Adam Larter: Good Morning Croissant

• Absurdist / clown
• PWYW
• 3-12 & 14-25 Aug 2019

Please help. I am trapped in a cardboard supermarket.

A comedy set in a supermarket, the eighth comedy show from...   Full listing

Aindrias de Staic; Shtax the LedgeHammer

• Music / storytelling
• PWYW
• 14-25 Aug 2019

Legendary performer and well-travelled fiddle player Aindrias de Staic (AKA Shtax) is back on the Fringe after winning a few...   Full listing

Andrea Spisto: Butch Princesa

• Clown
• PWYW
• 2-12 & 14-25 Aug 2019

Character comedy, dance and Latin beats guide you deep into a surreal queer immigrant wonderland. Unflinchingly emotional art explosion. Honest...   Full listing

Andy Barr: The Ruby

• Storytelling / stand-up
• PWYW
• 1-13 & 15-25 Aug 2019

With his father recently deceased, minor aristocrat Andy Barr stands to inherit his fortune, his estate, his magnificent ruby and...   Full listing

Ask a Stripper

• Cabaret
• PWYW
• 1-13, 15-20 & 22-25 Aug 2019

Pulling back the G-string and dishing the dirt stripper-style, join Morag (aka Gypsy Charms) and Stacey Clare (The Ethical Stripper)...   Full listing

Bait: Kill The Princess

• Clown
• PWYW
• 1-6, 8-16, 18-20 & 22-25 Aug 2019

What happens when the glass slipper doesn't fit? Is it time to put a bullet in the princess' head? In...   Full listing

Ben Target: Six Endings in Search of a Beginning

• Absurdist
• PWYW
• 2, 4-9, 11-16 & 18-23 Aug 2019

Chasing dreams, planting seeds and mining for gold in this work-in-progress show from 'one of very few comics who manages...   Full listing

Bob Slayer: Wrote the Copy for This Show in March When He Didn't Have the Foggiest Notion of What Might Happen on Any Given Day in August, He Still Doesn't Really, but At Least He's Found This Snappy Title

• Stand-up
• PWYW
• 1-13 & 15-25 Aug 2019

Hooray! 'Bob is an Architect of the hilarious. Creator, curator and disrupter. Vibrant embodiment of awesome indie at its best....   Full listing

Carl Donnelly: Shall We All Just Kill Ourselves?

• Stand-up / storytelling
• PWYW
• 1-12 & 14-25 Aug 2019

Double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Carl Donnelly ('Observational genius' (Guardian)) returns with a new show about how difficult it is...   Full listing

Carol Cates: Tell Tale

• Music
• PWYW
• 1-11 Aug 2019

A limited run of a brand-new hour from multitalented, award-winning Carol Cates. Having performed as Lady Carol around the world...   Full listing

Charles Quarterman: An Afternoon With Charles Quarterman For One Hour

• Storytelling
• PWYW
• 19-23 Aug 2019

Hello, I am Charles Quarterman. Please consider this an invite, I hope you will be there. I will be there....   Full listing

Chris Betts vs the Audience

• Improv
• PWYW
• 1-12 & 14-25 Aug 2019

The cult hit returns! Comedian and contrarian Chris Betts will argue the opposite of anything anyone in the audience says....   Full listing

Chris Betts: Dumb but Fair

• Stand-up / storytelling
• PWYW
• 1-12 & 14-25 Aug 2019

An hour of stand-up about curiosity, horses, death and strip club etiquette. 'Amazingly funny' **** (List). 'Prepare yourself to laugh...   Full listing

Crybabies: Danger Brigade

• Absurdist
• PWYW
• 1-13 & 15-25 Aug 2019

Join Michael Clarke ('nothing short of genius' ***** (ThreeWeeks)), Ed Jones ('ripe with wit' **** (Skinny)) and James for Crybabies'...   Full listing

Currie and Brice: Kraudwerk

• Character / absurdist
• PWYW
• 18 & 21 Aug 2019

Salt and pepper? Ham and mustard? Belt and braces? Slap and tickle? No! No! Nooooooooooooo! Currie and Brice! The future...   Full listing

Desiree Burch: Desiree's Coming Early!

• Stand-up / storytelling
• PWYW
• 1-12, 14-19 & 21-25 Aug 2019

She was born late, bloomed late and always missed the bus. But a compelling shift has the fresh-faced/world-weary comedian (Netflix's...   Full listing

Dinner for One oder Der 90. Geburtstag

• Sketch show
• PWYW
• 13 & 21 Aug 2019

Miss Sophie has invited her four closest friends to celebrate her 90th birthday. Her elderly manservant James serves the food...   Full listing

Ed and Joz's Deleted Scenes

• Sketch show
• PWYW
• 1-8, 11-12 & 14-25 Aug 2019

Anti-comedy legend Ed Aczel and beloved nuisance Joz Norris unite onstage for the first time, launching light entertainment's newest double...   Full listing

Edward Aczel - Artificial Intellect

• Stand-up / clown
• PWYW
• 1-12 & 14-25 Aug 2019

Ed promises to come up with a big idea to hang the whole thing on - but probably it'll be...   Full listing

Eilidh Hodgson And Katherine Plumb: Do Wap Art Flop

• Sketch show / absurdist
• PWYW
• 8, 15, 20 & 22 Aug 2019

Two young, naive, St Martins fools blur the line between art and comedy much more insalubriously than The Mighty Boosh...   Full listing

Foxdog Studios: Tomorrow's Office

• Multimedia
• PWYW
• 1-25 Aug 2019

In a rare appearance outside, IT rock'n'roll superstars Lloyd and Pete bring their latest inventions from their cable-infested living room...   Full listing

Helen Duff Is the Tits

• Clown / storytelling
• PWYW
• 2-6 Aug 2019

And she doesn't give a damn who knows it. 'Bold, subversive and very funny' **** (Scotsman). 'Deserves any and all...   Full listing

Imaan Hadchiti: Being Frank

• Stand-up / storytelling
• PWYW
• 1-6, 8-13, 15-20 & 22-25 Aug 2019

Jovial, charming, disarmingly honest and with a philosophical streak, Frank returns to the Fringe for an enchanting show larger than...   Full listing

Jayne Edwards Is Top Bodybuilder Brian

• Stand-up
• PWYW
• 1-14 & 16-25 Aug 2019

Top Bodybuilder Brian will demonstrate that shadow boxing outside Paddy Power can be a lifestyle choice. From the mind of...   Full listing

Jimmy Slim and Lewis Blomfield: Scratch and Sniff

• Sketch show
• PWYW
• 1-13 & 15-25 Aug 2019

What's that you can smell? It's Lewis Blomfield and Jimmy Slim's new droppings and ooh baby they positively stink of...   Full listing

Johannes Dullin Plays the Devil

• Stand-up
• PWYW
• 2-12, 14-19 & 21-25 Aug 2019

Don't read this!! These words will force you to see a German/Swiss character-sincere-existentialist stand-up comic taking an exhilarating ride on...   Full listing

Johnny White Really-Really: Unending Torment!

• Stand-up / poetry
• PWYW
• 1-25 Aug 2019

When I was a child, I tried out having an imaginary friend for one afternoon. We went to the park,...   Full listing

Joz Norris Is Dead. Long Live Mr Fruit Salad.

• Stand-up
• PWYW
• 1-8 & 11-25 Aug 2019

Joz Norris has retired or possibly died, who cares? All that matters is Mr Fruit Salad, a fictional chimaera he...   Full listing

Laura Davis: Better Dead Than a Coward

• Stand-up
• PWYW
• 1-25 Aug 2019

Dark, bold and razor sharp, Australian comedian Laura Davis is internationally critically acclaimed as one of the most unique comedic...   Full listing

LEGMEAT

• Sketch show
• PWYW
• 12 & 13 Aug 2019

LEGMEAT is an ill-considered yet high-concept sketch show. Get ready for a wild ride in to Lourdes and prepare to...   Full listing

Leo Mohr: When I Was Zorro

• Cabaret / clown
• PWYW
• 1-12 & 14-25 Aug 2019

Hello. I am Swiss. Today I would like to tell you about my show, the title is above. It is...   Full listing

Liberty Hodes - Hot Commodity

• PWYW
• 13 & 14 Aug 2019

Hot Commodity is a one woman show which interrogates the effect of capitalism on everything around us and what that...   Full listing

Lovinda Heart: Penetration

• Clown
• PWYW
• 13 & 14 Aug 2019

Stand-up tantra diving shamelessly into the heart of your matter. A Fringe first, Lovinda comes all the way from Venus...   Full listing

Lucky Maclean: Festival in the Bin - Walking Tour/Show

• Character
• PWYW
• 4-15 & 17-24 Aug 2019

A hilarious street cleaner sweeps you off on an outdoor journey into the unknown festival, uncovering its secrets and making...   Full listing

Lucy Hopkins: Ceremony of Golden Truth

• Clown
• PWYW
• 1-25 Aug 2019

Collective act of golden manifestation. A sacred laughter bath of an interactive symphonic ceremony, orchestrated by a preposterously dazzling goddess....   Full listing

Madame Señorita: Espousa

• Clown
• PWYW
• 1-6, 8-13 & 15-25 Aug 2019

Your favourite award-winning Spanish clown's attempt to experience her own (mis)interpretation of perfect, romantic love. Inspired by what she's seen...   Full listing

Mark Dean Quinn Knits: A Comedy Show

• PWYW
• 4-8, 11-15, 18-22 & 25 Aug 2019

A show about knitting. Two people will fall in love. Hopefully we can all become better people. 'A fascinating, poignant...   Full listing

Mawaan Rizwan: Werk In Progress

• Stand-up / cabaret
• PWYW
• 8-12 Aug 2019

After a sell-out Fringe, Mawaan (BBC Three, Netflix) is back to shape a new bonkers show. 'His combination of confessional...   Full listing

Michael Brunström: World of Sports

• Stand-up
• PWYW
• 12-25 Aug 2019

[SFX: FANFARE] Michael Brunström is an Olympic athlete striving for gold medal glory. Surrealist caper. Follow him on his sporting...   Full listing

Neal Portenza is Joshua Ladgrove In: Edinburgh's Only Bilge Pump Sales Seminar

• Character
• PWYW
• 1-25 Aug 2019

Please note: this is not a comedy show. This is a seminar on how to sell bilge pumps accidentally booked...   Full listing

Paul Currie: Release the Baboons (All Ages)

• Clown
• PWYW
• 3-14, 16-18 & 23-25 Aug 2019

Paul Currie is bringing his sell out 2014/2015 award-winning masterpiece back to Edinburgh. But this time it's for all the...   Full listing

Paul Currie: Trufficle Musk

• Clown
• PWYW
• 1-6, 8-13, 15-20 & 22-25 Aug 2019

Genders and non-genders, come plunge your human meat gloves into this zeitgeist pavlova as you gently take each other delicately...   Full listing

Peter Fleming: Have You Seen?

• Sketch show
• PWYW
• 1-11 & 13-25 Aug 2019

Retired children's TV pioneer Peter Fleming needs your help. His legendary BBC programmes are lost from the archives, from Professor...   Full listing

Phil Ellis: Au Revoir

• Clown
• PWYW
• 1-25 Aug 2019

Phil says goodbye to Edinburgh forever. '"The time has come, " the Walrus said'... Sadly, the Walrus was right, Edinburgh's...   Full listing

Phil Kay: A Happening

• Storytelling
• PWYW
• 9 & 10 Aug 2019

Legendary Scottish storyteller and master of mirth is only in town for one weekend.   Full listing

Privates: A Sperm Odyssey

• Clown / sketch show
• PWYW
• 1-9, 11-13 & 15-25 Aug 2019

Attention all sperm! This is a military operation in procreation. Join three fun guys who fertilise in an adventure as...   Full listing

Róisín and Chiara: Get Nupty

• Absurdist / clown
• PWYW
• 1-9, 11-19 & 21-25 Aug 2019

A brand-new hour of improvising genius from cult-in-the-making duo Róisín and Chiara. Expect a whirlwind of synchronised, audience-tickling, surreal character...   Full listing

Russell Howard: Work in Progress

• Stand-up
• 7.50
• 1-13 Aug 2019

Russell performs his work-in-progress show testing new material. Some jokes will last to his tour or TV shows, some will...   Full listing

Ryan Lane Will Be There Now in a Minute

• PWYW
• 1-13 & 15-25 Aug 2019

A show for anyone with a complex relationship to home. Ryan Lane's playful, inventive and intimate storytelling piece explores coming...   Full listing

Sam Nicoresti: UFO

• Stand-up
• PWYW
• 1-11 & 13-25 Aug 2019

In 1998, Sam Nicoresti was abducted by aliens. Now he's ready to reveal the beans and spill the truth in...   Full listing

Sarah Johnson's Guide to (Im)Practical Parenting

• Stand-up / storytelling
• PWYW
• 1-25 Aug 2019

After last year's sell-out smash hit Mum's Going to Ibiza, Sarah returned home to her two wonderful children and noticed...   Full listing

Sarah Johnson: Mum's Going to Ibiza

• Stand-up / storytelling
• PWYW
• 13 Aug 2019

If you were invited to a 50th birthday party in Ibiza, would you go? Are you a party animal? Can...   Full listing

Sean Morley: Soon I Will Be Dead and My Bones Will Be Free to Wreak Havoc Upon the Earth Once More

• Absurdist
• PWYW
• 1-6, 8-20 & 22-25 Aug 2019

Inside my skin is a rattling beast and when I breathe my last it will emerge. Free me from the...   Full listing

Serena Flynn: Baubo Goddess of Filth

• Clown
• PWYW
• 1-13 & 15-25 Aug 2019

Your worst and best possible self. Skirt-lifting trickster Goddess Baubo offers redemption for seriously deviant behaviour. Worship at her shrine....   Full listing

Stepdads: Step Up

• Absurdist / clown
• PWYW
• 10 Aug 2019

Meet the two men who wish they were your dad (but who are glad he went to prison.) A surreal...   Full listing

The Establishment: Le Bureau de Strange

• Sketch show / clown
• PWYW
• 1-12 & 14-25 Aug 2019

Expert stupidity from multi award-winning comedy duo, Dan Lees and Neil Frost. Best Comedy Adelaide Fringe Weekly Award winner (2019)....   Full listing

The Glang Show

• Game show
• PWYW
• 7 & 14 Aug 2019

The Glang Show is the only anarcho-comedy utopia that has travelled back in time from beyond the heat death of...   Full listing

The Mackerel Eaters

• Music
• PWYW
• 14-18 & 20-25 Aug 2019

Local band The Mackerel Eaters are searching for their inspiration and motivation in the cultural graveyard of ambition, Galway City....   Full listing

The Wonder Jam

• Clown / sketch show
• Free
• 1-25 Aug 2019

Sell-out late-night comedy party! Join the 'hilarious' (BroadwayBaby.com) Lorna Rose Treen, the truly funny Belinda Anderson-Hunt, Dougie Baldwin (Netflix's Disjointed)...   Full listing

Thunderc*nt

• Stand-up / storytelling
• PWYW
• 1-6, 8-12, 14-19 & 21-25 Aug 2019

This award-winning, five-star comedy show will grab you by the short and curlies. If the C-word triggers/offends and you and...   Full listing

Tim FitzHigham and Thom Tuck in Macbeth

• Improv
• PWYW
• 1-11 Aug 2019

413 years ago Macbeth was first performed. 2019 sees the definitive production by multi-award winners Thom Tuck (The Penny Dreadfuls,...   Full listing

Tony Law and Phil Nichol: Virtue Chamber Echo Bravo

• Stand-up
• PWYW
• 2-6, 8-11, 13-19 & 21-24 Aug 2019

Tony Law: 'Philip and I have been talking about this for years. Things need to change. Quicker and betterer. We...   Full listing

Wesele / Wedding

• PWYW
• 13 & 14 Aug 2019

Welcome to the last Polish/English wedding before the borders close, where you, the audience, play the role of the wedding...   Full listing