On Earth As It Is

• Storytelling / stand-up
• Free
• 2-26 Aug 2018

This tour de farce of satire, parody and general comic mayhem chronicles the exploits of an American in Central and...   Full listing

ComedySportz 4 Tots

• Improv / storytelling
• Free
• 25 & 26 Aug 2018

The team behind the hit competitive comedy show ComedySportz are bringing a brand new show to the Edinburgh Fringe jam...   Full listing

Improvable and the Chapter of Secrets

• Improv
• Free
• 20-26 Aug 2018

Improvable and the Chapter of Secrets is an improvised magical story in the style of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named-For-Copyright-Reasons. Come with us as...   Full listing

Games With James

• Game show
• Free
• 2-14 & 16-19 Aug 2018

Award-winning comedian and UK board-gaming champion James Cook invites you to play board games live on stage. Buckaroo, Guess Who,...   Full listing

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Courses

• Workshop
• 99
• 4, 7, 11, 14, 18, 21 & 25 Aug 2018

Learn the skill and art of stand-up comedy performance on this two-day intensive comedy training course. Our tutors are professional...   Full listing

Fantastic Magic Show For Kids

• Magic
• Free
• 31 Jul; 1-5, 7-12, 14-19 & 21-26 Aug 2018

The Fantastic Magic Show is a special and unique experience for children and their parents. It is a wonderful and...   Full listing

Huggers (Free Festival)

• Stand-up / cabaret
• Free
• 30 & 31 Jul; 1-26 Aug 2018

Following more successful shows at festivals worldwide, the popular show returns with a revolving line-up of acts selected from the...   Full listing

Samantha Hannah: How To Find A Husband In A Year

• Stand-up / storytelling
• Free
• 23-26 Aug 2018

Is there a right time to get married? Apparently yes, there is! Based on maths, the ideal age is 26....   Full listing

Defrosted

• Play / music
• Free
• 31 Jul; 1-15 & 17-22 Aug 2018

A big bonkers blast of fun with super-duo Cat (the Spot Bots Mermaid on CBeebies) and Nicko. Love that frosty...   Full listing

Karoshi

• Stand-up
• Free
• 3, 6, 9-10, 13, 16-17, 20 & 23-24 Aug 2018

Apparently, 60% of us hate our jobs. No wonder, with pointless jargon to contend with (key performance indicators?) and even...   Full listing

Grumpy Pants

• Clown
• Free
• 2-26 Aug 2018

All the way from Spain, Grumpy Pants is a hilarious show for the whole family. Mr Vita will delight audiences...   Full listing

Andrew Roper's Superheroes For Kids 3

• Stand-up
• Free
• 30 & 31 Jul; 1-26 Aug 2018

Superheroes for Kids 3 is the newest version of the hit show. 2018 features some new superheroes and all new...   Full listing

Curried Mustard

• Stand-up
• Free
• 2-3, 6, 9-10, 13, 16-17, 20 & 23-24 Aug 2018

Growing up in the deepest darkest parts of India and then being thrown into the West with no language, culture,...   Full listing

By the Power of Greyskull

• Stand-up
• Free
• 2-3, 6, 9-10, 13, 16-17, 20 & 23-24 Aug 2018

I am Winter. Prince of punchlines and defender of gags and the humorous secrets of Castle Greyskull. Fabulous secret comedic...   Full listing

Funny Cluckers - Best of the Fest - Free

• Stand-up
• Free
• 3-26 Aug 2018

Four top-quality fowl-mouthed acts, hand-plucked from around the festival. For the poultry sum of a bucket contribution on eggsit. Guaranteed...   Full listing

Boogers, Books and Big Bottom Burps!

• Storytelling
• Free
• 1-26 Aug 2018

The latest Edinburgh Fringe fun from the award-winning and best-selling author Stuart Reid. There's his unusual brand of books, bottoms,...   Full listing

Game On 2.0

• Multimedia
• Free
• 30 & 31 Jul; 1-19 Aug 2018

Direct from Australia for kids of all ages - Game On 2.0 is the sequel to the 2015 cult interactive...   Full listing

Battle of the Superheroes - The Great Superhero Debate (Free Festival)

• Stand-up
• Free
• 4-7, 9-14, 16-21 & 23-25 Aug 2018

This worldwide hit show for geeks and non-geeks everywhere returns with a changing line-up of hilarious comedians with a mixture...   Full listing

Josh and Lou: Working Classy

• Stand-up / storytelling
• Free
• 12-26 Aug 2018

Josh drinks Stella before yoga. Louise has gravy on her avocado. Both find themselves uncertain of their social hierarchy. Some...   Full listing

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

• Stand-up
• Free
• 2-26 Aug 2018

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside hot new talent and Fringe newcomers from around the UK,...   Full listing

Graham Fellows Completely Out of Character

• Stand-up / music
• Free
• 16-26 Aug 2018

Graham Fellows has performed as the comic character John Shuttleworth for over 25 years on stage, TV and radio, delighting...   Full listing

Kate Talbot Has Peaked Too Soon

• Stand-up
• Free
• 2-11 Aug 2018

Being alive is kinda shite, isn't it? Kate Talbot's been somehow doing it successfully for sixteen years now. So far...   Full listing

ComedySportz UK

• Improv
• Free
• 2-15 Aug 2018

11th year at the Edinburgh Fringe! Two teams compete for laughs with quick-witted gags, games, sketches and songs inspired by...   Full listing

Jon & Nath Like to Party

• Sketch show
• Free
• 2-14 & 16-26 Aug 2018

After last year's totally sold out Edinburgh run, Jon & Nath return with their unique style of hardcore sketch comedy...   Full listing

Absolute Legends

• Free
• 31 Jul; 1-14 & 16-26 Aug 2018

From Calum MacInnes, creator of the epic Zero Quest trilogy, comes a brand-new children's show for 2018. An interactive fantasy...   Full listing

Stephen Bailey: Our Kid

• Stand-up
• Free
• 2-26 Aug 2018

From ITV2's Safeword and CelebAbility, ITV's Weekend with Aled, Comedy Central's Live At The Comedy Store, Channel 5's [i]Celebrity Big...   Full listing

#1 Comedy Great Fun Best Show Jez Watts

• Stand-up
• Free
• 2-5, 7-12, 14-19 & 21-26 Aug 2018

****1/2 (PerthHappenings.com). **** (TheMusic.com.au). West Australian stand-up comedy veteran Jez Watts has a fresh hour of material, his online search...   Full listing

Russell Hicks: Love Song for the Viciously Ambitious

• Stand-up
• Free
• 2-26 Aug 2018

Russell Hicks returns with another free-form explosion that he deems 'necessary medicine' for any artist who is trying too hard...   Full listing

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

• Stand-up
• Free
• 2-26 Aug 2018

See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with different line-ups at every show and four performances daily....   Full listing

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane McDonald?

• Storytelling / stand-up
• Free
• 22-26 Aug 2018

A new and original show celebrating an ex-copper's 20-year obsession with Wakefield's number one export, the legendary Jane McDonald, cruises...   Full listing

Andrew Silverwood: Reformed Terrorist

• Stand-up / storytelling
• Free
• 2-14 Aug 2018

From his background in left-wing activism, award-winning stand-up and storyteller Andrew Silverwood spent a lot of his teenage years arguing...   Full listing

Darius Davies: The Art of the Troll

• Multimedia / stand-up
• Free
• 2-26 Aug 2018

'I like trolling big. I always have. To me it's very simple: If you're going to troll anyway, you might...   Full listing

Twisted

• Music
• Free
• 15-21 Aug 2018

Join Aaron Ayjay as he takes a comedic and very twisted musical journey through relationships from childhood, dating, marriage, divorce...   Full listing

Milo McCabe: 1001 Moments With Troy Hawke!

• Character / stand-up
• Free
• 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018

Troy Hawke returns with another riotous hour, navigating the detritus of everyday life and the divine properties of Scrabble values....   Full listing

Andrew Roper - What Is Best in Life?

• Stand-up
• Free
• 30 & 31 Jul; 2-26 Aug 2018

'What is best in life?' If you know the answer, come to this show. If you don't... come anyway, there'll...   Full listing

Beach Hunks: Leg Day

• Sketch show
• Free
• 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018

Toned. Honed. Hunked. Chipper sketch lads Beach Hunks stride leggily to Edinburgh with a fast-paced hour of daft sketch carnage....   Full listing

Jamie Oliphant: The Oliphant in the Room

• Storytelling
• Free
• 3-26 Aug 2018

'An original way with words and a talent for one-liners and short stories... with a touch of the gangly Ivo...   Full listing

BattleActs! Improvised Comedy

• Improv
• Free
• 3-5, 7-12, 14-19 & 21-26 Aug 2018

As heard on BBC Radio 1! Winners: VAULT Festival People's Choice Award. BattleActs! is an award-winning, multi five-star comedy show...   Full listing

The Big Free Fringe Festival Launch Show 2018

• Stand-up
• Free
• 1 Aug 2018

See a huge selection of this year's big names, stand-out performers and many of the best free acts in Edinburgh...   Full listing

Go Slay Dragons!

• Stand-up / storytelling
• Free
• 12-26 Aug 2018

Dan was almost shot - and it's all Rupert Murdoch's fault. Kinda. A lefty snowflake somehow working at The Sun,...   Full listing

The Lesbian Whisperer

• Stand-up / storytelling
• Free
• 2-26 Aug 2018

Lebanese by blood, Australian by birth, European by 2020. After a formidable spell in Berlin, Frank realises that identity is...   Full listing

Shaggers (Free Festival)

• Stand-up / storytelling
• Free
• 30 & 31 Jul; 2-26 Aug 2018

Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres worldwide, this hit show returns with a changing line-up of various comedians...   Full listing

99 Club Stand-Up Selection - Free

• Stand-up
• Free
• 2-26 Aug 2018

Proudly supporting the Free Festival with a different selection each day of four of the best comics at the Fringe....   Full listing

The Nasty Show

• Stand-up
• Free
• 2-5, 7-12, 14-19 & 21-26 Aug 2018

Offensive is the new black. The Nasty Show is a guaranteed offensive comedy showcase featuring a selection of the best...   Full listing

John Lenahan: Up Close

• Magic / variety
• Free
• 15-26 Aug 2018

An Evening of Intimate Magic (and Comedy) with a Master. Thousands of people have seen John Lenahan performing his hilarious...   Full listing

Life Coach (age 14)

• Stand-up
• Free
• 2-14 Aug 2018

A letter from the past, a date with a doomsday survivalist and the start of your dream career. What would...   Full listing

Head Sets

• Stand-up
• Free
• 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2018

Comedians losing their heads and performing with no bodies! This sell-out show returns with more of the best comedians from...   Full listing

Revenge of the New World

• Stand-up
• Free
• 2-26 Aug 2018

Our parents are fine. No marginalised struggle or mental trauma. No vulnerable moments of authenticity, perhaps not even a moment...   Full listing

Roast Battle Edinburgh

• Game show / satire
• Free
• 2-26 Aug 2018

A show that makes smack talk an art form. Comedy Roast Battle Edinburgh puts two comedians head to head in...   Full listing

Hate 'n' Live

• Improv / stand-up
• Free
• 2-26 Aug 2018

The smash-hit show returns for a fifth year, with top TV comedians - aka the Gladi-Haters - improvising rants on...   Full listing

Rule of Three

• Stand-up / game show
• Free
• 2-26 Aug 2018

Part stand-up comedy, part game show. Three of the funniest comedians on earth take the stage with some of the...   Full listing

Simon Jablonski - Love

• Stand-up
• Free
• 2-13 & 16-26 Aug 2018

An entirely un-erotic journey that begins in a public toilet, then takes strange diversions via a sexy tomato plant and...   Full listing