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West Port Oracle

Laughing Horse Free Festival Venue

West Port Oracle

Fringe Venue 75 - Click here for map
27 West Port (Off End of Grassmarket), Edinburgh, EH1 2LD. Phone: 0131 283 1960
  Wifi  Licensed
Open from 12:00 to 00:00
All ages until 6pm, then 18+ only

Unique Scottish pub run by locals for locals and intrepid travellers. No-nonsense classic cocktails alongside great beer, wine and their own fresh apple juice pressed on the premises. Vegetarian hot dogs with all the trimmings and a playlist of local and international contemporary music make this homely venue a must. Newly opened sister bar to Edinburgh's iconic Paradise Palms.

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.

List Shows: By Room and Name | By Start Time

Shows sorted by Venue Room

Flight Club

(High) Altitude- Laura McMahon

(High) Altitude- Laura McMahon

Comedy

(High) Altitude- Laura McMahon

Comedy

West Port Oracle / Flight Club
AUG 4-6, 8-9, 11-13, 15-16, 18-20, 22-23, 25-27 at 19:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5

BAFTA crew Director and Award Winning Stand up Laura McMahon is working out a new show about different levels of consciousness and the show is set on a plane. In some ways it's about the journey not the destination but for you to experience the journey of the show you have to show up to the destination to see it. Laura McMahon has worked with BBC3, Comedy Central, Won the Edin TV Fest's Tew Talent Award, performed a sell out run at the fringe and this year performed at the London Literature Festival. 'As a performer, she's a natural. Looking round at the crowd, they were hooked' (B...


33 Years Single

33 Years Single

Comedy

33 Years Single

Comedy

West Port Oracle / Flight Club
AUG 4-6, 8-9, 11-13, 15-16, 18-20, 22-23, 25-27 at 20:45 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed
AUG 11-12, 18-19, 25-26 at 00:15 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed
AUG 3-7, 9-14, 16-21, 23-27 at 15:45 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed
AUG 15 at 22:00 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

Daniel Delby has been single for 35 years. He got his first girlfriend (for 3 months) at age 33. This is a show that explores the funny side of being rejected and learning all the new rules that come with having a partner. Relatable for anyone who has ever been in a relationship, or wants to! Ex High school teacher, current marriage celebrant, Sunday Singles Host, and best weekly comedy FRINGE WORLD award winner, Daniel brings an interactive and unique show featuring lots of crowd work, call-backs, freestyle raps, and love songs. "The always charming Delby promises non-stop laughs as he tal...


Bonbons - showcasing songs by female classical composers

Bonbons - showcasing songs by female classical composers

Musicals and Opera

Bonbons - showcasing songs by female classical composers

Musicals and Opera

West Port Oracle / Flight Club
AUG 4, 6, 8-9, 11, 13, 16, 18, 20, 22-23, 25, 27 at 22:05 (45 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50

Ignored for centuries by a misogynistic patriarchy it is now time to reclaim their place: Showcasing works by 26 female classical composers from all walks of life: They might have been Queer, Black, Disabled, Jewish, Migrants, Wives, Mothers, Spinsters, Carers, Freelancers, Employees, Teachers, Performers, Aristocrats, Commoners, European, American, Young or Old; but they have one thing in common: all were ignored, usurped and push out of the musical canon by men. This one-song-per-composer recital introduces a wide variety of works from from 16th to 21st cent. Performed by soprano Tamara St...


Chin Wang: Wang's Republic (WIP)

Chin Wang: Wang's Republic (WIP)

Comedy

Chin Wang: Wang's Republic (WIP)

Comedy

West Port Oracle / Flight Club
AUG 21-27 at 17:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50

Welcome to "The Wang's Republic" This is a new nation ruled by the president of comedic diplomacy, the Wang-der woman: Chin Wang. Born and raised in China, Chin Wang left her homeland at the tender age of 18 to embark on an adventure in the land of rainy weather, polite sarcasm, and occasionally functioning public transportation. From deciphering British slang to mastering the art of passive-aggressive, She has survived it all. One day, at the still-tender age of 28, she realized that she had enough of both the UK and China’s BS so she decided that she should be leading a new count...


David Ellis - The Worst Jew

David Ellis - The Worst Jew

Comedy

David Ellis - The Worst Jew

Comedy

West Port Oracle / Flight Club
AUG 3-16 at 13:15 (45 min) - Free & Unticketed

David Ellis is a terrible Jew. Just the worst. He doesn't keep kosher, he couldn't tell you the last time he set foot inside a synagogue and he frequently forgets how to spell Chanukah. All that said, being Jewish is still a huge part of what makes him who he is. In this 45 minute show David will take you on a journey; from bagels to the Bris, from Seinfeld to shivas, from Haroset to the house of bondage. David won't look at any of this and instead will tell you humiliating stories, petty victories and tales of woefully tragic social ineptitude which he hopes he can somehow tie into his cu...


I'm Doing the Edinburgh Fringe with my Grandad!

I'm Doing the Edinburgh Fringe with my Grandad!

Comedy

I'm Doing the Edinburgh Fringe with my Grandad!

Comedy

West Port Oracle / Flight Club
AUG 17-22 at 13:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50

OK, admittedly we’re not actually related but we are both comics from different generations who like to playfully bend reality in our stand up. The show title reflects this, as well as the theme of family that connects our material. Though we aren’t related by blood, we are related by our shared tendency to harness nonsense in our comedy. On top of this celebration of the ridiculous, through the show runs a vein of sincerity and an exploration of ideas around family and connection. What will the mullet look like in the future? Are all shoes buy one get one free? How might a creature with 6 ey...


Shaman You!

Shaman You!

Comedy

Shaman You!

Comedy

West Port Oracle / Flight Club
AUG 3-11 at 14:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

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

'An outstanding performance’ Arts Award Voice- Sarah Hobden ✰✰✰✰✰ ’I found myself constantly surprised and impressed by Stone’s brilliant magical escapades.’ Broadway Baby ✰✰✰✰ ‘His skills as a conjurer and mentalist are remarkable’ Edinburgh Spotlight ✰✰✰✰ ‘Highly original’ The Stage & Television Today ✰✰✰✰ Ian is the world's only rational skeptic psychic comedian. This means he doesn't really know how he does the amazing things he does, but he seriously doubts...


Smart and Dumber

Smart and Dumber

Comedy

Smart and Dumber

Comedy

West Port Oracle / Flight Club
AUG 3-27 at 18:15 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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

"Smart and Dumber" is a spilt bill of stand up comedy performed by up and coming comedians Serena Smart and Lucas Jefcoate. Serena Smart really lives up to her name, showing off her 'very funny lines' that are 'unusually sharp' - Chortle. Her acute observations about being a 23 year old corporate girlboss trying to evade the responsibilities of adulthood always convince the crowd that she does in fact know what she's talking about. Lucas Jefcoate on the other hand sure puts the 'ass' in 'Lucas'. The self described ginger buffoon shows a surprising amount of self awareness for someone who just ...


Soulmates (Not) Found

Soulmates (Not) Found

Theatre

Soulmates (Not) Found

Theatre

West Port Oracle / Flight Club
AUG 3-20 at 17:00 (55 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

'Soulmates: (Not) Found, an immersive and interactive experience that explores the growing impact of Artificial Intelligence on human life, particularly on the most mysterious of topics finding your platonic soulmate. The story: Computer Scientists have developed an Algorithm capable of finding your ultimate soulmate - but the technology is still in its early stages and requires test objects, carefully selected from thousands of potentials. As a participant, you and your fellow testers will go through a series of social experiments, designed by the digital mind using centuries of scient...


Suicide Bummer

Suicide Bummer

Comedy

Suicide Bummer

Comedy

West Port Oracle / Flight Club
AUG 23-27 at 13:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

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

When a Queer, British, South Asian, sex worker is under pressure to marry his cousin. Should he go through with an arranged marriage to appease his family? Compelling, witty, and above all else, unpredictable! The subject matter is dangerously radical by its very nature - “You have to be suicidal to talk openly about being gay and Muslim; when you add sex work to the mix, it becomes explosive!” Suicide Bummer exists between a rock and a hard place, remaining optimistic throughout, and surviving with tenacious wit. “When the only options are to marry your cousin or learn to do your own ...


The Confessional

The Confessional

Comedy

The Confessional

Comedy

West Port Oracle / Flight Club
AUG 4, 6, 8-9, 11, 13, 15-16, 18, 20, 22-23, 25, 27 at 23:15 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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

Have you ever done something that you feel bad about? Need to get it off your chest? The Confessional is the perfect show for you. The Best weekly comedy winner of Perth Fringe 2022 makes its international debut! Anonymously write down your deepest confession and put it in the confession box. Daniel and Cameron read them out. Instead of church where you are given wine and a cracker, in Australia we forgive you with a Tim Tam and a shot of Goon. BUT since we are bringing this to Scotland you can repent with a penguin and a shot of Buckfast! Cam and Dan then count to 3 and the crowd ...


The Edinburgh Fridge Show

The Edinburgh Fridge Show

Comedy

The Edinburgh Fridge Show

Comedy

West Port Oracle / Flight Club
AUG 12-13, 15-20, 22-27 at 14:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50

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

Come and hear from SMEG, the most poetic fridge on the fringe! 45 minutes of character comedy, silly poems and the best props you'll ever see in your life! What's in the fridge? Everyone wants to know. The steaks could not be higher.... Special guests include a dairy cow, a tomato and some dust. Audience Review Edinburgh Fringe 2022 (Alisa): "This was honestly the best thing I saw at Fringe. It was unwholesomely weird and I laughed so much that I sweated right through my nice top. Thank you Smeg. Smeg Smeg Smeg" ​ Audience Review Edinburgh Fringe 2022 (Freddie): "Genius!" ̴...