasance Dome, 2–28 Aug, not 9, 16, £6—£10

Occam’s Chainsaw

Greenside @ Infirmary

Street, 4–26 Aug, not 6, 10, 13, 17, 20, 24, £4.50—£9

The End, the End, the End…

Venue 13, 5–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £10

The Wedding Reception

The Principal, 3–27 Aug, not 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, £39—£43

Dying to See You

Lauriston Halls, 7–17 Aug, not 13, £5

Spect-Act

Just Festival at St John’s , 22 Aug, 23 Aug, 25 Aug, £8

17:35

Bluebeard’s Ghost

Sweet Holyrood, 3–27 Aug, not 14, 24, 25, £7

17:40

Siren

Pleasance Dome, 2–27 Aug, not 15, £6—£11

Tom and Bunny Save the World HHH

Assembly George Square Theatre, 3–28 Aug, not 14, £7—£11

Deep in the Heart of Me

Sweet Grassmarket, 8–26

Aug, not 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, £8

Baba Brinkman’s Rap

Guide to Consciousness

Assembly George Square Studios, 2–28 Aug, not 15, £8—£10

Amy Conway’s Super

Awesome World

Summerhall, 2–27 Aug, not 3, 14, £8—£11

Fix HHH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27

Aug, not 16, £6.50—£11.50

Fall of Duty

Sweet Grassmarket, Various dates from 7 Aug to 19

Aug, £8

17:45

I Am Faransis W. Summerhall, 6–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £12

Edison

Zoo Southside, 4–27 Aug, £5—£10

A Hunger Artist (Kafka Adaptation) HHHH

ZOO, 4–28 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £5—£11

That’s What She Said Bar Bados Complex, 16–26

Aug, £free

Mission Abort

Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre, 2–28 Aug, not 14, £6—£11

Celebration

ZOO, 15–28 Aug, £5—£8

17:50

The North! The North! HHH

Summerhall, 2–27 Aug, not 3, 14, £6—£11

Rock and Hunt

Paradise in The Vault, 5–19

Aug, not 13, £8

The Sweet Science

C venues – C too, 3–28 Aug, not 14, £9.50—£11.50

Sex Education

Paradise in The Vault, 21–27

Aug, £9

Birthday Cake

C venues – C, 13–19 Aug, £8.50—£10.50

17:55

Heather Summerhall, 2–27 Aug, not 3, 14, 21, £8—£12

18:00

Agent November: Major X Plow-Shun / The Murder of Mr E New Town Theatre, 2–27 Aug, not 15, £8—£15

Adventurers Wanted: A 250-Hour Epic Tabletop

Roleplaying Game

Sweet Holyrood, 2–28 Aug, not 24, 25, £3

Trainspotting Live Venue150 at EICC, 2–27 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £10—£17.50

Carried Away

C venues – C royale, 2–20 Aug, £8.50—£10.50

The B*easts HHH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £6.50—£11

Behind Our Skin

C venues – C royale, 21–26 Aug, £8.50—£10.50

Frogman

Traverse at CodeBase, 12–27 Aug, not 14, 22, 23, 24, 25, £19.50

Break Up (We Need to Talk)

Summerhall, 7 Aug, 14 Aug, 21 Aug, £10

Seagulls

The Leith Volcano, 8–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £12

A Girl and a Gun Summerhall, 2–27 Aug, not 3, 7, 14, 21, £5—£10

Lilith: The Jungle Girl

HHH

Traverse Theatre, 25 Aug, £19.50

Iraq Out & Loud: We Read the Chilcot Report (Documentary)

Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus, 7–19 Aug, not 9, £free

Oresteia: This Restless House

The Lyceum, 22–27 Aug, £10

Joe’s NYC Bar

Assembly George Square Studios, 3–28 Aug, not 14, £8—£13

Hands-On Messiah

St Patrick’s Church, 17–21 Aug, weekdays only, £7

Unquiet Spirits – Whisky, Ghosts and Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 7 Aug, 9 Aug, 11 Aug, 14 Aug, 16 Aug, £8

Blackwell’s Writers at the Fringe

Blackwell’s Bookshop, 3 Aug, 10 Aug, 17 Aug, 24 Aug, £free

18:05

Sugar Baby HHH

Roundabout @ Summerhall, 4–27 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £9—£15

Lord Dismiss Us

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 4–26 Aug, not 13, £7—£9

#Vile: The Untimely Demise of a Manufactured Pop Star

theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £6.50

Marking Time

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 4–19 Aug, not 6, 13, £8

Man and Boy

theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 4–26 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £6

Ripe

theSpace on the Mile, 21–26 Aug, £7

18:10

The Second Coming

theSpace on North Bridge, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £7

Wishing on a Stopgap

theSpace on the Mile, 4–19

Aug, not 6, 13, £5—£7

Givin’ It Some

theSpace @ Venue45, Various dates from 15 Aug to 26 Aug, £8

Frozen

C venues – C cubed, 13–28

Aug, not 21, £10.50—£12.50

Goldilock, Stock and Three Smoking Bears HHH

ZOO, 4–20 Aug, not 14, £12

Rich Hyde, Homicide

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–26 Aug, £6

Space Dogs

theSpace @ Venue45, Various dates from 14 Aug to 25 Aug, £8

Lunch Girls

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–19 Aug, £7

18:15

The Fair Intellectual Club

The Royal Scots Club, 14–19

Aug, £10

The Fall Assembly Hall, 3–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £10—£15

Nassim HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 11 Aug, 17

Aug, 23 Aug, £19.50

Macblair

C venues – C primo, 13–28

Aug, not 21, £9.50—£11.50

One for the Road...

theSpace on the Mile, 21–26

Aug, £9.50

Death on the Nile

theSpace on the Mile, 14–19

Aug, £8

Ancient Shrines and Half

Truths HHH

Summerhall, 4–27 Aug, not

7, 14, 15, 21, £11

Jess and Joe Forever

HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 10 Aug, 16

Aug, 22 Aug, £19.50

Lilith: The Jungle Girl

HHH

Traverse Theatre, 8 Aug, 13

Aug, 19 Aug, £19.50

The Murderous Philanthropist of Croydon Town

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–19 Aug, £8

Letters to Morrissey

HHH

Traverse Theatre, 12 Aug, 18

Aug, 24 Aug, £19.50

Attila the Stockbroker –Undaunted

La Belle Angèle, 15 Aug, £free

18:20

Professional theSpace on the Mile, 21–26

Aug, £7

Size Matters

Sweet Holyrood, 15–27 Aug, not 21, 24, 25, £8

Cheeks

Silk, 5–26 Aug, not 14, £free

Thy Name is Woman theSpace on North Bridge, 22–26 Aug, £10

18:25

Terry Pratchett’s Wyrd Sisters

Paradise in Augustines, 14–27 Aug, not 20, £9.50

Elephant in the Room Assembly Rooms, 3–26

Aug, not 14, £8—£12

Teresa di Maggio

Greenside @ Infirmary

Street, 4–19 Aug, not 13, £15

Atlas theSpace on North Bridge, 4–19 Aug, not 6, 13, £7

Jamie Wood: I Am a Tree Assembly George Square Theatre, 14–27 Aug, not 21, £10—£12

Tatterdemalion Assembly George Square Theatre, 21 Aug, £14

18:30

Shakespeare in the Garden: The Tempest

C venues – C south, 3–28 Aug, not 14, £8.50—£10.50

Bin Laden: The One Man Show

C venues – C, 2–28 Aug, not 15, £9.50—£11.50

£¥€$ (LIES) – Ontroerend Goed

Upper Church @ Summerhall hosted by RBC, 4–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £10—£14

The Burning Gadulka

Laughing Horse @ The Mockingbird, 4–26 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free

Queen of the F*cking World

The Street, 6–26 Aug, not 16, £free

Iraq Out & Loud: We Read the Chilcot Report (Documentary)

Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus, 7–19 Aug, not 9, £free

La Maladie de la Mort

d’Après Marguerite Duras

Institut français d’Ecosse, 4–28 Aug, not 7, 14, 15, 22, £6—£10

Wrecked

Greenside @ Royal Terrace, Various dates from 4 Aug to 26 Aug, £8

Secret Life of Humans

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28 Aug, not 14, £7—£12.50

Cosmic Scallies HHH

Northern Stage at Summerhall, 5–26 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £10—£12

Dreaming Amidst Thorns

Quaker Meeting House, 14–19 Aug, £8

Meeting at 33

Pleasance Courtyard, 9 Aug, 10 Aug, 16 Aug, 17 Aug, £9

Sylvia Plath, Your Words Are Just Dust

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 21–26 Aug, £10

Mimi’s Suitcase

Quaker Meeting House, 21–26 Aug, £12

The Gin Chronicles at Sea artSpace@StMarks, 3–19 Aug, not 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, £12

Jess and Joe Forever HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 4 Aug, 27 Aug, £19.50

Home Front – Front Line

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 14–19 Aug, £free

Dark Satanic

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 21–26 Aug, £7 Eve

Traverse Theatre, 3 Aug, 15 Aug, 20 Aug, 26 Aug, £13—£19.50

Flight Church Hill Theatre & Studio, 5–27 Aug, not 8, 11, 12, 13, 16, 22, £15

Last Resort HH

Summerhall, Various dates from 4 Aug to 26 Aug, £10

18:35

Choir of Man

Assembly Rooms, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £10—£16

Sage Francis and B Dolan

Present: Tricknology

New Town Theatre, 4–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £15

18:40

Cognitions

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 4–19 Aug, not 6, 13, £6

Katsura Sunshine: Rakugo!

Sweet Grassmarket, 3–27 Aug, not 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, £7

Bruce

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27

Aug, not 14, £7—£14

Dark Matter

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 22–26 Aug, £10

18:45

Awake

Laughing Horse @ The Cuckoo’s Nest, 3–27 Aug, £free

Tea and Nuisance

Leith Depot, 22–26 Aug, £free

The HandleBards: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Royal Botanic Garden

Edinburgh – West Gate, 22–26 Aug, £15

Stand By Army @ The Fringe in Association with Summerhall, 11–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £14

Morgan Stern

C venues – C primo, 6–28

Aug, not 14, £9.50—£11.50

18:50

The Last Queen of Scotland HHH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–26

Aug, not 9, 16, £6.50—£14

Dickless

New Town Theatre, 3–27

Aug, not 15, £9—£10

18:55

The Stage Manager’s Guide to Dating Assholes

Venue 13, 5–26 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £9

19:00

Mine

Zoo Southside, 4–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £7—£10

Faulty Towers The Dining Experience

The Principal, 7 Aug, 14 Aug, 21 Aug, 28 Aug, £49.50

Nerdf*cker: a solo play with bad boundaries

Sweet Grassmarket, 3–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £9

Agent November: Major X Plow-Shun / The Murder of Mr E

New Town Theatre, 2–27

Aug, not 15, £8—£15

At the Illusionist’s Table

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society, 4–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 19, 21, £69

I Ran With The Gang: The Story of Alan Longmuir, the Original Bay City Roller

Le Monde, 4–18 Aug, not 5, 12, £15

Dying to See You

Lauriston Halls, 7–17 Aug, not 13, £5

Real Magic

The Studio, 22–27 Aug, £25

Adventurers Wanted: A 250-Hour Epic Tabletop

Roleplaying Game

Sweet Holyrood, 2–28 Aug, not 24, 25, £3

Echoes

ZOO, 4–28 Aug, £10

Speaking in Tongues: The Lies

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28

Aug, not 17, 18, £6—£9.50

The Jurassic Parks Assembly Roxy, Various dates from 2 Aug to 27 Aug, £8—£12

Iraq Out & Loud: We Read the Chilcot Report (Documentary)

Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus, 7–19 Aug, not 9, £free

Nikola and His Travelling Lux Concordia C venues – C royale, 2–28 Aug, not 15, £10.50—£12.50

(More) Moira Monologues

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 2–28 Aug, not 14, 21, £10—£15

Mars Actually Assembly Roxy, Various dates from 3 Aug to 26 Aug, £8—£12

The Principle of Uncertainty

Sweet Holyrood, 3–27 Aug, not 24, 25, £10

Séance Summerhall, 2–26 Aug, not 3, £4—£5

Great Expectations

Inveresk Lodge Garden, 26 Aug, £11.50

The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk Traverse Theatre, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, £21.50

The Whip Hand HHH Traverse Theatre, 3 Aug, 10 Aug, 19 Aug, 25 Aug, £15—£21.50

The Wedding Reception

The Principal, 8 Aug, 15 Aug, 22 Aug, £39

Letters Live King’s Theatre, 27 Aug, £18

A Field of Our Own Hibernian Football Club, 20 Aug, £12

Locker Room Talk Traverse Theatre, 21 Aug, £9

19:05

The Rape of Artemisia Gentileschi theSpace on the Mile, 4–26 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £10

Two Sides of the Curtain theSpace on North Bridge, 14–19 Aug, £4

Hopeless theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 4–26 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £7 Bubbles and Martini theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–26 Aug, £10

My Name Is... theSpace on North Bridge, 21 Aug, 22 Aug, 23 Aug, 25 Aug, 26 Aug, £7

19:10

Five Kinds of Silence C venues – C too, 3–28 Aug, £10.50—£12.50

(FEAR) HH

ZOO, 4–20 Aug, not 9, 15, £5—£10

Your Point of View theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 15–19 Aug, £10

BlackCatfishMusketeer Summerhall, Various dates from 4 Aug to 27 Aug, £9—£11

Slap and Tickle ZOO, 21–26 Aug, £10

Love+ Summerhall, Various dates from 2 Aug to 24 Aug, £9—£11

Don’t Cry for Me Kenny Dalglish theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 4–19 Aug, not 13, £7

Roaming Collisions – Free Serenity Cafe, 5–27 Aug, not 14, 15, 16, £free

The Staff Room theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–26 Aug, £10

19:15

Flight

Church Hill Theatre & Studio, 5–27 Aug, not 8, 11, 12, 13, 16, 22, £15

First Light Whitespace 76, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £10

Wordplay

Bourbon Bar, 12–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £free

Double Feature

Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre, 2–28 Aug, not 14, £8—£16

Would You Adam and Eve It?

Palmerston Place Church, 21–22 Aug, £11

Wild Bore HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 15 Aug, 20

Aug, 26 Aug, £21.50

Cafe Voices

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 10 Aug, 24 Aug, £8

Medea

Central Hall, 15 Aug, £5

Adrian Plass: Out of His Head

Palmerston Place Church, 24–25 Aug, £11

19:25

Doglife HH

Summerhall, 4–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £10

Shakespeare’s Big Brother Paradise in Augustines, 14–18 Aug, £8

Going AWOL

Paradise in The Vault, 14–19 Aug, £7

Hide theSpace on the Mile, 4–25 Aug, not 6, 14, 20, £6.50—£8.50

Tiger

Natural Food Kafe, 5–27

Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free

MANWATCHING

Roundabout @ Summerhall, Various dates from 4 Aug to 27 Aug, £9—£17

Hamlettes Central Hall, 17 Aug, £5

19:30

Curse of the Mummy

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 3–26 Aug, not 14, £3—£10

Questioning Aslan: An Evening With CS Lewis

Palmerston Place Church, 23 Aug, £11

All the King’s Women

Central Hall, 17 Aug, £5

19:20

The Black Cat

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–20 Aug, not 13, £6.50—£11

Séance

Summerhall, 2–26 Aug, not 3, £4—£5

Joan

Underbelly, Cowgate, Various dates from 21 Aug to 27 Aug, £10.50—£11.50

Reeling

Central Hall, 16 Aug, £5

Faulty Towers The Dining Experience

The Principal, Various dates from 3 Aug to 27 Aug, £59

A Common Man: The Bridge That Tom Built

HHHH

C venues – C royale, 2–28

Aug, not 15, £10.50—£12.50

The Divide - Part 1

King’s Theatre, 8 Aug, 16

Aug, 18 Aug, £14

Knock Knock

C venues – C primo, 2–28

Aug, not 14, £8.50—£10.50

Cacophony

Sweet Holyrood, 3–27 Aug, not 9, 16, 24, 25, £8

Descent

Gilded Balloon at Rose

Theatre, 4–20 Aug, not 18, £6—£12

The Shape of the Pain

HHHH

Summerhall, 2–26 Aug, not 3, 14, 21, £10—£15

Pistorius: A Shakespearean Tragedy Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £7

Meeting at 33

Pleasance Courtyard, 9 Aug, 10 Aug, 16 Aug, 17 Aug, £9

Wedding Fever

Mayfield Salisbury Church, 4–18 Aug, weekdays only, £12

The Amorous Ambassador Inverleith St Serf’s Church Centre, 5–18 Aug, not 6, 13, £12

Americana Psychobabble

Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 3–27 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £free

Thus Spoke... HH

CanadaHub @ King’s Hall in association with Summerhall, 2–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £8—£10

The Last Burrah Sahibs Bar Bados Complex, 12–16 Aug, £free

Improbable Fiction

St Ninian’s Hall, 7–19 Aug, not 13, 17, £12

Power Ballad HH

Summerhall, 2–27 Aug, not 3, 14, 21, £10—£12

My Mind is Free

The Salvation Army Edinburgh City Corps, 7 Aug, 8 Aug, 14 Aug, 15 Aug, £8

Plan 9 from Outer Space Sweet Grassmarket, 21–27 Aug, £7

Desperation Bingo

The Biscuit Factory, 15–19 Aug, £7.50

Stuart Maconie: Jarrow Road to the Deep South

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 21–27 Aug, £12

Spect-Act

Just Festival at St John’s , 22–23 Aug, £10

Neighbourhood Watch

The Royal Scots Club, 21–26 Aug, £12

Meow Meow’s Little

Mermaid HHH

The Hub, 12 Aug, 19 Aug, 26 Aug, £15

1902

Wee Red Bar, 25–26

Aug, £12

Adam

Traverse Theatre, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, 27 Aug, £21.50

The Divide - Part 2 King’s Theatre, 9–20 Aug, not 10, 14, 16, 18, £14

Hands-On Messiah

St Patrick’s Church, 23–25 Aug, £7

Deleted

Central Hall, 18 Aug, £5

Sad Little Man Paradise in The Vault, 23–27 Aug, £10

Voicelessness

The Studio, 14–15 Aug, £15

19:35

The Teeth of Haros Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £8

My Pet, My Love

C venues – C royale, 2–28 Aug, not 15, £8.50—£10.50

19:40

Staging Wittgenstein HH

C venues – C, 2–28 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £9.50—£11.50

The Gun Show SpaceTriplex, 4–26 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £9

100 Ways to Tie a Shoelace Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 4–19 Aug, not 13, £8.50

Heads Up Summerhall, 22–27 Aug, £12

Séance

Summerhall, 2–26 Aug, not 3, £4—£5

Everest Calling Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 21–26 Aug, £10

Anathema

theSpace on North Bridge, 21–26 Aug, £8

Julius Caesar theSpace on Niddry St, 21–26 Aug, £8

Red Button theSpace on North Bridge, 14–19 Aug, £10

19:45

The Sky Is Safe Summerhall, 2–27 Aug, not 3, 14, 21, £8—£15

Trainspotting Live Venue150 at EICC, 2–27 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £10—£17.50

Dates – At the Speed of Sound!

Summerhall, 2–27 Aug, not 3, 14, 21, £8—£12

Lady Macbeth and Her Pal, Megan

C venues – C, 2–28 Aug, not 15, £8.50—£10.50

Nora and Jim Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 21–26 Aug, £9

A Field of Our Own Hibernian Football Club, 15 Aug, 17 Aug, 18 Aug, £12

Over the Garden Fence Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–19 Aug, £8

19:50

Skeptics on the Fringe: Enlightening the Fringe - Free Banshee Labyrinth, 5–27 Aug, £free

19:55

Looking for Mummy: Nazanin’s Story C venues – C cubed, 20–28 Aug, £8.50—£10.50

20:00

Krapp’s Last Tape HHHH

Church Hill Theatre & Studio, 4–27 Aug, not 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 22, £25

Adventurers Wanted: A 250-Hour Epic Tabletop Roleplaying Game

Sweet Holyrood, 2–28 Aug, not 24, 25, £3

Dick in Space

Laughing Horse @ The Cuckoo’s Nest, 3–27 Aug, £free

An Evening with the Plague Doctor

The Edinburgh Dungeon, 4 Aug, 11 Aug, 18 Aug, 25 Aug, £25

(I Could Go on Singing)

Over the Rainbow Summerhall, 11–27 Aug, not 13, 14, 15, 18, 21, 22, 25, £10

How To Get Paid... To Play With LEGO! Riddle’s Court, Various dates from 5 Aug to 22 Aug, £15

Agent November: Major X Plow-Shun / The Murder of Mr E

New Town Theatre, 2–27 Aug, not 15, £8—£15

Meet Me At Dawn HHHHH Traverse Theatre, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, £21.50

IT’S WONDERFUL THE SONGS

OF PAOLO

CONTE

ESPRESSO MANIFESTO

Scottish Arts Club 24 Rutland Square

August 14 – 19 / 21 – 26

Outside Mullingar

The Royal Scots Club, 14–19

Aug, £12

Like Dolphins Can Swim

C venues – C royale, 13–27

Aug, not 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, £8.50—£10.50

Séance

Summerhall, 2–26 Aug, not 3, £4—£5

My Real Life Assembly Hall, 3–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £10—£14

Like a Prayer

C venues – C south, 20–28

Aug, £9.50—£11.50

Shell Shock

Sweet Grassmarket, 12–27

Aug, £10

Flight

Church Hill Theatre & Studio,

5–27 Aug, not 8, 11, 12, 13, 16, 22, £15

The Pitchfork Disney C venues – C royale, 14–28

Aug, not 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, £8.50—£10.50

The Emily Triptych

Quaker Meeting House, 12

Aug, 19 Aug, £8

20:05

#Instalove

theSpace on North Bridge, 4–26 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £8—£9

POV

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 4–19 Aug, not 6, 13, £7

Five Encounters on a Site

Called Craigslist HHH

ZOO, 4–28 Aug, £7—£12

The Emotional Immune System

theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 22–26 Aug, £7

The Charlie Question theSpace on the Mile, 14–19 Aug, £7

Year Zero theSpace on the Mile, 21–26

Aug, £8

20:10

Angels in Erotica theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–26 Aug, £8

Sex Offence

New Town Theatre, 3–27

Aug, not 15, £10—£12

Elegy for an Echo theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 4–26 Aug, not 6, 20, £5—£7

Seven Devils theSpace on the Mile, 15–19

Aug, £6.50

20:15

Vines

C venues – C royale, 2–28

Aug, not 15, £9.50—£11.50

Like Blood From a Cheap Cigar

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 4–26 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £6—£8

Speaking in Tongues: The Truths

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28

Aug, not 17, 18, £6—£9.50

Space Rocket Oddity Man

Zoo Southside, 4–28 Aug, not 10, 21, £5—£9

20:20

Just an Ordinary Lawyer Quaker Meeting House, 21 Aug, 23 Aug, 25 Aug, £12

Séance

Summerhall, 2–26 Aug, not 3, £4—£5

Golem

Sweet Grassmarket, 21–26

Aug, £10

Hug More Thugs

New Town Theatre, 21

Aug, £9

Is Monolingualism Making

Us Ill?

New Town Theatre, 23

Aug, £9

Call Mr Robeson Quaker Meeting House, 22 Aug, 24 Aug, 26 Aug, £12

Shiver Me Liver

New Town Theatre, 17 Aug, £9

Find Your Neurotribe!

New Town Theatre, 16 Aug, 25 Aug, £9

A Virus to End Humanity?

New Town Theatre, 24

Aug, £9

Turn to the Darknet

New Town Theatre, 18 Aug, £9

Our Genes Tell Us What to Do

New Town Theatre, 27

Aug, £9

What Keeps You Sharp?

New Town Theatre, 19 Aug, £9

Fibre Optic Sensors Can Save the World!

New Town Theatre, 22

Aug, £9

Psychiatry is the Best Medicine!

New Town Theatre, 26

Aug, £9

Can Recipes Help Gender Equality?

New Town Theatre, 15

Aug, £9

The Romance Novel as High Art?

New Town Theatre, 20

Aug, £9

20:25

Evocation theSpace on the Mile, 4–26

Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £5—£8

20:30

You’ve Changed HHH

Northern Stage at Summerhall, 5–26 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £10—£12

Party Game HH

Traverse at the Wee Red Bar, 8–20 Aug, not 14, £15—£21.50

A Robot in Human Skin

Underbelly Med Quad, 2–28 Aug, not 15, £6.50—£11

Mary Contini and Pru Irvine – Unscripted

Valvona & Crolla, 17 Aug, 23

Aug, £10

Joe’s NYC Bar

Assembly George Square Studios, 2–27 Aug, not 14, £8—£13

Letters to Morrissey

HHH

Traverse Theatre, 25 Aug, £19.50

Trygve Wakenshaw & Barnie Duncan: Different Party HHHH

Assembly Roxy, 2–27 Aug, not 14, £7—£12

The Gin Chronicles at Sea artSpace@StMarks, 3–19 Aug, not 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, £12

£¥€$ (LIES) – Ontroerend

Goed

Upper Church @ Summerhall hosted by RBC, 4–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £14

Mimi’s Suitcase

Quaker Meeting House, 14–19 Aug, £12

An Evening with the Plague Doctor

The Edinburgh Dungeon, 4 Aug, 11 Aug, 18 Aug, 25 Aug, £25

20:35

Lovecraft’s Monsters

Sweet Grassmarket, 3–19

Aug, not 6, 13, £8

Church Blitz

theSpace on the Mile, 22 Aug, 24 Aug, 26 Aug, £9

20:40

Séance Summerhall, 2–26 Aug, not 3, £4—£5

The Class Project Summerhall, 15–27 Aug, not 21, £10—£12

The British Idles theSpace on the Mile, 21 Aug, 23 Aug, 25 Aug, £9

20:45

Jess and Joe Forever

HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 11 Aug, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, £19.50

Doris, Dolly and the Dressing Room Divas

Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre, 2–28 Aug, not 14, 21, £10—£15

All We Ever Wanted Was Everything Roundabout @ Summerhall, 4–27 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £9—£14

Flight Church Hill Theatre & Studio, 5–27 Aug, not 8, 11, 12, 13, 16, 22, £15

The Alien Chicken

Remembers Galatea

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 4–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £15

War of the Sperms

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 4–19 Aug, not 6, 13, £6—£8

Matt Panesh – Greyhound! Bar Bados Complex, 5–27 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £free

Nassim HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 12 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, £19.50

Letters to Morrissey HHH

Traverse Theatre, 8 Aug, 13 Aug, 19 Aug, £19.50

Lilith: The Jungle Girl HHH Traverse Theatre, 9 Aug, 15 Aug, 20 Aug, 26 Aug, £19.50

Cursed Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 21–26 Aug, £9

Eve

Traverse Theatre, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, £19.50

20:50

Certain Young Men theSpace @ Venue45, 21–26 Aug, £9

Medea on Media

C venues – C, 2–28 Aug, £10.50—£12.50

Joy Donze: 13 and Not Pregnant

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 4–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £5—£10

21:00

Loud Poets

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 4–28 Aug, not 14, 21, £10

Well Thumbed

Whitespace 76, 5–27 Aug, £10

Adventurers Wanted: A 250-Hour Epic Tabletop Roleplaying Game Sweet Holyrood, 2–28 Aug, not 24, 25, £3

Faulty Towers The Dining Experience

The Principal, Various dates from 3 Aug to 27 Aug, £49.50—£54.50

Séance

Summerhall, 2–26 Aug, not 3, £4—£5

Agent November: Major X Plow-Shun / The Murder of Mr E

New Town Theatre, 2–27 Aug, not 15, £8—£15

Paper Doll

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 4–26 Aug, not 7, 13, 14, 20, 21, £8

Trainspotting Live

Venue150 at EICC, Various dates from 5 Aug to 26 Aug, £17.50

Miss Julie, Clarissa and John Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 8–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £15

Eve Traverse Theatre, 4 Aug, 27

Aug, £19.50

Frogman

Traverse at CodeBase, 4 Aug, 21 Aug, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, £13—£19.50

The Wedding Reception

The Principal, 5 Aug, 12 Aug, 19 Aug, 26 Aug, £43

21:05

Catherine and Anita Assembly Rooms, 3–26

Aug, not 15, 22, £6—£10

Changelings

theSpace on North Bridge, 4–26 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £free—£10

We Are All Going to Die

theSpace on North Bridge, 4–19 Aug, not 13, £5—£7

The British Idles

theSpace on the Mile, 14

Aug, 16 Aug, 18 Aug, £9

Church Blitz

theSpace on the Mile, 15 Aug, 17 Aug, 19 Aug, £9

Radio Paradise in Augustines, 5–19 Aug, not 13, £8

Vaccine

theSpace on North Bridge, 21–26 Aug, £7.50

21:10

Workshy Summerhall, 2–27 Aug, not

3, 9, 16, 21, £9—£12

Eggs Collective Get A Round HHHH

Summerhall, 2–25 Aug, not

3, 5, 14, 21, £8—£10

Women at War

C venues – C cubed, 3–28

Aug, not 15, £8.50—£10.50

What Would Kanye Do?

theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 4–26 Aug, not 6, 8, 15, 20, 22, £6—£9

The Sandman theSpace on the Mile, 21–26

Aug, £8

Adulting

SpaceTriplex, 21–26 Aug, £9

21:15

DollyWould HHHH

Summerhall, 2–27 Aug, not

3, 21, £6—£8

Mine SpaceTriplex, Various dates from 5 Aug to 18 Aug, £7

Stiff Dicky

SpaceTriplex, Various dates from 4 Aug to 19 Aug, £7

21:20

Séance

Summerhall, 2–26 Aug, not

3, £4—£5

Not: Lady Chatterley’s Lover

Sweet Holyrood, 3–27 Aug, not 24, 25, £8

Eric Davidson: When John and Yoko Waved Goodbye theSpace on the Mile, 4–26

Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £10—£12

Frankie Vah by Luke

Wright HHH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27

Aug, not 14, £6.50—£14.50

Avery Pierson Central Hall, 16 Aug, £5

21:25

Ubu Roi HHHH

Summerhall, 2–27 Aug, not

3, 8, 14, 21, £7—£11

Alpha

C venues – C primo, 2–28

Aug, not 14, £8.50—£10.50

Scribbles

ZOO, 4–28 Aug, £7—£10

Tatterdemalion Assembly George Square Theatre, 15 Aug, £14

21:30

Play on Words

C venues – C royale, 2–28

Aug, not 15, £7.50—£9.50

Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story HHH

CanadaHub @ King’s Hall in association with Summerhall, 5–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £10

Wanna Dance With Somebody! Or, A Guide To Managing Social Anxiety Using Theoretical Physics

Zoo Southside, 4–28 Aug, not 16, £5—£12

F*ckboys for Freedom

Sweet Grassmarket, 3–27

Aug, not 15, £7

Guilty Noodle

Sweet Grassmarket, 16–20

Aug, £7

Probably Still Drunk

Collective Presents: Inebriated

Venue 13, 20–26 Aug, £9

Freedom

Just Festival at St John’s , 22 Aug, 23 Aug, 26 Aug, £10

Freedom

Just Festival at St John’s , 15–16 Aug, £10

21:35

How to Be a Sissy with Percy Q Shun

C venues – C royale, 2–28 Aug, not 14, £8.50—£10.50

300 to One

Bar Bados Complex, 5–27 Aug, not 14, £free

21:40

Losing Days

New Town Theatre, 3–27 Aug, not 15, 21, £9—£10

I Am Your Love Story Paradise in Augustines, 14–27 Aug, not 20, £8

21:50

5 Guys Chillin’ Assembly Roxy, 2–27 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £10—£15

The Trial theSpace on the Mile, 21–26 Aug, £7

21:55

Bone Woman Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 4–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £5—£10

Pulled

C venues – C royale, 2–28 Aug, not 15, £9.50—£11.50

22:00

Kara Sevda Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 4–26 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £7—£9

Dirty Poetry

Laughing Horse @ 48

Below, 3–27 Aug, £free

Wolf Meat

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £6.50—£11

We Are Ian Pleasance Dome, 7–28 Aug, £8—£10.50

Agent November: Major X Plow-Shun / The Murder of Mr E

New Town Theatre, 2–27

Aug, not 15, £8—£15

Brodsky Station Novotel Swimming Pool, 21–27 Aug, £8

I Am My Own Wife Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 4–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £12

The Darling Core Greenside @ Royal Terrace, 21–26 Aug, £8

The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk Traverse Theatre, 19 Aug, 25 Aug, £21.50

Letters Live

King’s Theatre, 27 Aug, £18

22:05

The Best Play Ever

theSpace on North Bridge, 21–26 Aug, £7

DROLL

theSpace on the Mile, 21–26 Aug, £13

Vaccine

theSpace on North Bridge, 14–19 Aug, £7.50 Crave

theSpace on North Bridge, 21–26 Aug, £10

22:10

Anathema theSpace on North Bridge, 4–19 Aug, not 6, 13, £8

22:15

Bacchae theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 4–26 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £10 Morale Is High (Since We Gave Up Hope)

HHHH

Northern Stage at Summerhall, 5–20 Aug, not 9, 16, £10—£12

Two Man Show

Northern Stage at Summerhall, 21 Aug, 22 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, 26 Aug, £12

The Optimists theSpace on Niddry St, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £8

Lucille & Django’s Totally Restorative Yoga Retreat! theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–26 Aug, £7

Hidden theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 21–26 Aug, £8

The Whip Hand HHH

Traverse Theatre, 15 Aug, 20 Aug, 26 Aug, £21.50

Adam Traverse Theatre, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, £21.50

Meet Me At Dawn HHHHH

Traverse Theatre, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, £21.50

22:20

That Moment

C venues – C cubed, 3–28

Aug, not 15, £8.50—£10.50

All Cashed In theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 4–26 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £5—£8

The Writers’ Room theSpace on Niddry St, 21–26 Aug, £9

Vichy Goings-on

Paradise in The Vault, 14–27

Aug, not 20, £10

22:25

One Hander C venues – C primo, 2–28

Aug, not 14, £8.50—£10.50

Cherry theSpace @ Venue45, 10–26 Aug, not 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, £7

Indie as F*ck C venues – C royale, 2–28 Aug, not 15, £9.50—£11.50

22:30

Meow Meow’s Little Mermaid HHH

The Hub, 3–27 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £15

Bottleneck theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, Various dates from 4 Aug to 18 Aug, £5—£10

Pornography by Simon Stephens

C venues – C too, 3–28 Aug, not 15, £9.50—£11.50

Thief Sweet Holyrood, 3–27 Aug, not 24, 25, £10

Ginger Beer

theSpace on the Mile, 14–26

Aug, not 20, £8

Werewolves Summerhall, 20–27

Aug, £10

About a Goth theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, Various dates from 5 Aug to 19 Aug, £5—£10

Wild Bore HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 16 Aug, 22

Aug, 27 Aug, £21.50

Mixed Brain

Roundabout @ Summerhall, 17–19 Aug, £10

22:35

The Unmarried Underbelly Med Quad, 2–28 Aug, not 14, 21, £6.50—£10

22:45

Hotter

Paradise in Augustines, 5–27 Aug, not 13, 20, £10

22:50

The Prophetic Visions of Bethany Lewis HHH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £6.50—£10

23:00

An Evening With an Immigrant Traverse Theatre, 22–25 Aug, £19.50

23:05

What Do Bears Eat?

Greenside @ Nicolson

Square, Various dates from 14 Aug to 25 Aug, £7

Cloud Avenue

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, Various dates from 15 Aug to 26 Aug, £7

The Barista Chronicles Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £10

Crave theSpace on North Bridge, 14–19 Aug, £10

23:10

Leaf

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 4–26 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £5—£11

23:15

Neil Hilborn – Live Poetry

New Town Theatre, 9–15 Aug, £10

Blurred Justice

New Town Theatre, 16–22 Aug, £10—£12

Revolution

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £5—£11

23:20

Losers HHHH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £6.50—£10

23:25

Cherry theSpace @ Venue45, 14–19 Aug, £7

23:45

This Is Not Culturally Significant

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 4–26 Aug, not 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, £7—£10

23:50

Knowledge Is Power Paradise in The Vault, 5–19 Aug, not 13, £7

Kids

09:00

09:35

Jason and the Argonauts theSpace on Niddry St, 14–19 Aug, £8

10:00

The Giant’s Loo Roll theSpace @ Venue45, 11–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £11

BambinO

The Edinburgh Academy, 8–20 Aug, not 14, £free

10:10

Robin Hood: The Panto! theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–16 Aug, £7

10:15

Dr Zeiffal, Dr Zeigal and the Hippo That Can Never Be Caught

HHH

Assembly Roxy, 3–28 Aug, not 15, 22, £5—£8

Brave Macbeth

Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre, 18–27 Aug, £8

Magic Travel With Hello Potter and Uno

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 3–27 Aug, £free

CeilidhKids at the Fringe – Free!

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3–15 Aug, £free

10:20

The Giant Jam Sandwich Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28 Aug, not 14, £7—£11.50

10:30

La Vie Dans Une Marionette Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 2–28 Aug, not 14, 21, £6—£9

Ami and Tami

Underbelly, Cowgate, 11–24 Aug, £9—£10

AnimAlphabet the Musical

Pleasance Dome, 2–28 Aug, not 21, £6—£10

The Wonderful World of Lapin HH

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 3–27 Aug, not 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, £6—£8

Hairy Maclary Assembly George Square Theatre, 3–20 Aug, not 16, £10

The Tale of the Cockatrice Venue 13, 5–26 Aug, not 14, £9

The Gruffalo’s Child Pleasance Courtyard, 2–20 Aug, not 5, 9, 16, £7—£11.50

Happy Birthday Mia Paradise in Augustines, 22–26 Aug, £7

King Arthur Stockbridge Church, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £15

10:40

The Star Seekers HHHH

Pleasance Dome, 10–27 Aug, not 15, £6—£9

The Runner

Underbelly, Cowgate, 15–19 Aug, £8.50—£9.50

10:45

How to Be a Kid

Roundabout @ Summerhall, 4–20 Aug, not 8, 15, £5—£10

Africa Weird and Wonderful Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1–26 Aug, £free

A Strange New Space Summerhall, 2–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £5—£8

Flamenco for Kids

C venues – C too, 5 Aug, 7 Aug, 12 Aug, 19 Aug, 26 Aug, £9.50

10:50

The Magic Wand With Three(!) Ends theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 15–19 Aug, £7.50—£8

11:00

Grumpy Pants

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 4–27 Aug, £free

Monski Mouse’s Baby Disco Dance Hall

Assembly George Square Gardens, Various dates from 4 Aug to 27 Aug, £7.50

One Man Shoe HHH

Assembly George Square

Theatre, 3–28 Aug, not 14, 15, 21, 22, £5—£10

The Polar Bears Go Up HHH

Pleasance at EICC, 10–27 Aug, not 14, 21, 23, 24, £8

Goblin’s Peter and the Wolf

Assembly George Square Gardens, 3–17 Aug, £5—£8

Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Medicine

Pleasance Courtyard, 16–23 Aug, £7—£9

Calvinball

HHHH

Royal Botanic Garden

Edinburgh – John Hope

Gateway, 5–27 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £5

Aladdin

Zoo Southside, 11–19 Aug, £10

Princess Pumpalot: The Quest for the Purple Super-Farting Bean

Le Monde, 4–18 Aug, not 5, 6, 12, £8

Mavis Sparkle

HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–20 Aug, £6—£9.50

Ruby Redfort

Assembly George Square

Theatre, 3–28 Aug, not 14, 21, £6—£9

Flying Atoms

The Leith Volcano, 22–26 Aug, £10

Baby Loves Disco

The Jam House, 12 Aug, 20 Aug, 26 Aug, £9

11:05

Jazz Cat

theSpace @ Surgeons

Hall, 4–19 Aug, not 6, 13, £6

11:10

The New Maths Magic Show

Hispaniola, 5–26 Aug, £free

Sarah and Duck

Underbelly Med Quad, 2–20 Aug, not 14, £8—£12

11:15

Nick Cope’s Family

Song Book HHHH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–20 Aug, £5—£7.50

CeilidhKids at the Fringe – Free!

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3–27 Aug, not 17, 22, 24, £free

The Complete History of Europe (More or Less)

C venues – C, 2–28 Aug, £7.50—£9.50

Ella Enchanted Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28 Aug, not 9, 14, 21, £6—£9.50

11:20

Father Christmas Comes Up Trumps theSpace @ Venue45, 11–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £11

11:30

Tarantella by Hilaire Belloc

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £10

Junk in His Trunk

Sweet Holyrood, 4–27 Aug, not 9, 16, 24, 25, £7

Toasty’s Day-Dreaming

C venues – C south, 3–15 Aug, £8.50—£10.50

BambinO

The Edinburgh Academy, 8–20 Aug, not 14, £free

The Amazing Bubble Man

Underbelly, George Square, 3–28 Aug, £7—£12

11:40

The Showstoppers’ Kids Show Pleasance Courtyard, 2–20 Aug, £6—£10

Gobland for the Goblins! Paradise in Augustines, 5–26 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £6—£9

11:45

Taiwan Season: The Backyard Story H Summerhall, 2–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £6—£10

Robin’s Hood

C venues – C too, 3–28 Aug, not 14, £7.50—£9.50

11:50

Oskar’s Amazing Adventure HHH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–27 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £5—£7.50

11:55

5 Children and It C venues – C royale, 13–19 Aug, £7.50—£9.50

12:00

Pub Quiz for Kids With Patrick Monahan

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–27 Aug, not 14, 20, £6—£10 Home Sweet Garden Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh – John Hope Gateway, 4–15 Aug, not 9, £7

David Walliams’ The First Hippo on the Moon Pleasance Courtyard, 2–20 Aug, not 15, £7—£12

The Legend of Finn McCool: A Silly Tall Tale of Giant Proportions!

Just the Tonic at The Community Project, 3–20

Aug, not 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, £14

The Tales of Peter Rabbit and Jemima Puddle-Duck

Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows, 5–26

Aug, not 14, £7—£12

Brave Macbeth

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 4–16 Aug, £8

Alice in Wonderland

Underbelly, Cowgate, 3–27

Aug, not 14, £6.50—£9.50

Rodney’s Really #Good Family Show

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 3–27 Aug, £free

This Is Your Trial (PG) Heroes @ Monkey Barrel, 31 Jul–27 Aug, £8

Kidocracy

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 3–20 Aug, £7—£8

Science Magic

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 31 Jul–27 Aug, £free

The Magic Circus

Paradise in Augustines, 5–19 Aug, not 6, 13, £7

Festival Strings

St Giles’ Cathedral, 17–18 Aug, £free

12:10

The Extraordinary Time-Travelling Adventures of Baron Munchausen

HHHH

New Town Theatre, 2–27

Aug, not 3, 15, £7—£8

12:15

Children Are Stinky Assembly George Square Gardens, 3–28 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £6—£9

Eaten HHH

Summerhall, 2–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £4—£8

Doktor James’s Akademy of Evil

Sweet Grassmarket, 4–20 Aug, £7

12:20

There May Be Pirates... There May Be Dragons...

Hispaniola, 5–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £free

12:25

The Topsy-Turvy Hotel HHH

Sweet Grassmarket, 3–20 Aug, not 9, £7

12:30

Bubble Show with Mini Milkshake

C venues – C, 13–28 Aug, £7.50—£9.50

Funny Stuff for Happy People

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3–27

Aug, £free

Balloonatics

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–27

Aug, not 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, £5—£9

Children’s Underground Ghost Tour

City of Edinburgh Tours, 1–31 Aug, £6

The Listies Make You LOL

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–20 Aug, £6.50—£9.50

Children’s Haunted Underground Experience

Meet outside Tron Kirk at Auld Reekie Tours Boards , 4–28 Aug, £10

Baby Loves Pop Bingo

Disco

The Jam House, 27

Aug, £9

Baby Loves Silent Disco: Juniors vs Seniors

The Jam House, 19

Aug, £9

12:45

Andrew Roper’s Superheroes for Kids 2

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 31 Jul–27

Aug, £free

Three Half Pints Present

The Three Musketeers

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–27

Aug, not 21, 22, £6—£11

Small Laces

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £6—£10

13:00

Morgan & West: More Magic for Kids!

Underbelly Med Quad, 12–25 Aug, not 23, £10.50—£11

At a Stretch Scottish Storytelling Centre, 3–15 Aug, £6—£9

Trash Test Dummies

Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows, 5–26 Aug, not 14, £9.50—£12.50

Cinders: The Folk Tale Duddingston Kirk Manse Gardens, 1–15 Aug, £6

13:10

Clowntown theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 4–19 Aug, not 6, £8

13:15

Jellybean: When Will I Be Famous?

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 2–27 Aug, not 14, 21, £free

13:25

Dommy B Presents... Hispaniola, 5–26 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free

13:30

Children’s Haunted Underground Experience

Meet outside Tron Kirk at Auld Reekie Tours Boards , 4–28 Aug, £10

Funz And Gamez: Flogging a Dead Horze

Just the Tonic at The Community Project, 4–27 Aug, not 14, £7.50—£8.50

The I Hate Children

Children’s Show theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 4–26 Aug, £8—£12

Robin Hood Assembly George Square Gardens, 3–20 Aug, £8—£10

Home Sweet Garden

Royal Botanic Garden

Edinburgh – John Hope Gateway, 4–15 Aug, not 9, £7

Snigel and Friends

HHH

Dance Base, 5 Aug, 12 Aug, 26 Aug, £8—£9

Singing Hands Summer Spectacular

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 17–19 Aug, £11

13:45

Cockadoodlemoo

C venues – C too, 3–19 Aug, £7.50—£9.50

13:50

Bitey and Bertie’s Grand Tour

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 4–19 Aug, not 6, 13, £8

14:00

Huggers (Free Festival)

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 31 Jul–27 Aug, £free

Arr We There Yet?

HHH

Underbelly’s Circus

Hub on the Meadows, 5–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £6.50—£12.50

Calvinball

HHHH

Royal Botanic Garden

Edinburgh – John Hope

Gateway, 5–27 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £5

Nutty Noah – Wear Your Pants With Pride

Pleasance Courtyard, 21–28 Aug, £8—£10

Shakespeare for Kids: Toil and Trouble

C venues – C south, 3–28 Aug, not 14, £7.50—£9.50

Future Perfect

Pleasance Courtyard, 2–20 Aug, not 9, 16, £2

This is My Life

Army @ The Fringe, 15 Aug, £5

Baby Loves Disco

The Jam House, 12 Aug, 20 Aug, 26 Aug, £9

The Polar Bears Go Up

HHH

Pleasance at EICC, 24 Aug, 26 Aug, £8

Flying Atoms

The Leith Volcano, 25–26 Aug, £10

14:30

Wriggle Around the World

Stockbridge Church, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £15

Clan Mucmor Family Circus Show

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 3–27 Aug, £free

Baby Loves Pop Bingo Disco

The Jam House, 6 Aug, 27 Aug, £6—£9

The Giant’s Loo Roll theSpace @ Venue45, 13 Aug, 20 Aug, £11

Baby Loves Silent Disco: Juniors vs Seniors

The Jam House, 19 Aug, £9

14:40

Morgan & West: More Magic for Kids!

Underbelly Med Quad, Various dates from 2 Aug to 27 Aug, £6.50—£11

15:00

Calvinball HHHH

Royal Botanic Garden

Edinburgh – John Hope

Gateway, 5–27 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £5

Is This a Dagger? The Story of Macbeth Scottish Storytelling Centre, 3–20 Aug, not 10, 17, £6—£9

Snigel and Friends HHH

Dance Base, 4–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, £8—£9

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Inveresk Lodge Garden, 26 Aug, £8.50

15:15

Boogers, Books and Big Bottom Burps!

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 3–27 Aug, £free

The Little Prince and the Pilot Pleasance Courtyard, 2–28 Aug, £6—£10

15:45

ComedySportz UK

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 3–15 Aug, £free

15:50

Father Christmas Comes Up Trumps theSpace @ Venue45, 13 Aug, 20 Aug, £11

16:10

Jason and the Golden Fleece Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 21–26 Aug, £8

16:30

The Dark Room for Kids Just the Tonic at The Community Project, 4–27 Aug, not 14, £5—£10

17:30

Card Ninja Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2–27 Aug, not 14, £6—£11

17:40

Comedy Club 4 Kids Assembly Roxy, 4–27 Aug, £8—£10

18:00

Mark Thompson’s Spectacular Science Show Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 3–27 Aug, not 14, £6—£10

19:00

Three Wee Kings: Grandad’s Cut Duddingston Kirk Manse Gardens, 15–19 Aug, £7

20:30

This is My Life Army @ The Fringe, 15 Aug, £5

Fringe SOS: Howard Read

Think you have it hard at the Fringe?

Well, you don’t have to look after a sixyear-old animated alter-ego. Howard Read gives festival survival tips, complete with screen and projector.

When the madness of the Fringe starts to get to me I always like to escape into Hollyrood park and up Arthur’s seat.  The breathtaking views, the fresh air and the confused Ferman people are exactly what I need when it all gets a bit much. It’s a shame I have to put up with Big Howard whinging about carrying all my projection equipment up there, but you can’t have everything, can you. /

Howard Read

SHOW: Big Howard Little Howard: Man and Boy

VENUE: Banshee Labyrinth

TIME: 4:20pm – 5:20pm, 5–27 Aug, not 10, 11

TICKETS: FREE

Credit: Kat Gollock

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