Venue 88: Just The Tonic at the Caves
- Rowantree Bar (under South Bridge), 253 Cowgate, EH1 1LG
- 0131 556 5375
- www.justthetonic.com
- www.edfringe.com
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Best Small Venue in the 2009 Scottish Event Awards combined with Just the Tonic, one of the UK's leading comedy providers. Great shows, reasonable prices, amazing building, outstanding performance areas, great bar. Putting the fun back into the Fringe!
Shows at this venue in 2012
The Aspidistras - Hi Noon!
- Sketch show / stand-up
- 5
- 13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
For two weeks only, catch semi-musical comedy duo The Aspidistras on their annual Edinburgh holiday/business trip. Business itinerary: showbiz deals,... Full listing
Dancing About Architecture
- Chat show
- 5 - 6
- 2-12 Aug 2012
Mark Olver hosts a discussion show where the best performers at the Fringe talk about how they write and why... Full listing
FunBags present Unusual Suspects
- Sketch show
- 5
- 3-13 & 15-25 Aug 2012
A cocktail of dark and twisted sketches, blended with riotous comedy songs and jaw dropping dance sequences. FunBags are So... Full listing
Big Value Comedy's Lunchtime Club
- Stand-up
- 4 - 6
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
Come and join us for lunchtime laughs at a special Big Value bargain sized ticket price. Four of the hottest... Full listing
The St Andrews Revue
- Sketch show
- 7
- 2-13 & 15-19 Aug 2012
Hailing from the University of St Andrews (often referred to as the alcoholic Scottish cousin of Oxbridge), a rag tag... Full listing
Funk Rocket 5000
- Sketch show
- 5 - 6
- 4-13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
Funk Rocket 5000's front man, Dr Benoit, has teamed up with his patient Rachel in an attempt to make her... Full listing
Anthony King: Songs of Love and Death
- Music / stand-up
- 4 - 9.50
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
Songs of Love and Death is Anthony King's first full Edinburgh show. Thrown out of the Catholic Church for confessing... Full listing
Afternoon Delight
- 5
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
A sample show of different acts from within Just the Tonic venues, and maybe some guests. Spend an hour in... Full listing
Will Marsh's Ruination
- Stand-up
- 5 - 8
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
Britain has broken down and it needs a jump start. Will Marsh has discovered the real causes and salvation comes... Full listing
Bristol Revunions: Destination Adventure
- Sketch show
- 7.50 - 8.50
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
Bristol Revunions are back with another cool advert! Having successfully placed an advert in the last three years worth of... Full listing
Luke and Harry's Dot Dot Dot
- Sketch show
- 8 - 9
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
Luke and Harry perform fifteen nearly realistic sketches detailing an unhealthy home life. Luke finds love at a Toby Carvery,... Full listing
Eric's Tales of the Sea - A Submariner's Yarn
- Storytelling
- 9 - 10.50
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
Award-winning show. True-life submariner Eric, tells stories of life onboard a nuclear submarine. This show's not to be missed, it's... Full listing
Vinegar Knickers: On The Edge
- Sketch show
- 7 - 9.50
- 2-13, 15 & 18-26 Aug 2012
Join Harriet, Sam and Katie on a desperate quest to be the edgiest sketch group on earth. In a laundrette.... Full listing
The Intimate Strangers
- Sketch show
- 7.50 - 9.50
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
From the silly to the surreal, feast on our tasty spread of comic delights ending in the spectacular Cult The... Full listing
Kevin Tomlinson: Crazy Little Thing Called Love!
- Improv
- 10 - 11
- 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24 & 26 Aug 2012
A comic look at love. In all its many forms! Romantic. Platonic. The love of a hobby, pet, money or... Full listing
Kevin Tomlinson: Seven Ages!
- Improv
- 10 - 11
- 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23 & 25 Aug 2012
A comic look at the seven stages of life! A truly life-affirming show that will make you laugh until you... Full listing
The Silky Pair: Happy To Help (Plus Special Guests)
- Music / sketch show
- 3 - 5
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
Female duo sells sketches and songs in their comedy shop. The pair attempt to impress with any wares they have... Full listing
Bruce Hammers' Bananapocalypse
- Sketch show
- 5 - 6
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
Mat Ewins presents a fun sketch/character show about the rise and fall of legendary movie star Bruce Hammers and his... Full listing
Thea-Skot's Miss Adventures
- Sketch show
- 7 - 8
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
The 2011 Funny's Funny and 2010 Funny Women Finalist returns with another 'delightfully batty' (List) character comedy show. From the... Full listing
Mae Day
- Music / stand-up
- 6 - 8
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
Canadian Mae Martin's (GlobalTV, CBC) solo show mines her neurotic visions of the impending apocalypse - but this show is... Full listing
Holly Burn: The H Club
- Sketch show / stand-up
- 7 - 8
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
Wanna join a private members club but don't have the money, sense of elitism or decent shoes? Then kick back... Full listing
The Ginge, the Geordie and the Geek - All New Show 2012
- Sketch show
- 9.50 - 12
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
After three sell out years, including selling 7000 tickets last year, the boys return once again, fresh from filming their... Full listing
Not Treasure Island
- Storytelling
- 5
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
This year, Sleeping Trees are in pursuit of treasure ... if they can remember where it's been buried. Not Treasure... Full listing
Alan Hudson's Not So Secret World of Magic
- Stand-up / magic
- 7 - 9
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
Alan was too lazy to get a proper job so he became a magician. Was this a mistake ... it... Full listing
The Leeds Tealights: Sexy Chubby
- Sketch show
- 7 - 9
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
After sell-out shows last year, the Tealights are back with a brand new sketch comedy show! Current holders of the... Full listing
Hanks and Conran: Pigs In Blankets
- Stand-up
- 5 - 6.50
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
Hanks and Conran: Pigs in Blankets. Take two comedians: one sweet, one sour, add a classic double act dilemma, a... Full listing
Big Value Comedy Show - Early
- Stand-up
- 7 - 10
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
Our 18th year as the recognised launchpad for future legends, featuring four top comedians. Tomorrow's stars are born here. Every... Full listing
Loretta Maine: Bipolar
- Music
- 9 - 10
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
Loretta Maine returns to the Fringe with her new hour of amazing sexy woe. Fresh from trawling the comedy clubs... Full listing
Billy The Mime
- Satire
- 6 - 8
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
'Politically incorrect! Uncomfortably funny! Twisted! Chilling!' (New York Times). 'A one-man variety show depicting the most taboo and controversial stories... Full listing
Frimston and Rowett: Huge Mistakes
- Sketch show
- 8
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
After a successful Fringe debut last year, Frimston and Rowett return to Edinburgh with their difficult second album, a collection... Full listing
Carl Hutchinson: Acceptable?
- Stand-up
- 6.50 - 7.50
- 3-13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
He may be young but no skinny jeans or fancy hair for this rising star of UK comedy. World Series... Full listing
Kerry Gilbert Triumphs
- Stand-up
- 7 - 8.50
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
Comedian Kerry Gilbert (Jimmy Carr: Stand Up, Life of Riley BBC1) will make you feel like a Winner. Featuring multi-character... Full listing
John Robins: Incredible Scenes!
- Stand-up
- 9 - 10
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
'Comedy's best kept secret' (Skinny) returns! There are all new stories, banter and bombs to drop. Fresh from his appearance... Full listing
Big Value Comedy Show - Middle
- 7 - 10
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
Four acts for the price of one. The hottest acts on the first step to success. We audition all year... Full listing
Jen Brister - Now and Then
- Stand-up
- 9 - 10
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
Jen's cup is half-empty and she's struggling to fill it. Heading inexorably towards middle age Brister is looking to change... Full listing
The Not Quite Quartet
- Music / stand-up
- 5 - 8.50
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2012
Take a musical maestro, blend with spontaneous comedy, inject wit and intelligence and you get The Not Quite Quartet -... Full listing
Andrew Doyle: Whatever It Takes
- Stand-up
- 6.50 - 7.50
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
'Britain's hottest young comedian' (GQ Magazine) returns to Edinburgh following his 2011 sell-out show. 'One of the funniest, sharpest, cruellest... Full listing
The Chris and Paul Show
- Sketch show
- 8 - 9
- 6-13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
2011 Foster's nominees Chris O'Neill and Paul Valenti return to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with an all-new show. The Chris... Full listing
Checkley and Bush's Comedy Riot!
- Music
- 4.50 - 8
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
These two women are very funny and should be ringed in the fringe programme with a little note saying 'book... Full listing
Big Value Comedy Show - Late
- 7 - 10
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
Established as one of the best shows on the Fringe. Four different comedians to the earlier shows. The most exciting... Full listing
No Pants Thursday: Til Death Do Us Party
- Sketch show
- 5 - 7
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2012
NPT is a late night Irish sketch group. Join them for a high-spirited tale based on air travel that contains... Full listing
The Colour Ham
- Sketch show / magic
- 7 - 10.50
- 2-12 Aug 2012
Eleven nights only - will sell out. 2012 - Year of the Ham. Mind-blowing sketch show full of magic, mentalism... Full listing
Henning Wehn: Henning Knows Bestest
- Stand-up
- 8.50 - 11.50
- 15-26 Aug 2012
The German comedy ambassador is a fountain of knowledge; he knows there's no shortcut to success, hard work will eventually... Full listing
Danny Buckler: The Phantom
- Stand-up / storytelling
- 9 - 10
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
Danny Buckler rises from his lair beneath the opera house for his debut show, an hour of killer theatrical comedy... Full listing
Casual Violence: A Kick In The Teeth
- Sketch show
- 7 - 8
- 2-13, 15-20 & 22-26 Aug 2012
The award-winning comedy troupe - 'the next stars of the genre' ***** (ThreeWeeks) - return with new tales of tragicomedy... Full listing
KWAT: Greetings from KWAT
- Sketch show
- 8 - 10
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2012
Welcome to the Democratic Republic of KWAT. Left off the world atlas after missing the application deadline. Journey with us... Full listing
Paul Ricketts - Ironic Infinity
- Stand-up
- 6.50 - 7
- 2-3, 5-13, 15-22 & 24-26 Aug 2012
Funny isn't enough? Okay, try this hilarious stand-up show instead. Promoters, agents, fellow comics and punters have all given me... Full listing
Things We Did Before Reality
- Sketch show
- 10 - 11
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
Armed with a 'highly developed sense of the absurd' (New York Times), comedy virtuoso Will Franken deluges his audiences with... Full listing
Scottish Comedian Of The Year 2011 - Jamie Dalgleish
- Stand-up
- 7 - 9
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
From Glasgow's East End comes Scotland's newest and hottest comedy talent, 2011 Scottish comedy champion Jamie Dalgleish. In two short... Full listing
COMX
- Stand-up
- 8
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
COMX returns with the best in late night comedy in the wonderful Caves. Last year's special guests included Richard Herring,... Full listing
Denis Krasnov's Hour of Intellectual Filth
- 7 - 9
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
So filthy it's poetic. Some ideas simply can't be expressed without swearing. Uncontested king of the genre, this New York... Full listing
Guardian Reader
- Satire / stand-up
- 8 - 9
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2012
The Guardian is a newspaper for pinkos, Marxists, tree-huggers, hippies, pacifists, proud-sluts, upper-middle class pseudo-intellectuals and me. This is a... Full listing
Just the Tonic Comedy Club's Midnight Show
- Stand-up
- 10
- 3-4, 9-11, 16-18 & 23-25 Aug 2012
Consistently boasting the most interesting line ups in the country' (Times). The best acts from the Fringe come and muck... Full listing
School Night
- 8.50
- 6-8, 13, 15 & 20-22 Aug 2012
Brilliant school-based comedy night, featuring the comedy circuit's greatest tackling their chosen subject. Previous School Nights have included award winners... Full listing
Set List: Stand-Up Without A Net
- Improv / stand-up
- 9 - 11
- 2-4, 6-11, 15-18 & 21-25 Aug 2012
A Whose Line Is It Anyway? type challenge for stand-up comedy! Comedy stars get an original, never before seen 'set... Full listing