Listings: Storytelling

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…

Hired by Aladdin's genie, trainer Alice Lashman is here to teach you how to wish successfully. Grab a birthday candle, find a dandelion puff and come to Alice's seminar to learn how to avoid the mistakes of bankrupt lottery winners, our coalition government and fame-rejecting reality TV stars. Also featuring…

Inspired by a scientific study showing that hallucinogenic mushrooms can potentially cure obsessive-compulsive disorder, Adam Strauss embarked on his own programme of vigilante psychopharmacology. By turns hilarious, harrowing, and heart-rending, The Mushroom Cure is guaranteed to change your life. 'Storytelling of the…

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+.

The performance by Ragweed (scuzzy rock trio) comprises of original spoken word and live music from the band, creating a macabre narrative for a series of chapters, enhanced through projected images. The narrative serves as the driving seat for the plot, with the music punctuating and emphasizing key elements of…

At it? We're all at it - eh? Aren't we, eh? Eh? No? Well, we are - every day @ 6.15! Come in out the rain - eh? It's free - see? And rainproof. What's stopping you? eh? Stand-up comedy from London circuit comedians Jenny Maynard, Tammy Stone, Janet Bettesworth, Jen Cockburn, Jonathan Richardson and Jana Kennedy. 'Quite…

Thermal And A Quarter. There are still fakirs and snake-charmers in India. Only now, they use iPhones and Google. Heck! Even our elephants know what RAM is. Thermal And A Quarter is the non-Bollywood musical voice from this India. Imagine a Yes meets The Beatles via The Police while out for curry vibe. Our sound is…

Laugh yourself silly as BBC Radio 4 invites you to be part of the audience for recordings of three short stories written by leading comedians. <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 draw please visit…

Ditto Productions. Returning after three sell-out, five-star Fringes, the Chortle Award nominated sketch-storytellers present an epic set in a city full of superheroes. Enter a world of capes, crime and chaos as the Betas swoop into a mystery that beats you into a bloody pulp-fiction. Sketch comedy that asks: Is there…

Pay What You Want / Heroes @ Bob's Bookshop. Join Bob on Happy Hour in his own Fringe bar, venue and bookshop. Expect fascinatingly funny, unplugged, gonzo stories of hilarious adventures and life affirming nonsense. Keeping Edinburgh weird and beautiful. This is the Fringe. Malcolm Hardee award-winning trickster. Best…

Angus Dunican / Free Festival. Angus Dunican has never been very good at being himself. In fact, the one person he would have rather been, lived in the same house as him. His older brother was always better at causing explosions, melting things and falling off stuff. This was all long before the pubs started to let him…

Bronston Jones / Free Festival. The Big Man's back. Life's Short. I'm Not! is more than just a pun for this 6' 7” funnyman, it's Bronston's mantra, motto and mission statement meaning 'live it up before you're underground'. Ages 18+.

For the last 18 months Bruce has been learning Gaelic. What's the point? Trips to Skye, listening to Gaelic radio, trying stand-up in Gaelic and lots of Germans. You read that right! If you want to hear the funny side of his story: where he went, who he met and the things that make your head want to explode and learn some…

Bruce Fummey was born in the 60s to a Scottish mother and an African father who disappeared after 6 months. Brought up by a Yorkshire granny who had married a Black Watch soldier. It was bound to lead to Afro Celtic Angst. A natural storyteller … such an amiable character that you can’t help but get swept up by…

Brand new pirate adventure comedy and sketch show from The Spider Blues. We introduce to you Alan Beadle, World's Most Polite Man. Every day he sits at his office desk, playing pirate fantasy games and being mocked by his colleagues, before a group of fun-loving pirates find him and take him on the night of his…

Ditto Productions. This completely spontaneous improv show takes a single word from the audience and explodes it into an unrelenting tornado of comedy wonder and theatrical beauty. Starring Cariad Lloyd (Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer Nominee, Cardinal Burns, The Now Show) and Paul Foxcroft (Just For…

The Shadow Ape scuffles around in the cupboards of your psyche, waiting for you to carelessly leave the doors open. It's the part of you that you hope will stay away, but always turns up to the party. With a supply of trampohol. 'Rapier wit' ★★★★★ (Scotsgay). 'Comic timing is completely and utterly perfect' ★★★…

From being a Nazi war criminal’s daughter and the only girl in a boys school to snogging politician Chris Huhne and a bishop. Uniquely cuddly. Oddball. True life stories of swapped babies, the Iranian London embassy siege, escape to the circus and rescue from the evil world of false limb advertising - all in search for a…

Auld Reekie Tours Ltd. Join us on an atmospheric storytelling experience in our underground vaults dating back to the 1700s. You will learn about the damp and squalid conditions where the very poor and destitute once lived. Why did the witches in the 1700s cast spells and what happened to them? The haunted underground…

Explore the story of the Bible through fun, interactive and vibrant storytelling sessions and activities for children aged 2-11 and their grown-ups. For further details see website at www.wordalive.org.uk.

Chris 'The one you love to love' Dangerfield. After the critically acclaimed success of last year's Sex Tourist, I'm still looking for love in all the 'wong' places. This time in my home town, Soho. I went to find myself, found it, didn't like it, and spent a fortune. It was a dirty unpleasant job, but I did it for…

Black Hart Entertainment. A terrifying journey into the lair of the word famous Mackenzie Poltergeist, the best documented supernatural case in history. Our walks combine the weirdest stories, wickedest humour and wildest history. City of the Dead has been named 'Britain's Best Ghost Walk' (Yahoo!Travel, Scare.com…

Fat girls have all the fun! And none more so than Miranda Kane, who became Melody - a £2000 a night escort, and weighed over 300lbs to boot. In this tell-all comedy, she exposes the truth about sex workers, their clients, and the hilarious, heart-warming and often bizarre moments in a unique career. It's an…