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Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2013

Women Who Wank--
a USA Weekly News 100 Star Award Winner
"….. ‘Women Who Wank’ is not only entertaining but quite informative and reaches out into your inner soul..... one of the most unusual, provocative, outrageous ... could say scandalous... but most of all one of the most professional and entertaining Fringe Shows we have seen for a long time at any fringe festival form around the world .. ‘Woman Who Wank’ ... well earns its USA Weekly News 100 Star Award for being a fringe show which is way above the normal five star standard...."..USAWeekly News.

....Woman Who Wank is a Show not to be missed at 2013 Edinburgh Fringe Festival-
Free to Enter... may be more difficult to get out...or maybe you will not want to get out...
Each night a new Dis-Covery Play -Theatre on at Cowgatehead- Venue CG- 1st Floor 3rd to the 25th August 2013 - 10.30 pm

Women Who Wank…

Bidden For,,, Comically tragic and tragically discovery play in search of intimacy, please and connection..
Enjoy the ridiculousness of the best worst kept secret and of disconnected egos rubbing themselves up.
This is a Fool’s show by Joanne Tremarco and is suitable for all adults…

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Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2013

Another must see Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2013 show..

The Tom Show- The Grand Tour..
USA Weekly News 100 Star Award Winner...
"....the Tom Shows is just one fun packed show that will keep you guessing and laughing all the way through...with sword swallowing, comedy, underwater escpae and a stunt bunny..what more could one ask for an hour show"...USA Weekly News

Join Tom ( Blue Peter, midweek best male actor nominee- reading Fringe Festival and Stu The Stunt Bunny ( Crimewatch, Britain's most wanted) for an incrediable hour of entertainment every night form 6/30 to 7.30 pm Venue 77- Club Rouge
www.thetomshow.co.uk

Blaggards

Laughing Horse@ The Free Sisters. Maggies Chambers

Venue 272… 1^st to 25^th August 2013 at 10.45am

Contains strong language and adult themes .... British Exist Theatre www.xist-theatre.couk

“The Dirtiest bar in Town … But we call it home…” Jess and Rob are running form home and running out of options.

They find themselves living and working in the dirtiest bar in town. They think they’ve got it all planned out, but soon they’ll find themselves out of their depth and searching for solutions..

“….One of the most progressive, entertaining and acted play written and acted by two young actors that we have seen for many year at the fringe… world class play and well worth a USAWeekly News100 Star Award for being way above the average five start standard …a real academy award performance…well done…. USA Weekly News

Recommended Show:

“ Don’t not miss Blaggards…. You will be sorry…. The next time you see it will be in New York at $200 a ticket…INLNews .com

“. A solid bit of younger theatre. Sit close to the front and give it the attention it deserves…” Fringe Review.co.uk

“The duo capture the voice of their young, streetwise characters in a way television often struggles to achieve..” The Scotsman

“Fast, Funny and Fiercely Entertaining..” Woking News

Gordon Sixpense- He Is Music!! Receives a USA Weekly News 100 Star Award at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe Festival ...

Gordon Sixpense- He Is Music!!. has be name as one of the greatest shows at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe Festival ....for professionalism, originality and entertainment....
Gordon Sixpense- He Is Music!!. ..... received the coveted the USA Weekly News 100 Star Award... for being a Frimge Show way above the normal five star stardard.. the USA Weekly News 100 Star Awards have become to be known as the Academy Award for Fringe Festivals around the world...

Gordon Sixpense- He Is Music!!. received the coveted the USA Weekly News 100 Star Award...

"...one of the most professional and entertaining shows we have seen for many years at any fringe festival around the world... Gordon Sixpence- He Is Music!!... is a Fringe Show of International standard and class.. a must see at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe Festival..”…..USA Weekly News..

Gordon Sixpense- The Story

Legendary music publisher Stephen Squeak (born Arthur Sixpence) has died, leaving his multi-billion dollar fortune to his teenage seventh wife and not a penny to his struggling musician sons - Gordon, Dickie and Bernard. The Sixpence brothers, now bankrupted by their legal efforts to claim the estate, have been forced to make a bold shift in tactics.

They have hit the road and taken to theatres across the country to tell the world their story. That Gordon, the eldest and most eccentric of the trio, was responsible for writing every song that Stephen Squeak published. Almost every popular classic of the last fifty years was created by Gordon, secretly recorded by Stephen and then sold to the highest bidder.

They may be united in purpose but the brothers struggle to mask their dysfunction and squabble endlessly. Gordon is particularly troubled - easily confused and only able to communicate through his lyrics. And yet, he is the only one with the power to bring the family back together, to inspire them to perform at their best and to prove to the world, once and for all, that (to paraphrase a Gordon original made famous by Barry Manilow) "he is music and he writes the songs"!

2013 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Programme

Don't Miss these shows at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Clare Harrisons 15 Inches of Fame
10.15 pm 1st to 16th and 20th to 25th August, 2013
In the Yurk Locker- Laughing Horse Free Festival
The Three Sisters 139 Cowgate Edinburgh EH1 1JS Venue 272 a Free Show
"..endearingly mad..." Clortle "Its like Ann Widdecome with a sex drive... I laughed my flaps off..."
Clare Harrison is the Female version of Russel Brand... but a lot Zanier and funnier...
Clare had been chosen to be a host on The International Fringe Fest TV Show..
more commonly known as "The IF Fest TV Show"
Clare is simply the best.... a girl you will love or hate... or love to hate.. or.. hate to love.... come and see Clare Harrison and see which category you are in after watching the this wacky zanny performer ....at the Free Fringe before you have to start paying £200 a ticket to see Clare Live...

Don't Miss these shows at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe festival

News At Kate -Kate Smuthwaite presents a new hour of left wing satirical comedy about the news, being in the news, being on the news..
omn at Cia Roma - Venue 148- 64 South Bridge Street, Edinburgh - 3rd to 24th August at 8.20pm

The News At Kate 20130 World Inaction

3.40 pm at Cannon’s Gate ( Venue 78) 3^rd to 25^th August 2013 ( not 13^th)

Trouble With Comedy- Ian Cognito 10.30 pm each night at the City Cafe, 19 Blair Street, Edinburgh -Picking the scabs off the comedy business, Ian Gognito returns to the fray with a drop of the hard stuff..
“…A rough house comic moralist of rare distinction…”- The Independent.... "Just Stunning.." The Guardian..

Simon South and Fluer

Uneasy Alliance- Really? Really?
9pm at the Dram House 37 Guthrie Strteet Edinburgh

Cat Flap of Opportunity at the Street, Venure 158 2B Picadilly Place, Edinburgh at 5.15 pm

Simon in Wonderland- Magic- Cafe Camio Venue 65- 64 South Bridge Street, Edinburgh

Chris Cross- Seeing Is Not Believing- Cabaret-11pm The Dram House, 37 Guthrie Street Edinburgh, A late night cabaret show with a twist from the Fringe's favourite showman! Expect off-the wall magic, contortion and escapology stunts! It fee but not shit!.. A Must See Show (The Stage) 100 Star USA Weekly News Award in 2007...

Jennifer Wong : Laughable- Comedy - 10 pm - The Dram House Upstairs ( Venue 299) 37 Guthrei Street, Edinburgh, Fantoosh 3rd to 22nd August 2013
Ride a carousal of pun trick ponies and sparking one-liners with one of Sydney Morning Herald's Top 10 New Comics to Watch...

Comic On Duty - Benjamin Crellin 6.45 pm 1st to 25th August, 2013- City Cafe- 19 Blair Street, Edinburgh Free Festival-Laughing Horse..
Crellin's solo show is a shotgun blast through a world full of ignorance.."Three Weeks.."

David Mills: 5.30 PM - The Hive- Niddry Street, Edinburgh. David had Been selected to perform in the IF Fest Road Show _International Fringe Fest Road Show.... more commonly known as the IF Fest.. David is going straight to to top of the international comedy world..

Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2013
Women Who Wank

.................. is a Fool’s show by Joanne Tremarco and is suitable for all adults…

a USA Weekly News 100 Star Award Winner
"….. ‘Women Who Wank’ is not only entertaining but quite informative and reaches out into your inner soul..... one of the most unusual, provocative, outrageous ... could say scandalous... but most of all one of the most professional and entertaining Fringe Shows we have seen for a long time at any fringe festival from around the world .. ‘Woman Who Wank’ ... well earns its USA Weekly News 100 Star Award for being a fringe show which is way above the normal five star standard...."..USA Weekly News.....Woman Who Wank is a Show not to be missed at 2013 Edinburgh Fringe Festival-
Free to Enter... may be more difficult to get out...or maybe you will not want to get out...
Each night a new Dis-Covery Play -Theatre on at Cowgatehead- Venue CG- 1st Floor 3rd to the 25th August 2013 - 10.30 pm

Women Who Wank…Bidden For,,, Comically tragic and tragically discovery play in search of intimacy, please and connection.. Enjoy the ridiculousness of the best worst kept secret and of disconnected egos rubbing themselves up. This is a Fool’s show by Joanne Tremarco and is suitable for all adults…

Another must see Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2013 show..

The Tom Show- The Grand Tour..
USA Weekly News 100 Star Award Winner...
"....the Tom Shows is just one fun packed show that will keep you guessing and laughing all the way through...with sword swallowing, comedy, underwater escpae and a stunt bunny..what more could one ask for an hour show"...USA Weekly News

Join Tom ( Blue Peter, midweek best male actor nominee- reading Fringe Festival and Stu The Stunt Bunny ( Crimewatch, Britain's most wanted) for an incrediable hour of entertainment every night form 6/30 to 7.30 pm Venue 77- Club Rouge
www.thetomshow.co.uk

Blaggards

Laughing Horse@ The Free Sisters. Maggies Chambers

Venue 272… 1^st to 25^th August 2013 at 10.45am

Contains strong language and adult themes .... British Exist Theatre www.xist-theatre.couk

“The Dirtiest bar in Town … But we call it home…” Jess and Rob are running form home and running out of options.

They find themselves living and working in the dirtiest bar in town. They think they’ve got it all planned out, but soon they’ll find themselves out of their depth and searching for solutions..

“….One of the most progressive, entertaining and acted play written and acted by two young actors that we have seen for many year at the fringe… world class play and well worth a USA Weekly News100 Star Award for being way above the average five start standard …a real academy award performance…well done…..USA Weekly News

Recommended Show:

“ Don’t not miss Blaggards…. You will be sorry…. The next time you see it will be in New York at $200 a ticket…INLNews .com

“. A solid bit of younger theatre. Sit close to the front and give it the attention it deserves…” Fringe Review.co.uk

“The duo capture the voice of their young, streetwise characters in a way television often struggles to achieve..” The Scotsman

“Fast, Funny and Fiercely Entertaining..” Woking News

Gordon Sixpense- He Is Music!! Receives a USA Weekly News 100 Star Award at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe Festival ...

Gordon Sixpense- The Story

http://www.sixpencebrothers.co.uk/

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The Sixpence Brothers present...

Gordon Sixpence - He Is Music!

Performances

You can experience the Sixpence Brothers at a venue somewhere near you:

1st August 2013 (Preview - 2 for the price of 1)	MacLaren Suite, The Scotsman Hotel, Edinburgh	6:30pm
2nd August 2013 (Preview - 2 for the price of 1)	MacLaren Suite, The Scotsman Hotel, Edinburgh	6:30pm
3rd August 2013 (Preview - 2 for the price of 1)	MacLaren Suite, The Scotsman Hotel, Edinburgh	3pm & 6:30pm
4th August 2013 (Preview - 2 for the price of 1)	MacLaren Suite, The Scotsman Hotel, Edinburgh	3pm & 6:30pm
5th August 2013 (Preview - 2 for the price of 1)	MacLaren Suite, The Scotsman Hotel, Edinburgh	6:30pm
6th August 2013 (Preview - 2 for the price of 1)	MacLaren Suite, The Scotsman Hotel, Edinburgh	6:30pm
8th August 2013	MacLaren Suite, The Scotsman Hotel, Edinburgh	6:30pm
9th August 2013	MacLaren Suite, The Scotsman Hotel, Edinburgh	6:30pm
10th August 2013	MacLaren Suite, The Scotsman Hotel, Edinburgh	6:30pm
11th August 2013	MacLaren Suite, The Scotsman Hotel, Edinburgh	3pm Matinee
12th August 2013	MacLaren Suite, The Scotsman Hotel, Edinburgh	6:30pm
13th August 2013	MacLaren Suite, The Scotsman Hotel, Edinburgh	6:30pm
14th August 2013	MacLaren Suite, The Scotsman Hotel, Edinburgh	6:30pm
15th August 2013	MacLaren Suite, The Scotsman Hotel, Edinburgh	6:30pm

Tickets £7.00 available from the Scotsman Hotel, on line at www.edfringe.com and all Fringe box offices.

The Sixpence Brothers present...Gordon Sixpence - He Is Music!

All Tickets now £7! Check perfomances here

Master of compilations Ashley Abram of "Now That's What I Call Music" fame uses his extensive knowledge of pop to create a new original comedy alongside his on-stage cohorts and 'brothers' the acclaimed New Zealand musicians John Gibson and Richard Adams.

"Gordon Sixpence - He Is Music" is a satire on the music business and all who sail in her that reveals some very strange family dynamics and extremely underhand dealings once The Sixpence Brothers take to the road and begin to reveal their story.

It turns out that their brother Gordon, the eldest and most eccentric of the trio, was actually the original writer of every song ever published by their father Arthur who, unbeknown to them, changed his name to Stephen Squeak and amassed one of the biggest fortunes ever in the music business.

They may be united in purpose theoretically, but the brothers struggle to mask their dysfunction and squabble endlessly. Gordon is particularly troubled and only able to converse in song. Yet he is the only one with the power to bring the family back together again and inspire them to perform at their best. Will he be able to prove to the world once and for all that (to paraphrase a Gordon original strangely attributed to the pen of The Beach Boys' Bruce Johnston and made famous by Barry Manilow) "he is music, and he writes the songs"?

Truly a musical cabaret like no other...

Tickets £7.00 from the Edinburgh Fringe Website

The Cast

Ashley Abram - ‘Gordon Sixpence’

Ashley is best known as the creator of over 100 UK No.1 Compilation Albums in the last 30 years. From "Raiders Of The Pop Charts" back in 1983 through to "Be My Baby" in 2012 via the multi-million selling "Now That's What I Call Music", "Smash Hits", "Moods", "Power Ballads" and "Best Album In The World...Ever!" Series. He was personally hired by Richard Branson to work on the NTWICM albums 30 years ago and has worked with numerous record companies over the years including Sony Music, Universal Music, EMI, Virgin, Chrysalis, Jive, Ronco, Fanfare and Southern Fried Records.

Now, the former club DJ, Holiday Camp Entertainer, Elvis Impersonator and acclaimed King Of Karaoke is returning to his performing roots with The Sixpence Brothers' “Rock'n'Roll Cabaret Show”. He plays the part of Gordon Sixpence, the greatest living unknown composer of all-time, who is only able to communicate through the vehicle of song!

Richard Adams - ‘Dickie Sixpence’

Richard started his career as an actor in the late 1970's, then secured a featured part in the 1982 movie "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence" and went on to work extensively in the film and television world in New Zealand throughout the 1980's and 1990's. Considered the country's No.1 Jazz Violinist, he was instrumental in setting up The Nairobi Trio 25 years ago and has since recorded a number of successful albums with them. Under this banner and his own name, he has toured the world and continues to play Jazz Festivals globally to this day.

Now, he is returning to his stage roots with The Sixpence Brothers' "Rock'n'Roll Cabaret Show" playing the part of Dickie Sixpence, the bad boy classical violinist who is forced to play pop music against his wishes. Guilty of attention-seeking behaviour at every turn, he will go to any length to get his name in lights!

John Gibson - ‘Bernard Sixpence’

John is an award-winning composer and has been writing original music for professional theatre film television and dance for over three decades. His work shows a passion for unique sound worlds. He is also an acclaimed pianist and singer in his own right and was briefly an actor and star of the New Zealand TV series ‘Heroes’. The Sixpence Brothers “Rock’n’Roll Cabaret Show” has seen him add the word ‘writer’ to his arsenal of accomplishments.

He is returning to his acting/pianist roots to play the part of Bernard Sixpence, the only sane one in the family and closet super sleuth. Will he be able to uncover the truth? How did his brother’s songs turn up on radio and television without him ever recording and what is the truth behind his father’s sudden transformation into billionaire music publisher Stephen Squeak?

Women Who Wank…

Bidden For,,, Comically tragic and tragically discovery play in search of intimacy, please and connection.. Enjoy the ridiculousness of the best worst kept secret and of disconnected egos rubbing themselves up. This is a Fool’s show by Joanne Tremarco and is suitable for all adults…

Scene From Mobile- True Story about Irish Travellers
written and performed by Michael Collins
at the 2007 Dublin Fringe Festival- exclusive to INLNews.com

Scene From It's A Cultural Thing- True Story about Irish Travellers
written and performed by Michael Collins
at the 2007 Dublin Fringe Festival- exclusive to INLNews.com

Take Your Dreams and Run- Melting Hearts- 2007 Edinburgh Fringe Festival

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Attempt 3.4 Performed at the 2006 Edinburgh Fringe Festival- filmed by the INL News Group
Promotional Video for the Film Attempt 3.4

American Union Made- performed at the New York Fringe Festival- 2008

Simon Callow- USA Weekly News 100 Star Awards at the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe Festival

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Molly Bloom _ performed at the 2008 Dublin Fringe Festival-
Exclusive to INLNews.com
Eilin O'Dea as Molly Bloom, from James Joyce's ' Ulysses'.

http://www.irishtheatremagazine.ie/Reviews/Current/Molly-Bloom
The Irish Theatre Magazine

Molly Bloom

She struts out on stage as the lights come up, affecting a smooth, liquid gait while absently kicking aside a stray bit of clothing from her path. Leaning like a cabaret singer on an iron bedpost, a gold scarf wrapped loosely around her neck, she presents us with a warbling love song, accompanied by the ghostly strains of an accordion. Self-satisfied and seemingly more comfortable in her body than most, this is Eilín O’Dea’s embodiment of Molly Bloom, lifted from the pages of the ‘Penelope’ episode of Joyce’s Ulysses.

The episode depicts a sleepless Molly Bloom in the early morning of June 17, 1904, unable to turn her mind off as she meditates on sex, death, bodily pleasure and abjection, and her complicated marriage to Leopold Bloom, the central character of Ulysses. On the page this episode reads like an unedited transcript, writing that offers a linear representation of the simultaneity of thought, the echo chamber of the mind. For roughly 20,000 words there is hardly a punctuation mark cordoning off cogitation, allowing porous boundaries between separate images and lines of thought to clash, merge and then part ways again.

Eilín O’Dea has tamed Molly’s tumbling consciousness with a rather straightforward, naturalistic performance that is nonetheless rich, passionate and compelling. This is a performer’s showcase (no director or designers are credited) and O’Dea, with charismatic ease, makes the most of it. Clad only in a shift so loose it seems to stay on by a sheer act of will, Molly Bloom takes us through a meandering narrative that tours the length and breadth of her life, from her sexual coming of age in Gibraltar, to her extramarital romantic conquests, to her contentious relationship with her only daughter, to the conflicting nature of her life with Leopold. O’Dea hardly shies away from embodying the manifestations of physical desire and discomfort that Molly describes to us. Feeling the onset of her period and plagued by gas, O’Dea’s Molly hikes up her shift and squats squarely on her chamber pot, admiring the soft, sensual whiteness of her thighs as the indifferent cycle of human waste takes it course. It is, for all the suggested abjection, a beautifully achieved moment both in Joyce’s text and O’Dea’s performance, a reminder of the body at seeming cross-purposes, at once indifferent to human desire and spurring it on, the fusion of the vitality of sex and the slow churn of digested death.

Given the ease with which O’Dea’s Molly comports herself in the intimate setting of Molly’s bedroom, it’s possible to forget momentarily that what she reports is not an open airing of personal desire and disappointment, but rather the whirring of a mind hidden away by a potentially more staid public persona. While by all accounts Molly is no shrinking violet in public life, it’s more than likely that what is voiced to the audience would never be voiced entirely to the people populating Molly’s world. This suggests, poignantly, that what is voiced and staged here marks the truth of what Molly, or indeed any of us, will never fully realise in the harsh light of the morning: a life, with all its possibilities, fully lived.

Jesse Weaver

2013 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Programme

Don't Miss these shows at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Clare Harrisons 15 Inches of Fame
10.15 pm 1st to 16th and 20th to 25th August, 2013
In the Yurk Locker- Laughing Horse Free Festival
The Three Sisters 139 Cowgate Edinburgh EH1 1JS Venue 272 a Free Show
"..endearingly mad..." Clortle "Its like Ann Widdecome with a sex drive... I laughed my flaps off..."
Clare Harrison is the Female version of Russel Brand... but a lot Zanier and funnier...
Clare had been chosen to be a host on The International Fringe Fest TV Show..
more commonly known as "The IF Fest TV Show"
Clare is simply the best.... a girl you will love or hate... or love to hate.. or.. hate to love.... come and see Clare Harrison and see which category you are in after watching the this wacky zanny performer ....at the Free Fringe before you have to start paying £200 a ticket to see Clare Live...

Don't Miss these shows at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe festival

News At Kate -Kate Smuthwaite presents a new hour of left wing satirical comedy about the news, being in the news, being on the news..
omn at Cia Roma - Venue 148- 64 South Bridge Street, Edinburgh - 3rd to 24th August at 8.20pm

The News At Kate 20130 World Inaction

3.40 pm at Cannon’s Gate ( Venue 78) 3^rd to 25^th August 2013 ( not 13^th)

Trouble With Comedy- Ian Cognito 10.30 pm each night at the City Cafe, 19 Blair Street, Edinburgh -Picking the scabs off the comedy business, Ian Gognito returns to the fray with a drop of the hard stuff..
“…A rough house comic moralist of rare distinction…”- The Independent.... "Just Stunning.." The Guardian..

Simon South and Fluer

Uneasy Alliance- Really? Really?
9pm at the Dram House 37 Guthrie Strteet Edinburgh
Cat Flap of Opportunity at the Street, Venure 158 2B Picadilly Place, Edinburgh at 5.15 pm
Simon in Wonderland- Magic- Cafe Camio Venue 65- 64 South Bridge Street, Edinburgh
Chris Cross- Seeing Is Not Believing- Cabaret-11pm The Dram House, 37 Guthrie Street Edinburgh, A late night cabaret show with a twist from the Fringe's favourite showman! Expect off-the wall magic, contortion and escapology stunts! It fee but not shit!.. A Must See Show (The Stage) 100 Star USA Weekly News Award in 2007...
Jennifer Wong : Laughable- Comedy - 10 pm - The Dram House Upstairs ( Venue 299) 37 Guthrei Street, Edinburgh, Fantoosh 3rd to 22nd August 2013
Ride a carousal of pun trick ponies and sparking one-liners with one of Sydney Morning Herald's Top 10 New Comics to Watch...
Comic On Duty - Benjamin Crellin 6.45 pm 1st to 25th August, 2013- City Cafe- 19 Blair Street, Edinburgh Free Festival-Laughing Horse..
Crellin's solo show is a shotgun blast through a world full of ignorance.."Three Weeks.."
David Mills: 5.30 PM - The Hive- Niddry Street, Edinburgh. David had Been selected to perform in the IF Fest Road Show _International Fringe Fest Road Show.... more commonly known as the IF Fest.. David is going straight to to top of the international comedy world..

Uneasy Allaince- Really? Really?
9pm at the Dram House 37 Guthrie Strteet Edinburgh

Cat Flap of Opportunity at the Street, Venure 158 2B Picadilly Place, Edinburgh at 5.15 pm

Simon in Wonderland- Magic- Cafe Camio Venue 65- 64 South Bridge Street, Edinburgh

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C venues offers you the best theatre, with new writing, brilliant revivals, and high quality shows for children. With over 200 shows and events by more than 120 companies from across the globe, it's the largest programme of theatre on the Fringe.

Relax in our cafe-bars at C, C too, C aquila, and our newest hub venue, C nova. Mingle with performers and Fringe-goers, and don't miss our late night events programme.

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Venue name	Venue number

C	34
C nova	145
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show	category	company	venue	start date	end date	time

C venues vibrant vivacious variety	Events	C presents	C	26/07/2013	26/08/2013	09:00
Shakespeare for Breakfast	Theatre	C theatre	C	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	10:00
The Ugly Duckling	Children's	C theatre	C	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	10:00
Pudasi	Physical	Norian Maro (Korea)	C	12/08/2013	25/08/2013	10:00
BonBon	Children's	Gabriella & Octavia	C aquila	11/08/2013	26/08/2013	10:00
Fringe Film Festival	Film	C film	C nova	26/07/2013	26/08/2013	10:00
A Life Not Sweet Anymore	Exhibitions	Pommefritz Crew and Marco Brioni (Italy)	C	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	10:00
Story Shakespeare: Pericles	Theatre	Year Out Drama Company	C too	12/08/2013	17/08/2013	10:15
Junk	Theatre	LADS & Boundless Theatre	C	11/08/2013	17/08/2013	10:45
A Glee Inspired: Romeo and Juliet	Musicals	Denver School of the Arts Theatre (USA)	C	01/08/2013	13/08/2013	11:00
Robin Hood	Children's	EJA (Belgium)	C	09/08/2013	10/08/2013	11:00
Sheriff Wayne and the Sundance Cave	Children's	The Lincoln Company	C aquila	01/08/2013	26/08/2013	11:00
The Paper Princess	Children's	Monkeyshine Theatre (Ireland)	C nova	31/07/2013	10/08/2013	11:00
Tap Into Health - Movin' With Melvin	Workshops	Movin' Melvin Brown (USA)	C	03/08/2013	26/08/2013	11:00
The Steadfast Tin Soldier	Children's	Paper Finch Theatre	C	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	11:00
Snap Out of It!	Theatre	Strung Up Theatre Company	C nova	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	11:00
Storytime!	Children's	C theatre	C	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	11:15
Miyazu - The Little Mermaid	Physical	HIBIKart (Japan)	C too	12/08/2013	16/08/2013	11:20
The Trojan Women	Theatre	Dixie State University (Utah)	C nova	03/08/2013	08/08/2013	11:30
The 'Lockerbie Bomber'	Theatre	The Nugget Theatre Company	C	31/07/2013	13/08/2013	12:00
The Island of Doctor Moreau	Physical	Piper Theatre Productions (New York)	C aquila	12/08/2013	25/08/2013	12:00
Hanging Bruce-Howard	Theatre	Gone Rogue Productions	C nova	11/08/2013	26/08/2013	12:05
Exposed	Physical	Impulse Collective	C aquila	01/08/2013	26/08/2013	12:05
Chaucer: Hold Up Your Tale	Theatre	N10 Productions	C nova	06/08/2013	10/08/2013	12:05
Gotcha	Theatre	Reading University Drama Society	C nova	14/08/2013	26/08/2013	12:05
Everything's Elsewhere	Theatre	ThisEgg	C nova	31/07/2013	13/08/2013	12:05
Canary Gold	Theatre	Theatre Sans Frontieres (UK) & Teatro Tamaska (Canary Islands)	C	14/08/2013	26/08/2013	12:10
Hansel and Gretel	Children's	C theatre	C	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	12:15
Titus Andronicus	Theatre	Deadly Theatre Productions	C nova	31/07/2013	17/08/2013	12:15
A Theory of Justice: the Musical!	Musicals	DEM Productions	C	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	12:15
15 Minutes	Theatre	The Pelican's Briefs Theatre Company	C aquila	03/08/2013	10/08/2013	12:15
Kiss of the Spider Woman	Musicals	UCeLsewhere	C	31/07/2013	15/08/2013	12:20
Awake	Physical	Awake Projects & Aurora Nova (Sweden & UK)	C	16/08/2013	26/08/2013	12:45
Look Back in Anger	Theatre	The Lincoln Company	C too	01/08/2013	26/08/2013	12:50
Goodbye Sun and Bear	Theatre	The Bare Project	C nova	31/07/2013	17/08/2013	13:05
Caught!	Physical	Hepzibah Theatre Company	C nova	18/08/2013	26/08/2013	13:05
The King and Queen of the Universe	Theatre	Slippers & Rum	C aquila	01/08/2013	26/08/2013	13:05
Tell Me A Secret	Theatre	Aireborne Theatre	C nova	01/08/2013	25/08/2013	13:10
Damned	Theatre	Aireborne Theatre	C nova	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	13:10
Ov3rControll	Cabaret	12lb Actor	C	01/12/2013	05/12/2013	13:11
Ov3rControler	Cabaret	12lb Actor	C	01/12/2013	05/12/2013	13:11
Ov3rControlerr	Cabaret	12lb Actor	C	01/12/2013	05/12/2013	13:11
This is Soap: the Improvised Soap Opera	Comedy	C theatre	C	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	13:15
PussyFooting	Theatre	SleepyWells Productions	C aquila	01/08/2013	26/08/2013	13:20
Classical Guitar - Jonathan Prag	Music	Jonathan Prag	C too	01/08/2013	26/08/2013	13:30
Beulah	Musicals	The Flanagan Collective in association with C	C	14/08/2013	26/08/2013	13:40
Habitat	Dance	A H Dance Company (New York & Singapore)	C	31/07/2013	13/08/2013	13:50
Wyrd	Theatre	ImmerCity (Ireland)	C nova	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	14:00
Chaucer All Strung Up (The Franklin's Tale)	Circus	Strung Up Theatre Company	C nova	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	14:00
Bad Boy Eddie	Theatre	Kajaani Town Theatre in association with Ace-Production (Finland)	C aquila	01/08/2013	26/08/2013	14:05
Island State	Theatre	Quirk Productions	C nova	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	14:05
A Tiny Tempest	Theatre	TACT	C	18/08/2013	26/08/2013	14:10
The House Beautiful	Theatre	City & Seaside	C nova	31/07/2013	17/08/2013	14:15
Much Ado About Nothing	Theatre	Dramawise & SkyBlueTheatre	C	11/08/2013	17/08/2013	14:15
Before Wonderland	Children's	Denver School of the Arts Theatre (USA)	C	01/08/2013	13/08/2013	14:15
Sleeping Soldiers	Theatre	One Too Many Cooks (Boston & Glasgow)	C	31/07/2013	10/08/2013	14:15
Bridge to an Island	Theatre	Out of the Trunk Productions	C nova	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	14:15
Flamenco for Kids	Children's	Ricardo Garcia's Flamenco Flow (Spain)	C	21/08/2013	25/08/2013	14:15
The Winterling	Theatre	UCLU Runaground	C nova	31/07/2013	17/08/2013	14:15
The Oxford Gargoyles - Jazz a Cappella	Music	The Oxford Gargoyles	C	31/07/2013	17/08/2013	14:20
Kierkegaard Comedy Show - with Claus Damgaard	Theatre	Teater Katapult (Denmark)	C aquila	01/08/2013	26/08/2013	14:20
Romeo/Juliet	Theatre	Royal Family Productions (USA)	C too	01/08/2013	26/08/2013	14:30
The Ryukyu - Classic	Dance	Ship of the Ryukyu (Okinawa, Japan)	C	21/08/2013	26/08/2013	14:30
The Ryukyu - Contemporary	Dance	Ship of the Ryukyu (Okinawa, Japan)	C	14/08/2013	20/08/2013	14:30
Umdumo Wesizwe	Music	Sabela Music Projects	C too	04/08/2013	26/08/2013	14:30
Alice in Wonderland	Theatre	Oxford University Dramatic Society	C nova	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	14:45
Beauty and the Beast	Children's	Paper Finch Theatre	C	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	15:00
Bright Lights	Theatre	Leonie Kate Higgins	C nova	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	15:15
Awake Love Orchestra	Music	Awake Projects & Aurora Nova (Sweden & UK)	C	14/08/2013	26/08/2013	15:30
Head Hand Head	Spoken Word	Laura Jane Dean	C nova	31/07/2013	13/08/2013	15:30
Pigmalion Zoo	Theatre	OLTA	C nova	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	15:30
Confused in Syracuse	Physical	OPS Theatre (St Petersburg)	C	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	15:30
Forever	Theatre	Sonic Boom Theatre Company	C too	18/08/2013	26/08/2013	15:30
The Alleycats: Contemporary a Cappella	Music	The Alleycats	C	31/07/2013	13/08/2013	15:30
Now Leasing	Cabaret	Lea McGowan (USA)	C nova	31/08/2013	26/08/2013	15:35
Who Are You Supposed To Be?	Theatre	Binka Boo Productions (Australia)	C aquila	14/08/2013	26/08/2013	15:40
Echolalia	Physical	Jen McArthur & Kallo Collective (New Zealand)	C aquila	01/08/2013	26/08/2013	15:40
Diablo	Theatre	Spanner in the Works Theatre Company (Northern Ireland)	C aquila	01/08/2013	13/08/2013	15:40
The Picture of Dorian Gray	Theatre	Bablake Theatre Company	C	19/08/2013	24/08/2013	15:45
A Matter of Life and Death	Theatre	KCS Theatre Company	C	11/08/2013	17/08/2013	15:45
Spiltmilk Say Dance	Dance	Spiltmilk Dance	C nova	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	15:45
Guido!	Musicals	The Guidophiles	C too	01/08/2013	26/08/2013	15:50
Densetsu (Legend)	Physical	Senior Musical Theatre Company Hokkijuku (Japan)	C	25/08/2013	26/08/2013	15:55
A Romance	Physical	Modl Theatre (Korea)	C	01/08/2013	26/08/2013	16:05
This Was the World and I Was King	Theatre	HookHitch Theatre	C nova	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	16:15
Are You Sitting Comfortably?	Theatre	The Dryden Society	C nova	11/08/2013	26/08/2013	16:30
Whistleblower	Theatre	ImmerCity (Ireland)	C nova	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	16:30
In the Pink - Fabulous Female a Cappella!	Music	In the Pink	C	11/08/2013	23/08/2013	16:30
Contractions	Theatre	Sussex University Drama Society	C nova	31/07/2013	10/08/2013	16:30
Waiting for the Call	Musicals	Wellington College	C	04/08/2013	10/08/2013	16:30
Buoy	Theatre	The Revolving Shed	C aquila	01/08/2013	17/08/2013	16:35
Tango Theatre: Woman of Shadow, Woman of Light	Theatre	Alma de Tango (Colombia)	C aquila	18/08/2013	26/08/2013	16:35
Company Man	Physical	Cheeky*Park (Japan)	C	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	16:45
Breaking the Silence	Theatre	ManyTracks & Theater Resources Unlimited (New York)	C nova	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	16:45
The Cow Play	Theatre	Smoke and Oakum Theatre	C nova	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	16:45
Ladyboner	Comedy	Art, Sex and Snacks presents Lisa-Skye (Australia)	C nova	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	16:50
Kazakoshi (Mountain Wind)	Music	Wadaiko Tokara (Japan)	C too	01/08/2013	26/08/2013	16:55
In Two Minds	Dance	Dancing Souls & Theatre SOMA (Hong Kong & UK)	C	31/07/2013	10/08/2013	17:05
Repertory Theatre	Theatre	The Elephant and the Mouse (Israel)	C	11/08/2013	26/08/2013	17:05
I (Honestly) Love You	Theatre	Lockwood Productions (Australia)	C aquila	01/08/2013	13/08/2013	17:05
8 Storeys Up	Musicals	Slipstream Theatre Company	C aquila	14/08/2013	26/08/2013	17:05
The Gypsybird Speaks	Theatre	The Max Bell Theatre Company (Vancouver & Edinburgh)	C	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	17:15
Much a Shoo Be Doo About Nothing	Musicals	Courage Performers	C	11/08/2013	17/08/2013	17:30
Around Miss Julie	Theatre	Hopegrown Productions (Canada)	C nova	11/08/2013	26/08/2013	17:30
Soul to Soul (I Have a Dream) by Movin' Melvin Brown	Cabaret	Movin' Melvin Brown (USA)	C	21/08/2013	25/08/2013	17:30
Human and Other Things	Theatre	Namat Theatre Company (Egypt)	C nova	31/07/2013	10/08/2013	17:30
Eurobeat - Almost Eurovision (Sarejevo)	Musicals	Wellington College	C	04/08/2013	10/04/2013	17:30
The Rakugo Show	Physical	Someta Hayashiya (Japan)	C	19/08/2013	26/08/2013	17:40
The Bunker Trilogy: Morgana	Theatre	Jethro Compton	C nova	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	17:45
At Wit's End	Comedy	Gabriella & Octavia	C aquila	11/08/2013	26/08/2013	17:45
Mum, Can You Wipe My Bum?	Cabaret	Vicky Arlidge	C nova	02/08/2013	10/08/2013	17:45
A Pile of Wit	Comedy	The Antics Comedy Improv Troupe	C aquila	01/08/2013	10/08/2013	17:45
The Hat, The Cane, The Moustache	Theatre	LivelyWood Pictures in association with South Hill Park	C too	01/08/2013	26/08/2013	17:55
Lynn Ruth Miller - Granny's Gone Wild	Cabaret	Latest TV presents Lynn Ruth Miller (USA)	C nova	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	18:00
Laugh & Cry / KOKON (double-bill)	Dance	Kolyra-Janiszewska Productions	C	31/07/2013	07/08/2013	18:10
Artaud: a Trilogy	Theatre	The Lincoln Company	C nova	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	18:10
Humans Inc	Theatre	The Alchemist	C	08/08/2013	26/08/2013	18:10
Transit	Physical	À Point Theatre Company (Switzerland)	C	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	18:15
Albion Forlorn	Musicals	English Cabaret in association with C	C aquila	01/08/2013	26/08/2013	18:20
Morag and Keats	Theatre	1945 Productions	C nova	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	18:30
Executed for Sodomy: the Life Story of Caterina Linck	Theatre	Shift Productions	C nova	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	18:30
Katie Mag	Theatre	Roundhouse Productions (Ireland)	C aquila	18/08/2013	26/08/2013	18:45
For the Trumpets Shall Sound	Theatre	Another Story Theatre Company	C aquila	01/08/2013	17/08/2013	18:45
Whale of a Time	Music	Coreyah (Korea)	C nova	31/07/2013	17/08/2013	19:00
Flamenco Global	Dance	Ricardo Garcia's Flamenco Flow (Spain)	C	18/08/2013	26/08/2013	19:00
Juliet: a Dialogue About Love	Theatre	Sacred Playground Theatre Project (USA)	C	31/07/2013	10/08/2013	19:00
SeKret	Dance	Tai Gu Tales Dance Theatre (Taiwan)	C	11/08/2013	17/08/2013	19:00
The Bridge That Tom Built	Theatre	The Flanagan Collective in association with C	C nova	14/08/2013	26/08/2013	19:10
Vinegar Tom	Theatre	Warwick University Drama Society	C nova	31/07/2013	13/08/2013	19:10
The Rat Pack - Live	Music	Louis Hartshorn and Brian Hook in association with C	C	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	19:20
The Road to Qatar!	Musicals	Aria Entertainment	C too	01/08/2013	26/08/2013	19:20
Oresteia	Theatre	Cambridge University ADC	C	31/07/2013	17/08/2013	19:30
Notes from Bermondsey Street	Theatre	Bear Pit Theatre	C	19/08/2013	26/08/2013	19:30
Bin Laden: The One Man Show	Theatre	Knaive Theatre	C nova	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	19:35
Brush	Theatre	Synesthetic Theatre	C nova	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	19:40
Rouse Ye Women	Opera	And Then We Danced	C aquila	01/08/2013	17/08/2013	19:50
The Shambles	Comedy	Dead Duck Productions	C aquila	01/08/2013	26/08/2013	19:55
Music Show - Wedding!	Musicals	PMC Productions (Korea)	C	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	19:55
Anthropoetry	Cabaret	Mellor & Steele	C nova	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	20:00
4.48 Psychosis	Theatre	DEM Productions	C nova	14/08/2013	26/08/2013	20:20
Cherry On Top	Theatre	Mustard Seed Productions (South Africa)	C	31/07/2013	10/08/2013	20:25
Entertaining Mr Orton	Theatre	Tower Theatre Company	C	11/08/2013	17/08/2013	20:25
The Bunker Trilogy: Agamemnon	Theatre	Jethro Compton	C nova	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	20:30
Rising	Dance	Aakash Odedra	C	18/08/2013	26/08/2013	20:30
Get Got	Musicals	Janski Productions	C too	01/08/2013	26/08/2013	20:35
Movin' Melvin Brown: The Ray Charles Experience	Cabaret	Movin' Melvin Brown (USA)	C	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	20:35
Substance	Theatre	Sunday's Child (Ireland)	C nova	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	20:40
Dr Frankenstein’s Travelling Freak Show	Cabaret	Tin Shed Theatre Company	C nova	31/07/2013	13/08/2013	20:40
This is a Damage Manual	Dance	BONEdanse (Chicago)	C	20/08/2013	26/08/2013	20:45
Six Characters in Search of an Author	Theatre	Cambridge University ADC	C	31/07/2013	17/08/2013	20:45
The Break-Up of Cause and Effect	Theatre	Piece of Tish Work (USA)	C nova	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	20:50
Boys	Theatre	No Prophet Theatre Company & Close Up Theatre	C aquila	01/08/2013	26/08/2013	21:00
The Cherry Orchard	Theatre	Kronos Productions	C aquila	01/08/2013	17/08/2013	21:05
The Bridge	Musicals	Benjamin Scheuer (New York)	C nova	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	21:10
A Body to Die[t] For	Musicals	Aria Entertainment	C	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	21:35
The State vs John Hayes	Theatre	Bearded Theatre Company	C nova	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	21:50
Overcoat	Theatre	International Theater Ensemble (Taiwan)	C	31/07/2013	17/08/2013	21:50
League of St George	Theatre	Bricks and Mortar Theatre Company with The King's Head Theatre	C nova	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	21:55
The Bunker Trilogy: Macbeth	Theatre	Jethro Compton	C nova	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	22:00
Take It Interns	Musicals	1945 Productions	C	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	22:00
A Marriage Proposal	Theatre	Pinokkelijn (Belgium)	C too	09/08/2013	10/08/2013	22:05
Bent	Theatre	Table9	C too	11/08/2013	17/08/2013	22:05
Miles & Coltrane: Blue (.)	Theatre	Concrete Generation (USA)	C	03/08/2013	26/08/2013	22:15
Sweet Pang is Innocent	Cabaret	Lady Grew	C nova	11/08/2013	26/08/2013	22:20
The Mid-Knight Cowboy	Theatre	Honest Arts Production Company (Ireland)	C nova	31/07/2013	10/08/2013	22:20
Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches	Theatre	Mermaids Theatre	C aquila	11/08/2013	17/08/2013	22:20
Cartwheels	Theatre	Reverie Productions	C nova	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	23:00
The Blues Brothers - Live	Music	Louis Hartshorn and Brian Hook in association with C	C	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	23:05
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens	Musicals	The Lincoln Company	C nova	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	23:15
Shit-faced Shakespeare	Comedy	Magnificent Bastard Productions	C	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	23:20
Dinner is Swerved	Theatre	Food For Thought	C nova	03/08/2013	25/08/2013	23:30
Cabaret Nova	Cabaret	C presents	C nova	31/07/2013	26/08/2013	00:00
Taichi Saotome	Physical	Ubon (Japan)	C	09/08/2013	13/08/2013	00:15

My Edinburgh: Lucy Porter, part of the Fringe festival furniture

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/my-edinburgh-lucy-porter-part-of-the-fringe-festival-furniture-8746577.html

I first came to Edinburgh when I was 18 to serve on the Perrier Awards panel, and was inspired to try stand-up myself. In the intervening 22 years the press initially dubbed me a a 'fresh face', then 'a rising star', then an 'established name'. This year I was described as a 'permanent fringe fixture'. Like the rain, the sweaty venues and the panpipe players outside Waverley station, I have become part of the festival furniture.

Even Greyfriars Bobby only remained by his master's grave for 14 years. I've spent way longer than that haunting the places I discovered in the last millennium. Bar Napoli on Hanover Street, The Tempting Tattie on Jeffrey Street and the St Vincent Bar on St Vincent Street have all enjoyed my unwavering devotion. In recent times I have added the Dagda Bar on Buccleuch Street (I still can't pronounce that street name, in taxis I have to say 'it's near the Meadows') and Lord Bodo's on Dublin Street to my August itinerary.

I used to think that there was something vaguely tragic about my mum and dad going back to the same Eastbourne B&B every year because 'they knew what they were getting'. That's how I feel about the Fringe now - being in the same place each August is reassuring. The only difference is, I see a lot more political theatre and nude dancing than they ever did.

If I ever stop loving this city or this festival, I'll stop coming. That might take at least another 22 years.

Lucy Porter: Northern Soul, The Stand, 5.10pm, to 25 August, not 12, 19 (0131 558 7272)

Must see:

Garret Millerick: Does It Matter? (Underbelly, Bristo Square, 10.50pm). He's a very funny man and it appeals to me because it's a late-night philosophy show. I'm sure there will be lots of drunk deep thinkers there.

Seeking adventure at the Edinburgh Fringe

By Ian YoungsArts reporter, BBC News

Nadia Brooks is performing on a double-decker bus at the Edinburgh Fringe

I am on the top deck of a bus parked in the courtyard of a pub in Edinburgh. It is 10am, the windows are blacked out, the bus is bedecked with tartan bunting and a young woman is regaling us with tales of her adventures across the US.

There are four of us - the performer, Nadia Brooks, plus three in the audience. The power has gone off so she is showing us her accompanying slideshow on a laptop on a stool.

This is the start of my mission to try to get my head around the Edinburgh Fringe. With 2,871 shows - from comedy and theatre to magic and cabaret - it caters for just about every artistic taste under the sun.

In an attempt to get a taste of what the Fringe has to offer in just one day, I am watching as many shows as possible with the word "adventure" in the title.

Why "adventure"? It turns out it is one of the most popular words to have in a title for a show (except perhaps "show"), and it offers everything from stand-up comedy to a spoof musical to time-travelling magicians to adult puppetry.

Anything goes

There are more adventurous shows I cannot see for one reason or another. I cannot get to children's shows with "adventure" in the title involving puppets, beatboxing and jazzed-up nursery rhymes.

Villains, Heroes and Adventures, a combination of storytelling and whisky tasting, only takes place later in the festival. And Ben Fogle's talk titled In The Name Of Adventure has sadly been cancelled.

So I start with Nadia Brooks' show on the bus, which has the snappy titleTyke Rider: A Yorkshire Lass's Driving Adventure from the City of Angels to Graceland via the Big Easy.

A Tyke is a nickname for someone from Yorkshire (she is from Sheffield) and she tells us she travelled in a car that reminded her a bit of the car from 1980s TV show Knight Rider.

It is Brooks' first appearance at the Fringe and is essentially a slideshow from her road trip, from being propositioned by David Hasselhoff to working on a film set in New Orleans to encountering aliens in New Mexico.

Somewhere around Kansas my mind wanders and I wonder how to describe it without sounding terribly mean. She had the chutzpah to bring a show to the Edinburgh Fringe, which could open any number of doors for the future. And this if the Fringe, where anything goes.

But my mean side says it is self-indulgent and has limited appeal - perhaps restricted to close family members. And even then...

I Need A Doctor features a big blue police box. Definitely not the Tardis

The next stop on my Edinburgh adventure is a spoof musical performed by two energetic Doctor Who geeks titled I Need A Doctor: The Unauthorised Whosical Adventure.

The premise is they were going to perform a show involving classic characters and storylines until the BBC threatened legal action for copyright infringement, so they came up with an alternative which is as close as possible without breaking any copyright rules.

James Wilson-Taylor is enjoyably over the top as "the doctor", with Jessica Spray as his companion Fiona McFeisty. They have K-10 the dog, the "men who are cyber" and "The Exterminators" - Wilson-Taylor wearing a colander attached to a plunger on his head. I promise not to tell the BBC lawyers.

Morgan and West are billed as time-travelling magicians

With impressive facial hair and their small set packed with vintage props, Rhys Morgan and Robert West are the Victorian magic duo Morgan and West in A Grand Adventure.

They must travel the world to catch a thief who stole their book of tricks, making them a cross between Sherlock Holmes, Harry Houdini and Phileas Fogg.

It is an inventive twist on the magic show, but they are mainly low-grade illusions coupled with gentle comedy.

Irish comedian David Burke talks of horror stories in backpackers' hostels

A couple of streets away in an attic above a pub, comedian David Burke, has a show titled The Exciting Adventure of an Uninteresting Man.

Despite a promotional photograph showing an awkward chap with beard, cardigan and cup of tea, Burke turns out to be a garrulous and likeable Irishman.

He talks about horror stories from backpackers' hostels around the world in between tangents loosely based on different nationalities, his pursuit of a woman and an irrational hatred of the French.

He has an easy rapport with the audience, who have packed out the venue. Admittedly it only has 20 seats, half of which are taken by a troupe of Scottish high school drama students fresh from performing Grease.

Local radio DJ-turned-stand-up comic James Cook performs Adventures On Air

I race across town to get to the back room of another pub forAdventures On Air, a stand-up routine by James Cook, based on his seven years working as a local commercial radio DJ.

His cheesy DJ voice is turned up to "ranty" as he tells of the glamour of turning on the Nuneaton Christmas lights and cutting the ribbon on a Nottingham branch of the Co-Op.

Cook also lets us in on one DJ pastime - timing how long their celebrity guests spent in the toilet. Darius Danesh topped the leaderboard at Mercia FM between 2004-06 with seven minutes 40, apparently. In a day of mixed delights, his is the most enjoyable hour.

Leather brothers Boris and Sergey star in A Vaudevillian Adventure

The final show stars two small leather puppets, Boris and Sergey in A Vaudevillian Adventure. This is puppetry for adults - they play poker, gyrate on an audience member's head and do a raunchy dance to Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights.

There are no strings - each puppet has three stony-faced helpers crowding them and holding their hands, feet and heads.

Adult puppetry is big at this year's Fringe, and there are some magical moments, like when they run or fly or fight. Those moments are not quite frequent enough.

So 13 hours after boarding the bus, the adventure is over. The quality of the entertainment has varied hugely, as have the styles of the shows. That, I guess, is the beauty of the Fringe.

Edinburgh Fringe: Scientists experiment on stage

By Ian YoungsArts reporter, BBC News

Andrea Brunello in The Principle of Uncertainty

Physicist and actor Andrea Brunello stars in The Principle of Uncertainty

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23571166

". Being a nerd is being unable to stop yourself communicating this cool stuff....”

Helen ArneyFestival of the Spoken Nerd

With shows celebrating Albert Einstein, the wonders of physics and the science of sex, this year's Edinburgh Fringe has an influx of scientists who have swapped the lecture theatre for the stage.

The Fringe is the world's largest performing arts festival, but this year the phrase "experimental theatre" has taken on an entirely new meaning.

In one Fringe show, titled Festival of the Spoken Nerd, three stand-up comedians and science buffs create a "fire tornado" on stage, electrocute a pickle and conduct other cool experiments.

Elsewhere, a physicist weaves drama into a quantum mechanics lecture, while Professor Peter Higgs - who discovered the Higgs boson - turned up to take part in one performance of a "stand-up physics" show named after him.

There are at least four shows combining science and comedy to explain relationships and sex, and a musical about Einstein, titled Relativitively Speaking, promises to prove that "Einstein = Musical Comedy Squared!"

"One link between science and theatre, is that we're both concerned with working out how things work and finding answers to problems," explains playwright Rob Drummond.

"We're both concerned with the quest for something that's unobtainable, and that's the truth."

The Festival of the Spoken Nerd creates a "fire tornado" on stage

Later this month, Drummond will chair a debate in Edinburgh titled Big Bang Theatre. It was organised by the Playwright's Studio Scotland after they noticed a trend at this year's festival for more shows based on scientific discovery.

Drummond believes the reason is linked to people looking to science rather than religion to explain the mysteries of the universe.

"With science answering many of those questions that we previously thought were unanswerable outside the realms of superstition and religious thinking, it's taken on a new importance in our lives," he says.

"I was brought up in a Church of Scotland household and, for the last decade, I've been slowly moving away from that and science is the thing that's taken hold of me more than anything. Now I'm a bit obsessed with science and quantum physics."

Andrea Brunello, a professional actor with a PhD in theoretical physics, has written and stars in The Principle of Uncertainty, which he describes as a real quantum mechanics lecture with a dramatic twist.

He says the addition of theatrical drama is crucial to ensure that science "talks to human beings and is not cold and detached".

"I believe that people are realising how important it is to have an understanding of our reality," he says.

Albert Einstein: Relativitively Speaking

John Hinton stars as Albert Einstein in Relativitively Speaking

Brunello's play is the first product of a collaboration with the physics department of the University of Trento in Italy to create theatrical science, or perhaps scientific theatre.

Brunello refers to the shows at the Fringe about "giants" of science like Einstein, Higgs and Sir Isaac Newton.

"I think people are starting to understand that these giants can make the world better," he says. "If we had more Newtons, say, in the world, I think the world would be much better.

"People want to be part of that and they are curious about it. These are becoming like pop culture icons."

The show about Prof Higgs, simply titled Higgs, is described by its Dutch creator Jan van den Berg as "stand-up physics".

"In the Netherlands we've got a new sort of theatre which is called stand-up philosophy, stand-up economics etc," he says. "At the moment that's what's going on, on the fringe scene."

A theatre and film-maker who enthuses about his love for particle physics, van den Berg says scientists and artists are linked because they are the only people really pondering long-term problems.

They look "further ahead than four years in politics or 24 hours on the stock exchange, and try to think about the bigger questions", he says.

Jan van den Berg (left) and Prof Peter Higgs

Prof Peter Higgs (right) joined Jan van den Berg after his performance of Higgs

Prof Higgs himself watched Saturday's performance of Higgs in the historic anatomy lecture theatre in Edinburgh's Summerhall before taking part in a post-show interview with van den Berg.

Asked about the abundance of theatrical shows based on science, Prof Higgs said: "I think it's very productive because you can put over things in a different language that's more readily accessible to people than I can."

Many comedians have tackled science on stage, radio or TV in recent years, from Robin Ince, who teamed up with Prof Brian Cox for the show Infinite Monkey Cage, to Chris Addison - who did a show about the periodic table.

Helen Arney started performing as a stand-up after graduating in theoretical physics from Imperial College, London, and is now in two science-based comedy shows at the Fringe.

"My favourite comedians and comedy writers think the same way as some scientists," she says.

"You don't just look at the world and see what is there on the surface. You have to find out how it works underneath.

"The most satisfying comedians are ones who don't just deal in stereotypes and surface stuff. They dig underneath to find out fundamental things about human nature and characters. And some of the best scientists see the world in the same way."

At the Fringe, she is in Domestic Science, a double act with her real-life partner Rob Wells; and she is also one of the three nerds enthusing about science and spreadsheets in the irreverent Festival of the Spoken Nerd.

They seem a bit too articulate and charismatic to be real nerds, however. "We're trying to redefine nerd as not being someone who sits in their room and never talks to anyone," Arney says.

"Being a nerd is being unable to stop yourself communicating this cool stuff. We cannot conceive that people would not be interested in this stuff."

What's On at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe Festival Fringe which runs from 2 - 26 August.

Christian O'Connell: This Is 13 (More information)

Harpsichords at St Cecilia's 2 (More information)

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Courses (More information)

Kieran Hodgson - Flood (More information)

Menagerie of Creepy Crawlies and Vegetable Animals (More information)

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The compilation features 36 new, unreleased or rare tracks from a wide range of performers including John Otway, Chris T-T, Helen Arney, Standard Fare, The Bobby McGees, The Just Joans and many many more. It's released today and costs just five pounds for over an hour and a half's worth of music. That's equivalent to just 14p a track!

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The Free Fringe began in 1996, founded by Peter Buckley Hill, with his show Peter Buckley Hill And Some Comedians. Peter saw the Fringe as it then was: performers losing thousands of pounds, venues with four or five people in them, and complaints about high ticket prices. He saw that this was a vicious cycle. As costs to the performers rose, ticket prices rose. As ticket prices rose, fewer people went to shows and even fewer went to shows by artists they hadn't heard of. And this was bad for comedy; you can't make people laugh if there are only four of them, one in each corner of an otherwise empty room. And the more empty the audiences were, the more prices went up, to cover the rising costs of the venues. There seemed no escape from the cycle, and yet it was providing no opportunity for performers to rise through the ranks. The circle had to be cut.

The History of the Free Fringe

Making the space free to performers would not be enough. The benefit had to be passed on to the consumer. Only thus could more people be attracted to see more shows. The show that started the Free Fringe ‘Peter Buckley Hill And Some Comedians’ was the first of its kind. Peter paid a promoter for the space (there was no other option) and absorbed the loss. People called him mad. But audiences came. And came again. The bar broke all previous sales records.

In 1997 a different promoter attempted to force Peter to charge for admission. He resisted, and won. Peter Buckley Hill And Some Comedians II went ahead, and this time he didn't have to pay for the space. Indeed, it turned out that the promoter had not been charged for the space by the venue; she had sold the slots to her fellow artists and kept the money. The middleman was cut out, and the principle was established that increased drink sales were enough to satisfy the venue.

1998: PBHASC III became more established and increased its length to 1 1/2 hours. Name comedians played guest slots. But the pub manager left, and the area management didn't want the show to continue. A new venue had to be found. The experiment could have died at that point, but PBH was determined that it shouldn't. After some searching, a new venue was found: the Three Quarter Sports Café on Grassmarket. This converted church had a wonderful performing room on two levels upstairs; this arrangement was marred only by the management's occasional cancellations of the shows to broadcast football and other sports on the big screen. It was in this venue that the first attempt to broaden the Free Fringe idea to more shows was made. The idea was to use weekday afternoons for a three-hour long rolling preview of any Fringe shows that wanted it, in 15-minute slots. This was an ambitious plan involving vast co-ordination between slots in the days before everybody had a mobile phone, and consequently suffered from occasional no-shows and dropouts. For these reasons, it didn't always succeed, but often it did, end the public took it in good part, often having lunch while watching the varied previews going past them. PBH bought an electric piano for this show; it was played twice. He still has it, and he still can't play it.

1999/2000/2001/2002: There were three years at the Three-Quarter; the public came in increasing numbers and name comedians played the shows. But the bar was closed and the venue sold, and yet another venue was needed. This was quite difficult to find. Eventually, the Canon's Gait was approached. The then manager enthusiastically agreed to host PBH's two shows, but no more than that. Any expansion would have to wait for the future. In fact, the 2002 shows nearly did not take place, since that manager then left and the message about the shows was not passed on. Fortunately, the situation was rectified in time and PBHASC VII took place in the Canon's Gait. Smaller than the Three-Quarter, in nevertheless boasted a warm atmosphere and the audience flocked. After so much upheaval in the past, the Free Fringe had found a home and a place to expand in. Or so it seemed.

It was not to be. One of the numerous parasites who spoil the Fringe intervened. Declaring himself a comedy promoter, he persuaded the Canon's Gait's management that he could programme the space with better shows. PBH said he could do the same, but the management went with the 'promoter'. Who proceded to organise no shows whatsoever, having offered the space he was given free at £2000 per one-hour slot to performers. Meanwhile, no free venue was available to PBH and the cause seemed lost.

2003: A chink of light showed through this darkness in June 2003, when the former manager of the Canon's Gait, Linsay Watts, telephoned PBH to say that she was now manager of a trade union club in Brunswick Street, and would PBH be interested in doing his show there? By that time the Fringe programme had long since gone to press, and PBH had made other arrangements for August. Driving to Edinburgh and back in the same day, he and his partner looked at the space offered, and though he could not change his arrangements, he promised to make something happen. A show called Some Comedians Without Peter Buckley Hill was put in place, and did well despite being in an unfamiliar building, in an otherwise Fringe-less part of Edinburgh, and having no entry in the programme. The enthusiasm of the organisers, and the loyalty of the audience PBH had built over the years, carried the day.

2004: Saw the return of PBHASC VIII, and this time another opportunity to expand the Free Fringe, using extra space in the UCW Club. And it was then PBH made the biggest mistake in the whole saga of the Free Fringe. Seeking an easy source of variable-bill shows to complement his own two successful shows, he approached the Laughing Horse organisation. They put on a third variable-bill show and offered PBH a small sum to attach their name to the venue. The shows went well. The formula worked. Now, after all the years, the opportunity to expand had finally arrived.

2005: The Canon's Gait was brought back into play, so the Free Fringe had two venues. PBHASC IX went back to its third home, and a full raft of shows was booked for both venues. The booking was supposed to be a joint operation; instead, the Laughing Horse did it and presented PBH with a fait accompli. They also appended, without PBH's agreement, their name to the venues. Well, these were minor annoyances, and the important thing was that the shows went on. It was proven that the Free Fringe concept could work on a wider scale.

2006: saw a collaboration between PBH and the Laughing Horse organisation. This also saw the expansion on the Free Fringe. This worked exceptionally well, with full capacities seen at all venues, to the delight of both audiences and performers. However, behind the scenes the relationship between Laughing Horse and PBH was breaking down. There was a clear division between Laughing Horse’s commercial approach, and PBH’s collaborative not-for-profit ethos. The behaviour of the Laughing Horse organisation during this period was reprehensible, attempting to take control away from Free Fringe founder Peter Buckley Hill, even trying to ban him from his own venues and events. Much about these events has been written elsewhere on the internet. For Peter Buckley Hill’s own account of these events go to: Truth & Lies

2007: the true Free Fringe coped with the opposition festival set up by the Laughing Horse, and survived a venue suddenly closing three weeks before the Fringe started. In the first week, it did nothing but rain, and the number of visitors to Edinburgh plummeted. We survived all this; not only survived, but triumphed. 1200 performances of 61 shows in seven venues happened, to acclaim from audience and critics. The ethos had proved itself. Performers worked together, provided all the equipment that the venues could not, and worked collaboratively and on their own initiative to make the Free Fringe happen. And it was extremely successful.

We will always continue to promote a collaborative, not-for-profit Free Fringe Festival. Free for Performers, Free for audiences, and free of the commercial trappings that have led to the spiralling cost of both attending, and performing at the Fringe.

The fringe is coming back to the people. This year the Free Fringe is bigger than ever, with more free venues, more free shows, and the best line-up yet. Check out the shows as they are put into the directory, and keep supporting the one and only, truly free Fringe!

Monday 05 August 2013

9:00am FREE FRINGE INFORMATION MORNING [Events] Tron Kirk Free Fringe Office

Pick up your Free Fringe information for the day; have some refreshments. There may also be exhibitions and musicians at the historic Tron Kirk

11:00am FREE SAMPLES [Comedy] Whistlebinkies

We scour the Fringe and bring you previews of fantastic shows of all genres – from magic to music to the undefinable – with a new lineup every day! Hosted by Toby Muresianu, an award-winning LA-based comedian who's written for HBO, Yahoo! and live shows on London's West End.

11:45am A BOY WHO CRIED WOLF [Childrens] The Dram House Upstairs - Attic

Gem and Ren take you on a journey to a perfect town where nobody lies at all... Or do they? We need future superstars, ballerinas, firemen and teachers to help us sing, dance, shout and shimmy our way through the story of A Boy Who Cried Wolf... Or did he?

12:00pm FREE FRINGE MUSIC [Music] Tron Kirk Free Fringe Office

Live music from the Free Fringe's pool of amazing music acts. Edinburgh's got talent, and we've secured that talent to play for you. Including William Douglas, Aaron Wright , Daniel McGeever, the Alan David Ross show, Victorian Trout Conspiracy, the Dark Jokes and many others

12:00pm MUSIC AT MALONES [Music] Malones

A selection of the Free Fringe's bands and music acts, every hour on the hour except when there's sport. Come, drink and enjoy. Different every day. Edinburgh's finest musos, plus guests from all over the world

12:00pm TICKLED PIG PRESENTS: THE NOON SHOW [Comedy] Henry's Cellar Bar

Tickled Pig (Time Out Critic's Choice and recommended by Spoonfed and Londonisfunny.com) presents THREE new comedians. One is the founder of Tickled Pig (Robbie Ormrod), one is the 2010 winner of its Student Competition (Andrew McWhirter) and the other is the 2012 runner-up (Jack Campbell).

12:00pm MARTIN DAWS UNITY [Spoken Word] Royal Oak

Let's see what happens when we put Top Poet and Young People's Laureate for Wales Martin Daws in an oak-panelled basement with live Electro-Acoustic Composer Rob Mackay and Dancer Sarah Mumford. Soak them overnight in meaning, bake them for a week at truth mark 200 and serve them to the sky.

12:00pm IMPROV. MASSIVE: SHARE THE MAGIC OF THE MOMENT [Theatre] The Dram House Upstairs - Fantoosh

pIMP$ouls (a dad and son duo) present a short form improv show in which you star. Fuelled with your ideas and packed with all your favourite games. Come prepared to laugh your head off (better tape it on just in case), this is not for the faint-hearted.

12:05pm ALASTAIR CLARK BA(HONS) [Comedy] Cabaret Voltaire - downstairs 2

Alastair Clark has a degree; he has a certificate to prove it. A totally honest comedic memoir chronicling the highs, lows and innumerable cock-ups of a painfully typical philosophy student. See how a promising fresh-faced 19-year-old was turned into dole queue fodder in just three years. A real riches to rags story.

12:05pm THE 3RD ANNUAL FREE TEA AND BISCUITS SHOW [Comedy] Voodoo Rooms - Speakeasy

The word-of-mouth hit show returns! Join hosts Aaron Twitchen 'a wonderful host' ???? (ThreeWeeks) and Paul Savage 'Genuinely brilliant' (The Guardian) for a cuppa, a biccie, a natter and daily guest headliners.

12:05pm CRUNCH THE NEWS [Comedy] Cabaret Voltaire - downstairs 1

Get your daily helping of bite-sized news packed full of wholegrain comedy nuggets. Politicians, journalists and commentators join top Fringe performers for political chat, topical jokes and special daily features. Regular hosts include John Luke Roberts, Grainne Maguire & Sir Ian Bowler MP. Daily lineups at www.crunchthenews.co.uk.

12:10pm DOMESTIC SCIENCE [Comedy] Canons' Gait

Helen and Rob are back with another lunchtime hour of home-cooked science and comedy. Marvel as they explore the universe whilst attempting to maintain their own domestic bliss. Fingers crossed then. ???? 'Highly entertaining... surprisingly educational, relentlessly comedic,' (BroadwayBaby).

12:15pm FAT PENGUIN: BITESIZE COMEDY SHOWCASE [Comedy] Whistlebinkies

THE BEST WAY TO START YOUR DAY! Birmingham's finest free comedy night comes to the Fringe! See up to five of the best up-and-coming comics from around the festival as well as AWESOME SPECIAL GUESTS! All doing short, easily digestible sets! Follow @ThatFatPenguin for updates.

12:15pm SILKY: NUT ALLEGORY [Comedy] The Dram House Upstairs - Sneekit

As seen on BBC1, BBC2, C4, Paramount and more. To succeed at the Fringe you need something special in your bag. I found mine while showering. Here’s what happened next. 'Very, very funny' (John Bishop). 'Funny and clever' (Tim Minchin). 'Always brilliant' (Metro). 'Amazing to watch' (Daily Post).

12:15pm PBH'S FREE FRINGE SPOKEN WORD WORKSHOPS [Spoken Word] Fiddlers Elbow - Downstairs

A chance to expand your horizons – want to learn about writing, performing, promoting, or staging for spoken word? We've got a range of workshops to suit everyone – from beginners getting into writing poetry for the first time to seasoned storytellers looking for extra oomph! See http://bit.ly/pbhsw_ws for details.

12:15pm OPERATION: LOVE STORY [Theatre] La Tasca

An intimate story-telling piece by internationally acclaimed live artist Jennifer Williams. Operation: Love Story is bursting with endearing characters and quirky, hilarious writing. 'An impassioned solo performance' (The Argus Brighton).

12:20pm STAPLE/FACE: BATHTIME WITH TOM'S DAD [Comedy] Voodoo Rooms - French Quarter

Join Stapleface for a well-behaved sketch show from three wholesome young men. What a fantastic gift from dad! NB: Tom's dad will not be in the show due to creative differences but sends his best. 'Brimming with strong ideas,' (Metro). 'Absolutely packed with goodies,' ????? (remotegoat.co.uk).

12:30pm TOTALLY NINJA MAGIC SHOW [Magic] Voodoo Rooms - Ballroom

A guy called David Alnwick does a magic show. 'F***ing Ginger Ninja Wizard' ????? (ThreeWeeks), 'More tricks than a cunning fox' ????? (LSM), 'COMPLETELY F***ING AWESOME' ???? (The Skinny), ???? (FringeGuru).

12:30pm WORST SHOW ON THE FRINGE [Comedy] Bristo Bar & Kitchen

Russell Howard, Miranda Hart, Julian Clary... what do they have in common? All once received one-star reviews. This show presents a fresh daily line-up of one starred wonders who have proved their reviewers wrong. This One-Star Revue will be hosted by MC Nigel Lovell.

12:30pm PATRICK TURPIN: JUST A GIRL, STANDING IN FRONT OF A BOY, ASKING HIM TO LOVE HER [Comedy] Bannermans

Celebrate the 6th anniversary of young Turpin's Fringe debut. This time he's deturpined to gain the audience's approval. ???? (Scotsman, ThreeWeeks, BroadwayBaby, EdFringeReview, FringeBiscuit).

12:30pm THE TWO JONNIES: HACK AND HACKER [Comedy] Whynot?

Tales of glorious failures – smattered with tiny triumphs – in regional journalism from Jonny Greatrex. And proof not all IT geeks are gaunt spectres – Jonny Pearson is a 6ft 4in, 20 stone divorcee. You chose if you'd rather be HACK or HACKER. Laid back yarns, perfect for lunch time.

12:30pm DEATH. YOU WON'T LIKE IT! [Comedy] The Dram House Upstairs - Bothy

Been touched by Death? Come laugh at the shifty Pale Horse Riding old bugger, as let's face it we'll all get to know him pretty well one day.

12:30pm LOVE, SCIENCE AND REVOLUTION [Spoken Word] Banshee Labyrinth - BH

Is it all over? What’s left of the communist ideal, now that the great revolutions of the last century have been defeated? UK Slam champion David Lee Morgan spits rhythm, rhyme and intense lyrics over music composed by Michael Harding of Animat.

12:30pm LIES MY GARDEN TOLD ME [Spoken Word] Cowgatehead - lower floor 2

Let this storyteller share her charming coming of age tale and get taken back to a place and time in life where anything seemed possible. Stuffed like a comfortable cushion with acute observation, bold characters and even bolder silliness. A one-woman comedic storytelling show that is playful, honest and uplifting.

12:45pm BETTE DAVIS AIN'T FOR SISSIES [Theatre] Fiddlers Elbow - Upstairs

I have two Oscars, not one but two. BDAFS is a journey into the mind of Hollywood's greatest icons on the eve of the 1939 Oscars. What happens when someone who always wants to win... loses? Official Selection of FringeNYC.

12:50pm LOVE HURTS ACTUALLY [Spoken Word] Banshee Labyrinth - Chamber Room

New comedy from award-winning company behind Welcome to Afghanistan and Murder Mystery. Directed by Fringe Report's Best Director 2012, Andy McQuade, featuring Matt Panesh (AKA Monkey Poet).

12:55pm THE BEAR PIT COMEDY PODCAST PODCAST [Comedy] Southsider

The BearPit Comedy Podcast podcast is made up to bring you its legendary lunchtime chat show podcast podcast featuring the most fantastic acts from this year's Fringe. Different guest stars every day. ????? (@uberFringe).

1:00pm FREE FRINGE MUSIC [Music] Tron Kirk Free Fringe Office

The Free Fringe live music section, featuring the best bands and solo performers we can get hold of, will entertain. Edinburgh's finest local musicians and many who have come for the Fringe. A varying line-up every day, and refreshments available while you listen. Including Alex Hynes, Cameron Phair and many others.

1:00pm MUSIC AT MALONES [Music] Malones

Live music, and good stuff. The Free Fringe's ever-expanding music section entertains, with a programme of different acts every day, although some will come back, of course. Cameron Phair, the Alan David Ross show and many others.

1:00pm SHORT COM [Comedy] City at Sportsmans Bar

Short Com brings you the funniest independently made short comedy films from up-coming comedy and filmmaking talent. Short Com is not for profit and trying to raise £1000 for the charity CALM by the end of 2013.

1:00pm GHOSTS OF THE HAPPY AND HIGH-SPIRITED [Comedy] Ciao Roma

Keiron Nicholson (‘hugely funny,’ The Skinny) and Nicholas Cooke (‘has the audience hanging on his every word,’ Chortle) present comedy and storytelling from beyond the veil. Not scary. Sceptics welcome. Lovely, ghastly, funny, free.

1:00pm DAHLE AND JONES ON A PLATE [Comedy] The Dram House

Gorge yourself silly on Ingrid Dahle, Brighton Comedy Festival Squawker Award Winner and So You Think You’re Funny Finalist. ‘Dahle offers something genuinely different in her act’ (Chortle). Then fill your face full of Paul Jones' ‘array of marvellously constructed one-liners’ (ThreeWeeks).

1:00pm FRIGGERS OF SPEECH1350 [Spoken Word] Royal Oak

Friggers of Speech – exquisitely voiced with tongue flapping galore, leaves you visibly moist and gagging for more. Award-winning poets Mel Jones and Alan Wolfson fill the air with a volatile cocktail of filth and nonsense, with nibbles of surreal sensitivity. 'A triumph of shallow foppery over meaningful discourse.'

1:10pm THE BLANK SLATES [Comedy] Chiquito

Hewn from actual slates! The team will warm you up with a series of fun games before wowing you with a full short play, all of it composed right before your eyes.

1:10pm HOLLAND & BARKER: HOW TO BE... A MAN [Comedy] Banshee Labyrinth - Cinema

From James Bond to football fans, fighting bears to fighting back tears. Holland and Barker take an irreverent look at what maketh a Man and question if they could ever be one.

1:10pm JENNY BEDE & JESSIE CAVE: AIN'T TOO PROUD TO BEG [Comedy] Henry's Cellar Bar

30 mins of talking & drawing from Jessie. 30 mins of talking & singing from Jenny. 'Jessie Cave is a genius' (Broadway Baby). 'Her name is Jenny Bede and she is very funny' (Heat).

1:15pm OWEN NIBLOCK: CALCULATING COMEDY [Comedy] Ryan's Cellar Bar

Can a computer be funny? Will computer comedians ever replace humans on the stage? Owen Niblock looks at these questions and more as he delves into the fascinating world of Computational Humour. With special guests (both humans and computers). 'The master of all geekdom' (ThreeWeeks). www.comedygeek.com.

1:15pm DAN & DAN LIVE: THE FIRST SIGN OF MADNESS [Comedy] Canons' Gait

Dan & Dan's Youtube videos (such as The Daily Mail Song) have had millions of hits. Now they will entertain you in person. This is rather more complicated than it sounds. 'I love them so much it hurts!' (Stephen Fry).

1:15pm MARTIN CROSER - FUNNY BONE CHINA [Comedy] The Dram House Upstairs - Fantoosh

Martin Croser, comedy’s 'reasonable' man, tells entertaining lies about the novelty teacup industry and other issues (time permitting). 'Croser's writing is first rate,' (Scotsman). 'Funny as hell,' (Helen Arney). As featured on Josie Long’s ARtour 2012.

1:15pm SOUP [Comedy] Voodoo Rooms - Speakeasy

This free comedy sketch menagerie is the perfect post-lunch treat that guarantees joyous lashings of raucous laughter. Enjoy healthy servings of the traditional and absurd. A great way to kick start your chuckle muscles. Don’t miss out! www.tomatocomedy.com.

1:15pm TOO COOL TO CARE [Comedy] El Barrio

Too Cool To Care is Lolie Ware’s story of life as a carer shattering the image that you must be overweight, undateable and be addicted to coffee mornings in order to care. Be prepared for a stairlift ride of emotions and to laugh at all the things you shouldn’t.

1:15pm CANDY FLOSS AND BARBED WIRE [Comedy] Free Fringe George

After starring in the prestigious Big Value Comedy Showcase last year, Ben Van der Velde and Andrea Hubert invite you to an hour of wildly contrasting stand-up comedy. Warm, biting, improvised, anecdotal, scripted, daft, observational, friendly and misanthropic – come play adjective bingo and decide which comic best fits the description in between the laughs.

1:15pm MUTCH DUNN WITH FRIENDS [Comedy] Cowgatehead - upper floor 2

Come and join Edinburgh's up and coming acts Gareth Mutch and Josh Dunn, along with their pick of the festival, for an hour of hilarious observations on school, girls and making fun of the things YOU do in day to day life.

1:15pm THOSE WHO CAN'T...LEARN!!! [Comedy] Cowgatehead - upper floor 1

Lowri Amies used to perform with the Cambridge Footlights. Now she teaches people to run their own businesses. Armed with PowerPoint, a puzzling obsession with kittens and a boundless capacity for tangential rants, she’ll put you off for life. You’re more likely to laugh than to learn.

1:20pm NAZ, MARK AND KIERAN DO STAND UP [Comedy] Cabaret Voltaire - downstairs 1

WitTank's Naz (Russell Howard's Good News, Chortle Best Newcomer Nominee), Mark (Russell Howard's Good News, Chortle Best Newcomer Nominee) and Kieran ('Impressively funny,' The Scotsman) bring laughter to your lunchtime.

1:30pm RORY & TIM: TIME TO STAND UP [Comedy] Whistlebinkies

Free Fringe favourites Rory & Tim turn their hand(s) to stand-up. Come catch the sketch troupe perform some award-entering stand-up comedy (Laughing Horse New Act of Year Semi Finalist and Chortle Student Semi Finalist respectively). Featuring a special guest comedian each day.

1:30pm CATHERINE SEMARK: SHADOW APE [Comedy] Voodoo Rooms - French Quarter

What's a Shadow Ape? 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’ ???? (ThreeWeeks). ‘Enthralling’ (FringeReport). Funny Women’ finalist.

1:30pm BRISTOL REVUNIONS- GIVE US YOUR LUNCH FUNNY [Comedy] The Dram House Upstairs - Sneekit

The award-winning Bristol Revunions return to the Free Fringe for a second year. This time around they have evidence that sketch comedy is good for the soul. Bring the battered haggis, panini or plain old sandwich and enjoy some lunchtime laughs ???? (Broadway Baby) ???? (Inter:Mission). 'Stomach-crampingly funny' (ThreeWeeks).

1:30pm DNA POETS [Spoken Word] Fiddlers Elbow - Downstairs

Poetry is a slamtidote. You will feel love, smile, do science, laugh, think death, hear music, be glum, sigh at maths and celebrate as you reply to Science Soulmates, fall for a nerve cell, watch Celebrity Big Animals, feel like a cactus and stanza still for the poetry police.

1:30pm SOCIAL ANIMALS [Theatre] La Tasca

THREE FRIENDS, A CUP OF TEA, A NICE CHAT, THEN A SHIT STORM OF SOCIAL PARANOIA. 'I've never been much into conversation. Talking about shit you saw on the telly, showing off how much of the paper you read before you got in the car and came over. Sometimes I feel like suggesting an orgy.'

1:40pm MORALETRY [Spoken Word] Banshee Labyrinth - BH

Like a cross between John Cleese, John Betjeman and Mother Teresa, Gary From Leeds and Richard Purnell fuse comedy and poetry while tirelessly pursuing the moral high ground. 'Thoroughly entertaining... a sharp script' (Sabotage Reviews). 'Snappy, humorous yet seriously thoughtful spoken word. ???? (Broadway Baby).

1:45pm THE CABARETNESS [Cabaret] Voodoo Rooms - Ballroom

Come! Enter the Cabaretness! Live music, comedy and audience friendly interactive performances with Danny Mullins, special guests and everyday all stars. 'Local Hero' (The Jazz Bar).

1:45pm WILL SIDGWICK PRESENTS WILL SIDGWICK (LIVE) [Comedy] Pilgrim

Who is Will Sidgwick? Who better to tell you than the man himself (Will Sidgwick). His debut stand up show includes jokes (hopefully), laughter (probably), and Will Sidgwick in person (definitely).

1:45pm ALEX AND ALEXIS SHOULD NOT BE FRIENDS [Comedy] The Dram House Upstairs - Bothy

Born 3000 miles and 11 years apart, there’s no good reason for Alex Oliver and Alexis Wieroniey to be friends. In this brand new stand-up comedy show they’ll explore penis envy, freshers week, going to Walmart and sex talks with Alex’s mum. And before you ask, no, they are not dating.

1:45pm NICK HALL: LIVE! [Comedy] Bristo Bar & Kitchen

Nick Hall from hit sketch act The Three Englishmen, ‘Impossible not to be won over’ (Chortle) presents his debut stand-up show. ????? (ThreeWeeks) ???? (List) ????(Skinny). As seen on BBC2, BBC3 and BBC Radio4. @ThisisNickHall.

1:45pm A COMPLETE AND COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE IN LESS THAN AN HOUR - WITH JOKES. [Comedy] Bannermans

Fans of Ancient Rome, modern jokes and weatherproof buildings should form a waterproof testudo and see this show. From Romulus to Romulus Augustus, award-winning comedian Ed O’Meara covers the history of Rome. 'Clever, unique ideas. A strong performer and joke writer,' (Comedy Knights). 'Clever, well-crafted jokes,' (Newbury Today).

2:00pm FREE FRINGE MUSIC [Music] Tron Kirk Free Fringe Office

2:00pm MUSIC AT MALONES [Music] Malones

2:00pm THE TWO O'CLOCK SHOW [Comedy] Banshee Labyrinth - Chamber Room

The perfect appetiser for your day at the Fringe, with two delightful instalments of stand-up comedy from Laughing Horse New Act of the Year finalist Anna Freyberg ('wittily whimsical with plenty of warmth,' Chortle) and Up The Creek finalist David Hannant ('intelligent humour expertly delivered,' The New Kid).

2:00pm TIME TRAVELLER [Comedy] Dragonfly

In 2001, Sarah Hendrickx’s life changed whilst climbing some stairs. In 2013, she travels back to her past on a bicycle named after Gerard Depardieu, to sort it all out... ‘I only met her in the street, but she had me in stitches. Twice’ (Adam Bloom).

2:00pm AROUND THE WORLD IN 8 MISTAKES [Spoken Word] Royal Oak

Illegal immigration, repeated deportation, one demonic possession and an accidental move to a warzone: how not to travel the world by the girl who did it all, wrongly. Sophia Walker is the winner of the 2012 London Poetry Olympics, 2012 Edinburgh Book Festival Slam and UK representative for the world queer slam.

2:00pm OPEN WIDE TOUR [Theatre] Fiddlers Elbow - Upstairs

An explosive mix of experimental performance, physical theatre, music and film challenging homophobia and taboo across the globe. Open Wide lays bare various personas, stories and events to bring you a highly charged, juicy underground cabaret experience.

2:05pm SIMON WEEKES & TOM BAKER: SHAME ON US [Comedy] Southsider

An hour split between Simon Weekes and Tom Baker (not THE Tom Baker), two misanthropes with hearts of gold who turn their personal frustrations about having to be alive into hilarious, conversational stand-up. Also features a guest MC. 'Intelligent, entertaining and very, very funny' (Matthew Crosby, Pappy's).

2:10pm THE DICKIE RICHARDS AND STEVE BOWDITCH COMEDY SHOW [Comedy] Ciao Roma

An hour of comedy with your hosts Dickie Richards and Steve Bowditch plus special guests The Two Yuris.

2:15pm JOE ROWNTREE-THEMELESS [Comedy] Globe Bar

Star of Dave’s One Night Stand and Sky 1’s Brainiac Science Abuse brings you a solid hour of stand-up comedy: talking life stories, observations, anecdotes and jokes. 'He has the unique ability to take a cold room and reduce it to fits of laughter' (GQ Magazine).

2:15pm THE COIN-OPERATED GIRL [Comedy] The Dram House

A Sex-Worker's Real-Life Revelations of Frivolous Fornications! In this tell-all comedy, Kane exposes her life as a sex-worker with stories of hilarious, heart-warming and often bizarre moments in a unique career. Even if it's not your first time with a prostitute, it'll be the funniest!

2:15pm FUNNY FLAMINGO [Comedy] The Dram House Upstairs - Attic

Funny Flamingo is a mixed bill comedy show formerly at the Canal Café Theatre in London. It will feature some of the best acts on the Fringe. Previous headliners include Jigsaw, Josh Howie and Scott Capurro. All hosted by resident MC Raphael Perahia. 'One of the freshest, liveliest, funniest voices of comedy' (Scott Capurro).

2:15pm SOME PLAYS BY PAUL RICHARDS [Theatre] City at Sportsmans Bar

Manic and fast-paced, Some Plays By Paul Richards is low-budget comedic theatre with a whole set that can fit in a Waitrose Bag For Life and intimate, storytelling performances that will engage, engross and amuse the audience throughout. Features 3 plays in 50 minutes!

2:20pm ALT.COM.CABBAGE [Comedy] Henry's Cellar Bar

Two years ago, Sean Morley invented a myth that there was a new alternative comedy movement developing in the north of England. Firmly trapped in that idea/lie/closet/truth, he became one of Yorkshire's few Alt Comedy promoters. Welcome to The Alternative Comedy Cabbage.

2:20pm THE PECULIAR CASE OF KEMSLEY AND TODD [Comedy] Banshee Labyrinth - Cinema

Richard Todd (Amused Moose winner, 2012), 'an inventive comic thinker’ (Steve Bennett, Chortle.co.uk) and Harriet Kemsley (Bath New Act of the Year, 2012), 'a quirky, very funny new stand-up' (Time Out) confess their inadequacies.

2:25pm 10 FILMS WITH MY DAD [Comedy] Voodoo Rooms - Speakeasy

How do fathers and sons communicate? For Aidan and his dad it was films. Find out how in 'the most happy, charming and optimistic show you'll see at the Fringe' ???? (Fringeguru). Now in its third year.

2:25pm LOVE [Comedy] Chiquito

What is love? In this one-man show, character performer Andrew Gentilli splits himself into various personalities to find out.

2:25pm BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR [Comedy] Madogs

Hired by Aladdin's genie, trainer Alice Lashman is here to teach you how to wish successfully. Grab a birthday candle and learn how to avoid the mistakes of bankrupt lottery winners, our coalition government and fame-rejecting reality TV stars. Character comedy by Lynsey Bonell, Time Out Sydney Comedy Critics' Choice.

2:25pm STORY TELLING,CHUBBY CHASING , CARE BEAR COLLECTING, ROOM SPLITTING, FAST TALKING, ALE DRINKING WIL HODGSON [Spoken Word] Canons' Gait

Superb' (Stewart Lee), 'Genius' (Russell Howard), 'The light at the end of the tunnel for comedy' (Mark Thomas), 'There's no one remotely like him anywhere else on the circuit' (The Guardian).

2:30pm SIMON IN WONDERLAND [Magic] Café Camino

Magician Simon South takes you on a trip down the rabbit hole. Following Alice's journey through Wonderland with the use of magic and storytelling, this show is perfect for adults and children alike, creating an experience the whole family can enjoy.

2:30pm LAUGH SUPPORT MACHINE [Comedy] Base

Hook up to the intensive comedy unit for revitalising laughter and life-saving fun on the Free Fringe's biggest stage. With James Christopher, Richard Scully and top daily guests. #LaughSupportMachine @Jcbeermat.

2:30pm WHO IS MR. KIRBY? [Comedy] Ryan's Cellar Bar

Come on a hilarious adventure to find out Who is Mr Kirby? Where is he? What does he do and how does he do it? With any luck all these questions and more will be answered in a hour of rip-roaring comedy and music.

2:30pm PHILLIP AND MARJORIE'S MARRIAGE PREPARATION COURSE FOR REGULAR PEOPLE AND THE GAYS [Comedy] The Dram House Upstairs - Fantoosh

Phillip and Marjorie urge you to join them on this 16-weeks-condensed-to-48-minutes 'meticulously researched' marriage preparation course. Whether you're homosexual, heterosexual, hetomosexual or single, this will put you on the path to complete happiness and satisfaction. Complete happiness and satisfaction not guaranteed.

2:30pm THE SHRIMPS PRESENT: SHRIMPWRECKED! [Comedy] Cowgatehead - upper floor 1

Sheffield's premier improvised comedy troupe are at it again, this time stranded on a mysterious island. Will they ever escape? The Shrimps spin a hilarious yarn for you from nothing but their wits and your suggestions. No two shows are the same! 'They're definitely not human, that bunch' (Liberty Belle).

2:30pm ON TOUR (WE LIVE HERE) [Comedy] Cowgatehead - upper floor 2

Three friends get together to do an hour of stand-up with a daily special guest. Starring Becky Price 'a repertoire of intellectual gags' (UReview), David Baxter 'Absolutely Hilarious' (Trip Advisor) and Struan Logan 'Original and bloody funny' (Terry Alderton).

2:30pm AMY WRIGHT'S OCCUPATION [Comedy] El Barrio

Close friend of Michael Gove, Amy Denise is a megalomaniac teacher who likes school so much that she's built her own, ensuring that children will enjoy the best days of her life for the rest of theirs. Join Amy and learn poetry, apostrophes and how she rehabilitated R. Kelly.

2:35pm NATHANIEL METCALFE: ENTHUSIAST [Comedy] Cabaret Voltaire - downstairs 2

Having wasted his life indulging his minor obsessions, Nathaniel attempts to justify them. As heard on James Acaster’s Findings (BBC Radio 4). Hackney Empire finalist’s debut show. 'Wonderfully quirky' (Time Out). 'Brilliant' (Josie Long). 'Genuinely one of the best five comedy shows I have seen. Original and hilarious' (Josh Widdicombe).

2:35pm TEST TUBE COMEDY PRESENTS... [Comedy] Cabaret Voltaire - downstairs 1

Previous performers include Tony Law, Sara Pascoe, Dr Brown, Robin Ince, Lee Nelson, Josh Widdicombe, Andrew Lawrence, Rich Fulcher, Celia Pacquola, Seann Walsh, James Acaster, Lucy Porter, Pappys, Jerry Sadowitz, Simon Munnery, Ben Target, Daniel Simonsen and Richard Herring. MC: Dec Munro www.testtubecomedy.co.uk.

2:40pm NATASIA DEMETRIOU: DOIN IT FOR THE CASH. [Comedy] Voodoo Rooms - French Quarter

‘Genius,’ (Gay Times) ????? ‘One of the funniest hours of our lives’ (The Skinny) ????? ‘Inventive and cruelly executed, this will make your world ache’ (Fringe Biscuit) ???? 'Solid gold' (Spoonfed) ????.

2:45pm PICK A CARD, ANY CARD (NO, NOT THAT ONE!) [Magic] The Street

Stories, tall-tales and close-up card magic with a true English gentleman.

2:45pm HYBRID MOMENTS: A STAND UP SHOWCASE [Comedy] Citrus Club

This ever-changing, hybrid line-up gives you a delicious taste of what there is to see this year. Hosted by Eddie French ???? (remotegoat.co.uk), 'ridiculously talented' (The York Press), 'Nothing short of brilliant' (www.leedsstudent.org).

2:45pm GARY COLMAN:GRIND [Comedy] Whistlebinkies

Reluctant hedonist and professional snowboarder has it all. Then gets married, gets kids, gets an ulcer. A joyous, uplifting show about the crushing banality of life. 'Fearlessly funny... best deadpan act since Jack Dee... it's unsurprising that Frank Skinner's a fan' (GQ). 'Highly inventive and very funny' (Frank Skinner).

2:45pm MAX FLETCHER - FAIL BETER [Comedy] The Dram House Upstairs - Sneekit

A smart and fresh new solo comedy show that's 100% guaranteed to be funny and doesn't need any stars to prove it ????? (The New Current).

2:45pm EDINBURGH REVUE: SKETCH SHOW [Comedy] Opium

Uni may be out for summer but the Edinburgh Revue is not. Bringing you the very best of this year's sketches and the five brightest comics of our Class of 2013. 'Thoroughly entertaining and original,' (The Skinny).

2:45pm ON THE LINE: MEDIA [Comedy] La Tasca

Investigative journalism has decided to take the brave leap of investigating the media. Today, On The Line: how one article can ruin a reputation, change a dream and force a man to build a wall around his town to protect himself from the invasion of immigrants.

2:45pm WE ARE ALL ORANGE GHOSTS [Spoken Word] Fiddlers Elbow - Downstairs

Feel like you've been badly coded? A show about happiness, self-acceptance and the orange ghost from Pac-Man. Spoken word poet/performer and Canterbury Laureate Dan Simpson's debut solo show.

2:50pm OTHER VOICES: SPOKEN WORD CABARET [Spoken Word] Banshee Labyrinth - BH

Allographic’s Other Voices brings you open-hearted open mic, magnificent all-female cast of spoken word stars and different special guests every day, all with a sumptuous cabaret vibe, hosted by Fay Roberts. We’ve something for everyone! For open mic book in advance or on door. http://bit.ly/othervoicespbh.

3:00pm FREE FRINGE MUSIC [Music] Tron Kirk Free Fringe Office

3:00pm MUSIC AT MALONES [Music] Malones

3:00pm PSYCHE - DO YOU MIND? [Cabaret] Voodoo Rooms - Ballroom

Tired of the voice in your head? Tired of trying to contact your inner self? Tired of rhetorical questions? This is a show about the brain. Your brain. Comedy, mind reading and bizarre magic put together Psyche. A show for those who mind.

3:00pm PAUL B. EDWARDS DOESN'T KNOW WHAT DAY IT IS [Comedy] Bannermans

He's got the wrong show in the wrong room at the wrong time. He's got the wrong sheets, booked the wrong flights and is even wearing the wrong clothes. Come and laugh at him falling apart before your very eyes. "Pretty Damn Funny" (Scottish Daily Mail)

3:00pm RAPH SHIRLEY: A PORTRAIT OF A PROVINCIAL DICKHEAD [Comedy] Bristo Bar & Kitchen

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.

3:00pm BRISTOL IMPROV PRESENTS... [Comedy] Whynot?

Bristol Improv returns with THREE week-long runs of completely different shows! Fast-paced improvised sketches from Steals the Show, epic fantasy battles from An Unexpected Tale, ???? (IntermissionBristol.co.uk) and melodramatic monologues from A Night of Noir ????? (Epigram.co.uk), ???? (Bristol.tab.co.uk).

3:00pm LIFE OF PIE [Comedy] Pilgrim

Another one bites the crust! Join Alex Perry (Hackney Empire New Act Finalist 2013; Comedy Cafe Winner) and a plethora of funny guests for a show containing pies, damned pies and statistics.* (*There's a 93% chance the show won't mention statistics).

3:00pm TOBY EXPLAINS THE UNIVERSE [Comedy] The Dram House Upstairs - Bothy

Learn how to solve the Israeli-Palestinian crisis using only two Mormons, why Brits are secretly more arrogant than Americans and how you can become a hero simply by sleeping with a comedian.

3:00pm AAAAAAAAAARGH! IT'S THE WE DIDN'T REALISE THE FREE FRINGE PROGRAMME ISN'T ALPHABETISED SHOW! [Comedy] Cowgatehead - lower floor 2

Tommy Croft (Jollyboat), Helen Foster & Ed Croft (Jollyboat) and Alastair Clark (not Jollyboat) desperately compete for your attention and admiration. Three acts, Three PM, Free entry.

3:10pm CHARMIAN HUGHES: ODD ONE IN [Comedy] Banshee Labyrinth - Chamber Room

From Nazi war criminal’s daughter and only girl in boys' school to snogging Chris Huhne and bishop. True stories of swapped babies, escape to circus and rescue from evil world of false limb advertising. ‘Charming ribaldry’ (Guardian), ‘Best gags’ (Independent), 'Like Josie Long’s mum' (Chortle). Silver Stand-Up Finalist 2012. Glastonbury MC.

3:10pm STUART LAWS ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT STOP, EVER, UNTIL YOU ARE DEAD (1HR SHOW) [Comedy] Dragonfly

‘Laughs come thick and fast… definitely one to watch’ (Fest). ???? (NewKid.co.uk). ‘Precocious Fringe fave’ (ThisWeekLondon). ‘Very funny’ (New York Post). The much anticipated debut hour from this compelling and hilarious comedian.

3:15pm WE'VE BECOME MANGO: TALKING LIMBO [Comedy] Southsider

[Whispers] Edinburgh's favourite fruity sketch group unleash a fresh batch of darkly surreal comedy upon their unsuspecting city. [Shouting] The funniest amateur comedy act I've seen (and better than a lot of the professional ones I've seen too). ????? (Inferior Design), 'Worth your time' (Broadway Baby).

3:15pm THAT'S NOT HOW YOU SPELL PEDANTIC [Spoken Word] Royal Oak

A poetic, comedic rage through the trivialities and irritations of modern life. A show of biting wit, wry humour, blatant vulgarity and the occasional smidgeon of social conscience. Join Jim in his quest to rid the world of all the things that have ever angered, annoyed or aggravated you.

3:15pm THE SAVAGE PLANET [Theatre] Fiddlers Elbow - Upstairs

The Savage Planet is a one act play set on Planet Ygam, inhabited by hyper intelligent Draags who have saved humans from extinction, keeping them as pets after a cataclysm destroys Earth. One human escapes and attempts to rebuild his civilisation…

3:20pm SHORT & CURLY: A RIPE PEAR [Comedy] Ciao Roma

Sketch Comedy duo Short and Curly are back with another mind-bending hour of interactive mayhem. New characters, new locations, new shoes! She's short, he's got curly hair. They really are a ripe pear! WARNING: THIS SHOW CONTAINS SCENES OF A COMICAL NATURE.

3:30pm CHRIS COLTRANE: COMPASSION IS SUBVERSIVE [Comedy] Globe Bar

Awesome political stand-up from activist Chris Coltrane. Let's beat the Tories with love and punchlines! 'One of few acts who are the future of British political comedy' (Mark Thomas).

3:30pm MARK STEPHENSON: HALF MAN HALF AMAZING [Comedy] Banshee Labyrinth - Cinema

Time Out's One to Watch 2013, Chortle Best Newcomer nominee. Runner-up: Hackney Empire New Act of the Year, Laughing Horse New Act of the Year, Leicester Square New Act of the Year. ‘An exhilarating new voice on the comedy circuit’ (Spoonfed.co.uk). Is he? Yes. So come.

3:30pm TALL, DARK AND DARRYL [Comedy] Henry's Cellar Bar

In 1987 Axl Rose said 'Welcome to the Jungle.' Now, 26 years later this show is unrelated, although there may be fun and games. Come down for some comedy that’ll make you feel like you’re in Paradise City (sorry, this show has very little to do with Guns N' Roses).

3:30pm COMEDY DEATH: TRUE HORROR STORIES FROM THE COMEDY CIRCUIT [Comedy] The Dram House Upstairs - Attic

Everyone has a bad day at the office. Join Javier Jarquin as he hosts a wide range of guest comedians telling you about their worst gigs. Because really, who wants to hear the good stories anyway? And remember, we're not here to judge – we're here to laugh.

3:30pm IMPRO FX: MEN WITH COCONUTS [Theatre] City at Sportsmans Bar

Hello! Five star improvisers cordially invite you to share a comedy experience with great acting (ooh) and live sound effects (honk). This Scotland-based troupe of a woman and some men, plus special guests, weave life stories from audience suggestions, supplying weird and wonderful sound effects along the way.

3:40pm Madogs act 1 [Music] Madogs

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3:40pm OWEN NIBLOCK: TWISTED WHIMSY [Cabaret] Voodoo Rooms - Speakeasy

Music, comedy and oddity intertwined. Take one slightly geeky outcast, add poetry, mix in jokes, sprinkle over some doodles and simmer until laugher ensues. Et voilà, a magical world of one-liners and songs. 'A very funny man,' (Russell Howard). 'Inspired and offbeat,' (Chortle). 'Ground-breaking,' (The Scotsman).www.comedygeek.com.

3:40pm THE NEWS AT KATE 2013: WORLD INACTION [Comedy] Canons' Gait

Earlier this year Kate appeared on ITV's This Morning. This is the opposite of that show. Real issues, satire and amazing guests from comedy and politics. www.katesmurthwaite.co.uk @Cruella1.

3:40pm THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE MORALLY AMBIGUOUS [Comedy] Chiquito

After success at the Camden Fringe, The Sheffield Revue combines sprightly characters with western themes in a sketch comedy show that’s 'In equal parts erudite and daft' (Viewfromthegods.com). This show promises a variety of sketches and charming performance of silliness and mirth.

3:45pm ...SPEED...MATING... [Comedy] Cowgatehead - upper floor 1

IMMACULATECONCEPTS return with their raucous lecture on Mother Nature's most exuberant offspring and their bizarre mating rituals! It's where QI meets the ANIMAL DARWIN AWARDS. So come and SPOT THE PERVERT. And if you can’t, it’s probably you... 'NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED CREATIONIST!' ????? (LOL-Ireland).

3:45pm KRISS FOSTER & FRIEND [Comedy] Ryan's Cellar Bar

A man from Lancaster in a homemade leopard suit performs songs about Vimto, trains, service stations and the seaside. For fans of Flight of the Conchords and John Shuttleworth. 'Dead good' (NME). 'A great disappointment' (his gran). @krissfoster www.krissfoster.co.uk.

3:45pm WRAY THOMSON'S UP IN SMOKE [Comedy] El Barrio

Have you had problems dating? Relationships not working out? Follow 'the hottest new comedic talent to emerge out of the north-east' (STV News) as he tells of his dating disasters and you won't feel bad about it again.

3:45pm POETIC JUSTICE [Comedy] The Dram House Upstairs - Fantoosh

I have a run at Swindon Festival of Culture, so this is preparation for that. A mix of poetry, beat poetry, my heckling policy, drum solos and children's stories. Paul Foot's support act 2011 and 2012. Represented by DAA Management.

3:45pm COME RIDE WITH ME [Comedy] Base

Climb aboard critically acclaimed character comedian Lesley Evans’ wild and witty joyride. Evans’ third solo show. Journeying to London you’ll meet highway hostess Kelly Benny, fruity fertility doctor Gunty Smit and TV's magnificent Maggie Fountain. 'Evans’ bursting energy generates vast amounts of laughter' (ThreeWeeks). ???? 'Excellent' (Edinburghguide). www.lesleyevans.net.

3:45pm NO GIRLS ALLOWED [Comedy] Free Fringe George

The Premium-Deluxe edition of hit sketch show We pledge to Supply Crisps, now available in Edinburgh. Combining comedy, music, dance and data-graphs.

3:45pm LEXI HEART- THE SINGING MAGICIAN [Theatre] Café Camino

A woman vanishes. But before she goes her story is told, peppered with beautiful illusions as melody and mayhem combine. Sometimes sad, sometimes silly, always magical, Lexi carries us through her bizarre world and unsettles our reality as she goes. 'A dishevelled Jessica Rabbit crossed with Paul Daniels' (JazzFM).

3:50pm QUIZ IN MY PANTS [Comedy] Cabaret Voltaire - downstairs 1

The festival's silliest panel show’s fourth year! Special guests every day; previous guests include Miles Jupp, Tom Green, Henning Wehn, Joe Lycett and The Noise Next Door. Features the ever-popular 'Muffin Diving' round and the world's longest quickfire round! Bring your own buzzer and let the frivolity begin!

3:50pm FUNNY SWEDES [Comedy] Cabaret Voltaire - downstairs 2

A showcase of Scandinavian talent on the British circuit. Swedish Evelyn Mok (New act of the Year at The Swedish Stand Up Gala 2012, finalist in Chortle Student Comedy Awards 2013) and Ahmed Berhan (semi-finalist in Laughing Horse New Act of the Year 2008, Swedish Raw Comedy Club-Comedian) and more.

3:55pm PISTOLS AT 3.55PM [Comedy] Voodoo Rooms - French Quarter

Two comedians with GSOH seek audience with same for hour-long relationship. Stand-up and a dash of improv from Fat Kitten Improv ???? (ThreeWeeks) ???? (Broadway Baby) alumni James Ross and Steve Violich. 'Well-spoken but bat-shit insane' (Culture Slut).

4:00pm FREE FRINGE MUSIC [Music] Tron Kirk Free Fringe Office

4:00pm JOSIE ROSE LIVE [Music] The Street

Josie Rose is an up and coming alternative singer/song writer and harpist. She brings a new sound to the clarsach (celtic harp), with her imaginative original songs and entrancing vocals, self-accompanied in contrasting arrangements. She is at one with her instrument, creating a truly captivating stage presence.

4:00pm MUSIC AT MALONES [Music] Malones

4:00pm ROB AUTON: THE SKY SHOW [Comedy] Banshee Labyrinth - BH

This show is about the sky and the things in it; you know, birds, balloons, weather etc. This show is suitable for people who have seen the sky and enjoy looking up. 'Charming, eccentric and uplifting. A talent to watch' (The Independent). 'A strange and magical experience' (Broadway Baby).

4:00pm DEAD CAT COMEDY CLUB [Comedy] Opium

The UK’s premier Indie Comedy Club comes to Edinburgh! An afternoon showcase featuring the best names in comedy that you’ve never heard of. Hosted by Red Redmond. Different line-ups daily. 'I can’t recommend visiting Dead Cat Comedy Nights more,' (FunnyFecker.co.uk).

4:00pm NEW YORK ALL-STAR COMEDY HOUR [Comedy] Whistlebinkies

Visit the Big Apple without leaving Old Town! Acclaimed New York comedy club Tribeca Comedy Lounge presents the festival’s best comics from both sides of the pond. Features former* Fringe award winners, as well as some of the biggest names in US comedy from Comedy Central, Letterman and HBO *(and undoubtedly future!).

4:00pm EXISTING, WAITING, FISH [Comedy] Citrus Club

This is the story of an old woman who lives in a wood. Meanwhile (and more importantly) two men are having a chat. They talk about existence, waiting and fish. Some sort of developments might happen if they get round to it. We'd love to stay and chat but the rice pudding's getting burnt.

4:00pm BRAVE AND FREE. TALES OF SCOTLAND [Spoken Word] Fiddlers Elbow - Downstairs

Tales full of giants, brownies, selkies, kings and heroes from the land of the brave and free. The real Scot, storyteller Calum Lykan introduces you to his magical Scotland.

4:00pm ALEXIS DUBUS: CARS AND GIRLS (2013 VERSION) [Spoken Word] The Dram House Upstairs - Sneekit

A poetic version of the award-winning comic's set of travel tales. UFOs, truckers, bean festivals and the Dutch. ‘Gorgeous, honest, effortlessly funny’ ???? (Chortle.co.uk). ‘An hour of compelling raconteurship’ ???? (The Scotsman). www.alexisdubus.com.

4:00pm THE MOON CANNOT BE STOLEN [Spoken Word] La Tasca

Reading old diaries is a culture shock...travelogue, metaphysics and fantasy. Join Kirsten Luckins as she finds out that the past really is another country.

4:15pm ONCE UPON A TIME (IN SPACE) [Cabaret] Whynot?

Bear witness to the end of Old King Cole, the brutal despot of New Constantinople, as the galaxy is plunged into a savage war against the rebellion of Snow White. Infamous space-pirates the Mechanisms sing you a tale of love, loss and vengeance. In Space.

4:15pm TWINS [Comedy] The Dram House Upstairs - Bothy

Affiliated with The Invisible Dot, Twins stars Jack Barry, ‘a future in comedy’ (Chortle) and Annie McGrath, ‘beautiful timing and spot-on delivery’ (Cambridge Tab). ???? (Broadway Baby) ???? (ThreeWeeks) ???? (Ed Fringe Review) ???? (Leeds Student).

4:15pm TINY POSEIDON'S EROTIC MEAT TRIFLE [Comedy] Pilgrim

Stand-up showcase featuring Liam Pickford, Jayne Edwards and Jack Evans. Three of Manchester’s stand-out stand-up comedians burst forth from the fruity, alcoholic depths of Tiny Poseidon’s beefy dessert to tickle you with their joke tridents.

4:15pm JOHN-LUKE ROBERTS: BROKEN STAND-UP [Comedy] Voodoo Rooms - Ballroom

Vigorous sort-of-stand-up from co-founder of The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society, writer for The News Quiz and star of 2010 hit 'Distracts You From a Murder'. 'John-Luke Roberts. Funny as fuck and clever? Sure. But he also is a dick. I'd bottle him all up,' Tony Law.

4:15pm SEAN BRIGHTMAN'S HOLIDAY HORROR STORIES [Comedy] Bristo Bar & Kitchen

See this show and you will get approximately 2437 seconds of entertainment, straight out of a suitcase. See this show. Nearly forgot to say, see this show.

4:15pm GERARDINE COYNE: VENUS IN FUZZ [Comedy] Bannermans

Joyous idiots and lonely geniuses populate this sparkling, slightly surreal show. With an affecting lack of modesty, the rather beautiful Gerardine Coyne (Aspidistras) invites you to her solo debut. 'Fantastically funny' ???? (Big Issue Scotland). Best New Sketch Act 2013 Finalist (Sketch Club/Gilded Balloon).

4:15pm CONCRETE GENERATION PRESENTS... [Spoken Word] Cowgatehead - lower floor 1

CONCRETE GENERATION PRESENTS... This collective of artists based out of Charlotte, NC, represent the best of the best from the American performance poetry scene. Listen to the prose, rhymes and undeniable talents of Anthony 'Twenty20' Collins, Kendrea 'Mekkah' Griffith, Mason 'Quill' Parker, Carlos Robson and Quentin 'Q' Talley, as these National Poetry Slam Champions bring their award winning original spoken word to the Edinburgh Stage.

4:15pm CAT [Theatre] Cowgatehead - lower floor 2

Fired from his dream job in Cats the Musical on the final day of rehearsals AND discovering the love of his life had left him for Munkustrap, Dave The Cat is mad. Featuring never before performed songs, allegedly from Cats, Dave’s here to share this tragic love story with a dark twist.

4:20pm PAUL SAVAGE: CHEERFUL SHAMBLES [Comedy] Dragonfly

Paul Savage sometimes lies awake at night, convinced he's a character in a sitcom. What's worse, whoever's writing it clearly hates him. Unbelievable stories of embarrassment. 'Genuinely brilliant' (The Guardian). 'A wonderful way with words' (bbc.co.uk).

4:20pm TOMMY ROWSON - ONE PIECE AT A TIME [Comedy] Banshee Labyrinth - Chamber Room

BBC New Comedy Award finalist, Chortle Award nominee and So You Think You're Funny winner, Tommy Rowson presents a mix of stand-up and film with a special guest every day. 'Laid-back, cheeky, charming' (London Is Funny). 'Perfectly judged comic timing' (Steve Bennett).

4:30pm FRESH FACES AT THE FREE FRINGE [Comedy] Southsider

Your chance to spot the comedy stars of the future. Yes, acts we've had in the past are now TV regulars. Five or more acts each day. Comedy in small chunks so you needn't get bored waiting for the next one.

4:30pm APPROVAL NEEDED [Spoken Word] Royal Oak

Five people. Five stories.One man pissing in the supermarket. After a successful Edinburgh debut last year, Early Doors are back with a new spoken word piece. Follow the stories of the check-out girl, the manager, the shopper hoping to jog her husband's memory and the other witnesses of a man having a wee over the apples.

4:30pm THE ANTISOCIAL NETWORK [Theatre] Fiddlers Elbow - Upstairs

Are you connected? Really connected? Isn’t there a disconnect between you and the people you work with, live with and love? You can’t keep up with all your ‘friends’. You feel more in Life than just ‘like’. Welcome to the antiSocial Network. Keep logged in.

4:35pm JACK JEROME [Comedy] Ciao Roma

New Act Finalist 2013 Will Cooper brings you his hilarious breakthrough comic creation 'Jack Jerome' – a motivational speaker who will tell you how to live your life, not in a patronising way, just in a way which even you'll understand.

4:45pm GOING DARK! BY BETH VYSE [Comedy] Banshee Labyrinth - Cinema

A fantastical dark journey following the life of a dying actress, who meets a plethora of bizarrely outrageous characters. A multimedia delight for fans of the surreal, sublime and completely ridiculous. 'Excellent' (Evening Standard).

4:45pm FIN TAYLOR: CRAMP [Comedy] Globe Bar

A stand-up show about trying to live, rather than just exist. Warm-up for BBC2's Never Mind the Buzzocks and Glenn Wool tour support hits Edinburgh with a 45-minute free show. 'Original, distinctive and fresh,' (Chortle.co.uk). @FinTaylorcomedy.

4:45pm YIANNI IN THINK BIG [Comedy] The Dram House

A ‘wonderfully funny’ ???? (Time Out) look at the power of self-belief. Through confidence and conviction in the ‘sharp social commentary’ ???? (Chortle) of his ‘stunningly good’ (Scotsman) shows, Yianni hopes to become ‘the next big thing’ ???? (ThreeWeeks). TOP 5 FREE SHOWS – The List, NOMINATED – Amused Moose Laughter Award.

4:45pm JULIET YES AND FRIENDS [Comedy] The Dram House Upstairs - Attic

ROLL up ROLL up for comedy roulette! A different audience, a different line-up of ace comedy talent every day! Set phasers to Fun and let’s trawl together through the bric-a-brac of comedic delights: stand-up, improvisation, jokes and games, hosted by Juliet Stephens ('whip sharp wit and playfulness,' The Skinny).

4:45pm PAUL RICHARDS: THINGS COULD BE MARVELLOUS [Theatre] City at Sportsmans Bar

Excitable debut solo offering from fringe regular and internationally published playwright Paul Richards. Things Could Be Marvellous is a happy show, a hopelessly optimistic show. A fast moving comedy show about scarecrows, love, imperfections and Britpop music.

4:50pm ELLIE AND OSCAR SHARE A TIME [Comedy] Voodoo Rooms - Speakeasy

Discover great facts about the performers and what life is like on set. For example, did you know the show will be split into two halves with Ellie and Oscar each doing about half an hour of material? 'Destined for great things' (Fest). 'Nothing short of incredible' (EdFringeReview.com).

4:55pm AURORA ENGINE [Music] Madogs

Think harps, think effects pedals, think folk tinged songs with electronic undertones, think meaty riffs, some piano, all topped with layers of gutsy or angelic vocals, with a hint of a Geordie accent. Add then lyrics with quirky stories, step through the looking glass and dip your toe in the magical musical world of ‘Aurora Engine’ - singer, songwriter, harpist and pianist

4:55pm THE BOOK OF FACE [Comedy] Chiquito

Gilded Balloon Sketch Semi-Finalists 2013 invite you to overshare in the rupture of the goof book. Come and enjoy a jelly spaffing service, repaint your sins and be blissed. All manure of stiff and nunsense with the four oarsmen of the apocalypse. 'Putting the 'div' in divine' (Jesus-H).

4:55pm OXFORD REVUE PRESENTS [Comedy] Canons' Gait

The world-famous Oxford Revue has curated a fine selection of new comedy, from sketch to stand-up to music, from among the very best up-and-coming Oxford acts. With new acts each week, this is student comedy at its best! For daily listings, see oxfordrevue.com.

5:00pm FREE FRINGE MUSIC [Music] Tron Kirk Free Fringe Office

5:00pm MUSIC AT MALONES [Music] Malones

5:00pm PHILL JUPITUS IS PORKY THE POET IN 'ZEITGEIST LIMBO' [Comedy] Jam House

After the success of 2012's Twenty Seven Years On, Porky the Poet returns to Edinburgh with a collection of new poetry and ponders the cultural conundrum, 'How low can you go?' 'An hour no one should miss' (The Scotsman).

5:00pm CHRISTIAN SCHULTE-LOH: ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT GERMAN COMEDIAN [Comedy] Base

Very funny' ???? (Broadway Baby). 'Has the hilarity factor' ???? (Cream of the Fringe). 'A funny German – the only one!' (KKunst Magazine). 'Excellent one-liners' (Beehivecity.com). Free stand-up comedy!www.germancomedian.com.

5:00pm EDINBURGH MUST SEES [Comedy] The Dram House Upstairs - Fantoosh

Some of the best acts from across the Edinburgh Fringe. Carefully selected and all doing their best to convince you to go and see their full shows. ("a fantastic night of comedy" 5 stars. The London Word)

5:00pm ANGRY BEARDS [Comedy] Cowgatehead - upper floor 1

Bringing their sell-out Glasgow Comedy Festival show to the Fringe, join the misanthropic Richard Brown ('smart and funny literary jokes,' The Skinny) and the delicious Geoff Gawler ('an ability to spin a simple gag into an entire alternative universe,' The Skinny) for an hour of comedy. And beards.

5:00pm IT'S NOT REALLY THERE [Comedy] El Barrio

What are you afraid of? Really?! Well don’t worry, Lynsey Bonell and Trevor Ferdy are too. Enter their world for an hour of magical, musical, surreal stand-up. Their playful coping mechanisms will chase your scares away! Prepare to loosen the lid on your sanity and release your inner-child.

5:00pm ALL OUR FRIENDS ARE DEAD [Comedy] Ryan's Cellar Bar

Dark and surreal sketch comedy from Katie Norris and Sinead Parker. Dubious characters, satirical songs and sketches with a tragic edge. Think The League of Gentleman meets Julia Davis, Father Ted and Brass Eye but with quiche, gin and buggery.

5:00pm NOT THE ADVENTURES OF MOLEMAN [Comedy] Free Fringe George

Two young men do some sketches for you, with some stand-up thrown in plus a song, a bit of poetry and a live reverse exorcism. 'Very funny and highly recommended' (Nerve). 'I haven't laughed so long and so hard in ages' (Broadway Baby).

5:00pm ANOTHER NEW WORLD [Theatre] Café Camino

Disaster in the Arctic. Only the Captain survives. Should he die with his men or return home? Hero or coward? A gripping play echoing the tales of Shackleton and Franklin. Captivating new writing from a Chichester Festival Theatre Young Playwright.

5:05pm SARAH CAMPBELL: ISN'T IT FUN??????? [Comedy] Cabaret Voltaire - downstairs 2

Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the air. But don't for social reasons. A stand-up show about agony, ecstasy and not being sure, from the Russell Howard's Good News Writer and 'one of the stand-out stand-ups of the future' (British Comedy Guide).

5:05pm JESSICA FOSTEKEW: MOVING [Comedy] Cabaret Voltaire - downstairs 1

Jessica’s wonder-filled third hour shows you all her moves, yet contains no dancing. She regales with the glorious realities of moving in with a hoarder, out of trouble and up and down the world. 'Great fun,' The Guardian. 'Consistently hilarious,' Fest.

5:05pm SIGHT GAGS FOR PERVERTS [Comedy] Voodoo Rooms - French Quarter

I'll be wearing a little wig and some false teeth. The show begins with me wearing an uninflated, inflatable horse. There's one bit that may not go down well but I pull it round with a bit of Bruce. 'Brilliantly Bizarre' (Time Out).

5:10pm MONKEY POET [Spoken Word] Banshee Labyrinth - BH

New show along the lines of… 'Funny, Furious, Filthy,' (Jersey Evening Post). 'The darkest, rudest and funniest thing you'll see,' (Broadway Baby). 'This audience was in stitches,' (ThreeWeeks).

5:15pm SIMON SOUTH'S CAT FLAP OF OPPORTUNITY [Magic] The Street

This year, the cat just got bigger! Simon South returns to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with his amazing and critically acclaimed one man show. Combining comedy, magic and thrilling stunts, this is one show you will not want to miss!

5:15pm MATTHEW HIGHTON'S IT CAME FROM THE MUD [Comedy] Whistlebinkies

Remember all those times you said, I’ll go see Nan tomorrow? Then she was dead! Don’t do that with this show, see it today. Sublime stand-up and masterful storytelling from key member of Chortle-nominated Weirdos. ‘Wonderful surrealism’ (Guardian). ‘Something quite special’ (Chortle). Disorientating, bizarre and rather brilliant’ (Broadway Baby).

5:15pm SPLIT SHIFT [Comedy] Opium

Two stand-ups: a woman one and an alternative man. Venue is located under the George IV bridge.

5:15pm WHO YA GONNA CALL? [Comedy] The Dram House Upstairs - Sneekit

Katy, Tom and Jon pay tribute to everyone's favourite 80's films with original songs, cardboard props and lots of love. Think Reduced Shakespeare Company meets Be Kind, Rewind in ‘...a cult audience experience’ (Total Theatre).

5:15pm HOW TO BECOME A MODERN ARTIST [Spoken Word] Fiddlers Elbow - Downstairs

Ever fancied earning millions from your unmade bed? Does a urinal really embody eco-feminist post-structuralist ennui? To some, modern art is the pinnacle of human achievement; to most it's poncy pretentious crap… A comedic, interactive and mildly educational show about art today.

5:30pm ULYSSES DIES AT DAWN [Cabaret] Whynot?

Welcome to the City – a rusted techno-hell ruled by the immortal Olympians. Meet the burned-out gumshoe Ulysses, about to die at the hands of the Suits: Heracles, Oedipus, Orpheus and Ariadne. The Mechanisms present an hour of noir storytelling, grimy folk blues and Greek myth. Don't get lost.

5:30pm JAMES CHRISTOPHER: WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? [Comedy] Banshee Labyrinth - Chamber Room

A brand new stand-up show in which @JCbeermat explains everything.

5:30pm TOM WEBB'S WEDDING [Comedy] Dragonfly

I do comedy. A hilarious hour of stand-up about love and happily ever after, break-ups and cake tops and a wedding in St Paul's Cathedral with the award-winning star of Dave TV, face of Popbitch and singleton.

5:30pm RO CAMPBELL: NEVER HAD IT. STILL GOT IT. [Comedy] Bannermans

Ro Campbell is the Aussie who won Scottish Comedian of the Year. He has performed in 27 countries in everything from huge theatres to maximum security prisons. 'Great stand-up, exceptional story teller,' (The Skinny). 'Bloody funny,' (NZtheatreview). www.rocampbell.com.

5:30pm MCDANIEL AND CALLAGHAN [Comedy] Pilgrim

Two men will stand for half an hour each in the same place. They will speak. One is called David and one is Paul. They have both done this before. Laughter will occur. We will all win.

5:30pm WILL SETCHELL WAS HERE [Comedy] The Dram House Upstairs - Bothy

Will Setchell was here; now he isn’t. He’s elsewhere doing other things and talking about them. In essence, this is a show about moving out, moving on, breaking up, being broke and possibly growing up. Also, Werner Herzog. 'Setchell’s breathless storytelling is timed to perfection,' (The Skinny).

5:30pm NICK HODDER'S OBJECTIVES & KEY RESULTS [Comedy] Bristo Bar & Kitchen

Focused, determined, tenacious, promiscuous? Nick Hodder is none of these things. That's why he isn't performing at the EICC. Other reasons include a general lack of talent. Well, next year could be different. Help Nick put things right. Who knows, maybe he can help you too? But probably not.

5:30pm PEKKA AND STRANGEBONE'S COMEDY SHOWPIECE [Comedy] Voodoo Rooms - Ballroom

Dark and chaotic character comedy from the stars of Britain's most fictitious talent agency. 'Brilliant, inventive, far, far beyond silly with riotous audience interplay, one to watch' (TheLondonist.com).

5:30pm HAYLEY JAYNE STANDING - BRITAIN'S YOUNGEST GRANDMA. [Comedy] Cowgatehead - lower floor 1

Join Hayley (BBC's Home Time/New Tricks/White Van Man) in her much anticipated Edinburgh debut as she welcomes you into the world of Britain's Youngest Grandma and her family, an eccentric tight-knit benefit-claiming bunch from Lancashire. SMA meets WKD.

5:30pm THE RIBBON TIED [Theatre] Cowgatehead - lower floor 2

The Ribbon Tied tells the story of a young couple who, after breaking up, meet again years later through a chance encounter. Spending an evening together, it becomes clear the different people they have become, yet with neither party willing to let the other go, feelings become mixed and the game they never finished is replayed.

5:45pm COMEDY GRIT [Comedy] Southsider

An hour of autobiographical stand-up from Martin Pilgrim ‘quiet confidence and well-timed punchlines... a delight' (Alternative Comedy Cabaret), Mike Bentley 'honest and raw... hilarious and utterly heartfelt’ (HOWL Alternative Comedy Night) and Charlie Benson ('red hair'). Plus very special guests!

5:45pm STATIC [Theatre] Fiddlers Elbow - Upstairs

Static combines brilliant storytelling with verbatim news reports to tell a coming-of-age story that spans a decade. From watching the World Trade Centre fall live on TV to the top of Tory HQ, through drunken teenage parties and walking home with broken noses.

5:50pm NOT SUITABLE FOR DRINKING [Comedy] Ciao Roma

This Australian trio will hit you with a comedy show that – whoa, their venue won best gelato in Edinburgh? They did? Man, we need to get that gelato. Also, the comedy show is pretty great. Probably the greatest experience you’ll ever have next to eating this gelato.

6:00pm FREE FRINGE MUSIC [Music] Tron Kirk Free Fringe Office

6:00pm MUSIC AT MALONES [Music] Malones

6:00pm CHRISTIAN REILLY: SONGS OF PRAISE [Comedy] The Dram House

Perrier/Chortle-awarded musical comedian returns with more songs to heal the world. 'Sonofabitch got FUNNY!' (Rich Hall). 'Seriously Funny' (Richard Herring). 'A clever comic... funniest songs I've heard in a long time' (Kate Copstick, Scotsman). 'Bill Bailey, watch out!' ???? (one4review.co.uk) ???? (ThreeWeeks) ???? (BroadwayBaby.com) 'Acutely wonderful' ???? (remotegoat.co.uk).

6:00pm THE SIX O'CLOCK CLUB [Comedy] Globe Bar

Four handpicked comedians every night, including the best up-and-coming acts on the circuit, as well as comedy competition winners and finalists. Start your evening with some free stand-up comedy at the friendliest little comedy club at the Fringe.

6:00pm JOE ROWNTREE IS A BIT OF A CHARACTER [Comedy] Banshee Labyrinth - Cinema

Star of Dave’s One Night Stand and Brainiac Science Abuse brings you a late afternoon hotpot; serving up some rare and wonderful specimens to delight and whet your character comedy appetite. 'Bags of madcap energy and an instant daft allure' (Chortle).

6:00pm LOVE AND LILLEY: FEAR AND LOATHING [Comedy] Kilderkin

In this double-bill of stand-up, Alex Love (Finalist in Droitwich’s It’s A Knock Out 2013) and Simon Lilley ???? (ThreeWeeks) talk about things that they fear and loathe. If you like jokes about estate agents, stalkers and giant squid, then this is the show for you.

6:00pm TOTAL HERO TEAM [Comedy] The Dram House Upstairs - Attic

New two-man musical from the people behind Dinosaur Planet, Hey Hey 16K and Moon Horse, featuring superheroes, robots, pirates, kittens and a free badge. 'Like two drunk dads getting up and singing at a barbecue' (Radio One).

6:00pm PENGUIN LOVE [Theatre] City at Sportsmans Bar

Malky and Frank, two unemployed Edinburgh men, spend a chaotic night arguing about their friendship, jealousy, past relationships, penguins and a girl named Rachel who they both believe is in love with them. But is Rachel who they think she is and can Malky and Frank's friendship ever recover?

6:05pm AIDAN GOATLEY IS ON THE MEND [Comedy] Voodoo Rooms - Speakeasy

How does a film fan cope with a nervous breakdown? Join Aidan Goatley as he travels from denial to acceptance, via Hollywood, in his new show about films. And mental health. 'Think Alan Coren, add a dash of Woody Allen' (Telegraph & Argus).

6:05pm IF THE QUEEN CAN HAVE AN OFFICIAL BIRTHDAY THEN SO CAN I, AND THESE 22 DAYS ARE IT [Comedy] Canons' Gait

Free Fringe founder PBH's solo show; title chosen in the stupor of organisational stress. ????? 2009 ???? 2010, 2011 and 2012 (all The Scotsman). But it could still be rubbish.

6:10pm RUTH E. COCKBURN DOESN'T EVEN SMOKE. [Comedy] Madogs

Ruth isn't cool – she doesn't even smoke. In this show, she endeavours to prove none of us actually are. This is Ruth's guide to being content with what you've got. Comedy, story-telling and music to hopefully make your day better. Do come. It'll be nice to see you.

6:10pm ANGUS BARR, UKULELE-BANJO WARRIOR [Comedy] Chiquito

Angus Barr brings his debut solo show to the Fringe, ready to set right the injustices of this world armed only with a ukulele-banjo. ‘Barr's suave, quasi-innocent delivery belies the devilishly satirical and saucy content of his songs’ ????? Venue Magazine. ‘Just so brilliant...really fabulous songs’ - Ed Chappel, Musical Comedy Awards.www.angusbarr.co.uk

6:15pm SOHO COMEDY CLUB AT THE FRINGE [Comedy] Base

London's famous Soho Comedy Club, named one of the top 10 clubs in London, is bringing you an hour of top quality comedy performed by the best acts at the Fringe. The line-up changes daily and will feature 3-5 comedians and Soho Comedy Club’s house MC David Mulholland.

6:15pm FRENCH & HEAVEN: 'OUT OF STEP' & 'DIRT' [Comedy] El Barrio

Eddie French finds himself Out Of Step. 'Ridiculously talented,' (The York Press). 'Nothing short of brilliant,' (leedsstudent.org). 'Wonderful... rib-tickling,' (Leeds Guide). Multiple award losing Simon D Heaven tells jokes for loose change. ?'Our favourite act of the evening... Genius.' (Itchy Edinburgh).??

6:15pm RORY & TIM: ON THE HOUSE [Comedy] The Dram House Upstairs - Fantoosh

Confusingly-named sketch trio Rory & Tim return to the Free Fringe. Following 2011's Free at Last and 2012's Good for Nothing, they scrape the bottom of the pun barrel with On the House. Nothing to do with houses. But it is free. 'Absolute genius and utterly hilarious' (ThreeWeeks).

6:15pm COMEDIAN? NO. JUST ITALIAN. [Comedy] Free Fringe George

How to go beyond stereotypes in a Country where comedians become Prime Ministers and the other way round? Discover thanks to this multifarious actor why in Italy reality is funnier than jokes: unwittingly you could become part of the show!

6:15pm ROSS SEMPLE: FULL DISCLOSURE [Comedy] Cowgatehead - upper floor 2

Ross Semple isn't like other 21-year-olds but he wishes he could be. The mechanics of social interaction, being an incredibly needy friend and the Real Housewives franchise are just some of the topics to be featured in this awkward hour of unfiltered negativity.

6:15pm EMBARRASSING MOTHER [Comedy] Cowgatehead - upper floor 1

Most mothers take it easy once their kids have grown up but Maxine Jones took to stand-up. Her sons think she’s in Lidl. Maxine left London for Dublin in 1990, married an Irishman, became the first divorcee, reared three rowdy sons and discovered how English she was. ‘Outstandingly funny’ (entertainment.ie).

6:15pm WE ALL ARE HER [Theatre] Café Camino

Mix of cabaret basics, great singing, deep story told in an exciting yet dramatic manner, an ending that touches everyone's bowels. Being a show where 'the feminine' is questioned in its cliché forms, both men and women recognise a deep feeling of uncertainty about what could be right or wrong, putting us face to face with our complexity.

6:20pm KNEES-UP ROUND THE ORGAN [Cabaret] Voodoo Rooms - French Quarter

Mister Meredith turns a saucy, satirical gaze on the world of singalong, from football terraces to church halls via pop anthems and your local pub all wrapped up in a good old knees-up round the piano. 'Terrific audience interaction... quick wit and good all-round comedy' (Scotsgay).

6:20pm BERLIN EXPAT COMEDY FUN SHOW [Comedy] Cabaret Voltaire - downstairs 2

Berlin's stand-up comedy underground has returned! From the self-deprecating stories of charismatic Scotsman Chris Davis to the confused multiculturalism of Passun Ernesto Azhand (Afghanistan/Germany) to the smutty travel observations of Paul Salamone (USA) and the visionary nerd woe of Caroline Clifford (UK), this show has 'Alles'!

6:20pm DOBBING AND HAMDI [Comedy] Cabaret Voltaire - downstairs 1

An original and refreshingly intelligent two-man stand-up showcase. Pete Dobbing: SYTYFF Finalist, 'Brilliant' ???? (ThreeWeeks) and Omar Hamdi: 'Warm, confident performer' (Chortle) ‘delivered non-stop laughs’ (Surrey Life) ‘Slick, classy, very clever’ (Worthing Herald).

6:20pm EVIE AND THE PERFECT CUPCAKE [Spoken Word] Banshee Labyrinth - BH

In Evie’s world, the State controls calorific intake, her sister is perfect and her job sucks. So, does she really think she can have her cake and eat it? 'Tina’s language fluctuates from the luscious to the fragile and perceptive, making for a heady mixture and a very powerful show' ???? (www.sabotagereviews.com).

6:30pm YOUNG & STRANGE - MAGIC, ILLUSION AND A HATE FOR EACH OTHER [Magic] Jam House

The bickering illusionists return with what is without a doubt the largest illusion show at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2013. Featuring new spectacular large-scale Las Vegas style illusions, intimate sleight of hand, their own blend of humour and a hatred for each other.

6:30pm THE PEOPLE'S FEDERATION OF INTERNATIONAL COMEDIANS [Comedy] Whistlebinkies

Daily showcase with 5 top international stand-up comedians! Each show will present different guests hand-picked from the Fringe. Plus: @wouter_meijs.

6:30pm THE CUCKOO NEST [Comedy] Opium

Young comedians Jimmy Bird and Francis Foster invite you into the Cuckoo Nest to hear of love, loss and failure from an outsider's perspective. Something different from the usual Fringe fare. Laughing Boy 2011 Winner, Latitude New Act 2011 Winner, Comedy Store Gong Show Finalist.

6:30pm THE GIRLS YOUR MOTHER WARNED YOU ABOUT! [Comedy] La Tasca

These are the girls your mother warned you about. They are both from the West Country, both are 'alright' looking but that's where the similarities end... Cerys Nelmes and Tash Bartlett bring you an hour of tales from their weird and wonderful lives. Don't tell your mum!

6:30pm I'M FINE, YOU? [Comedy] The Street

Candy Gigi and Trine Munk: 'I'm fine, you?' Is a response regularly given by a small, kooky East London Jew and a tall, awkward, musical Dane. Both rather surreal women talk you through their off-the-wall, unconventional lives via the art of singing, crying and general hysteria.

6:30pm FREE FOOTLIGHTS [Comedy] The Dram House Upstairs - Sneekit

In addition to their main show, the Cambridge Footlights present an hour of stand-up, songs and monologues in association with the Free Fringe. Come see some of the brightest young comedians around for free! Every day features a different line up, so no two shows are the same.

6:30pm STAND UP TRAGEDY [Spoken Word] Fiddlers Elbow - Downstairs

Fed up with the feel good factor? Well, Sony Award-nominated Dave Pickering's 'entertaining bunch of melancholic oddballs' (London Word) will soon wipe that smile off your face, with their new breed of variety night – music, storytelling, stand-up and theatre, dedicated to the fine art of bringing you down!

6:40pm GARETH MORINAN IS PLAYING THE NUMBERS GAME [Comedy] Banshee Labyrinth - Chamber Room

Whimsically meaningful, colourfully innovative, multimedia comedy. About how science can be used to improve both love and politics. An array of good reviews (4 or 5 stars) and TV appearances (BBC, C4, HBO) would seem to imply Gareth is definitely worth seeing. Edutainment at its best.

6:45pm A TRANNY IS BORN [Cabaret] Voodoo Rooms - Ballroom

American gender bender from Motown, Detroit Michigan comes with her one woman show singing live. With her huge belting voice that turns into a smokey Jazz Diva in the blink of an eye. Singing from Bassey to Holiday with a few surprises as a rock goddess.

6:45pm THE LAND OF NOD [Comedy] Whynot?

‘We will shortly be arriving in...’ Board the grave train to a land of Singing Vicars, murderous milliners and dogging dance instructors. Twin Peaks meets Mr Benn as told by The Fast Show. ‘Welcome to The Land of Nod!’ ‘All comedy sketch shows should take notes from this group.’ ???? (edFringereview.com).

6:45pm FAT PENGUIN: BITESIZE COMEDY SHOWCASE [Comedy] The Dram House Upstairs - Bothy

THE BEST WAY TO START YOUR EVENING! Birmingham's finest free comedy night comes to the Fringe! See up to five of the best up-and-coming comics from around the festival as well as AWESOME SPECIAL GUESTS! All doing short, easily digestible sets! Follow @ThatFatPenguin for updates.

6:45pm TREVOR BROWNE LIVE [Comedy] Bristo Bar & Kitchen

Trevor Browne returns to the festival with another hour of unbelievable music, consummate storytelling and halting stage presence. "This is a 'one-liner-loaded stand up show which delivered often hysteric laughs" (Fringe Guru ????) "Perfection" (Three Weeks ?????)

6:45pm THE COCK FACTORY [Theatre] Cowgatehead - lower floor 1

From the cage to the kitchen table the cock has no control. In The Cock Factory, who rules the roost? Enter the factory and witness the surreal journey of a human forced to live the manufactured life of a chicken.

7:00pm FREE FRINGE MUSIC [Music] Tron Kirk Free Fringe Office

7:00pm MUSIC AT MALONES [Music] Malones

7:00pm ROWENA HALEY: THERE'S MORE TO LIFE THAN CHIPS [Comedy] Southsider

Entertainingly intolerant' (Chortle) Rowena Haley shares the benefits of growing up in the north-west of England with a 93-year-old best friend. Through stand-up and song Rowena expresses the burden of being wise beyond her years.

7:00pm MASTERS OF DRIP [Theatre] Fiddlers Elbow - Upstairs

A wise old man once said, 'If you eat enough sand, you'll die.' These two never listened to that man. Not one word. Not. One. Word. In search of the Drip, sketch theatre pours forth.

7:05pm ADAM STRAUSS: THE SORDID SEX LIFE OF THE MONTANE VOLE [Comedy] Ciao Roma

Adam Strauss tackles two wildly divergent topics: sex and love. Is true connection possible or are we the mere playthings of archaic evolutionary impulses? 'A hugely intelligent, incredibly engaging performer,' (Scotsman). 'Extremely gifted' ???? (The Skinny). 'An amazing storyteller and comedian' ???? (EdFest Magazine).www.adamstrauss.com.

7:15pm THE RUBY DARLINGS, FEVER! [Cabaret] City at Sportsmans Bar

The filthily talented Ruby & Darling will break your hearts, re-steal your virginity and let you into their darkest secrets. The two beautiful (and intelligent!) women will be joined by their sublime yet awfully shy pianist, to caress your thighs, tickle your sides and whisper dirty truths in your gorgeous ears.

7:15pm AWAY AN' BILE YER HEID [Comedy] Globe Bar

Glasgow humour at its best. Following on from his 'Fur Coat and Nae Knickers' and 'Yir Bum's Oot the Windae' tours, let Brian entertain you once more with a mix of original songs and tales from his Glasgow roots. 'Definitely one to watch!' (Strathclyde Police).

7:15pm LOST IN THE EIGHTIES - MODERN DREAMS [Comedy] Banshee Labyrinth - Cinema

1980s' pop sensations and celebrity couple Derek Dreams and Mandy Modern are back on tour due to the near bankruptcy of their caravan park. Lose yourself in the decade that brought you Spandex, Rubik’s cubes and shoulder pads. Let's party like it's 1984!

7:15pm JAKE BAKER AND MARTIN PILGRIM:OWNBRAND COMEDY [Comedy] Kilderkin

Times are tough and not all comedians can afford an elaborate stage show. An hour of no-frills stand-up from two of the country's most exciting and inventive young comedians, fresh from a year spent performing with the likes of Josh Widdicombe and Russell Howard. 'A delight' ???? (Alt.Com.Cab).

7:15pm CASUAL VIOLENCE: OM NOM NOMINOUS [Comedy] Voodoo Rooms - Speakeasy

Award-winning sketch villains present a fresh hour of monsters, madmen and miserygutters – their boldest, bleakest and best characters from the past three years. This is your chance to see the best of Casual Violence – all rolled into one fast-paced, super-streamlined showcase. Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality nominees 2011 and 2012.

7:15pm MR AMBIGUOUSNESS [Comedy] The Dram House

As seen on Mock the Week and celebrating 20 years in comedy, Ben Norris returns to the Fringe. Daniel Kitson thinks he's 'wonderful' and anyone who's seen him in free flow will know this show is sure to be hilarious and slightly different every night.

7:15pm THE WURST KÄSE SCENARIO [Comedy] The Dram House Upstairs - Attic

Performing comedy? In English? In Germany?! Sounds like the Wurst Käse Scenario! Straight from the heart of Berlin, Nate Blanchard (US), Tim Whelan (UK) and friends present an hour of stand-up. Bring an appetite.

7:15pm KALAHARI DIAMOND GOLF CLASSIC 1982 [Comedy] Canons' Gait

Work-in-progress show by Thom Tuck. Partly about morality and partly about reptiles.

7:25pm EDINBURGH AMUSEUM: THREE'S A CROWD [Comedy] Chiquito

Make space for three up and coming comedians from Scotland's capital: Katia Kvinge 'Great comic timing' (Fringe Report) 'Naturally funny' (The Skinny), Eddie O'Dwyer (Semi-Finalist Chortle Student Comedian of the year ’12) and Rory Telfer 'staggeringly brilliant' (The Skinny), as they pack your evening full of world class comedy made in Edinburgh!

7:25pm DAN SCHREIBER: INTO DORKNESS [Comedy] Madogs

Dan Schreiber (Creator of BBC's Museum of Curiosity; former QI Elf) used to think he was awesome. Turns out he was wrong. This debut stand-up hour investigates his new home in the land of nerds. 'Quality comedy' (The Scotsman). 'I'm pretty sure Dan discovered the Pyramids' (Rhys Darby).

7:30pm PIECES OF COMEDY [Comedy] Cowgatehead - upper floor 1

A relaxed stand-up and sketch comedy show with all the show business bits stripped away. This is a silly show and one which will provide enough laughs to forget about your life.

7:30pm JOLLYBOAT - NOT SEEN ON TV [Comedy] Base

Foster's Comedy Award Winner (2015)... or 2016 at the latest. We've written a really funny show but unlike SOME comedians, you won't find us selling out and having a successful TV career. ????? (ThreeWeeks), ????? (InformedEdinburgh), Glastonbury 2013, CBBC (2014 – we sold out).

7:30pm MATT LACEY: CLASSROOM WARRIOR [Comedy] Voodoo Rooms - French Quarter

Matt has set up a new school and like all good schools, this one has a bar. Come for a smorgasbord of character comedy from the award-winning Gap Yah star. 'The most natural performer... a comedy sensation' (The Times). ???? (Fest) ???? (The List) ???? (ThreeWeeks) ???? (Chortle) ???? (Broadway Baby) ????? (Scotsgay).

7:30pm BROADSQUAD [Comedy] Free Fringe George

Come out and enjoy an energetic hour of funny with Female born sketch troupe, BroadSquad. Discover where you draw the comedy line. We intend to play hopscotch all over it!

7:30pm PBH SPOKEN WORD ALL-STARS SHOWCASE [Spoken Word] Banshee Labyrinth - BH

The PBH Free Fringe Spoken Word Spoken Word All-Star Showcase does exactly what it says on the tin, with some of the biggest names in the business showing us how they do what they do so well. Check outhttp://bit.ly/pbhswshowcase for details. See you there!

7:30pm STAN SKINNY TESCO CHAINSTORE MASSACRE [Spoken Word] Cowgatehead - upper floor 2

Comedy, poetry satire about one man's struggle against Tesco and finding a decent pair of jean shorts. Contains songs, poems, frantic desperation and is 100% horse joke free. Five stars and a half moon cake.

7:30pm SHATTERED! [Theatre] Café Camino

Moving, evocative and powerful' (Support in Mind). 'A truly excellent piece of work' (H2G2). A play comprising a series of true-life monologues of men and women fighting mental health issues such as depression, bi-polar, post-natal, self-harm and less obvious but still damaging conditions. A raw and honest portrayal.

7:35pm RORY O HANLON'S DON'T DRINK DON'T SMOKE [Comedy] Cabaret Voltaire - downstairs 2

Don't Drink Don't Smoke is the hilarious new show from one of the rising stars of Irish comedy, Rory O'Hanlon. This one-hour show is full of belly-achingly funny stories of how this man is surviving life without two of life's more popular pastimes.

7:35pm LUKE TOULSON: I DON'T KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT MY KIDS [Comedy] Cabaret Voltaire - downstairs 1

As seen on Russell Howard's Good News, the Perrier-nominated and award-winning stand-up presents a blisteringly funny and brutally honest new show about fatherhood, UKIP and the most racist production of Miss Saigon ever staged. 'Toulson is clearly a gifted comic,' (Sunday Times).

7:45pm THE LASTMINUTECOMEDY CLUB [Comedy] Whistlebinkies

Legendary compere Paul B Edwards hosts four different comedians each night, plucked from the branches of the Fringe’s finest comedy trees. Don’t pay for a show until you’ve been here first! Now in its third year. 'Brilliant!' (100%Biker magazine).

7:45pm STANDING UP FOR SOMETHING [Comedy] La Tasca

Jonny Lennard and Pierre Novellie join forces to create an hour of the funniest comedy of the Fringe. Fresh, original and hilarious new talent. ‘Phenomenal’ (ThreeWeeks). ‘Slick and slightly offbeat... sometimes redolent of Eddie Izzard’ (Steve Bennett, Chortle.co.uk). ‘An absolute pleasure to watch’ (BroadwayBaby.com).

7:45pm INSTANT ORDER: TRIAL BY AUDIENCE [Comedy] The Dram House Upstairs - Sneekit

You be the jury in a gripping courtroom drama comedy show... completely improvised! Never before seen in the UK. Using live re-enactments, character witnesses, alibis and psychology to bring the case to life before your eyes. Everyone's innocent until YOU prove them guilty. Featuring new guest performers every night!

7:45pm SAM AVERY - ROCK & DOLE [Comedy] Opium

Sam wanted to be a rockstar. Signed by BMG Records at 17 (forcing him to quit his paper round) he toured with Motorhead until the story turned sour. He had crap hair anyway. 'Destined for bigger things’ (Chortle). ‘Funny loveable show from a comedian who's really hit his stride' (Daily Post). 'Painfully funny hour' (Leicester Mercury).

7:45pm STAY AT HOME DAD [Comedy] Citrus Club

Immensely popular last year! Eden Rivers returns with his 'Hilarious and Touching' upbeat take on modern family life. Fully aware that there is nothing as tedious as listening to someone biffle on about their own offspring. It's not like that. A show suitable for anyone, who knows anyone who has ever had children.

7:45pm AN EVENING WITH SAMANTHA [Spoken Word] The Street

Samantha returns for a second year to The Street for storytelling, guests and some gentle soul-searching. There will also be tap dancing. Tweet Samantha (@MsSamanthaMann) or find her on facebook (Samantha Mann). More details at samanthaman.co.uk.

7:45pm TELLING TALES [Spoken Word] Fiddlers Elbow - Downstairs

Too grown up to be told a story? Think again... Storytellers Fiona Herbert and Calum Lykan put a new spin on an old tradition. Prepare to be swept into a world inhabited by Recession Struck Genies, trolls made homeless by Edinburgh Tramworks, action Packed Puppies and much, much more.

7:50pm BEARD ENVY [Comedy] Dragonfly

Sarah Cassidy and Anne-Marie Mullan introduce their favourite acts on the circuit, feed you biscuits and hand out fake beards. Free beards and biscuits plus jokes. What a very pleasant evening!

7:50pm SKEPTICS ON THE FRINGE [Science/Rationalism] Banshee Labyrinth - Chamber Room

Edinburgh Skeptics bring the Enlightenment back (again)! The award-winning Skeptics on the Fringe returns for its fourth year bigger and better. Join us every night for a different talk on science, reason and critical thinking as we exhume the Enlightenment spirit. See www.edinburghskeptics.co.uk/Fringe for details.

8:00pm FREE FRINGE MUSIC [Music] Tron Kirk Free Fringe Office

8:00pm DR. PROFESSOR NEAL PORTENZA'S INTERACTIVE GOAT HOUR: THERE ARE NO GOATS AND THE SHOW IS ONLY 54 MINUTES LONG, EXCLUDING THE BONUS MINUTE [Comedy] The Dram House Upstairs - Bothy

WINNER: Best Comedy, 2012 Melbourne Fringe. NOMINATED: Best Independent Comedy, 2011 MICF. 'Impeccably constructed chaos.' ????? (TalkFringe). 'Genius.' (YAWP Magazine). 'You need to see it.' ????? (Funny Tonne). Offbeat. Australian. Interactive. Character. Comedy.

8:00pm BOURKE AND NO HAIR [Comedy] Bristo Bar & Kitchen

Mary is married to simon .They're both comics and this is a very funny show and it's cheaper than a counselling session at Relate . 'Impeccable one liners' (GQ), 'an hour packed with fine routines' (Scotsman).

8:00pm FORGET WHAT YOU HEARD (ABOUT SPOKEN WORD) [Spoken Word] Cowgatehead - lower floor 2

Come join us for the friendliest spoken word showcase on the Fringe! Be beguiled by some of the finest poets of the Festival and take the stage at our open mic to wow us with your own words.

8:15pm JOKÉMON! [Comedy] Southsider

A knock-about piss-about with the most exciting stand-ups on the Fringe, including BBC newcomer ADAM HESS, mental MAT EWINS and many more, with 'Never Mind the Buzzcocks' warm-up FIN TAYLOR as MC. Grab onto your jokéballs and watch your jokémon do battle!

8:15pm CAPTAIN MORGAN AND THE SANDS OF TIME [Theatre] Fiddlers Elbow - Upstairs

Two actors. One musician. Forty-four characters. Captain Morgan and First Mate Hammond quest for the secrets of time travel in a rip-roaring pirate adventure comedy, featured on BBC Radio Bristol. ‘Comic genius... a raucous barrel-of-laughs’ ????? (BristolTheatreReview.com). 'Incredible’ ????? (Intermissionbristol.co.uk).

8:20pm THE NEWS AT KATE 2013: MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION [Comedy] Ciao Roma

Comedian and activist Kate Smurthwaite is often found ‘arguing with idiots’ on TV and radio shows like BBC Breakfast, The Moral Maze and The Big Questions. Her unashamedly high-brow, left-wing, feminist, atheist show asks how and why we form and change our minds. www.katesmurthwaite.co.uk. @Cruella1. Directed by Sam Miller.

8:25pm AFTER THE APOCALYPSE [Cabaret] Voodoo Rooms - Speakeasy

Ladies and gentlemen and those of you not so defined, the end of the world is nigh. Too late. Boom! After Tales from a Cabaret and the TO&ST award-nominated An Hour Long Sinister Wink, join us after the Apocalypse, plucking, strumming, singing tales of the new world rising from the rubble.

8:25pm ADDY TIME [Comedy] Canons' Gait

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 konu?ma dili sa?lanmal?d?r monkey…' '…hair…' '…value…' '…he’s done a bit of telly if that helps...'

8:30pm THE DREAM TICKET [Cabaret] City at Sportsmans Bar

The Dream Ticket is a cabaret brought to you by Tamika Campbell. Bringing songs and personalities of some of history's most fabulous and influential women to life. She will portray the classy yet sassy Pearl Bailey, share the wisdom of Moms Mabley, wow you as the outspoken Eartha Kitt and keep it real as the beloved Whoopi Goldberg.

8:30pm COMEDY WORLD WAR III [Comedy] Kilderkin

The hit-show returns to Edinburgh. Which country is the funniest? Four international top stand-up comedians per night, one against one, no allies! Hosted by German comedian Christian Schulte-Loh. 'Subversive' (Spectator). 'Very funny' ???? (Broadway Baby). Like in every war: different line-up every night.

8:30pm BENJAMIN PARTRIDGE: AN AUDIENCE WITH JEFF GOLDBLUM [Comedy] Banshee Labyrinth - Cinema

Get within six feet of your idol. Hear about a holiday he took with Richard Attenborough. Learn how an imaginary prawn can save your life. Featuring Whoopi Goldberg. Debut show from BBC Radio 4 writer and comedian.

8:30pm NORWEGIANS OF COMEDY [Comedy] The Dram House Upstairs - Attic

Martin Beyer-Olsen and Lars Berrum. 'These twats are flying the flag for alternative comedy in Norway. Don't let their impeccable English deter you. Funny and original stand-up. Friendliest wankers you'll ever meet' (Tony Law, comedian). 'The funniest thing from Norway since Greenpeace' (Scott Capurro, comedian).

8:30pm ALISTAIR BARRIE: UNIVERSAL ADAPTER [Comedy] The Dram House

After last year's award-nominated show, Comedy Store regular and international circuit favourite Alistair Barrie returns to Edinburgh with an hour of universal comedic themes presented in afinancially sustainable model. How exciting is that? 'Excellent' (The Independent) ???? (Chortle.co.uk) ???? (The Herald) ???? (Metro) ???? (ThreeWeeks).

8:30pm TOTALLY NINJA NAKED [Magic/Comedy] Globe Bar

David Alnwick's stand-up comedy with a hint of magic. 'F***ing Ginger Ninja Wizard' ????? (ThreeWeeks), 'More tricks than a cunning fox' ????? (LSM), 'COMPLETELY F***ING AWESOME' ???? (The Skinny), ???? (FringeGuru).

8:40pm HOPE & GLORIA [Comedy] Voodoo Rooms - French Quarter

Agony Aunt for the modern age, Dr Hope, brings her unique brand of advice to Britain. Whatever the issue, Dr Hope has the solution in this silly and irreverent hour of character comedy with a difference.

8:40pm CINEMASH PRESENTED BY JOYSTICK IMPRO [Comedy] Chiquito

From your suggestions we create an improvised movie. Featuring epic trailers, moving scenes, unforgettable stories and probing interviews from the cast and crew.

8:40pm JEM ROLLS [Spoken Word] Banshee Labyrinth - BH

‘Dynamic, funny, sharply political… A rousing success, the pump-action poet… The godfather of Scottish performance poetry… Go see’ (Scotsman). ‘Unsurpassable energy’ (Independent). ‘Fast, funny and angry’ (Herald). ‘Highest calibre… Genius’ (Montreal Gazette). 35 ????? reviews, 150 ????. First solo Edinburgh.

8:45pm JONNY AWSUM'S TO DO LIST [Comedy] The Dram House Upstairs - Fantoosh

Can Jonny Awsum tick off everything on his special Edinburgh to do list? Musical comedian Jonny Awsum has put together the to do list to end all others, which he hopes to tick off with the help of his trusty sidekick Russ and the Edinburgh Free Fringe audience.

8:45pm WILKINSON FORD: WEBMASTERS [Comedy] Base

The Funny Side Artist Management presents popular comedy duo, Wilkinson Ford. An hour of high energy, mirthful live sketches, film interludes and all round side-splitting silliness in their new show, Webmasters. There'll be hashtaggin' in the streets. Does anyone still poke?

8:45pm MYKAL MAKINTYRE'S COMEDY NO SHOW [Comedy] El Barrio

Okay. It's a fair cop. He isn't actually booked for it. Will he turn up anyway? No. Of course not, why would he? We are just hoping that the title falls just the right side of charming so you come to what is a showcase of various comedians.

8:45pm COMEDY ON THE BRIDGE [Comedy] Free Fringe George

Pop in for a fun packed 50mins of comedy from a selection of Edinburgh Festival Fringe comedians. A regular host showcases a different line up every night drawn from stand-up acts and improv players from the festival.

8:45pm PANDAMONIUM COMEDY FRINGE SHOWCASE [Comedy] Cowgatehead - upper floor 1

After 3 years providing quality up and coming comedy Pandamonium comes to the Fringe for the first time. Our pick of the Fringe comedy showcase will bring you 4 Different acts every night with both new and experienced acts from all over the Festival.

8:45pm THE BRIEF AFTERLIFE OF REGINALD TANNER [Theatre] Café Camino

Resurrection comes at a price for NHS patients. Just ask test subject Reg Tanner – death’s biggest loser – who is due before the Minister of Mortality this afternoon. Topical comedy from the creator of Saving Grace ????? (FringeGuru.com) and Excess Baggage ???? (BroadwayBaby.com).

8:50pm I'LL LEARN U A THING OR 2. [Comedy] Cabaret Voltaire - downstairs 1

Graham Mackie stars in his first Edinburgh solo show at the age of 54, come and hear some hilarious tales from this juggernaut of the Scottish comedy scene, who has played almost every recognisable venue in the country and some others you would think possible, including five different prisons.

9:00pm FREE FRINGE MUSIC [Music] Tron Kirk Free Fringe Office

9:00pm REALLY? REALLY! [Cabaret] The Dram House Upstairs - Sneekit

Uneasy Alliance Presents: 'Really? Really!' Magical double act Simon and Fleur take you on a journey through the stunning magic of Las Vegas, to the vaudevillian sideshow stunts of old, combining them together to create a completely unique experience that is NOT to be missed!

9:00pm DEAR RAY [Comedy] Banshee Labyrinth - Chamber Room

In January this year a lonely pensioner accidentally became my pen pal. This is the story of what happened next. A touching and hilarious stand-up show about love and adventure from a rising star. ‘Momentous’ ???? (Broadway Baby), ‘Razor sharp’ ????(Fest), ‘Buckets of energy’ (The Daily Telegraph).

9:00pm DEAD FAMOUS [Comedy] Dragonfly

Comedy, chat and a little bit of history, hosted by Edgar Allan Poe and possibly Cleopatra, Annie Oakley, Marie Antoinette or some other famous dead person. A show featuring celebrities who've already faced the worst thing in life: death. Elise Harris and Paul Wady with different guests every day.

9:00pm MILK THE LAUGHS [Comedy] Citrus Club

Join us for a delicious hour of stand-up comedy served by Mike Hewitson ‘A very funny man’ (Leeds Tealights) and Henry Perryment ‘Painfully funny’ (Varsity). With guest spots from the cream of the comedy circuit (announced via @Milkthelaughs). Drink it up, it's good for you. 'Utterly Hysterical' (Hercampus).

9:00pm FINITE JEST: AN HOUR OF JEST [Comedy] Opium

Nick Gibb (winner of New Zealand’s biggest comedy award, the Billy T) knows you only have so many hours in your life and promises this will be one of the good ones. 'Erudite and educated… brilliantly original material' (Edinburgh Guide). 'Incredibly self-assured and cleverly intelligent… a masterclass in comedy' (TVNZ).

9:15pm REBECCA ROBERTS [Music] Cowgatehead - lower floor 1

This is Rebecca's first time at Edinburgh Fringe and she's arrived with a bang, her band Becks and the Bullets playing Gilded Balloon's Late n Live and her solo show, unique in outlook and musical style.

9:15pm GERRY HOWELL: SERIOUSNESSMUS [Comedy] The Dram House Upstairs - Bothy

From the award-winning Gerry Howell comes a comedy show for people serious about comedy. Short stories, long jokes, wide observations and the tallest of ideas. 'Does it behoove horses to wear shoes?' 'Why is tomorrow's world not on TV anymore?' 'What if there were no rhetorical questions? ????? (The Skinny).

9:30pm RICHARD GADD: CHEESE AND CRACK WHORES [Comedy] Southsider

One of the UK’s most exciting, unique and troubled comedians, Richard Gadd (Winner Laughing Penguin New Act of the Year 2011, Finalist Chortle Student Comedy Awards 2011) recounts the worst week of his life. ‘Inspired’ (Scotsman). ‘Delight to behold’ (Gigglebeats.co.uk). ‘Real funniness’ (Skinny). ‘Fantastic satire’ (BroadwayBaby.com). ‘Different and fun’ (Chortle.co.uk).

9:30pm LOVING DICK [Theatre] Fiddlers Elbow - Upstairs

A slice-of-life comedy darkened by its fundamental question... What is sex? Connor, the unambitious teacher, Lana, an opinionated European expat and Max, the laddish teaching assistants' lives intermingle along with their differing views. Add the mysterious Dick to this heady mix and the result is an unexpectedly explosive cocktail...

9:35pm PAUL DABEK - STAND UP AND BE CONJURED [Magic] Voodoo Rooms - Speakeasy

Free Fringe favourite Paul Dabek returns with a new devilishly deceptive show. Mind-blowing magic and cheeky comedy from the UK's third most charming conjurer. Dabek brings his impish, flirty brand of magic to Edinburgh for a fourth year. 'Machine-gun delivery and genuinely funny’ (The Scotsman). 'Superb showman’ (Time Out).

9:35pm PETER BUCKLEY HILL AND SOME COMEDIANS XVII [Comedy] Canons' Gait

The show that started the Free Fringe. Four comedians a night, some famous, some obscure, all compered by PBH in inimitable style. This show is a Fringe institution. Guest compere Wednesdays. There's little more to say.

9:35pm LONDON IS FUNNY PRESENTS [Comedy] Ciao Roma

One of the hits of the Free Fringe! Four acts a day, with TV names, ace newcomers and everything in between, plus brilliant MC Tom Webb. Previous guests include Cardinal Burns, James Acaster, Lee Nelson, Andi Osho, Josie Long, Gimp Fight, Paul Sinha, Rufus Hound, Hal Cruttenden, Scott Capurro, Pete Johansson.

9:45pm ALAN SHARP: AS SEEN ON [Comedy] Banshee Labyrinth - Cinema

We live in an age of instant celebrity. Andy Warhol said we'd all be famous for 15 minutes and he was just about spot on. Alan Sharp reckons he's had about five of his so far. 'The man is a great storyteller' (The West Australian).http://alansharpcomedy.com.

9:45pm ALEX KEALY & FRIENDS [Comedy] Kilderkin

So You Think You're Funny finalist and Grade 2 pianoforte wunderkind Alex Kealy, plus funny friends, present an hour of humour. 'Misleadingly positive extract… from largely lukewarm review' (All of the Newspapers).

9:45pm A TERRIBLE COMEDIAN [Comedy] The Dram House Upstairs - Attic

Luke McQueen is the worst comedian not working in the UK. If you don't go and see any comedian at this year's Fringe then make sure it's this one. He has a 32 inch TV.

9:45pm THREE MEN IN A JOKE [Comedy] Globe Bar

Omar Hamdi, James Edward McDaniel and Adi Knight present their eclectic mix of stand-up comedy.

9:50pm THE QUINT FONTANA 2013 COMEBACK SPECIAL [Comedy] Voodoo Rooms - French Quarter

Legendary entertainer Quint Fontana finally brings his comeback show to Edinburgh and it's in a bar! Join Quint as he sings all the hits you've never heard of and tells a few tales you'd probably rather forget. Can he hold it together...? Probably not!

9:50pm UTTER! PRESENTS: THE NEW POPULAR RECITER [Spoken Word] Banshee Labyrinth - BH

Delving into the history of spoken word entertainment, James McKay enters, tailcoat and all, the robust world of the Victorian poetry reciter: expect strong language, wrong politics and poems like what they don't write anymore by, among others, Macaulay, Byron, Wordsworth, Rochester and Poe.

9:55pm NIKKI AITKEN IN GOBSMACKED! [Cabaret] Chiquito

Best Comedy Show Winner 2009 ATG Awards:Best Cabaret, NZ Fringe & Best Music and Cabaret, Dunedin Fringe (noms) to name a few. Hilarious tales of an Aussie Diva who wants it all.‘A laugh-out-loud gag fest- Herald Sun **** ‘The definition of brilliance’ Fringe Benefits, ‘A Voice to die for’ ATG

10:00pm MUSIC AT MALONES [Music] Malones

10:00pm SILHOUETTE BURLESQUE [Cabaret] Tron Kirk Free Fringe Office

Cherryfox presents Silhouette Burlesque: a revue to delight fans of everything from follies-style fan dancers and Vegas Bump & Grind, to pantomime comedy and punk-inspired neo-burlesque. Each night sees a different cast of burlesque beauties, cabaret curiosities, circus and music.

10:00pm PANDAMONIUM'S IS IT COMEDY OR THERAPY? [Comedy] Cowgatehead - upper floor 1

Pandamonium creator Rory McAlpine combines his solo show with special guests who all feel that work, life and love have let them down. Laugh, cry or both?

10:00pm ABERDEEN'S WILDLY UNPREPARED [Comedy] Cowgatehead - upper floor 2

In the beginning there was Wildly and there was Unprepared and God smooshed them together to make Wildly Unprepared. But why go to church to thank God for that, what kind of church has a service at 10pm anyway, why not come see some great improv comedy instead?

10:00pm JENNIFER WONG: LAUGHABLE [Comedy] The Dram House Upstairs - Fantoosh

Ride a carousel of pun trick ponies and sparkling one-liners with one of The Sydney Morning Herald’s Top 10 New Comics to Watch. "If there's a quiet achiever award for comedy, Sydney stand-up Jennifer Wong might be your winner." - Herald Sun. www.jenniferwong.com.au

10:00pm JEWELLERY QUARTER COMEDY MIDLANDS SHOWCASE [Comedy] Free Fringe George

The once grimly industrial Midlands has transformed itself so much in recent years that some of its citizens now have time to flounce around making people laugh for a living. And they are good at it. See hand picked acts from across this much maligned, but hilariously talented, region.

10:00pm NO NAMES [Theatre] Café Camino

Two unlikely survivors find themselves trapped together in a house during an undead uprising. Will Emma’s top ten rules to survive a zombie invasion be enough to get them through the night? Or will their clashing personalities lead to their demise? Zombie comedy drama with apocalyptic laughs.

10:10pm LISTEN, LANCELOT... [Comedy] Dragonfly

A man (Sam Quinn) gives up his imagination and with it his best friend. The consequences are of global socioeconomic and political importance. This production is part-funded by the United Nations Association for Playfulness of Older Peoples (UNAPOOP).

10:15pm BOOK OF QUESTIONS [Comedy] Banshee Labyrinth - Chamber Room

Come and answer a question from the legendary book. Every night the best questions/answers will end up on the FREE podcast. See: www.bookofqs.com for details or visit the Facebook page and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Want to ask a question? Tweet @BookOfQ.

10:15pm UNCLE HENRY'S HAPPY HOUR [Comedy] The Dram House Upstairs - Sneekit

An unmissable hour of get-rich schemes from badboy entrepreneur, featuring special guests. Warning – you may leave a millionaire! Cult comedy show from Tom Hensby of The Three Englishmen: 'Side-splittingly funny' ????? (ThreeWeeks). 'Anarchic' ????? (British Comedy Guide). 'Brilliant' (Times). As seen on BBC2, BBC3, & BBC R4 @unclehenry62.

10:30pm THE HOUSE ALWAYS WINS [Magic] The Dram House Upstairs - Bothy

Stephen Allison invites you to enter the world of the hustler and enjoy an evening of card tricks, cheats and scams in this intimate and interactive show. Experience the magic in front of your eyes as you discover why we can all be fooled. A free show but remember all losses must be paid for.

10:30pm RECOVERING CATHOLICS ANONYMOUS (& OTHER CROSSES I'VE HAD TO BEAR) [Comedy] Ryan's Cellar Bar

A self-deprecating look at adolescence in Dublin. School days and religious retreats. An insight into Irish humour covering everything from Riverdance to the Eurovision. Relations with the English and scary nuns on motor bikes.

10:30pm WOMEN WHO WANK [Theatre] Cowgatehead - lower floor 1

Bidden For. Comically tragic and tragically comic discovery play in search of intimacy, pleasure and connection. Enjoy the ridiculousness of the best worst kept secret and of disconnected egos rubbing themselves up. This is a Fool's show by Joanne Tremarco and is suitable for all adults.

10:45pm HOW TO TALK TO THE DEAD [Science/Rationalism] Southsider

Join us for an interactive performance lecture on Victorian trickery. How did the Victorians communicate with the dead? How did they bring the spirits forward? Using magic and comedy this show will explain how. Featuring Ouija boards, flying tables and ectoplasm!

10:50pm MAGIC FARAWAY CABARET [Cabaret] Voodoo Rooms - Speakeasy

The best of the Fringe's burlesque, variety and sideshow join this 'fab lil' cabaret party' (Time Out). 'Body of Burlesque' Dave The Bear and 'Moustachioed-Tom-of-Finland' Mister Meredith showcase different line-ups every night. 'Widely diverse and deliciously deranged... An enticing wilderness to lose your bearings in' (This is Cabaret).

10:50pm WRONG COMEDY WITH BOB 'WALSHY' WALSH AND HIS WRONGUNS [Comedy] Ciao Roma

2012's 5-star SMASH HIT (comedy.co.uk) returns with our brand of RUDE, FILTHY, DARK and OUT-OF-ORDER adult comedy from Walshy's regular WRONGUNS Ben Adams, Pam Ford, Griffin and Jones, Laura Hayden, Steph Laing, Michael Kossew and more. It's just WRONG!

11:00pm MUSIC AT MALONES [Music] Malones

11:00pm MARCEL LUCONT'S CABARET FANTASTIQUE [Comedy] The Dram House

The legendary Frenchman serves a late-night feast of the Fringe's finest alternative performers. 'Debaucherous, delightful, debonair... Marcel knows how to put on one hell of a show,' PerthNow. Previous guests include: Phill Jupitus, Simon Munnery, Boy With Tape On His Face, Tony Law, Tim Key. Lineups: www.marcellucont.com.

11:00pm MEGAGAMES WITH TOM WEBB [Comedy] Banshee Labyrinth - Cinema

Game show made and played by YOU. Including... Human Hungry Hippos, Crowd Kerplunk, Big Top Trumps and Audience Guess Who. 'An incessant sugar rush of a show, MegaGames is one of the most mega fun and mega silly things in town. Mega recommended' ???? (The Skinny).

11:00pm DEAD CAT COMEDY CLUB: LATE SHOW [Comedy] Globe Bar

An evening of late-night stand-up comedy from the UK’s premier Indie Comedy Club. Forget Late 'n' Live, this is the Fringe’s newest and nastiest late-night comedy show. Hosted by Red Redmond. 'Surprisingly prolific,' Manchester Wire.

11:00pm A TO Z IMPROV [Comedy] Kilderkin

Free, fast and funny. Spontaneous comedy, in the style of Whose Line Is It Anyway? You suggest scenes, we make them happen. Unscripted adventures unfold in seconds. Every show unique. Come check out the fun!

11:00pm MRS GREEN [Theatre] The Dram House Upstairs - Attic

A forgotten soul singer self-medicates her arthritis and eases the troubles of her neighbourhood with her favourite music. Dynamic original songs played and sung live by the cast in a late-night riot of Motown, blues and booze. Sheep Soup's outrageous new musical performed by members of Nottingham's BAFTA award-winning Television Workshop.

11:05pm THE PAINTED GRIN LATE NIGHTS [Cabaret] Voodoo Rooms - French Quarter

The Painted Grin is a late night comedy and cabaret show hosted by all dancing, all opera singing, Time Out Nominated, comedian Jayde Adams and joined by an elite selection of Edinburgh comedic talent, ‘Jaw-droppingly amazing, Jayde Adams is the rising star of London cabaret. See. Her. Now.’ ThisIsCabaret.

11:05pm MONEYISASINNOCENTASTHEGUN [Spoken Word] Banshee Labyrinth - BH

Money is as innocent as the gun, a re-occurring reflection from the worship of the sun, this innocence, it can't feel the difference, on a cheek, between a last and a first breath, so to speak.

11:15pm BORN TOO LATE [Comedy] Cowgatehead - upper floor 1

Three young men in their early 20s who have always been old souls. Gabriel Ebulue, Sam Golin and Jamali Maddix share experiences of being young but looking old. Featuring laughs and confessions as they discuss their life views and break down the universe.

11:15pm WE'VE BECOME MANGO'S LATE NIGHT FANDANGO [Comedy] The Dram House Upstairs - Fantoosh

[Seductively] An anarchic cocktail of sketches and stand-up with a surreal bent. Imagine a cross between Dale Winton and an oven. 'The funniest amateur comedy act I've seen (and better than a lot of the professional ones I've seen too)' ????? (Inferior Design). 'Worth your time' (Broadway Baby).

11:25pm Spoken Word VBS [Spoken Word] Dragonfly

11:30pm FREE FRINGE MUSIC [Music] Tron Kirk Free Fringe Office

11:30pm THE MEN WHO STARE AT JOKES [Comedy] Banshee Labyrinth - Chamber Room

Quite late, quite live. Award winning stand-up featuring runaway carpet adverts, voodoo screensavers, blasphemous sweets and pitta bread. Served (to you) by Tom Ward, Ian Lane, Alasdair Beckett-King & Ben Clover.

Tuesday 06 August 2013

12:00am MUSIC AT MALONES [Music] Malones

12:00am THE MIDNIGHT HOUR [Comedy] Canons' Gait

The best comedians in the smallest hour, brought to you by London's famous Soho Comedy Club. MC'd by Soho Comedy Club's house compere David Mulholland.

12:15am FREE FRINGE MUSIC [Music] The Dram House

12:20am THE NOT SO SOBER LATE SHOW [Comedy] Voodoo Rooms - French Quarter

Come one, come all. Charge your glass and your laughs as various comedians take to the stage every night to provide the giggles with late night comedy calamity.

12:45am THE FAT PENGUIN LATE SHOW!!! [Comedy] Banshee Labyrinth - Chamber Room

THE BEST WAY TO END YOUR NIGHT!!! A selection of worn out, sleep-deprived and bleary-eyed comedians from around the festival scrape the bottoms of their respective barrels to find the energy to entertain you into the small hours. EXPECT HEAVY DRINKING AND SPECIAL GUESTS. Follow @ThatFatPenguin for updates.

WELCOME TO THE 2013 FREE EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL!

The Laughing Horse is back at the Edinburgh Fringe, for it's 10th year of Free Festival shows, with another packed programme of shows in venues across Edinburgh - this year we have over 6,300 performances of 350 different shows.

Explore this website to see what we have lined up for you in Edinburgh - every day from August 1st to 25th.

This year we have shows in 20 venues, which have 36 performance spaces between then - and all our venues that have become some of the Fringe's favourite hangouts are back! We have a huge selection of Fringe Comedy,Theatre, Cabaret, Music, Spoken Word andChildren's shows that will make our 10th Anniversary year another fantastic year of Fringe entertainment, from big

names right the way through to the best in up-and-coming talent. Just what the Fringe should be about!

And as always, you can see it all for Free - with the performers asking for a donation at the end, so you can get out and see as much of the vibrant, manic, exciting Fringe action as possible while you are in the Scottish capital this summer

You can see award winners and award nominees,sell-out shows from performers who've been to theAdelaide Fringe, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Brighton Fringe and Hollywood Fringe, plus the very best in new talent, new writing and everything in between!

There's so much on it really is a festival within a festival!

Use the options on the left to find out what you would like to see - you can browse our shows by date, venue, genre, name or start time - or just enter the name of a show or performer to search all of our shows!

Running The Free Festival costs a lot of money...some of this money is recouped through sponsorship, advertising and our comedy courses... If you would like to contribute and help keep the venues free for acts and audiences, please click button above

Become a Free Festival Venue... If you run a Fringe venue in Edinburgh and would like to either become part of the Free Festival or list your free shows with us, or if you are a new venue looking to have free shows at your venue for the Fringe, click here for some more information...

http://www.laughinghorsecomedy.co.uk/freefestival/performers.htm

We are now taking applications for Fringe 2011. Please read through these pages of performers information for how we operate, what our venues offer, and tips for helping to produce a show - as well as the application form. Shows will run from August 4th to 28th in 2011. We do reccomed you read through these pages before starting your application! Click Here to start your Application

The Free Festival is organised by Alex Petty of Laughing Horse Comedy, along with a team of volunteers from the performers, promoters and producers who have presented shows at the Free Festival over the years. At the Fringe we aim to produce shows across all Fringe genres - not just comedy! In 2010 we had over 40 theatre shows, 40 music shows and many other types of show alongside comedy shows. (click here for last years programme)

Laughing Horse Comedy is a professional production company that promotes comedy events and venues throughout the UK during the year, with its own comedy clubs that range from new act nights

through to shows with big names and large venues - along with booking for other comedy clubs, shows at Festivals, Comedy Courses, a booking agency and running the UK’s largest search for new comedy talent. Laughing Horse also promote two venues at the smaller Brighton Fringe in May, with a mixture of Comedy, Theatre, Music and Children's shows.

For the Edinburgh Fringe Laughing Horse manages the venues, and selects and programmes the comedy elements of the Free Festival programme, with a number of producers of theatre, music and art selecting other elements of the programme.

"The Laughing Horse's Free Fringe shows serve as a useful reminder of that frequently encountered concept - The Spirit of the Fringe" - Malcolm Hay, Time Out

About the Free Festival

2011 is the eighth year that the Laughing Horse has run free venues at the Edinburgh Fringe, and in that time the Free festival has grown from a single venue to 15 separate venues and 32 performance spaces, making it one of the biggest organisations at the Fringe. In 2010 there were 304 shows and just over 4,300 performances in our venues.

The Free Festival allows performers to experience the Edinburgh Fringe, in professionally managed and equipped venues, without the overbearing costs of the paid venues, or the shambolic nature of some other free venue promoters who only provide empty rooms and expect you to provide all of your own venue equipment!

Although we are free, we are still a major part of the Fringe, with shows part of the main Fringe programme, and as such with all of our performers gaining all of the benefits of being a Fringe Performer and part of the world's largest arts festival, with performers qualifying for all of the major awards, and getting the opportunity of getting reviews, or being seen by promoters and other industry people.

2010 saw Free Festival show "An Audience with Imran Yusuf" become the first ever free show to be nominated for the main Edinburgh Comedy Awards (Formally the Perrier Awards), and Free Festival shows have also been nominated for and won awards from The Three Weeks Editor Awards, Total Theatre Awards, Musical Theatre Matters Awards, Fresh Air Radio Awards, Mervyn Stutter's Pick of the Fringe and The Malcolm Hardee awards - an event that was hosted as part of the Free Festival for the first time in 2010, and will take place again with is in 2011. Along with these awards, and numerous five and four star rated shows the Free Festival has become known as the place to see quality free shows, as well as for shows that offer the full diversity of the Fringe programme - as we aim each year to truly put the alternernative back into the Fringe!

We seek to only operate from quality venues that are welcoming to audiences and performers, situated in popular areas of Edinburgh - there's no point coming the Fringe and trying to run a show in a venue miles out of town! All of our venues are set-up, at minimum, to the standard that you would expect of small comedy club, with PA, lights and stages - and in many cases to a much higher standard, with bigger sound systems, lighting, stages and AV equipment, and in the case of the Counting House’s ballroom, the Hive's Big Cave and The Three Sisters, we offer a high specification performance space on a par, if not better than many large paid venues with a full lighting rigs and sound systems, a large stage and room suitable for large theatre productions, full cabaret shows or big-name comedians. All of our exact venue specifications can be found here.

they should be concentrating on their performances, which is why we fully manage the set-up. Performers should not be worrying about finding equipment for venues, coping with performance spaces without facilities or at the other end of the scale worrying about over-bearing costs and large financial losses. We aim to foster the best atmosphere possible at our venues, to help you achieve your Fringe goals, be they media attention, excellent reviews, furthering your career in the arts or simply performing during the Fringe to large audiences and having a very enjoyable August.

foster an ethos where performers volunteer to help maintain the success of all our venues and shows, who all work together to the benefit of everyone - with the best in new talent being encouraged along-side bigger name performers.

Since we started running free venues we have had full runs of shows from the likes of Pappy’s Fun Club, John Gordillo, Lewis Schaffer, Imran Yusuf, Nick Wilty, Sol Bernstein, Steve Day, Cabaret Whore and Ivor Dembina, plus appearances on our stages from performers such as Alan Carr, Scott Capurro, Stewart Lee, Arthur Smith, Richard Herring, Brendan Burns, Marcus Brigstoke, Reg D. Hunter, Dan Antopolski and Paul Foot - amongst many other stars of comedy, theatre, music and dance. Many of our shows have been taken from the Fringe and gone from there to break into a full time career in the arts, UK and internal tours, and paid work from Beijing, to Adelaide, from Scriptwriting for Disney to performing at Festivals worldwide.

We don’t just concentrate on comedy either, we run venues that provide a mixed programme of shows that encompass all Fringe genres including theatre, music, comedy, cabaret, opera, musicals, children’s shows, events and art displays – all programmed by experienced producers in each area.

In 2011 we have more performance spaces on offer than ever before, with some new venues operating alongside our venues from 2010. Our venues have capacities from 40 to 200 and are able to accommodate a huge variety of performances. Each venue also has a number of friendly bars and spaces for audiences to congregate, including four with dedicated outdoor areas and outdoor bars.

We aim to encourage and create better conditions for performers, and better value for audiences while being inclusive of all performers and working with others who share that ethos. We believe that being negative about other organisations detrimental to everybody’s aims and would rather concentrate on doing our best to promote the shows in our own venues, and work with other organisations where we can - and this has included working with Underbelly, The Museum of Scotland, Kopparberg, Various Churches and smaller venues, and many other organisations over our years at the Fringe.

2010 was our most successful and critically acclaimed year ever, with the Free Festival as a whole gaining fantastic reviews, award winners and nominees and coverage from Sky News, Reuters, The BBC, STV, The International Television Festival, The Guardian, The Independent, The Times as well as many reviews and articles in Scottish and Edinburgh

publications and media such as the Scotsman, The List, the Metro, Leith FM, Forth FM and other media and web based media. Our performers achieved success with awards, a huge number of reviews and further work, higher profiles and tours and productions of their shows in the UK and internationally. 75% of our shows were reviewed as 3 star and above, along with nearly fifty 4-star reviews and 18 5-star reviews.

"[Free shows are] a reminder of the roots of all this. The main fringe is colossally expensive big business now, it’s rather disingenuous to call it “Fringe” when it’s now a main event and cost the price of a small car to put on." - Julia Chamberlain (Highlight Booker, SYTYF Producer, Chortle Reviewer)

Why Free?

One of the two main gripes of performers at the Fringe is the costs of producing a show at the Fringe, which is often quoted as being between £6,000 and £10,000, and performers having to present their shows to small audiences. By performing your show for free you can negate both of those issues.

We don’t charge a hire fee for the spaces, therefore removing a large amount of your costs, and audiences aren’t charged to come in, meaning much larger audiences – and at the Fringe that still means people are coming to see your show, it is just that being free means they come in large numbers because of the overall dissatisfaction with high ticket prices across the Fringe in general. Audiences are asked for a contribution on the way out, which goes 100% to the performer.

The average audience for one of our Free shows is 48 people, although that obviously depends a lot on time, location and the performers PR. The average donation per person is between £1 and £2. Many performers in 2010 took home over £50 a day, with some performers reporting collections in excess of £200 on occasion, and successful/well reviewed shows achieving

Click here to read producer Poppy Ben-David and performer Lynn Ruth Miller's experience of the Free Festival, compared to bringing shows to paid venues

"What should worry [now ex-Fringe director] Morgan and, indeed, the Big Four, not entirely smiling all the way to the bank, is the continuing growth of the free Fringe, where punters pay what they wish at the end of a show; some comics report they have made more from the collection bucket than they ever did at the main venues."- The Guardian

What will it cost me?

he cost to use our venues is completely free, there is no hire charge for the space at all.

To cover the cost of equipment, damages and repairs, central Free Festival publicity, signage and advertising we ask each show to pay £40 into central funds, which is the equivalent of less than one days collection. For this you get all of the venue equipment that is listed in the venue plans, it covers all venue signage and advertising banners for all shows, plus the production of 60,000+ Free Festival brochures, the website and a lot of general PR, advertising, posters and flyers. (Single performance shows only have to pay £20 to us)

Along with this you need to pay for your entry into the main Fringe programme, in 2010 that was around £280 for a run of shows, or £70 for a single performance. (This should remain the same in 2011 plus extra for the new VAT rate).You must enter the Fringe programme, as without this it is near impossible to promote your show and get audiences, and you will be invisible to reviewers, promoters or the awards panels - In essence, if you are doing a show in Edinburgh during the Fringe and you are not in the programme you are doing a show in Edinburgh while the Fringe is on, rather than being part of the Fringe.

You will have to pay for your own show advertising, and this can be as little as £140 with the special deal we have organised with Tenfold printing, and this covers 5000 A6 flyers and 50 posters. We even have designers on hand who offer discounted design for our free shows if you need this.

The above should be seen as the minimum advertising required, as even though your show is free you will still need to publicise your performances to get good sized audiences. You can do more, and the principle of the more you put into your show, the more you will get out of it really holds true. Use your funds wisely and if you invest in PR, further advertising and more marketing your audiences and media coverage will grow. If you treat your show professionally, then the media and audiences will treat you as a professional performer.

Other than that, it is up to you – obviously you will have your accommodation costs (we are hoping to get a special deal on accommodation this year for our free performers), your travel costs, plus it is up to you how much further you push your promotion by getting professional PR, or increasing your advertising, display advertising in publications. In terms if display advertising the Free Festival has negotiated discounts with several publications. Remember that you are putting on a professional show, and your production should be treated professionally - the more you put into it, the more you will get out of it.

With the collection money taken, many shows in 2010 broke even, and especially with performers who had no or very little living expenses some made a reasonable profit. In most cases, performers who lost money were limited to a few hundred pounds, unless they had thrown much more into expensive accommodation or PR – and of course that can be recouped from work gained after the festival. if you are able you can also sell merchandise after your performance to increase your income further (with 100% of merchandise profits going to the performer).

The Free festival also helps you to enjoy the Fringe by offering performers discounts at our venues bars, and on food and drink, to help keep the day-to-day costs of being at the Fringe down, plus free internet access and networking and socializing events throughout the month, as well as the Meadow Bar becoming the de facto performers bar for free performers and people who don't want to go to the expensive performers bars in the mega-venues.

Being a free show you are also currently exempt from PRS charges.

“There is a rebellion at the Fringe this year. High venue costs have caused some artists to take matters into their own hands. Doug Stanhope is charging £7349 for a one-off show in someone's living room and the Free Fringe organisations have brought more acts than ever to Edinburgh at no extra charge” – The List

What Will I get Out of it?

As well as the experience of performing intensively, and the enjoyment of being in Edinburgh with a large group of like-minded people in a welcoming and friendly atmosphere, you will also gain significant chances to network with other professionals and further your careers.

With good PR you will get press and media attention, along with reviews. In 2010 the majority of performers reported that they had been seen or approached by promoters or bookers for further work, and some have been invited to perform nationally and internationally - you will see our performers at other UK Festivals, in New York, at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, Hollywood Fringe and in manyother places around the world because of their Free Festival shows. In once case a performer is currently putting together a treatment for a television series, another has toured to Beijing and so on!

In short you can achieve anything that you could do in a paid venue, but without the significant costs of this.

“Best Freebies: www.freefestival.co.uk – shows are free to audiences, venues do not charge fees to performers. The Free Festival is hosting 157 shows – with an expanded programme which now includes children’s shows, a free night-club and an opera. Performers tend to pass round a hat at the end of every show – but there is no pressure and you’ll enjoy the relaxed and friendly atmosphere.” – The Scotsman

"Free shows are great. I feel I should confess that I did one myself this year so I do have a vested interest in this. But overall I think they’re great for acts to be able to try stuff out without the chance of losing thousands of pounds. I think it gives audiences the opportunity to see some fantastic offering from a broader range of artists." - Tim Arthur, Time Out Comedy Editor

WELCOME TO THE 2013 FREE EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL!

Show Producers talk: Paid or Free, and Show Tips

Below are links to articles written by Free Festival performers to help you decide on how to produce your show at the Fringe from their own experiences, and a series of Interviews of Festival performers, reviewers and producers by Ian Fox.

Paid or Free Shows? - What you need to know!Advice on bringing your show to Edinburgh. Two Articles, by Producer Poppy Ben-David and performer Lynn Ruth Miller Why is Keara Murphy performing with the Free Festival? Keara's Histrionics of the Fringe. Keara Murphy is a performer who has performed and produced Fringe shows with the Gilded Balloon, The Stand, Independently, The Buckley Hill Free Fringe and The Free Festival - read about her Fringe experiences over the years with each, and why she is now working with the Free Festival

Critics Interviews - A selection of interviews with critics on how they choose which show to see, and how they thing Free shows can be approved, with interviews from Jay Richardson (Freelance), Steve Bennett (Chortle), Julia Chamberlain (Chortle & producer), Geoff Evans (One4Review), Claire Smith (Scotsman), Julian Hall (Independent), Melissa Brugess (The List, Chortle, MEN), Tim Arthur (Time Out) Chris Hislop (Fringe Review) and The Stage review team.

Comedians Interviews - Interviews with comedians who have a long Edinburgh history including Toby Hadoke, Jason Cook and Kev F. Sutherland.

Explore this website to see what we have lined up for you in Edinburgh - every day from August 1st to 25th.

There's so much on it really is a festival within a festival!

Explore this website to see what we have lined up for you in Edinburgh - every day from August 1st to 25th.

There's so much on it really is a festival within a festival!

http://www.laughinghorsecomedy.co.uk/freefestival/performers.htm

We are now taking applications for Fringe 2011. Please read through these pages of performers information for how we operate, what our venues offer, and tips for helping to produce a show - as well as the application form. Shows will run from August 4th to 28th in 2011. We do reccomed you read through these pages before starting your application! Click Here to start your Application

Laughing Horse Comedy is a professional production company that promotes comedy events and venues throughout the UK during the year, with its own comedy clubs that range from new act nights

"The Laughing Horse's Free Fringe shows serve as a useful reminder of that frequently encountered concept - The Spirit of the Fringe" - Malcolm Hay, Time Out

Venues Details

All of our venues and performance spaces for the 2012 Fringe are listed below. If you have any questions please contact us on info@freefestival.co.uk

In 2011 there will be 15 Free Festival venues, with shows running in 31 different performance spaces... The Counting House Ballroom

Each of our performance spaces ranges in size, shape and feel...

For each of the venues below you can click through to a separate page with all of the specifications for each performance spaces. We have rooms that range in capacity from 35 to 150, three outdoor spaces, and rooms that range from a full set-up with large stages, back stages, full lighting and PA system and backstage areas; to smaller room suited for solo performance.

Fully equipped Fringe Performance spaces for free...

All of our performance spaces which are designed for runs of Fringe shows are in separate spaces from the rest of the venue. All of our spaces are professionally managed and set-up and come fully equipped with, at the very minimum: A full sound system, microphones, mic stands, 4-8 channel mixers, stage lighting, CD players - and often much more - see the specs below for full details.

Video Screens in use at Espionage's Mata Hari Room

Please do not confuse us with other free venue promoters that expect you to bring all your own equipment, do not set-up the performance spaces and have many rooms for shows that are public bars without a separate performance spaces.

We Welcome all Fringe genres...

We have spaces suitable for all Fringe genres and we programme a mixture of genres at each venue to provide a varied programme in each space, with shows suitable for each individual space, just like all of the paid Fringe venues.

In previous years we have had a large programmes of Comedy, Theatre, Music, Cabaret and Children's /Family friendly shows. Along with this our spaces have also hosted Musicals and Opera, Magic, Poetry, Courses, Talks, Exhibitions, Art displays, and everything else. We also have outdoor areas for site specific works, music and busking. We aim to be diverse as possible, and are always looking for something that bit different - so if you think your show will fit into one our venues let us know! There is an indication of the suitability of each venue for different genres listed The Hive

with the venues below.

If you are planning any free walking tours of Edinburgh, Scavenger Hints, or any other events why not include these in the Free Festival programme, or start/end the tour at a free venue?

A map showing all of our venue locations for 2011 and the main Fringe venues is at the bottom of this page. All of our venues are located centrally in Edinburgh - it is vital for Fringe shows not to be stuck a long way out of town and we don't have venues in unsuitable areas that don't attract crowds. The quality and atmosphere of our venues is paramount for the production of quality shows, and for being enjoyable and welcoming places for audiences and performers.

If you have any questions on our venues, by all means email us oninfo@freefestival.co.uk at any time. Once you have found out about our venues Click here for general performers information and to apply for a space at our venues in 2011.

Laughing Horse @ Espionage (venue 185)

4 India Buildings, Victoria Street, (Entrances on Victoria Street and Cowgate)

Now in it's fifth year of Free Festival shows, Espionage is an established Fringe venue right in the heart of the Fringe and old town, which has been described as "The free Fringe's own mega-venue". Espionage is located just off of the Royal mile and right next to the Underbelly, with entrances on Victoria Street and the Cowgate. Busy all day and all night, with show performances from Midday until 1am and a night-club following until 5am. With 5 Bars across 5 floors, and four dedicated performance spaces. In 2010 it was home to the first ever free show to be nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award (formerly The Perrier Award).

Espionage Performance Spaces:

Pravda	90 seats, end on stage, backstage area. Raised seating to rear. Low ceiling and standing room at rear to get capacity up to 100 people. Video Screens available.
Mata Hari	65 seats, thrust stage with low ceiling and additional space to hold 80 people with standing room (we have squeezed in 130 for busy shows, though not comfortably!). Three video Screens available. Disabled/Step Free Access to this Room.
Kasbar	Seating arranged around bar area, with 60 seats, and room for 100 with standing. Very popular with stand-up comedy and home to the Free Festival's main pick of the Fringe shows in 2010 and 2011.
The Lizard Lounge	A successful new Room added in 2010 - A small and intimate performance space located off of the main bar on the ground floor, 35 seats.
Minus One	An open bar space utilised in previous years as the starting point for tours, scavenger hunts and "mystery shows" utilising other rooms and venues.

Types of Performance possible at this venue:

Comedy

Theatre

Music

Cabaret

Musicals & Opera

Events

Venue Age Restrictions:

Over 12's until 9pm; 18+ only from 9pm to close.

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Click here for full Espionage venue details, tech specs, and room layouts

"Best New Fringe Venues" - The Scotsman 2008

"Top 10 Best Venues" - The List 2009 & 2010

Home of Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee Imran Yusuf in 2010

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House (venue 170)

38 West Nicolson Street

Now in it's 6th year as a Free Festival venue, The Counting House is always a popular and busy venue, with its comfortable performance spaces, and outdoor space in neighbouring venue The Pear Tree, and another room in the neighbouring Blind Poet. The venue was expanded in 2010, with improved facilities in the Ballroom. Open from 11am to 2am daily, with bars next door to the main rooms, and also in the neighbouring Blind poet and Pear Tree there's plenty of option for audiences at the Counting House! The Counting House is across the road from Fringe Central and just around the corner from The Underbelly, Pleasance Dome and Gilded Balloon.

Counting House performance Spaces:

The Ballroom	One of the premier performance spaces on the Fringe, with a large raised stage, backstage area, wing space, 150 seats and full lighting and PA. Suitable for all manner of productions, large and small.
The Lounge	An intimate space, with 50 seats, ideal for solo performances.
*"Best New Outdoor Drinking" - The Scotsman 2007*

Types of Performance possible at this venue:

Comedy

Theatre

Music

Cabaret

Musicals & Opera

Children's Shows

Exhibitions

Events

Venue Age Restrictions:

All Ages until 10pm; 18+ from 10pm until Close. Pear Tree Garden 18+ only all day.

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Click here for full Counting House, Blind Poet and Pear Tree venue details, tech specs, and room layouts

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree (venue 257)

38 West Nicolson Street

The Pear Tree is located underneath the Counting House, and has a huge and popular outdoor courtyard, seating over 200, and next to a large indoor bar. There will be new outdoor bar facilities in 2011, along with expanded food service including a daily barbecue. The Outdoor stage is a covered all-weather stage with full PA, video projection and lighting suitable for music and has been home to The Free Music Festival since 2008, in association with Kopparberg. The Pear Tree is across the road from Fringe Central and just around the corner fromThe Udderbelly, Pleasance Dome and Gilded Balloon.

Performance Spaces:

The Pear Tree Outdoor Stage	Large covered outdoor stage overlooking busy 300 capacity courtyard area, suitable for bands and other performances suited to this. Complete with power, lighting, video projection and full PA.
Courtyard	Large, flexible outdoor space suitable for site specific and various outdoor performances.
*"Best New Outdoor Drinking" - The Scotsman 2007*

Types of Performance possible at this venue:

Comedy

Theatre

Music

Cabaret

Musicals & Opera

Events

Venue Age Restrictions:

Over 18's only

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Click here for full Counting House and Pear Tree venue details, tech specs, and room layouts

Laughing Horse @ The Hive (venue 313)

15-17 Niddry Street - HOME OF THE ALTERNATIVE FRINGE, FREE & PAID SHOWS

Located on Niddry street, the Hive is located right in the centre of Edinburgh and is operating as a Free Festival venue in it's 4th year. It has two large performances spaces, with a very high-spec (and probably one of the best at the Fringe) set-ups in the Big Cave Room, suitable for large complicated productions that require full lighting and sound set-up. The venue has a spacious main bar area, and is light, airy and fully air-conditioned, with a nightclub following the free shows every night until 5am. The Hive is close to other Free venues at The Three Sisters, White Horse, City Cafe, Finnegan's Wake and Espionage. It's minutes from the Fringe office and just off of the Royal mile and close to C Venues and The Pleasance Courtyard.

Performance Spaces:

The Big Cave	If you imagine one of the larger Underbelly rooms, you will have a good idea about the Big Cave. It seats 120, there is a raised stage, backstage area, large PA with 30 channel Mixer, full lighting rig with full control panel, and multiple options for set-up of multimedia and AV equipment.
The Little Cave	The Big Cave's little sister, with a capacity of 70 people seated in a smaller cave, with stage on the flat and full PA and lighting rig.

Types of Performance possible at this venue:

Comedy

Cabaret

Venue Age Restrictions:

Over 18's only

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Laughing Horse @ The City Cafe (venue 85)

19 Blair Street

Now in it's 3rd year of Free Festival shows, The City Cafe is located on Blair Street, between the Royal Mile and Cowgate, making it a walk of only about 2 minutes from the Fringe office. The venue has been fully refurbished in late 2010, giving the upstairs bar a new feel, with expanded bar and food services and a much brighter and airier atmosphere with a new frontage and windows - making a brilliant Fringe venue even better! In 2011 there will be a new lighting system to go with the new sound system installed for 2010. The City Cafe is also very close to our other venues at The Hive, The Three Sisters, The White Horse, Espionage and Finnegan's Wake. It's also a popular venue with performers as it's a great value bar to hang around, drink and eat in during the Fringe before and after flyering on the Royal mile.

Performance Space:

City 2

100 capacity, with 80 seats located below the main bar, with large raised stage, low ceiling and a full PA system and lighting.

Types of Performance possible at this venue:

Comedy

Theatre

Music

Cabaret

Musicals & Opera

Children's Shows

Exhibitions

Events

Venue Age Restrictions:

All ages up until 9pm; 18+ only from 9pm to close.

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Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters (venue 272)

139 Cowgate

The Three Sisters launched into the Fringe for the first time in 2010, and was soon being called "The Free Festival's version of the Pleasance Courtyard", with numerous performance spaces situated around an open courtyard full of performances, bars and food, with open-air DJ's carrying the party on until 3am outdoors every day. There is also a hotel located above the venues, and the whole complex is located right in the middle of he busy Cowgate in the heart of Edinburgh. The Three Sisters is also very close to our other venues at The Hive, The City Cafe, The White Horse, Espionageand Finnegan's Wake and is minutes from The Royal Mile, Fringe Shop.The Venue is fully wheelchair accessible.

Performance Spaces:

Maggie's Chamber	Upstairs 140 capacity (100 seats) venue, with raised stage, full PA system and lighting, and small backstage. Ideal for cabaret shows and the room can be set with small tables or theatre style. Projector and Screen available.
The Room With A View	A smaller room adjacent to Maggies chamber, with a 60 seat capacity cabaret style, small stage on the flat and full PA system.
The Meeting Room	A small and intimate 30 capacity room ideal for comedy shows and intimate solo theatre or music.
The Gothic Bar	Located at the back of the main downstairs bar, with raised stage, lighting, PA and a capacity of 125
The Cowgate Stage	A covered Outdoor stage located in the Courtyard, with power and lighting usable during the day.
The Courtyard	A flexible outdoor space that can be utilised for site specific performances, located just off of the busy Cowgate

Types of Performance possible at this venue:

Comedy

Theatre

Music

Cabaret

Musicals & Opera

Children's Shows

Exhibitions

Events

Venue Age Restrictions:

All ages up until 8pm; 18+ only from 9pm to close.

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Click here for full Three Sisters venue details, tech specs, and room layouts

Laughing Horse @ The Meadow Bar (venue 264)

42-44 Buccluch Street

Now in its 7th year as a Free Festival venue, the Meadow bar is a popular city centre style bar with an intimate upstairs performance area that runs from midday to 3am daily, and is always popular with performers. The Meadow bar is located just minutes from Fringe Central, The Counting House, Koko, Udderbelly, Pleasance Dome and Gilded Balloon putting it in the heart of the Fringe's main Southside venue area. It is also a very popular late night hangout that tends to gets filled up with all the free performers each night, plus producers and other Fringe and industry people escaping the horrors of the main venue's performers bars!

Performance Space:

Upstairs Bar

55 Seats, 60 capacity with standing room. Intimate space with low ceiling, and small stage area.

"Best Late Night Comedy" - The Scotsman 2008

Types of Performance possible at this venue:

Comedy

Theatre

Music

Cabaret

Venue Age Restrictions:

All ages up until 9.30pm; 18+ only from 9.30pm to close.

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Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde (venue 259)

112 Hanover Street

Now in it's 7th year as a Free Festival venue, The Jekyll & Hyde will have an additional performance space added for 2011 - The Aerie, a new space at the rear of the venue that offers a perfect cabaret style room in a gothic amphitheatre style. This will run along the established Crypt room (in the basement, where else?!). The venue is decorated in a Gothic style with skeletons and other macabre items 'hanging around' the walls, making it a truly original and atmospheric venue well loved by performers and is open from midday to 1am daily. The Jekyll & Hyde is located on Hanover Street in the New town, moments away from the Assembly Rooms and just off of Princes Street and the Princes Street Gardens - while also being close to the Mound performance area, Half Price Ticket Hut, The Stand and the free venue at The Newsroom.

Performance Spaces:

The Crypt	60 Seats in an L-shaped room, with a raised corner stage. Dark, gothic and atmospheric space. A room which is always popular with crowds and performers.
The Aerie	80 Seats and room for 100 with standing room, a gothic amphitheatre spread over two levels, and a cabaret style space ideal for cabaret, comedy and theatre.

Types of Performance possible at this venue:

Comedy

Theatre

Music

Musicals & Opera

Cabaret

Venue Age Restrictions:

Over 18's only

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Laughing Horse @ The Blind Poet (venue TBC)

West Nicolson Street

New Venue for 2012: Located in the same complex as the Pear Tree and Counting House, on west Nicolson street, The Blind Poet has for several years offered ad-hoc performance spaces for shows during the fringe, and been part of our Counting House programme. This year will be the first year it us programmed as a separate venue for music, alongside the programmes in it's sister venues the Counting house and Pear Tree - giving us room to expand the Free music festival to a third official stage along side the Pear Tree and Room at 34

Performance Spaces:

The Main Bar

New Space for 2012: A 100 capacity music venue, with raised stage and PA

Types of Performance possible at this venue:

Music

Cabaret

Venue Age Restrictions:

Over 18's only

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Click here for full Counting House, Blind Poet and Pear Tree venue details, tech specs, and room layouts

Laughing Horse @ Edinburgh City Football Club (venue 164)

7 Baxter's Place, Leith Walk

Now in it's 7th year of Free Festival shows, the Edinburgh City Football Club is situated at the top of Leith Walk, right next to the Playhouse Theatre and seconds from Highlight and the Omni Centre complex. It us a friendly and welcoming venue, which is a private members club through the rest of the year which has one of the cheapest bars of any venue in Edinburgh, Located on a busy stretch of Road which is five minutes from Princes street, The Edinburgh City Football Club is also located close to our other venues The Newsroom and The Black Dutch Cafe Bar (formally Renroc Cafe). The venue also benefits from a newly refurbished main performance space.

Performance Spaces:

Room 1	60 Seats, plus standing from for 10. End on stage, with backstage area. TV screen available.
Room 2	An room suitable for talks, courses, displays and presentations

Types of Performance possible at this venue:

Comedy

Theatre

Music

Cabaret

Musicals & Opera

Children's Shows

Exhibitions

Events

Venue Age Restrictions:

All ages up until 9pm; 18+ only from 9pm to close.

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Click here for full Edinburgh City FC venue details, tech specs, and room layouts

Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom (venue 93)

5-11 Leith Street

Now in it's 4th year as a Free Festival venue, The Newsroom has benefited from a complete refurbishment in late 2010, providing a much enhanced performance space and bar area. The newsroom is located right on the junction of Leith Street and Princes street in an ideal location seconds from Waverley, North Bridge, The Royal Mile, Princes Street Gardens and the half-price ticket hut. The venue is open from breakfast, right the way through until late night, and this venue is available to use from 9am to 3am daily. The venue is also close to The Stand, Highlight and the free venue at The Edinburgh City Football Club.

Performance Space:

The Basement

A corner stage, and a 60 capacity seated basement room, with enough space for another 20 people standing

Types of Performance possible at this venue:

Comedy

Theatre

Music

Cabaret

Musicals & Opera

Children's Shows

Exhibitions

Events

Venue Age Restrictions:

All ages up until 5pm; 18+ only from 5pm to close.

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Laughing Horse @ The White Horse (venue 296)

266 Canongate (The Royal mile)

A brand new Fringe venue for us in 2011, with new owners taking over the building in mid-2010 who have taken what was a tired old pub and transformed it into a stylish Royal Mile Bar, Cafe and Bistro. Although the venue is new to us, the venue has previously been home to other Fringe shows over the last few years, and along with new owners Billy and Jane (who we have worked before atRenroc) look to turn this venue into a fantastic new and upgraded Royal Mile Fringe venue in August, and a regular comedy club through the year - all in a prime location right on the Royal Mile. The White horse is just around the Corner from The Hive, and is also near to The Three Sisters andCity Cafe, along with being a short walk from The Fringe Shop and Pleasance Courtyard.

Performance Space:

The Back Room

An intimate 60 seat performance space, located on the same level as the main bar, ideal for stand-up comedy, music, cabaret and theatre

Types of Performance possible at this venue:

Comedy

Theatre

Music

Cabaret

Musicals & Opera

Exhibitions

Events

Venue Age Restrictions:

All ages up until 6pm; 18+ only from 6pm to close.

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Click here for full White Horse venue details, tech specs, and room layouts

Laughing Horse @ Renroc (venue 84)

91 Montgomery Street

The venue was revamped and redecorated into a fresh space for Fringe shows in 2011 where we are now presenting Free Festival shows for the 4th year here. Renroc is located in the Hillside area of Edinburgh, just off of London Road and Leith Walk, and is a busy and stylish licensed cafe, Bistro and bar also with a resident complimentary heath studio. There is an intimate basement performance space operating from mid-afternoon until midnight. Very popular with audiences in 2009 and 2010, with very supportive staff who help sell all of the shows in the venue to their large number of regular customers as well as Fringe-goers. The venue is located very close to the Edinburgh City FC, as well as being near to Highlight, The Playhouse Theatre, Omni Centre andValvona & Crola.

Performance Space:

The Basement

An intimate 45 capacity performance space , with 40 seats. Low ceiling and atmospheric.

Types of Performance possible at this venue:

Comedy

Theatre

Music

Cabaret

Children's Shows

Exhibitions

Events

Venue Age Restrictions:

All ages up until 9pm; 18+ only from 9pm to close.

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Click here for full Renroc venue details, tech specs, and room layouts

Laughing Horse @ Finnegan's Wake (venue 101)

9B Victoria Street

A brand new Fringe and Free Festival venue in 2011, and a fully refurbished bar re-opened in mid-2010 after a fire the previous year at the neighbouring Khushi's restaurant. Finnegan's Wake is a large music bar with Free music and bands in the evenings, and during the day Free Festival show performances in their back room area. The venue is exceptionally well located next door to our Espionage venue, moments from the Royal Mile and Grassmarket, and very close to The Underbelly

Performance Space:

The Back Room

An intimate performance space with a capacity of 40 people, ideally located in Edinburgh so that the room should be full at every performance!

Types of Performance possible at this venue:

Comedy

Theatre

Music

Cabaret

Venue Age Restrictions:

Over 18's Only

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Laughing Horse @ Room at 34 (venue 110)

32-34 Potterrow (Behind Pleasance Dome)

A brand new Fringe and Free Festival venue for 2011, Koko is now called ROOM AT 34 - a recently refurbished bar that has a music stage with full sound and light set-up. Koko is located on Potterrow, right behind the Pleasance Dome, so is well located a bar for food, drink and music being so close to The Dome, Udderbelly, Pleasance, Fringe Central and Free Venues at the Counting House, Pear Tree and Meadow Bar.

Performance Space:

The Music Stage

Suitable only for music performances as not a separate space, in this 200 capacity bar for music and bands during the Fringe.

List Shows: By Name | By Start Time

Shows sorted by Show Name

#LazyTitle COMEDY

AUG 1-11, 13-25 at 22:00 (60 min) - Free

Chuckle Sandwich presents: #LazyTitle - providing a platform for two of the hottest new stand-ups in the UK: GARY TRO - Hit the ground running in 201...

The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar

'A Cut in the Rates' by Alan Ayckborn/ Gray Matters by JD Farr THEATRE

AUG 19-25 at 12:30 (60 min) - Free

'A Cut in the Rates' by Alan Ayckborn, this is a one act comedy play. When the rate inspector comes from the Town hall to do an assessment and collect...

The City Café / City Two - Basement Bar

'Multi-Levelled Morons' COMEDY

AUG 1-14, 16-25 at 13:30 (60 min) - Free

Morons. They're everywhere, sure, but a select band of these idiots have managed to turn stupidity into an art form. Join Tim Wilderspin:'Ballsy, sill...

The Jekyll and Hyde / The Aerie

[Life]- An Everyman's Tale THEATRE

AUG 4-17 at 23:45 (60 min) - Free

A one man performance of everyman. Follow the path from cradle to tomb in the brilliance of an average contemporary life, with honesty and sincerity t...

The Jekyll and Hyde / The Crypt

101 Comedy Club COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 21:15 (60 min) - Free

'Funny. Fast. Free' ★★★★ ThreeWeeks, 2012 Each night see four exciting new acts performing ten minute sets. All...

The Counting House / The Attic

2 Irish Men Walk into a Bar - In a Yurt COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 19:45 (60 min) - Free

2 Irish Men Walk into a bar is a compilation show featuring all the best in Irish comedy talent. If you like Tommy Tiernan, Dylan Moran, Dara O'Briain...

The Free Sisters / The Yurt Locker

42: My Life, My Universe, My Everything COMEDY

AUG 1-3, 5-10, 12-17, 19-24 at 17:00 (60 min) - Free

Douglas Adams said the answer to the question of Life, the Universe and Everything is 42. Adams was wrong. I’m 42. I barely know anything. Please come...

Finnegan's Wake / The Back Room

53 Minutes about 52 Sheep (60 Minutes long) COMEDY

AUG 8-24 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free

An absurdist confessional stand-up show, about sheep, growing up, politics and the responsibilities of life. Valdemar Pustelnik, '...the fast and fl...

The Counting House / The Lounge

6 Hats And An Irishman COMEDY

AUG 1-18 at 16:15 (60 min) - Free

They say 'the hat makes the man', but it's what is under the hat that makes a man funny... and that's Paddy. This solo cabaret show features comedy, m...

The City Café / City Two - Basement Bar

76 Million People and Me THEATRE

AUG 11-15 at 17:00 (60 min) - Free

"76 Million People and Me," is the story of four Twentieth Century dictators who find themselves in stuck together for what feels like eternity. Adolf...

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber

A A And A FREE COMEDY

AUG 4-8, 11-15, 18-22 at 22:00 (60 min) - Free

3 rejects from one direction and Mcdonalds, who once made a homeless guy laugh once by giving him a 5 pence piece. this one incident has set them on t...

The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room

A Brief History of Beer THEATRE

AUG 1-11, 13-20 at 18:15 (60 min) - Free

An educational, delicious ramble through the myths and legends surrounding everyone's favourite bevvy! Wish have combed the records, visited the ruins...

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber

A Danish Bagpipe Comedian COMEDY

AUG 1-15 at 17:30 (60 min) - Free

A show about the rock'n'roll life of Claus Reiss, a full-time bagpiper. Improv, comedy and the most unexpected tunes. He is the only bagpipe comedian...

The Jekyll and Hyde / The Crypt

A lol-along-a Luc Valvona COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 00:45 (60 min) - Free

Cheeky late night songs! Luc Valvona sings you a selection of his funny, witty and sometimes downright filthy songs on the ukulele, guitar and mandoli...

The Counting House / The Ballroom

A-Z of Backpacking COMEDY

AUG 1-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-24 at 20:30 (60 min) - Free

Aussies, long bumpy bus journeys, Germans, Hostels, Americans, Lonely Planet, backpacks, Hippies, Tours, Gap Year, Israelis, TripAdvisor. It’s all her...

Bar 50 / The Alcove

AAA Batteries (Not Included) COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 14:30 (60 min) - Free

AAA Batteries returns for a third year at the Fringe, for an hour of sharp gags and intelligent observations from three of the circuit's best new come...

The Meadow Bar / The Upstairs Bar

AAA Batteries (The Symposium) COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 23:15 (60 min) - Free

The Symposium - 'Drunk Comedy for Smart People' LINE-UPS AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE (Link below) Coralled from all corners of the Fringe; purloined fr...

The Counting House / The Lounge

Aaaaaaaaaaaaarrghhh! - Free! - It's the Increasingly Prestigious Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards Show COMEDY

AUG 23 at 23:00 (120 min) - Free

Two hour charity variety show. Presentation of three annual Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards. Star names, spaghetti juggling, Russian Egg Roulette Champio...

The Counting House / The Ballroom

Aaaaaaaaaaaaarrghhh! So It Goes - John Fleming's Comedy Blog Chat Show COMEDY

AUG 19-23 at 15:30 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry

Hottest Fringe comedy acts chat with daily blogger John Fleming - the Chortle comedy industry website called him ‘the Boswell of the alternative comed...

Bob's Bookshop - Heroes of Fringe / Books

Aaaaaaargh! It's the Monster Stand Up Show! Free COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 15:00 (60 min) - Free

Feast on Five of the tastiest up and coming comedians on the circuit in this Stand up Comedy showcase, including your award winning headliner Masai Gr...

The Jekyll and Hyde / The Crypt

Aberdeen vs. Glasgow. vs. The World - Final Round COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 17:00 (60 min) - Free

In 2010 Chris Stephen emerged from Aberdeen to bring and showcase North-East Scotland's finest comedians to the Edinburgh Fringe. Now teamed up with D...

The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Courses COURSES

AUG 3-4, 6-7, 10-11, 13-14, 17-18, 20-21, 24-25 at 12:30 (270 min) - £99 / £89

Learn the skill and art of stand-up comedy performance on this two-day intensive comedy training course. Our tutors are comedians and writers, and t...

Edinburgh City Football Club / Room 2

About the Jacobites COMEDY

AUG 1-11, 13-18, 20-24 at 19:30 (60 min) - Free

This reprise of Bruce Fummey's 2007 sell out show takes you on an irreverent journey through the roots, causes, and consequences of the Jacobite upris...

Espionage / Pravda

Acting Bugs presents The Pirate Princess and The Magic Silver Telescope and Marvin the Monkey Visits the Moon. CHILDRENS

AUG 13-18 at 10:15 (60 min) - Free

Samantha Seager, star of Cbeebies series Me Too (Bobby the Bus Cleaner) brings Acting Bugs to the Edinburgh Fringe. Has your little one got the Actin...

The Free Sisters / The Yurt Locker

Acting Bugs presents The Pirate Princess and The Magic Silver Telescope and Marvin the Monkey Visits the Moon. CHILDRENS

AUG 13-18 at 11:30 (60 min) - Free

Samantha Seager, star of Cbeebies series Me Too (Bobby the Bus Cleaner) brings Acting Bugs to the Edinburgh Fringe. Has your little one got the Actin...

The Free Sisters / The Yurt Locker

Adam Belbin: The Other Half of Next Year's Show COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 17:15 (30 min) - Free

Thought I ought to nail down the other half of next year's show before next year comes around. An all new half-hour of comedy from the once-promising ...

The Free Sisters / The Staff Room

Adam Caslin: Nobody's Boy CABARET

AUG 1-25 at 21:00 (60 min) - Free

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, identit...

Espionage / The Lizard Lounge

Adam Hess and David Elms COMEDY

AUG 1-26 at 18:00 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry

An hour of stand-up split between two uniquely talented newcomers. Adam Hess (Chortle Best Newcomer nominee 2013, Chortle Student Champion 2011) provi...

The Hive - Heroes of Fringe / The Big Cave

Adam Larter and Ali Brice: Plumpy'nut COMEDY

AUG 3-25 at 14:44 (61 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry

These two comedians have written a show for you. Crafted with love and performed with wild eyes and minimal dignity. You already know too much. ‘...di...

The Hive - Heroes of Fringe / The Big Cave

Adrienne Truscott's Asking for It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pussy and Little Else! COMEDY

AUG 1-11, 13-18, 20-26 at 22:00 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry

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...

Bob's Bookshop - Heroes of Fringe / Books

Adventures on Air - Free! COMEDY

AUG 1-2, 18-25 at 21:00 (60 min) - Free

From drunkenly taking over a radio station at three in the morning, to turning on Nuneaton's Christmas lights, to shamelessly name-dropping Andi Peter...

The Jekyll and Hyde / The Aerie

Afternoon Delight COMEDY

AUG 17-25 at 13:45 (60 min) - Free

Three men weave together enthralling, hilarious narratives and jokes. Laid back, brilliant and funny stories. Sex, drugs and crime. Work, heartbreak a...

The Jekyll and Hyde / The Crypt

Ahir Shah: Anatomy COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 16:15 (60 min) - Free

Ahir Shah returns to the Fringe with his second solo show. Using the medium of funny amplified jokes, ANATOMY promises to be an hour of precise...

The Counting House / The Attic

Ain't it awkward - Harriet Dyer and Freddie Farrell COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 15:45 (60 min) - Free

Is life major #Cringe? Are you always finding yourself in #MajorAwks situations? Join two of the hottest up and coming rising stars on the comedy circ...

Espionage / Pravda

Alan Irwin - The Idiot Wind COMEDY

AUG 1-12, 14-25 at 17:00 (60 min) - Free

Alan Irwin is surrounded by idiots. Fortunately he's one of them. It's easy to blame everyone but yourself for your problems, and Alan plans to do jus...

The Phoenix / The Basement Bar

Alexander Bennett's Afraid Of The Dark COMEDY

AUG 2-25 at 11:05 (60 min) - Free

A show studying the diary of a young girl trying to uncover the truth of her dark past. Think of it as an early morning parable, like a church service...

The Counting House / The Lounge

Alistair Greaves and Si Beckwith: All Aboard For All Aboard For Funtime! COMEDY

AUG 3, 5-10, 13-17, 19, 21, 23-24 at 19:45 (60 min) - Free

Are you looking forwards to attending the best show at this years Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Alistair Greaves and Si Beckwith: All Aboard for Funtime!...

Dropkick Murphy's / Main Room

Alistair Greaves and Si Beckwith: All Aboard for Funtime! COMEDY

AUG 1-11, 13-19, 21-25 at 23:00 (60 min) - Free

Alistair Greaves 'moments of comedy genius' THE SKINNY and Si Beckwith don’t need no heavy trips, they just do what they want to do! Loosely inspired...

The White Horse / The Back Lounge

Alistair Green: Ping Pong COMEDY

AUG 1-12, 14-25 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free

Acclaimed stand up Alistair Green spends an hour on stage ranting moaning and generally talking about everything he thinks is wrong with the world inc...

The Meadow Bar / The Upstairs Bar

Almond Roca: The Lost Cabaret COMEDY

AUG 12-25 at 19:00 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry

Adam Oliver and Zuma Puma lead you on an epic journey. Witness sacred comedy of almonds unfolding in surreal, super-fun and insanely entertaining love...

The Hive - Heroes of Fringe / The Big Cave

Alternative Cabinet COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 16:15 (60 min) - Free

A mixed line up stand up show hosted by Irish harpist and stand up Christiane O Mahony. ...

The Free Sisters / Top Deck (The Comedy Bus)

American History and Dick Jokes COMEDY

AUG 16-25 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free

Luke Capasso’s American History and Dick Jokes. AHDJ is a one-hour ride tracing the origin of all the things that make America the shit; all loosely b...

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room

An Anonymous Life...and some sketches SPOKEN WORD

AUG 1-25 at 20:00 (120 min) - Free

The escapades of an unknown Irish/Arab, 50 years old, who has happened to meet many characters along his path in life from the rich, powerful and famo...

Edinburgh City Football Club / Room 1

An Arab woman's view of life COMEDY

AUG 2-3 at 10:45 (60 min) - Free

Madame Chabane will give you an insight into the daily life of an Arab woman. She will correct some of the preconceived ideas some may have about it. ...

The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room

An Improvised Improv Show COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 13:45 (60 min) - Free

Do you like improv? Do you like performing improv? Do you like watching improv? Would you like to perform improv? Would you like to enjoy watching imp...

Edinburgh City Football Club / Room 1

Angelina Jolie touched my neighbour's goat COMEDY

AUG 12-25 at 00:15 (60 min) - Free

You know those Fringe shows where the title suggests an angsty, life affirming but funny journey into the performer's subconscious? You'll laugh, you'...

The Free Sisters / The Staff Room

Anil Desai's Another Night at the Movies COMEDY

AUG 1-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 21:15 (60 min) - Free

The UK’s funniest globe-trotting impressionist returns fresh from his smashin' season at the Melbourne and Sydney International Comedy Festivals with ...

The City Café / City Two - Basement Bar

Ant Dewson: NOW That's What I Call Musical Comedy COMEDY

AUG 1-12, 14-25 at 19:15 (60 min) - Free

This show contains (hilarious) songs about some / all / none of the following: a small dog, the under 30s, Scottish weather presenter Carol Kirkwood, ...

The Free Sisters / The Staff Room

Are you a technophile? COMEDY

AUG 6-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 15:30 (60 min) - Free

Do you have to have the latest iPhone? Do you tweet every moment of your journey on the bus? Do you Instagram every meal you have? Do you prefer pokin...

Bar 50 / The Alcove

Atella the Pun COMEDY

AUG 1-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-25 at 14:30 (60 min) - Free

Award-winning comedians Darren Walsh, ‘relentlessly chirpy’ (TimeOut, London,)...

The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room

Austentatious - An Improvised Jane Austen Novel COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 13:30 (60 min) - Free

After a highly successful, total sell-out Edinburgh Fringe debut last year, Austentatious: An Improvised Novel returns to the Fringe for another summe...

The Counting House / The Ballroom

Austerity Pleasures COMEDY

AUG 1-3, 5-10, 12-17, 19-24 at 13:15 (60 min) - FREE TICKETED

Following on from last year's successful run, the FREE show 'AUSTERITY PLEASURES' returns to the Fringe with more political and social satire. Alex Ch...

Finnegan's Wake / The Back Room

Australia is Fucked! COMEDY

AUG 1-14, 16-25 at 18:30 (60 min) - FREE TICKETED

Australia's fucked mate... and Kieran Butler knows why! One of the men behind the critically acclaimed official sold-out show 'Che Guevara on the Frin...

The Jekyll and Hyde / The Aerie

BattleActs! Improvised Comedy COMEDY

AUG 2-22 at 23:30 (60 min) - Free

BattleActs! sees two teams of fearless improvisers pitched against each other by a ball-busting compere. Each team attempts to prove their worth throu...

The Counting House / The Ballroom

Bench Bites COMEDY

AUG 1-9, 12-25 at 20:45 (60 min) - Free

Bench Bites is a fast paced sketch comedy show portraying a day in the life of a park bench. Throughout the show we meet characters familiar to us all...

The Phoenix / The Basement Bar

Benjamin Crellin COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 18:45 (60 min) - Free

60 minutes of standup. ...

The City Café / City Two - Basement Bar

Bespoke Comedy for the Discerning Family COMEDY

AUG 2-11 at 10:15 (60 min) - Free

Foghorn's delicious blend of comedy leaves adults awestruck and kids captivated. Stories are magically plucked into existence from your suggestions. W...

The Free Sisters / The Yurt Locker

Best of Waterloo Comedy - Ralph D'iamond Hosts. COMEDY

AUG 1-6 at 20:45 (60 min) - Free

Come and see some of the stars who have appeared at Waterloo Comedy Club in London. Line up will include regular TV and radio guests, comedy award win...

The Counting House / The Lounge

Big Comedy Lunch COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free

The perfect after lunch comedy show. Top comedians from the UK circuit perform short sets for your enjoyment, all hosted by Katerina Vrana (From the B...

Espionage / Pravda

Big Spoon Little Spoon COMEDY

AUG 1-17 at 01:00 (60 min) - Free

Two different view points on the infinite problem afflicting man; why do we have to be big spoon? Through a one hour stand up show, Cio Dav and Jami...

The Free Sisters / Top Deck (The Comedy Bus)

Billy McGuire,Ain't always honest COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 22:45 (60 min) - Free

The show will consist in short of the story of how I come to be a stand up comedian in Edinburgh eplaining how I came to be a Stand up in Edinburgh ex...

The Counting House / The Loft

Billy Rocka - Scotland's No.1 Rockabilly Rebel ! CABARET

AUG 11-15, 18-22 at 00:30 (60 min) - Free

You're invited to "The No.1 Rockabilly Party !" In his very own inimitable style, Billy Rocka will perform a selection of Retro Rockabilly & Rock ...

The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room

Bizarre Guitar & Terse Verse MUSIC

AUG 1-8 at 14:30 (60 min) - Free

A sequence of guitar songs and instrumentals with poems on a variety of subjects, some funny, some serious. Cyn's verses draw inspiration from nurser...

The Phoenix / The Basement Bar

Blaggards THEATRE

AUG 1-25 at 10:45 (60 min) - Free

"You'll find this bar in every town. The bar where the drinks come cheap and the girls are cheaper, where the music’s loud and if there wasn't a figh...

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber

Blues and Burlesque CABARET

AUG 1-25 at 13:30 (60 min) - FREE TO GET IN!

Cabaret Burlesque , comedy with live music from ex Dexys Piano player Pete Saunders and London Cabaret stars Vicious Delicious and Scarlett Belle+gues...

The Blind Poet / The Blind Poet Stage

Bob Slayer: Worldwide Bawbag COMEDY

AUG 1-26 at 16:45 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry

Join Bob on Happy Hour in his own Fringe bar, venue and bookshop. Expect fascinatingly funny, unplugged, gonzo stories of hilarious adventures and lif...

Bob's Bookshop - Heroes of Fringe / Books

Bollywood Rejects COMEDY

AUG 4-25 at 18:15 (60 min) - Free

Having never been remotely considered for Bollywood, two international comics join forces at the Edinburgh Fringe to stick it to the man. Googly eyed,...

Espionage / Mata Hari

Bookshop Comedy Encore to the End of August COMEDY

AUG 27-31 at 19:30 (120 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry

The Fringe is not over yet! Your last chance to see the pick of the Fringe with the most outrageous fringe stories. This is a special after fringe par...

Bob's Bookshop - Heroes of Fringe / Books

Bookshop Experimental COMEDY

AUG 1-26 at 23:00 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry

Comedy ...

Bob's Bookshop - Heroes of Fringe / Books

Bookshop Midnight Mayhem COMEDY

AUG 1-26 at 23:59 (120 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry

The late night Fringe experience! Weird and wonderful acts jamming, drinking, telling stories and creating hilarious unique happenings in intimate sur...

Bob's Bookshop - Heroes of Fringe / Books

Brian Higgins COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 21:15 (60 min) - Free

Comedy From Brian Higgins. Full show details to be completed by performer. ...

The Jekyll and Hyde / The Crypt

Bronston Jones: Life's Short. I'm Not! COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 20:45 (60 min) - Free

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 meanin...

Espionage / Mata Hari

BURTON'S LAST CALL THEATRE

AUG 1-24 at 15:45 (60 min) - Free

An informal audience with legendary star of stage and screen Richard Burton, as he chats about his friends, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud, Laurence Oliv...

Espionage / Mata Hari

Can you put this in the bin for me? COMEDY

AUG 16-25 at 20:00 (60 min) - Free

Building on a successful, sell-out 2012 Fringe, Put This In the Bin For Me returns with a different twist for 2013. Returning are pondering Glaswegian...

The Jekyll and Hyde / The Crypt

Caption Gingerbeard THEATRE

AUG 1-6, 8-25 at 14:00 (45 min) - Free

Caption Gingerbeard wasn't always a caption, but he did always have a ginger beard. This is a heart-warming tale of one boy’s adventure through life. ...

The Counting House / The Attic

Cecilia Delatori: Quick, Quick Slough! COMEDY

AUG 1-12, 14-19, 21-25 at 13:30 (60 min) - Free

Cecilia Delatori, ‘hugely talented’ (List), ‘a comedian of great calibre’ (Stage), ‘inventive comic songs’ (ThreeWeeks), presents stand-up and songs a...

Espionage / The Lizard Lounge

CeilidhKids at the Fringe - FREE! CHILDRENS

AUG 1-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-25 at 10:00 (45 min) - Free

Scottish dancing for all the family. Very simple child-friendly dances to traditional Scottish music. Hugely popular with local families, now it's you...

The Counting House / The Ballroom

CeilidhKids at the Fringe - FREE! CHILDRENS

AUG 1-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-25 at 11:00 (45 min) - Free

Scottish dancing for all the family. Very simple child-friendly dances to traditional Scottish music. Hugely popular with local families, now it's you...

The Counting House / The Ballroom

Chansons Françaises CABARET

AUG 1-4 at 15:15 (60 min) - Free

Edith Piaf, Charles Aznavour, Mireille Mathieu...and many other great names of La Chanson Francaise will be interpreted by Dr2 (AKA Zahida). Some of ...

The Counting House / The Loft

Chaos and Order - A true story COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 17:00 (60 min) - Free

After doing half an hour with Catherine Povinelli in 2012, people were interested in how I told bizarre stories about my life . So building on that, ...

The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room

Charlie Smith: Too Tall For The Ride COMEDY

AUG 1-13 at 14:30 (60 min) - Free

Founder and host of the well received Comedy Den in Cardiff, Charlie Smith brings his new show, 'Too Tall For The Ride' to Edinburgh. Join Ireland's t...

The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar

Charlie vs The World COMEDY

AUG 1-11 at 01:15 (60 min) - Free

I talk about life and it's oddities with jokes thrown in. ...

The Counting House / The Loft

Cheaper Than Therapy COMEDY

AUG 4-16 at 23:15 (60 min) - Free

Come and see some of the best comedians from the UK, Ireland and beyond. Together, they'll work through their deep-rooted psychological problems, from...

The Phoenix / The Basement Bar

Cheekykita in DillyDolly COMEDY

AUG 14-25 at 14:30 (60 min) - free

A One woman oddball show where character comedy meets clown says hello then moves on..storytelling,song n daft dancing. "Cheekykita is inspiring,bold,...

The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar

Cheesed Off THEATRE

AUG 19-25 at 12:30 (60 min) - Free

Desiree hasn't had much in the way of company for the last five years, living in a hut with only a goat to talk to can get a little lonely. When Melin...

The Free Sisters / Top Deck (The Comedy Bus)

Chris Dangerfield: How I Spent £150,000 on Chinese Prostitutes COMEDY

AUG 5-24 at 18:30 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry

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, Soh...

The Hive - Heroes of Fringe / The Bunka

Chris Griffin and Patrick Mulholland: Contrast and Compare COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 18:45 (60 min) - Free

Two comedians attempt to fuse their contrasting styles into a fully complementing comedy Peanut Butter and Jam sandwich. Patrick is allergic to peanut...

The Counting House / The Attic

Chris Henry Isn't Musical COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 15:45 (60 min) - Free

From school plays to x-factor auditions, Chris recounts how it took him 20 years to realise his voice is as tuneful as an asthmatic rhinoceros and ha...

The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room

Chris Henry Stands Up COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 18:15 (60 min) - Free

If you like comedy that makes you think, this is the show for you. Chris talks about why he'd change drug laws, get rid of religion, independence and ...

The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room

Christian Talbot - Funeral Addict COMEDY

AUG 1-11, 13-25 at 16:00 (60 min) - Free

Irish comedian Christian Talbot cares too much. About everything. And that's not always a good thing. See Ireland's neediest man talk about the best w...

The Free Sisters / The Staff Room

Clare Harrisons 15 Inches of Fame COMEDY

AUG 1-16, 20-25 at 22:15 (60 min) - Free

Clare Harrisons 15 Inches of Fame is presented by Footbalers wife & stand up Cindy Dahl . There are talentless celebrity adverts, party political pl...

The Free Sisters / The Yurt Locker

Collier and Cox: Single, No Return COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 15:00 (60 min) - Free

Two perpetually single girls invite you to come on their bus. They will show you their top deck. You don’t even have to pay to ride. 44 seats, 2 stand...

The Free Sisters / Top Deck (The Comedy Bus)

Comedy & Cupcakes COMEDY

AUG 3-25 at 17:45 (60 min) - Free

Comedy & Cupcakes is Laura Hayden's tremendously popular show in Los Angeles, CA. Combining her two favorite things, laughing and baked goods. The sho...

The Free Sisters / The Yurt Locker

ComedySportz COMEDY

AUG 18-25 at 17:00 (60 min) - Free

ComedySportz UK is the North West's top improvised comedy troupe. ComedySportz is a fast-paced improv comedy show where two teams battle it out for th...

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber

Cookstown Sizzling Comedy Club presents The Irishtocrats of Comedy COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free

Ireland's finest comedians performing spots in between their own show's. There will be regular acts each week with a different supporting lineup every...

The Counting House / The Loft

Cougar Pammy and her puppies (toyboys) COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 19:30 (60 min) - Free

Comedy from Cougar Pammy(Pam Ford) with her hand picked puppies,(two top young male comedians from the London comedy circuit)A gag filled hour of come...

The Counting House / The Lounge

Crying Duck Crash Lands... COMEDY

AUG 1-5 at 15:30 (60 min) - Free

The acclaimed Crying Duck Comedy crash lands in Edinburgh bringing the cream of the London crop. Sofie, Matt, George and Amir stand up and tell jokes....

Bar 50 / The Alcove

Daly's Comedy Club @ The Edinburgh Fringe COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 13:45 (60 min) - Free

Daly's Comedy Club is one of Ireland's premier comedy venues, finishing runner up in the 2013 Dave's One Night Stand Comedy Club of the year competiti...

The Free Sisters / Top Deck (The Comedy Bus)

Damn Danes COMEDY

AUG 1-7 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free

The show presents two of the best young stand-ups the Danish comedy scene has to offer. Valdemar Pustelnik, '...garners the laughs' (Chortle), and So...

The Counting House / The Lounge

Dan Willis: PC, Mac and Me COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 13:45 (60 min) - FREE TICKETED

After the 2012 sell-out hit Control-Alt-Delete, Willis returns with a brand new computer comedy show.
After 25 years using PC's, he's bought a ...

The City Café / City Two - Basement Bar

Dan Willis: The Walking Dead COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 15:00 (60 min) - FREE TICKETED

The beginners guide to surviving the Apocalypse, or at least the months between seasons three and four.
Join Dan Willis, Rick, the Governor and...

The City Café / City Two - Basement Bar

Danny Ward - Pressure Point COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 16:45 (60 min) - Free

Could six months living in Auntie Annie’s conservatory push you over the edge? Find out in this hilarious debut show from Leicester Mercury Comedian o...

The White Horse / The Back Lounge

Darius Davies HBÖ Special COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 22:00 (60 min) - Free

The Darius Davies: HBÖ Special* brings Darius' seminal debut show to Edinburgh. Following in the footsteps of Louis CK, Chris Rock, and Dave Chappelle...

The Meadow Bar / The Upstairs Bar

Darren Maskell: A woodlouse trapped underneath a glass THEATRE

AUG 19-25 at 17:10 (40 min) - Free

When I was a child on holiday in Jersey, I trapped a woodlouse underneath a glass. My mother called me away, and I left the glass, never to return. ...

The Counting House / The Lounge

Darren Walsh: I am a Giant COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 16:45 (40 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry

Join official giant Darren Walsh (a runner up in The Hackney New Act of the Year, The Laughing Horse New Act) for a half-hour of puns, surreal nonsens...

The Hive - Heroes of Fringe / The Bunka

David Mills: The Gospel Truth COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 17:30 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry

Two parts Dave Allen to one part Rev. Billy Graham makes David Mills and explosive comedic personality. In the Gospel Truth, Mills is possessed by the...

The Hive - Heroes of Fringe / The Bunka

DEATH SHIP 666! The Titanic Parody COMEDY

AUG 4-25 at 10:45 (60 min) - Free

Start your day with a bang - as Titanic and Airplane collide in a slick, fast-paced, hilarious disaster movie parody show! Follow the fates of the do...

The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room

Demitris Deech COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 16:15 (60 min) - Free

A one man show with a theme, but ultimately, it's jokes about my girlfriend and my cock. ...

The Jekyll and Hyde / The Crypt

Desperately Seeking the Exit THEATRE

AUG 1-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 18:15 (60 min) - Free

The 2012 Ed Fringe hit triumphantly returns after receiving 5-star reviews and being named one of the “Top 5 shows” and a “sure-fire hit” by The Stage...

The Counting House / The Lounge

Do A Show COMEDY

AUG 1-13 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free

Rising stars, Hayley Ellis and Brennan Reece have decided to 'Do A Show'. It might be the greatest thing the Fringe has ever seen. Includes - Stan...

Espionage / Mata Hari

Double D's - with Jenna Wimshurst and Caroline Bridgwater COMEDY

AUG 1-7 at 12:30 (60 min) - Free

A dyke and a disabled lady - Featuring lesbianism, feminism and general foolery. You can expect sketches, stand up comedy and two hot babes ...

Edinburgh City Football Club / Room 1

Dr Ettrick-Hogg’s Manly Stand-Ups COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 22:00 (60 min) - Free

Wild, raucous and full of Fringe spirit; don't miss out on the Doctor's nightly selection of exciting stand-ups let loose in this intimate venue. Anyt...

The Counting House / The Lounge

Drei, Zwei, Eins mit Flange Krammer COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 17:00 (60 min) - Free

Character comedy as Olympic skiing sensation Flange Krammer brings his hit gameshow from German TV screens to the Edinburgh Fringe. "Hilarious - 4 Sta...

Espionage / Mata Hari

Dropkick Comedy COMEDY

AUG 3, 5-10, 12-15, 17, 19-21, 23-24 at 16:00 (60 min) - Free

Laugh Train Home brings together its favourite acts, with a different line-up each day, MCed by Robyn Perkins. Amazing Stand-Up Comedy, Amazingly Free...

Dropkick Murphy's / Main Room

Dusty Limits: Psycho CABARET

AUG 1-13 at 22:15 (60 min) - Free

Dusty Limits and Michael Roulston return to the site of their critically-acclaimed 2012 show 'Post-Mortem' (which was shortlisted for the TO&ST award)...

The Counting House / The Ballroom

Eat A Queer Foetus 4 Jesus COMEDY

AUG 14-22, 24-25 at 22:15 (60 min) - Free

An Improved & reworked Redux of my 2012 Edinburgh stand up show Eat A Queer Foetus 4 Jesus" Angry, Incredulous, Filthy, Dark, Graphic and certainly No...

The Counting House / The Ballroom

Eccentronic presents: Neurovision CABARET

AUG 2-18, 20-25 at 19:30 (60 min) - Free

Electro-comedy duo Eccentronic (Miss Hypnotique and John Callaghan) enters Eurovision. It’s boom-bang-a-bang to world peace, radical choreography and ...

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber

Elena Kombou: First World Problems COMEDY

AUG 3-25 at 14:45 (60 min) - Free

"8am - TV remote is lost in my blanket. 9am - Bus replacement service is delayed. 10am – Realising I forgot to charge my iPhone over night. 11am - Mid...

The Free Sisters / The Staff Room

Ellievision COMEDY

AUG 1-14, 16-24 at 12:20 (30 min) - Free

The girl with big teeth you may have seen on Snog Marry Avoid? (BBC3) and Fake Reaction (ITV2) will be doing totes hilarious talkies for 30 minutes. I...

The Counting House / The Lounge

Ellis and Rose: Big in Denmark COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 15:30 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want on exit, or buy £5 ticket in advance to guarantee entry

Imagine Laurel and Hardy attacking The Chuckle Brothers. Now imagine Barry Chuckle setting your mind on fire. Now imagine Laurel eating Hardy. Now ima...

The Hive - Heroes of Fringe / The Bunka

Employees Of The Month: Glenn Moore & Friends COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 20:00 (60 min) - Free

So You Think You’re Funny? 2012 finalist and Chortle Student Comedian 2011 runner-up Glenn presents an hour of jokes, joined by the Fringe’s rising st...

The Counting House / The Attic

Eric Hutton's Favourite Songs COMEDY

AUG 2-4, 6-11, 15-18, 20-25 at 23:00 (60 min) - Free

French, Australian, Nordic, Jewish, Arctic comedian Eric Hutton has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe for the past two years. His show last year was...

Bar 50 / The Alcove

Espionage Acoustic Sessions MUSIC

AUG 5, 12, 19 at 23:00 (180 min) - Free

Each week we have a different act performing some of your favourite covers along with a selection of their own music ...

Espionage / The Lizard Lounge

Espionage Open Mic COMEDY

AUG 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 20, 25 at 23:00 (180 min) - Free

These events are typically focused on performance arts like poetry and the spoken word, music, and comedy. But most of the time, just get up and enjoy...

Espionage / The Lizard Lounge

Ettieboo's Cabaret Boonanza CABARET

AUG 19-25 at 21:00 (60 min) - Free

Ettieboo (Ria Lina) presents the best value for money cabaret can buy! Each show is different, with a line-up comprised of the best, brightest, and mo...

The Counting House / The Ballroom

Evolution of iMaAN COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 20:45 (60 min) - Free

A stand-up/storytelling show in which Imaan unravels his experiences of entering the performance world at the age of 15. In his Second solo show in Ed...

Espionage / Pravda

Extreme Withdrawal Is Manifest THEATRE

AUG 9-18 at 14:30 (60 min) - FREE TICKETED

'Some patients experience hallucinations, often of voices ridiculing them and may have delusions that they have been responsible for a horrific catast...

The Phoenix / The Basement Bar

Fate, Dutch Courage and The Fingerless Gloves COMEDY

AUG 17-25 at 00:45 (60 min) - Free

The Show: A Stand-up Comedy Compilation Show of three acts consisting of 15mins each and 5mins for an overrun (This will include the bucket speech). I...

The Jekyll and Hyde / The Aerie

FECCLES... On Love! SPOKEN WORD

AUG 1-3 at 12:30 (60 min) - Free

A unique collection of monologues from the Falmouth and Exeter Combined Campus Light Entertainment Society (FECCLES)! We will cover many aspects of th...

The Free Sisters / Top Deck (The Comedy Bus)

Festival Karaoke NIGHTCLUBS

AUG 2, 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23 at 23:00 (360 min) - Free

In some countries, a karaoke box is called a KTV. It is also a term used by recording engineers translated as "empty track" meaning there is no vocal ...

Espionage / The Lizard Lounge

Feta With The Queen COMEDY

AUG 2-12, 14-19, 21-25 at 22:00 (60 min) - Free

Katerina is Greek and has been living in the UK for 10 years now. "Feta WIth the Queen" is show about her experiences as a Greek in the UK. It's abou...

Espionage / Pravda

Flamboyant: Like a Flame, But Buoyant CABARET

AUG 8-18, 20-25 at 10:00 (60 min) - Free

Flamboyant: Like a Flame, But Buoyant is a whimsical, musical journey into the mind of Clara Bell. See the world through the eyes of an Aussie ...

The Free Sisters / Top Deck (The Comedy Bus)

Flipper committed suicide COMEDY

AUG 3-12, 14-25 at 16:30 (60 min) - Free

A year of abstinence, a rendezvous with a poet, botched cosmic ordering and an encounter with a Sicilian witch! All this and more in the Edinburgh deb...

The Counting House / The Loft

For the Love of Folk! MUSIC

AUG 1-2, 5-9, 12-16, 19-23 at 15:00 (120 min) - Free

Join Raymond Considine in Edinburgh's favourite Irish bar for a medley of musical folk banter, energy, talent, daftness, tea and biscuits, Guinness an...

Biddy Mulligans / Main Bar

Freda Chats Shittington COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 21:15 (60 min) - FREE

The Husky voiced, slipper wearing, dirty minded lass from up north shares stories of fun, cheeky and downright naughty pastimes. Whether it’s having a...

The Free Sisters / Top Deck (The Comedy Bus)

Free - 99 Club Stand-up Selection - Cowgate COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 20:45 (60 min) - Free

Proud to support the Free Festival the 99 Club brings a selection of some of the best comics at the Fringe. 4 different comics perform every day and ...

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber

Free Money Magic Show THEATRE

AUG 1-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 19:30 (60 min) - Free

The latest show from Ian Saville, the socialist magician. Ian investigates the real meaning of money. Where does it come from? Do we really need it? W...

The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar

Frimston and Rowett: A Sketch Show COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 13:00 (60 min) - Free

Frimston and Rowett are back in Edinburgh for the third year running, with another hour of sketches the like of which no man has seen and lived. ****...

Bar 50 / The Alcove

Full of it: The True or False Game Show - with Jamie McCarney & David Tulk COMEDY

AUG 1-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-25 at 14:30 (60 min) - Free

Full of It is a comedy quiz show, with one contestant, where one man tries to convince another that the truth is out there. We’re just not sure where!...

The Counting House / The Lounge

Funny bones and wisdom teeth COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 16:15 (60 min) - Free

Dr Ray Lowry is a retired doctor and dentist and former TV and radio comedy scriptwriter. His one man show lets the audience in on the world of doctor...

Edinburgh City Football Club / Room 1

GARY LYNCH - DARK CHARISMA COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 21:00 (60 min) - Free

Gary Lynch is WRONG. Gary is Ireland’s leading mid-life crisis comedian, Father of six and Grandfather of four. An Angry Old Man, you should listen t...

The Free Sisters / The Yurt Locker

Gay Straight Alliance COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 22:00 (60 min) - Free

"Excellent humour ****" (Broadway Baby) New York comedian Veronica Elizabeth hosts a motley crew of LGBT and LGBT-friendly performers from both sides ...

The Phoenix / The Basement Bar

Gein's Family Giftshop COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 16:00 (60 min) - Free

Gein's Family Giftshop present a collection of sketches focusing on the hilarious subject matter of abject tragedy and human misery. Sketches that are...

The Blind Poet / The Blind Poet Stage

Gits and Shiggles COMEDY

AUG 4-14 at 00:45 (60 min) - Free

Gits and Shiggles has established itself as one of London’s best comedy nights since its launch in Putney, London in 2011 - bringing together the best...

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room

GORDON THEATRE

AUG 16-25 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free

A one man show. By Ian Winter. Drama. Barry 50ish stands suited and booted. He takes us on a fragmented and at times manic journey from the successful...

The Blind Poet / The Blind Poet Stage

Greener on the Other Side COMEDY

AUG 1-14, 16-25 at 14:45 (60 min) - FREE

Thinking it would be artistically ambitious, Dan planned a sci-fi stand-up show ‘GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE’, in which he would play three versions of ...

The Jekyll and Hyde / The Aerie

Griff Rees Jokes COMEDY

AUG 1-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 18:15 (60 min) - Free

Join two rising stars, Lloyd Griffith and Matt Rees for an hilarious hour of comedy. These two 'up-and-comers' have been in a number of competition fi...

The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar

Gusset Grippers COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free

Laughing can be no laughing matter for 1:3 women. This show, written and presented by a physiotherapist, is bursting with clenching comedy which teac...

The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar

Gutter Lane CABARET

AUG 15 at 20:00 (60 min) - Free

Welcome to Gutter Lane, a bustling Victorian backstreet brimming with forbidden pleasures and dubious wonder. Every month in the Jekyll & Hyde bar we ...

The Jekyll and Hyde / The Aerie

Gutter Lane CABARET

AUG 15 at 22:00 (60 min) - Free

Welcome to Gutter Lane, a bustling Victorian backstreet brimming with forbidden pleasures and dubious wonder. Every month in the Jekyll & Hyde bar we ...

The Jekyll and Hyde / The Aerie

Gutter Lane CABARET

AUG 15 at 18:00 (60 min) - Free

Welcome to Gutter Lane, a bustling Victorian backstreet brimming with forbidden pleasures and dubious wonder. Every month in the Jekyll & Hyde bar we ...

The Jekyll and Hyde / The Aerie

Heavy Petting COMEDY

AUG 16-25 at 17:30 (60 min) - Free

Sketch show. Middlesbrough's second-tallest sketch group return with their spookiest show yet. We will scare the pants off you, and you will laugh you...

The Jekyll and Hyde / The Crypt

Hilarity Bites Comedy Club Showcase Show COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 14:45 (60 min) - Free

Since 2007 Hilarity Bites Comedy Club have brought the very best in comedy to the North-East of England, showcasing festival favourites such as John B...

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room

Horse & Louis' Comedy Bingo COMEDY

AUG 16-17 at 21:30 (120 min) - Free

Musical Comedy Awards hosts Horse & Louis present a selection of the best comedians, sketch acts and musical / character comics on the Fringe performi...

New Empire Bingo / Main Auditorium

How To Be Awesome At Everything COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 17:30 (60 min) - Free

The show is a three-man comedy stand-up show, consisting of performances from Ryan McCann, Tom Dransfield and Ben Winterton. The central premise of t...

Edinburgh City Football Club / Room 1

HOW TO BE RICH AND THIN COMEDY

AUG 1-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 18:45 (60 min) - Free

As a small child, Pauline Curtin was a big child, which made her very unhappy. There were no 'Yummy Mummies' instructing their daughters in the art o...

Edinburgh City Football Club / Room 1

Huggers CHILDRENS

AUG 1-25 at 14:30 (60 min) - Free ticketed

A sell-out show in Edinburgh, Adelaide, Melbourne and Brighton, this comedy and cabaret show with a revolving line-up of comedians, magicians, street ...

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber

Huggers CHILDRENS

AUG 1-25 at 11:15 (60 min) - Free ticketed

A sell-out show in Edinburgh, Adelaide, Melbourne and Brighton, this comedy and cabaret show with a revolving line-up of comedians, magicians, street ...

The Free Sisters / Top Deck (The Comedy Bus)

Human Happiness; An Alien Concept? COMEDY

AUG 1-13, 15-16, 18-21, 23-25 at 22:30 (60 min) - Free

An Odyssey into the world of the oddities, hilarity, disappointments and perception of that which is life growing up and trying to find one's place as...

The Free Sisters / Top Deck (The Comedy Bus)

I Think So I'm Ready COMEDY

AUG 6-11, 13-18, 20-23, 25 at 21:45 (60 min) - Free

Australian Comedian Daniel Townes is in Edinburgh for the Free Fringe with the best jokes he’s ever told: just jokes, no fat, pure stand-up comedy. "...

Bar 50 / The Alcove

I Wanna Be Like You COMEDY

AUG 16-17 at 17:00 (60 min) - Free

Charlie's got no mates and his life is miserable. Never been appreciated, never been noticed and never once got what he wanted. But today he's getting...

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber

Ian Fox - Shutter Monkey COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 14:30 (60 min) - Free

Forget typewriters what would happen if you gave an infinite number of monkeys a camera each? A comedy show with pictures. British Comedy Guide R...

Espionage / Mata Hari

In Bits COMEDY

AUG 1-3, 5-10, 12-17, 19-24 at 15:45 (60 min) - FREE TICKETED

Why can't break-ups be funny? Steve’s girlfriend broke up with him during last year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Instead of dealing with his emotions...

Finnegan's Wake / The Back Room

In Cahoots COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 12:00 (55 min) - Free

They've blazed a trailed on the London comedy circuit, now In Cahoots are in Edinburgh, presenting a charmingly surreal and sublime sketch comedy show...

The Meadow Bar / The Upstairs Bar

Jaded MUSIC

AUG 14-20 at 19:00 (60 min) - Free

Acoustic performance. Soul/ indie music. With singer/ songwriter Jade shields on vocals and Steven McKinstry on Guitar . Jaded are the latest acousti...

The Counting House / The Loft

Jake Bourke: Anti-Clever COMEDY

AUG 1-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-25 at 18:45 (60 min) - Free

Jake Bourke is an Irish Comic, but it was never meant to be this way. Having started his creative life as an artist he quickly realised that, as Oscar...

The Free Sisters / Top Deck (The Comedy Bus)

JAM Comedy COMEDY

AUG 1-11 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free

3 up-and-coming stand-ups, 3 2012 So You Think You're Funny semi-finalists, 3 unique styles which together tick all the jocular boxes without anyone h...

The Jekyll and Hyde / The Aerie

Janet Bettesworth - Up for Grabs! COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 18:15 (60 min) - Free

Janet Bettesworth is a 69 year-old middle-class woman with a cautious and conservative outlook, a member of the Townswomen's Guild. Her friend/alter ...

The Phoenix / The Basement Bar

Japanese 'Locky' COMEDY

AUG 7-25 at 20:45 (60 min) - Free

"Japanese 'Locky'" is a hilarious 50 minute show starring the famous Japanese actor and comedian, Hiroshi Shimizu. He performed in this Festival last ...

The Counting House / The Lounge

Jayne Sanders & Company : The Reckoning COMEDY

AUG 1-9, 12-15 at 20:00 (60 min) - Free

Sketches, stand-up comedy and monologues. Jayne and Friends (including Rob Evers, Duncan Haze, Stuart Pick) may be jaded but are nonetheless full of b...

The Jekyll and Hyde / The Crypt

Jem Brookes: Puntitled COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 21:30 (60 min) - Free

How about a novel concept? A comedy show with no personal revelation. This just has jokes. Lots of them. 'Clever and friendly, engaging and intelligen...

The Counting House / The Loft

Jen Carnovale; not a person person COMEDY

AUG 2-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 20:45 (60 min) - Free

Presented by Jen's Food Money. Jen Carnovale is back with her third Edinburgh Fringe show, after two years living in London this Australian lady will...

The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room

Jimmy Savile: The Punch and Judy Show COMEDY

AUG 1-11, 13-18, 20-26 at 19:00 (45 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry

That's the way to do it! Oh yes indeed, goodness gracious, guys'n'gals, who's a naughty boy now then, now then? The dark, irreverent tale of how the c...

Bob's Bookshop - Heroes of Fringe / Books

Jobby Hunter COMEDY

AUG 1-14, 16-25 at 23:30 (60 min) - Free

Cormac, a recent graduate, tells his story of his amusingly silly attempts to secure a job after university. Learn from his mistakes as he muses on wh...

The Jekyll and Hyde / The Aerie

Joby Mageean : Condiment Soup COMEDY

AUG 1-15 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free

Enjoy a barnstorming hour of music, comedy and hilarious special guests as Tickled Pig 2012 finalist and Uke of Edinburgh winner Joby Mageean embarks ...

The Blind Poet / The Blind Poet Stage

Jocks & Geordies COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 20:45 (60 min) - Free

The finest Northern and Scottish comedians come together for a fantastic hour of stand-up comedy.
Presented by Newcastle's Dan Willis and uber-...

The Meadow Bar / The Upstairs Bar

Jody Kamali: Livewire COMEDY

AUG 1-12, 14-24 at 16:45 (60 min) - Free

Livewire is a bizarre, moving, stupid, physical comedy clown show that derives from Jody's experiences of being an only child. A regular on the Altern...

Bar 50 / The Alcove

Joe Munrow: Jazz Monkey COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 11:00 (60 min) - Free

Joe Munrow takes you on a hilarious journey as the stand-up bounces from the observational to the surreal as he details his recent quest to find his t...

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room

Joke Thieves COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 22:00 (60 min) - Free

A show of two halves, where top comedians perform sets before an audience decide which act should steal which set for round two. Will they become flaw...

Espionage / Mata Hari

Josh Smith From Top To Bottom Show COMEDY

AUG 16-17 at 23:45 (60 min) - Free

My Name Is Josh Smith I'm 18 and Ths is my Show 'From Top To Bottom'. After Performing the Show in London & Manchester and Local Sell out crowds the s...

Edinburgh City Football Club / Room 1

Joshua Ross & Sunil Patel COMEDY

AUG 2-25 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free

Joshua Ross (Up The Creek 'One to Watch' Winner 2012) and Sunil Patel (BBC New Comedy Award Finalist 2012, Chortle Best Newcomer Nominee 2013) tell jo...

Espionage / Mata Hari

Joz Norris Has Gone Missing COMEDY

AUG 1-12, 14-25 at 14:45 (60 min) - Free

Acclaimed comic Joz Norris has gone missing. Nobody knows where he is or why he is there, but it is probably something to do with his wife. Luckily, h...

The Blind Poet / The Blind Poet Stage

Karl Schultz: Start the Karl COMEDY

AUG 1-13, 15-26 at 16:00 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry

This definitely should be the first character-based show to be filmed by drone. Matthew Kelly, star of the Shenzhen Festival, Pastor Kofi, of Mecca Bi...

The Hive - Heroes of Fringe / The Big Cave

Kearse and Marrese: Raw and Uncut COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 23:45 (60 min) - Free

Award-winning breakthrough acts Leo Kearse: ‘very funny!’ (The List) and Tony Marrese: ‘excellent!’ (Time Out) present a doubleheader of no holds barr...

The City Café / City Two - Basement Bar

Kevin Shepherd: Confess Nothing COMEDY

AUG 1-12, 14-25 at 20:30 (60 min) - Free

A violent criminal past, drug addiction, marital infidelity and an ossesive love of Nandos are all real life pieces of a past that ma...

The White Horse / The Back Lounge

Killing MissD COMEDY

AUG 1-15 at 18:45 (60 min) - Free

"Daphna Baram has pulled together a rollicking show featuring her reckless body-sharing alter-ego MissD that will have you cringe, shocked and belly-l...

The Jekyll and Hyde / The Crypt

Kunt and the Gang COMEDY

AUG 2-10, 12-25 at 22:00 (60 min) - Free

Kunt and the Gang return with some new, very wrong comedy songs and some old, equally wrong songs including the tear-jerking classic Wanking Over A Po...

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber

Lach: Anticdotes COMEDY

AUG 1-4, 7-11, 14-18, 21-25 at 20:30 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry

Songs, stories and comedy from the legendary star of BBC Radio 4’s new series The Lach Chronicles. True tales of testing acid for the mob, beating Joe...

The Hive - Heroes of Fringe / The Bunka

Late Night Laughs at Lunch COMEDY

AUG 2-4, 7-11, 14-18, 21-25 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free

Join Australian comedians Eric Hutton and Jen Carnovale as they present a daily selection of their favourite alternative Fringe acts. These guys have ...

The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room

Laughing Horse FREE Comedy Selection COMEDY

AUG 1-13, 15-23, 25 at 22:15 (60 min) - Free

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside some hot new talent and Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up at each sho...

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room

Laughing Horse FREE Comedy Selection COMEDY

AUG 1-13, 15-23, 25 at 17:30 (60 min) - Free

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside some hot new talent and Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up at each sho...

The Free Sisters / Top Deck (The Comedy Bus)

Laughing Horse FREE Comedy Selection COMEDY

AUG 1-13, 15-23, 25 at 20:00 (60 min) - Free

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside some hot new talent and Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up at each sho...

The Free Sisters / Top Deck (The Comedy Bus)

Laughing Horse FREE Comedy Selection COMEDY

AUG 1-23, 25 at 17:00 (60 min) - Free

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside some hot new talent and Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up at each sho...

Espionage / Pravda

Laughing Horse FREE Pick of the Fringe COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 18:00 (60 min) - Free

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, with a different top-notch comedy line-up at each show - three times daily, every day - as Laug...

Espionage / Kasbar

Laughing Horse FREE Pick of the Fringe COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 20:30 (60 min) - Free

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, with a different top-notch comedy line-up at each show - three times daily, every day - as Laug...

Espionage / Kasbar

Laughing Horse FREE Pick of the Fringe COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 23:00 (60 min) - Free

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, with a different top-notch comedy line-up at each show - three times daily, every day - as Laug...

Espionage / Kasbar

Laughter on the Outskirts COMEDY

AUG 1-14, 16-25 at 19:45 (60 min) - Free

Over the course of an hour, comedians Scott Jeffery and Matt Woodward will take it in turns to try to make the assembled audience laugh, almost entire...

The Jekyll and Hyde / The Aerie

Lebensmüde – a Comedy Show COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 12:45 (45 min) - Free

Fresh from their sell-out London comedy shows, sketch squad Lebensmüde are making their Fringe debut. Absurd, fun and dark (sometimes). Actor Freya (G...

The Jekyll and Hyde / The Crypt

Lenny Peters - Lost In Nonsense COMEDY

AUG 1-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 16:45 (60 min) - free

An hour of hilarious improv and stand up from comedian Lenny Peters. A comedy circuit regular, TV sit com actor & professional improviser. Lenny retur...

Espionage / Kasbar

Let Me Entertain You COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 23:30 (60 min) - Free

The debut stand-up show from Irish comedian Daniel McLaughlin, featuring his unique take on everything from religion to sport, family to politics and ...

The Free Sisters / The Yurt Locker

Lewis Schaffer Is Better Than You COMEDY

AUG 1-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-26 at 20:00 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry

FREE RICHARD HERRING OR STEWART LEE DVD WITH EVERY PAID ADMISSION OR £5 CONTRIBUTION. All new for 2013. New York comic in free show, or buy a ticket t...

The Hive - Heroes of Fringe / The Big Cave

Lewis Schaffer is Free until Famous, Again COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 17:00 (60 min) - Free

Nunhead-based New York comic. ‘An hour with Lewis Schaffer is an hilarious, cathartic, exhilaratingly appalling experience.' **** (Kate Copstick, Scot...

The Meadow Bar / The Upstairs Bar

Liberty Hodes 'But it's my Birthday!' COMEDY

AUG 1-2, 4-13, 15-25 at 15:45 (60 min) - Free

Liberty Hodes, a young, awkward lady clad in silly dresses with a love of all things Freudian and fun presents, brings you But it’s my Birthday, a mus...

The Phoenix / The Basement Bar

Licence to Laugh Comedy Club FREE COMEDY

AUG 3-25 at 16:00 (60 min) - Free

Londons up and coming comedy club brings you some of the finest comedians from the London Comedy Circuit. different line up each day, all hosted by Jo...

Espionage / The Lizard Lounge

Life Winner COMEDY

AUG 1-14, 16-25 at 17:15 (60 min) - Free

Danny Deegan is a life winner, by which we mean he isn't he just thinks he is. So come and spend an hour with a man who is by no means a winner but ma...

The Jekyll and Hyde / The Aerie

Limbo - Fisting For Biscuits COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 22:30 (60 min) - Free

Join Limbo for their brand new sketch show ‘Fisting For Biscuits’ as they raise the comedy bar, and head right on under it. Surreal, twisted and bulgi...

The Counting House / The Attic

Live Bait COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 16:30 (60 min) - Free

You've seen them in the new Maltesers ad, now watch new double act LetLuce regain creative dignity in their clown-inspired & deliciously dark comedy L...

The Free Sisters / The Yurt Locker

Live Music and Cover Bands MUSIC

AUG 1-25 at 22:00 (120 min) - Free

Biddy Mulligan's hosts Edinburgh's best live music cover bands every night from 10pm - Late! Live! Free! Every night of the Fringe. ...

Biddy Mulligans / Main Bar

Live Music: Jamie Haffey MUSIC

AUG 1, 8, 15, 22 at 23:00 (180 min) - Free

Truly one of the best acoustic performers we have ever had. Join Jamie Haffey in our Lizard lounge from 11pm every Thursday for the very best in live ...

Espionage / The Lizard Lounge

LOLympics Live COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 16:00 (60 min) - Free

The Games are back in 2013! Each day different international acts compete for comedy gold. Our laugh-letes likely can't run, jump or even walk well......

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room

Lucy Frederick - In Pursuit of Cool COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 14:00 (60 min) - Free

Affable and slightly confused Lucy Frederick invites you to join her in her tireless quest to be the Cool kid in town. From onesies to catwalks, from ...

The Free Sisters / The Yurt Locker

M.P.H.: A Comedy Compendium COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free

M.P.H.: A Comedy Compendium is an original one-woman show presented by comedian Lindsay Gonzales. It is a set-list show comprising many separate comic...

The Phoenix / The Basement Bar

Making Faces - Calm and Collected COMEDY

AUG 9-13, 15-19, 21-25 at 15:45 (60 min) - Free

Hosts of TimeOut recommended comedy night FACELIFT, Making Faces bring you their third Laughing Horse Free Fringe sketch show. The new show written an...

The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar

Man Feelings COMEDY

AUG 1-14, 16 at 00:45 (60 min) - Free

Love. Fear. Joy. Anger. Indifference. These are but a few of the FEELINGS a MAN may experience every day (the last one is hunger). But what is a Man?...

The Jekyll and Hyde / The Aerie

Martin "Bigpig" Mor's FUNNY STUFF FOR HAPPY PEOPLE. CHILDRENS

AUG 9-18 at 12:30 (60 min) - Free

Kids! Do you need somewhere to take your adults without them getting bored and going in a huff? Bring them to Funny Stuff for Happy People where the ...

The City Café / City Two - Basement Bar

Michael Fabbri: Buffering COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 20:00 (60 min) - Free

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 hi...

The City Café / City Two - Basement Bar

Michael Piper Talks About Stuff COMEDY

AUG 3, 5-10, 12-17, 19-21, 23-24 at 17:15 (60 min) - Free

Stand-up from award-winning comic Michael Piper. "Very clever...hugely endearing...really does hold you and make you laugh." (Kate Copstick, The Sco...

Dropkick Murphy's / Main Room

Midnight Madness COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 00:15 (60 min) - Free

Midnight Madness - Comedy showcase! We're back... WITH A VENGEANCE! If you're out and about late at night, with a want to guffaw... Stumble on down! ...

Espionage / Kasbar

Mike Shephard: Everything That Happened in the 20th Century, Seen Through the Eyes of a Liar COMEDY

AUG 5-25 at 15:15 (60 min) - Free

“Shephard brings an energy and ability to put the emphasis on the correct syllable that would make anyone laugh” – Jeannie Jameson, RemoteGoat Having...

The Counting House / The Loft

Miss Behaves Game Show CABARET

AUG 1-11, 13-18, 20-26 at 21:00 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry

A gameshow for the austerity generation. Everyone’s a winner! Prizes, acts and stupidity! Tired of everything meaning something? Just want to have fun...

Bob's Bookshop - Heroes of Fringe / Books

Mr. Methane: My Life in Farting CABARET

AUG 13-17 at 15:30 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry

Hello, my name is Paul Oldfield. You might know me as Mr Methane, the world’s only performing flatulist. Simon Cowell says I'm ‘...a disgusting creatu...

Bob's Bookshop - Heroes of Fringe / Books

MRS MANNING COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 23:00 (60 min) - Free

MRS MANNING Mrs Manning, widow of a certain fat, sweaty, racist, sexist comedian, escapes his (sizeable) shadow to become Manchester's top care-homes...

The Free Sisters / The Staff Room

My Afro Celtic Angst COMEDY

AUG 1-11, 13-18, 20-24 at 21:45 (60 min) - Free

If you had an African dad and a Scottish mum, but were brought up by a Yorkshire granny you might end up a bit screwed up. On the other hand you might...

Espionage / Kasbar

Nat Luurtsema: Here She Be COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 14:45 (60 min) - Free

Here She Be! It’s Nat Luurtsema’s first solo show in three years – where’s she been you ask? She's been in Jigsaw (“Sketch supergroup” Fest; Stars of ...

The Counting House / The Ballroom

Nathan Cassidy: Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner COMEDY

AUG 1-3, 5-10, 12-17, 19-24 at 18:15 (60 min) - Free

Malcolm Hardee Award nominee 2012, this year Nathan goes all in for comedy's biggest prize. Free £1 bets and £100,000 jackpot every day! Can the lifel...

Finnegan's Wake / The Back Room

Nick Bowling Laughs in the Face of Death for 45 Minutes and Then Asks Him Politely To Leave COMEDY

AUG 15-20, 22-25 at 13:30 (60 min) - Free

Join Nick as he hammers out plans for his funeral with a majestic and variegated PowerPoint presentation. Also on the agenda: sport, hobbies (i.e. k...

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room

Nik Coppin - Mixed Racist COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 18:30 (60 min) - Free ticketed

A funny and relevant show from the globe-trotting half-black British comedian who following a radio interview, was bizarrely and unjustly accused of r...

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room

No Moral Compass COMEDY

AUG 6-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 18:15 (60 min) - Free

Funny, eloquent, poetic and original stand up comedy. Brilliant ideas and profound insights into the way we live. "...if Stuart Black isn't careful, h...

The Meadow Bar / The Upstairs Bar

Obie: A Comedians guide to improving your memory. COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 14:45 (60 min) - Free

As well as being one of the finest comedians, Obie has a reputation as a memory expert. This show combines the two. This show promises to be education...

Espionage / The Lizard Lounge

Offal Comedienne COMEDY

AUG 17-25 at 18:45 (40 min) - Free

Edinburgh-based writer and comedienne Natasha Yapp presents to you, you, you and him "Offal Comedienne", a surprisingly pleasant assault on the comedy...

The Jekyll and Hyde / The Crypt

Old Jewish Jokes COMEDY

AUG 1-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-25 at 18:00 (60 min) - FREE TICKETED

Admission free, gentiles half price. Jewish comedian Ivor Dembina (Guardian ****) recounts his favourite kosher gags alongside his own personal take o...

Bar 50 / The Alcove

One of Us Might Be Famous COMEDY

AUG 1-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 00:30 (60 min) - Free

Four comedians: Fern Brady (So You Think You’re Funny? and New Act of the Year finalist), Glenn Moore (Chortle Student Comedy Award runn...

The Counting House / The Lounge

Our Father COMEDY

AUG 14-25 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free

Blod Jones and Kirsty Marsh. Our Father … who art not in heaven. For two weeks only. Join these downright funny ladies for some lunchtime giggles as t...

Espionage / Mata Hari

Out Now COMEDY

AUG 1-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 18:00 (60 min) - Free

Following on from last year's show 'In...Sane' about Kevin's experience of mental illness, 'Out Now' reveals what happened after he told his friends a...

The White Horse / The Back Lounge

Over It - Death, Anorexia and Other Funny Things COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 18:00 (60 min) - Free

Dave, a straight male, takes a satirical look into his anorexic past. Robyn recounts the unexpected, ridiculous aspects of dealing with the death of h...

The Free Sisters / The Staff Room

Paco Erhard: Djerman Unchained COMEDY

AUG 1-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 19:45 (60 min) - Free

Paco Erhard is German, but he has other problems too.

The Counting House / The Ballroom

Pam Ford Happy in your skin? COMEDY

AUG 1-13, 15-24 at 17:15 (60 min) - Free

Stand Up Comedian Pam Ford, knows only too well how the media makes it difficult for us to be happy in our own skin. She takes us through the hilariou...

Espionage / The Lizard Lounge

Panto-monium: An Adult Pantomime for Gentlemen & Gentleladies COMEDY

AUG 1-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-25 at 19:45 (60 min) - Free

Have you ever wanted to see your life told live on stage? In pantomime form? For a strictly adult audience? Really? What's wrong with you? The 'World...

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room

Patrick Monahan and Bob Slayer Set a World Record COMEDY

AUG 7 at 23:00 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry

From the end of Pat's Tuesday 6th show, culminating here Wed 11pm, two of the Fringe's biggest loons form an unlikely double act The Cheeky Boys, and ...

Bob's Bookshop - Heroes of Fringe / Books

Patrick Morris: Standing Up and Saying Things COMEDY

AUG 1-13, 15-25 at 14:30 (30 min) - Free

Debut show from 21 year old stand up comedian, Patrick Morris. Will contain devastatingly funny anecdotes, wry observations and a complete absence of ...

The Counting House / The Loft

Paul Duncan McGarrity - Awkward Hawk COMEDY

AUG 1-11, 13-25 at 15:30 (60 min) - Free

In just under an hour Paul Duncan McGarrity (Amused Moose finalist 2011) is made to feel awkward by castles, the French Metro and Ugandan rebels. A sh...

Espionage / Kasbar

PAUL PIRIE: Me COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 21:45 (60 min) - Free

“A FRANKIE BOYLE YOU COULD ACTUALLY BOOK…HILARIOUSLY BRUTAL” Chortle Life - The way things were, are and definitely shouldn’t be. Scotland’s comedy d...

The White Horse / The Back Lounge

Pete Otway and Kiri Pritchard - Mclean COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free

Two of the North West's most promising up and coming comedians take you through an hour of hilarious stand up. Join Pete Otway ('Devastatingly funny...

The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar

Phil Kay Verbal Diary COMEDY

AUG 1-11 at 19:00 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry

Imagine what you'd get up to if your job was telling tales of what you'd been getting up to, hell-bent on following your nose and flowing with the go:...

The Hive - Heroes of Fringe / The Big Cave

Phone Whore (a one-act play with frequent interruptions) THEATRE

AUG 1-25 at 19:30 (60 min) - Free

Truth and taboo collide in this intimate visit with a phone sex operator. Listen closely: she may change your views on sex forever. FOR MATURE AUDIE...

The Phoenix / The Basement Bar

Planet of the Japes COMEDY

AUG 2-4 at 11:00 (60 min) - Free

Everything good comes in threes. Wishes, the 'Original' Star Wars trilogy, the Fab Four (no one counts Ringo) and the rules for looking after a Mogwai...

The Blind Poet / The Blind Poet Stage

PowerCouple - stand up comedy from Stephen Bailey and Gary John Senior COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 21:45 (60 min) - Free

Relationships - Year One; PowerCouple depicts the two sides to every relationship based on Stephen and Gary's real experience in their own. Whether yo...

The Free Sisters / The Staff Room

Princess Guide to Dating COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 19:15 (60 min) - Free

‘Positive, fun, feel good ... probably the best free Fringe show I've seen’ (Scotsgay). Disney promised we'd be princesses, so why are we crying into...

Bar 50 / The Alcove

princess savage COMEDY

AUG 2-25 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free

A stand up comedy show that looks at where our ideas of love come from i.e fairytales,prince charming, childhood incidents. An the reality we find as ...

Espionage / Pravda

Puzzled COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free

Irish comedian Matthew Collins is almost famous, but you've never heard of him. He has been described as an "internet expert" and a "real life compute...

The Phoenix / The Basement Bar

Questions on Ducks COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 00:30 (60 min) - Free

Questions On Ducks (and other pond life) is a brand-new late night stand-up show, brought to you by three fresh-faced London comics: Dan Watson, James...

The Phoenix / The Basement Bar

Rachel Parris The Commission COMEDY

AUG 1-12, 14-25 at 16:00 (60 min) - Free

Rachel Parris gets asked to write songs for the great and the good. And the ugly. She gets commissioned to write songs she doesn't want to write. Here...

The Counting House / The Ballroom

Ray Fordyce's Brunchtime Banter COMEDY

AUG 1-3, 5-10, 12-17, 19-24 at 11:00 (60 min) - Free

Get your fringe day off to a pleasant start and let Ray Fordyce introduce you to some of the top comedians around the circuit. Featuring many differen...

The Free Sisters / The Staff Room

Real men have beards COMEDY

AUG 18-25 at 01:00 (60 min) - Free

Karl Marx, Brian Blessed, Rolf Harris. Some of the greatest men in history have beards, but what significance does this have in the 21st century? Do...

The Free Sisters / Top Deck (The Comedy Bus)

Remember That I Love You COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free

You haven't heard of Nellie Garcia. She has been forgotten. Gregory Akerman is scared of being forgotten, however, in 100 years, no one will remember ...

The Free Sisters / The Staff Room

Revill's Selection COMEDY

AUG 2-25 at 13:05 (55 min) - Free

Revill’s Selection will be the perfect way for any comedy lover to start their day. Just like a packet of Revels sweets the show will have different t...

Espionage / Kasbar

Rhys James Prepares COMEDY

AUG 2-12, 14-25 at 17:25 (45 min) - Free

Rhys will tell some brilliant jokes, do some incredible poems and then leave. The whole thing will last around 45 minutes. I really can’t go into any ...

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room

Rick Kiesewetter: CHINK COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 18:30 (60 min) - Free

Asian American stand-up living in the UK for the past 15 years. ...

Espionage / The Lizard Lounge

Rik n Mix COMEDY

AUG 1-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 19:45 (60 min) - Free

Scottish/Filipino comedian Rik Carranza presents an hour of jokes, stories and music. No messages, no meanings, just general silliness. Joining Rik ev...

Espionage / The Lizard Lounge

Risk THEATRE

AUG 21-25 at 18:15 (60 min) - Free

The last man on earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock at the door… A new play by William Glenn. Wish at EdFringe 2012 - ***<...

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber

ROB COLLINS: JESUS CHRIST FLEW INTO THE CUCKOO'S NEST COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 14:15 (60 min) - Free

On the 31st March 2013 the men in the white coats took Rob a way as he thought he was Jesus Christ. 40 years of misdiagnosis, medication and madness. ...

Espionage / Kasbar

Rob Deb Big Bang theory of life COMEDY

AUG 1-17 at 20:15 (60 min) - Free

An hour of Rob deb doing womedy about capes 'n' stuff mainly for those who are old enough to remember cassette loading , dungeons and dragons 2nd edit...

The Counting House / The Loft

Routine COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 20:45 (60 min) - Free

Toby Adams brings his debut stand-up show to the Festival considering the blinkered joys of a life lived on the straight and very narrow. ...

The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar

Sanders & Co - The Late One COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 00:00 (60 min) - Free

Join the night owls, Jayne Sanders, Duncan Haze, Rob Evers, Stuart Pick and friends, for a stand-up and sketch show that will make you question your s...

The Counting House / The Loft

Sanderson Jones and Pippa Evans - Wonder & Joy COMEDY

AUG 1-24 at 19:30 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry

The founders of the Sunday Assembly unleash an interactive, digital, improv, atheist church service spectacular. Pippa Evans: Best Newcomer Nominee, i...

The Hive - Heroes of Fringe / The Bunka

Sean McLoughlin: Backbone COMEDY

AUG 1-12, 14-19 at 18:15 (60 min) - Free

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 painful genius.....

Espionage / Pravda

Sex with Animals COMEDY

AUG 1-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 23:45 (60 min) - Free

An expedition through the often hilarious, occasionally profound sexual habits of the animal kingdom. Ryan Good (Neo-Futurist, NYIT award winner) as ...

The Free Sisters / Top Deck (The Comedy Bus)

Shaggers COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 23:15 (75 min) - Free ticketed

More from the world's cheekiest and most fun comedy show. The hugely successful Shaggers show returns featuring a revolving line up of various comedia...

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber

Shall We Just See This One? COMEDY

AUG 1-12 at 11:30 (60 min) - Free

So early it 'yurts'! Get it? 'Cos it's 11:30. And it's in a yurt, which is a tent, by the way. Who knew? Graham and Nicola tell jokes and stories abou...

The Free Sisters / The Yurt Locker

Shit of the Fringe COMEDY

AUG 3-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-25 at 00:55 (60 min) - Free

Tired of all of the Pick of the Fringe shows? Worn-out by Fringe hyperbole? his late-night showcase has all the great comedians that have got bad revi...

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber

Show on Arthurs Seat - Gala COMEDY

AUG 17 at 14:00 (120 min) - Free

One of the legendary, truly life-affirming shows of the Edinburgh Fringe. Previous performers: Josie Long, Tony Law, Arthur Smith, Simon Munnery. 'One...

Arthurs Seat / Arthurs Seat

Shut up and wear it! Clair Myychaels comedy peep-show COMEDY

AUG 5-8, 12-15, 19-22 at 23:15 (60 min) - Free

A Delicious blend of randomage, mixed with an absurd sauce and wrapped in eloquent bizarre leaves. This dish is lightly tossed amongst sprinkles of lu...

The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar

Siôn James & Friends- FREE! COMEDY

AUG 14-25 at 17:30 (60 min) - Free

Siôn James & Friends- FREE! Star of Fringe Favourite“ The Good, The Bad & The Cuddly “ Siôn James “Utterly charming Lovable giant' (TimeOut) returns...

The City Café / City Two - Basement Bar

Smells like Shit... Tastes like Chicken COMEDY

AUG 4-8 at 12:30 (60 min) - Free

A boy who's life went astray: A casualty of the bar trade like many before him, going weeks without seeing a glimer of daylight; set with the task of ...

The Free Sisters / Top Deck (The Comedy Bus)

Snooze THEATRE

AUG 1-8 at 12:30 (60 min) - Free

Trumpets sound, lions roar, feathers flutter and sequins line the floor. Roll up, roll up to the circus of dreams. But at what point will consciousnes...

The City Café / City Two - Basement Bar

Something in My Shoe CHILDRENS

AUG 1-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free

Meet Reginald, the bravest piece of rope in show business. Discover the perils of rising-finger illness. Thrill to the exploits of Rupert, rabbit esca...

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber

Songs For Cynics CABARET

AUG 1-6, 8-13, 15-25 at 18:30 (60 min) - Free

Original comic songs from the creators of smash hit 'Cabaret Whore'. Sarah-Louise Young (Fascinating Aida & The Showstoppers) and Michael Roulston (TO...

The Counting House / The Ballroom

Spring Day: Learn How to Take a Punch COMEDY

AUG 1-13, 15-25 at 21:00 (60 min) - Free

'Spring Day is such a likeable and friendly character with an incredibly infectious smile that draws the audience into her performance and wickedly de...

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room

Stand Up, Woman THEATRE

AUG 1-25 at 13:30 (60 min) - Free

'Julia Munrow's comedy drama about a woman who tries stand-up in an attempt to learn to stand up for herself is a funny and engaging piece.' Theatre r...

The Free Sisters / The Staff Room

Stella Graham - A Pint of Stella COMEDY

AUG 1-14, 16-25 at 16:00 (60 min) - Free

Stella's second solo show following a successful run with Karma Comedian in Edinburgh in 2012. It begins with Stella growing up in Coventry as a tombo...

The Jekyll and Hyde / The Aerie

Steve Bugeja Tries Hard COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 18:55 (40 min) - Free

Steve Bugeja gives you 35 minutes of stand-up for free! Simple. Steve is a hotly tipped young comic who has reached the Final of both The Laughing H...

The Free Sisters / The Yurt Locker

Stick Man COMEDY

AUG 12-14, 16-25 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free

Hey! You there! Wouldn't you love to see a socially awkward stick thin man tell jokes and play you funny songs? .... Of course you would! Rick Wood r...

The Jekyll and Hyde / The Aerie

Stupid Hair & Skinny Jeans - Ryan McDonnell COMEDY

AUG 1-7, 11-13, 15-18, 20-25 at 23:30 (60 min) - Free

A brutally honest, uncontrived hour of comedy from the Northern Irish funnyman in his hour-long debut outing. Absolutely guaranteed; no mentions of Na...

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room

Subject to Requirement THEATRE

AUG 18-25 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free

A new piece of absurdism from writer David Lewis, generated from the UWE Drama Society Original Writing Group. A man undergoes a series of interrogati...

The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room

Subtlety: With Ed Mayhew COMEDY

AUG 1-8 at 15:45 (60 min) - Free

Stop the press! Catch the must-see show that everyone's talking about. Aren't you talking about it? You should be. 'Subtlety' is a melting pot of stan...

The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar

Sucker Punch COMEDY

AUG 1-13 at 17:30 (60 min) - Free

“Simply a scream.” The Telegraph **** “comedy the way it should be: a laugh-a-minute which leaves the audience wishing the show was just a litt...

The City Café / City Two - Basement Bar

Sugar, spice.....all things nice? COMEDY

AUG 1-3 at 23:15 (60 min) - Free

A short and intimate comedy set from your run of the mill 'nice' girl. Yeah right. ...

The Phoenix / The Basement Bar

Surname & Surname COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free

Paul Foxcroft (word assassin) and Briony Redman (word support worker) are one half of sketch group Ladies and Gentlemen (Best Free Fringe Shows ,Scots...

The Counting House / The Loft

Sword and I COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free

So it is written: “When the fate of one man crosses the destiny of a sword...hilarity ensues” Trained at the world-renowned Jacques Lecoq theatre sch...

The Counting House / The Ballroom

Sy+ COMEDY

AUG 1-12, 14-25 at 14:30 (60 min) - Free

Charming goon Sy Thomas - 'highly enjoyable' (Time Out); most recently seen on 'Richard Hammond's Secret Service' (BBC1); and one half of award-winnin...

Espionage / Pravda

Sympathy For The Revill COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 17:45 (60 min) - Free

Throughout his 34 years on the planet, Paul Revill has cocked up! Sometimes misfortune struck that wasn’t his fault, most of the time it was! Join Pau...

The Counting House / The Loft

Tales From the Fringe COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 19:15 (60 min) - FREE

A stand-up comedy show about the Fringe - the Edinburgh Fringe, the fringes of life, the fringes of the comedy circuit itself. Hosted by Barry Ferns. ...

Espionage / Kasbar

That Funny Blind Guy COMEDY

AUG 1-11, 13-25 at 00:15 (60 min) - Free

Some say the best comedy is blindingly obvious. Well, here’s a show from the man who can’t see the wood, nor the trees. A ridiculous story encompassin...

The White Horse / The Back Lounge

The Barnes Identity COMEDY

AUG 1-16 at 13:45 (60 min) - Free

The Barnes Identity 3 Characters One Man Comedy has a new face The Barnes identity is Chris Barnes’s first Edinburgh show . Playing all three Sta...

The Jekyll and Hyde / The Crypt

The Bob Blackman Appreciation Society Bonanza COMEDY

AUG 1-3, 5-10, 12-17, 19-24 at 15:30 (60 min) - Free

Celebration of legendary act Bob ‘The Tray’ Blackman. Additional material by Albert Shakeshaft. Winner of the Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originali...

The White Horse / The Back Lounge

The Bravery Test COMEDY

AUG 6-25 at 12:30 (60 min) - Free

Angus Dunican has never really been very good at being himself. As a comedian he’s been a posh and verbose androgyne night-pixie, a ‘stoned-onstage’...

Edinburgh City Football Club / Room 1

The Brethren of Levity COMEDY

AUG 1-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 00:45 (60 min) - Free

********THIS SHOW HAS MOVED TO THE ATTIC OF THE COUNTING HOUSE, 38 WEST NICOLSON STREET AND STARTS AT 23:45******** Brothers and sisters of the Fring...

The Free Sisters / The Yurt Locker

The Comedy Democracy COMEDY

AUG 15-19, 22-25 at 00:45 (60 min) - Free

In this panel-show clip based comedy format; three comedians try to win over the electorate with their candidates for Best Comedy Movie, Song, TV Show...

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room

The Equal Opportunities Act 2010 Presents... COMEDY

AUG 1, 4-8, 11-15, 18-22, 25 at 23:15 (60 min) - Free

Stand-up comedy that fulfils the Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s diversity requirements all in one fantastic show. Featuring a Nigerian perspective from N...

The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room

The Exciting Adventure of an Uninteresting Man COMEDY

AUG 1-6, 8-25 at 17:30 (60 min) - Free

From American to Asia, Europe and Australia this hairy Irish man has travelled around with nothing but a bag on his back and his life saving in his po...

The Counting House / The Attic

The Free Festival Night Club - Espionage NIGHTCLUBS

AUG 1-25 at 02:00 (180 min) - Free Entry all night

Party the night away with the Free Festival @ Espionage, with a FREE night club 7 days a week! Spanning 5 floors Espionage is the place to be, from th...

Espionage / Kasbar

The Free Festival Night Club - Espionage NIGHTCLUBS

AUG 1-25 at 23:30 (300 min) - Free Entry all night

Party the night away with the Free Festival @ Espionage, with a FREE night club 7 days a week! Spanning 5 floors Espionage is the place to be, from th...

Espionage / Pravda

The Free Festival Night Club - Espionage NIGHTCLUBS

AUG 1-25 at 00:00 (300 min) - Free Entry all night

Party the night away with the Free Festival @ Espionage, with a FREE night club 7 days a week! Spanning 5 floors Espionage is the place to be, from th...

Espionage / Mata Hari

The Hawke Papers THEATRE

AUG 5-25 at 11:00 (60 min) - Free

Produced Moon bring you to a dark and dank Victorian Edinburgh, and into a room where a murder has taken place. As the story unfolds you are invited t...

The Blind Poet / The Blind Poet Stage

The Hill and Weedon Fan Club! COMEDY

AUG 1-14 at 13:30 (60 min) - Free

Are you a fan of Hill and Weedon (Musical Comedy Award winners 2013, as heard on Radio 1, Laughing Horse New Act of the Year finalists 2012)? Yes? No?...

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room

The Hive Nightclub NIGHTCLUBS

AUG 1-25 at 22:00 (400 min) - Free Entry before 11pm

The Nightclub at the Hive - Free Entry after the shows all night on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Also Free before 11pm on Wednesday and befor...

The Hive - Heroes of Fringe / The Big Cave

The Hive Nightclub NIGHTCLUBS

AUG 1-25 at 22:00 (400 min) - Free Entry before 11pm

The Nightclub at the Hive - Free Entry after the shows all night on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Also Free before 11pm on Wednesday and befor...

The Hive - Heroes of Fringe / The Bunka

The Human Centrepiece COMEDY

AUG 3, 5-10, 12-17, 19-24 at 12:45 (60 min) - Free

The Human Centrepiece is show with more diversity than a Benetton ad. In simple terms it's an hour of stand up from three new comedians, but...

The Counting House / The Attic

The Human Condition COMEDY

AUG 1-3, 5-10, 12-17, 19-24 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free

This show is an in-depth and correct analysis of man and his obsessions with sex, violence, money, sex, war, breasts and sex. The Human Condition is a...

Finnegan's Wake / The Back Room

The Ineligibles FREE COMEDY

AUG 3-25 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free

Ola, rejected by celebrities, RADA and Reality TV takes to the stage to incite a 'revolution' against that weapon of mass exclusion - TV.' Joe, a Sik...

Espionage / The Lizard Lounge

The Knight Of The Box Near The Station THEATRE

AUG 2-25 at 12:00 (55 min) - Free

A fairytale for grown-ups ... don't let truth get in the way of magic! Join browbeaten commuter Sam as he impulsively escapes his monotone existence. ...

Espionage / Kasbar

The Lady Boys of Bangkok - Teaser Performance CABARET

AUG 8, 15, 22 at 00:00 (60 min) - Free

Live performances from the cast of the Ladyboy’s of Bangkok. Dripping with diamante and sizzling on stage with new songs and side splitting comedy. Fr...

Espionage / Pravda

The Lost Letters Of Cathy G COMEDY

AUG 1-3, 5-10, 12-17, 19-24 at 14:30 (60 min) - Free

Following on from the success of it's 2010 debut, Paul Harry Allen returns to Edinburgh with an exciting updated version of the 4 star show. Whilst i...

Finnegan's Wake / The Back Room

The Lovely Men COMEDY

AUG 3-14, 16-17 at 21:00 (60 min) - Free

Prepare to fill a bucket with mighty treasures as four strapping yet amusing Midlands men crack open a case of vintage silliness in a greatest hits sh...

The Jekyll and Hyde / The Aerie

The Lunchtime Ferret COMEDY

AUG 9-18 at 12:30 (60 min) - Free

The Lunchtime Ferret! Ferrets for Lunch! Warm, furry, friendly comedy...but with a little bite. A mixed bill of lightly seasoned stand ups returning...

The Free Sisters / Top Deck (The Comedy Bus)

The Musical Misfit COMEDY

AUG 1-15, 18-25 at 23:45 (60 min) - FREE TICKETED

Theatre Press wrote: "Somewhere between The Flight of the Conchords’ spot-on parody and Tim Minchin’s witty word-play lies home-grown talent Robert Ta...

Edinburgh City Football Club / Room 1

The Pear Tree Live Performance Stage MUSIC

AUG 1-25 at 12:00 (360 min) - Free

Edinburgh's premier outdoor venue brings live entertainment to the Pear Tree Outdoor Stage, with music, bands, cabaret and more from 12pm- 6pm daily -...

The Pear Tree / The Pear Tree Stage

The Rat Pack stand-up comedy COMEDY

AUG 1-10, 12-25 at 15:45 (60 min) - Free

Different, top comedians every day in a cool, laid-back stand-up show with Rat Pack music, drinking, silliness and hopefully, you! Hosted by Malcolm H...

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber

The Revolution Will Not Be Improvised COMEDY

AUG 12-15, 19-22 at 00:30 (60 min) - Free

Are you free? Do you let your thoughts run wild with riotous suggestions and ideas; do you mesh with others and build something astonishing every nigh...

The Newsroom / The Downstairs Bar

The Sunday Assembly: Sanderson Jones & Pippa Evans COMEDY

AUG 4, 11, 18 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free

Sing songs, hear talks and recharge with the godless congregation that is part atheist church, part foot stomping show, and 100% celebration of life. ...

New Empire Bingo / Main Auditorium

The Underdogs COMEDY

AUG 5-18 at 22:30 (60 min) - Free

2 dudes, 1 stage. 1 born in Cairo, Egypt, but raised and beaten up in East L.A. The other born in Preston, Lancashire, raised and beaten up in...Pre...

Edinburgh City Football Club / Room 1

The Very Scariesome Lollipop Lady CHILDRENS

AUG 3-11 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free

A tale told in rhyme. A story of bravery, busy roads, friendship, a magical lollipop stick, and a really, really, really scary road crossing patrol of...

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room

The Wireless Podcast COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 19:30 (60 min) - Free

No wires – no script! The hit iTunes Top 50 podcast returns for live recordings every day. Racing Minds join the twinkly fingers of a virtuoso musicia...

The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room

This Is Your Trial COMEDY

AUG 5-9 at 15:30 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry

Put your boss, bridegroom, sister on trial in front of their friends. Our guest judges Tony Law, Mark Dolan and Glenn Wool preside; prosecution and de...

Bob's Bookshop - Heroes of Fringe / Books

Three Men and a Saucepan COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 15:00 (60 min) - Free

A three hander stand up show featuring Ben Shannon, David Jesudason and Ian Miller. Each will be doing a 20 minute set. A show where the saucepan is n...

The Counting House / The Attic

Threesome SPOKEN WORD

AUG 9-11 at 19:00 (60 min) - Free

Looking for something to remember? You’ll get what’s coming with Threesome. Jay Walker performs excerpts from ‘Explicit’ bringing us a bold, embodied...

Word of Mouth Cafe / Main Room

Tim Parfitt - 'Speedy Boarding' COMEDY

AUG 12-15 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free

'The Speedy Boarding Tour' ‘Parfitt is no ordinary Englishman’ The Sunday Times ‘Frequently laugh-out-loud funny’ The Daily Express 'He should neve...

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room

Tim Renkow and Dave Millett Are Meandering With Purpose COMEDY

AUG 1-26 at 18:00 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry

In the early morning they wake. Tired. The sun is gone and the road wet. ‘Are we still stand-up comedians?’ Tim Renkow asks. The buzzards circle overh...

Bob's Bookshop - Heroes of Fringe / Books

Tom Binns Does Ivan Brackenbury and Others COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 21:00 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry

Tom Binns aka psychic Ian D Montfort does hospital DJ Ivan Brackenbury, other characters and stories. Edinburgh award nominee, Chortle Award nominee a...

The Hive - Heroes of Fringe / The Big Cave

Tommy Holgate: Good Spirits COMEDY

AUG 1-26 at 20:00 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry

After 35 stitches, two brain scans and bouncing back from the dead, Tommy stopped drinking and started living. After founding and writing the comedy c...

Bob's Bookshop - Heroes of Fringe / Books

Tony Dunn Against the Psychopaths COMEDY

AUG 1-13 at 19:00 (60 min) - Free

Award winning stand-up and sketch performer Tony Dunn, takes a look into the darkly comic world of Psychopathy. We have all seen psychopaths in films...

The Counting House / The Loft

Tricity Vogue's Ukulele Cabaret CABARET

AUG 1-11, 13-18 at 21:00 (60 min) - Free

“Whether you’re a follower of the Uke or an idle passer-by who hasn’t experienced the power of its twang, then get yourself to the cabaret and Tricity...

The Counting House / The Ballroom

Tricity Vogue: Calamitous Liaisons CABARET

AUG 1-11, 13-18 at 17:00 (60 min) - Free

“Tricity Vogue and her uke… recipe for one of the finest shows you’ll see. It’s cabaret to run down side-streets for – just get there early.” Time Out...

The Counting House / The Lounge

Tristan Garrel Cambridge COMEDY

AUG 1-17 at 12:00 (60 min) - Free

Tristan Garrel Cambridge is quite literally a pilot episode for a satellite television station. Making documentaries resulted in most of the time hang...

The Free Sisters / The Gothic Room

Trodd En Bratt Say 'Well Done You' COMEDY

AUG 10-11 at 20:00 (60 min) - Free

Trodd en Bratt Say “Well Done You” 10th and 11th August - 8pm @ Jekyll and Hyde Crypt Lucy Trodd and Ruth Bratt had a fabulous run at the Laughing H...

The Jekyll and Hyde / The Crypt

Trouble with Comedy COMEDY

AUG 1-11, 13-25 at 22:30 (60 min) - Free ticketed

Trouble with Comedy My name is Ian and I’m a comedian I suppose it all started with the odd one liner just a couple a day, I thought I could handle i...

The City Café / City Two - Basement Bar

Truthmouth COMEDY

AUG 1-12, 14-25 at 15:45 (60 min) - Free

In 2012, Joseph Morpurgo (Austentatious, Monkey Toast) teamed up with critically revered theatre company Truthmouth for an adventurous new collaborati...

The Counting House / The Lounge

Twice as Nice Comedy COMEDY

AUG 3, 5-10, 12-17, 19-21, 23-24 at 18:30 (60 min) - Free

Twice as Nice Comedy Club is coming to the Fringe! Currently a successful comedy club in Hammersmith West London every Sunday night with big name TV c...

Dropkick Murphy's / Main Room

Two Tickets To The Gum Show COMEDY

AUG 1-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-25 at 17:15 (60 min) - Free

Every time Eric Lampaert appear on your TV screens; Life’s Too Short, The Midnight Beast, Cardinal Burns, How To Survive A Disaster Movie, that Sky ad...

The Counting House / The Ballroom

TWONKEYS BLUE CADABRA CABARET

AUG 1-19, 21-25 at 19:30 (60 min) - Free

One of The Scotsman’s top ten free fringe shows of 2012: Mr.Twonkey is a true comic original. ★★★★The Scotsman. Bizarro! &#...

Espionage / Mata Hari

Tyke Rider SPOKEN WORD

AUG 1-7 at 10:00 (60 min) - Free

Tyke Rider: A Yorkshire lass's driving adventure from the City of Angels to Graceland via the Big Easy. Northerner Brooksy packs Yorkshire Tea and ta...

The Free Sisters / Top Deck (The Comedy Bus)

Unmanageable COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 15:15 (60 min) - Free

"These two are not only adorable, they are genius with the audience" - StageWon (Edinburgh Fringe 2012) Looks can be deceiving. Prim and proper on th...

The Free Sisters / The Yurt Locker

Upstairs Downton COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 17:00 (60 min) - Free: Pay what you want, or pay in advance to guarantee entry

Join the embittered Lord Sir Julian Chappes, creator of everyone's third favourite period drama, as he introduces a 45 minute improvised episode of hi...

The Hive - Heroes of Fringe / The Big Cave

Vampire Hospital Waiting Room COMEDY

AUG 19-25 at 16:15 (60 min) - Free

Somewhere deep in the misty highlands of Scotland exists a theatre with a surplus of vampire cloaks, hospital gowns and chairs stolen from the adjacen...

The City Café / City Two - Basement Bar

VANITY THEATRE

AUG 12-25 at 01:15 (30 min) - Free

The full confession and public execution of the universal scapegoat. Making a mockery of the seemingly universal desire to find somebody else to blam...

The Counting House / The Loft

VINYL SPOKEN WORD

AUG 21-23 at 19:00 (60 min) - Free

One day Bill discovered that the number 1 on the day he was born was Grandad by Clive Dunn, a song so bad, in so many ways, that it is in its own way ...

The Counting House / The Loft

Wagapaga COMEDY

AUG 18-25 at 20:15 (60 min) - Free

Two comics both crazy as each other ones a story teller/one liner comedian the other a bag full of surprises together there Wagpaga (I'd watch it)&...

The Counting House / The Loft

Waves THEATRE

AUG 2-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-23 at 11:30 (45 min) - Free

From the creator of the 2012 Edinburgh 'Must See' (The Stage) show When Alice (Cooper) met (Prince) Harry comes a brand new intimate theatre piece abo...

The Counting House / The Attic

We'll Never Breed Again COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 23:15 (60 min) - Free

An Englishman, a Scotsman, a Dutchman and an Australian walk into a bar get socially rejected and are asked to leave. Join them for a show of embarras...

The Meadow Bar / The Upstairs Bar

We're New Here: Our Edinburgh Apprenticeship COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 20:30 (60 min) - Free

Hjalmar Tjan, Chris Betts and a few other young aspiring stand ups are in Edinburgh for the first time in hopes of being broken down so they can be bu...

The Free Sisters / The Staff Room

WeGotTickets New Talent Showcase COMEDY

AUG 14 at 22:00 (60 min) - £5

WeGotTickets 2013 Award Winners Showcase featuring winners from; Musical Comedy Awards, Funny Women Awards and Laughing Horse - New Act Competition. ...

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Front Room

Weirdos Comedy Club. Good evening Glasgow! COMEDY

AUG 18-25 at 23:45 (60 min) - Free

ONLY THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO COME TO OUR SHOW: - TV PRODUCERS - TALENT SCOUTS - COMEDY AGENTS - TV PRODUCERS - PEOPLE WHO HAVE A DISEASE T...

The Jekyll and Hyde / The Crypt

Welcome to the dark side COMEDY

AUG 1-3, 5-10, 12-17, 19-24 at 15:00 (60 min) - Free

At what point do we step into the dark side? A mixture of comedy, sketch and a splash of musical comedy Thrown in.... Some of the finest performers o...

Edinburgh City Football Club / Room 1

What happens next? COMEDY

AUG 17-25 at 23:15 (60 min) - Free

"What Happens Next?" Not so long ago ... A group of students from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts formed an improvisation group. This g...

The Phoenix / The Basement Bar

Why Don't We Kill Ourselves? COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 22:30 (60 min) - Free

So the world didn't end that time that it was supposed to, and probably won't for at least another four or five months, if it ever does. It's dogshit,...

The Jekyll and Hyde / The Crypt

Wild about Wilde CHILDRENS

AUG 1-25 at 12:45 (60 min) - Free

'The Happy Prince,' 'The Selfish Giant' and more! Oscar Wilde's children's stories brought to life in dynamic interactive theatre, where the children ...

The Free Sisters / The Yurt Locker

Will Mars : Americana COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 19:30 (60 min) - Free

A show about how America changed the world. Well, how America changed the world for one man. Not that having your world changed is a good thing. So...

The Meadow Bar / The Upstairs Bar

Wits End Comedy Club COMEDY

AUG 1-11 at 00:15 (60 min) - Free

Our dashing hosts present a naughty nightcap of raucous comedy, cabaret and late night frivolity. Expect organised chaos and a high tempo turnover of ...

The Free Sisters / The Staff Room

Woolly Mammoth Panic Attack COMEDY

AUG 1-14, 16-25 at 22:15 (60 min) - Free

NYC comedian Matt Nagin is a highly innovative performer and a favorite in clubs and colleges across the U.S. He’s bringing his new show Woolly Mammot...

The Jekyll and Hyde / The Aerie

Working Men's Club COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 19:15 (60 min) - Free

Luke Benson & David Hardcastle return to Edinburgh following sell-out runs at 2012 Edinburgh Comedy Festival, London's West End & Bognor. This show in...

The White Horse / The Back Lounge

Xaablargh the Conqueror's Guide to Humons COMEDY

AUG 19-25 at 14:30 (60 min) - Free

What are humons? What do they do? And how do you operate one? If you have long been befuddled by humon behaviour, come and have your questions answe...

The Phoenix / The Basement Bar

Yori Yori, Love & Chat with Luisa & Pat COMEDY

AUG 1-10 at 17:00 (60 min) - Free

Ever wondered why animals find it easier to maintain relationships. Why does a male orangutan have more success with mating then Patrick from Newcastl...

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber

You Ain't From Around Here, Comedy Showcase. COMEDY

AUG 1-25 at 15:45 (60 min) - Free

A Free Showcase featuring all the best and worst of international Stand-Up Comedians from all around the world. Hosted By Lebanese Australian Comedia...

The Meadow Bar / The Upstairs Bar

Zapp and Dembina - Comedy After Lunch COMEDY

AUG 1-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-25 at 14:15 (60 min) - FREE TICKETED

Inveterate gagster Ivor Dembina ('The Guardian' four stars), chaperones you through an hour of comedy, music, guests and surprises, news and reveiws, ...

Bar 50 / The Alcove

Zigzag Zit-faced Zombies and the Giant Geriatric Generator CHILDRENS

AUG 1-25 at 13:15 (60 min) - FREE!

Best-selling Scottish author Stuart Reid introduces the heroes of his books, Gorgeous George, Grandpa Jock, Allison and Crayon Kenny with tales of the...

The Free Sisters / Maggie's Chamber

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