| List Shows: By Name | By Start Time |
| Listings for 4 August, sorted by Start Time |
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| | Mystery Meat (Showcase) CABARET | | AUG 2-26 at 10:00 (60 min) - Free | | Mystery Meat Club builds on the success of being the best niche stand up club in Brighton. The Compere Anthony Ayton regularly appears on Latest TV. Every show will have a mixture of comedy styles and... | | The City Café / Las Vegas |
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| | Mystery Meat (Showcase) CABARET | | AUG 2-26 at 10:00 (60 min) - Free | | Mystery Meat Club builds on the success of being the best niche stand up club in Brighton. The Compere Anthony Ayton regularly appears on Latest TV. Every show will have a mixture of comedy styles and... | | The City Café / Las Vegas |
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| | On Earth As It Is COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 10:00 (45 min) - Free | | This Tour de Farce of comic mayhem, satire, and bathos chronicles the exploits of an American in Central and Eastern Europe when humanity first awoke from the deep freeze of Communism. Things like t... | | The Free Sisters / The Wee Room |
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| | Games With James CHILDRENS | | AUG 2-14, 16-19 at 10:45 (60 min) - Free | | Award-winning comedian and UK board gaming champion James Cook invites you to play board games live on stage. Buckaroo, Guess Who, Hungry Hippos and more done like you've never seen it before. Suitab... | | The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room |
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| | About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Courses COURSES | AUG 4-5, 7-8, 11-12, 14-15, 18-19, 21-22, 25-26 at 11:00 (270 min) - £99/£89 (book 2 tickets, get 1 half price)  | | Learn the skill and art of stand-up comedy performance on this two-day intensive comedy training course. Our tutors are professional comedians and writers, and the course includes a graduation perfor... | | The Free Sisters / The Wee Room |
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| | RISK THEATRE | | AUG 2-15 at 11:00 (45 min) - Free | | “FREE COPY OF RISK MAGAZINE WITH CHOCOLATE BISCUITS” These are the words on Gabby and Matt’s lips this one winter afternoon at South Kensington tube station, as they work to support themselves while ... | | The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar |
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| | Good Women THEATRE | | AUG 2-10, 12-19 at 11:10 (50 min) - Free | | Kathryn Pool is a Liturgical dance sensation in Yorkshire. Her YouTube videos have over a hundred views and all the under-25s in the liturgical dance community know her name. She is a shoe-in the fo... | | The Counting House / The Loft |
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| | Defrosted CHILDRENS | | AUG 2-15, 17-22 at 11:30 (60 min) - Free | | A big bonkers blast of fun with super-duo Cat (the Spot Bots Mermaid, CBeebies) & Nicko. Love that frosty film or hate it, you will laugh your pants off & get snowed on! Join these lovable clowns and ... | | The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber |
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| | Twat Out Of Hell COMEDY | | AUG 2-6, 8-20, 22-26 at 11:35 (60 min) - Free | | Twat Out of Hell features comedian Gary G Knightley, as seen on Channel 4, BBC3 and the West End, performing his debut solo show. MCA Finalist 2017 Gary G Knightley “Clever, Funny and in your face” ... | | The City Café / Hollywood |
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| | Trying to be good COMEDY | | AUG 2-14, 16-26 at 12:00 (45 min) - Free | | Award-winning comedian and writer Daniel Audritt brings his first solo show to the fringe, asking 'what really makes us good or bad people?' Having previously had jokes on shows like 8 out of 10 Cats ... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Main Room |
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| | Best In Class COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free | | When you grow up working class you might not get much access to the arts. You might have to fight for it. You might have to fight your way out from whichever rock which society has placed you under. Y... | | Harry's Southside / Upstairs |
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| | Allow It COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 12:00 (50 min) - Free | | "Allow it" is a stand-up comedy about Western Philosophy and Islam in modern Britain told through the stories of teaching religious studies to teenagers in East London. What do you say when your stud... | | Moriarty's / Cellar |
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| | Andrew Sim: You Gotta Find Joy COMEDY | | AUG 2-14, 16-26 at 12:00 (55 min) - Free | | Bringing his first solo run to the Fringe with his dark past, strange obsessions and naive optimism, Andrew Sim wants to find joy and spread it to you. With a combination of story telling, surreal imp... | | The City Café / Nineties |
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| | Show Up, Kids! CHILDRENS | | AUG 2-14, 16-21, 23-26 at 12:00 (55 min) - Free | | American improvisor, storyteller and teacher Pete takes the real-life experiences, hopes and fears of kids in the audience (and their parents) and turns them into a totally interactive, one-man, comed... | | The Counting House / The Lounge |
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| | Science Magic CHILDRENS | | AUG 2-26 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free | | Treble-Award winning Irish comedian and science communicator Dónal Vaughan brings his hugely successful science magic comedy show back to the Edinburgh Fringe. Prepare to enter the magical world of ... | | The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room |
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| | Justin Matson: Fatter Than You Think COMEDY | | AUG 2-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-26 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free | | Justin Matson’s been kicked off three rollercoasters for being too fat, and now he’s finally ready to talk about it! Adorably awkward with a twist of gay, Matson brings his hit new show to Edinburgh ... | | Ushers / The Cellar |
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| | Sarah Iles: Ghosted COMEDY | | AUG 2-14, 16-26 at 12:05 (50 min) - Free - donations welcome | | A fun stand-up show where comedian Sarah Iles invites you to her life of trying to date after 12 years out of the game (she was married, not in prison - Insert a hack witty comment here about them bei... | | The Counting House / The Attic |
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| | Sarah Iles: Ghosted COMEDY | | AUG 2-14, 16-26 at 12:05 (50 min) - Free - donations welcome | | A fun stand-up show where comedian Sarah Iles invites you to her life of trying to date after 12 years out of the game (she was married, not in prison - Insert a hack witty comment here about them bei... | | The Counting House / The Attic |
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| | Phantasmagorical THEATRE | | AUG 2-26 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free | | Phantasmagorical The merrily macabre Sylvia Sceptre presents Phantasmagorical, a show of spooky mindreading and Victorian Spirit Theatre. This is as close as you will get to experiencing the thril... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Long Room |
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| | Clash of the Tight Tens COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free | | Andy Quirk presents his pick of the finest fringe comedians performing ten minute tasters of their full length shows. Expect a titanic mix of stand-up, sketch and musical comedy. Good clean fun – you’... | | Espionage / Kasbar |
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| | Clash of the Tight Tens COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free | | Andy Quirk presents his pick of the finest fringe comedians performing ten minute tasters of their full length shows. Expect a titanic mix of stand-up, sketch and musical comedy. Good clean fun – you’... | | Espionage / Kasbar |
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| | A Piece of Cake! COMEDY | | AUG 2-12, 14-26 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free | | Love cake? Love comedy? Love free stuff? We have combined those 3 things, just for you, you amazing human that you are! This is a show that’s all about being lovely, enjoying yummy cakes and great c... | | The Counting House / The Loft |
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| | Grumpy Pants CHILDRENS | | AUG 2-26 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free | | Grumpy Pants invites the audience into an eccentric and intimate world, where everyday objects such as suitcases, glasses of water and frisbees are bought to life in experimental juggling routines. ... | | The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room |
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| | Heimatmann THEATRE | | AUG 2-26 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free | | Heimatman A lone German determined to stop the coming slaughter of World War Two by killing Hitler. He almost succeeded in saving 60 million souls. Audience feedback Brighton Fringe: 'good piece of wr... | | The Mockingbird / Upstairs |
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| | Jack + Claire COMEDY | | AUG 2-11 at 12:15 (50 min) - Free | | An American-Scottish duo performs wild longform improv developed at the renowned iO Theatre! Jack + Claire is Chicago based improv comedy duo Claire McFadden + Jack Morning-Newton performing a unique ... | | The Phoenix / Phoenix Below |
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| | Mat Ricardo Vs The World CABARET | | AUG 2-26 at 12:30 (60 min) - Free | | Award-winning cabaret star and the UK’s most successful juggler, Mat Ricardo, had a problem – after a 30-year career as the go-to guy for jaw-dropping dexterity, he'd run out of new tricks. So he did ... | | The City Café / Las Vegas |
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| | STRING THEORY CHILDRENS | | AUG 2-26 at 12:30 (55 min) - Free | | A brand new show from the people who brought you FUNNY STUFF FOR HAPPY PEOPLE. Martin "Bigpig" Mor has been doing family friendly shows all over the world, for over 30 years. In fact he has become a f... | | The Counting House / The Ballroom |
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| | Clif Knight Sucks! COMEDY | | AUG 3-9 at 12:30 (60 min) - Free | | Clif Knight Sucks! It's plastered on walls and blasted through speakers. Stickers in dingy bathrooms make the condemning accusation. Standup and music mashed together to form a big ridiculous producti... | | The Place / Room |
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| | Mickey Sharma's mixed blessings COMEDY | | AUG 2-14, 16-21, 23-25 at 12:45 (60 min) - Free | | After realising that when it comes to dating, mickey has a definitive bias towards white women. It was time to take a deeper look into whether it was nature or nurture. Mickey asks some tough and at t... | | Espionage / The Bunker |
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| | Sketch Thieves COMEDY | | AUG 2-13, 15-26 at 13:00 (60 min) - Free | | Comedy sketch swapping live! The cult hit show where sketch groups perform their own sketches, then each others'. Chortle Award winner – Best Club Show London. Top 5 comedy shows of the year (List). T... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Main Room |
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| | Naked Truth COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 13:00 (60 min) - Free | | In The Naked Truth, Tommy Helme shares an uncommon and candid view of the world we live in. Whilst sharing his own shambolic experiences Tommy reveals a alternative perspective on politics, race, reli... | | Moriarty's / Cellar |
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| | Dan Kelly's Madras Years COMEDY | | AUG 2-16 at 13:10 (45 min) - Free | | Ever been for a curry with all ten members of the Wu Tang Clan? Ever thought about what it all means (death/life/lager), mid downward-dog? Ever scored the winning goal in the last minute, only to have... | | The City Café / Nineties |
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| | Angel Comedy Showcase COMEDY | | AUG 3-26 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free | | Award-winning Angel Comedy (Best Club in UK 2015, 2017 Chortle Awards) brings a showcase to Edinburgh Festival 2018. Award-winning comedians and the best new acts, free! Time Out recommended, and Top ... | | Espionage / Pravda |
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| | Old Jewish Jokes COMEDY | | AUG 2-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-26 at 13:15 (60 min) - FREE TICKETED | | 6th year of the Edinburgh fringe's most successful-ever Jewish comedy show. It's a fun, revealing and truthful story which also provides an excellent opportunity to hear once again some of the world's... | | Finnegan's Wake / The Back Room |
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| | ComedySportz UK CHILDRENS | | AUG 2-15 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free | | ComedySportz is a fast-paced improv comedy show where two teams battle it out for the biggest laughs. The players create quick witted sketches, scenes and songs from whatever suggestions are thrown at... | | Fireside / The Last Arch |
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| | The Burning Gadulka THEATRE | | AUG 2-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-26 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free | | Following a series of failures at music festivals, a Bulgarian musician faces a midlife crisis. Is his lifelong love affair with his instrument – the gadulka, about to be challenged by the arrival of ... | | Harry's Southside / Upstairs |
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| | Science Magic CHILDRENS | | AUG 2-26 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free | | Treble-Award winning Irish comedian and science communicator Dónal Vaughan brings his hugely successful science magic comedy show back to the Edinburgh Fringe. Prepare to enter the magical world of ... | | The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room |
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| | Live Your Best Life COMEDY | | AUG 2-18 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free | | According to WikiHow, you can Live Your Best Life in just 14 steps (with pictures) but can it really be that easy? Emmy Fyles (Comedy Central, BBC Three) sets off on a journey to follow the best, wors... | | The Hanover Tap / The Wee Tap |
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| | Paul Foxcroft: Huge If True COMEDY | | AUG 2-12, 14-26 at 13:15 (55 min) - Free | | Paul Foxcroft: Huge If True Fifty Five minutes of hi-octane nonsense from one of the UK's best improv comedians, half of quirky sketch-pals Surname & Surname, and host of the sell-out hit show 'Quest... | | Ushers / The Cellar |
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| | Trauma made me COMEDY | | AUG 3-12, 14-22, 24-26 at 13:30 (50 min) - Free | | Maff Brown has written for Mock the Week, Vic and Bob, Radio 4 and has been nominated for the Amused Moose Comedy award. He was also recommended as the top ten things to see at the Fringe by G... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Long Room |
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| | Revill's Selection COMEDY | | AUG 2-7, 9-14 at 13:30 (60 min) - Free | | Get your afternoon off to the perfect start with Revill's Selection. Join host Paul Revill (Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year 2014) for a frisky, fun and irreverent hour of stand-up comedy. Jus... | | Espionage / Kasbar |
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| | Johnny Irish COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 13:30 (60 min) - Free | | Ireland’s own Duffy Connors is taking his one man show ‘Johnny Irish’ to Edinburgh which includes stories from the odd man’s life, well crafted one liners and musical comedy. In this show you will lea... | | The Mockingbird / Upstairs |
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| | Johnny Irish COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 13:30 (60 min) - Free | | Ireland’s own Duffy Connors is taking his one man show ‘Johnny Irish’ to Edinburgh which includes stories from the odd man’s life, well crafted one liners and musical comedy. In this show you will lea... | | The Mockingbird / Upstairs |
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| | Mind the Gap Stand Up COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 13:30 (50 min) - Free | | Mind the Gap Stand Up The blindest physics graduate, the grumpiest Channel 5 presenter and the most stage struck grandma are the freshest acts on the Fringe. See the stars of tomorrow, today. ... | | The Phoenix / Phoenix Below |
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| | Adventures In Dementia - Steve Day COMEDY | | AUG 2-12, 14-19, 21-26 at 13:45 (60 min) - Free | | Steve Day's dad has Alzheimers. There's nothing he can do about it except remember the way he was. Steve has also been deaf since his teens but has new hearing aids so now he's going through all the m... | | Espionage / Mata Hari |
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| | Eat Sleep Shit Shag COMEDY | | AUG 2-23 at 13:45 (50 min) - Free | | Amused Moose Comedy Award Finalist, 2015, Abbie Murphy returns to the fringe with her new show, ‘Eat Sleep Shit Shag’ Murphy has been trying to figure out what it is to be a woman. Anecdotes from th... | | The City Café / Las Vegas |
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| | Getting Higher COMEDY | | AUG 2-16 at 13:45 (60 min) - Free | | Hannah quit being a comedian in 2013 when she stopped believing in herself (despite being 'very funny'). Frustrated and without a creative outlet, she fell into a corporate job and a cycle of reckless... | | The Place / Room |
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| | Nicky Wilkinson: Happy COMEDY | | AUG 2-12, 14-26 at 14:00 (60 min) - Free | | Rising comedy star, Nicky Wilkinson, returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with her hotly anticipated show, HAPPY. HAPPY is a fun-packed hour of stand-up, pies, party games and prizes, celebrating all that... | | Espionage / The Bunker |
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| | A booklovers comedy show COMEDY | | AUG 2-12, 14-26 at 14:05 (60 min) - Free | | George loves reading. He used to be the kind of maverick who didn’t listen in class because he was engrossed in a fantasy novel or the rebel who would disappear mysteriously for hours because he was i... | | The City Café / Hollywood |
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| | Cold as Icelandic COMEDY | | AUG 2-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-26 at 14:10 (50 min) - Free | | "Cold as Icelandic" is an internationally themed standup comedy show from a single guy in his late twenties who has spent most of his life living out of a suitcase. Having always been an outsider, bot... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Cinema Room |
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| | Ahir Shah: Duffer COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 14:15 (60 min) - Free | | Ahir Shah returns to Edinburgh with a new hour of stand-up about life and what comes after, death and what comes before, and Bohemian Rhapsody. Shah's last show, Control, enjoyed a critically acclaime... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Main Room |
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| | Tongue in My Head COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 14:15 (60 min) - Free | | Toby Adam's brings his fourth solo show to Edinburgh following praise for 2016's 'Fit', "charming...quiet charisma...a feelgood experience," (Chortle), and 2015's 'Quivertip', "I laughed a lot...a spe... | | Moriarty's / Cellar |
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| | Cult Comics COMEDY | | AUG 2-12, 14-26 at 14:15 (60 min) - Free | | Award-losing nerds Bisha K Ali & Sam Golin present an hour of geek-culture themed stand-up comedy, fun and games. If you're a gamer, a comic book fan, a sci-fi & fantasy buff or addicted to horror mov... | | The Counting House / The Lounge |
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| | POTTERVISION! COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 14:30 (60 min) - Free | | POTTERVISION! The Harry Potter Parody show that celebrates and highlights the absurdities of those magical movies. Join us, four full grown men pretending to be twelve year old children as we re-enact... | | Espionage / Pravda |
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| | CIRCUS SONAS CHILDRENS | | AUG 2-26 at 14:30 (60 min) - Free | | Martin and Logy are a father and son juggling act from Northern Ireland. They perform all over the world, and are bringing their new show to the Edinburgh Fringe. This is a family friendly show with a... | | The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room |
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| | 101 Comedy Club COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 14:30 (60 min) - Free | | 'Funny. Fast. Free' **** (ThreeWeeks). Each night sees four experienced acts performing. All our comedians have been hand-picked from an ethical fair trade farm where they've been grown in only the fi... | | The Hanover Tap / The Wee Tap |
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| | Matt Watson & Friends COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 14:45 (60 min) - Free | | Come hear the story of a man who has put everything on the line to pursue what he loves, and feel inspired through humour to stop letting passion fall to the side, and start living the dream. Matt Wat... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Long Room |
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| | Not Quite Mass COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 14:45 (50 min) - Free | | It's a cult of happiness. Save your soul with laughter. Witness Ireland's finest stand-ups, along with holy discussions and blessed games. Handpicked by Irish Comedian of Last Year, the reverend Stev... | | Dropkick Murphy's / Main Room |
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| | First World Problems COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 14:45 (60 min) - Free | | East London's premier rapper of first-world problems, Andy Quirk, and his backup dancer Anna J, invite you to join their crew for fist-pumping therapy tackling the inconsequential irks of modern livin... | | Espionage / Kasbar |
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| | Creme Brulee COMEDY | | AUG 2-12, 14-26 at 14:45 (60 min) - Free | | The brand-new show from award-winning stand-up and screenwriter Ben Clover looks at how a single incident can change your life forever. Features a free cookie and a live curse-placing ceremony ... | | The Counting House / The Loft |
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| | BONQRZ THEATRE | | AUG 2-26 at 14:45 (60 min) - Pay what you want | | Bonqrz is an interactive physical comedy show about how Narin Oz’s disastrous life choices made her decide to be a budgerigar. Narin Oz takes the audience on a very surreal journey of human folly in... | | The Mockingbird / Upstairs |
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| | Fallout THEATRE | | AUG 2-26 at 14:45 (50 min) - Free | | “It's not the end of the world!" Join the last survivors of the global nuclear catastrophe in Lotta Quizeen’s boutique bunker. She’s got recipe tips for tinned goods and dating strategies to repopulat... | | The Phoenix / Phoenix Below |
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| | Stephen Carlin: The Opinionater COMEDY | | AUG 2-13, 15-26 at 15:00 (60 min) - Free | | No purpose, no point, no means, no future, no ends, no reason, no mind, no entry, no signal, no credit, no news, no access, no all, no areas, no light, no tunnel, no future, no hope, no dark, no line... | | Espionage / Mata Hari |
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| | Don't Be Terrible COMEDY | | AUG 2-13, 15-26 at 15:00 (60 min) - Free | | Can stand up save your love life? Self-confessed nice guy Steve thinks so. That's why he's asked Alice, an up and coming comedian, how to perform stand up. It's his last-ditch attempt to distract his... | | The City Café / Las Vegas |
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| | Stand-up Philosophy COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 15:00 (60 min) - Free | | STAND-UP PHILOSOPHY is like stand-up comedy, except that it’s philosophical as well as funny! With a different philosophical theme and line-up each day, the Fringe’s most intelligent comedians join so... | | The Counting House / The Ballroom |
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| | KEITH. COMEDY | | AUG 2-12, 14-19 at 15:00 (60 min) - Free | | "Unbeatable comedic timing" - DST First Night ★★★★½ "KEITH. is shaking up the status quo with a mirth that is hard to match" - Palatinate ★★★★ After br... | | The Place / Room |
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| | Will Mars: Candid Cafe COMEDY | | AUG 2-13, 15-26 at 15:30 (60 min) - Free | | Star of FOX’s Showtime At The Apollo, finalist on Season 8 of NBC Comcast’s knockout television show, Trial By Laughter & runner-up for the woman he loves. ‘He had been making his mark on the New Yor... | | Bar 50 / The Alcove |
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| | Addicted to Fun COMEDY | | AUG 2-13, 15-26 at 15:40 (60 min) - Free | | Jane used to be fun. By fun, she means drunk. She’s been sober for 15 years but still misses the buzz of that first, second, third, fourth drink. A frank and funny show about anxiety, sex, alcohol and... | | The City Café / Nineties |
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| | Angry Boater COMEDY | | AUG 2-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-26 at 15:45 (60 min) - Free | | Now in its fourth year, the glorious, comedic voyage from suburbia to chaos finally comes to Edinburgh. Following a eureka moment in Hemel Hempstead, Joel Sanders bought a narrowboat and moved into ... | | Finnegan's Wake / The Back Room |
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| | Naomi McDonald: Stardumb COMEDY | | AUG 2-14 at 15:45 (60 min) - Free | | Impressionist Naomi McDonald smashes down the doors to celebs' dressing rooms, grabs them by the scruff of the neck and body slams them onto the stage. Nigella Lawson defrosts meals in her bathtub, Me... | | Fireside / Arch III |
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| | Drunk Lion THEATRE | | AUG 2-26 at 15:45 (60 min) - Free | | Written & performed by Chris Davis Directed by Mary Tuomanen Drunk Lion follows an alcoholic Lion who spends his days drinking into oblivion in a cantina, until he meets Chris, a young foreigner lea... | | The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar |
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| | A Few Good Jen COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 16:00 (60 min) - Free | | Multi Award-winning Welsh comedian, Jenny Collier, returns with a brand new hour of stand up. After a sellout 2017 run, a smattering of European gigs and another year of performing all over the UK, sh... | | Espionage / Kasbar |
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| | 'Once in a Generation' THEATRE | | AUG 2-10 at 16:00 (60 min) - Free | | 'Once in a Generation' by J A Calderwood It's the day of the referendum and Mary is on a high. Campaigning all day for independence, she returns home confident that a new era is dawning. Her husband ... | | The Mockingbird / Upstairs |
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| | Robin Morgan COMEDY | | AUG 2-12, 14-26 at 16:00 (60 min) - Free | | Following up from his 2016 sell out run, Robin Morgan returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Join the writer for Have I Got News For You, Newzoids, tHE nEWS Quiz and The Now Show as he premiers th... | | The Pear Tree / Pear Tree Indoor Stage |
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| | Louise Reay: Eraserhead COMEDY | | AUG 2-13, 15-26 at 16:15 (60 min) - Free | | The first show in Edinburgh was banned ... and lawyers told her to can the second show. How will the third show fare? Eraserhead is the third instalment of award-winning comedian Louise Reay’s pro... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Cinema Room |
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| | Will Penswick: Dank Verse COMEDY | | AUG 2-16 at 16:15 (60 min) - Free | | He’s the world’s worst poet...and he doesn't know it. Sex, death, Christianity, Tim Henman, pigeons, divorce, Nazism, casseroles; no topic is too out there for Will Penswick. Brought to you by one of... | | The Place / Room |
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| | Shaggers COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 16:30 (60 min) - Free | | The worldwide hit show returns with a line-up of superb and varied comedians from all around the Fringe doing material based around the hilarious, cheeky subject of shagging. ‘A tour de force of lau... | | Espionage / The Bunker |
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| | Rise of A Humble Poet SPOKEN WORD | | AUG 2-15, 20-26 at 16:30 (60 min) - Free | | A young aspiring author with a single dream, to share his poetry with the world. Ali Babiker has isolated himself over the last 6 years in pursuit of poetry. In a debut show, a show that is all about ... | | The Cuckoo's Nest / Basement |
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| | ComedySportz UK CHILDRENS | | AUG 2-15 at 16:30 (60 min) - Free | | ComedySportz is a fast-paced improv comedy show where two teams battle it out for the biggest laughs. The players create quick witted sketches, scenes and songs from whatever suggestions are thrown at... | | The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber |
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| | Paul Revill: Revillationships COMEDY | | AUG 2-7, 9-14 at 16:35 (60 min) - Free | | Paul Revill, Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year 2014, returns to Edinburgh with a Work In Progress show. With a marriage date set, a dog rescued and a death in the family, it’s time to look at r... | | The City Café / Hollywood |
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| | You're Okay! COMEDY | | AUG 2-13, 15-26 at 16:45 (60 min) - Free | | Thanksgiving with your family in the most eye-popping of places. Don't worry... You’re Okay! Suzanne is a New York comedian who was selected for the San Francisco Comedy Competition finals, New York W... | | Bar 50 / The Alcove |
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| | Joe Foster: Lets Get Cynical COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 16:45 (60 min) - FREE | | Eagerly anticipated debut show from the South Coast Comedian of the Year 2015. It’s easy to be cynical in this day and age, so let’s just get on with it. From weddings to Robert Mugabe, nothing is saf... | | Moriarty's / Cellar |
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| | Show Up COMEDY | | AUG 2-14, 16-21, 23-26 at 16:45 (60 min) - Free | | The critically acclaimed EdFringe 2017 improvised solo comedy about your crazy life returns! From the New York City comic who brought you the EdFringe hits "Desperately Seeking the Exit" and "Late wit... | | The Counting House / The Lounge |
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| | Tri-Nations Comedy COMEDY | | AUG 2-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-26 at 16:50 (50 min) - Free | | Three headline comedians from different countries battle each other with their best gags to win the audience vote. With different acts every night, the scores are tallied over the festival and the ove... | | The Counting House / The Attic |
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| | Tom Taylor: Abridged COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 16:55 (40 min) - Free | | The creator of Fringe hit, The Charlie Montague Mysteries (sell-out shows 2016 and 2017), returns with 40 minutes of jokes and silliness. As heard on BBC Radio 4. Tour support for Simon Munnery... | | The City Café / Nineties |
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| | Ella Jean CABARET | | AUG 2-26 at 17:00 (60 min) - Free | | Come to Fireside at five o'clock for a same-face different-show experience every night with your favourite surrealist queer Canadian singer and hostess Ella Jean. Ella showed up to the UK at the end ... | | Fireside / Arch III |
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| | 2 For Joy COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 17:00 (60 min) - Free | | A double bill of stand up from 2 award winning new comics. STEFF TODD "Hilarious" The Stand. Funny Women’s Queen of the Meme and a Runner Up in Hilarity Bites New Act of the Year 2017. SUSAN RIDDELL... | | The Hanover Tap / The Wee Tap |
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| | It's a Joke Life COMEDY | | AUG 2-13 at 17:00 (60 min) - Free | | Take a tough teenage life, mix it with weird family situations and mysterious coming of age feelings, then season it all with strict religious heritages, the discovery of sexuality, a complicated adul... | | The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar |
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| | World Cup of Comedy COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 17:00 (60 min) - Free | | Audiences vote daily to determine the winner in the World Cup of Comedy at the Fringe. Stand-up comedians from around the world compete for bragging rights and our very own Comedy Cup. Hosted by comed... | | Ushers / The Cellar |
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| | Need(y) COMEDY | | AUG 3-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-25 at 17:15 (55 min) - Free | | The poster boy for white privilege returns to complain about things for no real reason. "one of the most accomplished hours of comedy you will find here this month. Or, to be honest, anywhere, any t... | | The Pear Tree / Pear Tree Indoor Stage |
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| | Ask Scarlett CABARET | | AUG 2-14 at 17:15 (60 min) - Free | | Got a problem you can’t solve? Struggling to find satisfaction? Keep finding yourself in a difficult position? Ask Scarlett! Agony aunt Scarlett Lashes will untangle the bizarre, the crazy, the most... | | The Phoenix / Phoenix Below |
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| | Comedy Freak Show COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 17:30 (60 min) - Free | | COME ONE, COME ALL TO THIS TRAGIC AFFAIR! Comedy Freak Show is an exhibition of comedic rarities, sometimes referred to as "Alternative" or "Un-funny". Typical features would be socially unusual huma... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Cinema Room |
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| | The Vagabonds of Comedy COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 17:30 (60 min) - Free | | Aussie globetrotting comedian-storyteller Frank Hadchiti and Italian surrealist entertainer Fico Fellini met one damp autumn night at a West Berlin comedy open mic night. The following three years bro... | | Espionage / Mata Hari |
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| | Asian Ellen DeGeneres CHAT SHOWS | | AUG 2-12 at 17:40 (55 min) - Free | | The Asian Ellen DeGeneres - Lubna Kerr is a Scottish Pakistani female who pays homage to the American comedian, tv presenter, writer and actor Ellen DeGeneres. Lubna is an up and coming star of stage... | | The Cuckoo's Nest / Basement |
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| | Excitable COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 17:45 (60 min) - Free | | Its that time of the year again and I'm no longer in my twenties. I'm older, wiser, and now more British. I've live in the UK for the past year and this Canadian has been trying to stay happy amongs... | | Espionage / The Bunker |
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| | Megalodon COMEDY | | AUG 2-12, 14-25 at 17:50 (60 min) - Free | | 'Man is wolf to man.' Sounds pretty clever doesn't it? I will do about five minutes on bumholes first though. This show is also about bad choices, my dad going to Disney World without me when I was ei... | | The City Café / Hollywood |
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| | Dave Green: Melt COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 18:00 (60 min) - Free | | Award-winning Dave Green does his highly anticipated debut hour. Join him as he worries his way through all the big topics of the day in a paranoid stream of consciousness that will make your mind mel... | | Bar 50 / The Alcove |
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| | Frank Lavender COMEDY | | AUG 2-17, 19-26 at 18:00 (60 min) - Free | | Following last years successful debut, character comedian Gareth Joyner brings his northern club comic creation Frank Lavender back to the fringe for debut full hour. 'He works the crowd like an Ita... | | The Counting House / The Lounge |
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| | Sagar Dreamcast COMEDY | | AUG 2-13, 15-26 at 18:10 (60 min) - Free | | Character comedian, Fiona Sagar, fresh from The Groundlings Comedy Theatre, LA, returns to Edinburgh with Sagar Dreamcast. Her previous shows include; Entitled (Best Show Funny Women Nominee) and Saga... | | The City Café / Nineties |
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| | Shaggers COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 18:15 (60 min) - Free | | The worldwide hit show returns with a line-up of superb and varied comedians from all around the Fringe doing material based around the hilarious, cheeky subject of shagging. ‘A tour de force of lau... | | Espionage / Pravda |
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| | NIGHTMARE FUEL THEATRE | | AUG 2-12, 14-26 at 18:15 (60 min) - Free | | caution NIGHTMARE FUEL contains the following - Demon birth, Gaslighting, Cheerleader Intestines and Vampire Cunnilingus This is NIGHTMARE FUEL - a brutal clown show that will leave your nipples stif... | | The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar |
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| | James Cook: Sarcasmic COMEDY | | AUG 2-14, 16-21, 23-26 at 18:15 (60 min) - Free | | "a top class comic" - Birmingham Mail "the most enjoyable hour" - BBC News 700,000 video views. Can an award-winning comedian elevate the lowest form of wit to the highest form of art? Probably not,... | | Ushers / The Cellar |
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| | Brett Blake: Reckless COMEDY | | AUG 2-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-26 at 18:30 (50 min) - Free | | “Property tycoon”, “wine connoisseur” and “functional adult” are all phrases you would never use to describe Brett Blake — he’s way too reckless. While his friends are busy getting married and buying ... | | The Counting House / The Loft |
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| | Nick & Nina THEATRE | | AUG 2-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-26 at 18:30 (60 min) - Free | | "I couldn't just leave you alone." In the private visiting room of a minimum security Scottish prison, a fraught long-term friendship reaches it’s breaking point. Nick and Nina have been best friends... | | The Mockingbird / Upstairs |
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| | Marriage and Mayhem COMEDY | | AUG 2-10 at 18:30 (60 min) - Free (reserve a seat text +1 (812)660-0191) | | What is the Secret to Marriage? How can you laugh for 40 minutes and still come away motivated to work on the oldest institution in existence? Just come on it and find out how Life, The Universe, and ... | | The Phoenix / Phoenix Below |
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| | Mike's Back COMEDY | | AUG 2-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-26 at 18:45 (60 min) - £5 Advance tickets from flyerers or PWYW at venue | | Mike’s Back After a sell-out world tour and release of his bestselling novel “Gobsmacked", Michael Hackett brings back his unique brand of storytelling and raucous comedy to the Edinburgh Fringe. Hi... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Cinema Room |
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| | EdinBra Fringe Comedy COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 18:45 (60 min) - Free | | The debut season of a revolving line-up of the best established and up-and-coming female comedians from around the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. An early evening show for all comedy fans. This show is al... | | Espionage / Mata Hari |
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| | ...if COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 18:45 (60 min) - Free | | A comedy rockumentary about a band that never happened. Conor discovers his old band's 18-year-old demo and decides if giving up the pipe dream was the right thing to do – what if they didn't? What if... | | The City Café / Las Vegas |
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| | Nobody's Really Helped Me COMEDY | | AUG 2-10 at 18:45 (60 min) - Free | | Art school, modern womanhood, hilarious moments from comi-tragic relationships that almost existed…followed up with, “what’s next, world?” Lanessa Long uses songs and stories encapsulating the melod... | | The Cuckoo's Nest / Basement |
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| | Self-Defence for Cowards COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 18:45 (60 min) - Free | | Canadian comedy veteran and perpetual white belt Kevin Matviw (The Second City) teaches the audience Scared Karate: the martial art of overcoming conflict through acts of cowardice. “Saturday Night Li... | | The Place / Room |
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| | Chris McGlade 'Northern Monkey' COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 19:00 (60 min) - Free | | Chris McGlade is a comedian with a compelling political rage burning inside him delivered with unbridled passion.This one hour show of hard hitting stand up is a follow up to last year's critically ac... | | Espionage / The Bunker |
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| | Malaysian Sensation COMEDY | | AUG 2-7, 9-14, 16-21, 23-26 at 19:10 (45 min) - Free | | Nigel Ng is from Malaysia. Join him as he observes and adopts your Western ways (he just started recycling!) People describe him as "slick, has natural funnybones" (Chortle). Amused Moose National New... | | The City Café / Hollywood |
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| | Bish & Bob COMEDY | | AUG 2-12, 14-26 at 19:15 (60 min) - Free | | Rising stars Bisha K Ali and Kemah Bob split an hour of whip-smart stand-up comedy. Bisha K Ali - as heard on The Guilty Feminist, BBC Asian Network, BBC Radio 4 podcasts and seen on BBC 3 - makes th... | | Bar 50 / The Alcove |
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| | Martin Mor is BLOCKED COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 19:15 (55 min) - Free | | Martin Mor is blocked on Twitter by Donald Trump, The NRA, and the Creationist Church. That's three good reasons to come to see this show. "hecklers beware, Mor's put-downs are superb and exquisitely... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Main Room |
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| | It'll probably be alright COMEDY | | AUG 2-15, 18-26 at 19:15 (60 min) - Free | | In his debut solo show Dan tries to fathom why we find change so scary. This could be the deepest exploration of the human condition anyone has ever dared to undertake. We might discover things about ... | | Moriarty's / Cellar |
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| | Fur coat nae knickers. COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 19:15 (60 min) - Free | | Please note – this is not a dress code. Money isn’t everything. Or is that only something the well-off say. McBrier came from an upbringing of financial embarrassment. This makes her feel like a phon... | | The Counting House / The Lounge |
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| | Dave Chawner; Mental COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 19:20 (60 min) - Free | | A show about mental health (rather than mental illness). As seen on BBC, ITV & Channel 4 As heard on BBC Radio 1, Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5 Live * * * * * - Arts Award Voice * * * * * - Bunbury Magazine... | | The Counting House / The Attic |
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| | Angry Boater COMEDY | | AUG 2-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-26 at 19:25 (60 min) - Free | | Now in its fourth year, the glorious, comedic voyage from suburbia to chaos finally comes to Edinburgh. Following a eureka moment in Hemel Hempstead, Joel Sanders bought a narrowboat and moved into ... | | The City Café / Nineties |
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| | Right Wing Comedian COMEDY | | AUG 2-13, 15-26 at 19:30 (60 min) - Free | | Scottish Comedian of the Year Leo Kearse rips into liberals in his follow up to last year's sellout hit "I Can Make You Tory". He takes a scalpel to male feminists, Labour antisemites, snowflakes, #Me... | | Espionage / Pravda |
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| | Accidental Cougar COMEDY | | AUG 2-15 at 19:30 (60 min) - Free | | Sometimes you don't choose the life ... the life chooses you! In the wake of becoming unexpectedly single, and even more unexpectedly turning 50, a fierce, funny feminist finds out what it's like wh... | | Fireside / Arch III |
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| | Beach Hunks: Leg Day COMEDY | | AUG 2-12, 14-26 at 19:30 (60 min) - Free | | Toned. Honed. Hunked. Chipper sketch lads Beach Hunks stride leggily to Edinburgh with a fast-paced hour of daft sketch carnage. Japes, scrapes and falconry collide as an avalanche of oddball charact... | | The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room |
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| | A Pair of Jokers COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 19:45 (60 min) - Free | | Laughing Horse NATY winner Donal Vaughan and fellow Irishman Pat McDonagh are here to make you laugh. And that's it. If you want to see a show about a middle class, white guy talk about the struggles ... | | Espionage / Kasbar |
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| | Stand Up, Weather Girl! COMEDY | | AUG 3-14, 16-26 at 19:45 (60 min) - Free | | Stand Up, Weather Girl! charts Sam's experience of weather presenting for BBC regional TV. A committed feminist, she has been flattered and appalled in equal measure at the reception her bottom has re... | | The Counting House / The Loft |
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| | EAU DE MUNRO COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 20:00 (45 min) - Free | | Bob Munro presents a journey into the dimly lit surreal reaches of his mind jumping manically from one subject to another in an off kilter fashion calling on personal experiences and observations that... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Cinema Room |
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| | Comedy from Salford Uni COMEDY | | AUG 2-11 at 20:00 (60 min) - Free | | The cream of the crop from the University of Salford showcasing the future faces of British comedy. From the UK university with the longest running full-time comedy degree. Stand-up, sketch and more! ... | | Espionage / Mata Hari |
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| | Bitter and Twisted COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 20:00 (60 min) - Free | | Join Strange Johnson at the launch of his new self-published Memoir. Chronicling his early life as a roadie for Judas Priest, through to how he became the owner of Dudley's biggest chain of Vape Shops... | | The Cuckoo's Nest / Basement |
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| | Dream On COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 20:00 (60 min) - Free | | Kirsty Munro "Comedy Cashback Competition Winner", "Fantastically Funny" Arts In Magazine, stars in "Dream On", a comedy show about what not to do when the love of your life just doesn't fancy you. Fe... | | The Place / Room |
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| | BattleActs! COMEDY | | AUG 3-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-26 at 20:15 (60 min) - Free | | WINNERS: 'PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD' VAULT FESTIVAL 2017 BattleActs! is an award-winning, multi-five star late-night comedy party show that has performed to rave reviews around the country. The show sees... | | The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber |
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| | George Michael is Greek COMEDY | | AUG 2-12, 14-26 at 20:20 (60 min) - Free | | International comedian George Dimarelos is bringing a new show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, this time attempting to work out that vague term known as “culture”. George is fascinated by culture a... | | The City Café / Hollywood |
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| | Joke Thieves COMEDY | | AUG 2-13, 15-26 at 20:30 (60 min) - Free | | Comedy set swapping live! The cult hit show where comedians perform their own jokes, then each other’s. Chortle Award winner – Best Club Show London. Top five comedy shows of the year (List). Top 10 l... | | Cabaret Voltaire / Main Room |
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| | Time Out with Ross Voss COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 20:30 (60 min) - Free | | Australian comedian Ross Voss’s show in the form of a basketball game! Four quarters of twelve minutes of jokes! Each quarter is different from: "more about me" to storytelling, longer bits and shorte... | | Moriarty's / Cellar |
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| | Fitting image COMEDY | | AUG 2-12, 14-26 at 20:40 (60 min) - Free | | How do you know where you are going in life? Are you ever done sorting yourself out? Lisanne was given the roadmap to her life at birth. Come and find out if she can follow the road to her destiny. ... | | The City Café / Nineties |
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| | LoveHard: Tales From The Elsewhere COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 20:45 (60 min) - Free | | Welcome to Hopeville. Just your average sleepy Mid-West American town of white picket fences, backs slapped slightly too hard by dubious farmhands, and where everyone knows everyone's secrets. Populat... | | Espionage / Pravda |
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| | Love Like 90's RnB COMEDY | | AUG 2-4, 7-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 20:45 (60 min) - FREE UNTICKETED | | "If you like to shake your rump, join Larissa for an hour of phat beats, funky rhythms, parody, fun and ukulele as she tells of life and love through the slick rhymes of 90's RnB. Larissa grew up in t... | | Fireside / Arch III |
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| | We all Die C*nts COMEDY | | AUG 2-13, 15-26 at 20:45 (60 min) - Free | | Ashley Haden is back with the eagerly awaited final chapter of the ‘C*nting Trilogy’ Haden returns with his most honest show to date to show once and for all that we are all c*nts. Covering subjects ... | | Harry's Southside / Upstairs |
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| | Def Comedy Space Jam COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 20:45 (60 min) - Free | | Tom Lawrinson and Daniel Sofoluke are doing an hour of stand up. They are two very different people with contrasting senses of humour, from opposite sides of the UK, but fortuitously when partnered to... | | The Hanover Tap / The Wee Tap |
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| | Common People COMEDY | | AUG 2-11 at 20:45 (60 min) - Free | | COMMON PEOPLE Janet Garner and Paul Cox are ordinary, common people and very happy with it.They aren’t trying to educate anyone, teach them where they are going wrong or how they should think and if ... | | The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar |
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| | Comedy Boxing - New Challengers COMEDY | | AUG 2-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-26 at 21:00 (50 min) - Free | | Comedy Boxing returns to Edinburgh with different competitors each show. Comedians will compete over 4 hilarious rounds of stand up, improvisation, heckling and boxing. With 3 years of sold out shows ... | | Espionage / Kasbar |
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| | Social Media Suicide THEATRE | | AUG 3-11 at 21:00 (60 min) - Free | | @izzybaby1991: "You're invited to a very special 27th birthday party. One I promise you won't forget!" #27Club #SocialMediaSuicide Social Media Suicide (#SMS) is a darkly comic one-woman-show about t... | | The Free Sisters / The Wee Room |
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| | Unhinged COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 21:00 (60 min) - Free | | Our global world is unhinged (maybe that’s why people want to go to Mars)! Connor McDonough-Flynn will bring you on a tour of our weird, wonderful world in his show entitled “Unhinged”. The motivatio... | | The Mockingbird / Upstairs |
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| | Jokes From a S***hole COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 21:00 (60 min) - Free | | Jokes From a Shithole is an hour long of standup , containing social commentary, personal stories, and satire from the perspective of a Haitian immigrant. Tanael has been performing standup in New Yor... | | The Phoenix / Phoenix Below |
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| | Bumpkins COMEDY | | AUG 3-12, 14-25 at 21:15 (60 min) - FREE AND UNTICKETED | | An hour of stand-up from a trio of bumpkins. 'Each a force of nature and a full throttled idiot' (Logan Murray). Eleri, Fiona and Ruth mix social commentary with silliness as they simplify the complex... | | Dropkick Murphy's / Main Room |
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| | Match COMEDY | | AUG 2-15 at 21:15 (60 min) - Free | | Self-proclaimed 'Love Expert' and award-winning clown Kiva Murphy brings you on an absurd journey about the crazy things people do to find their perfect match. Whether you're single or in a relationsh... | | The Counting House / The Ballroom |
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| | Funny-Dubz COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 21:15 (60 min) - Free | | With a diverse combination of Yellow Comedian of the Year Finalist, o2 indigo host and, BAME and LGBTQ comedy, this stand up trio has appeal for everyone. With their mix of observational, deadpan and ... | | The Place / Room |
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| | Cosmic Comedy Berlin COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 21:30 (60 min) - Free | | Come and join us for a wunderbar time at Cosmic Comedy Berlin. Laugh your Lederhosen off at a wide range of topics by some of the best comics from the Berlin English comedy scene. They will be sharing... | | Espionage / The Bunker |
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| | Bumble Me Tinders COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 21:35 (60 min) - Free | | Hosted by comedians Patrick Melton (USA) (CC, Spike, VH1) and Katharine Ferns (Canada) (MTV) with a different line-up of single comedians every day. Comics will share horror stories of online dating a... | | The City Café / Hollywood |
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| | Wheely Wheely Wheely Wheely Wheely COMEDY | | AUG 2-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-26 at 21:45 (60 min) - Free | | Hello. You look nice today. But no time for that. This event will go ahead no matter what happens. Power outage? The wheel will spin. Sudden outbreak of witch trials? The wheel will spin. The wheel br... | | Bar 50 / The Alcove |
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| | The Never Ending Cycle COMEDY | | AUG 2-14 at 21:55 (60 min) - Free | | "The Never Ending Cycle" has something for everyone. Silly, satirical and surreal, a sketch comedy show that doesn’t take itself too seriously, but packs a punch. Filled with relatable observational c... | | The City Café / Nineties |
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| | Free Festival Nightclubs NIGHTCLUBS | | AUG 3-26 at 22:00 (420 min) - Free | | party the night away, at our all night clubs to end your day of festivities with a boogie and and many a late night beer. Open until 5am every night of the Fringe, August is Party month! ... | | Espionage / Mata Hari |
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| | The Godfather of Comedy COMEDY | | AUG 2-7, 9-14, 16-21, 23-26 at 22:00 (60 min) - Free | | After his last stretch in the slammer, Tony Corleone has become a sit-down comedian. Don’t worry about nothing. Tony’s gonna explain everything. Brexit, Trump, Terrorism, Gays, MeToo, and how to talk... | | Espionage / Pravda |
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| | Live Music at SouthPour MUSIC | | AUG 2-4, 9-11, 16-18, 23-25 at 22:00 (180 min) - Free | | Join us for a prime selection of acoustic music every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night with different musicians and duos specially chosen for the Fringe, performing each night in the cosy surrounds... | | SouthPour / Main Bar |
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| | Corydon Ovium THEATRE | | AUG 2-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-26 at 22:00 (60 min) - FREE | | Corydon Ovium the latin for Clown Sheep. Multi-media horor theatre piece, with elements of black comedy. Looking at Anxiety and the Evil source that feeds on it. The Ringmaster welcomes you to their t... | | The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar |
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| | Tetchy - Work in Progress COMEDY | | AUG 2-11, 13-26 at 22:15 (60 min) - Free | | Watching the world at this point in history feels like watching the moment just before a dog shakes a flea off it's back. The whole world is on edge. Everybody's had enough and we've never been so qui... | | The Counting House / The Loft |
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| | Tetchy - Work in Progress COMEDY | | AUG 2-11, 13-26 at 22:15 (60 min) - Free | | Watching the world at this point in history feels like watching the moment just before a dog shakes a flea off it's back. The whole world is on edge. Everybody's had enough and we've never been so qui... | | The Counting House / The Loft |
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| | Tetchy - Work in Progress COMEDY | | AUG 2-11, 13-26 at 22:15 (60 min) - Free | | Watching the world at this point in history feels like watching the moment just before a dog shakes a flea off it's back. The whole world is on edge. Everybody's had enough and we've never been so qui... | | The Counting House / The Loft |
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| | Head Sets COMEDY | | AUG 2-13, 15-26 at 22:15 (60 min) - Free | | Comedians losing their heads and performing with no bodies! This sell-out show returns with more of the best comedians from the Fringe... all delivering comedy from their floating heads. New line-up o... | | The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room |
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| | Life Coach (Age 14) COMEDY | | AUG 2-14 at 22:15 (60 min) - Free | | A letter received from 14 years in the past. A date with doomsday. The end of a ten-year relationship and the start of your dream career. What would you do if you could find out what your teenage self... | | The Free Sisters / The Wee Room |
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| | Songs of Smut and Sparkle COMEDY | | AUG 2-8 at 22:15 (60 min) - Free | | Brace yourself for titters and giggles, as drag-queen Marcia D’Arc brings her ‘Songs of Smut and Sparkle’ to the Edinburgh Free Fringe, performing her own smutty parodies of popular songs at her furry... | | The Phoenix / Phoenix Below |
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| | 52 Days COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 22:30 (60 min) - Free | | Just before New Years 2011 I decided my resolution for the new year would be to limit my drinking to one day a week in 2012. My friend gave me a deck of cards, saying that every drinking day I used up... | | The City Café / Las Vegas |
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| | Death Ray Cabaret COMEDY | | AUG 2-14 at 22:30 (60 min) - Free | | After performing to sold out crowds in Toronto, Death Ray Cabaret returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with more fast-paced songs and break-neck banter. Silly, dark and delightful, come celebrate human li... | | The Place / Room |
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| | Kitchen Party Action COMEDY | | AUG 3-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-26 at 22:45 (60 min) - Free | | Standup comedy... Have you ever noticed how the best conversations at a party usually take place in the kitchen? Come to my party its a massive kitchen party. We'll party have a laugh and talk utter r... | | Espionage / The Bunker |
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| | Shaggers COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 22:45 (75 min) - Free | | The worldwide hit show returns with a line-up of superb and varied comedians from all around the Fringe doing material based around the hilarious, cheeky subject of shagging. ‘A tour de force of lau... | | The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber |
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| | A Beginners Guide To Bondage COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 22:50 (60 min) - Free | | A funny, naughty romp through the world of BDSM and fetish. Have you seen "50 Shades Of Grey"? Are you fetish curious? Do you ever feel like a change from Vanilla sex? Mistress Venetia answers enquiri... | | The City Café / Hollywood |
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| | Late Night Nonsense: Variety Show COMEDY | | AUG 3-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-26 at 23:00 (60 min) - Free | | We are a collective of clowns who met through Dr. Brown workshops/ Ecole Philippe Gaulier - committed to pushing each other into deep realms of nonsense and stupidity. Through this Variety/Cabaret/Clo... | | Bar 50 / The Alcove |
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| | Full Moon Cabaret CABARET | | AUG 2-4, 6-11, 13-15 at 23:00 (60 min) - Free | | Berlin's cheekiest cabaret comes to Edinburgh! The Full Moon Cabaret is Berlin's wittiest, wildest, and most inventive monthly varieté. The sexy and subversive programme features burlesque, circus art... | | Moriarty's / Cellar |
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| | Falling with Style COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 23:10 (50 min) - Free | | Adventurer David von Jones takes a humorous look at some popular Disney and Pixar movies with a view to discovering more about the benefits of pessimism. ... | | The City Café / Nineties |
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| | Jem Brookes: Schizophonic COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 23:15 (60 min) - Free | | Jem Brookes: Schizophonic is a fast-paced cacophony of characters and voices that come out of one man's head. Quick-fire skits, sounds, recurring characters and topical bits all interlaced together. R... | | Harry's Southside / Upstairs |
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| | Bronston Jones: Spilt Milk - FREE COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 23:30 (60 min) - Free | | They say "Don't cry over spilt milk." Comedian Bronston Jones jokes about his life's little problems... and some very big ones too! "Certifiably Unique." - LA Weekly "Very Entertaining." - Broadway ... | | Espionage / Kasbar |
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| | Getting Away Scott Free COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 23:45 (60 min) - Free | | After a successful tour of Australia and New Zealand, Scott brings his new show to this year's Edinburgh Fringe. 'Getting Away Scott Free'. We all have the story about 'the one that got away' Scott i... | | The City Café / Las Vegas |
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| | Not My Audience! COMEDY | | AUG 2-14, 16-26 at 23:45 (60 min) - Free | | The best way to round off a long day at the Fringe! Ever wanted to be part of a comedy show but don't like the idea of being picked on by the comedian? Do you have funny suggestions for stand up topi... | | The Counting House / The Ballroom |
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| | One of Them One of Us, COMEDY | | AUG 2-11 at 23:45 (60 min) - Free | | Daniel Louis Vezza, international traveling Comedian talks about living between Berlin and New York, Family, Stress, Sex, and the downfalls of mild drug use. Originally from America, Daniel is now a ... | | The Place / Room |
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| | Stranger Friends COMEDY | | AUG 2-14 at 00:00 (60 min) - Free | | Sunjai Arif presents: Stranger Friends. Come on a journey to the upside down and meet some of Sunjai's weird and wonderful friends. Sunjai has been touring the country with his unique style of comedy,... | | Espionage / The Bunker |
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| | Late Night Lucky Bag COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 00:15 (60 min) - Free | | Late Night Lucky Bag is an unpredictable extravaganza of exciting comedy talents, where no two shows are the same! Every night, a rising star of the comedy scene will curate their own night of comedy.... | | Moriarty's / Cellar |
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| | Electric Frog COMEDY | | AUG 2-25 at 00:15 (60 min) - Free | | Join Dr Electric-Hogg, Dark Master of Dada in this offbeat production of his career retrospective as his interviewer (his hapless assistant Stags) asks the question on everybody’s foaming lips : “what... | | The Counting House / The Lounge |
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| | Hate N Live COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 00:15 (60 min) - Free | | 'The smash-hit show returns for a fifth year, with top TV comedians - aka the Gladi-Haters - improvising rants on topics suggested by the audience. By turns raucous and surreal, this show has the audi... | | The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber |
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| | Cool Story Bro' COMEDY | | AUG 2-14, 16-26 at 00:25 (55 min) - Free | | Trev Tokabi, from the Ivory Coast, has a knack to put himself in compromising situations! If you have a mate, friend, partner, homeboy, homegirl, brother, sister,husband, wife or just know someone who... | | The City Café / Nineties |
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| | Late Night Comedy Death Camp COMEDY | | AUG 2-19, 21-26 at 00:45 (60 min) - Free | | Henry Ginsberg presents a possibly anarchic, probably slightly depraved and almost certainly alcohol fuelled showcase of the best stand up comedy from this year's fringe. Hopefully everybody makes it ... | | Espionage / Kasbar |
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| | Late Night Comedy Death Camp COMEDY | | AUG 2-19, 21-26 at 00:45 (60 min) - Free | | Henry Ginsberg presents a possibly anarchic, probably slightly depraved and almost certainly alcohol fuelled showcase of the best stand up comedy from this year's fringe. Hopefully everybody makes it ... | | Espionage / Kasbar |
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| | Comedy Queers COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 00:45 (60 min) - Free | | A fabulous selection of outrageous Queer performers from across the fringe. Hosted by Sian Davies (“The audience relax as soon as she takes the stage. Her affable manner and sharp wit make Sian Davies... | | The Counting House / The Loft |
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| | Rule of 3 COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 00:45 (60 min) - Free | | Part stand up comedy, part game show. Three of the funniest comedians on earth take the stage with some of the best jokes in the world. Each one is sneaking in a different new joke every night. If the... | | The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room |
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| | Oxford Revue: Free COMEDY | | AUG 2-11, 21-26 at 01:00 (60 min) - Free | | The Oxford Revue returns with its celebrated Free Fringe variety bill. Across the month of August, the University of Oxford's premier sketch comedy troupe presents a rotating bill of stand-up, sketch,... | | The City Café / Las Vegas |
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| | Diamond Comedy Club COMEDY | | AUG 2-26 at 01:00 (60 min) - Free | | The Diamond Comedy Club is bringing some of the freshest voices in stand-up comedy to the Edinburgh Fringe for an unmissable late night party! Each night, a different line-up will take to the Counting... | | The Counting House / The Ballroom |
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| | Late Night LOLs COMEDY | | AUG 3-25 at 01:30 (60 min) - Free | | Going to bed so soon? But the night has just begun! Enjoy some Late Night LOLs with some of the best comedians at the Fringe. The best show you'll find at this hour. Hosted by award-winning comedian A... | | The Counting House / The Lounge |
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