Day Planner
The essential guide to round the clock laughter
1pm
Lenny Beige's Pick of the Fringe I We Didn’t Want To Be Bad Kids 5 - TV Made Us Do it The perfect
The big of brow and short of breath showbiz legend serves up his choice selection of prime Fringe cuts. Pleasance, until 24 Aug (not 20), 7pm.
We’re Gonna Bugger You! Wonderhorse have just one hour to save the Blackpool tower. Can the female duo resist the pull of showbiz depravity and complete their mission? Pleasance, until 25 Aug (not 72), 2pm.
3pm
Live! Girls! Acclaimed female double act tipped as the next French and Saunders. Pleasance, until 26 Aug (not 20), 3.35pm.
4pm
Pablo Munoz Presents Esto No Is Gual Disnei Could a 500kg Spanish bull steal the limelight from Munoz in this parody fiesta? Bongo Club, 72—26 Aug (not 78, 25), 4pm. Nice Mum This new double act surf the nostalgia wave on their irreverent boards. Pleasance, until 26 Aug (not 7. 72), 4.30pm.
The Lords 01 The Ring Two men, one ring and a biting comedy about the world of Tolkien fanatics. Gilded Balloon, until 26 Aug, 5pm.
Auid Reekle’s Oxters Take an armchair tour of Edinburgh's seamier side. The Stand, until 26 Aug (not 72), 5.40pm.
Big Word Periormance Poetry Jem Rolls and Viv Gee host more hyperactive poetic shenanigans. The Tron, until 26 Aug, 5.45pm.
Count Arthur Strong’s Forgotten lgypt Count Arthur ventures where bolder men have wavered in this part- historic, part-anarchic lecture. Gilded Balloon, until 26 Aug (not 72, 79), 5.45pm.
Michael Mee: Mee Myself 0. i With the hackneyed title of ‘one to watch’, Irishman Mee could yet transpire as a comedy starlet on the rise. Gilded Balloon, until 26 Aug (not 7 3, 20), 6pm.
Nicholas Parsons The festival's resident agony uncle chews the fat with a host of Fringe regulars. Pleasance, 9—25 Aug (not 20), 6.75pm.
Hollow Men Slick, funny and downright flawless. Pleasance, until 26 Aug (not 20), 6.45pm.
7pm
Cram and Meeten: Ding Dong Obscure double act about to star in their own Channel 4 special. Pleasance, until 26 Aug (not 72).
The Fall of the House of Spencer Brown Critically acclaimed. cutting edge and now clean cut. Could this be the future of comedy? Gilded Balloon Teviot, until 26 Aug (not 6, 73). 7pm.
antidote to square eyes syndrome. Ego
and Out, 72—768 1.923 Aug, 7pm.
Noel Fielding: Voodoo Hedgehog
3 Animation, woodland creatures, biscuit
tin bust-ups: no less surreal than you would expect from one half of the Boosh. Pleasance, until 26 Aug (not 73), 7. 70pm.
Ed Byrne and Friends Stand Up
5 for Freedom The little lrish charmer
makes his only appearance of the festival in aid of Amnesty International.
: Assembly Rooms, 73 Aug, 7.75pm.
Kev F’s Rude Health If remote- controlled vibrating pants, condom
jokes and rude bits tickle your fancy.
then Mr F should hit the spot. Gilded Balloon, until 25 Aug (not 20), 7. 75pm. Jimeoin Easy-going stand-up tomfoolery from Australia's adopted lrishman. Assembly Rooms, until 26
Aug (not 72, 79), 7.30pm.
Omid Dlalili - Behind Enemy Lines The short, fat Iranian with the winning smile leaves behind the glamour of Hollywood to trade bellydancing tips with the minions. Pleasance, until 26 Aug, 7.30pm.
The Treason Show A cosmic collision between biting satire and pop hits. Pleasance, 72—26 Aug, 7.30pm. Andre Vincent is Unwell Vincent leaves his sick bed to confront comedy taboos. Gilded Balloon, until 26 Aug (not 73, 76), 7.45pm.
Club Mozart with Rainer Hersch Hersch gives a new slant to the musical comedy genre. Assembly
' Rooms, until 26 Aug, 7.50pm.
8pm
Danny Bhoy Moffat—born charmer known for smooth delivery and spot-on football jokes. Pleasance, until 26 Aug (not 73), 8pm.
Dark Side of the Teen James Ferguson, Paul McNeill and John McBridge lead a whistle-stop t0ur of Edinburgh's gritty underworld. Fin MacCoo/‘s, until 26 Aug, 8pm.
Jason Byrne Surprise Perrier nominee returns to drench audiences with his improvised brilliance. Pleasance, 72—26 Aug (not 20), 8pm. Jimmy Carr’s Bare-faced Ambition Cambridge-educated psychotherapist-turned stand-up who helped shatter the comedy mould with
' Rubbernecker. Gilded Balloon Teviot,
until 26 Aug (not 73, 20), 8. 75pm. Boom Chicago - Rock Stars Flawless sketch troupe hailing from America and Holland. Gilded Balloon Teviot, until 26 Aug (not 22), 8.30pm. Richard Herring - Talking Cock Herring‘s answer to The Vagina Monologues takes a comic look at male members. Pleasance, until 26
Aug (not 20), 8.30pm. Sarah Kendall is Well Balanced
Sassy Australian sheila who went to War last August but survived to tell the tale. Gilded Balloon, until 26 Aug (not 5, 79), 8.30pm.
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9pm
Des Bishop’s Comical Wariare This native New Yorker declares war on the unholy worlds of ignorance and st00pidity. Gilded Balloon Teviot, until 26 Aug (not 72). 9pm.
Jeff Green The cherubic one continues to charm and amuse in his own impish little way. Assembly Rooms. until 26 Aug, 9pm.
Reginald D Hunter: I Said What I Said The sonorous-voiced Yank philosophises on relationships. Gilded Balloon, until 26 Aug (not 73). 9pm. Ross Noble - Sonic Wafer Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No. it's a flying Ross on a pig. Surreal. improvised and quite astonishing when on form. Pleasance, until 26 Aug (not 20), 9pm. Mark Salem’s Mind Games The professor of deveIOpmental psychology boggles the mind. Assembly Rooms, until 26 Aug (not 70—72, 79), 9.05pm). Sean Lock Perrier nominee and proof positive that you don't have to swear to be funny. Assembly Rooms, 7 7—26 Aug, 9. 75pm.
Sucker Lawrence Leung's critically acclaimed expose of con artists and card sharks. Assembly Rooms, until 26 Aug, 9. 75pm.
Sandy Nelson: Bedroom Popstar Nelson‘s popstar chums witness the ruin of pop music. The Stand, until 26 Aug (not 72). 9.20pm.
Andrew Maxwell Pint-sized Irishman blessed with the gift of the gab. Gilded Balloon, until 26 Aug (not
7 9), 9.30pm.
The Nonsense 2001 Perrier Newcomer winners Garth Crurkshank and Eddie McCabe embark on more mini-melodramas. Honeycomb. until 25 Aug (not Mons). 9.30pm.
Daniel Kitson - Something Fond musings and touching stories peppered with swearing, profanity and stuttering. Pleasance, until 26 Aug (not 20), 9.45pm.
Men in Coats The d0uble act who ain’t fans of the warm weather should be right at home in Edinburgh. Their surreal visual comedy should be just as well received. Pleasance. until 26 Aug (not 20). 9.45pm.
1 0pm
Ich Bin Produkt The secrets of advertising mistrust laid bare by rising Irish star James Goldsbury. G 02, until 25 Aug (not 73), 70pm. Howard Read - Words and Pictures Illustrator and comic Read shares the stage with his mini me. little Howard. Pleasance, until 26 Aug (not 20), 70.05pm.
Paul Zenon - off the Street, on the Road The Sultan of Swindle and King of Con has to be seen to be believed. Assembly Rooms, until 26 Aug, 70.30pm. Rory Bremner If imitation is indeed the sincerest form of flattery. then this satirical mimic simply adores pompous politicians. Assembly Rooms, 72—7 7 Aug. 70.30pm.
11pm
Charlie Chuck is Scrooge The sidekick of Reeves and Mortimer. Gilded Balloon, until 26 Aug (not 70), 7 7.30pm.
Rich Hall and Mike Wilmot - Pretzel Logic The two American comedians set out to prove that George Dubya is the best American president. Assembly Rooms, until 26 Aug (not 5, 72), 77.45pm.
Silly hours
Silky’s Midnight Run Trip the light fantastic with Silky and his special guests. Club West @ Crowne Plaza, 77 —24 Aug, midnight. Pleasance Nights Late night laughter involving live music, live comedy and Pro-Plus for the five- and-stiIl-alive-ers. Pleasance Dome, 2—4 8 6—7 Aug, 72.30am.
The Improverts Manic improv troupe scale the heights of spontaneity. Bed/am Theatre, 72—24 Aug, 72.30am.
Late’n’Live Terrified comedians face a barrage of beer-soaked heckles. How we love and laugh. Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2—26 Aug. 78/77.
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