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10:00

CeilidhKids at the Fringe - FREE! CHILDRENS 
AUG 1-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-25 at 10:00 (45 min) - Free 
Scottish dancing for all the family. Very simple child-friendly dances to traditional Scottish music. Hugely popular with local families, now it's you...
The Counting House / The Ballroom 

Flamboyant: Like a Flame, But Buoyant CABARET 
AUG 8-18, 20-25 at 10:00 (60 min) - Free 
Flamboyant: Like a Flame, But Buoyant is a whimsical, musical journey into the mind of Clara Bell. See the world through the eyes of an Aussie girl wi...
The Free Sisters / Top Deck (The Comedy Bus) 

Tyke Rider SPOKEN WORD 
AUG 1-7 at 10:00 (60 min) - Free 
Tyke Rider: A Yorkshire lass's driving adventure from the City of Angels to Graceland via the Big Easy. Northerner Brooksy packs Yorkshire Tea and ta...
The Free Sisters / Top Deck (The Comedy Bus) 

Acting Bugs presents The Pirate Princess and The Magic Silver Telescope and Marvin the Monkey Visits the Moon. CHILDRENS 
AUG 13-25 at 10:15 (60 min) - Free 
Samantha Seager, star of Cbeebies series Me Too (Bobby the Bus Cleaner) brings Acting Bugs to the Edinburgh Fringe. Has your little one got the Actin...
The Free Sisters / The Yurt Locker 

Bespoke Comedy for the Discerning Family COMEDY 
AUG 2-11 at 10:15 (60 min) - Free 
Foghorn's delicious blend of comedy leaves adults awestruck and kids captivated. Stories are magically plucked into existence from your suggestions. W...
The Free Sisters / The Yurt Locker 

An Arab woman's view of life COMEDY 
AUG 2-3 at 10:45 (60 min) - Free 
Madame Chabane will give you an insight into the daily life of an Arab woman. She will correct some of the preconceived ideas some may have about it. ...
The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room 

Blaggards THEATRE 
AUG 1-25 at 10:45 (60 min) - Free 
"You'll find this bar in every town. The bar where the drinks come cheap and the girls are cheaper, where the music’s loud and if there wasn't a figh...
The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber 

Death Ship 666 - The Titanic Parody COMEDY 
AUG 4-25 at 10:45 (60 min) - Free 
Start your day with a bang - as Titanic and Airplane collide in a slick, fast-paced, hilarious disaster movie parody show! Follow the fates of the do...
The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room 
11:00

CeilidhKids at the Fringe - FREE! CHILDRENS 
AUG 1-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-25 at 11:00 (45 min) - Free 
Scottish dancing for all the family. Very simple child-friendly dances to traditional Scottish music. Hugely popular with local families, now it's you...
The Counting House / The Ballroom 

Joe Munrow: Jazz Monkey COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 11:00 (60 min) - Free 
Joe Munrow takes you on a hilarious journey as the stand-up bounces from the observational to the surreal as he details his recent quest to find his t...
The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room  

Planet of the Japes COMEDY 
AUG 2-4 at 11:00 (60 min) - Free 
Everything good comes in threes. Wishes, the 'Original' Star Wars trilogy, the Fab Four (no one counts Ringo) and the rules for looking after a Mogwai...
The Blind Poet / The Blind Poet Stage 

Ray Fordyce's Brunchtime Banter COMEDY 
AUG 1-3, 5-10, 12-17, 19-24 at 11:00 (60 min) - Free 
Get your fringe day off to a pleasant start and let Ray Fordyce introduce you to some of the top comedians around the circuit. Featuring many differen...
The Free Sisters / The Staff Room  

The Hawke Papers THEATRE 
AUG 5-25 at 11:00 (60 min) - Free 
Produced Moon bring you to a dark and dank Victorian Edinburgh, and into a room where a murder has taken place. As the story unfolds you are invited t...
The Blind Poet / The Blind Poet Stage 

Alexander Bennett's Afraid Of The Dark COMEDY 
AUG 2-25 at 11:05 (60 min) - Free 
A show studying the diary of a young girl trying to uncover the truth of her dark past. Think of it as an early morning parable, like a church service...
The Counting House / The Lounge 

Huggers CHILDRENS 
AUG 1-25 at 11:15 (60 min) - Free ticketed 
A sell-out show in Edinburgh, Adelaide, Melbourne and Brighton, this comedy and cabaret show with a revolving line-up of comedians, magicians, street ...
The Free Sisters / Top Deck (The Comedy Bus) 

Acting Bugs presents The Pirate Princess and The Magic Silver Telescope and Marvin the Monkey Visits the Moon. CHILDRENS 
AUG 13-25 at 11:30 (60 min) - Free 
Samantha Seager, star of Cbeebies series Me Too (Bobby the Bus Cleaner) brings Acting Bugs to the Edinburgh Fringe. Has your little one got the Actin...
The Free Sisters / The Yurt Locker 

Shall We Just See This One? COMEDY 
AUG 1-12 at 11:30 (60 min) - Free 
So early it 'yurts'! Get it? 'Cos it's 11:30. And it's in a yurt, which is a tent, by the way. Who knew? Graham and Nicola tell jokes and stories abou...
The Free Sisters / The Yurt Locker 

Waves THEATRE 
AUG 2-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-23 at 11:30 (45 min) - Free 
From the creator of the 2012 Edinburgh 'Must See' (The Stage) show When Alice (Cooper) met (Prince) Harry comes a brand new intimate theatre piece abo...
The Counting House / The Attic 
12:00

Do A Show COMEDY 
AUG 1-13 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free 
Rising stars, Hayley Ellis and Brennan Reece have decided to 'Do A Show'. It might be the greatest thing the Fringe has ever seen. Includes - Stan...
Espionage / Mata Hari 

Gusset Grippers COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free 
Laughing can be no laughing matter for 1:3 women. This show, written and presented by a physiotherapist, is bursting with clenching comedy which teac...
The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar  

In Cahoots COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free 
In Cahoots are a sketch comedy double act from London. Surreal and sublime, these versatile comedy performers zip through razor sharp sketches and inv...
The Meadow Bar / The Upstairs Bar 

M.P.H.: A Comedy Compendium COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free 
M.P.H.: A Comedy Compendium is an original one-woman show presented by comedian Lindsay Gonzales. It is a set-list show comprising many separate comic...
The Phoenix / The Basement Bar 

Our Father COMEDY 
AUG 14-25 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free 
Our Father is a comedy show with universal appeal that brings together all the fantastical wisdom that our fathers have bestowed upon us over the year...
Espionage / Mata Hari 

princess savage COMEDY 
AUG 2-25 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free 
A stand up comedy show that looks at where our ideas of love come from i.e fairytales,prince charming, childhood incidents. An the reality we find as ...
Espionage / Pravda 

Something in My Shoe CHILDRENS 
AUG 1-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free 
Meet Reginald, the bravest piece of rope in show business. Discover the perils of rising-finger illness. Thrill to the exploits of Rupert, rabbit esca...
The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber 

Subject to Requirement THEATRE 
AUG 18-25 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free 
A new piece of absurdism from writer David Lewis, generated from the UWE Drama Society Original Writing Group. A man undergoes a series of interrogati...
The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room 

Surname & Surname COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free 
Paul Foxcroft (word assassin) and Briony Redman (word support worker) are one half of sketch group Ladies and Gentlemen (Best Free Fringe Shows ,Scots...
The Counting House / The Loft 

The Human Condition COMEDY 
AUG 1-3, 5-10, 12-17, 19-24 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free 
This show is an in-depth and correct analysis of man and his obsessions with sex, violence, money, sex, war, breasts and sex. The Human Condition is a...
Finnegan's Wake / The Back Room 

The Knight Of The Box Near The Station THEATRE 
AUG 2-25 at 12:00 (55 min) - Free 
A fairytale for grown-ups ... don't let truth get in the way of magic! Join browbeaten commuter Sam as he impulsively escapes his monotone existence. ...
Espionage / Kasbar 

The Pear Tree Live Performance Stage MUSIC 
AUG 1-25 at 12:00 (360 min) - Free 
Edinburgh's premier outdoor venue brings live entertainment to the Pear Tree Outdoor Stage, with music, bands, cabaret and more from 12pm- 6pm daily -...
The Pear Tree / The Pear Tree Stage 

Tristan Garrel Cambridge COMEDY 
AUG 1-17 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free 
Tristan Garrel Cambridge is quite literally a pilot episode for a satellite television station. Making documentaries resulted in most of the time hang...
The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room 

GORDON THEATRE 
AUG 16-25 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free 
A one man show.. Drama/black comedy. 60mins.. Main character Barry 50ish stands suited and booted in a slum. He takes us on a fragmented and at times ...
The Blind Poet / The Blind Poet Stage 

JAM Comedy COMEDY 
AUG 1-11 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free 
3 up-and-coming stand-ups, 3 2012 So You Think You're Funny semi-finalists, 3 unique styles which together tick all the jocular boxes without anyone h...
The Jekyll and Hyde / The Aerie 

Joby Mageean : Condiment Soup COMEDY 
AUG 1-15 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free 
Enjoy a barnstorming hour of music, comedy and hilarious special guests as Tickled Pig 2012 finalist and Uke of Edinburgh winner Joby Mageean embarks ...
The Blind Poet / The Blind Poet Stage 

Remember That I Love You COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free 
You haven't heard of Nellie Garcia. She has been forgotten. Gregory Akerman is scared of being forgotten, however, in 100 years, no one will remember ...
The Free Sisters / The Staff Room  

Stick Man COMEDY 
AUG 12-14, 16-25 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free 
Hey! You there! Wouldn't you love to see a socially awkward stick thin man tell jokes and play you funny songs? .... Of course you would! Rick Wood r...
The Jekyll and Hyde / The Aerie 

Sword and I THEATRE 
AUG 1-25 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free 
So it is written: “When the fate of one man crosses the destiny of a sword...hilarity ensues” Trained at the world-renowned Jacques Lecoq theatre sch...
The Counting House / The Ballroom 

The Ineligibles FREE COMEDY 
AUG 3-25 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free 
Ola, rejected by celebrities, RADA and Reality TV takes to the stage to incite a 'revolution' against that weapon of mass exclusion - TV.' Joe, a Sik...
Espionage / The Lizard Lounge 

The Very Scariesome Lollipop Lady CHILDRENS 
AUG 3-11 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free 
A tale told in rhyme. A story of bravery, busy roads, friendship, a magical lollipop stick, and a really, really, really scary road crossing patrol of...
The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room  

Ellievision COMEDY 
AUG 1-14, 16-24 at 12:20 (30 min) - Free 
The girl with big teeth you may have seen on Snog Marry Avoid? (BBC3) and Fake Reaction (ITV2) will be doing totes hilarious talkies for 30 minutes. I...
The Counting House / The Lounge 

'A Cut in the Rates' by Alan Ayckborn/ Gray Matters by JD Farr THEATRE 
AUG 19-25 at 12:30 (60 min) - Free 
'A Cut in the Rates' by Alan Ayckborn, this is a one act comedy play. When the rate inspector comes from the Town hall to do an assessment and collect...
The City Café / City Two - Basement Bar  

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Courses COURSES 
AUG 3-4, 6-7, 10-11, 13-14, 17-18, 20-21, 24-25 at 12:30 (270 min) - £99 / £89 
Learn the skill and art of stand-up comedy performance on this two-day intensive comedy training course. Our tutors are comedians and writers, and t...
Edinburgh City Football Club / Room 2 

Cheesed Off THEATRE 
AUG 19-25 at 12:30 (60 min) - Free 
Desiree hasn't had much in the way of company for the last five years, living in a hut with only a goat to talk to can get a little lonely. When Melin...
The Free Sisters / Top Deck (The Comedy Bus) 

Double D's - with Jenna Wimshurst and Caroline Bridgwater COMEDY 
AUG 1-7 at 12:30 (60 min) - Free 
A dyke and a disabled lady - Featuring lesbianism, feminism and general foolery. You can expect sketches, stand up comedy and two hot babes ...
Edinburgh City Football Club / Room 1 

FECCLES... On Love! SPOKEN WORD 
AUG 1-3 at 12:30 (60 min) - Free 
A unique collection of monologues from the Falmouth and Exeter Combined Campus Light Entertainment Society (FECCLES)! We will cover many aspects of th...
The Free Sisters / Top Deck (The Comedy Bus) 

FUNNY STUFF FOR HAPPY PEOPLE. CHILDRENS 
AUG 9-18 at 12:30 (60 min) - Free 
I perform a monthly kids/family show every month at The Stand Comedy Club, Newcastle. This hour will be all of the best bits and will have Circus, mag...
The City Café / City Two - Basement Bar  

Smells like Shit... Tastes like Chicken COMEDY 
AUG 4-8 at 12:30 (60 min) - Free 
A boy who's life went astray: A casualty of the bar trade like many before him, going weeks without seeing a glimer of daylight; set with the task of ...
The Free Sisters / Top Deck (The Comedy Bus) 

Snooze THEATRE 
AUG 1-8 at 12:30 (60 min) - Free 
Trumpets sound, lions roar, feathers flutter and sequins line the floor. Roll up, roll up to the circus of dreams. But at what point will consciousnes...
The City Café / City Two - Basement Bar  

The Bravery Test COMEDY 
AUG 6-25 at 12:30 (60 min) - Free 
Angus Dunican has never really been very good at being himself. As a comedian he’s been a posh and verbose androgyne night-pixie, a ‘stoned-onstage’...
Edinburgh City Football Club / Room 1 

The Cat Police CHILDRENS 
AUG 12-25 at 12:30 (30 min) - Free 
The Cat Police is a children's show/play about a little girl called Claire and her very naughty cat, Lee. One day, after watching TV with her dad, Cla...
The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room  

The Lunchtime Ferret COMEDY 
AUG 9-18 at 12:30 (60 min) - Free 
The Lunchtime Ferret! Ferrets for Lunch! Warm, furry, friendly comedy...but with a little bite. A mixed bill of lightly seasoned stand ups returning...
The Free Sisters / Top Deck (The Comedy Bus) 

Lebensmüde – a Comedy Show COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 12:45 (45 min) - Free 
Fresh from their sell-out London comedy shows, sketch squad Lebensmüde are making their Fringe debut. Absurd, fun and dark (sometimes). Actor Freya (G...
The Jekyll and Hyde / The Crypt 

The Human Centrepiece COMEDY 
AUG 3, 5-10, 12-17, 19-24 at 12:45 (60 min) - Free 
The Human Centrepiece is show with more diversity than a Benetton ad. In simple terms it's an hour of stand up from three new comedians, but in more c...
The Counting House / The Attic 

Wild about Wilde CHILDRENS 
AUG 1-25 at 12:45 (60 min) - Free 
'The Happy Prince,' 'The Selfish Giant' and more! Oscar Wilde's children's stories brought to life in dynamic interactive theatre, where the children ...
The Free Sisters / The Yurt Locker 
13:00

Frimston and Rowett: A Sketch Show COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 13:00 (60 min) - Free 
Frimston and Rowett are back in Edinburgh for the third year running, with another hour of sketches the like of which no man has seen and lived. ****...
Bar 50 / The Alcove 

Revill's Selection COMEDY 
AUG 2-25 at 13:05 (55 min) - Free 
Revill’s Selection will be the perfect way for any comedy lover to start their day. Just like a packet of Revels sweets the show will have different t...
Espionage / Kasbar 

53 Minutes about 52 Sheep (60 Minutes long) COMEDY 
AUG 8-24 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free 
An absurdist confessional stand-up show, about sheep, growing up, politics and the responsibilities of life. Valdemar Pustelnik, '...the fast and fl...
The Counting House / The Lounge 

Alistair Green: Ping Pong COMEDY 
AUG 1-12, 14-25 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free 
A new show from acclaimed stand up Alistair Green. Hackney Empire New Act Finalist. Laughing Horse New Act Finalist. Support act for Simon Day and Rus...
The Meadow Bar / The Upstairs Bar 

Austerity Pleasures COMEDY 
AUG 1-3, 5-10, 12-17, 19-24 at 13:15 (60 min) - FREE TICKETED 
Following on from last year's successful run, the FREE show 'AUSTERITY PLEASURES' returns to the Fringe with more political and social satire. Alex Ch...
Finnegan's Wake / The Back Room 

Cookstown Sizzling Comedy Club presents The Irishtocrats of Comedy COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free 
Ireland's finest comedians performing spots in between their own show's. There will be regular acts each week with a different supporting lineup every...
The Counting House / The Loft 

Damn Danes COMEDY 
AUG 1-7 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free 
The show presents two of the best young stand-ups the Danish comedy scene has to offer. Valdemar Pustelnik, '...garners the laughs' (Chortle), and So...
The Counting House / The Lounge 

Joshua Ross & Sunil Patel COMEDY 
AUG 2-25 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free 
Joshua Ross (Up The Creek 'One to Watch' Winner 2012) and Sunil Patel (BBC New Comedy Award Finalist 2012, Chortle Best Newcomer Nominee 2013) tell jo...
Espionage / Mata Hari 

Late Night Laughs at Lunch COMEDY 
AUG 2-4, 7-11, 14-18, 21-25 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free 
Join Australian comedians Eric Hutton and Jen Carnovale as they present a daily selection of their favourite alternative Fringe acts. These guys have ...
The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room 

Pete Otway and Kiri Pritchard - Mclean COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free 
Two of the North West's most promising up and coming comedians take you through an hour of hilarious stand up. Join Pete Otway ('Devastatingly funny...
The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar  

Puzzled COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free 
Irish comedian Matthew Collins is almost famous, but you've never heard of him. He has been described as an "internet expert" and a "real life compute...
The Phoenix / The Basement Bar 

Tales from the Fringe COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free 
50 minutes of prime comedy from 4 different Comedians - regular stand up sets, mixed with stories and tales of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The Edin...
Espionage / Pravda 

Zigzag Zit-faced Zombies and the Giant Geriatric Generator CHILDRENS 
AUG 1-25 at 13:15 (60 min) - FREE! 
Best-selling Scottish author Stuart Reid introduces the heroes of his books, Gorgeous George, Grandpa Jock, Allison and Crayon Kenny with tales of the...
The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber 

Austentatious - An Improvised Jane Austen Novel COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 13:30 (60 min) - Free 
After a highly successful, total sell-out Edinburgh Fringe debut last year, Austentatious: An Improvised Novel returns to the Fringe for another summe...
The Counting House / The Ballroom 

Blues and Burlesque CABARET 
AUG 1-25 at 13:30 (60 min) - FREE TO GET IN! 
Cabaret Burlesque , comedy with live music from ex Dexys Piano player Pete Saunders and London Cabaret stars Vicious Delicious and Scarlett Belle+gues...
The Blind Poet / The Blind Poet Stage 

Cecilia Delatori: Quick, Quick Slough! COMEDY 
AUG 1-12, 14-19, 21-25 at 13:30 (60 min) - Free 
Cecilia Delatori, ‘hugely talented’ (List), ‘a comedian of great calibre’ (Stage), ‘inventive comic songs’ (ThreeWeeks), presents stand-up and songs a...
Espionage / The Lizard Lounge 

'Multi-Levelled Morons' COMEDY 
AUG 1-14, 16-25 at 13:30 (60 min) - Free 
Morons. They're everywhere, sure, but a select band of these idiots have managed to turn stupidity into an art form. Join Tim Wilderspin:'Ballsy, sill...
The Jekyll and Hyde / The Aerie 

Nick Bowling Laughs in the Face of Death for 45 Minutes and Then Asks Him Politely To Leave COMEDY 
AUG 15-20, 22-25 at 13:30 (60 min) - Free 
Join Nick as he hammers out plans for his funeral with a majestic and variegated PowerPoint presentation. Also on the agenda: sport, hobbies (i.e. k...
The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room  

Stand Up, Woman THEATRE 
AUG 1-25 at 13:30 (60 min) - Free 
'Julia Munrow's comedy drama about a woman who tries stand-up in an attempt to learn to stand up for herself is a funny and engaging piece.' Theatre r...
The Free Sisters / The Staff Room  

The Hill and Weedon Happy Hour! COMEDY 
AUG 1-14 at 13:30 (60 min) - Free 
Do you enjoy musical comedy and/or sitting down? Then come and enjoy sitting down while comedy duo, best friends and part time spider breeders hill an...
The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room  

Afternoon Delight COMEDY 
AUG 17-25 at 13:45 (60 min) - Free 
Three men weave together enthralling, hilarious narratives and jokes. Laid back, brilliant and funny stories. Sex, drugs and crime. Work, heartbreak a...
The Jekyll and Hyde / The Crypt 

An Improvised Improv Show COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 13:45 (60 min) - Free 
Do you like improv? Do you like performing improv? Do you like watching improv? Would you like to perform improv? Would you like to enjoy watching imp...
Edinburgh City Football Club / Room 1 

Daly's Comedy Club @ The Edinburgh Fringe COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 13:45 (60 min) - Free 
Daly's Comedy Club is one of Ireland's premier comedy venues, finishing runner up in the 2013 Dave's One Night Stand Comedy Club of the year competiti...
The Free Sisters / Top Deck (The Comedy Bus) 

Dan Willis: PC, Mac and Me COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 13:45 (60 min) - Free 
Show Descriptions to be confirmed by the Performer ...
The City Café / City Two - Basement Bar  

The Barnes Identity COMEDY 
AUG 1-16 at 13:45 (60 min) - Free 
The Barnes Identity 3 Characters One Man Comedy has a new face The Barnes identity is Chris Barnes’s first Edinburgh show . Playing all three Sta...
The Jekyll and Hyde / The Crypt 
14:00

Caption Gingerbeard THEATRE 
AUG 1-6, 8-25 at 14:00 (45 min) - Free 
Caption Gingerbeard wasn't always a caption, but he did always have a ginger beard. This is a heart-warming tale of one boy’s adventure through life. ...
The Counting House / The Attic 

Lucy Frederick - In Pursuit of Cool COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 14:00 (60 min) - Free 
Affable and slightly confused Lucy Frederick invites you to join her in her tireless quest to be the Cool kid in town. From onesies to catwalks, from ...
The Free Sisters / The Yurt Locker 

Show on Arthurs Seat - Gala COMEDY 
AUG 17 at 14:00 (120 min) - Free 
Further Show description to be confirmed by the Performer ...
Arthurs Seat / Arthurs Seat 

ROB COLLINS: JESUS CHRIST FLEW INTO THE CUCKOO'S NEST COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 14:15 (60 min) - Free 
On the 31st March 2013 the men in the white coats took Rob a way as he thought he was Jesus Christ. 40 years of misdiagnosis, medication and madness. ...
Espionage / Kasbar 

Zapp and Dembina - Comedy After Lunch COMEDY 
AUG 1-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-25 at 14:15 (60 min) - FREE TICKETED 
Inveterate gagster Ivor Dembina ('The Guardian' four stars), chaperones you through an hour of comedy, music, guests and surprises, news and reveiws, ...
Bar 50 / The Alcove 

AAA Batteries (Not Included) COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 14:30 (60 min) - Free 
AAA Batteries returns for a third year at the Fringe, for an hour of sharp gags and intelligent observations from three of the circuit's best new come...
The Meadow Bar / The Upstairs Bar 

Atella the Pun COMEDY 
AUG 1-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-25 at 14:30 (60 min) - Free 
Award-winning comedians Darren Walsh, ‘relentlessly chirpy’ (TimeOut, London,)...
The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room 

BIZARRE GUITAR & TERSE VERSE MUSIC 
AUG 1-8 at 14:30 (60 min) - Free 
A sequence of guitar songs and instrumentals with poems on a variety of subjects, some funny, some serious. Cyn's verses draw inspiration from nurse...
The Phoenix / The Basement Bar 

Charlie Smith: Too Tall For The Ride COMEDY 
AUG 1-13 at 14:30 (60 min) - Free 
Founder and host of the well received Comedy Den in Cardiff, Charlie Smith brings his new show, 'Too Tall For The Ride' to Edinburgh. Join Ireland's t...
The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar  

DillyDolly COMEDY 
AUG 14-25 at 14:30 (60 min) - Free 
A One woman oddball show where character comedy meets clown says hello then moves on..high energy,songs,dance its all in there. "Cheekykita is inspiri...
The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar  

Extreme Withdrawal Is Manifest THEATRE 
AUG 9-18 at 14:30 (60 min) - FREE TICKETED 
delusions that they have been responsible for a horrific catastrophe’. How can we understand the intricacies of a clinically unstable mind, when we ou...
The Phoenix / The Basement Bar 

Full of it: The True or False Game Show - with Jamie McCarney & David Tulk COMEDY 
AUG 1-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-25 at 14:30 (60 min) - Free 
Full of It is a comedy quiz show, with one contestant, where one man tries to convince another that the truth is out there. We’re just not sure where!...
The Counting House / The Lounge 

Huggers CHILDRENS 
AUG 1-25 at 14:30 (60 min) - Free ticketed 
A sell-out show in Edinburgh, Adelaide, Melbourne and Brighton, this comedy and cabaret show with a revolving line-up of comedians, magicians, street ...
The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber 

Ian Fox - Shutter Monkey COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 14:30 (60 min) - Free 
Forget typewriters what would happen if you gave an infinite number of monkeys a camera each? A comedy show with pictures. British Comedy Guide R...
Espionage / Mata Hari 

Patrick Morris: Standing Up and Saying Things COMEDY 
AUG 1-13, 15-25 at 14:30 (30 min) - Free 
Debut show from 21 year old stand up comedian, Patrick Morris. Will contain devastatingly funny anecdotes, wry observations and a complete absence of ...
The Counting House / The Loft 

Sy+ COMEDY 
AUG 1-12, 14-25 at 14:30 (60 min) - Free 
Charming goon Sy Thomas - 'highly enjoyable' (Time Out); most recently seen on 'Richard Hammond's Secret Service' (BBC1); and one half of award-winnin...
Espionage / Pravda 

The Lost Letters Of Cathy G COMEDY 
AUG 1-3, 5-10, 12-17, 19-24 at 14:30 (60 min) - Free 
Following on from the success of it's 2010 debut, Paul Harry Allen returns to Edinburgh with an exciting updated version of the 4 star show. Whilst i...
Finnegan's Wake / The Back Room 

Xaablargh the Conqueror's Guide to Humons COMEDY 
AUG 19-25 at 14:30 (60 min) - Free 
What are humons? What do they do? And how do you operate one? If you have long been befuddled by humon behaviour, come and have your questions answe...
The Phoenix / The Basement Bar 

Adam Larter and Ali Brice: Plumpy'nut COMEDY 
AUG 3-25 at 14:44 (61 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry 
These two comedians have written a show for you. Crafted with love and performed with wild eyes and minimal dignity. You already know too much. ‘...di...
The Hive - Heroes of Fringe / The Big Cave 

First World Problems COMEDY 
AUG 3-25 at 14:45 (60 min) - Free 
"8am - TV remote is lost in my blanket. 9am - Bus replacement service is delayed. 10am – Realising I forgot to charge my iPhone over night. 11am - Mid...
The Free Sisters / The Staff Room  

Greener on the Other Side COMEDY 
AUG 1-14, 16-25 at 14:45 (60 min) - FREE 
Dan’s got a strange problem. Three Dan’s fighting in one body: melancholy storyteller, outrageous stand-up turned Hollywood star and one-liner family ...
The Jekyll and Hyde / The Aerie 

Hilarity Bites Comedy Club Showcase Show COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 14:45 (60 min) - Free 
Since 2007 Hilarity Bites Comedy Club have brought the very best in comedy to the North-East of England, showcasing festival favourites such as John B...
The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room  

Joz Norris Has Gone Missing COMEDY 
AUG 1-12, 14-25 at 14:45 (60 min) - Free 
Acclaimed comic Joz Norris has gone missing. Nobody knows where he is or why he is there, but it is probably something to do with his wife. Luckily, h...
The Blind Poet / The Blind Poet Stage 

Nat Luurtsema: Here She Be COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 14:45 (60 min) - Free 
A lose-your-shoes funny new hour of stand-up from Nat-from-Jigsaw about loving your ex but not in that way and some far less mature things. Star of Ji...
The Counting House / The Ballroom 

Obie: A Comedians guide to improving your memory. COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 14:45 (60 min) - Free 
As well as being one of the finest comedians, Obie has a reputation as a memory expert. This show combines the two. This show promises to be education...
Espionage / The Lizard Lounge 
15:00

Aaaaaaargh! It's the Monster Stand Up Show! Free COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 15:00 (60 min) - Free 
Feast on Five of the tastiest up and coming comedians on the circuit in this Stand up Comedy showcase, including your award winning headliner Masai Gr...
The Jekyll and Hyde / The Crypt 

Collier and Cox: Single, No Return COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 15:00 (60 min) - Free 
Two perpetually single girls invite you to come on their bus. They will show you their top deck. You don’t even have to pay to ride. 44 seats, 2 stand...
The Free Sisters / Top Deck (The Comedy Bus) 

Dan Willis: The Walking Dead COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 15:00 (60 min) - Free 
Show Descriptions to be confirmed by the Performer ...
The City Café / City Two - Basement Bar  

For the Love of Folk! MUSIC 
AUG 1-2, 5-9, 12-16, 19-23 at 15:00 (120 min) - Free 
Join Raymond Considine in Edinburgh's favourite Irish bar for a medley of musical folk banter, energy, talent, daftness, tea and biscuits, Guinness an...
Biddy Mulligans / Main Bar 

Three Men and a Saucepan COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 15:00 (60 min) - Free 
A three hander stand up show featuring Ben Shannon, David Jesudason and Ian Miller. Each will be doing a 20 minute set. A show where the saucepan is n...
The Counting House / The Attic 

Welcome to the dark side THEATRE 
AUG 1-25 at 15:00 (60 min) - Free 
Following the success of Tis Merely a F-Arse 2011. We have constructed a wonderfully talented new cast.We sat down, we got drunk, we wrote it, we fell...
Edinburgh City Football Club / Room 1 

Chansons Françaises CABARET 
AUG 1-4 at 15:15 (60 min) - Free 
Edith Piaf, Charles Aznavour, Mireille Mathieu...and many other great names of La Chanson Francaise will be interpreted by Dr2 (AKA Zahida). Some of ...
The Counting House / The Loft 

Mike Shephard: Everything That Happened in the 20th Century, Seen Through the Eyes of a Liar COMEDY 
AUG 5-25 at 15:15 (60 min) - Free 
“Shephard brings an energy and ability to put the emphasis on the correct syllable that would make anyone laugh” – Jeannie Jameson, RemoteGoat Having...
The Counting House / The Loft 

Unmanageable COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 15:15 (60 min) - Free 
"These two are not only adorable, they are genius with the audience" - StageWon (Edinburgh Fringe 2012) Looks can be deceiving. Prim and proper on th...
The Free Sisters / The Yurt Locker 

Aaaaaaaaaaaaarrghhh! So It Goes - John Fleming's Comedy Blog Chat Show COMEDY 
AUG 19-23 at 15:30 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry 
Hottest Fringe comedy acts chat with daily blogger John Fleming - the Chortle comedy industry website called him ‘the Boswell of the alternative comed...
Bob's Bookshop - Heroes of Fringe / Books 

Are you a technophile? COMEDY 
AUG 6-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 15:30 (60 min) - Free 
Do you have to have the latest iPhone? Do you tweet every moment of your journey on the bus? Do you Instagram every meal you have? Do you prefer pokin...
Bar 50 / The Alcove 

Crying Duck Crash Lands... COMEDY 
AUG 1-5 at 15:30 (60 min) - Free 
The acclaimed Crying Duck Comedy crash lands in Edinburgh bringing the cream of the London crop. Sofie, Matt, George and Amir stand up and tell jokes....
Bar 50 / The Alcove 

Ellis and Rose: Big in Denmark COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 15:30 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry 
Imagine Laurel and Hardy on Bovril. Now imagine your mind being set on fire. Now imagine Laurel eating Hardy. Now imagine extinguishing your mind. Goo...
The Hive - Heroes of Fringe / The Bunka 

Mr. Methane: My Life in Farting CABARET 
AUG 13-17 at 15:30 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry 
Hello, my name is Paul Oldfield. You might know me as Mr Methane, the world’s only performing flatulist. Simon Cowell says I'm ‘...a disgusting creatu...
Bob's Bookshop - Heroes of Fringe / Books 

Paul Duncan McGarrity - Awkward Hawk COMEDY 
AUG 1-11, 13-25 at 15:30 (60 min) - Free 
In just under an hour Paul Duncan McGarrity (Amused Moose finalist 2011) is made to feel awkward by castles, the French Metro and Ugandan rebels. A sh...
Espionage / Kasbar 

The Bob Blackman Appreciation Society Bonanza COMEDY 
AUG 1-3, 5-10, 12-17, 19-24 at 15:30 (60 min) - Free 
Celebration of legendary act Bob ‘The Tray’ Blackman. Additional material by Albert Shakeshaft. Winner of the Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originali...
The White Horse / The Back Lounge  

This Is Your Trial COMEDY 
AUG 5-9 at 15:30 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry 
Put your boss, bridegroom, sister on trial in front of their friends. Our guest judges Tony Law, Mark Dolan and Glenn Wool preside; prosecution and de...
Bob's Bookshop - Heroes of Fringe / Books 

Ain't it awkward - Harriet Dyer and Freddie Farrell COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 15:45 (60 min) - Free 
Is life major #Cringe? Are you always finding yourself in #MajorAwks situations? Join two of the hottest up and coming rising stars on the comedy circ...
Espionage / Pravda 

BURTON'S LAST CALL THEATRE 
AUG 1-24 at 15:45 (60 min) - Free 
An informal audience with legendary star of stage and screen Richard Burton, as he chats about his friends, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud, Laurence Oliv...
Espionage / Mata Hari 

Chris Henry Isn't Musical COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 15:45 (60 min) - Free 
From school plays to x-factor auditions, Chris recounts how it took him 20 years to realise his voice is as tuneful as an asthmatic rhinoceros and ha...
The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room 

In Bits COMEDY 
AUG 1-3, 5-10, 12-17, 19-24 at 15:45 (60 min) - FREE TICKETED 
Why can't break-ups be funny? Steve’s girlfriend broke up with him during last year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Instead of dealing with his emotions...
Finnegan's Wake / The Back Room 

Liberty Hodes 'But it's my Birthday!' COMEDY 
AUG 1-2, 4-13, 15-25 at 15:45 (60 min) - Free 
Liberty Hodes, a young, awkward lady clad in silly dresses with a love of all things Freudian and fun presents, brings you But it’s my Birthday, a mus...
The Phoenix / The Basement Bar 

Making Faces - Calm and Collected COMEDY 
AUG 9-13, 15-19, 21-25 at 15:45 (60 min) - Free 
Hosts of TimeOut recommended comedy night FACELIFT, Making Faces bring you their third Laughing Horse Free Fringe sketch show. The new show written an...
The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar  

Subtlety: With Ed Mayhew COMEDY 
AUG 1-8 at 15:45 (60 min) - Free 
Stop the press! Catch the must-see show that everyone's talking about. Aren't you talking about it? You should be. 'Subtlety' is a melting pot of stan...
The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar  

The Crabstickz Show COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 15:45 (45 min) - Free 
Chris Kendall may not be a house hold name, but deep within the recesses of the internet he is the sensation known only as... CRABSTICKZ. With over 11...
The Meadow Bar / The Upstairs Bar 

The Rat Pack stand-up comedy COMEDY 
AUG 1-10, 12-25 at 15:45 (60 min) - Free 
Different, top comedians every day in a cool, laid-back stand-up show with Rat Pack music, drinking, silliness and hopefully, you! Hosted by Malcolm H...
The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber 

Truthmouth COMEDY 
AUG 1-12, 14-25 at 15:45 (60 min) - Free 
Following on from major success in 2012 with improv outfit Austentatious, Joseph Morpurgo will be bringing his debut solo showcase to the Edinburgh Fr...
The Counting House / The Lounge 
16:00

Christian Talbot - Funeral Addict COMEDY 
AUG 1-11, 13-25 at 16:00 (60 min) - Free 
Irish comedian Christian Talbot cares too much. About everything. And that's not always a good thing. See Ireland's neediest man talk about the best w...
The Free Sisters / The Staff Room  

Gein's Family Giftshop COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 16:00 (60 min) - Free 
Gein's Family Giftshop present a collection of sketches focusing on the hilarious subject matter of abject tragedy and human misery. Sketches that are...
The Blind Poet / The Blind Poet Stage 

Karl Schultz: Start the Karl COMEDY 
AUG 1-13, 15-26 at 16:00 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry 
This definitely should be the first character-based show to be filmed by drone. Matthew Kelly, star of the Shenzhen Festival, Pastor Kofi, of Mecca Bi...
The Hive - Heroes of Fringe / The Big Cave 

Licence to Laugh Comedy Club FREE COMEDY 
AUG 3-25 at 16:00 (60 min) - Free 
Londons up and coming comedy club brings you some of the finest comedians from the London Comedy Circuit. different line up each day, all hosted by Jo...
Espionage / The Lizard Lounge 

LOLympics Live COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 16:00 (60 min) - Free 
The Games are back in 2013! Each day different international acts compete for comedy gold. Our laugh-letes likely can't run, jump or even walk well......
The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room  

Rachel Parris The Commission COMEDY 
AUG 1-12, 14-25 at 16:00 (60 min) - Free 
Rachel Parris gets asked to write songs for the great and the good. And the ugly. She gets commissioned to write songs she doesn't want to write. Here...
The Counting House / The Ballroom 

Stella Graham - A Pint of Stella COMEDY 
AUG 1-14, 16-25 at 16:00 (60 min) - Free 
Stella's second solo show following a successful run with Karma Comedian in Edinburgh in 2012. It begins with Stella growing up in Coventry as a tombo...
The Jekyll and Hyde / The Aerie 

Ahir Shah: Anatomy COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 16:15 (60 min) - Free 
Ahir Shah returns to the Fringe with his second solo show. Using the medium of funny amplified jokes, ANATOMY promises to be an hour of precise...
The Counting House / The Attic 

Alternative Cabinet COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 16:15 (60 min) - Free 
A mixed line up stand up show hosted by Irish harpist and stand up Christiane O Mahony. ...
The Free Sisters / Top Deck (The Comedy Bus) 

Demitris Deech COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 16:15 (60 min) - Free 
A one man show with a theme, but ultimately, it's jokes about my girlfriend and my cock. ...
The Jekyll and Hyde / The Crypt 

Funny bones and wisdom teeth COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 16:15 (60 min) - Free 
Dr Ray Lowry is a retired doctor and dentist and former TV and radio comedy scriptwriter. His one man show lets the audience in on the world of doctor...
Edinburgh City Football Club / Room 1 

The Irishman With the Hat COMEDY 
AUG 1-18 at 16:15 (60 min) - Free 
They say 'the hat makes the man', but it's what is under the hat that makes a man funny... and that's Paddy. This solo cabaret show features comedy, m...
The City Café / City Two - Basement Bar  

Vampire Hospital Waiting Room COMEDY 
AUG 19-25 at 16:15 (60 min) - Free 
Somewhere deep in the misty highlands of Scotland exists a theatre with a surplus of vampire cloaks, hospital gowns and chairs stolen from the adjacen...
The City Café / City Two - Basement Bar  

Flipper committed suicide COMEDY 
AUG 3-12, 14-25 at 16:30 (60 min) - Free 
A year of abstinence, a rendezvous with a poet, botched cosmic ordering and an encounter with a Sicilian witch! All this and more in the Edinburgh deb...
The Counting House / The Loft 

Live Bait COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 16:30 (60 min) - Free 
You've seen them in the new Maltesers ‘Teasers’ advert, now watch new double act LetLuce (Letty Butler & Lucy Pearman) live in their clown-inspired, d...
The Free Sisters / The Yurt Locker 

Bob Slayer: Worldwide Bawbag COMEDY 
AUG 1-26 at 16:45 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry 
Join Bob on Happy Hour in his own Fringe bar, venue and bookshop. Expect fascinatingly funny, unplugged, gonzo stories of hilarious adventures and lif...
Bob's Bookshop - Heroes of Fringe / Books 

Danny Ward - Pressure Point COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 16:45 (60 min) - Free 
Could six months living in Auntie Annie’s conservatory push you over the edge? Find out in this hilarious debut show from Leicester Mercury Comedian o...
The White Horse / The Back Lounge  

Darren Walsh: I am a Giant COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 16:45 (40 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry 
Join official giant Darren Walsh (a runner up in The Hackney New Act of the Year, The Laughing Horse New Act) for a half-hour of puns, surreal nonsens...
The Hive - Heroes of Fringe / The Bunka 

Jody Kamali: Livewire COMEDY 
AUG 1-12, 14-24 at 16:45 (60 min) - Free 
Step into the world of Frank Von Nippleman. He lives life between reality and fantasy. An absurdly talented comic brings you a beautiful, yet bizarre ...
Bar 50 / The Alcove 

Lenny Peters - Lost In Nonsense COMEDY 
AUG 1-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 16:45 (60 min) - free 
An hour of hilarious improv and stand up from comedian Lenny Peters. A comedy circuit regular, TV sit com actor & professional improviser. Lenny retur...
Espionage / Kasbar 
17:00

42: My Life, My Universe, My Everything COMEDY 
AUG 1-3, 5-10, 12-17, 19-24 at 17:00 (60 min) - Free 
Douglas Adams said the answer to the question of Life, the Universe and Everything is 42. Adams was wrong. I’m 42. I barely know anything. Please come...
Finnegan's Wake / The Back Room 

76 Million People and Me THEATRE 
AUG 11-15 at 17:00 (60 min) - Free 
"76 Million People and Me," is the story of four Twentieth Century dictators who find themselves in stuck together for what feels like eternity. Adolf...
The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber 

Aberdeen vs. Glasgow. vs. The World - Final Round COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 17:00 (60 min) - Free 
In 2010 Chris Stephen emerged from Aberdeen to bring and showcase North-East Scotland's finest comedians to the Edinburgh Fringe. Now teamed up with D...
The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar  

Alan Irwin - The Idiot Wind COMEDY 
 - Free 
Alan Irwin is surrounded by idiots. Fortunately he's one of them. It's easy to blame everyone but yourself for your problems, and Alan plans to do jus...
The Phoenix / The Basement Bar 

Alan Irwin - The Idiot Wind COMEDY 
AUG 1-12, 14-25 at 17:00 (60 min) - Free 
Alan Irwin is surrounded by idiots. Fortunately he's one of them. It's easy to blame everyone but yourself for your problems, and Alan plans to do jus...
The Phoenix / The Basement Bar 

Chaos and Order - A true story COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 17:00 (60 min) - Free 
After doing half an hour with Catherine Povinelli in 2012, people were interested in how I told bizarre stories about my life . So building on that, ...
The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room 

ComedySportz COMEDY 
AUG 18-25 at 17:00 (60 min) - Free 
ComedySportz UK is the North West's top improvised comedy troupe. ComedySportz is a fast-paced improv comedy show where two teams battle it out for th...
The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber 

Drei, Zwei, Eins mit Flange Krammer COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 17:00 (60 min) - Free 
Character comedy as Olympic skiing sensation Flange Krammer brings his hit gameshow from German TV screens to the Edinburgh Fringe. "Hilarious - 4 Sta...
Espionage / Mata Hari 

I Wanna Be Like You COMEDY 
AUG 16-17 at 17:00 (60 min) - Free 
Charlie's got no mates and his life is miserable. Never been appreciated, never been noticed and never once got what he wanted. But today he's getting...
The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber 

Laughing Horse FREE Comedy Selection COMEDY 
AUG 1-23, 25 at 17:00 (60 min) - Free 
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside some hot new talent and Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up at each sho...
Espionage / Pravda 

Lewis Schaffer is Free until Famous, Again COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 17:00 (60 min) - Free 
Nunhead-based New York comic. ‘An hour with Lewis Schaffer is an hilarious, cathartic, exhilaratingly appalling experience.' **** (Kate Copstick, Scot...
The Meadow Bar / The Upstairs Bar 

Tricity Vogue: Calamitous Liaisons CABARET 
AUG 1-11, 13-18 at 17:00 (60 min) - Free 
“Tricity Vogue and her uke… recipe for one of the finest shows you’ll see. It’s cabaret to run down side-streets for – just get there early.” Time Out...
The Counting House / The Lounge 

Upstairs Downton COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 17:00 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry 
oin the embittered Lord Sir Julian Chappes, creator of everyone's third favourite period drama, as he introduces a 45 minute improvised episode of his...
The Hive - Heroes of Fringe / The Big Cave 

Yori Yori, Love & Chat with Luisa & Pat COMEDY 
AUG 1-10 at 17:00 (60 min) - Free 
Ever wondered why animals find it easier to maintain relationships. Why does a male orangutan have more success with mating then Patrick from Newcastl...
The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber 

Darren Maskell: A woodlouse trapped underneath a glass THEATRE 
AUG 19-25 at 17:10 (40 min) - Free 
When I was a child on holiday in Jersey, I trapped a woodlouse underneath a glass. My mother called me away, and I left the glass, never to return. ...
The Counting House / The Lounge 

Adam Belbin: The Other Half of Next Year's Show COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 17:15 (30 min) - Free 
Companion show to last year's...trust me, the three people (myself inclusive) who remember the name of last year's show will find this title slightly ...
The Free Sisters / The Staff Room  

Life Winner COMEDY 
AUG 1-14, 16-25 at 17:15 (60 min) - Free 
Danny Deegan is a life winner, by which we mean he isn't he just thinks he is. So come and spend an hour with a man who is by no means a winner but ma...
The Jekyll and Hyde / The Aerie 

Pam Ford Happy in your skin? COMEDY 
AUG 1-13, 15-24 at 17:15 (60 min) - Free 
Stand Up Comedian Pam Ford, knows only too well how the media makes it difficult for us to be happy in our own skin. She takes us through the hilariou...
Espionage / The Lizard Lounge 

Two Tickets To The Gum Show COMEDY 
AUG 1-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-25 at 17:15 (60 min) - Free 
Every time Eric Lampaert appear on your TV screens; Life’s Too Short, The Midnight Beast, Cardinal Burns, How To Survive A Disaster Movie, that Sky ad...
The Counting House / The Ballroom 

Rhys James Prepares COMEDY 
AUG 2-12, 14-25 at 17:25 (45 min) - Free 
Rhys will tell some brilliant jokes, do some incredible poems and then leave. The whole thing will last around 45 minutes. I really can’t go into any ...
The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room  

A Danish Bagpipe Comedian COMEDY 
AUG 1-15 at 17:30 (60 min) - Free 
A show about the rock'n'roll life of Claus Reiss, a full-time bagpiper. Improv, comedy and the most unexpected tunes. He is the only bagpipe comedian...
The Jekyll and Hyde / The Crypt 

David Mills: The Gospel Truth COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 17:30 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry 
Two parts Dave Allen to one part Rev. Billy Graham makes David Mills and explosive comedic personality. In the Gospel Truth, Mills is possessed by the...
The Hive - Heroes of Fringe / The Bunka 

Heavy Petting COMEDY 
AUG 16-25 at 17:30 (60 min) - Free 
Sketch show. Middlesbrough's second-tallest sketch group return with their spookiest show yet. We will scare the pants off you, and you will laugh you...
The Jekyll and Hyde / The Crypt 

How To Be Awesome At Everything COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 17:30 (60 min) - Free 
The show is a three-man comedy stand-up show, consisting of performances from Ryan McCann, Tom Dransfield and Ben Winterton. The central premise of t...
Edinburgh City Football Club / Room 1 

Laughing Horse FREE Comedy Selection COMEDY 
AUG 1-13, 15-23, 25 at 17:30 (60 min) - Free 
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside some hot new talent and Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up at each sho...
The Free Sisters / Top Deck (The Comedy Bus) 

Siôn James & Friends- FREE! COMEDY 
AUG 14-25 at 17:30 (60 min) - Free 
Siôn James & Friends- FREE! Star of Fringe Favourite“ The Good, The Bad & The Cuddly “ Siôn James “Utterly charming Lovable giant' (TimeOut) returns...
The City Café / City Two - Basement Bar  

Sucker Punch COMEDY 
AUG 1-13 at 17:30 (60 min) - Free 
“Simply a scream.” The Telegraph 
**** “comedy the way it should be: a laugh-a-minute which leaves the audience wishing the show was just a litt...
The City Café / City Two - Basement Bar  

The Exciting Adventure of an Uninteresting Man COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 17:30 (60 min) - Free 
From American to Asia and Australia this hairy Irish man has travelled around with nothing but a bag on his back and his life saving in his pocket. Th...
The Counting House / The Attic 

Comedy & Cupcakes COMEDY 
AUG 3-25 at 17:45 (60 min) - Free 
Comedy & Cupcakes is Laura Hayden's tremendously popular show in Los Angeles, CA. Combining her two favorite things, laughing and baked goods. The sho...
The Free Sisters / The Yurt Locker 

Sympathy For The Revill COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 17:45 (60 min) - Free 
Throughout his 34 years on the planet, Paul Revill has cocked up! Sometimes misfortune struck that wasn’t his fault, most of the time it was! Join Pau...
The Counting House / The Loft 
18:00

Adam Hess and David Elms COMEDY 
AUG 1-26 at 18:00 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry 
An hour of stand-up split between two uniquely talented newcomers. Adam Hess (Chortle Best Newcomer nominee 2013, Chortle Student Champion 2011) provi...
The Hive - Heroes of Fringe / The Big Cave 

Gutter Lane CABARET 
AUG 15 at 18:00 (60 min) - Free 
Welcome to Gutter Lane, a bustling Victorian backstreet brimming with forbidden pleasures and dubious wonder. Every month in the Jekyll & Hyde bar we ...
The Jekyll and Hyde / The Aerie 

Laughing Horse FREE Pick of the Fringe COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 18:00 (60 min) - Free 
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, with a different top-notch comedy line-up at each show - three times daily, every day - as Laug...
Espionage / Kasbar 

Old Jewish Jokes COMEDY 
AUG 1-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-25 at 18:00 (60 min) - FREE TICKETED 
Admission free, gentiles half price. Jewish comedian Ivor Dembina (Guardian ****) recounts his favourite kosher gags alongside his own personal take o...
Bar 50 / The Alcove 

Out Now COMEDY 
AUG 1-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 18:00 (60 min) - Free 
Following on from last year's show 'In...Sane' about Kevin's experience of mental illness, 'Out Now' reveals what happened after he told his friends a...
The White Horse / The Back Lounge  

The Silver Lining COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 18:00 (60 min) - Free 
- 2-3 acts (or 2acts and MC): Dave Chawner and robyn perkins each doing 20 minutes, and Larry Dean (or other depending on timing). - no technical equi...
The Free Sisters / The Staff Room  

Tim Renkow and Dave Millett Are Meandering With Purpose COMEDY 
AUG 1-26 at 18:00 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry 
In the early morning they wake. Tired. The sun is gone and the road wet. ‘Are we still stand-up comedians?’ Tim Renkow asks. The buzzards circle overh...
Bob's Bookshop - Heroes of Fringe / Books 

A Brief History of Beer THEATRE 
AUG 1-11, 13-20 at 18:15 (60 min) - Free 
An educational, delicious ramble through the myths and legends surrounding everyone's favourite bevvy! Wish have combed the records, visited the ruins...
The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber 

Bollywood Rejects COMEDY 
AUG 4-25 at 18:15 (60 min) - Free 
Having never been remotely considered for Bollywood, two international comics join forces at the Edinburgh Fringe to stick it to the man. Googly eyed,...
Espionage / Mata Hari 

Chris Henry Stands Up COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 18:15 (60 min) - Free 
If you like comedy that makes you think, this is the show for you. Chris talks about why he'd change drug laws, get rid of religion, independence and ...
The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room 

Desperately Seeking the Exit THEATRE 
AUG 1-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 18:15 (60 min) - Free 
The 2012 Ed Fringe hit triumphantly returns after receiving 5-star reviews and being named one of the “Top 5 shows” and a “sure-fire hit” by The Stage...
The Counting House / The Lounge 

Griff Rees Jokes COMEDY 
AUG 1-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 18:15 (60 min) - Free 
Join two rising stars, Lloyd Griffith and Matt Rees for an hilarious hour of comedy. These two 'up-and-comers' have been in a number of competition fi...
The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar  

Janet Bettesworth - Up for Grabs! COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 18:15 (60 min) - Free 
Janet Bettesworth is a 69 year-old middle-class woman with a cautious and conservative outlook, a member of the Townswomen's Guild. Her friend/alter ...
The Phoenix / The Basement Bar 

Nathan Cassidy: Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner COMEDY 
AUG 1-3, 5-10, 12-17, 19-24 at 18:15 (60 min) - Free 
Malcolm Hardee Award nominee 2012, this year Nathan goes all in for comedy's biggest prize. Free £1 bets and £100,000 jackpot every day! Can the lifel...
Finnegan's Wake / The Back Room 

No Moral Compass COMEDY 
AUG 1-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 18:15 (60 min) - Free 
Funny, eloquent, poetic and original stand up comedy. Brilliant ideas and profound insights into the way we live. "...if Stuart Black isn't careful, h...
The Meadow Bar / The Upstairs Bar 

Risk THEATRE 
AUG 21-25 at 18:15 (60 min) - Free 
The last man on earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock at the door… A new play by William Glenn. Wish at EdFringe 2012 - ***<...
The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber 

Sean McLoughlin: Backbone COMEDY 
AUG 1-12, 14-25 at 18:15 (60 min) - Free 
Comedy is easy if you're good at it. Life is hard if you're bad at it. Sean McLoughlin brings his debut hour to Edinburgh. **** “A painful genius.....
Espionage / Pravda 

Chris Dangerfield: How I Spent £150,000 on Chinese Prostitutes COMEDY 
AUG 5-24 at 18:30 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry 
After the critically acclaimed success of last year's Sex Tourist, I'm still looking for love in all the ‘wong’ places. This time in my home town, Soh...
The Hive - Heroes of Fringe / The Bunka 

Kieran Butler: Aussietism COMEDY 
AUG 1-14, 16-25 at 18:30 (60 min) - Free 
Australia's fucked mate... and Kieran Butler knows why! One of the men behind the critically acclaimed official sold-out show 'Che Guevara on the Frin...
The Jekyll and Hyde / The Aerie 

Nik Coppin - Mixed Racist COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 18:30 (60 min) - Free ticketed 
A funny and relevant show from the globe-trotting half-black British comedian who following a radio interview, was bizarrely and unjustly accused of r...
The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room  

Rick Kiesewetter: CHINK COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 18:30 (60 min) - Free 
Asian American stand-up living in the UK for the past 15 years. ...
Espionage / The Lizard Lounge 

Songs For Cynics CABARET 
AUG 1-6, 8-13, 15-25 at 18:30 (60 min) - Free 
Original comic songs from the creators of smash hit 'Cabaret Whore'. Sarah-Louise Young (Fascinating Aida & The Showstoppers) and Michael Roulston (TO...
The Counting House / The Ballroom 

Benjamin Crellin COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 18:45 (60 min) - Free 
60 minutes of standup. ...
The City Café / City Two - Basement Bar  

Chris Griffin and Patrick Mulholland: Contrast and Compare COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 18:45 (60 min) - Free 
Two comedians attempt to fuse their contrasting styles into a fully complementing comedy Peanut Butter and Jam sandwich. Patrick is allergic to peanut...
The Counting House / The Attic 

HOW TO BE RICH AND THIN COMEDY 
AUG 1-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 18:45 (60 min) - Free 
As a small child, Pauline Curtin was a big child, which made her very unhappy. There were no 'Yummy Mummies' instructing their daughters in the art o...
Edinburgh City Football Club / Room 1 

Jake Bourke: Anti-Clever COMEDY 
AUG 1-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-25 at 18:45 (60 min) - Free 
Jake Bourke is an Irish Comic, but it was never meant to be this way. Having started his creative life as an artist he quickly realised that, as Oscar...
The Free Sisters / Top Deck (The Comedy Bus) 

Killing MissD COMEDY 
AUG 1-15 at 18:45 (60 min) - Free 
MissD – a flamboyant, lecherous, fun-loving being, made a pact with the devil. She gets to reside inside hard nosed Israeli journalist Daphna Baram, a...
The Jekyll and Hyde / The Crypt 

Offal Comedienne COMEDY 
AUG 17-25 at 18:45 (40 min) - Free 
Edinburgh-based writer and comedienne Natasha Yapp presents to you, you, you and him "Offal Comedienne", a surprisingly pleasant assault on the comedy...
The Jekyll and Hyde / The Crypt 

Steve Bugeja Tries Hard COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 18:55 (40 min) - Free 
Steve Bugeja gives you 35 minutes of stand-up for free! Simple. Steve is a hotly tipped young comic who reached the Final of The Laughing Horse New ...
The Free Sisters / The Yurt Locker 
19:00

Almond Roca: The Lost Cabaret  COMEDY 
AUG 12-25 at 19:00 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry 
Adam Oliver and Zuma Puma lead you on an epic journey. Witness sacred comedy of almonds unfolding in surreal, super-fun and insanely entertaining love...
The Hive - Heroes of Fringe / The Big Cave 

Jaded MUSIC 
AUG 14-20 at 19:00 (60 min) - Free 
Acoustic performance. Soul/ indie music. With singer/ songwriter Jade shields on vocals and Steven McKinstry on Guitar . Jaded are the latest acousti...
The Counting House / The Loft 

Jimmy Savile: The Punch and Judy Show COMEDY 
AUG 1-11, 13-18, 20-26 at 19:00 (45 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry 
That's the way to do it! Oh yes indeed, goodness gracious, guys'n'gals, who's a naughty boy now then, now then? The dark, irreverent tale of how the c...
Bob's Bookshop - Heroes of Fringe / Books 

Phil Kay Verbal Diary COMEDY 
AUG 1-11 at 19:00 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry 
Imagine what you'd get up to if your job was telling tales of what you'd been getting up to, hell-bent on following your nose and flowing with the go:...
The Hive - Heroes of Fringe / The Big Cave 

Threesome SPOKEN WORD 
AUG 9-11 at 19:00 (60 min) - Free 
Looking for something to remember? You’ll get what’s coming with Threesome. Jay Walker performs excerpts from ‘Explicit’ bringing us a bold, embodied...
Word of Mouth Cafe / Main Room 

Tony Dunn Against the Psychopaths COMEDY 
AUG 1-13 at 19:00 (60 min) - Free 
Award winning stand-up and sketch performer Tony Dunn, takes a look into the darkly comic world of Psychopathy. We have all seen psychopaths in films...
The Counting House / The Loft 

VINYL SPOKEN WORD 
AUG 21-23 at 19:00 (60 min) - Free 
One day Bill discovered that the number 1 on the day he was born was Grandad by Clive Dunn, a song so bad, in so many ways, that it is in its own way ...
The Counting House / The Loft 

Ant Dewson: NOW That's What I Call Musical Comedy COMEDY 
AUG 1-12, 14-25 at 19:15 (60 min) - Free 
This show contains (hilarious) songs about some / all / none of the following: a small dog, the under 30s, Scottish weather presenter Carol Kirkwood, ...
The Free Sisters / The Staff Room  

Barry off Arthurs Seat COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 19:15 (60 min) - Free 
This is a stand up show from Barry Ferns. It will encompass regular stand up comedy along with stories and tales from doing shows at the Edinburgh fes...
Espionage / Kasbar 

Princess Guide to Dating COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 19:15 (60 min) - Free 
‘Positive, fun, feel good ... probably the best free Fringe show I've seen’ (Scotsgay). Disney promised we'd be princesses, so why are we crying into...
Bar 50 / The Alcove 

Working Men's Club COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 19:15 (60 min) - Free 
Luke Benson & David Hardcastle return to Edinburgh following sell-out runs at 2012 Edinburgh Comedy Festival, London's West End & Bognor. This show in...
The White Horse / The Back Lounge  

About the Jacobites COMEDY 
AUG 1-11, 13-18, 20-24 at 19:30 (60 min) - Free 
This reprise of Bruce Fummey's 2007 sell out show takes you on an irreverent journey through the roots, causes, and consequences of the Jacobite upris...
Espionage / Pravda 

Bookshop Comedy Encore to the End of August  COMEDY 
AUG 27-31 at 19:30 (120 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry 
The Fringe is not over yet! Your last chance to see the pick of the Fringe with the most outrageous fringe stories. This is a special after fringe par...
Bob's Bookshop - Heroes of Fringe / Books 

Cougar Pammy and her puppies (toyboys) COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 19:30 (60 min) - Free 
Comedy from Cougar Pammy (aka Pam Ford) with her hand picked puppies, two top young comedians from the UK comedy circuit. A gag filled hour of comedy ...
The Counting House / The Lounge 

Eccentronic presents: Neurovision CABARET 
AUG 2-17, 19-25 at 19:30 (60 min) - Free 
Electro-comedy duo Eccentronic (Miss Hypnotique and John Callaghan) enters Eurovision. It’s boom-bang-a-bang to world peace, radical choreography and ...
The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber 

Free Money Magic Show THEATRE 
AUG 1-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 19:30 (60 min) - Free 
The latest full-length show from Ian Saville, the socialist magician. Ian sets out on a journey to find the real meaning of money. Where does it come ...
The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar  

Phone Whore (a one-act play with frequent interruptions) THEATRE 
AUG 1-25 at 19:30 (60 min) - Free 
Truth and taboo collide in this intimate visit with a phone sex operator. Listen closely: she may change your views on sex forever. FOR MATURE AUDIE...
The Phoenix / The Basement Bar 

Sanderson Jones and Pippa Evans - Wonder & Joy COMEDY 
AUG 1-24 at 19:30 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry 
The founders of the Sunday Assembly unleash an interactive, digital, improv, atheist church service spectacular. Pippa Evans: Best Newcomer Nominee, i...
The Hive - Heroes of Fringe / The Bunka 

The Wireless Podcast COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 19:30 (60 min) - Free 
No wires – no script! The hit iTunes Top 50 podcast returns for live recordings every day. Racing Minds join the twinkly fingers of a virtuoso musicia...
The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room 

TWONKEYS BLUE CADABRA CABARET 
AUG 1-19, 21-25 at 19:30 (60 min) - Free 
One of The Scotsman’s top ten free fringe shows of 2012: Mr.Twonkey is a true comic original. ★★★★The Scotsman. Bizarro! &#...
Espionage / Mata Hari 

Will Mars : Americana COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 19:30 (60 min) - Free 
A show about how America changed the world. Well, how America changed the world for one man. Not that having your world changed is a good thing. So...
The Meadow Bar / The Upstairs Bar 

2 Irish Men Walk into a Bar - In a Yurt COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 19:45 (60 min) - Free 
3 Irish Men Walk into a bar is a compilation show featuring all Irish comedian talent. The 3 Irish men are myself (Robert Coyle), Gary Lynch and Tom "...
The Free Sisters / The Yurt Locker 

Laughter on the Outskirts COMEDY 
AUG 1-14, 16-25 at 19:45 (60 min) - Free 
Over the course of an hour, comedians Scott Jeffery and Matt Woodward will take it in turns to try to make the assembled audience laugh, almost entire...
The Jekyll and Hyde / The Aerie 

Paco Erhard: Djerman Unchained COMEDY 
AUG 1-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 19:45 (60 min) - Free 
Paco Erhard is German, but he has other problems too. Are you sick of corporations and media constantly pushing our buttons? Unchained from phoney nat...
The Counting House / The Ballroom 

Panto-monium: An Adult Pantomime for Gentlemen & Gentleladies COMEDY 
AUG 1-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-25 at 19:45 (60 min) - Free 
Have you ever wanted to see your life told live on stage? In pantomime form? For a strictly adult audience? Really? What's wrong with you? The 'World...
The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room  

Rik n Mix COMEDY 
AUG 1-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 19:45 (60 min) - Free 
Scottish/Filipino comedian Rik Carranza presents an hour of jokes, stories and music. No messages, no meanings, just general silliness. Joining Rik ev...
Espionage / The Lizard Lounge 
20:00

An Anonymous Life...and some sketches SPOKEN WORD 
AUG 1-25 at 20:00 (120 min) - Free 
The escapades of an unknown Irish/Arab, 50 years old, who has happened to meet many characters along his path in life from the rich, powerful and famo...
Edinburgh City Football Club / Room 1 

Can you put this in the bin for me? COMEDY 
AUG 16-25 at 20:00 (60 min) - Free 
Building on a successful, sell-out 2012 Fringe, Put This In the Bin For Me returns with a different twist for 2013. Returning are pondering Glaswegian...
The Jekyll and Hyde / The Crypt 

Employees Of The Month: Glenn Moore & Friends COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 20:00 (60 min) - Free 
So You Think You’re Funny? 2012 finalist and Chortle Student Comedian 2011 runner-up Glenn presents an hour of jokes, joined by the Fringe’s rising st...
The Counting House / The Attic 

Gutter Lane CABARET 
AUG 15 at 20:00 (60 min) - Free 
Welcome to Gutter Lane, a bustling Victorian backstreet brimming with forbidden pleasures and dubious wonder. Every month in the Jekyll & Hyde bar we ...
The Jekyll and Hyde / The Aerie 

Laughing Horse FREE Comedy Selection COMEDY 
AUG 1-13, 15-23, 25 at 20:00 (60 min) - Free 
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside some hot new talent and Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up at each sho...
The Free Sisters / Top Deck (The Comedy Bus) 

Lewis Schaffer Is Better Than You COMEDY 
AUG 1-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-26 at 20:00 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry 
All new for 2013. New York comic in free show, or buy a ticket to guarantee entry. Unique comedy event. ‘An hour with Lewis Schaffer is an hilarious, ...
The Hive - Heroes of Fringe / The Big Cave 

Michael Fabbri: Buffering COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 20:00 (60 min) - Free 
Michael Fabbri performs an hour of stand-up comedy. That's it really. Nominated Best Club Comic at 2012 Chortle Awards. Supported Micky Flanagan on hi...
The City Café / City Two - Basement Bar  

Tommy Holgate: Good Spirits COMEDY 
AUG 1-26 at 20:00 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry 
After 35 stitches, two brain scans and bouncing back from the dead, Tommy stopped drinking and started living. After founding and writing the comedy c...
Bob's Bookshop - Heroes of Fringe / Books 

Rob Deb Big Bang theory of life COMEDY 
AUG 1-17 at 20:15 (60 min) - Free 
An hour of Rob deb doing womedy about capes 'n' stuff mainly for those who are old enough to remember cassette loading , dungeons and dragons 2nd edit...
The Counting House / The Loft 

Wagapaga COMEDY 
AUG 18-25 at 20:15 (60 min) - Free 
Two comics both crazy as each other ones a story teller/one liner comedian the other a bag full of surprises together there Wagpaga (I'd watch it)&...
The Counting House / The Loft 

A-Z of Backpacking COMEDY 
AUG 1-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-24 at 20:30 (60 min) - Free 
Aussies, long bumpy bus journeys, Germans, Hostels, Americans, Lonely Planet, backpacks, Hippies, Tours, Gap Year, Israelis, TripAdvisor. It’s all her...
Bar 50 / The Alcove 

Kevin Shepherd: Confess Nothing COMEDY 
AUG 1-12, 14-25 at 20:30 (60 min) - Free 
A violent criminal past, drug addiction, marital infidelity and an ossesive love of Nandos are all real life pieces of a past that ma...
The White Horse / The Back Lounge  

Lach: Anticdotes COMEDY 
AUG 1-4, 7-11, 14-18, 21-25 at 20:30 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry 
Songs, stories and comedy from the legendary star of BBC Radio 4’s new series The Lach Chronicles. True tales of testing acid for the mob, beating Joe...
The Hive - Heroes of Fringe / The Bunka 

Laughing Horse FREE Pick of the Fringe COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 20:30 (60 min) - Free 
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, with a different top-notch comedy line-up at each show - three times daily, every day - as Laug...
Espionage / Kasbar 

We're New Here: Our Edinburgh Apprenticeship COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 20:30 (60 min) - Free 
Sam Golin, Hjalmar Tjan and Chris Betts, three young aspiring stand ups are in Edinburgh for the first time in hopes of being broken down so they can ...
The Free Sisters / The Staff Room  

Bench Bites COMEDY 
AUG 1-9, 12-25 at 20:45 (60 min) - Free 
Bench Bites is a fast paced sketch comedy show portraying a day in the life of a park bench. Throughout the show we meet characters familiar to us all...
The Phoenix / The Basement Bar 

Best of Waterloo Comedy - Ralph D'iamond Hosts. COMEDY 
AUG 1-6 at 20:45 (60 min) - Free 
Come and see some of the stars who have appeared at Waterloo Comedy Club in London. Line up will include regular TV and radio guests, comedy award win...
The Counting House / The Lounge 

Bronston Jones: Life's Short. I'm Not! COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 20:45 (60 min) - Free 
The Big Man's back. Life's Short. I'm Not! is more than just a pun for this 6’ 7” funnyman, it's Bronston's mantra, motto and mission statement meanin...
Espionage / Mata Hari 

Evolution of iMaAN COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 20:45 (60 min) - Free 
A stand-up/storytelling show in which Imaan unravels his experiences of entering the performance world at the age of 15. In his Second solo show in Ed...
Espionage / Pravda 

Free - 99 Club Stand-up Selection - Cowgate COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 20:45 (60 min) - Free 
Proud to support the Free Festival the 99 Club brings a selection of some of the best comics at the Fringe. 4 different comics perform every day and ...
The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber 

Japanese 'Locky' COMEDY 
AUG 7-25 at 20:45 (60 min) - Free 
"Japanese 'Locky'" is a hilarious 50 minute show starring the famous Japanese actor and comedian, Hiroshi Shimizu. He performed in this Festival last ...
The Counting House / The Lounge 

Jen Carnovale; not a person person COMEDY 
AUG 2-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 20:45 (60 min) - Free 
Presented by Jen's Food Money. Jen Carnovale is back with her third Edinburgh Fringe show, after two years living in London this Australian lady will...
The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room 

Jocks & Geordies COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 20:45 (60 min) - Free 
Show Descriptions to be confirmed by the Performer ...
The Meadow Bar / The Upstairs Bar 

Routine COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 20:45 (60 min) - Free 
Toby Adams brings his debut stand-up show to the Festival considering the blinkered joys of a life lived on the straight and very narrow.  ...
The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar  
21:00

Adventures on Air - Free! COMEDY 
AUG 1-2, 18-25 at 21:00 (60 min) - Free 
From drunkenly taking over a radio station at three in the morning, to turning on Nuneaton's Christmas lights, to shamelessly name-dropping Andi Peter...
The Jekyll and Hyde / The Aerie 

Ettieboo's Cabaret Boonanza CABARET 
AUG 19-25 at 21:00 (60 min) - Free 
Ettieboo (Ria Lina) presents the best value for money cabaret can buy! Each show is different, with a line-up comprised of the best, brightest, and mo...
The Counting House / The Ballroom 

GARY LYNCH - DARK CHARISMA COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 21:00 (60 min) - Free 
Gary Lynch is WRONG. Gary is Ireland’s leading mid-life crisis comedian, Father of six and Grandfather of four. An Angry Old Man, you should listen t...
The Free Sisters / The Yurt Locker 

Miss Behaves Game Show CABARET 
AUG 1-11, 13-18, 20-26 at 21:00 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry 
A gameshow for the austerity generation. Everyone’s a winner! Prizes, acts and stupidity! Tired of everything meaning something? Just want to have fun...
Bob's Bookshop - Heroes of Fringe / Books 

Nobody's Boy CABARET 
AUG 1-25 at 21:00 (60 min) - Free 
Nobody's Boy is a tapestry of songs by the likes of Rufus Wainwright and Nina Simone woven together to narrate an emotional tale of childhood, identit...
Espionage / The Lizard Lounge 

Spring Day: Learn How to Take a Punch COMEDY 
AUG 1-13, 15-25 at 21:00 (60 min) - Free 
'Spring Day is such a likeable and friendly character with an incredibly infectious smile that draws the audience into her performance and wickedly de...
The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room  

The Lovely Men COMEDY 
AUG 3-14, 16-17 at 21:00 (60 min) - Free 
Prepare to fill a bucket with mighty treasures as four strapping yet amusing Midlands men crack open a case of vintage silliness in a greatest hits sh...
The Jekyll and Hyde / The Aerie 

Tom Binns Does Ivan Brackenbury and Others COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 21:00 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry 
Tom Binns aka psychic Ian D Montfort does hospital DJ Ivan Brackenbury, other characters and stories. Edinburgh award nominee, Chortle Award nominee a...
The Hive - Heroes of Fringe / The Big Cave 

Tricity Vogue's Ukulele Cabaret CABARET 
AUG 1-11, 13-18 at 21:00 (60 min) - Free 
“Whether you’re a follower of the Uke or an idle passer-by who hasn’t experienced the power of its twang, then get yourself to the cabaret and Tricity...
The Counting House / The Ballroom 

101 Comedy Club COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 21:15 (60 min) - Free 
'Funny. Fast. Free' ★★★★ ThreeWeeks, 2012 Each night see four exciting new acts performing ten minute sets. All...
The Counting House / The Attic 

Anil Desai's Another Night at the Movies COMEDY 
AUG 1-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 21:15 (60 min) - Free 
The UK’s funniest globe-trotting impressionist returns fresh from his smashin' season at the Melbourne and Sydney International Comedy Festivals with ...
The City Café / City Two - Basement Bar  

Brian Higgins COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 21:15 (60 min) - Free 
Comedy From Brian Higgins. Full show details to be completed by performer. ...
The Jekyll and Hyde / The Crypt 

Freda Chats Shittington COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 21:15 (60 min) - FREE 
The Husky voiced, slipper wearing, dirty minded lass from up north shares stories of fun, cheeky and downright naughty pastimes. Whether it’s having a...
The Free Sisters / Top Deck (The Comedy Bus) 

Horse & Louis' Comedy Bingo COMEDY 
AUG 16-17 at 21:30 (120 min) - Free 
Musical Comedy Awards hosts Horse & Louis present a selection of the best comedians, sketch acts and musical / character comics on the Fringe performi...
New Empire Bingo / Main Auditorium 

Jem Brookes: Puntitled COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 21:30 (60 min) - Free 
How about a novel concept? A comedy show with no personal revelation. This just has jokes. Lots of them. 'Clever and friendly, engaging and intelligen...
The Counting House / The Loft 

I Think So I'm Ready COMEDY 
AUG 1-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 21:45 (60 min) - Free 
Australian Comedian Daniel Townes is in Edinburgh for the Free Fringe with the best jokes he’s ever told: just jokes, no fat, pure stand-up comedy. "...
Bar 50 / The Alcove 

My Afro Celtic Angst COMEDY 
AUG 1-11, 13-18, 20-24 at 21:45 (60 min) - Free 
If you had an African dad and a Scottish mum, but were brought up by a Yorkshire granny you might end up a bit screwed up. On the other hand you might...
Espionage / Kasbar 

PAUL PIRIE: Me COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 21:45 (60 min) - Free 
“A FRANKIE BOYLE YOU COULD ACTUALLY BOOK…HILARIOUSLY BRUTAL” Chortle Life - The way things were, are and definitely shouldn’t be. Scotland’s comedy d...
The White Horse / The Back Lounge  

PowerCouple - stand up comedy from Stephen Bailey and Gary John Senior COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 21:45 (60 min) - Free 
Relationships - Year One; PowerCouple depicts the two sides to every relationship based on Stephen and Gary's real experience in their own. Whether yo...
The Free Sisters / The Staff Room  
22:00

#LazyTitle COMEDY 
AUG 1-11, 13-25 at 22:00 (60 min) - Free 
Chuckle Sandwich presents: #LazyTitle - providing a platform for two of the hottest new stand-ups in the UK: GARY TRO - Hit the ground running in 201...
The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar  

A A And A FREE COMEDY 
AUG 4-8, 11-15, 18-22 at 22:00 (60 min) - Free 
3 rejects from one direction and Mcdonalds, who once made a homeless guy laugh once by giving him a 5 pence piece. this one incident has set them on t...
The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room 

Adrienne Truscott's Asking for It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pussy and Little Else! COMEDY 
AUG 1-11, 13-18, 20-26 at 22:00 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry 
Adrienne Truscott, one-half of the infamous Wau Wau Sisters, dressed only from the waist up and ankles down, undoes and does in the rules and rhetoric...
Bob's Bookshop - Heroes of Fringe / Books 

Darius Davies HBÖ Special (not affiliated with HBO) COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 22:00 (60 min) - Free 
The Darius Davies: HBÖ Special* brings Darius' undefeated, undisputed, indefatigable (once prestige) champion of the world seminal debut show to Edinb...
The Meadow Bar / The Upstairs Bar 

Dr Ettrick-Hogg’s Manly Stand-Ups COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 22:00 (60 min) - Free 
Wild, raucous and full of Fringe spirit; don't miss out on the Doctor's nightly selection of exciting stand-ups let loose in this intimate venue. Anyt...
The Counting House / The Lounge 

Feta With The Queen COMEDY 
AUG 2-12, 14-19, 21-25 at 22:00 (60 min) - Free 
Katerina is Greek and has been living in the UK for 10 years now. "Feta WIth the Queen" is show about her experiences as a Greek in the UK. It's abou...
Espionage / Pravda 

Gay Straight Alliance COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 22:00 (60 min) - Free 
"Excellent humour ****" (Broadway Baby) New York comedian Veronica Elizabeth hosts a motley crew of LGBT and LGBT-friendly performers from both sides ...
The Phoenix / The Basement Bar 

Gutter Lane CABARET 
AUG 15 at 22:00 (60 min) - Free 
Welcome to Gutter Lane, a bustling Victorian backstreet brimming with forbidden pleasures and dubious wonder. Every month in the Jekyll & Hyde bar we ...
The Jekyll and Hyde / The Aerie 

Joke Thieves COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 22:00 (60 min) - Free 
A show of two halves, where top comedians perform sets before an audience decide which act should steal which set for round two. Will they become flaw...
Espionage / Mata Hari 

Kunt and the Gang COMEDY 
AUG 2-10, 12-25 at 22:00 (60 min) - Free 
Kunt and the Gang return with some new, very wrong comedy songs and some old, equally wrong songs including the tear-jerking classic Wanking Over A Po...
The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber 

Live Music and Cover Bands MUSIC 
AUG 1-25 at 22:00 (120 min) - Free 
Biddy Mulligan's hosts Edinburgh's best live music cover bands every night from 10pm - Late! Live! Free! Every night of the Fringe. ...
Biddy Mulligans / Main Bar 

The Hive Nightclub NIGHTCLUBS 
AUG 1-25 at 22:00 (400 min) - Free Entry before 11pm 
The Nightclub at the Hive - Free Entry after the shows all night on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Also Free before 11pm on Wednesday and befor...
The Hive - Heroes of Fringe / The Big Cave 

The Hive Nightclub NIGHTCLUBS 
AUG 1-25 at 22:00 (400 min) - Free Entry before 11pm 
The Nightclub at the Hive - Free Entry after the shows all night on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Also Free before 11pm on Wednesday and befor...
The Hive - Heroes of Fringe / The Bunka 

Clare Harrisons 15 Inches of Fame COMEDY 
AUG 1-16, 20-25 at 22:15 (60 min) - Free 
Clare Harrisons 15 Inches of Fame is presented by Footbalers wife & stand up Cindy Dahl . There are talentless celebrity adverts, party political pl...
The Free Sisters / The Yurt Locker 

Dusty Limits: Psycho CABARET 
AUG 1-13 at 22:15 (60 min) - Free 
Dusty Limits and Michael Roulston return to the site of their critically-acclaimed 2012 show 'Post-Mortem' (which was shortlisted for the TO&ST award)...
The Counting House / The Ballroom 

Eat A Queer Foetus 4 Jesus COMEDY 
AUG 14-22, 24-25 at 22:15 (60 min) - Free 
An Improved & reworked Redux of my 2012 Edinburgh stand up show Eat A Queer Foetus 4 Jesus" Angry, Incredulous, Filthy, Dark, Graphic and certainly No...
The Counting House / The Ballroom 

Laughing Horse FREE Comedy Selection COMEDY 
AUG 1-13, 15-23, 25 at 22:15 (60 min) - Free 
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside some hot new talent and Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up at each sho...
The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room  

Woolly Mammoth Panic Attack COMEDY 
AUG 1-14, 16-25 at 22:15 (60 min) - Free 
Join Matt Nagin as he discusses fast food, technology, terrorism, speed dating, violence and insanity. Hailing from New York City, Matt is renowned fo...
The Jekyll and Hyde / The Aerie 

Human Happiness; An Alien Concept? COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 22:30 (60 min) - Free 
An Odyssey into the world of the oddities, hilarity, disappointments and perception of that which is life growing up and trying to find one's place as...
The Free Sisters / Top Deck (The Comedy Bus) 

Limbo - Fisting For Biscuits COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 22:30 (60 min) - Free 
Join Limbo for their brand new sketch show ‘Fisting For Biscuits’ as they raise the comedy bar, and head right on under it. Surreal, twisted and bulgi...
The Counting House / The Attic 

The Underdogs COMEDY 
AUG 5-18 at 22:30 (60 min) - Free 
2 dudes, 1 stage. 1 born in Cairo, Egypt, but raised and beaten up in East L.A. The other born in Preston, Lancashire, raised and beaten up in...Pre...
Edinburgh City Football Club / Room 1 

Trouble with Comedy COMEDY 
AUG 1-11, 13-25 at 22:30 (60 min) - Free ticketed 
Trouble with Comedy My name is Ian and I’m a comedian I suppose it all started with the odd one liner just a couple a day, I thought I could handle i...
The City Café / City Two - Basement Bar  

Why Don't We Kill Ourselves? COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 22:30 (60 min) - Free 
So the world didn't end that time that it was supposed to, and probably won't for at least another four or five months, if it ever does. It's dogshit,...
The Jekyll and Hyde / The Crypt 

Billy McGuire,Ain't always honest COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 22:45 (60 min) - Free 
The show will consist in short of the story of how I come to be a stand up comedian in Edinburgh eplaining how I came to be a Stand up in Edinburgh ex...
The Counting House / The Loft 
23:00

Aaaaaaaaaaaaarrghhh! - Free! - It's the Increasingly Prestigious Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards Show COMEDY 
AUG 23 at 23:00 (120 min) - Free 
Two hour charity variety show. Presentation of three annual Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards. Star names, spaghetti juggling, Russian Egg Roulette Champio...
The Counting House / The Ballroom 

Alistair Greaves and Si Beckwith, All Aboard for Funtime! COMEDY 
AUG 1-11, 13-19, 21-25 at 23:00 (60 min) - Free 
Alistair Greaves 'moments of comedy genius' THE SKINNY and Si Beckwith don’t need no heavy trips, they just do what they want to do! Loosely inspired...
The White Horse / The Back Lounge  

Bookshop Experimental COMEDY 
AUG 1-26 at 23:00 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry 
Comedy ...
Bob's Bookshop - Heroes of Fringe / Books 

Eric Hutton's Favourite Songs COMEDY 
AUG 2-4, 6-11, 15-18, 20-25 at 23:00 (60 min) - Free 
French, Australian, Nordic, Jewish, Arctic comedian Eric Hutton has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe for the past two years. His show last year was...
Bar 50 / The Alcove 

Laughing Horse FREE Pick of the Fringe COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 23:00 (60 min) - Free 
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, with a different top-notch comedy line-up at each show - three times daily, every day - as Laug...
Espionage / Kasbar 

MRS MANNING COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 23:00 (60 min) - Free 
MRS MANNING Mrs Manning, widow of a certain fat, sweaty, racist, sexist comedian, escapes his (sizeable) shadow to become Manchester's top care-homes...
The Free Sisters / The Staff Room  

Patrick Monahan and Bob Slayer Set a World Record COMEDY 
AUG 7 at 23:00 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry 
From the end of Pat's Tuesday 6th show, culminating here Wed 11pm, two of the Fringe's biggest loons form an unlikely double act The Cheeky Boys, and ...
Bob's Bookshop - Heroes of Fringe / Books 

AAA Batteries (The Symposium) COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 23:15 (60 min) - Free 
The Symposium - 'Drunk Comedy for Smart People' LINE-UPS AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE (Link below) Coralled from all corners of the Fringe; purloined fr...
The Counting House / The Lounge 

Sexual Freaky Friday COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 23:15 (60 min) - Free 
A show about the horrors of sexuality! Larry Dean and Christian Elderfield are straight and gay, can you tell which one is which?! One attracts the gu...
The Meadow Bar / The Upstairs Bar 

Shaggers COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 23:15 (75 min) - Free ticketed 
More from the world's cheekiest and most fun comedy show. The hugely successful Shaggers show returns featuring a revolving line up of various comedia...
The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber 

Shut up and wear it! Clair Myychael comedy peep-show COMEDY 
AUG 1, 5-8, 12-15, 19-22 at 23:15 (60 min) - Free 
A combination of stand-up, sketch, characters, musical comedy and guests. No two shows will be the same, however the main body of the show (35mins) wi...
The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar  

Sugar, spice.....all things nice? COMEDY 
AUG 1-11 at 23:15 (60 min) - Free 
A short and intimate comedy set from your run of the mill 'nice' girl. Yeah right. ...
The Phoenix / The Basement Bar 

The Equal Opportunities Act 2010 Presents... COMEDY 
AUG 1, 4-8, 11-15, 18-22, 25 at 23:15 (60 min) - Free 
Stand-up comedy that fulfils the Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s diversity requirements all in one fantastic show. Featuring a Nigerian perspective from N...
The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room 

What happens next? COMEDY 
AUG 17-25 at 23:15 (60 min) - Free 
"What Happens Next?" Not so long ago ... A group of students from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts formed an improvisation group. This g...
The Phoenix / The Basement Bar 

BattleActs! Improvised Comedy COMEDY 
AUG 2-22 at 23:30 (60 min) - Free 
BattleActs! sees two teams of fearless improvisers pitched against each other by a ball-busting compere. Each team attempts to prove their worth throu...
The Counting House / The Ballroom 

Jobby Hunter COMEDY 
AUG 1-14, 16-25 at 23:30 (60 min) - Free 
Cormac, a recent graduate, tells his story of his amusingly silly attempts to secure a job after university. Learn from his mistakes as he muses on wh...
The Jekyll and Hyde / The Aerie 

Let Me Entertain You COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 23:30 (60 min) - Free 
The debut stand-up show from Irish comedian Daniel McLaughlin, featuring his unique take on everything from religion to sport, family to politics and ...
The Free Sisters / The Yurt Locker 

Stupid Hair & Skinny Jeans - Ryan McDonnell COMEDY 
AUG 1-7, 11-13, 15-18, 20-25 at 23:30 (60 min) - Free 
A brutally honest, uncontrived hour of comedy from the Northern Irish funnyman in his hour-long debut outing. Absolutely guaranteed; no mentions of Na...
The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room  

The Free Festival Night Club - Espionage NIGHTCLUBS 
AUG 1-25 at 23:30 (300 min) - Free Entry all night 
Party the night away with the Free Festival @ Espionage, with a FREE night club 7 days a week! Spanning 5 floors Espionage is the place to be, from th...
Espionage / Pravda 

[Life]- An Everyman's Tale THEATRE 
AUG 4-17 at 23:45 (60 min) - Free 
A one man performance of everyman. Follow the path from cradle to tomb in the brilliance of an average contemporary life, with honesty and sincerity t...
The Jekyll and Hyde / The Crypt 

Am I Right? COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 23:45 (60 min) - Free 
Award winning comedian Leo Kearse used to use his analytics expertise to solve crime...now, thanks to the Tories firing him, he’s using them to make p...
The City Café / City Two - Basement Bar  

Josh Smith From Top To Bottom Show COMEDY 
AUG 16-17 at 23:45 (60 min) - Free 
My Name Is Josh Smith I'm 18 and Ths is my Show 'From Top To Bottom'. After Performing the Show in London & Manchester and Local Sell out crowds the s...
Edinburgh City Football Club / Room 1 

Sex with Animals COMEDY 
AUG 1-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 23:45 (60 min) - Free 
An expedition through the often hilarious, occasionally profound sexual habits of the animal kingdom. Ryan Good (Neo-Futurist, NYIT award winner) as ...
The Free Sisters / Top Deck (The Comedy Bus) 

The Musical Misfit COMEDY 
AUG 1-15 at 23:45 (60 min) - FREE TICKETED 
Theatre Press wrote: "Somewhere between The Flight of the Conchords’ spot-on parody and Tim Minchin’s witty word-play lies home-grown talent Robert Ta...
Edinburgh City Football Club / Room 1 

Bookshop Midnight Mayhem COMEDY 
AUG 1-26 at 23:59 (120 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry 
The late night Fringe experience! Weird and wonderful acts jamming, drinking, telling stories and creating hilarious unique happenings in intimate sur...
Bob's Bookshop - Heroes of Fringe / Books 
0:00

Mature Comedy COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 00:00 (60 min) - Free 
The show will contain sketches and stand up comedy that has a theme around ageing and everyday issues we try and manage Themes will be around existent...
The Counting House / The Loft 

The Free Festival Night Club - Espionage NIGHTCLUBS 
AUG 1-25 at 00:00 (300 min) - Free Entry all night 
Party the night away with the Free Festival @ Espionage, with a FREE night club 7 days a week! Spanning 5 floors Espionage is the place to be, from th...
Espionage / Mata Hari 

Angelina Jolie touched my neighbour's goat COMEDY 
AUG 12-25 at 00:15 (60 min) - Free 
You know those Fringe shows where the title suggests an angsty, life affirming but funny journey into the performer's subconscious? You'll laugh, you'...
The Free Sisters / The Staff Room  

Midnight Madness COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 00:15 (60 min) - Free 
Midnight Madness - Comedy showcase! We're back... WITH A VENGEANCE! If you're out and about late at night, with a want to guffaw... Stumble on down! ...
Espionage / Kasbar 

That Funny Blind Guy COMEDY 
AUG 1-11, 13-25 at 00:15 (60 min) - Free 
Some say the best comedy is blindingly obvious. Well, here’s a show from the man who can’t see the wood, nor the trees. A ridiculous story encompassin...
The White Horse / The Back Lounge  

Wits End Comedy Club COMEDY 
AUG 1-11 at 00:15 (60 min) - Free 
Our dashing hosts present a naughty nightcap of raucous comedy, cabaret and late night frivolity. Expect organised chaos and a high tempo turnover of ...
The Free Sisters / The Staff Room  

Billy Rocka - Scotland's No.1 Rockabilly Rebel ! CABARET 
AUG 11-15, 18-22 at 00:30 (60 min) - Free 
You're invited to "The No.1 Rockabilly Party !" In his very own inimitable style, Billy Rocka will perform a selection of Retro Rockabilly & Rock ...
The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room 

One of Us Might Be Famous COMEDY 
AUG 1-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 00:30 (60 min) - Free 
Four comedians: Fern Brady (So You Think You’re Funny? and New Act of the Year finalist), Glenn Moore (Chortle Student Comedy Award runn...
The Counting House / The Lounge 

Questions on Ducks COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 00:30 (60 min) - Free 
Questions On Ducks (and other pond life) is a brand-new late night stand-up show, brought to you by three fresh-faced London comics: Dan Watson, James...
The Phoenix / The Basement Bar 

Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors THEATRE 
AUG 5-10 at 00:30 (60 min) - Free 
Comedy of Errors Directed By Fergus Rattigan and Kolbrun Björt Sigfúsdóttir Produced by Eloise Tong. A pair of twin servants and twin masters sepeate...
The Meadow Bar / The Upstairs Bar 

The Revolution Will Not Be Improvised COMEDY 
AUG 12-15, 19-22 at 00:30 (60 min) - Free 
Are you free? Do you let your thoughts run wild with riotous suggestions and ideas; do you mesh with others and build something astonishing every nigh...
The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar  

A lol-along-a Luc Valvona COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 00:45 (60 min) - Free 
Cheeky late night songs! Luc Valvona sings you a selection of his funny, witty and sometimes downright filthy songs on the ukulele, guitar and mandoli...
The Counting House / The Ballroom 

Fate, Dutch Courage and The Fingerless Gloves COMEDY 
AUG 17-25 at 00:45 (60 min) - Free 
The Show: A Stand-up Comedy Compilation Show of three acts consisting of 15mins each and 5mins for an overrun (This will include the bucket speech). I...
The Jekyll and Hyde / The Aerie 

Man Feelings COMEDY 
AUG 1-14, 16 at 00:45 (60 min) - Free 
Love. Fear. Joy. Anger. Indifference. These are but a few of the FEELINGS a MAN may experience every day (the last one is hunger). But what is a Man?...
The Jekyll and Hyde / The Aerie 

The Brethren of Levity COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 00:45 (60 min) - Free 
The show is an ensemble piece consisting of fast paced, character-based comedy sketches and monologues. The Brethren of Levity believe in an immersive...
The Free Sisters / The Yurt Locker 

Shit of the Fringe COMEDY 
AUG 3-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-25 at 00:55 (60 min) - Free 
Tired of all of the Pick of the Fringe shows? Worn-out by Fringe hyperbole? his late-night showcase has all the great comedians that have got bad revi...
The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber 
1:00

Big Spoon Little Spoon COMEDY 
AUG 1-17 at 01:00 (60 min) - Free 
Two different view points on the infinite problem afflicting man; why do we have to be big spoon? Through a one hour stand up show, Cio Dav and Jami...
The Free Sisters / Top Deck (The Comedy Bus) 

Real men have beards COMEDY 
AUG 18-25 at 01:00 (60 min) - Free 
Karl Marx, Brian Blessed, Rolf Harris. Some of the greatest men in history have beards, but what significance does this have in the 21st century? Do...
The Free Sisters / Top Deck (The Comedy Bus) 

Charlie vs The World COMEDY 
AUG 1-11 at 01:15 (60 min) - Free 
I talk about life and it's oddities with jokes thrown in. ...
The Counting House / The Loft 

VANITY THEATRE 
AUG 12-25 at 01:15 (30 min) - Free 
The full confession and public execution of the universal scapegoat. Making a mockery of the seemingly universal desire to find somebody else to blam...
The Counting House / The Loft 
2:00

The Free Festival Night Club - Espionage NIGHTCLUBS 
AUG 1-25 at 02:00 (180 min) - Free Entry all night 
Party the night away with the Free Festival @ Espionage, with a FREE night club 7 days a week! Spanning 5 floors Espionage is the place to be, from th...
Espionage / Kasbar 

      

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