Venue 170: Gilded Balloon at The Counting House
Shows at this venue in 2016
Enter the Bagman
- PWYW
- 3-14 & 16-28 Aug 2016
A stupid, surreal, one-man Sesame Street - preposterous tales from a forgotten cloakroom. Following 2015's 'incredibly engaging' **** (Skinny) BAGMAN,... Full listing
Andy Storey @funnystorey
- Stand-up
- 5
- 3-29 Aug 2016
BBC New Radio Comedy Award finalist 2015 and human curiosity Andy Storey has always been positively cynical. He returns to... Full listing
The Free Association Presents...
- Improv
- PWYW
- 3-28 Aug 2016
Three brilliant, original and hilarious improv acts: DVD Box Set - your new favourite TV show, entirely improvised by a... Full listing
Yaseen Kader: Smile
- PWYW
- 3-14 & 16-28 Aug 2016
In 2013 Yaseen was diagnosed with depression and left university. Then he wrote a comedy show about it. A stand-up... Full listing
Short & Curly: A Curly Night In
- Sketch show
- PWYW
- 3-15, 17-22 & 24-29 Aug 2016
Join highbrow sketch group member Curly for a relaxing night in with his classic highbrow films. Hopefully he'll avoid any... Full listing
Alison Spittle Discovers Hawaii
- Stand-up
- Free
- 30 Jul; 3-29 Aug 2016
Join Alison as she discovers Hawaii. A stand-up show about a breakdown surrounded by inflatables. 'A lovely conversational style comes... Full listing
Erin McGathy: Love You Loudly
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 3-29 Aug 2016
Erin McGathy (This Feels Terrible, Drunk History, Community) presents a comedy show about love, guts, despair and wearing wedding dresses... Full listing
The Red Richardson Experience
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 3-29 Aug 2016
Red Richardson has appeared in the final of every major national stand-up competition and performed to great acclaim at the... Full listing
Joey Page: Jowie
- 5
- 3-14 & 16-29 Aug 2016
Silly, imaginative, stupid and more stupid, blah, blah, blah and more blah. Come on in, the water is fine and... Full listing
Katia Kvinge: Squirrel
- PWYW
- 3-15 & 17-29 Aug 2016
Scottish BAFTA nominated character comedian Katia Kvinge (BBC, MTV) brings her multi-character comedy show, fresh from performing at the Second... Full listing
Ed Gamble: Stampede
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 3-29 Aug 2016
Gamble thunders into town with a wagonload of misguided opinions and wild conjecture. As seen on Mock the Week (BBC... Full listing
Andrea Hubert: Week
- Stand-up / storytelling
- 5
- 3-14 & 17-29 Aug 2016
On Monday, Andrea was in a supermarket, clutching a mini-carafe of don't-judge-me wine. By Friday she was musing: 'Should I... Full listing
Angus Dunican: The Vanity Project
- Stand-up / storytelling
- 5 - 7
- 3-14 & 16-28 Aug 2016
Inspired by collecting stories for a eulogy, Angus examines the evolution of our public selves and how our circle of... Full listing
Blushed
- PWYW
- 8-16 & 18-29 Aug 2016
Loosely inspired by The Red Shoes: a compendium of bonkers and brilliant adult fairy tales told through tap dance. In... Full listing
Kieran Boyd: Egg
- 5
- 3-29 Aug 2016
Kieran presents his debut stand-up show about how we all say and do really quite weird things and it's probably... Full listing
Will Seaward: Magnificent Bastard
- PWYW
- 3-19 & 21-29 Aug 2016
Will Seaward has decided to become a real super-villain and take over the world. And he's going to do it... Full listing
Ed Night: I'm Amazed It Has a Title
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 3-14 & 16-28 Aug 2016
Asthmatic newcomer and 2015 So You Think Your Funny finalist Ed Night is coming to ruin Edinburgh. Catch him now... Full listing
Beth Vyse: As Funny as Cancer
- 7 - 8
- 4-14 & 16-28 Aug 2016
Vyse is back with an extraordinary look at her battle with breast cancer. 'But then, as comedians go, Beth doesn't... Full listing
Rowena Hutson: Strong Female Character
- Play
- PWYW
- 3-28 Aug 2016
Winner, Outstanding Comedy Melbourne Fringe 2015. Rowena Hutson is a Strong Female Character. Or would be if she didn't have... Full listing
Elliot Steel: Netflix 'n' Steel
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 3-28 Aug 2016
A reviewer once labelled Elliot 'the voice of his generation', is this true? Let's find out. Debut hour from rising... Full listing
Sam Carrington: Awkwardly Mobile
- Stand-up / storytelling
- PWYW
- 3-14 & 16-28 Aug 2016
Falling for his dentist while squirming in the chair, managing his nan's dementia, making bad first impressions on women -... Full listing
Andy Askins: The Man With No Name
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 3-14 & 16-28 Aug 2016
Andy Askins lives in blissful ignorance, at odds with rational thinking. Winner of the Nobel Pizza Prize and Abu Hamza's... Full listing
Lauren Pattison: Reet Petite - A Work in Progress
- Stand-up
- 5
- 3-14 & 16-29 Aug 2016
One of the brightest young talents on the Northern comedy scene who is beginning to make her presence known across... Full listing
Mid-Brow: The Live Show
- Sketch show / multimedia
- PWYW
- 3-29 Aug 2016
The winners of Best New Sketch Act 2015 return with their highly anticipated new show. Expect their trademark easy charm... Full listing
Christopher Macarthur-Boyd and Rosco Mclelland
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 3-29 Aug 2016
An hour of stand-up from the vanguard of Glaswegian comedy. Both nominated twice for Best Newcomer at the Scottish Comedy... Full listing
Tessa Waters: Over Promises
- PWYW
- 3-21 & 23-29 Aug 2016
Multi award-winning Australian comedian Tessa Waters is back with a new hour of stupidity. Dance, clown, sketch and gurning combine... Full listing
Thomas Green: That'll Teach You
- Stand-up / storytelling
- PWYW
- 3-14, 16-21 & 23-28 Aug 2016
Life has many lessons and sometimes the teacher becomes the student. Enter the world of UK based Australian comedian and... Full listing
Amy Howerska: Smashcat
- Clown
- PWYW
- 3-29 Aug 2016
Welsh-Jewish-Polish-Irish BBC-box-ticking wet dream Amy Howerska brings you another hour of unfiltered comedy stuffing. Fresh from scribbling on Radio 4's... Full listing
Ali Hassan: Man Interrupted (Work in Progress)
- Stand-up
- 6 - 7
- 3-14 & 16-28 Aug 2016
As a father of four, Ali is well versed in dodging difficult questions or just making up the answers. But... Full listing
The MMORPG Show
- Game show
- PWYW
- 3-14 & 16-28 Aug 2016
A crowd gathers, no doubt they hear I seek a champion... From the makers of Knightmare Live comes The MMORPG... Full listing
The Fabulous Punch And Judy Show
- PWYW
- 3-15, 17-22 & 24-29 Aug 2016
Forget puppets! The Fabulous Punch and Judy Show is a hysterical, murderous live action romp, so leave your sensitivities at... Full listing
Scott Agnew: I've Snapped My Banjo String, Let's Just Talk
- PWYW
- 3-29 Aug 2016
Agnew returns with his sequel to 2012's Tales of The Sauna, moving out the steam room into the living room.... Full listing
Russ Peers: Bad Gay?
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 3-29 Aug 2016
Is Russ Peers a bad gay? He's chunky, over 40, and knows more about pies than poppers. In his latest... Full listing
Eshaan Akbar and Friends
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 3-14 & 16-28 Aug 2016
2016 Piccadilly Comedian of the Year and rising star, Eshaan Akbar, invites some of today's (and tomorrow's) biggest names to... Full listing
lara A king: Not Broken, Just Bent
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 3-29 Aug 2016
My name is Lara and I broke the law. It's a long story. You couldn't make it up. I didn't... Full listing
Fin Taylor: Whitey McWhiteface
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 3-22 & 24-28 Aug 2016
Taylor the 'filth maestro' (Time Out) takes on the ickiest thing there is! Being white. Set 'potential for backfire' to... Full listing