Venue 23: Pleasance Dome
- Potterrow, 1 Bristo Square, EH8 9AL
- 0131 556 6550
- www.pleasance.co.uk
- www.edfringe.com
Shows at this venue in 2011
The Big Bite Size Breakfast
- 10
- 3-15, 17-24 & 26-28 Aug 2011
Gorge yourself on a feast of international bite-size plays with coffee, croissants, strawberries - and a warm welcome from the... Full listing
Magicians Do Exist
- 9
- 3-15, 17-22 & 24-28 Aug 2011
Comedy lies in the comedian's ability to reveal the comic dimensions of others. Chris Cresswell's latest show explores the comedy... Full listing
The Overcoat
- 11
- 3-14 & 16-29 Aug 2011
Watch the trotters in the trough get a serious slapping! The Overcoat is a fast, furious and deeply acerbic satire... Full listing
Coffin Up
- 9.50
- 3-9, 11-16 & 18-29 Aug 2011
Sell-out mask company The Village Idiots return with their brand new show. This black comedy tells the story of novice... Full listing
Instant Sunshine
- Music
- 9
- 5-13 Aug 2011
A musical comedy classic with hilarious songs and witty monologues, a delightful mix of self parody and acute observation taking... Full listing
Jon Richardson: It's Not Me, It's You
- Stand-up
- 12
- 20-28 Aug 2011
What has left Jon single for the last eight years? Join the star of Channel 4's 8 Out Of 10... Full listing
Spent
- 9.50
- 3-16 & 18-29 Aug 2011
A two-person comedy highly acclaimed for its fast paced, intelligent and poetic commentary on the greed that caused the financial... Full listing
FRESHER the Musical
- 12
- 3-14 & 16-29 Aug 2011
Best New Musical 2010' award winners return with their shamelessly truthful and touching musical comedy about university Freshers' Week. With... Full listing
Amused Moose Comedy Awards Showcase
- Stand-up
- 8.50
- 5-7, 10-14, 17-18, 20 & 24-27 Aug 2011
Ten glorious years of brilliant, sell out, industry-endorsed Amused Moose Comedy's Showcases were probably where you first saw some of... Full listing
The Beta Males: The Train Job
- Sketch show / storytelling
- 11
- 3-15 & 17-29 Aug 2011
A runaway train. A desperate hijack. A deadly cargo. Following last year's post-apocalyptic Edinburgh hit The Bunker, critically acclaimed sketch... Full listing
Bane 1, 2 and 3
- Storytelling
- 10
- 3-14 & 16-28 Aug 2011
Bane 3 makes it's debut Edinburgh appearance alongside smash hits Bane and Bane 2. Hired hand Bruce Bane steps out... Full listing
Footlights in 'Pretty Little Panic'
- Sketch show
- 10
- 3-16 & 18-29 Aug 2011
After a sell-out run last year, the Footlights Tour Show continues to be a 'must-have ticket' (Times). It has launched... Full listing
Brett Goldstein Grew Up in a Strip Club
- Storytelling
- 9.50
- 3-14 & 16-29 Aug 2011
Brett Goldstein attempts to tell the 100% true story of his time in Marbella as a young man running a... Full listing
Jason Cook - The Search for Happiness
- Stand-up
- 13
- 3-9, 11-16 & 18-29 Aug 2011
After smash hits, awards and five star reviews for the last four years, Jason embarks on an adventure for the... Full listing
McNeil and Pamphilon: Which One Are You?
- Sketch show / stand-up
- 9.50
- 4-16 & 18-28 Aug 2011
After performing their debut show Addicted to Danger! (Top 10 EdFringe Sketch Comedy Shows, FringeReview.co.uk) to sell-out audiences, award-winning double... Full listing
Chortle Presents: Fast Fringe
- Variety
- 9.50
- 3-27 Aug 2011
Sample 12 top comedy / variety acts in one speedy showcase, selected by Britain's leading comedy website. Different line-up every... Full listing
Joel Dommett: Neon Hero
- Stand-up
- 12
- 3-15 & 17-29 Aug 2011
Following the sold out success of Dommett and Lampaert in 2010, Joel Dommett (BBC2's Popatron, BBC3's Russell Howard's Good News... Full listing
Josie Long: The Future Is Another Place
- Stand-up
- 12
- 4-14, 16-21 & 23-28 Aug 2011
Josie Long is back again with her fifth Fringe show. Come along! This is a show about feeling newly tormented... Full listing
Sara Pascoe vs the Apocalypse
- Stand-up
- 12
- 3-15 & 17-29 Aug 2011
The Armageddon is imminent and Sara plans to survive. How will she breed? Create Pornography? Kill zombies? An arresting stand-up... Full listing
Chris Cox: Fatal Distraction
- Magic
- 14
- 3-15 & 17-29 Aug 2011
The fifth show from the multi award winning, five star, sell-out, mind reader who can't read minds. He's been on... Full listing
Who Are the Jocks?
- Stand-up
- 10.50
- 3-15 & 17-29 Aug 2011
Following the death of his mother, Scott Capurro waddles through the piercing loss of his best friend and coke dealer.... Full listing
Thom Tuck Goes Straight to DVD
- Stand-up
- 10
- 3-20 & 22-29 Aug 2011
Simba's Pride, Cinderella III, The Return of Jafar. Thom Tuck from the Penny Dreadfuls presents his debut solo show. He... Full listing
Alex Horne: Seven Years in the Bathroom
- Stand-up
- 10.50
- 3-14 & 16-28 Aug 2011
An ambitious and unprecedented comedy show. I'm going to recreate your entire life in one hour. That's right, I'll do... Full listing
Peacock and Gamble Podcast Live
- Improv
- 9.50
- 7, 14, 21 & 28 Aug 2011
As seen on Russell Howard's Good News, Ray Peacock and Ed Gamble bring their smash hit podcast to the Fringe... Full listing
Tom Deacon: Can I Be Honest?
- Stand-up
- 9.50
- 3-6, 8-13, 15-20 & 22-27 Aug 2011
Radio 1 DJ Tom Deacon, whose slick stand-up has featured on The Rob Brydon Show and Dave's One Night Stand,... Full listing
Pete Firman: Jiggery Pokery
- Magic
- 14
- 3-28 Aug 2011
After sell out shows in 2007/08/09/10, everyone's favourite comedic conjuror returns with 'the best magic tricks in the Universe' (Independent).... Full listing
The Comedy Reserve
- Stand-up
- 9
- 4-14, 16-21 & 23-29 Aug 2011
Featuring Luke Benson, Jim Campbell, Julian Dean and Joe Lycett. Presented by Pleasance, supported by the Charlie Harthill Special Reserve,... Full listing
Arthur Smith's Pissed-Up Chat Show
- 11.50
- 8-14 & 19-27 Aug 2011
Once every few years Arthur Smith brings a new oeuvre of comic eccentricity to the high table of the Edinburgh... Full listing
Jimmy McGhie: Artificial Intelligence
- Stand-up
- 9.50
- 3-14 & 16-28 Aug 2011
A show about the quest for intelligence and the characters we play in life. Jimmy McGhie returns after two critically... Full listing
Tim Key - Masterslut
- 14
- 3-14 & 16-29 Aug 2011
Key is back. Still doing his poems. Staying just across The Meadows. Double Bed. 'In any other sphere apart from... Full listing
Peacock and Gamble Emergency Broadcast
- Improv
- 9.50
- 3-28 Aug 2011
We have all been at a show that goes wrong. Actors can forget their lines, technicians can miss cues or... Full listing
Just for Laughs Showcase
- Stand-up
- 7
- 16-17 & 23-24 Aug 2011
Just for Laughs once again heads to Edinburgh to seek out the best up-and-coming comedians that the UK has to... Full listing
Do The Right Thing
- Panel show
- 6
- 20 & 21 Aug 2011
Comedians battle to work out the right thing to do in a range of weird and wonderful situations in this... Full listing
After Hours Comedy
- Stand-up
- 11.50
- 5-6, 11-13, 18-20 & 25-27 Aug 2011
Legendary and unmissable, After Hours returns for its brilliant ninth laughter packed sell out season showcasing this year's biggest stand-ups... Full listing