Venue 88: Just The Tonic at the Caves
- Rowantree Bar (under South Bridge), 253 Cowgate, EH1 1LG
- 0131 556 5375
- edinburgh.justthetonic.com
- www.edfringe.com
Shows at this venue in 2018
A Comedy Brunch 2
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Breakfast of champions? Brunch of runner-ups. After a delightful 2017, Neil Harris and Julie Grady Thomas return with a new... Full listing
Jacob Hatton: Ozymandias
- Stand-up / storytelling
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Megastar millennial messiah, thinkfluencer and idiot Jacob Hatton (BBC Radio 4, Soho Theatre Young Company) cordially invites you to a... Full listing
The Kinkens
- 5
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Kinkens is old Scots for the evasive answers to the questions of overly curious children. A one-woman tragicomedy inviting you... Full listing
Rory Jones: Return of the Wizword
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
From the questionable mind of Rory Jones comes a show of galactic proportions. Combining spoken word, comedy, music and a... Full listing
David Ephgrave: My Part in His Downfall
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 2-12, 14-19 & 21-26 Aug 2018
The 1991 holiday camp talent show winner, frontman of Best Hertfordshire Band 1998 and Most Promising Student 2002 pinpoints where... Full listing
Shaken Not Stirred: The Improvised James Bond Film
- Improv
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
For a fourth killer year, Alexander Fox and Dom O'Keefe are back with a bang! Armed with your suggestions, they... Full listing
Hoo-Ha!
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 2-11, 14-19 & 21-26 Aug 2018
What happens when the beguiling meets the bewildered? When the underwhelmed meets the overexcited? A whole lot of hoo-ha, that's... Full listing
Bread and Geller: Prime Time
- Sketch show
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Step aside Ricky and Bianca, there's a new duo in town. Sketch Off! 2018 finalists Bread and Geller bring their... Full listing
I Am Ross Smith
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
On March 20th, 7:13pm. Ross Smith received a message from a stranger, with an even stranger invitation. What followed is... Full listing
Playlight Robbery
- Improv
- PWYW
- 14-26 Aug 2018
Wish you could see all the shows at the Fringe? Now you can - almost. Comedy quintet Hivemind are stealing... Full listing
Tom and Ollie in: One and a Half Men
- Sketch show
- PWYW
- 2-12 Aug 2018
Tom and Ollie are 'creative, witty, sketchsmiths' with 'a sackful of promise' (Chortle.co.uk). Following Tom winning the 2016 Chortle Student... Full listing
Bodily
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Ever wondered how to get the most out of the desolate obelisk that is your body? Using paint, placards and... Full listing
Alex Hylton: Everybody's Different and I'm the Same
- Stand-up / storytelling
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Alex Hylton is unique. Just like everybody else. Join one of Huffington Post's Must See New Acts of the Fringe... Full listing
This Is Your Trial (FF)
- Improv
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
The family-friendly version of the UK's only comedy court returns with a new venue! An improvised show where Steve Bennett... Full listing
Andy Storey: Awkward
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
'It's difficult I think, being a human person. It's alright when you're in the house with the curtains closed, but... Full listing
Impromptu Shakespeare
- Improv
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Bursting with love, poetry, comedy, tragedy, mistaken identity and everything in-between, Impromptu Shakespeare brings you an entirely new and unique... Full listing
Claire Ford: Unboxed
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Feel like you're stuck outside the box? Then how do you think inside it? Through heartfelt storytelling, clowning and double-walled... Full listing
Ella Woods: Wing Defence
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 14-26 Aug 2018
A comedy show about sport by someone who hated it. As heard on [z]BBC Radio 2[z] and 4 Extra. Nominated... Full listing
Sasha Ellen: No Man's Land
- Stand-up / storytelling
- PWYW
- 2-12 Aug 2018
In 2010, the island of Herm (the Channel Islands' smallest island) declared a state of emergency. Helicopters went up. Divers... Full listing
Will Hall: Netflix and Will
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Forty-five minutes of free (or £5 guaranteed entry) stand-up from a comedian who's fresh out of the Cambridge Footlights and... Full listing
Artcoholic
- Cabaret
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Some people are teachers, doctors, engineers. Some people bring no benefit to society whatsoever. Those people are artists. Muchachico is... Full listing
Nathan Lang: The Stuntman
- Clown
- PWYW
- 2-12, 14 & 16-26 Aug 2018
The Stuntman returns after last year's sell-out run with his surreal off-the-wall tale of triumph. High-energy physical comedy, clowning, characters,... Full listing
Eric's Tales of the Sea - A Submariner's Yarn
- Storytelling
- 9 - 10.50
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Award-winning storytelling. A real-life submariner gives a unique insider view of life aboard a nuclear submarine. Heart-warming personal stories of... Full listing
AAA Batteries (Not Included)
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
An eighth year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe! An hour of sharp gags, intelligent observations and blisteringly quick improvised raps... Full listing
Boogie Shoes Silent Disco Walking Tour With a Scottish Twist
- Music
- 10 - 15
- 3-5, 7-12, 14-19 & 21-26 Aug 2018
Come join the brilliant Boogie Shoes Silent Disco on an immersive dance-walk through the crazy throngs of the Fringe. Feel-good... Full listing
Lou Conran: At Least I'm Not Dog Poo Darren
- Stand-up / storytelling
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
There's always someone worse off than you, isn't there? Someone that you regularly thank your lucky stars that you're not... Full listing
Steve Bugeja: Almost
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Voted at school 'Most Likely to be Forgotten'. The reunion was in February, apparently. BBC New Comedy Award winner returns... Full listing
Anna Nicholson: Woman of the Year
- Sketch show
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Meet the nominees for Woman of the Year in Anna Nicholson's debut character-comedy show. 'Sharp and witty, a gifted mimic...... Full listing
Pity Laughs: A Tale of Two Gays
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
More perverted, more depressed, more jokes... the gays are back! 'The first true gem of the 2017 Fringe' ***** (BroadwayBaby.com).... Full listing
The Leeds Tealights: Souls for Sale
- Sketch show
- PWYW
- 3-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
After their five-star run (TheWeeReview.com) at the Edinburgh Fringe 2017, the Tealights are back presenting an hour of fast-paced, absurd... Full listing
Adele Cliff: Sheep
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Popular nerd Adele Cliff presents her gag-packed debut hour, all about individuality, searching for friends, following, fitting in and actual... Full listing
The Kagools: Kula
- Clown / sketch show
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Multi award-winning physical comedy duo, The Kagools, are unstoppable as they propel silent comedy into the 21st century with pure... Full listing
Tom GK - Hearing Loss: The Musical
- Music
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Are you, or someone you love, pretending you're not losing your hearing? Well at 31, Tom GK is losing his.... Full listing
I Can Make You Feel Good. By Comparison.
- Stand-up / music
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
A beatboxing and storytelling comedy show. Charlie Partridge tried to be cool while falling in love. This mistake and others... Full listing
Sam Russell: Lucky Bastard
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Married to a corporate lawyer, owner of a pitch perfect Elmo impression and being the very definition of straight, white,... Full listing
Best of English Comedian of the Year
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
As discovered at Murrayfield, Wimbledon and Russia, the English aren't used to winning. Each year the Glaswegian organiser sends the... Full listing
Alistair Williams: Great White Male
- Stand-up
- 7
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
People have never been more scared to say what they really think. It's time to tell the truth. Join award-winning... Full listing
Alice Marshall: The Strike
- Sketch show
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Winner of the 2017 Brighton Fringe Best Comedy Award, critically acclaimed character comedian Alice Marshall returns with a brand-new show.... Full listing
Henning Wehn: Get on With It
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 2-5, 8-12, 15-19 & 22-26 Aug 2018
Surely the German Comedy Ambassador hasn't bosched out yet another new show? And what's he still doing here anyway? Come... Full listing
InsTed Talks
- Sketch show / music
- PWYW
- 20 & 21 Aug 2018
Mark Vigil presents four characters, each delivering a Ted Talk sort of thing, ish. You will laugh, you may cry,... Full listing
James Meehan - Gaz
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
2017. I'm an angry insufferable mess. I don't leave the flat for six months. 2018. Same. Now I call it... Full listing
Plumbing the Death Star Live
- Chat show
- 15
- 14, 18 & 25-26 Aug 2018
Sanspants Radio present Plumbing the Death Star Live. One of Australia's most popular pop culture podcasts will be performing for... Full listing
Rob Auton: The Talk Show
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
This is a comedy/theatre/spoken word show about talking. Following on from previous shows about hair, sleep, water, faces, the sky... Full listing
Maddie Campion: 20 Uses for a Lovedoll
- Multimedia
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Maddie Campion is desperate to be in a comedy double-act. LD, a lovedoll, is tired of being seen as a... Full listing
Does That Mean We're Not Going Bowling?
- Stand-up
- 5
- 3-4, 6-11 & 13-18 Aug 2018
Does That Mean We're Not Going Bowling? may be the best debut comedy show at the Fringe this year. Telling... Full listing
Best of Irish Comedian of the Year
- Stand-up
- 12 - 15
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Totally sold-out shows across the globe. Three top Irish comics from the ICOTY finals. 'Sit down and roar with laughter... Full listing
James Veitch's Work in Progress Show
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
To make James Veitch better for you, he brings regular updates to improve speed and reliability. The latest update includes... Full listing
Josh Pugh: The Changingman
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Josh Pugh: The Changingman. What are the things that define us? The clothes we wear? The jobs we do? The... Full listing
Sally-Anne Hayward: Comedienne-ess
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 2-11 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Fifty-eight minutes of jokes from one of the UK comedy scene's most vaginary binaries. Sally guarantees this show will change... Full listing
John and Claire Lenahan - Loud & Louder
- Magic / variety
- PWYW
- 2-12, 14-19 & 21-26 Aug 2018
Prepare for Magic, Escapology, Mind Reading, Cannibalism and Lion Taming (pending permission from Edinburgh Zoo). You may not like being... Full listing
Empathetically Challenged
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-25 Aug 2018
People want others to care about them too much. Too many issues currently taking up peoples time aren't real issues... Full listing
Adam Rowe: Undeniable
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
What does it take to become undeniably good at what you do? Fresh from a sell-out UK tour; Liverpool Comedian... Full listing
Nathan Cassidy: If I Caused the Financial Crash of 2008
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Award-winning comedian and ex-banker's explosive show exposes the secrets behind the 2008 crash. It was all down to him. If... Full listing
Hot Mess: Bezzie Mates
- Sketch show
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Max and Anna filmed themselves writing silly sketches for a year to make sure they didn't miss a trick. See... Full listing
Frank Foucault: Shoes
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Frank was told it was a good idea to do a theme show, so he's doing it about shoes. I... Full listing
Sèayoncè
- Cabaret / clown
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
'Do you believe in love... afterlife?' (Ghost of Cher). Presenting the late, great Ghost Whisperer... Séayoncé! Join this mismatched mystic... Full listing
Jordan Gray: People Change
- Stand-up / music
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
On April 1st 2017, following a 10 year career in the music biz, recording artist Jordan Gray[/] announced a sudden... Full listing
Luxury Split Bill
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Ange Lavoipierre and Jane Watt have prepared a luxurious hour of stand up comedy. Ange and Jane grew up together... Full listing
This Is Your Trial
- Improv
- PWYW
- 1-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
The UK's only courtroom-based improvised comedy is back for a sixth year. New venue, new time, same 'perfect bit of... Full listing
50% Canadian, 100% Crazy, Let's Laugh
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Show about family, taking risks and embracing change. Michelle's a Canadian stand-up comedian who unexpectedly fell into the world of... Full listing
Lily Lovett and Patrick Monahan: Date Night
- Game show
- PWYW
- 2-12, 14 & 16-26 Aug 2018
Join Lily and Patrick at the premiere of their brand new, live dating show that connects singles and tests couples.... Full listing
Jake Howie: Read My Lips
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
They say a loose pair of lips could sink a ship, but you've gotta talk truth to give reality a... Full listing
Neil O'Rourke and Patrick Spicer: Cool Dude Island
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Stand-up comedians Neil O'Rourke (Irish Comedian of the Year 2017 finalist) and Patrick Spicer (Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year... Full listing
Dirty White Boys: Manners
- Sketch show
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
The award-winning sketch duo is back to bring their trademark high-energy nonsense to a variety of news topics. Expect shouting,... Full listing
The Neighbours Are Worried
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 2-26 Aug 2018
Ever worried about the noises coming from next door? Meet the neighbours! Akin Omobitan, Max Turner Prize winner 2017 and... Full listing
Andy Field the Love Tonight
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Since the end of the last Fringe, Andy Field has been keeping a diary full of his thoughts, feelings and... Full listing
Famous First Words
- Music / improv
- PWYW
- 2-4, 9-11, 16-18 & 23-25 Aug 2018
The devilishly addictive live music experience is back! Join TV presenters and best friends Tim and Gendle for their high-paced... Full listing
Michael Hackett: The Late Mike Show
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 2-5, 7-12, 14-19 & 21-26 Aug 2018
How did this dentist get arrested by armed police? Want to hear the story of all stories? This is it!... Full listing
Agenda Benders: Witty Gritty Bitty Fitty Committee
- Sketch show / cabaret
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Agenda Benders presents Witty Gritty Bitty Fitty Committee. Are you prepared for an hour of hys-queeria and comedy aplenty? A... Full listing
BEASTS
- Stand-up
- PWYW
- 2-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
They're raw. They're wild. They're asleep 16 hours a day. For Adam, money's tight. So tight he's had to go... Full listing
Goodbye... I'm Leaving
- Clown
- PWYW
- 5-8, 12, 14-15, 19-22 & 26 Aug 2018
It's the hilarious frustration of a clown who tries to leave the stage but never manages to complete his departure.... Full listing
Just the Tonic Comedy Club - Midnight Show
- Stand-up
- 7.50
- 4, 10-11, 17-18 & 24-25 Aug 2018
'Consistently boasting the most interesting line-ups in the country' (Times). The best acts from the Fringe come and muck about... Full listing
You've Been Fringed
- Storytelling / music
- Free
- 9, 16 & 23 Aug 2018
Are you having a bad month? Us too. Instead of a Fringe First. we'll award a Fringe Worst to the... Full listing
Niteskreen
- Multimedia
- Free
- 6-12 & 14-26 Aug 2018
Once upon a time, British people would know they had to go to bed when the TV stopped showing programmes... Full listing