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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FestivalsJessie Cave @ Assembly Roxy
An Ecstatic Display is an hour of tales of social anxiety and absurd jealousies from an accomplished storyteller Read more »| 12 Aug 2024 -
FestivalsTroll @ Underbelly
A captivatingly silly show from clowning duo Anna Marie Simonsen and Marie Kallevik Straume Read more »| 12 Aug 2024 -
FestivalsStevie Martin @ Monkey Barrel
Stevie Martin's new show clout is teeming with ideas and loaded with jokes, but (whisper it) are lols alone enough? Read more »| 12 Aug 2024 -
FestivalsDemi Adejuyigbe @ Pleasance Courtyard
Demi Adejuyigbe wins us over with sixty minutes of silliness and songs suitable for the musical comedy doubters Read more »| 12 Aug 2024 -
FestivalsBriTANicK @ Pleasance Courtyard
BriTANicK more than live up to their comedy credentials with their highly elaborate new show, Dummy Read more »| 12 Aug 2024 -
FestivalsJenny Tian @ Assembly George Square
Jenny Tian's debut hour hits many of the right notes, but can lose sight of its captivating comedic narrative Read more »| 12 Aug 2024
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FestivalsPaulina Lenoir @ Assembly Roxy
The aesthetics are gorgeous in Puella Eterna's poetic magnus opus Read more »| 09 Aug 2024 -
FestivalsRachel Kaly @ Pleasance Courtyard
Deceptively casual but shot through with comic craft, Rachel Kaly makes an impressive Edinburgh Fringe debut with Hospital Hour Read more »| 09 Aug 2024 -
FestivalsErin Farrington @ Pleasance Courtyard
Erin Farrington is needy and compelling, and we’re left wanting a bit more of her Read more »| 09 Aug 2024 -
FestivalsLou Wall @ Pleasance Courtyard
The Bisexual's Lament is an hour of young, dumb, online fun from Fringe returner Lou Wall Read more »| 09 Aug 2024 -
FestivalsLauren Stone @ The Stand
Cool for Cats is an hour of low energy laughs from Sean Lock Award nominee Lauren Stone Read more »| 07 Aug 2024 -
FestivalsKathleen Hughes @ Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
Kathleen Hughes delivers a self-assured debut Edinburgh Fringe hour about lacking a sense of self Read more »| 07 Aug 2024 -
FestivalsLil Wenker @ Pleasance Courtyard
Lil Wenker's BANGTAIL fuses the silly world of Gaulier clowning with the equally silly world of Wild West cowboys Read more »| 07 Aug 2024 -
FestivalsAmos Gill @ Underbelly Bristo Square
Unapologetic Amos Gill returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with an evisceratingly sharp set Read more »| 06 Aug 2024 -
FestivalsMustafa Algiyadi @ Just the Tonic
Mustafa Algiyadi is warm and confident, but middling punch lines can't overcome a challenging environment Read more »| 06 Aug 2024