DayPIanner
Desperate to see some shows but not sure how to plan your comedy day? What you need is a Comedy Day Planner. Here’s one.
Simon Munnery’s AGM Old Buckethead is back. See preview. Stand. 7—30 Aug (not 16). 4pm. £7.50 (£6.50). Never Mind the Botox Jonathan Ross lets his house band out for the month with a camp selection of tunes and chatter. See preview. Pleasance (.‘ota'tyard. 8-30 Aug (not 16). 4.10pm. £9—£10(£7.50—£8.50). Duel Who can possibly resist an act . dubbed ‘the Laurel and Hardy of music“? Maybe those who hate both the duo and music. Assembly Rooms. 8—29 Aug (not 16. 23). 4.10pm. £10—£12 (£8—£10).
Big Word Performance Poetry Another whirlwind of poetic high energy. Edinburgh Comedy Room. 8—30 Aug. 4.30pm. £6 (£4.50).
Wendy Spero: Who’s Your Daddy? 2 Demetri Martin‘s pal shuffles her way onto stages and into our hearts. See
preview. Assembly Rooms. 6—30 Aug (110!
10. 17). 5.15pm. [IO—£11 (£9470).
Tony Carter’s Evil Army Aka Will Andrews and his decidedly offbeat karma. See preview. Stand 11. 7—-30 Aug (not 16).
5. 20pm. £6 ( £5).
The Bearded Ladies They‘re ladies. But they don‘t actually have facial hair. Witty. intelligent sketch tnalarkey. See preview. Underbelly. 7—29 Aug. 6.15pm. £7.50—£8.50 (£6.50—£7.50).
Simon Munnery: Buckethead More surrealistic nonsense. And we love it. See preview. Assembly Rooms. 6-30 Aug (not 10, 17). 6.30pm. £l0—£ll (£9~-£I0).
Paul Merton’s Impro Chums The telly hero gets down and dirty on the ad- libbing game. Pleasance Courtyard. 7--.i’0 Aug (not 14& 15, 23). 8pm. [Li—£14.50 (£1 1.50—1.13).
Jo caulfield _ takes on a new role at. 8.45pm
Carl-Einar Hackner: Heart The Coopers Tommy and Alice somehow merge within this Swede's heartfelt act. See preview. Pleasance Com‘tyard. 8—30 Aug (not 10. 17). 6.40pm. £9.50—£10.50 l £8—-£9).
Alun Cochrane: My Favourite Words in My Best Stories ()ne of this year's hot new tips with a charming wordy rotnp. See preview. (ii/(let! Balloon 'Ieviot. 8—29 Aug (not 15). 6.45pm. £8—-£9 (£718).
Mark Thomas: Mucking About Find out who 'l’hommo‘s upsetting this time. See preview. Bongo Club. 8 18 Aug. 7pm. £12.50 ( £8.50).
Dean Friedman: Squirrels in the Attic Can music be funny'.’ Let's find out. shall we. Pleasance Dome. 7--21 Aug (not 9. 16). 7pm. £9.50--£10.50 (£8--£9).
Dirty Fan Male: The Show Readings of letters to ladies in the flesh industry. See preview. (Ii/(led Balloon Caves. 6—-30 Aug. 7pm. £8.50—£9.50 ( £7. 50--£8. 50).
Uncut Confetti John Hegley is quite simply one of our most beloved lyricists from Luton. Pleasance Courtyard. 8-30 Aug (ttot 16. 23). 7pm. £9.50--£l0.50
( £8—-£9).
Bob Brydon: The Keith Barret Show 'I'V's funniest relationship counsellor brings his with a few surprise guests along the way. I'll warrant you. Pleasance Courtme 7 —30 Aug ( not 10. 16). 7.15pm. £11.5()~£13.50 (HO-£12). Chris Addison: Civilization (‘omedy‘s poshest brightest spark brings us tnore erudite musings. Terriny thin he is too. I’leasatu'e (.‘ourtyanl. 7--.i’0 Aug ( not 17). 7.15pm. £9. 50—170. 50 it‘s—£9). Danny Bhoy Our very own charming man beguiles with another expected sell- out bit of banter. l’otl Deco. 8~29 Aug (not 10. 17). 7.30pm. £ll~--£14.50 (£8.50).
Mark Maier Objects His publicity shot for this year has him dressed tip as a sweet slumped on the sofa. WVre not sure why either. UIulerbe/Iy. 7--29 Aug (not 18).
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8. 05pm. £7.50—£8. 50 ( £6.50—£7. 50). Reginald D Hunter: A Mystery Wrapped In a Nigga Last year's Perrier nominee returns. And he bloody well rocks. See preview. Pleasance Courtyard. 7--30 Aug (not 10. 17). 8.15pm. £9. 50— £1 0. 50 1 £8~£9).
Stewart Lee Having wooed the nation with his musical about Jerry Springer. the stand-up's stand-up (whatever that means) returns to do what he does very well indeed. Underbelly. 7-—29 Aug (not 17). 8.40pm. £9. 50-—£10. 50 (£8--£9).
Jo Caulfield: Role Model Is she quite simply the best female stand-up in the country? Discover for yourself. Pleasance Dame. 7 —-29 Aug (not 17). 8.45pm. £9. 5()-£I(). 50 l£8--£9).
The Trivial Pursuits of Martin Mor Mr Bigpig wields some tnore of his sharp humour. He likes knives. you see. Stand 11. 6u29 Aug (not 16). 9pm. £6—£7 (£5--£6.50).
Andy Parsons: Eat My Satire ()ne of the sharpest. and certainly the most shrill. political satirists on the circuit gives us food for thought. See preview. Assembly Rooms. 729 Aug (not 9. 16). 9pm.
£10 £11 (£9-9£10).
From A-Z Jeff (ireen witticises over the ups. downs and really downs of that relationship thing. Assentny Roottts. 6-30 Aug. 9.05pm. £12--£l3(£11--£12).
Jason Wood: Being Glorious! The Strictly ( 'ome Dancing star brings us some gloriously camp capers. See preview. Assembly Rooms. 8-30 Aug (not 10. 1 7. 24;. 9.20pm. [10—[11 (£9--£1()).
Little Howard and Big Howard In: At Home with the Howards Last year's Perrier nominee gives us some tnore jovial jottering. See above. Pleasance Courtyard. 7~30 Aug (not 10. 17). 9.20pm. £9. 50--£10. 50 ( £8—£9).
Bourbonitis Whisky galore with the comic formerly known as Rich Hall. Pleasance ( ‘ourtyartl. 6-«30 Aug (not 10), 9.30pm. £1 l--£12. 50 (£950-17 I I.
A Blunt Sketch Show A mixed media extravaganza. And sketches. See preview. Bongo Club. 8-22 Aug. 9.30pm. £6 (£5).
Sarah Kendall ()ne of the true bright sparks on the circuit brings us some intelligent fun. See preview. Pleasance Courtyard. 556 6550. 7—30 Aug ( not 10. 17). 9.35pm. £9.50—£10.50 (£8—£9).
Dan Antopolski: A Whim Away The bearded wonder aims to get another spot on a Perrier shortlist. And who knows. he ‘ may well do it. Pleasance Courtyard.
§ 7—30 Aug (not 17). 9.40pm. [9.5041050 (£8--£9).
Brendon Burns The manic Australian prepares to split the audience slap bang down more middles again. Pleasance Courtyanl. 6--30 Aug ( not I I ). 9.45pm. £10--£11 (£8. 50—£9. 50).
Janey Godley: Good Godley The sole solo Scottish female stand-up looks on the dark side of life. See preview. Under/wily. 7—-29 Aug (not 10. 17). 10/701. £9»—£l 0 (£8--£9).
Nick Revell: Like It Matters One of the tnost intelligent stand-ups of our time (in that he doesn‘t talk about cocks and hunts for an hour). Stand 11. 6—29 Aug (not 16). 10.15pm. £7.50 (£6.50).
The Demons of Addy Van-Der» Borgh The comic clown oozes back out way. Assembly Rooms. 8~~30 Aug (not 10, 17). 10.15pm. £9—£10 (£8—£9).
Ed Byrne: Me Again The jaunty joker retttrns to charm our pants off. With his tnum in tow. we hope. See Festival View. Assentny Rooms. 8—30 Aug (not 10. 17). 10.20pm. £12—£l4 (HI—£12).
Gary Le Strange: Face Academy Last year's Perrier Newcomer victor returns with tnore 80s-drenched torture. See preview, Pod Deco, 8-29 Aug (not 17). 10.25pm. £9.50—£14 (£8.50).
Porn ldol Gentleman Jim muses on the porn industry. See preview. Pleasance Courtyard. 6~30 Aug (not 10). 10.55pm. £10—£ll (£8.50—-£9).
Daniel Kitson Having played in a tent on Lothian Road last year. Danny boy comes back to what he knows and says what he thinks. Stand. 6—‘29 Aug (not 10.
I 7). 11 pm. £9 (£8).
Scottish TV Live from the Fringe Your chance to see some top comics and wave your ‘hi mttm' placard. Assembly Rooms. 9. I6. 23 Aug. 11.15pm. £10.
Tim Fountain: Sex Addict Mr 1: goes hunting on stage for a matt. And tells us how he gets on the next night. See preview. Assembly Rooms. 6- 5’0 Aug (not 9. 16). 11.30pm. £10--£ll (£9--£10).
Xprov: Extreme Improvised Comedy W/tose Jackass is it Attywvayx’. we suspect. (ii/(led Balloon 'let't'ot. 6-30 Aug (No! 9. 16). 11.30pm. £8.50—£9.50
( £7. 50—-£8. 50).
BOOKING INFORMATION Assembly Rooms 226 2428 Bongo Club 557 2827
c 0870 7015l05
Edinburgh Comedy Room 226
0000
Gilded Balloon 668 1633 Pleasance 556 6550
Pod Deco 08707 557705
Stand 558 7272
Underbelly 0870 7453083
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0131 226 0000 or www.edfringe.com