Events and Tours

Walking Tours of the Historic Royal Mile

Events and Tours

AUG 2-25 at 10:00 (120 min) - Free

Outside City Chambers / Outside

Welcome to Edinburgh in August.Time to spare? At a loose end? There is always room for you on our walking tours around the heart of Edinburgh's historic Old Town. We'll show you the hidden corners of this fascinating district: the closes and courtyards, nooks and crannies – places you might never discover on your own. We'll tell you about the city's rich history, the colourful characters and personalities who have made Edinburgh what it is. Our guides are all local people who love our city and are only too pleased to share their knowledge and enthusiasm with you. Our tours are genuinely fr...

Comedy

Snack Chat

Comedy

AUG 1-12, 14-25 at 10:00 (60 min) - Free

The City Café / Las Vegas

Snack Chat – Start your day with a taste of the Fringe's finest comedians and a free yummy snack bar. Many acts will have their own full show later in the day. Stand-up comedians perform their sets and the audience is welcomed to join in with some interactive games (participation by choice): self-help exercises with a prize for best helper, heckling games, welcome an outsider, reject a local and more games for a chatty morning audience. Mobile phones are left off: get off social media and enjoy the moment. Playtime for adults. Come for the craic....

Courses

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Courses

Courses

AUG 20-21, 24-25 at 10:00 (270 min) - £99/£89 (book 2 tickets, get 1 half price)

The Free Sisters / The Wee Room

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Learn the skill and art of stand-up comedy performance on this two-day intensive comedy training course. Our tutors are professional comedians and writers, and the course includes a graduation performance in a Fringe show. All of the subjects during the two-days are covered with lively and interactive sessions. The subjects covered include material generation, joke writing skills, what makes comedians work, finding material, history of comedy, technical and general skills, market inf...

Dance

Zero Hour / Without Your Permission

Dance

AUG 11-18 at 10:00 (45 min) - FREE

The Free Sisters / The Wee Room

Without Your Permission comments on how the female body is policed and manipulated through the ever-changing politics of abortion. It uses strong, powerful movement to show the strength of women with the aim of encouraging the conversation about female reproductive rights with our audience members. Zero Hour is a contemporary dance show that depicts the loss of perception of time in an abstract movement form. It uses a combination of musical scores and movement to portray the loss of perception of time felt when a person suffers a mental illness - such as depression....

Childrens

CeilidhKids at the Fringe - Free!

Childrens

AUG 1-13 at 10:15 (45 min) - Free

The Counting House / The Ballroom

Family workshop suitable for children aged 3-7 years with parents or carers. We involve everyone: skip, clap and march together to traditional Scottish music, under the chandeliers. Enjoy discovering very simple (often simplified) dances that you might find at a ceilidh or Scottish country dance, celebrating the social aspects of dancing with a partner. CeilidhKids is all about fun for all generations. Hugely popular with local families, now it's your turn. 'More workshop than show, the accomplished organisers magically persuade a bunch of 3-7 year olds to march, jump and (sort of) dance th...

Comedy

Freshly Squeezed Comedy

Comedy

AUG 1-25 at 10:20 (60 min) - Free

The City Café / Hollywood

This is your first stand-up show of the day, serendipitously happening within the best breakfast joint in Edinburgh! Grab a coffee and join a rotating cast of BBC New Comedian of the year 2018 finalist Isa Bonachera, 2019 Max Turner semi-finalist Miztli Rose, 'bitingly funny' (LondonPubTheatres.com) Alexandria Macleod and Abigail Weinstock. Wake up with a shot of the day's funniest headlines and a healthy portion of their very best material. It's a Buzzfeed quiz/Vice doc/Guardian editorial sort of a show complete with zeitgeist cultural references and factually incorrect observations....

Comedy

Jake Donaldson Fights The Sea (WIP)

Comedy

AUG 1-10 at 10:20 (55 min) - Free

The Counting House / The Attic

Join Jake for a work-in-progress of his new stand-up show. We all know the Sea has gotten too big for its boots recently, and Jake intends to bring it down a peg or two. Is he being serious or is it a metaphor for mental health and toxic masculinity? Only time will tell. A brand new hour of comedy about morality, love and aspiration from the writer and performer of 2018's "Help! I'm Trapped In The Body OF An Adequate Comedian!" - One of Huffington Post's "Must See New Acts at the Edinburgh Fringe" and also named one of "The best comedy show titles at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe" by Bri...

Comedy

Trans*Atlantic

Comedy

AUG 11-25 at 10:20 (55 min) - Free

The Counting House / The Attic

Has this whole Transgender thing got you confused? Great! Come learn a thing or two at Trans-Atlantic. Why are we mad at Scarlet Johansen? Why are we suddenly everywhere? Why are there so many letters? You'll learn all this and more from a witty American who managed to escape their home country, which is now on fire. 'Honestly, the most harassment I’ve gotten while living here is not for being Queer. It’s for being a fucking Yank.' ...

Childrens

Scottie Dog & Friends!

Childrens

AUG 1-11, 14-18, 20-25 at 10:30 (60 min) - Free

Bar 50 / The Alcove

A children and family show for dog lovers and all the best things about growing up with 'mans best friend'. I'll be doing a family friendly stand up show where I talk about my love for dogs and how they shaped my upbringing....

Comedy

Louise Leigh Identifiable

Comedy

AUG 1-6 at 10:30 (60 min) - Free

The Counting House / The Loft

Funny Women Regional Finalist and badly-behaved mother of two Louise Leigh should probably be delousing her kids instead of gallivanting off to Edinburgh to appear in the festival. Navigating her path through the choppy seas of the "midlife, sniping and logistics" phase of marriage, via modern parenting and how to shave your legs like you're in an advert, Louise is "Consistently funny and unafraid to experiment" Wil Hodgson "Great performance, great confidence, great jokes." Gary Delaney "Witty, imaginative and more than a little risque" The Scotsman ...

Comedy

Lee Kyle – ConQuest

Comedy

AUG 1-13, 16-25 at 10:40 (60 min) - Free

The City Café / Nineties

All Lee Kyle ever wanted to be was a comedian. And now, he is one. So, with that in mind, he'd like to say the following to Mr McDonald, his former maths teacher at St Wilfrids RC Comprehensive School in South Shields. Aaaah! Turns out I CAN make a living by dicking around And I DON'T need calculus like you seemed to think (As far as I know, I'm not actually sure what it is). Admittedly, living is a vague term, I'm not making mid-nineties maths teacher money, sure, but we aren't starving to death and at least I get to get up at noon. Oh, also, Mr so-called McDonald, you shouldn'...

Comedy

The Oxford Revue Presents. Rogue Two: Burns and Moore

Comedy

AUG 5-16 at 11:00 (60 min) - Free

Bar 50 / Upstairs

Join two of the Oxford Revue’s brightest talents as they take you through an hour of rogue, wild and laugh-out-loud comedy. Fresh from their sell out shows in Oxford and Durham, Burns and Moore have bought sufficient woollen clothing to prepare them for the North as they follow in the footsteps of previous Revue alumni like Michael Palin, Al Murray and Rowan Atkinson. The pair will guide you on a journey from the innermost thoughts of Sir Thomas More (renowned 16th century theologian and part time banjo player) to the mysteries of Airport security, leaving you questioning the very nature...

Childrens

Games With James

Childrens

AUG 1-13, 15-18 at 11:00 (60 min) - Free

The Counting House / The Lounge

Award-winning comedian and UK board gaming champion James Cook invites you to play board games live on stage. Buckaroo, Guess Who, Hungry Hippos and more done like you've never seen it before. Suitable for 5+...

Courses

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Courses

Courses

AUG 3-4, 6-7, 10-11, 13-14, 17-18 at 11:00 (270 min) - £99/£89 (book 2 tickets, get 1 half price)

The Free Sisters / The Wee Room

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Learn the skill and art of stand-up comedy performance on this two-day intensive comedy training course. Our tutors are professional comedians and writers, and the course includes a graduation performance in a Fringe show. All of the subjects during the two-days are covered with lively and interactive sessions. The subjects covered include material generation, joke writing skills, what makes comedians work, finding material, history of comedy, technical and general skills, market inf...

Childrens

Africa Weird and Wonderful

Childrens

AUG 2-11, 13-23 at 11:00 (60 min) - Free

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room

African is a fascinating place full of authentic stories and silly facts. There is music and role play. This is fun for all the family....

Childrens

Grumpy Pants

Childrens

AUG 1-25 at 11:00 (45 min) - Free

The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room

GRUMPY PANTS - A FORK THROWING COMEDY FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY! A show that is designed to entertain parents alongside kids with a mix of perfectly crafted juggling routines, clowning, physical comedy and fork throwing! Yes forks!! Grumpy Pants invites the audience into an eccentric and intimate world, where everyday objects such as suitcases, glasses of water and frisbees are bought to life in experimental juggling routines. A bizarre and off beat character Grumpy Pants communicates through his expressive rubber skin, words and sounds and the fourth wall is broken from beginning to end, as ...

Theatre

I Am the Horrible Thing

Theatre

AUG 1-2, 5, 8 at 11:00 (60 min) - Free

The Free Sisters / The Wee Room

Greg will give you £5 if you come to this show. No joke. The first 10 people to come and stay the whole time will get £5. Greg almost died on vacation in Costa Rica. Now he wants to tell you the whole funny/sad story and about the time he painted his penis purple in Hawaii. This is a true story. Greg is a lifelong improv comic, but in this show he does something a little different. He does not go for the quick laugh. He relives his near-death experience so deeply you won't know if he gets out alive until the very end. 'Deeply effecting life-or-death story' (Charleston City Paper)....

Comedy

The Iceberg Effect

Comedy

AUG 15-16, 19, 22-23 at 11:00 (60 min) - Free

The Free Sisters / The Wee Room

The 90s: The Spice Girls, New Labour and Titanic. A film that defined a decade and created a lifetime of lust for Leonardo DiCaprio. This summer we are bringing back the 90s spirit by talking to three unsung stars of the film. This is a ‘Where are they now?’ tale of three performers who are forever in the shadow of the iceberg. We will meet overlooked Titanic actors such as Ioan Guffudd who played the scene-stealing character of Fifth Officer Luxe, and see how he ended up spending the rest of his life at sea. As well as a Lobster whose life was saved by the Titanic sinking who tells of her...

Comedy

Jack and Barney are in the Background

Comedy

AUG 1-11, 13-25 at 11:00 (45 min) - Free

The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar

Audience wanted! Jack and Barney need to film 30 hours’ worth of stock footage of a ‘comedy show’. The footage will hopefully be used as part of a cutaway in a Hollywood film, or shown on a telly in the background of an Australian soap. Hecklers will need to wear mics. If someone could spill a drink around the forty minute mark, that’d be great. Let’s make it realistic folks. Your hosts have done their research, and have been practicing comedy just to prepare. Jack is now one half of acclaimed double-act ‘Moon’ (‘One of best-reviewed shows of Fringe 2018’ British Comedy Guide) and has writ...

Theatre

Object of Desire

Theatre

AUG 12-25 at 11:05 (60 min) - Free

The Pear Tree / Pear Tree Indoor Stage

"With a tripod, a clothes hanger and an overcoat, Cora Todd, an emerging Scottish performance artist creates a dark, humorous and unsettling performance that is unlike any other I've seen" M Sherin (Rose Bruford). A nostalgic view of a 1950's relationship through not so rose tinted spectacles, Object of Desire is a performance like no other. This unique, one woman show blends comedy and drama with authentic and contemporary elements that will leave you questioning issues of consent, relationships and sexism that still resonate today. Cora incorporates music, movement and puppetry to object ...

Childrens

Olaf Falafel - It’s One Giant Leek For Mankind

Childrens

AUG 1-11 at 11:05 (60 min) - Free

The Pear Tree / Pear Tree Indoor Stage

Surrealist comedian, author, illustrator and Fringe favourite Olaf Falafel, presents his latest book ‘It’s One Giant Leek For Mankind’. Inspired by the 50th anniversary of the historic 1969 moon landing, this hilarious silly show is packed full of jokes, farts, drawing, moon baboons and oversized vegetables!...

Comedy

Attention Seeker

Comedy

AUG 19-25 at 11:15 (60 min) - Free

32 Below / The Cellar

The anxiety-riddled jokewriter/doormat for a famous comedian accidentally crashes into the standup spotlight and decides to stay. Armed only with paralysing fear, blind panic and jokes the comedian didn’t buy, he sets out to prove just who’s really the funny one, and the rest, as they say, is history... except history is normally written by the winners. The British-Canadian standup-storyteller invites you to experience the vicarious thrill of telling jokes on stage to tens, hundreds, even thousands of people - and then back to tens again - without the sleepless nights and crippling sel...

Comedy

Ella Al-Shamahi and Susie Steed: Gold Diggers

Comedy

AUG 1-18 at 11:15 (55 min) - Free

32 Below / The Cellar

When an economist meets an archaeologist for an hour of stand up. Join British-Arab Archaeologist Ella (BBC presenter, National Geographic Explorer) and Economist Susie (NATYS finalist 2019, Funny Women Regional Finalist 2018) for an hour of stand up about politics and life. Ella is "warm, erudite and funny" The Times “Susie’s message, intelligence, storytelling & humour simply boom out into the ether; spending an hour in her company is a charming alternative to doing just about anything else during the Fringe.” Mumble Comedy ...

Comedy

Mumblebrag

Comedy

AUG 1-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-25 at 11:15 (60 min) - Free

Brass Monkey / The Cinema Room

Some comics would brag. They’d say prior performances were 'bizarrely coherent' ***** (Flaneur) or that they were 'delivered with conviction and creativity' (TheStateoftheArts.co.uk) or that 'the worst thing about this was the audience' **** (EdFringeReview.com), (you wouldn’t be that audience, right?). They’d want you to know that two of them recently made it to the finals of Wales' biggest stand-up competition, that they make incredible coffee, and one of them even made a statue giggle once. But we wouldn't say that. That would be bragging. We're just comedians. On stage. Doing our best....

Comedy

Twat out of Hell: Deluxe

Comedy

AUG 1-25 at 11:15 (60 min) - Free

The City Café / Las Vegas

Twat Out Of Hell features comedian Gary G Knightley (as seen on Channel 4, BBC Three and the West End). Gary G Knightley brings you a comedy show about, well, him. In an ever evolving world it is getting harder and harder to say things without offending anybody. Join Knightley as he explores the topics we aren’t allowed an opinion on and the people who are off-limits. "Quick witted with strong audience work, sharp observations and great stage presence" (Bunbury Publishing) "Twat Out Of Hell is a filthy hidden gem and why the chuff it’s free I just don’t know." (The National Student) ...

Childrens

CeilidhKids at the Fringe - Free!

Childrens

AUG 1-14, 16-19, 21, 23-25 at 11:15 (45 min) - Free

The Counting House / The Ballroom

Family workshop suitable for children aged 3-7 years with parents or carers. We involve everyone: skip, clap and march together to traditional Scottish music, under the chandeliers. Enjoy discovering very simple (often simplified) dances that you might find at a ceilidh or Scottish country dance, celebrating the social aspects of dancing with a partner. CeilidhKids is all about fun for all generations. Hugely popular with local families, now it's your turn. 'More workshop than show, the accomplished organisers magically persuade a bunch of 3-7 year olds to march, jump and (sort of) dance th...

Comedy

Cracking Up

Comedy

AUG 1-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 11:30 (60 min) - Free

The Counting House / The Attic

After dealing with immigration, politics and Jewish mothers, Daphna Baram's 2019 Fringe offering takes on mass and time (AKA weight and age) as the human-rights lawyer-journalist-comedian laughs against the dying of her light. 'Supremely talented... as biting as it is funny' (DailyInfo.co.uk). 'Masterful... Her fantastic way with words and bone-dry humour have the audience in fits of laughter... Superbly refreshing' * * * * * (Bunbury Magazine). 'Fresh and enlightening, her warmth elevating the gentle, conversational nature of her delivery' (List). * * * * * 'Wonderful, hilarious and impor...

Childrens

Fantastic Magic Show for Kids

Childrens

AUG 1-25 at 11:30 (60 min) - Free

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber

The Fantastic Magic Show is a special and unique experience for the children and their parents. It is a wonderful and memorable way of entertainment. The Fantastic Magic Show includes a lot of participation from the kids which keeps the kids active throughout the whole time and brings tones of fun and joy for everybody. Balloon animals – all the kids receive a balloon animal which they can play with and take home as token from the show. Also there will be a tutorial on how to do magic – kids love to learn how to become magicians. Children never get bored of magic especially when th...

Comedy

3's Comedy - Adam Knox, Luka Muller & Peter Jones

Comedy

AUG 1-25 at 11:35 (60 min) - Free

The City Café / Hollywood

3's Comedy brings together Adam Knox, Luka Muller & Peter Jones, three of the rising stars of Australian comedy for a whole new hour of hilarious stand-up. As seen on the TV, as heard on radio and as bumped into on public transport on the way to gigs all across the world; Knox, Muller and Jones are guaranteed to make you laugh. (Adam Knox) "You''ll laugh ''til it hurts." - The West Australian (Luka Muller) "A lovely young man... making the most of that nice guy image you can only warm to." - Chortle (Peter Jones) "One of the best up-and-coming comedians at the festival. A near-flaw...

Comedy

Eliott Simpson: (a)sexy and I know it

Comedy

AUG 17-25 at 11:45 (35 min) - Free

Bar 50 / Marquee

Eliott has never cared for sex. He enjoys doing people as much as he enjoys doing his taxes (not at all), yet for all his life it has lead to nothing but ridicule. But in peculiarity lies comedy, and Simpson has it in spades. With tales of gender, stakes, queerness and cakes, Simpson aims to widen your eyes to the life of an asexual man living in a hyper-sexualised world. So come along, keep on your thong, and enjoy the only show completely absent of dick jokes...okay there are some but they’re very intellectual. - “Absurd and Accessible” (The Norwich Radical) - "Weird as f**k" (Janey Godl...

Comedy

Tales from the Balkans

Comedy

AUG 1-16 at 11:45 (30 min) - Free

Bar 50 / Marquee

A brutally honest show about growing up in the Balkans, then somehow moving to Malta, and finally ending up in London to become a pizza boy. A re-examination of his own life, Vlad’s energetic pace combined with his need to overshare will take us on an extraordinary journey, from his country’s communist past to that time he was still a virgin. Will his tales bear the message that will end world’s problems? Probably not. But you can still laugh at them... or him. To properly enjoy this show, bring popcorn and low expectations....

Comedy

Rib Ticklers' Pick of the Fringe

Comedy

AUG 1-11, 13-25 at 11:45 (60 min) - Free

The Counting House / The Loft

Rib Ticklers Pick of the Fringe Is a variety show with a mixed bill line up. Having worked with these acts over the last decade, Rib Ticklers will be bring you talent from America, Australia, Europe, and Asia. A global line up with world class talent. Rib Ticklers has done the hard work for you and filtered through the 100s of comedians, come and sample them here and then go see there full shows later on. ...

Comedy

Samantha Hannah: How to Find Happiness (In a Year)

Comedy

AUG 1-25 at 12:00 (50 min) - Free

Cabaret Voltaire / Main Room

In 2018 Samantha, 'one of the funniest ladies on the planet' (RemoteGoat.com), tried to find a husband in a year. It didn't work but she got a ridiculous story out of it (as did The Times, BBC News and of course Perth Courier). It's 2019 now and the hunt is for happiness instead. But what is happiness? And is it really that great?! Come to find out what happened next with the almost hubby... stay for the secrets behind complete and utter fulfillment....

Comedy

Stand Up: Edinburgh

Comedy

AUG 2-25 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free

Dropkick Murphy's / Main Room

Did you know that Edinburgh has a thriving comedy scene all year? Well now you do! We present the best of Edinburgh's comedy heroes and the pick of the scene's up-and-comers. Everybody performing is either from, or lives in, Edinburgh or the surrounding areas. Come and share the joy of the only performers on the Fringe who aren't being bankrupted by accommodation costs....

Spoken Word

Dangerous Adventures

Spoken Word

AUG 22-25 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free

Finnegan's Wake / The Back Room

Her travels in some of the world's most dangerous places have been embellished and transformed into adventure thrillers by new British novelist Ruth Elliott-Smith. She talks about her life and work, and tells what inspired her to use her real-life experiences as a basis for her creative writing. Her heroines are feisty, assertive protagonists who very often find themselves rescuing the heroes from life-threatening perils. Hear how real life mirrors fantasy in her first two novels, The Sword, about war in the Middle East; and El Dorado and the Amazon, about the cocaine cartels of Colombia and...

Cabaret

Guerilla Aspies Year Five – Not an Autism Puppet Show

Cabaret

AUG 1-3, 10-16 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free

Finnegan's Wake / The Back Room

THE LONGEST RUNNING AUTISM CONVERSION SHOW IN HUMAN HISTORY. Join in with Paul Wady as he takes you into the ideas and lives of the global autistic underground community that grows each year. Yet more insights into a world that was all around you all along. But you may have never seen. ...

Music

Kefi: Reggetiko

Music

AUG 17-21 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free

Finnegan's Wake / The Back Room

Immerse yourself in a Greek coffee house where familiar faces tell stories of their displaced lives, while a series of unpredictable events unfold in the background. Spontaneous good feelings mixed with urban Greek folk and dub-inspired tunes. A band of partial family, Emilios (bouzouki) was raised in awe of his uncle Poli (bouzouki and vocals), a multi-instrumentalist who grew up in the Cypriot diaspora of London. For the first time, Kefi tell their story and invite you into their world to sit, relax, laugh and enjoy their company and their inter-generational tales of disconnected familiarity...

Cabaret

Stealth Aspies – Aspies Anonymous

Cabaret

AUG 4-9 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free

Finnegan's Wake / The Back Room

The now Arts Council recognised and funded Stealth Aspies Theatre Company returns to tell the stories of our kind yet again. Not pity porn, definitely moving and containing a large degree of fun. ...

Comedy

Black Sheep

Comedy

AUG 1-12, 14-25 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free

Sofi's Southside / Upstairs

You normal? Acting strange? Mags, in her 50s, Eddie in his 20s, are both black sheep. Eddie is trying to stay woke. Mags just wants a nap. Black Sheep explores the notion that trying to fit in leads to all sorts of trouble. What if you decided that you are OK? We all know a black sheep or maybe we are one. Finding head space and heart space for different. By the end of the show you may embrace the black sheep, with consent, of course. What's normal anyway? Reject your Facebook likes, you're grand....

Cabaret

Madame Chandelier's Rough Guide to the Opera

Cabaret

AUG 1-18 at 12:00 (45 min) - Free

The City Café / Nineties

In a camp fusion of comedy, cabaret and opera, Madame Chandelier guides you through her favourite opera plots, with jokes, dramatic death scenes, and a Nessun Dorma sing-along! Having stolen this great music from the grand opera house, Madame Chandelier, the joyfully ridiculous and self-proclaimed anti-diva of opera, is tearing down the pretence and bringing opera to the people. Winner of the Royal Vauxhall Tavern's Got Talent competition, 2018. 'Brilliantly memorable' Operissima...

Comedy

Neckbreaker

Comedy

AUG 19-25 at 12:00 (55 min) - Free

The City Café / Nineties

"From the hottest independent shows to the largest comedy clubs in the world, there's no stage too small or too big for New York City based comedian Max White." -Vice In his debut Edinburgh Fringe Festival hour, NYC Comedian Max White brings you "Neckbreaker", a jaw dropping American Stand-up style Storytelling Show....

Childrens

Science Magic: Play with Your Food

Childrens

AUG 1-25 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free

The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room

After touring for 3 months in Australia, triple award-winning Irish comedian & scientist, Donal Vaughan, brings his hugely popular science, comedy, magic family show back to the Edinburgh Fringe. Using only things you find around the house, Donal will perform amazing tricks to show how magical science can be. Wanna see a potato rocket launcher? Or conjure dragons breath? How about a vomiting unicorn? Or course you do. Always exciting and sometimes very messy, learn about science and laugh your pants off while you do. And the best part is all the tricks can be performed by you when you go ho...

Comedy

Funny Feckers

Comedy

AUG 1-25 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free

The Hanover Tap / The Wee Tap

Funny Feckers, one of London's most popular comedy nights, is a compilation stand-up comedy show featuring the best acts from Ireland and beyond. It's a fun and friendly affair which brings people together through laughter and silliness, hosted by cheeky Irish comic Wes Dalton. 'An Irish charmer who has cheekiness and likeability down to a tee'. (Kentish Towner). At the 2017 Fringe, during some improvised crowd work, Wes managed to convince a crazy Dutchman to propose to his girlfriend on stage. The video went viral and the story made it into The Scottish Sun and Edinburgh Evening News....

Comedy

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, it's the One Liner Show.

Comedy

AUG 1-25 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free

The Lockup / Lock Up 1

Enjoy an hour of the best up-and-coming one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay, all held together by your host Masai Graham (UK Pun Champion 2016). ...

Comedy

Robbie McShane Has Loads of Pals (and a girlfriend too)

Comedy

AUG 1-11, 13-16, 19-25 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free

The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar

Robbie McShane for the first time in his life, at 25, has a girlfriend. He has also obtained 3 platonic pals in the process. So he now feels he is in an apt position to disseminate the knowledge among the public. I've asked him for a description of the show to sell you all on it, here's what he has sent on over: "How would you like to have it ALL? Like me! Come on down to this brief motivational talk on how to both obtain a relationship and sustain friendships. No lifejacket required for either of these ships! Haha, there will be more cool jokes like that throughout. For free! I might bri...

Music

Free Festival Music Bars - Live Music Around Edinburgh

Music

AUG 3-25 at 12:00 (360 min) - Free

The Pear Tree / The Courtyard Stage

Join us for a huge selection of acoustic music, duos, bands, rock, folk music, singers and more every day and night of the Fringe... with music specially selected to get your toes tapping and you singing along all day and night at venues across Edinburgh and also out in Leith. Contact each venue for the daily line-ups. ...

Comedy

Let’s Get Tough

Comedy

AUG 1-11, 13-25 at 12:00 (45 min) - Free

The Raging Bull / Cellar

Have you ever felt you’re not tough enough? Well, two problematic fools are here to teach you how to grab life by the nackers. Imogen Edmundson and Fi Simpson aka Sons & Co. are preparing for a national tour of their self-defence and assertiveness workshop. Watch as the duo take on life’s challenges from the comfort of their toxic relationship. Get ready to get tough! Sketch-Off 2019 semi-finalists. Laughing Horse New Act of the Year 2018 - Semi-Finalist, 2Northdown New Act Competition, Semi-Finalist. “A surprising mix of light and dark.” - Funny Women....

Theatre

My Mother's Shoes

Theatre

AUG 3-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free

Bar 50 / Upstairs

Some women aspire to wearing their mother’s shoes. As children, we might have dressed up in them. Later in life, we may follow in our mother’s footsteps intentionally, or because of how we’ve been moulded. Performer and writer Karola Gajda’s mum was sent by Stalin from her homeland Poland to a Siberian gulag at the age of three in 1940. The Red Cross reunited Karola’s mum with father, who had been sent to a different gulag, in the UK, seventeen years later. It was meant to be a happy time, but she then fell ill with a mystery illness. Fighting for her life on a UK ward without a scrap of Engl...

Comedy

Alex Farrow: Philosophy A-Level

Comedy

AUG 1-25 at 12:15 (50 min) - Free

Cabaret Voltaire / Ink Bar

“Alex Farrow: Philosophy A-Level” is is a stand-up comedy show about history, religion and modern Britain told through the stories of teaching Philosophy to teenagers. “Honest and interesting and really, very, very funny indeed” –★★★★★ Bunbury Magazine, “Jaw Achingly funny”- Oxford Times ★★★★★ “An engaging and entertaining pairing of learning and good humour!” – ★★★★ The Latest, Brighton Tasked by Ofsted with “promoting British values” to teens in an East-London school in special measures for Islamic extremi...

Comedy

Clash of the Tight Tens

Comedy

AUG 1-25 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free

Cabaret Voltaire / The Cave

Andy Quirk presents his pick of the finest Fringe comedians performing ten-minute tasters of their full-length shows. Expect a titanic mix of stand-up, sketch and musical comedy. You’ll be "Poseid" yourself with the "trident-tested" material! ...

Comedy

What Has The News Ever Done For Me?

Comedy

AUG 1-25 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free

The Counting House / The Lounge

Every day, three top comedians bring in the story from the days news they *think* is the most important and have to persuade the audience why theirs is the one they should care about- will it be Trumps tweets, Brexit breakdowns or the Spice Girl reunion- you decide! Plus Daily Mail readers comments, Harry Potter fan fiction and more! Fourth SELL OUT YEAR!...

Comedy

Babes/Pigs in the City

Comedy

AUG 15-16, 19, 22-23 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free

The Free Sisters / The Wee Room

What happens when one small-town bumpkin and one third world brat try to spread their wings and become two cosmopolitan, cool customers? A whole lot of joy, despair, whipped cream and knickers, that's what! Will they become sophisticated babes? Or just two pigs in the city? An hour of stand-up brought to you lovingly by up-and-coming comedians, the silly yet acerbic Amy Xander, and the sharp and sassy Ginnia Cheng. Ginnia reached the semi-finals of So You Think You’re Funny in 2018 and The Max Turner Prize in 2019. Amy was also a 2018 So You Think You’re Funny semi-finalist and has written...

Comedy

Camp Running-a-Mock

Comedy

AUG 1-2, 5, 8-9, 12 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free

The Free Sisters / The Wee Room

King’s College London’s Running-A-Mock Improv troupe has sent it’s best improvisers all the way up to Edinburgh to present Camp Running-A-Mock! An improv show worth writing home about. This summer at camp is gonna be a blast! Prepare for classic camp activities like swimming, arts and crafts, chanting, peer pressure, getting poison ivy rashes on your tender bits, and most importantly friendship. Well, actually, we can’t promise any of that because we’ll be making it all up on the spot from suggestions from you the campers! This won’t be your typical camp experience but it will be full of l...

Comedy

Zane Helberg - Live from Rehab

Comedy

AUG 1-25 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room

Live From Rehab is a hilarious and cathartic stand up show by comedian Zane Helberg. From having a one legged recovering alcoholic Dad, a crippling drug addiction, and a wife in the mental hospital, no dark corner of his life is off limits. Zane whisks you through his struggles and finds humor in the pains of life. Many audience members agree they feel better about themselves and their own lives after watching Live From Rehab. It's fun for the whole family! (as long as the family is of age) Some Reviews: "Hey at least I'm not as sick as that Zane!" - many audience members "I was thinkin...

Childrens

ComedySportz UK

Childrens

AUG 1-17 at 12:20 (60 min) - Free

The Pear Tree / Pear Tree Indoor Stage

You've seen Football. You've seen tennis. But have you seen comedy as a sport? ComedySportz is the all ages, all action, all improvised competitive comedy show that sees two teams battle it out for laughs with quick-witted gags, games, sketches and songs inspired by your suggestions. There are plenty of opportunities to get involved in the action as teams go for comedy gold. There’s a referee on hand to ensure a good clean match – it’s a family friendly show after all – with penalties for bad behaviour and bad jokes. Who wins? You decide! ComedySportz have been delighting audiences acro...

Comedy

Peeved with Peter E Davidson

Comedy

AUG 18-25 at 12:20 (60 min) - Free

The Pear Tree / Pear Tree Indoor Stage

Peter E Davidson is back with his third solo Fringe show... PEEVED! Pete has discovered he can't quite reach full anger… But he has a solution which he wants to share with the other placidly afflicted! What if you could combine all the tiny things that niggle and irritate and in doing so combine their powers to give you access to the ‘insta-rant!’ So join Peter for this hilarious hour of observational comedy as he nit-picks at the things that really get under people’s skin… The big important burning issues of the day… like over complicated sandwiches, those ads where Skeletor do...

Comedy

In-Bread With Joseph Emslie (Work In Progress)

Comedy

AUG 3-11, 13-25 at 12:25 (60 min) - Free

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Joseph presents a 45 minute work-in-progress show where he attempts to separate the good from the bad and the wheat from the chaff.
While it might not sound that exciting, think again, because as a coeliac Joseph is being far more dangerous than you first thought!
Bring your gluten free treats and come and see someone who is "definitely a name to keep tabs on." (Bruce Dessau, 2017) Over the past two years Joseph has claimed a place in the Laughing Horse New Act Of The Year Finalist 2018, Amused Moose National New Comic Award Finalist 2017 and So You Think You're Funny Semi Final ...

Comedy

Paul Foxcroft: Debut

Comedy

AUG 1-12, 14-25 at 12:25 (55 min) - Free

32 Below / The Cellar

PAUL FOXCROFT: DEBUT PRESENTED BY PAUL FOXCROFT It's Paul Foxcroft's second debut stand-up show! Or the first one, just in the wrong order. You decide! Paul's stumbling rapidly towards his 40th birthday and has some pretty big questions; What's the best exercise? Who are we supposed to listen to? When is he supposed to become a conservative and can it be avoided? Are there any simple answers out there that aren't nonsense? Also, how many spiders are there? (That last one isn't as important as the others, but seriously. What's up with spiders?) Let's find out as a team. And by 'as...

Comedy

Grave St.Claire: Hard Bop

Comedy

AUG 1-25 at 12:30 (60 min) - Free

Bar 50 / Marquee

‘Grave St.Claire: Hard Bop’ is a multimedia comedy show that incorporates stand up, videos, dance, and fancy dress. The show is a light-hearted and genuine look at overcoming adversities and includes stories about getting married way too young, learning to skateboard at age 32, crying at work, and how, as a leftist immigrant, I accidentally got a job working for an anti-immigration lobby within weeks of moving to a new country. Grave St.Claire is a New Zealand comedian living and gigging in London. Come see it....

Comedy

Well, That Was Weird...

Comedy

AUG 1-25 at 12:30 (60 min) - Free

Bier Keller, Picardy Place / Courtside

A comedy show for those who are sick of the mainstream. Forget Trump gags, Tinder references or cheesy punchlines. At Well, That Was Weird... we are celebrating an eclectic showcase of the Fringe's most alternative acts, performing inventive comedy deemed too bizarre for normal shows. There will be improv, music, theatre, spoken word, stand-up, and some stuff so out there you won't even know what to call it, all under the absurd umbrella of comedy. Some recent performers include naked cream-cake opera, LOLbot the robot comedian, a homicidal TED talk, a comedian heckling himself and darth va...

Spoken Word

A Talking Therapist's Blues

Spoken Word

AUG 1-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-23 at 12:30 (60 min) - Free Ticketed

Brass Monkey / The Cinema Room

Its raw. Its from the heart. It will enter your soul. Prepare to be bewitched! PoetTess is a Psychotherapist. She is also a Word Spinner. Accompanied by accomplished Blues musician, Isaac Bacon, she shares a spellbinding story of love and loss, life and death and above all, redemption. In defeat she learned to fly, you can too. Dark humour and punchy pros. Truly Inspirational. ...

Comedy

A SIX STONES THROW AWAY FROM LOVE ISLAND

Comedy

AUG 23-25 at 12:30 (60 min) - Free

The City Café / Las Vegas

Glen Maney gives his view on society today and the changes he's witnessed over the last 50 years, from the difference in toys to body image and tells us about his latest diet in his quest to be the oldest ever contestant on Love Island or was iT The Chase? ...

Comedy

A-Z Mental Health Atlas

Comedy

AUG 1-2, 4-9, 12-14 at 12:30 (45 min) - Free

The City Café / Las Vegas

Can't tell a psychiatrist from a psychic, a chainsaw-wielding-killer from someone with schizophrenia or a raging narcissist from the President of America? NHS shrink and award-winning comedian Benji Waterstones maps the psychiatric landscape and busts some myths along the way. Because our minds don't come with a satnav. Best Newcomer nominee Brighton Fringe 2018. "Perfect and hilarious" Buzzfeed...

Comedy

Laughing Horse Free and Family Friendly Pick of the Fringe

Comedy

AUG 2-25 at 12:30 (60 min) - Free

The Counting House / The Ballroom

See the very best comedians selected from around the Fringe, with different line-ups every day in this brand-new family friendly lunchtime stand-up showcase, from the people behind sell-out hit Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe. Just like its older sister, it's a great way to see Fringe comedy, with top line-ups and big laughs... just less naughty bits! Reviews of later version: 'Cracking comedy selection' ★★★★★ (Cream of the Fringe). 'An extraordinary smorgasbord' ★★★★ (Herald Sun, Melbourne). 'A fantastic night' ★★★&...

Comedy

Slacktivist

Comedy

AUG 1-25 at 12:30 (60 min) - Free

The Lockup / Lock Up 2

Through the years, the major conspiracies have dominated the headlines, JKF, Twin Towers, Why British Bake Off went to Channel 4! But now, Croydon's 9th best truth detective, conspiracy theorist and slacktivist is here to blow it all open. Rod Shepherd, Slacktivist, investigates the fake news, media lies and trying to fill out on line petitions - and is it worth it? ...

Spoken Word

A Poet's Guide to Surviving the Apocalypse

Spoken Word

AUG 15-19 at 12:30 (60 min) - Free

The Place / The Baird

2019... the economy has crumbled, politics has turned our society on its head, the apocalypse is here and what we need is a strategy to help us cope, survive and thrive. But most importantly of all, we need that strategy to be delivered to us through poetry. Join the Four Poets of the Apocalypse: Emma Ireland (Contributor to Runner-up 2018 Saboteur Awards), Spike Pike (Veterans for Peace UK), Sophie Sparham (Writing East Midlands, BBC Radio 4, Ted X Talks) and Mike Took (A real writing talent - EdFringeReview.com) for A Poet's Guide to Surviving the Apocalypse because, let's face it, we are ...

Music

Coming of the Third Age

Music

AUG 1-14 at 12:30 (60 min) - Free

The Place / The Baird

Coming of Age is a collection of songs on the theme of growing older. Composed and sung by Anna Durkacz, a late developer who started writing songs at the fine age of 57,the show takes us on an exploration, each piece a little anecdote from Anna's life. It's not for nothing she has been called the "Beryl Cooke of songwriting" and "the Weird Al Jankovtch of the Old Mum Genre". While on the subject of genre: perhaps we might call the show "post-menopausal-post-folk". Anna takes a wry look the ageing process and proves it's never too late. Anna is backed by a fine band of pals,The Professors of ...

Comedy

Jumping Off the Bandwagon

Comedy

AUG 20-25 at 12:30 (60 min) - Free

The Place / The Baird

There's no such thing as a free lunch but there is a free quality comedy show at lunchtime! Whatsapp group dynamics, Instagram validation and threesomes with Siri and Alexa. Stand-up and piano bits about all your favourite contemporary bandwagons. After an immensely successful podcast season, London based comedy partners: Annie Sheppard - tall friendly philosopher who loves to love you and the truth, and Victoria Olsina - non-beanie wearing lesbian from the Argentinian mafia sorting out London’s bathrooms, are here to surprise and delight Edinburgh. #pleaseloveme #messagedeleted...

Comedy

Nick Elleray: Big Nick Energy

Comedy

AUG 1-11, 13-25 at 12:45 (60 min) - Free

The Counting House / The Attic

Nick Elleray brings the mellow thunder to the Fringe with a brand new stand-up show with a great new zeitgeisty title that the kids will love. Where do you find joy in these grim times? Should you be asking Nick? Come along and find out. 'Brilliant, astute observational comedy about middle-aged life.' (Adam Bloom) 'A fine variety of cracking good jokes.' **** (Three Weeks). 'Time and money spent on Nick Elleray is time and money well spent. He’s great.' **** (Edinburgh Festivals Magazine) ...

Theatre

Tom Short's Wheel of Misfortune

Theatre

AUG 1-25 at 12:45 (60 min) - Free

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber

Tom Short is a performance artist, an entertainer who exists in the moment, He has been described as fantastic Impish, Snazzy, authentic, Nerd, Affable, Random, Extraordinary, remarkable, phenomenal, exceptional, astounding, inspiring Unassuming, Eccentric and lovable. Incorporating tricksterism and charm and utilises an interdisciplinary seen more on the continent and rarely seen in the UK arts scene. Taking influence from Andy Kaufman, Lee Evans, Kanye West, Westwood Steptoe and son and more. ...

Comedy

Decree Absolute Vodka

Comedy

AUG 1-13, 15-25 at 12:50 (50 min) - Free

The City Café / Hollywood

A personal stand-up show where comedian Sarah Iles talks you through the absolute vodka joys of being divorced in her early 30’s. She takes you through her hilarious journey of leaving her husband and having to move back in with her mother, trying to date again after 12 years out of the game and ultimately figuring out who the hell she is. This hilarious and poignant show will make you realise that when life hands you lemons, it’s all about Absolute Vodka. “Left the room quaking with laughter… a deeply astute comedy story-teller” Voice magazine. "Sarah Iles is an absolute treat to watch. H...

Comedy

Comedy Gobbledygook

Comedy

AUG 1-25 at 13:00 (60 min) - Free

Bar 50 / The Alcove

London Bermondsey's beloved local comedy show comes to Edinburgh! If you are looking for a quirky comedy show that caters the needs of radio four audience as well as Hello Magazine readers, then this is the show for you! Hosted by a podgy gay comic from the remote island of Taiwan, this comedy show has entertained month after month, all at the same time, South London locals + trendy gentrifier hipsters + recent foreign immigrants. That's why we are confident we have something for everyone! If a diverse, slightly bonkers and friendly comedy space is your thing, come to Comedy Gobbledygook...

Comedy

Sketch Thieves

Comedy

AUG 1-12, 14-25 at 13:00 (60 min) - Free

Cabaret Voltaire / Main Room

Comedy sketch swapping live! The cult hit show where sketch groups perform their own sketches, then each others'. Chortle Award winner – Best Club Show London. Top 5 comedy shows of the year (List). Top 10 shows at the Fringe (Time Out). Top 25 shows at the Fringe (Comedy.co.uk). Featured on BBC Radio 4 Extra. Made into a BBC television pilot. 'Brilliant format' (Guardian). 'Birth of a new cult comedy night... an undoubted hit' (Chortle.co.uk). 'Spontaneous and anarchic' **** (Fest). 'Truly electric' **** (Scotsman). 'Action-packed and chaotic' **** (BroadwayBaby.com). 'Deserves more than one ...

Comedy

Angry Boater

Comedy

AUG 1-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-25 at 13:00 (60 min) - Free

The Counting House / The Loft

An hour of comedy, the way you like it.... up the canal. Now in its fifth year, Joel Sanders returns in his glorious comic voyage from suburbia to chaos. What's it really like to give up everything you've known to live on a boat? Twists, turns and big laughs from a comedian who spent a decade working across America with comedy's elite… followed by another decade floating around on a narrowboat. "Compelling!" Reno Gazette-Journal...

Comedy

Journeys of the Mind and the Megabus

Comedy

AUG 1-25 at 13:00 (60 min) - Free

The Golf Tavern / Upstairs

Luke Chilton (BBC Radio 4, Radio 4extra,) and Joe Bates (BBC Radio 4extra, 6music) are two comedians that have been on journeys. Luke’s was a journey of the mind, when side-effects from anti-malaria tablets led to a psychotic episode deep in the Thai jungle. Joe’s was a journey of the coach on the M1 southbound, to pursue his dream of having enough money to upgrade to a better coach, and, eventually, the train. Their journeys have led them to Edinburgh, and they’ll be bringing their very different styles and stories to this brilliant 2 part show....

Comedy

Ben Gosling: Jobs (with Special Guests)

Comedy

AUG 2-12, 14-25 at 13:00 (60 min) - Free

The Raging Bull / Cellar

A character comedy show from a comedian with real character. Each day will feature a different special guest act opening, then it’s on to Ben. Brilliant. 'Ben Gosling stood out as one to watch... naturally hilarious' (EdFringeReview.com). 'Ben Gosling carries the entire show' **** (InterMissionBristol.co.uk). 'Unpredictable, quick, exciting and fast-paced, clearly intelligently written... undeniably clever' **** (BroadwayBaby.com), *****(ClogsComedy.wordpress.com)...

Music

Free Festival Music Bars - Live Music Around Edinburgh

Music

AUG 3-24 at 13:00 (300 min) - Free

The Wee Pub / Main Room

Join us for a huge selection of acoustic music, duos, bands, rock, folk music, singers and more every day and night of the Fringe... with music specially selected to get your toes tapping and you singing along all day and night at venues across Edinburgh and also out in Leith. Contact each venue for the daily line-ups. ...

Comedy

Rice and Chips

Comedy

AUG 1-25 at 13:10 (60 min) - Free

The City Café / Nineties

Follow Marvin McCarthy as he takes you through a journey of being raised by a British atheist, king of cynical father and devout Buddhist, Chinese mother, in modern day Britain and the ghettos of Wimbledon. Expect the unexpected, as this is a dry, deadpan and surreal story with a difference....

Comedy

Aaaaaaaaaaaaah, It's 101 Clean Jokes in 30 Minutes

Comedy

AUG 1-25 at 13:15 (30 min) - Free

Dropkick Murphy's / Main Room

Award-winning gag merchant and UK Pun Champion 2016, Masai Graham, delivers over 100 clean jokes in just half an hour. Expect puns, one-liners and wordplay in this 3.3 laughs per minute bonanza. 'Annoyingly good' (Gary Delaney, Mock the Week). 'Flashes of proper genius' (Chortle.co.uk). ...

Comedy

Old Jewish Jokes

Comedy

AUG 1-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-25 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free

Finnegan's Wake / The Back Room

Seventh consecutive year for the UK's longest running and most successful ever Jewish comedy show. Based on a true story, Jewish comedian Ivor Dembina performs some of his favourite kosher gags alongside his personal take on the life of the modern Jewish comic. ***** (Broadwaybaby) **** (Scotsman) **** (The Mirror) Admission free, gentiles half price. ...

Comedy

Girl Stuff

Comedy

AUG 11-20 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free

Sofi's Southside / Upstairs

Sweden's female comedian of the year 2018 Josefin Johansson, presenter of the local editions of 'Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?' and ’Hollywood Game Night’ goes abroad with her 'Girl Stuff'. A comedy and music show about all the things girls love: makeup, ponies and boys. Or is that all? We discuss everything from the Bachelor to the Bechdel-test and yes, there will be some naughty bits. Josefin Johansson works for stage, radio and television. Is known for her quirky 80's style attire mashed with 'My Little Pony' aesthetics. What’s not to love?! ...

Comedy

Lily Hyde & Alissa Anne Jeun Yi: Gentlemen, Please!

Comedy

AUG 21-25 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free

Sofi's Southside / Upstairs

Lily Hyde and Alissa Anne Jeun Yi: Gentlemen, Please! Soho Theatre Young Company alumni and (future) BAFTA winners Alissa and Lily present a brand-new split bill of foul-mouthed smut and highbrow satire. Suitors heavily discouraged. Lily and Alissa met on the Soho Theatre Stand-Up Lab in 2018 and quickly bonded over their love of expensive candles and the fact that they were both complex, three-dimensional women. Lily was blinded by Alissa’s silky Asian garms and exquisite taste in eyewear, and Alissa still remains strangely aroused by Lily’s extensive knowledge of 17th-century French...

Cabaret

The Two Moronnies - Brexed Off

Cabaret

AUG 1-10 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free

Sofi's Southside / Upstairs

Fifty minutes of sophisticated word play as The Two Moronnies lampoon the lampoonable in their unique, energetic musical style. “Special guests” could include Donald Trump, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Jeremy Corbyn, Nicola Sturgeon, the odd royal and any other public figure that’s fallen foul of foot in mouth syndrome. Expect laconic wit and word play, with topical new lyrics set to old favourites in a repertoire that includes tunes from Flotsam and Jetsam, Flanders and Swann, Boney M, Gilbert and Sullivan, Kurt Weill, Madness, Abba, Queen, Red Clay Ramblers, Carter Fami...

Childrens

Science Magic: Play with Your Food

Childrens

AUG 1-25 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free

The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room

After touring for 3 months in Australia, triple award-winning Irish comedian & scientist, Donal Vaughan, brings his hugely popular science, comedy, magic family show back to the Edinburgh Fringe. Using only things you find around the house, Donal will perform amazing tricks to show how magical science can be. Wanna see a potato rocket launcher? Or conjure dragons breath? How about a vomiting unicorn? Or course you do. Always exciting and sometimes very messy, learn about science and laugh your pants off while you do. And the best part is all the tricks can be performed by you when you go ho...

Comedy

Anesti Danelis: Six Frets Under

Comedy

AUG 1-25 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free

The Hanover Tap / The Wee Tap

Amused Mooose Comedy Award Finalist Musical Comedian, Anesti Danelis, returns with a new hour of witty, ridiculous, and delightfully dark comedic songs that celebrate all the fun things in life like: identity crisis, stealing from work, inescapable rumours, alternative medicine, fearless youth, goats? and much more! So pull up a seat and let's ask life's biggest questions like 'why are we here?’ and ‘if people print their missing cat posters in black and white, do they even want to find their cats?’ in hopes to help us understand our existence and toe-tap that existential dread away. "Brill...

Comedy

Angel Comedy Showcase

Comedy

AUG 3-12, 14-24 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free

The Lockup / Lock Up 1

Award-winning Angel Comedy (Best Club in UK 2015, 2017, 2018 - Chortle Awards) brings a showcase to Edinburgh 2019. A total sell out in 2018 and 2017 Award-winning comedians and the best new acts, for free! Time Out recommended, a comedy institution and top comedy club in London on TripAdvisor!...

Comedy

Fat Roland: Seven Inch

Comedy

AUG 1-13 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free

The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar

In the last record shop still standing, Manchester comic Fat Roland re-examines his life through not-so-teenage kicks, surrounded by forgettable (and unforgettable) pop music. Amid the cobwebbed racks and fading seven-inch singles, he faces his 45th birthday alone. Meanwhile, all the cool kids are drinking Slop!, the new hipster drink that tastes of gin AND petrol. When the brewery comes knocking, will Roland pack up his gramophone? Will Ed Sheeran come to the rescue (he won’t)? Why does Grace Jones sound like Johnny Vegas? And is that Gary Barlow holding a mop?! A five-star, on...

Chat Shows

Girl Code

Chat Shows

AUG 14-25 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free

The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar

Girl Code Imagine if Loose Women was more outrageous, and funnier. "Girl Code" is a comedy discussions show about the highs and lows of womanhood. It features 4 uncensored female presenters who are of different backgrounds, different generations, and different opinions. No subject is off the table - the hosts will discuss anything including periods, monogamy, the changing role of gender, office politics, relationships and the conflicts between generations. They discuss the topics of the day, mixing humour with intelligent debate. In addition to the conversational segments, the forma...

Comedy

MARVELus: Improv the MARVEL-verse

Comedy

AUG 1-11, 13-25 at 13:20 (60 min) - Free

Cabaret Voltaire / Ink Bar

The UK's premiere nerd-culture comedy duo, The Just Us League and guests present a brand new MARVEL movie trilogy made up on the spot. Get your geek on as these improvisers make up a whole new MCU. Featuring some of the UK's best improvisors from The Noise Next Door, Showstoppers and more! ...

Comedy

Laugh Train Home Comedy Showcase

Comedy

AUG 1-25 at 13:30 (55 min) - Free

32 Below / The Cellar

In its 7th year, the best comics of the Fringe are brought together for this premier comedy showcase. Every show features different four/five-star comics, making it the best guide for who to see in Edinburgh, as well as a fantastic stand-alone show. The line-ups are constructed by one of London's best comedy clubs, Laugh Train Home, and sponsored by its home venue, The Four Thieves....

Comedy

Broken Toys

Comedy

AUG 1-25 at 13:30 (60 min) - Free

Bar 50 / Upstairs

A split stand up comedy bill from 3 rising stars from the London comedy circuit. One guy raising a kid that isn't his. One guy becoming an escort to make ends meet. And another guy because we need to fill that diversity quota....

Comedy

Zahra Barri's Special (Work in Progress)

Comedy

AUG 1-25 at 13:30 (45 min) - Free

Cabaret Voltaire / The Cave

Zahra’s never stood in front of a mirror and taken a selfie. Nor has she intentionally made herself look like a dog on Instagram. Zahra doesn’t think she’s special so why does everyone else think they are? She begs, “Don’t be a big head but don’t be narrow minded. Just have a normal sized head, please.” “Edgy and very funny", Cheeky Monkey Comedy 'A buzzy fluffball of comedy unafraid to take risks, a cute puppy with a surprising snarl.' Mumble Comedy. As seen on BBC Iplayer. As heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra and BBC Radio 2. ...

Comedy

Charmian Hughes: What-not

Comedy

AUG 1-11, 13-25 at 13:30 (60 min) - Free

The Counting House / The Lounge

When everyone around you is self-identifying, and you feel a bit left out, chill! You can join the tribe of What-Nots with Charmian, who also self identifies as a very funny comedian. 'Captivating, irresistible' (Scotsman). 'A class above other stand-ups, great entertainer not to be missed' (Dominion Post, New Zealand). 'Best gags of the night' (Independent). 'Charming ribaldry' (Guardian). 'I love Charmian Hughes' (Bridget Christie). Glastonbury Festival emcee, BBC Radio 4 Pick Of The Week....

Comedy

A Many Splendored Thing

Comedy

AUG 1-2, 5, 8-9, 12, 15-16, 19, 22-23 at 13:30 (60 min) - Free

The Free Sisters / The Wee Room

Feeling heartbroken? They say laughter is the best medicine! Throw in some music, and now you're really talking. Come join Rena Hundert on a healing musical journey from heartbreak to self-love....

Comedy

Not My Audience!

Comedy

AUG 1-11, 13-25 at 13:30 (60 min) - Free

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room

Ever wanted to be part of a comedy show but don't like the idea of being picked on by the comedian? Do you have funny suggestions for stand up topics that you''d like professional comedians to improvise around? Want to see three top comedians battle it out to win you over? Come and join us this lunchtime at Not My Audience! The interactive stand up comedy showcase where the festival's hottest talent takes it in turns to impress you based on the information you anonymously share through our exclusive app. Before the show starts, you'll be able to access our secure and anonymous web app, whe...

Comedy

Shut it down Carol

Comedy

AUG 2-25 at 13:35 (60 min) - Free

The Pear Tree / Pear Tree Indoor Stage

Hello! My name is Edd Hedges, I'm a comedian and I do storytelling style comedy shows, I've done two before and they both went pretty well. I was invited to do a run at the prestigious SOHO Theatre (fancy) and I got to go to and perform in Australia. I'm coming back to the fringe with my third hour. It's another story, but this one is a bit different. This show is about a lot of things. It's hard to explain but ultimately it's about two people. A 74 year old man in Essex sitting in his garden in 1999 and a 24 year old, standing on a beach on the other side of the planet in 2018. This show is a...

Comedy

Character Building Experience

Comedy

AUG 1-13, 15-25 at 13:40 (60 min) - Free

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You enter a tavern. You see a group of comedian questers. What do you do? A Dungeons-and-Dragons-style, comedy, interactive role playing game experience where the audience get to play God and make the decisions about what characters can and can’t do. Suitable for the experts, the novices and the uninitiated but curious. No two quests are alike; a unique mini-adventure, with Game Master Sasha Ellen. “Honest, hilarious and horrifying... the comedy future looks good for Ellen”-Canal-St “Always engaging”-Chortle Material featured on BBC Radio 4...

Comedy

Loud Blond Bald Kid

Comedy

AUG 1-12, 14-25 at 13:45 (60 min) - Free

Bar 50 / Marquee

First kisses, weird hairs, the cool group: navigating adolescence was a challenge for everyone. These painfully hilarious stories of growing up will make you feel thankful you never have to go back – and surprised to realise we all actually made it out OK. Hailed as a dynamic heartfelt storyteller this is Kevin James Doyle's follow up to The 30 Year Old Virgin which was called brutally honest and wildly funny. Best Comedy, FRIGID Festival NYC. ...

Comedy

Mista Lorraine

Comedy

AUG 1-25 at 13:45 (60 min) - Free

Bier Keller, Picardy Place / Courtside

Some people choose their alter ego, as for Mista Lorraine it chose her. Lorraine invites you to see the funny side of being a woman with a deep voice in her standup show Mista Lorraine. Customer services representatives go all out to protect Lorraine from herself even demanding to speak to the ‘real’ Lorraine. Accusations of being a fraud and being denied access to certain services are just some of the situations Lorraine faces daily when conducting business over the phone. She has been brought to tears but now it's time to laugh about it. Even a call to emergency services is not as straig...

Comedy

that Black Mirror Episode with the two Lesbians - Richy Sheehy and Mark O'Keeffe

Comedy

AUG 1-25 at 13:45 (60 min) - Free

Brass Monkey / The Cinema Room

Ireland's comedy darlings Mark O'Keeffe (winner Show Me the Funny 2019- and Richy Sheehy (viral sensation as Cork's Biggest Liverpool Fan) bring you their best hour. "Great Fucking Set" - Tony Hinchcliffe "These guys are going to be fucking huge" - David McSavage “Musical Genius” – BBC Radio 1 'Most Original, First Class Comedy' - Limerick Fringe 'Cork's finest export' - Red FM ...

Comedy

Conor Drum: Solo

Comedy

AUG 1-25 at 13:45 (60 min) - Free

The City Café / Las Vegas

A show about growing up and becoming a man. As his parents prepare to Airbnb his old bedroom, Conor rediscovers his teenage years after finding his old band's demo and wonders if going solo was the right thing to do. 'Highly entertaining' (Chortle.co.uk). 'Perfect Fringe stand-up' (TheWeeReview.com). 'Delivers high quality material' (Skinny). 'Very shrewd observational humour' (BroadwayBaby.com)....

Comedy

Board Game Smackdown

Comedy

AUG 1-13, 15-20, 22-25 at 13:45 (60 min) - Free

The Counting House / The Ballroom

Hosted by award-winning comedian and UK board game champion James Cook, the funniest Fringe performers play classic and new board games live on stage in this comedy panel show based on board/card/party games. Suitable for ages 11+ Previous guests incl Gary Delaney, Robin Ince, Paul Sinha, Laura Lexx, Eleanor Tiernan among others Audience reviews for 2018: "It’s funny, light hearted and energetic, with a few gentle innuendos. Good for boardgame nerds but also super accessible for non-gamers" "It was Brilliant. We laughed from the opening sentence to the end." "This was one of ...

Comedy

Interviewing Electric Frog

Comedy

AUG 1-25 at 13:45 (60 min) - Free

The Lockup / Lock Up 2

When a seemingly innocent career retrospective interview with maverick film director “Electric Frog” brings up controversies he’d rather leave buried, proceedings take a distinctly bizarre & hysterically unexpected turn… Come and see Electric Frog recount the frankly ludicrous tale of his rise to the heady heights of pudding faced Dada legend and international Media Mogul. But was his rise without casualties? Join Electric Frog and his companion Matt Stags for a retrospective of this strange, dada-esque character's career - dare to enter his mysterious world. A riot of sound and vision; an as...

Theatre

The Presented

Theatre

AUG 1-25 at 13:45 (60 min) - Free

The Place / The Baird

A struggling artist working at a movie theater, Chris goes on a surreal adventure into his subconscious while popping popcorn. From childhood moments to famous 19th century actresses, armadillos and fog machines, The Presented is a funny and insightful look at success and rejection in the modern world. "A strikingly original writer & performer." - The Scotsman "The Spalding Gray of Philly." - Broad St. Review ...

Comedy

Aaaaaaaaaaaaarrgh, It's 101 Naughty Jokes in 30 Minutes

Comedy

AUG 1-25 at 14:00 (30 min) - Free

Dropkick Murphy's / Main Room

Award-winning gag merchant and UK Pun Champion 2016, Masai Graham, delivers over 100 naughty jokes in just half an hour. Expect puns, one-liners and wordplay in this 3.3 laughs per minute bonanza. 'Annoyingly good' (Gary Delaney, Mock the Week). 'Flashes of proper genius' (Chortle.co.uk). ...

Events and Tours

Walking Tours of the Historic Royal Mile

Events and Tours

AUG 2-25 at 14:00 (120 min) - Free

Outside City Chambers / Outside

Welcome to Edinburgh in August.Time to spare? At a loose end? There is always room for you on our walking tours around the heart of Edinburgh's historic Old Town. We'll show you the hidden corners of this fascinating district: the closes and courtyards, nooks and crannies – places you might never discover on your own. We'll tell you about the city's rich history, the colourful characters and personalities who have made Edinburgh what it is. Our guides are all local people who love our city and are only too pleased to share their knowledge and enthusiasm with you. Our tours are genuinely fr...

Comedy

Aidan 'Taco' Jones - Lightfoot James

Comedy

AUG 1-25 at 14:00 (60 min) - Free

The Counting House / The Attic

From December 2016-August 2017 I received two messages a week from a fake Facebook account. This mystery person shared a bunch of private information about my family, and said they were going to fuck my Mum. The name of the account was Lightfoot James, help me find him. "An effortless and vulnerable charm seldom seen on the stand-up stage, even from the most famous comic minds" The Music (Melbourne Comedy Festival, 2018) ★★★★ TheFourthWall (FRINGE WORLD, 2018) ---------------------------------------------- Aidan Jones is known to his friends as Taco because wh...

Comedy

Gummy Bears

Comedy

AUG 8-14 at 14:00 (50 min) - Free

The Cuckoo's Nest / Basement

Adam Brides(Max Turner Competition Finalist) and David Anthony (Leicester Square New comedian of the Year Semi Finalist) join forces for an extravaganza of comedy and storytelling. Come and spend an hour of fun with two men who look like they never sleep for tales of daring escapades and crippling defeat. One gifted with endless enthusiasm for life, and one who is yet to be convinced of it. North vs South. Working class vs painfully middle. Educated vs barely literate. Join the adventure! "Very funny and great energy. The type of comic that makes you wanna be his friend" - Radu Isac. "...

Comedy

Ishi Khan: I'mMigrant!

Comedy

AUG 15-25 at 14:00 (50 min) - Free

The Cuckoo's Nest / Basement

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ -Female Arts . Funny women best show award nominee, Ishi explores migration & identity. As stories of the migration crisis, Brexit & the Windrush scandal dominated the news, Ishi wonders where she fits in. Zambian-born, with Indian ancestry, Ishi is at home in Britain. Does that make her Brizambdian? Her energetic, playful nature draws you into her complex world. Join Ishi on an adventure of discovery . Expect silliness, fun & colourful Bollywood dancing. This show is suitable for migrants, non-migrants and strawberries! "So r...

Comedy

The Afterlife of a Soap Star

Comedy

AUG 1-7 at 14:00 (50 min) - Free

The Cuckoo's Nest / Basement

A comic/ tragic tale of a media babe trying to make sense of modern day...and night life... Fighting a system, a family and a gender that’s against her. AFTER LIFE OF A SOAP STAR is a semi autobiographical one woman show, depicting the madness of the media, maddening politics and “madness” itself. From a woman who’s experienced all of it! ...

Childrens

Huggers

Childrens

AUG 1-25 at 14:00 (60 min) - Free

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber

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-old loved it. The hour whizzed past. Perfect for children’s attention spans’ (ChildFriendlyBrighton.co.uk). ‘Mums and dads are onto a winner with this ... delightfully immature comedy’ (Herald Sun, Melbourne)....

Comedy

The World's Smallest Comedy Show

Comedy

AUG 10-11 at 14:00 (240 min) - Free

The World's Smallest Fringe Venue / The Coop

It's the smallest comedy show in the smallest venue at the Fringe. A select three audience members, at any one time, will see the best comedy that can fit in and around the world's smallest Fringe venue. Sell-out guaranteed! Featuring a rotating line-up of comics and a rotating audience too... If someone leaves you can grab their seat as the show goes on all afternoon, with different acts every 30 minutes, 2pm to 6pm. Oh, and did we mention that it all happens in a chicken coop too?...

Comedy

Mickey Sharma - Pervert!

Comedy

AUG 1-13, 15-20, 22-25 at 14:05 (40 min) - Free

The City Café / Hollywood

I've been single for 3 years. and I have made use of this time doing exactly what I want to do. Result.......apparently I'm a sexual deviant!...

Comedy

Erich McElroy: Radical Centrist

Comedy

AUG 1-11, 13-25 at 14:15 (60 min) - Free

Bar 50 / The Alcove

With politics moving to extremes and into nearly every aspect of our lives, Erich McElroy finds another way. The only true centrist comedian at the Fringe, Erich is rising up to demand incremental change and reasoned debate. He’s crossing over the left/right divide in a way that’ll make you stop and think - or at least slow down. Heard on BBC Radio Scotland’s ‘Breaking the News’ & Radio 4’s ‘Moral Maze.’ Seen on BBC Breakfast, Good Morning Britain, SkyNews. “Stand-u