Get ready to dive into a rabbit hole of the best jokes in the world - star of Live at the Apollo and sell-out sensation Gary Delaney is back! One of the most sought after joke writers in the country and longstanding Mock the Week special guest, Gary has been through the laughing glass and he’s ready to bring you a brand new show with hit after hit of the kind of one-liners only a master could craft. If you’re hunting for snark, Gary’s got it covered!
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Seann Walsh returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August with his new stand-up show 'Is Dead. Happy Now?'.
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Talk about doing what it says on the tin! Here you go a carload of simply the best comics on the contemporary Scottish circuit.
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Expect creative fun from one of our oldest surviving alternative comics when Mark Thomas comes to the Stand Edinburgh with a preview of his new show, Black and White as part of Edinburgh Fringe!
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Multi award-winning stand-up, podcaster and author, KaiKai Humphries bring his new show 'Mischief to the Stand Edinburgh as part of the Fringe!
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Latenight comedy at its best. Eight superb showcases from Scotland’s favourite club!
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Don't miss Award-winning comedian Jo Cauldfield when she brings her show 'Bad Attitute' to the Stand Edinburgh as part of the Fringe!
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Don't miss the new show from Gareth Waugh, Scotland's fastest rising comedy star, as part of the Fringe!
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Let your hair down at the end of the week with fabulous Friday fun at The Stand Comedy Club Edinburgh!
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The Edinburgh Stand's fabulous flagship Saturday show has been sold out every week for the past five years!
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Marvel as resident duo Stu & Garry weave comedy magic from your suggestions in our long-running improvised show.
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Don't miss the hardest working man in show-business, with all due respect to the late James Brown, Steve Hofstetter live at the Stand Edinburgh on 20th September!
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Peep Show star Isy Suttie announces her first tour in six years including a night at The Stand Edinburgh on 21st September!
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Come and Join Gary Faulds at the Stand Edinburgh on 24th September for a special recording of his “Best Bits”!
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Helen Bauer, 2019's Edinbrugh Fringe Best Newcomer nominee and your favourite self-aware stand-up, returns with a show about self-confidence, self-esteem and self-care!
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International microstar Sean McLoughlin is back on the road with a scintillating new stand-up show, So Be It! Catch him live at The Stand Edinburgh on 29th September!
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Has the pandemic changed Jen Brister for the better or is she the same old pessimistic naysayer she's always been? Find out when she brings her new show The Optomist to the Stand Edinburgh!
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Alun Cochrane is touring a show of both stand-up material (Stuff) and of his high quality on the spot frippery, impro, crowd work (Nonsense)! Catch him live at The Stand Edinburgh on 9th October!
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Star of Mock The Week, QI, Late Night Mash, her Amazon Prime comedy special and Edinburgh Best Newcomer nominee, Olga Koch brings you the roller coaster romcom you aren't tall enough to ride!
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Comedy IT-girl Elf Lyons floats around the UK with her new horrifying comedy show inspired by Stephen King. Catch her at The Stand Edinburgh on 15th October!
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Don't miss Kiri Pritchard-Mclean when she returns to The Stand Edinburgh with her brand new show 'Home Truths' on 16th October!
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Fresh from his BBC Radio 4 series Rob Newman On Air, the award-winning comedian’s new show is a stand-up epic! Catch him live at the Stand Edinburgh on 23rd October!
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Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominee Lauren Pattison is back with a brand-new show and brings it to The Stand Edinburgh on 30th October!
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Britain’s favourite French comedian presents his greatest oeuvres from the past decade. Expect deadpan wit, supreme sex poetry, soaring miserablist chansons and Gallic superiority.
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Character comic Simon Day performs some of his much loved Fast Show characters including Billy Bleach, Dave Angel Eco Warrior and Tony Beckton at The Stand Edinburgh on 5th November!
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Absolute powershed and regular host of The Guilty Feminist, Jessica Fostekew explores her big strong strength when she brings her show 'Hench' to the Stand Edinburgh!
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Expect a high-energy barrage of the most jokes you've ever heard humanely fit into one stand-up show when Glenn Moore brings his new show to the Stand Edinburgh on 13th November!
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Seann Walsh is back on tour with his show Back From The Bed, catch him live at the Stand Edinburgh on 16th November!
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Award-winning writer, actor and podcaster Rob Auton brings 'The Crowd Show’, a comedy/theatre/spoken word show about crowds, to The Stand Edinburgh on 19th November!
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Comedian Hayley Ellis brings her brand new stand-up show 'The Invisible Mam' to The Stand Edinburgh on Sunday 20th November!
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Northern Ireland's most exciting and beloved comedian; Shane Todd comes to The Stand Edinburgh on 27th November for an hour of hilarious stand-up comedy!
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Buckle up for a battle of charisma, verbal one up-manship and hair raising paranormal wizardry as Clinton and Ramone go head to head to decide who holds the title as Britain's Greatest Paranormalist!
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Expect creative fun from one of our oldest surviving alternative comics when Mark Thomas returns to the Stand Edinburgh with his new show, Black and White!
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With impeccable style, and his usual sense of mischief, the Canadian comedy legend goes to places that others dare not tread. Join this hilarious trip as Tom Stade travels the High Road...
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Pottervision is a wig-changing, wizard-impersonating, audience-immersing Ford Anglia ride through all the ridiculousness of that first magical movie, don't miss it at the Stand Edinburgh!
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Urzila Carlson has become one of the biggest names in comedy in Australia and New Zealand, catch her live at the Stand Edinburgh when she brings her new show 'It's Personal' to the UK!
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As seen on Live At The Apollo and literally everywhere else... Sophie Duker brings her new show, Hag to the Stand Edinburgh on 25th February!
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Fin Taylor is back on the road with a brand new trunk of painfully funny stand-up for 2023. Don't miss him when he brings his new show 'Daddy Self-Care' to the Stand Edinburgh on 1st March!
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Catch Tom Houghton at The Stand Edinburgh on 21st March as he departs on a second triumphant tour across our nation!
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Rising star Chloe Petts is touring the UK for the first time and comes to The Stand Edinburgh!
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Justin Moorhouse is back: still funny, yet middle aged. Catch his new show 'Stretch & Think' at the Stand Edinburgh on 28th March!
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After 21 years and 224 days Hal's back being single. But it's all going to be fine. Instead of getting the therapy he clearly needs, he's made a cracking show about it!
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Ever wondered how Mike Wozniak's Great-Aunt Zusa made it from Poland to Luton with a war nipping at her heels? Here's your chance to find out!
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Multi award winning comedian and actress Jayde Adams returns to The Stand Edinburgh with her brand new show, Men, I Can Save You!
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The Noise Next Door will be your side-splitting saviours in this once in a lifetime comedy event at the Stand Edinburgh!
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Join the award-winning comedian Alasdair Beckett-King for a ramshackle jaunt through a multiverse of wonders at The Stand Edinburgh on 17th May!
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Actor, writer and tour guide Alex Staniforth invents a horror story every night. You decide what the characters do, find and sometimes - yes sometimes - even love!
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Following a sold-out run of monthly shows, Leith Social makes its Fringe debut! Live comedy, music and cabaret set in the city's favourite local hangout, the Pitt Market!
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Comedians are flashed a never-before-seen set list of topics and must instantly create a spontaneous and original new stand-up set, right then and there.
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On tour from London's Bush Hall, The Disgraceful Club is a wild Friday night of comedy hosted by the audacious queen of no shame, Grace Campbell. It's worth staying up for!
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Glasgay and Edinbu**ery are finally mixing their gender fluids to present the Fringe's sassiest & sauciest cabaret ever... it's A Tale of Two Titties by Queer Theory!
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Award-winning comedian Elf Lyons invites you for an hour of revelry, raconteuring and comedy, which your great-grandad would consider indecent for a lady to listen to.
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Stand up and comedy performer Mark Black brings his first live solo show to the Fringe!
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The much-anticipated Edinburgh debut of 'delightfully weird' (Vulture.com) Saturday Night Live star Sarah Sherman.
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