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Just The Two of Us! @ Pleasance Courtyard
Soft Play's Edinburgh Fringe debut is a scrappy, high-energy cabaret of double acts from across pop culture history Read more »| 04 Aug 2025 -
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Josie Long @ Pleasance Dome
Much-loved standup Josie Long returns to the Fringe with a silly, poignant and freewheeling tapestry of megafauna, climate breakdown and parenthood Read more »| 04 Aug 2025 -
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Helen Bauer @ Monkey Barrel
Helen Bauer returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with an abrasive and triumphant hour Read more »| 04 Aug 2025 -
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Edinburgh Fringe 2025: The Skinny's Comedy Picks
Making The Skinny’s Comedy Team whittle down this year’s programme is a kind of torture for us, but we’ve done it – for you... Read more »| 23 Jul 2025 -
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Edinburgh Fringe 2025: Liebenspiel reveal Bedlam Late lineup
One-offs from Edinburgh Fringe stars Lil Wenker and Lorna Rose Treen, a live comedy auction and an anarcho-futurist comedy showcase all feature in this year's late night lineup at Bedlam Theatre Read more »| 11 Jul 2025 -
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Scottish Comedy Highlights: July 2025
As you might expect, July’s a mad scramble for comics working their stuff up for the Fringe. Lucky for you, we’ve got show recs out the wazoo, and then the festival will seep through Edinburgh once more Read more »| 02 Jul 2025
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Scottish Comedy Highlights: June 2025
June sees a number of (mainly) Scottish acts work up their latest Fringe hours, with a few fab tour shows thrown in for good measure Read more »| 26 May 2025 -
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Scottish Comedy Highlights: May 2025
If silly stuff’s your vice, May’s got it in spades, with shows from John-Luke Roberts and Tom Lawrinson and a full-blown Clown Extravaganza on the horizon Read more »| 28 Apr 2025 -
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Richard Herring @ The Stand, Glasgow
The beautifully titled Can I Have My Ball Back? is the first tour from Richard Herring in six years, pushed back by childcare, a pandemic and someone cutting off his testicle Read more »| 03 Apr 2025 -
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Rosco McClelland wins top prize at Glasgow Comedy Festival
Glasgow comic Rosco McClelland is the winner of this year's Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award, as the Glasgow Comedy Festival draws to a close Read more »| 31 Mar 2025 -
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Scottish Comedy Highlights: April 2025
There’s some wee beauties of gigs in store for us in April from local favourites and exciting new voices alike Read more »| 31 Mar 2025 -
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Rob Copland @ The Old Hairdresser's, Glasgow
Rob Copland's breakthrough Edinburgh Fringe hit Gimme (One With Everything) underwhelms at Glasgow Comedy Festival Read more »| 28 Mar 2025 -
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Scottish Comedy Highlights: March 2025
Local laughs, jokes getting a workout and hot talent you need to know about – our picks from Glasgow Comedy Festival and some must-see gigs elsewhere Read more »| 03 Mar 2025 -
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Scottish Comedy Highlights: February 2025
February’s an absolute belter for comedy with Edinburgh Comedy Award nominees, one-off gigs and home-grown talent aplenty Read more »| 31 Jan 2025 -
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Glasgow International Comedy Festival returns with its biggest lineup ever
Glasgow will be wall-to-wall comedy this March as the Glasgow International Comedy Festival returns with shows from the likes of Catherine Bohart, Jamali Maddix and Ania Magliano plus loads of local heroes like Susie McCabe, Fern Brady and Larry Dean Read more »| 09 Jan 2025