Fringe events in Edinburgh — Tuesday, August 18 (evening)

10:00 am Paperback Revolutions National Library of Scotland

This display tells the story of how the humble paperback revolutionised and democratised access to books. From Penguin's first titles in 1935, to other bestsellers across the deca…

10:00 am Exhibition: Craigmillar Tapestry Scottish Storytelling Centre

The Craigmillar Tapestry Project is a community initiative to create a series of tapestry panels representing the rich history of Craigmillar. Designed and stitched by local peopl…

10:00 am Rain National Library of Scotland

This exhibition makes a splash as we dive into Scotland’s relationship with rain – from weather forecasting, fashion and film, to rain-soaked love stories, climate, and everything…

4:00 pm Free Live Music Stramash

Stramash is a lively, 700-capacity live music venue and sports bar in the heart of Edinburgh's Old Town. Located in the Cowgate, the massive venue is housed within the former Free…

4:15 pm The Mad World of Harvey Kurtzman EIFF @ Cineworld

Vivid, immersive and visually striking portrait of the founder of the satirical publication Mad magazine and its far-reaching influence on some of the most prominent contemporary…

4:30 pm The Daily Ceilidh Stramash

Whether you’re a seasoned dancer or a complete beginner, our free ceilidh is the perfect place to let loose, have fun and experience a true taste of Scottish culture. Our talented…

4:30 pm Sacred Creatures EIFF @ Cineworld

Three estranged siblings reunite at a rural retreat in Italy after the middle sister has been released from psychiatric treatment following a breakdown, one she experienced as a d…

4:45 pm The State of Us EIFF @ Cineworld

Boisterous tearaway Frankie, struggling to come to terms with the inevitability of losing best friend Taylor, impulsively breaks him out of hospice care for one final night of fun…

4:55 pm Becoming Dr Ruth Assembly Rooms

Dr Ruth Westheimer shattered taboos, making possible frank public conversations about sex and intimacy. With a twinkle in her eye and an infectious giggle, her wise, disarming adv…

5:00 pm A Feast of Comedy Alchemist | St James Quarter

A two-hour comedy buffet serving up acts fresh from our comedy club, Stand Up Sanctuary. Expect outrageous punchlines, unique performances, witty humour and non-stop laughs in a s…

5:00 pm Murder on the Mile The Castle Rock Cafe

One Ticket Per Team! Returning to the Fringe! Eight venues. Four suspects. One victim. A self-guided murder mystery tour. Visit and learn about eight of the Fringe's biggest venue…

5:05 pm Top Gunchained Gilded Balloon Teviot

Feel-good comedy brings you the beloved characters, romance and action of Tom Cruise's aerial blockbuster, alongside the heartfelt story of father and son superfans. Can Maverick…

5:05 pm FUCCBOIS: LIVE IN CONCERT Assembly George Square Studios

The Fuccbois are the world’s biggest boyband. They’ve sold more tickets and broken more hearts than anyone, but now it’s time to say goodbye to their frosted tips forever; they’re…

5:05 pm After Shakespeare theSpace @ Symposium Hall

Returning for its third Edinburgh season, After Shakespeare asks what happens to Shakespeare’s heroes and villains once the curtain falls. Lady Macbeth, Portia, Hamlet and King Ha…

5:10 pm Your Choice Amanda Royce ZOO Playground

Tonight, Amanda Royce is detonating her mayoral campaign in sleepy Coulsdon, and she isn't playing nice. This bold, brash and brazen character comedy skewers politics, delivering…

5:10 pm Adrian Minkowicz: The Hand of God PBH's Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth

There is a new World Cup champion and – according to FIFA – there is also a new champion of human rights. Wait! What? In this new one hour of political satire the Argentinean, a l…

5:10 pm A Highly Suspect Murder Mystery: Knives In theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall

A famous author. An impossible murder. Knives are out for renowned detective Beignet Blank, but can he peel back the layers before he wakes up a dead man? Award-winning mystery ma…

5:10 pm Do Better: A Dramagedy Greenside @ George Street

'Side-splittingly humorous, completely confounding, and absolutely heart-rending' (Audience Review). Do Better is a one-person comedic drama with magic (a Dramagedy) that explores…

5:10 pm #1 Son: The Tale of an Alternative Arab Comedian and His Father Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street)

Ricky Gervais' Spirit of Comedy Award finalist Ridwan Hussain teams up with Iraqi Sammer Elzubaidi in this brand new show. A conservative dad clashes with his son's alternative co…

5:15 pm 1979: Persianality Disorder Laughing Horse @ Coco Boho

1979: Persianality Disorder is a dark, satirical hour about growing up in post-revolution Iran, moving to Europe, and deciding the correct response to all of it is more honesty th…

5:15 pm An A to Z Guide to Dating Underbelly, George Square

A hilarious one-woman musical based on an unapologetic dating advice book that writer-performer Grace O'Keefe's own mother wrote. Publishers said it would set feminism back 20 yea…

5:15 pm Rory o Hanlon: Honestly Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar

Having started his career in Dublin, award-winning Irish stand-up comedian Rory O’ Hanlon is a firm favourite at comedy clubs across the UK and Ireland. Described as having 'prese…

5:15 pm Jollybox Party Games PBH's Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies

The comedy game show where you the audience play along! Quip, quiz and draw your way to VICTORY! It's like a smartphone pub quiz, but with no correct answers. If you like party ga…

5:15 pm Barbara Fernandez Presents: Everything But Stand-Up Laughing Horse @ Bar 50

Welcome to the cabaret asylum, with a different line-up each day of character acts, singers, magicians, clowns, burlesque performers, musical comedians. We've happily scooped up p…

5:15 pm Remember, Remember! Pleasance Dome

Gather around the bonfire, girlies. You think you know the story of the Gunpowder Plot? You don't! Get ready for an incredibly misinformed, inaccurate retelling of one of Britain'…

5:15 pm Milo Edwards: Catamaran Monkey Barrel Comedy (Cabaret Voltaire)

Should you know about your dad's seduction techniques? In 2025 Milo Edwards found a box of old letters in the back of his late Mother's wardrobe. Catamaran is a show about his par…

5:15 pm 2 Boys, 1 Bucket Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull

It's not what you think, but it might be just as mad! 2 Boys, 1 Bucket throws two silly, unhinged comedians into a storm of improvisation, haplessly tackling audience problems wit…

5:15 pm Best of Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Laughing Horse @ Bar 50

Following sell-out performances at many Fringes and festivals, this mixed bill show returns with a selection some of the best established and up-and-coming stand-up comedians at t…

5:15 pm James Phelan: Showman Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows

'British magic at its finest. Utterly magnificent' (LondonTheatre.co.uk). Unmissable magician James Phelan, infamous for jamming the BBC switchboard after predicting the lottery,…

5:15 pm Poems for People Who Don't Like Poetry Greenside @ George Street

Are you adverse to a verse? Do you find odes odious? This show is the antidote to anyone who thinks poetry is the highfalutin domain of sonnet wheedling PhDs. Sam Steele is closer…

5:15 pm After Arthur PBH's Free Fringe @ The Street

Once the wide-eyed star of a beloved kids TV cartoon, Arthur is now 36, skint and spiralling. After decades of autographs, arena tours and breakfast cereal endorsements, he’s faci…

5:15 pm When We Were Young theSpace on the Mile

The public and critically acclaimed, multi award-winning When We Were Young is back for 2026. This five-star show goes beyond the tabloid stereotype of ‘neds’ to tell a powerful a…

5:15 pm To Do Lists Pleasance Courtyard

'No one is coming to save you. Except yourself.' Ever since she can remember, Amy has written a to do list. And every day she must get through it to meet her goals. Until one day,…

5:15 pm Danny O'Brien: Sure Look, Be Grand. Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn

Buckle up – Danny O’Brien is back at the Edinburgh Fringe! The multi award-winning Irish comedian returns with his brand new 2026 show Sure Look, Be Grand after several years of t…

5:15 pm I Am Going to Reveal Something Personal About Myself Greenside @ Riddles Court

In this one-woman show, Sarah Dealy reveals something so personal, so vulnerable that you, Great Britain, and the world will never be the same. But she does need to go over a few…

5:15 pm Eric Liddell: The Chariot of Fire Palmerston Place Church

Set in Paris, during the 1924 Olympic Games, we see the struggles Eric Liddell faces around him in staying true to his principles. When given the chance to become the fastest man…

5:20 pm Surreally Good Summerhall

Say hello to Scott – the finest "Edutainment Officer" in the business, a leading expert in overhead animation and lo-fi storytelling, a renowned descendent of the Turnbull Family…

5:20 pm Your Inner Diva is Showing: Self-Love in Sequins! Greenside @ George Street

Channelling the likes of Celine, Whitney and Adele, singer-pianist and cabaret star Jacqui Randa tackles self-love, sex and the messy work of figuring yourself out, all with a das…

5:20 pm Chris Turner: In The Moment Underbelly, Bristo Square

One mic, infinite possibilities! America's Got Talent runner-up Chris creates jaw-dropping freestyle rap from your suggestions. Fast, fearless and astonishingly funny – this is li…

5:20 pm Steve Burns: Alive Underbelly, Cowgate

What happens when the world thinks you're dead but you're very much alive? From 1996 to 2002, Steve Burns was America's beloved problem-solver on Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues. When…

5:20 pm Phil Nichol: Aren't We Lucky Gilded Balloon Teviot

Lou Reed. The lottery. Ecstasy. Prince Andrew. Punk. Barenaked Ladies. Crisps. Terry Jones. Leukaemia. Butterflies. Dizzy Gillespie's cheeks. Chance. Scat. Sunshine on Leith. Boo-…

5:20 pm Casual Receptionist of the Quarter Gilded Balloon Patter House

Ever wondered what's happening in shopfronts for all these 'Zero Tolerance Policy for Abuse Towards Staff' signs to be popping up everywhere? Based on true events, Casual Receptio…

5:20 pm Hoani Hoani Hoani Must Be Funny in a Rich Man's World Hoots @ The Apex

Winner Billy T Award 2025 NZ International Comedy Festival. Winner Breakthrough Act 2025 NZ Comedy Guild. Gotta be funny to make that money and Hoani Hotene is in Melbourne to mak…

5:20 pm Room 1219 theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall

Hotel St Francis, San Francisco, September 1921. The principal players – silent movie star Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle, actress Virginia Rappe and rabble-rouser Maude Delmont. Room 12…

5:20 pm Asian, But Wrong Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street)

As seen on Fisk (Netflix) and the Melbourne International Comedy Gala, Singaporean-born, Australia-based Ting Lim makes her Edinburgh Fringe debut, unpacking growing up in an unor…

5:20 pm Improvised Couples Therapy Greenside @ George Street

Need help? So do they! Reba with an H, and whoever she is dating now, think they signed up to attend a couples therapy seminar, but they accidentally signed up to HOST it. They he…

5:20 pm Mark Vigeant: OUT THERE Assembly Roxy

From comedian Mark Vigeant (whose last Fringe hour became a special on Dropout TV) comes a wildly inventive character-comedy hour. Meet Larry: a burnt-out engineer on a mission to…

5:20 pm Miscast Sondheim Greenside @ George Street

What happens when you take Sondheim’s most beloved music and turn it on its head? Ingénues become villains, villains deliver delicate ballads, and comic sidekicks step into traged…

5:20 pm 48 Chicken Nuggets in a Sequin Dress Hoots @ Nicolson Square

As he stares into hydrogenated, ultra-processed, non-brand-specific meat products bubbling away in a deep fat fryer for below minimum wage, award-winning comedian and runt-of-the-…

5:25 pm Dystopia 26: The Rock Opera Bedlam Theatre

A five-star, two part, immersive political satire and electrifying rock spectacle. You’re not just an audience – you’re a Dystopian, summoned to join a state “Dystopiation” event…

5:25 pm The Cut of Her Jib theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall

A wicked, gin-soaked dark comedy set on a stormy Edinburgh Hogmanay. Belinda Crabbs’ husband disappears, leaving behind police tape and three decades of marital fatigue. Enter Bar…

5:25 pm Zoe Wohlfeld: Dog Funeral Underbelly, Cowgate

Take the "fun" out of "funeral" and throw the rest away! Zoe W is holding a funeral for her childhood dog, and you're invited! Yay! Dressed in Victorian mourning garb and ready to…

5:25 pm The Glitch Greenside @ Riddles Court

This award-winning experimental comedy returns from their sell-out run at Fringe ’23. You are required to attend this bizarre, post-apocalyptic, bunker-based sketch show. You have…

5:30 pm Julian Clary: Fully Dilated Assembly Rooms

It's too early for filth, so think cucumber sandwiches and cream teas. No, not cucumbers, in case I accidentally shove one up my jacksie. Old habits die hard. I've decided to open…

5:30 pm Tom Lawrinson: Speak of the Devil Laughing Horse @ The Counting House

In this hour I will prove two things: magic is real and also, that I have been shagged. 'Immediately dragging us under with his menacing charm' ***** (EdFringeReview.com). 'Tom La…

5:30 pm Amy Annette: Say What You Like About Me Pleasance Dome

This show is about being hot (or not). 'A Genius' (Broadwayworld.com). As heard on: Off Menu and BBC Radio 4. As seen on: The Way Out (U&Dave). As smelt on: Tour support for Aisli…

5:30 pm Woody Sez Underbelly, Bristo Square

This award-winning show celebrating the life and career of Woody Guthrie makes its triumphant return to Fringe! Join us on an authentically American musical journey, using Guthrie…

5:30 pm Stefania Licari: I Can Make You Italian in 55 Minutes Underbelly, Bristo Square

The most authentic Italian experience in town. After sold-out seasons at Edinburgh and Adelaide Fringes, award-winning comedian Stefania Licari returns with her hit show. Expat, e…

5:30 pm How Now Brown Rao Laughing Horse @ City Cafe

How Now Brown Rao is a smart, silly and sharply observed stand-up show about identity, ambition and trying to make sense of life while barely keeping it together. A former astroph…

5:30 pm Ten Thousand Hours Assembly Hall

Gravity & Other Myths are back again with their international smash hit that sold out in 2025. Ten Thousand Hours. The creators of A Simple Space bring you an ode to the countless…

5:30 pm One Man One Mullet: The Dan Stephens Show Hoots @ Nicolson Square

A stand-up comedy show featuring Ireland's Next Top Comic Winner 2024 Dan Stephens. He talks about the ups-and-downs of a single 37-year-old Irish man with a mullet. He is a regul…

5:30 pm M (Woman of Fashion) C ARTS | C venues | C aurora

A new play by satirist playwright Eoin Carney featuring someone who may or may not be Melania Trump, and which asks the question: why are we so interested in her? M portrays Melan…

5:30 pm 1 Hour of Insane Magic Gilded Balloon Teviot

Cameron Gibson, Elliot Bibby and Luke Osey return for their fourth year as Insane Magic, bigger and more spectacular than ever before! Following multiple sell-out seasons, the tri…

5:30 pm Sam Morrison: DUCK Gilded Balloon Teviot

Sam Morrison (Late Night With Seth Meyers, Comedy Central) follows smash-hit Sugar Daddy with DUCK, a science-obsessed attack on the human ego. He questions why everything – his J…

5:30 pm Burke'n'Hare: Let the Bodies Hit the Floor PBH's Free Fringe @ CC Blooms

'Up the close and doon the stair, but and ben wi' Burke and Hare. Burke's the butcher, Hare's the thief and Knox the boy who buys the beef.' It's 1828 Edinburgh, and we are experi…

5:30 pm Doom and Glitter: A Tribute To Tom Waits PBH's Free Fringe @ The Street

In its fifth year at Fringe, return to the bluesy banter and iconic sound of Mr Brake Down’s incredible live band. Exploring the wit, wisdom and unstoppable force of eccentric cul…

5:30 pm Olga Koch: Fat Tom Cruise Pleasance Courtyard

Olga Koch has one good story. Only it's not really her story. Do you wanna hear it? In Fat Tom Cruise, see the Melbourne and Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated star comb through rec…

5:30 pm Alex Edelman: What Are You Going to Do Pleasance Courtyard

Alex Edelman's last Fringe show, Just for Us, earned an Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show nomination and kicked off a journey that culminated with a run on Broadway and an HBO spec…

5:30 pm Improv Wolves Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters

The fearless Improv Wolves create completely new comedy characters, scenes and stories on the spot from audience suggestions. Every show is different! We might see a film noir det…

5:30 pm The Stand’s Pick of the Fringe The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4

One of the very best multi-act lineups with our fresh pick of the hottest acts from across the whole of the Fringe. Expect big names, fresh faces and comedy icons drawn from the m…

5:30 pm CQD to SOS: A Titanic Story Greenside @ Riddles Court

It's 12:15AM, April 15th, 1912. Titanic has hit an iceberg. In approximately two hours, over 2,000 people will be in the freezing water of the Atlantic Ocean, with survival counte…

5:30 pm Maiden | Mother | Whore Assembly @ Dance Base

An interdisciplinary mixed-media performance blending South Asian classical-contemporary dance, interactive projection, spoken word and live audience encounter. Created by Theiya…

5:30 pm Fysics I: Songs for Voice and Guitar Gladstone's Land

Original songs for voice and guitar by American singer-songwriter Josef Lamberti. An intimate acoustic performance with expressive guitar playing, fingerstyle instrumentals, memor…

5:30 pm Mr Bergmann of Deadman's Point Paradise in The Vault

A new play based on the extraordinary true story of Ireland's most famous unidentified man, the so-called Peter Bergmann. He spent three days in Sligo mysteriously erasing his ide…

5:30 pm Tùs/Origin... and Jazz Was Born in Scotland The Jazz Bar

Scottish Soul: From the Outer Hebrides to the Deep South, Brian Molley Quartet explore the Celtic roots of jazz. Glasgow's multi award-winning group perform a ground-breaking suit…

5:30 pm When Harry Met Sally Met Julie Met Jazz Met Kierkegaard Met Jung Met Lovely Johnny Marr Le Monde

What is true love? Can a six-second kiss change everything? Why should you take every opportunity to dance? What is limerence? Is music the answer to everything? Or philosophy? An…

5:30 pm Eli Matthewson: Blood Bender Assembly George Square

Eli just became the first ever New Zealander to move to London, after applying for the "youth" visa on the last possible week he was eligible. He's ready to be a star and the only…

5:30 pm Tartan Tabletop: A Dungeons & Dragons Comedy Gilded Balloon Patter House

Calling all Dungeons & Dragons fans! Tartan Tabletop are back after their biggest ever year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Get ready for improvised comedy at the roll of a dice…

5:30 pm Funeral Show Greenside @ George Street

Following its award-winning debut at Hollywood Fringe Festival 2025, Funeral Show arrives in Edinburgh! Elena Martinez’s one-woman dark comedy pokes around in the well-known wound…

5:30 pm Burce Tutku Tuncali: Perfectly Imperfeckt! Greenside @ George Street

Stuck between careers, identities and relationships, never quite fitting where you’re supposed to. A decade into an artistic career, growing instability pushes Burce to search for…

5:30 pm Stand-Up Science Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree

Love science? Love comedy? Want to laugh and feel smart? Come to Stand-Up Science, a collective of fantastic scientific comedians from across the Fringe. Returning for a fifth yea…

5:30 pm Disabled Cants Laughing Horse @ Bar 50

A revolving line-up of disabled comedians and friends present an irreverent comedy show for your enjoyment. We're not brave, we're not inspiring, we're just here to make you laugh…

5:30 pm Stephen Carlin: Kapitan Bomba Laughing Horse @ West Nic Records

2026 is going to be a great, by the way, spectacular. I’ve just decided based on no evidence whatsoever. As the global clusterf*ck collides impressively with personal crisis, the…

5:30 pm Dracula: Lucy's Dream Pleasance at EICC

A hypnotic reimagining of Bram Stoker’s immortal masterpiece from award-winning Plexus Polaire, the ‘exquisite’ (New York Times) creators of Moby Dick (Barbican). Lucy Westenra is…

5:30 pm 100% Dry Laughing Horse @ Home Bar

100% Dry is a solo hour of dry, deadpan Irish stand-up. From a farm in rural Monaghan, Justin Cassidy delivers understated comedy in a bone-dry, self-deprecating style. Presented…

5:35 pm Little Pink Dress C ARTS | C venues | C aquila

A gay coming of age country/rock opera one-man musical traumedy. Based on an original album of autobiographical songs written and performed by Joey Jennings this dazzling, dreamy…

5:35 pm In the Cold Light theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall

The gravestones of two friends pull a journalist into an investigation he hopes will bury the past. Instead, it unearths the harsh reality of staying silent, confronting him with…

5:35 pm Spare Room theSpace on the Mile

Inspired by true events, the five-star smash hit play Spare Room follows Jodie as she takes the plunge and applies for a room in a house share. Confronted with the unexpected worl…

5:35 pm Police Cops: The Original Assembly George Square

The multi award-winning comedy blockbuster returns! With 20+ five-star reviews, globally acclaimed Police Cops bring back the show that started it all! Reloaded and supercharged f…

5:35 pm The Provocateurs: Brain Health Roulette / Satellites Destroy Privacy The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4

Actively building your brain health or leaving it to chance? With growing evidence of the lifestyles and environments that are important, Professor Alan Gow (Heriot-Watt Universit…

5:40 pm Keeley Hazell: Everyone's Seen My Tits Pleasance Courtyard

Loosely based on the memoir of the same name, Keeley, a former Page 3 model, is auditioning to play “Keeley”... a version of herself she no longer recognises. As the audition unfo…

5:40 pm Parasocial Activity Gilded Balloon Patter House

Jenny meets her favourite A-List celebrity in Costa and they instantly fall in love. She knows that they are meant to be, but some jealous sceptics don't seem to agree. How far wi…

5:40 pm Lara Ricote: INKLING Monkey Barrel Comedy

You know when stuff happens to you and you react in a certain way (read: cry) so then you lean in? To know thyself? A man in a museum was mean to me (classic) and I’ve gotten a lo…

5:40 pm Anna Leong Brophy: Born Sexy Yesterday Pleasance Courtyard

Sure, Anna was born the old-fashioned way – a supreme being deposited into a perfect female body who immediately falls for the first man she sees. But what's next for a sci-fi hot…

5:40 pm David Hoare: How To Live To 100 Hoots @ Nicolson Square

Musical-One-Liner-Stand-Up Comedian David Hoare (aged 37) will teach you how to live to 100! The award winning Hoare brings his rude songs, stupid jokes and insightful expertise t…

5:40 pm Pernille Haaland: Nordic Operations Gilded Balloon Teviot

Award-winning Nordic comedian Pernille Haaland (HBO Max, Netflix, Discovery) returns diving even further below zero. From the surreal experience of gigging for NATO to navigating…

5:40 pm An Evening with Gerald Lloyd-Davies Summerhall

Aspiring national treasure and quintessential luvvie Gerald Lloyd-Davies amuses the audience and himself in a comprehensive career retrospective, from his humble beginnings in the…

5:45 pm Boogie on the Bones Summerhall

A political musical play set in Soviet-era Moscow, where a youth subculture resists conformity through jazz, dance and underground culture. Music is carved onto X-ray discs and pa…

5:45 pm The Speakeasy Experience Summerhall

Hidden within the Old Dick Vet School lies a clandestine tavern where Edinburgh's rogue doctors and veterinarians gather. Surrounded by animal skulls and illicit research, you are…

5:45 pm The Rock EIFF @ Filmhouse

Disgruntled soldiers hijack Alcatraz, threatening to unleash a deadly nerve agent and it is down to a junior FBI operative and a maximum security convict to save the day in this i…

5:45 pm Techies Braw Venues @ Hill Street

Part comedy, part backstage drama, this quirky, hilarious pop-rock score smashes the fourth wall and celebrates the search for acceptance in the most judgmental place in the world…

5:45 pm Shakespeare Dice: As You Like It Venue 13

Cowboys, karaoke and a different cast every night. And it’s all determined by a roll of the dice! This immersive adaptation of Shakespeare’s romantic comedy celebrates the unpredi…

5:45 pm Waiting For Elvis theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall

March 3, 1960. Elvis is returning to the US after completing his military service in Germany. His flight stops at Prestwick Airport for refuelling. Margaret Rutherford (the defini…

5:45 pm Michael Shafar: Inappropriate Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn

2025 Leicester Comedy Festival Best Show Nominee. Edgy. Dark. Hilarious. In his trademark unfiltered and unapologetic style, Australian comedian, Michael Shafar, weighs into the t…

5:45 pm Millennial Man (WIP) Laughing Horse @ Boston Bar (New Town)

Clayton Smith went to Pompeii and found that, as a Millennial, he related to it a little too much! He found solidarity with the people who perished there: frozen in time, forever…

5:45 pm The Mr Thing Show Assembly George Square Gardens

Mr. Thing are back "broadcasting" live at the Fringe. Become part of the studio audience as Tom and Owen, Puppet Steve and a crew of Things pull together a TV variety show live on…

5:45 pm Full Score Barbershop Choir Presents: Brace for Impact! theSpaceTriplex

Get ready to Brace for Impact, because we’re bringing barbershop back to the Fringe! Returning to Edinburgh after a year of performing everywhere from local concerts to national c…

5:45 pm 101 Naughty Jokes in 30 Minutes Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys

Award-winning gag merchant and three-time Joke of the Fringe winner Masai Graham delivers over 100 naughty jokes in half an hour. Expect punchy puns, outstanding one-liners and wi…

5:45 pm Japanese Grandma Funeral ZOO Playground

Kento the clown missed his grandmother's funeral in Japan due to Covid restrictions. He's trying to recreate the traditional rites, but it keeps going wrong. Can the audience help…

5:45 pm Prophets Assembly Roxy

A researcher from Scotland travels to Saint John, a remote British Overseas Territory in the South Pacific. Upon arrival, she finds the island is under the control of a growing re…

5:45 pm Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree

The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show. It's the absolute best way to see a great Fringe comedy smorgasbor…

5:45 pm Cobin Millage: I Promise That I Am Banksy, and There's No Reasonable Way for You to Prove That I'm Not (WIP) Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly

He was originally just attempting to deface public property and irritate the elderly, but now Cobin Millage is finally prepared to announce that he is; and always has been Banksy…

5:45 pm Andrew O'Neill: A Short, Aggressive Lecture On Krill. Then Jokes Monkey Barrel Comedy (Cabaret Voltaire)

***** (Scotsman). ***** (Telegraph). ***** (ScotsGay). ***** (One4Review.co.uk). 'One of the funniest comedians on the circuit' (Time Out). Presented by: Andrew O'Neill | United K…

5:45 pm The Irish Mob Laughing Horse @ Kick Ass Cowgate

The Irish Mob is a brand-new Irish Comedy Show with a twist: Irish comedians performing in Edinburgh at the Fringe Festival! This wild and exciting compilation show brings togethe…

5:50 pm ARCADE Pleasance Dome

Using the nostalgic aesthetic of 1980s video games, ARCADE invites participants to guide an avatar through a series of branching paths. Choices are offered, sides can be taken and…

5:50 pm 200 Puns in 1 Hour with Roger Swift Laughing Horse @ City Cafe

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 home…

5:50 pm Rob Copland: ONE (more please) Monkey Barrel Comedy at O'Neill's (The Tron)

Once one has one, one wants more please and comedian Rob Copland is back and he's asking for more. Who else is more-ing for one more. More for me, more for you, more for whoever w…

5:50 pm Grace Jarvis: Getting Dragged Backwards Through a Hedge Underbelly, George Square

Australian comedy's number one autistic glamourpuss is back in Edinburgh with a banging hour of trademark Jarvis oddball stand-up. She's getting dragged backwards through a hedge…

5:55 pm Diary of a DL Trade PBH's Free Fringe @ Carbon

Heralded by audiences as 'funny, authentic and brave', Louis Utieyin returns with a brutally honest and hilarious show about radical queer self acceptance – mixing poetry, stand-u…

5:55 pm The Rise of The Eagles theSpace @ Symposium Hall

Journey with The Eagles from their early days to their reign as the most revered band of the seventies. Take It Easy, Hotel California, Desperado and more from Will Sharp and the…

5:55 pm The Last Funny Woman PBH's Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms

Last year Kate (BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz and The Naked Week, The Guilty Feminist Podcast) attempted to save the world. 'Political comedy may yet have found its new messiah' (Th…

5:55 pm David Hoskin: Little Bit Horrible. Little Bit Good / Death Clock (WIP) Hoots @ Potterrow

Little Bit Horrible. Little Bit Good: A stupid clown-mime show with things going wrong. Death Clock: A physical comedy show. A clock mechanic struggles to keep time as a countdown…

5:55 pm Material Girl: Madonna The Icon theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall

Award-winning Night Owl Shows chronicle the story of the most successful female artist in history, starring Voice of the Fringe 2025 Maia Elsey (Derek Awards). This anticipated jo…

5:55 pm CADEL: Lungs on Legs Gilded Balloon at the Museum

From down under to the top of the podium! The riveting true story of Cadel Evans, the only Australian to win the Tour de France. Returning after a sold-out 2025 premiere, Connor D…

6:00 pm The Underground Lectures The Speakeasy at The Royal Scots Club

Ignite your curiosity with this series of fascinating talks. From fashion to furniture and Edinburgh history to pantomime, our eclectic line-up of experts will provide insights, i…

6:00 pm 0 Plans: A Crowd Work Comedy Show Alchemist Cocktail Bar and Restaurant

A crowd-work and improvised stand-up comedy show with zero plans. Northern Irish comedian Reece Kidd and friends will entertain you and make you laugh. Reece has over 150 million…

6:00 pm Ignacio Lopez: The Four Of Us Are Dying Up Here Hoots @ The Apex

Spain's Best Export, (As seen on Live At The Apollo, HIGNFY, Comedy Central and more) returns with an explosively funny show! Featuring Ignacio Lopez, with support from Ignacio Lo…

6:00 pm A Silent Disco Dance Tour by Silent Adventures Meeting Point at Uplands Roast Coffee Shop

Following the last few years of sell-out, five-star shows, the Silent Adventures team is back with even more madness and brand new adventures to boot. Don our magical Silent Disco…

6:00 pm Emmanuel Sonubi: What's Next? (WIP) PBH's Free Fringe @ Liquid Room

After three sold-out runs and two award nominations, Emmanuel Sonubi (Live at the Apollo) returns with a bold new work-in-progress. Blending sharp personal storytelling with wider…

6:00 pm Fiona Allen: White Lies Gilded Balloon Teviot

After a sellout debut Edinburgh 2023 show, Fiona Allen star of Smack The Pony returns with her new show White Lies. Fiona needs a perfect lie to avoid her pet hate of social gathe…

6:00 pm The Improv All Stars Frankenstein Pub

They're back and still the best in the business! Ian Coppinger (Dublin Comedy Improv), Stuart Murphy (Stu and Garry's Improv Show), Stephen Frost and Richard Vranch (guest spots)…

6:00 pm Tarang Hardikar: If I'm Not Wrong Pleasance Courtyard

Fresh, fearless, and laugh-out-loud funny, rising star Tarang Hardikar brings his sharp wit to the Fringe for the first time. His Edinburgh debut takes on life's contradictions, c…

6:00 pm NewsRevue Pleasance Courtyard

Guinness World Record-breaking NewsRevue (47 years!), makes its debut in Pleasance One. If the news has got you down, this is your antidote. Expect four preposterously talented pe…

6:00 pm Dane Buckley: Darling Pleasance Courtyard

The world's only Irish, Indian, gay comedian (probably) delivers his debut stand-up hour about Irish mammies, Indian grannies and his archenemy: the parish priest. Expect cheeky,…

6:00 pm Kahi – The Inner Us (Explore The Soul) Alba Flamenca

Experience the elegance and power of Kathak in this captivating Indian classical dance journey at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Performed by exceptional dancers, this dynamic pro…

6:00 pm Badgers Traverse Theatre

Something has taken root in this town. A recluse, a disappearance, a mysterious folk song. And then there's you, Meles – a podcaster with a dying mother and a stalling career – ab…

6:00 pm Distillery After Hours Holyrood Distillery

Edinburgh retold and reimagined... Your evening begins with a rum cocktail as you’re drawn into the city’s darker archives – our distillery sits on ground heavy with paranormal ec…

6:00 pm FLIGHT Assembly George Square

FLIGHT is an immersive audio experience in complete darkness, inside a shipping container with an interior exactly resembling a full-scale plane cabin. Exploring the Many-Worlds I…

6:00 pm Fun-Size Wine Tasting Vegan Tipples

A fun wine tasting to easily fit in to your festival schedule. A chance to taste four wines in the centre of Edinburgh (and gain a little wine knowledge), with a top up of your fa…

6:00 pm Murder on the Mile The Castle Rock Cafe

One Ticket Per Team! Returning to the Fringe! Eight venues. Four suspects. One victim. A self-guided murder mystery tour. Visit and learn about eight of the Fringe's biggest venue…

6:00 pm Rizal Van Geyzel: Single Fatherhood Laughing Horse @ The Counting House

Single fatherhood (the sequel to prison). Lost his business. Lost his wife. Now he's losing his mind – while looking after three kids on his own. This comedian, once jailed for te…

6:00 pm Contemporary Kiltmaking: The Dye, Weave, Pleat Collaboration Scottish Textiles Showcase

Dye, Weave, Pleat. An innovative collaboration of three textile traditions in Scotland; natural dyeing, hand weaving and hand stitched kiltmaking, each one an endangered craft pra…

6:00 pm Amanda Dwyer: Better Than Revenge The Stand Comedy Club 2

Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award 2026 winner Amanda Dwyer attempts to right every wrong ever done to her, from minor slights to full-blown criminal offences. Armed with…

6:00 pm Circo Valise Assembly George Square Studios

The show carries dreams inside a little valise, challenging the audience to keep dreaming and, from there, continue building a world of pleasant, generous and fun possibilities. F…

6:00 pm Channel Assembly George Square Studios

Step inside a transformed shipping container and enter a fully immersive, interactive electronic soundbath designed for deep rest and radical listening. Beginning with a restorati…

6:00 pm Dead Parent Society – Chris Groves Hoots @ Nicolson Square

Chris Groves turns grief into something refreshingly uplifting and unexpectedly funny. Blending sharp stand-up with heartfelt honesty in a life-affirming hour about loss, family a…

6:00 pm 1 Night at Ford’s Theatre Rotunda Theatre

Our story begins in 1847. Abraham Lincoln has just entered national politics. PT Barnum is rising as America’s greatest showman. The Booth brothers, Edwin and John Wilkes, suddenl…

6:00 pm Agent November's Indoor Escape Game: Murder Mr E The Royal Scots Club Edinburgh

The Museum of Secrets has been robbed! Join a mysterious secret agent to help investigate the murder of Mr E, the head of security. YOU are the hero of this pop-up escape game. Wi…

6:00 pm Bryan Eng Jazz Trio WU

With a voice and style beyond his years, pianist-vocalist Bryan Eng brings the spirit of classic New York supper clubs to the Fringe. Blending virtuosic piano, original songs, jaz…

6:00 pm Einaudi's Piano by Candlelight – Spirited Away St Vincent's

Sell-out Edinburgh Fringe 2025 pianist Matthew Leigh Shiel ***** (EdinburghGuide.com) performs Studio Ghibli's Japanese anime Spirited Away, Ludovico Einaudi's top piano pieces an…

6:00 pm The Education of Jane Cumming EIFF @ Cineworld

In early nineteenth-century Edinburgh, two women run a girls’ boarding school, trying to build an independent life in a world with little room for women outside convention. When a…

6:00 pm Women of Will Summerhall

Jack, an aging actor, walks into a pub. Ava, a bartender auditioning, once again, for drama school, pours him a drink. Jack offers to help Ava with her monologues, and the two wen…

6:00 pm Endgame by Samuel Beckett Pleasance at EICC

Bold and muscular with haunting physicality and razor-sharp comedy, this gripping staging of Samuel Beckett’s Endgame brings the playwright’s poetic masterpiece to life. In a dyin…

6:00 pm Bridging the Gap Shorts EIFF @ Cineworld

EIFF is delighted to present the World Premieres of the most exciting new short form documentaries coming from Scotland, supported by the Scottish Documentary Institute through th…

6:00 pm The Life of Eric Liddell Eric Liddell Community

A talk by Sue Caton – Eric Liddell's niece. Sue will give a personal talk on the life of her uncle Eric Liddell, using family photos and heart-warming stories. Come along to learn…

6:00 pm The Lady Boys of Bangkok – Full Moon Tour Theatre Big Top

Award-winning cabaret comes to the Edinburgh Fringe as the world-famous Ladyboys of Bangkok return with a dazzling international spectacular. Celebrating over 25 years and seen by…

6:05 pm Fantasy World Adventures Mega Park! The Musical theSpace on the Mile

A ride worth taking! After a 5-star debut (FairyPoweredProductions.com), FWAMP! Theatre Company is thrilled to present Fantasy World Adventures Mega Park! The Musical, an original…

6:05 pm Mark Thomas: 40 in Stand-Up Years The Stand Comedy Club

Mark Thomas celebrates 40 years at the mic. In that time, he has changed laws on tax, jailed arms dealers, kickstarted a comedy circuit in Palestine, given evidence before three P…

6:05 pm Two Halves theSpaceTriplex

Sean is an ageing, downtrodden professional rugby player from Wales. When he meets world-famous US soccer star Sophie, they begin an unlikely romance. Can they survive the pressur…

6:05 pm Extra Lives: The Interactive Video Game Concert Gilded Balloon Patter House

Extra Lives is the world's first live-scored audience RPG... and YOU control the adventure. Vote to decide what happens next while a live band performs the soundtrack in real time…

6:05 pm Guns in Dragonland theSpace @ Niddry St

Navigating youth is a universal challenge, but with the constant threat of firearms, American students are faced with their own mortality before they stop wearing tutus to school.…

6:05 pm Rory Marshall: Thank You for the Opportunity Pleasance Courtyard

After a sell-out, critically acclaimed Fringe debut, Rory Marshall's back with his most pathetic character yet: Rory Marshall. A character-comedy journey through the life's work o…

6:05 pm Argonauts ZOO Playground

Opinions are weapons. Friendship is the casualty. Liz and Sam host a theatre podcast. When Sam champions a radical new production, Liz's fury erupts, not from having seen it, but…

6:10 pm The Problem With Kate Winslet's Dress theSpace @ Niddry St

The Problem With Kate Winslet’s Dress is a witty and heartfelt theatre piece exploring life through the lens of cinema. Inspired by iconic films and television, the show reflects…

6:10 pm Crowd Work with Frank Skinner Assembly George Square Studios

Join Frank Skinner and a series of special guests for CROWD WORK: an interactive comedy show which sees three comedians flexing their comedy muscles and taking on whatever the aud…

6:10 pm Justin Elizabeth Sayre Is a 40-Year-Old Woman Underbelly, Bristo Square

A comedy about false eyelashes and the truth that sizzles beneath: with the signature wit that's made them a staple of downtown New York, Sayre celebrates the stylish women of yes…

6:10 pm Celya AB: We Must Stop Meeting Like This Monkey Barrel Comedy

After writing for Saturday Night Live UK and selling out shows across the UK, Celya AB returns to the Fringe. Expect 'exceptional, not to mention impressively original' (Comedy.co…

6:10 pm Colman Hayes: Don't Make a Fuss Hoots @ The Apex

Colman Hayes grew up Irish Catholic, emotionally repressed and deeply afraid of making a fuss. A dark stand-up show about relationships, shame, anxiety, sex, family and trying to…

6:15 pm COMA Assembly George Square

COMA is an immersive audio experience in complete darkness. You’re lying on a bunk bed inside a shipping container. Headphones on, lights out. 360-degree sound invites you to take…

6:15 pm Steffan Alun: Windows Hoots @ The Apex

Winner of the Pegagus Award for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe 2025, the bisexual Welsh optimist returns with a brand-new hour of brilliant comedy. With strong opinions on…

6:15 pm Tale of the Firebird – Concerto for Violin, Fire & Acrobatic Orchestra Assembly Roxy

Classical precision meets circus adrenaline in this genre-bending re-imagining of a violin concerto composed by Chloé Charody for The Freestyle Orchestra. Each musician doubles as…

6:15 pm The Toe Poke Braw Venues @ Grand Lodge

This world premiere comedy play spotlights a pivotal moment in Scottish football history through the eyes of two great adversaries, as David Narey confronts his nemesis Jimmy Hill…

6:15 pm 2nd Row Comedy Showcase Braw Venues @ Hill Street

2nd Row Comedy is bringing their showcase to the Edinburgh Fringe for the first time! Come see award-winning comedians and the best up-and-comers every night of the month! With a…

6:15 pm I, Claudius: Part 2 The Royal Scots Club

The acclaimed epic drama of madness, murder and debauchery comes to the stage! Follow Claudius as the appalled chronicler of the decadence, corruption, intrigue and carnage which…

6:15 pm Saving Britney Underbelly, George Square

Millennials like Jean grew up with Britney Spears. Over the course of an hour see how the princess of pop influenced Jean's life and how the connections shared between them lead t…

6:15 pm The Ostrich Principle Scottish Storytelling Centre

The greatest stories have always opened our eyes, pricked our ears and loosened our tongues; not easy when the chaos makes us want to bury our heads. When faced with injustice, op…

6:15 pm Edinbra Fringe Comedy Laughing Horse @ Bar 50

Following on from its success at the Edinburgh Fringe the past few years, along with its sister shows Brighton Belles and Adelaides in their respective cities, this delightful, fu…

6:15 pm Pasta and Passive Aggression (WIP) Hoots @ Potterrow

Tino, an Italian surviving Britain, finds comedy in passive aggression, rainy days and polite lies. Expect tales of cultural clashes, awkward encounters and the absurdities of lif…

6:15 pm 1 King, 2 Princes and Shakespeare's Lie theSpace @ Symposium Hall

Sold out in 2025. Back by popular demand. A king. A traitor. A villain. Or was he? Richard III returns to confront the myths that condemned him, challenging Shakespeare’s version…

6:15 pm Punchline Bingo Laughing Horse @ West Port Oracle

Four top comedians try to beat the punchlines in this comedy gameshow. But YOU can win prizes too by playing the comedy bingo! All you need to do is cross the words off your card…

6:15 pm 100 Million Fish in the Aquarium Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap

A few years ago Shannon was diagnosed with OCD after a lifetime of performing ridiculous compulsions (Yes! She’s a performer!). This show is about that, amongst other things. Afte…

6:15 pm Dave Chawner: Dry Humour Laughing Horse @ The Counting House

Dave is getting older. Everyone is. Now sober, he's worried about being beige. A sharp, self-deprecating look at ageing, outlook and identity. As seen on BBC, ITV and Channel 5. H…

6:15 pm The Vampire of Rio Rotunda Theatre

A psychological solo performance inspired by a true-crime case that examines violence, trauma, and the social conditions that can contribute to extreme human behaviour. Directed b…

6:15 pm Film Noir Frog theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall

Film Noir Frog, gripped by a dirty sense of morality, continues their pledge to clean the crime-ridden city. Finding themselves the number one webbed suspect of a recent arson att…

6:15 pm All Shook Up Braw Venues @ Grand Lodge

Chad rolls into town, causes havoc and leads the teenagers to rebel and challenge the town authority. This Elvis musical is fast-paced, totally enjoyable and a great listen as thi…

6:15 pm The Burnings Braw Venues @ Grand Lodge

Accused of witchcraft, damned to Hell, this is the true story of Agnes Sampson, the East Lothian "witch". An innocent and humble folk healer blamed for storms and trying to murder…

6:15 pm Australia's Least Decorated Soldier Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters

After travelling to the UK, New Zealand, the Middle East and Indonesia. Jarryd Goundrey is back as Australia's Least Decorated Soldier. Jarryd Goundrey. Comedian and army veteran…

6:15 pm Heist: How to Steal a Masterpiece PBH's Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms

The mastermind. The conman. The inside guy. We're assembling a team. We're doing a heist. Are you in? From magician and storyteller Chris Cook comes a show full of comedy and misd…

6:15 pm I AM JOHNNY Summerhall

Boys, are you shirkin for a gherkin? Attempting openness while navigating the pressures of his troubled masculinity, Johnny finds himself off-piste in the world of spoken-word poe…

6:20 pm Ben Hart: The Labyrinth Assembly George Square Gardens

'Edinburgh's superstar magician' (Guardian) returns. Internationally acclaimed magician Ben's shows are a unique kind of alchemy... Funny, dark and baffling, Hart is a new species…

6:20 pm Lewis Garnham: Work in Progress The Gilded Saloon

A brand new work in progress hour by one of Australia's most exciting and distinctive comedians. 'A rich source of edgy jokes' **** (Chortle.co.uk). 'A very assured, natural racon…

6:20 pm Tap Out! (Or I'll Hit You Again) Gilded Balloon Patter House

Realising that his life is going nowhere, a man decides to go out in a mask and pick fights with random people on the street. He knows it's reckless and amoral, but he doesn't car…

6:20 pm Chip and Gus: A Comedy with Balls theSpace @ Venue 45

A blisteringly brilliant comedy of two oddball men playing ping-pong in a rundown upstate New York bar. Their chemistry explodes with hilarious, heart-breaking revelations. Gus, a…

6:20 pm You Can Write a Book! Greenside @ Riddles Court

Have you ever thought you might like to write a book? You can do it. It's easy. Actually that's a lie. It isn't easy. But that doesn't mean that it's impossible. You just need a l…

6:20 pm Katie Mitchell: Giddy Hoots @ Nicolson Square

In the Los Angeles suburb of Ilkeston, Derbyshire, there’s scams brewin’. Under the earth, seeping up between your toes from where the coal used to be. Here is a place of monsters…

6:20 pm Having a Baby – The Sh!t They Don’t Tell You in Books theSpace on the Mile

The journey to motherhood is fraught with the most painful and awkward moments for all women. This comedic and brutally honest one-woman show takes the audience on an emotional, a…

6:20 pm Flamencodanza C ARTS | C venues | C alto

Award-winning flamenco dance from an international duo based in Spain. Flamenco, Brazilian music and jazz fuse in this inspirational showcase of strength, elegance and beauty embo…

6:20 pm Refashioned: From Childhood Dream to Stylish Nightmare Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street)

What happens when you achieve your childhood dream of having a fashion Line in NYC but the realities don't match the fantasy. When you have to start again at an age you thought yo…

6:20 pm The Misfortunes of a Spy and Her Mystic Greenside @ George Street

In this queer-coded modern-day witch hunt, Eve, a woman working on the fringe of the mental health system, works a strange job that blurs the line between hired advocate and spy.…

6:20 pm Shaun Guff: Enuff Is Enuff Hoots @ Potterrow

My name is Shaun Guff and I’ve hit rock bottom so you don’t have to. My sensational, self-funded seminar promises* to give you the metaphorical hammer to start nailing your life.…