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The Comedy Arcade

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The Comedy Arcade

Bar 50

Within A&O Edinburgh City Hostel, 50 Blackfriars Street
The Alcove: AUG 14-25 at 21:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50

The Comedy Arcade

A hit podcast brought to life; launched in lockdown and now 70 episodes in. Part game show and part chat show. Your host, London Welsh comedian Vix Leyton (me), holds an ever-changing numbered list of 30 possible subjects - from every day to current affairs - and every day invites four / five comics to compete to take the mic with stories, anecdotes, jokes or even songs, like a parlour game at the best fantasy dinner party you could ever imagine. There is also completely voluntary audience participation, which brings a real spark to the proceedings.

It's a new panel every night of established names, national treasures and our hottest tips from the circuit.

Since we started running it as a live show (with you at The Counting House back in 2021) we have done two full runs with Underbelly and The Stand and had guests including Mark Watson, Rufus Hound, Jess Phillips, Rachel Fairburn, Paul Sinha, Scott Bennett, Andrew O'Neill, Sarah Keyworth, Jordan Gray, Garrett Millerick, John Robertson, Rich Wilson, Alison Spittle, Sikisa, Tadiwa Mahlunge, Bec Hill, Charlie George, Lucy Porter, Will Duggan, Katie Pritchard, Sooz Kempner, Drunk Women Solving Crime, Michael Chakreverty, Daniel Foxx, Ada Campe and Eshaan Akbar.

The game - fun.

The rules - highly convoluted.

The laughs - constant.

"Lives up to its billing likening it to a fabulous dinner party. Punters feel they are among spontaneously funny friends rather than hearing well-rehearsed professional anecdotes. We know these stories - and this particular alchemy - will not be repeated again." ★★★★ (Steve Bennett, Chortle)

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.