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Edinburgh Fringe 2024
A comedic showcase for three very different black female comedians from three very different parts of New York City.
music, stand-up, video, slides and audience participation hosted by the comedian/actor who played Father Damo.
Absurdist knockabout comedy with sinister undertones showcasing local talent from established Edinburgh company Lung Ha
As with any good comedy, it is littered with relatable content, the ideas that are most people’s everyday realities no matter where they’re from.
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Becky Goodman: The Day My Sugar Daddy Dumped Me
Becky Goodman’s show is like if you spliced Fleabag with Steve Martin standup and then added a quality that we will only be able to refer to at future Fringes as BeckyGoodmanesque.
Fantastic exploration of what confusion sexually is, and masculinity ought to be from an engaging and brilliant performer.
Jeffers’s mastery of the character seems effortless, but the amount of skill it takes to use those arms, manage in the flowing cape costume, and control facial expressions down to the tiniest detail is something once reserved only for cartoon characters.
A new musical by Ariella Gordon about our relationship with technology. This is a feel-good piece that challenges the idea that the internet and social media is, well, social at all – and that we humans need real relationships – not just emojis.
Dave Ahdoot – Ethnically Ambiguous
This is effectively a TED talk with lots of good laughs – it lifts the lid on a world that not many have direct experience of and is held together by a big, warm personality.
Hare brings a unique and personal charm to his comedy that stands out from the crowd.
Malcolmson has an easy, endearing quality that lends itself well to her sense of humor.
Eric Davidson’s Amazin Prime Parodies (26 Songs to Make the Whole World Cringe)
Parodies par excellence
The dichotomy of innocence and suicide is fascinating, dealth with much nuance, without falling into cliches or stereotypes.
Four More Short Plays Loosely Linked By The Theme of Crime
Quartet of four well crafted, amusingly dark and daft plays
Classic Penguins is an energetic and edgy piece of theatre that truly has it all…except clothing.
Guy Montgomery: Over 50,000,000 Guy Fans Can’t Be Wrong
Montgomery presents a great hour of comedy that is sure to, at the least, give you a giggle.
Steve Porters is not to be missed, a groundbreaking drag king all around.
Hilarious stand up with an unbelievable tale to believe and she convinces you, because you couldn’t make this up!
A great bit of storytelling ,with sleight of hand magic, disguised as a cost-of-living seminar
James Rowland Dies at the End of the Show.
A Master storyteller completes his latest trilogy in exuberant, gripping style.
Her presence is disarming and dry, and by the time you get three-quarter through and think you might be desensitized, she throws on her vestments and makes a knock-knock joke I genuinely worry will send me to hell for laughing as hard as I did.
Deceptively messy and chaotic, Wilkey's Main Character Energy is an absolute triumph
Margolyes & Dickens: The Best Bits
It is pure joy to watch Margolyes read and enact characters from Charles Dickens and tell her stories with humour and wit.
Incredibly unique and pitched to perfection, yet another show that only Natalie Palamides could do.
A relatable exploration of mortality and finding the humour within the darkest hours of life through karaoke, running and love.
All in all, Panto Macbeth does exactly what it says on the tin. The company has created a riotous and delightful fifty-minutes of Fringe, so be the wicked thing, and go their way.
Phil Hammond and Dame Clare Gerada: Fifty Minutes to Save the NHS
Lacerating comedy and a prescription of possibility for the NHS
A searing performance funny and tragic in turns about loneliness and a quest for romantic love
Reuben Kaye: Live and Intimidating
Unpredictable, unstoppable, unvarnished, unafraid – the hilarious Reuben Kaye brings it home again.
Rose Matafeo: On and On and On
A hilarious look at the relationship between a woman and her notes app.
ShakeItUp – The Improvised Shakespeare Show
High class, high octane improv from masters of their craft
The History of Electronic Music
Hilarious and educational at the same time! Nostalgic - will leave you wanting to get up and dance!
The Techtonics : 44 Days of Liz Truss (A Cappella)
Completely ridiculous and alarmingly accurate tale of utter incompetence
It’s a rare sort of comedy that lulls you with laughs and then slaps awake from your warm duvet of manufactured consent and reusable Sainsbury bags.
Two Hearts: Til Death Do Us Hearts
A must-see show for the night owls of Old Town looking to laugh until it hurts.
Screwball comedy taking the fast car on the highway to climate change hell as California wildfires roar near
