2013 Edinburgh Fringe
Venue 33: Pleasance Courtyard
This is a guide to the shows that were at this venue in 2013. Click here for 2023 shows
The Pleasance's famous cobblestone Courtyard has be entertaining festival audiences since 1985 and is considered by many to be the very heart of the Fringe. With comedy, theatre and children's shows once again surrounding our iconic totem pole, this is the place to celebrate the return of the Fringe. 'The centre of the cultural universe' (Scotsman).
Shows at this venue
Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised. Image shows from L to R: Tom Skelton, Chris Turner, Dougie Walker, Daniel Roberts. Copyright: Anglo Amalgamated / Rank Organisation
Racing Minds
- 31 Jul; 1-26 Aug
- 11:30
- £6
Threeway. Copyright: Hat Trick Productions / Busby Productions
Threeway
- 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-26 Aug
- 12:30
- £12
Something Fishy. Copyright: 3 Amigos Productions / Channel X
Something Fishy
- 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22 & 24 Aug
- 12:40
- £9
Mervyn Stutter's Pick of the Fringe. Mervyn Stutter
Mervyn Stutter
- 3-6, 8-12, 14-19 & 21-25 Aug
- 12:45
- £9.50
Making News. Phill Jupitus. Copyright: Evil Hypnotist Productions
Making News
- 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-25 Aug
- 13:00
- £12
Not the Messiah. George Telfer. Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions
Not the Messiah
- 1-24 Aug
- 13:00
- £7.50
I Could've Been Better. Copyright: Associated British Corporation
I Could've Been Better
- 31 Jul; 1-11 & 14-26 Aug
- 13:15
- £9
Sock Puppet. Copyright: Phil McIntyre Entertainment
Sock Puppet
- 31 Jul; 1-12 & 14-26 Aug
- 14:10
- £8.50
Albert Einstein: Relativitively Speaking. John Hinton. Copyright: Arlo Productions / Avalon Television
Albert Einstein...
- 31 Jul; 1-5, 7-12, 14-19 & 21-26 Aug
- 14:25
- £7.50
I Need a Doctor: The Unauthorised Whosical Adventure. Copyright: BBC
I Need a Doctor
- 1-13, 15-19 & 21-26 Aug
- 14:30
- £10
Flanders and Swann. Image shows from L to R: Tim Fitzhigham, Duncan Walsh Atkins. Copyright: Zeppotron
Flanders & Swann
- 19-24 & 26 Aug
- 14:30
- £10
Neil Hickey: Escape Artist. Neil Hickey. Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions
Neil Hickey
- 31 Jul; 1-12 & 14-26 Aug
- 15:15
- £7.50
Catriona Knox: Player. Catriona Knox. Copyright: BBC
Catriona Knox
- 31 Jul; 1-12 & 14-26 Aug
- 15:15
- £7.50
Tania Edwards: The Art of War. Tania Edwards. Copyright: Hat Trick Productions
Tania Edwards
- 31 Jul; 1-13 & 15-26 Aug
- 15:20
- £7
Eleanor Thom: I Am Bev. Eleanor Thom. Copyright: Jack Hylton Productions / Elstree Independent Films
Eleanor Thom
- 31 Jul; 1-13 & 15-26 Aug
- 15:30
- £8
Nick Helm: One Man Mega Myth. Nick Helm. Copyright: So Television
Nick Helm
- 31 Jul; 1-6, 8-13 & 15-26 Aug
- 16:00
- £11
Gyles Brandreth: Looking for Happiness. Gyles Brandreth. Copyright: BBC
Gyles Brandreth
- 31 Jul; 1-6, 8-13 & 15-26 Aug
- 16:20
- £13
Jigsaw - Jiggle It. Image shows from L to R: Tom Craine, Nat Luurtsema, Dan Antopolski
Jigsaw
- 31 Jul; 1-26 Aug
- 16:45
- £10
BEASTS. Image shows from L to R: Owen Roberts, James McNicholas, Ciarán Dowd. Copyright: Zeppotron
BEASTS
- 31 Jul; 1-12 & 14-26 Aug
- 16:45
- £8
Nicholas Parsons' Happy Hour. Nicholas Parsons. Copyright: Avalon Television
Nicholas Parsons
- 1-5, 7-12 & 14-18 Aug
- 17:10
- £12
Stephen K Amos Talk Show. Stephen K Amos. Copyright: BBC
Stephen K Amos: Talk Show
- 21-24 Aug
- 17:10
- £12
Blofeld and Baxter - Memories of Test Match Special. Image shows from L to R: Henry Blofeld, Peter Baxter. Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions
Henry Blofeld & Peter Baxter
- 31 Jul; 1-18 Aug
- 17:30
- £10
If These Spasms Could Speak. Robert Softley. Copyright: BBC
Robert Softley
- 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-26 Aug
- 17:45
- £7
Ian Smith - Anything. Ian Smith. Copyright: Avalon Television
Ian Smith
- 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-25 Aug
- 17:45
- £7.50
Harry Deansway: Wrong Way. Harry Deansway. Copyright: BBC
Harry Deansway
- 31 Jul; 1-12 & 14-26 Aug
- 18:00
- £6
Stephen Carlin: Gambling Man. Stephen Carlin. Copyright: Curtains For Radio
Stephen Carlin
- 31 Jul; 1-6, 8-13 & 15-26 Aug
- 18:00
- £9
Birthday Girls: 2053. Image shows from L to R: Camille Ucan, Rose Johnson, Beattie Edmondson
Birthday Girls
- 31 Jul; 1-12 & 14-26 Aug
- 18:00
- £8.50
The Pin. Image shows from L to R: Alexander Owen, Ben Ashenden
The Pin
- 31 Jul; 1-11, 13-18 & 20-26 Aug
- 18:15
- £9
WitTank presents The School. Image shows from L to R: Mark Cooper-Jones, Naz Osmanoglu, Kieran Boyd. Copyright: Splash Media
WitTank
- 31 Jul; 1-25 Aug
- 18:20
- £10
Tom Binns is Ian D Montfort: Psychic Fayre. Tom Binns. Copyright: Tidy Productions
Ian D Montfort
- 31 Jul; 1-25 Aug
- 18:40
- £11.50
Chris Stokes Tells It Like It Possibly Could Potentially Might Be. Chris Stokes
Chris Stokes
- 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-25 Aug
- 19:00
- £7
Chris Martin: Passionate About the Pointless. Chris Martin. Copyright: Above The Title Productions
Chris Martin
- 31 Jul; 1-25 Aug
- 19:05
- £9
Rhys Mathewson - The Best £10 You'll Ever Spend. Rhys Mathewson. Copyright: Objective Productions / North One Television
Rhys Mathewson
- 31 Jul; 1-12 & 14-26 Aug
- 19:15
- £10
Joe Lycett - If Joe Lycett Then You Should've Put a Ring On It. Joe Lycett
Joe Lycett
- 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-25 Aug
- 19:15
- £8
David O'Doherty: David O'Doherty Will Try to Fix Everything. David O'Doherty
David O'Doherty
- 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-25 Aug
- 19:20
- £11.50
Tim FitzHigham: Challenger. Tim Fitzhigham. Copyright: BBC
Tim FitzHigham
- 31 Jul; 1-13 & 15-26 Aug
- 19:30
- £9.50
Tom Wrigglesworth: Utterly at Odds with the Universe. Tom Wrigglesworth. Copyright: Top Dog Productions
Tom Wrigglesworth
- 31 Jul; 1-12 & 14-25 Aug
- 19:40
- £9
Richard Herring - We're All Going to Die!. Richard Herring. Copyright: Avalon Television
Richard Herring
- 31 Jul; 1-25 Aug
- 20:00
- £12
Reginald D Hunter: In the Midst of Crackers. Reginald D Hunter. Copyright: Woolyback Productions
Reginald D Hunter
- 9-12, 14-18 & 20-24 Aug
- 20:00
- £15
Suzy Bennett - Dancing On Thin Ice. Suzy Bennett. Copyright: BBC
Suzy Bennett
- 31 Jul; 1-25 Aug
- 20:15
- £8.50
Tom Rosenthal - ?????????. Tom Rosenthal. Copyright: Sweet Talk
Tom Rosenthal
- 31 Jul; 1-25 Aug
- 20:15
- £9
Gareth Richards: Gareth Goes Electric. Gareth Richards. Copyright: Roughcut Television
Gareth Richards
- 31 Jul; 1-25 Aug
- 20:15
- £8.50
Tom Craine: Crying On A Waltzer. Tom Craine. Copyright: Thames Television
Tom Craine
- 31 Jul; 1-25 Aug
- 20:20
- £8.50
Paul McCaffrey: Name in Lights. Paul McCaffrey. Copyright: BBC
Paul McCaffrey
- 31 Jul; 1-25 Aug
- 20:30
- £8.50
Carl Donnelly: Now That's What I Carl Donnelly! Volume V. Carl Donnelly
Carl Donnelly
- 31 Jul; 1-13 & 15-25 Aug
- 20:30
- £8.50
Amateur Transplants: Adam Kay Is Going For A Number One. Adam Kay. Copyright: BBC
Adam Kay: Amateur Transplants
- 31 Jul; 1-6, 8-13 & 15-26 Aug
- 20:30
- £10
Joey Page: Reality Is Outside, Paradise Is In Your Brain. Joey Page
Joey Page
- 31 Jul; 1-12 & 14-26 Aug
- 20:30
- £8
Jimmy McGhie: Delusions of Candour. Jimmy McGhie. Copyright: John Harvel Productions
Jimmy McGhie
- 31 Jul; 1-25 Aug
- 20:40
- £8.50
Andrew Lawrence - There Is No Escape. Andrew Lawrence. Copyright: BBC
Andrew Lawrence
- 31 Jul; 1-25 Aug
- 20:50
- £9.50
Neil Delamere: Smartbomb. Neil Delamere. Copyright: BBC
Neil Delamere
- 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-25 Aug
- 21:00
- £9
Seann Walsh: The Lie-in King. Seann Walsh. Copyright: BBC
Seann Walsh
- 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-25 Aug
- 21:20
- £10.50
John Robins - Where Is My Mind?. John Robins. Copyright: London Films / Individual Pictures
John Robins
- 31 Jul; 1-25 Aug
- 21:30
- £8.50
Brett Goldstein Contains Scenes of an Adult Nature. Brett Goldstein. Copyright: BBC
Brett Goldstein
- 31 Jul; 1-12 & 14-26 Aug
- 21:30
- £9.50
Russell Kane: Smallness. Russell Kane. Copyright: BBC
Russell Kane
- 8, 11-15 & 18-22 Aug
- 21:30
- £17.50
The Boy With Tape On His Face: More Tape. Sam Wills
Boy With Tape On His Face
- 3-11 & 14-24 Aug
- 21:40
- £12
Peacock & Gamble: Heart-throbs. Image shows from L to R: Ed Gamble, Ian Boldsworth. Copyright: BBC
Peacock & Gamble
- 31 Jul; 1-24 Aug
- 21:45
- £9
Gary Delaney 2: This Time It's Not Personal. Gary Delaney
Gary Delaney
- 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-25 Aug
- 21:45
- £8
David Quirk - Shaking Hands With Danger (AUS). David Quirk
David Quirk
- 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-26 Aug
- 21:45
- £8
Alfie Moore - Viva Alf's Vegas. Alfie Moore. Copyright: Working Title Films / STUDIOCANAL
Alfie Moore
- 31 Jul; 1-25 Aug
- 21:50
- £9
Claudia O'Doherty: Pioneer. Claudia O'Doherty. Copyright: TBI Media Productions
Claudia O'Doherty
- 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-26 Aug
- 21:50
- £9
Storytellers' Club. Copyright: Goldhawk Essential
Sarah Bennetto & James Dowdeswell
- 16 & 17 Aug
- 22:00
- £10
Hardeep Singh Kohli: Hardeep Is Your Love. Hardeep Singh Kohli
Hardeep Singh Kohli
- 14-18 Aug
- 22:30
- £10
Russ Powell: Powell to the People. Russ Powell. Copyright: BBC
Russ Powell
- 31 Jul; 1-2 & 4-26 Aug
- 22:45
- £7.50
Paul Currie: The Sticky Bivouac. Paul Currie. Copyright: BBC
Paul Currie
- 31 Jul; 1-12 & 14-26 Aug
- 23:00
- £8
AAA Stand-Up Late. Image shows from L to R: Stuart Mitchell, Nick Dixon, Laura Lexx. Copyright: Peter Rogers Productions
AAA Stand-Up Late
- 31 Jul; 1-26 Aug
- 23:00
- £8
The Noise Next Door Comedy Lock-In. Image shows from L to R: Matt Grant, Charlie Granville, Sam Pacelli, Tom Houghton, Tom Livingstone
Noise Next Door: Lock-In
- 2-3, 9-10, 16-17 & 23-24 Aug
- 23:00
- £10
Review Of The Reviews. Image shows from L to R: Chris Martin, Carl Donnelly. Copyright: Objective Productions / Lime Pictures
Review Of The Reviews
- 23 & 24 Aug
- 23:00
- £10
Boris & Sergey II Perilous Escapade. Copyright: Baby Cow Productions
Boris & Sergey II
- 31 Jul; 1-12, 14-20 & 22-26 Aug
- 23:10
- £8
Voices in Your Head. Copyright: The Comedy Unit
Voices in Your Head
- 1-3, 8-10, 15-17 & 22-24 Aug
- 23:10
- £10