Venue 515: Monkey Barrel
- 9-11 Blair St, EH1 1QR
- 0131 226 0000
- www.monkeybarrelcomedy.com
- www.edfringe.com
Details
A purpose-built year-round comedy club and bar. Centrally located in Blair St between the Royal Mile and Cowgate at the heart of the Fringe.
Shows at this venue in 2017
This Is Your Trial (PG)
- Improv
- 8
- Noon (50 mins)
- 31 Jul; 1-27 Aug 2017
The UK's only comedy court is back, but now, for all the family! An improvised show where Steve Bennett invites... Full listing
Lucy Pearman: Maid of Cabbage
- Clown / storytelling
- PWYW
- 12:30pm (50 mins)
- 3-13 & 16-27 Aug 2017
'Traditionally, unmarried maids were sent into the vegetable garden to choose the perfect cabbage' (Anon). Bonkers storytelling with a heart... Full listing
Rik Carranza Presents: Star Trek vs Star Wars
- Panel show
- PWYW
- 1:10pm (1 hour)
- 3-15 & 17-27 Aug 2017
Returning to Edinburgh after a sell-out run at edfringe 2016, prepare yourself for the ultimate showdown. Geek culture collides in... Full listing
Ari Eldjárn: Pardon My Icelandic
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 1:40pm (1 hour)
- 3-8, 10-13, 16-22 & 24-27 Aug 2017
Ari Eldjárn is Iceland's biggest stand-up comedian. Born and raised in Reykjavík, he debuted as a stand-up comic in 2009... Full listing
John-Luke Roberts: Look on My Works, Ye Mighty, and Despair! (All in Caps)
- Stand-up / character
- PWYW
- 2:20pm (1 hour)
- 3-15 & 17-27 Aug 2017
The cult-favourite alternative comic humbly invites you to his brand-new, absolutely brilliant hour of extraordinary-absurdist-character-comedy-nonsense-sort-of-stand-up and hubris. 'This is alternative... Full listing
Pat Cahill: The Fisherman
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 2:50pm (1 hour)
- 3-15 & 17-27 Aug 2017
Pat Cahill is The Fisherman. Having hidden in plain sight as an absurdist comedian for a while now, it's time... Full listing
Simon Morley: Naked Ambition
- Storytelling
- PWYW
- 3:40pm (1 hour)
- 4-27 Aug 2017
20 years ago, Simon Morley had an idea. An idea that would blossom into one of the craziest shows on... Full listing
Alfie Brown: Whatever Works
- Stand-Up
- PWYW
- 4:05pm (1 hour)
- 3-4, 6-9 & 13-27 Aug 2017
Alfie Brown is trying out new jokes. Jokes about therapy, what makes a good school, war, child swearing and Eric... Full listing
John Kearns: Don't Worry They're Here
- Stand-up
- 7
- 5pm (1 hour)
- 4-15 & 17-27 Aug 2017
The only winner of the Best Show and Best Newcomer Edinburgh Comedy Awards returns for the first time. 'Now this... Full listing
Liam Withnail: The Immigration Game
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 5:20pm (1 hour)
- 3-14 & 16-27 Aug 2017
'Fantastic' (Scotsman). 'Slick, fast paced banter' (Skinny). 'Fringe shows you need to see' (Wow247.co.uk). Withnail returns to the Fringe after... Full listing
Spencer Jones: The Audition
- Clown
- PWYW
- 6:20pm (50 mins)
- 4-14 & 16-27 Aug 2017
BAFTA nominee. UK Barry winner: Best Show and Best Performer. Spencer Jones returns to Edinburgh with a mash-up of music,... Full listing
Larry Dean: Fandan
- Stand-up / storytelling
- 5
- 6:40pm (1 hour)
- 3-14 & 16-27 Aug 2017
Amused Moose Comedy Award winner and Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Larry Dean returns to Edinburgh with a brand new... Full listing
Glenn Wool: Viva Forever
- Stand-up
- 7.50
- 7:40pm (1 hour)
- 3-13 & 15-27 Aug 2017
Glenn Wool (As heard on Freestyle with Frankie Boyle, as seen on Doug Stanhope and Friends on Seeso) returns with... Full listing
Phil Nichol: Your Wrong
- Stand-up / storytelling
- PWYW
- 9pm (1 hour)
- 3-27 Aug 2017
Trump. Your wrong. Brexit. Your wrong. Facebook. Your wrong. Tinder. Your wrong. Religion. Your wrong. Fashion. Your wrong. Grammar. Your... Full listing
Phil Kay: Euphoric
- Storytelling
- PWYW
- 9:20pm (1 hour)
- 10-27 Aug 2017
'A comedian like no other. There's so much humour in the hour it's hard to breathe. This original comedy genius... Full listing
Tim Renkow Has Accepted Satan as Lord and Savior
- Stand-up / storytelling
- PWYW
- 9:20pm (1 hour)
- 4-8 Aug 2017
As seen on BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, NBC and 5Star, veteran of the Fringe Tim Renkow says, 'come... Full listing
Brendon Burns and Colt Cabana Do Comedy and Commentary to Bad Wrestling Matches
- Improv / multimedia
- PWYW
- 10:20pm (1 hour)
- 4-27 Aug 2017
What it says on the tin. Everyone's favourite late night hang out. The dumb show for no one is now... Full listing
Luke McQueen: The Boy With Tape on His Face
- PWYW
- 10:40pm (55 mins)
- 3-14 & 16-27 Aug 2017
Award-winning comedian Luke McQueen will attempt to perform stand-up without the use of his forehead. 'His performance is as electrifying... Full listing
Alternative Comedy Memorial Society (ACMS)
- Variety
- 7
- 11:50pm (130 mins)
- 6-9, 13-16 & 20-23 Aug 2017
The ACMS returns to Edinburgh like a fetid Petri dish teeming with innovative bacterial comedy. Join the cavalcade of sparkling... Full listing
Phil Nichol: The Asylum
- Cabaret / variety
- PWYW
- 11:50pm (180 mins)
- 3-5, 10-12, 17-19 & 24-26 Aug 2017
The Asylum is a fully immersive three hours of theatrical entertainment with two sets of cabaret followed by DJ Loopy... Full listing
Bastard Entry
- Stand-Up
- 15
- 11:55pm (1 hour)
- 18 Aug 2017
Heroes acts and employees Siiri, Andy Barr and Liam Cook have had a burgulary. They have lost cash, a laptop... Full listing
Rob Kemp: The Elvis Dead
- Music
- PWYW
- Midnight (1 hour)
- 3-14, 17-21 & 24-27 Aug 2017
Cult classic horror movie Evil Dead 2 reinterpreted through the songs of Elvis*. Every now and then an idea strikes... Full listing