Venue 85: City Café
- 19 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
- 0131 220 0125
- www.freefestival.co.uk
- www.edfringe.com
Shows at this venue in 2018
Mystery Meat (Showcase)
- Stand-up
- Free
- 3-5, 7-12, 14-19 & 21-26 Aug 2018
Mystery Meat is a monthly cult stand-up show regularly performing to sell-out audiences in Brighton. This is no accident. Get... Full listing
Lee Kyle - Kicking Potatoes Into the Sea
- Stand-up
- Free
- 3-14, 16-18 & 20-26 Aug 2018
Have you ever kicked a potato into the sea? Lee Kyle has. It's great but it's not the answer to... Full listing
Jake Donaldson: Help! I'm Trapped in the Body of an Adequate Comedian!
- Stand-up / storytelling
- Free
- 2-26 Aug 2018
Jake Donaldson returns to the Fringe with his debut hour-long solo show! Jake mixes stand-up and storytelling in his new... Full listing
Gráinne Maguire: What Has the News Ever Done for Me?
- Satire
- Free
- 2-26 Aug 2018
Hosted by Gráinne Maguire (as seen on Dave's UnSpun with Matt Forde), every day three different comics bring along the... Full listing
Twat Out of Hell
- Stand-up
- Free
- 2-6, 8-20 & 22-26 Aug 2018
Twat Out Of Hell features comedian Gary G Knightley (as seen on Channel 4, BBC Three and the West End)... Full listing
Andrew Sim: You Gotta Find Joy
- Stand-up
- Free
- 2-14 & 16-26 Aug 2018
Bringing his first solo show to the Fringe with a combination of storytelling, songs and surreal improvisations, Andrew Sim intends... Full listing
Mat Ricardo Vs The World
- Free
- 2-26 Aug 2018
Award-winning cabaret star and the UK's most successful juggler, Mat Ricardo, had a problem - after a 30-year career as... Full listing
Russell Hicks: A Fist Full of Ideas
- Stand-up / improv
- Free
- 2-26 Aug 2018
Russell Hicks attempts to hone a work that is forever in progress by walking on stage with - literally -... Full listing
Pam Ford: Pants and Pantsability Rinsed
- Stand-up / storytelling
- Free
- 17-26 Aug 2018
Following last years standing-room-only show, Pam's ready to see if she can clean up her act. Can you help to... Full listing
Dan Kelly's Madras Years
- Free
- 2-16 Aug 2018
Join Dan Kelly as he piles into the Madras Years, a medium-spicy character comedy show designed to open more cans... Full listing
Eat Sleep Shit Shag
- Stand-up / storytelling
- Free
- 2-23 Aug 2018
Amused Moose Comedy Award finalist, 2015, Abbie Murphy returns to the Fringe with her new show, Eat Sleep Shit Shag.... Full listing
A Book Lovers Comedy Show
- Stand-up
- Free
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
George loves reading. He used to be the kind of maverick who didn't listen in class because he was engrossed... Full listing
A Booklover's Comedy Show
- Stand-up
- Free
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
George loves reading. He used to be the kind of maverick who didn't listen in class because he was engrossed... Full listing
Please Stop!
- Free
- 19-26 Aug 2018
Please Stop! Please Stop! Please Stop! No this is not a command but a comedy documentary which explores the view... Full listing
Samantha Pressdee: Pulling it Together (WIP)
- Satire / storytelling
- Free
- 2-10 Aug 2018
Four years ago Samantha lost everything, including her marbles. In an adventure through the British welfare system, Samantha battles cuts,... Full listing
TwentyTwelve - Free
- Stand-up / storytelling
- Free
- 11-18 Aug 2018
Colin's life has been a series of well-meaning mishaps and misunderstandings. He'd somehow managed to get by without too much... Full listing
Don't Be Terrible
- Play
- Free
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2018
Can stand-up save your love life? Self-confessed nice guy Steve thinks so. That's why he's asked Alice, an up-and-coming stand-up,... Full listing
The Poetry of Sticking an Egg Up a Hen's Butt!
- Storytelling
- Free
- 3-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Everyday life can be tragic and comical at the same time. And what's more uneasy - to laugh at something... Full listing
Jane Hill - Addicted to Fun
- Stand-up / storytelling
- Free
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2018
Jane used to be fun. By fun, she means drunk. She's been sober for 15 years but still misses the... Full listing
That's My Story Podcast
- Storytelling
- Free
- 2-26 Aug 2018
Comedians Bronston Jones (USA) and Martin Mor (IRE) are joined each day by a different guest. They tell stories on... Full listing
Tom Taylor: Abridged
- Stand-up
- Free
- 2-26 Aug 2018
The creator of Fringe hit: The Charlie Montague Mysteries (sell-out shows 2016 and 2017), returns with 40 minutes of jokes... Full listing
Bollywood and Birmingham to Berlin and Brexit
- Stand-up / storytelling
- Free
- 2-26 Aug 2018
'Growing up - I was too brown for the white kids and the wrong kind of brown for the brown... Full listing
Sagar Dreamcast
- Sketch show / character
- Free
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2018
Fiona Sagar (Funny Women Best Show nominee 2016 and 2017, The Groundlings Comedy Theatre) returns with a new character comedy... Full listing
Conor Drum: ...If
- Stand-up
- Free
- 2-26 Aug 2018
A comedy rockumentary about a band that never happened. Conor discovers his old band's 18-year-old demo and decides if giving... Full listing
Nigel Ng: Malaysian Sensation (Work in Progress)
- Stand-up
- Free
- 2-7, 9-14, 16-21 & 23-26 Aug 2018
Nigel Ng is from Malaysia. Join him as he observes and adopts your western ways (he just started recycling!). People... Full listing
Angry Boater
- Storytelling
- Free
- 2-6, 8-13, 15-20 & 22-26 Aug 2018
No skills, no patience, hypertension and a boat. What really happens when you abandon the land to follow your dreams?... Full listing
Holt and Talbot: Mansplaining Feminism
- Satire / sketch show
- Free
- 2-13 & 15-26 Aug 2018
Still talking to each other after last year's Edinburgh success with [l]Holt and Talbot Can't Stand The Sight Of Each... Full listing
George Michael Is Greek
- Stand-up
- Free
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Why do Greeks love to claim things? How much are we our nationality? What is a George Michael? A show... Full listing
Fitting Image
- Storytelling
- Free
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Fitting Image is a show about fitting in and trying to be the person you want to be, especially when... Full listing
Spring Day: Strong Codependent Woman - Free
- Stand-up
- Free
- 2-26 Aug 2018
Who runs the world? Not this bitch. I handed the keys to a drunk guy. Come see Spring Day (her... Full listing
Bumble Me Tinders
- Stand-up
- Free
- 2-26 Aug 2018
Hosted by comedians Patrick Melton (USA) (Comedy Central, Spike TV, VH1) and Katharine Ferns (Canada) (MTV) with a different... Full listing
The Mad Craic Comedy Show
- Stand-up
- Free
- 15-26 Aug 2018
An Irish stand-up comedy compilation show featuring some of the best comedians from around the festival, for free. With a... Full listing
The Never Ending Cycle
- Sketch show
- Free
- 2-14 Aug 2018
May Cause Mild Irritation - The Never Ending Cycle Full listing
52 Days
- Stand-up
- Free
- 2-26 Aug 2018
Hey, I'm Aidan, in 2012 I kept a journal on a deck of playing cards, one for every week. Pick... Full listing
A Beginner's Guide to Bondage
- Stand-up
- Free
- 2-26 Aug 2018
A funny, naughty romp through the world of BDSM. Have you seen 50 Shades of Grey? Are you fetish curious?... Full listing
Falling With Style
- Stand-up
- Free
- 2-26 Aug 2018
Adventurer David von Jones takes a humourous glance at some popular Disney and Pixar movies with a view to discovering... Full listing
Getting Away Scott Free
- Stand-up
- Free
- 2-18 & 20-26 Aug 2018
After touring the world with internationally-received show, Getting Away Scott Free. Comic Scott Adams is ending his run here at... Full listing
Black White With a Hash Brown
- Stand-up
- Free
- 2-26 Aug 2018
A tale of three colours. The show starts as pristine white in Bethnal Green and devolves to brown in Whitechapel,... Full listing
Cool Story Bro
- Stand-up / storytelling
- Free
- 2-14 & 16-26 Aug 2018
Trev Tokabi, from the Ivory Coast, has a knack for putting himself in compromising situations! If you have a mate,... Full listing
Oxford Revue: Free
- Stand-up / sketch show
- Free
- 2-26 Aug 2018
The Oxford Revue returns with its celebrated Free Fringe variety bill. Across the month of August, the University of Oxford's... Full listing
The Spice Girls Lied to Us
- Stand-up
- Free
- 12-15 Aug 2018
The Spice Girls lied right to our faces. They sold us girl power, the crappy music, the equally crappy merch.... Full listing