Comedy

#BorderlandsComedy

Comedy

Boston Bar (New Town) / Basement Bar

AUG 6-30 at 12:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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#BorderlandsComedy is a sharp Irish stand-up compilation featuring the best uncompromising comedians, hosted by two border comedians — Monaghan Horse dealer Justin Cassidy(BBC Northern Ireland, Electic Picnic) and Armagh Undertaker Bunny Martinez(Support for David McSavage and Serena Terry). Expect dark, deadpan comedy, authenticity and honest material from both sides of the border. If you enjoy intelligent, uncompromising comedy, come and see what happens ...

Comedy

100% Irish Beef – An Irish Crowd Work Show

Comedy

Boston Bar (New Town) / Basement Bar

AUG 6-16, 18-30 at 14:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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A standup comedy compilation show featuring the best Irish acts at the Fringe plus the occasional special international guest. Hosted by award winning Irish comedians, Darren Gaffney and John O'Keefe...

Comedy

Almost 50 AND a Woman

Comedy

Boston Bar (New Town) / Basement Bar

AUG 6-17 at 11:30 (30 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Almost 50 and a Woman is the comedy version of the most difficult moment in my life. The man I loved mansplained to me my age and lack of fertility he diagnosed with his medical degree from men-know-everything academy. Laugh with me while I navigate society versus biology. As a Jewish woman, comedy is how we deal with everything. ...

Comedy

Barnish & Carmichael: Probably The Greatest Improv Duo You Have Never Heard Of

Comedy

Boston Bar (New Town) / Basement Bar

AUG 24-27 at 21:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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For almost a decade, the superbly talented Barnish and Carmichael have performed some of the greatest improv comedy shows around the world to virtually empty rooms, which is why you've never heard of them. Join the dynamic pair for an unforgettable hour where absolutely anything can happen, from an action-packed murder mystery to a romantic comedy of errors. Discover your new favourite act and help them turn their audience numbers into double figures. 'The UK's answer to TJ and Dave' (Stuart Moses, The Improv London Podcast). 'Such a joy to watch these two build a funny and enga...

Comedy

Bitches in Stitches: The New Grrrl Order

Comedy

Boston Bar (New Town) / Basement Bar

AUG 10-13, 17-20, 24-27 at 20:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Welcome to Bitches in Stitches: The New Grrrl Order — a femme-forward, community-powered comedy hour that’s as raucous as it is unfiltered. This is the Fringe debut of Bitches in Stitches — the global, all-femme/them stand-up collective (As featured in Vogue, Rolling Stone, The New Feminist, and Tatler) shaking up comedy from Hong Kong to Manila, Manchester to London, and now right here in Edinburgh. We’re rewriting the rules on who gets the mic and what stories get told — and trust us, nothing’s off-limits. Our show is an hour of empowerment that celebrates femmes/thems in all their sha...

Comedy

Captain Code

Comedy

Boston Bar (New Town) / Basement Bar

AUG 10-13 at 17:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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🎤 Stand-up Comedy Special “Captain Code” Ziyin is a stand-up comedian from China — and a full-time programmer. By day, he writes code. By night, he talks about why none of it works. “Captain Code” is a stand-up comedy special about life inside the tech world: deadlines that make no sense, bugs that appear out of nowhere, meetings that should’ve been emails, and the quiet panic of being an immigrant developer navigating the global workplace. With sharp observations and dry humor, Ziyin dives into: Growing up in China and becoming a programmer Working in tech and slowly losing f...

Comedy

Games Night Improv

Comedy

Boston Bar (New Town) / Basement Bar

AUG 10-13 at 21:30 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Classic party games meet improvised comedy in Games Night Improv: Salad Bowl Edition. Think Articulate on steroids, powered by audience suggestions. You create the clues, audience members team up with our improvisers, and everyone competes for the ultimate prize: clout. After each round, the cast performs improvised scenes inspired by the chaotic and hilarious moments you helped create. ...

Comedy

Hot Seat

Comedy

Boston Bar (New Town) / Basement Bar

AUG 10-14 at 16:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Lighting impossible things on fire. Locking eyes with Donald Trump and feeling compelled to describe her mood to the President. Bombing her comedy set in front of 500 pharmacists. As both an award-winning stand up comic and leading political reporter in Australia, Sarah’s found herself in the hot seat time and time again, and there’s very rarely a “reasonable” explanation. Sarah is a Canberra RAW comedy finalist and has taken her high energy physical comedy to stages across Australia and the US. Described as “well spoken and riotously funny” by reviewers at the Adelaide Fringe and “a hilar...

Comedy

In Flight Entertainment

Comedy

Boston Bar (New Town) / Basement Bar

AUG 10-14 at 19:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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You are on a plane that's been delayed and is now stuck in the air unable to land. Sarah Ison and Laura Johnston are your flight attendants and their job is to keep you, the passengers, entertained for the hour delay. You're in luck though! The inflight entertainment system is available and features some of the best performances Fringe has to offer. In Flight Entertainment is a themed compilation comedy show from the minds of long term comedy partners Sarah and Laura. In between each of the guest comedians, they'll be using their sketch, musical and stand up comedy skills, honed from their ...

Comedy

Kimchi Comedy: A Spicy Korean Stand-Up Show

Comedy

Boston Bar (New Town) / Basement Bar

AUG 17-20, 24-27 at 19:00 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Kimchi Comedy – Spicy Korean Stand-Up No more K-Pop. Welcome to K-Comedy. Two Korean comedians bring the spicy, chaotic and brutally honest side of Korean life to the stage. From dating disasters and family expectations to the strange rules of Korean society, nothing is off-limits. Sharp jokes, cultural chaos, sexual honesty and the occasional emotional punch — this is Korean comedy without the filters. If you think you know Korea from K-Pop and K-Drama… it’s time to taste the real thing. ...

Musicals and Opera

Linked Out the Musical

Musicals and Opera

Boston Bar (New Town) / Basement Bar

AUG 10-13 at 15:15 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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What happens when a woman climbs the ladder of Big Tech… and then writes a musical making fun of it? Linked-Out is a witty musical satire about corporate ambition, tech culture, and the bizarre theatre of modern office life. Inspired by the writer’s real experience working in the tech industry, the show follows Kayla, an ambitious young professional trying to succeed in Silicon Valley’s fast-moving corporate ecosystem. At first it feels like the dream job: exciting projects, impressive titles, and the chance to help shape the future. But as Kayla climbs higher, the environment around her becom...

Music

Lve Music at Boston Bar (New Town)

Music

Boston Bar (New Town) / Basement Bar

AUG 7-9, 14-16, 21-23, 28-30 at 16:00 (540 min) - Free & Unticketed

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

AUG 6, 10-13, 17-20, 24-27 at 23:00 (120 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Come to the Boston Bar for some lively Irish-American pub music. You can expect everything from traditional live "trad" sessions (acoustic folk, fiddles, and banjos) to upbeat, modern sing-alongs and classic pop covers played by local musicians seven nights a week....

Comedy

Mary-Kate and Ashley Ruined My Life (WIP)

Comedy

Boston Bar (New Town) / Basement Bar

AUG 18-30 at 11:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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When I was a child, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen had everything figured out. They had careers, apartments in New York and fully formed personalities before the age of sixteen. Unfortunately there were two immediate problems with my plan to follow in their footsteps: I am not a twin. And I am not American. My own brush with fame came when I appeared for roughly one tenth of a second in a Dove hair advert, so I feel I understand the pressures of celebrity life. Mary-Kate and Ashley Ruined My Life is a stand-up show about the dangerous expectations created by 90s childhood icons and th...

Comedy

Millennial Man (WIP)

Comedy

Boston Bar (New Town) / Basement Bar

AUG 17-20, 24-27 at 17:45 (45 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Clayton Smith went to Pompeii and found that, as a Millennial, he related to it a little too much! He found solidarity with the people who perished there: frozen in time, forever trapped in doom. Clayton makes fun of all the things that shaped his generation and ponders Millennials place in history. Also, he'll tell you why it's a bad idea to fake propose to your girlfriend. ...

Comedy

Rule of Threes

Comedy

Boston Bar (New Town) / Basement Bar

AUG 17-20, 24-27 at 16:30 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Semi finalist in the BBC Funny Women Awards (2025), Laura's first show was listed as "one of the top show picks" of the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe (Theatrevillage). She's now back from Down Under just to share with you her thoughts on the number 3, the spelling "three", her life as one of three, and the importance of adhering to the rule of threes....

Cabaret

TMI with TIM

Cabaret

Boston Bar (New Town) / Basement Bar

AUG 17-20, 24-27 at 15:15 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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AUG 17-20 at 21:30 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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You tell a story, TIM makes up a song - simple, right? TMI with TIM is an improvised music/comedy act that will have you singing, belly laughing, gasping and pearl clutching. Based on the theme of the night, the audience have the option to contribute a story to the hat. If it's selected, they will be asked a few questions and suddenly their own personal theme tune is created right there, right then. Sound too impressive to be true? Come and see for yourself. ...