Comedy, Sketch within 5 miles of Edinburgh

Graham. After their acclaimed freshman show Graham Rex, Graham return to the Fringe with brand new sketches in AntiGraham. When bloodthirsty badgers stage a coup d'etat, four friends find themselves trapped in an underground bunker, with only their dreams and memories for comfort. This meline revolution is tearing…

Hired by Aladdin's genie, trainer Alice Lashman is here to teach you how to wish successfully. Grab a birthday candle, find a dandelion puff and come to Alice's seminar to learn how to avoid the mistakes of bankrupt lottery winners, our coalition government and fame-rejecting reality TV stars. Also featuring…

Following countless sell-out runs, the Cambridge Footlights return to the Edinburgh Fringe as they celebrate the club's 130th anniversary. Many past Footlights have changed the face of British comedy, including Peter Cook, John Cleese, Hugh Laurie and Tim Key. Join 'the most renowned sketch troupe of them all…

Kevin Bridges and Adam Hills host Edinburgh's biggest all-star comedy event, which also airs on the old TV machine.

Haggard. Following last year's phenomenally successful I am, I am, 'These boys are built to last, catch them while you can' (List), comes a sartorial odyssey that's decked out, dolled up and dressing down. Fresh from a sell-out Footlights Spring Revue in Cambridge, these exciting, young British comedians bring you a…

Join Limbo for their brand new sketch show Fisting For Biscuits as they raise the comedy bar, and head right on under it. Surreal, twisted and bulging with charm, Limbo shines light in the darkest of places. With delicious scenarios, wacky characters and ridiculous songs, Limbo will have you on the ropes and out for…

In affiliation with The Invisible Dot, Twins is a double act starring Jack Barry, ‘a future in comedy’ (Chortle.co.uk), and Annie McGrath, ‘beautiful timing and spot-on delivery’ (Tab, Cambridge). Their debut show is a combination of sketches and talking, which sometimes meet in the middle. Their friends are really…

Norris once licked the floor of Euston Station for £5. She would have done it for free. We like doing things for free. That's why we're at the Free Fringe. There will be ginger moustaches, dubious smelling costumes and songs and sketches galore! Join Manchester's favourite insomniacs for an evening of dark and ridiculous…

A M Entertainments in association with 2entertain. Grab your hot ticket to talent-spot future stars amongst this year's Amused Moose Laugh Off crop of industry approved discoveries. Plus some who are already rather famous and featured in our past decade of sell-out Hot Starlet showcases. Every Gangshow is unique so…

Lovely Men / Free Festival. Prepare to fill a bucket with mighty treasures as four strapping yet amusing Midlands men crack open a case of vintage silliness in a greatest hits show that's been refined just for you. www.thelovelymen.com. Ages 18+.

Rankin & Holme. The show to shed light on light! Too many of us live in a depressed world - daily commuting, domestic boredom, the torture of average, mundane, day to day life… Luckily most of us know particular idiots who make us laugh and put a smile on our faces. At Wit's End sheds light on a few such characters…

Bad Bread return to Edinburgh with a brand new romantic (sketch) comedy - just don't tell Richard Curtis. Sure, they're comedians, but they're also just a girl (and two guys), standing in front of an audience asking you to laugh. 'Wonderfully funny show. Three excellent comedians' (Comedy.co.uk). 'The obvious comic…

Come along, possums, and bid a tearful adieu to Dame Edna and co on Barry Humphries' final tour.

Like people-watching? Ever sat on a bench? If so then this is the show for you! Following a sell-out run at the Leicester Square Theatre, Jam Sponge Comedy are heading to Edinburgh for their Fringe debut - Bench Bites. Presenting a day in the life of a bench, we meet a wide variety of characters in a wide variety of…

The Gilded Balloon / Sketch Club. It's the grand final of the Gilded Balloon and Sketch Club's exciting new competition for sketch and character comedy writers and performers. In front of a panel of expert judges from the comedy industry, the winners of six London heats battle it out in Edinburgh for the big title…

Ditto Productions. Returning after three sell-out, five-star Fringes, the Chortle Award nominated sketch-storytellers present an epic set in a city full of superheroes. Enter a world of capes, crime and chaos as the Betas swoop into a mystery that beats you into a bloody pulp-fiction. Sketch comedy that asks: Is there…

Back for a second year, The Birmingham Footnotes Comedy Society present their mix of high energy, almost absurd and delightfully daft sketches. 'Charming, funny and self-aware in the best possible way' ★★★★ (EdFringeReview.com). 'They may seem like a bunch of nutters, but the Footnotes are wonderfully adept at making…

Mick Perrin Worldwide. The year is 2053. Sketch comedy has taken over the world. But it is a world divided. After years of conflict, two factions have emerged. Birthday Girls perform darkly surreal, character-driven sketches. But a rival group are ready to do battle. They are gunning for the sketch comedy crown … and…

Glenda and Stephen Edwards. Sell-out in 2011! Are you sick of hearing that lessons have been learnt, it must never happen again, those responsible must be held to account and there must be greater openness and transparency going forward? Those two old gits, Glenda and Stephen, are back having a go at Britain's ghastly…

Brothers and sisters of the Fringe, discard your differences and heed the Brethren's call. Help us wage whimsical war against seriousness through immersive character comedy from our (not so) secret yurt cave within the Free Sisters. Follow the action on Twitter: @TheBrethrenofL

The Broken Windows Policy / The Stand Comedy Club. The Stand Comedy Club's resident sketch group brings you a riotous cabaret of skits, sketches, improv and character comedy. Think Saturday Night Live (American version) meets Saturday Night Live (British version). Two nights only! 'Universally splendid' (Scotsman).