Venue 33: Pleasance Courtyard
- 60 Pleasance, EH8 9TJ
- 0131 556 6550
- www.pleasance.co.uk
- www.edfringe.com
Shows at this venue in 2013
Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised
- Improv
- 6 - 8
- 31 Jul; 1-26 Aug 2013
The Fringe hit returns for a fourth year! Racing Minds present an improvised comic adventure based entirely on audience suggestions... Full listing
Threeway
- Play
- 12 - 16
- 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-26 Aug 2013
Andrew, Julie and Mark engage in a pivotal tryst in a riotous body-swap comedy from hotly tipped Fringe First winner,... Full listing
Double Booked
- 9 - 10
- 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23 & 25 Aug 2013
'Bridget Jones meets TV's Outnumbered in this funny, sharply written comedy' (***** BBC Radio). Ruth Rich has troublesome teenagers, a... Full listing
Happy Never After
- Play
- 7.50 - 9.50
- 31 Jul; 1-6, 8-13 & 15-26 Aug 2013
Jen and Neil are young, fun and moving in together, but when they find themselves making difficult decisions about their... Full listing
Something Fishy
- 9 - 10
- 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22 & 24 Aug 2013
Never far from the flood of chaos created by family and friends, Fringe sell-out mother of teenagers, Ruth Rich, relates... Full listing
Mervyn Stutter's Pick of the Fringe
- 9.50 - 10.50
- 3-6, 8-12, 14-19 & 21-25 Aug 2013
Just arrived? Then here's the showcase just for you. Every day Mervyn and his team carefully research the Fringe and... Full listing
Helen O'Brien: Bronagh's Big Weekend
- 8.50 - 10
- 31 Jul; 1-25 Aug 2013
It's 1987. Bronagh is becoming a teenager, competing in the Irish Dancing Championships and being a bridesmaid at her cousin's... Full listing
Making News
- Satire
- 12 - 15
- 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-25 Aug 2013
It's the start of a 24-hour news cycle and Rachel Clarke has been promoted as the BBC's newest Head of... Full listing
Not the Messiah
- 10 - 7.50
- 1-24 Aug 2013
Graham Chapman: doctor, mountaineer, alcoholic, star of the first ever Cambridge Footlights show at the Fringe, unwitting champion of gay... Full listing
Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show
- Stand-up
- 8 - 10
- 1-25 Aug 2013
Whipping up a selection of top comedy acts into a delicious feast, and a new line-up every day, [i]The Best... Full listing
I Could've Been Better
- Play
- 9 - 11
- 31 Jul; 1-11 & 14-26 Aug 2013
Entering an over-10s swimming gala at the age of 30, to defeat 11-year-old nemesis Veronica Barr, a signalman swims for... Full listing
The Babysitter
- 8 - 10
- 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-25 Aug 2013
Sara and Jay are finding a babysitter for Ri, their unique young daughter. They've invited their favourite applicant, Aaron, round... Full listing
Sock Puppet
- Play
- 8.50 - 11
- 31 Jul; 1-12 & 14-26 Aug 2013
A haunted sock meets a desperate man and offers him the world. Murders follow. An absurd horror comedy play written... Full listing
Paul Merton's Impro Chums
- Improv
- 12.50 - 14.50
- 8-17 Aug 2013
Paul Merton and his highly acclaimed Impro Chums are wonders of nature. They take audience suggestions and create cascades of... Full listing
Sex Lives of Others
- Play
- 10 - 12
- 31 Jul; 1-11, 13-18 & 20-26 Aug 2013
We all know what they're up to... don't we? A new comedy about what's really going on next door, from... Full listing
Albert Einstein: Relativitively Speaking
- 7.50 - 9.50
- 31 Jul; 1-5, 7-12, 14-19 & 21-26 Aug 2013
Join Albert, the genius behind the über-coolest moustache in science, for a sehr entertaining hour of songs, silliness and the... Full listing
Arthur Smith
- Stand-up / music
- 10 - 12
- 3-18 Aug 2013
It is a while since Arthur Smith Sings Leonard Cohen was a hit in Edinburgh. The show ran in London's... Full listing
Flanders and Swann
- Music
- 10 - 13
- 19-24 & 26 Aug 2013
Eighth elephantine year! Dinner jackets donned, Tim and Duncan are back for one week only with all the favourites: [i]The... Full listing
I Need a Doctor: The Unauthorised Whosical Adventure
- Music
- 10 - 11
- 1-13, 15-19 & 21-26 Aug 2013
Doctor-loving nerd Jamie and his faithful companion Jess decide to write a musical about their time-travelling hero, but things don't... Full listing
Eilish O'Carroll: Live Love Laugh
- 17 - 13
- 31 Jul; 1-13 & 15-24 Aug 2013
Winnie McGoogan from the award-winning Mrs Brown's Boys. This one woman show written and performed by Eilish O'Carroll charts her... Full listing
Catriona Knox: Player
- Sketch show
- 7.50 - 10
- 31 Jul; 1-12 & 14-26 Aug 2013
Join this raucous buffoon / critically acclaimed star of BBC Radio 4's Sketchorama and Mission Improbable, as she takes her... Full listing
Neil Hickey: Escape Artist
- Stand-up
- 7.50 - 9.50
- 31 Jul; 1-12 & 14-26 Aug 2013
Faced with a dysfunctional childhood, Neil built an escape route into his imagination. A show about how comedy is the... Full listing
Tania Edwards: The Art of War
- Stand-up
- 7 - 9
- 31 Jul; 1-13 & 15-26 Aug 2013
Hotly anticipated new show from Tania Edwards, stand up comedian (BBC1, Radio 4) and writer (credits include Stand Up for... Full listing
Below the Belt
- 9 - 11
- 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-26 Aug 2013
An absurd and darkly comic play about loneliness, power and the pettiness of men at work. Set in the intensely... Full listing
Don't Drop the Egg
- Sketch show
- 7.50 - 9.50
- 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-26 Aug 2013
Young, dumb and full of words! They are GibbensMagnusJones. Born at sea to a pirate father and no mother, these... Full listing
Eleanor Thom: I Am Bev
- Sketch show
- 8 - 10
- 31 Jul; 1-13 & 15-26 Aug 2013
Beverley relaxes in a Juicy Couture velour leopard print jumpsuit, on a newly upholstered chaise longue (on loan from best... Full listing
Each of Us
- 7.50 - 10
- 31 Jul; 1-26 Aug 2013
Fringe favourite Ben Moor returns with a brand new solo comedy about love, friendship and human connection for our uncertain... Full listing
Casual Violence Presents: House Of Nostril
- Sketch show
- 7.50 - 9.50
- 4-25 Aug 2013
Award-winning sketch terrors 'creative, strange, brilliantly performed stuff' (Kate Copstick, Scotsman) and double Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality nominees... Full listing
The Tim Vine Chat Show
- Stand-up
- 13 - 17
- 31 Jul; 1-6, 8-13 & 15-26 Aug 2013
The 2011-12 sell-out show returns! 'The man's a marvel' ***** (Scotsman). Everyone has a story to tell. Come and see... Full listing
Nick Helm: One Man Mega Myth
- Stand-up
- 11 - 14
- 31 Jul; 1-6, 8-13 & 15-26 Aug 2013
Comedian and inspirationalist Nick Helm has overcome pain and suffering his entire life to become the greatest living example of... Full listing
Sandi Toksvig My Valentine
- Stand-up / storytelling
- 14
- 3-11 Aug 2013
Sandi Toksvig - comedian, novelist, actor, broadcaster, university chancellor, show-off and international treasure - returns with her smash hit, sell-out... Full listing
The Boy Who Kicked Pigs
- 9 - 11.50
- 31 Jul; 2-14 Aug 2013
Thirteen-year-old Robert Caligari is a nasty piece of work, but today is the day he gets his comeuppance. From the... Full listing
Laugh Your Farce Off
- 9.50
- 15-17 Aug 2013
Three short farces, three top comedy writers and three doors. Little Bear promises pandemonium with a load of sketch and... Full listing
Gyles Brandreth: Looking for Happiness
- Stand-up
- 13 - 17
- 31 Jul; 1-6, 8-13 & 15-26 Aug 2013
Just A Minute/One Show regular Gyles won multiple five stars for his last Edinburgh outing. 'Joy, deep joy' said The... Full listing
Dan Cook: Community Service
- Stand-up
- 8.50 - 10
- 31 Jul; 1-12 & 14-26 Aug 2013
I've done a crime (soz), now I've got to do the time, and by time, I mean this show. Things... Full listing
Sad Faces Threw a Party
- Sketch show / storytelling
- 8 - 10.50
- 31 Jul; 1-12 & 14-26 Aug 2013
You're late. We're out of snacks. Now put on this hat and pretend to enjoy yourself. Join Sad Faces as... Full listing
Back from the Future
- Play
- 6
- 12-25 Aug 2013
A time traveller from the year 2042 has come to Edinburgh on a mission. He needs your help to change... Full listing
The Three Lions
- 11.50 - 15
- 31 Jul; 1-12, 14-19 & 21-26 Aug 2013
A footballer, a prince and a prime minister walk into a hotel room... David Beckham, Prince William and David Cameron... Full listing
AntiGraham
- Sketch show
- 9 - 12
- 1-11 & 13-25 Aug 2013
After their acclaimed freshman show Graham Rex, Graham return to the Fringe with brand new sketches in AntiGraham. When bloodthirsty... Full listing
Jigsaw - Jiggle It
- Sketch show
- 10 - 12
- 31 Jul; 1-26 Aug 2013
After two sell-out shows, Live At The Electric (BBC3), and their own Radio 4 series Dan Antopolski (Triple Perrier Nominee),... Full listing
The Only Way Is Downton
- Satire
- 8.50 - 11
- 31 Jul; 1-6, 8-13 & 15-26 Aug 2013
Edinburgh solo debut from impressionist Luke Kempner, star of YouTube hit Downstairs At Downton, Les Mis and Avenue Q. As... Full listing
Sam Fletcher - Drawn-out Jokes
- 7.50 - 10
- 31 Jul; 1-26 Aug 2013
Hello, me again. Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Newcomer Nominee 2012. 'Put simply, no other show has made me smile... Full listing
BEASTS
- Sketch show
- 8 - 9
- 31 Jul; 1-12 & 14-26 Aug 2013
Immerse yourself in a world of shadowy secrets, mystical dynasties and political intrigue. Or come to this sketch show. Critically... Full listing
Adam Kay: How to Be a Bogus Doctor
- Stand-up
- 9 - 12
- 31 Jul; 1-6, 8-13 & 15-26 Aug 2013
Want to be a doctor, but can't be bothered with the inconvenience and expense of six years at medical school?... Full listing
The Play That Goes Wrong
- Play
- 10 - 12.50
- 31 Jul; 1-12 & 14-26 Aug 2013
Award-winning comedy company Mischief Theatre's new hit comedy direct from the West End. The inept and accident prone Cornley Polytechnic... Full listing
Nicholas Parsons' Happy Hour
- Chat show
- 12 - 13
- 1-5, 7-12 & 14-18 Aug 2013
Celebrating 13 years on the Pleasance stage join legendary West End, screen and Fringe veteran Nicholas Parsons for his most... Full listing
Stephen K Amos Talk Show
- Chat show
- 12 - 13
- 21-24 Aug 2013
Join festival favourite Stephen K Amos as he chats with guests hand-picked from the worlds of theatre, comedy and music.... Full listing
Blofeld and Baxter - Memories of Test Match Special
- 10 - 12.50
- 31 Jul; 1-18 Aug 2013
Two of the titans of UK cricket with a side-splitting show full of memories from within the Test Match Special... Full listing
Ian Smith - Anything
- Stand-up
- 7.50 - 10
- 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-25 Aug 2013
Ian Smith (BBC2's Popatron, Sky's Officially Special) is an award-winning stand-up comedian. Ian (bearded) has developed a reputation as one... Full listing
Pat Cahill: Start
- Stand-up
- 8.50 - 10
- 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-25 Aug 2013
Start is the debut hour of mixed stupidity from Chortle Best Newcomer 2012 Pat Cahill. Once it starts you'll get:... Full listing
If These Spasms Could Speak
- Play
- 7 - 9
- 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-26 Aug 2013
We know you want to look, to stare even. It's okay. You're allowed. An outstanding solo performance based on a... Full listing
Itch: With a Twist
- 8
- 12 & 13 Aug 2013
Following the success of previous Itch events, Comedians Theatre Company presents rehearsed readings of four fantastic new scripts. All have... Full listing
Phil Wang: Anti-Hero
- Stand-up
- 8.50 - 10
- 31 Jul; 1-25 Aug 2013
Winner of the Chortle Student Comedian of the Year Award and Comedy Central's Funniest Student Award, Phil Wang presents his... Full listing
Slightly Fat Features
- Variety
- 10 - 13
- 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-26 Aug 2013
Riotous comedy cabaret troupe. Fasten your seatbelts, smash-hit comedy ensemble Slightly Fat Features are cavorting into Edinburgh with their hilarious... Full listing
BLAM!
- 10 - 15
- 31 Jul; 1-6, 8-12, 14-19 & 21-26 Aug 2013
Die-Hard meets The Office. To escape their painfully dull 9-to-5 jobs, four ingenious office workers invent BLAM! - an imaginary... Full listing
Colin Hoult: Characthorse
- Stand-up
- 8 - 10.50
- 31 Jul; 1-12 & 14-26 Aug 2013
The master of character comedy returns with a sublimely original hour of comic shape-shifting and supreme silliness. From the Writers'... Full listing
Ivo Graham: Binoculars
- Stand-up
- 7.50 - 10
- 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-25 Aug 2013
Binoculars is the punchline of a joke my brother made at my expense at Christmas. Please come and laugh my... Full listing
Stephen Carlin: Gambling Man
- Stand-up
- 9 - 12
- 31 Jul; 1-6, 8-13 & 15-26 Aug 2013
Are you content to fritter away your life in gainful employment ... or are you feeling lucky? Well are you?... Full listing
Harry Deansway: Wrong Way
- Stand-up
- 6 - 9
- 31 Jul; 1-12 & 14-26 Aug 2013
Harry Deansway is proud to announce the news that no one has been waiting for, his stand-up debut Wrong Way... Full listing
The Pin
- Sketch show
- 9 - 11
- 31 Jul; 1-11, 13-18 & 20-26 Aug 2013
The Pin return to the Fringe, following last year's total sell-out run, with their best sketches yet. This is going... Full listing
WitTank presents The School
- Sketch show
- 10 - 12
- 31 Jul; 1-25 Aug 2013
Eminently silly sketch outfit WitTank invite you into the charmingly warped world of The School: a deranged and archaic institution... Full listing
NewsRevue 2013
- Satire / sketch show
- 12 - 16
- 31 Jul; 1-13 & 15-25 Aug 2013
Nobody is safe: politicians and celebrities alike come under fire in a turbo-charged barrage of bladder-threateningly funny songs and sketches... Full listing
Tom Binns is Ian D Montfort: Psychic Fayre
- 11.50 - 14.50
- 31 Jul; 1-25 Aug 2013
After a triumphant BBC Radio 2 series, the New Age guru, psychic and medium returns; passing on messages, making predictions... Full listing
Birthday Girls: 2053
- Sketch show
- 8.50 - 9.50
- 31 Jul; 1-12 & 14-26 Aug 2013
The year is 2053. Sketch comedy has taken over the world. But it is a world divided. After years of... Full listing
Chris Stokes Tells It Like It Possibly Could Potentially Might Be
- Stand-up
- 7 - 9
- 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-25 Aug 2013
Brand new show from Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival Best Show winner 2012. Honesty is a virtue and widely perceived to... Full listing
James Acaster - Lawnmower
- Stand-up
- 9 - 12
- 31 Jul; 1-25 Aug 2013
Foster's Comedy Award Best Show Nominee 2012. It's time for some low-key stand-up from an angular young man. A whole... Full listing
Jamie Demetriou: People Day
- 8 - 10.50
- 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-26 Aug 2013
Character comedy from the character comedian who dares to say what everyone's thinking, and saying. Leicester Mercury Comedian of the... Full listing
Sex Guru
- Stand-up
- 10 - 12.50
- 31 Jul; 1-11, 13-18 & 20-25 Aug 2013
Righteously funny, obscenely cheeky, yet always intelligent, this is a bold, new approach to resolve the battle of the sexes!... Full listing
Chris Martin: Passionate About the Pointless
- Stand-up
- 9 - 12
- 31 Jul; 1-25 Aug 2013
Fresh from supporting Milton Jones and Russell Kane, Chris Martin (Dave's One Night Stand) brings his new show to Edinburgh.... Full listing
Kubrick3
- 12.50 - 10.50
- 31 Jul; 1-12 & 14-26 Aug 2013
Alan Conway: failed businessman and unsuccessful homosexual decides his life might improve if he just tells people he's award-winning film... Full listing
Joe Lycett - If Joe Lycett Then You Should've Put a Ring On It
- Stand-up
- 8 - 10
- 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-25 Aug 2013
2012 Fosters Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominee, Joe Lycett, is 'one of the strongest emerging comedy talents we've seen in... Full listing
Marlon Davis: Crackin' Up
- Stand-up
- 8.50 - 11
- 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-25 Aug 2013
Hotly anticipated follow-up to 2012's critically acclaimed show. Marlon Davis returns to Edinburgh with a brand new hour of soul-baring... Full listing
Rhys Mathewson - The Best £10 You'll Ever Spend
- Stand-up
- 10
- 31 Jul; 1-12 & 14-26 Aug 2013
Don't miss this hotly anticipated UK debut from the multi award-winning Kiwi stand-up Rhys Mathewson with a show that's jam-packed... Full listing
David O'Doherty: David O'Doherty Will Try to Fix Everything
- Stand-up
- 11.50 - 15
- 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-25 Aug 2013
David O'Doherty: the Ryanair James Bond, the Kevin McCloud of the tiny keyboard, former Miss Ireland, the offspring of Shannon/Pete... Full listing
Iain Stirling: At Home
- Stand-up
- 8.50 - 10
- 31 Jul; 1-25 Aug 2013
Iain Stirling is a Bafta-nominated presenter, a Chortle-nominated comedian and he is home. The Edinburgh-born comic completely sold-out his debut... Full listing
Tim FitzHigham: Challenger
- 9.50 - 12.50
- 31 Jul; 1-13 & 15-26 Aug 2013
The true spirit of the Fringe, multi award-winning, Perrier nominated comedian, author, explorer and unusualist, Tim FitzHigham is back in... Full listing
Tom Wrigglesworth: Utterly at Odds with the Universe
- Stand-up
- 9 - 12
- 31 Jul; 1-12 & 14-25 Aug 2013
Sony Award Winner, Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee, Chortle Award winner and Star of Radio 4 and BBC2, Tom returns with... Full listing
Reginald D Hunter: In the Midst of Crackers
- Stand-up
- 15 - 17
- 9-12, 14-18 & 20-24 Aug 2013
'Hunter joins the top rank of stand-up comedians working today ... comedy of rare scope' ***** (Times). In just over... Full listing
Richard Herring - We're All Going to Die!
- Stand-up
- 14 - 12
- 31 Jul; 1-25 Aug 2013
After sorting out politics (Hitler Moustache), religion (Christ on a Bike), love (What is Love, Anyway?) and penises (Talking Cock)... Full listing
Tartan Ribbon Comedy Benefit
- 12
- 13 Aug 2013
A top night of comedy with all proceeds going to Waverley Care - a charity supporting people living in Scotland... Full listing
Terry Alderton: Season 4
- Stand-up
- 10 - 13.50
- 31 Jul; 1-12 & 14-25 Aug 2013
Following his critically acclaimed smash hit shows in 2010, 2011 and 2012 and hugely successful national tours, award-winning comedian Terry... Full listing
Gareth Richards: Gareth Goes Electric
- Stand-up
- 8.50 - 10
- 31 Jul; 1-25 Aug 2013
Gareth always dreamt of playing the Albert Hall just like his hero, the singer, songwriter and weirdo Bob Dylan. In... Full listing
Suzy Bennett - Dancing On Thin Ice
- Stand-up
- 8.50 - 11.50
- 31 Jul; 1-25 Aug 2013
Join the star of the Comedy Reserve 2012 and winner of the Funny Women Award, Suzy Bennett, on her hilarious... Full listing
Tom Rosenthal - ?????????
- Stand-up
- 9 - 12
- 31 Jul; 1-25 Aug 2013
Tom Rosenthal (Channel 4's Friday Night Dinner, ITV2's Plebs, his mirror) was nominated for Best Newcomer at the British Comedy... Full listing
Tom Craine: Crying On A Waltzer
- Stand-up
- 8.50 - 10
- 31 Jul; 1-25 Aug 2013
Hilarious new stand-up show from Jigsaw's Tom Craine about being best friends with your ex, getting caught in gangland shootouts,... Full listing
Alex Horne: Lies
- Stand-up
- 9.50 - 10.50
- 31 Jul; 1-25 Aug 2013
The 30-year-old multi-Bafta award-winning stand-up and platinum-selling R&B artist Alex Horne is back with an hour of observations, impressions and... Full listing
Amateur Transplants: Adam Kay Is Going For A Number One
- Music / stand-up
- 10 - 14
- 31 Jul; 1-6, 8-13 & 15-26 Aug 2013
Amateur Transplants frontman Adam Kay sits at a grand piano and sings smutty songs. He has had 20 million YouTube... Full listing
Carl Donnelly: Now That's What I Carl Donnelly! Volume V
- Stand-up
- 8.50 - 10
- 31 Jul; 1-13 & 15-25 Aug 2013
Join Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee Carl Donnelly (who you may have seen on such shows as Mock The Week, Russell... Full listing
Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards
- 14
- 25 Aug 2013
Every year a sell-out! The UK's first and premier award for live comedy. Now in its 33rd year. See the... Full listing
Joey Page: Reality Is Outside, Paradise Is In Your Brain
- Stand-up
- 8 - 9.50
- 31 Jul; 1-12 & 14-26 Aug 2013
Surreal comedian Joey Page bristles with technicoloured imagery and scatterbrain flights of fancy. His absurd blend of magical humour is... Full listing
Paul McCaffrey: Name in Lights
- Stand-up
- 8.50 - 10
- 31 Jul; 1-25 Aug 2013
Star of Impractical Jokers (BBC3) and seen on Russell Howard's Good News. A new hour of top drawer, anecdotal stand-up... Full listing
Jimmy McGhie: Delusions of Candour
- Stand-up
- 8.50 - 10
- 31 Jul; 1-25 Aug 2013
Painfully brilliant, pathologically charming and frequently deluded Jimmy McGhie slinks back to Edinburgh after bunking last year. After performing to... Full listing
Jay Foreman: No More Colours
- Music / stand-up
- 8.50 - 11
- 31 Jul; 1-12 & 14-26 Aug 2013
Multi award-winning musical comedian Jay Foreman returns to Edinburgh with his first brand new hour of songs, poems and indescribable... Full listing
Andrew Lawrence - There Is No Escape
- Stand-up
- 9.50 - 13.50
- 31 Jul; 1-25 Aug 2013
Is your life so awful you sometimes wish you could disappear completely and never be found? Then perhaps this is... Full listing
Neil Delamere: Smartbomb
- Stand-up
- 9 - 12
- 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-25 Aug 2013
Demagogue? Iconoclast? Dilettante? Virtuoso? Ok, these words have nothing to do with the show but they do make it sound... Full listing
Pete Firman - Scoundrel
- Stand-up / magic
- 15 - 11.50
- 31 Jul; 1-25 Aug 2013
Prepare to be amazed and amused as 'the UK's leading comedy magician' (Time Out) returns to Edinburgh with an astonishing... Full listing
Seann Walsh: The Lie-in King
- Stand-up
- 10.50 - 13
- 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-25 Aug 2013
Star of Live at the Apollo, Argumental and Seann Walsh World returns to Edinburgh with an all-new hour to show... Full listing
Brett Goldstein Contains Scenes of an Adult Nature
- Stand-up
- 9.50 - 11
- 31 Jul; 1-12 & 14-26 Aug 2013
Winner of the 2013 Dave Channel/ Leicester Comedy Festival award for Best New Show. Brett's acclaimed new stand-up show takes... Full listing
John Robins - Where Is My Mind?
- Stand-up
- 8.50 - 11.50
- 31 Jul; 1-25 Aug 2013
Alter egos, ailments, love, nostalgia, indie-nights and belly-laughs. An hour of raucous stand-up for anyone who's tried to live in... Full listing
Russell Kane: Smallness
- Stand-up
- 17.50
- 8, 11-15 & 18-22 Aug 2013
What is it with us and smallness? We Brits love it - being tiny but fierce, close but distant. This... Full listing
Mark Smith: The Most Astonishing Name in Comedy
- Stand-up
- 8.50 - 10
- 31 Jul; 1-25 Aug 2013
Elderly child Mark Smith (Russell Howard's Good News, Russell Kane tour support) presents his hotly anticipated debut stand-up hour. Expect... Full listing
The Boy With Tape On His Face: More Tape
- Stand-up
- 12 - 13.50
- 3-11 & 14-24 Aug 2013
The boy is back by popular demand! Your last chance to see the multi award-winning, sell-out show that wowed the... Full listing
David Quirk - Shaking Hands With Danger (AUS)
- Stand-up / storytelling
- 8 - 10.50
- 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-26 Aug 2013
If you've read this far, you've either cheated, thought about cheating or been cheated on. We have that in common.... Full listing
Gary Delaney 2: This Time It's Not Personal
- Stand-up
- 8 - 12
- 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-25 Aug 2013
From Mock the Week, Dave's One Night Stand and BBC Radio 5 Live's 7 Day Sunday. Gary's just turned 40... Full listing
Luke Benson: Legendary Feet
- 6.50 - 10
- 31 Jul; 1-12 & 14-25 Aug 2013
What is a legend? And did he mean to spell it feat? Expect those questions answered and more in this... Full listing
Peacock & Gamble: Heart-throbs
- Stand-up
- 11 - 9
- 31 Jul; 1-24 Aug 2013
After inexplicably failing to get famous in the UK for three years, triple Chortle Award nominees (2011, 2012, 2013) Peacock... Full listing
Alfie Moore - Viva Alf's Vegas
- Stand-up
- 9 - 12
- 31 Jul; 1-25 Aug 2013
Alfie's served time as a steelworker, policeman and comedian. The one constant? He's a gambler. This frank and funny show... Full listing
Claudia O'Doherty: Pioneer
- 9 - 11.50
- 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-26 Aug 2013
Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee 2012, Claudia O'Doherty invites you to witness the annual spectacle that so far none of you... Full listing
Storytellers' Club
- Stand-up / storytelling
- 10
- 16 & 17 Aug 2013
Some of our most treasured comedians just telling stories, brilliant ones. Simple as that really. Sarah Bennetto gathers her comedy... Full listing
Barry From Watford: Shooting from The (new) Hip
- Stand-up
- 7.50 - 10
- 12-25 Aug 2013
Shooting from the (new) hip, still alive and kicking, the nation's favourite octogenarian and hit of Radio 2's [i]Steve Wright... Full listing
Chortle Student Comedy Award Final
- Stand-up
- 8.50
- 12 Aug 2013
Hundreds entered, only eight survive, now one will be crowned Britain's funniest student. Over the past 10 years, leading comedy... Full listing
Doc Brown
- Stand-up
- 14 - 10.50
- 19-25 Aug 2013
The international rapper turned comedian Doc Brown is back with his tongue in cheek take on hip-hop culture. Fresh from... Full listing
Hardeep Singh Kohli: Hardeep Is Your Love
- Stand-up / variety
- 10 - 12
- 14-18 Aug 2013
Following his 2011 sell-out run, the Fringe's favourite funnyman returns to reflect on romance in middle age. One man, one... Full listing
Vive Le Cabaret
- Variety
- 11 - 12
- 2-11 Aug 2013
A five-star festival in itself, bringing together the finest Scottish talent and a dazzling array of A-list entertainers from stage... Full listing
The Comedy Zone
- Stand-up
- 8.50 - 10
- 1-25 Aug 2013
The Fringe's most prestigious and longest running showcase is back for its 23rd year. Previously bringing you the likes of... Full listing
Mat Ewins: Once Upon a Time in the Jest
- 7 - 9
- 31 Jul; 1-26 Aug 2013
Fan of the past Mat Ewins presents some hitherto unknown truth facts about the history of comedy in this fun... Full listing
Russ Powell: Powell to the People
- Stand-up
- 7.50 - 9.50
- 31 Jul; 1-2 & 4-26 Aug 2013
Join comedy's hottest property Russ Powell as he takes you on a twisting, turning tour through his life, loves and... Full listing
Joy of Sketch
- Sketch show
- 10
- 9 & 16 Aug 2013
The créme de la créme of sketch comedy acts are coming together for a one-off sketch comedy extravaganza. Past line-ups... Full listing
AAA Stand-Up Late
- Stand-up
- 8 - 11
- 31 Jul; 1-26 Aug 2013
Total sell-out 2010-2012 returns with a brand new line-up. Laura Lexx: 'probably the funniest solo comedian that we saw all... Full listing
Jordan, Jesse, Go!
- 9
- 22 Aug 2013
Jordan, Jesse, Go! is a freewheeling comedic discussion between Jesse Thorn (host of National Public Radio's Bullseye), Jordan Morris and... Full listing
The Noise Next Door Comedy Lock-In
- Improv
- 10
- 2-3, 9-10, 16-17 & 23-24 Aug 2013
This brand new breed of comedy club is a 21st-century mash-up of stand-up, panel shows, and after-hours banter. Indulge yourself... Full listing
Paul Currie: The Sticky Bivouac
- Stand-up
- 9.50 - 8
- 31 Jul; 1-12 & 14-26 Aug 2013
Absurdist, high-energy comedy. Feast your eyes and teeth on the bizarre, unique and delicate world of Paul Currie. A whirlwind... Full listing
School Night
- 12
- 5-7, 12-14 & 19-21 Aug 2013
Don't end up in detention, head to School Night! The comedy circuit's greatest acts tackle their own specialist subjects. Previous... Full listing
The Wrestling II
- 15
- 13 Aug 2013
It's back! Comedians. Wrestlers. Blood. The Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning megashow, Chortle's #1 event of 2011, invades the Pleasance Grand... Full listing
Review Of The Reviews
- Stand-up
- 10
- 23 & 24 Aug 2013
Join comedians Carl Donnelly and Chris Martin for an end of festival celebration of the best and worst reviews this... Full listing
Voices in Your Head
- 10
- 1-3, 8-10, 15-17 & 22-24 Aug 2013
2012's Fringe hit returns, pitting the festival's best comedians against a disembodied Voice who will interrogate, provoke and inspire, creating... Full listing
Boris & Sergey II Perilous Escapade
- 11 - 8
- 31 Jul; 1-12, 14-20 & 22-26 Aug 2013
'Flawless' ***** (Fest). 'Triumphant' ***** (ThreeWeeks). Puppetry's Balkan bad-boys return with the sequel to end all sequels! Become enthralled as... Full listing
Bo Burnham: What
- Music / stand-up
- 13.50
- 9-12 & 14-19 Aug 2013
Following the 2010 total sell-out; Words, Words, Words, comedy sensation Bo Burnham is back for a strictly limited run with... Full listing
Do The Right Thing
- 9
- 18-21 Aug 2013
The hilarious, occasionally absurd and frequently obscene panel game where two teams try to work out the right thing to... Full listing
Simon Amstell: Work In Progress
- Stand-up
- 10
- 22-24 Aug 2013
Simon Amstell will be in Edinburgh for three nights working up new material. Full listing
Late Show
- Stand-up
- 12 - 14
- 2-3, 8-10, 15-17 & 23-24 Aug 2013
It's our 12th year and Edinburgh's home of late night A-list stand-up comedy has moved to Pleasance. If you love... Full listing