| List Shows: By Name | By Start Time |
| Listings for 4 August, sorted by Start Time |
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| | Taking The Biscuit COMEDY | | AUG 4-27 at 10:00 (45 min) - Free | | Taking the biscuit! Comedy for people who like to laugh! This show is jam packed full of slide splitting observations, sharp one liners and big physical musical sketches. 2 of the biggest rising stars... | | The Free Sisters / The Wee Room |
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| | Day Dream THEATRE | | AUG 3-8, 10-15, 17-22, 24-27 at 10:15 (60 min) - Free | | From two former students from Philippe Gaulier. This is a story about life. It's about an old woman, her dead husband and their memories. Their encounter, separation, birth, death. It's about extreme ... | | The Free Sisters / The Marquee |
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| | Present & Correct COMEDY | | AUG 3-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-27 at 10:45 (60 min) - Free | | Present and Correct returns to Edinburgh with a brand New Sketch Show! A staple of the Fringe, Present and Correct with have you balling with laughter before you've even thought about Lunch! So begin ... | | Espionage / The Bunker |
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| | Bone Wars THEATRE | | AUG 3-13 at 11:00 (50 min) - Free | | America, 1863. Two great scientists discover the dinosaurs, go mad and destroy each other. 150 years later, they’re back for a final reckoning. Witness history’s greatest feud (excluding that time Emi... | | The Counting House / The Lounge |
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| | Grumpy Pants CHILDRENS | | AUG 4-27 at 11:00 (60 min) - Free | | All the way from Spain, Kiki Vita presents ‘Grumpy Pants’ a hilarious show for the whole family. Mr Vita will delight audiences of all ages with his perfectly crafted juggling routines, physical comed... | | The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room |
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| | Cheetah COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 at 11:05 (50 min) - Free | | Having recently lost a girlfriend through infidelity, just one month after buying a flat together, Adam Greene explores the reasons why people cheat, how it affects others and the perceptions that ten... | | The Counting House / The Attic |
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| | Generation Hummus COMEDY | | AUG 3-11 at 11:05 (45 min) - Free | | Brilliantly observed jokes and odd stories from a feral comedy mind. Simon Jablonski launches a probing needle into the eye of Generation Hummus — grab a bread stick and dip into his bland new world.&... | | The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar |
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| | Phi and Me THEATRE | | AUG 3-16 at 11:10 (50 min) - Free | | All the way from Springvale Australia, A Vietnamese Australian family comedy compared to 42nd Kumar Street (UK) and Fresh off The Boat (USA) presents Phi is a second generation Vietnamese Australian.... | | The Counting House / The Loft |
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| | Tarantella CHILDRENS | JUL 30-31, AUG 1-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-27 at 11:30 (60 min) - FREE TICKETED  | | This interactive show has poetry, rhythms, dance and hip hop, with a mixture of the old and the new woven together for a fun family entertainment. The participation explores the sounds and rhythms of... | | The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber |
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| | Struan Logan: Mingalabar COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 at 12:00 (30 min) - Free | | Scottish comedian Struan Logan spent three months in South East Asia, performing stand-up in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong along with travelling through Vietnam, Taiwan and his favourit... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Main Room |
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| | A GENTLE, SHY ANTICHRIST COMEDY | | AUG 3-6 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free | | «I grew up in a very Catholic Italian family. I spent an entire life pretending to be a good altar boy. Actually I’m still pretending. Please, don’t tell my parents i play this show.» A standup show ... | | Moriarty's / Cellar |
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| | A Giant Misfit (+ Guests) COMEDY | | AUG 3-12 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free | | Ever feel like a misfit? This guy does! At over two metres tall, our XXXXL giant takes you on a spiralling adventure of odd relationships, loose cannon friends and how they all came together to teach ... | | Southside Social / Upstairs |
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| | Green Bananas COMEDY | | AUG 3-8, 10-15, 17-22, 24-27 at 12:00 (50 min) - Free | | Green Bananas showcases todays freshest up-and-coming comedians destined to be on your shelves tomorrow. Hosted by award winners Benji Waterstones (“Perfect and hilarious”, Buzzfeed) and Dave Green (“... | | The Counting House / The Lounge |
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| | Science Magic CHILDRENS | | JUL 31, AUG 1-27 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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| | Anders Lee Here COMEDY | | AUG 3-14, 18, 20-27 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free | | American comedian Anders Lee brings his hour of Stand-up to Edinburgh. A New Yorker, originally from the Midwest, Lee brings a "great mix of strong writing and bold stage presence" to the table.*Joker... | | The Golf Tavern / Upstairs |
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| | Marie THEATRE | | AUG 3-6, 8-13, 15-18, 22-26 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free | | The crack of dawn. A young woman wakes up in a place she knew before. It's familiar, yet strange, but then a lot can change in 430 years. Intimate and incisive, Marie shrugs off the weight of history ... | | The Hanover Tap / The Wee Tap |
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| | Carabet COMEDY | | AUG 3-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-27 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free | | Carabet is a light and escapist comedy show coming to Edinburgh fresh from gigs all over Europe. This trio of Gaulier trained performers use clown, physical comedy, improvisation and music to create a... | | The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar |
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| | Breaking Black COMEDY | | AUG 3-14, 16-21, 23-27 at 12:05 (50 min) - Free | | Njambi McGrath’s Breaking Black is an exploration of a black British/African woman’s experience in a hostile post-Brexit Britain and a highlight of the struggles and fragility of immigrants who are to... | | The Counting House / The Attic |
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| | Revill's Selection COMEDY | | AUG 3-8, 10-15, 17-22, 24-27 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free | | Revill’s Selection is the perfect way for any comedy lover to start their day. Just like a packet of Revels sweets the show will have different types and flavours of comics to suit all tastes. With a ... | | Espionage / Kasbar |
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| | The Silly Iles COMEDY | | AUG 3-18, 21-27 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free | | A fun stand-up comedy show from Sarah Iles where she shares her brand of silly humour and stories to all audiences about the various japes she gets herself in to. Ultimately, she IS The Silly Iles. A... | | Finnegan's Wake / The Back Room |
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| | The Breakup Monologues COMEDY | | AUG 3-12 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free | | A chat show hosted by award-winning Radio 4 and festival regular Rosie Wilby where she and other top comedy, spoken word and theatre acts from across the Fringe look back at their best and worst relat... | | The Counting House / The Loft |
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| | Inheritance COMEDY | | AUG 3-4, 7, 10-11, 14, 17-18, 21, 24-25 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free | | Ben Clover got asked to marry his friend's mum so the family could dodge inheritance tax. It gave him a bit of a shock. A comedy show about trying to do the right thing from an award-wining stand-up. ... | | The Free Sisters / The Wee Room |
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| | Jacob Hawley: Fruit Machine COMEDY | | AUG 3-15, 17-27 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free | | In this first solo show, Jacob Hawley (Comedy Store King Gong Winner, Amused Moose Laugh Off Wildcard and Fresh Comedian of the year finalist, 4* Brighton Fringe 2016) brings tales of patriotism, wast... | | The Pear Tree / Main Room |
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| | Alistair Green: The Nan Tapes COMEDY | | AUG 3-13, 15-27 at 12:30 (60 min) - Free | | The Nan Tapes. A double act. Find out about the plague of 'rats as big as cows' that are heading for British shores that the government doesn't want you to know about but its definitely true because ... | | Espionage / Mata Hari |
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| | MARVELus COMEDY | | AUG 3-13, 15-27 at 12:30 (60 min) - Free | | All of the movies in the MARVEL cinematic universe in 1 hour. Self professed comic book nerds and comedians Gary Tro & Javier Jarquin present MARVELus, a show that tackles almost a decade of movies in... | | The City Café / City Two - Basement Bar |
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| | Mr Danger's Really Safe Show COMEDY | | JUL 30-31, AUG 1-13, 15-27 at 12:45 (60 min) - Free | | The moment the world’s been waiting for has arrived! Mr Danger, once voted Britain’s Bravest Daredevil, has finished recovering from his recent catastrophic stunt effort and is ready to wow the crowds... | | The Free Sisters / The Marquee |
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| | Newcastle Brown Tales COMEDY | | AUG 4-13, 15-27 at 13:00 (60 min) - Free | | After his critically acclaimed debut hour, Rahul Kohli returns with a show unlike anything else: an hour of true stories from his drunken adventures. From the wacky to the hilarious to the downright u... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Cinema Room |
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| | Richard Todd: MONSTERS COMEDY | | AUG 3-13, 15-27 at 13:00 (60 min) - Free | | Like a piece of old sellotape stuck on a wall, neurotic flibbertigibbet Richard Todd clings to nothing but his place on the earth; may his grip hold for an hour of art therapy, inner demons and salad.... | | The Counting House / The Lounge |
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| | Cow COMEDY | | AUG 3-14, 16-27 at 13:05 (60 min) - Free | | I’m fed up with being called lovely just because I’m a nicely spoken, middle-aged woman in a cardigan. Join me in an act of rebellion as I get properly mardy and embrace my inner cow. 'Jane is ... | | The Counting House / The Attic |
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| | Arielle Dundas: Vulva Cupcake COMEDY | | AUG 3-8, 10-15, 17-22, 24-27 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free | | What are we smarty pants progressives supposed to do now? Is hate trumping love really our fault? Can I be funny, politically sensitive, and sobbing simultaneously? Do all my cupcakes have to make a... | | 48 Below / The Basement Bar |
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| | Angel Comedy Showcase COMEDY | | AUG 4-8, 10-15, 17-22, 24-27 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free | | Angel Comedy is the most popular comedy night in London According to Trip Advisor and Time Out - come and see what all the fuss is about - with ***** acts and a brilliant compere. You can't hope for m... | | Espionage / Pravda |
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| | On The Edge COMEDY | | AUG 3-15 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free | | On The Edge 5 acts, 5 friends, 5 different backgrounds, 5 ways to have you in hysterics. We’ve got women, we’ve got guys, we’ve got an Arab, a Jew, a posh one, an arty one and one that we can’t even ... | | Espionage / The Bunker |
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| | Up Periscope SPOKEN WORD | | AUG 4-17, 19-24, 26-27 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free | | Edinburgh local chats utter nonsense to a bunch of random strangers on the internet... Anything could happen, it's up to you! Stories based around my experience with Periscope over the past year: tale... | | Southside Social / Upstairs |
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| | Girl In Da Corner COMEDY | | AUG 3-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-27 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free | | If there was ever a show that ticks all the diversity boxes, then Jen's got it all. Not only has she got the unique ability of having mixed heritage, she's got mixed Indian heritage and she's a woman!... | | The Cellar Monkey / The Cellar |
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| | PLAYBACK IMPRO THEATRE | | AUG 3-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-27 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free | | Playback Impro plays back moments and stories taken from the audience on the spot. ....★★★★★ The Mirror: 'A real standout from all the stand-up, this is comic improvisat... | | The Hanover Tap / The Wee Tap |
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| | How To Suffer Better COMEDY | | AUG 3-13, 15-20, 22-27 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free | | After catching her fiancé screwing her friend in a bar bathroom, Celeste reads under a Snapple bottle cap: We can't stop ourselves from suffering, but we can learn how to suffer better. Mystified, she... | | The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar |
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| | Katharine Ferns is in Stitches COMEDY | | AUG 3-7, 9-14, 16-21, 23-27 at 13:30 (60 min) - Free | | Brutally funny storytelling show from Canadian comedian Katharine Ferns (MTV, ichannel) is a comedic journey about learning to laugh at the visible and invisible scars of surviving mental illness, dom... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Long Room |
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| | Old Jewish Jokes COMEDY | | AUG 3-7, 9-14, 16-21, 23-27 at 13:30 (60 min) - FREE TICKETED | | Return of the Fringe's all-time favourite, longest-running Jewish comedy show. Traditional Jewish gags plus revealing insights into life for the modern Jewish comic. **** (Scotsman), **** (Mirror), **... | | Finnegan's Wake / The Back Room |
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| | A Single Tree THEATRE | | AUG 3-12 at 13:30 (60 min) - Free | | Hoovering Flour Theatre Company’s debut production this year at the Fringe! Once upon a Christmas in a land far, far away Mark and Elizabeth throw a Christmas party which is sure to have a lasting eff... | | The Mockingbird / Upstairs |
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| | Mind Your Head COMEDY | | AUG 3-13 at 13:30 (60 min) - Free | | Mental sees Marc Burrows return to the Fringe for the first time in 2 years, following his successful 2014 show 'The Ten Best Songs Of All Time'. The show is a very personal trek through Marc's menta... | | The Pear Tree / Main Room |
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| | It's Gameshow Time! COMEDY | | AUG 4-15, 17-26 at 13:45 (60 min) - Free | | Join your host Henry Café for It’s Gameshow Time! The gameshow where celebrities compete to end world poverty. London’s legendary gameshow comes to Edinburgh. Expect ludicrous games, massive celebri... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Upstairs |
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| | Blank Canvas COMEDY | | AUG 3-15, 17-27 at 13:45 (60 min) - Free | | A place where comics can try out and develop new ideas. It could be a sitcom reading, new material or formats for TV and radio. Performers will include Tom Ward, Tony Law, Helen Bauer, Eshaan Akbar, A... | | Espionage / Mata Hari |
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| | Sketch Thieves COMEDY | | AUG 3-14, 16-27 at 13:45 (60 min) - Free | | Comedy sketch swapping live! The cult hit show where sketch groups perform their own sketches and then each other’s. Top 25 shows at the Fringe 2016 (British Comedy Guide). Chortle Award winner for Be... | | The City Café / City Two - Basement Bar |
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| | Vicki Sargent: One Woman Army COMEDY | | AUG 3-5, 7-13, 15-19, 21-27 at 13:50 (50 min) - Free | | Vicki is done with degrading retail jobs, fed up of waiting around for Mr. Wrong and ultimately ready to get out of bed. Come hang out with her for an hour of witty storytelling and delightful charact... | | The Cuckoo's Nest / Basement |
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| | Aside Effect COMEDY | | AUG 3-6, 8-13, 15-27 at 14:00 (45 min) - Free | | "Aside Effect" A stand-up comedy show about a man (Winter Foenander) who finds himself in a perpetual state of madness; as he attempts to retrace his steps back to humanity. ... | | The Free Sisters / The Marquee |
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| | Huggers CHILDRENS | | JUL 30-31, AUG 1-27 at 14:00 (60 min) - Free | | The popular worldwide hit show returns with another revolving line-up of the best comedians, musical acts, magicians and children’s entertainers for all the family to enjoy together. ‘My eight-year-o... | | The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber |
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| | Always Be Rolling COMEDY | | AUG 3-15, 17-22, 24-27 at 14:15 (60 min) - Free | | How board games can change your life and save the world. Award winning comedian James Cook is back by popular demand with his critically acclaimed sell-out show. He'll reveal the best and absolute w... | | Bar 50 / The Alcove |
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| | Mickey Sharma - SHARMANATOR!! COMEDY | | AUG 3-12, 14-19, 21-26 at 14:30 (60 min) - Free | | Mickey is 34 now. And times for play is over. He's 34 and responsibilities are piling up. He's gotta take care of his ageing parents, he's gotta try and get on the property ladder and most important o... | | Espionage / The Bunker |
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| | Pottervision! COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 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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| | Georges the Spider COMEDY | | AUG 4-7, 9-14, 16-21, 23-27 at 14:30 (60 min) - Free | Meet Georges the Spider – Actor, Philosopher, Spider - and allow him to accompany you on a journey through the history of classical cinema told from his unique perspective as an egocentric, ... | | Moriarty's / Cellar |
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| | Jon Pearson: Feet First COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 at 14:30 (60 min) - Free | | Jon is looking for progress, he knows that he wants to be happy, but how can he get there? What is helping and hindering his development and stopping him from getting to his happy place? Join Jon on a... | | The Cellar Monkey / The Cellar |
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| | WMD Makes Everything Better COMEDY | | AUG 4-19 at 14:30 (60 min) - Free | | A hilarious sketch show that rips itself apart before delicately reassembling the pieces Ryan, Tom and Ben AKA WMD Comedy are a bold sketch troupe with a cult online following. Brighton marks the de... | | The Golf Tavern / Upstairs |
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| | A Singh In The North! COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 at 14:45 (60 min) - Free | | On tour mostly just to avoid being in the same country as Donald Trump comes law student turned stand up comedian Sid Singh. This 60 minute show puts forth the silliest and funniest arguments on exact... | | Dropkick Murphy's / Main Room |
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| | The Pigeon Dying Under the Bush COMEDY | | AUG 3-11 at 14:45 (60 min) - Free | | Award-winning comedian Sarah Callaghan fresh from two hugely successful shows and tours of Australia returns with a show inspired by an incredibly lucky escape – forcing her to re-evaluate everything ... | | Espionage / Kasbar |
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| | Robyn's Bad Decision Time COMEDY | | AUG 3-14, 16-27 at 14:45 (45 min) - Free (OPTION to reserve seat) | | Everyone has a crazy family. Some are bad at relationships. But few justify their emotional decisions with stats and scientific research. Join robyn on this [informative] journey of unbelievable, yet ... | | Finnegan's Wake / The Back Room |
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| | Jez Watts: Sex, Lies & Videogames COMEDY | | AUG 3-4, 7, 10-11, 14, 17-18, 21, 24-25 at 14:45 (60 min) - Free | | He's failed at being a soldier, husband, neuroscientist and drug fiend. Somehow, he's still here. An American-style hour from a touring Australian comic, the stand-up comedy of Jez Watts comes from t... | | The Free Sisters / The Wee Room |
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| | Clonely THEATRE | | AUG 3-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-27 at 14:45 (60 min) - Free | | CLONELY is an adventure in existential sci-fi crisis. A blend of bullsh*t arthouse theatre with the best of sci-fi cinema, but on stage and with DIY props. Expect lo-fi aesthetics, an awkward five min... | | The Mockingbird / Upstairs |
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| | Paul Revill: Revillations COMEDY | | AUG 3-8, 10-15, 17-22, 24-27 at 15:00 (60 min) - Free | | Paul Revill, Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year 2014, returns to the Fringe with his show Revillations. The true story of how he got the acting role of a lifetime... and how it all went wrong! D... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Upstairs |
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| | Classic Joke Club COMEDY | | AUG 3-14, 16-27 at 15:00 (60 min) - Free | | Join the funniest acts in Edinburgh as they share classic jokes handed down to them by their family. Chickens, mothers-in-law, doctors, elephants, Englishmen, Irishmen, Scotsmen (and other nationaliti... | | Espionage / Mata Hari |
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| | Alex Morris - Apologies COMEDY | | AUG 3-13 at 15:15 (45 min) - FREE TICKETED | | Original, notable and deplorable characters take to the stage to apologise directly to you for their wrongdoings. From D-list thespian actors to shamed NBA stars, Apologies gives each of them a chance... | | The Cuckoo's Nest / Basement |
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| | The Professionals THEATRE | | AUG 3-27 at 15:15 (60 min) - Free | | Working in the tradition of clown, from Keaton and Chaplin to Irwin and Shiner, The Professionals is a show about what happens when clowns take over the everyday jobs we see around us everyday! Be pre... | | The Free Sisters / The Marquee |
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| | Hello Humans COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 at 15:30 (60 min) - Free | | Hello Humans, Jay here (Bath, Reading, Leicester, and New Act of The Year finalist, broadcast on Radio 4 Extra -humble really) doing a show about pyjamas, relativity and meeting Odin (maybe a hallucin... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Cinema Room |
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| | Show Up THEATRE | | AUG 3-13, 15-20, 22-27 at 15:30 (60 min) - Free | | Pete (Desperately Seeking the Exit, Late with Lance!) turns the often vilified clichés of the solo show genre on their clichéd heads. Using an arsenal of Post-it® Notes, Pete transforms the real-life ... | | The Counting House / The Lounge |
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| | Sunil Patel: Titan COMEDY | | AUG 3-13, 15-27 at 15:35 (60 min) - Free | | Am I here for a little holiday? No! I’m doing my second show. Here’s some third-party validation from the first one: ‘A clearly gifted comedian with a comfy and approachable style, he is as self-awar... | | The Counting House / The Attic |
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| | Bleach THEATRE | | AUG 3-11 at 15:45 (60 min) - Free | | Tyler sells his body to hungry punters on a nightly basis. But his working routine is about to spiral out of control and he'll be left questioning whether living in London is really worth the price of... | | 48 Below / The Basement Bar |
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| | Erich McElroy Tops Trump COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 at 15:45 (60 min) - Free Ticketed | | It's pretty hard to top the most controversial figure in modern political history but American-born, British-based comic McElroy has stacked the deck. He’s got all the ALTERNATIVE truth, the FAKEST ne... | | Espionage / Pravda |
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| | Shaggers COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 at 15:45 (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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| | Not Quite Mass COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 at 15:45 (60 min) - Free | | Save your soul with laughter. Witness Ireland's finest stand-ups, along with holy discussions and blessed games. Handpicked by Irish Comedian of the Year 2016, Steve Bennett. Join the congregation or ... | | Finnegan's Wake / The Back Room |
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| | The Oxford Revue Presents: FREE COMEDY | | AUG 3-19 at 15:45 (60 min) - Free | | The Oxford Revue return hot faced from another academic year to bring you the sharpest student comedy around. A mixed bill show that has been the starting point for the likes of Michael Palin, Stewart... | | Moriarty's / Cellar |
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| | ComedySportz UK CHILDRENS | | AUG 3-15 at 15:45 (60 min) - Free | | 10th Year at the Edinburgh Fringe! ComedySportz is a fast-paced improvised comedy show where two teams battle it out for the biggest laughs. The players go for comedy gold as they create quick witted ... | | The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room |
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| | David Sheeran: I Am Donut COMEDY | | AUG 3-4, 6-17, 19-27 at 15:45 (60 min) - Free | | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Skyfall and Love Actually: three films President Trump will encourage the Prime Minister to stream during his state visit to the UK (probably). Luckily, these ... | | The Golf Tavern / Upstairs |
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| | Carmen Lynch: LYNCHED COMEDY | | AUG 3-14, 16-27 at 16:00 (60 min) - Free | | Carmen Lynch (The Late show with Stephen Colbert, Conan, Inside Amy Schumer, Splitsider’s "2016 Best Late Night Sets") shares her hour of twisted, singular stand-up comedy that frequently dips into th... | | The Counting House / The Loft |
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| | The Ayahuasca Diaries COMEDY | | AUG 3-8, 10-15, 17-22, 24-27 at 16:00 (40 min) - Free | | Psychiatrist and award-winning comedian Benji Waterstones heads to Peru in search ayahuasca, a healing plant medicine so strong that just one dose has been likened to 15 years of therapy. So is it rea... | | The Free Sisters / The Wee Room |
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| | Jimmy McGhie COMEDY | | AUG 3-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-27 at 16:00 (60 min) - Free | | McGhie is back for solo show number seven. He has finally checked in his ego and will be appearing as part of the socialist utopia of the Free Festival. A proper pro for no dough! ‘McGhie reminds you ... | | The Pear Tree / Main Room |
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| | Puppet Fiction THEATRE | | AUG 3-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-27 at 16:15 (60 min) - Free | | Everybody be cool, this is a mother**cking puppet show! The ultimate Tarantino homage, this is Pulp Fiction with strings attached. The award-winning cult show from New Zealand returns to the Edinburgh... | | The Counting House / The Ballroom |
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| | #DirtyWoman THEATRE | | AUG 3-27 at 16:15 (60 min) - FREE TICKETED | | "The imagined child of Andy Kaufman and a supermodel, Narin Oz is a beautiful comic genius."- Martin Walker, Broadway Baby Narin Oz plays a looney lecturer exploring the most vile human behaviour & la... | | The Cuckoo's Nest / Basement |
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| | The Rat Pack presents... COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 at 16:30 (60 min) - Free | | The Rat Pack presents... returns to Edinburgh for a 5th sell-out year. The best stand-up and cabaret now bigger and better than ever. Check out the line-ups at www.theratpack.co.uk. 'Classy stand-up... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Main Room |
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| | Brew- tastic Show COMEDY | | AUG 3-6, 9-13, 16-20, 23-27 at 16:30 (30 min) - Free | | Tea Facts! Tea Fiction! Wars have been fought and settled over a brew. A tea show in a tea shop – what could be more palatable. Come and join the Professor for a tour of time and tastes. A crackin’ w... | | eteaket / Room |
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| | Sagar Mega Drive COMEDY | | AUG 3-14, 16-27 at 16:30 (60 min) - Free | | Sagar Mega Drive is Fiona Sagar's return to Edinburgh following her 2016 award nominated show 'Entitled'. Plug in for hilarity and set your mode to multi-player with this fresh character based show wi... | | The Free Sisters / The Marquee |
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| | Board Game Smackdown COMEDY | | AUG 3-15, 17-22, 24-27 at 16:45 (60 min) - Free | | The game show about games is back! The Fringe's funniest performers playing board, card and party games live on stage. Hosted by Award-winning comedian and UK Champion board gamer James Cook, guests i... | | Bar 50 / The Alcove |
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| | Rotating Bill COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 at 16:45 (60 min) - Free | | Crashing back into the fringe for its triumphant 3rd year, Rotating Bill is back to bring you top quality stand up. Featuring different line ups everyday and special guests, it's a sure fire way to en... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Cinema Room |
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| | Stranger in a Strange Land COMEDY | | AUG 3-11 at 17:00 (60 min) - Free | | Saurabh Kikani is many things - stand up comedian, film producer, lawyer, political activist...most of all...disappointment to his parents. He also considered himself a citizen of the world. But in a ... | | 48 Below / The Basement Bar |
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| | Charlotte Gittins: Mirror Image COMEDY | | AUG 3-14, 16-27 at 17:00 (60 min) - Free | | In a world on the edge of breakdown, words start to crumble. Whip-smart character comedy from Charlotte Gittins, star of Fringe hits Austentatious (***** Times) and Folie à Deux (***** BroadwayBaby.co... | | Espionage / The Bunker |
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| | A Pessimists Guide to Being Happy COMEDY | | AUG 3-20, 22-27 at 17:00 (60 min) - Free | | Are you, do you know or have you been a pessimist? Are you, have you been or do you want to be happy? This is the stand up comedy show for you! Matt Duwell ("Grand ideas, infectious charisma and quali... | | Moriarty's / Cellar |
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| | We Stand Amused COMEDY | | AUG 3-16 at 17:00 (60 min) - Free | | "We Stand Amused" is a comedy sketch show brought to you by the Lancaster University Comedy Institute. Filled with original sketches and twisted characters, "We Stand Amused" aims to make the audience... | | The Hanover Tap / The Wee Tap |
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| | Prestonian COMEDY | | AUG 3-11, 13-15, 17-22, 24-27 at 17:10 (40 min) - Free | | ‘Prestonian’ is a solo stand up show by Saskia Preston. It’ll last 40 fast minutes and feature jokes by and at the expense of someone who’s never actually been to Preston but is a ‘Preston’. I’ll tell... | | The Cellar Monkey / The Cellar |
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| | Will Mars: THIS COMEDY | | AUG 3-14, 16-27 at 17:15 (60 min) - Free | | This British New Yorker has been seen on Fox's Showtime at the Apollo (US) and the BBC's Stand Up for Comic Relief (UK). This former English Comedian of the Year finalist has performed eight sell-out ... | | Dropkick Murphy's / Main Room |
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| | A Sad Joke About Life COMEDY | | AUG 3-10, 12-16, 18-27 at 17:15 (60 min) - Free | | Born and raised in the suburbs of Montreal, Canada, Virginie Fortin had such a beautiful childhood no one could have predicted she would turn out to be a comedian. Some critics said she is uniquely ... | | The Counting House / The Loft |
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| | Komödie Distillery COMEDY | | AUG 3-16 at 17:15 (60 min) - Free | | Four of the hottest up and coming acts from the London scene come together for a comedy compilation show to make you chortle. Featuring a diverse group of comedy voices, these acts will set you aligh... | | The Mockingbird / Upstairs |
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| | Full International Brexit COMEDY | | AUG 3-14, 16-27 at 17:15 (60 min) - Free | | Full menu of different international acts every day hosted by Canadian comedian Katharine Ferns. "Salty-sweet, savagely honest, brutally funny." - The Scene Magazine ****The Wee Review ... | | The Pear Tree / Main Room |
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| | Nik Coppin: Globetrotter COMEDY | | AUG 3-8, 10-15, 17-22, 24-27 at 17:30 (60 min) - Free | | Nik Coppin returns with some new hilarious anecdotes and jokes from his many shows and journeys around the world. A well travelled stand-up comedian, his comedic exploits have taken him to the far rea... | | Espionage / Mata Hari |
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| | Celtic Comedy COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 at 17:30 (60 min) - Free | | Two Scots and an Irishman walk into a pub… Jay Lafferty, John Scott and Martin Mor are among the very best Celtic comedians working on the global comedy circuit. Jay Lafferty, ‘Cuddly one sec, cruel... | | The City Café / City Two - Basement Bar |
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| | All My Friends Are Dead COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 at 18:00 (60 min) - Free | | Conor lost another friend last year, now he's on his own. 'Delivers high quality material' (Skinny). 'Very shrewd observational humour' (BroadwayBaby.com). 'Brilliant' (GetReading.co.uk). ... | | Bar 50 / The Alcove |
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| | Iguana Mum COMEDY | | AUG 3-13, 15-27 at 18:00 (40 min) - Free | | Wish big, wish high, but be careful what you wish for. That's what marriage and kids have taught Sindhu (rhymes with Hindu — convenient because she is one). The 2016 BBC New Comedy Award finalist talk... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Cinema Room |
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| | Battered COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 at 18:15 (60 min) - Free | | Irishman Mark McConnell has pushed his luck in many countries. He has been beaten along his journey, but the spirit of the fighting Irish is strong in this young man! Battered tells the tale of how th... | | 48 Below / The Basement Bar |
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| | Shaggers COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 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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| | Scott Redmond: Departures THEATRE | | AUG 3-27 at 18:15 (60 min) - Free | | Death invites you to decide the fate of The Poet. Death speaks, moral queries are answered and Tom Jones is everywhere, I mean just everywhere. Departures is the story of a poet forced to perform b... | | Moriarty's / Cellar |
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| | Beach Hunks: Hog Wild COMEDY | | AUG 3-19, 21-27 at 18:15 (60 min) - Free | | Stronger. Stranger. Hunkier. Sopping wet sketch boys Beach Hunks return to Edinburgh with a new hour of destructively offbeat comedy. Absurdity, misery and beachwear collide in a show populated with ... | | The Cellar Monkey / The Cellar |
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| | Then There Were None THEATRE | | AUG 3-9 at 18:15 (60 min) - Free | | A group of actors, desperate for their big break, attend an acting workshop hosted by Andrew – an enigmatic but ever-so-slightly unhinged former C-Lister. He’s had a taste of fame and thinks he’s know... | | The Golf Tavern / Upstairs |
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| | Kev's Komedy Klub COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 at 18:15 (60 min) - Free | | A stand-up comedy bill featuring the stars and creators of the underground festival fringe hit Kev's Komedy Kitchen - Kevin Dewsbury and Will Hutchby. Each show will feature a special guest headline ... | | The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar |
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| | Delusions. COMEDY | | AUG 4-20, 22-27 at 18:30 (60 min) - Free | | DELUSIONS. A brand new stand up hour from John Scott, now returning to Edinburgh for his tenth run. This is a semi biographical show about mental health combined with topical satire. Obviously there ... | | Espionage / Kasbar |
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| | The Burning Gadulka THEATRE | | AUG 4-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-26 at 18:30 (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 ... | | The Mockingbird / Upstairs |
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| | Becky Brunning - Beaming COMEDY | | AUG 3-13, 15-20, 22-26 at 18:45 (60 min) - Free | | Debut solo show from Funny Women finalist and Broadchurch actor Becky Brunning. Edgy and average: the love child of rock’n’roll and cardigans. Becky is conflicted – about everything. Whether it’s choo... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Upstairs |
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| | IlluminArchie COMEDY | | AUG 3-13, 15-27 at 18:45 (60 min) - Free | | IlluminArchie is the hilarious new show by, "super cool, super smart storyteller" (Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard) Award winning comedian, Archie Maddocks. He is described as "poignant, inventive and ... | | Espionage / Mata Hari |
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| | Awake THEATRE | | AUG 3-27 at 18:45 (45 min) - Free | | It's the middle of the night. The air is still, the moon is up, foxes are skulking under lampposts. Many people are deeply, blissfully asleep, unaware of the tortured souls around them who are strugg... | | The Cuckoo's Nest / Basement |
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| | Martin Mor: All the Best COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 at 19:00 (60 min) - Free | | Martin comes from Northern Ireland, and after a successful career as a circus performer, he turned his attention on the unsuspecting comedy circuit. With over 30 years experience as a professional per... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Main Room |
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| | C'est La Vegan COMEDY | | AUG 3-24, 26-27 at 19:00 (60 min) - Free | | Award-winning comic Dave Chawner delivers his new show about veganism. Exploring the origin of food,ideas & views to understand where things come from. 'This is one comic you have to make the effor... | | The Counting House / The Attic |
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| | Laugh Train Home Comedy Showcase COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 at 19:15 (60 min) - Free (OPTION to reserve seat) | | In its fifth year, the best comics of the Fringe are brought together for this premier comedy showcase. Robyn Perkins (5 stars 'exceptionally charasmatic' -Voice Mag) hosts different four/five-star co... | | Bar 50 / The Alcove |
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| | Adele Cliff: Cliff Notes COMEDY | | AUG 3-15, 17-27 at 19:25 (40 min) - Free | | Adele Cliff, writer of one of Dave's Top Ten Funniest Jokes of the Fringe 2016, takes you on a trip through her head to examine all the notes she's made on various topics over the last couple of years... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Cinema Room |
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| | Slug COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 at 19:25 (40 min) - Free | | Otherworldly Dave Green does a stand-up comedy show. It’s about death, robots, alienation and slugs. Dave’s unique brand of stand-up combines a type of paranoid stream of consciousness with tightly w... | | The Free Sisters / The Wee Room |
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| | Dirty Rotten Irish Scoundrel COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 at 19:30 (60 min) - Free | | Underground Irish comedian "Ireland's answer to Frankie Boyle" Andrew Gilmore returns to Edinburgh to allow his comedy demon to run amok on stage. Expect to be blown away with an hour of non-stop laug... | | Espionage / Pravda |
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| | A1: The Long Road to Edinburgh COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 at 19:30 (60 min) - Free | | With no prior stand up experience, and only a year to learn the craft; Mark Row faces the challenge of performing at the biggest Comedy Festival in the world! Either very brave or very stupid, doesn'... | | Moriarty's / Cellar |
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| | Blurred Lines COMEDY | | AUG 3-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-27 at 19:30 (60 min) - Free | | An hour of unfortunate experiences and fortunate outcomes, blurred lines is an attempt at understanding human emotions interspersed with frequent references to bodily functions. Diagnosed with juvenil... | | Southside Social / Upstairs |
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| | I Can Make You Tory COMEDY | | AUG 3-14, 16-27 at 19:30 (60 min) - Free | | Sick of sanctimonious liberals lecturing you about global warming, Jeremy Corbyn and sexism? Award-winning comedian Leo Kearse slaughters liberal sacred cows with razor sharp wit (and actual facts) ... | | The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room |
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| | 101 Comedy Club COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 at 19:30 (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 b... | | The Hanover Tap / The Wee Tap |
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| | AMERICANA PSYCHOBABBLE THEATRE | | AUG 3-7, 9-14, 16-21, 23-27 at 19:30 (60 min) - Free | | AMERICANA PSYCHOBABBLE or, my favorite way to die right now in this room Created + Performed by Alexandra Tatarsky Co-direction/dramaturgy by Meryl Sands A delirious anti-narrative of American empt... | | The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar |
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| | I Like me COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 at 19:45 (60 min) - Free | | I like me is a journey into why it's important to love one's self and how it can be hard at times. Life stinks but it's better to be an optimist in a pessimist's world. ... | | The Counting House / The Loft |
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| | Andrew Silverwood is COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 at 19:45 (60 min) - Free | | "Andrew Silverwood is my favourite name for a debonair Porn Star" - Russell Howard "Another self absorbed twat. Still, Silverwood is very charming." - Great Scott Media, Australia Touring small town... | | The Mockingbird / Upstairs |
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| | Jon Long - Winded COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 at 20:00 (60 min) - Free | | Jon Long performs stand-up comedy with songs. Songs about love, life, falcons, sex, desert islands and recycling. In between the songs are jokes. Jokes about love songs, celiacs, bad cats, adverts, an... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Upstairs |
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| | Mae Martin: Dope COMEDY | | AUG 3-13, 15-27 at 20:00 (60 min) - Free | | The star of the award-nominated Mae Martin’s Guide to 21st Century Sexuality (BBC Radio Four) examines a lifetime of obsessions, fandom and addiction in her new stand-up hour of millennial introspecti... | | The City Café / City Two - Basement Bar |
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| | CSI Comedy COMEDY | | AUG 3-20 at 20:00 (60 min) - Free | | Three of Edinburgh's funniest comedians will have their sets dissected, critiqued, and reviewed, by the toughest comedy critics there are - the comedians themselves. With a different line-up of the ... | | The Counting House / The Ballroom |
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| | DICK IN SPACE THEATRE | | AUG 3-27 at 20:00 (60 min) - Free | | Film noir murder meets surreal mayhem in this world premiere. Dick Spacey has become a legend in the universe, especially in psychiatric circles, where his name is whispered in fear and reverence. Th... | | The Cuckoo's Nest / Basement |
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| | Joke Thieves COMEDY | | AUG 3-14, 16-27 at 20:15 (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 5 comedy shows of the Year (List). Top 10 late... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Main Room |
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| | Nai Bowen is Brave! COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 at 20:15 (60 min) - Free | | Nai Bowen is Brave! At least, that's want she wants to believe. One half of fringe favourites Titty Bar Ha Ha, Nai is going it alone for the first time in her life. If she's finished the show, which ... | | The Counting House / The Attic |
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| | For Godley's Sake! COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 at 20:15 (60 min) - Free | | FOR GODLEY'S SAKE back for another year at the THREE SISTERS "One of Scotland's finest onstage treasures... Compelling... ballsy... a breath of fresh air" Guardian "The Glasgow comedy queen" The Lis... | | The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber |
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| | A Poke in the Eye COMEDY | | AUG 3-15, 17-27 at 20:30 (60 min) - FREE TICKETED | | Georgie Morrell: A Poke in the Eye One woman. One eye. And her (sort of) blind life… The debut 4* stand up show from comic, Georgie Morrell after it’s successful Edinburgh run and transfer to Soho A ... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Cinema Room |
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| | Meet the stevens COMEDY | | AUG 3-7 at 20:45 (60 min) - Free | | 1 Transgender Comedienne - 2 characters It's Sassy verses Classy in this outrageous debut show from a rising star of stand up; transgender comedienne Miss Holly Stevens. In this show golden child Ho... | | 48 Below / The Basement Bar |
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| | Laugh Train Home Comedy Showcase COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 at 20:45 (60 min) - Free (OPTION to reserve seat) | | In its fifth year, the best comics of the Fringe are brought together for this premier comedy showcase. Robyn Perkins (5 stars 'exceptionally charasmatic' -Voice Mag) hosts different four/five-star co... | | Espionage / The Bunker |
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| | Sidekick COMEDY | | AUG 3-14, 16-27 at 20:45 (60 min) - Free | | Some people are life's heroes, its leading men and women. They're full of swash, buckle and daring-do. Others are happy to stand at the side and hold their jackets. For every Fred Flinstone, there is... | | Espionage / Pravda |
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| | LJ DA FUNK in... Last Brexit to 'ooklyn COMEDY | | AUG 3-7, 9-14, 16-21, 23-27 at 20:45 (60 min) - Free | | Abrasive satire for Guardian readers, disguised as sensationalist whimsy for Sun readers so as not to alienate the proletariat. Bashing Brexit head-on with all the vitriol of Nigel Farage at a multicu... | | Moriarty's / Cellar |
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| | Can't Dance, Won't Dance CABARET | | AUG 3-19, 21-27 at 20:45 (60 min) - Free | | The uptight, irritable, shy yet monstrously arrogant Kingsley has developed dangerously high blood pressure and a phobia of dancing. In this multi-award-seeking show, the roofsmasher considers the nat... | | Southside Social / Upstairs |
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| | The Rule of Threes COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 at 20:45 (60 min) - Free | | Daniel Audritt (hilarious stand up and internationally acclaimed director; Amused Moose Finalist) Tamar Broadbent (hilarious world touring stand up and musical comedian; Amused Moose Finalist) and chu... | | The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room |
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| | DOPE FRICTION COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 at 20:45 (60 min) - Free | | dope /dəʊp/ ad 1. Very good. "that suit is dope!" friction /ˈfrɪkʃ(ə)n/ n 1. conflict or animosity caused by a clash of wills, temperaments, or opinions. Tom Lawrinson ... | | The Hanover Tap / The Wee Tap |
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| | Comedy World War 5 COMEDY | | AUG 4-27 at 21:00 (60 min) - Free | | The hit-show in its fifth year! Four international top comedians per night, one against one, no allies. Like in every world war, different line-up each night. Always started by a German (Christian Sch... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Long Room |
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| | Lolbot Wars COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 at 21:00 (60 min) - Free | | This is Lolbot Wars. The best comedy performers from across the Edinburgh Festival Fringe will come together in a unique arena where they will battle it out, head to head. Armed with words, weapons, w... | | Dropkick Murphy's / Main Room |
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| | #AA Abnormal Asian COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 at 21:00 (60 min) - Free (book a FREE ticket to guarantee entry) | | "The Comedy surprise discovery of this year's Fringe" ★★★★ AdelaideNow.com.au "Identifies the perfect East-West fusion" ★★★★ H... | | Espionage / Kasbar |
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| | Rik Carranza: I'm a Fan COMEDY | | AUG 3-15, 17-27 at 21:00 (60 min) - FREE TICKETED | | How far would you go to fit in? What happens when you deny the very thing that defines you? In this deeply personal show, Rik Carranza revisits a past that forced him to choose between embracing his ... | | The Counting House / The Loft |
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| | More Equal Than Others COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 at 21:00 (45 min) - Free | | Is this Romanian guy supposed to be the future of stand-up comedy? Bold, brash and a total smartass, Victor Pãtrãşcan wings it in this stand up comedy one-man show and tries to get away with it.... | | The Mockingbird / Upstairs |
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| | Semi-Pro 4 Life COMEDY | | AUG 3-19 at 21:15 (60 min) - Free | | Amongst the ranks of every Fringe Festival there will be those who will never make it. So large is this number they repeatedly dwarf that other group of significants: those who never tried when it was... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Upstairs |
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| | Zahra Barri: Talk Like An Egyptian COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 at 21:45 (50 min) - Free | | Zahra’s a bit like the country of Turkey, in that she’s a mix of Eastern and Western culture, and also she is a bird. A fun look into Eastern and Kanye Western Culture. 'Terrific' Venue Magazine As ... | | Bar 50 / The Alcove |
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| | Dirty Poetry SPOKEN WORD | | AUG 3-27 at 22:00 (35 min) - Free | | Whether you are a lesbian couple, a bunch of gay friends, straight and monogamous as hell, or a lonely wanker; this night full of sexually charged poetry has stories in rhyme for people of all sexual ... | | 48 Below / The Basement Bar |
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| | Head Sets COMEDY | | AUG 3-14, 16-27 at 22:00 (60 min) - Free | | Comedians losing their heads and performing with no bodies! This sell-out show returns for a second year with more of the best comedians from the Fringe...all delivering comedy from their floating hea... | | Espionage / Pravda |
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| | James Bone's TOWNIES COMEDY | | AUG 3-13, 15-27 at 22:00 (60 min) - Free | | The Townie Tavern is like any regular pub, except in this place regulars include a New Age Traveller, an Old Skool Raver, and a disgraced ex-Met Police Chief. With each of them working out their raiso... | | Espionage / The Bunker |
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| | Cosmic Comedy Berlin COMEDY | | AUG 3-19 at 22:00 (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 from some of the best comics from the Berlin English comedy scene. They will be shar... | | Moriarty's / Cellar |
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| | We are STILL all C*nts COMEDY | | AUG 3-7, 9-14, 16-21, 23-27 at 22:00 (60 min) - Free | | While the world grips onto its safe space with progressively whitened knuckles, "We are STILL all C*nts" will be a haven where Ashley Haden will show why the left, the right, the old, the young, the r... | | Southside Social / Upstairs |
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| | Rob Oldham: Brink COMEDY | | AUG 3-15, 17-27 at 22:00 (40 min) - Free | | Brink is a free stand-up show from award-winning young comic, Rob Oldham. It looks at growing up, politics, and being a hypocrite in the 21st Century. There are also two jokes about bums. Since 2016... | | The Cellar Monkey / The Cellar |
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| | A Drinking Game NYC COMEDY | | AUG 3-12, 14-20 at 22:00 (120 min) - Free | | Love to drink? Love to watch movies? Come see your favorite cult movie classics read live and turned into an interactive drinking game! Previous shows include Back To The Future, Hocus Pocus, Indiana ... | | The Golf Tavern / Upstairs |
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| | Comedy Boxing: The Rematch COMEDY | | AUG 3-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-27 at 22:15 (60 min) - Free | | Aussie wit vs British banter. Two comedians compete over four hilarious rounds. Stand-up, crowd heckling, improvisation, roasting & actual boxing. With sold out shows Internationally & across Australi... | | Espionage / Kasbar |
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| | Schutte the Unromantic COMEDY | | AUG 3-14 at 22:15 (60 min) - Free | | A comic solo show written and performed by Katy Schutte (Happily Never After/Knightmare Live/Who Ya Gonna Call?). Katy is not a romantic. This is the story of her trying to find love despite freezing ... | | The Counting House / The Loft |
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| | Boys & Girls COMEDY | | AUG 3-13, 15-27 at 22:15 (60 min) - Free | | 'Men are from Earth. Women are from Earth. Deal with it' (George Carlin). Original sketch comedy about the different relationships between boys and girls... 'Genuinely ingenious and very funny' (AY... | | The Mockingbird / Upstairs |
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| | The Abersham Flat COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 at 22:30 (60 min) - Free | | My name is Aidan but since I was 15 I've been called Taco, because the first girl I ever kissed thought I looked Mexican. I'm half Colombian actually, my Mum was backpacking in South America when she ... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Upstairs |
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| | Shaggers COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 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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| | Odette! COMEDY | | AUG 3-7, 9-14, 16-21, 23-27 at 22:55 (60 min) - Free | | Meet the Aussie cleaning lady everybody loves to love! Brain child of Gaulier graduate Marina Margarita, the heavily pregnant and hormonal Odette dreams of stardom and romance on American dayatime so... | | 48 Below / The Basement Bar |
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| | Death Ray Cabaret CABARET | | AUG 3-13 at 22:55 (60 min) - Free/Pay What You Can | | Toronto Sketch Comedy Fest faves and alumnus of the legendary Second City, Jordan Armstrong and Kevin Matviw are also a real life couple. They invite you to join them on a very special night of catchy... | | The Cellar Monkey / The Cellar |
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| | A Clock Face Exhibition THEATRE | | AUG 3-6, 9-11 at 23:00 (60 min) - Free | | A near immersive theatre show encompassing and delving into the lives of six recovering cocaine addicts. A Clockface Exhibition is a piece of new writing by poet Georgie De Suys. Beautiful language, r... | | The Counting House / The Lounge |
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| | Spiltting the Bill COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 at 23:15 (60 min) - Free | | Three mad lads from the west of Ireland up for "The Craic" perform their stand up comedy show. Using observations, dry wit, dark humor and audience engagement they illustrate the world from their own ... | | Espionage / The Bunker |
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| | A Waste Land MUSICALS AND OPERA | | AUG 3-20 at 23:15 (60 min) - Free | | An electronic dance opera-odyssey through TS Eliot's iconic poem: part rave, part multimedia installation, this dark, dystopian clusterf*ck follows genderqueer Tiresias on a quest through the seediest... | | Moriarty's / Cellar |
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| | Laughed Punk COMEDY | | AUG 3-16 at 23:30 (60 min) - Free | | Late Night laughs as Matt Duwell brings the best in alternative and off the wall comedy from the fringe that embody the spirit of punk. Expect stand up, satire, sketch, musical comedy and everything e... | | Espionage / Kasbar |
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| | Beauty & The Beast CABARET | | AUG 3-5, 8-12, 15-19, 22-26 at 23:30 (60 min) - Free | | Beauty and the Beast is a one hour, two handed, musical comedy love story. Pompous Alan uses each show as an opportunity to enlighten the public to the “joys” of high art. Suddenly abandoned by his l... | | The Counting House / The Loft |
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| | In Between Nightmares COMEDY | | AUG 3-8, 10-15, 17-22, 24-27 at 23:45 (60 min) - Free | | In his Fringe debut, Berlin comedy audience favorite Santiago Angel takes us on a dark and hilarious journey through the underbelly of human desire and ego. In his trademark aggressive ‘machine-gun’,... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Upstairs |
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| | Hate 'N' Live COMEDY | | AUG 3-24, 26-27 at 23:45 (60 min) - Free | | The smash-hit show returns for a fourth 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 Counting House / The Ballroom |
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| | America vs. Sweden COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 at 00:10 (60 min) - Free | | The two greatest countries in the world send comic representatives to wage hilarious warfare on the stages of Edinburgh. Sweden sends its favorite son, Kris Laios and America sends the world famous* T... | | 48 Below / The Basement Bar |
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| | The Last Emperor of Mexico THEATRE | | AUG 3-7, 9-14, 16-21, 23-27 at 00:15 (60 min) - Free | | A historical comedy exploring the life of Maximilian I, the last emperor of Mexico. Maximilian I has recently been declared the Emperor of Mexico by Napoleon III. But, his administration soon comes un... | | The Counting House / The Lounge |
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| | Club Sol Party CABARET | | AUG 3-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-27 at 00:15 (60 min) - Free | | Club Sol Party is a completely immersive event that will transport you to sunny Spain for an evening of comedy cabaret that you will never forget! Your holiday reps, ‘The Mauve Coats', will present to... | | The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber |
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| | NAKED COMEDY | | AUG 3-16 at 00:30 (50 min) - Free | | "Funny, clever & incredibly entertaining... Naked is an absolute joy to watch." Aussie Theatre "Naked is a little gem of a show." The Plus One Melbourne "Stripping herself back and becoming vulnerab... | | Espionage / The Bunker |
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| | The Quarter To Fun Show COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 at 00:45 (60 min) - Free | | A different line up every night, hosted by Jon Pearson. Who said fun has to happen before 1am? Join Jon as he presents some of the finest acts at the Fringe that are willing to stay up until 01:45! A ... | | Espionage / Kasbar |
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| | Kit Sullivan in Digital COMEDY | | AUG 3-15, 17-27 at 00:45 (60 min) - Free | | Ridiculous and unpredictable, Kit Sullivan dishes out a surreal piece of comedy with mischievous charm. The most technologically advanced show ever assembled *cough*from cardboard. We live in a digita... | | The Counting House / The Loft |
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| | Nazi Jihadi COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 at 00:45 (60 min) - Free | | Toby Arsalan is a German-Pakistani standup comedian writing, performing and procrastinating in Berlin. Toby grew up in Germany, Syria, South Africa and Pakistan. He knows that's weird. “Nazi Jihadi” ... | | The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room |
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| | Phil Pagett: Bare Jokes COMEDY | | AUG 3-27 at 01:00 (60 min) - Free | | Late-night one-liners from Phil Pagett, 'One of the country's best new gag writers' (Gary Delaney, Mock the Week), ranging from the absurd to the twisted. Expect a no-frills hour of hilarious jokes in... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Upstairs |
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| | The Beer Money Ball COMEDY | | AUG 3-12 at 01:00 (60 min) - Free | | Laughing Horse award winner Sam Gore and multi-award winner and all-round good egg Rob Mulholland perform highly competent stand-up comedy for an hour. Two funny men being very funny. No theme, no m... | | The Counting House / The Ballroom |
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| | Comedy Lock In COMEDY | | AUG 3-14, 16-27 at 01:30 (60 min) - Free | | Award-winning comedians Daniel Audritt and Jamie Oliphant bring together some of the best comedians at the fringe for a late night comedy show. including Stand ups, Sketch acts, Musical comedians and ... | | The Counting House / The Lounge |
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