Comedy
The Skinny guide to the stand-up comedy shows in Edinburgh, Glasgow and across Scotland. Exclusive previews and interviews with some of the country's best new comedians, plus stand-up comedy reviews, comedy features, and extensive coverage of comedy at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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FestivalsJack Traynor @ Pleasance Courtyard
Jack Traynor bursts onto the Edinburgh Fringe with a jam-packed and fast-paced debut hour Read more »| 12 Aug 2025 -
FestivalsSami Abu Wardeh @ Pleasance Dome
Palestinian comic Sami Abu Wardeh presents 70 minutes of devastating history dressed up in an all-singing, all-dancing, joyous romp Read more »| 12 Aug 2025 -
FestivalsAlana Jackson @ Gilded Balloon, Appleton Tower
Alana Jackson is a likeable stage presence and does some great character work in her debut Fringe show, but many of her punchlines just don’t seem to fly Read more »| 11 Aug 2025 -
FestivalsDaniel Maseda @ Underbelly, Bristo Square
Stupidly playful hour of clown etiquette Read more »| 11 Aug 2025 -
FestivalsSaaniya Abbas @ Gilded Balloon, Patter Hoose
Beneath UAE-based comic Saaniya Abbas' sweet demeanour lies a wicked sense of humour Read more »| 11 Aug 2025 -
Festivalsjessica aszkenasy @ Assembly Roxy
TITCLOWN is an hour of mischievous nude clowning from jessica aszkenasy that falls at the final hurdle Read more »| 08 Aug 2025
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FestivalsAyo Adenekan @ Monkey Barrel
In his Edinburgh Fringe debut, Ayo Adenekan proves to be a charming, laid-back performer yet to fully hit his stride Read more »| 07 Aug 2025 -
FestivalsEllen Turnill Montoya is Mr Handsome @ Assembly George Sq
Ellen Turnill Montoya makes work for idle hands in her debut show Mr Handsome, championing everything hand-made Read more »| 07 Aug 2025 -
FestivalsRia Lina @ Monkey Barrel
Ria Lina makes her grand return to the Edinburgh Fringe, and revels in the chaos and comedy of her peri-menopausal glory Read more »| 07 Aug 2025 -
FestivalsKathy Maniura @ Pleasance Courtyard
A lycra-clad masterclass in character comedy, Kathy Maniura’s Cycling Man is as much a love story between a man and his bike as it is a razor-sharp satire of fragile masculinity in motion Read more »| 07 Aug 2025 -
FestivalsRelay @ Pleasance Courtyard
In her sophomore Fringe hour, Leila Navabi presents a radical dissection of queer family-making Read more »| 06 Aug 2025 -
FestivalsJust 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 -
FestivalsJosie 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 -
FestivalsHelen Bauer @ Monkey Barrel
Helen Bauer returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with an abrasive and triumphant hour Read more »| 04 Aug 2025 -
FestivalsIs Art-Comedy the new Alternative Comedy?
With alternative comedy heading into the mainstream more and more, have Su Mi, Rosa Garland and Ellen Turnill Montoya stumbled upon the new alternative-alternative comedy? Read more »| 26 Jul 2025