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The City Cafe

Laughing Horse Free Festival Venue

The City Cafe

Fringe Venue 85 - Click here for map
19 Blair Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1QR. Phone: 0131 220 0125
Food  Wifi  Licensed  Air Conditioned
Open from 10:00 to 02:00
All ages until 9pm, then 18+ only

Located on Blair Street, just off of the Royal mile and minutes from the Fringe show, The City Cafe is a fashionable 1950's style café bar right in the centre of town. It has benefited from a complete refurbishment in the last couple of years, and it is right on the doorstep of the hustle and bustle of the Royal mile . The venue serves a wide selection of meals and drinks all day, and there is also a great outdoor drinking area, and new for 2018 - three performance spaces for show downstairs!

This year we have two entry methods: Free & Unticketed or Pay What You Can
Free & Unticketed: Entry to a show is first-come, first served at the venue - just turn up and then donate to the show in the collection at the end.
Pay What You Can: For these shows you can book a ticket to guarantee entry and choose your price from the Fringe Box Office, up to 30 mins before a show. After that all remaining space is free at the venue on a first-come, first-served bases. Donations for walk-ins at the end of the show.

List Shows: By Room and Name | By Start Time

Shows sorted by Venue Room

Hollywood

1998: A Walking Disaster – Anxiety, Absurdity, Airfryer

1998: A Walking Disaster – Anxiety, Absurdity, Airfryer

Comedy

1998: A Walking Disaster – Anxiety, Absurdity, Airfryer

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood
AUG 3-13, 15-20, 22-27 at 11:35 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50

"Are you an anxious person ? Join Mihai Tartara, a failed software developer now turned comedian, as he stumbles into a vortex of awkward situations in his troubled journey from his eastern European homeland to the western paradise. From his first failed kiss to his near-death first flight experience, this narrative driven show is packed with witty one-liners, captivating stories, terrible drawings and hilarious puppetry. Finalist Berlin New Stand-up Award 2022. 'Unique perspective' (TheWeeReview.com) " Who is Mihai Tartara ? Mihai Tartara it's a stand-up comedian and a bad software devel...


2.7 Men – Louis George, Will Scambler and Louisa Corr

2.7 Men – Louis George, Will Scambler and Louisa Corr

Comedy

2.7 Men – Louis George, Will Scambler and Louisa Corr

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood
AUG 3-15 at 12:50 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

These three rising stars of the London comedy circuit have come to Edinburgh to do two things: blow their life savings on an Airbnb, and perform an hour of mind-melting stand-up comedy. And guess what? Their direct debit's just gone through... Join Louis George (SYTYF? semi-finalist); Will Scambler (Chortle Student Comedy finalist); and Louisa Corr (as seen in 'This Time With Alan Partridge') for this tantalising triple bill. There's something for everyone! And, thanks to the gender pay gap, you've got 3 acts for the price of just 2.7 men. ...


3AM Brain

3AM Brain

Comedy

3AM Brain

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood
AUG 3-15, 17-27 at 20:20 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50

A show about spending your day feeling fine before 3AM hits and the brain has its revenge. ...


50% Canadian, 100% Crazy, Let's Laugh

50% Canadian, 100% Crazy, Let's Laugh

Comedy

50% Canadian, 100% Crazy, Let's Laugh

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood
AUG 3-27 at 10:20 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

Show about family, taking risks, and embracing change. Michelle's a Canadian stand-up comedian who unexpectedly fell into the world of comedy. She went to university and worked full-time, then one day was brought into the lunch room and laid off. The company was closing and she was out of a job. She thought: if you can be disappointed being practical, why not struggle with doing something you love? She used her severance package to try a new challenge, and that led her to her second city. The rest, as they say, is history!...


Aaaaaand now! Teknicolour Smoof Comedy Club

Aaaaaand now! Teknicolour Smoof Comedy Club

Comedy

Aaaaaand now! Teknicolour Smoof Comedy Club

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood
AUG 3-27 at 21:35 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50

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Shropshire’s crazy named grass routes comedy club comes to the Edinburgh Fringe with a daily line up of 5 different comedians; Headlined by smoof founder the award winning prop pun nutcase Roger Swift (Dave’s Best Gag Of Fringe, UK Pun Finalist). Each day showcasing some of the clubs most regular performers (plus special guests) and with different line up every day there will always be something for everyone. ...


Abi Clarke: Try Hard (Work in Progress)

Abi Clarke: Try Hard (Work in Progress)

Comedy

Abi Clarke: Try Hard (Work in Progress)

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood
AUG 3-13, 15-20, 22-27 at 14:05 (45 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50

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Stand-up comedian and social media star Abi Clarke works on new jokes and material in an intimate venue, working to develop her first debut show and tour. Abi Clarke is a "hilarious and relatable" comic who performs stand-up across the country at some of the top comedy clubs in the UK and has just finished supporting Russell Kane on tour. She took to the internet in 2020 due to lockdown, and achieved remarkable success. She now has a total of 1.8M followers across Instagram, TikTok and Youtube and produces viral videos that have been shared by the likes of E! News, BuzzFeed, LADbible, Good...


Candace Bryan: Communist Dad

Candace Bryan: Communist Dad

Comedy

Candace Bryan: Communist Dad

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood
AUG 3-27 at 15:20 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50

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In her new show, Communist Dad, American comedian Candace Bryan tells the story of her unusual childhood in Memphis, Tennessee—from her absentee mom and banjo-playing Marxist father, to her time spent living in the projects and her conversion to Judaism at 9 years old. It’s a rags-to-riches story that is both quintessentially American and quintessentially anti-American...and somehow all completely true. Adding in stories about cocaine, mayonnaise, and other lethal substances, Candace concocts a playful takedown of society’s obsession with motherhood, the expectations of the nuclear fami...


Eve Ellenbogen: Dead Mom Stuff

Eve Ellenbogen: Dead Mom Stuff

Comedy

Eve Ellenbogen: Dead Mom Stuff

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood
AUG 3-13, 15-27 at 16:35 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5

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Standup comedian and loudmouth New York Jew, Eve Ellenbogen seems to be an open book. In her decade of doing standup, she has spoken to strangers with ease about her sex life, her insecurities, and a host of other topics often considered “taboo.” And yet, when it comes to her childhood, Eve has largely tap danced around the subject, particularly sidestepping her most painful “elephant in the room” baggage, the death of her mother when she was only seven years old. Probably because it would be, like, kind of a bummer. In Dead Mom Stuff, Eve finally aims her comedic lens at her past, explori...


Irish Comedy Showcase

Irish Comedy Showcase

Comedy

Irish Comedy Showcase

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood
AUG 3-27 at 00:05 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5

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A great fun show featuring a mix of the best known Irish comedians performing at The Fringe, with guest spots for visiting comedians and random troublemakers. There will be standup, improv, musical comedy, and who knows what else. We've been putting on these shows every year for over a decade, and the carnage can be legendary. ...


Kosher Russian

Kosher Russian

Comedy

Kosher Russian

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood
AUG 3-27 at 17:50 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50

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A former famous TV comedian from Russia, Ivan Yavits has recently fulfilled his lifelong dream of working as an English teacher in Israel. Despite being against the war, he finds himself even closer to it. Kosher Russian is a hilarious hour of stand-up about immigration, identity, and the KGB....


Matt Green: That Guy (Work in Progress)

Matt Green: That Guy (Work in Progress)

Comedy

Matt Green: That Guy (Work in Progress)

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood
AUG 16-20 at 12:50 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5

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Work in Progress from that guy (@mattgreencomedy) you've seen on Twitter being funny about politics. A stand up show featuring jokes about politics and jokes not about politics. That probably covers it. Matt has achieved millions of views for his online comedy videos since he started making them during lockdown. He’s also been performing stand up comedy for nearly 20 years, and this is his first show since the madness of Covid/Johnson/Truss/Lord-knows-what-else began. Watch him try to make sense of the world and prepare for a national tour in early 2024. Assuming there will be anywhere left...


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

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

Comedy

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

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood
AUG 21-27 at 12:50 (55 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5

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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. Middle-aged and wanna feel young, just get a job working with our "oldies". Heartwarming and hilarious true life stories first hand. A great way to start your day in Edinburgh. Back from a very successful tour of the Adelaide Fringe 2023....


Philipp and Phriends: A Late Night Comedy Show

Philipp and Phriends: A Late Night Comedy Show

Comedy

Philipp and Phriends: A Late Night Comedy Show

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood
AUG 3-27 at 22:50 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5

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Philipp Kostelecky brings the festival's best acts together for a late-night extravaganza! About Philipp: "Superb observations, confidence, and enough charisma to fill big rooms - which he will, very soon…." - Russell Kane "I cried with laughter. Some of Kostelecky's impressions and accents were pitch-perfect, like those performed by a young Jim Carrey" - The Founder “Philipp Kostelecky instantly seems like a safe pair of hands with a pleasingly original take, whose strait-laced demeanour conceals a strong sense of the weird. He made a strong impression” - Chortle “Confident, funny, cal...


SalFUNNI's Laughterparty

SalFUNNI's Laughterparty

Comedy

SalFUNNI's Laughterparty

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood
AUG 3-11 at 19:05 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Comedy from the cream of the crop of the University of Salford, the only University in the UK with a degree in comedy....


Samantha Day: The Booby Trap

Samantha Day: The Booby Trap

Comedy

Samantha Day: The Booby Trap

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood
AUG 12-27 at 19:05 (50 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Following the success of her hit show CAREERING, Samantha Day is back at the fringe with THE BOOBY TRAP! Breasts loom large in our culture - but why? Award winning comedian, Samantha Day gets her tit jokes out and exposes some big...issues. Sophisticated, interesting and funny. AWARDS

  • Comedy Store King Gong - Winner (2022)
  • New Comedian of the Year - Winner (2022) - Southport Comedy Festival
  • Leicester Square New comedian of the Year – Finalist (2022)
  • Full Frontal Glorious Comedy Award - Finalist (2022)
  • Best New Act, Bath Comedy Festival ...


    • Las Vegas

    129.5 Steps to Autistic Success

    129.5 Steps to Autistic Success

    Comedy

    129.5 Steps to Autistic Success

    Comedy

    The City Cafe / Las Vegas
    AUG 3-27 at 13:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5

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    Being diagnosed with autism just over a year ago might just be the best thing that happened to Stags. Join him as he shares laughs and adventures and his ambitious 129.5-step plan for success....


    3's Comedy: Afternoons

    3's Comedy: Afternoons

    Comedy

    3's Comedy: Afternoons

    Comedy

    The City Cafe / Las Vegas
    AUG 3-27 at 16:15 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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    You’ve had a big lunch, now have a big laugh at 3’s Comedy: Afternoons. Each show will feature three of the best Australian comedians at the Festival for an hour of hilarious stand-up comedy. They've done stand-up on television, they've won awards, they've written for TV, they've sold out shows, they've gigged around the world and now they've arrived in Edinburgh to do comedy for you! "It's a funny show!" - Adelaide Advertiser. ...


    3's Comedy: Mornings

    3's Comedy: Mornings

    Comedy

    3's Comedy: Mornings

    Comedy

    The City Cafe / Las Vegas
    AUG 3-27 at 11:15 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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    Start your day off with a laugh as 3's Comedy: Mornings. 3's Comedy brings together Luka Muller, Peter Jones & Ben Searle, three of the rising stars of Australian comedy for a whole new hour of hilarious stand-up. They've been seen on TV, they've been heard on the radio and they've been bumped into on public transport on the way to gigs all across the world. Searle, Muller and Jones are guaranteed to make you laugh. (Ben Searle) "An ocean of raw talent and innate sense for big laughs." - Pedestrian.tv (Luka Muller) "A lovely young man... making the most of that nice guy image you can on...


    Adam Greene and the Diet of Destiny

    Adam Greene and the Diet of Destiny

    Comedy

    Adam Greene and the Diet of Destiny

    Comedy

    The City Cafe / Las Vegas
    AUG 3-27 at 18:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5

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    Multi-award nominated comedian, Adam Greene follows up his sell-out debut Edinburgh hour with an all new approach to how to get ahead in life. Talking quick fixes for self improvement, clean living and long term mental well being, has he unlocked the secret to maximum gain from minimum effort? Join him in this full-fat stand up show as he finds out "Definitely one to keep tabs on," Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard “Solid, makes an easy connection with the audience,” Steve Bennett, Chortle Warm up for ITV Studios Regular at some of the biggest comedy clubs in Britain As seen on BT Sport As ...


    Anna Beros - Creampie Curious

    Anna Beros - Creampie Curious

    Comedy

    Anna Beros - Creampie Curious

    Comedy

    The City Cafe / Las Vegas
    AUG 14-27 at 01:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50

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    Romping through the joys, disappointments and semen of her 30s in Berlin, Anna stays surprisingly optimistic. In her solo standup hour, she celebrates German empathy, nasty sex with manners and non-judgemental feminism. Sex focused, self-deprecating, dark and upbeat, Anna turns pain into laughter and shame into solidarity. High energy, filthy, joyous, hilarious. Anna’s a Kiwi born, Melbourne raised, Berlin based standup comedian, writer and podcaster. She took her solo, Creampie Curious, to the Adelaide Fringe and Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2023 and has performed through Ge...


    Dylan Rhymer: The Dark Side of the Room

    Dylan Rhymer: The Dark Side of the Room

    Comedy

    Dylan Rhymer: The Dark Side of the Room

    Comedy

    The City Cafe / Las Vegas
    AUG 4-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-27 at 20:05 (50 min) - Free & Unticketed

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    Money. Time. Death. Madness. It's all pretty funny when you think about it. One comedian's journey to the edge of sanity. Modern life can drive you insane but through comedian Dylan Rhymer's warped mind you'll be driven to laughter. An hour of brilliant stand up comedy delivered by one of Canada's sharpest comic minds based on one of the most popular rock albums of all time. If you've heard the Pink Floyd album a million times or never at all, THE DARK SIDE OF THE ROOM has something for everybody. A real heavy-hitter. Rhymer is a specialist in the satirical and hypocrisy-slapping comedy...


    Edinbra Fringe Comedy

    Edinbra Fringe Comedy

    Comedy

    Edinbra Fringe Comedy

    Comedy

    The City Cafe / Las Vegas
    AUG 3-27 at 17:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50

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    A revolving line-up of the best established and up-and-coming female comedians from around Edinburgh, Scotland and the Fringe Festival in a hilarious early evening showcase guaranteed to raise more than just a few titters....


    James Nokise: God Damn Fancy Man

    James Nokise: God Damn Fancy Man

    Comedy

    James Nokise: God Damn Fancy Man

    Comedy

    The City Cafe / Las Vegas
    AUG 3-27 at 15:00 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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    Joyful, daring and undeniably sharp, God Damn Fancy Man is the stunning show described as 'a glorious treasure trove of fascinating and funny stories' ( The Scotsman) from critically acclaimed, internationally award-winning comedian James Nokise. Covering a thrilling whirlwind of topics with skilful ease and exhilarating energy, Nokise's brand of joyously cathartic stand-up will twist its way into your psyche and leave you delighted. 'Packed full of paternal wisdom and wit' **** (Fest). ' 'Nokise is a joy to have on stage' ***** (Scotsman). 'There can be few more accomplished raconteurs a...


    Jessie Nixon: Damsel

    Jessie Nixon: Damsel

    Comedy

    Jessie Nixon: Damsel

    Comedy

    The City Cafe / Las Vegas
    AUG 3-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-27 at 23:45 (50 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50

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    Jessie Nixon makes her mark with her new work in progress show DAMSEL. This promises to be a bombastic introduction from an act with bags of potential, with an impressive roster of awards and tour support under her belt including Lou Sanders and Fern Brady. DAMSEL will explore the allure of ‘being saved’, not fitting the princess mould and ultimately granting yourself agency to save yourself. All this and more will shine through the prism of Nixon’s comedy craftsmanship in a rollicking and dynamic standup show. “She doesn’t remind me of anyone I’ve seen before, which is a good sign...


    Live Podcast Hour

    Live Podcast Hour

    Chat Shows

    Live Podcast Hour

    Chat Shows

    The City Cafe / Las Vegas
    AUG 3-15, 17-27 at 12:30 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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    25 podcasts in 25 days! Come along for a live recording of a different podcast every day of the Fringe! Visit our site to see who is on, or just show up and be surprised. Every day will be completely new and different. Podcasts include: Robyn & Lucy Tackle a Wedding & more. ...


    ROPE-A-DOPE

    ROPE-A-DOPE

    Comedy

    ROPE-A-DOPE

    Comedy

    The City Cafe / Las Vegas
    AUG 3-27 at 21:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50

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    ROPE-A-DOPE is a highly original, highly funny and brutally honest autobiographical show told by someone who actually lived it. These days Terry is a much sought after actor and comedian, but he used to be a hard- nosed (flat-nosed if your being unkind) boxer in his old life. Having boxed for Ireland all over the World, this is the hilarious and heartfelt story of the many trials and tribulations of a top level athlete who gets punched in the head for a living. Also, its the tale of a childhood dream lost and why he eventually swapped dancing on canvas for treading the boards and exchanged (...


    The All Irish After Party

    The All Irish After Party

    Comedy

    The All Irish After Party

    Comedy

    The City Cafe / Las Vegas
    AUG 3-27 at 22:30 (45 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5

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    Irish mad man John Spillane is back with the return of his 100% improvised stand up show. Every day of the fringe John and his audience will create a completely new show from scratch! Moving at a mile a minute, this show is weaponized chaos from start to finish and is a Fringe experience unlike any other! John has multiple TV credits including Comedy Central, RTE, WWE, Virgin Media, Now TV and he headlined the season finale of Craic Den TV, the first Irish stand up TV show in over 5 years. Late last year he also costarred in a tourism Ireland campaign alongside Sharon Horgan. He also upl...


    VIBE SHIFT

    VIBE SHIFT

    Comedy

    VIBE SHIFT

    Comedy

    The City Cafe / Las Vegas
    AUG 3-13 at 01:00 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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    Vibe Shift is a late-night alternative comedy night. Hosted by Camilla Borges, a rising star in the alternative comedy scene. Every night, a different line up. The night could go anywhere. Guest performers will include clowns, characters, improv, sketch...anything you wouldn’t see at a regular stand-up night. Anarchy is guaranteed. All hosted by the immense, inimitable, the imitationable Camilla Borges. Camilla co-hosts the infamous comedy night Cool Fun Comedy at West End Comedy Club, and is a graduate of the world-famous clown school Ecole Phillipe Gaulier. Will the show finish, or...


    What're You Looking At?

    What're You Looking At?

    Cabaret

    What're You Looking At?

    Cabaret

    The City Cafe / Las Vegas
    AUG 7, 9-14, 16-21, 23-27 at 10:00 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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    From day to day activities, people think they know best about everything....


    Nineties

    22

    22

    Comedy

    22

    Comedy

    The City Cafe / Nineties
    AUG 4-6, 8-13, 15-27 at 11:55 (50 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5

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    New Year! New You?! Come laugh with Brooke as she trips and falls, trying to make our world a better place - fighting time-space continuum, economy, patriarchy, fertility, generations, herself, and trying to get a decent date, while starring in her own mental pop culture x broadway musical. Punchy, poetic, nonsensical, yet logically sound, filled with observational humor, quick-wit, wordplay, New York Comedian & Moth StorySlam Champ’s rampant references will challenge and entertain as Brooke reports on, (and tries to understand): the state of the world, her dating life, ...


    African-ish

    African-ish

    Comedy

    African-ish

    Comedy

    The City Cafe / Nineties
    AUG 3-27 at 00:25 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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    Between his crazy offgrid lifestyle, the struggle of goldfish in aquariums and his admiration for indigenous fashion choices, Ambrose Uren shares his original South African story in a standup comedy show full of unexpected twists. Come and bear witness to the hilarity as the charming comedian challenges his own African-ishness using sharp wit and engaging storytelling....


    Chelsea Birkby and Jamie D'Souza: Good Girls

    Chelsea Birkby and Jamie D'Souza: Good Girls

    Comedy

    Chelsea Birkby and Jamie D'Souza: Good Girls

    Comedy

    The City Cafe / Nineties
    AUG 3-13 at 21:55 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5

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    Jamie (“constantly amusing” ✭✭✭✭ One4Review) and Chelsea (“a real star” ✭✭✭✭.5 The Sunday Post) follow up on Bad Boys with their new split-bill of stand-up: Good Girls.( BBC, Comedy Central, writers Mock the Week, Times best jokes of the fringe x2) Jamie’s stand up has been described as a mix of short stories and one liners, delivered with an instant likability and an understated confidence. Covering a range of topics including veganism, his mixed race heritage and coming to terms with entering adulthood. He has reached the finals o...


    Chelsea Birkby: Silly Sausage (Pain) (WIP)

    Chelsea Birkby: Silly Sausage (Pain) (WIP)

    Comedy

    Chelsea Birkby: Silly Sausage (Pain) (WIP)

    Comedy

    The City Cafe / Nineties
    AUG 14-27 at 21:55 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5

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    Chelsea Birkby follows up on her award-winning debut with her second show as a work-in-progress. Is it about an awakening, clown school and her Mum, or is it about YOUR MUM? Expect: one liners, heart, pop culture, and maybe even sincerity? “A hugely promising and already accomplished stand-up, surely destined for greater things.” ★★★★ The Scotsman...


    Henry Ginsberg: Cuddle Slut

    Henry Ginsberg: Cuddle Slut

    Comedy

    Henry Ginsberg: Cuddle Slut

    Comedy

    The City Cafe / Nineties
    AUG 3-20, 22-27 at 20:40 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5

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    Henry Ginsberg presents a brand new hour of stand up, musing on toxic masculinity, loneliness and weather it’s possible for individual body parts to be racist? “Hinting at emotional bleakness, but in a fun way” - Chortle “He’s probably a shit comic” - Katie Hopkins ...


    Henry Ginsberg’s Hyper Masculine Cookery Show

    Henry Ginsberg’s Hyper Masculine Cookery Show

    Comedy

    Henry Ginsberg’s Hyper Masculine Cookery Show

    Comedy

    The City Cafe / Nineties
    AUG 3-20, 22-27 at 13:10 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5

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    Stand up comedian and culinary wizard Henry Ginsberg presents a guide to all things gastronomical. Topics covered will include the inner workings of pub kitchens, flirtations with veganism, buffet strategy and the frankly offensive state of store bought falafel. ...


    Marc Burrows in the Glom of Nit

    Marc Burrows in the Glom of Nit

    Comedy

    Marc Burrows in the Glom of Nit

    Comedy

    The City Cafe / Nineties
    AUG 4-6, 8-13, 15, 17-20, 22-27 at 23:15 (45 min) - Pay What You Can

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    Comic, author and journalist Marc Burrows (New Statesman, Observer, Big Issue, Independent) welcomes you to an hour of jokes and stories in a late-night karaoke booth, where your mother-in-law may be fat, but it's important that we don't shame her for it. Expect the usual nerdy pop culture and music obsessive weirdness Burrows has brought to his previous Fringe shows. "His utter joyful enthusiasm and complete lack of cynicism … possibly the coolest act of the Fringe.” ★★★★ - Broadway Baby “A delight from start to finish” – ★★★★ ThreeWeeks...


    One Man 12 Angry Men

    One Man 12 Angry Men

    Comedy

    One Man 12 Angry Men

    Comedy

    The City Cafe / Nineties
    AUG 3-27 at 14:25 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50

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    In a world where one man can be one character, Alexander Richmond dares to be twelve of them. Just like the play “Twelve Angry Men” this is a show about twelve opinionated characters, but unlike the play: the characters in this show are not jurors, nor are they all angry, some are even quite sweet. Hopefully, you’ll get to meet the sweet ones, because there’s no guarantee of who you might meet when you sit down each night. Utilising your new fangled smart devices, you choose from a roster of unique characters ranging from a sour-faced musical parodist to the current record holder of the longe...


    Our Place in the World

    Our Place in the World

    Comedy

    Our Place in the World

    Comedy

    The City Cafe / Nineties
    AUG 3-14, 16-27 at 15:40 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50

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    Our Place in the World Sure, Britain’s got talent, but has it got any friends? We don’t get on with Europe, with the other continents, or even with each other. But we’re not North Korea, not yet, because we’ve still got our pints, our wounded pride and our mixed bag of princes. In his debut Edinburgh show, Luke Connell tackles Britain’s weird habits, awkward dating history and pickled eggs. Expect puns, parody and a song about all eight King Henries As heard on BBC Radio 4’s “In Our Time” “smart writing” (NARC) ...


    Raul Kohli: Raul Britannia (The Full Inglish)

    Raul Kohli: Raul Britannia (The Full Inglish)

    Comedy

    Raul Kohli: Raul Britannia (The Full Inglish)

    Comedy

    The City Cafe / Nineties
    AUG 4-15, 17-27 at 16:55 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50

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    Multi Award-Winning Comedian, Raul Kohli considers himself: 'Brindian': British-Indian (but that's a sh*t title). He has lived in every corner of this glorious nation, & is fascinated by the diversity within Britain: from black kids in Bristol from Cornwall with Hagrids accent to White Kids rom Bradford with Indian accents stronger than his dad's. With anecdotes from his attempts to ingratiate himself with British culture (mainly stories from the pub) & analysis on the current cultural & political landscape (mainly asking why are we still voting from these lying c****), Raul will ask what it m...


    Ray Fordyce and His Wonderfully Spiffing Variety Show

    Ray Fordyce and His Wonderfully Spiffing Variety Show

    Comedy

    Ray Fordyce and His Wonderfully Spiffing Variety Show

    Comedy

    The City Cafe / Nineties
    AUG 3-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-27 at 18:10 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50

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    Ray Fordyce is back once again to host a fabulous of the best entertainment the Fringe has to offer. Featuring up to four acts per day, this will be a great way to see many different acts of the Fringe and a must for any fringe goers. ...


    Richard Cobb: Couple's Massage

    Richard Cobb: Couple's Massage

    Comedy

    Richard Cobb: Couple's Massage

    Comedy

    The City Cafe / Nineties
    AUG 3-13, 15-21, 23-27 at 19:25 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50

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    In October 2022, Richard Cobb was on honeymoon in Cuba. The weather was fabulous, the all-inclusive drinks were flowing and the food was...fine. He was having a lovely time with his lovely wife and things were going great. Then he went for a massage and got distracted for an hour and all hell broke loose in his mind. In this show he'll explain why. 'Couple's Massage' is the debut hour from Scottish stand-up/author/guy that will literally try anything to be famous, Richard Cobb. It's a show about love, doubt, guilt, family holidays, near death experiences, and more importantly pugs. Oh and ...


    Tal Davies and Hannah Weetman: Fear and Self-Loathing in Las Iguanas

    Tal Davies and Hannah Weetman: Fear and Self-Loathing in Las Iguanas

    Comedy

    Tal Davies and Hannah Weetman: Fear and Self-Loathing in Las Iguanas

    Comedy

    The City Cafe / Nineties
    AUG 3-10 at 10:40 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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    Join award winning Brummie comedians Tal Davies and Hannah Weetman as they humorously pick apart every aspect of their own, and each other’s, dreadful life choices. If you enjoy dry, observational humour and uncomfortably relatable anecdotes (often -but not always- about the weird shape of their heads...), you’re in for a treat....


    The Breakfast Club

    The Breakfast Club

    Comedy

    The Breakfast Club

    Comedy

    The City Cafe / Nineties
    AUG 14-27 at 10:40 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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    The Breakfast Club is a free stand-up comedy compilation show featuring 3 fantastic comedians. It’s the most important show of the day, right? Hosted by Ben Ashurst (as featured on BBC Radio), The Breakfast Club will feature the very best comedy the Fringe has to offer. Every day, our menu of acts will be refreshed so whatever your comedy palette, the Breakfast Club will have something for you. Get your day at the Fringe off to the best possible start with some award-winning stand-up comedy, and join The Breakfast Club!...