Listings: Comedy, Fringe

Festival of the Spoken Nerd - Full Frontal Nerdity

A night of unashamed nerdiness and unlimited laughs with Helen Arney, Steve Mould and Matt Parker.

Lee Camp: Destruction! Distraction! Evolution?

EMX Management Presents. Evil forces and billionaire agendas have won the day while filling our heads with iPhone ecstasy and Playstation porn. Can Lee Camp act as our time bomb of reason, jarring us awake? This 'comedy evangelist with blistering punchlines' (Guardian) has been banned from various media outlets for the…

Faulty Towers: The Dining Experience

'Sybil', 'Basil' and 'Manuel' recreate the chaotic John Cleese sitcom experience, while you enjoy a three course dinner. Nope, doesn't sound very safe to us, either.

Terry Alderton: Season 4

CKP in association with Tim Payne. Following his critically acclaimed smash hit shows in 2010, 2011 and 2012 and hugely successful national tours, award-winning comedian Terry Alderton is back! Seen on Michael McIntyre's Roadshow, Dave's One Night Stand, and the Sun's Comedian of the Year 2011 returns with a brand new…

Benny Boot: As Seen On TV

Get Comedy. Following last year's sell-out show, this year Benny (seen on Dave's One Night Stand) pre-empts his imminent fame by recording a TV special live from the 2013 Edinburgh Festival. However, the stakes are high as he's not been given the green light from the television networks. Benny continually blurs the…

Felicity Ward: Irregardless

Get Comedy. As seen on Russell Howard's Good News. ★★★★ (Scotsman). ★★★★ (Time Out). ★★★★ (Chortle.co.uk). ★★★★ (List). Winner: Perth/Sydney Comedy Festivals 2012. Nominee: Melbourne Comedy Festival and Adelaide Fringe 2012. This is a ridiculous job. Who else gets a round of applause before they even walk into their…

Terry Clement: Din Times 8

Get Comedy. It is difficult to describe, in writing, exactly what Terry does… psychedelic performance art? Stoner music deluxe? Blue-collar observations strained through a Picasso filter and rolled onto a Gysin Canvas? Din Times 8 is at times scary, silly and almost always hallucinatory, pushing the boundaries of…

Keith Farnan: Fear Itself

Irish comedian Keith Farnan (Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, Live at the Comedy Store, Just For Laughs All Access) follows his acclaimed shows about money, the death penalty and feminism with a show about fear. Franklin D Roosevelt said: 'We have nothing to fear but fear itself' - frankly, an understatement, Franklin.

Howard Read: Hide and Speak

Get Comedy. He was the first to use animation in live comedy, the first to make a cartoon boy belch in front of the Queen. Now multi award-winning stand-up animator Howard Read says he can perform stand-up as a cartoon character, live. Animated characters on stage, telling jokes, improvising, answering questions and…

The Lady Boys of Bangkok: Glamorous Amorous

The Lady Boys present their world-famous show with renditions of J-Lo, Whitney, Kylie et al.

Mark Thomas: 100 Acts of Minor Dissent

The political heavyweight of the comedy world is renowned for causing mayhem in the quest for fairness and good. Tonight he talks about his many acts of dissent.

David Quirk - Shaking Hands With Danger (AUS)

Laughing Stock Productions. If you've read this far, you've either cheated, thought about cheating or been cheated on. We have that in common. Award-winning Aussie comedian David Quirk takes us back to one day of his life, in Finland; a day that changed everything, when he shook hands with danger and didn't let go.

Tim FitzHigham: Challenger

The true spirit of the Fringe, multi award-winning, Perrier nominated comedian, author, explorer and unusualist, Tim FitzHigham is back in a brand new show. Tim has brilliant bad ideas: rowing the Channel in a bathtub, taking on the world's weirdest wagers. Star of CBBC's Super Human Challenge and BBC Radio 4, see him…

Pete Cain: Everybody Out!

Pete Cain / The Assembly Rooms. Wickedly funny, incorrectly political, radically reasonable, relevantly relevant, ridiculously true and beautifully observed; the thought-provoking stand-up returns to Edinburgh with the answer to all of our social, economic and political problems, yes all of them. Buckle-up. 'Dark but…

Radio Forth on the Fringe

Radio Forth Ltd. Now in its sixth year, Radio Forth on the Fringe is the largest showcase event of Fringe entertainment available at this year's festival. Featuring a selection of some of the biggest names in music, comedy and entertainment hosted by 97.3 Forth One's breakfast show hosts, Boogie and Arlene. Previous…

Carey Marx: Intensive Carey

Intensive Carey delves into the repercussions of a life-changing experience. What happens when something so profound impacts your life? On hearing his doctor’s orders ('Mr Marx, if you have another heart attack, go immediately to a hospital. Do not, I repeat, do not consider masturbating'), Carey was forced to review some…

Abandoman: Moonrock Boombox

Underbelly Productions by arrangement with Dawn Sedgwick Management. After several years cutting a truly original path between rap music and comedy, Abandoman are stepping up their award-winning game. Now performing as a full band, they'll innovate mixtape mashups and futuristic jams live on stage, using the history of…

Comedy Gala 2013: In Aid of Waverley Care

Annual comedy jamboree featuring a stellar line-up of big names.

Rich Hall's Hoedown

Off The Kerb Productions. 'If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer' (Henry David Thoreau). Join Rich and his pals for this acclaimed late night comedy/music extravaganza. Featuring a new drummer. 'Immaculate wordplay imbued with a genuine passion for the…