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Our Fathers
What would you do if a stranger asked you to father her child? If your dad thought dance school turned you gay? If you'd never seen the man behind the mask? A moving and unforgiving tribute by three performers whose faraway fathers might just make an appearance. International company Babakas take inspiration from…
Summerhall, Edinburgh
Fri 2 Aug
Sat 3 Aug
Sun 4 Aug
Party Piece
Four good friends. One last party. One last chance to get more f*cked than the time before! A dangerous, funny, tragic, and honest look beneath the surface as they realise it’s time to get out and grow up. Produced by the New Wolsey Theatre, written by Rob Salmon and performed by the New Wolsey Young Associates, Party…
Bedlam Theatre, Edinburgh
Fri 2 Aug
Sat 3 Aug
Sun 4 Aug
Preen Back Yer Lugs!
Svenska Teatern coordinated by Ace-Production. The year is 2108. World War Seven has laid waste to the entire planet. The nation states of Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas and Australasia have all been totally destroyed. And yet, miraculously, one small, insignificant country on the outermost fringes of the British…
Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh
Wed 31 Jul
Thu 1 Aug
Fri 2 Aug
Raph Shirley: A Portrait of a Provincial Dickhead
Highbrow (pretentious?) alternative (unpopular) character (character!) comedy (tragedy). 'Fantastic alternative character comedy' ★★★★ (FringeGuru.com). 'Bundles of potential and ambition' (Chortle.co.uk). 'Raph Shirley is … funny' (BroadwayBaby.com). www.raphshirley.com
Bristo Bar, Edinburgh
Sat 3 Aug
Sun 4 Aug
Mon 5 Aug
Rich Hall
Off The Kerb Productions. Rich Hall becomes immeasurably funnier if you try not to laugh at him. Because every time you do, a soul somewhere gets trampled. Brand new stand-up show from Barry Award winner (2013) and Montana's deadpan comedy phenomenon. 'Mighty fine stuff' (Independent). Ages 14+.
Assembly George Square, Edinburgh
Thu 1 Aug
Fri 2 Aug
Sat 3 Aug
Richard Herring - We're All Going to Die!
Avalon Promotions. After sorting out politics (Hitler Moustache), religion (Christ on a Bike), love (What is Love, Anyway?) and penises (Talking Cock) Herring's tenth consecutive stand-up show tackles the undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveller returns (apart from Jesus and that canoe bloke). Is death a…
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Wed 31 Jul
Thu 1 Aug
Fri 2 Aug
Sandi Toksvig My Valentine
Sandi Toksvig - comedian, novelist, actor, broadcaster, university chancellor, show-off and international treasure -returns with her smash hit, sell-out solo show. Long-standing host of Radio Four's News Quiz and Excess Baggage and regular QI panellist, Sandi will be performing her uniquely witty afternoon of stand-up…
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Sat 3 Aug
Sun 4 Aug
Mon 5 Aug
Sarah Millican - Home Bird
'Sarah Millican is never less than belly-laugh hilarious' (Mirror). 'An iron fist in a marigold glove' (Guardian). The British Comedy Award’s Queen of Comedy Sarah Millican is giving up the party scene (Ann Summers), easing off on the drinking (fizzy pop equals wealthy dentists) and settling down (taking her bra off).
The Stand, Edinburgh
Thu 1 Aug
Fri 2 Aug
Sat 3 Aug
The School of Night's Spontaneous Shakespeare
Extempore Theatre - Festival Highlights. Shakespeare as you've never seen it before: made up on the spot! Award-winning disciples of theatre maverick Ken Campbell return. 'Uproarious, intelligent, laugh-a-minute fare' ★★★★ (Telegraph). From team behind smash-hit The Showstoppers! 'Hilarious! The Bard has never been…
Gilded Balloon Teviot, Edinburgh
Wed 14 Aug
Thu 15 Aug
Fri 16 Aug
Scott Capurro: Islamohomophobia
Scott Capurro / The Assembly Rooms. Midlife crisis. Check. Koran jokes. Check. Husband. Checkmate. In Islamohomophobia, award-winning comic Scott Capurro, now a married and respectable East London lady, inches closer to self-lynching with his tirade against bigotry, fag bashing and Cardiff. 'The most fearless and…
Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh
Wed 31 Jul
Fri 2 Aug
Sat 3 Aug
Sean Hughes - Penguins
Following on from last year's hit show, Sean is back with another gem. This year he asks is a man the sum of his parts? Tackling all nature of human failings and foibles he takes you on a whirlwind hour that includes older brothers, The Human League and an Italian hooligan. Watch as they all combine to mesmerising effect.
Gilded Balloon Teviot, Edinburgh
Wed 31 Jul
Thu 1 Aug
Fri 2 Aug
Set List: Stand-Up Without a Net
EMX Management / Susquehanna Hats & Rational Entertainment / Mick Perrin Worldwide. Now online at Nerdist.com and an upcoming Sky Atlantic TV series. A set list contains written words that comedians use to remind them of which jokes they will do. But what if someone else wrote them an outrageous set list and they…
Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh
Thu 1 Aug
Fri 2 Aug
Sat 3 Aug
Sex Lives of Others
Typer Productions in association with Louise Chantal Productions. We all know what they're up to… don't we? A new comedy about what's really going on next door, from writer Keely Winstone (Royal Court Writers' Programme, 2013) and director Hannah Eidinow (winner of five Fringe Firsts). 'Gloriously filthy, darkly funny…
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Wed 31 Jul
Thu 1 Aug
Fri 2 Aug
Shakespeare for Breakfast
C theatre. The Bardic Breakfasters are back! C's Shakespearean sensation returns for a 22nd sell-out year with free coffee and croissants! As ever, a completely brand new storyline for Shakespeare's characters. This comic romp is a witty and unique take on the traditional, whether you have a passion for Shakespeare or…
C, Edinburgh
Wed 31 Jul
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£6.50 (£5.50; Children £4.50; Seniors £5.50; Students £5.50) / 0131 226 0000
Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Thu 1 Aug
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£6.50 (£5.50; Children £4.50; Seniors £5.50; Students £5.50) / 0131 226 0000
Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Fri 2 Aug
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£6.50 (£5.50; Children £4.50; Seniors £5.50; Students £5.50) / 0131 226 0000
Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Suman Biswas: Still Alive After Amateur Transplants
The Fringe's favourite singing anaesthetist is back! Having left the highly successful duo Amateur Transplants - a voice of the iconic London Underground Song and co-creator of Paracetamoxyfrusebendroneomycin and four hit comedy albums - returns to Edinburgh with his piano to perform a solo show of smart new parodies and…
Just the Tonic at Bristo Square, Edinburgh
Sun 18 Aug
Mon 19 Aug
Tue 20 Aug
The Colour of the Chameleon (Tsvetat na Hameleona)
- 2012
- Bulgaria
- 111 min
- Directed by: Emil Hristow
- Cast: Lilia Abadjieva, Mihail Bilalov, Rousy Chanev
Spies run wild during the twilight of Communism. In this absurdist satire on state surveillance and bureaucracy in Eastern Europe in the late Communist era, young Batko (Ruscen Vidinliev) is recruited by the secret police to keep tabs on an underground group of “New Thinkers.” When he’s unfairly dismissed from his…
Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh
Sat 22 Jun
Sun 23 Jun
Three Half Pints
The Three Half Pints are a family friendly slapstick comedy group. Expect a high energy foray into the lives of three shorter than average brothers, Dick, Derek and Ernie as they slip, trip and tumble through a world that's just too big for them. Suitable for ages 5+. 'The Three Half Pints dazzle with well executed Monty…
theSpaces @ Surgeons Hall, Edinburgh
Mon 12 Aug
Tue 13 Aug
Wed 14 Aug
Toi Toi Toi
Opera Breve. The economy's in tatters! What's an Opera graduate to do in times of strife? Sing for her supper? This comic opera follows Lizzie and John as they try to make it in a cash-strapped world. But will they get the funds? Will the show go ahead? Or will they be doomed to a life of arts admin? With some of…
Paradise in Augustine's, Edinburgh
Tue 13 Aug
Wed 14 Aug
Thu 15 Aug
Tom Webb's Wedding
I do comedy… My dad got an MBE and now I can get married in St Paul’s Cathedral. It's like getting a Golden Ticket from Willy Wonka. I just need to arrange the wedding … and find love. I propose we spend the rest of our lives together, or certainly an hour, with this hilarious stand-up about love and the big day…
Dragonfly, Edinburgh
Sat 3 Aug
Sun 4 Aug
Mon 5 Aug
Traffic Department (Drogówka)
- 2013
- Poland
- 118 min
- Directed by: Wojciech Smarzowski
- Cast: Bartlomiej Topa, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Julia Kijowska
A workplace lifestyle of daily debauchery is disrupted by murder. In a police department where alcohol, drugs, sex and bribery are the norm, one policeman doesn’t know where to turn when he is falsely accused of murdering a fellow officer. Lightning fast editing crams enough plot developments to fill a mini series into…
Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh
Fri 28 Jun
Sun 30 Jun
Twins
In affiliation with The Invisible Dot, Twins is a double act starring Jack Barry, ‘a future in comedy’ (Chortle.co.uk), and Annie McGrath, ‘beautiful timing and spot-on delivery’ (Tab, Cambridge). Their debut show is a combination of sketches and talking, which sometimes meet in the middle. Their friends are really…
Wilkie House Upstairs, Edinburgh
Sat 3 Aug
Sun 4 Aug
Mon 5 Aug
The Underdogs
Two dudes, one stage. One born in Egypt but beaten up on the streets of East LA. The other born in Preston but beaten up on the streets of … Preston.
Laughing Horse @ Edinburgh City Football Club
Mon 5 Aug
Tue 6 Aug
Wed 7 Aug
The Way You Tell Them
Rachel Mars has always relied on humour. But what would happen if she couldn't fall back on laughter? Turning the spotlight on the inner workings of comedy, The Way You Tell Them interrogates the desire and - sometimes uncontrollable - compulsion to be funny. Using real-life material, classic oral sex jokes and a wolf…
Summerhall, Edinburgh
Mon 19 Aug
Anatomy Lecture Theatre
Free / 0131 226 0000
Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
- 15:30 – 16:30
Wed 21 Aug
Anatomy Lecture Theatre
Free / 0131 226 0000
Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
- 15:30 – 16:30
Fri 23 Aug
Anatomy Lecture Theatre
Free / 0131 226 0000
Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
- 15:30 – 16:30
Weegies Have Stolen the One O'Clock Gun
Robin Cairns as Morningside Malcolm. Malcolm lives in Morningside, Edinburgh's smart suburb. Imagine his shock when he learns that the One O'Clock Gun has disappeared. Imagine his horror when he learns that it has been stolen by… Glaswegians! Robin Cairns returns to the Fringe with his popular character, Morningside…
The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh
Sat 3 Aug
Sun 4 Aug
Mon 5 Aug
Who Ya Gonna Call?
Katy, Tom and Jon pay tribute to the best film of all time in their own special way: with original songs, cardboard props and lots of love. Watch them sing, slime and bust their way through a one-hour interactive tribute to everyone's favourite 80s classic. Think Reduced Shakespeare Company meets Be Kind, Rewind.
