Venue 5: The Stand Comedy Club
- 5 York Place, EH1 3EB
- 0131 558 7272
- www.thestand.co.uk
- www.edfringe.com
Details
Edinburgh's year-round comedy club is housed in an intimate basement bar just off St. Andrew Square. The atmosphere is relaxed and informal with cabaret-style seating and standing room. All seating is unreserved.
Shows at this venue in 2018
Alex Love: How to Win a Pub Quiz - 90s Edition
- Game Show
- 9
- 12:05pm (1 hour)
- 3-12, 14-21 & 23-26 Aug 2018
Highly interactive show that's part stand-up, part actual pub quiz. Expand your trivia, compete against other teams, win prizes. Returning... Full listing
I Want an Irish Passport
- Stand-Up
- 10
- 1:20pm (1 hour)
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Everyone wants an Irish passport but what does being Irish really mean? Is there more than just drinking and the... Full listing
In Conversation With Standard Issue
- 10
- 1:35pm (1 hour)
- 12 & 13 Aug 2018
Join Standard Issue Podcast - the smart and witty women's magazine for your ears - as it hosts a panel... Full listing
Mark Watson: How You Can Almost Win (Work in Progress)
- Stand-Up
- 10
- 1:35pm (1 hour)
- 14-23 Aug 2018
Last year, Mark Watson - a man prone to considerable anxiety, with multiple phobias and a history of piss-poor self-esteem... Full listing
Stu and Garry's Fringe Improv Show
- Improv / stand-up
- 5
- 1:35pm (1 hour)
- 3-11 Aug 2018
Our long-running improvised comedy show will have you in stitches. Marvel as resident duo Stu and Garry weave comedy magic... Full listing
The Best of Northern
- Stand-Up
- 10
- 1:35pm (1 hour)
- 25 Aug 2018
North East comedians on one exclusive line-up! Hot on the heels of our popular compilation showcases, we felt it only... Full listing
A Holy Terror
- Stand-Up
- 10
- 2:35pm (1 hour)
- 1, 3-4, 6-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Joe Rooney is best known for his role in Father Ted as the rebel priest Father Damo. He has been... Full listing
Simon Munnery: The Wreath
- Stand-Up
- 12
- 3:20pm (1 hour)
- 3-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
'I went to a funeral the other day. Caught the wreath...' That's what came to me, from the mysterious source... Full listing
Bethany Black: Unwinnable
- Stand-Up
- 10
- 3:50pm (1 hour)
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Bethany Black is back. And this time it's personal. Okay, it's always personal, she's always banging on about herself ('self... Full listing
Paul Sinha: The Two Ages of Man
- Stand-Up
- 12
- 4:55pm (1 hour)
- 1, 3-5 & 8-26 Aug 2018
After last year's sell-out run, Paul returns to Edinburgh with his life, seemingly, still bordering on disarray. Having spent two... Full listing
Fanny's @ Five
- Stand-Up
- 9
- 5:05pm (1 hour)
- 3-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Everything else may have dried up but not their wit! The grande dames of Scottish comedy triumphantly return, just as... Full listing
Gavin Webster: I Am Stand-Up Comedy
- Stand-Up
- 10
- 6:20pm (1 hour)
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
What type of comedian are you Gav? Hard-hitting? Are you one of these edgy types that says the unsayable or... Full listing
David Kay
- 12
- 6:30pm (1 hour)
- 3-12 Aug 2018
David Kay, one of the hidden gems of the Scottish comedy circuit, quirky, surreal, surprising and awesome... Kay's laidback, gentle... Full listing
Tony Slattery's Crimes Against Improv
- Improv
- 14
- 6:30pm (1 hour)
- 20, 22, 24 & 26 Aug 2018
Whose Line is it Anyway? star and inaugural Perrier Comedy Awards winner Tony Slattery returns to where his comedic heart... Full listing
Dylan Moran: Dr Cosmos
- Stand-Up
- 17.50
- 7:30pm (1 hour)
- 14-19 & 22-26 Aug 2018
BAFTA and Perrier award-winning comedian Dylan Moran brings his brand-new show, Dr Cosmos to the Edinburgh Fringe before embarking on... Full listing
Jim Smith: Back to the Teuchter!
- Stand-Up
- 10
- 7:35pm (1 hour)
- 1 & 3-12 Aug 2018
After an absence of two years, the Perthshire farmer returns to Edinburgh with another trailer load of tales of rural... Full listing
Satanic Rites of Robin Ince
- Stand-Up
- 12
- 7:35pm (1 hour)
- 14-26 Aug 2018
A lonely boy sat in graveyards waiting for zombies, predicted to be a serial killer by his sisters, grew up... Full listing
Fred MacAulay and John Moloney
- Stand-Up
- 14
- 8:05pm (1 hour)
- 3-12 & 14-27 Aug 2018
With a friendship that has endured numerous governments, several economic downturns and expanding waist sizes, these two stand-ups join together... Full listing
Heard the One About Identity Theft? With the Real Bennett Arron
- Stand-Up / storytelling
- 9
- 8:50pm (1 hour)
- 2-12 & 15-26 Aug 2018
This Welsh comedian was the first major victim of Identity Theft in the UK. The crime left him and his... Full listing
Alun Cochrane: You. Me. Now.
- Stand-Up
- 12
- 9:40pm (1 hour)
- 3-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Come on then! (To my show.) You want some? (Comedy.) You wanna go? (Buy a ticket then.) I'll be joking... Full listing
Unbecoming Ramon Rivas
- Stand-Up
- 10
- 10:05pm (1 hour)
- 1, 3-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Ramon Rivas (BlazerRamon.com) takes an introspective journey when a woman he cared about saved him as Ramon Fckboi in her... Full listing
The Stand Late Club
- Stand-Up
- 15
- 11:45pm (120 mins)
- 3-4, 10-11, 17-18 & 24-25 Aug 2018
'This is late-night comedy at its finest' **** (BroadwayBaby.com). Late-night comedy at its best. Eight superb showcases from Scotland's favourite... Full listing
Daniel Kitson: Good For Glue
- Stand-Up
- 8
- 11:59pm (90 mins)
- 5-10, 12-17, 19-24 & 26 Aug 2018
Because he's an idiot, in thrall to his own imagined past, Daniel Kitson (41) has decided to perform an unfinished... Full listing