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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.
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Wed 31 Jul
Thu 1 Aug
Fri 2 Aug
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…
Gilded Balloon Teviot, Edinburgh
Wed 31 Jul
Thu 1 Aug
Fri 2 Aug
La Clique
La Clique / The Famous Spiegeltent. The outrageous, unforgettable, five-star La Clique returns to Edinburgh for the world premiere of its new show. A magical cabaret like no other, La Clique was born in 2003 and went on to scoop a whole host of awards, including an Olivier, before travelling the world playing to…
The Famous Spiegeltent, Edinburgh
Fri 2 Aug
Sat 3 Aug
Sun 4 Aug
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…
Underbelly Bristo Square, Edinburgh
Wed 31 Jul
Thu 1 Aug
Fri 2 Aug
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…
Gilded Balloon Teviot, Edinburgh
Wed 31 Jul
Thu 1 Aug
Fri 2 Aug
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…
Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh
Thu 1 Aug
Fri 2 Aug
Sat 3 Aug
Breabach
Blending double bagpipes, whistle, fiddle, song and Scottish stepdance with Celtic flair and frenzy.
Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh
Mon 19 Aug
Footstomping Traditional Scottish Music
Join us at the multi award-winning WHISKI Bar and Restaurant for a vibrant footstomping good time as we showcase many traditional Scottish music bands during August. Toes will be tapping to our vibrant mix of instruments playing live traditional Scottish music: fiddles, accordians, guitars and whistles playing in harmony.
Whiski, Edinburgh
Mon 29 Jul
Tue 30 Jul
Wed 31 Jul
Sex With Animals
An expedition through the often hilarious, occasionally profound sexual habits of the animal kingdom. Ryan Good (Neo-Futurist, NYIT award winner) as Ryan the Bisexual Lion has explored the far reaches of the animal world and the depths of his sexuality. Think David Attenborough meets Eddie Izzard on Grindr. From…
Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, Edinburgh
Thu 1 Aug
Fri 2 Aug
Sat 3 Aug
Shostakovich Late
ROSL Arts. Shostakovich's Cello Sonata (13 Aug) and searing String Quartet No. 8 (20 Aug) plus Schnittke and others. Rothko, Cavaleri Quartets, Yelian He, cello, Yasmin Rowe, piano. Different programme each evening. Stiff musical nightcap for Fringe diehards. Includes glass of wine beforehand. www.roslarts.org.uk. All…
Royal Overseas League, Edinburgh
Tue 13 Aug
Tue 20 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
Alex Williamson
Over 250,000 subscribers and 26,000,000 views, he’s a global YouTube sensation. Forty-six consecutive sold out live shows across Australia. Book early and let this multimedia superstar entertain you! Warning this show is not for the feint hearted … it has very adult concepts and language! ‘Disturbing and distressing…
Gilded Balloon Teviot, Edinburgh
Wed 31 Jul
Thu 1 Aug
Fri 2 Aug
Best of the Bongo
Bongo Club. From the esteemed roster of clubnights at Edinburgh's Bongo Club, a choice selection of the very best nights out in town during August, with the twisted, freaky mix of burlesque, glam techno, electro and indie of Confusion Is Sex, evergreen soul, funk, Latin, jazz and more from Four Corners, and the mighty…
Underbelly, Edinburgh
Fri 2 Aug
Sat 3 Aug
Fri 9 Aug
Bo Burnham: What
Following his smash hit, sell out show ‘Words, Words, Words’ in 2010, which won both the Edinburgh Comedy Award Panel Prize and a Malcolm Hardee Award, and received unprecedented rave reviews, comedy sensation Bo Burnham returns to the Fringe for a strictly limited run with his brand new show What. The youngest person…
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Fri 9 Aug
Sat 10 Aug
Sun 11 Aug
Britten, Brahms, Bennett
This varied programme of classical and contemporary works spans 150 years of choral music. The earliest work presented will be Brahms Four Songs for Female Voices, 2 Horns and Harp. This unusual scoring complements the opening line of the first song, which reflects on the rich tones of the harp. Celebrating the centenary…
St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh
Sat 24 Aug
Cadre
Countries go through times of turmoil when in transition from one of governing to a new order. They consist of many giant and individual struggles. But what happens when the future you meet is not the one that you were expecting? Cadre is one such South African story of dreams and change. Omphile Molusi is one of…
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Fri 9 Aug
Thu 15 Aug
Wed 21 Aug
Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged
The American High School Theatre Festival. The classic play, first premiered at the Fringe in 1987, now interpreted through the eyes, hearts and funny bones of American High School actors. Hysterically funny, witty, and completely preposterous, this play takes us on a fast-paced journey through the nooks and crannies…
Church Hill Theatre, Edinburgh
Fri 16 Aug
Do We Need You After The Apocalypse? The Game Show
Jarred Christmas and Tom Davis. Ever wondered if you had what it takes to be a survivor? Can you make tough decisions? Do you know how to make a fire out of a broken chair and some hope? Jarred Christmas and Tom Davis host a game show like no other as we find out if you're going to be useful or just a bloody liability.
Gilded Balloon Teviot, Edinburgh
Thu 15 Aug
Fri 16 Aug
Sat 17 Aug
La Donna è Mobile
Words are no longer enough. The body must now speak. And what will it say? This is about the private and the perverse … an experiment … an investigation into the murkier parts of the human psyche, where the inexplicable becomes visible. Let us take a look at womanhood in all its deformity. Let us shred our skin and…
Summerhall, Edinburgh
Fri 2 Aug
Sat 3 Aug
Sun 4 Aug
Eric Hutton's Favourite Songs - Free
French, Australian, Nordic, Jewish, Arctic comedian Eric Hutton has received many props from the humongous comedy fat cats that run the world. Now he would like to share with you some of his favourite, and often overlooked songs from around the globe. Mining genres as diverse as nature metal from the depths of…
Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, Edinburgh
Fri 2 Aug
Sat 3 Aug
Sun 4 Aug
Givers
Year of the Horse Theater. The Givers tells the intertwined stories of an abortion provider and her hairdresser, a devout pro-life advocate, both living in the American south. Inspired by interviews with both abortion providers and pro-life activists across the US, The Givers illustrates how perspectives collide in the…
theSpaces on the Mile, Edinburgh
Mon 19 Aug
Tue 20 Aug
Wed 21 Aug
Henning Wehn's German Christmas Do
Satirical humour from the self-styled German Comedy Ambassador to Great Britain and 2005 Hackney Empire New Act Of The Year award-winner in a festive bonanza.
The Caves, Edinburgh
Thu 1 Aug
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Fri 2 Aug
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Sat 3 Aug
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Hot Chocolate at 10
Finish your day relaxing to music by candlelight in the surroundings of this historic and aesthetically sensuous church. Join us for our fifth record-breaking season. Programme of vocal and instrumental music changing nightly. Includes Baroque chamber music, solo strings and woodwind, and choral works ancient and modern.
Old St Paul's Church, Edinburgh
Tue 6 Aug
Wed 7 Aug
Thu 8 Aug
New Wave
Invisible Dot Ltd. The New Wave, a cross section of the most exciting and innovative new acts in the country - 'this century's Comic Strip' (Sunday Times). A limited nine-show run following a sold out London residency, ahead of an Autumn nationwide tour. 'If you like your comedy daring, clever and with a pinch of…
Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh
Thu 8 Aug
Fri 9 Aug
Sat 10 Aug
Nobody's Boy
Nobody's Boy is a tapestry of songs by the likes of Rufus Wainwright and Nina Simone woven together to narrate an emotional tale of childhood, identity and belonging. Fresh from appearances on the BBC, Channel 4 and London's West End, Adam Caslin is renowned for the passion and unbridled emotion within his live…
