Fringe events in Edinburgh — Monday, August 31 (night)

9:00 pm Sauna Sessions Arts Club – The Hottest Club in Town Summerhall

You, your mates, hot sauna, cold plunge, our resident DJs on the decks, plus a host of special guests. Surprising, delighting theatrics, comedy, music, Aufguss and much more in th…

9:05 pm Every Ghost Story Ever Hoots @ Potterrow

Join connoisseur of the creepy Billy Bones for a whistle-stop tour of every ghost story ever told, or your money back!* *no refunds. Experience ghost stories from throughout the a…

9:10 pm Mark Silcox – I Have It All [A Success Story] Gilded Balloon Teviot

Mark made his fortune in gold trading and now wants to enjoy this success with other successful friends across film, music, circus, and jugglers. Just like Graham Norton show. As…

9:10 pm Bryn Woz: SMUT Assembly Roxy

Former burlesque superstar Entendre Entendre invites audiences to the launch of her memoir, SMUT, recounting her many, MANY lovers. The wild, weird, and unfortunately true, tales…

9:15 pm Puttana Summerhall

Puttana is a work that questions the boundary between body and commodity, between desire and power. In a society that normalises consumption, the buying and selling of bodies foll…

9:20 pm RapGPT: Macshane Hoots @ The Apex

'The fastest freestyle I have ever seen in my life, ever' (Simon Cowell). 'A lyrical and grammatical genius' **** (FringeFeed.com.au). RapGPT: the future of freestyle comedy – AI…

9:20 pm Mock the Clock Hoots @ Nicolson Square

Stand-up comics hit the stage with their best material before throwing caution aside for fast-paced, chaotic improvisation. Expect quick wit, big laughs and unpredictable moments…

9:20 pm How Not to Make it in America Summerhall

It's 2001. A naive young Australian actor arrives in New York. One man plays twenty-eight characters in this heartbreakingly funny award-winning play about 9/11 and chasing your d…

9:20 pm Oh My Jehovah! Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street)

Cults are funny... we know, we were born into one. Join us, Jonas and Sylas, as we tell all about our ridiculous upbringing. What did we used to believe? Why did we knock at your…

9:25 pm Jacob Hatton: Ruins Hoots @ Nicolson Square

Archaeology for perverts. An excavation of the soul. Also, some actual old things: castles... pottery... your mum. A spiky, filthy, uplifting hour of stand-up by Jacob Hatton abou…

9:30 pm Elf Lyons is The Woman on the Edge Pleasance Courtyard

'I'm sorry, I've said too much...' Sky Arts Award-winning comedian Elf Lyons is The Woman on the Edge. A completely normal, autobiographical (and in no way complex) – observationa…

9:30 pm 150% Masala Comedy Showcase Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street)

Chosen for their unique voice and spice level, top South Asian comics from across the UK are invading Edinburgh for a showcase with their best jokes! Join us before our MCs, Sorab…

9:30 pm Imogen Andrews: The Unlikeable Worms Pleasance Dome

Online comedy sensation (500k followers and 300 million views), Imogen Andrews makes her highly anticipated Fringe debut. Characters, sketches, song, multimedia and worms. She's b…

9:30 pm Sasha Nezlobin: I'm Fine Pleasance Dome

A legendary stand-up arena comedian who left Russia after making anti-war jokes and supporting the LGBTQ community, now makes his way in the West. The creator of hit Russian TV sh…

9:30 pm As Seen on TV: Prime Time Stand-Up All-Stars Hoots @ Nicolson Square

As Seen on TV brings you comedians you know off the telly, Fringe legends, and acts that've gone viral, some you'll know, some you won't. We're definitely post-watershed. Previous…

9:40 pm (No) Refunds Gilded Balloon Patter House

(No) Refunds is an interactive game show play hosted by Tiffany Gold, an old-school American host and model presenter all-in-one who quite literally depends on your entertainment.…

9:40 pm Will Hitt: Burying The Dead Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street)

London-based comedian and begrudging generational talent Will Hitt brings a new show to the Fringe. Worked out over years in comedy clubs across the UK (Top Secret Comedy Club, Ho…

9:40 pm Aideen McQueen: Wo-Manosphere Gilded Balloon Teviot

In Wo-Manosphere, Aideen McQueen becomes sober, spiritual and... insufferable! She now finally understands dating, boundaries, attachment and the male loneliness epidemic, she eve…

9:40 pm 33 Years Single Hoots @ The Apex

As seen on Britain's Got Talent! Australia’s most eligible bachelor Daniel Delby had his first girlfriend at 33... for six weeks. Come and see his awkward dating history turned in…

9:45 pm Paul Dennis: Title Explained In Blurb – The Musical. Well… sort of. Hoots @ The Apex

"Make the title self-explanatory", they said. Yeah. You can't say that to an autistic person and expect them not to hemorrhage. The show is funny songs and stories about office fr…

9:45 pm 0% British – Evenings: An Irish Stand-Up Comedy Show Alchemist Cocktail Bar and Restaurant

Warning: absolutely no British comedians were involved in this show. Three Irish headliners take to the late-night stage for an unmissable evening of no-holds-barred stand-up. Pre…

9:50 pm Jamie Kilstein: Can't Tie Knots Gilded Balloon Teviot

If the friend who talked you out of suicide killed himself, is it still possible to live like there IS a tomorrow? The acclaimed writer, actor, comedian and radio host returns to…

9:50 pm Sam Rhodes: Toy Cocoon Hoots @ The Apex

'When I was a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. Then, I failed to succeed, so I got those childish things straight back out'. After…

10:00 pm Footstomping Live Scottish Music WHISKI Bar & Restaurant

Join us at the multi award-winning Whiski bar and restaurant for a vibrant foot-stomping good time, as we showcase many traditional Scottish music bands during August. Toes will b…

10:00 pm Sarah McGuinness: Grit, Glitter and Gaslight Gilded Balloon Teviot

Documentary maker and musician Sarah turns the lens on herself in this 'poignant and powerful cabaret' (TheIrishWorld.com), blending storytelling, live music and song. From her ch…

10:00 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…

10:00 pm Sjur Hjeltnes: Go Go Go Cake and Piano Gilded Balloon Patter House

This show is a celebration of useless and delicious things such as art, music and cake. Things that have no practical application whatsoever. Not sensible, smart and efficient thi…

10:10 pm Dru Cripps: Juicy Bits Hoots @ Potterrow

"Master clown" Dru Cripps presents his phenomenally successful loopstation-based shenanigans – a show so good it earned five 5-star reviews, sold out Edinburgh completely, and add…

10:15 pm Darren Gaffney: The Full Gaffney Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar

Born in rural Ireland, in the often-forgotten Irish County of Cavan – 20 minutes from the border with Northern Ireland. Gaffney grew up on Irish farms where the hardcore Irish way…

10:15 pm Tom Short: I Get ChatGPT To Write My Edinburgh Show Hoots @ Nicolson Square

Award-winning comedian Tom Short attempts to become famous by outsourcing his Edinburgh show to artificial intelligence – and the audience. What could possibly go wrong? Blending…

10:15 pm Bunny! Summerhall

Meet Bunny, an aspiring theatre starlet looking for her big break. She's also a serial killer, streamlining the talent pool through cold-blooded murder to increase her chances of…

10:20 pm Big Naked Variety Show Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street)

The sell-out comedy runs away to the circus! See the very best magicians, jugglers and contortionists as you've never seen them before (unless you've been very lucky). Raw and unc…

10:20 pm IKEA WARS Gilded Balloon Patter House

IKEA WARS is back! It's time once again to enter the flat pack thunderdome! Two Fringe performers go head-to-head in the ultimate home improvement indignity – building IKEA furnit…

10:20 pm Good Girl Gilded Balloon Patter House

Leave after the first lie. That's what everyone says, isn't it? It's good advice. Because it's a lot harder to leave after the second. Or the third. With her marriage imploding, A…

10:30 pm 12th Annual Haters' Ball Hoots @ The Apex

Winner of the 2026 Chortle Award for Best Format Show at the Edinburgh Fringe. The Haters' Ball returns for its 12th riotous year, pitting four comedians head to head in a battle…

10:30 pm Thermodrama Summerhall

Four people enter a sauna, three walk out. Over an hour, a group of strangers get hotter and hotter. So hot, they start to cook. Coco Cottam's new play Thermodrama measures the co…

10:30 pm Shit Arcade Gilded Balloon Teviot

Shit Arcade is a comedy show in which a panel of comedians are forced to play and roast some of the worst games of all time live on stage. From ET for the Atari 2600 to Little Bri…

10:30 pm Laughing Stock Gilded Balloon Teviot

You know them from Netflix, Comedy Central, HBO and Amazon Prime, and from historic stages like The Hollywood Improv and The Comedy Store. Back again after their two smash sold-ou…

10:30 pm Stephen Catling: Clown Fish Out Of Water Hoots @ Potterrow

When clowns can't breathe water and fish can't breathe air – what's a poor Clown Fish to do in this cruel world? In 2025, Catling (Keep It Fringe Award Winner 2023, Malcolm Hardee…

10:40 pm Daddy Summerhall

Joel has Daddy issues. In a party of pick'n'mix participation, acclaimed Aboriginal choreographer, Joel Bray, hankers for his father and their lost mother tongue. Creating a candy…

10:40 pm Rhino Conservation Erotic Novel Hoots @ The Apex

Rhinos are going extinct and human birth rates are declining across the West. Two young men have taken it upon themselves to Make Cum Great Again by creating the ultimate erotic e…

10:45 pm TITCLOWN: daddy's little girl Summerhall

OnlyFans slut makes a clown show about falling in love Presented by: TITCLOWN | United Kingdom - England Comedy | Clown | Performance art Duration: 60 min Wheelchair access, wheel…

10:45 pm Puck Bunnies: A Heated Rivalry Drag Musical Parody Gilded Balloon Patter House

Since Heated Rivalry graced our screens, there's been a collective yearning throughout the world. That yearning comes to the stage with Puck Bunnies: A Heated Rivalry Drag Musical…

10:50 pm Maria Fedulova: Literal Saint Hoots @ The Apex

After a sold-out Edinburgh debut run, award-winning comedian and political refugee Maria Fedulova returns with a sequel to Russian. Mafia. Family. Are you a good person? Maria thi…

10:50 pm Rachel Baker Presents: Gwen – This is Not a Pyramid Scheme Hoots @ Nicolson Square

Hi, Gwen here, I'm out of prison and, no, I don't have any more bacon and egg flavoured vapes for sale! BUT, this is my next venture, I'll teach you how to become resilient, gorge…

11:00 pm Comedians Play Video Games Hoots @ The Apex

Geeks, nerds unite! From Smash Bros to Overcooked, Mario Kart to Goose Game, a brief detour via Tetris and a pitstop at Pikmin: Jake Baker, Steffan Alun and Cerys Bradley welcome…

11:20 pm F*ck Trump: A Stand-Up Show for Charity Hoots @ The Apex

Sid Singh (NBC, BBC, Barcelona's Funniest Comedian) and Clayton Smith (North Korea's 2nd best DJ) bring all of their funny friends from all over the world to make jokes and raise…

11:45 pm Big Naked Comedy Show Hoots @ Potterrow

The sell-out hit returns! Host Paul Savage, 'the perfect anchorman' (BroadwayBaby.com), presents a revolving line-up of brilliant comedians as you've never seen them before (unles…

11:55 pm Late'n'Live Gilded Balloon Teviot

The original late-night show returns with stellar line-ups of your favourite acts from the festival, hosted by the best MCs in the country, every single night of the Fringe. 'The…

11:55 pm Doing Time with Lavinia C ARTS | C venues | C aquila

Lavinia Draper, alcohol-soaked performer of a certain age, maintains her dream despite the struggle. The strife of ageing artists, most particularly women, facing unrepentant disc…

11:55 pm Princess Sparkles Hoots @ Potterrow

Step into the not-so-glittery world of Princess Sparkles, a professional princess-for-hire who’s very available, a teeny bit unstable and just that little bit too much. Appearing…

11:55 pm Beyond Time – Othello Part II C ARTS | C venues | C digital

After death, Othello and Desdemona meet again. In a quiet, intimate dialogue, love, doubt and memory collide revealing what remains after the tragedy, and what was never understoo…

11:55 pm PeoplePeople C ARTS | C venues | C digital

A wildly quirky piece of physical theatre from Japan. Watching PeoplePeople is like peering into the minds of its five characters: a professor, a punk, a pierrot, a patient and a…

11:55 pm Mina Liccione: Arabized C ARTS | C venues | C digital

This engaging performance follows New York comedian, STOMP and Broadway veteran Mina Liccione’s adventure living in the Middle East, embracing the same Arab world she was once tau…

11:55 pm Fires on the Plain C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Experience a bold theatrical adaptation of one of Japan’s most powerful war novels: Ooka Shohei’s classic Fires on the Plain reimagined for the stage. This solo performance brings…

11:55 pm Hiding Behind the Mask: Jesters, Jokers and Clowns C ARTS | C venues | C digital

An intriguing, soul-searching masterclass into the theatrical lens of fantasy and reality. Join multi-faceted Professor Rosemary George for 'a sophisticated examination of humanit…

11:55 pm SICK C ARTS | C venues | C digital

A dance theatre work exploring one man’s internal battle with depression, loss and memory. Combining choreography with cinematic imagery, SICK delves into psychological tension an…

11:55 pm The Forever Wave C ARTS | C venues | C digital

If you survive the apocalypse, don’t you get to help build what comes after? The Forever Wave is an audio experience set in drowned San Francisco, circa 2070 inspired by Dylan Tho…