Fall of Eagles

• Music / play
• 8 - 9
• 4-19 Aug 2018

Europe. 1914. The great Royal Houses stand on the brink of war and nobody knows why, least of all the...   Full listing

The Ladder

• Play
• 8 - 9.50
• 2-12 Aug 2018

Starring husband and wife, Rob Rouse (Upstart Crow - BBC2, 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Channel 4) and Helen...   Full listing

David Baddiel's Animalcolm

• Play / music
• 11 - 12
• 1-12 & 14-19 Aug 2018

Malcolm doesn't like animals, which is a problem because his family love them. Their house is full of pets. The...   Full listing

Benet Brandreth: A Hero for Our Times

• Storytelling
• 9.50 - 10.50
• 1-27 Aug 2018

Join award-winning comedian Benet Brandreth for a comic tale of love, loss, redemption and ramekins. Slightly surreal, hugely funny, it's...   Full listing

The Cambridge Impronauts: A Series of Improvable Events

• Improv / storytelling
• 10 - 10.50
• 1-27 Aug 2018

If you are reading this then I implore you to stop now and read no further. For if you are...   Full listing

Just These, Please

• Sketch show
• 9 - 9.50
• 1-19 & 21-27 Aug 2018

Charming new sketch group seek friendly audience for their Edinburgh debut. Looking to share one hour of passion followed by...   Full listing

Space Doctor

• Play
• 10 - 11
• 1-13 & 15-27 Aug 2018

Prescription: space justice. Dosage: lethal! Time travel, space ships, scary monsters, evil aliens, sexy assistants, demented fans. It must be...   Full listing

The Oxford Imps: Class of 2018

• Improv
• 10
• 1-27 Aug 2018

New year, new show! Having toured their comedic talents around the globe, Fringe veterans The Oxford Imps return to Edinburgh...   Full listing

Jeremy Nicholas: After Dinner Stories (From My Disastrous Broadcasting Career)

• Storytelling / play
• 6.50 - 11.50
• 1-28 Aug 2018

Sony Award-winning broadcaster Jeremy Nicholas brings his hilarious debut hour. Based on true-life stories from 27 years of trying not...   Full listing

Jon Culshaw and Bill Dare: The Great British Take Off

• Stand-up
• 15
• 13-26 Aug 2018

Join comedian/impressionist Jon Culshaw and legendary comedy writer/producer Bill Dare from BBC Radio 4's Dead Ringers for unscripted, spontaneous comedy...   Full listing

Julia Sutherland: Exposed

• Stand-up
• 9 - 10
• 1-12 & 14-27 Aug 2018

In her alter ego as broadcaster, Julia has interviewed dozens of top comedians, digging deep into their psyches, and having...   Full listing

Matt Forde's Political Party Podcast

• 12
• 9 & 15 Aug 2018

Following five years of sell-out London shows, Matt Forde's Political Party returns to Edinburgh for two live shows! Previous guests...   Full listing

Chemo Barbie

• 9.50 - 10.50
• 1-12 & 14-27 Aug 2018

In 2016, Heather Keller, a healthy young vegan runner, was diagnosed with breast cancer and her life changed forever. From...   Full listing

Card Ninja

• Magic / cabaret
• 10.50 - 11.50
• 1-13 & 15-27 Aug 2018

Warning: this show contains ninjas, not magic. Back by popular demand, Card Ninja is a riotous display of comedy and...   Full listing

Grace

• Play
• 8.50 - 9.50
• 1-12 & 14-27 Aug 2018

Alfie, a comedian who performed as the male half of a double act, re-enters the stage... as Zora, a woman....   Full listing

Andrea Hubert: Holes of Joy

• Storytelling
• 9 - 10
• 1-14 & 16-26 Aug 2018

Life is a heavy blanket of sadness and if you want joy, you've got to poke some holes. Yes, that's...   Full listing

Bowjangles: Excalibow

• Music
• 10 - 12
• 1-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018

Bowjangles are a string quartet who can really play. They dance whilst they play. They sing whilst they play. They...   Full listing

Agatha Is Missing!

• Play / character
• 10 - 11
• 1-12 & 14-27 Aug 2018

Agatha Christie is missing and ace detective, Miss Clarissa Marbles, needs your help in solving the crime. Was it the...   Full listing

Eshaan Akbar: Prophet Like It's Hot

• Stand-up
• 9 - 10
• 1-14 & 16-26 Aug 2018

Following his sell-out run in 2017, Akbar returns armed with a copy of the Qur'An in hand. It's a much...   Full listing

Rosco McClelland: 29

• Stand-up
• 8 - 9
• 1-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018

Rosco McClelland explores the perils of getting older and embracing it, whilst attempting to cling to your ever declining youth....   Full listing

Benny

• Play
• 10 - 11
• 1-12 & 14-27 Aug 2018

When Benny Hill died in April 1992, his body lay undiscovered in his flat for two days. During these two...   Full listing

Gareth Waugh: Oh Boy...!

• Stand-up
• 9 - 10
• 1-27 Aug 2018

Sequel to 2017's smash-hit sell-out debut about honesty, this one's all about the law of the playground, traveling companions from...   Full listing

The Noise Next Door's Really, Really, Good Afternoon Show (At Sea!)

• Improv
• 9.50 - 10.50
• 1-14 & 16-26 Aug 2018

The 10-time sell-out comedy sensation returns to Edinburgh with an epic new show for just about everyone. As seen on...   Full listing

Gráinne Maguire: I Forgive You; Please Like Me

• Stand-up
• 8.50 - 9.50
• 1-26 Aug 2018

What do I need to do to make you like me? Just tell me so we can all just relax....   Full listing

Sitting By Katherine Parkinson

• Play
• 14 - 16
• 1-26 Aug 2018

'Do you even need me here? I think you do. Actually.' Luke, Cassandra and Mary are sitting. They sit weekly...   Full listing

Scott Gibson: Anywhere but Here

• Stand-up
• 10 - 11
• 1-27 Aug 2018

Award-winning comic Scott Gibson was just 16 when he first set off on a voyage of self-discovery. His destination? Kavos......   Full listing

Edd Hedges: For Eva, from Forever Ago

• Stand-up
• 8 - 10
• 1-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018

In 1988 a teenager lost control of his car. In 2014 a Halloween party took an unexpected turn. In 2017...   Full listing

Just Like That! The Tommy Cooper Show

• 12.50
• 13-16 & 20-23 Aug 2018

The UK's number one Tommy Cooper tribute returns to the Fringe! Tommy Cooper was a true comic genius. His impeccable...   Full listing

Lost Voice Guy: Inspiration Porn

• Stand-up
• 10
• 1-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018

BBC New Comedy Award winner and star and writer of BBC Radio 4's brand-new comedy series, Ability, has unwittingly become...   Full listing

Stephen K Amos Talk Show

• Chat show
• 14
• 3-7, 10-12, 17-19 & 24-25 Aug 2018

Join festival favourite Stephen K Amos as he chats with guests hand-picked from the worlds of theatre, comedy and music....   Full listing

Trumpageddon

• Satire
• 11.50 - 12.50
• 1-7, 9-14, 16-21 & 23-27 Aug 2018

President Trump returns for a third season at his 'summer White House' after two sell-out years (and a most relaxing...   Full listing

Juliette Burton: Butterfly Effect

• Stand-up
• 9 - 10
• 1-15 Aug 2018

Award-winning comedian Juliette Burton returns for a limited run of her 2017 sell-out show exploring the power of kindness. When...   Full listing

Ray Bradshaw: Deaf Comedy Fam

• Stand-up / storytelling
• 10 - 11
• 16-22 Aug 2018

One in six people suffer from hearing loss. Two of those people are Ray's parents. Full of hilarious tales about...   Full listing

The Edinburgh Fringe Magic Gala

• Magic
• 10 - 12
• 1 & 3-26 Aug 2018

Sell-out 2017. The best illusion, magic and cabaret acts from the Fringe assemble at one of Edinburgh's biggest theatres for...   Full listing

Maisie Adam: Vague

• Stand-up
• 9
• 1-27 Aug 2018

18 months ago, Maisie decided to try stand-up comedy. Within a year, she won the biggest stand-up comedy newcomer competition...   Full listing

Dominic Frisby's Financial Game Show

• Game show
• 9 - 10
• 1-14 & 16-26 Aug 2018

Start your night with a big fat prize in your pocket! Dominic Frisby, the world's only financial expert and comedian,...   Full listing

Alison Spittle: Worrier Princess

• Stand-up
• 10 - 11
• 1-13 & 15-26 Aug 2018

Alison got her own TV show in Ireland. She thought all her problems would melt away. Turns out she was...   Full listing

Laura Lexx: Trying

• Stand-up
• 8.50 - 9.50
• 1-14 & 16-26 Aug 2018

'One can only hope there's some life-altering catastrophe around the corner for Lexx' (BroadwayBaby.com). Luckily, the award-winning comedian with 'superb...   Full listing

Sunday Service With Ola

• Stand-up
• 14
• 5, 12, 19 & 26 Aug 2018

Sunday Service With Ola is a unique event experience that uses a church theme to bring you stand-up comedy, group...   Full listing

The Dark Room (for Kids!)

• Multimedia
• 10 - 11
• 1-25 Aug 2018

You and your family are stuck inside a live-action video game! How will you escape?! Pick options off the screen...   Full listing

John Pendal: We Are Family

• Stand-up
• 10 - 11
• 1-12 & 14-27 Aug 2018

Storyteller and stand-up comedian John Pendal explores his family tree and discovers mutinies in the 1800s, arson in the 1900s...   Full listing

Red Richardson: Seeing Red

• Stand-up
• 8.50 - 9.50
• 1-27 Aug 2018

Red Richardson delivers his debut hour of satirical, anecdotal comedy with bite. Raised in a drug-fuelled hippie town, he narrowly...   Full listing

Zoe Lyons: Entry Level Human

• Stand-up
• 11.50 - 12.50
• 1-26 Aug 2018

As seen on Live at the Apollo (BBC Two), Mock the Week (BBC Two), Room 101 (BBC One) and regularly...   Full listing

Notflix

• Improv / music
• 11 - 12.50
• 1 & 3-26 Aug 2018

Five-star, total sell-out show Edinburgh Fringe 2016 and 2017 and Vaults 2017. Notflix returns to the Fringe, this time to...   Full listing

The Travelling Sisters: Toupé

• Sketch show
• 10 - 11
• 1-14 & 16-27 Aug 2018

Masterfully combining physical comedy, characters and original music, The Travelling Sisters are 'insane geniuses of sketch comedy' (GreatScott.media). This infectious...   Full listing

Jay Lafferty: Wheesht!

• Stand-up / storytelling
• 10
• 1-19 & 21-27 Aug 2018

With a colourful history of never knowing when to shut up, Jay has managed to get herself into - and...   Full listing

Stuart Mitchell: Gordon Ramsay's Karma Cafe

• Stand-up
• 9.50 - 11.50
• 1-12 & 14-27 Aug 2018

A truly astonishing and hilarious confessional story where the worlds of haute cuisine and high finance collide, bringing about a...   Full listing

Geoff Norcott: Traditionalism

• Stand-up
• 10 - 12
• 13-19 Aug 2018

Last year's sell-out show returns with a full refurb for 2018. Star of The Mash Report, Live At The Apollo,...   Full listing

Ayesha Hazarika: Girl on Girl

• Stand-up / satire
• 11 - 12
• 2-11 Aug 2018

The fight for feminism. Phew! After Weinstein and #MeToo, women of the world have finally united... for a good old-fashioned...   Full listing

Kai Humphries: Team Smug

• Stand-up
• 10.50 - 13.50
• 1-27 Aug 2018

Multi award-winning Geordie comedian premieres his hilarious new show about celebrating life and the true value of having pride in...   Full listing

MARVELus: All the Marvel Movies. Kind of. 2018

• Sketch show
• 10.50 - 11.50
• 1-13 & 15-27 Aug 2018

Direct from a standing room only season at Edinburgh Fringe last year, and a critically acclaimed tour of Australia this,...   Full listing

Scott Gibson: Tales from the Battlefield

• Stand-up
• 10
• 12-15 Aug 2018

Since the beginning of time, comedians have plied their trade on the comedy battlefield. Sometimes they kill, sometimes they die...   Full listing

Justin Moorhouse: Northern Joker

• Stand-up
• 12 - 13
• 1-26 Aug 2018

The self-confessed shameless northern joker is back. Justin's no-nonsense, laugh-out-loud comedy returns to the Fringe for the umpteenth time. Life's...   Full listing

Matt Price: Last Night a Weegie Saved My Life

• Stand-up
• 11 - 12
• 1-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018

Friendly Cornish giant Matt Price was going out with a woman. The only problem is that she wasn't going out...   Full listing

Neil Delamere: Controlled Substance

• Stand-up
• 11.50 - 12.50
• 3-13 & 15-26 Aug 2018

Fresh from a sell-out tour, the star of BBC's The Blame Game and Soft Border Patrol, Neil Delamere, returns to...   Full listing

So You Think You're Funny? Grand Final

• Stand-up
• 15
• 23 Aug 2018

Celebrating 31 years of the UK's biggest and best comedy newcomer competition. After months of regional heats, these guys are...   Full listing

Chris Forbes: Prophecy

• Stand-up / storytelling
• 10 - 11
• 1-12 & 14-27 Aug 2018

Chris Forbes, star of BBC hit comedy Scot Squad, returns to the Fringe to tell you the extraordinary tale of...   Full listing

Micky Bartlett: Crucifying Fergal

• Stand-up
• 10 - 11
• 1-27 Aug 2018

Micky never got into trouble at school until one fateful day in 2002, and then he f*cking nailed it...! Former...   Full listing

Jarred Christmas: Remarkably Average

• Stand-up
• 10 - 11
• 1-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018

Hey team! So, I had a DNA test and the results were very disappointing. There is nothing remarkable about my...   Full listing

Patrick Monahan: #Goals

• Stand-up
• 13 - 14
• 1-14 & 16-26 Aug 2018

Multi award-winning comedian and Fringe favourite, returns with another brand new stand-up show, #Goals. We all have life goals, whether...   Full listing

Anya Anastasia: The Executioners

• Cabaret / satire
• 11 - 13
• 1-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018

Award-winning musical-comedy maverick Anya Anastasia brandishes her razor-sharp satirical wit, gleefully attacking and dismembering perils of the modern world. Alongside...   Full listing

Fred Cooke: Fredinburgh

• Stand-up
• 8.50 - 9.50
• 1-13 & 15-27 Aug 2018

Fredinburgh, through its rambunctious energy, shows us why Fred Cooke is 'a born entertainer' (Chortle.co.uk). As seen on The Tommy...   Full listing

Ben Hart: The Nutshell

• Magic
• 10.50 - 12.50
• 1-12 & 14-27 Aug 2018

West End star and multi award-winning magician Ben Hart returns to Edinburgh with a brand-new show that shines a light...   Full listing

Christian Finnegan: My Goodness

• Stand-up
• 10 - 13
• 1-12 & 14-27 Aug 2018

Christian Finnegan is a stand-up comedian, exploring what it means to be a passable human being in 2018. Perhaps best...   Full listing

Luisa Omielan: Politics For Bitches

• Stand-up
• 14 - 15
• 2-13, 15-22 & 24-26 Aug 2018

Fresh from filming her BBC Three series of the same name, comedy phenomenon Luisa Omielan (What Would Beyonce Do?! and...   Full listing

David Correos: The Correos Effect

• Variety
• 9 - 10
• 1-12 & 14-27 Aug 2018

New Zealand's David Correos has blown away audiences from Auckland to Adelaide, now he returns to Edinburgh with his debut...   Full listing

Janeane Garofalo: Put a Pin in That

• Stand-up
• 13 - 14
• 1-12 & 14-19 Aug 2018

Actress and comedian Janeane Garofalo has been an American institution since she burst on the scene in 1992. Janeane has...   Full listing

Murray Hill: About to Break

• Cabaret / improv
• 10.50 - 12.50
• 1-12 & 14-27 Aug 2018

A rip-roaring Edinburgh debut from a showbiz icon who lives to perform, and performs to live. He'll regale details of...   Full listing

So You Think You're Funny? Sketch

• Stand-up / sketch show
• 10
• 20 Aug 2018

Join us for the second year of the new comedy competition celebrating all things sketch! The organiser's behind the UK's...   Full listing

Rhod Gilbert: Work In Very Very Early Progress

• Stand-up
• 15
• 20-22 & 24-26 Aug 2018

After almost six years away from live stand-up, I'm itching to get back on stage. The world has gone totally...   Full listing

Daniel Connell: Mr Personality 1988

• Stand-up
• 10 - 11.50
• 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2018

Award-nominated Australian stand-up Daniel Connell is quite possibly the most relaxed man in Australia. He could easily be described as...   Full listing

Kevin Quantum: And for My Next Trick

• Magic
• 12 - 13
• 1-20 & 22-26 Aug 2018

Magician-scientist hybrid Kevin Quantum activates his silly side with comedy sketch-magic. This fast-paced show has more blow-your-brains tricks than you...   Full listing

Damian Clark: Extra Show

• Stand-up
• 10 - 11
• 1-26 Aug 2018

Strap in for rapid-fire jokes from the Aussie hurricane in this brand-new show. Due to phenomenal demand, 26 shows have...   Full listing

Christopher Macarthur-Boyd: Home Sweet Home

• Stand-up
• 9 - 10
• 1-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018

The debut hour from the future of Scottish stand-up. A three-time Scottish Comedian of the Year finalist, So You Think...   Full listing

Claire Sullivan: I Wish I Owned a Hotel for Dogs

• Stand-up
• 9 - 10
• 1-14 & 16-27 Aug 2018

A madcap adventure through the wild mind of a young Australian absurdist. She hurtles the audience through dogs, a dog...   Full listing

Judah Friedlander: America... Still Number One

• Stand-up
• 14.50
• 19-22 Aug 2018

Last year Judah's 84-minute stand-up comedy performance film, America Is the Greatest Country In the United States, debuted on Netflix...   Full listing

Rik Carranza presents: Star Trek vs Star Wars

• Panel show
• 10 - 11.50
• 1-4, 8-11, 16-22 & 24-27 Aug 2018

The hit show of 2016 and 2017 returns! The ultimate comedy panel show that boldly goes to a galaxy far...   Full listing

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre: Superheroes

• Sketch show
• 10.50 - 12.50
• 1-26 Aug 2018

Sock! Pow! Wham! Earth's funniest footwear are back with their 10th new show of songs, sketches, socks and violence. This...   Full listing

Set List: Stand-Up Without a Net

• Improv / stand-up
• 6 - 14.50
• 2-12, 14-19 & 21-26 Aug 2018

'For anyone genuinely interested in comedy and comedians, this is the must-see show of the festival' ***** (Scotsman). Fast, furious,...   Full listing

So You Think You're Funny? Semi-Finals

• Stand-up
• 10
• 5-7 & 12-15 Aug 2018

The UK's biggest and best comedy newcomer competition is back for its 31st year at the Fringe! After months of...   Full listing

AAA Stand-Up Late at Gilded Balloon

• Stand-up
• 10 - 11.50
• 1-27 Aug 2018

Total sell-out 2010-2017 returns with a brand-new line-up. 'Comedy the way it should be: laugh-a-minute, leaving the audience wishing the...   Full listing

The Moa Show

• Stand-up
• 11 - 12
• 1-13 & 15-27 Aug 2018

Three lonely men are magically transported to a mythical land through the charms of a Maori busker. To get home,...   Full listing

Very Blue Peter

• Play
• 10 - 11
• 1-27 Aug 2018

1998. England are out of the World Cup. JK Rowling is still pretty skint. Richard Bacon has been framed. Or...   Full listing

Roman Fraden: Back in the Closet

• Stand-up
• 10
• 1-14 & 16-27 Aug 2018

American figure skating champion turned comedian Roman Fraden invites you to take a cosmic journey Back in the Closet -...   Full listing

Thomas Green: Doubting Thomas

• Stand-up
• 8 - 9
• 1-12 & 14-27 Aug 2018

Thomas Green returns with his new hour Doubting Thomas. Green looks at life after leaving religion, teaching and moving abroad....   Full listing

Grant Busé: The Birds and the Beats

• Music / stand-up
• 9 - 10
• 1-7, 9-14 & 16-27 Aug 2018

We need to talk about 'the talk'. From consent to condoms to commitment, enrol in this sing-along sex ed class...   Full listing

Will Seaward's Spooky Midnight Ghost Stories V

• Storytelling
• 10 - 10.50
• 1-12, 14-21 & 23-27 Aug 2018

The legendary late-night, vampire-flavoured torch-wielding storytelling ghoststravaganza returns for a fifth year! Run while you can!! Join Edinburgh's favourite spooky...   Full listing

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Club Nights

• Music
• 12.50 - 14
• 4-5, 9-11, 16-18 & 24-25 Aug 2018

Former PM and cabaret superstar Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho is back... and this time she's hosting a club night!...   Full listing

Mr McClelland's Damn Good Dance

• Cabaret
• 8 - 10
• 2-5, 10-12, 17-19 & 24-26 Aug 2018

'My favourite DJ on the planet... If you're looking for a party get a ticket' (Tom Loud, Hot Dub Time...   Full listing

Late'n'Live

• Stand-up
• 12.50 - 16
• 3-27 Aug 2018

The original, wildest and latest of the late-night comedy shows is back for its 32nd year, showcasing unadulterated comedy mayhem...   Full listing