Venue 61: Underbelly, Cowgate
- 66 Cowgate (entrances on Cowgate and Victoria Street), EH1 1JX
- 0844 545 8252
- www.underbelly.co.uk
- www.edfringe.com
Shows at this venue in 2013
UCL Graters: Crab Salad
- Play
- 8.50 - 9.50
- 31 Jul; 1-5, 7-12, 14-19 & 21-25 Aug 2013
Graters are still the leading comedy group from University College London. Their return to Edinburgh sees the engrossing televised reunion... Full listing
Doctor Brown: Bexperiments
- 7
- 13 Aug 2013
Eight shows back-to-back, starting the day from scratch, each show will be built from the best of the previous, taking... Full listing
Way Back
- Play
- 9 - 10
- 1-25 Aug 2013
Welcome to Beachy Head, East Sussex, the third most popular suicide spot in the world. Dreadful, isn't it? Only third.... Full listing
Giraffe: Sketchy Comedy
- Sketch show
- 8.50
- 1-11 & 13-25 Aug 2013
Giraffe Comedy presents a brand new sketch show. Ali James, George Kemp and John Oakes fire through a volley of... Full listing
The Durham Revue: Friends Without Benefits
- Sketch show
- 9 - 10
- 1-12 & 14-25 Aug 2013
Join the multi award-winning Durham Revue for an hour of 'masterful' (SGFringe.com) sketch comedy. It won't be awkward, fortunately we... Full listing
Impromptu Shakespeare
- Improv
- 8.50 - 9.50
- 1-13 & 15-25 Aug 2013
An entirely new and unique Shakespeare play is made up on the spot using the audience's suggestions. Bursting with comedy,... Full listing
The Maydays: Confessions
- Improv / storytelling
- 9.50 - 10.50
- 1-12 & 14-25 Aug 2013
Got a secret confession? Can't contain it any longer? Tell the Maydays! In Confessions you'll see your very own stories... Full listing
The Oxford Revue: With Bits
- Sketch show
- 9 - 10
- 1-11 & 13-25 Aug 2013
The critically acclaimed Revue present a show that's better than a kick in the teeth! An all new hour of... Full listing
Book of Blakewell
- 9 - 10
- 1-6, 8-13 & 15-25 Aug 2013
The musical missionaries are coming. Armed with catchy tunes and biting satire, House of Blakewell is out to convert Edinburgh... Full listing
Roll It in Sequins
- 9 - 10
- 1-11 & 13-25 Aug 2013
With dreams of Vegas in tatters, Heffernan & Fletcher find a way to deal with the post-sequin blues. Character comedy... Full listing
Adam Strauss: The Mushroom Cure
- Storytelling
- 9 - 10
- 1-13 & 15-25 Aug 2013
Inspired by a scientific study showing that hallucinogenic mushrooms can potentially cure obsessive-compulsive disorder, Adam Strauss embarked on his own... Full listing
She Was Probably Not A Robot
- Music
- 9 - 10
- 1-11, 13-18 & 20-25 Aug 2013
Multi-award winning theatre maker (The Beast and The World Holds Everyone Apart, Apart From Us) returns with his prototype invention,... Full listing
Tamar Broadbent: Almost Epic
- Stand-up / music
- 9 - 10.50
- 1-12 & 14-25 Aug 2013
Comedy songwriter Tamar was born to be a rock star. Unfortunately she was also born in Surrey. Riding off the... Full listing
The Real MacGuffins Come Again
- Sketch show
- 9 - 10
- 1-11 & 13-25 Aug 2013
Dan, Jim and Matt are back. Following highly acclaimed sell-out shows in 2010 and 2011, and a busy 2012 with... Full listing
Mae Martin: Slumber Party
- Stand-up
- 9.50 - 10.50
- 1-13 & 15-25 Aug 2013
After a stellar year (Russell Howard's Good News, BBC Radio 4), Canadian Mae Martin is gleefully reliving the traumas of... Full listing
The Vanish Inquisition
- 9.50 - 10.50
- 1-25 Aug 2013
What happens to his characters when an actor mysteriously disappears? Do they simply vanish into thin air or stand up... Full listing
Meal Ticket
- Play
- 9 - 10
- 1-25 Aug 2013
The members of Forbidden Fruit Staffing Agency embark on yet another shoddy celebrity event. The Starstruck Magazine Sassy Sister's Awards... Full listing
Edward Aczel - Lives in a Meaningless Shed
- Stand-up
- 10 - 11
- 1-11 & 13-25 Aug 2013
'One of the most inventive and memorable comics today' (Scotsman) is now talking big about quitting showbiz (by mutual consent).... Full listing
Keith Farnan: Fear Itself
- Stand-up
- 9 - 10.50
- 1-12 & 14-25 Aug 2013
Irish comedian Keith Farnan (Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, Live at the Comedy Store, Just For Laughs All Access) follows his... Full listing
Rob Carter: Murder (and Other Hobbies)
- 9.50 - 10.50
- 1-13 & 15-25 Aug 2013
The much-anticipated debut Edinburgh show from the winner of the 2012 Musical Comedy Awards. As seen in Channel 4's Fresh... Full listing
Hidden
- Play
- 9.50 - 10.50
- 1-13 & 15-25 Aug 2013
A darkly comic story. The intriguing puzzle of how six people's lives interweave and unravel. They have one thing in... Full listing
Next Door
- Play
- 9.50 - 10.50
- 1-12 & 14-25 Aug 2013
When Ivan Hansen's neighbour passes away, Ivan realises he doesn't know anything about him. As Ivan puzzles over how strange... Full listing
Lights! Camera! Improvise!
- Improv
- 10 - 11
- 1-12 & 14-25 Aug 2013
The award-winning improvised movie, live on stage. You choose the genre, location and title. Our electric team of improvisers create... Full listing
Paul Foot: Words
- 10.50 - 12
- 1-11 & 13-25 Aug 2013
No board games on this lawn, baybayyy! Face the frozen ships and dance while legless bar stools finally take their... Full listing
Jon Bennett: My Dad's Deaths
- Storytelling
- 9 - 10.50
- 1-12 & 14-25 Aug 2013
Jon Bennett's dad always wanted his son to be an author... like Banjo Patterson. From the creator of the internationally... Full listing
Ronny Chieng - The Ron Way
- Stand-up
- 10 - 12
- 1-12 & 14-25 Aug 2013
Winner Best Newcomer, Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2012. Ronny doesn't want to be liked. His bold matter-of-fact stance is a... Full listing
Thrice
- Multimedia / play
- 9.50 - 10.50
- 1-12 & 14-25 Aug 2013
Nathan Dean Williams is wrong. Sibling sketch duo Toby are worse. Together they are perfect. Witches, whingers, perverts, fantasists, simpletons,... Full listing
Terry Clement: Din Times 8
- 10 - 11
- 1-11 & 13-25 Aug 2013
It is difficult to describe, in writing, exactly what Terry does... psychedelic performance art? Stoner music deluxe? Blue-collar observations strained... Full listing
John Robertson - The Dark Room
- Multimedia
- 9 - 10
- 1-13 & 15-25 Aug 2013
A YouTube sensation comes to the real world! The Dark Room is Earth's only live, interactive video game. The audience... Full listing
Will You Hold My Hand?
- Music / storytelling
- 9.50 - 10.50
- 1-11 & 13-25 Aug 2013
John Hunter (1728-1793), a revolutionary Scottish surgeon whose discoveries last to this day, also had a darker side linking him... Full listing
Alfie Brown: The Revolting Youth
- Stand-up
- 10 - 11
- 1-25 Aug 2013
Today's youth: disenchanted and disengaged; our rights vanishing, we remain oblivious. Instead of submitting to criminal corporations and elitist politics,... Full listing
EastEnd Cabaret: Dirty Talk
- Music
- 10 - 11
- 1-12 & 14-25 Aug 2013
The award-winning, internationally acclaimed musical comedy duo return with an all-new array of hilariously naughty original songs. Discovered in a... Full listing
Dirty Laundry
- 9.50 - 10.50
- 1-12 & 14-25 Aug 2013
Working in a laundrette, local busy body Esther has a largely mundane existence. But not today... Voyeuring through the dirty... Full listing
Fleabag
- Play
- 9.50 - 10.50
- 1-12 & 14-25 Aug 2013
F*ck it. Today I am going to be a new person. No more slutty pizzas. No more porny wanks. Lots... Full listing
Foil, Arms and Hog - Late Night Irish Sketch Comedy
- Sketch show / stand-up
- 9.50 - 10.50
- 1-25 Aug 2013
Irish sketch comedy, potato, potato, potato, potato, potato, potato, potato, potato, pot of gold, potato. You racist. Sold-out Edinburgh Fringe... Full listing
Damsel in Shining Armour
- Music
- 11 - 12
- 1-11 & 13-25 Aug 2013
Out of Yorkshire via Oz, Damsel in Shining Armour mixes self-deprecating storytelling, music and audience collaboration to witty, moving and... Full listing
Shirley Gnome
- Music
- 8 - 9.50
- 1-11 & 13-25 Aug 2013
Singing her special brand of crass and absurd c*untry music, Shirley Gnome belts out original tunes about the embarrassing, hilarious,... Full listing
The Wrong Side of the Door
- 9 - 10
- 1, 3-23 & 25 Aug 2013
The Grandees present The Wrong Side of the Door, three short plays taking the imagination on a roller coaster adventure... Full listing
Guilt & Shame: Addicted to Everything
- Sketch show
- 8 - 9
- 1-11 & 13-25 Aug 2013
Depraved comedy duo for every bad decision you've ever made. Wild sketch comedy with pumping music, dance numbers and rapping... Full listing
Spank
- Stand-up
- 13.50 - 15.50
- 2-25 Aug 2013
Spank! returns for an incredible 10th year with sexy hosts, awesome comedians and the inevitable gratuitous nudity. With the most... Full listing