Comedy

A morning with Woody Allen (ish)

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Alcove

AUG 4-7, 9-12, 16-21, 23-28 at 10:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

Returning to Edinburgh after previous sell out shows at the Festival, in London and many comedy festivals, Simon Schatzberger performs Woody Allen’s legendary 1960s stand-up Comedy, with iconic stories including ‘The Moose’ ‘Mesmerising, like going back in time and seeing him live’ Jon Culshaw ‘An uncanny likeness, Woody fans will love it’ Time Out...

Comedy

An American Comedy Showcase. Free!

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Alcove

AUG 4-28 at 23:00 (50 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Comedian Gabe Mollica meets lots of funny people at fringe, this is the showcase where he books them!!...

Comedy

Come See – Evan Desmarais

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Alcove

AUG 4-28 at 20:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

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COME SEE; this is Evan's return to the UK after being stuck in Australia for the bulk of the pandemic. After a hard couple of years, this time-tested comedian will be weaving seamlessly between jokes, crowd work, and improvised rants. Every show is unique, impulsive, and in the moment. You're not going to want to miss this. This Canadian leaves no doubt as to why he's internationally in demand. "Perfectly combined witty humour with naked vulnerability."-Yewth. In Canada, Evan has been featured in festivals including Just For Laughs 42, Dark Comedy Festival, Sketchfest, NxNe, and more. H...

Comedy

Come Sit on the Couch with Me

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Alcove

AUG 4-28 at 15:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

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'Come sit on the Couch with Me" Is this a therapy couch or a casting couch and is there a difference? The show is a cocktail of a comical but true look at communication in the western world today, with a good dose of rapping and a big pinch of satire. Did you know 90% of our communication is body language? Yours will be scrutinised at some point in the show...You will leave shaken and stirred, and if not a better person then certainly a more self aware one!'' ...

Spoken Word

Diary of an Australian Outback Woman

Spoken Word

Bar 50 / The Alcove

AUG 20-28 at 11:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

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DIARY OF AN AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK WOMAN" Meet Australian Outback 1940's restaurant owner Sheila and journey through her life with stories, song, bush verse, photographs and mouth watering recipes. Sheila was an Australian town girl who married an outback Australian farmer in the early 1940's. After 40 yrs of cooking for shearers, coping with the harsh outback heat, flies, droughts and floods, Sheila, at the age of 60yrs, opened a successful homestead restaurant. Sheila's dessert trolley, laden with pavlova, creme caramel, mocha chocolate roll, mulberry pie, bowls of chocolate mousse an...

Comedy

Gabe Mollica: A Show About Friendship

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Alcove

AUG 4-15, 17-22, 24-28 at 13:00 (50 min) - Free & Unticketed

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New York Comedian Gabe Mollica started comedy the day after he got broken up with. This is his story about friendship. 'Heteronormative... but I liked it' (Andrew McClelland, @AltComMemSoc). 'A true New York comedian' (Colt Cabana)....

Spoken Word

Guerilla Autistics - Year Eight - Scenes from an undiagnosed life.

Spoken Word

Bar 50 / The Alcove

AUG 4-19 at 12:00 (45 min) - Free & Unticketed

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The show formerly known as Guerilla Aspies returns with scenes from my life. How did I grow up not knowing what I was? There is an evolving sub culture all around you, with pride, relationships, sides, wars, arguments & schisms. We are the Neurodivergent from the Neurotypical. Who are all lets face it, Neurodiverse anyway... Paul Wady continues to challenge audiences. Want to know what it means to be Neurodiverse, Autistic & positive about your brain? Change the way your mind works and enter our world. Join in. Ask questions. Laugh. Love yourself even more. Oh, and vaccines do not ca...

Comedy

Katharyn Henson & Ollie Horn: Pure Filth

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Alcove

AUG 4-14, 16-28 at 16:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

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Fringe favourites New York City comedian Katharyn Henson (“Kicking some serious comedy ass”- The Scotsman) and internationally-touring Ollie Horn (“A natural” - Broadway Baby) perform brand new comedy sets: one comprised of pure, wholesome and lovely material, and the other totally unapologetic disgusting filth. You decide who does which....

Comedy

Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Alcove

AUG 5-28 at 21:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

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See the very best comedians from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show – in this stuffed selection box of laughs! Line-ups include performers selected from Fringe shows and the international comedy circuit, with guests from the best in new talent that is appearing at the Fringe – plus it's pay-what-you-can entry too! Sell-out shows Edinburgh Fringe 2004-2019. As seen in the UK, Australia, Asia and the USA. 'Cracking comedy selection' ★★★★★ (Cream of the Fringe) 'A Great N...

Comedy

Old Jewish Jokes

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Alcove

AUG 4-8, 10-15, 17-22, 24-28 at 18:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

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10th year the of award-winning perennial Fringe favourite. The 2019 Pick of the Fringe award sell-out sensation. Edinburgh's longest running most successful ever live Jewish comedy show. Great story. Great gags. True Jewish humour. Always sells out. ***** (BroadwayBaby.com). ***** (ThreeWeeks). **** (Scotsman). **** (Mirror). ...

Comedy

Oleg Denisov: Escaped Artist

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Alcove

AUG 4-28 at 14:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

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You can (and should) get a comedian out of Russia, but can you get Russia out of a comedian? Oleg Denisov, a critically acclaimed satirical stand-up and philosopher by training, got out of Moscow and is searching for new ways to laugh, love, feel and be Russian. Offers accepted. "Razor-sharp insight and rapid-fire laughs" (Manchester Evening News) ★★★★ “Hilarious… filled with brilliant jokes” (The Student Edinburgh) ★★★★ “A well-honed act” (Mumble Comedy) «Fascinating comedian… cerebral and provocative» (Edinburgh Reporter) “Impressive” (The...

Events and Tours

Performers Mental Health Training Sessions

Events and Tours

Bar 50 / The Alcove

AUG 8, 15, 22 at 10:30 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Are you struggling to cope with the Fringe? Over-whelmed by producing a show? If you have any anxiety or concern then these sessions are for you, along with anyone looking for help or an understanding of mental health. These are specially tailored mental health training sessions for performers, delivered by the multi-award winning National charity 'Chasing The Stigma'. This short informative free session helps provide understanding of mental health, mental illness and what to do if you or somebody else needs help and support. ...

Comedy

Psychic Stu,s Stand-up Comedy Show

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Alcove

AUG 16 at 18:00 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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AUG 15 at 16:45 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Come along to see Psychic Stu in his Phenomenal Stand Up Show! You may be lucky and get your fortune told by the man himself. Meet his spirit guides who are always by his side... Mary & Will - he never goes anywhere without them. You never know, you may even get your Aura or Chakra System sorted... with his trusty healing wafter...

Comedy

Science Magic XXX

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Alcove

AUG 4-28 at 19:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

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Science! Sex! Stand-up! The man behind the acclaimed kids show Science Magic, is debuting a raunchy science comedy show, strictly for adults only! Multi-award winner Donal Vaughan will perform amazing science tricks, interspersed with hilarious comedy....

Comedy

A Cut Above

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Garden Room

AUG 4-28 at 20:00 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Experienced comedians Nik Coppin and Matt Price with guests from around the Edinburgh Fringe....

Comedy

AMJ Entertainer

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Garden Room

AUG 4-28 at 21:15 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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AUG 20-28 at 13:45 (50 min) - Free & Unticketed

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The true story of one man’s ambition to become the greatest holiday park entertainer in England. In a show filled with laughs, music and lots of heart, AMJ recalls the bumpy road towards his dream. Could he face down family opposition, self-doubt and the occasional not-so-happy camper to become a summer holiday legend? Lovely stuff – Steve Furst. Adam has a scream as you go faster energy that really sucks you in - Chortle A rock n roll Peter Kay – Deal Radio. Going to do big things – Euphoria Turn on the lights and mic and watch the magic happen -Stooges comedy ...

Theatre

Boy- Looking For Friends

Theatre

Bar 50 / The Garden Room

AUG 4-14, 16-28 at 11:15 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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"Boy Looking For Friends" A family friendly theatrical solo clown show. Full of simple, touching poetry of great depth. Built on the smallest mask in the world – the red nose! Boy dreams of becoming his pirate idol Jack Sparrow. Together with the bear Paddington, the crocodile Crock, he sets out on a floating suitcase on an adventurous journey through his deepest fears, overcoming a real and metaphorical ocean of loneliness. Show is a journey to a place beyond time and space, where everything becomes alive and real - including a plush toy, a floating suitcase and a broom that turns ...

Comedy

Comedy for Hot People

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Garden Room

AUG 4-28 at 22:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

A comedy showcase for hotties! No uggos allowed! Previous acts have been Alfie Brown, Olga Koch, Phil Ellis, Stephen Bailey, Aurie Styla, Aaron McCann & Sophie Duker. Manchester's hottest comedy night is coming to the fringe, bringing all their hottest acts to a whole new sexci audience. Yeah thats right, we mean you, you fitty. Look at you there, with your eyes and your face, reading this. You'd look good on our front row, or the back row, where ever you like tbh. I know we're giving it the biggun in this write up but actually we'd really like to meet you, your mates; maybe even your p...

Comedy

Disabled Cants

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Garden Room

AUG 4-28 at 17:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

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A revolving line-up of disabled comedians and friends present an irreverent comedy show for your enjoyment. We're not brave, we're not inspiring, we're just here to make you laugh and park in the disabled bays....

Comedy

Love & Sex on the Spectrum

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Garden Room

AUG 4-19 at 13:45 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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An atypical romantic comedy, that explores all of the awkward firsts that come with dating, sex and love from a late bloomer’s perspective. Being on the autism spectrum is challenging enough, now add dating to the mix. There’s quite a learning curve. Experience all the lessons and laughs, along with the do’s and don’ts, on how to be your most authentic self, and to truly love yourself at the end of the day....

Events and Tours

NEURODIVERGENT get together

Events and Tours

Bar 50 / The Garden Room

AUG 8, 15, 22 at 10:00 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Calling all Neurodivergent performers, this is a regular meet up each week in the Garden room at Bar 50. All diversities welcome. ...

Comedy

PG Hits! Stand-Up Comedy That's Everyone's Cup of Tea!

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Garden Room

AUG 4-14, 16-28 at 12:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

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We choose the best comedians of the festival to perform their funniest PG-rated material. Low on the rude bits but big on laughs! A show that comedy fans of all ages can enjoy, with our rotating line up of hilarious up-and-coming stand-ups and surprise celebrity guests, you can be sure that your whole group will have a great time!...

Comedy

Raul Kohli: Makes It Up As He Goes Along

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Garden Room

AUG 4-16, 18-28 at 15:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

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Raul Kohli does an hour of crowd interaction because after 24 months selling himself on webcam like a budget pornstar, he’s come to the realisation that comedy means nothing without you… 'Superb Political Comedy' - The Scotsman 'Dripping with Erudite Genius' - Fest Mag 'Slick Gag Machine' - Chortle 'Poisoning our Childrens Minds' - Nigel Farage...

Comedy

Spontadeity: Who Let The Gods Out?

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Garden Room

AUG 4-28 at 18:45 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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An improvised comedy extravaganza of tales of gods and monsters, heroines and heroes, mundane and mythological beings all made up on the spot each day from audience suggestions. Ever wondered what Zeus liked to eat for breakfast or how peanut butter was born?! You just might find out the answers to these mythological questions as well as unfold some rip-roaring epic tales with the help of Stägs Woodward, Josie Ettrick-Hogg and their fabulous guest improvisers. Come witness the birth of legends!...

Comedy

The Bite (A Mouthful of Fringe Madness)

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Garden Room

AUG 4-28 at 16:15 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Raucous, wild and a little bit different – this one-hour compilation show with a changing daily line-up, gives you a fabulous cross section of Fringe madness in one crazy bite-sized chunk. Performances may include anything from improv, stand-up, drag, to poetry or musical comedy. A daily Fringe taster menu that will have you coming back for more, all stirred up and served to your baffled faces by the mischievous and gorgeous Stags and Ettrick-Hogg. The show you'll be talking about for years to come! ...

Courses

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Courses

Courses

Bar 50 / Upstairs

AUG 6-7, 9-10, 13-14, 16-17, 20-21, 23-24 at 09:45 (270 min) - Paid & Ticketed

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Learn the skills and art of performing stand-up comedy on this two-day intensive comedy course. Including: joke-writing skills, generating material, comedy deconstruction, finding material, lively interactive performance practice sessions, history of comedy, technical skills, industry tips. Plus a graduation show performance in a Fringe show. Our tutors are professional comedians, comedy writers and experienced teachers. The courses run over two days, with two 4.5-hour sessions on each day, followed by the graduation show. 'This course has to be one of the best on offer. Highly recomme...

Comedy

All-American Snack Attack

Comedy

Bar 50 / Upstairs

AUG 18-19, 22, 25-28 at 13:30 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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America has given many great inventions to the world: electricity, the telephone, and Flamin' Hot Cheetos. American food scientists are working around the clock to make the craziest, most decadent snacks the world has ever seen. Have you ever wanted to eat Cotton Candy, but also Cap'n Crunch, but don't know how to decide which to eat? Now with Cotton Candy Cap'n Crunch, you don't have to. Mark Henely and Ben Miller are two American comics who are coming to Edinburgh to be your tour guide through the cutting edge world of American snack foods. Each show, Mark and Ben will be introducing a d...

Comedy

Angela Bra: Life Lessons

Comedy

Bar 50 / Upstairs

AUG 15, 18-19, 22, 25-28 at 11:30 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Singer/Songwriter, rising star on social media and part-time primary school music teacher, Miss Angela Bra, invites you to share in her words of wisdom as an international online super sensation in the making. Essex through and through, Angela is 32 and has been for many years. Living with her cats Pinot and Grigio, she styles herself as a the authentic voice of real people, tackling such heady subjects as minimalist cooking (good), dating (bad) and local board game groups (could go either way.) Linking these, and their effectiveness in establishing her as a global mega-brand, she shares ...

Comedy

Annie and Angela's Disco Divorce Party

Comedy

Bar 50 / Upstairs

AUG 4-8, 10-15, 17-22, 24-28 at 16:00 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Forty, single and ready to mingle; join lifelong friends (an ex 90's girl band members) Annie Sup and Angela Bra for a drag-infused comedy of musical mirth celebrating friendship and new beginnings on a bar crawl full of O M gosh moments you’re unlikely to forget. With original tracks influenced by everything from hiphop to early nineties rave you’ll visit a cocktail bar, meet the local DJ and witness this try-hard party pair’s vision for the future. A new production from the creators of Andy Quirk and Anna J’s First World Problems. “You should be first in the queue for this” - Fringepig...

Comedy

Are We All in a Cult?

Comedy

Bar 50 / Upstairs

AUG 4-7, 9-14, 16-21, 23-28 at 14:45 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Top leaders, love bombing, results driven expectations, endless tasks - is your family a cult? Is society a cult? Is the lollipop lady the benign face of cultism? Are we all in the same cult? Is your cult better than mine? If so, how do I join? How many cults does it take to change a light bulb? Don’t ask questions! ...

Comedy

David Sheeran: Carpe Your Diem!

Comedy

Bar 50 / Upstairs

AUG 4-5, 8, 11-12, 15, 18-19, 22, 25-28 at 12:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

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Under Covid, every day is like Groundhog Day... and like Fast and Furious 9! And like Avengers: Infinity War. And like No Time To Die. Take a fresh look at the pandemic with reference to a long list of Hollywood box-office hits. And Loki....

Comedy

Eleanor Conway: Talk Dirty To Me

Comedy

Bar 50 / Upstairs

AUG 17-23 at 22:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

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Following her first US tour and millions of views over lockdown for her blunt takes on post pandemic hookup culture and being a childfree badass, Conway returns in a high energy, sex positive banger for 2022. Conway is an internationally touring comedian that does hilarious shows about sex, addiction & dating. She’s sold out multiple Edinburgh Festival runs with self produced shows ‘Walk of Shame’ & ’You May Recognise Me From Tinder’. You may also recognise her from The Guardian, Woman’s Hour, Stylist, Grazia & BBC 4 Extra. ★★★★ "A champion for anyone that’s chased ...

Theatre

Horrible History for Adults (or those that think they are!)

Theatre

Bar 50 / Upstairs

AUG 4-5, 8, 11-12, 15 at 13:30 (50 min) - Pay What You Can

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We all love a good story. History,Humour and Drama. In this show are more of the stories that have helped forge my identity. In a shamelessly mixed Horrible History for Adults, join me for a zany mix of stand up and historical reportage. Fearless lives, fearlessly lived from Lord Byron to Quentin Crisp. I Robert, Me, myself, I inhabit my favourite characters and reflect on the quirky, hilarious and absurd situations navigated in life....

Comedy

It Has to be Said

Comedy

Bar 50 / Upstairs

AUG 5-21 at 19:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

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This is a brand new show from Jay Sodagar. During lockdown when the most important part of his life was taken away from him Stand-up Comedy!!!. He found new passion for the art form. This is a show that demonstrates how funny and imaginative Jay is and how he will never take Stand-up comedy for granted ever again. Lockdown was a depressing time for everyone, and when a passionate stand-up finds a new love for the best art-form in the world. Things just "have to be said" Because you never know what might happen. The show is silly and real and clever and passionate and life affirming and edgy an...

Comedy

Melting Pot

Comedy

Bar 50 / Upstairs

AUG 22-28 at 19:45 (50 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Good people do bad things and bad people do good things. Anoushka Rava sways brilliantly between both, offering a hilarious mix. French-Iranian, born in London, raised in Paris, this refreshing show tackles current societal matters with lightness and irony. Imagine what comes out of her Jewish, Muslim and Catholic heritage, coping with the most unapologetic family you can only fall in love with. From managing complex experiences at airports’ customs, to insane situations – while always sober, she’s the one-stop show who leaves us with a message of love and unity. Her outsider journey is one to...

Comedy

Nik Coppin: Shark

Comedy

Bar 50 / Upstairs

AUG 4-28 at 18:30 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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A combination of stand-up comedy, caricatures and cartoons...

Comedy

Oy Gay!

Comedy

Bar 50 / Upstairs

AUG 4-14 at 22:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

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Oy Gay! The Queer Jewish Comedy Show Two queer Jews. One hour of fast and furious jokes. What's not to like? 'Oy Gay! is absolutely brilliant. Hilarious, clever and really filthy! These two amazingly talented comedians charm and entertain whilst exploring faith, community and life, with some classic material that is still making me laugh. A must-see.' (Adam Morley, Newsrevue) A finalist in the LGBTQ Comedian of the Year award, Katie Price is unashamed to tackle important issues with tongue-in-cheek charm and wit. 'A to die for opening gag... Price does more than enoug...

Comedy

Potential: A Canadian Comedy Showcase

Comedy

Bar 50 / Upstairs

AUG 4-28 at 21:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

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Picture this: you're walking around the Fringe taking in all the sights, faces, and entertainment. When all of the sudden a pang hits your chest and you think "I have not engaged in any Canadian entertainment." As horrifying a thought like that is, it doesn't have to be your Fringe Reality. Potential: A Canadian Comedy Showcase is your slice of Canadian comedy pie. Potential has the motto of creating something different every night. The show will have a rotating door of Canadian talent to make every night unique from the last. Come the first day of Fringe and come the last to see some...

Comedy

Stranded

Comedy

Bar 50 / Upstairs

AUG 4-19 at 17:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

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Having spent a year "STRANDED" in India, Australian comedian and host of the wildly popular podcast “I’m Quitting Alcohol”, David Boyle, makes his Edinburgh debut. Boyle has performed all over the world. From Australia to Malaysia to India and the world famous Laugh Factory in Los Angeles. Boyle’s dark, acerbic humor has been winning over audiences for well over a decade. This one is not to be missed. Come see what the hype is about....

Theatre

Toast, Pudding Lane

Theatre

Bar 50 / Upstairs

AUG 24-28 at 22:15 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Toast, Pudding Lane Thomas Farriner (the one who burnt London to a crisp in 1666?) is a fantastic baker, and we have resurrected him. This has proved an unpopular decision. Half-history, half-musical, half-biopic, half-dance piece, half-baking lesson, this two-hander student devised piece will fill that bread-shaped hole in your Fringe appetite. A tale of hunger, passion, and fire – come and see Toast, Pudding Lane! ...

Comedy

VAPPOW!

Comedy

Bar 50 / Upstairs

AUG 20-28 at 17:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

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4 comedians + 1 hour show = Vappow! Victoria Shortley, Peter Innocente, Maeve Boffey and Gary Manhine bring you 4 unique sets with hilarious results! Diverse on the outside But just as hilariously confused on the inside as each other. Victoria Shortley -self proclaimed Suffolk’s finest, if the words Suffolk and finest weren’t an oxymoron. Coming from Suffolk ain't easy. Performed at Brighton Fringe 2020 and 2021, Edinburgh Fringe 2021, Women in Comedy Festival 2021. Maeve Boffey - is a playful Irish comedian who laughs at herself and invites you to laugh along with her surreal wo...