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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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
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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 -
FestivalsBest Feet Forward: The comedians having a sober Edinburgh Fringe
The Edinburgh Fringe is a land of opportunity for many, but also a world of temptation. As more acts and punters turn to sobriety, we chat to five comics staying sober this Fringe season Read more »| 25 Jul 2025 -
FestivalsBehind the Mic: Liebenspiel
Experimental comedy-makers Liebenspiel (aka Benjamin Alborough and Ellie BW) give us their origin story, what they're up to this Fringe and who we should look out for this festival and beyond Read more »| 24 Jul 2025 -
FestivalsThe Best Comedy at Edinburgh Fringe 2025
Looking for the best Edinburgh Fringe comedy shows? Here's where we'll be collating the best-reviewed shows from the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe Read more »| 24 Jul 2025 -
FestivalsThe Skinny on... Molly McGuinness
The Skinny gets to know hotshot northern comic Molly McGuinness ahead of her debut Edinburgh Fringe Read more »| 23 Jul 2025 -
FestivalsLetters to a Fringe Comedian: Jain Edwards and Andy Barr
Jain Edwards and Andy Barr, two comedians who know the Fringe very well, write a note to themselves ahead of their respective returns to Edinburgh Read more »| 23 Jul 2025 -
InterviewsA Laughing Matter: 20 Years of Abnormally Funny People
Pioneering comedy showcase Abnormally Funny People celebrates 20 years of putting disabled comedians in the spotlight Read more »| 15 Jul 2025 -
FestivalsEdinburgh 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