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Venue 33: Pleasance Courtyard

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Now in its 30th year, the famous Pleasance Courtyard welcomes over 500,000 visitors, seventeen venues and every entertainment under the sun, including the renowned Kidzone. It's little wonder that for many people the Pleasance is the heart of the Fringe.

Shows at this venue in 2014

The 3rd Sector. Copyright: Hungry Bear Media / Big Minded.

The 3rd Sector

  • Play
  • 6.50 - 9.50
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-10 & 12-25 Aug 2014

Inspired by real-life experiences. When employees Marlin and Josh discover their role in a corrupt corporate charity, can they reconcile...   Full listing

The Art of Falling Apart. Copyright: Altitude Film Entertainment.

The Art of Falling Apart

  • Play
  • 8 - 11
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-25 Aug 2014

'There's two kinds of people Callum. There's you. And there's everyone else'. Callum realises modern life is rubbish and walks...   Full listing

Chaplin.

Chaplin

  • Play
  • 7 - 12
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-10 & 12-25 Aug 2014

The story of Chaplin is as great as all stories he gave life to on the silver screen. Growing up...   Full listing

A Slight Ache. Simon Munnery.

A Slight Ache

  • Play
  • 6 - 9
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-12, 14-19 & 21-25 Aug 2014

A bucolic psycho-drama by Harold Pinter. Starring Thom Tuck (The Penny Dreadfuls, Coalition) 'Fruity, befuddled and increasingly melancholy' (Guardian), Catriona...   Full listing

Image shows from L to R: Linda Marlowe, Sarah-Louise Young.

Night Bus

  • Play
  • 7.50 - 11
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-12 & 14-25 Aug 2014

The Night Bus: a vehicle, a club, an office, a bedroom, a sanctuary, a hell-hole, a meeting place for strangers......   Full listing

Mock Tudor.

Mock Tudor

  • Play
  • 7 - 10
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-10 & 12-25 Aug 2014

Welcome to Hampton Court Palace. The year is 1533. Please turn off your mobile phones. Jess, Sophie and Sam re-enact...   Full listing

Live Forever. Copyright: BBC.

Live Forever

  • Play
  • 8 - 11
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-25 Aug 2014

'I'm sure most of you remember this, but in case any of you were wandering about in some sort of...   Full listing

Years to the Day. Copyright: Constantin Film.

Years to the Day

  • Play
  • 6 - 10
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-24 Aug 2014

Written by Allen Barton, one of the most acclaimed plays in the 2013 Los Angeles theatre season. Using the spare...   Full listing

Flanders and Swann.

Flanders and Swann

  • 10 - 13
  • 18-25 Aug 2014

G'ninth G'normous year at the Pleasance! Tim and Duncan return for one week only with their award-winning, hilarious show. Featuring...   Full listing

Show Off.

Show Off

  • Play
  • 7.50 - 11
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-10, 12-18 & 20-25 Aug 2014

You're so vain you probably think this show is about you. But it's actually about Figs in Wigs - the...   Full listing

Keeping Up with the Joans. Copyright: Zeppotron.

Keeping Up with the Joans

  • Play
  • 10.50 - 13.50
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-24 Aug 2014

This bittersweet comedy about failing memory, friendship and mimicking martyrs comes from Fringe First winning writer Philip Meeks. 'A whiplash...   Full listing

I Need A Doctor: The Whosical. Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions.

I Need A Doctor: The Whosical

  • Music
  • 9 - 11.50
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-11, 13-18 & 20-25 Aug 2014

Doctor-loving superfans Jamie and Jess put on a musical about their time-travelling hero. But how do you write a Doctor...   Full listing

Dan Jones: New Kid. Dan Jones.

Dan Jones: New Kid

  • Stand-up
  • 6.50 - 9.50
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-10 & 12-25 Aug 2014

Hilarious character com-oddity Dan Jones hammers his relentless debut into your eyes. His rabble of futile characters will make you...   Full listing

The Greatest Liar in All the World.

The Greatest Liar in All the World

  • Play
  • 6.50 - 10
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-25 Aug 2014

Familia de la Noche return with their five-star, darkly funny sequel to Pinocchio: a rollercoaster ride filled with song, puppetry,...   Full listing

Jamaica Farewell. Copyright: BBC.

Jamaica Farewell

  • Play
  • 7 - 11
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-25 Aug 2014

A dream. Revolution. Visa. Desperation. Seduction. US customs. Million dollars. Duffle bag. Machete. Goats. Prostitutes. Bullets. Adrenaline. Kerosene. Run for...   Full listing

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

  • Play
  • 9 - 14.50
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-10 & 12-25 Aug 2014

'Gloriously whacked out' (TimeOut). Buy the ticket, take the ride with Dr Gonzo and the esteemed Dr Hunter S Thompson...   Full listing

Danny Ward - Infra Dig. Danny Ward.

Danny Ward - Infra Dig

  • Stand-up / storytelling
  • 6 - 9.50
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-24 Aug 2014

The follow-up to award-winning show Pressure Point and this time Danny's on the up, he's escaped living in Auntie Annie's...   Full listing

David Elms: Nurture Boy. David Elms. Copyright: BBC.

David Elms: Nurture Boy

  • Stand-up / music
  • 7.50 - 9.50
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-10 & 12-25 Aug 2014

Thoughtful romantic David Elms whispers it from the rooftops in this, his charming and inventive debut show. Expect songs, some...   Full listing

Rhys James: Begins. Rhys James.

Rhys James: Begins

  • Stand-up
  • 7 - 10.50
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-24 Aug 2014

Pointy debutant Rhys James will tell some brilliant jokes, do some incredible poems, raise his eyebrows a few times and...   Full listing

BEASTS: Solo. Copyright: BBC.

BEASTS: Solo

  • Sketch show
  • 8 - 10
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-25 Aug 2014

After a sell-out run in 2013 and hot off the back of their Radio 4 debut, BEASTS return to Edinburgh...   Full listing

Inheritance Blues. Copyright: Parallel Film & Television Productions / Sprout Pictures.

Inheritance Blues

  • Music
  • 7.50 - 11
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-25 Aug 2014

Back by popular demand, DugOut Theatre return with their award-winning, Fringe favourite Inheritance Blues. A comedy about decade old rivalries,...   Full listing

Civil Rogues. Copyright: Yorkshire Television.

Civil Rogues

  • Play
  • 7.50 - 11
  • 31 Jul; 1-10 & 12-25 Aug 2014

England, 1649: the King has lost his head; the Queen has fled; the Globe Theatre has been demolished and all...   Full listing

Knightmare Live - Level 2. Copyright: Zipline Creative.

Knightmare Live - Level 2

  • Multimedia / play
  • 11 - 13.50
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-24 Aug 2014

Welcome, watchers of illusion to Level 2. Following last year's sell-out Edinburgh run and national tour, Knightmare Live returns with...   Full listing

Toby: Fuzzbuzz. Image shows from L to R: Sarah Daykin, Lizzie Daykin. Copyright: BBC.

Toby: Fuzzbuzz

  • Sketch show
  • 8 - 11
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-25 Aug 2014

Feuding sisters have never been closer, mainly because Lizzie has bumped her head and is suffering from memory loss. Luckily...   Full listing

Massive Dad. Copyright: TalkbackThames.

Massive Dad

  • Sketch show
  • 6.50 - 9.50
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-12 & 14-25 Aug 2014

Brand new and 'utterly excellent' (BroadwayBaby.com) sketch comedy group Massive Dad make their much anticipated Edinburgh debut at the Pleasance...   Full listing

Voca People. Copyright: Poisson Rouge Pictures.

Voca People

  • Play
  • 10.50 - 16
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-11, 13-18 & 20-25 Aug 2014

Voca People is a thrilling and original musical adventure unlike anything you experienced before! Full of energy and bursting with...   Full listing

Folie à Deux.

Folie à Deux

  • Improv / sketch show
  • 8 - 9
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-8, 10-11, 13-18 & 20-24 Aug 2014

Armed with devilish wits and angelic manners, Folie à Deux dive headlong into the realms of shared delusion in an...   Full listing

NewsRevue 2014.

NewsRevue 2014

  • Satire / sketch show
  • 11 - 16.50
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-25 Aug 2014

Nobody is safe: from Putin to Pistorious, politicians and celebrities alike come under fire in a turbo-charged barrage of bladder-threateningly...   Full listing

He Had Hairy Hands. Copyright: ITV Studios.

He Had Hairy Hands

  • Play
  • 8 - 11.50
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-12 & 14-25 Aug 2014

The year is 1974, the town is Hemlock-Under-Lye and when werewolf attacks threaten teatime, there's only one person you can...   Full listing

Chris Turner: Pretty Fly. Chris Turner.

Chris Turner: Pretty Fly

  • Stand-up / improv
  • 6 - 9
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-25 Aug 2014

Archaeologist digs hip hop. After four sell-out runs with Fringe favourites Racing Minds (Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised), 1...   Full listing

Stuart Goldsmith: Extra Life. Stuart Goldsmith.

Stuart Goldsmith: Extra Life

  • Stand-up
  • 10 - 11.50
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-12 & 14-24 Aug 2014

This 'charming, expert stand-uu' (Sunday Times) has been happily squandering his life in an orgy of stand-up and self-indulgence, but...   Full listing

Red Bastard. Eric Davis.

Red Bastard

  • Improv
  • 12 - 13
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-5, 7-10, 13-17 & 19-24 Aug 2014

Something interesting must happen every 10 seconds... and it will. The bastard returns following 10 five-star reviews for his infamous...   Full listing

AAA Stand-Up. Image shows from L to R: Sunna Jarman, Larry Dean, James Bran. Copyright: Sideline Productions.

AAA Stand-Up

  • Stand-up
  • 10 - 11
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-25 Aug 2014

Total sell-out 2005-2013 returns with a brand new line-up. 'Comedy the way it should be: laugh-a-minute, leaving the audience wishing...   Full listing

WitTank: Old School Secrets. Image shows from L to R: Kieran Boyd, Naz Osmanoglu, Mark Cooper-Jones. Copyright: BBC.

WitTank: Old School Secrets

  • Sketch show
  • 9 - 12
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-24 Aug 2014

Sketch maestros WitTank invite you into the ostentatiously furnished corridors of The School; a splendidly twisted world, and an unsettling...   Full listing

Pete Firman: Trickster. Pete Firman. Copyright: BBC.

Pete Firman: Trickster

  • Magic / stand-up
  • 10 - 15
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-24 Aug 2014

After sell-out performances in 2013, 'the UK's leading comedy magician' (Time Out) returns to Edinburgh with an astonishing new show....   Full listing

Igor Meerson: Hou I lernt inglish. Igor Meerson. Copyright: Universal Pictures.

Igor Meerson: Hou I lernt inglish

  • Stand-up
  • 7 - 10.50
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-10 & 12-25 Aug 2014

Edinburgh Festival's first Russian stand-up ever. Igor ruins the stereotypes about Russia and discovers stereotypes about Britain and the West....   Full listing

Mark Watson: Flaws. Mark Watson.

Mark Watson: Flaws

  • Stand-up
  • 10.50 - 15.50
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-10, 12-17 & 19-24 Aug 2014

'Edinburgh's highest achiever this decade. A huge comic presence' (Times). 'Smart, bittersweet, rich and absorbing' (Telegraph). 'Brilliantly, darkly funny' (Chortle.co.uk)....   Full listing

Henry Paker: Unpacked. Henry Paker. Copyright: Initial.

Henry Paker: Unpacked

  • Stand-up
  • 6.50 - 10
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-10 & 12-24 Aug 2014

A stand up show from a master craftsman. Henry is rifling through a dusty box of bits and bobs from...   Full listing

John Hastings - Adventure. John Hastings. Copyright: Baby Cow Productions.

John Hastings - Adventure

  • Stand-up
  • 7 - 9.50
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-24 Aug 2014

Chasing excitement, John came to the UK from his native Canada in July 2012 to become a famous comedian. After...   Full listing

Ed Gamble: Gambletron 5000. Ed Gamble. Copyright: BBC.

Ed Gamble: Gambletron 5000

  • Stand-up
  • 9 - 10
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-24 Aug 2014

Gamble wops out his debut solo effort. Essentially it's a great guy (Ed) delivering funny humour through a pretty sweet...   Full listing

Cardinal Burns. Image shows from L to R: Dustin Demri-Burns, Seb Cardinal.

Cardinal Burns

  • 11 - 13
  • 15-17 & 19-23 Aug 2014

Following their second series on Channel 4, British Comedy Award-winning and Bafta nominated duo Cardinal Burns return to Edinburgh for...   Full listing

Come Heckle Christ. Josh Ladgrove. Copyright: Hat Trick Productions.

Come Heckle Christ

  • Satire
  • 6.50 - 9.50
  • 31 Jul; 1-10, 12-17 & 19-24 Aug 2014

Sold out: Melbourne Fringe, Adelaide Fringe, Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2014. Winner Best Comedy Melbourne Fringe 2012. Ever wanted to...   Full listing

Ennio Marchetto: The Living Paper Cartoon. Ennio Marchetto. Copyright: Pett Productions.

Ennio Marchetto: The Living Paper Cartoon

  • Cabaret
  • 11.50 - 14
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-10 & 12-15 Aug 2014

Ennio revolutionises the art of origami into hilarious theatrical magic. This Olivier award-nominated, 'wickedly funny' (Observer) and wildly entertaining show...   Full listing

The Comedy Zone. Copyright: Limelight Film Company Limited.

The Comedy Zone

  • Stand-up
  • 7 - 10
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-24 Aug 2014

The Fringe's funniest, most prestigious and longest running showcase is back! Previously bringing you the likes of Dave Gorman, Russell...   Full listing

Julian McCullough: Dream Girls. Julian McCullough.

Julian McCullough: Dream Girls

  • Stand-up
  • 8 - 14
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-10 & 12-24 Aug 2014

Julian is a nationally touring American comedian who was most recently seen as Whitney Cummings' co-star on E!'s Love You...   Full listing

The Noise Next Door's Comedy Lock-In. Image shows from L to R: Matt Grant, Tom Houghton, Sam Pacelli, Charlie Granville, Tom Livingstone.

The Noise Next Door's Comedy Lock-In

  • Improv / stand-up
  • 8.50 - 13
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-24 Aug 2014

It's back... An entirely unique entertainment experience every night with the quickest wits in comedy and their astonishing special guests....   Full listing

AAA Stand-Up Late. Copyright: Hat Trick Productions.

AAA Stand-Up Late

  • Stand-up
  • 6 - 11
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-25 Aug 2014

Total sell-out 2010-2013 returns with a brand new line-up. 'Comedy the way it should be: laugh-a-minute, leaving the audience wishing...   Full listing

Excited!!!.

Excited!!!

  • Music
  • 6 - 8
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-25 Aug 2014

After sold out shows around Australia SUNS of FRED are bringing their show Excited!!! to Edinburgh for the first time!...   Full listing

The Jest. Image shows from L to R: Jack Stanley, Luke Theobald, Ella Ainsworth, Bryony Twydle, Tristan Rogers. Copyright: Avalon Television.

The Jest

  • Sketch show
  • 6.50 - 10
  • 30 & 31 Jul; 1-11 & 13-24 Aug 2014

Recommended by the List, comedy quintet The Jest present an all-new hour of dark and subversive sketches. Be it a...   Full listing

Mark Watson's Comedywealth Games. Mark Watson. Copyright: Unstoppable Entertainment.

Mark Watson's Comedywealth Games

  • Stand-up
  • 7.50 - 11
  • 7-16 Aug 2014

Follow-up to 2012's massively successful Edinborolympics. Top international comedians compete in non-Olympian events, including fruit throwing and admin pentathlon. Watson...   Full listing

Beardyman: One Album Per Hour. Beardyman. Copyright: BBC.

Beardyman: One Album Per Hour

  • Music / improv
  • 13 - 14
  • 15-17 Aug 2014

Travelling at the speed of thought in his brand new music production spaceship, the world class multi-award-winning musician and comedian,...   Full listing

TAKE a coMEdian OUT. Copyright: Way Out Films.

TAKE a coMEdian OUT

  • Variety
  • 10
  • 19 Aug 2014

A fun, flirtatious dating gameshow whereby four lucky single girls are given the opportunity to win a date with one...   Full listing

Late Show. Copyright: Baby Cow Productions.

Late Show

  • Improv
  • 12.50 - 14
  • 1-2, 7-9, 14-16 & 22-23 Aug 2014

Thirteenth year and cannot be beat, Edinburgh's favourite late night stand-up comedy show in Edinburgh's favourite venue, the intimate cabaret...   Full listing