Playback Impro

• Improv
• Free
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 [l]Violence of the...   Full listing

Big Mouth Strikes Again

• Stand-up / improv
• Free
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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, [z]Channel...   Full listing

Let's See Jen Carnovale

• Stand-up
• Free
• 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
• 6-30 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
• 6-9, 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

• Stand-up
• Free
• 7-29 Aug 2015

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside hot new talent and Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy...   Full listing

Evan Wonders of the World

• Stand-up
• Free
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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