Comedy and "Edinburgh"

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Absolute Improv
Date	Location
Influenced by the like of Whose Line is it Anyway and Fast and Loose, ToBeContinued take audience suggestions, no matter how silly, and transform myriad ideas into fast-paced improvised comedy. View full details
25 Feb 8pm	The Tron, Edinburgh

Acorn Antiques
Date	Location
Tempo Productions bring Victoria Wood's creaky soap opera to the stage. View full details
13 Feb–18 Feb Mon–Fri 7.30pm; Sat 2.30pm & 7.30pm	Church Hill Theatre, Edinburgh

Alan Davies: Life is Pain
Date	Location
Best known as Stephen Fry's mop-topped buffoon on QI and duffle-coated detective in Johnathan Creek, Alan returns to his stand-up roots. View full details (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
9 Aug–14 Aug Mon, Tue & Thu–Sun 7.40–8.40pm	Venue 150 @ EICC, Edinburgh
18 Oct 7.30pm	Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow
19 Oct 8pm	Music Hall, Aberdeen
20 Oct 8.30pm	Eden Court Theatre, Inverness

The Alibis, The Colour Ham and Caezium
Date	Location
Indie, electro rock from The Alibis and Caezium (respectively) with 'magic, mentalism and mayhem' from comedy trio The Colour Ham, plus DJ Proton between acts all raising funds for MacMillan Cancer Support. View full details
3 Mar 7pm	Studio 24, Edinburgh

Andrew Doyle's Crash Course in Depravity
Date	Location
Doyle's first solo hour was a complete sell-out during the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe, so he's taking it west so Glasgow can see what all the fuss is about. Luckily, it's a funny, fearless exploration of depravity throughout history. Part of Glasgow Comedy Festival. View full details and ticket info
24 Mar 8.30pm	Blackfriars, Glasgow

Andrew Lawrence, Seann Walsh and Idiots of Ants
Date	Location
A tip-top triple bill with award-nominated grumpy-pants Andrew Lawrence headlining, and able support from Seann Walsh and sketchers Idiots of Ants. View full details and ticket info
15 Mar 8pm	Usher Hall, Edinburgh

Andrew Lawrence: The Best Kept Secret In Comedy
Date	Location
Vitriolic humour from the Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee. View full details and ticket info
19 Feb Feb 19, 8pm	Tobacco Factory, Bristol
26 Feb Feb 26, 7.45pm	Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry
1 Mar Mar 1, 8pm	Arts Centre, Swindon
9 Mar Mar 9, 8pm	Cramphorn Theatre, Chelmsford
10 Mar Mar 10, 8pm	Darwen Library Theatre, Darwen
11 Mar–12 Mar Mar 11 & 12, 8pm	The Lowry, Salford
12 Apr Apr 12, 7.30pm, doors 7pm	The Glee Club, Oxford
13 Apr Apr 13, 8pm	Square Chapel Centre For The Arts, Halifax
19 Apr Apr 19, 7.30pm, doors 7pm	The Glee Club, Nottingham
21 Apr Apr 21, 8pm	Richard Attenborough Centre, Leicester
26 Apr Apr 26, 8pm	Arlington Arts Centre, Mary Hare, Newbury
27 Apr Apr 27, 8pm	South Street Arts Centre, Reading
3 May May 3, 8pm	Darwin Suite at Assembly Rooms, Derby
6 Jul Jul 6, 8pm	Festival Drayton Centre, Market Drayton

The Artist
Date	Location
This joyous, impeccably crafted crowdpleaser about the advent of the talkies melds the tried and tested plot of A Star Is Born to the comic exuberance of Singin' In The Rain, with the result that it is almost impossible not to fall for its charms. View full details
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Beatnik Comedy
Date	Location
Every week a host of Scotland's comedy newbies show off their rib-tickling skills, presided over by a professional headliner. Hosted by Liam Withnail. View full details
15 Feb–25 Apr Wed 8.30pm	The Tron, Edinburgh

The Beehive Comedy Club
Date	Location
Ben Verth presents a weekend packed full of top local and visiting comedians to tickle your funny bone in an entirely appropriate way. View full details
17 Feb–28 Apr Fri & Sat 8.30pm	Beehive Inn, Edinburgh

Best of Scottish Comedy
Date	Location
A monthly showcase of the finest comedy talent from north of the border, flying the flag of Scottish talent without looking like a hooligan. View full details
29 Feb 8.30pm	The Stand, Edinburgh
28 Mar 8.30pm With Mark Nelson.	The Stand, Edinburgh

The Broken Windows Policy
Date	Location
The Stand's monthly sketch show returns with new skits and character treats featuring the best of fresh Scots comedy, including Siân Bevan, Larah Bross, Dave MacGregor, Graeme Thomas and Ben Verth. View full details
7 Mar 8.30pm	The Stand, Edinburgh

Camii Sinclair
Date	Location
Songs and humour from comedian and singer-songwriter Sinclair and guests. View full details
11 Feb–31 Mar Sat 6pm	The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh

Carnage
Date	Location
A playground spat between two boys causes their parents to try to settle their differences. There's little attempt to disguise the film's theatrical origins, but it plays out at such a blistering pace and boasts such exuberant performances that it's hard not to give in to it. Fast, funny and filthy. View full details
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The Colour Ham
Date	Location
Colin McLeod, Kevin McMahon and Gavin Oattes present their comedy magic cabaret with a twist of crazy. View full details
18 Feb 7pm Edinburgh Fringe Tester Show.	The Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh

Comedy Academy @ The Shack
Date	Location
A platter of fresh comedy newbies taking their first wobbly steps onto the circuit. Be nice. View full details
16 Feb–26 Apr Thu 9.30pm	The Shack, Edinburgh

Comedy Variety Show
Date	Location
Weekly new material night, hosted by Keara Patricia Murphy, where anything goes (as long as it's funny). Eight acts perform each time, a mix of fresh faces starting out and established pros road testing new jokes. View full details
20 Feb–23 Apr Mon 8–10.30pm	City Café, Edinburgh

Craig Hill
Date	Location
Indulge yourself in a deliciously wicked evening of gloriously camp no-holds-barred comedy and pure, unadulterated fun. Sometimes wickedly provocative and always outrageously cheeky, the Scotsman called Craig 'a revelation'. Book early! Sell-out 2002-2011! 'Hill actually has to wait until the audience stop laughing before he can start again. It’s absolutely hilarious' (Evening News). 'Wickedly subversive … Funny, charming and charismatic' (Metro). 'Funny as hell' (Scotland on Sunday). View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
2 Aug–3 Aug Thu & Fri 7.30–8.30pm 4 Aug–27 Aug Mon–Sun 7.30–8.30pm	Underbelly Bristo Square, Edinburgh

Craig Hill: Blown By A Fan!
Date	Location
The latest offering from Scotland's funny man, with ten years of experience at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe under his sporran. View full details and ticket info
23 Mar–24 Mar Fri & Sat 7.30pm Part of Glasgow Comedy Festival.	Òran Mór, Glasgow
6 Apr 7.30pm	Howden Park Centre, Livingston

Daniel Simonsen: Edinburgh Preview
Date	Location
Dry and offbeat humour from the Norwegian stand-up. View full details
24 Feb Feb 24, 7.30pm, doors	The Camden Head, London NW1

Daniel Sloss
Date	Location
New show from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man-half-Xbox. Star of television’s Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, 8/10 Cats, Mock The Week and more, plus his own BBC show, Daniel started gigging aged 16 and has sold-out four Edinburgh Fringe seasons. Now 21, he’s recently left home and the teenage gloves are off (although the dirty socks are still on the floor …). ‘A star in the making … Unstoppable!’ (Telegraph). ‘Hysterical … A stunning show of observational… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
2 Aug–5 Aug Thu, Fri & Sun 6.30–7.30pm 4 Aug–20 Aug Mon–Sun 6.30–7.30pm	Venue 150 @ EICC, Edinburgh

Dara O'Briain: Craic Dealer
Date	Location
The jovial Irish star and host of BBC2's Mock the Week returns to Scotland with his straightforward observational humour. View full details
24 May–26 May Thu–Sat 8pm	The Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh

The Dark Harbour (Futoko)
Date	Location
Deadpan comedy about a lonely fisherman who only notices a woman and her son hiding in his wardrobe when watching back a video he's made for a dating service. View full details
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David Hasselhoff
Date	Location
The Hoff shares music and stories from his illustrious career. View full details
26 Feb 7pm • Cancelled	Usher Hall, Edinburgh

The Descendants
Date	Location
When his wife is seriously injured during a boating trip with her lover, a Hawaiian land baron takes his daughters on a trip to confront her beau. View full details
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Doug Stanhope
Date	Location
The leading light in intelligent American comedy takes a brutal look at the stupidity of society and politics today in a vicious, no-holds-barred show View full details
27 Mar 8pm	The Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh

Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Date	Location
The big daddy of arts festivals, the Fringe has it all. The facts and figures speak for themselves: nearly 1.9 million tickets sold in 2011 for 41,689 performances of 2,542 shows in 258 venues. It's the biggest celebration of theatre, comedy, cabaret, children's shows, dance, physical theatre, musicals, operas, exhibitions and music in all its forms in the world. View full details
3 Aug–27 Aug Times vary	Various venues, Edinburgh

Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu
Date	Location
An unlikely couple get married on a drunken whim in Las Vegas in this Bollywood romcom. View full details
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Electric Tales
Date	Location
A blended mix of comedy and storytelling, making for a chilled night of funny yarns and verse told by a range of performers, with the sole aim of cheering you up. View full details
13 Mar 8.30pm With our favourite funny females, Siân Bevan and Susan Morrison.	The Stand, Edinburgh

Fascinating Aida: The Cheap Flights Tour
Date	Location
Best known for their Youtube smash hit 'Cheap Flights', the feisty trio Dillie Keane, Adèle Anderson and Liza Pulman get their satirical cabaret on. View full details
16 Feb 8pm	The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

Foster's Comedy Live @ highlight
Date	Location
Some of the freshest comedy bods from near and far, sandwiched between a pre-show meal and post-show dancing. Go on, treat yourselves. View full details
17 Feb–18 Feb Fri & Sat 9pm Ooh, there's a special guest star this weekend. How exciting! As well as him/her there's Stu Who? and David…	Highlight, Edinburgh

Frankie Boyle: The Last Days of Sodom
Date	Location
Controversial, shocking and in poor taste? Perhaps, but bloomin' funny with it. Frankie once again tries to heal the country's fools on a final tour (apparently). No doubt he'll have saved all his most terrifying material 'til now. View full details
31 Jul–2 Aug Tue–Thu 8pm	The Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh

The Friday Fix
Date	Location
A regular night of comedy fun, with up-and-comers and expert types, followed by a storming band to end the night and start the weekend. View full details
2 Mar 7.30pm Funny females rule the roost tonight, as there's Janey Godley, Susan Morrison and Keara Patricia Murphy.	The Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh

Friday Night Live @ The Shack
Date	Location
Get your comedy on this weekend at a new weekly night at The Shack: Jojo Sutherland introduces her pick of comedy acts from across the country, with a house band and special guests a-plenty. View full details
2 Mar 8pm With Janey Godley and MC Ray Bradshaw.	The Shack, Edinburgh
9 Mar 8pm With Graham Mackie.	The Shack, Edinburgh
16 Mar 8pm With Stu Who?	The Shack, Edinburgh
23 Mar 8pm With John Gordillo.	The Shack, Edinburgh
30 Mar 8pm With Michael Redmond.	The Shack, Edinburgh
6 Apr–20 Apr Fri 8pm	The Shack, Edinburgh

The Friday Show
Date	Location
Kick your shoes off, put some nicer ones on and head to The Stand where the weekend's line-up are ready to go. View full details
17 Feb 9pm Hilarious, offensive barbs in a Bill Hicks/Jerry Sadowtiz vein from Ian Cognito, with Chris Lynam, Ed…	The Stand, Edinburgh
24 Feb 9pm Roger Monkhouse veers between laconically charming and ever-so-slightly menacing in an entirely…	The Stand, Edinburgh

The Friday Show
Date	Location
Friday night sparkles with the promise of comedy in a basement, courtesy of those good folk at The Stand. View full details
2 Mar 9pm The Stand Players Stu & Gary show off their improv talents by turning anything the audience throws at…	The Stand, Edinburgh
9 Mar 9pm Stewart Francis appears tonight, punting his razor sharp, Canadian gags. There's also Danielle Ward, Neil…	The Stand, Edinburgh
16 Mar 9pm Award-winning actor and stand-up Michael Smiley leads the pack tonight, alongside a great wee line-up…	The Stand, Edinburgh
23 Mar 9pm Gary Little: big man, big laughs, and tonight's he's alongside Howard Read and Luke Benson.	The Stand, Edinburgh
30 Mar 9pm With Bruce Fummey.	The Stand, Edinburgh

Fringe by the Sea
Date	Location
North Berwick's multi-arts festival is intended as a less intense arm of Edinburgh's August extravaganza. Those who take the short journey out of the city can enjoy musical performances, book readings, kids' events, theatre shows and more, all against the backdrop of beautiful coastline and sea air, and without the hustle and bustle of the Royal Mile. Musical highlights in 2011 included Rachel Sermanni, Eddi Reader and Jake Cogan. View full details
6 Aug–12 Aug Times vary	North Berwick, North Berwick

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Date	Location
A new topical show dissecting all things good, bad and downright ugly that've happened throughout the week. The audience gets a say as well, voting on each of the six rounds to see which team wins overall, and the whole thing's recorded for a podcast. View full details
15 Feb 8.30pm	The Stand, Edinburgh

Hardeep Singh Kohli: The Nearly Naked Chef
Date	Location
Broadcaster, writer, cook and Glaswegian Sikh Hardeep Singh Kohli combines comedy and anecdotes with inventive cuisine in an extended version of his earlier show The Nearly Naked Chef, which debuted at the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He started his career on the radio and still dominates the airwaves, making documentaries for Radios 2, 3 and 4, plus regular slots on primetime Radio 4. As a journalist he has a column in Scotland On Sunday called Hardeep Is Your Love which has seen him… View full details
16 Feb Feb 16, 7.30pm	Theatre By The Lake, Keswick
30 Mar Mar 30, 7.30pm	Quay Theatre, Sudbury

Harry the Polis
Date	Location
Harry Morris reveals the lighter side of the Scottish Police Service, with stories and anecdotes from his 30 years in the force. View full details
23 Feb 6.30pm	Morningside Library, Edinburgh
29 Feb 2pm	Portobello Library, Edinburgh
29 Feb 6.30pm	Drumbrae Library Hub, Edinburgh

Henning Wehn: No Surrender
Date	Location
Germany's sort of Comedy Ambassador (we think he made up that title) dispelling the myth that his countryfolk have no sense of humour. View full details
22 Feb 8.30pm	The Stand, Edinburgh

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Radio Show - Live!
Date	Location
Do you know where your towel is? If not, you need to book now for this touring reunion of (most of) the original cast of the greatest cult radio show ever to blow up the planet. Starring Simon Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, Mark Wing-Davey, Susan Sheridan and VIP guests performing the voice of the Book, it's a treat for anyone who's only seen the movie and is wondering what all the fuss was about. Each show will be recorded live and made available for download. If you do know where your towel is… View full details
21 Jul To be confirmed	The Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh

The Improverts
Date	Location
Edinburgh Uni's long-standing improvised comedy troupe swish through some more funnies. View full details
20 Jan–30 Mar Fri 10.30pm	Bedlam Theatre, Edinburgh

Imran Yusuf: Bring The Thunder
Date	Location
Upbeat and inspiring humour from the 2010 Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominee. Not suitable for under 16s. View full details
17 Apr–21 Apr Apr 17–21, 7.45pm	Soho Downstairs at Soho Theatre, London W1D

Jack and Jill
Date	Location
Advertising executive Jack (Sandler) gets Pacino (as himself) for a new cappuccino commercial, but all goes wrong when Jack's homely sister Jill (also Sandler) catches the great actor's eye and he inexplicably falls in love with her. Even dedicated Sandler fans will choke on their popcorn at this witless atrocity. View full details
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Jason Byrne: People's Puppeteer
Date	Location
Jason Byrne is back with a brand new show where he effortlessly conjures an ordinary room into a night of hilarity. Featuring new stories, props and of course, the star of every show, The Audience. Jason’s Sony Radio Gold Award for The Jason Byrne Show (Radio 2) and ‘best use of an audience’ 2011, confirms his place as the definitive clown of comedy. As seen on Live at the Apollo (BBC1), Dave’s One Night Stand (Dave) and heard on The Jason Byrne Show and Father Figure (Radio 2). ‘Unmissable… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
1 Aug–2 Aug Wed & Thu 9.20–10.20pm 3 Aug–12 Aug Mon–Sun 9.20–10.20pm	Venue 150 @ EICC, Edinburgh

Jay and Silent Bob Get Old
Date	Location
Film icons Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes take their weekly podcast on a UK tour for the first time. Once content to sit around getting stoned, they're now happy enough to sit around telling tales about the fight against ageing. View full details and ticket info
19 Feb 7.30pm	Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

Jekyll and Hyde Comedy Club
Date	Location
With a different line-up every week, and a firm ban on hack jokes, Rick Molland presents a night in a basement which you'll remember for the right reasons. Hopefully. View full details
18 Feb–28 Apr Sat 9.30pm	The Jekyll & Hyde, Edinburgh

Jenny Eclair: Old Dog, New Tricks
Date	Location
Jenny Eclair is the only female comedian to win the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival. An energetic performer with a generally loud and abrasive personality audiences and critics often find her likened to Marmite, you either love her or you hate her. As well as performing on stage as part of her stand-up show she has also appeared in plays including the Vagina Monologues, Steaming Mum's The Word, The Andy Warhol Syndrome and Grumpy Old Women. Comedy was not always Jenny's first… View full details and ticket info
7 Mar Mar 7, 8pm	Exeter Phoenix, Exeter
13 Apr Apr 13, 8pm	Artrix, Bromsgrove

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