Whatever else Edinburgh knows hows to do, it knows how to party and in August and September Edinburgh lets it hair down. The worlds biggest theatre and fringe festival take centre stage. Is it worth the effort should I make the trip www.edinburghfestivalfringe.com would suggest that whatever else you do this year try to come to Edinburgh.

Edinburgh Film Festival 18th -29th June
Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival
25th July -3rd of August
Edinburgh Book Festival 9th-25th August
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
3rd-25th August - Booking Now
Edinburgh International Festival
8th August -31st August - Programme launch 2nd April - Bookings from 12th April
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 1st - 23rd August 2008 - SOLD OUT
Edinburgh Comedy Festival
30th July -25th of August
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The New York International Theatre Film and Arts Festival 

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will be held again in 2009 and shows and films will be selected again from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the Dublin Fringe Festival, the New York Fringe Festival and all the other fringe festivals around the world. So if you want your show to be reviewed by the NYIT Fest, please email your interest as soon as possible so it can be arranged for a NYIT Fest Review Team to see and reveiw your show live at one of the fringe festivals around the world. Unfortunately there are not enough members of the review team world wide to see all fringe shows, so please get in earlly and show your interest. The review team are also looking for fringe plays that maybe suitable to be turned into films, so if your are keen about your show being selected to be turned into a film also please email your interest as soon as possible.
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Fringe Venues Year Round
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DANCE

Dance Base (pictured)
Dancebase is the National Centre for Dance in Scotland. Throughout the Fringe it hosts dance classes held by visiting dance artists as well as a wide range of Fringe workshops. For the latest dance events at the venue CLICK HERE.

 

COMEDY

The Stand Comedy Club
Edinburgh's year round comedy club is housed in an intimate basement bar just off St. Andrews Square. The atmosphere is relaxed and informal with comfortable cabaret style seating (although some late night shows are not all seated).  CLICK HERE to find out who's playing.

Jongleurs
A unique blend of fun, food, dance and comedy that will have you laughing your heads off.  Jongleurs comedy normally takes place on Friday and Saturday and when the comedy finishes at 11pm you can stay and dance to some classic musical hits until 3am.  CLICK HERE to find out who's coming.

THEATRE

Traverse Theatre
Scotland's new writing theatre is 'one of Europe's most important homes for new plays' (Sunday Herald) and a multiple Fringe First & Herald Angel award winner. Includes the legendary Traverse Bar Cafe offering high quality food and drink 09:00-02:00.  To find out what's on now CLICK HERE.

Theatre Workshop
Buzzing year round venue in Stockbridge within easy walking distance of Princes Street.  Theatre Workshop aims to produce theatre that is well crafted, moving, challenging, beautiful, accessible and honest and was the first professional producing theatre in Europe to include disabled actors into its main house production season and continues to do so.  CLICK HERE to go to their website.

Brunton Theatre
Brunton Theatre is situated within Brunton Hall, a civic building located on the western side of Musselburgh. The Theatre seats 296 in tiered seating and all seats have a clear, open view of the stage. The Theatre is fully accessible for disabled patrons and performers.  From Drama to Film, Family Fun to Music you'll find it all here.  CLICK HERE for details.

Church Hill Theatre
In addition to being one of most popular venues at the Edinburgh Fringe, the Church Hill Theatre is also the annual home to many of the city's amateur theatre companies including Lothian Youth Arts, Tempo, SMYCMS, Edinburgh Music Theatre Company and Showcase.  Contact Assembly Rooms for further information enquiries@assemblyroomsedinburgh.co.uk

MUSIC

Bongo Club
The Bongo Club is the home to all that's funky and fun, new and experimental in Edinburgh. It's festival features have included the infamous Bongo Club Caberet as well as being the venue for The Tap Water Awards, the Bongo Club's answer to the Perrier Awards. For the latest news on Bongo Club events CLICK HERE.

The Jazz Bar
Scotland's only purpose-designed, full-time, dedicated Jazz and Music venue. This stylish, comfortable bar has music as the focus, presented twice a night, seven nights a week. The emphasis is on programming Scotland's top musicians plus occasional visiting international bands.  For more details CLICK HERE.

The Queen's Hall
Part of Assembly Venues during Fringe The Queen's Hall is the HQ of live music in Edinburgh.  It offers a wide range of events to tempt you all year round - classical, jazz, blues, pop, rock, world, folk and comedy, and is also home to the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.  CLICK HERE to get all the listings.

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The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is officially the largest arts festival in the world. In 2007 hundreds of groups participated putting on 2,050 different shows with a total of 31,000 performances in 250 venues.

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Comedy
Big Jessie's bag of drag
Drags Aloud & Gilded Balloon Productions &
TEVIOT - WINE BAR
00:30 - 02:00
Dip into Big Jessie's comedy-cabaret and experience a chorus line of divas and dancers, feathers, sequins and support hose.. and more costume changes than a Kylie concert. Featuring show stopping Broadway numbers, Disco Divas and irresistible mus...
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Comedy
Carnival des Phenomenes
This Is Serious
TEVIOT - NIGHT CLUB
00:30 - 04:00
To the ladies and gentlemen about town, for your amazement we present an extravagant and revelrous evening of improvised comedy spectacles, partying and entertainment. Following months of sell-out shows in London, the improv showcase and debauche...
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Comedy
Late 'n' Live
GB Productions
TEVIOT - DEBATING HALL
01:00 - 05:00
It’s late and it’s live. The Queen of the late night shows at the Fringe where comics live and die and the audience is King! Not for the fainthearted! The hottest late night compares, comedians and bands. 'The celebrated comedy abattoi...
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Childrens
...Pat&Mat!
Divadlo Neslysim
TEVIOT - DEBATING HALL
10:30 - 11:30
‘...Pat&Mat!’ (‘...and that's it’) is a popular children's TV program in Europe, and our theatre performs it onstage! We use live actors, not puppets, and is hysterically entertaining. Children have responded to this performance very positively since...
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Childrens
Ian Billings Out Of His Mind
TEVIOT - WEE ROOM
11:00 - 12:00
Enter the wonky bonkers world of kid’s comedian and author, Ian Billings, for a tickle-filled hour of chuckle puns and giggle gags. Do dinner ladies come from outer space? Be prepared for belly laughs – remember to bring your belly. ‘Ian...
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Childrens
Silly Billy Bum Breath Strikes Back
Black Can Productions
TEVIOT - DINING ROOM
11:00 - 12:00
The 2006/2007 sell-out kids' comedy sketch show is back for five days only so catch it while you can. The most fun you can have in one hour with your kids. Mess and mayhem guaranteed! 'The most enjoyable children's show on the fringe.' TH...
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Childrens
The Just In Case
Ambidextrous
TEVIOT - BILLIARD ROOM
11:30 - 12:30
WHAT's in your case.. just in case? Just in case of WHAT? A host of weird, wonderful and wacky WHATs are brought to life by dance, physical theatre, puppetry and object animation! Come and join Ambidextrous and The Just In Case on an adve...
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Childrens
Apple Tree Maiden
Divadlo Neslysim
TEVIOT - WINE BAR
12:00 - 13:00
With a gentle humour, and a Gothic style, from a beautiful poem, a beautiful performance. For the little kids, and the big kids too! Come in and lose yourself in a great story. Everything expected from a fairytale: a fearless prince, an enchan...
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Theatre
Bully
Richard Fry
TEVIOT - THE TURRET
12:00 - 13:00
‘Bully’ is a gripping tour-de-verse about one man’s struggle against a life of violence and oppression. Dealing with dark subject matters ranging from homophobia and domestic violence to death and Su Pollard, Richard Fry's punchy script unfolds a...
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Comedy
Rule of Three - Sketchual Healing
Rule of Three
TEVIOT - BALCONY
12:00 - 13:00
Straight from their sell-out West End hit, Brooks Livermore (one for the ladies), Roisin Rae (one for the dads) and James Card (one for the road) bring you some sketchual healing to cure the Edinburgh hangover. 'Fast-paced, anarchic fun.' Reco...
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Comedy
The Guardian at the Gilded Balloon
TEVIOT - NIGHTCLUB
12:00 - 12:45
You can get the best of the festival, free all week! Join The Guardian At The Gilded Balloon for the recording of our podcast - the perfect way to start your day. Comedian Miles Jupp is your host for a fast paced show featuring some great acts, re...
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Theatre
DIRT
Dreck Productions
TEVIOT - SPORTSMANS
12:15 - 13:25
An Iraqi immigrant tells his story. His name is Sad. He lives in your city. He sells roses and loves to speak English. But nobody listens. Will you? The most powerful play about racism currently on stage. Sold out: New York/Vienna/Hamburg. ...
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Comedy
It Is Rocket Science!
Helen Keen
TEVIOT - WEE ROOM
12:30 - 13:25
Helen Keen (winner of Channel 4’s New Comedy Writing Award, ‘highly amusing’ Time Out) loves space rockets. She brings their story to life with a meteor shower of jokes, a cosmos of costumes and approximately 99 feet of tinfoil. Space-based silli...
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Theatre
Love labours Won
Rogue Shakespeare Company
TEVIOT - DINING ROOM
12:30 - 13:30
Now in its third successive year! The critically acclaimed, multi award-winning original verse comedy returns by popular demand. Pick of the Fringe 2006 & 2007! ‘This is unmissable.’*****‘funny, brilliantly acted’*... THREE WEEKS
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Theatre
The Patriot Act
The Green Room Presents
TEVIOT - BILLIARD ROOM
12:45 - 14:30
A world-famous, playwright runs afoul of US anti-terror laws and is given a stark choice: write a government-approved, anti-terror play or be imprisoned for the rest of his life. A drama by Lydia Bruce and Sandy Burns about how America faces dan...
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Comedy
Mervyn Stutter's Pick of the Fringe
TEVIOT - DEBATING HALL
13:00 - 14:30
So many shows! How do you choose? Why not watch and enjoy this 90 minute show of carefully researched live extracts from 8 of the best shows in town and then go and see the ones you like? Simple! Brilliant! 17th Year ‘A vibrant and stimulat...
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Theatre
Beyonce - Stop Punching Robbie!
Cecilia Delatori
TEVIOT - BALCONY
13:15 - 14:15
Divorcing teacher struggles at George Galloway Nursery, Bethnal Green. B*LLOCKS sprayed on sandpit covers. Christmas party clown pissed. Staffroom Bullying. Defiant little Beyonce Dimmock and mother Sade. Yet special needs teacher resembles Bollywoo...
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Theatre
Which to Burn?
Seafar Productions
TEVIOT - THE TURRET
13:15 - 14:15
Obsessed with a man is one thing. Obsessed with a bridge, quite another. A chance discovery in a second-hand bookshop forces a choice between a safe, imagined relationship and a terrifying real one. Rachel Ogilvy (High Road) returns to the Fring...
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Theatre
British Ambassador's Belly Dancer
Nadira Murray
TEVIOT - WINE BAR
13:30 - 14:40
The extraordinary true story of Nadira Murray, the British Ambassador's Bellydancer. Dismissed in the press as a dumb bimbo, she faught tooth and nail to survive an undemocratic regime that practices systematic torture of its citizens, Scraping a ...
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Comedy
Dan March-My Myspace Baby
Unexpected Productions
TEVIOT - WEE ROOM
13:45 - 14:45
Award nominated Dan March discovered he was a father...a year AFTER the birth of his daughter. The surprising, hilarious and heart-warming true tale of the one night stand, the Myspace message and the patter of tiny feet...oh and the DNA test! ...
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Theatre
In A Thousand Pieces
The Paper Birds Theatre Company
TEVIOT - DINING ROOM
13:45 - 14:45
Jig-saws, bus tickets and buttons tell the physically and visually breathtaking tale of an Eastern European girl on her journey to England. A delicate depiction of an isolated world home to thousands of women forced into today’s sex industry beautifu...
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Theatre
Table 23
Hot Tubs and Trampolines
TEVIOT - SPORTSMANS
13:45 - 14:45
Timmy Mallett once used the toilets of the mermaid cafe! But empty seats attract empty people, in a city where somebody is constantly searching for their someone. What is it to be lonely? What's behind the pasta promises and facebook facade? ...
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Theatre
Torn Out Pages
Reduced Circumstances
TEVIOT - NIGHT CLUB
14:00 - 15:00
With her pants round her ankles and about to lose her virginity at the grand old age of 39, Elaine Reid has a flashback. What the hell happened during that blistering 60s summer? Her mother holds the answer, but should this secret stay buried? ...
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Theatre
Attack Of The Soccer Moms
Green Room Presents
TEVIOT - THE TURRET
14:30 - 15:45
Satan cuts a deal with a pair of back-stabbing American mothers who will stop at nothing to make sure their little princesses succeed on the soccer field in a satire that mocks America's desperate lust to succeed and "win" at all costs. Written ...
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Comedy
Dermot McMorrow: 13 Black Cats in the shape of a Magpie
EdCom8 presents
TEVIOT - BALCONY
14:30 - 15:30
What would you do if cornered in an alleyway by algebraic equations? What would you find if you stopped to look under some fresh road-kill? Of course you know speed-dating, but what in the world is magic-mushroom-dating? Only Dermot McMorrow knows th...
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Theatre
Like A Virgin
Bubblebum Theatre
TEVIOT - BILLIARD ROOM
14:45 - 15:45
Angela and Maxine, both 16 and besotted with Madonna, want to make it to the top of the pops. Before they can make their dream a reality fate intervenes. Hilarious and tragic by turns, this raw, touching slice of realism examines the important re...
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Musicals
The Butler Did It!? - The Musical
Handsome Chin Entertainment
TEVIOT - DEBATING HALL
14:45 - 16:00
MURDER! MYSTERY? Imagine, if you can, both combined! The sell-out smash of 2006 & 2007 returns bigger, funnier and with more twists than ever - as a musical!? Guy Moneysworth has been shot dead and the prime suspect has the perfect alibi. Will you...
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Comedy
7 Sins
Fringe Management LLC
TEVIOT - DINING ROOM
15:00 - 16:00
Writer/comedian James Judd’s award-winning show about his life of envy, greed, gluttony, wrath, pride, lust and sloth. Soap opera melodramas, Vegas dives and Beijing whorehouses - Judd’s hilarious true stories are ‘Out-of-ballpark entertainin...
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Comedy
Oxford Imps
Oxford Imps
TEVIOT - SPORTSMANS
15:00 - 16:00
The Oxford Imps return with their stellar improvised comedy extravaganza! Selling out weekly in Oxford since 2004, their 'Whose Line Is It Anyway' style show blends a dazzling array of improv styles, from musicals to Shakespeare, into a comic cornuco...
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Comedy
The Americans
Up Top Productions
TEVIOT - WINE BAR
15:00 - 16:00
Comedy Central's Jeff Kreisler, Anna Moore, and Anne Teutschel skewer American family, politics and pop culture. A revolutionary world premiere sketch show during this critical election year. Meet The Americans! Conservative Sam, liberal Libby, ...
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Theatre
Tied Up In Knotts
Karen Knotts
TEVIOT - WEE ROOM
15:00 - 16:00
Straight From Hollywood!!! ‘Tied Up In Knotts’, Karen unzips life, love, a nervous breakdown and growing up with Don Knotts. The world will always remember her legendary father; Don Knotts, for playing the role of Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith...
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Comedy
New Art Club's Extra Ordinary World
New Art Club
TEVIOT - NIGHT CLUB
15:15 - 16:15
Fast, fresh, funny, New Art Club hit the ground dancing. The award winning 'Morecambe and Wise of dance’ mix comedy with choreography in a show crammed with such gems as illogical socks, a dance homage to opposable thumbs and the clanging chimes ...
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Comedy
This Show Belongs To Lionel Richie No. 1: Sketch Show
TEVIOT - BALCONY
15:45 - 16:35
All new show. Same R&B legend. Still nothing to do with Lionel Richie. ‘An hour of genius.. has the crowd in stitches.And the show ends with a synchronised boogie to All Night Long. What more could you ask for?’ **** METRO ‘How lovel...
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Comedy
Hils Barker: Exhibitionist!
Jeremy Meadow for Something For The Weekend Ltd
TEVIOT - TURRET
16:00 - 17:00
What's the point in even taking a shit if no one knows about it? From a 1950s diva to a ‘nothing to hide’ obsessive, four characters give you far too much information. The question is, why? ‘Droll and entertaining.. a delicious character turn....
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Comedy
Jarlath Regan - Relax the Cax
Lisa Richards in association with EdCom8 presents
TEVIOT - BILLIARD ROOM
16:00 - 17:00
An uplifting hour of jokes, stories, films and greeting cards from last year’s Fringe favourite. ‘Thoroughly recommended.’ THE SCOTSMAN ‘Comedy genius’ THE IRISH TIMES ‘The perfect after-lunch laugh with a charismatic and ...
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Comedy
Clarkson & Crouch: Away with the Fairies
Erica Fee Productions & Quicksticks
TEVIOT - WEE ROOM
16:15 - 17:05
The sketch show that speaks out against the supernatural terrors of city living, including werewolves, pirates and the BNP. Includes guest appearances by the Devil, Fred and Rose West and Heather Mills (TBC). Winner- Hairline Award B...
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Theatre
Lynn Ferguson - Heart and Sole
GB Productions
TEVIOT - DINING ROOM
16:15 - 17:15
The return of Lynn Ferguson's solo play about a woman who falls in love with a fish. Awarded the stage award for acting excellence. A stunning performance that is both brashly funny and heartbreaking. SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY A beautifu...
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Theatre
Shoppers Without Borders
Erin Donovan
TEVIOT - SPORTSMANS
16:15 - 17:15
Secrets, houseboats..credit cards.. ‘A truly hilarious show about moving, marriage and money’ L.A. Weekly ‘Recommended’ and ‘Best Solo Performance.’ In infamous Chelsea Harbor, an East (London) meets West (Coast, USA) couple live aboard a ‘floa...
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Theatre
Somewhere Over The Westway
The Portobello Panto
TEVIOT - WINE BAR
16:15 - 17:15
A bling-tastic modern-day urban punk panto version of the wizard of oz. A sold out smash hit success in London. Follow a heavily pregnant Dee, accompanied by her motley crew of friends on her journey up the Bello Brick Rd, to find the wizard. ...
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Comedy
Lady Garden
Shiraz Productions
TEVIOT - NIGHT CLUB
16:30 - 17:20
After a sell-out night at The Comedy Store, Manchester, 'Lady Garden' is trimmed for the Fringe. A brand new sketch show written and performed by 6 young women; not often referred to as ladies, and rarely found in the garden unless they ar...
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Musicals
Noah
Cygenture Theatre Trust presents a Robin's Chair Productions
TEVIOT - DEBATING HALL
16:30 - 17:30
This show has been cancelled....
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Theatre
Bombay to Beijing by Bicycle
Squeaky Board Theatre
TEVIOT - BALCONY
17:00 - 18:00
‘Congratulations. You are having the malaria.’ Based on Russell McGilton’s true bone-shaking travel adventure, this award winning one man show sold out at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2006 and Melbourne Fringe Festival 2005. ‘A ...
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Comedy
Diet of Worms: Friends of the Puffincat
EdCom8 presents
TEVIOT - BILLIARD ROOM
17:15 - 18:15
Daddy was the Puffin, Mammy was the Cat. When they put together, Make the Puffincat. Diet of Worms, Ireland's next big comedy thing invite you into their own surreal little world. Why not come and meet their new best pal, the Puffincat. ‘The b...
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Comedy
South By South Wales
Good Sense of Humour
TEVIOT - THE TURRET
17:15 - 18:15
Direct from the valleys, join Wales’s finest up-and-coming talents – rambling and whimsical Elis James (National Student Radio award winner), storytelling man mountain Matt Price (‘has extraordinary tales to tell’ The Scotsman) and two of the best ne...
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Comedy
Eleanor Tiernan & John F. O'Donnell - Irish American
Eleanor Tiernan & John F O'Donnell
TEVIOT - WEE ROOM
17:30 - 18:30
Eleanor Tiernan (**** Metro) is a triumphant Comedian from rural Ireland and John F. O'Donnell (Comedy Central, Best Emerging NYC Comic Nominee) is a triumphant Comedian from New York City. Watch these two Golden Gods perform Stand Up and other ...
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Comedy
Ha Ha Hamlet!
Jamie Wilson Productions
TEVIOT - WINE BAR
17:30 - 18:30
Shakespeare's comedy in its original ‘First Fo-ho-holio’ format (before they took out all the funny bits and added loads of killing!) Three of Covent Garden's finest street performers juggle with the Bard. See it or Else-inore! Ben Lang...
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Comedy
JL Roberts and Nadia Kamil Present: Wisecrackin' Mindsqueezin' Behemoth
Good Sense of Humour
TEVIOT - SPORTSMANS
17:30 - 18:30
Life-changing sketches from the creators of acclaimed hits The Gently Progressive Behemoth, Staggered Spaces, and BBC7’s Spats. 2008 Chortle Innovation Award Nominees. ’Chemistry to die for’‘Brimming with comic ingenui... THE LIST
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Theatre
Lynn Ferguson - The Plan
GB Productions
TEVIOT - DINING ROOM
17:30 - 18:30
Written and dircted by Lynn Ferguson and Elly BrewerIf you passed her on the street, you'd think the angel of death was an accountant. She looks nothing like an angel. Or the Grim Reaper. For her, numbers are the name of the game and The L...
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Comedy
Learn to Play the Ukulele in Under an Hour (How George Formby Saved My Life)
Erica Fee Productions and Ukulele Men
TEVIOT - NIGHT CLUB
17:45 - 18:40
Following a long depression, Sam and Donal sought solace in the ukulele. Let them teach you the basics, singalong with their uke-karaoke machine (ukuleles provided) and learn how a little instrument can help things ‘turn out nice again’. Written w...
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Comedy
Gamarjobat - The Western
Komedia Entertainment
TEVIOT - DEBATING HALL
18:00 - 19:00
(Ga-ma-jo-bat). BRAND NEW SHOW! Japanese comedy sensation GAMARJOBAT return with a brilliantly unique tale of love, tragedy and revenge in the Wild West. SELL OUT 2004-7. As seen on BBC’s Blue Peter and The Slammer. Catch the award-winning ...
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Comedy
Damian Callinan in 'mmm... they're small!'
Damian Callinan
TEVIOT - BALCONY
18:15 - 19:15
Australia’s multi award winning comedian illuminates the waiting room of the male infertility gods and takes on the taboos of men’s pants problems. All done with his trousers on ... Mostly! ‘..clever, intelligent and terrifically talented..'...
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Comedy
Liam Mullone: In a Dead Man's Hat
CKP
TEVIOT - BILLIARD ROOM
18:30 - 19:30
Robbed by a stripper, Liam faced six weeks in the Nevada desert with only a dilapidated van and a bag of pork chops. With the ‘sharp cynicism and clever, devious wordplay’ Chortle.co.uk, that has made him a valued writer (BBC Radio’s Now Show, Milk R...
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Comedy
Barry Cryer & Ronnie Golden
Gilded Balloon Productions
TEVIOT - WINE BAR
18:45 - 19:45
Following their gap year of 2007 - which they spent flat-packing around Ikea - our plucky twosome are back together with a bulging back catalogue, ooh! missus, alongside a glittering cavalcade of new ditties which COULD involve Michael Winner, global...
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Comedy
Gavin & Gavin - It's A Long Road That Doesn't Have A Bend
Gavin & Gavin
TEVIOT - SPORTSMANS
18:45 - 19:40
The Gavin sisters take us on an hilarious journey of real life stories, sketches and anecdotes as they look back on growing up together. A comical insight into a north London Irish family, it’s for anyone whose life hasn’t turned out quite how it was...
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Comedy
John Ryan - Those Young Minds
Leicester Comedy Festival Ltd
TEVIOT - WINE BAR
18:45 - 19:45
Award winning comedian John Ryan has spent many hours in pubs and clubs across the country talking to dads about the good, bad and ugly sides of fatherhood. In this 'hilarious and heart warming' Time Out show John focuses on the role of dads and ...
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Comedy
John Ryan - Hurt Until It Laughs
Leicester Comedy Festival Ltd
TEVIOT - WINE BAR
18:45 - 19:45
John Ryan (Fringe Award Winner) is partial to a fry up and isn't a model of male fitness. Never the less, The endearing performer has been asking "why do men hate going to the doctor" join him as he skillfully weaves his magic along a winding trail ...
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Comedy
Nick Revell - Sleepless
Nick Revell in association with A M Entertainments
TEVIOT - WEE ROOM
18:45 - 19:45
BAFTA, EMMY winner (Drop The Dead Donkey) and Perrier nominee, ‘one of the most creative and incisive comics on the circuit’ The Guardian, performs an hour of ‘fiercely funny...insightful incandescent’ Herald, standup. ‘Brilliantly satirical.’...
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Comedy
Phil Kay - Greatest Hits
GB Productions
TEVIOT - WINE BAR
18:45 - 19:45
Finally a com-pilation, an och aye-pod playlist: Phil presents absolutely, guaranteed, road-tested, sure fire definitely proven humorous, loved routines that have become intensely reliable fabulous show saving bits in his act over the years yet have ...
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Theatre
Sister Cities
Sidewalk Studio Theatre Productions
TEVIOT - DINING ROOM
18:45 - 19:45
International television star JILL GASCOINE returns to the Scotland stage, in Sister Cities, a dark comedy in which four estranged sisters reunite for their mother's alleged death. Wise, warm, and full of heart and humour, Sister Cities received rave...
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Comedy
Tom Allen - A Voyage Round My Mother
RBM
TEVIOT - THE TURRET
18:45 - 19:45
Winner BBC New Comedy Awards and So You Think You’re Funny? Tom Allen wanted to know about his family history, so went on a research trip.. with his parents. Hilarious new show about family history, personal identity and his mum. ‘One to wat...
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Comedy
Sound & Fury's 'Cyranose!'
Sound & Fury
TEVIOT - NIGHT CLUB
19:00 - 20:00
He Nose Love! Award-winning Hollywood-based Sound & Fury parody Cyrano, in Vaudeville style! ‘Rave Review Award’ ADELAIDE 2008 ‘The love child of Monty Python and Dr. Seuss.’ THE ADVERTISER (ADELAIDE) ‘Best of Fringe!’
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Comedy
Andrew Stanley: Some Things That Occurred To Me In The Last While That I Thought You Should Know About
Lisa Richards in association with EdCom8
TEVIOT - BALCONY
19:30 - 20:30
These things probably won’t seem important to you but don't worry, you won't have to talk at the show at all. Well maybe a little. Only if Andrew talks to you though. Sellout Edinburgh 2006 & Star of RTE’s I Dare Ya. ‘A hugely energet...
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Comedy
Karen Dunbar
Gilded Balloon Productions
TEVIOT - DEBATING HALL
19:30 - 20:30
She's here again. Karen Dunbar gleefully returns to the Gilded Balloon to expound tales of sheer joy, utter embarrassment and downright cheek. Having been nominated for the Rose d'or numerous times Karen has also released an album, hosted breakfa...
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Comedy
Rhona Cameron
GB Productions
TEVIOT - DEBATING HALL
19:30 - 20:30
After her incredibly successful sell out run at the Edinburgh Fringe last year, and with next years tax bill looming, award winning comedian and critically acclaimed author Rhona Cameron is back at the Gilded Balloon for one week only. With ...
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Comedy
Maeve Higgins - Kitten Brides
Lisa Richards in associationw with EdCom8 presents
TEVIOT - BILLIARD ROOM
19:45 - 20:45
She's back...and badder than ever! Like a rapper recently released from prison she’s a verbal assassin, afraid of nothing except violence and the idea of touching a fish. In this show, the fierce Maeve Higgins tackles all the big issues. She love...
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Comedy
Bill Bailey - Tinselworm
Gilded Balloon Productions
EDINBURGH PLAYHOUSE -
20:00 - 22:00
There are no tickets available for Bill Bailey - we have sold our allocation. However, Bill Bailey will be one of the comperes at our exciting 21st Birthday Gala for So You Think You're Funny -
Gilded Balloon Productions
EDINBURGH FESTIVAL THEATRE -
20:00 - 22:00
Gilded Balloon's famed comedy competition for newcomers is celebrating 21years of discovering the Uk's most successful comedians. Hosted by previous comperes of the competition in years gone by Fred Macaulay, Arthur Smith and Bill Bailey. Featu...
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Comedy
The Balloon Debate
Doggett and Ephgrave
TEVIOT - WEE ROOM
20:00 - 20:50
A comedy set 2000 feet above East Anglia. Gary's plans for a romantic balloon trip backfire when his girlfriend pulls out and Dan is roped in as a reluctant replacement. Things go from bad to worse when, mid-flight, the pilot falls out of the bas...
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Comedy
Wendy Wason - Things I didn't know I didn't know
TEVIOT - THE TURRET
20:00 - 21:00
A finalist in the first ever Scottish Comedian of the Year Competition, Wendy returns home with her first solo show. Wason takes us on an hilarious voyage of discovery without really discovering anything. ‘She's absolutely hysterical.’ J...
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Comedy
Craig Hill Makes Your Whole Week!
ChiLL Productions & MZA
TEVIOT - NIGHT CLUB
20:15 - 21:15
Forget your troubles, c’mon get happy…! Lift your spirits as Scotland’s favourite kilted treasure returns with his cheeky, irreverent and, of course, wonderfully camp blend of incisive stand-up, razor-sharp improvisation and fabulous musical char...
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Music
Sweet June
Dave Mauchlin
TEVIOT - NIGHTCLUB
20:15 - 21:15
Bringing the ethos of 70's acid folk and fusing it with overtones of psychedelia, John McGlynn [World renowned Irish vocal group Anuna] and Maria Fitzgerald mix sublime vocal harmonies with unique intense finger picking and freestyle guitar playing. ...
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Comedy
Jimeoin on Ice
Geffer Notice Productions & MZA
TEVIOT - DEBATING HALL
20:45 - 22:00
75 minutes of world-class stand-up, pure-and-simple, as Jimeoin makes a welcome Fringe return. ‘It gets no better than this..' ‘Brilliant.. He’s not trying to preach to you, he won’t change your life, but he will make you laugh a lot.. Hilario...
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Comedy
Return of the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre
Scottish Falsetto Puppet Theatre
TEVIOT - BALCONY
20:45 - 21:45
2007 Official Sellout, back with a brand new show. Songs, sketches, sicks and violence. ‘A hoot.’ THE SCOTSMAN ‘Hilarious..the Abbot & Costello of the sock world.’ TIME OUT ‘Utterly Irresistible.’‘Th... THE STAGE
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Theatre
Jonny Woo - International Woman of Mr 'E'
Bistrotheque Productions
TEVIOT - BILLIARD ROOM
21:00 - 22:00
Fresh from The Soho Theatre, London's brightest star, Jonny Woo, takes you up and over the brink into his surreal world of clubs, drugs and trannies. His storytelling is as hilarious as it is heartbreaking. A breathtaking performance, as personal a...
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Comedy
So You Think You're Funny?
GB Productions
TEVIOT - DEBATING HALL
21:00 - 23:30
The Final
Thrill as the latest clutch of startling new acts battle it out for the prestigious comedy crown. The winner will join a roll-call of past luminaries such as Dylan Moran, Peter Kay, and Rhona Cameron. Heats compared by a different comic each ...
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Comedy
Ali Cook - A Touch of Vegas
Ali Cook
TEVIOT - SPORTSMANS
21:15 - 22:15
Award winning magician Ali Cook is teh star of Channel Four's critically-acclaimed late night show, 'Dirty Tricks' (Nominated for The British Comedy Awards and The Golden Rose of Montreux). He has also starred in many high profile television serie...
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Comedy
Fiona O'Loughlin
CKP
TEVIOT - DINING ROOM
21:15 - 22:15
Following sold-out seasons in Melbourne and Adelaide this year, the Queen of Australian comedy brings her riotously funny and critically acclaimed new stand-up show to the Fringe. O’Loughlin’s unvarnished, hilarious honesty has sold out theatres acro...
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Kate Robbins - Songs From The Pool
Kate Robbins
TEVIOT - WINE BAR
21:15 - 22:15
Regular guest on Jammin' (BBC Radio 2), Richard & Judy (Channel 4) and the female voice of Spitting Image Kate Robbins, sings and plays songs reflecting her Scouse roots and McCartney heritage, taking us on a journey revisiting Beatles melodies, Live...
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Comedy
Quincy: Single Mum
EdCom8
TEVIOT - WEE ROOM
21:15 - 22:15
Being a geezer's geezer Quincy finds himself doing what women have been doing for years. Raising children by themselves. Having to find his feminine side he quickly finds out raising children is as easy as men finding the G-spot. But being a geezer h...
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Comedy
Simply Fancy
Pig Island
TEVIOT - THE TURRET
21:15 - 22:15
An engagingly absurd, funny piece of theatrical brilliance. ‘Don't let the sublimely realised comedy blind you to the febrile inventiveness of its language and staging, that most theatre - fringe or otherwise - doesn't get close to.’ TIME...
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Comedy
Greg Fleet - Secrets and Lies
Gilded Balloon Productions
TEVIOT - NIGHT CLUB
21:30 - 22:30
Fleety has shared the intimate details of his life with us. From drug addiction to getting kidnapped by Thai gangsters… but he has secrets and tells the odd fib – don’t we all? Don’t miss this Aussie comedy legend in full flight! ‘A wild, ...
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Music
Sweet June
Dave Mauchlin
TEVIOT - NIGHTCLUB
21:30 - 22:30
Bringing the ethos of 70's acid folk and fusing it with overtones of psychedelia, John McGlynn [World renowned Irish vocal group Anuna] and Maria Fitzgerald mix sublime vocal harmonies with unique intense finger picking and freestyle guitar playing. ...
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Comedy
Sean Grant and Tiernan Douieb
GB Productions & MZA
TEVIOT - BALCONY
22:00 - 23:00
‘Two rising stars, one great show!’ Sean’s deadpan world is a hilarious mixture of inventive - sometimes cynical - nonsense. Tiernan’s appealing, energetic style showcases his clever, surreal wit. A brilliantly popular MC, he recently starred in C...
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Musicals
Grease Lightnin' Drag Show
GB Productions
TEVIOT - DEBATING HALL
22:15 - 23:15
Back off Priscilla.. Australia's very own International Drag Queens are back in the most awe-inspiring sing-a-long drag show you will ever see! Last year they brought you the cult hit The Sound of Music Drag Show - this year they're hopelessly ...
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Musicals
Riot Showgrrrls Club
Scary Little Girls
TEVIOT - BILLIARD ROOM
22:15 - 23:15
Scary Little Girls Productions invite you to join electro-pop divas Dworkin for this gleeful musical romp, putting the ‘camp’ squarely back into ‘campaigning’. Expect drinking, gambling, bizarre instruments and spectacular frocks as our heroines ...
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Comedy
Axis of Awesome Comeback Spectacular
Axis of Awesome
TEVIOT - SPORTSMANS
22:30 - 23:25
Music. Comedy. Robots. Dinosaurs. The Axis of Awesome have been known for some of these things over the years. Witness Australia's newest musical comedy sensation pretend to be Australia's oldest musical comedy sensation in their (somewhat fictio...
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Comedy
Best of So You Think You're Funny?
GB Productions
TEVIOT - WINE BAR
22:30 - 00:00
Celebrating 21 years of the biggest and best stand-up comedy competition for newcomers! A supreme selection of recent winners and runners up from this celebrated comedy contest as they make a welcomed return to the Gilded Balloon! Come and...
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Comedy
Dead Cat Bounce
EdCom8
TEVIOT - DINING ROOM
22:30 - 23:30
An unrelenting hour of sketches set in the same hotel room, with the most memorable finale you’ll ever see performed by a cast of three. See also ‘Dead Cat Bounce.. Late Night Radio’ at midnight. Purchase tickets to see both shows on the same nigh...
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Comedy
Funny. Twice.
Jimmy McGhie & Damion Larkin
TEVIOT - WEE ROOM
22:30 - 23:30
Damion Larkin (Runner up, Citylife Comedian of the Year) and Jimmy McGhie (‘a real talent’ The Guardian) met during the prestigious BBC New Comedy Awards and now take turns to bring you playful stand-up and captivating stories. 2 fantastic comedi...
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Comedy
Men with Bananas: We Know What You're Thinking
Men With Bananas
TEVIOT - THE TURRET
22:30 - 23:30
FOR SALE. Much loved double-act. Reconditioned. Professionally buffed. Slight ringwear. One loose flap, requires some attention. Features two original knobs. Sold as seen. Offers. The bananas return! ‘Damn funny.. exhilaratingly silly.’...
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Comedy
So You Think You're Funny?
GB Productions
TEVIOT - DINING ROOM
22:30 - 00:00
Thrill as the latest clutch of startling new acts battle it out for the prestigious comedy crown. The winner will join a roll-call of past luminaries such as Dylan Moran, Peter Kay, and Rhona Cameron. Heats compared by a different comic each ...
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Comedy
Henry Rollins
Regular Music & MZA
TEVIOT - NIGHTCLUB
22:45 - 00:00
The surprise smash-hit of 2007’s Fringe and legendary frontman for punk-rock’s Black Flag returns with his extraordinary and hilarious stream-of-social-consciousness. Hard-hitting, side-splitting - and always in your face. Author, Actor, Grammy Awar...
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Commedy
John Wheeler aka Barley Scotch
Regular Music in association with Gilded Balloon
TEVIOT - NIGHTCLUB
22:45 - 00:00
Stories and (a few) songs from the mind of Dixie Hayseed. Spenith Hayseed Dixie frontman, mouthpiece and popular philosopher John Wheeller, as he pontificates on all things social and political from his utterly individual and generally hillarious per...
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Comedy
Phil Kay
GB Productions
TEVIOT - NIGHT CLUB
22:45 - 23:45
"..dazzled and hypnotised the audience, presenting one of the Greatest comedic odysseys I've ever witnessed.. launching wildly off on bizarre tangents, chasing any wisp of an idea which drifts across his consciousness..'hysterical' in every sense of ...
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Comedy
F*ck This Show (You Know You Want To)
Nicole Korkolis and Becky Donohue
TEVIOT - BALCONY
23:15 - 00:25
Nicole Korkolis and Becky Donohue, two of America's hottest comedians, team up to bare all in this stand-up show where nothing is sacred, except punchlines. Leaves you flushed and wanting more. 'Korkolis is ‘hard-hitting, fun, well-observed, e...
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Comedy
Andrew Stanley's Comedy Mish Mash
Lisa Richard in association with EdCom8 presents
TEVIOT - BILLIARD ROOM
23:30 - 00:30
A different show every night from Andrew, the star of RTE’s I Dare Ya, his friends and some very special guests. Andrew’s Comedy Mish Mash features Standup, Sketches, Q&A, Music and of course FREE BISCUITS of your choosing. Fancy! (Catch Andre...
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Comedy
Stephen K Amos - Weekend Chat Show
Bound and Gagged
TEVIOT - DEBATING HALL
23:30 - 00:30
The Fringe's premier chat show. Six shows only - Book early to avoid disappointment. Total sell-out 2006/07 Bursting with energy and intelligent wit... a great variety show featuring a diverse range of performers, gloriously resided o...
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Phil Kay
GB Productions
TEVIOT - SPORTSMANS
23:45 - 00:45
"..dazzled and hypnotised the audience, presenting one of the Greatest comedic odysseys I've ever witnessed.. launching wildly off on bizarre tangents, chasing any wisp of an idea which drifts across his consciousness..'hysterical' in every sense of ...
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Comedy
Dead Cat Bounce... Late Night Radio
EdCom8
TEVIOT - DINING ROOM
00:00 - 01:00
Revisit the golden age of radio comedy with sketches and music performed by three guys, one foley artist and a stage full of things that make noise. See also the ‘Dead Cat Bounce’ sketch show at 10:30pm. Purchase tickets to see both shows on the ...
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Love labours Won
Rogue Shakespeare Company
Gilded Balloon Fringe 2008
Theatre - Love labours Won

 

August 2006

Rogue Shakespeare Company: Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh Fringe and the Vanbrugh Theatre, London:

"undoubtedly the best Shakespearean comedy not written by Shakespeare. This is unmissable.": Three Weeks 

"some of the most delightful, well-written verse you are likely to hear.": UK Theatre Network

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"Love Labours Won.........100 STARS............................."

"Trendy Shakespeare": USA Weekly News

               Love Labours won-described by

The USA Weekly News Editor Ingried Pluktchy
as trendy Shakespear

his writing is amazing...Smith is one to watch": Fringe Review

"a mesmerising work from a young writer whose career we should follow very closely": Hairline

'Shakespearean-style' verse comedy: One4Review

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Gilded Balloon Edinburgh Fringe News

	So You Think You're Funny? 21st Birthday Gala
	One night only - get your tickets now! This special show celebrates 21 years of hilarity from the world famous So You Think You're Funny? competition. Hosted by Fred Macaulay, Arthur Smith and Bill Bailey, who have all compered the competition in years gone by. The gala also features past winners and runners-up - a very long list of now famous names, who appeared first at So You Think You're Funny?! Please click here to book tickets

	Gilded Balloon Programme for Fringe 2008
	It's 22 years since the Gilded Balloon started presenting shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe! We started with just 7 shows in one wee studio theatre in Edinburgh's Cowgate and now we're close to 100 shows in 9 venues at Teviot Row House. 2007 was fantastic and this year our programme is bigger, better and even more diverse! Please click here for details of the Gilded Balloon Programme for Fringe 2008 and to book tickets

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	Late Nights at the Edinburgh Fringe
	Whether it be raw comedy, or the best and wildest in live music and stand up, then the Gilded Balloon has something to keep you up into the wee small hours with our exciting late night fringe shows. For details of our late night entertainment in Late ‘n’ Live or Carnival des Phenomenes, please click here

Sponsored by five, Paramount Comedy, and 4DVD	So You Think You’re Funny?
	The ultimate competition where legends are born, So You Think You’re Funny? is a glorious celebration of comedy! Thrill as the latest clutch of new acts fight it out for the most prestigious comedy crown. To book tickets for So You Think You're Funny, click here Past Winners of the So You Think You're Funny

	Performers' Blogs
	Want to get the inside track on what it’s like to perform at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe? Want to experience the giddy heights of having a sell-out, 5 star show or the painful lows of performing to one man and his dog? A number of our "usual suspects" are itching to expose the intimate details of their Edinburgh Fringe 08 experiences as they unfold. To see LAST year's fringe performers' diaries, please click here

	Win Tickets to See Our Shows
	Throughout the Fringe, The Gilded Balloon will be running a new competition, giving website visitors the opportunity to win tickets to a variety of our shows. For today’s competition and entry details please click here

	THE MALCOLM HARDEE AWARD
	Starting this August for ten years, an annual award will be presented at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival “for comic originality of thought or performance” - THE MALCOLM HARDEE AWARD is in memory of “one of the most anarchic figures of his era” - “the greatest influence on British comedy over the last 25 years” and the “godfather to a generation of comic talent". More information

	The 2007 'So You Think You're Funny' Party Pictures
	Richard Sandling won, and we all danced and were merry... Click here for the party pics!

	Richard Sandling wins So You Think You're Funny!
	Richard Sandling is officially funny! So we think so. Click here for info on the 2007 winner

	Best of So You Think You're Funny?
	For the last 18 years, So You Think You're Funny? has been the launch pad for some of the biggest names in comedy including Peter Kay, Ed Byrne and Rhona Cameron. This year, the pick of previous winners and runners up will be returning to where it all began. For details of who's performing and to book tickets, click here

	Edinburgh Fringe Awards
	Over the years, the Gilded Balloon has brought many award winning shows to the Edinburgh Fringe. 2007 was no exception. Click here for details of our awards and nominations in 2007 and previous years

Edinburgh Fringe Shows in Alphabetical Order.

A-Abo | Abo-Acc | Acc-Ada | Ada-Adv | Adv-Aft | Aft-Air | Air-Ale | Ali-All | All-Ama | 
Ama-Amu | An-And | And-And | Ane-Ano | Ano-Ap | Ar-Art | Art-As | At-Aus | Aut-Ax | 

AAA Stand-Up
AAA Stand-Up

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Total sell-out 2005-2007 returns with a brand new line-up. Maff Brown, 'brilliant stand-up, great material' (Bill Bailey); Tom Craine, 'can pull punchlines out of unexpected places' (Chortle); and Paddy Lennox, 'simply a scream' (Telegraph). Book early!

August 01-25 July 30,31 : 19:15(60 mins) from £5.00

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Aardvarks and Carparks - Free
Aardvarks with Altitude

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A hilarious 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?'-style improvised comedy featuring six of the UK's finest improvisers. 89% hilarity, 11% musical interludes. 100% funny. A definite highlight of your Fringe experience.

August 01-09 July 31 : 13:00(60 mins) from £0.00
August 10-25 : 15:25(60 mins) from £0.00

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Abando'Man: A Hip Hop Comedy - Free
Rob Broderick

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2005's So You Think You're Funny finalist delivers an amazing blend of stand-up comedy, music, sketch characters and film, all fused with hip hop. A definite Fringe highlight! - **** (ThreeWeeks). 'Inspired!' (Metro).

August 01-17,19-25 July 31 : 17:50(60 mins) from £0.00

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Abbas Tactus
Splintered Glass Productions

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Not his father's son. Not his son's father. The past defines the future. History shapes relationships. Energetic contemporary look at how father figures affect the next generation. Passionate new writing that challenges the way we live our lives. www.splinteredglassproductions.com

August 01-12 July 30,31 : 13:30(75 mins) from £7.50

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ABFCAP: The Life and Times of Ian Dury
Playback Theatre

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Diamond geezer, national treasure, or sex and drugs and rock'n'roll? This new play scratches the surface, revealing harder bloke - a flawed genius with big heart, bigger ego and crippling rule of iron.

August 01-10,12-17,19-25 : 13:25(70 mins) from £5.00

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About an Hour - Free
Ham Yard Tourists/Laughing Horse Free Festival

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FREE, TICKETED

Comic double-act Ham Yard Tourists present approximately one hour of high octane, exciting, fresh and most importantly of all, free, stand-up comedy. 'A gift for snappy delivery of daft, witty writing' (ThreeWeeks). www.myspace.com/hamyardtourists, www.freefestival.co.uk

August 01-09 July 31 : 22:35(60 mins) from £0.00

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About Benson & Hill
B & H productions

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Join two of stand-up's rising stars - Luke Benson, Leicester Comedian of the Year finalist, and Martin Hill, 'skilful way with words' (Chortle) for banter, stories and such like. Go on, it'll be mint. www.myspace.com/bensonandhill

Warning: May contain rude words

August 01-25 : 17:15(60 mins) from £5.00

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About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Courses
Laughing Horse Comedy

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Learn stand-up comedy on two-day intensive courses: our tutors are comedians, writers and university lecturers. Includes a guaranteed spot in a Fringe show. Further information and other courses are available on: www.aboutcomedy.co.uk, info@aboutcomedy.co.uk. Note: this is a 2-day course, 4hrs 30mins each day.

Warning: 2-day course, 4hrs 30mins each day.

August 02,03,05,06,09,10,12,13,16,17,19,20,23,24 : 12:00(540 mins) from £89.00

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About Face(book)
Penn Theatre Ensemble

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Do you know who your friends are? Four young women encounter the darker side of online social networking in this theatrical experiment. (You're also invited to join our group: About Face(book) at www.facebook.com.)Take nothing at face value.

Warning: Adult themes

August 11-16 : 11:40(60 mins) from £3.00

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About Robert the Bruce
Bruce Fummey

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FREE, TICKETED

Robert the Bruce, William Wallace, the Declaration of Arbroath, the Stone of Destiny, Bannockburn and the Scottish wars of Independence? Learn about Scottish history and pish yourself! More liberating stand-up 'educomedy' from Bruce Fummey. www.brucefummey.co.uk

Warning: Likely to contain adult material

August 01-10,12-15,17-24 July 30,31 : 20:00(60 mins) from £0.00

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