Venue 272: The Free Sisters
- 139 Cowgate, EH1 1JS
- 0131 622 6801
- www.freefestival.co.uk
- www.edfringe.com
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Edinburgh's premiere party venue and the free mega venue with six rooms of free shows running throughout the day and night, all located around a vibrant and buzzing courtyard. With a huge drinks selection, a wide menu, hog roast, and plenty of new surprises each year! Shows run from 09:00-02:00, with music and dancing trough until 5am, the venue is barely ever closed in August.
Shows at this venue in 2015
Playback Impro
- Improv
- Free
- 10am (50 mins)
- 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 Aug 2015
'A real standout from all the stand-up, this is comic improvisation theatre-style. It can be anything from a mundane event... Full listing
Life Gives You Lemons
- Stand-up
- Free
- 10:15am (1 hour)
- 6-30 Aug 2015
Is this a damn early time to start a show? Yes! Is it the only way to start your Fringe?... Full listing
Defrosted
- Free
- 10:45am (50 mins)
- 3-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 Aug 2015
A series of ridiculous events. Love Frozen or hate it, you will laugh your stripy socks off at these two... Full listing
Music for Dogs
- Theatre
- Free
- 11:10am (45 mins)
- 18-29 Aug 2015
Written by Ireland Professor of Poetry, Paula Meehan, Music for Dogs is a story of survival, set during Ireland's Celtic... Full listing
David Callaghan: No Momentum
- Stand-up
- Free
- 11:15am (45 mins)
- 6-23, 25-30 Aug 2015
The first solo show from David Callaghan (BBC New Comedy Awards 2012 and 2013). As heard on BBC Radio's Jesting... Full listing
Funtime Kids Comedy Disco
- Kids
- Free
- 11:30am (1 hour)
- 3-6, 10-13, 17-20, 24-27 Aug 2015
Direct from Australia. Funtime Disco and Matty Grey present DJ Kit E Kat! She's a loud and crazy lady who... Full listing
Return of the Snot Zombies
- Storytelling
- Free
- Noon (1 hour)
- 3-30 Aug 2015
The Snot Zombies are back! More bogies, books and bottom burps with award-winning author Stuart Reid and his crazy characters,... Full listing
Yuck!
- Kids
- Free
- 12:10pm (45 mins)
- 6-10, 12-17, 19 Aug 2015
An interactive, fun-filled show about four vegetables on the run! Critically acclaimed comedy duos That Pair and Twisted Loaf present... Full listing
Henry Ginsberg - 28 Years Later
- Stand-up
- Free
- 12:15pm (1 hour)
- 6-30 Aug 2015
In his long awaited debut show, Henry Ginsberg explores themes of identity, self-deception, existential angst and spunk. 'Successfully mines his... Full listing
Not Disabled... Enough!
- Stand-up / storytelling
- Free
- 12:15pm (1 hour)
- 6-17, 19-30 Aug 2015
Romina Puma is a work in progress disabled. She has muscular dystrophy, one of the mildest types of this disease.... Full listing
Abigoliah's GoPro Comedy Talk Show!
- Kids
- Free
- 12:45pm (55 mins)
- 6-18, 20-30 Aug 2015
NYC Comic, Abigoliah Schamaun, has devised a talk show where you, the audience, are the star! Armed with a GoPro... Full listing
Mike Wozniak: One Man Dad Cat Band
- Stand-up
- Free
- 1:15pm (1 hour)
- 6-16, 18-30 Aug 2015
Regime-changing stand-up from this 2013 Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee. Contains personal horror, outrage and facts. As seen on Man... Full listing
Upstairs Downton - The Improvised Episode
- Improv
- Free
- 1:15pm (1 hour)
- 6-31 Aug 2015
'Sparkling, satirical wit' ***** (EdinburghGuide.com). 'Brilliantly farcical and funny' **** (Reading Post). A rip-roaring improvised episode of everyone's favourite period... Full listing
Bob Blackman's Tray
- Variety
- Free
- 1:30pm (1 hour)
- 24-30 Aug 2015
A show by 'the funniest men in Newcastle-under-Lyme', featuring comedy and variety. 'Unfashionably dressed' (Skinny). 'Very northern' (Kate Copstick). 'The... Full listing
Game On
- Kids
- Free
- 1:30pm (50 mins)
- 4-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 Aug 2015
Returning to the Edinburgh Fringe after a sold-out season in 2014. Direct from Australia, Game On examines the gaming world... Full listing
Welcome to Clown Town - At the Fringe!
- Stand-up / cabaret
- Free
- 2pm (1 hour)
- 6-11, 13-18, 20-25, 27-30 Aug 2015
MCs Hjalmar Tjan and Benji Waterstones welcome you to Clown Town, as they host a daily variety show review of... Full listing
Huggers
- Cabaret
- Free
- 2:30pm (1 hour)
- 7-30 Aug 2015
The popular worldwide hit show returns with another revolving line-up of the best comedians, musical acts, magicians and children's entertainers... Full listing
Fantastic, Funny and Free
- Free
- 2:30pm (55 mins)
- 7-30 Aug 2015
A fantastically funny show for all the family. Magic, circus, comedy and general messing about from three of the UK's... Full listing
Ian Fox - Shutter Monkey (A Comedy Show With Pictures) - Free
- Multimedia
- Free
- 2:45pm (1 hour)
- 6-30 Aug 2015
Forget typewriters, what would happen if you gave an infinite number of monkeys a camera each? **** (BroadwayBaby.co.uk). **** (Comedy.co.uk). Full listing
Live in the Staff Room (Sex, Fairy Tales, Serial Killers and Other Stuff)
- Stand-up / storytelling
- Free
- 2:45pm (1 hour)
- 6-17, 19-29 Aug 2015
Giada comes back to Edinburgh with a brand new hour of fun, dark material, from sex to fairy tales. 'Warm,... Full listing
Helen Duff: Smasher - Free
- Storytelling
- Free
- 3:15pm (50 mins)
- 6-16, 18-30 Aug 2015
Epic storytelling, synchronised swimming and subversively simple songs from this Fringe First nominated maker of mischief. Smashing, guaranteed. 'A cross... Full listing
Nathan Cassidy: Back to the Future
- Stand-up
- Free
- 3:45pm (1 hour)
- 6-8, 11-15, 18-22, 25-29 Aug 2015
Malcolm Hardee Award nominee and Best Show Winner Buxton Fringe 2014, in the first of a trilogy of new solo... Full listing
Nathan Cassidy: Back to the Future III
- Stand-up
- Free
- 3:45pm (1 hour)
- 16 Aug 2015
Malcolm Hardee Award Nominee with the final part of this year's solo show trilogy. What happens when you run out... Full listing
Routines
- Stand-up / play
- Free
- 3:45pm (1 hour)
- 6-17, 19-30 Aug 2015
Life as a stand-up comedian is all about the routines. And not all of them happen on stage. A brand... Full listing
The Rat Pack Stand-Up Comedy
- Stand-up / cabaret
- Free
- 3:45pm (1 hour)
- 9-10, 13-19, 23-24, 30 Aug 2015
Edinburgh 2013/14 sell-out hit and Time Out Critics' Choice 2014 returns for a limited run. Top stand-ups all on stage... Full listing
Battle of the Superheroes
- Stand-up
- Free
- 4pm (1 hour)
- 8-11, 13-18, 22-25, 27-29 Aug 2015
A number of great and varied British and international comedians from around the Fringe come together in a mixture of... Full listing
Battle of the Supervillains
- Stand-up
- Free
- 4pm (1 hour)
- 20 & 21 Aug 2015
Following the huge worldwide success of the Battle of the Superheroes shows, it's time for comedians to slug it out... Full listing
Niamh Marron - Stand Up Chameleon
- Stand-up
- Free
- 4pm (1 hour)
- 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 Aug 2015
From her success on TV shows to her brush with homelessness, Niamh wants to share all her embarrassing mistakes, weird... Full listing
Violence of the Lambs
- Theatre
- Free
- 4:30pm (45 mins)
- 6-16, 18-30 Aug 2015
From the creator of last year's hit Drunk Lion: 'A potent success' **** (BroadwayBaby.com), ***** (TVBomb.co.uk) comes Violence of the... Full listing
Big Mouth Strikes Again
- Stand-up / improv
- Free
- 5pm (1 hour)
- 6-31 Aug 2015
American smart ass showcases the wit that got him described as 'a mix between Jack Dee and Dennis Leary' (BroadwayBaby.com).... Full listing
Jenny Say Qua
- Stand-up
- Free
- 5pm (40 mins)
- 6-30 Aug 2015
Since last year's sell-out (it was free) show, Jenny has performed internationally (Australia, Asia and Glasgow) and won countless (two)... Full listing
James Dowdeswell's Perfect Pub
- Stand-up
- Free
- 5:15pm (1 hour)
- 6-30 Aug 2015
George Orwell wrote an essay on the perfect pub. A fictitious pub called the Moon Under Water. With the help... Full listing
Next Year's Show (50% Abridged Version)
- Stand-up
- Free
- 5:15pm (30 mins)
- 6-30 Aug 2015
After four years of consistently filling the smallest room in Edinburgh, Adam Belbin is set to return with possibly the... Full listing
Brennan Reece: Marvel
- Stand-up
- Free
- 6pm (40 mins)
- 7-16, 18-29 Aug 2015
Everyone always speaks in the third person doing these things. BBC New Comedy Award finalist, Brennan Reece (BBC, ITV, Channel... Full listing
Let's See Jen Carnovale
- Stand-up
- Free
- 6pm (1 hour)
- 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 Aug 2015
Jen Carnovale has been living out of a suitcase for three years. Ten countries, twelve jobs, six illnesses, a bazillion... Full listing
Dave Griffiths: C U in Court
- Stand-up
- Free
- 6:15pm (1 hour)
- 6-30 Aug 2015
One comedian's hilarious battle with French Connection (FCUK) for the right to wear his CNUT t-shirt on stage. An incredible... Full listing
Love Bites
- Panel show
- Free
- 6:15pm (55 mins)
- 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 Aug 2015
If you love somebody, let them go. If they don't come back, detonate the explosive collar. A brand new live... Full listing
Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe
- Stand-up
- Free
- 6:30pm (1 hour)
- 7-29 Aug 2015
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, with a different top-notch comedy line-up each day. Two shows every... Full listing
GingerbeToast On
- Music
- Free
- 7pm (1 hour)
- 6-30 Aug 2015
Steve Bennett is back with Gingerbeardy Baby. A hilarious show about being an Irish lad in the modern world with... Full listing
Nicole Henriksen - Honeycomb Badgers on Acid
- Variety
- Free
- 7:15pm (1 hour)
- 6-30 Aug 2015
Nicole's back! After another successful Australian tour, Nicole returns to Edinburgh with a new alternative comedy show. It's a bonkers... Full listing
Alice Fraser: Savage
- Stand-up
- Free
- 7:30pm (55 mins)
- 6-31 Aug 2015
Civilisation, love, death, faith and paper towels. Alice Fraser, ex lawyer, Cambridge Footlights alumna and Sydney Comedy Festival 2014 Best... Full listing
ComedySportz UK
- Improv / sketch show
- Free
- 7:30pm (1 hour)
- 6-12 Aug 2015
ComedySportz is an all ages, all improvised show. Two teams battle it out for the biggest laughs as players create... Full listing
Evan Wonders of the World
- Stand-up
- Free
- 8:15pm (1 hour)
- 6-30 Aug 2015
Evan Wonders of the World is a show that jumps into Evan Desmarais's head and tries to figure out what's... Full listing
Testify
- Stand-up
- Free
- 8:30pm (1 hour)
- 6-30 Aug 2015
Gregory Akerman, a hilarious esoteric mind, is curious and wants to know when the world will end, why the Smithsonian... Full listing
Chris Martin: This Show has a Soundtrack
- Stand-up
- Free
- 8:45pm (1 hour)
- 6-18, 20-30 Aug 2015
Movies always have soundtracks ... so why can't stand-up? Join 'one of the UK's best observationalists' (Guardian), for just that... Full listing
Rory McSwiggan Wants Nothing to Do With Himself
- Stand-up
- Free
- 8:45pm (1 hour)
- 6-11, 13-15, 23-30 Aug 2015
His parents and teachers told him it was rude to brag about giving money to charity or saving children from... Full listing
Barbed
- Variety
- Free
- 8:45pm (1 hour)
- 16-22 Aug 2015
A cosmic pile-on of free-thinking radicals from Northern Ireland present a smorgasbord of performance art, improvised music, comedy and spoken... Full listing
Paris Communal Shower
- Sketch show
- Free
- 9:30pm (55 mins)
- 7-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-31 Aug 2015
This show is like a cake, not a cake made by hand, but by a second hand cake maker that... Full listing
Jem Brookes: Punisment
- Stand-up
- Free
- 9:45pm (1 hour)
- 6-30 Aug 2015
If you are into words, then this is the show for you. Puns, one-liners, spoken words and sketchy bits all... Full listing
BattleActs!
- Improv
- Free
- 10pm (1 hour)
- 7-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-29 Aug 2015
Two teams of intrepid comedians battle it out for the audience's respect. Comedy just got nasty. ***** (StageWon.co.uk, EdFestMag.com, ThePublicReviews.com).... Full listing
Confessions of a Peculiar Mind
- Stand-up
- Free
- 10pm (1 hour)
- 6, 9-13, 16-20, 23-27, 30-31 Aug 2015
Jimmy Bird has taken time out from sitting in his pants and crying into his pillow. He will spill his... Full listing
Stuart Black - Lemsip and Cigarettes
- Stand-up
- Free
- 10:15pm (1 hour)
- 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 Aug 2015
Described as a comic-philosopher (LondonIsFunny.co.uk), Stuart Black's social commentary is truthful, intelligent and eloquent. Stuart Black's style and intelligence set... Full listing
#BlurredMinds - Free
- Stand-up
- Free
- 10:45pm (1 hour)
- 6-14, 16-21, 23-30 Aug 2015
WE KNOW YOU WANT IT! If, of course, 'it' is two of the funniest new comedians in the UK in... Full listing
Augustus and the Holy Grail
- Stand-up / storytelling
- Free
- 11pm (1 hour)
- 6-16, 18-23, 25-30 Aug 2015
Leave your boring life behind you and come on a quest for the Holy Grail. Follow Sir Augustus (the so-called... Full listing
Oddity
- Theatre
- Free
- 11:15pm (1 hour)
- 6, 9-13, 16-20, 23-27 Aug 2015
Gravity. Interstellar. 2001. What do these films have in common? They're made by visionary directors and they're not particularly funny.... Full listing
Liam Williams: Bonfire Night
- Stand-up
- Free
- 11:30pm (1 hour)
- 6-16, 18-30 Aug 2015
Hench-souled Pilsner socialist talks career, climate, breakup and the 1%. Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee 2014. Best Newcomer nominee 2013. 'Number... Full listing
Magners Comedy Festival Winner - Jim Brewsky
- Stand-up
- Free
- 11:30pm (1 hour)
- 22-30 Aug 2015
The Big V comedy competition is the search for a new star across Asia, sponsored by Magners cider. The search... Full listing
Big Silly Comedy: Midnight Mash-Up!
- Stand-up
- Free
- 12:15am (1 hour)
- 6-30 Aug 2015
Big Silly Midnight Mash-Up: Hot prospects, special guests and host Andy Stedman. Laugh, drink and get your party hat on. Full listing
ABC of Musical Comedy - Luc Valvona - Free Show!
- Music
- Free
- 12:45am (1 hour)
- 6-30 Aug 2015
Luc Valvona returns to the Fringe with his third full show, featuring multiple instruments and musical technology, and this time... Full listing
Irish Comedy Carnage and TedFest Toilet Duck
- Stand-up
- Free
- 12:45am (1 hour)
- 6-30 Aug 2015
Every night at quarter to one, we will be bringing the best Irish (and a strictly limited number of) UK... Full listing