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A Simple Space

Show Time: 13:30
Duration: 50 mins
Debating Hall

Gravity & Other Myths is recognised as one of the most exciting circus ensembles in Australia, creating work that is highly physical, innovative and honest. Following on from their critically acclaimed and widely toured production ...

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A Simple Space

Adam and Eve: The Musical

Show Time: 12:15
Duration: 60 mins
Nightclub

It is the morning after the fall of man. Adam and Eve awaken in a part of Eden they don't recognise. Where are they? What did they do last night? And what's going on underneath Adam's fig leaf? Adam and Eve: The Musical is a hilarious ...

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Adam and Eve: The Musical

Aisling Bea: C'est La Bea

Show Time: 18:30
Duration: 60 mins
The Turret

Highly anticipated debut stand-up show from Irish comedian and winner of So You Think You're Funny? 2012. Featuring joke filled tales of life, death, hip-hop, raving and riding. The Independent's "One To Watch", an Amused Moose ...

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Aisling Bea: C'est La Bea

Al Murray The Pub Landlord’s Compete For The Haggis Independence Special!

Show Time: 23:15
Duration: 120mins
Wine Bar

The ultimate pub quiz is back! Featuring The Pub Landlord's new comedy character Barry Braveheart, there will be Scots trivia and stuffed guts to be won! Pub quiz questions, Pub Landlord rules - all in aid of CamKids

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Al Murray The Pub Landlord’s Compete For The Haggis Independence Special!

Alex Williamson

Show Time: 22:00
Duration: 60 mins
Wine Bar

Over 250,000 subscribers and 26,000,000 views, he's a global YouTube sensation. Forty-six consecutive sold out live shows across Australia. Book early and let this multimedia superstar entertain you! Warning this show is not for the feint ...

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Alex Williamson

Alistair McGowan: Damn Labels!

Show Time: 19:30
Duration: 60 mins
Debating Hall

Alistair McGowan: Damn Labels! Britain's favourite impressionist asks the big questions: would the world be a happier place if Ed Miliband was PM? What are we really thinking while watching Shakespeare? And is Hilary Devey Jessie J's ...

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Alistair McGowan: Damn Labels!

Barry Castagnola: The Donny Donkins 'As (hopefully soon to be) Seen On TV' Show

Show Time: 14:00
Duration: 60 mins
Wee Room

Undisputed* King of Comedy Donny Donkins brings a live TV show to the Fringe. It will literally be like Parkinson, Live at the Apollo, Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle, Saturday Kitchen, Beadle's About, Watchdog and Panorama - all rolled ...

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Barry Castagnola: The Donny Donkins 'As (hopefully soon to be) Seen On TV' Show

Bath Time

Show Time: 15:15
Duration: 60 mins
Wee Room

Tidy sexual health clinic nurses vs Maggie Thatcher, microchip robbers vs drug runners, hand jobs vs Xmas trees. Gangland Edinburgh 1996. Three childhood friends Spike, Joe Joe and Billy take part in a high scale robbery that goes wrong. ...

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Bath Time

Beardyman: One Album Per Hour

Show Time: 21:00
Duration: 60 mins
Debating Hall

Travelling at the speed of thought in his brand new music production spaceship, the world class multi award-winning musician and comedian transcends mere mimicry to produce studio quality compositions faster than most could imagine them. ...

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Beardyman: One Album Per Hour

Bec & Tom's Awesome Laundry

Show Time: 11:00
Duration: 60 mins
Billiard Room

Oh pants! It's laundry day! But Bec ("side-splittingly funny" ThreeWeeks) and Tom ("clever gags and bumbling charm" Scotsman) have other ideas*. Join the puerile pair in a world of silliness, make-believe and bad celebrity ...

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Bec & Tom's Awesome Laundry

Ben Champion: Human

Show Time: 12:45
Duration: 60 mins
Wee Room

His auto-correct song has over 150,000 views on YouTube. He's written music for BBC, Channel 4 and Absolutely Fabulous. Now Ben Champion brings a solo show of stand-up and comedy songs to Edinburgh, in which he asks - what does it mean ...

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Ben Champion: Human

Benny Davis: The Human Jukebox

Show Time: 22:45
Duration: 60 mins
Dining Room

The Axis of Awesome's Benny Davis will music at you like mad in his break out solo show! His technical mastery, mind-blowing skills, and patented musical satire, strung together in a showcase of his "phenomenal talent" (Scotsman). ...

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Benny Davis: The Human Jukebox

Best New Sketch Act 2013: The Final

Show Time: 22:00
Duration: 90mins
Wine Bar

It's the grand final of the Gilded Balloon and Sketch Club's exciting new competition for sketch and character comedy writers and performers. In front of a panel of expert judges from the comedy industry, the winners of six London heats ...

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Best New Sketch Act 2013: The Final

Björn Gustafsson

Show Time: 23:59
Duration: 60 mins
Sportsmans

The witty and likeable entertainer Björn Gustafsson started off his career at the early age of 20. A year later he landed his first TV gig, a debut that reached over four million views on YouTube. Later he wowed the Swedish audience ...

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Björn Gustafsson

Brothers and Sisters... It's The Reverend Obadiah Steppenwolfe III

Show Time: 17:30
Duration: 60 mins
Nightclub

The Reverend is not your average holy man. Join your fellow sinners for this star-studded and hilarious chat show with a twist. Not for the faint-hearted or easily offended! 'Laugh? I almost shat myself... Sacrilegious and divinely hysterical' ...

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Brothers and Sisters... It's The Reverend Obadiah Steppenwolfe III

Carey Marx: Intensive Carey

Show Time: 22:00
Duration: 60 mins
Balcony

I laughed at everything until I had a heart attack. Now I'm laughing at that.

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Carey Marx: Intensive Carey

Caroline Rhea

Show Time: 20:15
Duration: 60 mins
Dining Room

Caroline Rhea, stand-up comedian and actress brings her fresh, funny and spontaneous show to Edinburgh. You know her from Curb Your Enthusiasm. She was Aunt Hilda in Sabrina the Teenage Witch and the host of NBC's The Biggest Loser. Her ...

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Caroline Rhea

Choose Your Own Documentary By Nathan Penlington

Show Time: 13:30
Duration: 90mins
Sportsmans

A found diary, a film crew and an incredible true story. Inspired by the Choose Your Own Adventure books of the 1980s, you determine Nathan's fate in a unique interactive experience. Every twist and turn is in your hands. With over 1500 ...

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Choose Your Own Documentary By Nathan Penlington

Chris Fitchew in Jack of All Trades

Show Time: 15:45
Duration: 60 mins
Balcony

Chris Fitchew, in his debut Edinburgh festival solo show, brings together a fast and furious comedy spectacle. With an array of fun-loving and haphazardous characters, breakneck and side-splitting sketches, a sprinkling of hilarious songs, ...

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Chris Fitchew in Jack of All Trades

Chris Kent: Second Fix

Show Time: 16:30
Duration: 60 mins
Wee Room

After a massive year of touring, storming the Irish festival scene, and topping the download charts with RTE's radio show The Second Republic, award-winning comedian Chris returns to the Edinburgh fringe with his brand new show. Following ...

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Chris Kent: Second Fix

Comedy Countdown

Show Time: 23:59
Duration: 90mins
Dining Room

Witness comedians pitted against each other in something almost resembling everybody's favourite teatime quiz! Previous contestants include Mark Watson, Sarah Millican, Richard Herring, Josie Long and Alex Horne. Hosted by Dan Atkinson.

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Comedy Countdown

Croft & Pearce

Show Time: 16:30
Duration: 60 mins
Sportsmans

Alistair McGowan called them 'brilliant sketch comedians', they were amongst theList's Top Five Double Acts 2012 and NewCurrent.com said 'there isn't a sketch group out there as perfect as this' ****. Fresh from a residency at London's ...

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Croft & Pearce

Damian Clark in G'Damo!

Show Time: 19:00
Duration: 60 mins
Wee Room

Fresh from supporting Kevin Bridges and Jack Dee on their national 2012 tours, Aussie boy Damian Clark explodes back to the Fringe for his second solo show of high octane mayhem. Now is the time to catch this raw talent as he stands on ...

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Damian Clark in G'Damo!

Daniel Cainer: Schtick and Spiel

Show Time: 12:45
Duration: 60 mins
Wine Bar

Master songwriter presents more Jewish chronicles, truisms, and sharp wit, set to music. You don't have to know your schtick from your schmear, your schlep from schlock or your Israel from your Palestine. This one man show is chicken ...

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Daniel Cainer: Schtick and Spiel

Dave Callan: The Psychology of Laughter

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Dave Callan: The Psychology of Laughter

Dave Callan: The Psychology of Laughter

Show Time: 22:45
Duration: 60 mins
Wee Room

Dave found a book in Edinburgh last year called the Psychology of Laughter. It was written in 1913. An exact century of time later Dave brings the volume to a new audience, updating it for now and explaining exactly why we laugh at the ...

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Dave Callan: The Psychology of Laughter

Davey Connor Live! But Not in Your Living Room

Show Time: 22:15
Duration: 60 mins
The Turret

Hotly anticipated debut solo stand up show from "one of the best upcoming Scottish Comedians" (List). His observational material "hits the nail on the head" (Herald), with "an incredulous eye for the ridiculous" ...

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Davey Connor Live! But Not in Your Living Room

Diane Spencer: Hurricane Diane

Show Time: 17:45
Duration: 60 mins
Wee Room

Some people go through life easily, others are accidents waiting to happen. Diane Spencer is a natural disaster. Like a Calamity Jane Asher, her simple plans turn into ludicrous events, spiralling out of control. Told from the setting ...

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Diane Spencer: Hurricane Diane

Do We Need You After The Apocalypse? The Game Show

Show Time: 23:59
Duration: 60 mins
Dining Room

Ever wondered if you had what it takes to be a survivor? Can you make tough decisions? Do you know how to make a fire out of a broken chair and some hope? Jarred Christmas and Tom Davis host a game show like no other as we find out if ...

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Do We Need You After The Apocalypse? The Game Show

Don't Wake Me: The Ballad of Nihal Armstrong with Jaye Griffiths

Show Time: 12:10
Duration: 60 mins
Dining Room

The deeply moving, often funny love story of a mother's fight for her intelligent, disabled and silent son. After baby Nihal's terrifying delivery, his besotted mother says her backbone lost its steel when the doctor predicts that this ...

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Don't Wake Me: The Ballad of Nihal Armstrong with Jaye Griffiths

Doug Segal: I Can Make You a Mentalist

Show Time: 18:30
Duration: 60mins
Billiard Room

Doug Segal: I Can Make You a Mentalist ThreeWeeks Award winner Doug returns with a brand new comedy mind reading show where he turns the audience into mind reading mentalists. 'Imagine if Derren Brown was funny' (Evening Standard). Expect ...

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Doug Segal: I Can Make You a Mentalist

Dressing Down

Show Time: 15:00
Duration: 60 mins
Nightclub

Following last year's phenomenally successful I am, I am ('These boys are built to last, catch them while you can' List) comes a sartorial odyssey that's decked out, dolled up and dressing down. Fresh from a sell-out Footlights Spring ...

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Dressing Down

Eric and Little Ern

Show Time: 15:15
Duration: 60 mins
Wine Bar

This brilliantly funny tribute to Morecambe and Wise uses classic scripts to vividly recreate some of the finest moments of the great double act's television and stage performances.

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Eric and Little Ern

Gamarjobat (ga-ma-jo-bat) Rock Out!

Show Time: 16:30
Duration: 60mins
Debating Hall

Finally, the global physical comedy sensation are back, and this time they are determined to join the rock'n'roll hall of fame. These guys have been wowing audiences all over the world, from China to Broadway, with their unique and hilarious ...

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Gamarjobat (ga-ma-jo-bat) Rock Out!

Get Involved Charabang!

Show Time: 00:15
Duration: 90mins
Nightclub

Get Involved are very proud to present Charabang! A brand new showcase of talent from our roster. Charabang will host only the very best in emerging talent from Get Involved: co-founders of Bestival and managers of acts including DJ Yoda, ...

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Get Involved Charabang!

Gordon Southern: The Kerfuffle

Show Time: 17:45
Duration: 60 mins
Sportsmans

Ninth Edinburgh Show! All new world-class unnecessary fuss. "Poetic, clever and joyfully freewheeling" (Chortle.co.uk). A massive hit in the hemisphere with which he shares a name, Southern has crafted a lovely show full of ...

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Gordon Southern: The Kerfuffle

Gravity Boots

Show Time: 17:15
Duration: 60 mins
The Turret

Storybook sketches, songs, thousands of snakes falling from the ceiling, and more ridiculous lies performed as insane truth. Join these Adelaide born fiction merchants on a hilarious journey through strange and beautiful worlds, with ...

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Gravity Boots

Greg Proops

Show Time: 21:00
Duration: 60 mins
Debating Hall

Part improv, part drug-ridden anecdotes Greg Proops is back on the Fringe for his 39th award-seeking year. Each show is different as Greg cannot remember his act from night to night. Mr. Proops played in a tent last year. He is grateful ...

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Greg Proops

Greg Proops: The Smartest Man In The World

Show Time: 22:15
Duration: 60 mins
Wine Bar

It's just Proops and you. There's no fan fare. Proops takes centre stage at small table and chair. Then he's off. An hour of great conversation that flies by at a break neck clip. He crams the feeling of a great two-way conversation into ...

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Greg Proops: The Smartest Man In The World

Hal Cruttenden: Tough Luvvie

Show Time: 22:00
Duration: 60 mins
Wine Bar

Following acclaimed performances on TV and radio, it's time for Hal to hit the road with his sell-out 2012 Edinburgh show. Book early. Eight shows only

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Hal Cruttenden: Tough Luvvie

Hedluv and Passman: Two Cornish Rappers and a Casiotone Two: This Time It's Similar

Show Time: 23:30
Duration: 60mins
Billiard Room

Having got some decent quotes last year, the pair return in order to make use out of them. Freakily funny and oddly mesmerising (Guardian). The perfect Fringe show (Rhys Darby). A malicious trap for late night punters (Fest). Disturbingly ...

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Hedluv and Passman: Two Cornish Rappers and a Casiotone Two: This Time It's Similar

How to Make a Killing in Bollywood

Show Time: 15:00
Duration: 60 mins
Debating Hall

A brand new comedy about two best friends who decide to quit their jobs in a fast food restaurant and head to Bollywood in search of fame and fortune. Just how far are they boys willing to go to realise their dreams? This show features ...

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How to Make a Killing in Bollywood

Howard Read: Hide and Speak

Show Time: 21:30
Duration: 60 mins
Dining Room

He was the first to use animation in live comedy, the first to make a cartoon boy belch in front of the Queen. Now multi award-winning stand-up animator Howard Read says he can perform stand-up as a cartoon character, live. Animated characters ...

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Howard Read: Hide and Speak

Humza Arshad presents Diary of a Badman

Show Time: 22:45
Duration: 60 mins
Wee Room

With 47+ million YouTube views, DOABM is Arshad's hysterical take on what life is like for a young British Pakistani Muslim. The most viewed comedian in the UK, The Diary of a Bad Man star Humza Arshad returns to the stage for the first ...

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Humza Arshad presents Diary of a Badman

Hush

Show Time: 12:00
Duration: 50mins
Balcony

Can you keep a secret? Nosey the Superspyingspy needs your help to catch all of Princess's secrets. Come and find out what she's hiding but be careful you don't fall into one of her giant puddles of tears! Intimate and interactive fun ...

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Hush

Inside

Show Time: 12:15
Duration: 55mins
The Turret

Inspired by astonishing true stories, Inside is a psychological drama that explores the effects of Stockholm Syndrome on a kidnap victim desperate to keep hope. Locked in a basement for 12 years, the victim has survived physical and psychological ...

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Inside

It's Me Dayne

Show Time: 19:45
Duration: 60 mins
The Turret

Dayne Rathbone is the strangest and funniest new comic in Australia. It's Me Dayne is an unimaginably funny voyage into the life and mind of this unusual man. Winner, Raw Comedy 2011 (Australia's biggest comedy competition). Runner-up, ...

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It's Me Dayne

Janey Godley Is Ungagged

Show Time: 18:45
Duration: 60 mins
Nightclub

Multi award-winning Glaswegian Janey Godley returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with a new show fresh from a Glasgow Comedy Festival sell-out, supported by her comedy podcast partner and stand-up daughter Ashley Storrie. Last year in the ...

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Janey Godley Is Ungagged

Jenny Eclair: Eclairious

Show Time: 19:30
Duration: 60mins
Debating Hall

Catch her while she still can! Jenny is enormously pleased to be back in Edinburgh, despite the fact that doing stand-up gives her varicose veins and the damp makes her fungal. All support gratefully received. Eclair has been doing Edinburgh ...

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Jenny Eclair: Eclairious

Joe Bor Is Jasper Cromwell Jones

Show Time: 19:00
Duration: 60 mins
Sportsmans

A new show from award-winning comedian and warm-up for the Graham Norton Show and Mock The Week. Joe plays a hapless climber who retells the story of a treacherous climb.

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Joe Bor Is Jasper Cromwell Jones

Julie Madly Deeply

Show Time: 14:55
Duration: 60 mins
Dining Room

Adored by millions, Dame Julie Andrews is a genuine legend of entertainment. This new cabaret is a delightfully funny and candid love letter to a true show business survivor. With award-winning Fascinating Aida star Sarah-Louise Young.

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Julie Madly Deeply

Just So Stories

Show Time: 11:30
Duration: 60mins
Debating Hall

Come, oh best-beloved, and see how the elephant's trunk, the leopard's spots and the camel's hump were made in this dazzling new musical of Kipling's classic tales. Using spectacular movement, puppetry and a little bit of magic this 'fine ...

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Just So Stories

Kai Humphries - Shameless

Show Time: 20:45
Duration: 60mins
Balcony

'Humphries is a lovely Geordie comic and this set wasn't just funny, it was like being cuddled for an hour, bathed in his sunny friendliness and impossible likeability that makes his rude humour feel mischievous and thoroughly inoffensive ...

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Kai Humphries - Shameless

Katie Goodman: I Didn't F*ck It Up

Show Time: 16:30
Duration: 60 mins
Wine Bar

"Joyously vulgar!" ***** (Los Angeles Examiner). Musical satire from the uncensored mind of YouTube sensation Katie Goodman. "Tim Minchin, only dirtier!" ***** (FlavorPill.com). "Rivals Flight of the Conchords" ...

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Katie Goodman: I Didn't F*ck It Up

KelFi & FiKel

Show Time: 21:30
Duration: 60 mins
Wee Room

 

This twisted musical comedy duo (Sydney Morning Herald’s 2012 Top Ten Rising Comedians) bring their hilariously questionable taste to Edinburgh. Kel and Fi’s infectious songs and irreverent sketches will delight ...

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KelFi & FiKel

Kids Do Forth on the Fringe

Show Time: 13:30
Duration: 90mins
Debating Hall

Kids Do Forth on the Fringe Showcasing an afternoon of some of the best names in children's entertainment at this year's Edinburgh Fringe. Suitable for all the family. For more info and line-up: www.forthone.com.

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Kids Do Forth on the Fringe

Kiss Me Honey, Honey!

Show Time: 18:45
Duration: 75 mins
Dining Room

Two men of a certain age form an unlikely friendship through a shared love of Shirley Bassey. Together they begin a hilarious search for the women of their dreams. Acclaimed Scottish actors Andy Gray and Grant Stott star as Ross and Graham ...

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Kiss Me Honey, Honey!

Knightmare Live

Show Time: 17:30
Duration: 60 mins
Dining Room

Welcome watchers of illusion to the castle of confusion. The immortal words of Treguard the Dungeon Master ring out for the first time in 20 years as he opens the doors to the world of adventure, but do you dare enter? Knightmare, the ...

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Knightmare Live

Late'n'Live

Show Time: 01:00
Duration: 240mins
Debating Hall

The original and best late night show on the Fringe presents its 27th year of unadulterated comedy mayhem. Expect the unexpected and enjoy live music from our fabulous house bands!

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Late'n'Live

Lloyd Langford: Galoot

Show Time: 21:30
Duration: 60 mins
Sportsmans

Ga-loot: noun /ga'lu:t/ slang - a fellow, especially one who is strange or foolish. In 2013 Lloyd has decided to become a little bit more reckless. A stand-up comedy show about embracing your inner bell end. Will contain jokes about rum, ...

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Lloyd Langford: Galoot

Luisa Omielan: What would Beyoncé do?!

Show Time: 21:15
Duration: 60 mins
Nightclub

All the single ladies, you know when you fall Crazy In Love but it goes tits up, you're Me, Myself & I, but then you Get Me Bodied, you're like he's the Best Thing I Never Had! If like me, you're an Independent Woman still living ...

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Luisa Omielan: What would Beyoncé do?!

Lysistrata: The Disco Vaudeville Rock'n'Roll Musical

Show Time: 11:30
Duration: 90mins
Debating Hall

Twenty-first century meets 400 BC in this modern classical battle of the sexes. Featuring original music, dance, puppetry, battle scenes. "The musical numbers will echo in your head for days" (News Times).

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Lysistrata: The Disco Vaudeville Rock'n'Roll Musical

Mark Dolan - You're Awesome!

Show Time: 19:45
Duration: 60mins
Billiard Room

TV's Mark Dolan is back with his hilarious new stand-up show for 2013. Mark's glass is half full, as he celebrates the awesome things in life, like finding money in old trousers, dogs leaning out of car windows, and discovering that your ...

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Mark Dolan - You're Awesome!

Mel Buttle: How Embarrassment

Show Time: 16:00
Duration: 60mins
Billiard Room

Mel Buttle has had a cracker of a year. Her own spot on a national radio show, No.2 podcast on Australian iTunes and finally feeling comfortable at making eye contact with bus drivers. Despite her success Mel Buttle is writing this with ...

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Mel Buttle: How Embarrassment

Michael J Dolan: Nothing Will Ever Be Alright Again, Ever

Show Time: 16:00
Duration: 60 mins
The Turret

You deserve to die. We all do! But that's okay, we all will. Just not soon enough. Come and endure a comedian that only one in five people seem to enjoy, performing an even less accessible show than his critically acclaimed last one. ...

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Michael J Dolan: Nothing Will Ever Be Alright Again, Ever

Michael Mittermeier: Das Blackout

Show Time: 21:15
Duration: 60 mins
Nightclub

"Quick-witted ... teasingly intelligent" **** (Telegraph). Following a successful UK invasion in 2012, Germany's top comedian returns with a new show. An insider's guide to Earth's final frontier: the eerie yet fascinatingly ...

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Michael Mittermeier: Das Blackout

Mick Ferry: Has Been Found Wanting

Show Time: 18:15
Duration: 60mins
Balcony

In the heat of a recent argument, Mick's family confronted him with his many shortcomings. You may have seen him on Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow and John Bishop's Only Joking. Join this top-billing star of the UK circuit as he takes ...

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Mick Ferry: Has Been Found Wanting

Milo McCabe: Schiz

Show Time: 17:00
Duration: 60mins
Balcony

With personalities split between an unlikely Scrabble champion, a dandy on the Dole and others, meet Milo's latest selection of funny faces. 'Brilliantly observed' (Scotsgay). 'Undeniably funny' (Chortle.co.uk). Top 10 Show 2012, GQ. ...

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Milo McCabe: Schiz

Miracles Etc

Show Time: 20:15
Duration: 60 mins
Wee Room

Comedy, magic and casual miracles from angular urban wizard Pete Heat. "The Channel 4 generation's Houdini... He's Noel Fielding performing sleight of hand, some lanky, cuddly love-child of Demitri Martin and Mitch Hedberg" ...

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Miracles Etc

Morgan and West: A Grand Adventure

Show Time: 16:15
Duration: 60 mins
Dining Room

Gadzooks! Time travelling magicians Morgan and West have lost the secrets to all of their tricks and by hell or high water they intend to get them back. Join the dashing duo on the expedition of a lifetime as they cross continents, meddle ...

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Morgan and West: A Grand Adventure

Mother F

Show Time: 14:45
Duration: 60mins
Billiard Room

Mother F is a celebratory and touching comedy about mothers. A mother dies and two sisters rummage through her attic. Mother F is about an ordinary, wonderful and awful mother. Told using a physical style, new writing, witty choreography, ...

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Mother F

Murder, Marple and Me

Show Time: 12:00
Duration: 60mins
Billiard Room

Margaret Rutherford's performance as Miss Marple made her a true movie icon, but it nearly didn't happen. She was made a legend of the screen through her performance as the classic Agatha Christie character, a role Rutherford never wanted ...

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Murder, Marple and Me

Patrick Monahan Cake Charmer

Show Time: 20:45
Duration: 60 mins
Wine Bar

New stand-up show from the comedian who likes hugging and eating cake but not simultaneously! Hosts Sky TV's Jongleurs Live! Seen on ITV2 Fake Reaction, CBBC 12 Again, BBC1 Let's Dance. 'Hilarious without being outrageous' ***** (ThreeWeeks). ...

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Patrick Monahan Cake Charmer

Paul Zerdin: No Strings

Show Time: 20:00
Duration: 60 mins
Nightclub

With 3 million plus YouTube hits, Paul Zerdin has taken ventriloquism to new heights. It won't be long before his unsuspecting audience notice that it's not just the puppets he's controlling!

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Paul Zerdin: No Strings

Poopiedoopiedoop

Show Time: 11:30
Duration: 60 mins
Wee Room

Poopiedoopiedoop is a hilariously silly kids show, fun for kids and parents alike. Marvellous stories, whacky characters, science experiments, exciting games, stinky farts, fantastic dances, and real magic! Presented by award-winning ...

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Poopiedoopiedoop

Rhys Nicholson: Dawn of a New Error

Show Time: 22:45
Duration: 60 mins
Sportsmans

Rhys Nicholson was watching TV with his boyfriend when he suddenly felt a warm sensation over his body. Rhys thought it was a stroke. It turned out to be happiness. Like some sort of coma patient, awoken from a sleep of misery and pessimism, ...

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Rhys Nicholson: Dawn of a New Error

Riding the Midnight Express with Billy Hayes

Show Time: 21:00
Duration: 60mins
Debating Hall

The world premiere stage show of the true story behind Alan Parker and Oliver Stone's Oscar-winning film Midnight Express, by the person who lived it. Billy Hayes' astounding tale of his daring escape after five years in a Turkish prison, ...

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Riding the Midnight Express with Billy Hayes

Rubberbandits

Show Time: 22:40
Duration: 60 mins
Nightclub

Riotous chart-topping bagheads from Limerick return fresh from two sold out London seasons. Wild, outrageous antics including their hilarious 10m views YouTube sensastion Horse Outside.

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Rubberbandits

Sam Lloyd: Fully Committed

Show Time: 17:45
Duration: 60 mins
Wine Bar

After last year's sell-out run with The Blanks, Sam Lloyd (Ted from TV's Scrubs) returns to the Fringe to play all 37 roles in Becky Mode's machine gun paced, hilarious one-man comedy play; Fully Committed. Lloyd plays Sam Peliczowski, ...

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Sam Lloyd: Fully Committed

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre - In Space

Show Time: 22:15
Duration: 60 mins
Billiard Room

The Abbott & Costello of the sock world (Time Out), stars of stage, screen and YouTube bring you a new show of sci-fi themed songs, sketches, socks and violence. After five sell-out years at Edinburgh and tours from Aberdeen to Adelaide ...

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Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre - In Space

Sean Hughes - Penguins

Show Time: 19:30
Duration: 60 mins
Wine Bar

Following on from last year's hit show, Sean is back with another gem. This year he asks is a man the sum of his parts? Tackling all nature of human failings and foibles he takes you on a whirlwind hour that includes older brothers, The ...

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Sean Hughes - Penguins

So You Think You're Funny?

Show Time: 20:00
Duration: 150mins
Debating Hall

Welcome to the Grand Final of the 26th year of the best stand-up comedy newcomers competition in the UK!. Previous winners include Dylan Moran, Lee Mack, Peter Kay and David O'Doherty. Who will be crowned funniest this year?

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So You Think You're Funny?

So You Think You're Funny?

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Wine Bar

Welcome to the Grand Final of the 26th year of the best stand-up comedy newcomers competition in the UK!. Previous winners include Dylan Moran, Lee Mack, Peter Kay and David O'Doherty. Who will be crowned funniest this year?

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So You Think You're Funny?

Sotho Sounds: Junk Funk

Show Time: 13:30
Duration: 60mins
Nightclub

Sotho Sounds are funky shepherds from the Kingdom of Lesotho, who have created their own brand of junk funk by blending the sounds of instruments fashioned from recycled materials, and the hugely popular choral tradition of Lesotho. This ...

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Sotho Sounds: Junk Funk

Sugar & Vice: All the Men We've Never Slept With

Show Time: 21:00
Duration: 60mins
The Turret

Often the sexiest stories are the ones you don't quite finish. Join the sometimes sweet, mostly naughty girls of Sugar & Vice for late night songs and laughter. Courtney's saving herself until marriage and knows that you find that ...

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Sugar & Vice: All the Men We've Never Slept With

The Adventures of Caroline and Mr Clown

Show Time: 11:30
Duration: 60 mins
Wine Bar

Join Caroline Rhea of Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Phineas and Ferb and her new best friend, Mr Clown, an adorable, quick-witted puppet, as they sing, play and joke their way through basic language skills, manners, and other exciting ...

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The Adventures of Caroline and Mr Clown

The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs Revisited

Show Time: 16:15
Duration: 60 mins
Nightclub

Daisey's play about America's mysterious technology icon is revisited for 2013. This is a hilarious and sometimes harrowing tale of Steve Jobs and the Chinese workers toiling to make your beloved iPhones. Explore the legality and morality ...

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The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs Revisited

The Appalling Carly Smallman

Show Time: 19:30
Duration: 60 mins
Balcony

Carly Smallman is appalling. At 27 she thinks she will probably never own a house, meet the one or stop watching cartoons. She tells strangers that she works for NASA just to sound more exciting, and binge eats in public changing rooms. ...

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The Appalling Carly Smallman

The Canadians of Comedy

Show Time: 23:15
Duration: 60 mins
Balcony

Three headlining, multi award-winning Canadians on one bill! Tim Rabnet, Allyson Smith and Paul Myrehaug are all Montreal Just For Laughs Comedy Festival veterans and boast a combined 40 years of stand-up experience. The Canadians of ...

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The Canadians of Comedy

The Comedian's Comedian Live With Stuart Goldsmith

Show Time: 17:15
Duration: 60 mins
Billiard Room

The Comedian's Comedian Live With Stuart Goldsmith The stand-up turns interviewer in this live version of the popular podcast, featuring in depth interviews with comedy's most respected names. Previous guests have included Sarah Millican, ...

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The Comedian's Comedian Live With Stuart Goldsmith

The Good Enough Mums Club

Show Time: 13:15
Duration: 60 mins
Billiard Room

Take a poignant and hilarious toddle through the highs, lows and sleep deprivation of mummyhood. From peeing on sticks to drooping tits we share the love and dispel the myths with plenty of wipes on hand to mop away tears and snotty laughter. ...

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The Good Enough Mums Club

The Inventor and The Escort

Show Time: 12:00
Duration: 60 mins
Sportsmans

During the worst blizzard in New York City history, Julia, a call girl, arrives for an appointment with Jeffrey, a reclusive young man who has gotten rich by inventing best-selling sexual devices. What starts as a routine trick with trimmings ...

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The Inventor and The Escort

The Oxford Imps

Show Time: 15:15
Duration: 60 mins
Sportsmans

Acclaimed Fringe veterans The Oxford Imps return one again to fill your afternoon with hilarious Whose Line Is It Anyway? style comedy. The Imps perform a huge variety of spontaneous games and sketches based entirely on audience suggestions. ...

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The Oxford Imps

The School of Night's Spontaneous Shakespeare

Show Time: 14:00
Duration: 60 mins
Wine Bar

The School of Night's Spontaneous Shakespeare Shakespeare as you've never seen it before: made up on the spot! Award-winning disciples of theatre maverick Ken Campbell return.

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The School of Night's Spontaneous Shakespeare

The Showstoppers' Family Hour

Show Time: 14:00
Duration: 60 mins
Wine Bar

Brilliant, family friendly, musical comedy improvisation based on audience ideas! Spirit of the Fringe Award Winner. 'Not only is each performance achingly funny, it's a genuinely new musical every time. Top class creativity in action' ...

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The Showstoppers' Family Hour

The Showstoppers' Improvised Musical

Show Time: 22:30
Duration: 70mins
Debating Hall

Audience suggestions instantly become a new musical comedy at every performance! Sixth Edinburgh season for this multi award-winning improv troupe, as heard on their own BBC Radio 4 series and seen in multiple West End seasons.

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The Showstoppers' Improvised Musical

The Sitcom Trials

Show Time: 22:00
Duration: 90mins
Wine Bar

The ultimate comedy writing competition. Brand new situation comedies go head to head, you vote for the best. Following countrywide heats, this is the grand final. In conjunction with the Gilded Balloon's legendary So You Think You're ...

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The Sitcom Trials

The Surrender

Show Time: 13:30
Duration: 65mins
Dining Room

Direct from a sold-out run at the National Theatre of Spain comes Toni Bentley's notorious, hilarious, erotic memoir and international bestseller. 'An extraordinary book by a woman with an ax, and an ass, to grind' (Barry Humphries), ...

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The Surrender

Thünderbards

Show Time: 13:30
Duration: 60 mins
The Turret

Strapping sketch comedians Matt Stevens and Glenn Moore (So You Think You're Funny? 2012 finalist and Chortle Student Comedy Award 2011 runner-up) emerge, blinking into the Edinburgh sunlight with their hotly-tipped Fringe debut. Book ...

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Thünderbards

Tig Notaro: Boyish-Girl Interrupted

Show Time: 18:45
Duration: 60 mins
Nightclub

Tig is a favourite on NPR's This American Life, and on Conan. Her album Live, sold over 100,000 units in just six weeks. She has guest starred on shows like NBC's The Office and Community along with HBO's The Life and Times of Tim. Her ...

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Tig Notaro: Boyish-Girl Interrupted

Tommy Little: Sex, Drugs and Herbal Tea

Show Time: 21:00
Duration: 60 mins
Billiard Room

After smashing it in 2012 hosting Late'n'Live, Tommy returns to the Fringe with his brand new solo show. His two favourite things are camomile tea and gangster rap, which would be perfect if he had a deaf grandma to hang out with. But ...

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Tommy Little: Sex, Drugs and Herbal Tea

Tongue Fu

Show Time: 23:59
Duration: 60 mins
Wine Bar

Created and hosted by the UK's sharpest poets, storytellers and comedians who perform with improvised soundtracks from the genre-hopping Tongue Fu Band (Nostalgia 77). Created and hosted by performance poet Chris Redmond (Scroobius Pip's ...

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Tongue Fu

Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra

Show Time: 18:00
Duration: 60mins
Debating Hall

If there were a Ukulele Orchestra Olympics, NZ's team would be suspected of steroid abuse, with their high-octane blazing solos, outrageous outfits, batty banter and unstoppable musical mischief. Joining forces seven years ago, these ...

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Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra

When I Grow Up

Show Time: 13:15
Duration: 60mins
Balcony

Does growing up mean letting go? As a child Juliette wanted to be many things: ballerina, princess, Muppet. Was she right as a kid? Did she know her vocation before life got in the way? In this true-life comedy, Juliette Burton (of award-winning ...

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When I Grow Up

Will Seaward: Socialist Fairytales!

Show Time: 23:30
Duration: 60 mins
The Turret

Socialism was invented in 1848. Lovely stories about wizards and princesses were invented in olden times. The forces of capitalism have kept them apart ... until now! From the exciting mind of Bouncy Castle Hamlet creator and internet ...

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Will Seaward: Socialist Fairytales!

Wind in the Willows

Show Time: 11:00
Duration: 60 mins
Dining Room

This joyful musical adaptation of the much loved riverbank tale is brought to life for all the family. Including songs, dances and interactive fun it is presented by a professional cast bursting with energy. Wonderful ... entertaining ...

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Wind in the Willows

Women of an Uncertain Age

Show Time: 14:30
Duration: 60 mins
Balcony

Middle Aged Women: an endangered species. See them in their unnatural habitats and marvel at their ingenious use of camouflage. Are we too old for careers, sex, a social life? Who says? Through sketches, song and dance, Flip (Cabin Pressure) ...

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Women of an Uncertain Age