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Dragonfly

Laughing Horse Free Festival Venue

Dragonfly

Fringe Venue 414 - Click here for map
52 West Port (Just off of Grassmarket), Edinburgh, EH1 2LD. Phone: 0131 228 4543
Food  Wifi  Licensed
Open from 13:00 to 01:00
Strictly 18+ Only

Dragonfly Cocktail Bar was re-established in 2018 as a revival of the original spirit of the Edinburgh cocktail scene; a laid-back environment where our guests can explore a carefully considered drinks list. An established Fringe venue in the heart of Edinburgh.

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

The Other Room

60 Minutes About Scotland

60 Minutes About Scotland

Comedy

60 Minutes About Scotland

Comedy

Dragonfly / The Other Room
AUG 7-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 16:30 (60 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

Sell-out show every year since 2022, now becoming something of a Fringe institution. Join Vladimir McTavish and some of the best names on the Scottish stand-up scene in a late-afternoon hour of world-class comedy from North of the Border...


8 Ways to Break a Glass (with an American Opera Singer)

8 Ways to Break a Glass (with an American Opera Singer)

Cabaret

8 Ways to Break a Glass (with an American Opera Singer)

Cabaret

Dragonfly / The Other Room
AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 19:00 (60 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

8 Ways to Break a Glass (with an American Opera Singer) is a fast, joyful hour of standup, storytelling, and jaw‑dropping live opera from Berlin‑based American dramatic soprano and Wagner nut Stephanie DePrez. Last year, the show grew so well by word of mouth that multiple performances sold out in the final week, with people coming back for a second round of arias, jokes, and glass‑shattering high notes. Armed with a 100‑decibel top note and a wicked sense of humour, she structures the show around eight metaphorical “ways to break a glass”: heartbreaks, career disaste...


A Comedy World Cup

A Comedy World Cup

Comedy

A Comedy World Cup

Comedy

Dragonfly / The Other Room
AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 22:45 (50 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

This World Cup year we are bringing you a revolving door of the Fringe's best comedians ready to represent their country in a tournamnent of laughs! Stand ups go head to head in a comedic penalty shootout. Best part is YOU get to decide who's funniest and who takes home the Cup, so come & have a Messi night with us. Hosted and Referred by Kyle Legacy & Dean Coughlin. Sold Out Fringe shows 2025 From the lads that brought you 'An Aussie, a Englishman & a African walk into a bar... Sold Out Fringe 2022-24...


Ask A Stripper: The Champagne Room

Ask A Stripper: The Champagne Room

Comedy

Ask A Stripper: The Champagne Room

Comedy

Dragonfly / The Other Room
AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 21:30 (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

Have you got a question you've always wanted to ask a stripper? What's a stripper's favourite snack? How much do we actually earn? And what really happens in the champagne room? Raw, hilarious, unpredictable, and unapologetically honest - this live audience Q&A will have you questioning everything you thought you knew about the sex industry. Two real-life strippers answer questions from the crowd - no filters, nothing is off-limits. Their side-splitting stories, razor-sharp humour and unexpected asides will leave you on the edge of your seat. Since 2019, "Ask A Stripper" has kept audiences...


Barbara Fernandez: Singing, Sagging and Shagging

Barbara Fernandez: Singing, Sagging and Shagging

Cabaret

Barbara Fernandez: Singing, Sagging and Shagging

Cabaret

Dragonfly / The Other Room
AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 14:00 (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

An inspiring, comedic, music-driven cabaret show celebrating outrageous, true-life stories of a multiple-divorcee/rock-singer-turned-cabaret-comedian who decided to pack her jaw-dropping tales of cult-loving husbands, jailbird exes and shaggable therapists into an hour show of powerfully funny parodies, with snippets of famous songs recrafted to poke fun at her rocky road to self-discovery. From sultry pop to classical trills and belting cabaret-style showstoppers, Barbara lustily celebrates female power in the midst of chaos, in a show that audiences have called “fearless, endearing, and unfl...


Cobin Millage: I Promise That I Am Banksy, and There's No Reasonable Way for You to Prove That I'm Not (WIP)

Cobin Millage: I Promise That I Am Banksy, and There's No Reasonable Way for You to Prove That I'm Not (WIP)

Comedy

Cobin Millage: I Promise That I Am Banksy, and There's No Reasonable Way for You to Prove That I'm Not (WIP)

Comedy

Dragonfly / The Other Room
AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 17:45 (45 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

Cobin Millage has no intentions of jumping off of a bridge. Everyone else makes it look really enticing, but he's not about to do it just because it's an option. That would be insane. He does his own thing, completely independently of any and all peer pressure that might be forced upon him. He's going to do something different like... I dunno... Talk about finding money on the ground, funhouse mirrors, lemonade stands that have continuously destroyed his life, or something like that. I dont know why you're asking me. You should just ask him. He's the one with all the ideas here. Go find him, I...


The Buddha Wears Prada

The Buddha Wears Prada

Comedy

The Buddha Wears Prada

Comedy

Dragonfly / The Other Room
AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 15:15 (60 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

A dark stand-up comedy hour about Sofia May's experience as a former member of a Buddhist cult's inner circle, working as the assistant of a very chic, diabolical, female cult leader. After living the life of a religious Buddhist zealot in a secluded community deep into the Colorado Rocky Mountains for years, Sofia hit the road and blew the whistle. It isn't a famous cult yet, but through exposés, podcasts and general trash-talking, Sofia's trying to change that. What's more, now a self-proclaimed "Buddhaphobe", she intends to ruin your relationship with Buddhism too....


Twonkey's Soft December Night in Tallahassee

Twonkey's Soft December Night in Tallahassee

Comedy

Twonkey's Soft December Night in Tallahassee

Comedy

Dragonfly / The Other Room
AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 20:15 (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

She's back !!! TWONKETTA THAT IS !!!! And just as well – because a Fringe without one of Twonkey's fabulous phantasmagorical creations would be like Edinburgh without the Castle. The most spellbinding tales to come out of Scotland's capital do not concern themselves with mere wizardry, but transport audiences to “wonderlands of weird” (The Scotsman) For sixteen years Twonkey has carved a daily hour of magic out of Edinburgh's Fringe : a collection of magic moments, strung...