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Cally Beaton: Namaste Motherf*ckers

Cally Beaton: Namaste Motherf*ckers

Namaste Motherf*ckers is the new show from Cally Beaton (QI, Live at the Apollo) – a quick-witted, unexpected and unapologetic insight into life in midlife. 

Nick Mohammed is Mr Swallow: Show Pony

Nick Mohammed is Mr Swallow: Show Pony

After a sell-out 2023 UK tour and extended run in London’s West End, Taskmaster loser Nick Mohammed returns to the Fringe as his critically acclaimed alter-ego Mr. 

Ray Fordyce: Quincunx

Ray Fordyce: Quincunx

Quincunx is Ray Fordyce’s favourite word. It means a pattern of five and there are five areas of his life he want’s to talk about and how they all connect. 

Fallen Angel, by Liam Rudden

Fallen Angel, by Liam Rudden

‘How young do you think I am? Don’t be fooled. 

Rob Ellinger: Hypnos

Rob Ellinger: Hypnos

Join Rob as he leads you in a unique experience fusing hypnosis and magic. 

Henry Churniavsky... Life Lessons from a Jewish Grandfather (Zaida)

Henry Churniavsky... Life Lessons from a Jewish Grandfather (Zaida)

Henry has brought up twins (with his wife of course!) and now Henry is bringing his learnt life lessons to the next generation… his grandson. 

Stuart Thomas: Bad Fatty

Stuart Thomas: Bad Fatty

Bad Fatty is a sharp, unapologetic stand-up show that dives into life as a fat Welshman. 

Hairy B*stard

Hairy B*stard

Meet Magenta. 

A Walking Shadow

A Walking Shadow

A lyrical, haunting meditation on womanhood, loss and the weight of tradition. 

Gianmarco Soresi: The Drama King Tour

Gianmarco Soresi: The Drama King Tour

Edinburgh Fringe debut of New York-based stand-up comedian, actor and creator known for his sharp societal observation and spry, energetic stage presence and as the host of the pop… 

Bog Body

Bog Body

What would you do for love? Go back in time? Or look underwater? And how far would you go for answers when the man of your dreams died 2,000 years ago? When the grieving Petra begi… 

Grey

Grey

1554. 

How to End a 15-year Career in Less Than 1 Hour

How to End a 15-year Career in Less Than 1 Hour

My name is Terry Whinnett. 

Paul McCaffrey: What a Time to Be Alive

Paul McCaffrey: What a Time to Be Alive

A new hour from one of the funniest comics working in the UK today. 

The Light Catcher

The Light Catcher

What if the perfect photograph wasn’t in an album but hidden in life itself? The Light Catcher follows a celebrated Indian photographer, Kanika, who’s on a quest to find her fa… 

My Friend, The Mountain

My Friend, The Mountain

The hills are where Skye feels safe. 

Wizard Guide to Saving the World

Wizard Guide to Saving the World

Wizard Guide to Saving the World is a brand-new character comedy by critically acclaimed writer and performer Terry Victor. 

Pilgrim of Hope

Pilgrim of Hope

Scott is taking a day off work. 

Piano Recital by Akiko Okamoto

Piano Recital by Akiko Okamoto

Japanese pianist, Akiko Okamoto, makes her annual return to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. 

Service Please

Service Please

A brand new relatable and comedic monologue following Lara, a creative writing graduate, hoping to write the next best-selling fantasy romance novel. 

Crownless

Crownless

When the ghost of her father returns seeking revenge, Hamlet has to choose: play along, or break the cycle? When she makes her choice, the ghost makes his and haunts her coat. 

"Essential" Worker

Gene Morgan was an essential worker during the Covid 19 pandemic working at a grocery store. 

Terry Christian: Confessions of an Irish Catholic

Terry Christian: Confessions of an Irish Catholic

A bitingly funny look back at the working-class immigrant childhood of controversial broadcaster Terry Christian. 

Jack Badcock

Jack Badcock

Jack Badcock has toured four continents. 

Self-Love Unleashed with Luinuland

Self-Love Unleashed with Luinuland

Part comedy. Part tragedy. Mostly empowering. Come on a wild journey of self-discovery and liberation and learn how to f*ck the rule book of life! 

I Feel Sick

I Feel Sick

Best Comedy nominee, Melbourne Fringe 2023. 

Jamali Maddix: Aston

Jamali Maddix: Aston

Critically acclaimed comedian Jamali Maddix is back at the Fringe with a brand-new show: Aston. 

Tristan Wolfe – Break:Out

Tristan Wolfe – Break:Out

A darkly funny, deeply personal queer comedy about survival, identity and reclaiming the spotlight. 

Pat Cahill presents St Julian's Social Club

Pat Cahill presents St Julian's Social Club

I have recently counted my friends and was found wanting. 

And All That Jazz – a half hour by Gillian Gurganus

And All That Jazz – a half hour by Gillian Gurganus

A half hour of sharp, witty and glamorous comedic storytelling from gorgeous American comedian, Gillian Gurganus – a triple threat who has definitely never been fired from a job!… 

Dean Coughlin: Oblivious Sausage

Dean Coughlin: Oblivious Sausage

Dean Coughlin, a Scouser spawned from actual pirates, takes you on a whimsical adventure through working class culture and the obliviousness of man. 

Dean Friedman – More Words and Music

Dean Friedman – More Words and Music

Every song a classic! Hailed by critics and fans alike as a one of the finest songwriters of his generation, Friedman has achieved legendary, pop-icon status for chart-topping hit… 

Ivo Graham: Orange Crush

Ivo Graham: Orange Crush

Where is Ivo Graham from? And where exactly is he going? And will he please just slow down? The Taskmaster promise-squanderer, published author and gig pig welcomes you to the late… 

BABYFLEAREINDEERBAG (WIP)

BABYFLEAREINDEERBAG (WIP)

A focus group. 

Dan Leith: Defiling Gravity

Dan Leith: Defiling Gravity

Dan Leith’s brand-new musical comedy show is an uproarious journey through life’s ups and downs. 

Josh Jones: I Haven't Won The Lottery So Here's Another Tour Show (Work in Progress)

Josh Jones: I Haven't Won The Lottery So Here's Another Tour Show (Work in Progress)

Join TV favourite and now an aspiring doctor’s wife, Josh Jones as he warms up ahead of his national tour. 

The Car Showroom Poet

The Car Showroom Poet

Experience unforgettable, high–energy acts in this original, real–life story of exceptional talent emerging from car showrooms. 

Sped Kid

Sped Kid

Sped Kid is an award-winning, high-energy, genre-defying one-man show that blends comedy, music and storytelling in a raw and heartfelt performance. 

Elliot Steel: Guard

Elliot Steel: Guard

Elliot Steel returns to the Fringe with his signature dark humour and cutting wit to make sense of a world that’s most likely already destroyed itself because Trump antagonised C… 

Psych Ward Pyjamas

Psych Ward Pyjamas

Following a bumpy few years of job loss, breakups and pandemic related dramas, Briyah needs a fresh start. 

Heather Marulli: Blunt Force Drama

Heather Marulli: Blunt Force Drama

Heather got hit by a car and she’s never, ever going to shut up about it! Infused with honesty, wit, and dark humour, this show is a unique perspective on almost dying. 

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A "Confessional" of a Recovering Catholic

Having been raised Catholic, I have been in “recovery” for a long time: all those prayers you didn’t actually understand, those many times in that scary confessional and the … 

Pain Killer

Pain Killer

After losing two family members in the same week, Eve wonders if God is a sadistic prick or if life holds deeper meaning. 

Unshattered Matter

Unshattered Matter

Unshattered Matter examines self-reflection, redemption and human capacity for growth amidst personal flaws and mistakes. 

End of the World FM

End of the World FM

An absurdist one-man show which follows a radio host through the apocalypse as he descends into isolation and madness. 

Watch It!

Watch It!

Masterful storytelling, daring dance and subversively stupid conversations from this unstoppable artist. 

Laura Smyth: Work in Progress

Laura Smyth: Work in Progress

Fresh off her sold-out debut tour, multi-award-winning comedian Laura Smyth is working and progressing her new show. 

I Now Pronounce You Lost and Found

I Now Pronounce You Lost and Found

What if your dream wedding was just a dazzling distraction? A raw, witty and heartfelt journey from people-pleasing to power – through the wreckage of toxic love. 

Can’t Talk Right Now

Can’t Talk Right Now

Aggy isn’t worried. 

Father, Away She Goes

Father, Away She Goes

A raw and darkly comedic performance which delves into a societal taboo – female ambition. 

Fill Your Pockets with Sunshine

Fill Your Pockets with Sunshine

A drama that weaves together how childhood experiences and trauma can change the trajectory of one’s life. 

Maria – a Play by Neféli

Maria – a Play by Neféli

A dance-theatre piece that explores Mary Magdalene’s misused and conflated identity. 

Okay, Bye!

Okay, Bye!

Rated 4. 

Matt Richardson: Brash (WIP)

Matt Richardson: Brash (WIP)

Being loud, brazen and a little bit lairy was all Matt needed to propel himself onto the comedy circuit aged 18 and be presenting national telly by 22. 

Jessica Fostekew: Iconic Breath

Jessica Fostekew: Iconic Breath

A monster’s guide to tolerance and temperance. 

Bec Hill: Guess Who's Bec, Bec Again? Bec Hill's Bec! (Tell a Friend.)

Bec Hill: Guess Who's Bec, Bec Again? Bec Hill's Bec! (Tell a Friend.)

Hey! Did you miss me? I missed you. 

Elaine Robertson: WIP

Elaine Robertson: WIP

The Geordie rising star and ‘natural comedy performer’ returns following last year’s award-winning debut hour Delulu (ISH Comedy Panel Prize). 

Kate Hammer: Government Approved Comedian

Kate Hammer: Government Approved Comedian

A Canadian who sold everything to move to the UK and do comedy is here to make you laugh, as she will be deported if you don’t. 

All the Rage

All the Rage

A hysterical commentary on the overworked and underpaid, tiring, objectifying, assaulting and suffocating anger that women experience. 

Cold, Dark Matters

Cold, Dark Matters

Colin has moved to Cornwall. 

Daisy M Stone: Well, This is Sketchy

Daisy M Stone: Well, This is Sketchy

Enjoy a cocktail of comedy monologues, poetry and sketches, all shaken into a one-woman show. 

Aphrodisiac

Aphrodisiac

In this hour show, Scottish GP and comedian Dr Jeannie Jones discusses sex and the lack thereof in long-term relationships. 

One Man Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart and The Pit and the Pendulum

One Man Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart and The Pit and the Pendulum

A marathon of the macabre. 

Dropped

Dropped

Former Chelsea FC trainee Alfie Cain delivers a raw and powerful solo performance in Dropped, exposing the brutal reality of football’s unforgiving system. 

Tim Biglowe: Landlubber

Tim Biglowe: Landlubber

Kick off your day at the Fringe with Tim, a high-energy comedian who has moved from a canal boat to dry land. 

Liz Bains: Great Wife Material

Liz Bains: Great Wife Material

Liz Bains (Funny Women Awards 2023 One to Watch) gave her neighbour some freshly dug potatoes; in return, he gave her an existential crisis. 

Camino Man

Camino Man

Lost in life, a man from Down Under walks across Spain and stumbles his way out on top! Join gentle Steve Wilson for his inspiring travel story about finding love, saying sorry and… 

Caitriona Dowden: Dance Like Everyone's Dancing

Caitriona Dowden: Dance Like Everyone's Dancing

Caitriona spends most of her time worrying about the future and studying our medieval past. 

David and Me

David and Me

David and Me is a one-person show theatricalising aspects of the life of artist David Wojnarowicz and the artist’s own life. 

23 and Me and Somebody Else

23 and Me and Somebody Else

Just took a DNA test – turns out I’m 100% not my dad’s biological daughter. 

Phil Green: A Broken Man's Guide to Fixing Others

Phil Green: A Broken Man's Guide to Fixing Others

After a chance meeting at a failed Big Brother audition changed his life and the lives of others, Phil now brings us a show to save all men from a mental health crisis (well, maybe… 

Vulnerable White Passing Male

Vulnerable White Passing Male

This show is about a man trying to be more than his race or sex. 

Bridget Christie: Work In Progress

Bridget Christie: Work In Progress

New material from the Rose d’Or, Southbank Sky Arts and Edinburgh Comedy Award winner. Star of The Change, Taskmaster and BBC Radio 4’s Mortal. ‘Exquisite’ **** (Times). 

Richard Pulsford: The Short Joke Teller Returns

Richard Pulsford: The Short Joke Teller Returns

Quality one-liners, puns and light-hearted jokes! UK Pun Championships winner, 2022. 

Bing!

Bing!

Written and performed by Jason Woods, Bing! captivated New York audiences and critics, and received a 2023 Off-Broadway Alliance Award nomination for Best Solo Performance. 

Dots

Dots

Nominated for IATCHK Performer of the Year and HK Theatre Libre Outstanding Lead Actress. 

Lolo's Boyfriend Show

Lolo's Boyfriend Show

Lolo lands a dream-come-true European tour. 

Picking Up Stones: An American Jew Wakes to a Nightmare

Picking Up Stones: An American Jew Wakes to a Nightmare

A cri de coeur from author/performer Sandra Laub, wrestling with characters like Golda Meir and a Palestinian mother of martyrs, to make sense of the insane horror of October 7th. 

A Mad, Mad Wonderland!

A Mad, Mad Wonderland!

Jason Woods tackles the madcap world of Wonderland, embodying every zany character in A Mad, Mad Wonderland! – from the anxious White Rabbit to the volatile Queen of Hearts, the … 

The Lost Priest

The Lost Priest

The Lost Priest is a deeply personal, one-person show exploring the complexities of growing up Jewish in America. 

One Man Poe: The Black Cat and The Raven

One Man Poe: The Black Cat and The Raven

To commemorate the 175th anniversary year of his death, immerse yourselves in two macabre Edgar Allan Poe classics. 

Nish Kumar: Nish, Don't Kill My Vibe

Nish Kumar: Nish, Don't Kill My Vibe

Following an election year – with the country in turmoil – there’s only one comedian who can kill the mood even further… Nish Kumar – one of The Guardian and The Telegrap… 

Daddy, Tomorrow Will I Be a Man?

Daddy, Tomorrow Will I Be a Man?

James Willstrop, cynical and driven only by his sporting success, is on the verge of becoming world number one in squash. 

Shirley: A Ghost Story

Shirley: A Ghost Story

Why do people write ghost stories? Is it to explain away the fear, or to reveal the ghosts inside? Shirley is a dark and intimate one-person play, inspired by the life of Shirley J… 

Exhausted Paint: The Death of Van Gogh

Exhausted Paint: The Death of Van Gogh

Join us for a tilt-a-whirl trip through the mind and letters of Vincent Van Gogh. 

Liam Tulley: Baldilocks

Liam Tulley: Baldilocks

Honest, relatable, and hilariously self-deprecating, Liam Tulley is grimly aware that life is no fairytale as he navigates the chaos of adulthood. 

Me and My Year of Casual Monasticism

Me and My Year of Casual Monasticism

What exactly is the difference between a medieval monk and a modern-day academic? Shockingly, nothing. 

Shake It Away: The Ann Miller Story

Shake It Away: The Ann Miller Story

On a soundstage at the 1970 MGM studio auction, Ann Miller revisits the Golden Age of Hollywood and discovers her second act as a Broadway star. 

Wilde Women

Wilde Women

Lillie Langtry, celebrated British actress and consort to Edward, Prince of Wales, anxiously awaits a telegram in her backstage dressing room from her dear friend, Oscar, recently … 

Faustine: A Dissertation. A Confession. A Mental Breakdown

Faustine: A Dissertation. A Confession. A Mental Breakdown

Faustine: A Dissertation. 

Amanda Dwyer: I Did Something Bad

Amanda Dwyer: I Did Something Bad

A stand-up show about the traumas of being a woman. 

2 Slut Drops and a Chicken Burger

2 Slut Drops and a Chicken Burger

Kirsty overshares about her sexy times, nights out and magnificent meltdowns. 

3 White Guys Named John

3 White Guys Named John

Ever felt the hand of fate giving you a shove? Andrea Coleman has. 

Bonding

Bonding

Cyril Blake’s Edinburgh Fringe sell-out returns to explore the legend of James Bond, the actors who’ve played him and what it all means to guys trying to find their way through l… 

Stuart Laws Does Stand-up Comedy for an Hour

Stuart Laws Does Stand-up Comedy for an Hour

‘Laws is one of the most skilled and likeable comics on the circuit’ (Scotsman) and ‘echoes the late, great Sean Lock’ (BeyondTheJoke. 

Beggared

Beggared

Beggared tells the story of a privileged white South African whose life collapses into homelessness. 

Tell Me Where Home Is (I'm Starting to Forget)

Tell Me Where Home Is (I'm Starting to Forget)

Glinda the good witch is full of shit! We never had the power to go home all along… or did we? From licking Jessica Rabbit’s tits on the TV screen to falling head over heels fo… 

Nick It for Munich

Nick It for Munich

Nick it for Munich is a hilarious one-person show about Jamie, a dreamer determined to make it to Euro 2024. 

Because

Because

‘Why do you hurt yourself?’ Partial to his own methods of self-therapy, chronic overthinker Jade has all the answers. 

Youth in Flames

Youth in Flames

Chaos. 

Closure Cabaret

Closure Cabaret

Distinguished guests, sweethearts and scoundrels, dreamers and ghosters, welcome. 

Stevie Martin: clout

Stevie Martin: clout

Stevie Martin (Taskmaster, 8 out of 10 Cats, a Thornton’s advert) has been doing online comedy for a while (45 million views worldwide) but is now going on tour with her live show … 

Can't Find My Way Home

Can't Find My Way Home

A captivating one-woman show that explores the concept of home through personal anecdotes, original music and snippets of familiar songs. 

Murder, Oops!

Murder, Oops!

A one-woman play about falling in love with your boyfriend’s murderer. 

Krapp's Last Tape

Krapp's Last Tape

Samuel Beckett’s unique take on life is performed by award-winning Fringe veteran Kevin Short. 

Chickadee

Chickadee

A female street clown accidentally becomes famous overnight at Chickadee TV Studios as Chickadee the Sexy Clown. 

Aaron Wood: More to Life

Aaron Wood: More to Life

With a string of sell-out shows under his belt, one of the UK’s fastest rising stars Aaron Wood – ‘Hilarious. 

Good Morning and Goodbye

Good Morning and Goodbye

The story is about a daily routine, the ritual of a lady. 

A Monkey Trial: The Gameshow or The True and Tragic Passion of Pauline Campbell

A Monkey Trial: The Gameshow or The True and Tragic Passion of Pauline Campbell

Reenact the criminal trial of a real-life feminist activist martyr. 

I Killed My Roommate

I Killed My Roommate

Do you ever feel like the worlds conspiring to annoy you? Meet Liv whose anger issues are put to the ultimate test by her nightmare roommate. 

Cheers, Mom! Eulogy for a Living Parent

Cheers, Mom! Eulogy for a Living Parent

A wild, hilarious solo show about grief, love and mommy issues. 

Chameleon

Chameleon

Confined to a psychiatric hospital, Delaney retreats into vivid, often disorienting daydreams about his complicated family history. 

2025 Salem Witch Trial

2025 Salem Witch Trial

Based on the true story of a tarot-reading lesbian forced from her home by Christian neighbours likely in a cult, Gretchen Wylder’s darkly comedic one-woman show explores witches a… 

Sad Girl Songs

Sad Girl Songs

Think Gadsby meets Bloom, and Medusa has the mic. 

Joan Collins Blocked Me on Twitter

Joan Collins Blocked Me on Twitter

Theodore Emory Jones, one of England’s finest thespian exports (in his opinion), arrives in Hollywood with the sole burning desire of starring in the Dynasty reboot. 

Courier

Courier

One courier. 

Samantha Dunne: Strangers I Know

Samantha Dunne: Strangers I Know

It’s not every day you get to eulogise your own funeral, but Woman is doing just that. 

English Ako

English Ako

English Ako finds a fresh way to celebrate the experience of growing up in different cultures – embracing being born in Manila, raised in England. 

In the Black

In the Black

Every wolf starts as a cub. 

Chrome Yellow

Chrome Yellow

Aspiring nihilist (and accidental optimist) Wayne Stewart wrestles with meaning and purpose as he reflects on why he walked 650 miles across France alone in July 2021. 

The Margaret Sinclair Story

The Margaret Sinclair Story

The inspiring true story of the cheerful Edinburgh factory girl with a big heart for Jesus and for helping others, who could be Scotland’s next canonised Saint. 

Asian First Dates

Asian First Dates

32, single and lives with his Chinese immigrant mother. 

FISH

FISH

NYC-born clown and woman Funmi swims in Fish, a one-woman clown show about a fish (played by Funmi) who wants to be a human (played by Funmi playing Fish). 

John O'Keeffe: Surviving Myself

John O'Keeffe: Surviving Myself

Fresh from his sold-out 2024 run, his new show tackles accepting responsibility for life’s disasters with sharp, self-deprecating humour. 

Kathleen Hughes: Twig (WIP)

Kathleen Hughes: Twig (WIP)

Following her acclaimed 2024 Fringe debut Cryptid!, Glaswegian comic Kathleen Hughes returns with a work-in-progress show all about family, legacy and why she’s like this. 

Jello Brain

Jello Brain

Alzheimer’s at 55 my mom moves into memory care I try to make her feel at home but it’s more like welcome to your worst nightmare I don’t think she understands when I tell he… 

The Silly William Gambit

The Silly William Gambit

Eccentric chess prodigy Silly William finds himself on a train bound for Hell (or Philadelphia, as it is known in some circles). 

Rachel Morton-Young: Dutch Courage

Rachel Morton-Young: Dutch Courage

Rachel explores the vast chasm between her British roots and her adopted Dutch home, providing a humorous insider’s perspective on the cultural quirks that define expat life in the… 

Richard Wright Draws You Like One of Your French Girls

Richard Wright Draws You Like One of Your French Girls

What is art? Why is art? Is that art? When did that get here? How many is that? Who are you and where’s my pen? Richard Wright had a good 2024 Edinburgh Fringe run. 

Müller's Tales of Wonder

Müller's Tales of Wonder

Mia loved writing. 

Pernille Haaland: Running with the Wolves

Pernille Haaland: Running with the Wolves

After a life in the UK, Pernille Haaland (Netflix, HBO, NRK, Discovery) flipped her world upside down during lockdown, trading London’s gritty streets, sewers and foxes for the col… 

Narin Oz: Inner Child(ish)

Narin Oz: Inner Child(ish)

Narin Oz is not good at real life. 

Robin Ince: Ice Cream for a Broken Tooth

Robin Ince: Ice Cream for a Broken Tooth

At the Morecambe Poetry Festival 2023, Robin was officially handed his Poetic Licence (it is real, he’ll show it to you if you ask, and often if you don’t). 

Catie Wilkins: We’ll See

Catie Wilkins: We’ll See

Drunk Women Solving Crime star explores how to deal with flashers, cope with a snoring husband who insists he isn’t snoring (or even asleep) and avoid being bullied by your own c… 

Dave Chawner: Mental

Dave Chawner: Mental

Stand-up about mental health (NOT mental illness). 

Will Mars Records His Best Jokes for YouTube

Will Mars Records His Best Jokes for YouTube

It’s a live YouTube recording with more jokes than you thought possible. 

Good Dick Energy

Good Dick Energy

Good Dick Energy is an award-winning show performed by finalist of 2025 Australian Comedian of the Year – Grant Mushet. 

Anja Atkinson: She Thinks She’s People

Anja Atkinson: She Thinks She’s People

Potty-mouth and all-round idiot Anja Atkinson makes her Fringe solo debut with a show about trying to be a functional person and failing spectacularly. 

Sorry: A Canadian's Apology for America

Sorry: A Canadian's Apology for America

Through the eyes of a perplexed, queer Canadian immigrant, Sorry chronicles Connor Malbeuf – a comedian-filmmaker – as he delivers sharp, raw commentary on the chaos of America… 

Jake Donaldson is the Fifth Weezer

Jake Donaldson is the Fifth Weezer

Brand new stand-up comedy from 2024 BBC New Comedy Award finalist Jake Donaldson, packed with nostalgia, punchy jokes and stories about finding your place in the world. 

Raul Kohli: A British Hindu's Guide to the Universe

Raul Kohli: A British Hindu's Guide to the Universe

Raul Kohli is an award-winning comedian from Newcastle, England who has gigged all over the World. 

Buzz

Buzz

‘She appeared to disappear’. 

Mrs Roosevelt Flies to London

Mrs Roosevelt Flies to London

Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of FDR and “First Lady of the World”, fought all her life for peace, democracy and universal human rights. 

CADEL: Lungs on Legs

CADEL: Lungs on Legs

The epic true story of the first Australian to win the Tour de France, live on stage. 

Hose Water

Hose Water

Hose Water is a lyrical comedy about a girl on the verge of adolescence. 

Sindhu Vee: Work-in-Progress

Sindhu Vee: Work-in-Progress

Sindhu Vee – Live at the Apollo star and Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee – returns with a work-in-progress for a new tour. 

The Bacchae

The Bacchae

An outcast god. 

Ambulance for One

Ambulance for One

Essex comedy veteran, Paul Merryck proudly presents his Edinburgh debut. 

Nathan Cassidy: It's Not the End of the World

Nathan Cassidy: It's Not the End of the World

Multi award-winning Fringe legend with an eviscerating stand-up hour about the whole world and one man. 

Amazing Bubble Man

Amazing Bubble Man

Louis Pearl has been thrilling audiences worldwide for over 30 years with the art, magic, science and fun of bubbles. 

Sam Blythe: Method in My Madness (A One-Man Hamlet)

Sam Blythe: Method in My Madness (A One-Man Hamlet)

Fringe legend Guy Masterson presents Sam Blythe’s brilliant Hamlet. 

Steffan Alun: Stand Up

Steffan Alun: Stand Up

Welsh optimist Steffan Alun finally presents his hilarious debut hour. 

Punch, Drunk, Brain Damage

Punch, Drunk, Brain Damage

Written and performed by Robert Yekwang Jung, a Korean actor and writer who spent his childhood and youth in the UK and throughout Europe. 

Jane Eyre Wasn't a Whore

Jane Eyre Wasn't a Whore

A rom-com/period piece unlike anything else! While on her quest to become a working actor in New York City, Anne Brauer gets caught up in a situationship of gothic proportions. 

Ordinary Decent Criminal

Ordinary Decent Criminal

Set following the Strangeways Prison Riot, meet recovering addict Frankie, played by renowned political comedian Mark Thomas as he enters the brave new world of a liberal prison ex… 

Tom Stade: Naughty By Nature

Tom Stade: Naughty By Nature

One of the greatest stand-ups of our time; join the Canadian legend as he playfully dishes out his insightful observations. 

Cartoonopolis

Cartoonopolis

The 10-year anniversary of the hit one-man show, Cartoonopolis! The ultimate make-believe metropolis; an imaginary world of cartoon capers, amazing adventures, villainous villains,… 

ROTUS: Receptionist of the United States

ROTUS: Receptionist of the United States

Hands up who loves freedom! Chastity Quirke is White House receptionist, ex-Chapter President of Kappa Gamma Zeta, and a proud Republican. 

Hasan Al-Habib: Death to the West (Midlands)

Hasan Al-Habib: Death to the West (Midlands)

Arab. 

Susie McCabe: Best Behaviour

Susie McCabe: Best Behaviour

The Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow award winner Susie McCabe is back! Following her sold-out shows Femme Fatality and Merchant of Menace, this year she is on her Best Behaviour. 

Andy Parsons: Please #@!$ Off to Mars

Andy Parsons: Please #@!$ Off to Mars

Life is hard – come and have a laugh about it. 

Anais Gralpois: American Fetish

Anais Gralpois: American Fetish

Comedian Anaïs Gralpois Bridget Jones’ her way into talking about her move to London, having a slag era and what it really means to be more than just that fit American in this can… 

Thor Stenhaug: One Night Stand Baby

Thor Stenhaug: One Night Stand Baby

Thor Stenhaug is a one-night-stand baby. 

The Essence of Audrey

The Essence of Audrey

Celebrate the true-life story of one of the world’s most beloved icons, Audrey Hepburn. 

Taiwan Season: Dazed and Confused

Taiwan Season: Dazed and Confused

Magic seamlessly meets theatre in Lin Lu-Chieh’s engaging autobiographical solo show. 

Urooj Ashfaq: It's Funny to Me

Urooj Ashfaq: It's Funny to Me

Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Newcomer and one of India’s most exciting comics, Urooj Ashfaq returns to the Fringe once again, but this time she is different. 

Not My Grandmother's Daughter

Not My Grandmother's Daughter

Explores the relationship a young woman has with her mother through the relationship she has with her grandmother. 

Leo Still Dies in the End

Leo Still Dies in the End

It’s been 84 years… or 26, since April 1999, when six-year-old Alice was finally allowed to watch James Cameron’s classic, Titanic, on VHS. 

Beth Wants The D

Beth Wants The D

A comedy about all the times Beth May has thought about killing herself! This autobiographical one-woman show puts you in the splash zone of death and delusion as Beth journeys thr… 

Prashasti Singh: Divine Feminine

Prashasti Singh: Divine Feminine

Growing up in a patriarchal family, Prashasti naturally had one dream – to become a patriarch herself. 

Sophie Garrad: Poor Little Rich Girl

Sophie Garrad: Poor Little Rich Girl

Sophie’s unashamed about her chaotic childhood, being driven to private school in a police car and dreaming of the day when she’d have a mugshot of her very own, just like her idol… 

Juliette Burton: Best of Burton

Juliette Burton: Best of Burton

Celebrate Gilded Balloon’s 40th anniversary with award-winning comedian Juliette Burton. 

Animal Farm

Animal Farm

Olivier winner Guy Masterson directs the phenomenal Sam Blythe in his legendary solo of Orwell’s allegorical masterpiece, returning for its 30th anniversary. 

Hail Mary, None of the Grace

Hail Mary, None of the Grace

Mary Kennedy, yes one of those Kennedys, third cousins twice removed; all of the tragedy, none of the money. 

Lily Phillips: Crying

Lily Phillips: Crying

“Fresh” from hatching a baby girl and a sold-out Edinburgh run, ‘. 

Krystal Evans: A Star is Burnt

Krystal Evans: A Star is Burnt

Following her critically acclaimed debut hour The Hottest Girl at Burn Camp, Krystal has a brand-new hour about her years in hospitality and finally finding comedy. 

Float

Float

Join Astronaut Indra on a nine-month mission to the moon. 

Yvonne Hughes: Absolutely Riddled

Yvonne Hughes: Absolutely Riddled

Absolutely Riddled is a fresh and bold dive into the reality of living with cystic fibrosis (CF) – a journey that’s as phlegmy as it is funny. 

Lizzy Sunshine

Lizzy Sunshine

With her co-star unaccounted for, ever positive Lizzy Sunshine carries a vaudevillian double act alone. 

Matt Winning: Solastalgia

Matt Winning: Solastalgia

Solastalgia: noun (sol-a-stal-gi-a) the emotional, physical or existential distress caused by environmental change to your home. 

Carl Donnelly: Another Round

Carl Donnelly: Another Round

The two-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee (as seen on Mock The Week, Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central and more) returns with a brutally funny dive into a year like no other. 

Joe Sutherland: Miss World

Joe Sutherland: Miss World

As seen on Hypothetical, Roast Battle and various apps on your phone. 

Luke McQueen: Comedian's Comedian

Luke McQueen: Comedian's Comedian

Episode 1043 features Luke McQueen, a fearless innovator who blurs the line between reality and performance. 

Alana Jackson: Last Orders

Alana Jackson: Last Orders

Alana Jackson, winner of So You Think You’re Funny? 2024 brings her debut show to the Edinburgh Fringe. 

Jacob Aldcroft: The Day I Got the Horn

Jacob Aldcroft: The Day I Got the Horn

John Binjuice lived a quiet life, until everyone in his town suddenly transformed into terrifying beasts. 

Lily Blumkin: Nice Try

Lily Blumkin: Nice Try

From The Daily Show’s Lily Blumkin comes a hilarious solo show about growing up and getting worse. 

Colette Gregory: Black Best Friend

Colette Gregory: Black Best Friend

A hilarious dissection of Black media tropes with satirical sketches, comedic songs and recognisable characters. 

Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares

Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares

A love letter to people pleasers everywhere. 

Sophie Zucker: Taste

Sophie Zucker: Taste

Emmy-nominated writer for The Daily Show, Sophie Zucker, hopes to answer a simple question: ‘Why do women with savings accounts cry over men without bed frames?’ A comedy show abou… 

Rosco Mcclelland: How Could Hell Be Any Worse?

Rosco Mcclelland: How Could Hell Be Any Worse?

The winner of the 2025 Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award, Rosco McClelland brings his brand new show for 2025. 

The Strongest Girl in the World

The Strongest Girl in the World

Gather round the campfire for this funny and nostalgic play about love, loss and summer camp. 

The Forum

The Forum

A gripping solo performance that plunders the murky depths of human psychology, exploring themes of rebellion, power and moral ambiguity. 

Caspar Thomas: The Art of Close-Up Magic (Volume 2)

Caspar Thomas: The Art of Close-Up Magic (Volume 2)

Caspar returns to showcase his renowned sleight of hand with an all-new Fringe show. 

Amanda Hursy: Carted

Amanda Hursy: Carted

Looking for a proper laugh this Fringe? Catch homegrown talent Amanda Hursy in her riotous debut. 

The Other Mozart

The Other Mozart

The forgotten story of Amadeus’ genius sister, who performed alongside him to equal acclaim. 

Driving in Circles

Driving in Circles

Get in, we’re taking a road trip. 

Bryan Safi: Are You Mad at Me??

Bryan Safi: Are You Mad at Me??

Emmy-winner Bryan Safi (star of ABC’s 9-1-1, Netflix’s You, Attitudes!) brings his distinctive voice to this solo comedy spiral all about queerness, confidence and the art of being… 

Chokeslam

Chokeslam

A knockout solo show about one woman’s love of pro wrestling. 

Why I Stuck a Flare Up My Arse for England

Why I Stuck a Flare Up My Arse for England

Back for a third and final year after sell-out runs and international acclaim, the multi award-winning bum flare play tells the story of ardent football fan Billy Kinley, who stick… 

Rugburn

Rugburn

Celebrity designer Mat Sanders’ fabulously designed existence implodes spectacularly when sudden betrayal triggers a hysterical, one-man meltdown. 

The Last Mad Man

The Last Mad Man

In the not-too-distant future, ecological catastrophe has ripped society’s flesh clean off and civilization is nothing but a rancid husk. 

Tom Skelton: VIP (Visually Impaired Papa)

Tom Skelton: VIP (Visually Impaired Papa)

After losing most of his sight, Tom thought he might never become a dad. 

Joe Tracini: Ten Things I Hate About Me

Joe Tracini: Ten Things I Hate About Me

Hi, hope you’re ok. 

Stefania Licari: I Can Make You Italian in 55 Minutes

Stefania Licari: I Can Make You Italian in 55 Minutes

Award-winning Stefania Licari, expat and medic-turned-comic, promises to make the audiences a little bit more Italian, 10% sexier and 100% happier in her new show. 

Ian Smith: Foot Spa Half Empty

Ian Smith: Foot Spa Half Empty

Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Ian Smith (co-host of the Northern News podcast) returns with a new show about stress, love and buying a magic spell off Amazon. 

Alison Spittle: BIG

Alison Spittle: BIG

A man told Alison to sit down and now she’s doing a whole stand up show about it. 

Desiree Burch: The Golden Wrath

Desiree Burch: The Golden Wrath

The Taskmaster treasure, Live at the Apollo star and voice of Netflix’s Too Hot to Handle presents a new hour about our bodies corporeal and politic, and what remains through ascen… 

Priya Hall: Reckless Abandon

Priya Hall: Reckless Abandon

Priya Hall is asking the important questions. 

Helen Bauer: Bless Her

Helen Bauer: Bless Her

Helen is back and is struggling. 

Stuart Laws Is Stuck

Stuart Laws Is Stuck

Everyone’s dealt with it: first, a bad breakup; then, become a puffin island caretaker; suddenly, you’re implicated in a puffin murder. 

Christopher Macarthur-Boyd: Howling at the Moon

Christopher Macarthur-Boyd: Howling at the Moon

A new hour of nocturnal stand-up about grappling with notions of neurodiversity, sexuality and lunacy. 

The End of the Times?

The End of the Times?

A phantasmagorical imagining of our possible future, confronting the big problems facing the world in which we live: war, hunger, artificial intelligence. 

HAMBLETT

HAMBLETT

A young woman from Stratford-Upon-Avon receives a shocking diagnosis that leads them to contemplate their connection with Hamlet. 

Tam Cowan: Off the Wall

Tam Cowan: Off the Wall

Tam loses his Fringe stand-up virginity with a riotous, no-holds-barred show with sensational stories, shameless name-dropping, at least three new jokes, and colourful recollection… 

Fern Brady: I Gave You Milk to Drink

Fern Brady: I Gave You Milk to Drink

Scotland’s queen of comedy, Fern Brady (Taskmaster, Live at the Apollo, Roast Battle, Russell Howard, The Last Leg), is back on tour with a brand-new show. 

At Home With Will Shakespeare

At Home With Will Shakespeare

Fringe legend Pip Utton (Adolf, Bacon, Dickens, Churchill, Dylan, Maggie, Einstein, Hunchback) is Shakespeare in this moving and comic romp through Will’s life, including some of h… 

Black Is the Color of My Voice

Black Is the Color of My Voice

Fringe First and Spirit of the Fringe Award winner Apphia Campbell’s stunning show inspired by the life of Nina Simone, performed by Nicholle Cherrie. 

Urooj Ashfaq: Oh No!

Urooj Ashfaq: Oh No!

2023’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Newcomer winner and one of India’s most exciting comics returns for a limited run. 

Trust Me, I'm from Essex

Trust Me, I'm from Essex

In Trust Me, I’m from Essex, Lindsay Lucas-Bartlett will take you on a journey through life growing up in notorious Essex, England. 

Choose My Own Road – Cantonese Comedy Show

Choose My Own Road – Cantonese Comedy Show

Tim toured 10 different places last year. 

Bedsheets

Bedsheets

Puddle Theatre Company presents a relatable one-woman play. 

Spiked

Spiked

Saraya Haddad presents her one-woman play about the time she performed a play she doesn’t remember. 

George Lewis: The Best Thing You'll Ever Do (WIP)

George Lewis: The Best Thing You'll Ever Do (WIP)

The funniest dad on Instagram has racked up hundreds of millions of views online. 

Souvenirs (A Relaxed Show)

Souvenirs (A Relaxed Show)

Souvenirs is a story of neurodiversity, self-acceptance and service stations. 

A Day in the Life

A Day in the Life

A solo narrative navigating life with neurodiversity. 

Hot Girl Summer

Hot Girl Summer

Being single in her mid-twenties… how hard can it be? Post-breakup, Tilly jets off on a girls’ trip to Barcelona and impulsively lands a job in London. 

Someone Has To Be Counting

Someone Has To Be Counting

Someone has been keeping a record. 

Yvonne Hughes is Absolutely Riddled

Yvonne Hughes is Absolutely Riddled

Yvonne is the only female comedian in the UK with an inherited genetic disease* – and a walking miracle. 

A Room of One's Own

A Room of One's Own

Award-winning Dyad Productions (Lady Susan, I, Elizabeth, Female Gothic, Austen’s Women) return with a 21st century take on Virginia Woolf’s blisteringly brilliant pre-TED talk. 

The Mead Notebook

The Mead Notebook

Jane Gire uses a combination of storytelling, stand-up, inquiry and theatrical elements to look hard and funny at how we learn about sexuality: through the eyes of a teenage girl w… 

Truth. Lies. And Other Illusions

Truth. Lies. And Other Illusions

In his first Fringe appearance, Thomas W Kuenstner brings part of his sell-out magic show from Duesseldorf, Germany to Edinburgh. 

Dani Johns: Cringe

Dani Johns: Cringe

Cringe is an interactive, explorative show about laughing off your mistakes and owning your cringe-worthy past (or present, we won’t judge). 

MAN: A One-Woman Show

MAN: A One-Woman Show

Inspired by a Hungarian gangster dad, a Sunday school mother, teenage years with Hell’s Angels, Emma Taylor (NewsRevue producer) takes us on an unforgettable ride. 

Whore on Trial

Whore on Trial

With a Jacobean, incestuous darkness, Pierre Asmahan, a sex worker on trial yearns for the ephemeral bliss of first love. 

Always Aphrodite

Always Aphrodite

That’s enough! Goddess Aphrodite is soooo done with love. 

Beowulf and Grendel

Beowulf and Grendel

The gripping tale of a prince’s struggle against evil, adapted and performed by award-nominated actor Evan Quinlan, brought to you by the people behind the fringe hit Brain Hemin… 

Little Pickle: Pol-ish

Little Pickle: Pol-ish

Little Pickle is a Pol-ish drag clown who simply won’t shut up about astrology, generational trauma, AI and he/r coparented witch cat. 

Under Milk Wood

Under Milk Wood

In celebration of his 30 years at Fringe, Guy Masterson, presents his globally renowned solo of Dylan Thomas’ lyrical masterpiece. 

Amanda Dwyer – What You Thinking About?

Amanda Dwyer – What You Thinking About?

Are intrusive thoughts funny? No… but also, yes. 

Paul Taylor: F*** Me I'm French!

Paul Taylor: F*** Me I'm French!

Paul makes fun of the French and they love it. 

Amy Gledhill: Make Me Look Fit on the Poster

Amy Gledhill: Make Me Look Fit on the Poster

Amy Gledhill – Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, National Comedy Award nominee and 1/3 of cult double-act The Delightful Sausage – returns with a brand-new show about self-confid… 

The Good Iranian

The Good Iranian

Salam, y’all! Arsalan Akhavan’s funny and uplifting one-man show interweaves myths from the Persian Book of Kings (Shahnameh) with true-life stories about growing up Iranian in the… 

Cult Classic(k)

Cult Classic(k)

Grab your Kombucha and get ready to live your best life with wellness influencer and the reigning queen of good vibes only, Mia Culpa, as she takes you on her signature transformin… 

JONATHAN: By Order of the Peaky Grindrs

JONATHAN: By Order of the Peaky Grindrs

Remorsed, de-bedded, cried. 

A Brief History of Difference

A Brief History of Difference

Being different is a complicated business. 

A Knock on the Roof by Khawla Ibraheem

A Knock on the Roof by Khawla Ibraheem

Mariam prepares for war. 

Plasterboard Sandwich

Plasterboard Sandwich

Matthew is trapped in his flat, a rotting box where he lives vicariously through his neighbours. 

Reflections Upon an Ugly Little Soul

Reflections Upon an Ugly Little Soul

A man attempts to map the aspects of his mental health through perhaps the worst medium possible: poetry. 

Worm

Worm

Worm is a brand-new, female-led solo play with a sprinkle of spoken word. 

Dara Ó Briain: My Entire Life is a Work In Progress (Work in Progress)

Dara Ó Briain: My Entire Life is a Work In Progress (Work in Progress)

You know the guy. 

Gruoch: Lady Macbeth

Gruoch: Lady Macbeth

Gruoch is a feminist, myth-centred examination of the bereaved and abused girl who became Lady Macbeth as an act of revenge for the death of her father. 

Timeless

Timeless

If you can’t trust your memory what can you trust? Martin has a problem: he can’t make new memories. 

Accidental Pop: Now That's What I Call Safety!

Accidental Pop: Now That's What I Call Safety!

Alright, stop, collaborate and listen! Safety expert Ian Crawford is back with a brand-new presentation. 

Angela Barnes Is Getting Worked Up (WIP)

Angela Barnes Is Getting Worked Up (WIP)

Join Angela Barnes (Mock The Week, Live At The Apollo, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, The News Quiz) as she tries out some new ideas she’s working on for her upcoming tour. 

BURNOUT

BURNOUT

‘Don’t worry. 

Sikisa... Needs You (WIP)

Sikisa... Needs You (WIP)

Sikisa brings her new work in progress show to the Fringe, exploring the things we do to escape. 

Alexa, Play

Alexa, Play

Alexa, Play, a comedy, follows the weekly meetings of Alexas Anonymous, a support group run by one very motivated Alexa. 

Pretty Good, Not Bad

Pretty Good, Not Bad

The long walk home. 

Edinburgh's Quickest Pub Quiz

Edinburgh's Quickest Pub Quiz

Fan of a pub quiz? Test your knowledge under time pressure with this exciting, entertaining and at times farcical format, that’s already a hit at the prestigious Gleneagles Townhou… 

I'll Die Laughing

I'll Die Laughing

This London/LA hybrid’s wickedly funny, naughty, yet deeply disturbing story, penetrates to the heart of survival. 

Michelle Ahern: We've Had A Good Run

Michelle Ahern: We've Had A Good Run

Her husband’s affair changed everything. 

Lee and the Black Hole

Lee and the Black Hole

Lee always wanted to be an astronaut. 

Good Boy

Good Boy

Boy is in love with his first boyfriend. 

Daddy Issues

Daddy Issues

Rising comedy talent and Tik Tok star Dom Hatton-Woods – national tour support for Daliso Chaponda – brings you his new work-in-progress show Daddy Issues. 

Phil Green: Guilt

Phil Green: Guilt

After a silly childhood game accidentally put his sister in hospital 30 years ago, Phil tries to figure out how to process guilt, what makes us carry it, and why he ended up living… 

make the Bed

make the Bed

Make the Bed is an exploration of anxiety and paranoia based on writer and performer Ariela Nazar-Rosen’s own experience—in particular, a bed bug scare that pushed her to break… 

ABC of One-Liner Jokes

ABC of One-Liner Jokes

An hilarious one-hour alphabetical journey in the medium of quick fire One-Liner Jokes. 

Tim Key: L****b**r* (Advanced Work-in-Progress)

Tim Key: L****b**r* (Advanced Work-in-Progress)

Tim Key returns to stamp about and drink a pot of beer and bark reflectively and tighten the screws. 

Piano Music of Erik Satie

Piano Music of Erik Satie

Prière. 

A Yank in Scotland

A Yank in Scotland

The Highlands of Scotland, filled with misty moors and glens, rolling fields of heather and ghosts from Scottish history, invite mystical ruminations, kindle existential questions … 

Bruce Davies – You've Got A Friend

Bruce Davies – You've Got A Friend

Great songs of the 70s from James Taylor, Carole King, John Denver, Don McLean and many more from the singer/songwriter era. 

Old Git! – It's a Con!

Old Git! – It's a Con!

Old Git (Jim Bryce) has had enough! Having inhabited an increasingly wizened body for 74 years, he blows the gaff via a head-banging ride powered by comedy, songs and non-sequiturs… 

Jewels

Jewels

1348. 

No One Is Coming

No One Is Coming

‘A love letter to my mother that I’ll never send. 

Stand-Up, Look Pretty

Stand-Up, Look Pretty

Madeleine Munford has been told one too many times to just stand there and look pretty. 

You Hold a Pole Everyday

You Hold a Pole Everyday

Outstanding Performance of a Solo Show (NY Innovative Theatre Award Nomination). 

To Free a Mockingbird

To Free a Mockingbird

Written and performed by comedian Grace Aki, the award-winning solo show makes its international debut at the Edinburgh Fringe! She weaves a blend of storytelling and stand-up for … 

Athens of The North

Athens of The North

Three Edinburgh characters weave in and out of each other’s lives in Mark Hannah’s Athens of the North, premiering at the Hibernian Supporters Club, A play that confronts the w… 

Steph Aritone: Weather Girl

Steph Aritone: Weather Girl

Red Weather Warning: Thunder? Heat wave? You choose in Steph’s 45 minute stand-up comedy show where she wrestles with the elements (of her mind). 

Al Lubel Talks About His Name for 57 Minutes and About Something Else for 3 Minutes

Al Lubel Talks About His Name for 57 Minutes and About Something Else for 3 Minutes

I (Al Lubel) talk about my name for 57 minutes and about something else for 3 minutes. 

Bitty-Bat!

Bitty-Bat!

Bitty-Bat is a unique creature – not quite a vampire, not quite a bat and not quite sure what you’re doing in her cave. 

Katie Davison: 60 Minute Millionaire

Katie Davison: 60 Minute Millionaire

Become a millionaire in just 60 minutes, with tips from Mr MoneyBags himself, Steve Boobis*. 

One-Person Shows / Solo Shows: Daily Picks of the Fringe

One-Person Shows / Solo Shows: Daily Picks of the Fringe

Start each morning with this curated variety showcase, featuring the very best solo shows at the Fringe! Rotating daily line-ups include storytelling, theatre, clown, cabaret, spok… 

Stella Graham: Phoenix

Stella Graham: Phoenix

Stella’s rising from the fiery chaos of being one of nine Coventry siblings. 

The Basement Entertainer

The Basement Entertainer

Katelyn locked herself in a basement years ago, oops. 

Dean and the Devil

Dean and the Devil

Alan is adrift in a booze-soaked world of dodgy barmen, deluded therapists and rude shop keepers. 

Alastair Clark: And Then He Turned the Fun on Himself

Alastair Clark: And Then He Turned the Fun on Himself

Hypothesis: comedy is therapy. 

Derek Mitchell: Goblin

Derek Mitchell: Goblin

Dark narrative character comedy about Eliot, an emo kid with an imaginary goblin who just wants to be loved. 

One Man Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart and The Pit and the Pendulum

One Man Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart and The Pit and the Pendulum

In his short but eventful life, Edgar Allan's Poe name became a byword for the Gothic horror stories which continue to entice and terrify readers nearly two centuries on. 

Lorraine Hoodless: DINK (Double Income No Kids)

Lorraine Hoodless: DINK (Double Income No Kids)

Lorraine has found a new box to put herself in. 

Bulger Boys

Bulger Boys

Boston, 1984. 

Caitriona Dowden is Holier Than Thou

Caitriona Dowden is Holier Than Thou

As a lapsed Catholic obsessed with medieval history, Caitriona spends a lot of time thinking about saints. 

The Magic Eye with Stuart Lightbody

The Magic Eye with Stuart Lightbody

Winner of performance and magic awards at FRINGE WORLD 2023 and Adelaide Fringe 2024! More than a mere magic show: inspired by the mentalists, mystics and madmen of history, this i… 

Elliot Wengler: Jokémon

Elliot Wengler: Jokémon

Elliot Wengler presents a spectacular, explosive and personal history of the world’s biggest monster-fighting franchise. 

The Man with the Golden Hands

The Man with the Golden Hands

Winner of Best Magic Award at Adelaide Fringe, 2024 and weekly Theatre Award at FRINGEWORLD, 2023. 

I Know a Guy

I Know a Guy

ISH Comedy Award Best Newcomer longlist! What happens when a medical misdiagnosis results in a kidnapping, with a family secret revealed way too late, causing Sharon to think diffe… 

Liz Bains: Dubai Dilemma

Liz Bains: Dubai Dilemma

Funny Women Awards 2023 One to Watch. 

Van Gogh Find Yourself #VGFY

Van Gogh Find Yourself #VGFY

‘DeForest’s magical Van Gogh Find Yourself is one of the most surprising, engrossing and delighting experiences I have ever had on the Fringe’ (Kate Copstick, Scotsman). 

Booger Red

Booger Red

Booger Red survives a rough childhood, becoming a renowned hellfire and brimstone Southern Baptist preacher. 

Hagar: War Mother

Hagar: War Mother

Hagar is a dreamer. 

Death Becomes Us

Death Becomes Us

In the 60s, Walt Disney was rumoured to have frozen himself to cheat it. 

Whirligig of Time

Whirligig of Time

In The Whirligig of Time, we revisit Malvolio, the much-maligned steward who leaves the stage at the end of Twelfth Night vowing revenge on the whole pack of upperclass nitwits and… 

Cringe Effect

Cringe Effect

Cringe Effect unfolds in a Portland Anorexia Rehabilitation Centre where Ce, a long-time anorexia struggler, confides in her audience about her treatment journey. 

Jack

Jack

1973. 

Brett Epstein: Alone on Stage

Brett Epstein: Alone on Stage

Brett Epstein is alone on stage. 

It's a Mystery!

It's a Mystery!

Tim Benzie, the acclaimed creator and host of Solve Along A Murder She Wrote, returns to the Fringe with his hilarious and moving one-man show: a deep dive into the enduring appeal… 

Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me but Banjos Saved My Life

Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me but Banjos Saved My Life

2023 Mervyn Stutter’s Pick of the Fringe/sold-out run in Edinburgh! ‘A sold-out Fringe classic!’ **** (BritishTheatreGuide. 

Phil Hammond: The Ins and Outs of Pleasure

Phil Hammond: The Ins and Outs of Pleasure

Dr Phil (Private Eye, Doctor Doctor, Sex, Sleep or Scrabble?) dissects the ins and outs of pleasure using science, stories and stuff he’s made up. 

Journey to Long Nose

Journey to Long Nose

‘Chock-full of humor and satire, accompanied by a constant vein of honesty and self-analysis, Rachel Pollock’s solo performance is a hidden gem amongst the Fringe scene’ **** (DC… 

A Life in Boxes

A Life in Boxes

In the dusty confines of her late mother’s attic, secrets unravel like cobwebs as Charlotte embarks on a darkly comedic journey through the forgotten chapters of her family’s twist… 

Driver's Seat: Obsessive Compulsive Disaster

Driver's Seat: Obsessive Compulsive Disaster

When you’re eight, monsters live under your bed. 

no no no please no god no, nevermind i'm fine

no no no please no god no, nevermind i'm fine

You don’t need to see a show about a life-changing hallucinogenic experience. 

Salomé, Tragedy of the Femme Fatale

Salomé, Tragedy of the Femme Fatale

Taking a cue from Oscar Wilde’s play, this one-woman piece, written and performed by newcomer Maryam S Holleman, explores the complex untold and ruinous motivations of the tantal… 

Chopped Liver and Unions

Chopped Liver and Unions

Sara Wesker – trade unionist, political activist and radical – led the singing strikers of 1928, to improve the working conditions of female garment workers in London’s East … 

A Balloon Will Pop at Some Point During This Play

A Balloon Will Pop at Some Point During This Play

If you took every thought you’ve ever had about your life, every comedy sketch you’d ever seen and the vast, inky blackness of space and put them all into a blender: you’d pr… 

As Good as It Gets

As Good as It Gets

In her brand-new solo show, As Good as It Gets, Elizabeth Colarte plays a shameless woman desperate for any excitement in her everyday life. 

Aude Lener – Love Reboot

Aude Lener – Love Reboot

Wanna feel loved? Honestly, I’m no magician. 

Body, Pauline Eyre

Body, Pauline Eyre

Menopause: the comedy gift that keeps on giving. 

Help! My Vagina Is Trying to Kill Me!

Help! My Vagina Is Trying to Kill Me!

Help! My Vagina Is Trying to Kill Me! is a dark, comedic solo show that explores one woman’s journey of navigating STDs, miscarriages and pre-cervical cancer, all while learning to… 

The Balls of Philadelphia

The Balls of Philadelphia

What if you were spiritually connected to an idiot? Danielle thinks she might be. 

The Faff Chronicles

The Faff Chronicles

What a faff! Erin McKinnie, a rising star on the Scottish comedy circuit, talks about faffing through early adulthood – from rogue adventures to living the “below-deck life” on c… 

Nish Kumar: Nish, Don't Kill My Vibe (Work-in-Progress)

Nish Kumar: Nish, Don't Kill My Vibe (Work-in-Progress)

Work-in-progress show for a new tour. 

Anti-Heroine

Anti-Heroine

Join Anti-Heroine through several encounters with Manchester’s night-life and dating scene as she teeters on the edge of adulthood. 

Wyld Woman: The Legend of Shy Girl

Wyld Woman: The Legend of Shy Girl

Shy people, you there? This hilarious and tender tale follows Shy Girl’s ambitious attempt to open up (emotionally, spiritually, uh. 

Sinatra – The Greatest Hits

Sinatra – The Greatest Hits

Acclaimed international vocalist Georg Tormann (BBC One’s All Together Now) brings all of Frank’s greatest hits to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in a touching and entertaining trib… 

A Spy's Awakening

A Spy's Awakening

Secret Agent Psychic Healer?! This is a hilarious and harrowing true story about the journey of a woman who was working at the CIA and how she became an energy healer/comedian. 

Lady ADHD

Lady ADHD

Hop on this daring, immersive, real-time dopamine chase, tracing how Blaire Postman’s unique comedy bits (fueled by a rollercoaster of flipchart rabbit-holes) at first revealed t… 

James Whale: Beyond Frankenstein

James Whale: Beyond Frankenstein

From Frankenstein to The Invisible Man, James Whale directed some of the greatest movies of all time. 

Kev Campbell Was He

Kev Campbell Was He

After a failed graffiti attempt in a nightclub toilet, Kev Campbell ends up meeting a stranger who completely changes the course of his life. 

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

A celebration of the enduring friendship between the brilliant and tragic composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and Marion Scott, writer and trailblazer of women musicians, written a… 

Piano Recital with Marc Corbett-Weaver 2024

Piano Recital with Marc Corbett-Weaver 2024

Renowned classical pianist Marc Corbett-Weaver returns to Edinburgh for a dazzling piano recital featuring Beethoven’s mighty Appassionata, Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz, Ravel’s Jeux d’E… 

Richard Pulsford: Get Rich Quick

Richard Pulsford: Get Rich Quick

Quality one-liners, puns and light-hearted jokes! UK Pun Championships Winner 2022. 

1st Dates: Asian Bachelor

1st Dates: Asian Bachelor

Thirty-one, single and living with his Chinese immigrant mother. 

One Man Poe: The Black Cat and The Raven

One Man Poe: The Black Cat and The Raven

To commemorate the 175th anniversary of his death, immerse yourselves in two of Edgar Allan Poe’s macabre classics. 

Bambiland (written by Elfriede Jelinek)

Bambiland (written by Elfriede Jelinek)

In the game of televised warfare, it is unclear who’s allowed to say ‘we’ anymore. 

The Best Man Show

The Best Man Show

The Best Man Show is an interactive and darkly hilarious wedding reception where comedian Mark Vigeant plays the Groom’s brother Paul, who has been asked to give the toast at an un… 

The Things I Did While Waiting For You To Fall Back In Love With Me

The Things I Did While Waiting For You To Fall Back In Love With Me

A funeral you can’t keep your inappropriate self from laughing through: this one-person show is a love letter to the humiliating experience of becoming a grown up, and the way gr… 

Villain Era

Villain Era

It’s 2018 and Star is cast in a reality competition show on YouTube that went viral with 17 million views. 

Welcome to My Room

Welcome to My Room

Did you know that salmon always go back to where they came from? It’s written in their DNA. 

Christopher Macarthur-Boyd: Scary Times

Christopher Macarthur-Boyd: Scary Times

Stand-up from the wee guy with the glasses from Glasgow. 

Kenny Goes to Sleep

Kenny Goes to Sleep

A one-man variety show / dreamscape filled with original characters, music and general absurdity written and performed by Los Angeles comedian Kenny Gray. 

A Little Treat

A Little Treat

Every day at 7pm, Greg Hurst has a little treat. 

Count To Five

Count To Five

Anger is a perfectly normal emotion, but when Rage, Anger’s bitchier sister, enters the chat, suddenly everyone becomes a Buddhist monk. 

Ritual: Red

Ritual: Red

Life is a fragile magic we are trying to hold, always hoping to fully grasp it. 

Katie Massie: Missionary

Katie Massie: Missionary

Join Los Angeles comedian Katie Massie for her Fringe debut as she muses about religion, sex and modern womanhood. 

Maria Fedulova: Russian. Mafia. Family.

Maria Fedulova: Russian. Mafia. Family.

Maria Fedulova, award-winning comedian and enemy of the Russian state, talks family, crime, and living the life of a refugee in her hilarious debut hour. 

A Little Inquest Into What We Are All Doing Here

A Little Inquest Into What We Are All Doing Here

In 2022 a show was cancelled while it was still in rehearsal. 

Transparency

Transparency

Transparency is a relatable, funny and brutally honest solo show about growing up trans in a northern, working-class family in the UK. 

The Christening of Prince Imogene

The Christening of Prince Imogene

A trans boy and his piano’s musical exploration of romantic failure. 

The Shadow Boxer

The Shadow Boxer

Portsmouth’s most promising featherweight boxer races towards his ultimate goal – competing in the 1968 Olympic Games and proving himself as a true champion. 

Bad in Bed: Arthritis to Insomnia

Bad in Bed: Arthritis to Insomnia

Ian TC brings his signature wit and humour to the stage as he shares his experiences living with insomnia, navigating a world that doesn’t understand that not sleeping can be fat… 

6 Steps To Success From The

6 Steps To Success From The "Award Winning" Dave Chawner

Last year Dave won an award who’s title felt like a back-handed compliment. 

Sarah Keyworth: My Eyes Are Up Here

Sarah Keyworth: My Eyes Are Up Here

Keyworth returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with a joyous new show about family, acceptance and a pair of big (well, not super-big) losses. 

Alex Mitchell: Tics Towards Puffection

Alex Mitchell: Tics Towards Puffection

Tics Towards Puffection is an in-depth look at 2024’s Britain’s Got Talent Finalist Alex Mitchell’s ever-present desire for perfection, its effect on his life, and all the reasons … 

Simon Hall: 4 Big Cs

Simon Hall: 4 Big Cs

A tale of comedy, Covid, cancer and some complete and utter c*nts! Four years ago Simon went through a break up and decided to try comedy. 

Rachel Morton-Young: Dutch Courage

Rachel Morton-Young: Dutch Courage

British comedian Rachel takes you on a stroll down Amsterdam’s cobbled streets, where bicycles rule, and everyone embraces the unconventional. 

Bella Humphries: Square Peg

Bella Humphries: Square Peg

Bella Humphries: Square Peg – Hotly anticipated stand-up debut about family, farmers and finding out that being yourself is really hard work! Rising star Bella Humphries ‘oozes c… 

I Sell Windows

I Sell Windows

I Sell Windows is one Black woman’s exploration of what is birthed at the collision of grief, ambition and sex. 

Mustafa Algiyadi: Almost Legal Alien

Mustafa Algiyadi: Almost Legal Alien

It’s difficult to know where to start describing Mustafa Algiyadi’s debut hour, Almost Legal Alien. 

Honnef's Lost Words

Honnef's Lost Words

This was supposed to be an ode to creativity and words. 

You're SO F**king Croydon!

You're SO F**king Croydon!

‘It was my nemesis, I hated Croydon with a real vengeance. 

Peter E Davidson: Manifest Density

Peter E Davidson: Manifest Density

Top Derry comic Peter E Davidson returns with his sixth Edinburgh special. 

Olivia Levine: Unstuck

Olivia Levine: Unstuck

Did you masturbate in public as a child and then feel so guilty you stopped touching yourself for two years while your “sins” played on a loop in your head? Ever watch your dad sle… 

Lauren Stone: Cool For Cats

Lauren Stone: Cool For Cats

What if an Edwardian lady ghost was also a hard-boiled private detective? What if that detective loved the Muppets? Can a comedy show ever match the joy of getting to stroke a nice… 

Anna Beros – Creampie Curious

Anna Beros – Creampie Curious

Romping through the feats, fiascos and fluids of her 30s from Melbourne to Berlin, Anna celebrates nasty sex with manners, German empathy and non-judgmental feminism. 

2 Slut Drops and a Chicken Burger

2 Slut Drops and a Chicken Burger

Kirsty Munro has created an engaging show with her delightfully naughty stories in Two Slut Drops and a Chicken Burger, making the whole room cringe in the sweetest way possible. 

Pillock

Pillock

Pillock has ADHD. 

James Beatty – What a Time to Be Alive

James Beatty – What a Time to Be Alive

Join Essex’s cheekiest chap for his debut hour of stand-up. 

Patrick Monahan – The Talkinator

Patrick Monahan – The Talkinator

It’s the year 2024. 

Titi Lee: Good Girl Gone Baddie

Titi Lee: Good Girl Gone Baddie

Lifelong goody-two-shoes Titi Lee is breaking all the rules, and you are invited. 

Kelly Bachman: Patron Saint

Kelly Bachman: Patron Saint

Patron Saint is an hour of stand-up about spirituality, sexuality, virality and why anyone is funny. 

Gremlin Head

Gremlin Head

Winner of Best Solo Show of 2023 at the Clubbies, Gremlin Head is a stand-up comedy show about having a menacing, rude, nasty, naughty gremlin inside your mind. 

Gary John Miller: Goof

Gary John Miller: Goof

From the brain of Gary John Miller who was once described as a ‘mad genius’ by a former teacher comes a solo comedy show about growing up and the urge to refuse to do so. 

Benedict Townsend: Friends With Benedict

Benedict Townsend: Friends With Benedict

After a series of sold-out performances, Benedict Townsend brings his stand-up show to the Fringe for the very first time. 

Jane Mumford: Are You OK?

Jane Mumford: Are You OK?

Half-Brit comedian Jane Mumford was born and raised in Switzerland. 

Really Good Exposure

Really Good Exposure

Skins actress Megan Prescott – aka Katie F*cking Fitch – writes and stars in her debut solo show. 

Tom Ward: Choose Your Delusion

Tom Ward: Choose Your Delusion

Tom Ward (Live at The Apollo, QI) is back, and talking all the big topics of our times – masculinity, three-star hotels, erectile dysfunction, reality TV, adverts, mental health … 

The Sun, the Mountain, and Me

The Sun, the Mountain, and Me

As artfully dishevelled studios go, Arthur’s is on the more organised side of shambolic. 

Amy Matthews: Commute With The Foxes

Amy Matthews: Commute With The Foxes

A shift in lighting casts new shadows. 

Ross Leslie Has The Chance To Do The Funniest Thing

Ross Leslie Has The Chance To Do The Funniest Thing

Edinburgh show number five for the five-time Scottish Comedian of the Year finalist. 

Soness: Big in Japan

Soness: Big in Japan

25 years ago, Soness swapped Florida for Tokyo to become the voice of many well-known animations. 

Meshida: My Japanese Perspective

Meshida: My Japanese Perspective

Meshida is a Japanese stand-up comedian. 

Liam Farrelly: Flipbook

Liam Farrelly: Flipbook

Well known for his excellent writing and storytelling ability Farrelly returns to Fringe with a new show which will be more personal and emotional than he’s ever been before. 

Lucy Porter: No Regrets

Lucy Porter: No Regrets

Lucy has been a Fringe favourite for over 20 years. 

Louise Leigh: Distracted

Louise Leigh: Distracted

‘Hilarious’ **** (TheWeeReview. 

Lauren Pattison: Big Girl Pants

Lauren Pattison: Big Girl Pants

Two-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Lauren Pattison is back with a brand-new show. 

Is the WiFi Good in Hell?

Is the WiFi Good in Hell?

Lyndon Chapman’s debut play directed by Will Armstrong, Is The Wifi Good in Hell? is an evocative coming of age play where identity and environmental displacement collide. 

Benny Shakes: Respect

Benny Shakes: Respect

Come along and learn how to be shaky, so you can nail that role on TV as a disabled person! No Blue Badge? Don’t worry, you can fake it until you make it. 

Anna Beros – Creampie Clarity

Anna Beros – Creampie Clarity

Self-realisation might include a bunch of dicks, drugs and aspirations to motherhood. 

Hanan Issa: Halal Habibis

Hanan Issa: Halal Habibis

A perfectly executed clusterf*ck masterpiece of a life story, Halal Habibis follows comedian Hanan Issa’s wild journey to get married as a young Muslim woman born and raised in NYC… 

Embrace Me: A Solo Show About Dating and Disability That is Also Funny

Embrace Me: A Solo Show About Dating and Disability That is Also Funny

Dating’s tough enough, but try dating when it’s also hard to walk. 

Cosmos

Cosmos

I wanted to be able to recommend this performance. 

Michael Porter – Love and Brain Damage

Michael Porter – Love and Brain Damage

Michael sheds light on the everyday challenges of his condition, from the struggles of memory loss and impulse control to the comical mishaps that ensue when navigating social inte… 

AI:rish

AI:rish

Eddie Mullarkey’s latest show blends observational stand-up, crowd interaction, and AI tech, all infused with some ancient Irish wisdom. 

Lost... Found

Lost... Found

On the heels of a major childhood event, K Lorrel Manning’s Lost. 

Instructions

Instructions

This incredible show is mind-bogglingly thought-provoking; it is also a lot of fun. 

Asli Akbay: Tomboy

Asli Akbay: Tomboy

Asli Akbay is and always has been a Tomboy. 

Sour Candi

Sour Candi

In a South London police station, Candi relives her recent love affair. 

At the End of Kaliyuga

At the End of Kaliyuga

This summer the mighty Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva will decide the fate of our planet as we come to the end of the fourth and the final cycle (Yuga) of the Universe. 

Elaine Robertson: Delulu

Elaine Robertson: Delulu

Elaine is famous. 

Kyle Ayers presents: Hard to Say

Kyle Ayers presents: Hard to Say

US comedian Kyle Ayers (Conan, Comedy Central) tries to make light of having Trigeminal Neuralgia, a rare nerve disorder known as Suicide Disease. 

Carl Donnelly: Boosegumps

Carl Donnelly: Boosegumps

Carl used to spend the Fringe in a haze of booze, narcotics and award nominations. 

Deluge

Deluge

In the wake of a relationship, a woman attempts to contain the overflow of her thoughts. 

Aaaaaaaaaaaargh! Here Comes Trouble!

Aaaaaaaaaaaargh! Here Comes Trouble!

Masai Graham, does his first-ever solo show, with tales about how he got into comedy, the clean jokes that won him multiple awards and (more importantly) the naughty jokes that got… 

Bailey Swilley: Gimme a Sign!

Bailey Swilley: Gimme a Sign!

In this vulnerable yet irreverent debut, Bailey Swilley shares how she got through the darkest time in her life – the death of her father – with the help of family, pop culture… 

3 Kidneys, No Colon

3 Kidneys, No Colon

Dave infuses humor into the highs and lows of his health journey battling chronic kidney disease and ulcerative colitis, while discovering the resilience of the human spirit. 

60 Minutes Comedy Tour of the World: The Local Immigrant

60 Minutes Comedy Tour of the World: The Local Immigrant

Prateek is a man of the world but don’t call him an immigrant! Call him a New Yorker, Berliner, Spaniard or a Delhi Boy. 

Too Much of a Good Thing

Too Much of a Good Thing

Best known for portraying Mama Cass in Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood and Beth in Netflix’s Atypical, Rachel’s over-the-top body and personality are front and centre in … 

Jen Kirwin: How to Raise a Narcissist

Jen Kirwin: How to Raise a Narcissist

It’s weird living with someone who looks just like you, but hates you more than you hate yourself. 

BATSHIT

BATSHIT

‘She’s off her trolley. 

Gareth Mutch: Modern Man

Gareth Mutch: Modern Man

Gareth’s desperately trying to be a modern man, but it isn’t easy. 

Jessie Cave: An Ecstatic Display

Jessie Cave: An Ecstatic Display

Jessie Cave says she would like to be remembered as a “fun mum”, which we certainly get aglimpse of in An Ecstatic Display at Assembley Roxy. 

Kathleen Hughes: Cryptid!

Kathleen Hughes: Cryptid!

Kathleen isn’t sure of anything anymore. 

Rita Lynn: Life Coach

Rita Lynn: Life Coach

Think you’ve hit rock bottom, then realize you’re nowhere near? Become a life coach. 

Elliot Steel: Soft Boi Core

Elliot Steel: Soft Boi Core

After last year’s smash-hit show, Elliot returns with more of his biting wit and trademark dark sense of humour about the hellish year he, and humanity, has had. 

Tom Stade: Risky Business

Tom Stade: Risky Business

Tom’s funny and today’s funny don’t always see eye to eye, but that’s cool; it’s not Tom’s way to follow the herd. 

Jin Hao Li: Swimming in a Submarine

Jin Hao Li: Swimming in a Submarine

In his debut hour, Jin Hao walks you through the seascape of his mind, filled with nightmares of being a spider, dreams of joining the yakuza and breezy memories of serving in the … 

Freya Mallard: The Bounce Back

Freya Mallard: The Bounce Back

Freya Mallard’s The Bounce Back is a witty, fractured show, where the trains of thought don’t always line-up or follow on naturally from one another. 

Abi Clarke: (Role) Model

Abi Clarke: (Role) Model

Abi Clarke lived the modern-day dream. 

Rahul Subramanian: Who Are You?

Rahul Subramanian: Who Are You?

Mumbai-based global stand-up star Rahul Subramanian makes his Edinburgh debut. 

Nate Kitch: Tomorrow Might Not Happen; Now

Nate Kitch: Tomorrow Might Not Happen; Now

What is anything? The basically-award-winning*, ‘real WTF comic’ (Chortle. 

Never Get to Heaven in an Empty Shell

Never Get to Heaven in an Empty Shell

Claud’s stuck. 

Boy in Da Korma

Boy in Da Korma

Tupac never died. 

Kelly McCaughan: Catholic Guilt

Kelly McCaughan: Catholic Guilt

Does daddy Jesus’s naked body on the cross make you wet? This show will. 

Sell Me: I Am from North Korea

Sell Me: I Am from North Korea

On her 15th birthday, Jisun, a North Korean girl, decides to sell herself to an old man to buy medication for her dying mother. 

Sam Lake: Esméralda

Sam Lake: Esméralda

An uplifting new show about coming out as Spanish, grief and the Ice Age movie franchise. 

Joshua Bethania: Coming Home

Joshua Bethania: Coming Home

A debut from the 2022 So You Think You’re Funny? winner. 

Lara Ricote: Little Tiny Wet Show (Baptism)

Lara Ricote: Little Tiny Wet Show (Baptism)

You’re born, you’re in it, you’re dead. 

Caspar Thomas: The Art of Close-Up Magic

Caspar Thomas: The Art of Close-Up Magic

Stunning magic. 

Hamstrung

Hamstrung

So, it turns out Yorick’s Ghost is Hamlet’s Father – confused? It’s not poor Yorick’s fault. 

Mum and I Don't Talk Anymore by Milanka Brooks

Mum and I Don't Talk Anymore by Milanka Brooks

A funny, candid and poignant solo show about the unique and crazy relationship between Milanka and her flamboyant Serbian mother, Lela. 

Rosco McClelland: Sudden Death

Rosco McClelland: Sudden Death

Step into the wild world of McClelland’s Sudden Death, where old friendships collide with the unexpected in a comedic whirlwind set in the heart of Scotland. 

John Meagher: Big Year

John Meagher: Big Year

After a sell-out run at Dublin Fringe, host of Radio 4’s The Divil’s Own John Meagher makes his debut at The Gilded Balloon with his debut show Big Year. 

Chris Grace: Sardines (A Comedy About Death)

Chris Grace: Sardines (A Comedy About Death)

Fringe regular Chris Grace returns from the US to muse on death, posing such questions as can we enjoy life if we know how it ends? In less than an hour, he tells of the passing of… 

Chokeslam

Chokeslam

“You will leave a wrestling fan. 

Eric Rushton: Real One

Eric Rushton: Real One

Channel 4 Sean Lock Award winner Eric Rushton is a comedian with a chequered past. 

Adam Hills: Shoes Half Full

Adam Hills: Shoes Half Full

Comedy is highly subjective, but it is hard to imagine how anyone might not find someone as genial and goofy and downright decent as Adam Hills funny. 

Jordan Brookes: Fontanelle

Jordan Brookes: Fontanelle

I recently had a near-death experience. 

Gareth Waugh – This Guy

Gareth Waugh – This Guy

After his critically acclaimed 2023 show, Edinburgh boy Gareth Waugh returns with a new hilarious show about love, friendship and your place in the universe. 

Andrew Ryan: Let Me Know How You Get On

Andrew Ryan: Let Me Know How You Get On

Irishman Andrew Ryan is finally living the life he always thought he would. 

Patti Harrison: My Huge Tits Huge Because They Are Infected NOT FAKE

Patti Harrison: My Huge Tits Huge Because They Are Infected NOT FAKE

Patti returns to Edinburgh following sell-out runs in 2022-23. 

Harriet Kemsley: Everything Always Works Out For Me

Harriet Kemsley: Everything Always Works Out For Me

Ridiculous things always happen to Harriet, but this year it’s out of control. 

Will Robbins: With the Best Will in the World

Will Robbins: With the Best Will in the World

You know when you feel like no one gets you and you’re the odd one out, but then you realise everyone’s felt like that at some point, so you just crack on? Will’s debut hour is abo… 

Gracie and the Start of the End of the World (Again)

Gracie and the Start of the End of the World (Again)

The most sparkly and relatable Jellyfish you will see this year, or probably any year really. 

Milo Edwards: How Revolting! Sorry to Offend

Milo Edwards: How Revolting! Sorry to Offend

Taking a page out of his own interpretation of what motivates British society, Milo Edwards challenges the industry by throwing a glove down at them in the form of his latest hour,… 

Why I Stuck A Flare Up My Arse For England

Why I Stuck A Flare Up My Arse For England

It’s the EURO 2020 Final at Wembley and Billy’s gone viral for sticking a flare up his arse! Why I Stuck A Flare Up My Arse For England is a blisteringly funny new play that return… 

Juliette Burton: Hopepunk

Juliette Burton: Hopepunk

In a negative world, hope is a rebellion. 

Katie Green: ¡Ay Mija!

Katie Green: ¡Ay Mija!

The eagerly anticipated and unashamedly feel-good debut from Latina rising star Katie Green. 

Kanan Gill: What Is This?

Kanan Gill: What Is This?

What are the ways of being in the world – can you be here now, or are you busy then? In his Fringe debut, India’s stand-up star Kanan examines the many ways of being, the very id… 

William Thompson: Scumbag Millionaire

William Thompson: Scumbag Millionaire

What would you do if you became a millionaire overnight? Would you invest? Save it for a rainy day? Or blow it as quickly as possible? BBC New Comedy Awards finalist. 

Alison Larkin: Grief... A Comedy

Alison Larkin: Grief... A Comedy

Alison Larkin opens her show with a truth: people cope with grief in different ways; some by drinking to excess, some by turning to drugs, others become depressed, a few will throw… 

Josephine Lacey: Autism Mama

Josephine Lacey: Autism Mama

Most mothers expect to help guide their child through puberty. 

Worse Than You

Worse Than You

Confronted with her fear of being unlovable and forever misunderstood an overly self-aware comedian puts together the biggest show of her life. 

Born in the USA (Leaving Vietnam)

Born in the USA (Leaving Vietnam)

Vietnam veteran Jimmy lives an okay enough life, poking around his garage in rustbelt Michigan, enjoying the gruff banter between friends and customers. 

Sooz Kempner: Class Of 2000

Sooz Kempner: Class Of 2000

The award-winning, viral sensation returns to the Fringe with a follow-up to her sell-out Fringe 2023 hit. 

Dear Shameless Death – Dirmit

Dear Shameless Death – Dirmit

Discover the experiences of Dirmit, the youngest girl in a large migrated family struggling to adapt to city life. 

Joe Hill: The Man Who Never Died

Joe Hill: The Man Who Never Died

‘American labour icon!? Ridiculous. 

Lost Girl

Lost Girl

Birdy is 19. 

Dave Ahdoot: Ethnically Ambiguous

Dave Ahdoot: Ethnically Ambiguous

Dave Ahdoot’s enigmatic shade of brown has helped him land parts in over 40 TV ads for huge brands like Ford and McDonald’s. 

Meet Me in Buenos Aires

Meet Me in Buenos Aires

Following her Off-Broadway debut, Florencia Iriondo comes to Edinburgh to premiere her new, soulful music-storytelling odyssey that explores how love – in all its Platonic expres… 

Alexander is Angry

Alexander is Angry

Jim Carrey meets Ricky Gervais as Alexander steps up to the mic in his new biting and satirical hour of comedy. 

Vir Das: The Fool

Vir Das: The Fool

Vir Das, International Emmy Award winner and India’s biggest stand-up comedian, presents an ode to the fool in all of us. 

Kate Dolan: A Different Kind of Unhinged

Kate Dolan: A Different Kind of Unhinged

Winner: Emerging Artist Adelaide Fringe 2024. 

Whore’s Eye View

Whore’s Eye View

A mad dash through 10,000 years of history from the perspective of a sex worker. 

In the Lady Garden

In the Lady Garden

At 69, Alice wonders: if she hadn’t been expelled from convent school and had sex with Keith from the sausage rolls section, what might her life have been? Will Alice shake off t… 

Anirban Dasgupta: Polite Provocation

Anirban Dasgupta: Polite Provocation

Kolkata-born, Mumbai-based Anirban makes his Edinburgh debut, exploring three generations of his family back to British India, the birth of his daughter and the immediate question:… 

How Can I Help You

How Can I Help You

Being of service can be a wonderful thing. 

At Least I’m Not Bald

At Least I’m Not Bald

A darkly comic one-woman show created by writer-performer and cancer survivor, Valery Reva. 

Sarah McGuinness Sings Cabaret

Sarah McGuinness Sings Cabaret

Late-night delights from sultry songstress Sarah McGuiness. 

Naomi Grossman: American Whore Story

Naomi Grossman: American Whore Story

Emmy-nominated actress, Naomi Grossman made a name for herself as Pepper on American Horror Story, the fan-favourite and first crossover character. 

Don't Call Me China Doll

Don't Call Me China Doll

As she prepares for the audition of a lifetime (playing Anna May Wong in a biopic about Hollywood’s first East Asian starlet) China Doll must confront and untangle the ingénue�… 

Nurse Georgie Carroll: Sista Flo 2.0

Nurse Georgie Carroll: Sista Flo 2.0

‘Really funny. 

Josh Jones: Put a Sock in It

Josh Jones: Put a Sock in It

After two sell-out Fringe runs, this marvelous Manc is back with his best show yet. 

Micky Overman: Hold On

Micky Overman: Hold On

What really drives Mick Overman’s material in Hold On is her ability to mix wider generalisations with specifics about her own experiences of a given scenario or norm. 

Olga Koch Comes From Money

Olga Koch Comes From Money

To give Olga Koch credit, in her new hour, Comes From Money, she does tackle a difficult set of subjects - privilege, wealth, class - especially for a Fringe audience, especially … 

Erika Ehler: I Got Some Dope Ass Memories With People That I'll Never F*ck With Again

Erika Ehler: I Got Some Dope Ass Memories With People That I'll Never F*ck With Again

Erika Ehler navigates the disturbing reality of what it’s like to be young, hot and yet so alone; platonic relationships and the bittersweet transition of hangouts becoming reuni… 

Tom Ballard: Good Point Well Made

Tom Ballard: Good Point Well Made

Best Show Nominee, Edinburgh Comedy Awards and Melbourne Comedy Festival. 

Stuart McPherson: HORSE

Stuart McPherson: HORSE

As Stuart McPherson sailed through his material on being a Pepe’s Piri Piri conspiracy theorist, out came one of the strangest heckles I’ve ever heard: “I spilt mayo last nig… 

Eliott Simpson: (A)Sexy and I Know It

Eliott Simpson: (A)Sexy and I Know It

Eliott has never cared for sex. 

Michael Shafar – Well Worth the Chemo

Michael Shafar – Well Worth the Chemo

One of Australia’s most exciting new comedians is coming to Edinburgh! You might know Michael Shafar from his debut special (A)Live on Amazon Prime or be one of the 70+ million peo… 

Leo Reich: Literally Who Cares?!

Leo Reich: Literally Who Cares?!

Your favourite dilettante sociopath is back, fresh from an acclaimed off-Broadway run, to perform his multiple award-nominated show one last time. 

Tatty Macleod: Fugue

Tatty Macleod: Fugue

Better known as, That French TikTok Lady, Tatty Macleod has gained a huge online following thanks to her hilarious and astute observations of French and British culture. 

1953: The Race for the Summit

1953: The Race for the Summit

“Tomorrow is a big day. 

Call Me Elizabeth

Call Me Elizabeth

Fresh off her 1961 Academy Awards triumph and a recent brush with death, Elizabeth Taylor is struggling with her hardest role yet: herself. 

Rise

Rise

What happens when truth, rage and purpose converge upon a metaphorical moon? A displaced narrator must face her past and find out. 

Sudha Bhuchar: Evening Conversations

Sudha Bhuchar: Evening Conversations

‘You’re the one with the identity crisis mum, not us!’ Middle-class, middle-aged, multicultural mother of millennial sons Sudha invites her boys to ‘crack open a cold one’ and shar… 

I'm Muslamic – Don't Panik

I'm Muslamic – Don't Panik

Bobak dances, clowns and flings himself about the stage for an hour as he tells the audience about his Iranian heritage and growing up in Bristol in the 90s where Islamophobia and … 

Michael Shafar – Well Worth the Chemo

Michael Shafar – Well Worth the Chemo

One of Australia’s most exciting new comedians is coming to Edinburgh! You might know Michael Shafar from his debut special (A)Live on Amazon Prime or be one of the 70+ million peo… 

Rock Bottom

Rock Bottom

‘You don’t know what to be, or not to be’ – Shakespeare’s best loved clown, Bottom, is reimagined in Fresh Life Theatre’s one-person show. 

Matt Storrs: Portly Lutheran Know-It-All

Matt Storrs: Portly Lutheran Know-It-All

Comedian Matt Storrs (San Francisco SketchFest) makes his Edinburgh Fringe debut with his critically acclaimed solo show Portly Lutheran Know-It-All. 

Internal

Internal

Internal tells the story of crippingly shy 20-something, Melanie. 

Still Surviving In Hong Kong – Cantonese Comedy Show

Still Surviving In Hong Kong – Cantonese Comedy Show

The first Cantonese show at this festival is coming! 2011’s funniest person in HK, Tim’s Instagram has 50k+ followers. 

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

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

Pam Ford Stand-Up Comedian has worked in a care home before and after the pandemic and has met many amazing “oldies” with amazing life stories to tell. 

Not My First Rodeo...

Not My First Rodeo...

Arriving in Australia in 1989, Bob planned a six month stay. 

Is This the End of Edward J Payne?

Is This the End of Edward J Payne?

His father died at 45. 

Coconut

Coconut

Written as a love letter to brown girls, Coconut is a one-act, one-actor play that tells the story of a slightly lost, slightly confused, incredibly chaotic brown girl doing things… 

Sex, Art and the Art of Survival

Sex, Art and the Art of Survival

Sex, Art and the Art of Survival is a solo comedy show, performed by a British comedian with Ukrainian-Russian ancestry, Helen Prior. 

This Time Next Year

This Time Next Year

‘This time next year at the Oscars, Cairine!’ But, what if next year never actually comes? From internationally acclaimed personal assistant and actress who has never actually acte… 

Mustafa Algiyadi: A Little Killing Hurts No One

Mustafa Algiyadi: A Little Killing Hurts No One

The Brighton Fringe sell-out show is coming to Edinburgh Fringe. 

Hi, I'm Zoë...

Hi, I'm Zoë...

What’s a woman looking for love to do in the 21st century? Hi, I’m Zoë. 

Amy Matthews: I Feel Like I'm Made of Spiders

Amy Matthews: I Feel Like I'm Made of Spiders

Amy spins a sparkling web of comedy magic between the two states she finds herself caught between – stability and restlessness. 

Stuart McPherson: Love That For Me

Stuart McPherson: Love That For Me

A bit of a crazy, hazy time for Stu this year. 

Nabil Abdulrashid: The Purple Pill

Nabil Abdulrashid: The Purple Pill

A show about trying to be a good person while staying a badman. 

Jenn Brown: If Truth Be Told

Jenn Brown: If Truth Be Told

This acclaimed one-woman show is a rollicking extravaganza, told by a gal who has seen a few things. 

Tom Robinson: Up Close and Personal

Tom Robinson: Up Close and Personal

Award-winning musician, broadcaster and BBC Radio 6 Music presenter delivers an hour of classic songs and scurrilous stories spanning five decades of adventures in the music indust… 

Lara Ricote: A Work in Progress!!!

Lara Ricote: A Work in Progress!!!

Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Lara Ricote comes back to Edinburgh to work out her next show. 

JoJo Pat is Sober and Alive

JoJo Pat is Sober and Alive

Australian comedian white-knuckling sobriety, often spotted running through the woods at 2am with blister plasters and an estrogen prescription. 

Marie Lloyd Stole My Life

Marie Lloyd Stole My Life

The Victorian music hall: a hotbed of scandal and home of betrayal, discrimination, sexual exploitation, domestic violence and press intrusion. 

Comrie Sf: Ultramarine

Comrie Sf: Ultramarine

Plunge into the strange world and grotesque characters of self-help culture, augmented with clown-esque physicality and hectic tech. 

Norma

Norma

Norma Jeane Mortenson (more famously known as Marilyn Monroe) once reportedly said, ‘it takes a smart brunette to play a dumb blonde’. 

Anna Beros – Creampie Curious

Anna Beros – Creampie Curious

Romping through the joys, disappointments and semen of her 30s in Berlin, Anna stays surprisingly optimistic. 

Luke Manning: One Manning Show

Luke Manning: One Manning Show

Sharp, silly and sublime solo character comedy from Luke Manning, formerly one half of veteran Fringe sketch duo, In Cahoots, and a writer-performer for BBC Radio 4’s Sketchtopia a… 

Sex, Art and the Art of Survival

Sex, Art and the Art of Survival

Sex, Art and the Art of Survival is a solo comedy show, performed by a British comedian with Ukrainian-Russian ancestry, Helen Prior. 

Ashley Barnhill: Texas Titanium (Show 'Bout Gettin' a New Skull)

Ashley Barnhill: Texas Titanium (Show 'Bout Gettin' a New Skull)

Chappelle’s opener. 

Mustafa Algiyadi: A Little Killing Hurts No One (WIP)

Mustafa Algiyadi: A Little Killing Hurts No One (WIP)

10 years after being refused entry to Edinburgh, Mustafa Algiyadi returns with a work-in-progress show. 

Lara Ricote: A Work in Progress!!!

Lara Ricote: A Work in Progress!!!

Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Lara Ricote comes back to Edinburgh to work out her next show. 

It's a Mystery!

It's a Mystery!

Tim Benzie, the acclaimed creator and host of Solve Along A Murder She Wrote presents a new one-man show: a hilarious and moving exploration of the enduring appeal of murder myster… 

Helen Bauer: Grand Supreme Darling Princess

Helen Bauer: Grand Supreme Darling Princess

Throwing the gauntlet down and challenging dominant narratives on women’s need to be vulnerable to be loved, Helen Bauer’s Grand Supreme Darling Princess is an incredibly empow… 

True Spirit Pathway

True Spirit Pathway

Black comedy/drama. Jodi and Danny are True Spirits and are destined to be together forever. The only problem is that Danny doesn’t know it yet…  

Constrictor

Constrictor

Where are you from? The age-old question that mixed-raced people just love to answer. 

Everything That Annoys Me, and You

Everything That Annoys Me, and You

Thomas is excited about tonight; so excited that he has called his parents and his brother with the time to look out for biggest meteor storm in 33 years that will fill the night … 

Towering Issues

Towering Issues

A reconstructed fairy tale about Clover, a castle worker who is mistaken for the princess and kidnapped by a sorcerer. 

The Ghost of a Smile

The Ghost of a Smile

Two of Charles Dickens’ creepy tales – with a comic twist. 

Modern Witches

Modern Witches

Lesbian actor Kate struggles to create a self-tape audition as Virginia Woolf, revealing that she is frozen in the midst of running away from her healthy relationship. 

Furious

Furious

Zany, fast-paced and poignant, Furious is a wildly honest and hilarious roller-coaster ride of a solo show. 

Exit 20:20

Exit 20:20

The Great Lakes High School board bans the graphic novel Maus. 

Chris Difford: What Happened? 50 Lyrical Years

Chris Difford: What Happened? 50 Lyrical Years

Chris Difford is the founding member of Squeeze, formed 50 years ago in South London. 

(...)Prty Grl

(...)Prty Grl

Claire is an actor – not a very popular one. 

Terminal: A Play About 0 Planes, 1 Person, and a 6-Hour Delay

Terminal: A Play About 0 Planes, 1 Person, and a 6-Hour Delay

Join Sam, a chronically online twentysomething, at the airport in Terminal, directed by Jett Fink and starring Samantha Vita. 

Black Is The Color Of My Voice

Black Is The Color Of My Voice

Fringe First and Spirit of the Fringe award winner Apphia Campbell’s stunning solo show, inspired by the life of Nina Simone. 

Nicole Travolta is Doing Alright

Nicole Travolta is Doing Alright

Nicole Travolta is Doing Alright is Travolta’s debut show that tells the story of her crippling shopping addiction and how she manages to abscond a steadily increasing mountain o… 

J.E.N.

J.E.N.

Jen’s Evolution is Nigh: One woman. 

Coconut

Coconut

Written as a love letter to brown girls, Coconut is a one-act, one-actor play that tells the story of a slightly lost, slightly confused, incredibly chaotic brown girl doing things… 

#MeToo, a one-woman show

#MeToo, a one-woman show

Sex cults with fake feminism, pretend shamans, Burning Man, Lower East Side “nightclub photographers” and Tinder f*ck boys all make an appearance in this educational and hilari… 

Harriet Kemsley: Work in Progress

Harriet Kemsley: Work in Progress

Star of 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Live at the Apollo, Roast Battle, Hypothetical and the surveillance camera when she forgot to pay for petrol, Harriet’s at the Fringe for… 

Dazzling

Dazzling

Dazzling is a one-woman show following Alix, a quirky twenty-something living through the obligatory suffering which comes with discovering oneself, especially in the shadow of her… 

Corona Daze

Corona Daze

It is March 2020 and the public is demanding action against the coronavirus. 

Auto-Engrain: A One-Woman Show

Auto-Engrain: A One-Woman Show

Toxicity. 

Auto-Engrain: A One-Woman Show

Auto-Engrain: A One-Woman Show

Toxicity. 

A Funeral for My Friend Who Is Still Alive

A Funeral for My Friend Who Is Still Alive

‘Kasen Tsui’s work is not only a performance, but the embodiment of social memory and the spirit of humanity’ (Kuh Fei, the Hong Kong Theatre Libre). 

Alexander Klaus, the One-Legged Shoemaker Man

Alexander Klaus, the One-Legged Shoemaker Man

Sander Klaus is an underage soldier in America’s Civil War. 

Paul Brown Sings Rodgers and Hammerstein

Paul Brown Sings Rodgers and Hammerstein

Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote some of the finest songs for a golden age of musical theatre. 

An Evening of Mayhem with Megan Stalter

An Evening of Mayhem with Megan Stalter

Megan Stalter (incredible comedian, curious author, plus-size model) invites you for an evening of mischief and play. 

The Devil's Passion

The Devil's Passion

I thought I knew what to expect from The Devil’s Passion. 

Michael Shafar – Well Worth the Chemo

Michael Shafar – Well Worth the Chemo

One of Australia’s most exciting new comedians is coming to Edinburgh! You might know Michael Shafar from his debut special (A)Live on Amazon Prime or be one of the 70+ million peo… 

Luke Rollason: cheep cheep (WIP)

Luke Rollason: cheep cheep (WIP)

cheep cheep cheep cheep. 

Paul Brown Sings Andy Williams

Paul Brown Sings Andy Williams

Andy Williams was one of the world’s greatest light music entertainers and, in celebration of his legacy, Paul performs many of Andy’s biggest hits. 

Under a Lime Sky

Under a Lime Sky

Blackflowersstudio gallery presents drawings, paintings and sculpture from I Jordan’s early ‘Crow’ series. 

1st Dates: Asian Style

1st Dates: Asian Style

30. 

Nearly Lear

Nearly Lear

What if the great and tragic story of King Lear were to be told through the eyes of his closest companion? In this award-winning, one-woman tour-de-force, Susanna Hamnett plays the… 

Pete Searles: The Path to True Love (via Swindon)

Pete Searles: The Path to True Love (via Swindon)

After his much younger girlfriend leaves him for a better-looking, richer, more successful friend, Searles dissolves into a gibbering, chain-smoking, suicidal insomniac! In despera… 

Olga Koch: Prawn Cocktail

Olga Koch: Prawn Cocktail

Olga Koch turned 30, got a master’s degree, went on an adult gap year, got salmonella, lost herself, found herself and washed it all down with a delicious prawn cocktail. 

Gie's Peace

Gie's Peace

Gie’s Peace sees Morna Burdon take audiences on a journey of courage, creativity and resilience as she highlights women worldwide who have found daring, inventive, courageous way… 

On the Evils Of Tobacco

On the Evils Of Tobacco

On The Evils Of Tobacco is a bittersweet vaudevillian monologue in which a scientific lecture is hijacked by thoughts of domestic and marital misery. 

The Parliament of Poets

The Parliament of Poets

Apollo calls the poets of the nations, East and West, to assemble on the moon to consult on the meaning of modern life, teaching a universal celebration of life. 

Lo Siento Mi Espanol Es Tremendo Mal

Lo Siento Mi Espanol Es Tremendo Mal

Family, faith, and flan. 

A Trilogy: box.

A Trilogy: box.

How do you summarise a whole life? Is it in the knick knacks and curios we collect? Do the objects we surround ourselves with truly represent who we are inside? And even if you lov… 

Into the Ruins of Modernity

Into the Ruins of Modernity

Evokes and summons up the atrocities we human beings perpetrate on one another and affirms our deepest human capacities for cooperation and peace. 

Josh Pugh: Existin' La Vida Loca (Work In Progress)

Josh Pugh: Existin' La Vida Loca (Work In Progress)

Brand-new stand-up show from Edinburgh Award-nominated viral sensation Josh Pugh. 

Rachel Creeger: Ultimate Jewish Mother

Rachel Creeger: Ultimate Jewish Mother

Whether it’s a relationship problem, how to word a sensitive work email or the best way to cook a brisket, this Jewish mother has all the answers you need. 

Alistair Barrie: Woke in Progress

Alistair Barrie: Woke in Progress

‘The brilliantly topical Alistair Barrie, one of the UK’s sharpest comedians’ (Herald) returns to the Fringe with ‘an absolutely stunning hour of political comedy’ (Entertainment-N… 

Fiona Ridgewell: No-Nonsense

Fiona Ridgewell: No-Nonsense

The debut hour from Fiona Ridgewell. 

Lorraine Hoodless: Fuzzy Duck

Lorraine Hoodless: Fuzzy Duck

Party girl Lorraine is the first to order shots, start drinking games and make cocktails in the kitchen. 

The Weegies Have Stolen the One O'Clock Gun!

The Weegies Have Stolen the One O'Clock Gun!

When Edinburgh’s iconic One o’Clock Gun is stolen by shady Glaswegians only our hero Morningside Malcolm, quiet resident of the douce suburbs, can prevent strife and aggro between … 

What the Thunder Said

What the Thunder Said

When the particulars of your bespoke Waste Land reveal themselves, the least we can hope for is some practical advice in language we can understand… One woman’s encounter with TS… 

200 IQ Audience Only (No Munters)

200 IQ Audience Only (No Munters)

Burt Williamson, ‘hilarious at every turn’ **** (Scotsman), brings his debut hour of stand-up comedy to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in an unmissable comedic offering of offbeat o… 

Rob Duncan: Baby Trains

Rob Duncan: Baby Trains

Rob Duncan (from award-winning shows Legs, Logs and Jeremy Segway) presents an hour of professionally researched nonsense, featuring relatable topics including trains and babies. 

The Madwoman

The Madwoman

France 1817. 

Alastair Clark: Happy Ending

Alastair Clark: Happy Ending

Imagine Sartre did stand-up, but mainly about his dick. 

Stella Graham – Dragon

Stella Graham – Dragon

Enter the dragon! Or maybe don’t. 

Phil Green: Four Weddings and a Breakdown

Phil Green: Four Weddings and a Breakdown

After attending four weddings from four different generations last year, Phil finally figures out the reasons behind his breakdown a decade ago. 

Dave Cerwonka: Sex, Lies and Dog Walking

Dave Cerwonka: Sex, Lies and Dog Walking

The American comedian’s sophomore Fringe effort is a raw, unfiltered dive into sex, dating, relationships and his career as a professional dog walker. 

Chokeslam

Chokeslam

A knockout solo show about one woman’s love of pro wrestling. 

Did You Eat?

Did You Eat?

Writer and solo performer, Zoë Kim, leads the play, oscillating between Mother and Daughter, unraveling a candid semi-autobiographical story about our love languages and how we of… 

Unveiled

Unveiled

‘Would you rather be lost or fallen?’ In this erotic, fury-infused, modern-day revisioning of the legend of Salomé, psychology professor Ana Mozol powerfully stirs the depths of t… 

Too Big For Her Britches

Too Big For Her Britches

A hilarious and heartbreaking dark comedy driven by 20 characters and 11 original songs, in which the heroine, Luna, endeavours to disentangle herself from bad decisions and an ove… 

Mine: A New Solo Musical

Mine: A New Solo Musical

On a whim, a young businessman buys the deed to a ghost town in the California desert, hoping to turn it into a tourist attraction. 

Sherlock Holmes The Last Act

Sherlock Holmes The Last Act

With a plethora of Sherlock Holmes shows to catch at this year’s Fringe; our fascination with the super-sleuth showing no signs of abating. 

The Good Dad (A Love Story)

The Good Dad (A Love Story)

The whole family knew he was a good dad. 

Runaway

Runaway

Beyond Borders presents their debut play Runaway, a semi-biographical story wrapped in a generous coat of unapologetic humour, exploring themes of home, belonging and finding your … 

Breaking Up with Jesus

Breaking Up with Jesus

Getting out of a toxic relationship is hard, especially when you happen to be dating Jesus Christ. 

French Bashing by a Frenchman!

French Bashing by a Frenchman!

Fresh from Vietnam, a past colony of France for more than 100 years, comes an expat Parisian to give you a better perspective on the global epidemic: French Bashing. 

A Complete Idiot's Guide to New Zealand

A Complete Idiot's Guide to New Zealand

In this insider’s guide to his eccentric homeland, award-winning Kiwi comedian Sully O’Sullivan answers all the questions about New Zealand you didn’t know to ask in the first plac… 

Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me but Banjos Saved My Life

Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me but Banjos Saved My Life

This highly awarded, inspirational true story returns to Edinburgh after an exceptionally successful 2022 visit. 

A Trilogy: bag--

A Trilogy: bag--

Mix one of cup of Eat, Pray, Love with three tablespoons of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and you’ll get something a little like A Trilogy: bag—, one of three standalone shows … 

Jamali Maddix: Work in Progress

Jamali Maddix: Work in Progress

Jamali Maddix is working up a brand-new hour. 

Paul F Taylor: Head in the Clouds

Paul F Taylor: Head in the Clouds

Wonderfully absurd stand-up from a fool’s thinking man. 

Richard Pulsford: Short Joke Teller

Richard Pulsford: Short Joke Teller

Quality one-liners, puns and light-hearted jokes! UK Pun Championships winner 2022. 

Lear Alone

Lear Alone

Lear Alone uses just King Lear’s lines from the First Folio of Shakespeare’s tragedy to explore themes of loneliness, ageing and homelessness: a study of one man’s vulnerabilit… 

How to Find a Husband in 37 Years or Longer

How to Find a Husband in 37 Years or Longer

JJ Pyle finds herself accidentally, unfortunately, home for Christmas and stuck in this little truck with her dad in Indiana, where everything is surrounded by cornfields. 

Persephone

Persephone

‘I thought this Earth was dead, no stirring life, a pile of tinkering bones. 

Anthony Schuman: Failures in Fatherhood

Anthony Schuman: Failures in Fatherhood

Mistakes are bound to happen. 

Aude Lener – On Edge

Aude Lener – On Edge

For her first Fringe the French humourist Aude Lener tells her story in this intimate and hilarious tale and takes us into her world of unfiltered humour. 

Scent

Scent

Jamie, once a talented young sommelier, is on a downward spiral. 

Why Am I Like This?

Why Am I Like This?

Do you misplace your glasses so often that you now have six pairs so you aren’t trapped inside and half-blind? How often do you have the brilliant idea to paint your nails five min… 

Four Letter Word and Adrift

Four Letter Word and Adrift

Four Letter Word – a solo autobiographical account, presented by the performer’s vocals and self-written music, detailing her real life, raw to the bone, experience with domestic… 

David Kay 106%

David Kay 106%

Quirky, surreal, highly original stand-up. 

Tree Woman Tales

Tree Woman Tales

Holly Penfield’s eclectic collection of original songs is a heady fusion of blues, rock and pop. 

Cat Sh!t Crazy

Cat Sh!t Crazy

A personal trainer, aspiring actor and seriously hot mess, Cindy has unresolved mommy issues, childhood trauma and makes horrible choices in men. 

KING

KING

Olivier and triple Fringe First-winning Fishamble’s KING, by Herald Archangel winner Pat Kinevane, tells the story of Luther, a man from Cork named in honour of his Granny Bee Ba… 

This Time Next Year

This Time Next Year

‘This time next year at the Oscars, Cairine!’ But, what if next year never actually comes? From internationally acclaimed personal assistant and actress who has never actually acte… 

The Trials of Galileo

The Trials of Galileo

In 1634, Galileo is ordered to stand trial for heresy. 

What Can Indian Look Like?

What Can Indian Look Like?

A two-part show exploring Natasha and Shaharah’s under-represented Indian identities, navigating diaspora, discrimination, and coming of age to find what Indian can mean and look l… 

Man of the Century

Man of the Century

Jay Sodagar returns with his brand-new stand-up show. 

Vix Leyton: Antihero

Vix Leyton: Antihero

Welsh comedian and popular podcaster (The Comedy Arcade) Vix Leyton has the gift of affability. 

Coor Cohen: Ignorant American

Coor Cohen: Ignorant American

Coor Cohen is an American stand-up comic who was born in the North and raised in the Deep South. 

Two Cats on a Date

Two Cats on a Date

Tragically weird. 

Dibubuísmos

Dibubuísmos

Dibubuismo, by the poet Paes Loureiro is letting the spirit work in its daydreams, while the body rests floating, ‘dibubuia in the river’. 

Breaking Open

Breaking Open

Why would a woman leave her career as the lead singer of a multi-platinum band? Was it fate, family, or something else? When she hears a compelling voice within her closet, urging … 

I'm Positive!

I'm Positive!

I’m Positive! is the comical journey of Geena Andrews and her life with an STI. 

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

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

Janitor/Manager: Inspired by the expression ‘If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere’, Sean Conrad booked a one-way flight to NYC to become a stand-up comedian and quickl… 

Hi Ho Hi Ho, It's Off To Work I Go

Hi Ho Hi Ho, It's Off To Work I Go

In this biographical burlesque, a confessional cabaret, Phillipe will sing and dance you through his boyhood on the Broadway stage, teenage nights in the discos of Hollywood, 20 ye… 

American Man

American Man

Country-rock crooner Sebastian Saint performs a selection of songs exploring what it means to be an American man while sharing intimate stories about life, loss, addiction, sex, an… 

Square Peg

Square Peg

This intensely personal show is a fascinating performance with hints of a lecture about it and a suggestion that it is really an audience, in this case with Simeon Morris, as he in… 

A Funeral for My Friend Who Is Still Alive

A Funeral for My Friend Who Is Still Alive

‘Kasen Tsui’s work is not only a performance, but the embodiment of social memory and the spirit of humanity’ (Kuh Fei, the Hong Kong Theatre Libre). 

Optimistic: Elizabeth Holmes

Optimistic: Elizabeth Holmes

Elizabeth Holmes claims her biotechnology will revolutionise medicine – and people believe her. 

That is the Question

That is the Question

Using some of Shakespeare’s best-loved works, Annie Lightbody explores the traumatic events of 2020 and connects them to her own personal story of crisis and reinvention. 

Awake and Narcoleptic with Sarah Albritton

Awake and Narcoleptic with Sarah Albritton

Wake up to the World Premiere of this raw, funny, and poignant solo show from narcoleptic comedian Sarah Albritton, host of the podcast Sleeping with Sarah. 

Fit Ye Sayin' Quine?

Fit Ye Sayin' Quine?

Fit Ye Sayin’ Quine? (what are you saying girl?) finds Ava, seemingly alone, in her Grannies cottage on the north-east coast of Scotland. 

Bang

Bang

Bang is a monologue delivered by the apparition of Joan Vollmer, immediately after she was shot by William Burroughs, her common-law husband, in Mexico City in 1951. 

Tales of a Jane Austen Spinster

Tales of a Jane Austen Spinster

When a Jane Austen heroine, unlucky in love, finds herself thrown into the modern world of dating, she must set aside her customs and expectations to brave this new world of courts… 

The Strongest Girl in the World

The Strongest Girl in the World

‘The best job in life is to be the father of a daughter. 

F*ckboy Fairytales

F*ckboy Fairytales

Watch Eleanor’s love life unfold, as she escapes the grasp of her ex-boyfriend and finds liberation in the dating game. 

Einstein! – Celebrating 100 Years of General Relativity

Einstein! – Celebrating 100 Years of General Relativity

It’s Berlin 1914, a younger, pre-crazy-haired Albert Einstein awaits news from an eclipse expedition that will prove his theory of general relativity. 

That's Plenty!

That's Plenty!

Pete Giffen is one of the fastest-growing stars in Irish comedy. 

Bad Blood: A One-Man Musical

Bad Blood: A One-Man Musical

A young man visits his dying father in the ICU and uncovers a shocking revelation: his father’s secret second family. 

Collar

Collar

‘So, I’ve decided to become a Golden Retriever. 

Coconut

Coconut

Written as a love letter to brown girls, Coconut is a one-act, one-actor play that tells the story of a slightly lost, slightly confused, incredibly chaotic brown girl doing things… 

Hi Ho Hi Ho, It's Off To Work I Go

Hi Ho Hi Ho, It's Off To Work I Go

In this biographical burlesque, a confessional cabaret, Phillipe will sing and dance you through his boyhood on the Broadway stage, teenage nights in the discos of Hollywood, 20 ye… 

Awake and Narcoleptic with Sarah Albritton

Awake and Narcoleptic with Sarah Albritton

Wake up to the World Premiere of this raw, funny, and poignant solo show from narcoleptic comedian Sarah Albritton, host of the podcast Sleeping with Sarah. 

Robin Grainger: An Audient with Robin Grainger

Robin Grainger: An Audient with Robin Grainger

With only one ticket sold on opening night last Fringe, ‘it was every good thing it should be’ (Kate Copstick, Scotsman). 

Gareth Waugh – Wouldni Be Me

Gareth Waugh – Wouldni Be Me

The adventures and hilarious mishaps of a new dad. 

Becoming Virgin

Becoming Virgin

Heavily influenced by his alter ego Quentin Crisp, seasoned raconteur Robert Inston charts family, career, education and domestic nightmares – aspects of how their lives converge… 

Eva Bindeman: Semi Killer

Eva Bindeman: Semi Killer

Eva Bindeman has made it to every comedy semi-final there is and absolutely no further. 

Angus Coutts – Short King

Angus Coutts – Short King

There’s a new king in town, and his name is Angus Coutts. 

Eric Rushton: Not That Deep

Eric Rushton: Not That Deep

Best New Show Nominee 2023 (Leicester Comedy Festival). 

Michael Shafar – Well Worth the Chemo

Michael Shafar – Well Worth the Chemo

One of Australia’s most exciting new comedians is coming to Edinburgh! You might know Michael Shafar from his debut special (A)Live on Amazon Prime or be one of the 70+ million peo… 

Stuart Goldsmith: Spoilers

Stuart Goldsmith: Spoilers

Stuart is terrified of the climate crisis, but no-one he knows ever mentions it, so it must be fine. 

Rachel Morton-Young: Organised Chaos

Rachel Morton-Young: Organised Chaos

Raising kids is tough; add to the mix puberty, cultural differences and a complicated language, topped with questionable organisational skills and the comedy show writes itself! Aw… 

Gaslighting Is My Love Language

Gaslighting Is My Love Language

Gaslighting Is My Love Language by Fielding Edlow (Bojack Horseman) is about an intimacy-avoidant woman who just wanted a boyfriend but ended up in a 13-year marriage/light hostage… 

Laura Davis: Well Don't Just Stand There Dancing

Laura Davis: Well Don't Just Stand There Dancing

With the brash vocals of an Australian zookeeper addressing an unruly tour group, Davis commands the room, immediately taking charge with her distinct brand of offbeat comedy. 

Molly

Molly

Molly works at Greggs. 

AMJ: Adder

AMJ: Adder

After a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe last year with his show Entertainer, comedian AMJ is back with his new show, Adder. 

Raising Kane

Raising Kane

In 1941 a precocious young upstart of New York’s glittering theatre scene tried his hand at making a movie and accidentally created the greatest motion picture of all time. 

Cerys Bradley: Not Overthinking Things 2019

Cerys Bradley: Not Overthinking Things 2019

Did Cerys cause their parents’ divorce? Did they just make that interaction really awkward? Is a new year’s resolution ever going to be enough to fix their personality? In this sur… 

Madeleine Hamilton: Piping Hot

Madeleine Hamilton: Piping Hot

Madeleine Hamilton is bringing Piping Hot to the Fringe after a sold-out run in Los Angeles. 

Elliot Steel: Love and Hate Speech

Elliot Steel: Love and Hate Speech

Comedy’s best nepo baby (and there’s a lot) returns. 

Adele Cliff Can Break Your Arm

Adele Cliff Can Break Your Arm

Adele’s back, funnier and more dangerous than ever! Leicester Comedy Festival Best New Show nominee (2023). 

Jarred Christmas: Silly Billy

Jarred Christmas: Silly Billy

Award-winning New Zealand comedian; master of interaction, consummate raconteur. 

Alison Skilbeck's Uncommon Ground

Alison Skilbeck's Uncommon Ground

A play about six wildly different people, coping and connecting during one year on the Common, telling their unexpected tales of love, life, death and downright dottiness, while a … 

Ahir Shah: Ends

Ahir Shah: Ends

Double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Ahir Shah returns to the Fringe with ENDS: a show about family, immigration, marriage, history, politics, and beans. 

2 Slut Drops and a Chicken Burger – Kirsty Munro

2 Slut Drops and a Chicken Burger – Kirsty Munro

Slut drop it like it’s hot! Join award-winning comedian Kirsty Munro, as she chats about sexy times, nights out and prosecco-fuelled confidence. 

Ollie Horn: Not Much

Ollie Horn: Not Much

Following a sell-out 12-country tour for his critically-acclaimed 2021 show, one of the UK’s most exciting storytellers is back with a candid new hour about the remarkable unimport… 

Whisk(e)y Wars

Whisk(e)y Wars

Whisk(e)y Wars: ‘Hypnotic enough to stop time itself’ ***** (EdFringeReview. 

Richard Stott: Dear Lord… What A Sad Little Life

Richard Stott: Dear Lord… What A Sad Little Life

If you got that reference you can be our friend… Dave’s Jokes Of The Fringe 2019 runner-up is totally fine with how things are going. 

Abi Clarke: Try Hard (Work in Progress)

Abi Clarke: Try Hard (Work in Progress)

Stand-up comedian, social media star and ultimate try-hard Abi Clarke performs new material in an intimate venue, developing her highly anticipated debut show. 

Stay Big and Go Get 'Em

Stay Big and Go Get 'Em

At times hard to follow and at others uniquely resonant, Maggie Widdoes’ one-woman show Stay Big and Go Get ‘Em is the perfect example of how the Fringe brings what you least e… 

The Anti Self-Help Show

The Anti Self-Help Show

Good things will happen. 

All About Philosophy in 100 Jokes

All About Philosophy in 100 Jokes

What happens when a philosopher and a comedian come into a bar? In this case, a long night of drinking alone. 

Noam Shuster Eliassi: Coexistence My A**

Noam Shuster Eliassi: Coexistence My A**

An international Jewish comedian in a new solo show. 

Rizal Van Geyzel: Arrested

Rizal Van Geyzel: Arrested

Rizal Van Geyzel (as seen on Comedy Central Asia) was put in jail for telling jokes about his Islamic heritage. 

Matt Price: As Seen on CCTV

Matt Price: As Seen on CCTV

A hilarious and life-affirming story about how one free session with a life coach and a death threat changed Matt Price’s perspective on everything. 

Alex Farrow: Wisdom of the Crowd

Alex Farrow: Wisdom of the Crowd

How can you be yourself when others are watching? Wisdom of the Crowd is the new stand-up comedy show in 2023 from former philosophy teacher Alex Farrow. 

Glenn Moore: Will You Still Need Me, Will You Still Feed Me, Glenn I'm Sixty Moore

Glenn Moore: Will You Still Need Me, Will You Still Feed Me, Glenn I'm Sixty Moore

‘The best showcase of pure joke-writing skill on the Fringe’ **** (Guardian). 

Mark Row: A* in the Making

Mark Row: A* in the Making

After 17 years teaching, Mark Row longs to escape the barrage of inane questions, the endless carousel of uninspiring lessons and the attitudes of kids that stinks worse than their… 

Jacob Storms' Tennessee Rising: The Dawn of Tennessee Williams

Jacob Storms' Tennessee Rising: The Dawn of Tennessee Williams

We all know Tennessee Williams the playwright, but the man behind the plays has faded somewhat into the background. 

No One Is Coming

No One Is Coming

‘A love letter to my mother that I’ll never send. 

David Ellis – The Worst Jew

David Ellis – The Worst Jew

David Ellis is a terrible Jew. 

Scream Inside Your Heart

Scream Inside Your Heart

Join award-winning comedian Kathryn Mather in this slightly dark, slightly whimsical show about finding love and finding yourself against the backdrop of the pandemic. 

Michael Kunze: Infinity Mirror

Michael Kunze: Infinity Mirror

Success. 

The Coil's Lament

The Coil's Lament

Síomha is in her celibate era. 

Pleasure Little Treasure

Pleasure Little Treasure

It’s the year 1991; the Soviet Union has collapsed and everyone is ready for a new start. 

Looking for Giants

Looking for Giants

‘It’s the familiarity of herself, somehow, that she sees reflected in his eyes. 

The Way Way Deep

The Way Way Deep

Following the award-winning, sell-out festival hits, The Man and Colossal, Patrick McPherson’s new play The Way Way Deep debuts in Edinburgh. 

Sofie Hagen: Banglord

Sofie Hagen: Banglord

U up? ;) xx 

Marmalade

Marmalade

Thao almost died on a bus, almost died on a refugee boat and almost died of embarrassment after drinking seven ciders on an empty stomach. 

Manifest Destiny's Child

Manifest Destiny's Child

I don’t think you can ever go wrong watching a Guy Masterson production in the Assembly Rooms. 

22*

22*

New Year, new you! Come laugh with Brooke, as she trips and falls trying to make our world a better place, fighting Spacetime continuum, economy, patriarchy, fertility, generations… 

My Dad Wears a Dress

My Dad Wears a Dress

A one-woman show about growing up with a trans female parent, written and performed by Maria Telnikoff. 

Picasso: Le Monstre Sacré

Picasso: Le Monstre Sacré

An uncompromising portrait of Pablo Picasso by Terry D’Alfonso. 

Amy Wright – Live in Consett

Amy Wright – Live in Consett

North-East comedian Amy Wright is going up in the world, even if technically she’s come down. 

Twinkle

Twinkle

Arriving at his latest theatre, long-standing pantomime dame Harold Thropp finds that he’s been moved to a dilapidated dressing room. 

MEAT

MEAT

MEAT is an electrifying roar of fury, a rallying cry of protest and unifying celebration of strength packed with heroism and heart. 

Tom GK: Chemodian

Tom GK: Chemodian

Think there’s no humour in tumours? Former Daily Telegraph music critic Tom GK (as heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra) is celebrating a decade of treatment at Guy’s and St Thomas’s Chemoth… 

Rosie Holt: That's Politainment!

Rosie Holt: That's Politainment!

The worse the political career, the more lucrative the subsequent entertainment opportunities. 

Freya Parker: It Ain't Easy Being Cheeky

Freya Parker: It Ain't Easy Being Cheeky

Are you a little cheeky guy? Interested in the lifestyle? Come and join Freya as she navigates the struggles of trying to remain cheeky when it’s raining trauma. 

Tamsyn Kelly: Crying in TK Maxx

Tamsyn Kelly: Crying in TK Maxx

When working class, Cornish comedian Tamsyn Kelly (BBC New Comedy Awards, Comedy Central Live), discovers footage of her estranged father in a Channel 4 documentary, she’s forced t… 

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

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

Robin’s first solo show was a disaster, but a disaster that ended with him punching a melon with Vernon Kay’s face drawn on it before singing Mustang Sally (still no cruise shi… 

Tatty Macleod: Fugue

Tatty Macleod: Fugue

Better known as, That French TikTok Lady, Tatty Macleod has gained a huge online following thanks to her hilarious and astute observations of French and British culture. 

Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson

Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson

Chris Grace, Chinese-American character best known for playing Jerry on Superstore, portrays the greatest living Asian actor Scarlett Johansson through comedy, theatre, stand-up an… 

Amy Matthews: I Feel Like I'm Made of Spiders

Amy Matthews: I Feel Like I'm Made of Spiders

Amy Matthews’ I Feel Like I’m Made of Spiders is a stand-up comedy with an edge. 

Tom Moran is a Big Fat Filthy Disgusting Liar

Tom Moran is a Big Fat Filthy Disgusting Liar

What’s the worst lie you’ve told? How far would you go to keep it a secret? Tom is a charismatic people-pleaser, an expert in empathy, but someone who struggles with the truth. 

Bridget Christie: Who Am I?

Bridget Christie: Who Am I?

The Taskmaster favourite and star of The Change is hot, but not in a good way. 

Almost Adult

Almost Adult

Packed into a very small room on Chambers Street, Almost Adult certainly didn’t win the venue lottery, but once settled into your seat Charlotte Anne-Tilley’s protagonist Hope … 

Eme Essien: Fine Print

Eme Essien: Fine Print

Ever wonder sometimes, is my life really this sad? Why’s my credit rating so bad? And who drank the last of my oat milk, now I’m mad! These are just some of the things Eme expl… 

Aaron Simmonds: Baby Steps

Aaron Simmonds: Baby Steps

Aaron has been doing stand-up comedy without standing up for eight years now, and it’s time for that to change! So he’s attempting to do something he’s never done before. 

A Manchester Anthem
BOBBY WINNER

A Manchester Anthem

Making its Fringe debut after winning VAULT Festival ‘Show Of The Week Award’ and Pleasance ‘Pick of the VAULT Award’, Manchester Anthem has been restaged from the linear L… 

Fiona Allen: On The Run

Fiona Allen: On The Run

Double Emmy Award winner and star of Smack The Pony is doing her first ever show. 

Alice Fraser: Twist

Alice Fraser: Twist

Having never seen Alice Fraser before, I was apprehensive about what to expect from her comedy. 

Geraldine Hickey: Of Course We've Got Horses

Geraldine Hickey: Of Course We've Got Horses

Join the winner of Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s Best Show Award – Geraldine Hickey as she shares stories about acknowledging and enjoying new-found privileges, like … 

Spin Cycles

Spin Cycles

Time to sweat out the sadness: Spin Cycles gives a cathartic look into why we search for something deeper when the inconceivable happens to us. 

Juliette Burton: No Brainer

Juliette Burton: No Brainer

Juliette Burton opens her new show, No Brainer, clad in a t-shirt emblazoned with the typically Burtonesque "Brains are the new tits". 

William Thompson: The Hand You're Dealt

William Thompson: The Hand You're Dealt

William Thompson (BBC New Comedy Awards finalist 2021, as seen and heard on Dave, Channel 4 and BBC Scotland) is a rising star from Belfast. 

Nabil Abdulrashid: The Purple Pill

Nabil Abdulrashid: The Purple Pill

With Purple Pill, Nabil Abdulrashid takes to the stage, promising an intriguing dive into comedy through the multifaceted lens of the comedian himself. 

This Is Not A Play (It's A Pathetic Cry For Help)

This Is Not A Play (It's A Pathetic Cry For Help)

“This is not a play,” we’re told. 

Sophia Cleary: It Gets Worse

Sophia Cleary: It Gets Worse

It Gets Worse is a raw, comedic exploration about the horrors of being in relationships, specifically with oneself. 

Breakup Addict

Breakup Addict

Breakup Addict depicts the journey of a woman who hits rock bottom after having two simultaneous crash-and-burn relationships with unavailable men. 

SHOWSTOPPER

SHOWSTOPPER

Extremely famous Hollywood actress Isabel Klein showcases her jaw-dropping talent in her debut solo show. 

How to Write a Eulogy That Kills

How to Write a Eulogy That Kills

From a producer on Silicon Valley and Beavis and Butt-head comes an irreverent true story about belly dance, cancer, fiddling, beekeeping, and a psychotic deathbed wish. 

Dan Rath: All Quiet Carriage Along the Inner Western Line

Dan Rath: All Quiet Carriage Along the Inner Western Line

If you do meal prep and watch Ted Lasso you’re typical. 

Buff

Buff

The Edinburgh Fringe is increasingly awash with solo shows – primarily because of spiralling accommodation costs. 

Satan vs God

Satan vs God

Lucifer, fallen angel, begs God’s forgiveness. 

Eden Sher: I Was On A Sitcom

Eden Sher: I Was On A Sitcom

A show about finding out who you are when your TV show ends and your “real life” begins. 

Split Lip

Split Lip

Ginava just can’t seem to get their head straight. 

Île

Île

Île, by award-winning writer/actor/comedian Sophie Joans, from Cape Town, South Africa, takes you on a fast and funny excavation of her maternal roots on the island, Mauritius. 

Nan, Me and Barbara Pravi

Nan, Me and Barbara Pravi

In 2021, Hannah Maxwell moved back to the Home Counties to care for her recently bereaved grandmother. 

Sapan Verma: Shame on Me

Sapan Verma: Shame on Me

Catch India’s stand-up star Sapan Verma live for the first time at the Edinburgh Fringe. 

Man Shed

Man Shed

How does a man find his purpose when he grows older and all the major life events come thick and fast? Should he retire to the solitude of The Shed as usual and escape from the wor… 

Urooj Ashfaq: Oh No!

Urooj Ashfaq: Oh No!

Urooj is an Indian stand-up who hails from a tiny, unknown city called Mumbai. 

Shadow Boxing

Shadow Boxing

Daniel Newton stars in Shadow Boxing, directed by Mdu Kweyama and written by James Gaddas, a heavy-hitting one-man show coming to the Fringe this year. 

One Room Sleep One Night

One Room Sleep One Night

The sold-out NYC hit from award-winning actor Grant Lancaster comes to Fringe! Follow Grant on an outrageous journey home from the mountains of Thailand, all while handling an undi… 

Kelly McCaughan: Catholic Guilt

Kelly McCaughan: Catholic Guilt

NYC/Philly-based comedian Kelly McCaughan (HBO, Apple TV+) presents Catholic Guilt. 

Celya AB: Second Rodeo

Celya AB: Second Rodeo

Celya AB’s Second Rodeo is a patchwork quilt of jokes, as she moves on from the subject of hating on England - although since we’re in Scotland, such jokes are more than welcom… 

Me, Myself and Mary (Queen of Scots)

Me, Myself and Mary (Queen of Scots)

From award-winning writer Raymond Friel, Me, Myself and Mary (Queen of Scots) is a one-woman play with a cast of thousands! Join citizen historian and proud Shetlander Mary Fraser … 

Hannah Camilleri: Lolly Bag

Hannah Camilleri: Lolly Bag

Melbourne-born and based but cosmopolitan at heart, Hannah flies to Edinburgh for the very first time to give you a taste of her funny little bag o’ sketch comedy sweets. 

Biswa Kalyan Rath: Live

Biswa Kalyan Rath: Live

One of the most established comedians in India, Biswa brings his trademark observational comedy to the Edinburgh Fringe for the very first time. 

Looking for Fun?

Looking for Fun?

Navigating growing up gay in a straight world, Looking for fun? explores overcoming gay shame, queer nightlife and dealing with the agony of online gay dating. 

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

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

Following 2022’s sell-out Edinburgh run, cult-comedy icon Patti Harrison (I Think You Should Leave, The Lost City) returns with an hour of comedy that refuses to be categorized. 

Maggie Crane: Side by Side

Maggie Crane: Side by Side

Side by Side is a gripping and profound comedy show about Maggie Crane’s childhood jealousy of her brother’s disability. 

Spin

Spin

Right here. 

Sunsets

Sunsets

Welcome to this live episode of the podcast! Well, sort of. 

Caspar Thomas: The Art of Close-Up Magic

Caspar Thomas: The Art of Close-Up Magic

Stunning magic. 

Cecilia Delatori: Rock Spinster

Cecilia Delatori: Rock Spinster

Silver Stand-Up 2023 winner, Fringe First winner (Tonight I’m Entertaining Richard Gere) and Airbnb’s five-star ‘gem of a guest’, Cecilia Delatori brings her debut full-length musi… 

iCON

iCON

The world is in crisis and so is Sian Clarke. 

Jordan Brookes: Snakes for Cats to Watch (Work in Progress)

Jordan Brookes: Snakes for Cats to Watch (Work in Progress)

A while back, I found a video online of an animated snake crawling, made for entertaining cats. 

WONDER DRUG: A Comedy About Cystic Fibrosis

WONDER DRUG: A Comedy About Cystic Fibrosis

Charlie has cystic fibrosis, a condition that causes a build-up of mucus. 

James Rowland: Piece of Work

James Rowland: Piece of Work

James has been touring his storytelling theatre shows for half his adult life. 

Josh Pugh: Existin' La Vida Loca (Work In Progress)

Josh Pugh: Existin' La Vida Loca (Work In Progress)

Brand-new stand-up show from Edinburgh Award-nominated viral sensation Josh Pugh. 

Micky Overman: The Precipice

Micky Overman: The Precipice

Micky Overman’s The Precipice is an in-depth look into the concept of motherhood and the role a mother plays in society, and pursues this subject with carefully structured jokes … 

Priya Hall: Grandmother’s Daughter

Priya Hall: Grandmother’s Daughter

There is just something so wholesome about Priya Hall’s Grandmother’s Daughter. 

Olga Koch: Prawn Cocktail

Olga Koch: Prawn Cocktail

Every time I leave one of Olga Koch’s shows, my notes are filled with snippets of advice or wisdom that she imparts in the guise of a comedy hour. 

Tom Ballard: It is I

Tom Ballard: It is I

Tom Ballard’s It Is I is a bubbly and smugly riotous hour full of puns and political commentary. 

Stuart McPherson: Love That For Me

Stuart McPherson: Love That For Me

A bit of a crazy, hazy time for Stu this year. 

Josie Long: Re-Enchantment

Josie Long: Re-Enchantment

‘After defeat, re-enchantment is necessary’, said Lola Olufemi. 

Tom Rosenthal: Manhood

Tom Rosenthal: Manhood

Despite everything that’s happened, Tom is still talking about his penis. 

Melting Pot

Melting Pot

Good people do bad things and bad people do good things. 

The Six Stages of a Break-Up

The Six Stages of a Break-Up

A world comedic debut, one-woman show written by and starring Anaïs Gralpois. 

I'm F*cking My Agent

I'm F*cking My Agent

A play about consent, castings and cappuccinos. 

Whispers

Whispers

Living in repressed times when choosing your husband wasn’t a right but a rare privilege, PM Jones finds herself trapped in a loveless marriage. 

Pat Cahill: Work in Progress

Pat Cahill: Work in Progress

My WIP will likely include songs about buying a Pritt Stick, sleepy eyes and absolutely loads of double entendres if I have my way. 

Monoslogue

Monoslogue

A moving one-woman show about the trials and tribulations of living with chronic pain. 

Toby Isaacs: Existence is Futile

Toby Isaacs: Existence is Futile

Toby, an unambitious 30-something wants to make the world a better place, but takes umbrage at most of its citizens because he doesn’t have a pension. 

Peter Fleming's Woefully Inaccurate History of the BBC

Peter Fleming's Woefully Inaccurate History of the BBC

Warped telly nostalgia from award-winning character comedian Tom Burgess. 

Wreckage

Wreckage

Gangs of London star Andrew Laithwaite returns to the Fringe for the first time in a decade for his singer-songwriter debut as Laith Andrews, in an intimate journey of love and los… 

Church Girl, Interrupted

Church Girl, Interrupted

Stand-up, sarcasm and uncomfortable confessions combine in this true story about life as a Jesus girl. 

Dreamsick

Dreamsick

‘I think I might be ill. 

Jimmy Mack Follies

Jimmy Mack Follies

McKenzie presents a stage act of performing alter egos. 

Hyenas!

Hyenas!

Hyenas! won Pick of the Fringe at Edinburgh Fringe 2021 and is a dark comedy jaw dropper. 

Bex's Chainsaw Moussaka

Bex's Chainsaw Moussaka

There’ll be no deep storytelling, no moral messages at the end but there might just be quick-fire jokes, wordplay, characters, impressions and if you’re lucky some meaty layers b… 

American Sex Brain

American Sex Brain

A hilarious and edgy stand-up hour that examines what it’s like to see the world through cum-tinted glasses. 

Richard Wright: Into The Wright-Verse

Richard Wright: Into The Wright-Verse

Every universe has an Edinburgh Fringe but the multiverse is collapsing. 

Katie Mitchell: She Festers

Katie Mitchell: She Festers

Fantasy, escapism, stand-up comedy. 

The Invisible Woman is Not Invisible, She’s Merely Over 50

The Invisible Woman is Not Invisible, She’s Merely Over 50

Charlotte Palmer turned 50. 

Amy Gledhill: The Girl Before The Girl You Marry

Amy Gledhill: The Girl Before The Girl You Marry

Intranet sensation Amy Gledhill (1/3 of cult double act The Delightful Sausage) makes her Fringe debut with a show about resilience and dancing. 

Tim Key: Mulberry

Tim Key: Mulberry

Tim Key (Alan Partridge, The Witchfinder, Tim Key’s Late Night Poetry Programme) is back with an all-new show. 

The Azure Sky in Oz, Yellow and Special – Free

The Azure Sky in Oz, Yellow and Special – Free

This powerful, funny and unflinching drama is about two real-life Florida women whose lives are profoundly changed by their immersion in the world of the other-abled. 

Eleanor Conway: Talk Dirty to Me

Eleanor Conway: Talk Dirty to Me

Following her first US tour and millions of views over lockdown for her blunt takes on dating and being a child-free badass, this award-winning stand-up is back with a sex-positive… 

Paul Brown Sings Andy Williams

Paul Brown Sings Andy Williams

Paul Brown Sings Andy Williams is a solo acoustic concert showcasing many of Andy Williams’ greatest hits. 

Alice Cockayne: Attention Needed

Alice Cockayne: Attention Needed

Attention Needed is a fearless ride through stupidity and chaos. 

Bob Doolally Live and Half-Cut in Qatar

Bob Doolally Live and Half-Cut in Qatar

He’s the man who put the foot into football. 

Dave Johns: A Comic's Tale

Dave Johns: A Comic's Tale

Spending well over half his life as a much-loved stand-up comic, the award-winning star of Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake returns to Edinburgh for one last time with the show he’s alw… 

Tickbox

Tickbox

How did a Pakistani family cope when arriving in cold and wet Scotland? Like many migrants they used food to make friends. 

Darren McGarvey’s The Social Distance Between Us – Live

Darren McGarvey’s The Social Distance Between Us – Live

If all the best people are in all the best jobs, why is Britain such a f*cking bin fire? Orwell prize-winning author, BAFTA nominated broadcaster and celebrated hip-hop artist Darr… 

Sense of Centre

Sense of Centre

Sense of Centre is a moving dance solo from award-winning choreographer Jack Webb. 

And

And

And is a tribute to all that has graced this earth. 

Liz Kingsman: One-Woman Show

Liz Kingsman: One-Woman Show

The Guardian’s #1 Comedy Show of 2021 comes to the Fringe for a limited run. 

Nikki Lowe: Nongenue

Nikki Lowe: Nongenue

Nikki Lowe: Nongenue is the answer to the question: what happens when the supportive fat friend finally gets her own show? Actress and comedian Nikki Lowe takes audiences on a hila… 

Aalex Mandel-Dallal: Let She Be and Friends

Aalex Mandel-Dallal: Let She Be and Friends

Aalex had a breakdown so you don’t have to. 

Eshaan Akbar

Eshaan Akbar

As seen on Mock The Week, QI and others, Eshaan Akbar comes to Edinburgh for 13 nights only. 

Dog / Actor

Dog / Actor

Two hilarious and explosive plays written by Steven Berkoff, performed back-to-back by the same actor. 

By the Light of the Moon

By the Light of the Moon

We find Lila alone in a hospital for the criminally insane in 1928. 

Around the World Backwards

Around the World Backwards

Travel – always exciting, especially when the man of your dreams pops up to join you. 

Lost Voice Guy: Cerebral LOLsy

Lost Voice Guy: Cerebral LOLsy

Following a sell-out UK tour, Lost Voice Guy returns to Edinburgh with his brand-new show. 

Caitlin

Caitlin

Before Dylan Thomas died at the tender age of 39, he and his bohemian wife, Caitlin, binged and brawled their way round the bars of Britain in the 1930s and 40s. 

Stand Up, Weather Girl!

Stand Up, Weather Girl!

The role of the weather girl is one of the most iconic in the TV landscape. 

Paddy Goes to Petra

Paddy Goes to Petra

Rural Ireland meets the Middle East when Paddy, a proud Irish man, loses his lust for life after a family tragedy. 

Wild Son: The Testimony of Christian Brando

Wild Son: The Testimony of Christian Brando

Set under the white-hot glare of Hollywood and celebrity, Wild Son is the story of Marlon Brando’s troubled, headline-making son… in his own words. 

Kill The Frippery

Kill The Frippery

A brand-new stand-up show from David Watson about getting rid of the things that hold you back, which would be: vanity, pastry and Twitter. 

Val from Anfield

Val from Anfield

After months of fighting to save her home from developers, Val has finally conceded. 

Bob Doolally Live and Half-Cut in Qatar

Bob Doolally Live and Half-Cut in Qatar

He’s the man who put the foot into football. 

SAY IF IT'S NOT OKAY

SAY IF IT'S NOT OKAY

Darkly comedic one-woman show about our natural inclination to go with the flow. 

Shakespeare's Fool

Shakespeare's Fool

William ‘Cavaliero’ Kempe was one of the finest performers of the Elizabethan age. 

Don't Ask Don't Get, Baby

Don't Ask Don't Get, Baby

Alice has always been told she was special, but as she reaches adolescence she can’t help but think it’s just a nicer word for different. 

Sarah Sherman

Sarah Sherman

Hailing all the way from the bright lights of New York, Sarah Sherman’s self-described horror comedy show - with the emphasis on the horror - is incredibly ghastly and overly gra… 

Pip Utton is Adolf

Pip Utton is Adolf

Directed by Guy Masterson. 

Sunsets

Sunsets

Welcome to this live episode of the podcast! Well, sort of. 

Horsepower

Horsepower

Not all shows have clarity of meaning or purpose yet they still retain a certain charm. 

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

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

Our biggest problem is one we don’t know we have. 

Wreckage

Wreckage

Gangs of London star Andrew Laithwaite returns to the Fringe for the first time in a decade for his singer-songwriter debut as Laith Andrews, in an intimate journey of love and los… 

The One TEEN Show

The One TEEN Show

A Sri Lankan teenager’s quest to stage a live theatre show amidst post-AL angst, a pandemic and a country in crisis, told through a comedic, musical and dramatic multi-character … 

Edward Aczel: Artificial Intellect and Other Ideas

Edward Aczel: Artificial Intellect and Other Ideas

Anti-comedy legend of BBC New Comedy Awards and Jimmy Carr’s Comedy Idol fame. 

Angelos Epithemiou: Can I Just Show You What I've Got?

Angelos Epithemiou: Can I Just Show You What I've Got?

Angelos is here standing in front of people for about seven days, maybe more if he can get time off at the stables. 

Jacqueline Novak: Get on Your Knees

Jacqueline Novak: Get on Your Knees

The most high-brow show about blow jobs you’ll ever see. 

Good Enough

Good Enough

The hilarious and profound emotional roller-coaster true story of renowned storyteller, Ted McGrath. 

5 Finger$

5 Finger$

Want to know why they call me 5 Fingers? An absurdist play exploring a petty thief’s self journey. 

Neil Frost: Nan's House of Fun

Neil Frost: Nan's House of Fun

What’s just happened in the corridor? A comedy inspired by childhood dreams and final goodbyes. 

One Single Thread

One Single Thread

One Single Thread is a form-bending character and sketch “solo-ish” show written by NYC comedian Lauren Gamiel, featuring Slaney Rose Jordan. 

Bulletproof Unicorn

Bulletproof Unicorn

Texas, July 2021. 

Almost 13

Almost 13

Almost 13 is a highly thoughtful and at times disturbing portrayal of the childhood experiences of a young girl growing up in Brooklyn, New York. 

Clara: Sex, Love and Classical Music

Clara: Sex, Love and Classical Music

Clara tells the story of 19th century piano star Clara Schumann. 

A Young Girl's Guide to Madness

A Young Girl's Guide to Madness

Have you ever felt isolated and confused about the world? Surrounded by judgement, pressure and horrifically high beauty standards, Jess confesses her innermost thoughts to you all… 

Walk It Back / Wither With Her

Walk It Back / Wither With Her

Davina is searching for a long-lost family member. 

Catherine Bohart: This Isn't For You

Catherine Bohart: This Isn't For You

Catherine Bohart loves control, hates change and is a serial planner. 

Mark Dean Quinn: Has a Stroke but at Least He Got a Show Out of It

Mark Dean Quinn: Has a Stroke but at Least He Got a Show Out of It

There will be cake. 

The Azure Sky in Oz, Yellow and Special – Free

The Azure Sky in Oz, Yellow and Special – Free

This powerful, funny and unflinching drama is about two real-life Florida women whose lives are profoundly changed by their immersion in the world of the other-abled. 

Polly Peculiar

Polly Peculiar

Polly Peculiar, at Greenside Nicholson Square, is a joy from beginning to end: the sort of play that under normal circumstances you might not be tempted to see. 

All By Myself

All By Myself

POV: you’re a vlogger. 

Caspar Thomas: Sleight of Handkerchief

Caspar Thomas: Sleight of Handkerchief

Having had plenty of time to practise, Caspar returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with a brand new magic show. 

Mary O'Connell: There's Something Wrong With Mary (WIP)

Mary O'Connell: There's Something Wrong With Mary (WIP)

Mary O’Connell is conflicted: she hates capitalism but she loves to shop. 

Phil Green: 90s Boy – Blair, the Lovegun and Me

Phil Green: 90s Boy – Blair, the Lovegun and Me

Remember the 90s or want to find out what the hell was going on then? Do you have a non-typical brain or know someone who does? Then you’ll want to join South East New Comedian fin… 

Nick Everritt: Quiet

Nick Everritt: Quiet

Watch in awe as quiet man Nick Everritt establishes a comedic persona and performs a series of jokes. 

Mamoun Elagab: Work in Progress

Mamoun Elagab: Work in Progress

Rising star Mamoun wants to share with you his unfiltered, idiosyncratic and unorthodox world view – the things you think about and never say out loud. 

Lloyd Langford: DILF

Lloyd Langford: DILF

Arriving in Australia in February 2020 just before covid struck meant that Lloyd couldn’t see his family for over two years. 

The Meaning of Wife

The Meaning of Wife

Dan Willis (The Walking Dead, Ferris Buellers Way Of, The Whinging Pom) brings his brand-new show celebrating eight years of married life. 

Sam Nicoresti: Cancel Anti Wokeflake Snow Culture

Sam Nicoresti: Cancel Anti Wokeflake Snow Culture

Zany music and a psychedelic multimedia screen await the audience as we take our seats for Sam Nicoresti’s show Cancel Anti Wokeflake Snow Culture. 

Motivational Sleeper

Motivational Sleeper

From #1 best-selling author on Amazon, unicycle jousting champion of New Zealand and performer of the best (and first) English comedy show ever in Madagascar, John Allis gets into … 

Green Knight

Green Knight

Where are the knights of yesteryear? A masterclass in barebones storytelling, Debbie Cannon’s one-woman Green Knight has us spellbound. 

The Big Fat C

The Big Fat C

Jack Campbell did his first stand-up gig in 2010, aged 19. 

Matt Price: Raging Bill

Matt Price: Raging Bill

Friendly Cornishman Matt Price tried to win a boxing trophy for his grandad. 

Blue Chair

Blue Chair

What colour is the sound of a cello? How do you show the taste of an apple? A colourful, complex solo performance exploring autobiographical experiences of synaesthesia. 

A Lady Does Not Scratch Her Crotch

A Lady Does Not Scratch Her Crotch

Once upon a time, there was a young girl – not a princess or a pretty girl waiting to be one. 

Mimi Hayes: 20-Nothing

Mimi Hayes: 20-Nothing

When an old woman discovers a set of mysterious notebooks in the nursing home, she’s sucked into the story of a 20-something who can’t catch a break. 

Plan V: The Joyful Cult of Pussy Worship

Plan V: The Joyful Cult of Pussy Worship

Part stand-up, part TED talk, part Vagina Monologue, this sex-positive solo show dives deep into the ancient art of going down, and what it takes to make the pussy purr. 

Transatlantic

Transatlantic

Transatlantic is a true story of the French immigrant experience. 

Velvet Determination

Velvet Determination

Cynthia grew up playing classical piano in a Colorado town, but she was determined to achieve the keys to success by attending a prestigious New York City music school. 

UK Underdog

UK Underdog

UK Underdog is a true solo show where bullies, Kung Fu and a small willie lands Steve in very deep trouble! Does he have what it takes to fight back? From celebs and critics: ‘T… 

Acuña Acuna

Acuña Acuna

A one-person comedy show based on comedian Erick Acuña’s real life as a Peruvian Latino living in the United States. 

Brother's Keeper

Brother's Keeper

About courageous survival, the play tracks the journey of the central character, William, from ten years old to middle age. 

Richard Pulsford: A Bit More Rich

Richard Pulsford: A Bit More Rich

Stand up is a challenging format at the best of times - but the one-liner comedian often seems to be the ultimate masochist in a field where self-inflicted pain is surely part of t… 

My Own Private Shakespeare

My Own Private Shakespeare

From a single fateful phone call taken reluctantly from the toilet, a Shakespearean actor finds his world collapsing around him. 

Jo Caulfield: Here Comes Trouble

Jo Caulfield: Here Comes Trouble

Comedy award winner 2021. 

Doris Does The Edinboiger Fridge

Doris Does The Edinboiger Fridge

She’s not your average little old lady. 

Like a Sack of Potatoes

Like a Sack of Potatoes

A hillbilly gothic tale of an Appalachian tobacco farmer’s love for his family and the extremes he will go to protect them. 

With All Jew Respect

With All Jew Respect

My show is about growing up, getting old and having an 88-year-old Jewish mother (now with no filter) who is making me ‘Jewrotic’ (neurotic and Jewish. 

Comoedia

Comoedia

The most famous characters of the Commedia dell’arte in a one-man show: two couples of lovers, a silly old father, two twin brothers detached for a long time… Among funny and u… 

Color Inside the Lines

Color Inside the Lines

An insistent palm-reading drag queen declares Jenny will never find love, sending her reeling back to a high school match-making scheme that horrifyingly matched her with the bigge… 

Kurt Vonnegut: My Lives' Stories

Kurt Vonnegut: My Lives' Stories

On the occasion of the centenary of Kurt Vonnegut’s birth, Fringe veteran Todd Wronski presents a portrait of one of the 20th century’s great writers using Vonnegut’s own unique sp… 

Dear Little Loz

Dear Little Loz

To write that Dear Little Loz is an exploration of one woman’s search for love is to risk diminishing its scope, power and understanding of the human condition. 

Menopausal Mayhem

Menopausal Mayhem

Menopausal Mayhem is the perfect antidote to the doom and gloom surrounding the menopause. 

A Eulogy for Roman

A Eulogy for Roman

Death is sad enough, but growing up seems worse. 

Playing God

Playing God

Many of us will have known someone like Meg. 

Ghislaine/Gabler

Ghislaine/Gabler

Why does a victim become a predator? In isolation, Ghislaine Maxwell maintains innocence whilst reliving the psychological abuse endured from her father. 

Runaway Princess: A Hopeful Tale of Heroin, Hooking and Happiness

Runaway Princess: A Hopeful Tale of Heroin, Hooking and Happiness

Once upon a time, there was a Princess born to a King and Queen who were banished from the island of Ériu and forced to flee to America in a coffin ship. 

Trouble on Six

Trouble on Six

If you were conceived to fix your parent’s marriage, obsess over whether people like you, and have visited your dad in prison, then this show is for you! Left to raise himself by… 

Self Service

Self Service

Breaking down? Lost the manual? Book in for this funny (meta)physical dive into how to keep going. 

Sugar

Sugar

After a year away, Mabel Thomas brings her acclaimed show Sugar back to the Fringe, this time in person. 

Angus Coutts: Spicy Accountant

Angus Coutts: Spicy Accountant

In mid 2020 Angus Coutts tried to make money by selling naked pictures of himself online. 

Potty Training With Joey Rinaldi

Potty Training With Joey Rinaldi

As a teenager, Joey didn’t expect to be in a hospital bed from a near-death penis injury with three traumatic surgeries, two clumsy catheters and one overwhelming desire to wreak… 

Mo-to-the-oncle

Mo-to-the-oncle

There’s a time and place for a monocle: 2022 and a New York high school are neither of them. 

Gavin Webster: Greatest Hits

Gavin Webster: Greatest Hits

In 1992 Gavin Webster was in a double act where he was actually the straight man, so he decided to go it alone. 

Lee Kyle: Parochial Glitter Implosion

Lee Kyle: Parochial Glitter Implosion

Lee never understood why people sometimes thought he was unusual. 

A Thousand Sons

A Thousand Sons

Weapons of mass destruction. 

Harvey Greenfield is Running Late

Harvey Greenfield is Running Late

A ground-breaking piece of comedic theatre that asks a simple question: Is it possible to please everyone, all of the time? And at what cost to your family and health? In this fast… 

Cameron Gibson - Mysteries; An Hour Of Impossibilities

Cameron Gibson - Mysteries; An Hour Of Impossibilities

Charming Scottish mind reader Cameron Gibson has been amazing audiences all over the world with his fun, engaging and interactive style of stage shows for several years. 

Malone Dies

Malone Dies

‘I call myself an octogenarian, but I cannot prove it. 

Lobsteroperation!

Lobsteroperation!

Lobster is not a fish, or an oyster, or a bird, and certainly not a kangaroo. 

Some Other Mirror

Some Other Mirror

A solo show about a gender identity crisis, in the high-pressure isolation of lockdown. 

Zav

Zav

Zav is a comedy drama, a one-person show set over 20 years in the life of Zav, an ordinary road worker who becomes a successful photographer. 

Shakespeare's Fool

Shakespeare's Fool

William ‘Cavaliero’ Kempe was one of the finest performers of the Elizabethan age. 

Warhol: Bullet Karma

Warhol: Bullet Karma

Warhol: Bullet Karma is a solo show stuffed full of characterisations from Warhol’s artistic heyday; Roost’s performance really brings these characters to life. 

71BODIES 1DANCE

71BODIES 1DANCE

71BODIES 1DANCE is an interdisciplinary and choreographic initiative by Daniel Mariblanca. 

Too Fat for China

Too Fat for China

A comic look at the agony of adoption. 

Jekyll and Hyde: A One-Woman Show

Jekyll and Hyde: A One-Woman Show

‘You must suffer me to go my own dark way. 

The Many Faces of Horatio Gould

The Many Faces of Horatio Gould

Join South Coast Comedian of the Year finalist and viral sensation Horatio Gould, for a bold hour of high-octane stand-up about everything from hyper-reality to pegging. 

Ann Chun: Asian Divorce

Ann Chun: Asian Divorce

How do you live your best ho life? Have you accidentally become your parents? These are the questions NYC-based comedian Ann Chun (SF Chronicle, Timeout) explores in her solo show … 

A Place Like This

A Place Like This

Screen royal, Nicole Kidman, holds an AMC audience captive while sharing some of cinema’s greatest moments. 

Thurgood

Thurgood

Thurgood is an inspiring, vivid bio-drama rich in humour and humanity, about the first African-American Supreme Court Justice. 

Saved

Saved

Saved is a multi-layered, retro-mechanical music show built around rescued 70s home organs. 

Red Alert – Cancer!

Red Alert – Cancer!

Red Alert – Cancer! Meet the Wilsons, five children, three with red hair, who came to Scotland in 1959. 

Far Gone

Far Gone

A Roots Mbili Theatre and Sheffield Theatres co-production. 

The Woman He Lived With

The Woman He Lived With

In 1828, Burke and Hare killed 16 people in Edinburgh and they sold the bodies to an anatomist. 

Merrill Means Well

Merrill Means Well

Merrill gets diagnosed with ADHD as an adult and tries to make sense of her life and chaotic childhood. 

Beware the Beasts

Beware the Beasts

Scotland was once full of magical beasts, absolutely full of them: bog goblins, dragons, naughty fairies, brownies, bony-backed horsemen. 

Wreckage

Wreckage

Gangs of London star Andrew Laithwaite returns to the Fringe for the first time in a decade for his singer-songwriter debut as Laith Andrews, in an intimate journey of love and los… 

Bette Davis Ain’t for Sissies

Bette Davis Ain’t for Sissies

1939: Bette returns home knowing she’s to lose, as the press leaked the Oscar winners. 

What Am I, Chopped Suey?

What Am I, Chopped Suey?

The first in her family born in the US, Meg Lin shares a raw personal account of growing up Chinese American that is both heart-warming and heart-wrenching. 

How To Be Jewish. Again.

How To Be Jewish. Again.

Gillian Fischer wants to be Jewish. 

Eliott Simpson: (A)Sexy and I Know It

Eliott Simpson: (A)Sexy and I Know It

Eliott has never cared for sex. 

Gerry Carroll: A Man in My Position

Gerry Carroll: A Man in My Position

He’s a stand-up and a clown. 

Gareth Waugh: Doozy

Gareth Waugh: Doozy

Dogs on Instagram and more excruciatingly hilarious revelations from one of Scotland’s fastest-rising stars who’s stormed New York’s Off-Broadway and opened for Daniel Sloss,… 

Eleanor Conway: Talk Dirty to Me

Eleanor Conway: Talk Dirty to Me

Following her first US tour and millions of views over lockdown for her blunt takes on dating and being a child-free badass, this award-winning stand-up is back with a sex-positive… 

Will Preston Can't Face Reality

Will Preston Can't Face Reality

Reality is overrated. 

Kai Humphries: Mischief!

Kai Humphries: Mischief!

‘Downright hilarious!’ (Edinburgh Evening News). 

Dave Chawner: Mental

Dave Chawner: Mental

A show about mental health, not just mental illness. 

Casey Balsham: Inconceivable

Casey Balsham: Inconceivable

Inconceivable comes from the mind of wannabe mama and stand-up comedian Casey Balsham. 

Larry Dean: Fudnut

Larry Dean: Fudnut

Double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and star of Live at the Apollo returns with a brand new hour of ‘confessional storytelling at its funniest’ ***** (Herald). 

Catherine Bohart: This Isn't For You

Catherine Bohart: This Isn't For You

Despite what Catherine Bohart tells us in This Isn’t For You, she is more emotionally articulate than she gives herself credit for. 

Luca Cupani: Happy Orphan

Luca Cupani: Happy Orphan

The title of this show and the sweet, open and slightly goofy face staring at you from the posters should tell you everything you need to know about this show: and stand-up Luca Cu… 

Eric Rushton: I Had a Dream and You Were All in It

Eric Rushton: I Had a Dream and You Were All in It

Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2020, Eric Rushton brings his highly anticipated debut hour to the festival. 

Ryan Wingfield: Trophy Husband

Ryan Wingfield: Trophy Husband

Comedian by night, stay-at-home-dad / trophy husband by day! International comedian Ryan Wingfield shares his take on the challenges of family life and other experiences in this so… 

The Elephant in the Room

The Elephant in the Room

Unapologetically Indian, irreverently American. 

Lou Sanders: One Word: Wow

Lou Sanders: One Word: Wow

If it isn’t your old internet friend, Dr Giggles. 

Destiny

Destiny

Destiny dreams big. 

Laura Davis: If This Is It

Laura Davis: If This Is It

Most Outstanding Show nominee at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2022. 

Mary Bourke: The Brutal Truth

Mary Bourke: The Brutal Truth

The show contains nothing but jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes … 

Tom Stade: The High Road

Tom Stade: The High Road

Tom’s been trying to remember what was important before responsibility and fear got in the way. 

gosh!

gosh!

‘Thanks for coming to audition. 

Stuart Goldsmith: A Shared Illusion (WIP)

Stuart Goldsmith: A Shared Illusion (WIP)

A new work in progress from the host of The Comedian’s Comedian podcast. 

Marrow

Marrow

Marrow is a love letter to memory and to what makes us: us. 

Russell Arathoon: The Curious Incidents of the Gay in the Night-Time

Russell Arathoon: The Curious Incidents of the Gay in the Night-Time

‘Russell’s mum believes the whole pandemic is one huge elaborate excuse to get Bradley Walsh more airtime on British TV and Russell is just grateful for a chance to catch up on the… 

Paul Foot: Swan Power

Paul Foot: Swan Power

Tired of the goose? Swan Power is here. 

Amy Gledhill: The Girl Before The Girl You Marry

Amy Gledhill: The Girl Before The Girl You Marry

Intranet sensation Amy Gledhill (1/3 of cult double act The Delightful Sausage) makes her Fringe debut with a show about resilience and dancing. 

The Sian Clarke Experience

The Sian Clarke Experience

An ode to every man who has belittled her, made her feel unsafe, objectified her, told her she can’t be funny, called her a slut, told her to smile more. 

Richard David-Caine: Tall, Dark and Anxious

Richard David-Caine: Tall, Dark and Anxious

High-octane character comedy from one of the UK’s foremost TV sketch comedians, as seen in the BAFTA-winning series Horrible Histories, Class Dismissed and People Just Do Nothing… 

Müller's Last Tape

Müller's Last Tape

Last year, while clearing out my grandfather’s house, I stumbled across hundreds of hidden envelopes. 

Gabe Mollica: A Show About Friendship

Gabe Mollica: A Show About Friendship

New York Comedian Gabe Mollica started comedy the day after he got broken up with. 

Martha McBrier: Who Knew?

Martha McBrier: Who Knew?

‘Naturally charismatic storyteller’ (Fest) weaves a shocking but very funny account of her youth. 

Julie Grady Thomas: American Scum

Julie Grady Thomas: American Scum

Debut stand-up hour from your favourite, local American. 

Jim Daly: Football and Fatherhood

Jim Daly: Football and Fatherhood

Debut show from award-winning (and he will prove it) internet comedy sensation, Jim Daly (50+ million views). 

Jacob Hatton: Relax! (Exclamation Mark)

Jacob Hatton: Relax! (Exclamation Mark)

Take a chill pill! Stay calm! Relax! I know, the exclamation marks aren’t helping! Over the last two years, Jacob somehow predicted the pandemic in his 2019 show, got hitched and w… 

Louise Leigh Amused

Louise Leigh Amused

Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year finalist Louise Leigh was supposed to write her Magnum Opus: a searing commentary on men, menopause and menthol rub, a meditation on the natu… 

Nina Hills: Peri-meno... What Now?

Nina Hills: Peri-meno... What Now?

Nina was going through life quite nicely, when – pow! Suddenly she wasn’t! Fear and anxiety crept into normal everyday situations. 

Adele Cliff: In the Dark

Adele Cliff: In the Dark

Knowledge is power, power corrupts, corruption is bad, Adele is good. 

Black is the Color of My Voice

Black is the Color of My Voice

The power and poise of a 20th century cultural icon is brought to brilliant life by Apphia Campbell in Black is the Color of My Voice, a deeply moving mix of music and theatre. 

Charmian Hughes: She! Immortal Horror Queen's Guide to Life

Charmian Hughes: She! Immortal Horror Queen's Guide to Life

Live! Laugh! Liquidate! is the message 8-year-old Charmian got from Hammer film She. 

Sex Me I'm Irish

Sex Me I'm Irish

Ireland’s own Duffy Connors is taking his solo show to Edinburgh. 

Pundemic

Pundemic

From running an online pun show gaining hundreds of thousands of views to the culmination of an appearance on Britain’s Got Talent, a lot has happened over the last two years for t… 

Weapons of Mass Distraction

Weapons of Mass Distraction

After a sold-out Fringe run in 2021, Michael Welch is back to examine his struggles in a technology-dependent world in which he increasingly grapples to pay attention. 

Milo Edwards: Voicemail

Milo Edwards: Voicemail

Filled with classically and subtly nihilistic British humour, Milo Edwards’ Voicemail is full of intelligent and thought provoking commentary that turns Mash House into a safe sp… 

NDOG: Northerners Deliberating Over Gentrification

NDOG: Northerners Deliberating Over Gentrification

Cheeky Yorkshire comedian Stefan Harvey presents some very silly characters exploring a very serious topic. 

Jake Baker: Unity

Jake Baker: Unity

Join this multi award-winning comedian for his debut hour of laughs as he tries to unravel the great questions of our time, like: Why does anyone believe the Earth is flat? Can you… 

David Ephgrave: Good Grief

David Ephgrave: Good Grief

David nails losing parents, so you don’t have to (NB you’ll still have to). 

American Sex Brain

American Sex Brain

A hilarious and edgy stand-up hour that examines what it’s like to see the world through cum-tinted glasses. 

Anthony Schuman: I Just Want to Be a Good Dad

Anthony Schuman: I Just Want to Be a Good Dad

A twisted stand-up comedy quest to understand fatherhood. 

Standing at the Back

Standing at the Back

Self-doubt? Low self-esteem? Well, this sounds cheery. 

Nik Coppin: Shark

Nik Coppin: Shark

The affable, internationally well-travelled comedian returns to the Fringe with more hilarious anecdotes, observations, audience interaction and banter as well as some insightful c… 

AfroPolitiCool

AfroPolitiCool

From Vogue magazine to putting Piers Morgan in his place and zombifying politicians on Question Time. 

Andy Macleod: Anoint My Head – How I Failed to Make it as a Britpop Indie Rockstar

Andy Macleod: Anoint My Head – How I Failed to Make it as a Britpop Indie Rockstar

A one-man show set in early 90s London about a band who didn’t become rich or famous but had a manager who did. 

Stefania Licari: Medico

Stefania Licari: Medico

Real-life doctor and award-winning comedian Stefania Licari brings her alter ego to the stage in Medico – a hysterical and moving exploration of the medical world, immigration an… 

Ben Lund-Conlon: Lies, Damned Lies and Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Ben Lund-Conlon: Lies, Damned Lies and Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Into every generation, a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. 

Kirsty Munro: Sexcapades

Kirsty Munro: Sexcapades

Kirsty overshares her funny bits. 

Tamar Broadbent Presents... Stacey Solo

Tamar Broadbent Presents... Stacey Solo

A strong female lead (detective) faces the toughest case of her career in this comedy crime show by Tamar Broadbent (BBC Radio 4, Boom Chicago). 

Michelle Kalt: God Hates You

Michelle Kalt: God Hates You

In her first solo show, Swiss Comedy Talent Award finalist Michelle Kalt tackles the aftermath of an embarrassingly peaceful break-up, covering everything from bad dates (or whatev… 

Illegally Funny

Illegally Funny

Sid Singh: comedian, human rights lawyer and idiot. 

Are You Being Murdered?

Are You Being Murdered?

People can be sensitive about how they are described. 

Pip Utton as Bacon

Pip Utton as Bacon

Authors: Jeremy Towler and Pip Utton. 

This is Paradise

This is Paradise

10 April 1998, Belfast. 

Alex Franklin: Dinosaurusesuses

Alex Franklin: Dinosaurusesuses

A triceratops is revived from the dead. 

Al Lubel: The Narcissistic Personality Disorder and ME

Al Lubel: The Narcissistic Personality Disorder and ME

Al Lubel talks about his love of space, hatred of time, fear of death, ambivalence toward his parents and concern for his mental health. 

Al Lubel: Talks About His Name for Fifty-Six Minutes and About Something Else for Four Minutes

Al Lubel: Talks About His Name for Fifty-Six Minutes and About Something Else for Four Minutes

Al Lubel talks about his name for fifty-six minutes and about something else for four minutes. 

Broken Record

Broken Record

Daniel Willis attempts to show his audience and his digital therapist that his life is absolutely, definitely fine, with an hour of quick, quirky comedy sketches. 

Chris Laker: Bully

Chris Laker: Bully

Bullies don’t toughen you up or teach you life lessons. 

Chris Cooke: Corners (WIP)

Chris Cooke: Corners (WIP)

You’ll always find him in the corner at parties, but is it time for Chris to put himself in the middle of things? If not, a trip to the buffet table or maybe the toilet would be id… 

How to Record the Greatest Album of All Time

How to Record the Greatest Album of All Time

Comedian Tom GK has decided to record the greatest album of all time and he has just 50 minutes to prove he’s up to the job. 

Tom

Tom

A play about Tom. 

Josie Long: Re-Enchantment

Josie Long: Re-Enchantment

‘After defeat, re-enchantment is necessary’, said Lola Olufemi. 

Rich Wilson: You Could Have It So Much Better

Rich Wilson: You Could Have It So Much Better

Whilst other comedians fret and fuss about finding a theme for their shows, award-winning international comedian Rich Wilson puts all of his focus on one thing and that’s being r… 

Love and Sex on the Spectrum

Love and Sex on the Spectrum

It’s four years since George Steeves brought his Magic 8 Ball show to Edinburgh, winning the heart and mind of at least this reviewer with such an honest, bold theatrical collage… 

Lily Phillips: Smut

Lily Phillips: Smut

Debut stand-up hour from sarky Londoner Lily Phillips. 

Finlay Christie: OK Zoomer

Finlay Christie: OK Zoomer

When Finlay Christie won the prestigious So You Think You’re Funny? competition in 2019, it seemed like his next year would be filled with preparation for his first Edinburgh sho… 

Watson: The Final Problem

Watson: The Final Problem

Watson is alone. 

Justin Moorhouse: Stretch & Think

Justin Moorhouse: Stretch & Think

Justin is back: still funny, yet middle-aged. 

Richard Stott: Afterparty

Richard Stott: Afterparty

Richard Stott returns to the Fringe with a brand-new show filled with trademark storytelling and joyously acerbic one liners. 

Mark Watson: This Can't Be It

Mark Watson: This Can't Be It

After an enormous UK and Australia tour and an Amazon special, the Taskmaster runner-up and accidental YouTube cult leader brings his most popular show so far back to where it bega… 

Will Mars: My Life in One-Liners

Will Mars: My Life in One-Liners

Will used to think his life was a joke – but he was wrong, it’s more like 300. 

Stewart Lee: Snowflake

Stewart Lee: Snowflake

In the last ever performances of this show, Stewart Lee, ‘the world’s greatest living stand-up’ (Times), looks at how the Covid-Brexit era has impacted on the culture war declare… 

Alice Fraser: Chronos

Alice Fraser: Chronos

Everything’s a matter of time, one way or another. 

Cerys Bradley: Sportsperson

Cerys Bradley: Sportsperson

Sportsperson is written and performed by Cerys Bradley (Soho Theatre Young Company, Amused Moose semi-finalist, 2020). 

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

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

After 21 years and 224 days Hal’s back being single. 

Jamie D'Souza: Stop Drawing Willies on My Poster

Jamie D'Souza: Stop Drawing Willies on My Poster

Join rising star Jamie D’Souza as he performs his highly anticipated debut stand-up show about the terrible teen emo band he was in and also his first school crush. 

Make-up

Make-up

Lady Christina leaves the stage after another performance above another pub. 

Charlie Russell Aims to Please

Charlie Russell Aims to Please

As the title Charlie Russell Aims to Please suggests, the entire show is an amalgamation of various theatre techniques from musical to slapstick to the dramatic in Russell’s atte… 

Esther Manito: #NotAllMen

Esther Manito: #NotAllMen

In her award-winning stand-up show, Esther Manito (Live at the Apollo, The Stand Up Sketch Show) looks back at the era of lad mags, landlines and cock-n-ball graffiti. 

Will Duggan: Iceberg

Will Duggan: Iceberg

Comedy’s miserable, cheeky scamp is returning with the weight of the world across his shoulders and some burning questions in his soul. 

Lightweight

Lightweight

The true story of a complicated young woman’s attempts to survive anorexia and maintain a debilitatingly positive attitude in post 9/11 New York City. 

Julie Jay: Oops, This Is Toxic

Julie Jay: Oops, This Is Toxic

This dark-comedy love letter to Britney Spears is a nostalgia-fest for anyone who has ever dropped to that Hit Me Baby One More Time beat and for anyone who came of age against the… 

Jamie MacDonald: Reasonably Adjusted

Jamie MacDonald: Reasonably Adjusted

The New York Times – America’s “Daily Record” – asked: what’s the worst that could happen to you? Blindness won! Jamie’s not sure it’s that bad. 

Aurie Styla: Green

Aurie Styla: Green

It has been an interesting couple of years, with a global pandemic showing us a different perspective on life and its meaning. 

The Unicorn

The Unicorn

‘I’m not a whirlwind of sexual energy. 

Michael Akadiri: No Scrubs

Michael Akadiri: No Scrubs

Highly anticipated debut hour from comedian and junior doctor. 

Mitch Benn: It's About Time

Mitch Benn: It's About Time

‘The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once’ (Albert Einstein). 

Caitlin Cook: The Writing on the Stall

Caitlin Cook: The Writing on the Stall

‘A gem of a show’ ****½ (One4Review. 

Deaf Ears

Deaf Ears

What’s it like growing up when your parents can’t hear? In this poignant and captivating solo show, Joe, therapist and Child of Deaf Adults (CODA), explores his life to answer the … 

Myra DuBois' A Problem Shared

Myra DuBois' A Problem Shared

The siren of south Yorkshire steps away from the songs and dedicates her attention to the dying art of conversation. 

Look, No Hands

Look, No Hands

Cyclist Vee has no idea why she’s woken up in hospital. 

Pain and I

Pain and I

A bold exploration into chronic pain experience by Sarah Hopfinger, which unashamedly celebrates the rich complexities of living with pain. 

Jessica Fostekew: Wench

Jessica Fostekew: Wench

A new show about private things, public things and trying to wrap your big sexy arms around time to keep it still. 

Tom Ward: Anthem

Tom Ward: Anthem

It’s a loud and rowdy Saturday night at Monkey Barrel. 

Bird With Kylie Vincent

Bird With Kylie Vincent

How does a queer, GenZ comedian survive her past, the pandemic, and the indignities of a stand-up career? Vincent (aka Bird) takes the audience on a (seriously) funny flight, often… 

Ruckus

Ruckus

In this one-woman thriller, we see how a loving relationship can sometimes be anything but. 

Rob Rouse: No Refunds

Rob Rouse: No Refunds

Rob Rouse (Bottom, BBC’s Upstart Crow) has performed stand-up since winning So You Think You’re Funny? at Edinburgh in 1998. 

Glenn Moore: Will You Still Need Me, Will You Still Feed Me, Glenn I'm Sixty Moore

Glenn Moore: Will You Still Need Me, Will You Still Feed Me, Glenn I'm Sixty Moore

There’s not really any way to describe how much I enjoyed Glenn Moore’s show other than to say that by the halfway point, I had put my notepad away and was just enjoying the ri… 

Kwame Asante: Living in Sin

Kwame Asante: Living in Sin

The unachievable expectations of African Jesus! The unholy shame of premarital cohabitation! The unwavering healthcare professionals who dare to oppose the will of God! Edinburgh C… 

Grace Petrie: Butch Ado About Nothing

Grace Petrie: Butch Ado About Nothing

‘Whining folk singer’ (Telegraph), lesbian and checked-shirt collector Grace Petrie has been incorrectly called Sir everyday of her adult life, and, having exhausted her capacity f… 

Josh Pugh: Sausage, Egg, Josh Pugh, Chips and Beans

Josh Pugh: Sausage, Egg, Josh Pugh, Chips and Beans

Safe everyone. 

Mary Beth Barone: Silly Little Girl

Mary Beth Barone: Silly Little Girl

Join Mary Beth for her eagerly anticipated debut hour, as she shares her checkered journey as an aspiring young starlet through to the present day, covering a range of topics like … 

Home is Not the Place

Home is Not the Place

A powerful production telling the remarkable story of the short life and lost work of Kerala writer PM John, shortly before India’s independence from British rule. 

Amy Matthews: Moreover, The Moon

Amy Matthews: Moreover, The Moon

Amy’s hotly anticipated debut hour explores ‘main character syndrome’ – that feeling of being the lead in a film of your life (even when you don’t always feel like the writ… 

Age Is a Feeling

Age Is a Feeling

The ephemeral beauty of a flower in bloom carries the unspoken narrative of decay and death. 

Jesus, Jane, Mother & Me

Jesus, Jane, Mother & Me

A new play from acclaimed writer Philip Stokes (Heroin(e) for Breakfast). 

Pip Utton as Dylan

Pip Utton as Dylan

Pip Utton really is extraordinary. 

SK Shlomo: Breathe: The Play That Becomes a Rave

SK Shlomo: Breathe: The Play That Becomes a Rave

In aid of the suicide charity CALM, and sound-tracked live with songs from his upcoming second album, the acclaimed beatboxer is back with Breathe: a breathtakingly theatrical disp… 

Please, Feel Free to Share

Please, Feel Free to Share

Alex Dawson (Róisin Bevan) is a successful social media guru. 

No Place Like Home

No Place Like Home

Watching No Place Like Home was an experience unlike any other I’ve had so far at the Fringe. 

PUSH

PUSH

This is the story of a woman staring down the barrel of motherhood, torn between her own ambivalence. 

Luke Rollason: Bowerbird

Luke Rollason: Bowerbird

Welcome to the great indoors. 

Tom Skelton: 2020 Visions (What If I Hadn't Gone Blind?)

Tom Skelton: 2020 Visions (What If I Hadn't Gone Blind?)

Ten years (well, now twelve…) after losing most of his sight, ‘deliciously talented’ (Guardian) Tom looks back, sees the funny side and wonders what might’ve been. 

Lauren Pattison: It Is What It Is

Lauren Pattison: It Is What It Is

Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominee Lauren is back with a brand-new show. 

Rachel Bradley: Beauty for Ashes

Rachel Bradley: Beauty for Ashes

In her Fringe debut, one of the hottest names on America’s comedy circuit shares her journey from daughter, to best friend, to caregiver in a poignant but laughter-filled hour. 

Atsuko Okatsuka: The Intruder

Atsuko Okatsuka: The Intruder

Growing up with a mother with schizophrenia and a grandmother who stole from buffets and fed her false realities, Atsuko is now stunted as an adult. 

Opal Fruits

Opal Fruits

‘Utterly compelling’ (Lyn Gardner, StageDoorApp. 

Rosie Holt: The Woman's Hour

Rosie Holt: The Woman's Hour

Rosie Holt is much loved on Twitter for her razor-sharp parodies of the thick Tory politician with Good Hair, haplessly spouting any porkie and defending any porker in the hope of … 

Sam Lake: Cake

Sam Lake: Cake

Debut hour from nice young man, Sam Lake. 

Janeane Garofalo: Pardon My Tangent

Janeane Garofalo: Pardon My Tangent

The iconic American comedian and actress returns with her acerbic wit, following multiple sell-out runs. 

Alice Brine: Brinestorm

Alice Brine: Brinestorm

One time, Alice got kicked out of an airport because her passport was covered in glow stick – and that’s just the start. 

Bloody Mary: Live!

Bloody Mary: Live!

Forget everything you may know about Bloody Mary; the cocktail, the game, the queen who burned Protestants at the stake. 

Pauline

Pauline

Pauline is a one woman show, written and performed by the talented Sophie Bentinck. 

Shazia Mirza: Coconut

Shazia Mirza: Coconut

What have I been doing this past two years? Apart from sitting on the settee in my pyjamas, squeezing my ingrowing hairs whilst watching documentaries on Ted Bundy? I have been sta… 

The Ballad of Mulan

The Ballad of Mulan

Woman, warrior, legend. 

Patrick Spicer: Who's This All of a Sudden?

Patrick Spicer: Who's This All of a Sudden?

Debut hour from one of the most exciting acts on the UK comedy circuit and one of the most pathetic cringing worms (as seen on The Mash Report (BBC2), BBC3 and Channel 4 Online. 

Lew Fitz: Soft Lad

Lew Fitz: Soft Lad

Amused Moose New Comic winner and BBC New Comedy Award-nominated northerner Lew had a breakdown and ran away from home, forever. 

Jody Kamali: Ironing Board Man

Jody Kamali: Ironing Board Man

Physical comedy meets Hollywood. 

Sunil Patel: Faster Horses

Sunil Patel: Faster Horses

‘If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses’ (Henry Ford). 

Bad Teacher

Bad Teacher

I’m sure we can all remember seeing our teachers feeling the pressure on the cusp of parents evening, and as we’re beginning to realise in light of the unprecedented events of … 

EastEndless

EastEndless

Finally – the scandalous truth behind EastEnders revealed! Gasp as walk-on actor Tony Coventry lifts the lid and spills his beans! Performed by James Holmes. 

Tim Key: Mulberry

Tim Key: Mulberry

Tim Key (Alan Partridge, The Witchfinder, Tim Key’s Late Night Poetry Programme) is back with an all-new show. 

Celya AB: Swimming

Celya AB: Swimming

The stunning debut hour full of ‘sharp and observant gags’ (Joe Lycett) from one of comedy’s most exciting breakthrough voices. 

Red Richardson: Shots Fired

Red Richardson: Shots Fired

Red Richardson is one of Britain’s best up-and-coming comedians. 

Alison Spittle: Wet

Alison Spittle: Wet

The Pleasance Attic on a sunny afternoon is hot, especially sitting in a sold-out crowd. 

Eme Essien: Flat Shoes In The Club

Eme Essien: Flat Shoes In The Club

Ever wondered what takes a girl so long to get ready on a night out? It’s Saturday night, the big girls’ night out and this girl is trying to get ready on time. 

Rachel Fairburn: Can I Be Awful?

Rachel Fairburn: Can I Be Awful?

Brassy, abrasive, rude, belligerent. 

Surfing the Holyland

Surfing the Holyland

Erin Hunter’s Surfing the Holyland is a dynamic and fast-paced one-woman show in which she tells the autobiographical story of her year living in Tel Aviv, the colourful cast of … 

Charlotte Johnson: My Dad and Other Lies

Charlotte Johnson: My Dad and Other Lies

My Dad is the most important man in the country* but this isn’t about him. 

Daddy Issues

Daddy Issues

A dark comedy about daddy issues, sex work, fantasies, taboos, imperfect feminism, immigration and trauma. 

Leah Lamarr: NFTs (Nice F%cking Titties)

Leah Lamarr: NFTs (Nice F%cking Titties)

A ‘new comedy phenomenon’ (Hollywood Times), this Fringe debut is a stand-up hour showcasing Lamarr’s trademark brand of edgy comedy; complete with a splash of tech, NFT’s and Broa… 

Patti Harrison

Patti Harrison

One of Variety’s 10 Comics to Watch 2019, Patti Harrison makes her highly anticipated Edinburgh debut. 

Moira in Lockdown

Moira in Lockdown

It must be a baker’s dozen years since Scottish author, playwright and performer Alan Bissett first introduced us to Moira Bell, his much-loved tribute to the hard-working, hard-… 

Lippy

Lippy

It’s the Fringe. 

The Tragic-Comedy of Things

The Tragic-Comedy of Things

A one-man performance spoken directly to the audience. 

An Evening with Great Irish Writers

An Evening with Great Irish Writers

A stand-up performance of extracts from the works of some of the great writers of the past from Ireland, with no particular theme, just wonderful material full of humour and pathos… 

Joshua (and Me)

Joshua (and Me)

One-woman show about being a sibling to someone who’s autistic. 

Seen 00:25

Seen 00:25

A solo female show exploring the depths of the mind of a young woman, who suffers from anorexia. 

A Matter of Time

A Matter of Time

Why does time often feel so oppressive? And did it always have to be this way? Part history lesson, part cabaret show and part heart-rending personal quest, this theatrical, musica… 

Harriet Kemsley: Honeysuckle Island

Harriet Kemsley: Honeysuckle Island

When Harriet Kemsley was young, she daydreamed about her perfect secluded hideaway, Honeysuckle Island, and her memories of that have inspired her latest stand-up show at the Monke… 

Garrett Millerick: Just Trying to Help

Garrett Millerick: Just Trying to Help

The world’s angriest optimist returns for another bash at sorting out life’s complications. 

Pierre Novellie: Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things?

Pierre Novellie: Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things?

Before the plague and WW3 I was a chortling, apple-cheeked blacksmith and now I am a scowling wretch in a tattered cloak. 

Bobby Mair: Cockroach

Bobby Mair: Cockroach

Cockroach is an hour of dark, gut-wrenching stand-up from one of the best comedians in the country. 

Stuart McPherson: The Peesh

Stuart McPherson: The Peesh

This year Stuart got alopecia. 

Alison Kinnaird: Art in Glass – a Closer Look

Alison Kinnaird: Art in Glass – a Closer Look

Alison Kinnaird is an internationally acclaimed visual artist and musician. 

John-Luke Roberts: A World Just Like Our Own, But...

John-Luke Roberts: A World Just Like Our Own, But...

There’s a world just like our own, but there isn’t a word for sand. 

Satan vs God

Satan vs God

Lucifer, fallen angel, begs God’s forgiveness. 

It's Fraser Brown, I'm Afraid

It's Fraser Brown, I'm Afraid

It is absolutely not Fraser Brown who needs to be afraid. 

Brave Face

Brave Face

Hoo Hah House's production Brave Face is by far the bravest and powerful production I have seen at the Fringe this year. 

Bard in the Yard: The Scottish Play

Bard in the Yard: The Scottish Play

Meet Shakespeare, but not the Shakespeare you know. 

El Greco Of Hornsey

El Greco Of Hornsey

If you’re looking for big blowouts and even bigger bouffants, why not stop by El Greco of Hornsey; a salon, a kitchen and a confessional all rolled into one. 

Black is the Color of My Voice

Black is the Color of My Voice

A tale of the songs that lead us into the future and the ones that call us home; this show is a masterpiece in storytelling and soul. 

Sugar

Sugar

At just 22 years old, writer and performer Mabel Thomas brings her debut solo show Sugar to the Fringe. 

Jay Lafferty: Blether

Jay Lafferty: Blether

There is an incredible sense of comfort that I feel upon entering the Dining Room at Gilded Balloon to see Jay Lafferty’s Blether. 

Within

Within

Within is one man’s quest to find the meaning of life. 

Rose McGowan: Planet 9

Rose McGowan: Planet 9

It needs to be said, you must go into this show with an open mind. 

Buzzing

Buzzing

Buzzing is the story of Julie, a 50-something recent divorcee who is wanting to discover herself and “find meaning”. 

Adam Rowe: Pinnacle

Adam Rowe: Pinnacle

After last years sell-out performances at the Fringe, English Comedian of the Year finalist Adam Rowe has bought his show Pinnacle to the Edinburgh Fringe. 

Zoe Lyons: Entry Level Human

Zoe Lyons: Entry Level Human

Zoe Lyons packs out the Gilded Balloon with stand-up that raises the bar for Fringe comedy. 

Horror – Gothic Tales and Dark Poetry

Horror – Gothic Tales and Dark Poetry

It’s 1816, and Mary Shelley is about to recite the words that would be Frankenstein. 

Edward Hilsum: Silver

Edward Hilsum: Silver

When he was seven years old, Edward Hilsum attended a party at which a magician was performing. 

Teach

Teach

Matthew Roberts’ solo show, Teach, at theSpace, Surgeons Hall is performance brimming with conviction and energy. 

Bleeding Black

Bleeding Black

Christopher Watts returns to the Festival Fringe with his one-man-show, Bleeding Black, at Greenside, Nicolson Square. 

Thief by Liam Rudden

Thief by Liam Rudden

The Edinburgh Fringe programme’s standard listing format provides a simple yet clear message about Thief at the Hill Street Theatre. 

The Perfect Body

The Perfect Body

The Perfect Body is a one woman show written and performed by Lavinia Savignoni. 

Stanley

Stanley

There’s Stanley the man and Stanley the play. 

I'm Coming

I'm Coming

Molly Brenner’s one-woman show about her pursuit of an orgasm is an endearingly-performed trundle through her long search for sexual fulfilment. 

Limmy: Surprisingly Down to Earth, and Very Funny

Limmy: Surprisingly Down to Earth, and Very Funny

This is a show for the fans. 

Joz Norris Is Dead. Long Live Mr Fruit Salad.

Joz Norris Is Dead. Long Live Mr Fruit Salad.

Despite the title, it transpires that Joz Norris is not dead, but is merely busy having a bath. 

Jen Brister – Under Privilege

Jen Brister – Under Privilege

Brister presents an hour’s whistle stop tour on the nature of privilege, and how we can stop it creating ‘total bell ends’. 

SK Shlomo: Surrender

SK Shlomo: Surrender

Very few of Edinburgh Fringe’s 4,000+ shows this year are able to boast being incomparable to all others. 

Lucy Farrett: Lois

Lucy Farrett: Lois

Character comedy is a difficult discipline at the best of times and, with a trope as thoroughly picked-over as the oblivious action-hero, it asks at lot from a performer to find so… 

Josie Long: Tender

Josie Long: Tender

Josie Long has spent twenty years being a beacon of hope amongst the cynical cruelty of stand-up comedy. 

Christina Bianco: First Impressions

Christina Bianco: First Impressions

With First Impressions, Christina Bianco further cements her reputation as the First Lady of Impersonation. 

Gobby

Gobby

How did the first person to watch Phoebe Waller-Bridge perform Fleabag feel; confused, enlightened, so profoundly altered they could barely put words to it? Jodie Irvine’s origin… 

Hyde and Seek

Hyde and Seek

Late 1800s: there’s a heavy fog surrounding London. 

Tales from the Garden

Tales from the Garden

The performance opens to a figure eerily adorned in a rose-embellished mask, a luscious pink rose plugged into her mouth like a pacifier. 

Sam See: Coming Out Loud

Sam See: Coming Out Loud

It’s a fact of life that any standup on the Fringe who is neither white nor straight is likely required to spend at least part of their show addressing it. 

Sam Morrison: Hello, Daddy!

Sam Morrison: Hello, Daddy!

Meet Sam Morrison: a 24-year old American comedian with a theatrical flair and a penchant for daddies. 

Brett Johnson: Poly-Theist

Brett Johnson: Poly-Theist

Brett Johnson’s Poly-Theist is a charming and quirky peek into the world of polyamory. 

Ripped

Ripped

Ripped, by Alex Gwyther is a heroic confrontation with the aftermath of a male sexual assault. 

Google Me

Google Me

Google Me is the new offering from 2018 Fringe debut comedian Eleanor Colville. 

Mark Nelson: Brexit Wounds

Mark Nelson: Brexit Wounds

Mark Nelson struts on stage to banging Rammstein industrial metal, plunging headfirst into a heady rhetoric on Brexit. 

Catherine Bohart: Lemon

Catherine Bohart: Lemon

Writing a Fringe show on the premise of an audience member who hated your show last year is a bold move, but Catherine Bohart pulls it off and even manages to make a political poin… 

Brandi Alexander

Brandi Alexander

Brandi Alexander has reinvented herself; a self confessed D-list night-time personality back in the saddle after a five year hiatus. 

Laura Lexx: Knee Jerk

Laura Lexx: Knee Jerk

Laura Lexx is back with twice the energy and three times the sparkle, courting controversy with her own brand of comicality. 

Love (Watching Madness)

Love (Watching Madness)

This one-woman show, written and performed by Isabelle Kabban, is a tender, thoughtful and deeply moving account of a mother-daughter relationship affected by mental illness. 

Harriet Dyer: The Dinosaur Show

Harriet Dyer: The Dinosaur Show

An hour with Harriet Dyer is an hour of absurdism where literally anything can happen. 

Cat Hepburn: #GIRLHOOD

Cat Hepburn: #GIRLHOOD

Millennial or non-millennial, any woman will be able to relate to Cat Hepburn's spoken word hour. 

Testament of Yootha

Testament of Yootha

Those not lucky enough to have enjoyed the naff golden years and dubious social content of 1970s and 80s television may not immediately understand the appeal of a one-woman show ab… 

Typical

Typical

Ryan Calais Cameron’s powerful new work plays with the meanings of its title in many ways: our central, point-of-view character has the “distinctive qualities of a particular t… 

An Audience with Yasmine Day

An Audience with Yasmine Day

If character comedy tickles your funny bone then look no further than An Audience With Yasmine Day at Pleasance Courtyard. 

Helen Bauer: Little Miss Baby Angel Face

Helen Bauer: Little Miss Baby Angel Face

Helen Bauer hits the Fringe hard with this compelling comedy debut which is slick, sassy and super satisfying. 

Sophie Duker: Venus

Sophie Duker: Venus

“I wanna be woke, but I’m tired. 

London Hughes: To Catch a D*ck

London Hughes: To Catch a D*ck

Beyoncé’s Diva is blasting out as we wait for London Hughes to arrive. 

Gone Full Havisham

Gone Full Havisham

Catapulting Dickens into the 21st century, this masterstroke genius of spin-offs introduces Emily Halloran, live streaming to us from her penthouse honeymoon suite. 

xoxo moongirl

xoxo moongirl

What’s better than a one-woman show? A one-woman show with a trapeze hanging from the ceiling, like Chekov’s gun over the mantelpiece. 

Madame Ovary

Madame Ovary

We are introduced to Rosa as she jogs on the spot, planning her new years resolutions which include working hard, calling her grandma more and taking better care of her body. 

Lauren Booth: Accidentally Muslim

Lauren Booth: Accidentally Muslim

Journalist Lauren Booth’s first solo show, Accidentally Muslim, promises a journey from ‘Soho hedonism’ to a shocking revelation in a mosque. 

Daddy Drag

Daddy Drag

Leyla Josephine presents us with 'Daddy', a seeming parody of Rab C Nesbitt, oozing toxic masculinity. 

Sea Sick

Sea Sick

Sea Sick is a beautifully simple and affecting piece of storytelling about climate breakdown and the oceans - and about one woman's mission to understand the damage that's … 

Boar

Boar

Stage mist and ethereal warfare sounds are the backdrop to this wonderful hour of bloodthirsty battle and adventure, with a cast of thousands resonating through the medium of Lewis… 

First Time

First Time

This is definitely not the first time I have seen a play about being gay or about the AIDS epidemic, but it is the first time I have seen an eclectic and moving look at life post H… 

Baby Reindeer by Richard Gadd

Baby Reindeer by Richard Gadd

Richard Gadd pours a free cup of tea to a stranger at a bar – she comes back. 

Deer Woman

Deer Woman

Her name is Lila, and she’s a proud Blackfoot woman, she tells us. 

FATTY FAT FAT

FATTY FAT FAT

FATTY FAT FAT, performed by Katie Greenall, explores one woman’s journey of growing up fat and surviving in a world where your body is viewed as wrong, unhealthy and disgusting. 

Orlando

Orlando

Rocking a minimalist set of a stool and a book, Lucy Roslyn performs this one person play drawing parallels between Virginia Woolf’s classic novel, and her own tumultuous foray i… 

My Mum's a Twat

My Mum's a Twat

What happens when your mum abandons you at the age of 12 to join a cult and move to Canada? That’s exactly the predicament Anoushka Warden found herself in, subsequent to her par… 

Traumgirl

Traumgirl

Traumgirl explores the myths and stereotypes around sex work, laying bare the women behind the industry in a bold narrative which will change the preconceptions of anyone who didn�… 

James Dean Is Dead! (Long Live James Dean)

James Dean Is Dead! (Long Live James Dean)

Springing up from the wreckage of his famous car (a Spider), James Dean talks honestly, candidly and sometimes with discomfort about his life. 

The Dame

The Dame

Peter Duncan’s The Dame is hosted at The Dome, one of Edinburgh’s glitziest and most glamorous buildings. 

The Big Lie

The Big Lie

If the thought of watching a one woman play about a Kurdish refugee turned lawyer helping to broker a major arms deal for a Swedish law firm doesn’t thrill you then think again, … 

Nerd Time's a Charm

Nerd Time's a Charm

Up ‘til now, I had only ever seen Tom Crosbie perform short spots at Fringe cabaret shows where his skill with a Rubik’s Cube and his awkward, amiable persona intrigued me. 

Canoe

Canoe

“Who are we, now that we don’t have kids?” Matthew Roberts performs as three key characters in this touching one-man performance: as two fathers, David and Tom, that lose the… 

How to Swim in Hollywood

How to Swim in Hollywood

“Up, up, up. 

Simon Munnery: The Wreath

Simon Munnery: The Wreath

On any given afternoon in the Fringe, you’re likely to find Simon Munnery gracing the stage of The Stand comedy club. 

The Girl Who Jumped Off the Hollywood Sign

The Girl Who Jumped Off the Hollywood Sign

Joanne Hartstone’s one-woman show is a brilliant send up to classic Golden Age Hollywood that keeps the glitz and glamour of the period whilst showing the grimy and exploitative … 

Jo Caulfield: Killing Time

Jo Caulfield: Killing Time

Jo Caulfield strides on stage with all the self-assuredness of the seasoned performer that she is. 

It Is a Truth...

It Is a Truth...

When it comes to empowerment, Jaleelah Galbraith believes today’s feminists should look to Sense and Sensibility instead of Single Ladies. 

Grace Notes

Grace Notes

Becky Williams delivers an emotionally charged monologue about murderess Grace Miller somewhat reluctantly seeking a second chance at series of rehab sessions entitled Notes. 

Jamali Maddix: Vape Lord

Jamali Maddix: Vape Lord

Jamali Maddix strides on the stage and immediately takes some shots at the easier targets in the front of the audience. 

Harpy

Harpy

Harpy is an intricate portrayal of a nuisance neighbour, with more nuances than one would expect to squeeze into a one hour show. 

Dangerous Giant Animals

Dangerous Giant Animals

Dangerous Giant Animals is a one-person show about growing up with a disabled sibling, based on writer/performer Christina Murdock's real life experiences. 

Mistero Buffo

Mistero Buffo

Go and see this show right now. 

James Barr: Thirst Trap! – Free

James Barr: Thirst Trap! – Free

Wonderfully unexpected opportunities can occur at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe; even more so at the 'Free' variety. 

Scott Capurro: The Trouble With Scott Capurro

Scott Capurro: The Trouble With Scott Capurro

So what exactly IS the Trouble with Scott Capurro? Is it that this left-leaning liberal American (yes, he’s the one, apparently) seemingly talks without pausing for breath? (“Are y… 

Tim Renkow Tries to Punch Down

Tim Renkow Tries to Punch Down

Tim Renkow insists he’s spent the last decade on the comedy circuit trying to find a social or racial group that he’s NOT able to insult, because that would mean – as a disab… 

Luke Rollason's Planet Earth

Luke Rollason's Planet Earth

Luke Rollason is a silly man who made me cry with laughter today. 

Phill Jupitus: Sassy Knack

Phill Jupitus: Sassy Knack

As a huge number of the entries in the Fringe programme could tell you, the life of a stand-up is a tough one – hours and hours of unpaid work just to get a decent set together a… 

Johannes Dullin: Come Along and Bring a Friend!

Johannes Dullin: Come Along and Bring a Friend!

The back room at Dragonfly is unassuming. 

Falling With Style 2018

Falling With Style 2018

Technical issues hampered the comic on more than one occasion, and one occasion too long to forget. 

Jamali Maddix: Vape Lord

Jamali Maddix: Vape Lord

"If there are any reviewers in tonight, gimme four stars. 

Huff

Huff

It’s hard to tell you to go see Huff at Summerhall’s CanadaHub, but I absolutely must. 

David Mills: Focus People!

David Mills: Focus People!

David Mills is always well turned out: sharp-suited, finely tuned, sitting on his stool like some Easy Listening Singer from a bygone age. 

Everything Is Going to Be KO

Everything Is Going to Be KO

Everything’s Going to be KO begins with an educational psychologist. 

Rik Carranza: Still a Fan

Rik Carranza: Still a Fan

Rik Carranza is a Star Trek fan. 

Bottom

Bottom

Willy Hudson’s heart-filled, charming and hysterical one man show storms the stage at Summerhall and sheds light on the hugely under-discussed areas of gay sexual politics with d… 

Myra Dubois: We Wish You a Myra Christmas

Myra Dubois: We Wish You a Myra Christmas

It has often been said that Myra DuBois is an act way ahead of her time. 

Magic 8 Ball (My Life With Asperger's)

Magic 8 Ball (My Life With Asperger's)

I'm sure that history will suggest otherwise but, after seeing George Steeves perform his one man show, I couldn't help but think that Stevie Wonder must have written his s… 

Status

Status

Chris Thorpe's solo show for this year is about grappling with national identity as a white british man. 

Statements

Statements

Until relatively recently in Western society, children with physical, sensory or learning disabilities, or a wide range of neural and behavioural challenges, were either institutio… 

Kate Berlant: Communikate

Kate Berlant: Communikate

A master of audience coersion, Kate Berlant mines her best material from audience response rather than her own resources. 

Ivy Paige: Seduction

Ivy Paige: Seduction

Ivy Paige opens her show gliding on stage in full sequins and crystals, elegantly poised as the heady beats of It’s Raining Men blasts in the background. 

Emma Sidi: Faces of Grace

Emma Sidi: Faces of Grace

Emma Sidi’s one-woman show Faces of Grace is absolutely bonkers. 

Hardeep Singh Kohli: You-topia

Hardeep Singh Kohli: You-topia

As the lights go down, the audience are met with a film playing on a screen, with a voiceover asking various people of diverse identities what utopia means to them. 

Never Vera Blue

Never Vera Blue

Never Vera Blue is a brave and commendable production, which interrogates the effects of gaslighting in an emotionally abusive relationship. 

Grace

Grace

Katie Reddin-Clancy’s solo show has the potential to be fantastic – with a delicious, sharply observed script that is slickly performed. 

Ladykiller

Ladykiller

With little more than a bedside lamp, a leather armchair and a helpful cadaver, The Thelmas have brought to life a deliciously morbid monologue that will please fans of Fleabag, Ma… 

And Before I Forget I Love You, I Love You

And Before I Forget I Love You, I Love You

As a character actor, Pip Utton is renowned for his depictions of world-famous figures, ranging from Margaret Thatcher to Charles Dickens and everything in between. 

Alma, a Human Voice

Alma, a Human Voice

Alma: A Human Voice is a one-person performance focused on portraying and contrasting two characters from the early 1900s. 

Heads Up

Heads Up

Kieran Hurley works towards an overwhelming state of urgency with the audience in his solo show Heads Up. 

Sylvia Plath, Your Words Are Just Dust

Sylvia Plath, Your Words Are Just Dust

The Bathtub Heroine presents an incredibly biting piece of new writing telling the life story of tormented poet, Sylvia Plath. 

Hands-On Messiah

Hands-On Messiah

Hands-on Messiah, written and performed by F. 

Hope Hunt and the Ascension into Lazarus

Hope Hunt and the Ascension into Lazarus

A double-bill of extraordinary power and originality, Hope Hunt & The Ascension into Lazarus performed by Belfast-based Oona Doherty, gets beneath the hard exterior of disaffected … 

Dante's History of the Banished

Dante's History of the Banished

Dante’s History of the Banished is framed around the conceit that Dante Alighieri, legendary poet who penned the Divine Comedy, is writing a new book about the titular ‘banishe… 

The Emily Triptych

The Emily Triptych

Emily Dickinson is flitting about the meeting room in the Quaker Meeting House. 

Green Knight

Green Knight

A one-woman dramatic monologue performed with great storytelling skills, Green Knight is an enthralling show. 

Tinder Rehab

Tinder Rehab

A friend of mine and I were recently chatting about how – even today – sexism is still very much in existence. 

About a Goth

About a Goth

Life as a Goth is not easy. 

You've Changed

You've Changed

Fitted out in an elegant tuxedo, in an echo of Marlene Dietrich’s revolutionary turn in 1930’s Morocco, Kate O’Donnell is every inch the smooth Old Hollywood dame. 

A Charlie Montague Mystery: The Man with the Twisted Hip

A Charlie Montague Mystery: The Man with the Twisted Hip

If you are in search of some polite 1930s garden-party-esque comedy mixed in with a hilariously self-aware performance, this is certainly a play to catch. 

A Charlie Montague Mystery: The Game's a Foot, Try the Fish

A Charlie Montague Mystery: The Game's a Foot, Try the Fish

What would an unpublished Agatha Christie mystery be like if, by some strange quirk of fate, its editor had given it over to P G Wodehouse for a final literary polish? Well, thanks… 

Woman on Fire

Woman on Fire

Sisters (and the rest of the world) unite and enjoy this one-woman show as you are taken through the tumultuous life of the Preston-born suffragette Edith Rigby. 

Bottleneck

Bottleneck

There’s a lot going on in Luke Barnes’ Bottleneck. 

Sugar Baby

Sugar Baby

Sugar Baby satirised the food industry with one eyebrow firmly raised, mocking both the trend of ‘clean eating’ for which vegan titans like ‘Deliciously Ella’ are increasin… 

Spencer Jones: The Audition

Spencer Jones: The Audition

Spencer Jones is a genius but I’m not sure why. 

Alun Cochrane: Alunish Cochranish

Alun Cochrane: Alunish Cochranish

Alun Cochrane’s 2017 offering Alunish Cochraneish feels very well-named: with enjoyable skits and well-time delivery, this show is a collection of thoughts that make up what it m… 

Salome

Salome

In Oscar Wilde’s timeless twist on the biblical story of John the Baptist’s execution, princess Salome lives luxuriously in a bustling Middle Eastern court with her mother and … 

Baby Mama: One Woman's Quest to Give Her Child to Gay People

Baby Mama: One Woman's Quest to Give Her Child to Gay People

Tucked away in one of Greenside’s smaller studios, Baby Mama is a shining diamond of a show: beautiful storytelling and intimate staging come together to create a heartbreakingly… 

Mine

Mine

They say a mother’s love is unconditional, but can you truly still love your child after they commit the most heinous of crimes? Put The Book Down’s Mine brings to light the ex… 

How to Drown a Fish

How to Drown a Fish

Grace Gibson parades awkwardly across the stage in her brightly coloured leotards, she is about to share with us her experience of public failure, inviting us to revel in that mome… 

Five Encounters on a Site Called Craigslist

Five Encounters on a Site Called Craigslist

After an hour of a narcissistic one man show, we were left with the dilemma of whether to applaud the honesty of Sam, or be totally appalled by the stark exposure of his personalit… 

The Darling Monologues

The Darling Monologues

Created, written, directed and performed by author Angela Jackson, The Darling Monologues is a series of three darkly comic monologues which interweave the lives of three women: Li… 

Sandra Hale: Self Helpless!

Sandra Hale: Self Helpless!

Sandra Hale presents herself as kind of a Bad Grandma type. 

Rob Auton: The Hair Show

Rob Auton: The Hair Show

It’s incredibly hard to place Rob Auton’s new show at the Edinburgh Fringe but then again, it’s hard to place Rob Auton. 

Blank Tiles

Blank Tiles

It might seem all-too-witty for a SCRABBLE World Champion, when asked by the media for “a few words” on his victory, to admit ‘I don’t really know any’. 

C'est La Vegan

C'est La Vegan

I had really high hopes for C’est La Vegan, principally because it’s a subject matter I know about. 

Sunil Patel: Titan

Sunil Patel: Titan

It did not take long for Sunil Patel to win me over. 

Above the Mealy-mouthed Sea

Above the Mealy-mouthed Sea

Delightful and expressionistic one-woman show; Above the Mealy-Mouthed Sea is spoken-word theatre play about the self we present to the world and the self we try to hide. 

The B*easts

The B*easts

Even those of us who strive to find nothing inherently embarrassing about mammary glands feel a bit awkward at the box office, and this is part of The B*easts message. 

Alice Marshall: Blood

Alice Marshall: Blood

Alice Marshall is a master of character comedy. 

It's My Funeral and I'll Throw Glitter If I Want to

It's My Funeral and I'll Throw Glitter If I Want to

Isobel Marmion’s one woman nervous breakdown, entitled This Is My Funeral and I’ll Throw Glitter if I Want To, was a disturbing and joyless foray into a mind no one present wanted … 

Cow

Cow

From a small attic room in the Counting House, Jane Hill is on a mission to prove that she is not the ‘lovely’ lady in a cardigan which review after review has branded her as i… 

Dust

Dust

Dust is not for the faint-hearted. 

Tumble Tuck

Tumble Tuck

Though not the most affecting one-woman show of the festival, Tumble Tuck, written and performed by Sarah Milton, still definitely manages to make a splash. 

The Man on the Moor

The Man on the Moor

The tricky thing with a show like The Man On The Moor is balancing the personal, fictional story being told with the larger, true-life event it is connected to. 

Tense Vagina: an actual diagnosis

Tense Vagina: an actual diagnosis

Sara Juli’s Tense Vagina: An Actual Diagnosis does an excellent job of pushing the boundaries of the relationship between the audience and performer. 

Luke McQueen: The Boy With Tape on His Face

Luke McQueen: The Boy With Tape on His Face

Meet Luke McQueen: The Boy With Tape on His Face, not Tape Face. 

The Girl Who Jumped Off The Hollywood Sign

The Girl Who Jumped Off The Hollywood Sign

Hollywood: home to the fools who dream. 

Lemonade

Lemonade

Heather Litteer approaches her subject, women on- and off-stage, with a wry eye and deft, humorous touch (admittedly aided by the never-failing power of hindsight). 

Andrew Doyle: Thought Crimes

Andrew Doyle: Thought Crimes

Andrew Doyle has, allegedly, lost quite a few friends this last year. 

One-Man Apocalypse Now

One-Man Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now, with its 153 minute running time, multi-million dollar production costs and jungle location, might not seem like the most obvious contender for adaptation into a on… 

Phill Jupitus: Achtung!/Acting!

Phill Jupitus: Achtung!/Acting!

Very much in the spirit of the Fringe, Phill Jupitus steps out of his comfort zone with a show of improvisational comedy that sees him inhabit two wonderfully diverse characters th… 

Phill Jupitus Up the Stand

Phill Jupitus Up the Stand

When Phill Jupitus commits to the Fringe, he does so 100 per cent. 

Carmen Lynch: Lynched

Carmen Lynch: Lynched

On the Richter Scale of humour, if your threshold doesn’t reach the level of sick and sadistic then Carmen Lynch is probably not for you. 

Eleanor Colville: Bigamous

Eleanor Colville: Bigamous

Of all the things one expects to see when attending the Edinburgh Fringe, a public tying of the knot is likely to be towards the end of the list. 

Eve

Eve

The perfect image of youth and boyhood is projected onto the mirror-like panels which hang from the ceiling as Jo Clifford gazes thoughtfully the photo of herself. 

Lovecraft’s Monsters

Lovecraft’s Monsters

David Crawford’s one man show about the great granddaddy of weird fiction, the one and only H. 

Demi Lardner: Look What You Made Me Do

Demi Lardner: Look What You Made Me Do

Despite the title, it’s quite clear from this hour of absurdist comedy that nobody is making Australian cult comic star Demi Lardner do anything. 

Jan Ravens: Difficult Woman

Jan Ravens: Difficult Woman

Given the way that Jan Ravens effortlessly reels off her startling array of impressions it begs the question why it has taken so long for her to branch out on her own. 

Ed Night: Anthem for Doomed Youth

Ed Night: Anthem for Doomed Youth

Anthem for Doomed Youth is the hilarious new debut hour from Ed Night. 

Bec Hill: Out of Order

Bec Hill: Out of Order

To a comedian, the structure of their Fringe hour is often held too preciously. 

Robin Ince's Rorschach Test

Robin Ince's Rorschach Test

For a man who claims to be a ‘professional idiot’ Robin Ince sure seems to know a lot. 

The Inane Chicanery of a Certain Adam GC Riches

The Inane Chicanery of a Certain Adam GC Riches

Don’t worry, I also had to Google most of the words in the title. 

What Goes on in Front of Closed Doors

What Goes on in Front of Closed Doors

What Goes on in Front of Closed Doors is an examination of homelessness and the situations which lead to it which matches the pace of how those problems develop. 

Phoebe Walsh: I'll Have What She's Having

Phoebe Walsh: I'll Have What She's Having

It’s difficult to know when Phoebe Walsh is being ironic, and when she is simply revelling in being a stereotypical millennial. 

Kwame Asante: Open Arms

Kwame Asante: Open Arms

An antidote to egotistical stand-up, Kwame Asante’s Open Arms is a charming hour of anecdotal and observational comedy. 

Ed Byrne: Spoiler Alert

Ed Byrne: Spoiler Alert

Ed Byrne’s latest show is based around the notion that as a generation we are all spoilt. 

The Andy Field Experience

The Andy Field Experience

It’s a hard task to sum up quite what The Andy Field Experience is about without using the words surreal and odd. 

Darren Harriott: Defiant

Darren Harriott: Defiant

Birmingham born and London-based, Darren Harriott has been billed as one of the most exciting up-and-coming comedians on the circuit right now. 

Mike Bubbins: Retrosexual Male

Mike Bubbins: Retrosexual Male

Clad in brown flairs and turquoise patterned shirt, Mike Bubbins is instantly a performer who stands out. 

Andrew Ryan: Did You Get Here Alright?

Andrew Ryan: Did You Get Here Alright?

Recently I have become a bit disappointed after seeing a few household name comedians as I feel that some of them have become a little out of touch with their audiences in the mate… 

Mental

Mental

Kane Power makes many admissions at the start of Mental. 

Mark Thomas: A Show That Gambles on the Future

Mark Thomas: A Show That Gambles on the Future

Early in his Fringe show Mark Thomas reveals the impressively religious character of his upbringing. 

Workshy

Workshy

Workshy is a performance art piece by Katy Baird, a lady more experienced in customer service roles than theatrical ones. 

Tiff Stevenson: Bombshell

Tiff Stevenson: Bombshell

Tiff Stevenson starts out with the ‘menstrual stuff’, and immediately challenges a male punter’s appreciation thereof. 

Yvette

Yvette

Every once in awhile a piece of theatre comes along so powerful that it wobbles you, requiring time long after the curtain call to be processed in its entirety. 

A Common Man: The Bridge That Tom Built

A Common Man: The Bridge That Tom Built

Victor Hugo once said “You can resist an invading army; you cannot resist an idea whose time has come. 

Siri

Siri

A two-woman show starring only one woman – not a typo but the conceit at the centre of the latest show by Canadian actress and interactive artist Laurence Dauphinais. 

Eleanor Morton: Angry Young Woman

Eleanor Morton: Angry Young Woman

Eleanor Morton’s show takes a smart, but self-deprecating look at feminism and the comedian’s own place in it, but feels full of more potential than she delivers. 

Tom Ballard: Problematic

Tom Ballard: Problematic

If you’re looking for fresh stand-up comedy this Fringe, you could do much worse than Tom Ballard. 

Hear Me Raw

Hear Me Raw

‘I recognise this’Daniella Isaacs was in the newest Sweaty Betty zero gravity leggings, making hemp and cacao energy balls, flanked by her nutribullet. 

Let Me Look at You

Let Me Look at You

Starving Artists are back with a compelling show about homosexuality in which Mark Pinkosh shares how being gay has affected his life. 

Amy Conway's Super Awesome World

Amy Conway's Super Awesome World

Amy Conway’s Super Awesome World is a hidden gem of the Fringe that starts off all fun and games (literally) before delving into an account of living with depression that is so h… 

Bones

Bones

As the audience files into the dark Rialto theatre space, a lonely figure paces across the stage, dressed in baggy tracksuit bottoms, a grubby white T-shirt and baseball hat, ang… 

Nathan Cassidy: The Man in the Arena

Nathan Cassidy: The Man in the Arena

Nathan Cassidy is pretty angry about a three star review he once received. 

Brawn

Brawn

Ryan was a bright lad at school. 

BADD

BADD

to know how to recognise the occult in your child? How to be vigilant for signs of Satan? Hoping for practical tips to drive the Devil out? This is the educational lecture for you. 

Jokes And Their Relation To The Unconscious

Jokes And Their Relation To The Unconscious

Taken on a whirlwind of what it means to have desires, unconscious and conscious thoughts, Alex Sergeant performed an entertainingly educational stand-up show. 

Des Kapital: Never Mind the Cossacks!

Des Kapital: Never Mind the Cossacks!

Some people might think that setting the Battle of Stalingrad to Britney Spears’ Baby One More Time is somewhat trivialising the matter. 

Jacob Hatton: True Brit

Jacob Hatton: True Brit

Amidst all the current political debates surrounding nationalism, I was curious as to the sort of person that would put on a show called Jacob Hatton: True Brit. 

purged

purged

Deeply meaningful and uncomfortably honest at times, purged presents Alex (Orla Sanders) and his desire and failure to verbally explain his mental health problems to the audience… 

Wacht!

Wacht!

We’ve all been to a gallery and not paid much attention to the invigilators there to watch over the gallery. 

Agent of Influence: The Secret Life of Pamela More

Agent of Influence: The Secret Life of Pamela More

In a time of pre-war political tension, gone are the days of frothy fashion journalism for Pamela More, a feisty and glamorous Times journalist who stubbornly prioritises haute-c… 

Donal Coonan: Mr Grebe Is Taking Your Class Today

Donal Coonan: Mr Grebe Is Taking Your Class Today

Sometimes you stumble on a stand-up so freshly funny that you remember why you started liking unknown comedy shows in the first place. 

The Performance

The Performance

Rowan Atkinson, move over; there’s a new show in town. 

The Elephant Girls

The Elephant Girls

Forget lovable rogues and artful dodgers, this uncomfortable monologue tells the true story of a London awash with criminal gangs in the interwar years. 

Fred Strangebone's Freakshow

Fred Strangebone's Freakshow

Dan Whitehead of Honky Bonk Theatre brings a hilarious solo performance to The Warren. 

Hurricane Michael

Hurricane Michael

In 1987, celebrated BBC weather forecaster Michael Fish stood up on national television and shrugged off reports of an oncoming hurricane. 

Doing What It Says On The Tin

Doing What It Says On The Tin

An emotional yet comedic performance from Tom Dussek on Sunday evening at the charming Rialto Theatre. 

Mine

Mine

What do you do when your child has been arrested for something unspeakable? Can you still love them even if they’re a monster? This is what the unique and creative minds behind P… 

Help! I Think I Might Be Fabulous

Help! I Think I Might Be Fabulous

It shouldn’t take long for you to notice that despite his name, Alfie Ordinary is as far from the boy next door as you’re likely to get. 

Good Grief: Stories at 207 West 88th

Good Grief: Stories at 207 West 88th

Terriane Falcome offers a tour de force of writing and comedy, playing at the Theatre Box this Brighton Fringe. 

The Empress and Me

The Empress and Me

Imperial China, with its exotic riches and intrigues, remains as compelling to audiences today as it did in the early part of the 20th century, when the Princess Der Ling toured he… 

Bad Dad

Bad Dad

From the slapstick physical beginning of this self-penned one-man monologue, through to the show’s philosophical conclusion, the laughs come thick and fast in Bad Dad. 

Richard Carpenter's Close to You

Richard Carpenter's Close to You

Richard Carpenter is, for those that remember him at all, a somewhat complicated character. 

Mary and Me

Mary and Me

Hannah, a 15 year old girl, dies giving birth in a grotto. 

LAID

LAID

A woman lays an egg a day and faces a tumultuous decision: will she raise her egg, or eat it? In this hysterical (in every sense of that word) show, Natalie Palamides takes a relat… 

10 Steps To Happiness

10 Steps To Happiness

There is more to life than happiness, right? A not-so-perfect guide to happiness is explored in this one-woman show, written and performed by Yvette May who, after finding hersel… 

A Divine Comedy

A Divine Comedy

The problem with epic poetry is that it’s just so…. 

Bit of Sunshine

Bit of Sunshine

A warning should be given to the audience of this show: the Bit of Sunshine one expects from the title is limited to less than five seconds of optimism and hope for the future in t… 

Thanks But No Thanks

Thanks But No Thanks

Lesley Lightfoot has worked in theatres all over the United Kingdom, in productions both large and small. 

Hella Granger – Superstar

Hella Granger – Superstar

Hella Granger – Superstar recounts the life story of singer Hella Granger, the first white musician to be signed to Motown. 

Poe's Last Night

Poe's Last Night

On October third, 1849, Edgar Allen Poe was found delirious on the streets of Baltimore, Maryland. 

Nancy's Philosopher

Nancy's Philosopher

“Reason is, and ought only to be, the slave of the passions. 

The Man Who Built His House to Heaven

The Man Who Built His House to Heaven

One-man shows are no easy thing to pull off, especially when the subject matter is like something out of Wes Anderson’s daydreams, but Keenan Hurley does just that in The Man Who… 

Henry Rollins – Charmingly Obstinate

Henry Rollins – Charmingly Obstinate

The force of nature that is named Henry Rollins graces the Edinburgh Fringe once again, bringing with him another hour of profound advice and big laughs. 

The Birds#1. Corpses

The Birds#1. Corpses

Alfred Hitchcock has already firmly established that birds are terrifying beyond doubt. 

Stories to Tell in the Middle of the Night

Stories to Tell in the Middle of the Night

Stories to Tell in the Middle of the Night is both exactly what it says it whilst also proving to something rather different altogether. 

Mark Watson: I'm Not Here

Mark Watson: I'm Not Here

Returning once again to the Pleasance stage, Mark Watson is not all there. 

Gary Delaney: There’s Something About Gary

Gary Delaney: There’s Something About Gary

Gary Delaney has been touring all over the UK for months. 

Mason King – Mind Control

Mason King – Mind Control

Mason King’s Mind Control mixes card tricks, deception and mind-reading into just under an hour of delving into the human psyche. 

Til Debt Us Do Part

Til Debt Us Do Part

For many, the Edinburgh Fringe is a joyous escape from reality. 

Awkward Confessions of a Homeless Sex God

Awkward Confessions of a Homeless Sex God

A sure contender for Best Title for a Comedy Show at this year’s Fringe, George Zacharopoulos’s riches-to-rags tale is just as entertaining as it sounds. 

Australia: A Whinging Poms Guide

Australia: A Whinging Poms Guide

“All the Australians in the room put your hands up,” a splattering of us raise our hands, and little do we realise that Dan Willis will heavily rely on us to make up a good pro… 

Nick Hall: Szgrabble!

Nick Hall: Szgrabble!

Frantic, fun and frivolous, this fast-paced one-man show is an entertaining comic thriller of Cold War intrigue and Scrabble. 

Van Gogh Find Yourself

Van Gogh Find Yourself

Van Gogh is one of the world’s most famous artists but many people know very little about him other than strange stories of missing ears. 

Screw Your Courage! (or The Bloody Crown!)

Screw Your Courage! (or The Bloody Crown!)

In this one-woman show, Klahr Thorsen takes her audience on a whirlwind journey that dips and glides – sometimes gracefully, sometimes not – between fiction and personal histor… 

Angel to Vampire!

Angel to Vampire!

Osner enters with a song in which he repeatedly exclaims “don’t label me. 

Bones

Bones

Bones is one of the most high-energy monologues you will see this Fringe. 

Jo Caulfield: Pretending to Care

Jo Caulfield: Pretending to Care

It’s clearly an uncomfortable time of life for Jo Caulfield; a succession of musical heroes have died, she’s moved from middle-class Morningside to somewhat more “cosmopolita… 

Bridget Christie: Mortal

Bridget Christie: Mortal

Bridget Christie is one of the funniest comedians I’ve ever seen. 

Mine

Mine

Mine is perhaps one of the most intense hours at the Fringe. 

Albatross

Albatross

Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Romantic poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner already exists as a work of enviable length. 

A Cup of Tea With Lady C

A Cup of Tea With Lady C

I have to start this review with an admission; I had never heard of Lady Colin Campbell and I’ve never watched I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here. 

The Road to Huntsville

The Road to Huntsville

Stephanie Ridings does a lecture on state homicide with drama. 

Deal with the Dragon

Deal with the Dragon

It’s a familiar scene to many a Fringe-goer: a black-box stage, a chair and an actor with his story. 

Diary of a Madman

Diary of a Madman

The Edinburgh Fringe has recently seen a surge in theatrical adaptations of Nikolai Gogol’s short story Diary of a Madman. 

A Dream of Dying

A Dream of Dying

It seems almost almost impossible that a man could go through his life and when his naked body is washed up on a shore in Ireland no one knows who he is. 

The Other

The Other

The Other tells the story of a young girl named Mana who escapes from her war-torn home on the Red-Yellow Planet to begin a cruel and poignant coming-of-age journey to the beautifu… 

Woody Allen(ish)

Woody Allen(ish)

How to review something like Woody Allen(ish)? The comedy equivalent of a tribute act, it’s a show which sees English comic Simon Schatzberger adopt the material and persona of t… 

As Yet Undecided

As Yet Undecided

As Yet Undecided is an intriguing piece of ‘nonfiction’ with a cast of characters including Doubt, Time and Procrastination. 

David Longley: Everything I Hate About My Club Set

David Longley: Everything I Hate About My Club Set

David Longley’s act is structured almost like Shakespeare, summarizing the course of the evening in its first moments: “I’ve always wanted to do standup that’s like talking… 

Maureen Langan: Daughter of a Garbage Man

Maureen Langan: Daughter of a Garbage Man

Born in New York to an Irish Catholic immigrant family, Maureen Langan has been brought up to think that traditional values matter, and that life rewards hard work. 

Fern Brady: Male Comedienne

Fern Brady: Male Comedienne

Comedians can sometimes manifest as a raw nerve, desperate not to shield themselves from slings and arrows, but to erupt in glorious rage at the injustices and ridiculousness of th… 

Laura Lexx: Tyrannosaurus Lexx

Laura Lexx: Tyrannosaurus Lexx

Any good joke can fall flat on its face if the delivery is rubbish, but for Laura Lexx with her bubbly personality, infectious smile and merry sense of wit, this is never going to … 

Vladimir McTavish: Scotland In Sixty Minutes

Vladimir McTavish: Scotland In Sixty Minutes

Scottish comedian and Fringe veteran McTavish has celebrated his 60th birthday this year, and has therefore adopted a more ponderous and docile approach in his set, instead of dedi… 

Be Prepared

Be Prepared

Settling into my seat, I glance at the leaflet which had occupied it moments before. 

Aaaaah! It's 101 Clean Jokes in 30 Minutes – Free Show

Aaaaah! It's 101 Clean Jokes in 30 Minutes – Free Show

Masai Graham has assembled an act so far from risky that it is bubble wrapped in woefully predictable innuendos, presumably to retain its innocence. 

Lost Voice Guy: Disability for Dunces Volume Two

Lost Voice Guy: Disability for Dunces Volume Two

“If you don’t laugh at the disabled guy, you are going to hell!” Lee Ridley begins, and immediately inspires unanimous laughter. 

Goose: Hydroberserker

Goose: Hydroberserker

Even in this drizzle-filled August, every Fringe venue is a different kind of sweatbox. 

John Gordillo: Love Capitalism

John Gordillo: Love Capitalism

Despite the commanding tone of his show’s title, John Gordillo doesn’t actually come across as a fan of Capitalism as an economic and social system. 

Andrew Doyle: Future Tense

Andrew Doyle: Future Tense

Andrew Doyle has now brought five solo shows to Edinburgh, each noticeably different in style and tone; even Doyle’s on-stage persona has shifted somewhat from one year to the ne… 

Milo McCabe: The Unflappable Troy Hawke

Milo McCabe: The Unflappable Troy Hawke

Milo McCabe steps onto the stage as Troy Hawke with the swagger of an assured performer. 

Aidan Goatley: Mr Blue Sky

Aidan Goatley: Mr Blue Sky

Aidan Goatley’s stand-up show isn’t, despite its title, about ELO; indeed, there’s no obvious guarantee that he will get round to telling us why he chose one of that band’s… 

WWE Hall of Famer Hacksaw Jim Duggan’s 2x4 Tour One-Man Comedy Show

WWE Hall of Famer Hacksaw Jim Duggan’s 2x4 Tour One-Man Comedy Show

Just one glance at this year’s stuffed-to-bursting wedge of a programme is enough to see that there are bewildering array of performance disciplines represented at this year’s … 

Cook It How You Like, It's Still a Potato!

Cook It How You Like, It's Still a Potato!

Despite coming across as likeable and charming, Romina Puma’s stand-up set doesn’t provoke too many laughs. 

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch. 

Chopping Chillies

Chopping Chillies

Clair Whitefield’s one-woman show tells the story of Ajna Jan, a martial arts master from Kerala, India. 

Shylock

Shylock

Guy Masterson and Gareth Armstrong deliver a tour-de-force of history, drama and comedy in this one-actor show. 

Aaaaargh! It's 101 Naughty Jokes in 30 Minutes – Free Show

Aaaaargh! It's 101 Naughty Jokes in 30 Minutes – Free Show

If you find it in your heart to forgive the failings of Masai Graham’s previous show, Aaaaah! It’s 101 Clean Jokes in 30 Minutes, and stuck around for the follow-up, you�… 

Bethany Black: (Extra)Ordinary

Bethany Black: (Extra)Ordinary

Bethany Black is a forthright, funny, and unapologetic comedian, cheerfully rousing the audience as she lets fire her jokes. 

Oh Hello!

Oh Hello!

“Charles Hawtrey 1914 -1988 – Film, Theatre, Radio and Television Actor Lived Here. 

Alistair Williams: I've Started So I'm Finished

Alistair Williams: I've Started So I'm Finished

Alistair Williams is a bit of a lad. 

Darius Davies – Road to Wrestlemania

Darius Davies – Road to Wrestlemania

I remember the World Wrestling Federation Attitude Era well. 

Tent

Tent

A man and his unseen companion in a tent. 

Life by the Throat

Life by the Throat

Life By The Throat tells the life story of James Joseph Patrick Keogh. 

Gratiano

Gratiano

Though Shakespeare is something which has been revisited and reproduced time and time again, it is rare that one of the minor characters is given a starring role. 

Alice Marshall: Vicious

Alice Marshall: Vicious

People are vicious. 

Spencer Jones Presents The Herbert in Eggy Bagel

Spencer Jones Presents The Herbert in Eggy Bagel

Spencer Jones is once more going full tilt in the surrealism stakes, and the result is a fantastically strange success. 

White Rabbit Red Rabbit

White Rabbit Red Rabbit

Returning Fringe classic White Rabbit Red Rabbit is Nassim Soleimanpour’s experimental monologue, in which the relationship between actor, writer, audience and text is … 

Tim Renkow: King of the Tramps

Tim Renkow: King of the Tramps

Tim Renkow has a handy tip for anyone who feels uncomfortable around him as a result of his cerebral palsy. 

Perfidious Lion

Perfidious Lion

Some shows stick in your head even if they are flawed. 

James Wilson-Taylor: Ginger is the New Black

James Wilson-Taylor: Ginger is the New Black

James Wilson-Taylor has been discriminated against and enough is enough. 

Brazil

Brazil

Set at some point in a dystopian, not so distant future, one Scottish man is trying to go about his day to day life, living each moment as it comes, not in search of anything that … 

Glenn Moore: Glengarry Glen Glenn

Glenn Moore: Glengarry Glen Glenn

To borrow from one of Glenn Moore’s own references, this show is a tale of two cities. 

Komischer

Komischer

Is Komischer, starring Doug Walker, of Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised fame, too clever for it’s own good?This one-man sketch show, with a yoghurt-based theme runn… 

Front Line

Front Line

The proper teaching of sex education remains a rather thorny topic, and this one-woman comedy-drama with songs positions itself to probe some of the more profound issues of this fi… 

Nosferatu's Shadow

Nosferatu's Shadow

The image of a twisted spindly shadow with long crooked fingers, along with pointy ears and even pointier fangs ascending the stairs, is one that is burned into the imaginations an… 

Eleanor Conway's Walk of Shame

Eleanor Conway's Walk of Shame

Eleanor Conway’s basic style involves storytelling based on her own life events. 

Adventures of a Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl

Adventures of a Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl

A triumphant come-back for sell-out performer Rebecca Perry. 

Jamie MacDonald: High Vis

Jamie MacDonald: High Vis

Jamie MacDonald comes from a tradition of endearingly grumpy comics, ranting affably about all of life’s niggles, from racist taxi drivers to obnoxious ramblers. 

Jamali Maddix: Chickens Come Home to Roost

Jamali Maddix: Chickens Come Home to Roost

Jamali Maddix creates a buzz when he enters the stage, and why not? He’s a cool guy. 

Myra DuBois: Self AdMyra

Myra DuBois: Self AdMyra

As the Willie Loman quote goes “Attention must be paid”. 

Rory O'Keeffe: Monoglot

Rory O'Keeffe: Monoglot

Monoglot is a show about linguistics and languages. 

Lucy, Lucy and Lucy Barfield

Lucy, Lucy and Lucy Barfield

In a melancholic solo show about growing up and facing the inevitable realisation that there is no Narnia, only the real world, we accompany Lucy Grace on an exploration of the ‘… 

Bella Younger’s Deliciously Stella

Bella Younger’s Deliciously Stella

Deliciously Stella is what you expect her to be: if you’ve seen the Instagram account which has become a viral hit with its piss-take of ‘fitspiration’ and other smug hashtag… 

Craig Campbell's 'Easy Tiger'

Craig Campbell's 'Easy Tiger'

The whole fish-out-of water shtick is a difficult one to pull off – the performer has to be au fait with local idiosyncrasies while at the same time be looking in at them from th… 

Juliette Burton: Decision Time

Juliette Burton: Decision Time

Attacking her material with a mixture of nervous energy and enthusiasm Juliette Burton launches into her act by describing her difficulties in making decisions, then tracing the bi… 

Naomi Petersen: I am Telling You I'm Not Going

Naomi Petersen: I am Telling You I'm Not Going

Naomi Petersen is a newcomer to the Fringe and in this whirlwind hour of musical and character comedy the laughs fail to keep pace with her sky-high enthusiasm. 

Karen Hobbs: Tumour Has It

Karen Hobbs: Tumour Has It

There’s a specific challenge involved when reviewing autobiographical shows surrounding horrendous personal suffering, in this case performer Karen Hobbs’ diagnosis and treatme… 

Oliver Reed: Wild Thing

Oliver Reed: Wild Thing

When Richard Burton appeared on the Dick Cavett show in 1980, the host would later describe the actor as “already a beautiful ruin. 

Horse McDonald in Careful

Horse McDonald in Careful

Swapping her musical trappings for the theatre, Horse McDonald takes to the stage to present an undeniably intriguing and raw, if occasionally sensational, biopic of her own life. 

Daniel Nils Roberts: Honey

Daniel Nils Roberts: Honey

Life from a bear’s point of view is as strange and wonderful as you would expect it to be. 

Labels

Labels

Joe Sellman-Leava has lived with labels his entire life and he also has to live with the consequences of them. 

Holly Burn: I Am Special

Holly Burn: I Am Special

It’s a struggle to review Holly Burn. 

Delphine

Delphine

Delphine is a gently comical one-woman show about about a shy and sheltered woman falling in love for the first time. 

Faslane

Faslane

On the surface Jenna Watt’s new show Faslane sounds like it should be a simple comparison of the reasons for and against renewing the Trident nuclear base; it turns out to be jus… 

Lucie Pohl: Apohlcalypse Now!

Lucie Pohl: Apohlcalypse Now!

With last year’s Cry me a Liver Lucy Pohl proved herself to be an exceptional actor, throwing herself into each of her characters with impressive resolve. 

One Day Moko

One Day Moko

‘It’s a bit weird when I talk to you, eh?’ says Tim Carlsen’s Moko, the vulnerable and homeless protagonist of this curious one-man-show from New Zealand. 

Tell Me Anything

Tell Me Anything

Fifteen-year-old David Ralfe knows that with “warmth, guidance, and gentle nudging”, Kate, his anorexic girlfriend, can be guided towards a healthier existence. 

Denton and Me

Denton and Me

Never underestimate the power or repercussions of a gift. 

Happiness is a Cup of Tea

Happiness is a Cup of Tea

Life is transient. 

Something Borrowed

Something Borrowed

A surprisingly moving hour of theatre, Something Borrowed deals with the struggles of a 21st-century, 20-something feminist trying to reconcile the desire for the perfect fairy tal… 

Shappi Khorsandi: Oh My Country! From Morris Dancing to Morrissey

Shappi Khorsandi: Oh My Country! From Morris Dancing to Morrissey

In a very personal set, Shappi talks growing up in Britain as the child of refugee parents and being English. 

A Common Man: The Bridge That Tom Built

A Common Man: The Bridge That Tom Built

Striding onto the stage accompanied by thunderous fanfare, taking his place on a podium and decrying the evil of tyrants and the chains of authority, Dominic Allen’s blistering a… 

Desert Bloom

Desert Bloom

Decked out in her Nevada-based caravan, it is initially unclear in what direction Rosa Rita’s tale will take. 

Something Rotten

Something Rotten

Something Rotten, not to be confused with the 2015 Broadway musical of the same name, is this time Hamlet’s villainous uncle, Claudius’s version of events, told as if he wer… 

Ballistic

Ballistic

This is certainly not a light hearted show. 

Piaf: Love Conquers All

Piaf: Love Conquers All

This character-driven play from Moving On Theatre had something for everyone. 

Waiting for Gandalf

Waiting for Gandalf

Being bustled and barged out of the way on entering the theatre was a novel experience as a bucket hat, backpack and zip up hoody darted past the queue to desperately claim his … 

The Bookbinder

The Bookbinder

The Bookbinder is Trick of the Light’s enchanting fairy tale of a young apprentice bookbinder’s encounter with an old woman and her mysterious book. 

Call Mr Robeson

Call Mr Robeson

As soon as Taylo Aluko, in the guise of Paul Robeson, takes to the stage we know we’re in for a treat. 

About a Goth

About a Goth

When little in your life seems to be easy then perhaps, for some, the only way to take control is to adopt a persona. 

Thorn

Thorn

Detailing the many instances of one finding a metaphorical thorn in their side, Tom Jordan’s first came when he was five. 

Joan

Joan

Thoroughly entertaining, cleverly written and immaculately performed. 

The History of Everything in 60 Mins (more or less)

The History of Everything in 60 Mins (more or less)

Ben Watson’s meet and greet as we entered the theatre made his audience immediately warm to him. 

Derek Ryan: The Slaughterhouse Rules

Derek Ryan: The Slaughterhouse Rules

Death. 

Confessions of a Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl

Confessions of a Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl

With a name like Confessions Of A Red-Headed Coffeeshop Girl you might expect a raw, bittersweet expose of the disappointments of a young dreamer, crushed by the tsunami of Post-Re… 

This Is Always The Result

This Is Always The Result

Gus Watcham hurries onto the stage as Kathy, looking frazzled, determined and slightly deranged. 

Golem

Golem

Golem is an intense experience that proves being taken out of the normal fringe comfort zone of cabaret or comedy is what makes Brighton such an interesting and divers… 

My Paper Girlfriend

My Paper Girlfriend

Animation, mime and speech come together in this neat one-man show about love at first-sight going wrong. 

Groomed
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Groomed

Groomed is an incredibly difficult show to watch but such a necessary one. 

Ghost Sex

Ghost Sex

I love ghost stories but I have never heard one quite like this. 

JoJo Bellini's Kitchen Cabaret

JoJo Bellini's Kitchen Cabaret

May 6 marked the official opening of Brighton’s famous Fringe Festival, with glorious sunshine all day and a wonderfully warm evening, the British weather played its part in… 

Tim Drain: I Know How to Make the Women I Sleep with Laugh

Tim Drain: I Know How to Make the Women I Sleep with Laugh

I went into Tim Drain’s show fully prepared for some offensive stuff. 

Plain English

Plain English

There is no shortage of solo shows about valiant teachers. 

The Power of Music

The Power of Music

There’s something infectious about certain ad jingles. 

I Gave Him an Orchid

I Gave Him an Orchid

Sarah Calver begins her spirited, witty show with a disclaimer: this show is ideally watched in Berlin at 10pm while a couple of pints down. 

The Ted Bundy Project

The Ted Bundy Project

Killing most of an hour, and murder to sit through, The Ted Bundy Project does bait-and-switch on its audience. 

You're Not Like the Other Girls Chrissy

You're Not Like the Other Girls Chrissy

Caroline Horton enters laden with suitcases against a pastel French tricolour. 

Jena Friedman: American C*nt

Jena Friedman: American C*nt

Some show titles aim to tease, titillate or intrigue but American Cunt, the name of US comic Jena Friedman’s Edinburgh Fringe debut, is a proud, badge-wearing member of the let’s-c… 

Jamie Kilstein: Sober Song Rants and a Cat Story

Jamie Kilstein: Sober Song Rants and a Cat Story

Musical comedian Jamie Kilstein has an utterly charming stage presence. 

Ferdinand

Ferdinand

Ferdinand from Tasty Monster Productions is genuinely one of the nicest productions I have seen. 

The Secret of My Failure

The Secret of My Failure

The Secret of My Failure is a farcical, eclectic sketch comedy show hosted by the energetic Dr Postscript, which weaves through sarcastic appraisals of bad comedy sketches (a cleve… 

Dendritical

Dendritical

At the heart of Dendritical, the latest performance art piece by Christy Ann Brown, lies a contradiction. 

Undermined

Undermined

Undermined was going to be called Shafted, but a guy named Godber had already beaten Danny Mellor to it. 

Reclaiming Vietnam

Reclaiming Vietnam

Kim Chinh has mastered the art of storytelling in her new one-woman show Reclaiming Vietnam. 

Cracked Tiles

Cracked Tiles

Half Scottish, half Italian, and all heart, Lorenzo Novani’s solo show is well worth getting out of bed early for. 

To Space

To Space

Dr Niamh Shaw is that relatively rare thing – a skilled and engaging stage performer who also happens to be a scientist and engineer, with both a degree and PhD to her name. 

Pirates and Mermaids

Pirates and Mermaids

Poor Boy Theatre’s latest offering, Pirates and Mermaids, is everything one hopes to find at the Fringe. 

Early Grave, Fashionably Late

Early Grave, Fashionably Late

Come and join Mr Cooper Sullivan as he tells the tale of how he became embroiled in a murder which takes him on a wild adventure that will have you giggling the whole way though. 

Anna Morris: It's Got To Be Perfect

Anna Morris: It's Got To Be Perfect

I’ve always somewhat despised weddings. 

Jessie Cave: I Loved Her

Jessie Cave: I Loved Her

Imagine a one-night stand you had resulted in a pregnancy and four months later you started a relationship off the back of it. 

Alastair Clark: Getting Better

Alastair Clark: Getting Better

Alastair Clark is not getting better. 

Aidan Goatley: Year of the Goat

Aidan Goatley: Year of the Goat

Aidan Goatley strikes me as an organised, practical and variably fearless fellow. 

This is Mary Brown

This is Mary Brown

Winsome Brown’s one-woman show is an affecting portrait of her mother and the life Brown and her siblings shared with her. 

Clare Plested: The Essential Collection

Clare Plested: The Essential Collection

Some of the best comic characters out there are likeable but misguided individuals, chronically lacking in self-awareness. 

Stephanie Laing: Nincompoop

Stephanie Laing: Nincompoop

Stephanie Laing is Chesney Hawkes’ number one fan. 

Kitty's Bound for Broadway

Kitty's Bound for Broadway

This one-woman musical show sets out with a pleasant and watchable enough idea. 

The Alphabet Girl

The Alphabet Girl

Renny Krupinski’s script is an ambitious one: chronicling the lives of one family across three generations, The Alphabet Girl aims to show the destruction of family values and the … 

Gary Little: Just Trying to Be Friendly

Gary Little: Just Trying to Be Friendly

“The Facebook,” Little moans, is a hub of narcissism and platform for vapid boasts. 

Tony Law: Frillemorphesis

Tony Law: Frillemorphesis

It’s a mark of Tony Law’s success as a surrealist that when he buggers up the start of the show, one wonders if it’s supposed to happen. 

Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions

Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions

Fans of Charles Dickens will love this charming one-man show performed by Ian Pearce, which he adapted from a short story. 

The Old Fella

The Old Fella

He’s a true-blue, straight-talking Aussie and he’s in town for some old fashioned stand-up, knock-em down comedy. 

Complex

Complex

A man is desperate for a job. 

Bones

Bones

Bones is an intimate and tragic tale of growing up in a bruised family and having to take responsibility not only for yourself but also for those who who should be caring for you. 

Price Includes Biscuits

Price Includes Biscuits

If there were a prize for the solo standup show at the Fringe with the greatest number of comic props, Naomi Paul’s Price Include Biscuits would be a strong contender. 

Adam Hess: Salmon

Adam Hess: Salmon

Adam Hess: Salmon is an hour of almost non-stop jokes, spoken at breakneck speeds by a guy who is going places. 

Hell Hath No Fury

Hell Hath No Fury

Offering “a modern, alternative view to the story of Lady Macbeth”, Hell Hath No Fury certainly has an intriguing premise. 

Jo Caulfield: Awkward Conversations

Jo Caulfield: Awkward Conversations

Jo Caulifield is sardonic, cutting and fantastically witty. 

The American Soldier

The American Soldier

We must be nearly at saturation point with plays and particularly monologues about war veterans. 

Clara Milly: Basketcase, Licensed to Help

Clara Milly: Basketcase, Licensed to Help

Therapist Clara Milly has over 20 years’ worth of experiences on which to draw from the huge amount of people she has met and helped in her career. 

Phone Whore (A One Act Play With Frequent Interruptions)

Phone Whore (A One Act Play With Frequent Interruptions)

Phone Whore is a show that is equal parts witty, sexually frank and dripping with cynicism. 

Katherine Ryan: Kathbum

Katherine Ryan: Kathbum

Katherine Ryan makes it clear from the moment she wanders onto the stage and discusses the logic behind R&B song Smell Yo Dick that she doesn’t give a rat’s ass what you think. 

Carl Hutchinson: Learning the Ropes

Carl Hutchinson: Learning the Ropes

What have you done in your life that you can say you’re proud of? This is what Carl Hutchinson asks at the top of his show Learning the Ropes. 

Susie McCabe: The Drugs Don’t Work

Susie McCabe: The Drugs Don’t Work

Like a pissed nutter at a bar chatting you up, Susie McCabe could rant for Scotland. 

Violence of the Lambs

Violence of the Lambs

Last year Chris Davis performed brilliantly in Drunk Lion and garnered great reviews. 

Mitch’s Movie Pitches

Mitch’s Movie Pitches

Mitch (Eric Sigmundsson) loves movies. 

Sy Thomas: Jumper

Sy Thomas: Jumper

How difficult is comedy when you’re a nice guy who’s had a nice life? What well can you draw from for your material? It’s a problem that Sy Thomas has grappled with, and one … 

Tom Parry: Yellow T-shirt

Tom Parry: Yellow T-shirt

Tom Parry, formerly a third of sketch group Pappy’s, presents Yellow T-Shirt, his first solo show, at this year’s Fringe. 

Pip Utton: Playing Maggie

Pip Utton: Playing Maggie

Margaret Thatcher was – still is, two years after her death – a divisive figure, loved and hated in equal measure. 

Michael Legge: Tell it Like it is, Steve

Michael Legge: Tell it Like it is, Steve

Micheal Legge - Prince of Bitterness, Lord of Fury - has his sights on an award. 

Michael Che: Six Stars

Michael Che: Six Stars

One of the fastest rising young comedians from across the pond, Michael Che is back in Edinburgh for a third year running with his new show Six Stars. 

101 Reasons Why I #@%$ Katie Hopkins

101 Reasons Why I #@%$ Katie Hopkins

Though billed as theatre, 101 Reasons Why I #@%$ Katie Hopkins is essentially a lecture on odious media figure Katie Hopkins, complete with biography and PowerPoint presentation, b… 

The Unknown Soldier

The Unknown Soldier

The Unknown Soldier finds an interesting perspective on the lives of men who fought in the First World War. 

Belfast Boy

Belfast Boy

This stifling performance by young talent Greg Fossard will make you uneasy as the traumas of a troubled Belfast man’s life unravel. 

Gary Busey's One-Man Hamlet as Performed by David Carl

Gary Busey's One-Man Hamlet as Performed by David Carl

Every serious actor wants to do his Hamlet. 

Ahir Shah: Distant

Ahir Shah: Distant

If pirates wore signet rings and possessed anything in the way of eloquence, I’d feel as if I were watching a one-man shanty as Ahir Shar (aka Shit Shag, via autocorrect) sways a… 

Thief

Thief

Sailor – he had a real name once, but he believes “Sailor” suits him now – is a street hustler, thief and raconteur; the illegitimate son of a prostitute who has taken up h… 

Tom Stade: You’re Welcome!

Tom Stade: You’re Welcome!

When Tom Stade walks on stage you can tell he’s at home. 

Steve Hall: Zebra

Steve Hall: Zebra

It has been four years since Steve Hall last appeared at the Fringe. 

Where Do Little Birds Go?

Where Do Little Birds Go?

Where Do Little Birds Go? follows the story of Lucy Fuller in the heat of London’s swinging sixties, where she has hopes of landing her dream job as a West End star (or a barmaid… 

Marny Godden: Flap ‘em on the Gate

Marny Godden: Flap ‘em on the Gate

From the moment Marny Godden’s first character walks onto the stage to a decidedly creepy soundtrack it’s clear that the comedian will be leading the audience down an unusual p… 

Grounded

Grounded

Grounded is written, performed and directed by Linda McDade. 

Satan Speaks: 'Why I Don't Exist' A TED-ish Talk

Satan Speaks: 'Why I Don't Exist' A TED-ish Talk

According to Baudelaire, the greatest trick that the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn’t exist. 

Dillie Keane

Dillie Keane

A regular performer in Edinburgh and confident stage actress, Dillie Keane returns with her ‘first solo show for 557 years’. 

Bortle 8

Bortle 8

Following on from last year’s Drunk Lion, Chris Davis’ Bortle 8 is nothing if not strange. 

Magiko

Magiko

A simple set, a modest stage and enough enthusiasm for magic in one man to inspire his audience to audible, astonished gasps. 

slut (r)evolution (no one gets there overnight)

slut (r)evolution (no one gets there overnight)

In this fun one-woman show, a self-described bi-dyke shares with us stories of her sexual evolution, from Mormon adolescent scanning second-hand books for smut, to monogamous domes… 

Invisible Woman

Invisible Woman

A superb one-woman show from Kate Cook, Invisible Women tells of the thrilling adventures of a repressed housewife and sometime poet turned WWII operative. 

Kraftwerk Badger Spaceship

Kraftwerk Badger Spaceship

When you sit down for a show named as ridiculously as Kraftwerk Badger Spaceship, you should be ready for the surreal. 

Goose: Kablamo

Goose: Kablamo

In Goose: Kablamo, comedian Adam Drake has created a comedy show that doesn’t so much defy description, it just stuffs so much in that it is very difficult to do the act justice … 

The Eulogy of Toby Peach

The Eulogy of Toby Peach

Toby begins by racing through a history of his life in numbers - how many days he’s been alive (9424), how many minutes he has spent kissing (not enough), and how long it’s bee… 

Funmbi Omotayo: Legal Immigrant

Funmbi Omotayo: Legal Immigrant

It’s hard not to like Funmbi Omotayo. 

Tiff Stevenson: Mad Man

Tiff Stevenson: Mad Man

Speaking to those of us in her audience who have never seen her perform before, Tiff Stevenson says ‘You’re so lucky… I remember seeing me for the first time. 

Alun Cochrane: A Show with a Man in It

Alun Cochrane: A Show with a Man in It

Okay, he doesn’t promise much - the title was his son’s butchering of the ‘one-man show’ term. 

My Name is Saoirse

My Name is Saoirse

Set in an attic sewing room, Saoirse’s life is presented to us as a form of patchwork quilt. 

Milo McCabe: Genesisocide

Milo McCabe: Genesisocide

Milo McCabe’s latest hour - and his first in the one-man sketch format - is incredible. 

Ocean Going Idiot

Ocean Going Idiot

Rob Coleman’s Ocean Going Idiot is less of a piece of theatre and more an hour’s friendly chat about a largely failed adventure in the top room of a pub. 

Martha McBrier: Pigeon Puncher

Martha McBrier: Pigeon Puncher

Punching pigeons comes surprisingly easily to Martha McBrier, whose hour of engaging and funny storytelling draws on run-ins with pesky birds of all kinds, all the while unmasking … 

Paul Foot

Paul Foot

Surrealist comedian Paul Foot is an Edinburgh Fringe institution. 

John McKeever: Multifarious

John McKeever: Multifarious

On top of talent and comic-timing, McKeever has charm by the bucket-load. 

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Family

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Family

“He is my father… somehow,” says Ben Norris, cutting to the heart of a feeling many people have at some point in their lives. 

Spencer Jones Presents: The Herbert in Proper Job

Spencer Jones Presents: The Herbert in Proper Job

On any given night during the Edinburgh Fringe there are dozens of funny comics standing on stage talking about the life and loves of a performer. 

The Soaking of Vera Shrimp

The Soaking of Vera Shrimp

The Soaking of Vera Shrimp may seem at first like a fairly quirky premise. 

Mitch Benn: That Was the Future

Mitch Benn: That Was the Future

‘I find something that I’m passionate about and then write the comedy around that’. 

Ria Lina: Taboo Raider

Ria Lina: Taboo Raider

Ria Lina presents a comic show on political correctness that purports to raid society’s taboos. 

Tom Allen: Both Worlds

Tom Allen: Both Worlds

Tom Allen is afraid of death. 

Jamie MacDonald: Oblivious

Jamie MacDonald: Oblivious

Jamie MacDonald is a gentle comic, even when brandishing his white cane as a weapon. 

Rhys Nicholson – Forward

Rhys Nicholson – Forward

You cannot criticise Rhys Nicholson for a lack of clarity. 

Tonight with Donny Stixx

Tonight with Donny Stixx

An unassuming teenager, Donny Stixx, tries to keep his calm as he meets fans for a televised Q&A, just like he’s always dreamed. 

Ben Russell: The Tokyo Hotel

Ben Russell: The Tokyo Hotel

This show begins with the sound of drums and then a dreadful storm and so gives its audience certain expectations of what is to come but, as Russell himself exclaims, “prepare yo… 

Nish Kumar: Long Word... Long Word... Blah Blah Blah... I'm so Clever

Nish Kumar: Long Word... Long Word... Blah Blah Blah... I'm so Clever

This is a big year for Nish Kumar. 

John Robins: Speakeasy

John Robins: Speakeasy

Burgeoning Fringe comedy legend and self-professed borderline alcoholic John Robins indulges his audience with a startlingly self-referential hour of stand-up comedy. 

Paul Sinha: Postcards From the Z List

Paul Sinha: Postcards From the Z List

British Asian, Paul Sinha, makes a very welcome return to the Stand Comedy Club during the Fringe after a four-year absence. 

Damien Slash: Übermen

Damien Slash: Übermen

‘Hi, Eric Swineblade,’ says a bluetooth-enabled gumph-bot at the door, proffering his executive, solutions-providing hand. 

Mark Simmons – Laugh Yourself Thin

Mark Simmons – Laugh Yourself Thin

Not every comic has the wherewithal to build the feedline of a joke into the title of their show. 

Garden

Garden

Garden is the deeply personal monologue of Lucy, whose life changes when she rescues an abused Dracaena pot plant from her office and takes it home. 

Jonny Awsum: Everything is Awsum

Jonny Awsum: Everything is Awsum

Using only the bare essentials of a guitar, some toy instruments, and a few lighting changes, Jonny Awsum delivers an hour of musical comedy with plenty of laughs and the sort of t… 

George Egg: Anarchist Cook

George Egg: Anarchist Cook

George Egg has twenty years experience on the comedy circuit. 

Andrew Lawrence: Uncensored

Andrew Lawrence: Uncensored

Andrew Lawrence isn’t a fan, to say the least, of strident, militant lefties. 

Teaset

Teaset

A solo show is a delicate thing. 

Sophie Pelham: Country Files

Sophie Pelham: Country Files

The trip from busy Edinburgh to sleepy Wiltshire is down a short flight of stairs and through a door, upon which you’re greeted with complimentary sherry (dry or sweet, your pref… 

James Acaster: Represent

James Acaster: Represent

‘I know why you’re here’, James Acaster begins, ‘for the celebrity gossip’. 

Diary of a Dating Addict

Diary of a Dating Addict

‘Finding a partner’s like finding a job: you’ve got to put the work in’, says Maddy Anholt, and she would know. 

Andrew Doyle: Minimalism!

Andrew Doyle: Minimalism!

There’s more than a touch of Stewart Lee when it comes to Andrew Doyle’s comedic concerns. 

Victoria Wood + Me

Victoria Wood + Me

A deep familiarity with the beloved UK television star portrayed in the warm and witty solo comedy Victoria Wood + ME isn’t necessary to enjoy the vibrant impersonation of her by… 

Megan Ford: Feminasty

Megan Ford: Feminasty

Feminasty is a rollercoaster of irreverent, witty humour with a real agenda at hand. 

Lucie Pohl: Cry Me a Liver

Lucie Pohl: Cry Me a Liver

When you boast a cast of characters as diverse as Lucie Pohl’s new act it’s no surprise when the results are so mixed. 

Clairvoyant

Clairvoyant

Singular actor and writer of Clairvoyant, Bettine Mackenzie is funny. 

Alfie Brown: -ism

Alfie Brown: -ism

Alfie Brown has a real problem with moral absolutism. 

Simon Donald: Barry Twyford Isn’t Meant

Simon Donald: Barry Twyford Isn’t Meant

The nervous Barry Twyford (from Crackwhore and Mingpiece Market Research) takes to the stage and explains that he has accidentally booked himself to do a show at the Edinburgh Frin… 

Eleanor Morton: Allotted Mucking Around Time

Eleanor Morton: Allotted Mucking Around Time

We are welcomed into the Stand 2 by a red-headed young woman in the guise of an older man. 

aLOne – Loren O'Brien

aLOne – Loren O'Brien

It all begins with a suicide threat. 

Labels

Labels

Labels are easy to create: they can even be fun. 

Tar Baby

Tar Baby

Tar Baby is a show caught between two worlds, comedy and drama, poignant and silly, white and black. 

Luke Toulson: Grandpa, Hitler and Me

Luke Toulson: Grandpa, Hitler and Me

Luke Toulson’s grandfather was a Royal Engineer during World War Two who served in France, North Africa and the Middle East. 

John Robertson: Let’s Redecorate!

John Robertson: Let’s Redecorate!

Australian comedian John Robertson has become a well-known Fringe regular with his hit interactive gameshow, The Dark Room. 

Bat-Fan

Bat-Fan

When boredom threatens at the Fringe, a hero will rise. 

To She or Not to She

To She or Not to She

A slow-burn comic piece of theatre about theatre, To She or Not to She will have you chuckling all the way though, and absorbing the deeply felt feminist message without notice. 

George and Co (the Solo Tour)

George and Co (the Solo Tour)

At first it’s almost as if George Dimarelos has chosen to counter any preconceptions about loud Australians by opting for the least dramatic stage entrance possible; he’s alrea… 

Lost Voice Guy: Disability for Dunces

Lost Voice Guy: Disability for Dunces

Lee Ridley, aka Lost Voice Guy, has cerebral palsy, and as such has been asked questions ranging from the ridiculous to the downright offensive. 

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