| List Shows: By Name | By Start Time |
| Listings for 16 August, sorted by Start Time |
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| | Mystery Meat (Showcase) CABARET | | AUG 2-26 at 10:00 (60 min) - Free | | Mystery Meat Club builds on the success of being the best niche stand up club in Brighton. The Compere Anthony Ayton regularly appears on Latest TV. Every show will have a mixture of comedy styles and... | | The City Café / Las Vegas |
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| | Mystery Meat (Showcase) CABARET | | AUG 2-26 at 10:00 (60 min) - Free | | Mystery Meat Club builds on the success of being the best niche stand up club in Brighton. The Compere Anthony Ayton regularly appears on Latest TV. Every show will have a mixture of comedy styles and... | | The City Café / Las Vegas |
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| | On Earth As It Is COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 10:00 (45 min) - Free | | This Tour de Farce of comic mayhem, satire, and bathos chronicles the exploits of an American in Central and Eastern Europe when humanity first awoke from the deep freeze of Communism. Things like t... | | The Free Sisters / The Wee Room |
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| | Games With James CHILDRENS | | AUG 2-14, 16-19 at 10:45 (60 min) - Free | | Award-winning comedian and UK board gaming champion James Cook invites you to play board games live on stage. Buckaroo, Guess Who, Hungry Hippos and more done like you've never seen it before. Suitab... | | The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room |
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| | Twenty Minutes To Nine THEATRE | | AUG 2-3, 6, 9-10, 13, 16-17, 20, 23-24 at 11:00 (60 min) - Free | | Nominated Best Performance, Melbourne Fringe. Life's a party. At some point we all have to leave; some of us just choose when. Through storytelling, live musical soundscapes and spoken word, this is ... | | The Free Sisters / The Wee Room |
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| | Good Women THEATRE | | AUG 2-10, 12-19 at 11:10 (50 min) - Free | | Kathryn Pool is a Liturgical dance sensation in Yorkshire. Her YouTube videos have over a hundred views and all the under-25s in the liturgical dance community know her name. She is a shoe-in the fo... | | The Counting House / The Loft |
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| | Defrosted CHILDRENS | | AUG 2-9, 11-22 at 11:30 (60 min) - Free | | A big bonkers blast of fun with super-duo Cat (the Spot Bots Mermaid, CBeebies) & Nicko. Love that frosty film or hate it, you will laugh your pants off & get snowed on! Join these lovable clowns and ... | | The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber |
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| | Twat Out Of Hell COMEDY | | AUG 2-6, 8-20, 22-26 at 11:35 (60 min) - Free | | Twat Out of Hell features comedian Gary G Knightley, as seen on Channel 4, BBC3 and the West End, performing his debut solo show. MCA Finalist 2017 Gary G Knightley “Clever, Funny and in your face” ... | | The City Café / Hollywood |
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| | Trying to be good COMEDY | | AUG 2-14, 16-26 at 12:00 (45 min) - Free | | Award-winning comedian and writer Daniel Audritt brings his first solo show to the fringe, asking 'what really makes us good or bad people?' Having previously had jokes on shows like 8 out of 10 Cats ... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Main Room |
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| | Best In Class COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free | | When you grow up working class you might not get much access to the arts. You might have to fight for it. You might have to fight your way out from whichever rock which society has placed you under. Y... | | Harry's Southside / Upstairs |
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| | Allow It COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 12:00 (50 min) - Free | | "Allow it" is a stand-up comedy about Western Philosophy and Islam in modern Britain told through the stories of teaching religious studies to teenagers in East London. What do you say when your stud... | | Moriarty's / Cellar |
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| | Andrew Sim: You Gotta Find Joy COMEDY | | AUG 2-14, 16-26 at 12:00 (55 min) - Free | | Bringing his first solo run to the Fringe with his dark past, strange obsessions and naive optimism, Andrew Sim wants to find joy and spread it to you. With a combination of story telling, surreal imp... | | The City Café / Nineties |
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| | Show Up, Kids! CHILDRENS | | AUG 2-14, 16-21, 23-26 at 12:00 (55 min) - Free | | American improvisor, storyteller and teacher Pete takes the real-life experiences, hopes and fears of kids in the audience (and their parents) and turns them into a totally interactive, one-man, comed... | | The Counting House / The Lounge |
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| | Science Magic CHILDRENS | | AUG 2-26 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free | | Treble-Award winning Irish comedian and science communicator Dónal Vaughan brings his hugely successful science magic comedy show back to the Edinburgh Fringe. Prepare to enter the magical world of ... | | The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room |
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| | Justin Matson: Fatter Than You Think COMEDY | | AUG 2-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-26 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free | | Justin Matson’s been kicked off three rollercoasters for being too fat, and now he’s finally ready to talk about it! Adorably awkward with a twist of gay, Matson brings his hit new show to Edinburgh ... | | Ushers / The Cellar |
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| | Sarah Iles: Ghosted COMEDY | | AUG 2-14, 16-26 at 12:05 (50 min) - Free - donations welcome | | A fun stand-up show where comedian Sarah Iles invites you to her life of trying to date after 12 years out of the game (she was married, not in prison - Insert a hack witty comment here about them bei... | | The Counting House / The Attic |
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| | Sarah Iles: Ghosted COMEDY | | AUG 2-14, 16-26 at 12:05 (50 min) - Free - donations welcome | | A fun stand-up show where comedian Sarah Iles invites you to her life of trying to date after 12 years out of the game (she was married, not in prison - Insert a hack witty comment here about them bei... | | The Counting House / The Attic |
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| | Phantasmagorical THEATRE | | AUG 2-26 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free | | Phantasmagorical The merrily macabre Sylvia Sceptre presents Phantasmagorical, a show of spooky mindreading and Victorian Spirit Theatre. This is as close as you will get to experiencing the thril... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Long Room |
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| | Clash of the Tight Tens COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free | | Andy Quirk presents his pick of the finest fringe comedians performing ten minute tasters of their full length shows. Expect a titanic mix of stand-up, sketch and musical comedy. Good clean fun – you’... | | Espionage / Kasbar |
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| | Clash of the Tight Tens COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free | | Andy Quirk presents his pick of the finest fringe comedians performing ten minute tasters of their full length shows. Expect a titanic mix of stand-up, sketch and musical comedy. Good clean fun – you’... | | Espionage / Kasbar |
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| | A Piece of Cake! COMEDY | | AUG 2-12, 14-26 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free | | Love cake? Love comedy? Love free stuff? We have combined those 3 things, just for you, you amazing human that you are! This is a show that’s all about being lovely, enjoying yummy cakes and great c... | | The Counting House / The Loft |
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| | Grumpy Pants CHILDRENS | | AUG 2-26 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free | | Grumpy Pants invites the audience into an eccentric and intimate world, where everyday objects such as suitcases, glasses of water and frisbees are bought to life in experimental juggling routines. ... | | The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room |
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| | Karoshi COMEDY | | AUG 3, 6, 9-10, 13, 16-17, 20, 23-24 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free | | It’s said that 60% of us hate our jobs. Is it any wonder, with pointless jargon to contend with (Key Performance Indicators, anyone?), and even more pointless employee perks? A stapler isn’t a perk, f... | | The Free Sisters / The Wee Room |
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| | Heimatmann THEATRE | | AUG 2-26 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free | | Heimatman A lone German determined to stop the coming slaughter of World War Two by killing Hitler. He almost succeeded in saving 60 million souls. Audience feedback Brighton Fringe: 'good piece of wr... | | The Mockingbird / Upstairs |
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| | Oxford Revue: Free COMEDY | | AUG 12-21 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free | | The Oxford Revue returns with its celebrated Free Fringe variety bill. Across the month of August, the University of Oxford's premier sketch comedy troupe presents a rotating bill of stand-up, sketch,... | | The Phoenix / Phoenix Below |
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| | Mat Ricardo Vs The World CABARET | | AUG 2-26 at 12:30 (60 min) - Free | | Award-winning cabaret star and the UK’s most successful juggler, Mat Ricardo, had a problem – after a 30-year career as the go-to guy for jaw-dropping dexterity, he'd run out of new tricks. So he did ... | | The City Café / Las Vegas |
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| | STRING THEORY CHILDRENS | | AUG 2-26 at 12:30 (55 min) - Free | | A brand new show from the people who brought you FUNNY STUFF FOR HAPPY PEOPLE. Martin "Bigpig" Mor has been doing family friendly shows all over the world, for over 30 years. In fact he has become a f... | | The Counting House / The Ballroom |
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| | Lemons COMEDY | | AUG 10-26 at 12:30 (60 min) - Free | | Doctor Klevemark is not a real doctor, but she believes in the power of positive thinking, like all people should. She is a perma-positive life coach who isn't going to let her own depression stop her... | | The Place / Room |
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| | Mickey Sharma's mixed blessings COMEDY | | AUG 2-14, 16-21, 23-25 at 12:45 (60 min) - Free | | After realising that when it comes to dating, mickey has a definitive bias towards white women. It was time to take a deeper look into whether it was nature or nurture. Mickey asks some tough and at t... | | Espionage / The Bunker |
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| | Sketch Thieves COMEDY | | AUG 2-13, 15-26 at 13:00 (60 min) - Free | | Comedy sketch swapping live! The cult hit show where sketch groups perform their own sketches, then each others'. Chortle Award winner – Best Club Show London. Top 5 comedy shows of the year (List). T... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Main Room |
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| | Naked Truth COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 13:00 (60 min) - Free | | In The Naked Truth, Tommy Helme shares an uncommon and candid view of the world we live in. Whilst sharing his own shambolic experiences Tommy reveals a alternative perspective on politics, race, reli... | | Moriarty's / Cellar |
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| | Dan Kelly's Madras Years COMEDY | | AUG 2-16 at 13:10 (45 min) - Free | | Ever been for a curry with all ten members of the Wu Tang Clan? Ever thought about what it all means (death/life/lager), mid downward-dog? Ever scored the winning goal in the last minute, only to have... | | The City Café / Nineties |
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| | Angel Comedy Showcase COMEDY | | AUG 3-26 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free | | Award-winning Angel Comedy (Best Club in UK 2015, 2017 Chortle Awards) brings a showcase to Edinburgh Festival 2018. Award-winning comedians and the best new acts, free! Time Out recommended, and Top ... | | Espionage / Pravda |
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| | Old Jewish Jokes COMEDY | AUG 2-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-26 at 13:15 (60 min) - FREE TICKETED  | | 6th year of the Edinburgh fringe's most successful-ever Jewish comedy show. It's a fun, revealing and truthful story which also provides an excellent opportunity to hear once again some of the world's... | | Finnegan's Wake / The Back Room |
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| | The Burning Gadulka THEATRE | | AUG 2-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-26 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free | | Following a series of failures at music festivals, a Bulgarian musician faces a midlife crisis. Is his lifelong love affair with his instrument – the gadulka, about to be challenged by the arrival of ... | | Harry's Southside / Upstairs |
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| | Science Magic CHILDRENS | | AUG 2-26 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free | | Treble-Award winning Irish comedian and science communicator Dónal Vaughan brings his hugely successful science magic comedy show back to the Edinburgh Fringe. Prepare to enter the magical world of ... | | The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room |
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| | Live Your Best Life COMEDY | | AUG 2-18 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free | | According to WikiHow, you can Live Your Best Life in just 14 steps (with pictures) but can it really be that easy? Emmy Fyles (Comedy Central, BBC Three) sets off on a journey to follow the best, wors... | | The Hanover Tap / The Wee Tap |
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| | Paul Foxcroft: Huge If True COMEDY | | AUG 2-12, 14-26 at 13:15 (55 min) - Free | | Paul Foxcroft: Huge If True Fifty Five minutes of hi-octane nonsense from one of the UK's best improv comedians, half of quirky sketch-pals Surname & Surname, and host of the sell-out hit show 'Quest... | | Ushers / The Cellar |
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| | Trauma made me COMEDY | | AUG 3-12, 14-22, 24-26 at 13:30 (50 min) - Free | | Maff Brown has written for Mock the Week, Vic and Bob, Radio 4 and has been nominated for the Amused Moose Comedy award. He was also recommended as the top ten things to see at the Fringe by G... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Long Room |
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| | Pals COMEDY | | AUG 15-26 at 13:30 (60 min) - Free | | William Stone ("Belting gags"- Angela Barnes) and Simone Belshaw (South Coast Comedian 2017 Finalist, Funny Women Regional Finalist 2018) are just two pals trying to make sense of life and it’s many f... | | Espionage / Kasbar |
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| | Curried Mustard COMEDY | | AUG 2-3, 6, 9-10, 13, 16-17, 20, 23-24 at 13:30 (60 min) - Free | | Growing up in the deepest darkest parts of India and then being thrown into the west with no language, culture, personality, looks, or even a clue. ... | | The Free Sisters / The Wee Room |
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| | Johnny Irish COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 13:30 (60 min) - Free | | Ireland’s own Duffy Connors is taking his one man show ‘Johnny Irish’ to Edinburgh which includes stories from the odd man’s life, well crafted one liners and musical comedy. In this show you will lea... | | The Mockingbird / Upstairs |
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| | Johnny Irish COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 13:30 (60 min) - Free | | Ireland’s own Duffy Connors is taking his one man show ‘Johnny Irish’ to Edinburgh which includes stories from the odd man’s life, well crafted one liners and musical comedy. In this show you will lea... | | The Mockingbird / Upstairs |
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| | Mind the Gap Stand Up COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 13:30 (50 min) - Free | | Mind the Gap Stand Up The blindest physics graduate, the grumpiest Channel 5 presenter and the most stage struck grandma are the freshest acts on the Fringe. See the stars of tomorrow, today. ... | | The Phoenix / Phoenix Below |
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| | Adventures In Dementia - Steve Day COMEDY | | AUG 2-12, 14-19, 21-26 at 13:45 (60 min) - Free | | Steve Day's dad has Alzheimers. There's nothing he can do about it except remember the way he was. Steve has also been deaf since his teens but has new hearing aids so now he's going through all the m... | | Espionage / Mata Hari |
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| | Eat Sleep Shit Shag COMEDY | | AUG 2-23 at 13:45 (50 min) - Free | | Amused Moose Comedy Award Finalist, 2015, Abbie Murphy returns to the fringe with her new show, ‘Eat Sleep Shit Shag’ Murphy has been trying to figure out what it is to be a woman. Anecdotes from th... | | The City Café / Las Vegas |
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| | Getting Higher COMEDY | | AUG 2-16 at 13:45 (60 min) - Free | | Hannah quit being a comedian in 2013 when she stopped believing in herself (despite being 'very funny'). Frustrated and without a creative outlet, she fell into a corporate job and a cycle of reckless... | | The Place / Room |
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| | Nicky Wilkinson: Happy COMEDY | | AUG 2-12, 14-26 at 14:00 (60 min) - Free | | Rising comedy star, Nicky Wilkinson, returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with her hotly anticipated show, HAPPY. HAPPY is a fun-packed hour of stand-up, pies, party games and prizes, celebrating all that... | | Espionage / The Bunker |
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| | A Booklover's Comedy Show COMEDY | | AUG 2-12, 14-26 at 14:05 (60 min) - Free | | A compilation show featuring a rotating bill of comedians and storytellers talking about everything book related - it could be about anything from how a book changed their lives to a time they partied... | | The City Café / Hollywood |
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| | Cold as Icelandic COMEDY | | AUG 2-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-26 at 14:10 (50 min) - Free | | "Cold as Icelandic" is an internationally themed standup comedy show from a single guy in his late twenties who has spent most of his life living out of a suitcase. Having always been an outsider, bot... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Cinema Room |
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| | Ahir Shah: Duffer COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 14:15 (60 min) - Free | | Ahir Shah returns to Edinburgh with a new hour of stand-up about life and what comes after, death and what comes before, and Bohemian Rhapsody. Shah's last show, Control, enjoyed a critically acclaime... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Main Room |
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| | Tongue in My Head COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 14:15 (60 min) - Free | | Toby Adam's brings his fourth solo show to Edinburgh following praise for 2016's 'Fit', "charming...quiet charisma...a feelgood experience," (Chortle), and 2015's 'Quivertip', "I laughed a lot...a spe... | | Moriarty's / Cellar |
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| | Cult Comics COMEDY | | AUG 2-12, 14-26 at 14:15 (60 min) - Free | | Join comedians Sam Golin (as seen on Ginx TV's Console Yourself and Videogame Nation) and Gabriel Ebulue (as heard on BBC Radio 6 Music, BBC Radio Five Live and The Three Track Podcast) for an hour of... | | The Counting House / The Lounge |
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| | TwentyTwelve COMEDY | | AUG 11-18 at 14:25 (60 min) - Free | | The show is basically the story of my life and centers around my well meaning failures as an adult, from the time I leaned in to kiss a woman that had just interviewed me for a job, to my investments ... | | The City Café / Nineties |
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| | POTTERVISION! COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 14:30 (60 min) - Free | | POTTERVISION! The Harry Potter Parody show that celebrates and highlights the absurdities of those magical movies. Join us, four full grown men pretending to be twelve year old children as we re-enact... | | Espionage / Pravda |
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| | CIRCUS SONAS CHILDRENS | | AUG 2-26 at 14:30 (60 min) - Free | | Martin and Logy are a father and son juggling act from Northern Ireland. They perform all over the world, and are bringing their new show to the Edinburgh Fringe. This is a family friendly show with a... | | The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room |
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| | 101 Comedy Club COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 14:30 (60 min) - Free | | 'Funny. Fast. Free' **** (ThreeWeeks). Each night sees four experienced acts performing. All our comedians have been hand-picked from an ethical fair trade farm where they've been grown in only the fi... | | The Hanover Tap / The Wee Tap |
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| | Matt Watson & Friends COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 14:45 (60 min) - Free | | Come hear the story of a man who has put everything on the line to pursue what he loves, and feel inspired through humour to stop letting passion fall to the side, and start living the dream. Matt Wat... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Long Room |
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| | Not Quite Mass COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 14:45 (50 min) - Free | | It's a cult of happiness. Save your soul with laughter. Witness Ireland's finest stand-ups, along with holy discussions and blessed games. Handpicked by Irish Comedian of Last Year, the reverend Stev... | | Dropkick Murphy's / Main Room |
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| | First World Problems COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 14:45 (60 min) - Free | | East London's premier rapper of first-world problems, Andy Quirk, and his backup dancer Anna J, invite you to join their crew for fist-pumping therapy tackling the inconsequential irks of modern livin... | | Espionage / Kasbar |
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| | Creme Brulee COMEDY | | AUG 2-12, 14-26 at 14:45 (60 min) - Free | | The brand-new show from award-winning stand-up and screenwriter Ben Clover looks at how a single incident can change your life forever. Features a free cookie and a live curse-placing ceremony ... | | The Counting House / The Loft |
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| | By the Power of Greyskull COMEDY | | AUG 2-3, 6, 9-10, 13, 16-17, 20, 23-24 at 14:45 (45 min) - Pay what you want. | | I am Winter. Prince of Punchlines & defender of gags & the humorous secrets of Castle Greyskull. Fabulous, secret comedic powers were revealed to me one night when I held aloft a mighty microphone & s... | | The Free Sisters / The Wee Room |
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| | BONQRZ THEATRE | | AUG 2-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-26 at 14:45 (60 min) - Pay what you want | | Bonqrz is an interactive physical comedy show about how Narin Oz’s disastrous life choices made her decide to be a budgerigar. Narin Oz takes the audience on a very surreal journey of human folly in... | | The Mockingbird / Upstairs |
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| | Fallout THEATRE | | AUG 2-25 at 14:45 (50 min) - Free | | “It's not the end of the world!" Join the last survivors of the global nuclear catastrophe in Lotta Quizeen’s boutique bunker. She’s got recipe tips for tinned goods and dating strategies to repopulat... | | The Phoenix / Phoenix Below |
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| | Stephen Carlin: The Opinionater COMEDY | | AUG 2-13, 15-26 at 15:00 (60 min) - Free | | No purpose, no point, no means, no future, no ends, no reason, no mind, no entry, no signal, no credit, no news, no access, no all, no areas, no light, no tunnel, no future, no hope, no dark, no line... | | Espionage / Mata Hari |
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| | Don't Be Terrible COMEDY | | AUG 2-13, 15-26 at 15:00 (60 min) - Free | | Can stand up save your love life? Self-confessed nice guy Steve thinks so. That's why he's asked Alice, an up and coming comedian, how to perform stand up. It's his last-ditch attempt to distract his... | | The City Café / Las Vegas |
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| | Stand-up Philosophy COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 15:00 (60 min) - Free | | STAND-UP PHILOSOPHY is like stand-up comedy, except that it’s philosophical as well as funny! With a different philosophical theme and line-up each day, the Fringe’s most intelligent comedians join so... | | The Counting House / The Ballroom |
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| | KEITH. COMEDY | | AUG 2-12, 14-19 at 15:00 (60 min) - Free | | "Unbeatable comedic timing" - DST First Night ★★★★½ "KEITH. is shaking up the status quo with a mirth that is hard to match" - Palatinate ★★★★ After br... | | The Place / Room |
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| | Susan Macbeth THEATRE | | AUG 15-26 at 15:15 (60 min) - Free | | Susan Macbeth is the tale of one highly unqualified English teacher’s adventure to a small coastal community, to spread a love of literature and not get burned alive in a wicker effigy. In equal parts... | | The Cuckoo's Nest / Basement |
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| | Will Mars: Candid Cafe COMEDY | | AUG 2-13, 15-26 at 15:30 (60 min) - Free | | Star of FOX’s Showtime At The Apollo, finalist on Season 8 of NBC Comcast’s knockout television show, Trial By Laughter & runner-up for the woman he loves. ‘He had been making his mark on the New Yor... | | Bar 50 / The Alcove |
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| | Addicted to Fun COMEDY | | AUG 2-13, 15-26 at 15:40 (60 min) - Free | | Jane used to be fun. By fun, she means drunk. She’s been sober for 15 years but still misses the buzz of that first, second, third, fourth drink. A frank and funny show about anxiety, sex, alcohol and... | | The City Café / Nineties |
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| | Angry Boater COMEDY | | AUG 2-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-26 at 15:45 (60 min) - Free | | Now in its fourth year, the glorious, comedic voyage from suburbia to chaos finally comes to Edinburgh. Following a eureka moment in Hemel Hempstead, Joel Sanders bought a narrowboat and moved into ... | | Finnegan's Wake / The Back Room |
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| | Whispers in the Cosmos COMEDY | | AUG 15-25 at 15:45 (60 min) - Free | | The show isn't entirely about space, although it takes place in space. As all shows do but rarely acknowledge it. Whispers in the Cosmos is probably an existentialist quest wearing a stand up comedy c... | | Fireside / Arch III |
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| | Drunk Lion THEATRE | | AUG 2-26 at 15:45 (60 min) - Free | | Written & performed by Chris Davis Directed by Mary Tuomanen Drunk Lion follows an alcoholic Lion who spends his days drinking into oblivion in a cantina, until he meets Chris, a young foreigner lea... | | The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar |
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| | A Few Good Jen COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 16:00 (60 min) - Free | | Multi Award-winning Welsh comedian, Jenny Collier, returns with a brand new hour of stand up. After a sellout 2017 run, a smattering of European gigs and another year of performing all over the UK, sh... | | Espionage / Kasbar |
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| | Rocket Man THEATRE | | AUG 11-26 at 16:00 (60 min) - Free | | Set in the heyday of glam rock and science fiction, Rocket Man is a play about family and friends bearing the brunt of a little-understood mental illness. Velvet Goldmine and Withnail & I collide in a... | | The Mockingbird / Upstairs |
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| | Robin Morgan COMEDY | | AUG 2-12, 14-26 at 16:00 (60 min) - Free | | Following up from his 2016 sell out run, Robin Morgan returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Join the writer for Have I Got News For You, Newzoids, tHE nEWS Quiz and The Now Show as he premiers th... | | The Pear Tree / Pear Tree Indoor Stage |
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| | Louise Reay: Eraserhead COMEDY | | AUG 2-13, 15-26 at 16:15 (60 min) - Free | | The first show in Edinburgh was banned ... and lawyers told her to can the second show. How will the third show fare? Eraserhead is the third instalment of award-winning comedian Louise Reay’s pro... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Cinema Room |
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| | Will Penswick: Dank Verse COMEDY | | AUG 2-16 at 16:15 (60 min) - Free | | He’s the world’s worst poet...and he doesn't know it. Sex, death, Christianity, Tim Henman, pigeons, divorce, Nazism, casseroles; no topic is too out there for Will Penswick. Brought to you by one of... | | The Place / Room |
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| | Shaggers COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 16:30 (60 min) - Free | | The worldwide hit show returns with a line-up of superb and varied comedians from all around the Fringe doing material based around the hilarious, cheeky subject of shagging. ‘A tour de force of lau... | | Espionage / The Bunker |
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| | Phil Zimmerman - 67 Arseholes COMEDY | | AUG 15-20, 22-26 at 16:35 (60 min) - Free | | An hour of off-the-wall physical comedy, satire and music. With sausage... 67 arseholes is Phil Zimmerman’s take on the insanity of modern life. A riotous rant, mercilessly mocking establishment corru... | | The City Café / Hollywood |
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| | You're Okay! COMEDY | | AUG 2-13, 15-26 at 16:45 (60 min) - Free | | Thanksgiving with your family in the most eye-popping of places. Don't worry... You’re Okay! Suzanne is a New York comedian who was selected for the San Francisco Comedy Competition finals, New York W... | | Bar 50 / The Alcove |
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| | Joe Foster: Lets Get Cynical COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 16:45 (60 min) - FREE | | Eagerly anticipated debut show from the South Coast Comedian of the Year 2015. It’s easy to be cynical in this day and age, so let’s just get on with it. From weddings to Robert Mugabe, nothing is saf... | | Moriarty's / Cellar |
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| | Show Up COMEDY | | AUG 2-14, 16-21, 23-26 at 16:45 (60 min) - Free | | The critically acclaimed EdFringe 2017 improvised solo comedy about your crazy life returns! From the New York City comic who brought you the EdFringe hits "Desperately Seeking the Exit" and "Late wit... | | The Counting House / The Lounge |
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| | Tri-Nations Comedy COMEDY | | AUG 2-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-26 at 16:50 (50 min) - Free | | Three headline comedians from different countries battle each other with their best gags to win the audience vote. With different acts every night, the scores are tallied over the festival and the ove... | | The Counting House / The Attic |
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| | Tom Taylor: Abridged COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 16:55 (40 min) - Free | | The creator of Fringe hit, The Charlie Montague Mysteries (sell-out shows 2016 and 2017), returns with 40 minutes of jokes and silliness. As heard on BBC Radio 4. Tour support for Simon Munnery... | | The City Café / Nineties |
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| | Ella Jean CABARET | | AUG 2-26 at 17:00 (60 min) - Free | | Come to Fireside at five o'clock for a same-face different-show experience every night with your favourite surrealist queer Canadian singer and hostess Ella Jean. Ella showed up to the UK at the end ... | | Fireside / Arch III |
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| | Stand Up: Edinburgh COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 17:00 (60 min) - Free | | Did you know that Edinburgh has a thriving comedy scene ALL YEAR? Well now you do! Join Matt Duwell, as he presents the best of Edinburgh's comedy heroes and the pick of the scene's up and comers. Eve... | | Fireside / The Last Arch |
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| | 2 For Joy COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 17:00 (60 min) - Free | | A double bill of stand up from 2 award winning new comics. STEFF TODD "Hilarious" The Stand. Funny Women’s Queen of the Meme and a Runner Up in Hilarity Bites New Act of the Year 2017. SUSAN RIDDELL... | | The Hanover Tap / The Wee Tap |
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| | World Cup of Comedy COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 17:00 (60 min) - Free | | Audiences vote daily to determine the winner in the World Cup of Comedy at the Fringe. Stand-up comedians from around the world compete for bragging rights and our very own Comedy Cup. Hosted by comed... | | Ushers / The Cellar |
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| | Need(y) COMEDY | | AUG 3-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-25 at 17:15 (55 min) - Free | | The poster boy for white privilege returns to complain about things for no real reason. "one of the most accomplished hours of comedy you will find here this month. Or, to be honest, anywhere, any t... | | The Pear Tree / Pear Tree Indoor Stage |
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| | Welcome to Self Co THEATRE | | AUG 15-26 at 17:15 (60 min) - Free | | Darkly humorous energetic play about the absurdist nature of work and mental illness. Do you have what it takes to become our next DEPRESSION SUPERSTAR? We are looking for a super inefficient, dedica... | | The Phoenix / Phoenix Below |
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| | Comedy Freak Show COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 17:30 (60 min) - Free | | COME ONE, COME ALL TO THIS TRAGIC AFFAIR! Comedy Freak Show is an exhibition of comedic rarities, sometimes referred to as "Alternative" or "Un-funny". Typical features would be socially unusual huma... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Cinema Room |
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| | The Vagabonds of Comedy COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 17:30 (60 min) - Free | | Aussie globetrotting comedian-storyteller Frank Hadchiti and Italian surrealist entertainer Fico Fellini met one damp autumn night at a West Berlin comedy open mic night. The following three years bro... | | Espionage / Mata Hari |
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| | Mis(s)treated THEATRE | | AUG 14-19, 21-26 at 17:40 (55 min) - Free | | Mis(s)treated is a dark and twisted comedy about human trafficking and the prostitution business. It is new writing that takes you into an absurd and wild world. Three women, A, B and C, the owners o... | | The Cuckoo's Nest / Basement |
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| | Excitable COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 17:45 (60 min) - Free | | Its that time of the year again and I'm no longer in my twenties. I'm older, wiser, and now more British. I've live in the UK for the past year and this Canadian has been trying to stay happy amongs... | | Espionage / The Bunker |
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| | Megalodon COMEDY | | AUG 2-12, 14-25 at 17:50 (60 min) - Free | | 'Man is wolf to man.' Sounds pretty clever doesn't it? I will do about five minutes on bumholes first though. This show is also about bad choices, my dad going to Disney World without me when I was ei... | | The City Café / Hollywood |
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| | Dave Green: Melt COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 18:00 (60 min) - Free | | Award-winning Dave Green does his highly anticipated debut hour. Join him as he worries his way through all the big topics of the day in a paranoid stream of consciousness that will make your mind mel... | | Bar 50 / The Alcove |
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| | What the Frick!? COMEDY | | AUG 13-26 at 18:00 (60 min) - Free | | A request for sex talk in German, a crippling back injury and coming out to her religious grandmother... Alice Frick knows the recipe for disaster well! The confused Austrian abroad indulges in life w... | | Moriarty's / Cellar |
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| | Frank Lavender COMEDY | | AUG 2-17, 19-26 at 18:00 (60 min) - Free | | Following last years successful debut, character comedian Gareth Joyner brings his northern club comic creation Frank Lavender back to the fringe for debut full hour. 'He works the crowd like an Ita... | | The Counting House / The Lounge |
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| | Sagar Dreamcast COMEDY | | AUG 2-13, 15-26 at 18:10 (60 min) - Free | | Character comedian, Fiona Sagar, fresh from The Groundlings Comedy Theatre, LA, returns to Edinburgh with Sagar Dreamcast. Her previous shows include; Entitled (Best Show Funny Women Nominee) and Saga... | | The City Café / Nineties |
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| | Shaggers COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 18:15 (60 min) - Free | | The worldwide hit show returns with a line-up of superb and varied comedians from all around the Fringe doing material based around the hilarious, cheeky subject of shagging. ‘A tour de force of lau... | | Espionage / Pravda |
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| | NIGHTMARE FUEL THEATRE | | AUG 2-12, 14-26 at 18:15 (60 min) - Free | | caution NIGHTMARE FUEL contains the following - Demon birth, Gaslighting, Cheerleader Intestines and Vampire Cunnilingus This is NIGHTMARE FUEL - a brutal clown show that will leave your nipples stif... | | The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar |
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| | James Cook: Sarcasmic COMEDY | | AUG 2-14, 16-21, 23-26 at 18:15 (60 min) - Free | | "a top class comic" - Birmingham Mail "the most enjoyable hour" - BBC News 700,000 video views. Can an award-winning comedian elevate the lowest form of wit to the highest form of art? Probably not,... | | Ushers / The Cellar |
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| | Brett Blake: Reckless COMEDY | | AUG 2-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-26 at 18:30 (50 min) - Free | | “Property tycoon”, “wine connoisseur” and “functional adult” are all phrases you would never use to describe Brett Blake — he’s way too reckless. While his friends are busy getting married and buying ... | | The Counting House / The Loft |
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| | TWISTED COMEDY | | AUG 15-21 at 18:30 (60 min) - Free | | A TWISTED view of the world through song and stand up comedy. Aaron’s energetic and aggressive musical comedy is peppered with expletives with very dark-humoured undertones. Be it about an ex-girlfrie... | | The Free Sisters / The Wee Room |
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| | Nick & Nina THEATRE | | AUG 2-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-26 at 18:30 (60 min) - Free | | "I couldn't just leave you alone." In the private visiting room of a minimum security Scottish prison, a fraught long-term friendship reaches it’s breaking point. Nick and Nina have been best friends... | | The Mockingbird / Upstairs |
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| | Bullingdon Revisited THEATRE | | AUG 11-26 at 18:30 (60 min) - Free | | A washed up, gin-soaked former Prime Minister sits alone in his office when a chance encounter with a serf leads him to start reminiscing… about a glorious summer’s evening long ago, among the dreamin... | | The Phoenix / Phoenix Below |
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| | Mike's Back COMEDY | | AUG 2-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-26 at 18:45 (60 min) - £5 Advance tickets from flyerers or PWYW at venue | | Mike’s Back After a sell-out world tour and release of his bestselling novel “Gobsmacked", Michael Hackett brings back his unique brand of storytelling and raucous comedy to the Edinburgh Fringe. Hi... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Cinema Room |
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| | EdinBra Fringe Comedy COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 18:45 (60 min) - Free | | The debut season of a revolving line-up of the best established and up-and-coming female comedians from around the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. An early evening show for all comedy fans. This show is al... | | Espionage / Mata Hari |
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| | ...if COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 18:45 (60 min) - Free | | A comedy rockumentary about a band that never happened. Conor discovers his old band's 18-year-old demo and decides if giving up the pipe dream was the right thing to do – what if they didn't? What if... | | The City Café / Las Vegas |
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| | Comedy Asylum COMEDY | | AUG 13-26 at 18:45 (60 min) - Free | | Hey Chief, put down that extra pillow and strap yourself in for an hour of electrifying stand- up comedy! Vinay Murthy Vinay lives in a whole other world- Japan! For 12 years he’s been climbing the... | | The Cuckoo's Nest / Basement |
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| | I Love You COMEDY | | AUG 13-26 at 18:45 (60 min) - Free | | Michael Malone is an award-winning stand-up comedian, film director and writer based in Los Angeles California. In his new one hour show, "I Love You" Michael shares what it means to be 'Youngish' and... | | The Cuckoo's Nest / Basement |
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| | Self-Defence for Cowards COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 18:45 (60 min) - Free | | Toronto Sketch Comedy Fest favourite and alumnus of the legendary Second City, Kevin Matviw invites you to join him on a very special night of absurd, break-neck comedy that explores everything from w... | | The Place / Room |
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| | Chris McGlade 'Northern Monkey' COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 19:00 (60 min) - Free | | Chris McGlade is a comedian with a compelling political rage burning inside him delivered with unbridled passion.This one hour show of hard hitting stand up is a follow up to last year's critically ac... | | Espionage / The Bunker |
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| | Malaysian Sensation COMEDY | | AUG 2-7, 9-14, 16-21, 23-26 at 19:10 (45 min) - Free | | Nigel Ng is from Malaysia. Join him as he observes and adopts your Western ways (he just started recycling!) People describe him as "slick, has natural funnybones" (Chortle). Amused Moose National New... | | The City Café / Hollywood |
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| | Martin Mor is BLOCKED COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 19:15 (55 min) - Free | | Martin Mor is blocked on Twitter by Donald Trump, The NRA, and the Creationist Church. That's three good reasons to come to see this show. "hecklers beware, Mor's put-downs are superb and exquisitely... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Main Room |
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| | Nightmares THEATRE | | AUG 16-17 at 19:15 (60 min) - Free | | There are tales of those who do not awake from sleep. Kate is fearful this will become her very own fate. What does she fear in the dream world? Is there a presence that feeds on her very fears and tu... | | Moriarty's / Cellar |
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| | Fur coat nae knickers. COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 19:15 (60 min) - Free | | Please note – this is not a dress code. Money isn’t everything. Or is that only something the well-off say. McBrier came from an upbringing of financial embarrassment. This makes her feel like a phon... | | The Counting House / The Lounge |
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| | Dave Chawner; Mental COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 19:20 (60 min) - Free | | A show about mental health (rather than mental illness). As seen on BBC, ITV & Channel 4 As heard on BBC Radio 1, Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5 Live * * * * * - Arts Award Voice * * * * * - Bunbury Magazine... | | The Counting House / The Attic |
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| | Angry Boater COMEDY | | AUG 2-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-26 at 19:25 (60 min) - Free | | Now in its fourth year, the glorious, comedic voyage from suburbia to chaos finally comes to Edinburgh. Following a eureka moment in Hemel Hempstead, Joel Sanders bought a narrowboat and moved into ... | | The City Café / Nineties |
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| | Right Wing Comedian COMEDY | | AUG 2-13, 15-26 at 19:30 (60 min) - Free | | Scottish Comedian of the Year Leo Kearse rips into liberals in his follow up to last year's sellout hit "I Can Make You Tory". He takes a scalpel to male feminists, Labour antisemites, snowflakes, #Me... | | Espionage / Pravda |
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| | Daisy Earl and Sukh Ojla COMEDY | | AUG 16-26 at 19:30 (60 min) - Free | | This hour of stand up combines the talents of multi award winning comedian Daisy Earl and BBC Asian Network comedy star Sukh Ojla. These two relative newcomers present a hilarious hour covering every... | | Fireside / Arch III |
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| | Beach Hunks: Leg Day COMEDY | | AUG 2-12, 14-26 at 19:30 (60 min) - Free | | Toned. Honed. Hunked. Chipper sketch lads Beach Hunks stride leggily to Edinburgh with a fast-paced hour of daft sketch carnage. Japes, scrapes and falconry collide as an avalanche of oddball charact... | | The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room |
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| | A Pair of Jokers COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 19:45 (60 min) - Free | | Laughing Horse NATY winner Donal Vaughan and fellow Irishman Pat McDonagh are here to make you laugh. And that's it. If you want to see a show about a middle class, white guy talk about the struggles ... | | Espionage / Kasbar |
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| | Stand Up, Weather Girl! COMEDY | | AUG 3-14, 16-26 at 19:45 (60 min) - Free | | Stand Up, Weather Girl! charts Sam's experience of weather presenting for BBC regional TV. A committed feminist, she has been flattered and appalled in equal measure at the reception her bottom has re... | | The Counting House / The Loft |
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| | EAU DE MUNRO COMEDY | | AUG 2-19 at 20:00 (45 min) - Free | | Bob Munro presents a journey into the dimly lit surreal reaches of his mind jumping manically from one subject to another in an off kilter fashion calling on personal experiences and observations that... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Cinema Room |
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| | Potatoes, Pies and Haggis COMEDY | | AUG 12-19 at 20:00 (60 min) - Free | | Pies and Haggis are a comedy duo, and together these two friends will take you on a comedy journey full of truth, lies and confessions. During this hilarious one-hour romp these funny ladies tackle to... | | Espionage / Mata Hari |
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| | Bitter and Twisted COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 20:00 (60 min) - Free | | Join Strange Johnson at the launch of his new self-published Memoir. Chronicling his early life as a roadie for Judas Priest, through to how he became the owner of Dudley's biggest chain of Vape Shops... | | The Cuckoo's Nest / Basement |
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| | Bill Dewar 5025 COMEDY | | AUG 10-26 at 20:00 (60 min) - Free | | Recently having turned 50 and having spent 25 years doing stand up comedy, Bill’s new show is all about contrast and change; then and now, here and there, you and me.....join him as he looks back, for... | | The Place / Room |
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| | BattleActs! COMEDY | | AUG 3-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-26 at 20:15 (60 min) - Free | | WINNERS: 'PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD' VAULT FESTIVAL 2017 BattleActs! is an award-winning, multi-five star late-night comedy party show that has performed to rave reviews around the country. The show sees... | | The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber |
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| | George Michael is Greek COMEDY | | AUG 2-12, 14-26 at 20:20 (60 min) - Free | | International comedian George Dimarelos is bringing a new show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, this time attempting to work out that vague term known as “culture”. George is fascinated by culture a... | | The City Café / Hollywood |
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| | Joke Thieves COMEDY | | AUG 2-13, 15-26 at 20:30 (60 min) - Free | | Comedy set swapping live! The cult hit show where comedians perform their own jokes, then each other’s. Chortle Award winner – Best Club Show London. Top five comedy shows of the year (List). Top 10 l... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Main Room |
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| | Time Out with Ross Voss COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 20:30 (60 min) - Free | | Australian comedian Ross Voss’s show in the form of a basketball game! Four quarters of twelve minutes of jokes! Each quarter is different from: "more about me" to storytelling, longer bits and shorte... | | Moriarty's / Cellar |
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| | Fitting image COMEDY | | AUG 2-12, 14-26 at 20:40 (60 min) - Free | | How do you know where you are going in life? Are you ever done sorting yourself out? Lisanne was given the roadmap to her life at birth. Come and find out if she can follow the road to her destiny. ... | | The City Café / Nineties |
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| | LoveHard: Tales From The Elsewhere COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 20:45 (60 min) - Free | | Welcome to Hopeville. Just your average sleepy Mid-West American town of white picket fences, backs slapped slightly too hard by dubious farmhands, and where everyone knows everyone's secrets. Populat... | | Espionage / Pravda |
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| | Love Like 90's RnB COMEDY | | AUG 2-4, 7-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 20:45 (60 min) - FREE UNTICKETED | | "If you like to shake your rump, join Larissa for an hour of phat beats, funky rhythms, parody, fun and ukulele as she tells of life and love through the slick rhymes of 90's RnB. Larissa grew up in t... | | Fireside / Arch III |
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| | We all Die C*nts COMEDY | | AUG 2-13, 15-26 at 20:45 (60 min) - Free | | Ashley Haden is back with the eagerly awaited final chapter of the ‘C*nting Trilogy’ Haden returns with his most honest show to date to show once and for all that we are all c*nts. Covering subjects ... | | Harry's Southside / Upstairs |
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| | Def Comedy Space Jam COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 20:45 (60 min) - Free | | Tom Lawrinson and Daniel Sofoluke are doing an hour of stand up. They are two very different people with contrasting senses of humour, from opposite sides of the UK, but fortuitously when partnered to... | | The Hanover Tap / The Wee Tap |
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| | Interruption Show COMEDY | | AUG 12-26 at 20:45 (60 min) - Free | | The hit show show from California where comedian DALIA MALEK (SF Sketchfest, Second City's Diversity in Comedy Festival, CPK's Lunchtime Special, Chortle Student Comedy Award Finalist) and rotating co... | | The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar |
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| | Comedy Boxing - New Challengers COMEDY | | AUG 2-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-26 at 21:00 (50 min) - Free | | Comedy Boxing returns to Edinburgh with different competitors each show. Comedians will compete over 4 hilarious rounds of stand up, improvisation, heckling and boxing. With 3 years of sold out shows ... | | Espionage / Kasbar |
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| | Go Slay Dragons! COMEDY | | AUG 12-26 at 21:00 (60 min) - Free | | Dan was almost shot – and it's all Rupert Murdoch's fault. Kinda. A lefty snowflake somehow working at The Sun, fighting the choir of voices in his head leads him on a noble quest in this demonstrably... | | The Free Sisters / The Wee Room |
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| | Unhinged COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 21:00 (60 min) - Free | | Our global world is unhinged (maybe that’s why people want to go to Mars)! Connor McDonough-Flynn will bring you on a tour of our weird, wonderful world in his show entitled “Unhinged”. The motivatio... | | The Mockingbird / Upstairs |
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| | Bumpkins COMEDY | | AUG 3-12, 14-25 at 21:15 (60 min) - FREE AND UNTICKETED | | An hour of stand-up from a trio of bumpkins. 'Each a force of nature and a full throttled idiot' (Logan Murray). Eleri, Fiona and Ruth mix social commentary with silliness as they simplify the complex... | | Dropkick Murphy's / Main Room |
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| | Funny-Dubz COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 21:15 (60 min) - Free | | With a diverse combination of Yellow Comedian of the Year Finalist, o2 indigo host and, BAME and LGBTQ comedy, this stand up trio has appeal for everyone. With their mix of observational, deadpan and ... | | The Place / Room |
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| | Cosmic Comedy Berlin COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 21:30 (60 min) - Free | | Come and join us for a wunderbar time at Cosmic Comedy Berlin. Laugh your Lederhosen off at a wide range of topics by some of the best comics from the Berlin English comedy scene. They will be sharing... | | Espionage / The Bunker |
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| | Bumble Me Tinders COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 21:35 (60 min) - Free | | Hosted by comedians Patrick Melton (USA) (CC, Spike, VH1) and Katharine Ferns (Canada) (MTV) with a different line-up of single comedians every day. Comics will share horror stories of online dating a... | | The City Café / Hollywood |
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| | Wheely Wheely Wheely Wheely Wheely COMEDY | | AUG 2-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-26 at 21:45 (60 min) - Free | | Hello. You look nice today. But no time for that. This event will go ahead no matter what happens. Power outage? The wheel will spin. Sudden outbreak of witch trials? The wheel will spin. The wheel br... | | Bar 50 / The Alcove |
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| | Hangry Americans COMEDY | | AUG 15-26 at 21:45 (60 min) - Free | | Hungry + Angry = Hangry. American expat comedians Molly Sokhom and Neil Thornton bring you a night of no-fries-left-behind comedy. Exploring the intersection of food and fury, they confuse carbs with... | | The Counting House / The Lounge |
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| | Free Festival Nightclubs NIGHTCLUBS | | AUG 3-26 at 22:00 (420 min) - Free | | party the night away, at our all night clubs to end your day of festivities with a boogie and and many a late night beer. Open until 5am every night of the Fringe, August is Party month! ... | | Espionage / Mata Hari |
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| | The Godfather of Comedy COMEDY | | AUG 2-7, 9-14, 16-19, 23-26 at 22:00 (60 min) - Free | | After his last stretch in the slammer, Tony Corleone has become a sit-down comedian. Don’t worry about nothing. Tony’s gonna explain everything. Brexit, Trump, Terrorism, Gays, MeToo, and how to talk... | | Espionage / Pravda |
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| | Live Music at SouthPour MUSIC | | AUG 2-4, 9-11, 16-18, 23-25 at 22:00 (180 min) - Free | | Join us for a prime selection of acoustic music every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night with different musicians and duos specially chosen for the Fringe, performing each night in the cosy surrounds... | | SouthPour / Main Bar |
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| | The MadCraic Comedy Show COMEDY | | AUG 15-26 at 22:00 (50 min) - Free | | An Irish run Stand Up Comedy Compilation Show featuring some of the best comedians from around the festival, FOR FREE. With a new selection of comedians every night, this is an ideal opportunity to ge... | | The City Café / Nineties |
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| | Corydon Ovium THEATRE | | AUG 2-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-26 at 22:00 (60 min) - FREE | | Corydon Ovium the latin for Clown Sheep. Multi-media horor theatre piece, with elements of black comedy. Looking at Anxiety and the Evil source that feeds on it. The Ringmaster welcomes you to their t... | | The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar |
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| | Tetchy - Work in Progress COMEDY | | AUG 2-11, 13-26 at 22:15 (60 min) - Free | | Watching the world at this point in history feels like watching the moment just before a dog shakes a flea off it's back. The whole world is on edge. Everybody's had enough and we've never been so qui... | | The Counting House / The Loft |
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| | Tetchy - Work in Progress COMEDY | | AUG 2-11, 13-26 at 22:15 (60 min) - Free | | Watching the world at this point in history feels like watching the moment just before a dog shakes a flea off it's back. The whole world is on edge. Everybody's had enough and we've never been so qui... | | The Counting House / The Loft |
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| | Tetchy - Work in Progress COMEDY | | AUG 2-11, 13-26 at 22:15 (60 min) - Free | | Watching the world at this point in history feels like watching the moment just before a dog shakes a flea off it's back. The whole world is on edge. Everybody's had enough and we've never been so qui... | | The Counting House / The Loft |
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| | Head Sets COMEDY | | AUG 2-13, 15-26 at 22:15 (60 min) - Free | | Comedians losing their heads and performing with no bodies! This sell-out show returns with more of the best comedians from the Fringe... all delivering comedy from their floating heads. New line-up o... | | The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room |
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| | Roselit Bone MUSIC | | AUG 9-26 at 22:15 (60 min) - Free | | Roselit Bone are a band from Portland, Oregon, United States. They combine elements of 1950's Hollywood cowboy music, Mexican mariachi and ranchera, hot-rod rockabilly, and cinematic Morricone-esque a... | | The Phoenix / Phoenix Below |
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| | 52 Days COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 22:30 (60 min) - Free | | Just before New Years 2011 I decided my resolution for the new year would be to limit my drinking to one day a week in 2012. My friend gave me a deck of cards, saying that every drinking day I used up... | | The City Café / Las Vegas |
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| | Sabrina Chap: How to Be a Bad Girl CABARET | | AUG 15-26 at 22:30 (60 min) - Free | | 'How to Be a Bad Girl' chronicles this former classical pianist's delightful descent into the world of smut, booze and burlesque. Based on Chap's signature tune, which has become a stalwart in the bur... | | The Place / Room |
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| | Kitchen Party Action COMEDY | | AUG 3-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-26 at 22:45 (60 min) - Free | | Standup comedy... Have you ever noticed how the best conversations at a party usually take place in the kitchen? Come to my party its a massive kitchen party. We'll party have a laugh and talk utter r... | | Espionage / The Bunker |
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| | Shaggers COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 22:45 (75 min) - Free | | The worldwide hit show returns with a line-up of superb and varied comedians from all around the Fringe doing material based around the hilarious, cheeky subject of shagging. ‘A tour de force of lau... | | The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber |
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| | A Beginners Guide To Bondage COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 22:50 (60 min) - Free | | A funny, naughty romp through the world of BDSM and fetish. Have you seen "50 Shades Of Grey"? Are you fetish curious? Do you ever feel like a change from Vanilla sex? Mistress Venetia answers enquiri... | | The City Café / Hollywood |
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| | Late Night Nonsense: Variety Show COMEDY | | AUG 3-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-26 at 23:00 (60 min) - Free | | We are a collective of clowns who met through Dr. Brown workshops/ Ecole Philippe Gaulier - committed to pushing each other into deep realms of nonsense and stupidity. Through this Variety/Cabaret/Clo... | | Bar 50 / The Alcove |
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| | A Gay and a NonGay LIVE! SPOKEN WORD | | AUG 16-17 at 23:00 (60 min) - Free | | Gay and straight worlds come together as unlikely friends James Barr and Dan Hudson bring their hugely successful podcast to Edinburgh - LIVE! James will explore the 'admin' behind gay sex, while Dan ... | | Moriarty's / Cellar |
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| | The Piece COMEDY | | AUG 2-14, 16-26 at 23:05 (60 min) - Free | | Part immersive-comedy, part endurance-test, The Piece follows the disintegration of a performance artist as he strives to put on the perfect piece. More so, The Piece asks just how far down the rabbit... | | The Counting House / The Attic |
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| | Falling with Style COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 23:10 (50 min) - Free | | Adventurer David von Jones takes a humorous look at some popular Disney and Pixar movies with a view to discovering more about the benefits of pessimism. ... | | The City Café / Nineties |
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| | Jem Brookes: Schizophonic COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 23:15 (60 min) - Free | | Jem Brookes: Schizophonic is a fast-paced cacophony of characters and voices that come out of one man's head. Quick-fire skits, sounds, recurring characters and topical bits all interlaced together. R... | | Harry's Southside / Upstairs |
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| | Bronston Jones: Spilt Milk - FREE COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 23:30 (60 min) - Free | | They say "Don't cry over spilt milk." Comedian Bronston Jones jokes about his life's little problems... and some very big ones too! "Certifiably Unique." - LA Weekly "Very Entertaining." - Broadway ... | | Espionage / Kasbar |
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| | Getting Away Scott Free COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 23:45 (60 min) - Free | | After a successful tour of Australia and New Zealand, Scott brings his new show to this year's Edinburgh Fringe. 'Getting Away Scott Free'. We all have the story about 'the one that got away' Scott i... | | The City Café / Las Vegas |
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| | Not My Audience! COMEDY | | AUG 2-14, 16-26 at 23:45 (60 min) - Free | | The best way to round off a long day at the Fringe! Ever wanted to be part of a comedy show but don't like the idea of being picked on by the comedian? Do you have funny suggestions for stand up topi... | | The Counting House / The Ballroom |
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| | YOU'RE A STAR!!! COMEDY | | AUG 12-16 at 23:45 (30 min) - Free | | “Zoe. Get me God on line 1. And while you’re at it, bend the space time continuum, I’m going to be late for my Nobu lunch with Terry Wogan”. Thirty something year old Zoe has been having anxiety drea... | | The Place / Room |
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| | Late Night Lucky Bag COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 00:15 (60 min) - Free | | Late Night Lucky Bag is an unpredictable extravaganza of exciting comedy talents, where no two shows are the same! Every night, a rising star of the comedy scene will curate their own night of comedy.... | | Moriarty's / Cellar |
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| | Hate N Live COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 00:15 (60 min) - Free | | 'The smash-hit show returns for a fifth year, with top TV comedians - aka the Gladi-Haters - improvising rants on topics suggested by the audience. By turns raucous and surreal, this show has the audi... | | The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber |
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| | Cool Story Bro' COMEDY | | AUG 2-14, 16-26 at 00:25 (55 min) - Free | | Trev Tokabi, from the Ivory Coast, has a knack to put himself in compromising situations! If you have a mate, friend, partner, homeboy, homegirl, brother, sister,husband, wife or just know someone who... | | The City Café / Nineties |
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| | Death Ray Cabaret COMEDY | | AUG 14-19 at 00:30 (60 min) - Free | | After performing to sold out crowds in Toronto, Death Ray Cabaret returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with more fast-paced songs and break-neck banter. Silly, dark and delightful, come celebrate human li... | | The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar |
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| | Late Night Comedy Death Camp COMEDY | | AUG 2-19, 21-26 at 00:45 (60 min) - Free | | Henry Ginsberg presents a possibly anarchic, probably slightly depraved and almost certainly alcohol fuelled showcase of the best stand up comedy from this year's fringe. Hopefully everybody makes it ... | | Espionage / Kasbar |
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| | Late Night Comedy Death Camp COMEDY | | AUG 2-19, 21-26 at 00:45 (60 min) - Free | | Henry Ginsberg presents a possibly anarchic, probably slightly depraved and almost certainly alcohol fuelled showcase of the best stand up comedy from this year's fringe. Hopefully everybody makes it ... | | Espionage / Kasbar |
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| | Comedy Queers COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 00:45 (60 min) - Free | | A fabulous selection of outrageous Queer performers from across the fringe. Hosted by Sian Davies (“The audience relax as soon as she takes the stage. Her affable manner and sharp wit make Sian Davies... | | The Counting House / The Loft |
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| | Rule of 3 COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 00:45 (60 min) - Free | | Part stand up comedy, part game show. Three of the funniest comedians on earth take the stage with some of the best jokes in the world. Each one is sneaking in a different new joke every night. If the... | | The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room |
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| | LUNAFRUIT MUSIC | | AUG 16-20 at 01:00 (55 min) - Free | | Lunafruit are fresh new band from London, bringing their project to the Edinburgh festival as part of their Summer 2018 tour. Drawing together influences from jazz, RnB, soul, funk and pop, their live... | | The City Café / Las Vegas |
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| | Diamond Comedy Club COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 01:00 (60 min) - Free | | The Diamond Comedy Club is bringing some of the freshest voices in stand-up comedy to the Edinburgh Fringe for an unmissable late night party! Each night, a different line-up will take to the Counting... | | The Counting House / The Ballroom |
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| | Late Night LOLs COMEDY | | AUG 3-25 at 01:30 (60 min) - Free | | Going to bed so soon? But the night has just begun! Enjoy some Late Night LOLs with some of the best comedians at the Fringe. The best show you'll find at this hour. Hosted by award-winning comedian A... | | The Counting House / The Lounge |
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