Venue 33: Pleasance Courtyard
- 60 Pleasance, EH8 9TJ
- 0131 556 6550
- www.pleasance.co.uk
- www.edfringe.com
Shows at this venue in 2017
Plan B For Utopia
- Play
- 12
- 21-27 Aug 2017
'You have a plan, and then you don't. You have a dream, and then you wake up. You fall in... Full listing
Let Me Look At You
- Play
- 8 - 10
- 2-13 & 15-28 Aug 2017
Winners of two Fringe First Awards. Stand-up meets solo theatre in this personal story from the gay 'movement'. In the... Full listing
The Showstoppers' Kids Show
- Improv
- 8.50 - 10
- 3-20 Aug 2017
Fringe favourites and Olivier Award-winning improvisers, The Showstoppers, take your kids' ideas and transform them on the spot into interactive... Full listing
Me And My Bee
- 7.50 - 10
- 2-14 & 16-28 Aug 2017
Climate change is massive. Bees aren't. Our fuzzy little friends need our help and so we're launching a political party... Full listing
Instant Sunshine
- Music
- 11 - 12
- 5 & 7-12 Aug 2017
Instant Sunshine is a unique musical comedy team that has been entertaining audiences for years with their particular blend of... Full listing
Girls
- Play
- 11 - 12
- 22-27 Aug 2017
Three girls. Best friends forever. All the big issues: love, sex and religion... But when they're kidnapped from home, their... Full listing
David Walliams' The First Hippo on the Moon
- 11 - 12
- 2-14 & 16-20 Aug 2017
From number one bestselling children's author David Walliams comes an explosively funny space adventure for children of three and up.... Full listing
Mervyn Stutter's Pick of the Fringe
- Stand-up
- 11 - 12
- 5-16, 18-23 & 25-27 Aug 2017
It's like the Royal Variety Show of the Fringe. Mervyn and his team carefully research the Fringe and bring you... Full listing
The Listies Make You LOL
- Stand-up / sketch show
- 7.50 - 9.50
- 2-20 Aug 2017
A few years ago Rich and Matt decided to shake up the world of children's entertainment and The Listies were... Full listing
Follow Suit
- Play
- 8.50 - 11
- 2-8, 10-13, 16-20 & 22-28 Aug 2017
A madcap frenzy of physical comedy with political bite. In this absurd office, avoiding the skeletons in the stationery cupboard... Full listing
Small Laces
- Music
- 7.50 - 10
- 2-13, 15-20 & 22-27 Aug 2017
There's a new band in town! Bringing you toe-tapping, hand-clapping, bottom-wiggling tunes full of feel-good factor. A mini pop concert... Full listing
Briony Redman: Theory of Positivity
- Sketch show
- 7 - 9
- 2-15 & 17-28 Aug 2017
Sketch comedy in the phi-fi genre (philosophy fiction). A political thriller searching for pre-truths. A rom-com that asks: when does... Full listing
Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show
- Stand-up
- 9 - 12
- 3-27 Aug 2017
Great value lunchtime compilation comedy showcase with the best and brightest of this year's festival comics. Hand picked with a... Full listing
Confabulation
- Storytelling
- 9 - 12
- 2-8, 10-15, 17-22 & 24-28 Aug 2017
Every act of remembering is an act of storytelling. So, here's mine. It starts with a spotty teenager at a... Full listing
Sue Perkins Live! in Spectacles
- Stand-up
- 15.50
- 23-27 Aug 2017
A rare chance to enjoy an afternoon with Sue Perkins packed full of sparkling wit, great stories, a user's guide... Full listing
Arthur Smith Sings Leonard Cohen - The Final Tribute
- Music
- 12.50
- 18-20 Aug 2017
Arthur Smith Sings Leonard Cohen - The Final Tribute. The day before the presidential election last year, Leonard Cohen finally... Full listing
The Duke
- Character
- 5
- 5-14, 16-21 & 23-27 Aug 2017
In 2016, I sit at my desk waiting for an email to tell me what final changes I need to... Full listing
Victim
- Play
- 8.50 - 11
- 2-15 & 17-28 Aug 2017
A one-woman show, Victim follows the power struggle between a prison guard and criminal as they come face-to-face with a... Full listing
Nutty Noah - Wear Your Pants With Pride
- 8 - 10
- 21-28 Aug 2017
Grab a seat, hold on tight and have as much fun as your kids. Finally making his Fringe debut after... Full listing
Cockroached
- Play
- 7.50 - 9.50
- 2-13, 15-20 & 22-28 Aug 2017
Nearly everyone is dead and Taylor is alone. Their life was fine until they found an orange coat, a radio... Full listing
Goody
- Play
- 8.50 - 11
- 2-14 & 16-28 Aug 2017
Winner of Les Enfants Terribles Greenwich Partnership Award 2017. 1934, Dustbowl America. Backstage at the travelling circus, we discover the... Full listing
Pippa Evans: Joy Provision!
- Stand-up / music
- 10 - 13
- 2-27 Aug 2017
What is going on? America is being run by a stroppy, orange teenager, new wars are starting every day and... Full listing
David Edwards - How to Get a Second Date
- Character
- 7 - 9
- 2-23 Aug 2017
Join David Edwards as he gives advice concerning how to navigate the messy world of modern-day dating. Edwards is a... Full listing
Romantic Encounters in a Darkened Room
- Sketch show / multimedia
- 7.50 - 9.50
- 2-20 & 22-28 Aug 2017
Darkly bizarre sketches, original music and unashamed use of multimedia combine in this modern comedy experience, from the mind of... Full listing
Featured 1 Woman, a High-Flyer and a Flat Bottom: Samantha Baines
- Stand-up
- 7.50 - 10
- 2-14 & 16-28 Aug 2017
Award-winning comedian Samantha Baines (The Crown, Sunny D, BBC Radio 4) returns to Edinburgh after a smash-hit, sell-out run in... Full listing
Great British Mysteries?
- Sketch show
- 7.50 - 10
- 2-13 & 15-28 Aug 2017
Do you like mysteries? Are you the sort of person who says: 'I wonder what that was?'. Then this is... Full listing
Nina Conti: In Therapy
- Improv
- 13
- 23-27 Aug 2017
Nina Conti seeks the help of an unconventional therapist. Wanting to be liked all her life, Nina has sequestered her... Full listing
Tessa Coates: Primates
- Stand-up
- 7 - 9
- 2-26 Aug 2017
One third of Massive Dad - 'Hilarious' **** (Guardian) - Tessa has an absolutely useless degree in Anthropology and some... Full listing
Buzz: A New Musical
- Music / play
- 8.50 - 11
- 2-13 & 15-28 Aug 2017
Winner of the 2016 Eddies Award, the sell-out hit Buzz returns; a hilarious musical journey through the history of the... Full listing
Tim Vine: Sunset Milk Idiot
- Stand-up
- 14 - 18
- 2-8, 10-15 & 17-27 Aug 2017
Hey, website skimmers! It's Tim Vine returning to the Edinburgh Festival, telling lots of silly new jokes, showing off new... Full listing
Creatives
- Music / play
- 11 - 14.50
- 2-14, 16-21 & 23-28 Aug 2017
A dark, comic pop-opera by Irvine Welsh and Don De Grazia. Featuring the original Chicago cast and a wide-ranging original... Full listing
TUTU: Dance in All Its Glory
- Clown
- 11 - 14.50
- 2-8, 10-14, 16-21 & 23-28 Aug 2017
The show is performed by six dancers: The TUTU men, polymorphous artists who struggle with many different interpretations, faces and... Full listing
Natalie Palamides: LAID
- Sketch show
- 10 - 12
- 2-13 & 15-27 Aug 2017
Laying an egg every day, a woman faces the decision: to raise it or eat it. Natalie Palamides, LA based... Full listing
What If The Plane Falls Out Of The Sky?
- Play
- 9 - 12
- 2-13 & 15-28 Aug 2017
What if how I feel about myself and the world at 4am is the truth? What if people really do... Full listing
Giants: For an Hour
- Sketch show
- 9 - 11
- 2-13 & 15-27 Aug 2017
After a sell-out debut show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe last year, Giants return with their sophomore hour. And boy,... Full listing
Ingrid Oliver: Speech!
- Character
- 7 - 9
- 2-13 & 15-27 Aug 2017
Ingrid Oliver returns with her debut solo show featuring an eclectic mix of characters, all giving the speech of their... Full listing
Ben Fogg: How I Won Best Newcomer 2017
- Stand-up
- 8 - 12
- 2-13 & 15-28 Aug 2017
A once in a lifetime opportunity to see the greatest living comic of every generation. I've written a heart-warming, pole-stiffening... Full listing
Colin Hoult / Anna Mann in How We Stop the Fascists
- Character
- 9 - 11
- 2-13 & 15-27 Aug 2017
Having effectively cured all depression in last year's smash-hit hour that was 'funnier than almost all other shows at the... Full listing
Ken Cheng: Chinese Comedian
- Stand-up
- 8.50 - 10
- 2-15 & 17-27 Aug 2017
Cambridge University drop-out and now professional poker player, Ken applies his unique analytical brain to his debut stand-up hour. Ken... Full listing
Luke Kempner: Take a Long Hard Luke at Yourself
- Stand-up
- 10 - 12
- 2-13 & 15-28 Aug 2017
Comedian and impressionist Luke Kempner spends his life pretending to be other people, but who is the real Luke? Join... Full listing
Next Best Thing: How to Be Good at Everything
- Sketch show
- 7.50 - 9.50
- 2-14 & 16-28 Aug 2017
Being a millennial in the modern world is hard. But best friends Jay and Katie have all the answers. Luckily,... Full listing
Twayna Mayne: Black Girl
- Stand-up / storytelling
- 10 - 12
- 2-15 & 17-27 Aug 2017
Twayna Mayne is a strong black woman with an extraordinary back story. In her highly anticipated debut hour, join this... Full listing
Alexander Fox: Ringo
- Stand-up / music
- 8.50 - 9.50
- 2-28 Aug 2017
A show about the world's most famous drummer. And his part in my downfall. In 2006 then teenager Alexander Fox... Full listing
Murder, She Didn't Write: The Improvised Murder Mystery
- Improv
- 10 - 12.50
- 2-28 Aug 2017
A classic murder mystery is created on the spot in this ingenious and hilarious show from Bristol Improv Theatre's resident... Full listing
Nicholas Parsons' Happy Hour
- Stand-up
- 12.50 - 13.50
- 4-6 & 9-13 Aug 2017
Join Nicholas Parsons, the legendary host of BBC Radio 4's Just a Minute, for an unmissable hour of fun and... Full listing
Nick Helm: Masterworks in Progress '17
- Stand-up
- 10
- 14-27 Aug 2017
After spending two years in the wilderness, international treasure Nick Helm (Dave's Best Joke 2011) crawls his way back from... Full listing
Kae Kurd: Kurd Your Enthusiasm
- Stand-up
- 10 - 12
- 2-15 & 17-27 Aug 2017
Kae Kurd came to the UK as a political refugee at just six months old, his parents fleeing Saddam Hussein's... Full listing
Lucy Porter: Choose Your Battles
- Stand-up
- 11 - 15
- 2-15, 17-22 & 24-27 Aug 2017
A brand-new, brilliant hour of stand-up from this perennial Fringe favourite. In these combative times, it's easy to be irritated,... Full listing
Ellie Taylor: This Guy
- Stand-up
- 10 - 12
- 3-4, 6-15 & 17-27 Aug 2017
Following a sell-out 2016 Fringe and nationwide tour, the star of BBC's Live At The Apollo, Mock The Week and... Full listing
Kat Bond: Loo Roll
- Character
- 7.50 - 10
- 2-15 & 17-28 Aug 2017
Award-winning character comic and critically acclaimed actress (BBC's Call the Midwife, Sky's The Greatest, Channel 4 Blaps, BBC Radio 4)... Full listing
Lauren Pattison: Lady Muck
- Stand-up
- 7.50 - 10
- 2-13 & 15-28 Aug 2017
One of the brightest young talents on the comedy scene, with a fresh and fierce female voice, Lauren Pattison has... Full listing
Alasdair Beckett-King: The Alasdair Beckett-King Mysteries
- Stand-up / multimedia
- 7.50 - 9.50
- 2-13 & 15-28 Aug 2017
The award-winning comedian Alasdair Beckett-King is legendary, in that there is little historical evidence he exists. But he does exist.... Full listing
Brennan Reece: Everlong
- Stand-up
- 8.50 - 10
- 2-27 Aug 2017
Edinburgh Best Newcomer nominee (me) and English Comedian of the Year (also me) returns with a 'powerfully entertaining' (Chortle.co.uk) show... Full listing
Evelyn Mok: Hymen Manoeuvre
- Stand-up
- 7 - 9
- 2-13 & 15-27 Aug 2017
Featured on BBC Three, Channel 4 and dubbed 'the Swedish Amy Schumer' (Comedy Central), the award-winning Swedish comedian explores first-generation... Full listing
Michael Stranney: Welcome to Ballybeg
- Character
- 7.50 - 10
- 2-25 Aug 2017
As seen on ITV2, Michael Stranney (NATY winner, Chortle Best Newcomer nominee, BBC New Comedy Award finalist) presents the debut... Full listing
Rhys James: Wiseboy
- Stand-up
- 8.50 - 11.50
- 2-27 Aug 2017
Well, well, well. If it isn't Rhys James, the guy who said comedy shows are for losers and blurbs are... Full listing
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Improv / music
- 13 - 17
- 2-14 & 16-27 Aug 2017
The Edinburgh must-see, Olivier Award-winning (Best Entertainment and Family 2016) West End hit returns for its 10th anniversary year! A... Full listing
Tom Lucy: Needs to Stop Showing Off in Front of His Friends
- Stand-up
- 7.50 - 10
- 2-13 & 15-27 Aug 2017
Fresh from supporting Jack Whitehall, Rob Beckett and Shappi Khorsandi on sold-out tours, Tom brings his hotly anticipated debut show... Full listing
Katy Brand: I Could've Been an Astronaut
- Stand-up
- 10 - 13.50
- 2-13, 15-20 & 22-26 Aug 2017
Ever wished you could start life again on a new planet? Or wondered what you're doing right now in a... Full listing
NewsRevue 2017
- Sketch show
- 13.50 - 17.50
- 2-14 & 16-28 Aug 2017
Guinness World Record-breaking, Fringe First-winning, Perrier finalist, news-based song and sketch show. In need of a cathartic dose of comic... Full listing
John Robins: The Darkness of Robins
- Stand-up
- 10 - 14
- 2-13 & 15-27 Aug 2017
Guilt! Shame! Regret! Stand-up comedian, vibe magnet and London's saddest DJ yells into a well for 55 minutes. [i]The Elis... Full listing
Kwame Asante: Open Arms
- Stand-up
- 8.50 - 10
- 2-15 & 17-27 Aug 2017
'Between moving to a new city, starting a new career and gaining new responsibilities, award-winning comedian Kwame Asante has had... Full listing
Phil Wang: Kinabalu
- Stand-up
- 10 - 12
- 2-13 & 15-27 Aug 2017
Phil Wang is a son of the British Empire. But in a world suddenly intent on building walls and bolstering... Full listing
Sara Pascoe: LadsLadsLads
- Stand-up
- 10 - 13.50
- 2-27 Aug 2017
Sara is enjoying a year-long, one-woman stag do. From spiritual retreats, city breaks, life drawing classes and football matches -... Full listing
Sara Schaefer: Little White Box
- Stand-up
- 9.50 - 12.50
- 2-13 & 15-28 Aug 2017
In her debut show Schaefer employs her vulnerable, whip-smart comedy style to confront her complicated relationship with Jesus, America, and... Full listing
Stuart Laws Stops
- Stand-up
- 7 - 9.50
- 2-15 & 17-27 Aug 2017
Stuart has got fast-paced, hilarious observations and he ain't afraid to say them over the course of an hour. He... Full listing
AAA Stand-Up
- Stand-up
- 9 - 11
- 2-28 Aug 2017
Total sell-out 2005-2016 returns with a brand-new line-up. 'Comedy the way it should be: laugh-a-minute, leaving the audience wishing the... Full listing
Angela Barnes: Fortitude
- Stand-up
- 7.50 - 10
- 2-13 & 15-27 Aug 2017
Following sell-out Fringe shows in 2014 and 2015, Angela Barnes (Mock The Week, Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled, Russell Howard's... Full listing
Ed Gamble: Mammoth
- Stand-up
- 10 - 12
- 2-27 Aug 2017
After a sell-out success in 2016, that gobby little toerag Ed Gamble is back with a brand-new lumbering beast of... Full listing
Jon Pointing: Act Natural
- Character
- 9 - 11
- 2, 4-13 & 15-27 Aug 2017
In this much anticipated debut show, Jon Pointing presents Cayden Hunter, an actor who will demonstrate the importance of selflessness... Full listing
Josh Pugh: A Boy Named Pugh
- Stand-up
- 7.50 - 10
- 2-14 & 16-28 Aug 2017
Debut show from current English Comedian of the Year Josh Pugh, who won the much-coveted title after just two years... Full listing
Sisters: White Noise
- Sketch show
- 7.50 - 9.50
- 2-27 Aug 2017
Innovative sketch duo Sisters snake Fringe-wards, clutching their debut hour to their breast. 'See them now if you want to... Full listing
Richard Herring: Oh Frig, I'm 50!
- Stand-up
- 14
- 2-26 Aug 2017
'I only regret the people I didn't have sex with... And 60% of the people I did have sex with.'... Full listing
Iain Stirling: U OK Hun? X
- Stand-up
- 10 - 12
- 2-27 Aug 2017
Edinburgh's BAFTA-winning comedian returns to the Fringe after a summer narrating ITV2's Love Island and five consecutive sell-out runs. As... Full listing
Vikki Stone - Concerto for Comedian and Orchestra
- Music
- 16.50
- 27 Aug 2017
For one night only, award-winning comedian/composer Vikki Stone will perform her brand-new orchestral work Concerto for Comedian and Orchestra, alongside... Full listing
Joseph Morpurgo: Hammerhead
- Character
- 9 - 12
- 2-13 & 15-28 Aug 2017
Outlandishly funny multimedia comedy and new voodoo from the mind of the Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and three-time Chortle Award... Full listing
Sophie Willan: Branded
- Stand-up
- 10 - 12
- 2-15 & 17-27 Aug 2017
Sophie Willan has had a lifetime of being branded by others. In this highly anticipated follow-up to her 2016 smash-hit... Full listing
The Tartan Ribbon Comedy Benefit
- Stand-up
- 12
- 15 Aug 2017
A top night of comedy with all proceeds going to Waverley Care, a charity the Pleasance has supported for the... Full listing
Tom Allen: Absolutely
- Stand-up
- 8.50 - 11
- 2-13 & 15-27 Aug 2017
As seen on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Live at the Apollo, [i]The Great British Bake Off's Extra... Full listing
Colin Cloud: Dare
- Variety / magic
- 12 - 15
- 2-14 & 16-26 Aug 2017
His outrageous stunts on TV and stage have shaken celebrities and audiences to their core. Complete sell-out 2014-16. Dare you?... Full listing
Ivo Graham: Educated Guess
- Stand-up
- 8.50 - 11
- 2-13 & 15-27 Aug 2017
After an eventful year off (got a new laptop, etc), the boy's back in town with resolutions galore but less... Full listing
Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Appropriate Adult
- Stand-up
- 7.50 - 10
- 2-28 Aug 2017
Chortle Award nominee Kiri thinks the world revolves around her, but she didn't let that stop her wishing to mentor... Full listing
Sean Patton: Number One
- Stand-up
- 7.50 - 10
- 2-13 & 15-27 Aug 2017
A comedian from the drunken voodoo pirate city of New Orleans, Louisiana. There are many ways to describe Sean onstage,... Full listing
Annie Sertich: How to Not Kill Yourself for 30 Days... and the Next 330
- Stand-up
- 9.50 - 12.50
- 2-13 & 15-27 Aug 2017
Annie - Silicon Valley (HBO), Shameless (Showtime), Groundlings Main Company - performed this heartbreakingly hilarious, sold-out show to rave reviews... Full listing
Ed Night: Anthem for Doomed Youth
- Stand-up
- 7.50 - 9.50
- 2-13 & 15-28 Aug 2017
'An amazing assurance and confidence in his delivery... I can't wait to see his debut hour' (Scotsman). Well this is... Full listing
Garrett Millerick: The Devil's Advocate
- Stand-up
- 8.50 - 10
- 2-13 & 15-27 Aug 2017
I've just accidentally bought a house in the heart of Brexit country. My membership of the Urban Liberal Elite has... Full listing
Matt Forde: A Show Hastily Rewritten in Light of Recent Events - Again!
- Stand-up
- 12 - 14
- 2-27 Aug 2017
The UK's leading political comedian and host of Unspun presents a show completely changed by events which haven't yet happened.... Full listing
Phil Jerrod: Submerged
- Stand-up
- 7.50 - 10
- 2-13 & 15-27 Aug 2017
Fresh from supporting Romesh Ranganathan on his nationwide tour, the 'cynical, astute and impassioned' (Chortle.co.uk) comedian returns with his third... Full listing
Tez Ilyas: Teztify
- Stand-up
- 10 - 12
- 2-15 & 17-27 Aug 2017
Tez Ilyas feels like he's constantly on trial. It's time to teztify against all the assumptions the world has of... Full listing
Tom Ballard: Problematic
- Stand-up / satire
- 11 - 13
- 2-27 Aug 2017
A funny show about whether anything can be funny anymore. Best Show nominee 2016, Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Best Show nominee... Full listing
Dane Baptiste: G.O.D. (Gold. Oil. Drugs.)
- Stand-up
- 12 - 14
- 2-15 & 17-27 Aug 2017
Original, provocative and exceptionally prolific, Dane returns to the Fringe with a show about our worldwide pursuit of wealth, power... Full listing
James Acaster: The Trelogy
- Stand-up
- 11 - 14
- 2-13, 15-20 & 22-27 Aug 2017
Undercover cops. Jury duty. Witness protection. Comedy. All this and more as James Acaster brings a trilogy of shows to... Full listing
The Free Association: Jacuzzi
- Improv
- 5
- 2-27 Aug 2017
The improv powerhouse returns with their smash-hit show: Jacuzzi. Join The Free Association for the hottest improvised show on the... Full listing
John Hastings: Audacity
- Stand-up
- 8 - 10.50
- 2-13 & 15-27 Aug 2017
BBC Three's John Hastings, the funniest white comedian from Canada, was briefly vegan and is currently in love. An Amused... Full listing
Gary Delaney: There's Something About Gary
- Stand-up
- 12 - 14
- 18-26 Aug 2017
Back due to popular demand! Gary thinks a good joke should be like a drunk Glaswegian, short and punchy. This... Full listing
Lee Nelson: Serious Joker
- Stand-up
- 16.50 - 17.50
- 2-13 & 17-27 Aug 2017
You've seen him sneaking into places he shouldn't be, now come and see him where he most definitely should be:... Full listing
Darren Harriott: Defiant
- Stand-up
- 8.50 - 10
- 2-15 & 17-27 Aug 2017
Three things are guaranteed in life: failure, strong opinions and death. This (very funny) debut show from Darren Harriott is... Full listing
Jayde Adams is Jayded
- Stand-up
- 8 - 12
- 2-28 Aug 2017
Lastminute.com Best Newcomer nominee 2016, Jayde Adams is back with a new show and it's about popularity. Ridiculous in her... Full listing
Phoebe Walsh: I'll Have What She's Having
- Stand-up
- 9 - 11
- 2-13 & 15-27 Aug 2017
We're born alone, we live with weird people we find on Gumtree, we die alone. Phoebe does some lovely jokes... Full listing
Red Bastard: Lie With Me
- Clown / improv
- 9 - 11
- 2-13 & 15-27 Aug 2017
How free is your love? You're about to find out. Every. Single. One of you. Red Bastard has come to... Full listing
Tape Face
- Stand-up
- 13 - 17
- 2-14 & 16-27 Aug 2017
The best of Tape Face and more. The multi award-winning show returns to the Fringe for potentially the last time.... Full listing
Chris Betts: Bewilderbeest
- Stand-up
- 9 - 12
- 2-13 & 15-28 Aug 2017
Betts is back, but he's got a problem. What do you do when you can't trust the law, the elderly... Full listing
Chris Turner: What a Time to Be Alive
- Stand-up / improv
- 8 - 10
- 2-27 Aug 2017
Post-Brexit and pre-Trump, Chris moved to America. Comedy is all about timing. Award-winning comedian and 'virtuoso' (Guardian) freestyle rapper brings... Full listing
Pierre Novellie
- Stand-up
- 7.50 - 10
- 2-27 Aug 2017
Pierre Novellie is a South African from the Isle of Man who lives in London. Pierre does observational comedy for... Full listing
Rose Matafeo: Sassy Best Friend
- Stand-up
- 7 - 9
- 2-14 & 16-27 Aug 2017
Sassy best friend (sas-ee best frend): 1) A sidekick to the main character in a romantic comedy. 2) Not conventionally... Full listing
Suzi Ruffell: Keeping It Classy
- Stand-up
- 7.50 - 10
- 2-13 & 15-27 Aug 2017
Suzi Ruffell returns with a new hour of thought provoking and hilarious stand-up. 'Ruffell has nabbed the working-class comedy crown... Full listing
The Andy Field Experience
- Stand-up
- 8.50 - 10
- 2-15 & 17-27 Aug 2017
Join Chortle's One to Watch 2017, Andy Field as he takes you on a surreal and vivid journey in this... Full listing
Doug Anthony All Stars: Near Death Experience
- Music
- 15
- 2-6, 9-13, 16-20 & 23-27 Aug 2017
The monster gods of comedy and 2016's winners of Mervyn Stutter's Spirit of the Fringe award return to Edinburgh. Paul... Full listing
Gein's Family Giftshop: Volume 3
- Sketch show
- 8 - 10.50
- 2-28 Aug 2017
Like persistent dandruff, the multi award-winning sketch group are back and they are itching to show you what they've come... Full listing
2017 Chortle Student Comedy Awards Final
- Stand-up
- 10
- 14 Aug 2017
Hundreds entered, eight survive - now one will be crowned Britain's funniest student 2017. We've scoured the UK's universities for... Full listing
Rachel Jackson: Bunny Boiler
- Stand-up / storytelling
- 7.50 - 9.50
- 2-23 & 25-28 Aug 2017
Bunny Boiler is the debut hour from rising star and ever so slightly unhinged comedian Rachel Jackson (BBC Three, Tupperware... Full listing
Terry Alderton: All Crazy Now
- Sketch show / character
- 8.50 - 11
- 2-13 & 15-27 Aug 2017
This is a brand-new show featuring Johnny Spurling, pole-vaulting chickens, guinea pig diving and maybe... just maybe a dancing bear.... Full listing
Joe Sutherland: Model / Actress
- Stand-up
- 7 - 9
- 2-14 & 16-27 Aug 2017
London. Paris. Coventry. Joe Sutherland started from the bottom, now he's... here. This is the tale of a former model... Full listing
Mark Watson's Festival of Bad Ideas
- Stand-up
- 5
- 15-27 Aug 2017
Mark Watson asked a range of top comedians: 'what is your bad idea? What show would you like to put... Full listing
The Death Hilarious: The Scum Always Rises
- Sketch show
- 7 - 11
- 2-15 & 17-27 Aug 2017
Bible-black Welsh comedy duo do sketches. They're not a cult. They inhabit irregular folk: Creole exorcists, apelike weirdos, a homemade... Full listing
The Noise Next Door: 10
- Improv
- 10.50 - 14
- 2-15 & 17-27 Aug 2017
The smash-hit comedy phenomenon returns for their 10th consecutive Edinburgh Fringe with an astonishing new show. Join the quickest wits... Full listing
Jordan Brookes: Body of Work
- 6 - 8
- 3-13 & 15-27 Aug 2017
In August 2015 Jordan's Nanna, Gwendoline Martha Brookes, passed away. She was 95. This show is a genuine attempt to... Full listing
AAA Stand-Up Late
- Stand-up
- 9 - 11
- 2-28 Aug 2017
Total sell-out 2010-2016 returns with a brand-new line-up. 'Comedy the way it should be: laugh-a-minute, leaving the audience wishing the... Full listing
Late Night Gimp Fight
- Sketch show
- 11 - 13
- 3-5, 10-12, 17-19 & 24-26 Aug 2017
The washed-up boy band of sketch comedy are back with their first new show in four years. Now in their... Full listing
Phil Dunning: The House of Pigs
- Character
- 7 - 9
- 2-13 & 15-27 Aug 2017
You are cordially invited to The House of Pigs. 'I'd recommend that you have a few drinks beforehand' (EdFringeReview.com). 'Tremendously... Full listing
The Wrestling
- Variety
- 20
- 15 Aug 2017
Clotheslines versus punchlines - the biggest show in the history of Edinburgh is back. 11pm. Pleasance Grand. One night only.... Full listing
Pleasance Newcomer Comedy Gala
- Stand-up
- Free
- 5 Aug 2017
Join us as we celebrate our 33rd year at the Fringe with a one-off comedy extravaganza on our opening Saturday!... Full listing
Amusical
- Music
- 10
- 23 Aug 2017
For one night only Jayde Adams and Kiri Pritchard-McLean host this celebration of all things West End (or Broadway if... Full listing
Mark Watson: I'm Not Here
- Stand-up
- 14.50 - 16
- 24-26 Aug 2017
This show, a high spot of Watson's notorious Edinburgh career, began as a work-in-progress at the Fringe two years ago.... Full listing
Simon Amstell: Tour Previews (Work in Progress)
- Stand-up
- 15
- 17-19 Aug 2017
'Simon Amstell has a gift for taking a social norm and gently mocking it until it seems utterly ridiculous. Highly... Full listing
Spank!tacular
- Variety / cabaret
- 15.50
- 12, 19 & 26 Aug 2017
Spank's big sister returns with sexier hosts and more awesome comedy and cabaret - don't miss the 'best wild night... Full listing