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The Horne Section Live in a Cow
Avalon Promotions. Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival's best musical mayhem. Top comedians plus amazing performers combine to make this an unmissable show. Fresh from their second BBC Radio 4 series, the first band to ever host Never Mind the…
Underbelly Bristo Square, Edinburgh
Wed 31 Jul
Thu 1 Aug
Fri 2 Aug
Michael Fabbri: Buffering
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 his Out Out tour. 'Startlingly insightful' (Guardian).
Laughing Horse @ City Café, Edinburgh
Thu 1 Aug
Fri 2 Aug
Sat 3 Aug
Not Another Happy Ending
- 2013
- UK
- Directed by: John McKay
- Written by: David Solomons
- Cast: Karen Gillan, Stanley Weber, Iain De Caestecker
- UK release: 30 June 2013
A publisher tries to cure his star author of writer's block by making her unhappy.
Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Sun 30 Jun
Old Stock
- 2012
- Canada
- 85 min
- Directed by: James Genn
- Cast: Noah Reid, Melanie Leishman, Meghan Heffern
Growing old is inevitable; growing up is harder to do. Able bodied but broken hearted, Stock Burton retires in his early 20s. Facing a quarter-life crisis Stock misuses two years in the Golden Seasons with his youthful grandfather. When Stock is forced out of his pajamas to confront his troubled past he must handle an…
Filmhouse, Edinburgh
Sun 23 Jun
Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh
Sat 29 Jun
Pandora's Box
The American High School Theatre Festival. In this tense, violent and fast-paced adaptation of the Greek myth, a group of travelling actors with questionable motives choose a famous family as their victims, including a young bride-to be in the role of Pandora and her politician brother-in-law as the Titan Prometheus.
Church Hill Theatre, Edinburgh
Mon 5 Aug
Wed 7 Aug
Thu 8 Aug
Sean McLoughlin: Backbone
Sean McLoughlin / Free Festival. 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 joy to watch' (Fest). 'A painful genius … he's brilliant' ★★★★ (BroadwayBaby.com). 'A delicious edge to his delivery, showcasing a sardonic wit' (Scotsman). 'A…
Laughing Horse @ Espionage, Edinburgh
Thu 1 Aug
Fri 2 Aug
Sat 3 Aug
Simon Evans: Leashed
Quick-witted and cynical, Evans is, in his latest show, Leashed (as opposed, we imagine, to 'unleashed').
The Stand, Edinburgh
Wed 31 Jul
Fri 2 Aug
Sat 3 Aug
Slapdash Galaxy: 3D
Bunk Puppets & Scamp Theatre. This is the tale of Sam and Junior. Two brothers who must flee their barren planet and embark on an epic journey across the galaxy. Using bits of rubbish and junk, award-winning performer Jeff Achtem creates a shadow puppet universe full of hilarious DIY effects and lo-fi sci-fi visual…
Underbelly Bristo Square, Edinburgh
Wed 31 Jul
Thu 1 Aug
Fri 2 Aug
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…
Underbelly Bristo Square, Edinburgh
Wed 31 Jul
Thu 1 Aug
Fri 2 Aug
Addy Time
It's time for some Addy time with Addy van der Borgh in Addy Time… '…he was absolutely…' '…very much…' '…utterly…' '…one of the most…' '…puppy…' '…comedian…' '…massive cock…' '…sauber und ordentlich…' '…mizahla konusma dili saglanmalidir monkey…' '…hair…' '…value…' '…he's done a bit of telly if that helps…
The Canons' Gait, Edinburgh
Sat 3 Aug
Sun 4 Aug
Mon 5 Aug
Adrienne Truscott's Asking for It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pussy and Little Else!
Adrienne Truscott / Of The Wau Wau Sisters. 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 about rape, comedy and the awkward laughs in between. With commentary from George Carlin, Louis C. K. and Robert De Niro…
Heroes @ Bob's Bookshop, Edinburgh
Thu 1 Aug
Fri 2 Aug
Sat 3 Aug
Al Murray The Pub Landlord's Compete For The Haggis Independence Special!
Avalon. The ultimate pub quiz is back! Featuring The Pub Landlord's new comedy character Barry Braveheart, there will be Scots trivia and stuffed guts to be won! Pub quiz questions, Pub Landlord rules - all in aid of CamKids. 'Simply brilliant knockabout fun. No question.' (Mail On Sunday). 'He raises gales of laughter…
Gilded Balloon Teviot, Edinburgh
Sat 17 Aug
Amused Moose Comedy Awards Gangshow
A M Entertainments in association with 2entertain. Grab your hot ticket to talent-spot future stars amongst this year's Amused Moose Laugh Off crop of industry approved discoveries. Plus some who are already rather famous and featured in our past decade of sell-out Hot Starlet showcases. Every Gangshow is unique so…
Just The Tonic at the Caves, Edinburgh
Sat 3 Aug
Sun 4 Aug
Wed 7 Aug
Anthropoetry
Mellor & Steele. How do we express our spleen? When did we start wearing our hearts on our sleeves? Why are we up to our elbows in heels and bums? BBC Radio 4 Slam Champion Ben Mellor and multi-instrumentalist Dan Steele take you on a stand-up poetry and music-fuelled journey around the body. Presented with Ben's…
C nova, Edinburgh
Wed 31 Jul
studio 5
£8.50 (£6.50; Children £4.50; Seniors £6.50; Students £6.50) / 0131 226 0000
Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Thu 1 Aug
studio 5
£8.50 (£6.50; Children £4.50; Seniors £6.50; Students £6.50) / 0131 226 0000
Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Fri 2 Aug
studio 5
£8.50 (£6.50; Children £4.50; Seniors £6.50; Students £6.50) / 0131 226 0000
Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Atella the Pun
Award-winning comedians Darren Walsh, ‘relentlessly chirpy’ (Time Out, London,) and Leo Kearse, ‘very funny’ (List), host this hour of demented wordplay, ridiculous puns, audience inspired ad-libbing, special guests. You’ll laugh, you’ll groan, you’ll come back! A different show every day! Different guests…
Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, Edinburgh
Sat 3 Aug
Sun 4 Aug
Mon 5 Aug
Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical!
Baby Wants Candy, Assembly and Marshall Cordell. Baby Wants Candy: The Full Band Improvised Musical returns to the Fringe! Baby Wants Candy is one of the best known, longest running and most celebrated improv shows in the world. With runs in NYC, Chicago and internationally touring, Baby Wants Candy has performed over…
Assembly George Square, Edinburgh
Wed 31 Jul
Thu 1 Aug
Fri 2 Aug
Bacon Face: It's all Bacon
Not Sir Alex Ferguson (no, we didn't know he was called that either), but our favourite mysterious cult 1980s Canadian stand-up who wears a Mexican wrestling mask instead.
The Stand Comedy Club II, Edinburgh
Sat 3 Aug
Sun 4 Aug
Mon 5 Aug
BBC: Just a Minute
Chaired by Nicholas Parsons, Paul Merton and fellow witty and loquacious panellists try to speak for 60 seconds without hesitation, repetition or deviation. Discover why this show has been attracting the best comedians for 45 years. <p style="margin-top: 0"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0">…
BBC @ Potterrow, Edinburgh
Tue 13 Aug
BBC: MacAulay & Co
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. <p style="margin-top: 0"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0"> Please note - This is a free event ticketed via a…
BBC @ Potterrow, Edinburgh
Mon 5 Aug
Tue 6 Aug
Wed 7 Aug
BBC: Shaun Keaveny
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. <p style="margin-top: 0"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0"> Please note - This is a free event ticketed via a random draw. To enter the…
BBC @ Potterrow, Edinburgh
Fri 23 Aug
Bette Davis Ain't for Sissies
'I have two Oscars, not one but two'. Bdafs is a powerful one-woman show which takes place on the eve of the 1939 Academy Awards. Davis, upon finding out she will lose the Oscar to Vivien Leigh, leaves the ceremony and begins a journey through her memories. A piercing insight into the struggle of an actress who…
Fiddlers Elbow, Edinburgh
Sat 3 Aug
Sun 4 Aug
Mon 5 Aug
Big Daddy vs Giant Haystacks
Foundry Group. 1976-1988. Two fat men pretend to fight each other. One hundred million watch. This multi award-winning comedy play brings back to grunting, grappling life two hugely popular behemoths and the bizarre world they bestrode. Herald Angel winner Ross Gurney (Follow Me, Mussolini) and Dave Mounfield (Count…
Assembly George Square, Edinburgh
Thu 1 Aug
Fri 2 Aug
Sat 3 Aug
The Boy With Tape On His Face: More Tape
Lee Martin for Gag Reflex Management. The boy is back by popular demand! Your last chance to see the multi award-winning, sell-out show that wowed the West End. 2010 - sold out. 2011 - sold out. 2012 - sold out. 2013 - don't miss out! As seen on The Royal Variety Performance, BBC2's Comedy Prom, ITV1's Comedy Rocks and…
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Sat 3 Aug
Sun 4 Aug
Mon 5 Aug
Brendon Burns Hasn't Heard of You Either
The cult Australian comedian, not for the faint of heart, brings another show brimming in foul-mouthed rants and questionable taste to the Fringe.
The Stand, Edinburgh
Fri 2 Aug
£12 (£11) / 0131 558 7272
Sat 3 Aug
£12 (£11) / 0131 558 7272
Sun 4 Aug
£12 (£11) / 0131 558 7272
Bridget Christie - A Bic for Her
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…
