Venue 302: Underbelly, Bristo Square
- Teviot Place, EH8 9AG
- 0844 545 8252
- www.underbellyedinburgh.co.uk
- www.edfringe.com
Shows at this venue in 2018
Brainiac Live!
- 12 - 15
- 1-12 & 14-27 Aug 2018
Strap on your safety goggles. Due to popular demand, science's greatest and most volatile live show arrives with a vengeance.... Full listing
Bennett Arron: I've Never Told Anyone This
- Stand-up
- 9 - 10
- 1-12 & 14-27 Aug 2018
Bennett Arron is revealing secrets. The problem is they are not all his to tell. In this personal, shocking and... Full listing
Stupid Cupid
- Play
- 9 - 10
- 1-12 & 14-27 Aug 2018
Ever feel confused about love? Where to find it and keep it? Do you think you touch yourself too often?... Full listing
Comedy Of Errors
- Play
- 10
- 1-14 Aug 2018
One of Shakespeare's finest comedies, The Comedy of Errors, in a vigorously fresh and exciting production that offers a delicious... Full listing
Camels
- Sketch show
- 9 - 10
- 1-12 & 14-27 Aug 2018
Camels is a side-splittingly funny five-star sketch comedy, coming to Edinburgh after four sell-out runs in London. Written and performed... Full listing
The Guilty Feminist
- Multimedia
- 15
- 25 & 26 Aug 2018
Deborah Frances-White (from BBC Radio 4 and Global Pillage) and special guests record an episode of her hit comedy podcast,... Full listing
Dick and Dom: Dick V Dom
- Game show
- 12.50 - 14.50
- 1-12 Aug 2018
Are you ready?! The multi BAFTA-winning legends Dick and Dom are coming to Edinburgh for the first time in 2018.... Full listing
Fun Kids Radio's Epic Roadshow Adventure
- 10 - 11
- 1-12 & 14-27 Aug 2018
The Fun Kids Radio presenters need your help to keep the station on-air and to make the best radio roadshow... Full listing
Karaoke Saved My Life
- Cabaret
- 10 - 11
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Did you know that all life problems can be solved through karaoke? Join this immersive interactive experience and sing your... Full listing
Nick Hall: Spencer
- Stand-up
- 9 - 10
- 1-12 & 14-27 Aug 2018
Spencer Percival has one claim to fame. He's the only British Prime Minister ever to be assassinated. Unfortunately, no one's... Full listing
Vince Ebert: Sexy Science. Made in Germany
- Stand-up
- 9 - 10
- 1-14 & 16-27 Aug 2018
German comedians are like English cooks, sober Scotsmen or Texan democrats. And physicists aren't funny at all. That may be... Full listing
UCL Graters: Panopticon
- Sketch show
- 9 - 10
- 1-12 & 14-27 Aug 2018
The nation's favourite appliance-themed comedy troupe returns for the heavenliest of seventh years at the Fringe. Join The Graters' mirthful... Full listing
Austentatious
- Improv
- 14 - 16
- 15-24 Aug 2018
After sell-out national tours, a West End run and BBC Radio 4 special, Austentatious returns to the Fringe for its... Full listing
Croft & Pearce: Double Take
- Sketch show
- 10 - 11
- 6-26 Aug 2018
Stars of BBC Radio 4's The Croft & Pearce Show and Sketchorama, winners of the Mervyn Stutter Spirit of the... Full listing
Amy Annette: What Women Want
- Chat show
- 10
- 16-19 & 23-26 Aug 2018
Join Amy and a panel of her far more famous comedian friends in comic conversation. Previous guests (such as Aisling... Full listing
Goons
- Play
- 10 - 11
- 3-14 Aug 2018
Albert thinks something's a bit off when Big Darren sends him to the shops with a list for a bottle... Full listing
Awakening
- Play
- 10 - 11
- 1-12 & 14-27 Aug 2018
'Happy birthday Cassie... You're a f*cking idiot.' It's the morning of Cassie's 26th. She wakes to find herself in someone's... Full listing
Not Yet Suffragette
- Satire
- 10 - 11
- 1-12 & 14-27 Aug 2018
Not Yet Suffragette is a potent mix of feminist theatre and stand-up comedy surrounding how - not far - women's... Full listing
Lucy Frederick: Even More Naked
- Stand-up
- 9 - 10
- 1-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Some years ago, comedian Lucy Frederick appeared in a reality TV show in which she had to get naked. Like,... Full listing
Wil Greenway: Either Side of Everything
- Storytelling / music
- 10.50 - 11.50
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Master storyteller and perennial Fringe sell-out, Wil Greenway returns with live musicians and (hopefully) a live audience to help your... Full listing
Ashley Blaker: Observant Jew
- Stand-up
- 10 - 11
- 1-3, 5-10, 12-17, 19-24 & 26 Aug 2018
Ashley Blaker isn't your average Orthodox Jewish man. He's also an internationally acclaimed comedian and now, for the first time,... Full listing
CSI: Crime Scene Improvisation
- Improv
- 9 - 10
- 1-26 Aug 2018
No one knows who the killer is, not even the cast! The improvised comedy murder mystery is back! Following a... Full listing
Manhunt
- Sketch show
- 9 - 10
- 1-12 & 14-27 Aug 2018
Best friends Emm and Leo are incredibly lonely and distressingly available. So... would you maybe want to hang out later?... Full listing
Tom Neenan: It's Always Infinity
- Stand-up
- 10 - 11
- 1-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
***** (ThreeWeeks). **** (Telegraph). Tom's girlfriend has vanished, so he has done what any right-minded man would do and turned... Full listing
Featured Richard Soames: Let's Make a Movie
- Multimedia
- 9 - 10
- 1-12 & 14-27 Aug 2018
One man. One hour. One second hand camcorder. Join 'charming storyteller' (Chortle.co.uk) Richard Soames as he gets the band back... Full listing
Bumper Blyton
- Improv
- 9 - 10
- 1-27 Aug 2018
The picnic hamper's packed full of parody, ready for a riotous improvised spoof in the style of Enid Blyton. Come... Full listing
Viv Groskop: Vivalicious
- Stand-up
- 9 - 10
- 1-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
As heard on BBC Radio 4 and as seen on BBC One's This Week, Viv Groskop presents Vivalicious, a show... Full listing
Ross Brierley: Accumulator
- Stand-up
- 9 - 10
- 1-13 & 15-27 Aug 2018
What would you do if you had a bet on the horses and won a year's wages in a day?... Full listing
Helen Lederer: I Might as Well Say It
- Stand-up
- 10.50 - 11.50
- 3-12 & 14-25 Aug 2018
The Naked Video and Absolutely Fabulous star feels it's time to spill, before she forgets and gets taken off the... Full listing
Buried: A New Musical
- Music / play
- 11 - 12
- 1-9 & 11-27 Aug 2018
Winner of The Cameron Mackintosh Award 2018, NSDF Edinburgh Award and The Stage Pick of the Fringe 2017. When Rose... Full listing
Ian Smith: Craft
- Stand-up
- 10 - 12.50
- 1-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Multi award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC Three's Sweat the Small Stuff, Dave's The Magic Sponge podcast) returns. This show will... Full listing
Paul Mayhew-Archer: Incurable Optimist
- Stand-up
- 9 - 10
- 1-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Paul's co-written or worked on many much-loved comedy shows - The Vicar of Dibley, I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue,... Full listing
Athena Kugblenu: Follow The Leader
- Stand-up
- 10 - 11
- 1-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
The world's never had more knowledge, yet never more stupidity. Athena can't help but notice consistencies between the universe and... Full listing
Josh Glanc: Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chamedian
- Sketch show
- 10 - 11
- 1-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Winner: Best Comedy, Perth Fringe 2017. Named 'one of the most exciting emerging [Aussie] talents' (TheAge.com.au) and fresh from a... Full listing
Silent Disco Tours by Silent Adventures
- Multimedia
- 13.50
- 1-27 Aug 2018
Join the Silent Adventures dream team as they lead you on a fun-filled silent disco tour of the capital. Don... Full listing
The Chore Of Enchantment
- Magic
- 9.50 - 10.50
- 1-12, 14-19 & 21-27 Aug 2018
The world is in turmoil. Can magic provide the much-needed solace for these difficult times? Vincent Gambini is not so... Full listing
Robyn Perkins: 10,000 Decisions
- Stand-up
- 10 - 12
- 1-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Everyone makes bad decisions, right? But let's be honest, bad decisions make you who you are. In this brilliant new... Full listing
Matt and Ollie are... Dads!
- Play / sketch show
- 6 - 10
- 3-12 & 14-27 Aug 2018
Fringe debut from the award-winning Of Mice. After a stupid medieval dad makes a bargain with the devil, his descendants... Full listing
Chris McCausland: Speaky Blinder
- Stand-up
- 10 - 12
- 1-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Following a stonking set on Live at the Apollo 2018! ***** (FringeGuru.com). One of the UK's top stand-ups returns! He's... Full listing
Clara Cupcakes - The Worst
- Clown
- 10 - 11
- 1-12 & 14-27 Aug 2018
Nominated for the 2017 Golden Gibbo (Best Independent Production) at Melbourne Comedy Festival. In the summer of 2001, Clara Cupcakes... Full listing
Stuart Bowden: Our Molecules
- 10.50 - 11.50
- 2-12, 14-19 & 21-26 Aug 2018
Cosmic comedy kindly presented by somebody who is obviously pretending to be an alien. A new show from the internationally... Full listing
One Woman Sex and the City
- Play
- 12
- 1-12 & 14-27 Aug 2018
Parody on love, friendship and shoes. A loving send-up takes audiences through a laughter-infused six seasons of the beloved show.... Full listing
Nina Conti Is Monkey
- Improv
- 16 - 19
- 1-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Nina turns up with her favourite ingredients to bake the perfect showcake when a radical change occurs: Monkey takes unadulterated... Full listing
Underbelly's Big Brain Tumour Benefit
- Stand-up
- 20
- 13 Aug 2018
Hosted by Susan Calman in her only Fringe appearance this year. Join a massive line-up of Fringe stars in a... Full listing
Tom Skelton: Blind Eye Spy
- Sketch show
- 9 - 10
- 3-14 & 16-27 Aug 2018
2023. Post-Brexit, MI6's budget has been cut to the bone, but they need a new agent in Berlin. Out of... Full listing
Tom Walker: Honk Honk Honk Honk Honk
- Stand-up
- 10 - 11
- 1-13 & 15-26 Aug 2018
Tom Walker is the strongest man in the world and is constantly gaining skill. This will be him onstage for... Full listing
Alice Fraser: Ethos
- Stand-up
- 10 - 11
- 1-12 & 14-27 Aug 2018
Humans have always been fascinated by non-human minds. From the Golem, to Frankenstein's monster, to artificial intelligence - computers who... Full listing
Adulting
- Variety
- 9 - 10
- 1-12 & 14-27 Aug 2018
If you've ever been engaged at 19 or have parking tickets worth a house deposit, then, like Tash, you've probably... Full listing
Joe Sutherland: Toxic
- Stand-up
- 9 - 10
- 1-13 & 15-27 Aug 2018
Masculinity - isn't it, like, over? Or are there new ways to model manliness? Growing up Joe felt less like... Full listing
Chris Henry: Around the World in 80 Dates
- Stand-up / cabaret
- 9 - 10
- 1-14 & 16-27 Aug 2018
Scottish Comedian of the Year finalist Chris Henry is back to take you on a whirlwind global gigglefest as he... Full listing
Mark Nelson: Irreverence
- Stand-up
- 12.50 - 14.50
- 23-25 Aug 2018
Three nights only! 2017's smash-hit show from Scotland's award-winning stand-up and creator of BBC's viral sensation News at 3 (over... Full listing
Bryony Twydle: Flamingo
- Sketch show
- 9 - 10
- 1-14 & 16-27 Aug 2018
Character comedian Bryony Twydle (BBC Radio 4's Sketchorama, E!'s The Royals) presents her debut Edinburgh show. Join Bryony as she... Full listing
The Thinking Drinkers: Pub Crawl
- Stand-up
- 13 - 15
- 1-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
After seven years of sell-out shows, The Thinking Drinkers return with a brand-new, hilarious, intoxicating bar-hop through history. Enjoy five... Full listing
Dreamgun: Film Reads
- 9 - 10
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2018
Getting it wrong has never felt so right! Irish comedy weirdos Dreamgun amuse and exasperate cinephiles in equal measure with... Full listing
Foil, Arms and Hog - Craicling
- Sketch show
- 13.50 - 16
- 1-26 Aug 2018
Irish comedy, potato, potato, potato, potato, potato, potato, potato, potato, potato, potato, potato... you racist. Sold-out Fringe 2009-2017. Over 100... Full listing
Rhys Nicholson - Seminal
- Stand-up
- 11 - 12.50
- 2-26 Aug 2018
It's me, Rhys. Please come to my show. Barry Award nominee, Melbourne International Comedy Festival. 'Aloof, wired, super smart, super... Full listing
Myq Kaplan: All Killing Aside
- Stand-up
- 11 - 13
- 1-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
New York's cosmic comedian Myq (Mike) Kaplan takes you (and himself, and the universe) on a journey of kindness in... Full listing
Dan Attfield: Futureproof
- Music / improv
- 9 - 10
- 1-12 & 14-27 Aug 2018
The first human to live to a thousand years old has allegedly already been born. Musical comedian Dan Attfield (Abandoman,... Full listing
Rachel Fairburn: The Wolf at the Door
- Stand-up
- 10 - 11
- 1-12 & 14-27 Aug 2018
Small mistakes, big mistakes, life-changing mistakes. Rachel's made them all - a drawing she did when she was 6, the... Full listing
Tamsyn Kelly: You're Welcome
- Stand-up
- 10 - 11
- 1-14 & 16-27 Aug 2018
Does a story even exist if it's not on Instagram? Tamsyn Kelly is a hilarious, fresh, new voice. And she's... Full listing
Be More, Do Better but Don't Change
- 9 - 10
- 1-13 & 15-26 Aug 2018
A unique blend of achingly honest poetry, side-splitting stand-up and personal story telling about romantic love and why we prioritise... Full listing
Shit-Faced Showtime: Oliver With a Twist
- 10.50 - 12.50
- 1-27 Aug 2018
From the pissheads behind the hit show Shit-Faced Shakespeare comes an all new cockney knees-up musical extravaganza. Dickens' classic tale... Full listing
Alex Williamson: So Wrong, It's Wrong
- Stand-up
- 11.50 - 12.50
- 1-12 & 14-27 Aug 2018
Did someone say drugs, pedos and terrorists? Alex's twisted outlook will shake your faith in humanity before restoring it ever... Full listing
Tori Scott Is #Thirsty
- Music
- 9.50 - 10.50
- 1-7, 9-14, 16-21 & 23-27 Aug 2018
Celebrating poor life choices and an unconditional love of vodka, direct from New York City. This Garland for the Grindr... Full listing
Frieda Loves Ya!
- Cabaret
- 10 - 11
- 1-12 & 14-27 Aug 2018
Frieda Love is a cabaret clown attempting to save the world through comedy song, dance and guerrilla burlesque. Using the... Full listing
Ladylike: A Modern Guide to Etiquette
- Stand-up
- 10 - 11
- 13-27 Aug 2018
Fresh from sell-out seasons and rave reviews in New Zealand and Australia, comedian Louise Beuvink is coming to Edinburgh for... Full listing
zazUtinany
- Sketch show
- 9 - 10
- 1-12 Aug 2018
Award-winning comedy troupe zazU presents zazUtinany, an absurdly silly comedy game show incorporating live acts, games, a quiz and even... Full listing
Douglas Walker Presents: Of Christmas Past
- 10 - 11
- 1-13 & 15-26 Aug 2018
Christmas is a time for joy and happiness, but there's a sinister secret wrapped in the stories we tell. Douglas... Full listing
Shit-Faced Shakespeare: Hamlet
- Improv
- 12.50 - 15
- 1-27 Aug 2018
The legendary Fringe hit is back again with their biggest shit-faced show to date: Hamlet. This hilarious, sell-out, award-winning, smash-hit... Full listing
Queen C*nt - Sacred or Profane?
- Play
- 9 - 10
- 1-7, 9-12, 14-19 & 21-26 Aug 2018
Blending comedy, drag, song and the grotesque, with absurd character sketches. Meet the Virgin Mary, Theresa May, Burt the drag... Full listing