Comedy

100% Badgers with Matt Hobs

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood

AUG 6-30 at 15:20 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Following on from a sell-out run at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe, 100% Badgers returns to the Edinburgh Festival. This is a stand-up comedy show about how the worlds of humans and badgers collide. Matt takes us on his journey from a passing interest in badgers, to an obsession that led to him standing in a field looking at a caged, frightened badger caught up in the controversy of the bovine TB debate. We’ll learn about the European badger and its dachshund nemesis, the presidential American badger, the world-famous internet sensation that is the honey badger and many more. “His storytelling is ...

Cabaret

11 O'Clock Comedy Cabaret: Spin the Bottle!

Cabaret

The City Cafe / Hollywood

AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 22:50 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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11 O’Clock Comedy Cabaret: Spin the Bottle! is a joyful, chaotic, music-filled late-night cabaret hosted by Briony Price — a cheeky Londoner turned New York storyteller, bringing big vocals, sharp comedy, and genuine heart to the stage. This 50-minute interactive musical-comedy game show features delicious stories from a life lived between London and New York City. Expect tales of culture shock, dating disasters, identity, and satire — and a joyful reckoning with what “Sex and the City” actually means — all wrapped up in soaring vocals, sharp commentary, and plenty of laughs. The twist? ...

Comedy

200 Puns in 1 Hour with Roger Swift

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood

AUG 6-30 at 17:50 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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The twice sold-out show returns. The comedic prop pun lunatic, Roger Swift shoots out his updated infamous 200 puns in one hour! So come and enjoy more of his trademark crazy homemade props, audio cues and PowerPoint slides. Expect corny jokes and silliness with no theme besides wordplay and new material. Do not expect someone taking himself seriously. Dave's Best Gag of the Fringe list 2016, 2023 and 2024....

Comedy

3's Comedy: Afternoons

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood

AUG 6-30 at 16:35 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Grab a laugh before dinner. 3's Comedy: Afternoons brings together three of the best comedians from Australia for an hour full of laughter. Brett Blake, Bronwyn Kuss & Peter Jones have done it all - they've been on TV, they’ve won awards, they've been on radio, they've sold out shows all over the world and now they're at the Fringe ready to make you laugh. (Brett Blake) “A top-drawer stand-up” - Chortle (Bronwyn Kuss) “A style that screams confidence, and rightly so” - Chortle (Peter Jones) ”His comedy game is hitting all sorts of ridiculous high notes at the moment.” - Pedestrian...

Comedy

Alice India: In Bloom

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood

AUG 11-16 at 21:35 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Alice India isn't very well. With what? Nobody knows, but Alice has a pretty good idea. Fresh from the success of their debut year, Alice India returns to their roots on the Free Fringe with a brand new Work in Progress show: In Bloom. ADHD Comedy Award - Winner 2025 North Bridge Media Comedy Writing Award - Nominee 2025 "Sharp observations and fast paced ADHD storytelling" - Neurodiverse Review ***** "Bubbly [and] effervescent" - Wee Review "Easy, relaxed and charming" - The Skinny ...

Comedy

An Asexual Show About Cunnilingus By Eliott Simpson

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood

AUG 24-30 at 19:05 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Award-winning asexual comedian Eliott Simpson has spent the past decade telling jokes about not wanting sex, so what happens when they find themselves in love with someone who does? Cum see a surprisingly raunchy exploration of identity, doubts, fluids, flaps and happy endings (shush, not like that). Don’t miss out on the sexiest asexual show to ever grace the Fringe. . Winner – UK Pun-Off Joke of the Fringe 2025 . “Gregarious and excitable” (The Wee Review) ***** . “Wonderfully intense, awkward and infinitely funny” (The Fringe Queer) **** . “A fully-formed stand-up” (Neurodiverse Revie...

Comedy

Cool WIP Club

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood

AUG 6-30 at 14:05 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Cool WIP Club, Bro! It's creamy and dreamy and dripping with delight. Each day a different comedian brings their Work in Progress show to the Cool WIP Club, where our delicious audience help sauce things up! Our established comedians will be honing their new and experimental shows, looking for the cherry on top and the extra sprinkles to finish the flavour! It's ambitious, experimental, a bit fruity and completely nutty. But you might see next years award winners, today! ...

Comedy

Every Day's A School Day

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood

AUG 6-30 at 11:35 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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They say that every day's a school day, which is never more true than when you're a teacher stuck in the classroom with no obvious means of escape. Fortunately, Mark Row has discovered that it's not just the kids that can learn something valuable, as he reflects on the lessons he's learned along the way that have kept him out of trouble! Whether it's the good advice he was given by the wise people in his life, or the mistakes that he has realised never should be repeated, there is one thing that always rings true - if you're not learning, you're laughing! Razor sharp, totally original. H...

Comedy

Grandad & Me Do Stand Up Comedy

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood

AUG 6-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-30 at 10:20 (50 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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‘Grandad & I Do Stand-Up Comedy’ is a genuinely unique, laugh-out-loud hour from real-life grandad–grandson comedy duo Andy Zapp and Anthony Heston*. Two generations. Two perspectives. One brilliantly funny family. Part double act, part split-bill, this show mixes sharp stand-up, warm storytelling and original duo material as they compare notes on life, ageing, and everything in between — with the kind of chemistry you can’t fake (because you can’t choose your family). Andy Zapp is a Fringe veteran with two acclaimed solo hours under his belt and a regular at top London clubs (Top Secret, B...

Comedy

Johnny Hollywood

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood

AUG 6-11, 13-18, 20-25, 27-29 at 20:20 (55 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Ladbible Ireland host John Spillane has gone full Hollywood and is ready to bring all the glitz and the glammer of tinsle town to the Edinburgh Fringe. Moving at a mile a minute, this show is weaponized chaos, a Fringe experience unlike any other! John has multiple TV credits including Comedy Central, RTE, WWE, Virgin Media, Now TV and he headlined the season 1 finale of Craic Den TV. Winner SPIRIT OF THE WIT - Dublin Fringe 2025 "One of the countrys most energetic performers" - Ranked on Irelands must see Fringe acts by RTE "The maddest man on the Irish Scene" - Ranked #1 Irish ...

Comedy

Magic Mic

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood

AUG 6-30 at 12:50 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Irish comedy magician Alex J. Byrne brings his show Magic Mic back to Edinburgh Fringe following a successful run of shows at last year's festival! Magic Mic is a comedy magic show that is suitable for all ages and was very popular at last year's Fringe. If you like clean comedy, puns, silly observations and Magic, this is the show for you! ...

Comedy

Mr Gary's Adult Kids show

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood

AUG 17-30 at 21:35 (55 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Join Mr Gary as he brings his children's show to the Edinburgh Fringe! A sought after act on the home counties children's party scene Mr Gary brings his award winning* kids show to Scotland! With 3 guest comedians, join Mr Gary as he entertains the masses with his madcap children's party. *Best loophole to somehow see his kid. ...

Comedy

Ray Fordyce: The Fordyce Saga

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood

AUG 6-10 at 21:35 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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The saga of Ray's life is about to be told. Sharing the struggles of a rough upbringing up to navigating singledom in middle age, all whilst learning new languages and making fudge. ...

Theatre

The Augur

Theatre

The City Cafe / Hollywood

AUG 6-30 at 00:05 (30 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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You’re going to die.* The owl cries out in the depths of the inkwell night. The moon is kept prisoner behind the thunderous clouds. From deep within a mossy mausoleum of crumbling stone something ancient stirs. The Augur has awoken. So HARK! Look to the birds and journey deep within the den of the osseous oracle to have your future divined- if you dare. The Unnatural Disaster Theatre Co. presents “The Augur” - a macabre fortune telling puppetry experience. Audiences enter the den of this ancient divinatory to have their fates foretold by the birds in this unforgettable improvised dark...

Comedy

The Best of Jay Sodagar

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood

AUG 6-23 at 19:05 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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From performing stand-up Comedy for over 30 years to the culmination of this best of show with all the best bits of every Edinburgh show I have ever written. I am a smart funny comic who has written some amazing shows. This is all the good stuff that is still relevant today. I make you laugh but also ponder and think about heavy subjects from War to Relationships to Philosophy to Religion to Life Be prepared for an hour of laughter and warm fuzziness ...

Comedy

1.45.8 AuDHD: The Dopamine-ing of Life (Autism and Cat Mix)

Comedy

The City Cafe / Las Vegas

AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 13:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Join Stags and Boxy on their hilarious new adventures! Tackling floordrobes, time-blindness, the perfect backpack, diagnoses, Brumminess, and crucially, after 30 years has Stags finally got the notebook situation covered? 'Stags had the audience doubled up in laughter' (Margaret Hall, Playbill.com). 'The kind of performer the Free Fringe was invented for: inventive, unpredictable... He's a poet, writer and comic who thrives on the edges of convention and today's audience are rewarded with something strange, messy and very much alive' (Steve H, One4Review.co.uk). 'An immensely likeable and char...

Comedy

3's Comedy: Mornings

Comedy

The City Cafe / Las Vegas

AUG 6-30 at 11:15 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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'Start your day off with a laugh at 3''s Comedy: Mornings. 3's Comedy brings together Peter Jones, Prue Blake & Adam Knox, three of the best Australian comedians, for a whole new hour of hilarious stand-up. They've been seen on TV, they've been heard on the radio and they've been bumped into on public transport on the way to gigs all across the world. Knox, Muller and Jones are guaranteed to make you laugh. (Peter Jones) "One of the best up-and-coming comedians at the festival." - The Weekly Review (Prue Blake) “Comedy Panache” - Arts Hub, 2024 (Adam Knox) "You'll laugh 'til it hurts....

Cabaret

Angela Bra's Absolutely Dabulous Drag Bingo

Cabaret

The City Cafe / Las Vegas

AUG 6-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-30 at 22:30 (50 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Award-Winning drag sensation, Miss Angela Bra, invites you to a comedy cabaret of dabbing, dancing, stage games and sing-alongs with crowd-based comedy and late night surprises along the way. Based on her touring show, Absolutely Dabulous has been performed everywhere from London to the Lake District and makes its Scottish debut at this year’s fringe....

Childrens

Anime-Zing Kids!

Childrens

The City Cafe / Las Vegas

AUG 6-18, 20-25, 27-30 at 12:30 (45 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Anime-Zing! KIDS

Voice actors take the stage for games, live dubbing, and voice challenges!

Kids and adults join the fun as guest actors and audience members voice-over indie anime and feature local comic books in hilarious and unexpected ways. Every show is different, with new guest stars and material daily.

Hosted by Tokyo-based voice actor Soness Stevens – known as the English voice of Hello Kitty (1999–2024), Time Crisis 5, Nintendo’s ARMS, and Bomberman. She even...

Comedy

Anime-Zing! Game Show

Comedy

The City Cafe / Las Vegas

AUG 6-18, 20-25, 27-30 at 15:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Soness Stevens Kitano / Free Festival Voice actors bring Anime to life through games, live dubbing, and challenges! Come back and see a different show every time! Hosted by Soness Stevens Kitano, Tokyo-based voice actor, the voice you know as Hello Kitty (1999-2024), Metro announcements worldwide, Ultra Boy, Time Crisis 5, Nintendo Arms and Bomberman. She also voiced the worst video game ever! You’re an Otaku who’s translated the lyrics to DanDaDan? Spent your childhood watching Saturday morning cartoons? You'll love this! A sold-out run at Edinburgh Fringe 2025, where fans said: “Ani...

Comedy

Beat the Comic

Comedy

The City Cafe / Las Vegas

AUG 6-30 at 20:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Test your wits in a battle of general knowledge and trivia in the ultimate stupid quiz. Audience versus comedians. The loser gets a custard pie and there's a high possibility so will a few others. Leave your respect at the door. Anyone questioning the quizmaster gets a pie. Anyone calling for the quizmaster to get a pie, gets a pie, anyone using the word pie....guess what....

Comedy

How Now Brown Rao

Comedy

The City Cafe / Las Vegas

AUG 6-30 at 17:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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How Now Brown Rao is a smart, silly, and sharply observed stand-up comedy show about identity, ambition, and trying to make sense of the universe while barely keeping your life together. Rao is a former astrophysics researcher turned comedian, which means he knows how black holes work but still struggles with everyday adulthood. In this show, he dives into what it means to be a brown Australian navigating elite institutions, creative industries, burnout, and big expectations, all while chasing meaning in a very confusing world. The comedy is fast, punchy, and story-driven. Science is use...

Comedy

Late Night Comedy Death Camp

Comedy

The City Cafe / Las Vegas

AUG 24-30 at 23:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Returning for its sixth year, Henry Ginsberg presents a possibly anarchic, probably slightly depraved and almost certainly alcohol-fuelled showcase of the best stand-up comedy from the Fringe. Hopefully, everybody makes it out alive!...

Comedy

Mat Smith: The Middle

Comedy

The City Cafe / Las Vegas

AUG 6-16 at 10:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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After 15 years playing with smartphones, gadgets and video games and calling it a real job, Mat is throwing his savings at the Edinburgh fringe, instead of going on holiday. He was probably going to go to Japan, solo. He would have loved that. Is it that bad to go on holiday alone? Is it a bold claim of self-reliance, or just an expensive way to be lonely in a different time zone? The Middle is a dry, witty, and hopeful look at almost middle-age, being a bad bisexual and proving it’s never too late to learn to backflip. As seen at The Bill Murray, Up The Creek, Backyard Comedy Club, and Hot W...

Comedy

Rachel Morton-Young: Dutch Courage

Comedy

The City Cafe / Las Vegas

AUG 6-17, 19-30 at 21:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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In this hilarious and heartfelt show, Rachel explores the vast cultural chasm between her British roots and her adopted Dutch home. With her witty, warm and engaging style, she dives into the quirks, clashes, and absurdities of expat life in the world’s most liberal country. Rachel is a prominent comedian in the Netherlands, has featured in various comedy festivals and was awarded Best Stand-up by worldwidecomedyawards.com in 2021. ...

Comedy

Strippers Advice Bureau

Comedy

The City Cafe / Las Vegas

AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 18:45 (55 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Do you have a problem? Don't know where to turn? Come and share your load with two unshockable, world-weary strippers, who've seen and heard it all. From the people behind hit Fringe shows "Ask A Stripper" and "The Illicit Thrill" - Stacey Clare (published author of "The Ethical Stripper") and friends are on a quest to bring empathy, compassion and understanding out of the strip club and onto the stage. There's nothing our life-hardened a-typical agony aunts haven't already dealt with from decades of experience doing emotional labour for boozed-up punters. After years of doing free therapy...

Comedy

Struan Logan: Chaotic Good

Comedy

The City Cafe / Las Vegas

AUG 6-16, 18-30 at 01:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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After a hiatus Struan returns to stand-up seeing that it needs a swift kick up the dick. The comedian and columnist (The National) performs with the personal over the partizan but Chaotic Good isn’t just for handsome looking, wise cracking rogues but folks who crave to do the right thing with a delightfully silly streak but ideally some nihilism along the way. Well worth staying up past your bedtime for this. "Humble" ****½ - Adelaide Advertiser "A truly authentic comedian" **** - Voice Mag "Ginger" ** - The Skinny...

Comedy

The Infamous Comedy Show

Comedy

The City Cafe / Las Vegas

AUG 6-23 at 23:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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A late night show with multiple comedians Who I think will be famous in the future. May not necessarily be for Comedy. 4 acts every night with your charming host Jay Sodagar ...

Comedy

Will Mars: A Year in Augusts

Comedy

The City Cafe / Las Vegas

AUG 6-24, 26-30 at 16:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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After twelve years performing in Edinburgh, Will Mars has spent a full year of his life at the Fringe. What started as a pursuit of five-star reviews became something unexpected — and far more freeing. A funny, thoughtful story about ambition, reinvention and what happens between shows. "Mars is well worth exploring” **** (Metro) "A fearsome comedy creation" **** (Scotsman) "What's not to like?" **** (Entertainment Now)...

Comedy

00s Throwback Party

Comedy

The City Cafe / Nineties

AUG 6-30 at 16:55 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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WELCOME TO Y2K. We have flip-phones! Fad diets! And (briefly) the Twin Towers! The Rock has all his hair. So does Britney. Join BBC comedy writer and award nominated comedian June Tuesday as we go on a multimedia trip to the 00s. That girl was a teenage, weird, trans, emo, Sk8r Boi. Big hair, dumb ideas. So let’s all say we’ve been to the year 2000. So much has changed. Some people think it’s the greatest decade in the world. This is a tribute. “oodles of chaotic energy” - Chortle “chaos and hilarity” - One4Review “hilarious and spot on” - FringeReview ...

Comedy

100% Badgers 2: Badgers vs Hedgehogs with Matt Hobs

Comedy

The City Cafe / Nineties

AUG 24-30 at 13:10 (45 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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100% Badgers 2: Badgers vs hedgehogs is a stand-up comedy show about the worlds of badgers, hedgehogs, and being one of the country's premier badger comedians. Following his critically acclaimed and sold out 2025 Edinburgh Fringe show 100% Badgers (“hilarious and heartfelt” ★★★★.5, Edinburgh Reviews. “belly laughs” ★★★★, Broadway Baby), Matt had dived Matt has dived head-first into the doors that have opened since becoming "badger famous". He's trained to be a badger rescuer, been asked to help in the fight for badger rights, and has had a badger...

Comedy

ADHD: A Crowdwork Comedy Show

Comedy

The City Cafe / Nineties

AUG 6-17, 19-30 at 18:10 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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**ADHD: A Comedy Crowdwork Show** is stand-up that moves the way your brain moves at 2:00am. Fast, funny, and built with the audience in real time, this is not a scripted hour that politely stays on topic. It’s controlled chaos. Tangents turn into punchlines, throwaway comments become running bits, and by the end you’ll swear the whole thing was planned (it wasn’t). Comedian and improviser **Brendon Lemon** (NYC, École Philippe Gaulier) talks to the crowd, follows the most interesting thread in the room, and makes sense of the nonsense. The show hits all the familiar stuff: time blindness, ...

Comedy

Ben Ashurst: The Worst Man

Comedy

The City Cafe / Nineties

AUG 17-30 at 11:55 (45 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Ben Ashurst is struggling to be an adult. Now in his thirties, he should be getting his act together. But it's hard when the world doesn’t make any sense. What do you mean you can’t walk through a drive-thru?! Why on earth would someone choose him as their Best Man? In The Worst Man, Ben attempts to navigate adulthood, responsibility, and the high-pressure honour of delivering a Best Man’s speech. Which should be easy... you’re a comedian, right? This warm, light-hearted stand-up comedy show hilariously highlights the things in life that Ben thinks should be simple... but aren’t....

Comedy

Bound and Gags

Comedy

The City Cafe / Nineties

AUG 6-30 at 20:40 (50 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Ever questioned your life choices? Regretted a tattoo — or that “great value” hostel you definitely should’ve Googled (and actually read the reviews for)? Lost hours to TikTok, binged true crime, or taken a personality test hoping it would finally explain you? Perfect. You’re in the right place. Comedian Thao Cao dives headfirst into her most questionable decision yet: becoming a comedian. From unsolicited advice to furious messages from offended audience members, she turns life’s chaos into hilarious, razor-sharp comedy about bad choices, awkward moments, and the messy business of figur...

Comedy

Carl Carzana THE Comedian Creative Genius *****

Comedy

The City Cafe / Nineties

AUG 6-30 at 15:40 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Carl Carzana is a creative genius and he wants everyone to know it. Watch as he opens up his (metaphorical) suitcase and (non-metaphorically) presents his creative ideas, props, characters, contraptions, and songs. Expect mayhem. Expect silly. Expect hermit hogs. Carl Carzana THE Comedian is a name synonymous with quality throughout the comedy industry. From being the host and creator of the Chortle Award-winning reverse roast battle comedy night 'Boast in Show', to launching and winning the Carl Carzana of the Year Comedy Competition 2024 and 2025, to writing for BBC Radio 4, to being a M...

Comedy

Going Coastal with Donald McGinty

Comedy

The City Cafe / Nineties

AUG 6-16 at 11:55 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Daft laughs and character comedy parodying a TV show that hasn't been on the air in 15 years. TV Presenter Donald McGinty sets sail with his award-nominated show (Best Poster Design - Brighton Fringe 2024). This show has everything; a surprisingly earnest bit about the environment, a vaguely satisfying dramatic arc and a very niche reference to the TV show Neighbours. It's a light hearted, light entertainment show that's surprisingly dark for its time slot, with jokes about the seaside, seagulls and c-list celebrities. Watch this and Donald promises you'll never drown again. Just don't for...

Comedy

Honkers

Comedy

The City Cafe / Nineties

AUG 6-15 at 23:10 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Why are geese so angry? Why does a drake’s dick look like that? Why do pigeons get so much hate? Critically acclaimed comedians Candace Bryan (★★★★★ “Laugh out loud funny” EdFringe Reviews) and Lizzie Simpson (Runner Up 2025 Leicester Square New Comedian) are two birds with a love of birds. Gag-filled and salacious, this raunchy split bill features standup, interactive games, and a bird-inspired mating dance break that will have your cloaca’s throbbing. ...

Comedy

Kim Hope: Lather, Rinse, Repeat

Comedy

The City Cafe / Nineties

AUG 14-23 at 13:10 (45 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Feel-good, work-in-progress comedy about trying to do the right thing, caring what people think and the freedom of finally choosing to follow your own path. Drawing from a long, long life marked by ruin, resilience and reinvention, Kim Hope explores obedience, defiance and self-worth with her signature mix of curiosity, good humour and abject stupidity, creating a funny, lively and completely captivating experience for her audiences. Please Note: Contains physical comedy, potential banter and genuine honesty - expect to be lavishly complimented. 'Phenomenal stage charisma: an hour in her effor...

Comedy

Louis Beer: Ultra-Processed Comedy Show (Work in Progress)

Comedy

The City Cafe / Nineties

AUG 6-16 at 10:40 (45 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

Award-winning standup Louis Beer is bringing his debut solo show to the Fringe to ask important questions like: What's the most inappropriate food to eat in a sauna? How many scampi fries is too many scampi fries? Why are you looking at me like that? Expect surreal observations and absurd gags from the winner of Leicester Comedy Festival’s Circuit Breaker competition and a finalist in the Brighton Komedia New Comedian awards. ...

Comedy

Lulu Popplewell: Work in Progress

Comedy

The City Cafe / Nineties

AUG 6-13 at 13:10 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Lulu returns from the dead to work on new jokes, songs and personal overshares in her work in progress stand up hour. Expect laughs, expect a dog....

Comedy

Madeleine Munford: Who the F*ck is Madeleine?

Comedy

The City Cafe / Nineties

AUG 6-30 at 19:25 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Who the F*$% is Madeleine? Madeleine Munford is an anxiety-riddled, bisexual New Yorker who is a libra rising and possibly the reincarnation of Princess Diana. Join her as she recounts her misadventures living with an ex-situationship, having a threesome from Beetlejuice, and navigating the battle between choosing herself all over again or staying toxic. This is also a love letter to the gays and girlies, for their supportive voice notes, loud karaoke sessions, and endless live music gig adventures. Madeleine Munford is a stand-up comedian and actress originally from New York, who is curren...

Comedy

My Date with Pierce Brosnan

Comedy

The City Cafe / Nineties

AUG 16-30 at 23:10 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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It's anarchic, it's saucy and it's totally unpredictable. It's a clown romance controlled by you! Mademoiselle Cafetière is a lonely clown looking for love. Until a chance encounter brings her face to face with the man of her dreams: Hollywood actor Pierce Brosnan. There's just one catch: Pierce Brosnan is a talking dummy controlled by the audience. Scan a QR code with your phone and you can type in what you want Pierce Brosnan to say. If you type it, he will say it! He has no filter! Will our plucky heroine find true love before the chime of midn...

Comedy

New Zealand Comedian, New Zealand Comedian, New Zealand Comedian

Comedy

The City Cafe / Nineties

AUG 6-30 at 21:55 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Up and coming NZ comedian and serial OCD sufferer Danny Sewell presents his funniest hour of comedy to date. Winner Best Up & Coming Comedian - 2022 NZ Comedy Guild Awards Nominated Best Newcomer - 2024 NZ International Comedy Festival Nominated Most Unhinged Show - 2024 NZ International Comedy Festival 'Danny's comedy could be described as pure talent.' Theatreview (NZ)...

Comedy

Serena Smart: Little Miss Sunshine

Comedy

The City Cafe / Nineties

AUG 6-30 at 14:25 (55 min) - Pay What You Can

Serena Smart is your new best friend - you just don’t know it yet. Equal parts loveable and chaotic, her blend of witty observations and surprising stories has been described as “unusually sharp and distinctive” (Chortle), and “usually just weird” (her ex). In her latest show, Serena explores how her determination to see the best in people has filled her life with chaos, whimsy and a healthy dose of danger. From befriending any stranger that will give her the time of day, to ignoring countless red flags in the pursuit of love, ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ offers a blistering defence of positivi...

Comedy

The Breakfast Club

Comedy

The City Cafe / Nineties

AUG 17-30 at 10:40 (55 min) - Free & Unticketed

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The Breakfast Club is a free stand-up comedy compilation show featuring 3 fantastic comedians. It’s the most important show of the day, right?   Hosted by Ben Ashurst (featured on BBC Radio, Stand-Up For Cider Winner 2023), The Breakfast Club will feature the very best comedy the Fringe has to offer. Every day, our menu of acts will be refreshed so whatever your comedy palette, the Breakfast Club will have something for you.   Get your day at the Fringe off to the best possible start with some award-winning stand-up comedy, and join The Breakfast Club!...

Comedy

Three Bad Sisters

Comedy

The City Cafe / Nineties

AUG 6-30 at 00:25 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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3 Bad Sisters is a dark, salacious comedy from Ireland's top 3 dark, salacious female comedians. Aideen McQueen, Shinanne Higgins and Louise O'Toole are sisters, granted, not each others sisters, but they're someone's sisters! They put the fun in funeral, the rim in grim and the slag in slag heap. They are finally joining forces and accumulating their darkest material to make you laugh, cringe, get slightly aroused and get just a wee bit sick in your mouth. This show is a cacophony of the best and darkest materials by these 3 single, Irish, female comedians in their 40's. It is a fine blend...