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Cast includes some returning names
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Adrian Edmondson writes his second novel
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Jimmy Carr writes a book about crafting jokes
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Retweet: Second series for Adrian Edmondson's birding show
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Leicester gets a new comedy festival
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Kevin Bridges hits the road again
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Frank Skinner's latest stand-up special hits screens
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Tour news
Features
'I have to admit it, my stammer affects my comic timing'
Timing is everything in comedy, isn’t it? Laughs per minute, neatness of delivery…
'When’s it going to get funny?’
As American comedian Mark Vigeant returns to the Edinburgh Fringe, he talks about…
Why men communicate through humour
James Trickey and Ted Milligan – performing at the Edinburgh Fringe as the…
My comedy owes everything to The Real Housewives
Edinburgh Fringe comedian Maia Tassalini picks her Perfect Playlist of comedy favourites… t 1.…
Where else can you see a see an 80-year-old woman performing a physics-defying see-saw sequence?
Chris Forbes is at the Edinburgh Fringe with his show Father Christmas at Monkey…
Lost in translation?
‘Sorry mate … what’s a Dunkaroo?’ Dammit. I’m barely…
Edinburgh Fringe Reviews
Rory Marshall: Thank You For The Opportunity
After making quite the splash last year, Rory Marshall…
18:30 PLEASANCE DOME
Friday August 14: Tez Ilyas, Frank Sanazi, Puck Bunnies: A Heated Rivalry Drag Musical Parody, Ruiardh Miller, Lizzy Sunshine, Cerys Bradley, Silky, Enrico Touché, Struan Logan, Vix Leyton, Johnnie McNamara Walker, Jeff Klein, MC Rosco McClellandSaturday August 15: Milo Edwards, James Barr, Britney, Cabbage The Clown, Scout Boxall, Frizz Frizzle, Louise Leigh, Marina Di Marzo, Joe Sib, Aditya Mayya, Kat Higgins, Will Sebag-Montefiore, MC Brennan Reece
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Live comedy picks
Gig of the day
Dan Tiernan: Quartz and All
Monkey Barrel Comedy Club
from 22:25 - 23:25
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Peter Kay Live
The O2
Friday 21st Aug from 20:00Book now
Coming Soon
Churchill's Urinal
Pleasance @ EICC
Friday 21st Aug from 20:30 - 21:40
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Harriet Kemsley: Floozy
Exeter Barnfield Theatre
Thursday 22nd Oct from 19:45Book now
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Scott Bennett: Blood Sugar Baby
Edinburgh Monkey Barrel
Sunday 15th Nov from 20:00Book now
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Lucy Beaumont: Bad At Quiz Shows, Good With Weirdos
Stoke-on-Trent Victoria Hall
Friday 25th Sep from 20:00Book now
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Edinburgh Comedy Award appoints a new executive director
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The 'biggest prize in comedy' returns for 2026
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Billy Connolly exhibition to open in Glasgow
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Punching Up
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Vic Reeves hits the car boot sales
Vic Reeves is to flog his wares at a car boot…
In what’s an occasional Fringe tradition, comedians…
Oh Jesus, why have you forsaken me?
A comedian is hoping to find Jesus at this year’s…
Videos
Here’s Hajar Woodland talking about her Muslim father not letting her sing on stage but doing it anyway.
And it inspired her to create this song, Not A Whore, which she performed at Chortle’s Fast Fringe.
It comes from her Edinburgh Fringe show,Hajar, Like Badger - being performed at Hoots @ The Apex at 12.50pm.
Chortle's Fast Fringe is on at Pleasance Dome at 18:30 daily. Tickets here.
Filming by NextUp, which is streaming shows to subscribers this Fringe. Sign up here.
My Muslim dad banned me from singing on stage - but I did it anyway
Hajar Woodland at Chortle's Fast Fringe
Remember Remember - an Edinburgh Fringe musical about the Gunpowder Plot
From Chortle's Fast Fringe
Britney Spears sings Benny And The Jets
As imagined by Jess Robinson
Adam Larter cheerleads for Chortle
Comic passes on the chance to promote his own show…