Edinburgh Fringe For Everyone
Making the Edinburgh Fringe Festival more inclusive—both for artists and audiences. Our aim is to broaden participation; whether that is performing, attending, or working behind the scenes.
The Real Housewife Of Scotland
Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street) — Slice 3
7 Aug - 30 Aug
Start times: 16:30
60 mins
Age: 18+Jojo Sutherland is a Scottish comedian renowned for her fearless honesty, sharp wit and infectious energy. Dubbed The Real Housewife of Scotland – despite not having had a house for the last three years... or a husband – Jojo turns life’s chaos into comedy gold. A master storyteller, she mines her own experiences of parenting, relationships and resilience to deliver bold, brutally funny stand-up that’s both relatable and rebellious. With a career spanning theatre, radio and sell-out festival shows, Jojo’s trademark authenticity and unfiltered humour have made her a standout voice in Scottish comedy.
BOOK NOWBarcelona Comedy Tapas: Bite-Sized Stand-Up
Hoots @ Nicolson Square — Nic 4 (Nicolson Square Venues)
16 Aug - 29 Aug
Start times: 16:35
60 mins
Age: 16+Barcelona’s comedy scene is booming, and this show serves up a bite-sized selection of its most exciting acts. Featuring up-and-coming comedians from across the city, this fast-paced, international lineup delivers a mix of styles, voices and big laughs. Like tapas, you’ll get a taste of everything – from sharp one-liners to personal stories and unexpected twists. Barcelona has become a hotspot for English-language stand-up, attracting talent from all over the world, and now they’re bringing that flavour to the Fringe. Comedy tapas: small bites, big laughs, and something for everyone.
BOOK NOWLorna Ní Shúilleabháin: Barefoot Before God
Hoots @ Nicolson Square — Nic 4 (Nicolson Square Venues)
7 Aug - 15 Aug
Start times: 16:35
60 mins
Age: 16+Born and raised in Catholic Ireland, Lorna finds herself barefoot and bewildered in Barcelona. Through storytelling, and crowd work, she explores Catholic guilt, sexuality and cultural confusion. Blending wit with vulnerability, the show unpacks shame and to rebuild identity in a new culture. After sold-out runs in Barcelona and Dublin, Lorna creates an atmosphere where audiences feel part of the journey. 'Lorna's charisma drives the show from start to finish... energy doesn't drop for a second' (Audience Review). A story of transformation, for anyone learning to laugh at the shame they were raised in.
BOOK NOWBoxticker
By Becky PriceHoots @ The Apex — Hoot 6
7 Aug - 16 Aug
Start times: 16:40
60 mins
Age: 18+Becky is many things: a nurse, divorced, queer, ADHD-er, vegan, bleeding heart liberal and perpetually baffled. She’s never seen an episode of Love Island, but she has shooed away her patients’ hallucinated spiders. Come with her on a journey to see how many boxes she, (and you?!), can tick and whether any of them matter. Her affair with comedy has lasted longer than both her marriage and her nursing career: and this is her first solo show! ‘Her material content is wide, varied and most importantly funny... a good future ahead of her’ (One4Review.co.uk).
BOOK NOWEmma Davies: You Are All Resources
By Emma DaviesHoots @ Potterrow — Wee Container 1
7 Aug - 18 Aug
Start times: 16:50
45 mins
Age: 16+Ever wondered whose side HR is really on? Join HR consultant, Alllison Pope, as she leads Remark Insurance through a workforce restructure. This satirical comedy puts HR under the microscope. Expect questionable professional advice, power dressing and corporate duplicity, with 90s references abound. If you remember Kilroy, work in HR or have had a contretemps with HR, this show is for you. Runner-up West End Women's New Comedian of the Year 2025 and Sketch Off! semi-finalist 2025. 'A real bouffon energy' (TheReviewsHub.com).
BOOK NOWKitty's Salon of Dreams
By Kitty CassisHoots @ Potterrow — Wee Container 1
19 Aug - 31 Aug
Start times: 16:50
60 mins
Age: 14+Dive into the wonderful weird world of Kitty's salon, where you're not just a spectator but an active participant. Get ready to be entertained by the vivacious and totally trustworthy beautician, listening to her quirky tales whilst getting your imaginary hair done. Take an hour to escape with your favourite Northern beautician, where every seat is the best in the house because you're right in the thick of the action.
BOOK NOWRob Moriarty: Sick in the Head
By Rob MoriartyHoots @ The Apex — Hoot 3
7 Aug - 31 Aug
Start times: 16:50
45 mins
Age: 18+Dark and dirty jokes about sexuality, identity and mental health, from rising Irish and famously homosexual comedian Rob Moriarty. A regular at top clubs across the UK and Ireland, he has opened for comedians such as Mike Rice and Reginald D Hunter and was also a Leicester Square New Comedian 2024 finalist. As seen on the hit podcast Mike and Vittorio's Guide to Parenting. 'Excellent and fresh' (Tom Ward). 'The future of comedy. God help us' (David McSavage).
BOOK NOWThe Confessional
Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street) — Slice 1
7 Aug - 31 Aug
Start times: 16:50
60 mins
Age: 18+With Daniel Delby as seen on BGT... Wanna get something off your chest? We have heard it all – people making love to their friend's parent, smuggling drugs internationally and even confessing to murder... of a peacock accidentally while trying to impress a boy. The Best Weekly Comedy winner, (Perth Fringe World 2021) returns to Edinburgh Fringe. 1) Anonymously put your confession into the box. 2) Daniel and Cameron read them out. 3) Take a shot of goon and a Tim Tam. 4) The crowd shouts: 1, 2, 3 we forgive you! 5) You're absolved!
BOOK NOWJoJo Maberly: Angst and Angstability (WIP)
By JoJo MaberlyHoots @ Nicolson Square — Nic 6 (Nicolson Square Venues Courtyard)
17 Aug - 31 Aug
Start times: 16:55
45 mins
Age: 16+In this innocently unhinged WIP, JoJo Maberly examines her achingly angsty years in rural England with catchy songs on the guitar, tortured wails through a loop pedal, and vicars. Loads and loads of vicars. 'Witty and unexpected' (Chortle.co.uk), 'Innovative... distinctive' (BeyondTheJoke.co.uk). BBC New Comedy Awards, Bristol Comedy Competition Winner, Musical Comedy Awards Best Newcomer, writer for BBC Radio 4, support for Jessica Fostekew and Jarred Christmas. As seen on BBC Three.
BOOK NOWTony Cony: Lost in New York
By Fred NewnesHoots @ Nicolson Square — Nic 6 (Nicolson Square Venues Courtyard)
7 Aug - 16 Aug
Start times: 16:55
60 mins
Age: 18+Tony is leaving the cone-fines of Coney Island for the first time – and he needs your support! Commiserate, cheer and cry with laughter as this courageous cone finds his feet in one of the world’s scariest cities. Enjoy low-brow humour on an epic scale as Fred Newnes embarks on an utterly unique adventure, utilising clown, improv and sketch to bring this little cone that could to life. Directed by Carlos Sandin.
BOOK NOWHarry Stachini: Lobster
Hoots @ The Apex — Hoot 4
7 Aug - 30 Aug
Start times: 17:00
60 mins
Age: 16+After a sell-out run and a wave of glowing reviews in 2024 and 2025, Harry Stachini returns with his hotly anticipated new show: Lobster. 'British comedy at its best' ****½ (One4Review.co.uk). Packed with sharp observational storytelling, huge laughs and undeniable likability, Stachini's new hour dives into the life changes we all face. For Harry, that’s meant travelling the world, falling in love and becoming housemates with his dad. A firm favourite with audiences across the UK and beyond, Harry has amassed millions of views online. 'His anecdotes are as funny as they’re outrageous' **** (EdFestMag.com).
BOOK NOWJohn Tothill: Close Your Eyes With Holy Dread For He On Honey-Dew Hath Fed, And Drunk The Milk Of Paradise (WIP)
Hoots @ Nicolson Square — Nic 2 (The Main Hall, Nicolson Square Venues)
17 Aug - 30 Aug
Start times: 17:00
60 mins
Age: 14+Edinburgh Comedy Award 2025 nominee, John Tothill, is back to work up a brand-new show. Expect an hour that is the only thing better than good – useful to him. Chortle.co.uk Awards Best Show nominee 2026. 'One of the funniest hours of stand-up at this year’s Fringe' ***** (Telegraph). 'One of the most distinctive stand-up voices of his generation' ****½ (Chortle.co.uk). 'Brings us closer to stand-up paradise' **** (Guardian). As seen/heard on Channel 4, E4 and BBC Radio 4.
BOOK NOWKat Ronson: Millennial Girl (WIP)
By Kat RonsonHoots @ Potterrow — Wee Container 2
7 Aug - 30 Aug
Start times: 17:00
60 mins
Age: 16+Millennial Girl throws you headfirst into the drama, nostalgia and chaos of the 2000s through Kat Ronson’s viral throwback character, Katie, amassing over 70 million views online. Join Katie as she salutes the generation that didn’t break the internet, but built it. Millennial Girl will haunt you with sweeping fringes, limewire viruses and questions you couldn't help but ask... ASL? Kat Ronson, hailed by Wonderland as 'One of British comedy’s brightest new talents', has performed to sold-out crowds across the UK, culminating in her sketch show 'The Whoreing Twenties' debuting at Leicester Square Theatre.
BOOK NOWSketchy Comedy: Where Art and Comedy Collide
Hoots @ Nicolson Square — Nic 5 (Nicolson Square Venues Courtyard)
7 Aug - 30 Aug
Start times: 17:05
50 mins
Age: 16+Scottish award-winning stand-up comedian Gill shows that her fine art degree actually wasn't a waste of time. There is nothing quite like watching drawing emerge from a page. Pair that with completely improvised comedy and no show is the same. Gill Cordiner brings a show where art and comedy collide with hilarious results. You might take home an amazing portrait and jokes to tell everyone.
BOOK NOW#1 Son: The Tale of an Alternative Arab Comedian and His Father
Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street) — Slice 5
7 Aug - 31 Aug
Start times: 17:10
60 mins
Age: 16+Ricky Gervais' Spirit of Comedy Award finalist Ridwan Hussain teams up with Iraqi Sammer Elzubaidi in this brand new show. A conservative dad clashes with his son's alternative comedy in a stand-up comedy narrative. Observational comedy meets anti-humour, props and chaos in this sharp, heart-warming father-son show about generational divide, immigration and a shared love of stand-up. BBC New Comedy Awards shortlist, Hoots Fringe Act of the Year, Crack Comedy Comedian of the Year.
BOOK NOWIn Memory of Me
By Kat HigginsHoots @ Nicolson Square — Nic 9 (Nicolson Square Gardens)
7 Aug - 30 Aug
Start times: 17:10
60 mins
Age: 14+Kat wants to be remembered. But being the favourite child is impossible when your competition is a literal angel. With Irish charm and cutting wit, Kat explores Catholic guilt, sibling rivalry and the "sainthood" of the dead in her sharp, storytelling debut. If you want a saint, go to church. If you want the truth, come to this. Tour support for Rosie Jones, Janine Harouni and Tatty Macleod, Kat made her television debut on BBC One and BBC Three as part of the BBC New Comedy Awards. Winner of the 2026 Chortle Hotshots bursary awards.
BOOK NOWThis Is Your Trial! The Fully-Improvised Comedy Courtroom
By RGB MonsterHoots @ The Apex — Hoot 2
7 Aug - 30 Aug
Start times: 17:10
55 mins
Age: 14+Guilty or innocent? You decide! The unmissable, award-winning, critically acclaimed courtroom roast returns! You accuse friends and family of crimes, and top comedians take on the roles of judge and defense lawyers, hearing testimony, cross-examining witnesses, and improvising their arguments for each case. It’s up to you the audience as jury to deliver your verdict. Never the same show twice, a must-do Fringe experience! 'A perfect bit of improv mayhem' ***** (Mirror). 'Inventive, intelligent comedy' **** (Scotsman).
BOOK NOW48 Chicken Nuggets in a Sequin Dress
Hoots @ Nicolson Square — Nic 7 (Nicolson Square Gardens)
7 Aug - 30 Aug
Start times: 17:20
45 mins
Age: 14+As he stares into hydrogenated, ultra-processed, non-brand-specific meat products bubbling away in a deep fat fryer for below minimum wage, award-winning comedian and runt-of-the-litter Charlie Ashton feels we’ve lost our way. For millennia, humanity lived in perfect harmony with nature, living in mud huts, taking mushrooms, squirming over each other in the filth. Then somewhere along the way some idiot put on a suit and ruined everything. A cathartic experience for anyone dreading Monday morning and Tuesday morning and Wednesday and every day until we die because they’ve upped retirement age to 120.
BOOK NOWAsian, But Wrong
Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street) — Slice 2
17 Aug - 30 Aug
Start times: 17:20
60 mins
Age: 16+As seen on Fisk (Netflix) and the Melbourne International Comedy Gala, Singaporean-born, Australia-based Ting Lim makes her Edinburgh Fringe debut, unpacking growing up in an unorthodox family and what happens when you don't fit anywhere. Caught between strict Singaporean rules, Malaysian chaos and Australian life, Ting navigates relationships, expectations and the quiet absurdity of never quite belonging. Smart, dark and incisive without being preachy, this show finds humour in the uncomfortable space between where you're from and where you are now. **** (TheWest.com.au). 'Fast becoming one of Australia's hottest comedians' (BrisbaneStage.com).
BOOK NOWHoani Hoani Hoani Must Be Funny in a Rich Man's World
By Hoani HoteneHoots @ The Apex — Hoot 5
7 Aug - 31 Aug
Start times: 17:20
60 mins
Age: 18+Winner Billy T Award 2025 NZ International Comedy Festival. Winner Breakthrough Act 2025 NZ Comedy Guild. Gotta be funny to make that money and Hoani Hotene is in Melbourne to make that happen. Catch this award-winning Kiwi comedian while you can. Known for a smart but casual style, Hoani has a long list of awards and has travelled through NZ, Australia and Edinburgh making people laugh. 'It's clear big things are on the horizon for him' (NZ Herald).
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