Monkey Barrel Comedy
Monkey Barrel Comedy was awarded Scotland's Best Comedy Venue by Chortle in 2023, is Edinburgh's #1 rated Comedy Club and is home to the Best Comedy Show at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe!
About Monkey Barrel Comedy
| 9 - 12 Blair Street , Edinburgh Old Town EH1 1QR | |
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As the review say… “Fantastic” acts, a “well priced” bar in a “great intimate atmosphere” all brought to you by our “hilarious” resident hosts. “Don't miss if you're in Edinburgh!” Check out our the reviews here!
Since opening in 2017, Monkey Barrel Comedy has programmed some of the most diverse, interesting and innovative line-ups, culminating in numerous award nominations. We are a local, community focused comedy club which strives to deliver the best experience for everyone who works, visits or performs with us.
Monkey Barrel Comedy is Edinburgh's best rated Comedy Club. #1 for Comedy Clubs and Concerts & Shows on Trip Advisor, Scotland’s Best Venue at the last Chortle Awards and 3 time Scottish Comedy Award winner. We are owner managed, independent and (usually!) open 7 days a week in Edinburgh's Old Town.
The "Beating Heart" of the Fringe - The Telegraph
- Table service with peace of mind food and drink pre-ordering.
- 100% refund guarantee in the event of a mandated cancellation.
- Stringent hygiene protocols before, during and after each show.
- Unreserved Seating with no standing - Everyone gets a seat!
See our website or social media (Twitter, Facebook and Instagram) for the latest line-ups.
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Upcoming Events at Monkey Barrel Comedy
The Big Show
Enjoy a night of top stand-up comedy at The Big Show every weekend at Monkey Barrel Comedy, come see a line-up featuring outstanding local, national, and international comedians!
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Free For All
Free For All is back at Monkey Barrel - with a fresh new vibe! Full-on, no holds barred live comedy for anyone and everyone.
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Top Banana
Catch the comedy stars of the future and pro comics trying out new material every Wednesday night at Monkey Barrel Comedy's 'Top Banana'!
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Campfire Improv
Gather round the campfire to watch some of Scotland's top improvisers create hilarious scenes based on stories from a special guest monologist.
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Ian Smith: Work In Progress
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee 2023 and co-host of the Northern News podcast returns to Monkey Barrel with a work in progress of a new show!
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Stuart McPherson: Work in Progress
Don't miss this brand new hour of jokes from Stuart McPherson, the co-host of the Some Laugh podcast and Scot Squad star!
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Pierre Novellie: Work in Progress
Pierre Novellie is one of the best up-and-coming comedians in the UK and he brings his WIP show to Monkey Barrel on Friday 23rd May!
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Michelle Shaughnessy: Too Late, Baby - CANCELLED
Fresh from rave reviews and sell out shows at the Edinburgh Fringe, Canadian stand up star Michelle Shaughnessy is kicking off her debut UK tour with a date at Monkey Barrel Comedy on 24th May!
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Rob Deering: Time Machine
Erstwhile Fringe favourite and sometime local resident Rob Deering returns to Edinburgh on 24th May with his new show Time Machine!
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Lauren Pattison: Big Girl Pants - CANCELLED
Two-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Lauren Pattison is back with a brand-new show. Catch her live at Monkey Barrel on Sunday 25th May with Big Girl Pants!
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Harry Stachini: Grenade
Harry Stachini serves up an hour of relatable, honest, and hilarious stand-up at Monkey Barrel Comedy, shining a light on the Grenades we all carry!
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Stuart Mitchell
With over 100M views online see Stuart Mitchell, the longest running panellist from BBC Scotland's 'Breaking The News', live at Monkey Barrel Comedy on Sunday 25th May!
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Diona Doherty: GET YOUR PINK BACK!
Catch this new stand up show from Diona Doherty, filled with hilariously relatable anecdotes and whole lot of brutal honesty, at Monkey Barrel Comedy on 27th May!
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Kate Cheka: A Messiah Comes
BIGHEAD Comedy presents Kate Cheka, the reigning Funny Women Award winner and Chortle Best Newcomer nominee, with her debut hour where she tries to save the world.
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Stephen Buchanan: Work in Progress
Come and see Stephen Buchanan work out his new show for the Edinburgh Fringe for half the price.
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Elf Lyons: Horses
The first ever comedy show performed entirely by a horse. Made by award-winning Elf Lyons, performed by Treacle.
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Ed Night: The Plunge
It's time for Ed Night to sling a microphone over his shoulder and start hopping on boxcars bound for every corner of this dusty old isle to tour his new stand-up comedy show, The Plunge.
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Caitlin Cook: The Writing on the Stall
Caitlin Cook’s hit bathroom graffiti musical, has quickly become a comedic, musical, and theatrical sensation. Catch it at Monkey Barrel Comedy on 8th June!
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Katie Boyle: Work In Progress
Katie Boyle is an Irish comedian living in New York City. Her favourite stand-up topics are her journey through American culture, dating, therapy and shame!
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Jay Lafferty: Oft!
Following a hugely successful tour of her critically acclaimed show Bahookie, Jay returns with brand new hour, Oft!
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Janine Harouni: Work In Progress
Star of Live at the Apollo, The Last Leg and more - Two-time Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee Janine Harouni returns with a new hour on family, parenting and marriage!
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Brennan Reece: Me Me Me
Fresh from a sold out UK and Australia tour, Brennan Reece returns with his brand new show!
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Tim Key: L.A. Baby! Book Tour
TIM KEY embarks on a low-grade book tour to celebrate the publication of his latest anthology of poems: L.A. Baby! Catch him at Monkey Barrel Comedy on Tuesday 17th June!
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MC Hammersmith’s Freestyle Breakdown (WIP)
MC Hammersmith returns to Monkey Barrel Comedy with his work in progress show! No preparation, no plan - just entirely untethered improv madness!
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Vittorio Angelone: you can’t Say Nothing any more (WIP)
Vittorio Angelone previews his new show in advance of the Fringe, at Monkey Barrel Comedy on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd June!
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Chris Turner: Work In Progress
Enjoy an hour and a half of jokes, songs, and freestyle rap from Chris Turner, the first comedian to ever perform a Las Vegas residency with Cirque Du Soleil!
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Spirit of Comedy: Edinburgh Heat
We’re on the hunt for Britain’s (second) greatest comedian. Come and watch the Edinburgh heat at Monkey Barrel Comedy on 25th June!
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Sara Barron: Slop (Work In Progress)
Sara has planned a series of high kicks, and then insults for your average-looking granny. A sense of "This hour is flying!!!" pervades from a woman who is unusually present and regularly wild.
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Dean T Beirne: Fated to Pretend (WIP)
Finalist for the BBC New Comedy Awards 2023 and star of Rosie Jones’ Comedy Disability Extravaganza, presents his debut, 'Fated to Pretend' at Monkey Barrel Comedy on 5th July!
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Ayo Adenekan: Black Mediocrity
Ayo Adenekan makes his highly anticipated Fringe debut with a hilarious and heartfelt show about growing up in Scotland.
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Tamsyn Kelly: Work in Progress
Continuing her life’s theme of total chaos, catch Tamsyn Kelly with her new WIP at Monkey Barrel Comedy on Friday 11th July!
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Sikisa: Work In Progress
Sikisa, a three-time Leicester Comedy Festival nominee, brings her new work in progress show to Monkey Barrel Comedy on Saturday 12th July!
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MC Hammersmith - Hippity Hoppity Get Off My Property
Featuring brand-new routines for 2025! You'll leave astounded at the speed of MC Hammersmith's brain, the spontaneity of his punchlines, and the stability of his upbringing.
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Neema Naz: My Estupid Life
Neema Naz headlines the "My Estupid Life" world tour, where he will tell the animated tales of growing up in an immigrant household.
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Lou Conran: Gooch
After a UK sell out run in 2024, and New Zealand in 2025, award winning comedian, Lou Conran, returns with her new show “Gooch”.
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Kae Kurd: Whats O’Kurd
Stand up sensation and social media star Kae Kurd returns with his highly anticipated brand new tour: What’s O’Kurd. Catch him at Monkey Barrel Comedy in October 2025!
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Thomas Green - Brainstorm
Comedian Thomas Green is taking new show Brainstorm across the UK and brings it to Monkey Barrel Comedy!
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Carl Donnelly: Another Round
With his signature blend of honesty and wit, Carl turns life’s darkest moments into comedy gold. Raise a glass and join him at Monkey Barrel Comedy for laughs, resilience, and hard-earned perspectiv
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Olga Koch: Comes From Money
Star of Mock The Week and QI, Olga Koch is bringing a brand new show to Monkey Barrel on 10th October!
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Mark McCarney: No Better Man
Hailing from the rural heart of Northern Ireland, Mark McCarney brings his unmistakable wit, charm, and a dash of countryside chaos to Monkey Barrel on Friday 17th October!
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Ben Pope: The Cut
Ben Pope brings his brand-new stand-up tour to Monkey Barrel Comedy on Sunday 19th October. It's a stand-up show about losing a part of yourself. A very specific part. Chop chop!
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Esther Manito: Slagbomb
Esther Manito's new show 'Slagbomb' takes a nosedive into the awkward sandwich years of life... the phase when youthful freedom gives way to the reality of adult responsibilities.
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Stevie Martin: Clout
Stevie Martin is returning to live comedy with her latest show Clout, which sold out at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, don't miss her at Monkey Barrel Comedy on Friday 24th October!
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Matt Richardson: Brash
Attempting to navigate a world of mate’s kids, mortgages and village life is proving a challenge for the guy who can't resist causing a scene.
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Mike Rice: Cruel Little Man
Irish comedian Mike Rice hits the road with his brand new show 'Cruel Little Man', don't miss him live at Monkey Barrel Comedy on Monday 3rd November!
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Nick Helm: No One Gets Out Alive
Nick Helm, the man with the golden larynx, is back with his new show 'No One Gets Out Alive' and brings it to Monkey Barrel Comedy on Thursday 6th November!
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Paddy Raff: Here’s One For Ya!
Paddy Raff is hitting the road again in 2025 following the success of his last show, the biggest selling NI stand-up comedy tour of 2024, and brings it to Monkey Barrel Comedy in November!
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Helen Bauer: Bless Her
Don't miss this brand new show from award-winning comedian Helen Bauer at Monkey Barrel comedy on Thursday 20th November!
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Harriet Dyer: Easily Distra...
Harriet Dyer presents a new blancmange of whimsy from her somewhat fizzy mind at Monkey Barrel Comedy on Saturday 22nd November!
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Andrew White: Rhinestone Comedian
Treat yourself to a deliciously witty and hilarious night when comedian Andrew White brings his star-spangled stand-up rodeo tour to Monkey Barrel Comedy on Thursday 27th November!
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Josh Jones: I Haven’t Won The Lottery So Here’s Another Tour Show
After his 2023/24 sell-out smash tour Gobsmacked, Josh Jones returns to Monkey Barrel Comedy with his best show yet.
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Joe Sutherland: Miss World
Joe ‘could have been a dancer’ Sutherland is bravely talking about something that, until recently, he’s suffered in silence: being a total hunk!
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Robin Morgan: Let’s Overshare!
Join Robin Morgan for more of his trademark cheeky charm, more quick wit and even more hilarious oversharing, in this brand new stand-up show at Monkey Barrel Comedy!
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Ria Lina: Riabellion
Expect a relentless stream of hilarity as Ria Lina explores the state of the world, the eternal battle of the sexes, and the delight of throwing life up in the air after years of following the rules!
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Mark Simmons: Jest to Impress
Mark Simmons is back on tour in 2026 with Jest to Impress, a brand new show packed with even more expertly crafted one-liners. Catch him at Monkey Barrel Comedy on Monday 16th March!
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Tom Rosenthal: Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I Am
Star of Friday Night Dinner (C4) and Plebs (ITV), this is Tom’s much awaited return to stand-up following his critically-acclaimed 2019 show, Manhood.
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Tom Lucy: Golden Boy
Award winning comedian Tom Lucy is embarking on his biggest solo tour with his brand new show ‘Golden Boy’ and brings it to Monkey Barrel Comedy on Thursday 2 April 2nd!
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Cally Beaton: Namaste Motherf*ckers
Namaste Motherf*ckers is a new show from Cally Beaton, a quick-witted, unexpected and unapologetic insight into life in midlife. Catch it when she brings it to Monkey Barrel on Wednesday April 8th!
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