Listings: Before 12pm, Comedy

Clive Anderson ties up the Loose Ends with cool music, lots of comedy and, of course, scintillating conversation. Recorded for BBC Radio 4. Please note - This is a free event ticketed via a random draw. To enter the draw please visit www.bbc.co.uk/tickets.

Broadcast simultaneously live on BBC Radio Scotland and sold out every year for the last decade, Fred MacAulay and Susan Calman bring you the pick of the very best comedy from the Fringe. Please note - This is a free event ticketed via a random draw. To enter the draw please visit www.bbc.co.uk/tickets.

6 Music Breakfast show legend Shaun W Keaveny will be presenting his show live from the BBC venue at the Edinburgh Festivals. Join him and his special guests. Please note - This is a free event ticketed via a random draw. To enter the draw please visit www.bbc.co.uk/tickets.

The BBC returns to bring the best of the Festivals to audiences at home and in Edinburgh. Come and find out what's going on from 9am daily. Visit bbc.co.uk/tickets for line-ups and tickets. Follow @BBCEdFest.

Sitting Duck Theatre. Come and see G and S as you've never seen it before! This debut Fringe production by Sitting Duck Theatre sings and dances its way through the working lives of WS Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. Combining original lyrics with Sullivan's music, six performers invite you into the topsy turvydom of this…

Shout out your funniest ideas for the comedians onstage to turn into wacky stories – completely on the spot!

Alexander Bennett with Jorik Mol and the Free Festival. The hilarious story of a young girl's tragic past and terrifying future. A comedy show to wake you up with drama, music and general silliness. On in the morning, we don't like the dark. 'A funny and enjoyable show' (BroadwayBaby.com). Ages 16+.

Madame Chabane. 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. Amongst other things, she will explain why, in her culture, it's not such a good idea to go by the 'ladies first' attitude. She will tackle various issues…

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. A coming of age story like no other, join us in Avenue Q with a cast of fluffy, filthy and unforgettable characters who've found themselves living on the wrong side of Sesame Street… Featuring an enlightening repertoire of Tony Award winning songs such as It Sucks to Be Me and What do…

The Today Programme: The BBC's flagship national news and current affairs show comes to the Edinburgh Fringe. Join James Naughtie for a morning of news-making interviews, international reports and the best of Edinburgh's summer festivals. Please note - This is a free event ticketed via a random draw. To enter the…

Foghorn's delicious blend of comedy is sure to leave the adults awestruck and the kids captivated. New stories are magically plucked out of Foghorn's expansive imagination and into existence from your suggestions. By the end of our one-act Pop-Tart, you'll be tweeting frantically to get the word out about this…

Back for a second year, The Birmingham Footnotes Comedy Society present their mix of high energy, almost absurd and delightfully daft sketches. 'Charming, funny and self-aware in the best possible way' ★★★★ (EdFringeReview.com). 'They may seem like a bunch of nutters, but the Footnotes are wonderfully adept at making…

Bridget Christie / The Stand Comedy Club. 'Most original act I've seen for years' (Harry Hill). Star of BBC Radio 4's Bridget Christie Minds the Gap, BBC2's It's Kevin, and Comedy Central's Alternative Comedy Experience, starts the day by eroticising waterproof jackets and roller coasters, ridiculing biro…

Who Dunnett Productions. Fooled by their titles, their accents and their jewels, we sometimes forget that the British Royal Family could be as dysfunctional as the rest of us. This comedy drama (set in 1997) follows the family on their hilarious and moving journey through life which is based on a true story. Ages 14+.

The Edinburgh Dungeon. Nobody tells stories like we do: exciting, scary and bloody funny. With a full cast of brilliant actors, authentic sets, special effects and two awesome rides, we'll take you on a unique thrill-filled journey through a thousand years of Scotland's murky past. We've a full cast of infamous…

The Superhero Club provides an audience with humour, style and ease. A most enjoyable show mixes satire with surrealist material, whilst never confusing or ostracising anybody in particular. From family dinners to Harry Potter to an accidental admission of true love, our eccentric sketches are fast, humorous and…

Death Ship 666 / Free Festival. Start your morning with a bang, with Death Ship 666! The fun disaster movie parody play, following the ill-fated passengers aboard a half-built cruise ship's maiden voyage to the Bermuda triangle. Where anything that can go wrong, does go wrong … and explodes on Death Ship 666! Fans of…

International Collegiate Theatre Festival. Filled with intrigue, innuendo, and indiscretions, Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief parodies societal expectations of women combined with the delightful possibilities that can happen when they do not follow the rules. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Paula Vogel reimagines…

Hayley Ellis and Brennan Reece. Ellis and Reece (BBC, ITV, Sky1, E4, CBBC) have decided to do a show. It might be the greatest thing the Fringe has ever seen. Includes: stand-up, song, dance, mime, showgirls, fire, dog juggling and some comedy. All ages.

Soho Theatre & the Mason Sisters at PBJ. Eight shows back-to-back, starting the day from scratch, each show will be built from the best of the previous, taking shape through the day to form a completed eighth show. 'For those jaded by the pedestrian bilge that litters the comedy landscape, Doctor Brown is good for…

The Phat Beavers. Surreal comedy parodying American gangster films. It's 1978. A Chicago mafia boss is under threat from the cops, an old foe and everyone else, it seems. Will his past demons come back to haunt him, or will they not? A story where heroes become villains, villains become heroes, and cliches stop being…

Duet investigates the two P’s: pairs and power. Being on the verge of a breakup, Hanna and Heidi have decided to take up couple therapy. After 13 years together the two choreographers take a brutally honest look at themselves revealing a confused and disillusioned relationship. The constant quest for power and…