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Bar 50

Laughing Horse Free Festival Venue

Bar 50

Fringe Venue 151 - Click here for map
Within A&O Edinburgh City Hostel, 50 Blackfriars Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1NE. Phone: 0131 524 1989
Food  Accessible  Wifi  Licensed
Open from 08:00 to 01:00
All ages until 10pm, then 18+ only

Located within the five-star A&O Edinburgh City Hostel, Bar 50 serves an eclectic mix of spirits and beers, along with tasty locally sourced food. The menu has dishes for everyone, from stone baked pizza’s to veggie chilli burritos and chicken Caesar salad. There’s pool tables, comfy couches and an outdoor heated smoking area.

This year we have two entry methods: Free & Unticketed or Pay What You Can
Free & Unticketed: Entry to a show is first-come, first served at the venue - just turn up and then donate to the show in the collection at the end.
Pay What You Can: For these shows you can book a ticket to guarantee entry and choose your price from the Fringe Box Office, up to 30 mins before a show. After that all remaining space is free at the venue on a first-come, first-served bases. Donations for walk-ins at the end of the show.

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The Alcove

#1 Final Diddy Party

#1 Final Diddy Party

Comedy

#1 Final Diddy Party

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Alcove
JUL 31, AUG 1-24 at 23:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5

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Ain't no party like a Diddy Party - a compilation of the festivals freakiest comedians in a big party atmosphere, Bring Your Own Baby Oil, - late-night, dark humour, diverse line-ups. Produced by award-winning comics ...


101 Rules for a Better World (By Comedians)

101 Rules for a Better World (By Comedians)

Comedy

101 Rules for a Better World (By Comedians)

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Alcove
JUL 31, AUG 1-3, 5-10, 12-17, 19-24 at 15:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50

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Comedians put the world to rights in this new panel show, 101 Rules for a Better World (by Comedians). Hosts Leslie Gold (as seen at the Comedy Store) & Tom Mayhew (as heard on Radio 4) along with different guest comics each day present ideas to improve the world at large - imagine the opposite of Room 101. Each rule is adopted (or not) by an audience vote. By the end of the Fringe we hope to have 101 of these suckers and then... well, we have plans which may or may not involve petitioning the government to adopt the best rule(s)! Basically it's an excuse for bants with a view to mak...


Around The World in 80 Puns

Around The World in 80 Puns

Comedy

Around The World in 80 Puns

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Alcove
JUL 31, AUG 1-11, 13-24 at 11:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50

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Glaswegian comedian and author Iain MacDonald embraces the international aspect of the festival as he takes you on a punventure around the world in which he has a joke for each and every country. You tell him the country- he'll tell you the joke! And with the aid of his GIANT map and mini globes for the audience, there'll be plenty of opportunities to try and catch him out! ‘ Scotland’s Prince of Puns ‘ BBC Radio Scotland ...


Devin Gray: May Divorce Be With You

Devin Gray: May Divorce Be With You

Comedy

Devin Gray: May Divorce Be With You

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Alcove
JUL 31, AUG 1-24 at 20:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50

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Devin Gray returns to Edinburgh fringe with a follow up to his highly acclaimed debut. May Divorce be with you is a show about what Devin learned from his botched marriage...


Eccentrics Return – Guerilla Autistics Show Year 11

Eccentrics Return – Guerilla Autistics Show Year 11

Theatre

Eccentrics Return – Guerilla Autistics Show Year 11

Theatre

Bar 50 / The Alcove
JUL 31, AUG 1-3, 5-10, 12-17, 19-24 at 13:00 (45 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5

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Find out what an Autistic Elder looks like who is happy, hearty, never depressed and over sixty. How does he do it? Aha.... SO GOOD HE WANTS TO DO IT AGAIN. The show the mainstream media refuses to review repeats its 2024 dual - four star review show. PW fancied the time to write a book detailing the old ones you see? So now there's no way to miss ALL of them since they started in 2015. SPIKE MILLIGAN! PATRICIA HIGHSMITH! ED D WOOD JNR and even QUENTIN CRISP as your master of ceremonies. Before being called Neurodiverse, Autistic , having-lots-of-character and just plain being bo...


Going Coastal with Donald McGinty

Going Coastal with Donald McGinty

Comedy

Going Coastal with Donald McGinty

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Alcove
AUG 1-9 at 10:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50

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TV host Donald McGinty is live on stage with his award-nominated* show! Donald is here to tell you all about his time as host of the nations fifteenth favourite coast based travelogue, as well as how he got over his fear of the sea after all those people drowned. There will also be live updates from the seagull appeal, the grand final of the 2025 calender competition and a vaguely satisfying dramatic arc! If that’s not enough for you, there will also be plenty of surprises, prizes** and Scottish accents***! Get ready to set sail and answer the call of nature with Donald McGinty. But remembe...


I Should Have Listened to Ivor Dembina

I Should Have Listened to Ivor Dembina

Comedy

I Should Have Listened to Ivor Dembina

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Alcove
JUL 31, AUG 1-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-24 at 18:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5

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The UK's favourite and funniest Jewish comedian with an hour of top notch stand-up comedy. (Guardian ****), (Scotsman ****),the Mirror (****), Broadwaybaby (*****), Threeweeks (*****)...


Improv: Sponta-Deity

Improv: Sponta-Deity

Comedy

Improv: Sponta-Deity

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Alcove
JUL 31, AUG 1-10, 12-17, 19-24 at 19:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5

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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! ...


Lab Rats - A Science Gameshow

Lab Rats - A Science Gameshow

Comedy

Lab Rats - A Science Gameshow

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Alcove
JUL 31, AUG 1-24 at 16:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5

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Computer scientist Matthew Collins and Zoologist Donal Vaughan host a science themed game show where you are the competitors. The audience are divided into teams and we'll see which team wins. Games, quizzes and silly mayhem. Squid games, more like Cephalopod Games....


Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection

Comedy

Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Alcove
AUG 1-24 at 21:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5

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See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe, alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show in this 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 appearing at the Fringe – plus it's Pay What You Can entry! ★★★★★ (FestivalReview.com). 'Cracking comedy selection' ★★★★★ (Cream of the Fringe). 'A great night out' ★★★★ (Sout...


Millwall Jew

Millwall Jew

Comedy

Millwall Jew

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Alcove
JUL 31, AUG 1-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-24 at 14:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5

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First of two daily performances (not Tuesdays). The UK's favourite and funniest Jewish stand-up comedian Ivor Dembina (The Guardian ****), with his marvelously funny solo show about the Jewish football fan who, tired of being expected to support the 'Jewish' north London club Tottenham Hotspur, decides to swear allegiance instead to his own 'more earthy' local south London team, Millwall F.C. They say Jews are funny, Ivor Dembina proves it! ...


The Garden Room

2 Muslim 2 Furious 2: Go Halal or Go Home

2 Muslim 2 Furious 2: Go Halal or Go Home

Comedy

2 Muslim 2 Furious 2: Go Halal or Go Home

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Garden Room
JUL 31, AUG 1-24 at 13:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5

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After a sold out run at the Edinburgh Fringe, and having raised over £4000 for Medical Aid for Palestinians, Aisha Amanduri (Runner-up Bath Comedy Fest. New Act Award) and Hasan Al-Habib (winner B’ham Comedy Fest. Breaking Talent Award 2023) ARE BACK! Tired of being called terrorists, Hasan and Aisha became something much worse: comedians! See the double act people are already calling "Anwar and Dec-ina" 25% of artist's proceeds go to the charity Medical Aid for Palestinians. "slick delivery with stereotype-crushing material" - Rolling Stone “Deliciously funny” – The Guardian "edgy...


Alan Jay and Matthew Hayhow are Gay and Lame

Alan Jay and Matthew Hayhow are Gay and Lame

Comedy

Alan Jay and Matthew Hayhow are Gay and Lame

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Garden Room
AUG 13-15 at 11:15 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

Just turn up at the venue, entry is first-come, first-served for everyone. Donations at the end of the show

Prepare to be absolutely double teamed by two of Scotland's most promising upcoming comedic talents! After a sell-out show at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival, Alan Jay and Matthew Hayhow are bringing Fruit and Vegetable to the Edinburgh Fringe! ALAN JAY (BBC New Comedy Shortlist, LGBTQ+ Comedian Semi-Finalist) From the rough streets of Glasgow to the stage, Alan Jay has become a popular face on the Scottish comedy scene for his ability to turn hard times into hilarity, using his upbeat nature and endearing charm to dance around the silly and macabre with ease. “Big brain jokes...


Beat the Comic – Kidz Quiz

Beat the Comic – Kidz Quiz

Childrens

Beat the Comic – Kidz Quiz

Childrens

Bar 50 / The Garden Room
AUG 2-12, 16-17, 23-24 at 11:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5

Kids go head-to-head with comedians in quiz. Loser and most likely everyone else gets a custard pie. ...


Best of Edinburgh Fringe Comedy (Evening Show)

Best of Edinburgh Fringe Comedy (Evening Show)

Comedy

Best of Edinburgh Fringe Comedy (Evening Show)

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Garden Room
JUL 31, AUG 1-24 at 20:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5

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A revolving line-up of the best established and up-and-coming comedians at the Fringe in a show full of fun and laughter. "The best thigh-slapping, cackling laugh of a time I’ve ever had ... something for everyone" ★★★★1/2 (Fringefeed) "A comedy smorgasbord" ★★★★ (GreatScott.media) "Hilarious comics ... A solid comedy show well worth the ticket price. You will be in great hands with Nik and co and are bound to get a few solid laughs out of the night" ★★★★ (Fringefeed) "A fine set of comics, who entertained ever...


Comedy Queers

Comedy Queers

Comedy

Comedy Queers

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Garden Room
JUL 31, AUG 1-24 at 21:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5

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Comedy Queers is a spicy mix of outrageous queer comedians, cabaret and drag acts. A sell-out Fringe phenomenon since 2018. Looking for diversity? It's what we do best, babe! If you’ve seen enough cis, straight dudes with the same haircut / t-shirt / jokes / toxicity, come and party with the kings, queens and royal-thems of comedy. Expect chaos, drag, stand-up, glitter, queer joy and an ever changing line-up of LGBTQIA+ acts to grace our stage. Comedy Queers is a big queer party, every. Single. Night! **** (DeadlineNews.co.uk)....


Deage Paxton: Immature

Deage Paxton: Immature

Comedy

Deage Paxton: Immature

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Garden Room
JUL 31, AUG 1-10, 12-24 at 23:45 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

Just turn up at the venue, entry is first-come, first-served for everyone. Donations at the end of the show

Deage Paxton's follow up to his critically acclaimed debut show. This show is a brand-new hour containing this years collection of dark, dirty and kind of stupid material. "Paxton has added light to his pitch black palate and is all the better for it. Plays with the line before skilfully and happily jumping over it double footed." **** - Edinburgh Eye...


Disabled Cants

Disabled Cants

Comedy

Disabled Cants

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Garden Room
JUL 31, AUG 1-24 at 17:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50

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A revolving lineup 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. “Wonderfully relaxed and friendly” The Scotsman ★★★★★ “The most accessible, friendly and inclusive show I’ve ever seen” - Neurodiverse Review WINNER Disability Champions Award 2023 "Searing political rants, baited breath and a spit full of laughs " LeftLion" ...


Mad Cow Comedy's International Showcase

Mad Cow Comedy's International Showcase

Comedy

Mad Cow Comedy's International Showcase

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Garden Room
JUL 31, AUG 1-24 at 22:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5

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Mad Cow Comedy is thrilled to bring its highly successful show concept from the Netherlands to the Edinburgh Fringe! Join us for an hour of stand-up comedy featuring a carefully curated selection of international acts from across the globe. Each show is hosted by our energetic and friendly compère, who introduces a fresh lineup of comedians every day. With a mix of seasoned pros and exciting up-and-coming talent, no two performances are ever the same, offering comedy lovers a unique and dynamic hour of entertainment. Prepare for a vibrant showcase of diverse styles and hilarious perspective...


Raul Kohli: Makes It Up As He Goes Along

Raul Kohli: Makes It Up As He Goes Along

Comedy

Raul Kohli: Makes It Up As He Goes Along

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Garden Room
JUL 31, AUG 1-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-24 at 15:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5

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Raul Kohli returns for a fifth year with his sell-out cult hit! No material, no plan, no sad bit at the 45th minute where his pet chinchilla dies... Just one hour of straight improvised comedy based on who the audience are and what the audience tell him! ***** (Guardian). 'One of the best comedians in England' (BBC Radio 4). 'The worst comedy I have ever seen' (EdFringeReview.com). ...


Ray Fordyce's Imaginatively Titled Variety Show

Ray Fordyce's Imaginatively Titled Variety Show

Comedy

Ray Fordyce's Imaginatively Titled Variety Show

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Garden Room
JUL 31, AUG 1-3, 5-10, 12-17, 19-24 at 18:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5

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Ray Fordyce is back to host another array of the best comedy and entertainment talent from around the world. Featuring up to 5 different acts every night, this show is a must for all fringe goers. ...


Should Have Tried Harder at School – Veterans v Civilians

Should Have Tried Harder at School – Veterans v Civilians

Comedy

Should Have Tried Harder at School – Veterans v Civilians

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Garden Room
JUL 31, AUG 1-24 at 12:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50

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Competition Time! What happens when two military veterans face off against two civilians in a comedy showdown? Is it the discipline and grit of military life that crafts the sharpest humor, or do the civilians have the everyday experiences that will leave you in stitches? We’re about to find out! Join us for an unforgettable show of laughs as these four comedians battle it out on stage. The stakes? Who delivers the funniest material – the veterans with their unique perspective or the "civvies" with their fresh, relatable takes? It’s all in good fun, but we want you to decide – who’s g...


The Bite – Mixed-Bill Stand-Up

The Bite – Mixed-Bill Stand-Up

Comedy

The Bite – Mixed-Bill Stand-Up

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Garden Room
JUL 31, AUG 1-10, 12-17, 19-24 at 16:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5

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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! ...


Upstairs

1k Comedy Presents: the Dodgy Accent Show

1k Comedy Presents: the Dodgy Accent Show

Comedy

1k Comedy Presents: the Dodgy Accent Show

Comedy

Bar 50 / Upstairs
JUL 31, AUG 1-24 at 21:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5

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Fake accents, real laughs! Five rising stars of comedy perform their stand-up sets with a unique twist: some of them are putting on a fake accent. Can you spot the dodgy accents? Comedians from all over the world take on the challenge to dupe the audience. Including undiscovered gems, 'Roast Battle' champions and Award winners / Nominees. ‘Distinctive stuff…’- Bruce Dessau, 'an un-flashy confidence’- Chortle, ‘You are funny, but you’ll probably get cancelled’- Prince Abdi. - Sold out run 2024 Fringe -...


A Hundred Percent No Anxiety Comedy Show - Peter Bazely

A Hundred Percent No Anxiety Comedy Show - Peter Bazely

Comedy

A Hundred Percent No Anxiety Comedy Show - Peter Bazely

Comedy

Bar 50 / Upstairs
JUL 31, AUG 1-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-24 at 17:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5

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Nominated Best Newcomer 2024 for his show 'Ahh I appear to be having a breakdown‘ while having more anxiety than he'd ever had. This year Bazely is attempting to perform a zen 'no anxiety' show. Audiences say 'He's either a genius or insane.' and some say 'My favourite show of the festival’. Peter has been performing at the fringe for over a decade now so he can probably give you directions. '...an exemplar of anti-comedy’- Chortle ‘My kind of crazy!’- Richard Todd 'Like a low energy Stewart Lee'- Reviewshub 'Bill Bailey-esq'- Chortle 4 times Fringe sellout Guardian Recommended...


Abbie Murphy: Garage Girl (WIP)

Abbie Murphy: Garage Girl (WIP)

Comedy

Abbie Murphy: Garage Girl (WIP)

Comedy

Bar 50 / Upstairs
AUG 13-24 at 14:45 (50 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5

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Run, come, gather round! A love letter to UK Garage and the iconic tunes that defined a generation. This show is for anyone who lived it, loved it, or discovered it in its revival — all while asking: was life better then, or were we just young? 'Garage Girl' is Abbie Murphy's 4th solo show to play at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, her past shows enjoying sold out audiences. Murphy is "nothing short of excellent" according to Deadline News and who The List described as ‘One to watch’. ‘This is what a real Essex lady is like - the accent is strong but so is the perception, charisma and ...


About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Course

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Course

Courses

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Course

Courses

Bar 50 / Upstairs
AUG 2-3, 5-6, 9-10, 12-13, 16-17 at 10:00 (0 min) - Buy Tickets from £109

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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 and industry tips. Plus a graduation show performance in a Fringe show. Our tutors are professional comedians, comedy writers and experienced teachers. Courses run over two days, with two four-and-a-half hour sessions on each day, followed by the graduation show. 'This course has to be one of the best o...


Adam Bromley: Irrational Optimist

Adam Bromley: Irrational Optimist

Comedy

Adam Bromley: Irrational Optimist

Comedy

Bar 50 / Upstairs
JUL 31, AUG 1, 4, 7-8, 11, 14-15, 18-24 at 12:15 (55 min) - Free & Unticketed

Just turn up at the venue, entry is first-come, first-served for everyone. Donations at the end of the show

Adam Bromley: Irrational Optimist is a comedy show about how the end of the world might be nigh, but it always helps to have a positive attitude. Adam was a catastrophist: he’d leave his flat and worry that he’d left the gas on and the place would burn down. He’d hurry back, fearing the worst, only to remember the kitchen hob was induction. Every time he took a car journey, there would be a nagging fear it would end in a devasting pile-up, a train journey would end in derailment, a plane journey would feature a traumatic experience. The disasters didn’t happen. Yes, trains broke down, one ...


Adam Jones and Jess Lo: Daddy Issues

Adam Jones and Jess Lo: Daddy Issues

Comedy

Adam Jones and Jess Lo: Daddy Issues

Comedy

Bar 50 / Upstairs
JUL 31, AUG 1-12 at 14:45 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

Just turn up at the venue, entry is first-come, first-served for everyone. Donations at the end of the show

Jess and Adam are memorable new comedians based in Bristol, they are reliable acts who regularly perfrom paid comedy spots. Jess is one of the few comedians in the circuit from Hong Kong, her relatable material has got her to perform at Backyard Comedy Club and finished as a quarter finalist in Leicester Square New Comedian Award, and a semi finalist in the Bristol comedy competition. "Endearing presence" - chortle. "She fucking killed it" - Sam See. Adam turns trauma related to his dad's death into comedy, along with other absurd ideas, balancing very dark with very whimsical material....


Chonk

Chonk

Comedy

Chonk

Comedy

Bar 50 / Upstairs
AUG 18-24 at 13:30 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

Just turn up at the venue, entry is first-come, first-served for everyone. Donations at the end of the show

Fatty. Chubby. Blobby. Plump. Plus-size. CHONK. Enjoy a body-positive buffet of comedians from across the fringe. Hosted by chunky Welshman Stuart Thomas. British Comedy Guide Comedy Poster Awards Finalist Frog and Bucket World Series Finalist. RedWillow New Comedian Runner-up. 'An appealing presence' (Chortle). 'Impressive as it was impeccable' (Notts Comedy Review) 'Bad fatty; great comedian! Oh so freaking funny!' (Sofie Hagen) 'Made me laugh a lot' (The Scotsman) Fresh line-up daily....


Eric Barry: No Homo

Eric Barry: No Homo

Comedy

Eric Barry: No Homo

Comedy

Bar 50 / Upstairs
JUL 31, AUG 1-11, 13-18, 20-24 at 19:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5

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Eric Barry will suck your dick for money. No homo. Eric is a straight American. Well, as straight as you can be having been a gay-for-pay escort, and as American as you can be having never shot a gun. This raunchy and provocative standup show details Barry's time navigating the seedy underworld of Craigslist "Erotic Services" as he attempted to pay his way through college as a gay-for-pay escort. From being stiffed by a client with cerebral palsy, to explaining his work to the women in his life, "No Homo" is is a hilarious and edgy standup hour that examines gender dynamics, Bible mastu...


Family Fortunes (But For Bad People)

Family Fortunes (But For Bad People)

Comedy

Family Fortunes (But For Bad People)

Comedy

Bar 50 / Upstairs
JUL 31, AUG 1-24 at 22:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5

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Remember Family Fortunes? This is like that, but for horrible people. For this filthy comedy quiz, we've asked 100 scumbags all the worst questions we could think of. Things like: 'What would you not want to catch your dad doing?'; 'Name a politician who deserves to be eaten by a shark' and 'What animal would you most like to shag?' Now it’s up to you to guess what the top answers were... There’s points, there’s prizes, and there’s a 95% chance we’re going to hell, so come and play before ITV have us killed. We sold out repeatedly last year - book in advance so you don’t miss out on the fil...


Peter Jones: Performs Stand Up Comedy

Peter Jones: Performs Stand Up Comedy

Comedy

Peter Jones: Performs Stand Up Comedy

Comedy

Bar 50 / Upstairs
JUL 31, AUG 1-24 at 16:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5

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'If you''re reading this you have to come to the show. This description is legally binding. If you''ve read this far you must show up. You''ll have a great time, of course, but you do have to come now. Those are the rules. Don''t check any of this with a lawyer. I'm Australian, but I live over here now. I've performed stand-up on the TV series Comedy Up Late (it's on the ABC in Australia), I also appeared on the Netflix series Why Are You Like This? (I do not have many lines, but I assure you I am in it), I wrote for a few TV shows in Australia that you won't know but paid me money to write...


Rizzmaster

Rizzmaster

Comedy

Rizzmaster

Comedy

Bar 50 / Upstairs
AUG 4, 11 at 11:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50

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Eduard Brenton is pleasured to announce his debut Fringe show: Rizzmaster. The show will be 60 minutes (1 hour) long. Pay whatever you want. May I suggest £100? Eduard Brenton is an up-and-coming comedian of unknown origin. His comedy stylings stem from the time he got lost in his brain and couldn’t find his way out. Feel free to attend, laugh, and afterwards, stalk, so I can make a TV show about it. If it doesn't work out, we can still be friends, I won't hold a grudge. So match with me at this year's Fringe festival. Ok? Is that a yes? You're kind of mumbling under your breath in a...


The Foreskin Diaries

The Foreskin Diaries

Musicals and Opera

The Foreskin Diaries

Musicals and Opera

Bar 50 / Upstairs
JUL 31, AUG 1-24 at 18:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5

Book a PWYC Ticket in advance for this show to guarantee entry, or turn up at the venue for free with the option of donating at the end of the show

Ron Low had a two-decade career helping over 65,000 circumcised men undertake non-surgical foreskin restoration using "TLC Tugger" devices he invented. But those guys didn’t all have to sit through his catchy pro-foreskin songs. That’s where you come in. Laugh, sing along, and learn about better sex. The Foreskin Diaries is Ron's fun and poignant musical slide show to keep you laughing while you learn what the foreskin is and does, how and why men do foreskin restoration, why we need to protect children from forced genital cutting, what measures have been successful, and what could happe...


Tom Mayhew: What on earth are we doing? (WIP)

Tom Mayhew: What on earth are we doing? (WIP)

Comedy

Tom Mayhew: What on earth are we doing? (WIP)

Comedy

Bar 50 / Upstairs
AUG 18-24 at 11:00 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

Just turn up at the venue, entry is first-come, first-served for everyone. Donations at the end of the show

JUL 31, AUG 1, 4, 7-8, 11, 14-15 at 13:30 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

Just turn up at the venue, entry is first-come, first-served for everyone. Donations at the end of the show

Tom Mayhew (as heard on BBC Radio 4) tries to work out what this all is. It could be anything....