Venue 61: Underbelly, Cowgate
- 66 Cowgate (entrances on Cowgate and Victoria Street), EH1 1JX
- 0844 545 8252
- www.underbelly.co.uk
- www.edfringe.com
Shows at this venue in 2018
Balloonatics
- 9 - 10
- 2-14, 18-19 & 25-26 Aug 2018
[l]Balloonatics is the award-nominated, world-travelled family comedy show for anyone crazy about balloons! Scottish comedian Chris Henry guarantees a chaos-filled,... Full listing
Dangerous Giant Animals
- Play
- 9 - 10
- 2-7, 9-12, 15-20 & 22-26 Aug 2018
A kick. A scream. A tantrum. With a disabled sister, what's allowed? What's forbidden? Dangerous Giant Animals is a darkly... Full listing
Just William's Luck
- Play
- 9 - 10
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
The invincible William Brown considers he is 'jolly well equal' to solving most of life's trickier problems, although devising a... Full listing
Diary of an Expat
- Play
- 10 - 11
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
A one-woman show, directed by Katharina Reinthaller, telling the comic story of the encounter between modern migrant Cecilia and London... Full listing
Ouroboros
- Clown
- 10 - 11
- 2-14 Aug 2018
Narcissism. Ego. Superficiality. Social media. Obsession. Viciously funny and darkly comic. Fox portrays a conveyer belt of hyper-functional characters, combining... Full listing
It's Not Cute Anymore
- Play
- 9 - 10
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Giving up on your dreams isn't always the worst thing in the world... This fresh and vulgar comedy blurs the... Full listing
The Durham Revue present: Zeitgeist
- Sketch show
- 9.50 - 10.50
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Back with a new troupe and 100% new material, come and see the renowned Durham Revue perform their own brand... Full listing
The Cat's Mother
- Play
- 9 - 10
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Sinead arrives at her sister, Ciara's, flat in London with a major surprise in store. Over the long weekend, they... Full listing
Camp Be Yourself
- Play
- 9 - 10
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
A surreal and anarchic two-woman comedy packed with glitter, bug juice and desperation. Close your eyes. We're not in Scotland... Full listing
Adam Riches Is The Guy Who...
- Character
- 8
- 2-26 Aug 2018
...you meet right after you come out of a long-term relationship. He has a nice smile, an easy manner and... Full listing
Tamar Broadbent: Best Life
- Music / stand-up
- 9 - 10
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
'Is it too much to ask for everything?!' she shouted drunkenly at a bin. This was the plan: 1) Find... Full listing
Speechless
- Sketch show
- 9 - 10
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Experimental multimedia sketch show from Cambridge Footlights regulars for the fake news era. Set in a world where all comedic... Full listing
Love Songs
- Play
- 10 - 11
- 2-14 & 16-26 Aug 2018
Mixing get-on-the-dance-floor music, rap and spoken word, Elf Lyons: Love Songs To Guinea Pigs explores the personal and political puzzles of our love lives through... Full listing
Angry Alan By Penelope Skinner
- Play
- 13 - 14
- 2-26 Aug 2018
'Looking out over the country, this country, where I was born and raised, I wonder what's going to become of... Full listing
Vice Captains
- Sketch show
- 10 - 11
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2018
Vice Captains are a team of sketch writers, led by sketch guru Steve Dawson of The Dawson Bros (That Mitchell... Full listing
Lola and Jo: Focus Groupies
- Sketch show
- 6.50 - 10
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Character comedians Lola and Jo (**** (List)) are pretty certain they have a revolutionary show on their hands. To double... Full listing
Paul Williams: Santa Fe
- Music / stand-up
- 9 - 10
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2018
Best Newcomer nominee, Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2018. Cast your mind to a magical place called Santa Fe. Now snap... Full listing
Willis & Vere: A Serious Play About World War II
- Play
- 10 - 11
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Winner: VAULT Festival Comedy Award. Winner: Brighton Fringe Comedy Award. A hilarious new farce about the tragedies of war. As... Full listing
Pickle Jar
- Play
- 10 - 11
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2018
It's hard keeping it together when your whole life is falling apart. But the pressures of teaching, Tinder and outrageous... Full listing
Big Shop
- Sketch show
- 9 - 10
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
It's time for the Big Shop, not to be confused with your 'bits shop' (which you might do at the... Full listing
Viggo Venn: Pepito
- Clown
- 10 - 11
- 2-14 Aug 2018
Nominee: Best Comedy Award - Fringe World 2018. Nominee: Best Comedy Award - Brighton Fringe 2017. After full runs at... Full listing
Zach Zucker: Human Person
- Clown
- 10 - 11
- 15-26 Aug 2018
Winner: Rising Star Award (TheMediaEye.com). Fresh off sold out shows in New York, London and LA, award-winning, absurdist comedian Zach... Full listing
Graham Dickson: Timber
- Character
- 10.50 - 11.50
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2018
Hollywood has fallen. In a golden land once filled with promise, what happened when the cameras stopped rolling? When the... Full listing
Laura Davis: Ghost Machine
- Stand-up
- 9.50 - 10.50
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
A show about life. Performed by a ghost. For the love of god. Laura Davis pushes into new ground in... Full listing
dressed.
- Play
- 10 - 11
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2018
Told with a tender intimacy, dressed is a true story told by four women who have been friends since school.... Full listing
AAA Stand-Up at Underbelly
- Stand-up
- 10 - 11.50
- 2-26 Aug 2018
Total sell-out 2005-2017 returns with a brand new line-up. 'Comedy the way it should be: laugh-a-minute, leaving the audience wishing... Full listing
Awkward Conversations With Animals I've F*cked
- Play
- 10 - 11
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
One-night stands are awkward. One-night stands with animals are more awkward. And when you're as desperate to please as Bobby,... Full listing
Paul Foot: Image Conscious
- Stand-up
- 10.50 - 12.50
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Greetings! It's my brand-new show, baybayyy! Ever considered the unique predicament of the soft-shell crab? I have. What about the... Full listing
Featured Lead Pencil
- Sketch show
- 9.50 - 10.50
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2018
Imagine the love-child of Saved by the Bell and Art Attack! That's Lead Pencil and they've made a sketch show... Full listing
Steen Raskopoulos: Stay
- Sketch show / improv
- 11.50 - 12.50
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
The electrifying new show from the gifted character comedian and improviser. Nominated for both the prestigious Barry Award and Edinburgh... Full listing
John Robertson: The Dark Room
- Multimedia
- 10 - 11
- 2-25 Aug 2018
You awake to find yourself in The Dark Room! You (the audience) must choose an option - will you A)... Full listing
Wolf
- Character / play
- 10 - 11
- 2-12, 14-19 & 21-26 Aug 2018
A one-man medley of action, comedy, characters and a car chase: Lewis Doherty presents Wolf. Welcome to Shadow City -... Full listing
Garry Starr Performs Everything
- Clown
- 10 - 11
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Disgraced actor Garry Starr is going it alone. Following his dismissal from the Royal Shakespeare Company due to "artistic differences",... Full listing
10 Years MCA - The Musical Comedy Awards Showcase
- Music
- 11
- 3 & 4 Aug 2018
Join us for a riotous celebration of the Fringe's best musical comedians! Since 2009, the MCA have helped to launch... Full listing
Like A Sturgeon
- 10 - 11
- 20-26 Aug 2018
Tackling Theresa May, Melania Trump, and Nicola Sturgeon, plus more of the world's leading ladies, lip-sync sensation Ripley pushes the... Full listing
Abigoliah Schamaun: Do You Know Who I Think I Am?!
- Stand-up / storytelling
- 9 - 10
- 2-18 & 20-26 Aug 2018
She's a myriad of paradoxes. A hardcore yoga bunny with surprisingly squishy thighs. A boring heteronormative disguised as a luscious... Full listing
Sex Shells
- Cabaret
- 10 - 11
- 2-26 Aug 2018
London's campest musical sketch comedy quartet is here to flame on your parade! Sex Shells is an explosion of original... Full listing
Zach & Viggo and Thumpasaurus: Where Does the Love Go?
- 11 - 12
- 2-7, 9-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Following the first space war of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, a lone detective is contracted to find the love... Full listing
Onstage Dating
- Play
- 10 - 11
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Bron is going on first dates. Live onstage. Featuring a different person each night, this hilarious and award-winning show has... Full listing
Seen and Heard
- 9 - 10
- 2-14 & 16-26 Aug 2018
Winner: Best Cabaret, Melbourne Fringe 2017. A stunning showcase of song, circus, dance, striptease and vaudeville, combined with the confessional... Full listing
Hot Gay Time Machine
- Cabaret
- 10 - 11
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
After their multi award-winning debut at last year's Edinburgh Fringe, the hot gays are back. Bursting with 'hilarious original musical... Full listing
Two Hearts: Edinburgh World Tour
- Music
- 10 - 11
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Experience catchy AF original bangers*, too much confetti and distractingly sexy dance moves as NZ's hottest new comedy duo take... Full listing
Danny O'Brien: Lock-In
- Stand-up / storytelling
- 9.50 - 10.50
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Award-winning Irish comedian Danny O'Brien went to prison. Three times to perform. Once again by accident. He's performed relentlessly worldwide... Full listing
Found Footage Festival: After Dark
- Multimedia
- 10 - 11
- 17-26 Aug 2018
Childhood friends Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher are back after their smash-hit Fringe debut, serving up their dirtiest, most disturbing... Full listing
The Bear Pack
- Improv
- 11 - 12
- 8-19 & 21-26 Aug 2018
The Bear Pack is Sydney's Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated Steen Raskopoulos (Whose Line Is It Anyway? Australia, BBC's Top Coppers) and... Full listing
The Story Beast: This Is Bardcore
- Storytelling
- 10 - 11
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Comedy. Ritual. Absolute bangers. Back in this dimension by popular demand, the Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominated Story Beast... Full listing
Bongo Club Cabaret Vs Cancer
- Variety
- 13
- 16 Aug 2018
The legendary late-night variety show returns for one night only! An incredible line-up of cabaret, comedy and music acts from... Full listing
Werewolf: Live
- Game show
- 9 - 10
- 2-5, 7-12, 14-20 & 22-26 Aug 2018
Come onstage and fight for your life, hunt down the werewolves or laugh from the audience in this immersive comedy... 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
Spank!
- Variety
- 13.50 - 15.50
- 3-26 Aug 2018
Spank! returns for an incredible 15th year with hilarious hosts, awesome comedians and gratuitous nudity. Showcasing the most exciting comedy... Full listing
Stamptown Comedy Night
- Variety
- 8
- 9, 16 & 23 Aug 2018
A raunchy, chaotic and full-on Fringe experience, Stamptown Comedy Night is a late-night variety show featuring the best comedy and... Full listing
Zach & Viggo: Thunderflop
- Clown
- 10
- 10-12 & 17-18 Aug 2018
Winner: Best Comedy Brighton Fringe (2016). Winner: Best Comedy Adelaide Fringe Weekly Award (2017). After back-to-back sold out runs at... Full listing