Edinburgh Fringe 2026: Comedy, Theatre & Circus

Heading to Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026? Gingerbread Agency are working with several shows spanning comedy, theatre, clowning and circus, featuring international work alongside home-grown talent, established Fringe favourites, and some brilliant debuts and up-and-coming artists. There’s got and companies from the UK, US, Australia, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and beyond.

There are lots of true-life stories and personal shows in the mix this year; from Sasha Nezlobin a Russian comedian rebuilding his life after fleeing Moscow to Linus Karp a performer exploring the aftermath of a real-life homophobic attack, to shows about grief, identity, online culture and one of history’s most audacious conmen. 

THEATRE & CIRCUS

Theatre: AN ECHO IN THE VOID (US) WORLD PREMIERE

From the producers of Fringe First-winning BLUE comes An Echo in the Void; a new play exploring grief in a world where technology can simulate emotional connection. Set inside a system designed to recreate the voices, memories and personalities of the dead, the show follows four people trapped in a space that listens, learns and begins responding to their deepest losses. As the technology evolves beyond its original purpose, the play asks an unsettling question: if something could convincingly give you back what you’ve lost, would you refuse it? ★★★★ The List, ★★★★ The Scotsman, ★★★★ British Theatre Guide (all for Blue)

Assembly Roxy (Upstairs) | 5th – 29th August (not 19th) | 16:40 (60 mins) | TICKET LINK

Theatre: BUGGERS (UK) WORLD PREMIERE Buggers is a haunting new play exploring the volatile relationship between artist Francis Bacon and his lover and muse George Dyer. Written by and starring Alistair Hall as Bacon, the production charts the couple’s relationship from lustful beginnings to devastating collapse, examining passion, power, addiction and the emotional cost of artistic ambition. Created with rare support from the Francis Bacon Estate, the play draws on personal documents, letters and artefacts to explore one of modern art’s most mythologised relationships.
Pleasance Courtyard (Upstairs) | 5th – 30th August (not 17th & 24th) | 13:20 (60 mins) | TICKET LINK

Theatre: CONFESSIONS OF A MULATTO LOVE CHILD (US) EDINBURGH FESTIVAL PREMIERE Bellina Logan, the American actress, writer and performer whose screen and stage career spans over 25 years, brings her critically acclaimed solo show Confessions of a Mulatto Love Child to the Edinburgh Fringe for its international debut. Based on Logan’s own extraordinary childhood, the show traces growing up biracial in predominantly white environments throughout the 1960s and 70s and a life spent moving between continents under the care of an eccentric, larger-than-life mother whose memory is now beginning to fade. “The perfect celebration of life, art, memory and mothers”, Laura DernZoo Southside (Studio) | 7th – 30th August (not 10th, 17th &, 24th) | 10:10 (80 mins) | TICKET LINK

Theatre: DUNGEONS AND SHAKESPEARE (US) EDINBURGH FESTIVAL PREMIERE

Inspired by the Bard and determined by dice, Dungeons and Shakespeare brings together the worlds of Shakespeare and Dungeons & Dragons in a fast, funny and wildly unpredictable interactive comedy where all the world’s a game, and the audience gets to be the players. Hosted by dungeon master Shelby Bond, each show throws iconic Shakespeare characters into chaotic fantasy quests shaped entirely by audience choices, live improvisation and giant dice rolls. With more than 700 performances across North America, no two adventures – or shows – are ever the same. “Sure to please the D&D nerd in all of us.” The Post Horn Gilded Balloon Patter House (Other Yin) | 5th – 27th August (not 13th) |13:35 (60 mins) | TICKET LINK

Theatre: ENDGAME BY SAMUEL BECKETT (UK) WORLD PREMIERE

In their first full-scale Edinburgh Festival Fringe production since their hugely critically acclaimed Macbeth in 2022, Flabbergast Theatre bring their anarchic physical style to Samuel Beckett’s Endgame; a brutal, funny and visually striking portrait of four people trapped together at the end of the world. Set in a bleak, dying landscape, the characters cling to ritual, memory and one another. Flabbergast transforms Beckett’s bleak world into something raw and immediately alive, bringing clowning, puppetry and highly physical performance to the twentieth-century classic. “Everything you want from a fringe show” Stewart Lee

Pleasance at EICC (Lomond Theatre) | 5th – 30th August (not 12th & 24th) |18:00 (27th at 20:30) | TICKET LINK

Theatre: FEMPATHS: TRANSISTOR RADIO HOUR (US/UK) EDINBURGH FESTIVAL PREMIERE

American transfem writer and performer Mari Moriarty brings Fempaths: Transistor Radio Hour to the Edinburgh Fringe; a kaleidoscopic cabaret fantasia combining live music, storytelling, comedy and political performance. Performed with a trans-led live band, the show transforms real voices from trans history and culture into original songs and draws on verbatim material, personal experience and queer cabaret traditions to create an unruly, deeply human celebration of trans expression and community.

Underbelly Bristo Square (Dexter) | 5th – 30th  August (not 18th) | 20:45 | TICKET LINK

Theatre: GOOD GIRL (UK/US) WORLD PREMIERE Writer and performer Mimi Collins makes her Edinburgh Fringe debut with Good Girl, a funny, heartbreaking and painfully honest show about infidelity, emotional collapse and the unexpected care found within the world of BDSM and kink. After discovering her husband has been unfaithful, Alix becomes determined to save her marriage but as years of lies unravel, she finds herself searching for self-worth in increasingly unexpected places. The show explores shame, desire and why people stay in relationships long after they stop feeling safe. Gilded Balloon Patter House, The Blether | 5th – 31st  August (not 18th) | 22:20 (75mins) | TICKET LINK

Theatre: JUSTIN ELIZABETH SAYRE IS A FORTY YEAR OLD WOMAN (US) EDINBURGH FESTIVAL PREMIERE

Award-winning New York writer and performer Justin Elizabeth Sayre brings their celebrated solo show to the Edinburgh Fringe; a sharp-witted and deeply affirming exploration of ageing, queer identity and refusing to disappear. Inspired by the great divas of old Hollywood, the show reclaims the idea of the “forty-year-old woman” as a state of mind: bold, self-possessed, foul-mouthed and fabulous. “Simply the greatest orator we have right now – hilarious, intelligent, and completely and totally without censor” ★★★★★ Broadway World
 Underbelly Bristo Square (Dairy Room) | 5th – 30th August (not 17th) | 18:10 | TICKET LINK

Theatre: LINUS KARP WAS HIT WITH AN UMBRELLA (UK/SWE) WORLD PREMIERE

From the creators of critically-acclaimed Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story and Gwyneth Goes Skiing comes a more personal and introspective new show from Awkward Prods. Linus Karp Was Hit With An Umbrella takes a real-life homophobic attack in Soho, London as its starting point, exploring the emotional aftermath of hate crime, queer visibility and the uneasy search for closure, filtered through their distinctive blend of comedic performance, storytelling and theatrical invention. “Absurd, camp, chaotic, and hilarious” ★★★★★ Attitude (for Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story) Underbelly Bristo Square (Friesian) | 5th – 30th  August (not 18th) | 20:20 | TICKET LINK

Theatre: SLUGS (UK) WORLD PREMIERE

Writer and performer Tobias Graham brings Slugsto the Edinburgh Fringe; a provocative and witty semi-autobiographical show exploring gay shame, desire and the ethics of confessional storytelling. Set in a childhood bedroom beneath a Hollyoaks Hunks calendar circa 2008, the show follows one man spiraling through memories of queer adolescence and vulnerability. Slugs is a fierce examination of sex, shame, and the stories people construct to survive them.
Pleasance Courtyard (Bunker One) | 5th – 30th August (not 18th & 25th) | 12:55 | TICKET LINK

Circus: SOFT SPOT (FIN/DEN) EDINBURGH FESTIVAL PREMIERE

OLO Company bring Soft Spot to the Edinburgh Fringe; a nerve-wracking contemporary circus duet combining object manipulation, physical theatre and 300 wine glasses. Using sliding wooden planks, juggling and handstands, real-life couple Stina Otterström and Arttu Lahtinen perform human Jenga as they build increasingly precarious structures that wobble constantly on the edge of collapse. Full of suspense and play, the show explores trust, instability and how people support one another when things stop going to plan. “A wine glass thriller with breathless suspense” Haparandabladet Zoo Southside (Main House) | 7th – 30th  August (not 11th, 17th & 24th) | 20:30 | TICKET LINK

Theatre: THE SHOCKING TRUTH ABOUT FLAT EARTH (UK) WORLD PREMIERE

Wolverhampton Grand Theatre brings The Shocking Truth About Flat Earth to the Edinburgh Fringe; a poignant and very funny new musical comedy centred on a grieving woman who finds friendship, purpose and unexpected online fame after accidentally becoming a flat-earth influencer. The musical is packed with humour, but it also takes a thoughtful look at why so many people fall down the conspiracy theory rabbit hole, and the sense of online connection, belonging and support that keeps them there. 
Pleasance Dome (Queen Dome) | 5th – 30th August (not 18th) | 14:05 | TICKET LINK

Theatre: THE WOLF OF POYAIS (UK) WORLD PREMIERE

Actor and Edinburgh Fringe veteran Thom Tuck stars in The Wolf of Poyais; an unsettling and darkly prescient show based on the astonishing true story of Gregor MacGregor, the Scottish conman who convinced hundreds of people to invest in – and emigrate to – a country that never existed. Reimagining one of the nineteenth century’s most audacious fraudsters for the age of cryptocurrency, wellness gurus and get-rich-quick culture, the show asks why people still want so badly to believe the impossible.

Assembly Roxy (Roxy Boxy) | 5th – 30th August (not 12th, 19th & 26th) | 20:30 | TICKET LINK

Theatre: TRANS PEOPLE ARE AWFUL (UK) WORLD PREMIERE

Writer and performer Ros Watt brings Trans People Are Awful to the Edinburgh Fringe, a pitch-black comedy thriller about identity, shame and the stories people build around themselves in order to survive. Set in a garage in North-East Scotland, the show follows a young trans man attempting to document his own twisted “perfect transition” through increasingly grotesque acts of violence. The show interrogates what happens when marginalised characters are only permitted to be sympathetic or inspirational, and what gets lost when complexity itself begins to feel dangerous.

Pleasance Courtyard (Bunker One) | 5th – 31st August (not 17th & 24th) | 15:20 | TICKET LINK

Theatre: TWO LITTLE PIGS (UK) WORLD PREMIERE

Critically acclaimed Edinburgh writer and actor Caitlin McEwan returns to the Fringe with Two Little Pigs; a wickedly dark and absurdist play about masculinity, loneliness and the online spaces shaping modern male identity. After his girlfriend leaves him following his descent into alpha-male internet culture, Mark adopts a pig for companionship only to discover she is a feminist obsessed and determined to dismantle his worldview. Funny and timely, the show explores the collision between online ideology and emotional reality. “Vibrant… curious, endlessly inventive, original work” ★★★★ The Scotsman (for Bible John, 2019) 

Pleasance Courtyard (The Green) | 5th – 30th August (not 17th & 24th) | 19:45 | TICKET LINK

Theatre: WOODY SEZ: THE LIFE & MUSIC OF WOODY GUTHRIE (US)

The critically acclaimed musical Woody Sez: The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie returns to the Edinburgh Fringe for the first time in nearly two decades, following acclaimed productions across the UK, the West End and Off-Broadway. Created and performed by David Lutken alongside three actor-musicians playing more than twenty instruments. The show draws directly from Guthrie’s own words, letters and songs to trace the life of the American folk icon through the Dust Bowl, the Great Depression and the political movements that shaped twentieth-century America. 
Underbelly Bristo Square (Cowbarn) | 5th – 30th August (not 17th & 24th) | 17:30 | TICKET LINK

Theatre: TRUTHMACHINE (AUS) EDINBURGH FESTIVAL PREMIERE 

Award-winning Australian company Counterpilot presents Truthmachine, a theatrical social experiment in which twelve strangers enter a room. One volunteer will take a working lie detector test as the other eleven become the jury. Connected to a custom-built polygraph system, the volunteer is subjected to a live interrogation while biometric sensors track heart rate, breathing and skin response in real time, converting their body’s reactions into a live symphony of light and sound. The jury watches, votes, and decides. In a world of fake news and alternative facts, can your heart rate lie as effectively as our leaders can? “No one in Australia is making work quite like this.” ★★★★ The Age 

C Venue (C Alto, Quaker Meeting House) | 7th – 30th August | 30-min show, multiple times daily | TICKET LINK 

Theatre: THE GHOST OF WHITE HART LANE (UK)

After sell-out runs at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Edinburgh Fringe 2024 and London seasons in 2025 and 2026, The Ghost of White Hart Lane returns to the Fringe. Cal Newman performs all 31 characters in this acclaimed one-man play about Scotsman John White – one of the finest footballers of the 1960s, struck by lightning and killed at 27 – and his son Rob’s journey to find the father he never met. Moving between parallel lives almost thirty years apart, the play weaves personal history, football legend and the universal experience of grief and identity into something that reaches far beyond the sport. “A powerful drama… not only for football fans” ★★★★ ThreeWeeks “If you are interested in humanity and human relationships, this is a must-see” ★★★★★ Theatre Weekly

Underbelly Bristo Square (Dairy Room) | 5th – 30th August (not 18th) | 14:55 | TICKET LINK

Theatre: THE PAINTED REVOLUTIONARY (UK) WORLD PREMIERE

Tip Top Theatre Collective present The Painted Revolutionary to the; a witty and imaginative political satire in which concepts like Struggle, Revolution, Order and Class are reimagined as people arguing over how society should change. Set inside a struggling bookshop run by ‘Struggle’, ‘Order’ tries to keep everything in its place, while ‘Revolution’ reappears, demanding upheaval and change. Drawing on political thinkers from Rousseau and Voltaire to Marx and Hobbes and through comedy, philosophical debate and emotional drama, the show asks who gets to define ideas like justice and progress, and what people are truly willing to sacrifice for change. 
Theatre 1 at theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall | 7th – 15th August | 19:25 | TICKET LINK

COMEDY & CHILDREN’S SHOWS

Comedy: CRYBABIES: THE SCARING (UK) Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominees Crybabies join forces with Olivier Award-winning Fleabag and Baby Reindeer producers Francesca Moody Productions and director Jon Brittain (Baby Reindeer, Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder!) to bring The Scaring to Fringe; a fast-paced horror-comedy about fear, faith, ghosts and moving on. When a former priest checks into a remote hotel haunted by a dead guest, he is forced into an increasingly chaotic double act involving demons, serial killers, Shakespearean zombies and a deeply suspicious hotel manager. “Every line has a joke, and every joke lands” ★★★★★ Chortle ★★★★★ The Telegraph

Pleasance Courtyard (Pleasance Two) | 5th – 30th August (not 15th & 18th) | 20:00 | TICKET LINK

Comedy: DOM McGOVERN: PRIZE HOG (UK) DEBUT

Co-writer of Chicken Shop Date and BBC New Comedy Award nominee Dom McGovern makes his debut with Prize Hog – an hour of sardonic observations and hilarious insight into growing up gay in the early 2000s. A light-hearted look into one man’s psychological baggage, McGovern unpacks everything from Catholic guilt and makeover television to eating disorder group therapy and modern wellness culture. “Endlessly entertaining and outrageously funny”Rolling Stone

Pleasance Courtyard (Bunker One) | 5th – 30th August (not 18th) | 20:30 | TICKET LINK

Comedy: FREDDIE MEREDITH: NEED A LIGHT? (UK) DEBUT

Character comedian Freddie Meredith makes his Edinburgh Fringe debut with Need a Light? set entirely in the familiar, hazy world of bad decisions – the smoking area of a nightclub. Centred on the overly friendly stranger who asks for a lighter and never leaves, the show is a hilarious portrait of performative masculinity, awkward oversharing and the desperation to connect. “My favourite new voice in British comedy” Jamie Demetriou.
 Pleasance Courtyard (Baby Grand) | 5th – 30th August (not 18th) | 17:50 |  TICKET LINK

Comedy: HERE COMES ALMOST (US) DEBUT

New York performer and clown Noah Selzer makes their Edinburgh Fringe debut with Here Comes Almost; a playful, vulnerable and absurd solo clown show about loneliness, queerness and the desire to connect. Following “Almost” a figure constantly reshaping themself into someone the world might love, the show spirals through clowning, dance, song and physical comedy as questions of self-expression, authenticity and acceptance are explored. 

Zoo Playground (Playground 1) | 7th – 30th August (not 17th & 24th) | 21:30 | TICKET LINK

Comedy: HUGE DAVIES: SLEEP PARALYSIS PRINCESS (UK)

Critically acclaimed comedian, Channel 4 sitcom creator and one of British comedy’s most distinctive performers, Huge Davies returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with Sleep Paralysis Princess; a surreal and unexpectedly personal new show about spending the last decade trying and repeatedly failing to get a decent night’s sleep. Known for his customised wearable keyboard, offbeat musical comedy and unmistakably deadpan delivery, Davies charts his increasingly desperate search for a cure. Absurd musical observations together with a story that is, unusually for him, entirely true.
Monkey Barrel Comedy (CabVol 1, Cabaret Voltaire) | 5th – 30th August (not 12th & 19th) | 21:30 | 

Comedy: JONNO: HERE COMES MR FUNNY (UK) DEBUT

After sixteen years at the Edinburgh Fringe as one third of cult sketch favourites Sheeps, and fresh from his first stint as head writer for SNL UK, Daran “Jonno” Johnson finally makes his solo stand-up debut with Here Comes Mr Funny; a joyful, gag-heavy hour packed with whimsical, odd tangents and nonsensical comedy. Touching on the low-level panic of trying something on your own for the first time (whilst always prioritising laughs over lessons), the show explores friendship, ambition and the experience of watching your peers become successful while you eschew the auditions and solo shows that could mean the same for you.  “There’s no act in comedy more thrillingly, mind-expandingly funny” ★★★★★ The Guardian on Sheeps.

Monkey Barrel Comedy (Monkey Barrel 2) | 3rd – 30th August (not 17th) | 19:10 | TICKET LINK

Comedy: MAIA TASSALINI: I WAS 22 AND STUNNING (UK) DEBUT

BBC New Comedian of the Year finalist Maia Tassalini makes her Edinburgh Fringe debut with I Was 22 and Stunning; a witty, playful and emotionally rich hour using Monica Lewinsky as both a muse and mirror. Bringing a Gen Z lens to the 1990s and drawing on her own experiences as a former plus-size model, Tassalini explores body image, beauty standards, gossip, internet cruelty and the cultural obsession with endlessly rebooting women’s lives. “Maia is a natural. Born to do it. Unreal!” Shaparak Khorsandi.

Pleasance Courtyard (Bunker Three) | 5th – 30th August (not 18th) | 18:00 | TICKET LINK

Comedy: MAX FULHAM: MEMORY FOAM (UK)

Following a sold-out Edinburgh debut and a Best Newcomer longlisting, world-class ventriloquist Max Fulham returns to the Fringe with Memory Foam; a new hour about memory, nostalgia and the strange emotional value people attach to the things they keep. As Fulham rummages through forgotten objects and family history, unexpected voices begin emerging from the clutter – including eccentric new puppet characters, chaotic inner monologues and advice from his much-loved Grandad. ★★★★★ ThreeWeeks ★★★★ EdFest Magazine (both for Full of Ham, 2025)

Pleasance Dome (Jack Dome) | 5th – 31st August (not 17th) | 19:00 | TICKET LINK

Children’s Show: MAX FULHAM’S MONKEY BUSINESS (UK)

Following a sold-out Edinburgh debut and a Best Newcomer longlisting, comedian and world-class ventriloquist Max Fulham returns to the Fringe with Monkey Business; a fast-paced family comedy about a disastrously run company headed up by Max and his mischievous sidekick Gordon the Monkey. With a dog on reception, a monkey in management and a mouse running IT, chaos quickly takes over as the audience is recruited to help keep the business afloat. Packed with audience participation, slapstick and gloriously silly puppet characters, the show brings Fulham’s modern take on ventriloquism to audiences of all ages. “A show so good it honestly turned me from an unbeliever into a ventriloquist fan.” ★★★★★ ThreeWeeks (2025)

Gilded Balloon Teviot (Dining Room) | 5th – 16th August | 11:50 | TICKET LINK

Comedy: MAXX EDDY: BI MEETS WORLD (US) DEBUT

Los Angeles comedian and Just For Laughs New Face of Comedy Maxx Eddy makes his Edinburgh Fringe debut with Bi Meets World; a sharply self-aware hour about bisexuality, masculinity and the exhausting performance of being “a real man”. Following a long-distance relationship that leads him from Twitch streams to an (accidental) drug-induced panic attack on a Brazilian beach, Maxx unpacks insecurity, internet culture and macho overcompensation, exploring the gap between the persona men perform and who they actually are.

Blether at Gilded Balloon Patter House | 5th – 31st August (no days off) | 17:00 | TICKET LINK

Comedy: OTTO & ASTRID: THE STAGES TOUR (AUS)

Berlin’s gloriously dysfunctional sibling rock duo Otto & Astrid bring The Stages Tour to the Edinburgh Fringe; an irreverently side-splitting musical comedy packed with Europop, sibling rivalry and pitch-perfect pop parody. Otto wants an emotional stadium spectacular inspired by Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour. Astrid just wants to get through one song without a meltdown. Fresh from a sold-out US tour, the cult duo arrive with international acclaim in tow for a glitter-smeared rock gig about family, chaos and co-dependence. “The perfect musical comedy act” ★★★★★ Broadway Baby.

Assembly Roxy (Upstairs)  | 5th – 30th August (not 12th, 19th & 26th) | 21:15 | TICKET LINK

Comedy: SASHA NEZLOBIN: I’M FINE (RUS/US) DEBUT

After fleeing Moscow in 2022 following his public opposition to the invasion of Ukraine, Sasha Nezlobin – one of Russia’s most famous arena comedians – arrives at the Edinburgh Fringe with his first full hour performed entirely in English. In I’m Fine, Sasha tells stories about emigration, identity, fatherhood and rebuilding a life and career entirely from scratch in the West. Whenever anyone asks Sasha how he’s doing, he answers the same way: ‘I’m fine.’ The show is an attempt to work out if he is.
Pleasance Dome (10 Dome) | 5th – 31st August (not 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th) | 21:30 | TICKET LINK

Comedy: SHANE TORRES: SKINNED KNEES (US) DEBUT
 US stand-up Shane Torres (Conan, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert) makes his Edinburgh Fringe debut with Skinned Knees; a show about family, grief and the emotions that come with stepping up to hold everything together when everyone else is gone. Reflecting on growing up around a more traditional version of manhood, Torres explores how his parents’ lives –  and deaths –  shaped him, and what happens when the emotional centre of a family disappears. “A refreshing combination of delicate and obscene”, Vulture.
 Assembly Roxy (Downstairs) | 5th – 30th August (not 12th, 19th & 26th) | 18:50 | TICKET LINK

Comedy: STAMPTOWN (US)

What began as an underground word-of-mouth oddity has become one of the Edinburgh Fringe’s most notorious late-night institutions. Celebrating 10 years of beautiful chaos, Stamptown returns with its trademark blend of comedy, cabaret, clowning and barely controlled catastrophe. Presided over by Zach Zucker’s catastrophically overconfident alter ego Jack Tucker, and fuelled by an ever-changing cast of misfits, maniacs, provocateurs and future legends. Part comedy show, part fever dream and part cult gathering, Stamptownhas built a devoted following by delivering the kind of unforgettable, unrepeatable moments that can only happen live.
Assembly George Square Gardens (Palais du Variété) | 6th – 30th August (not 12th & 19th) | 21:50 TICKET LINK  

Comedy: TITCLOWN: daddy’s little girl (UK)

Following a critically acclaimed debut, Jessica Aszkenasy returns to the Edinburgh Fringe as her clown persona TITCLOWN with daddy’s little girl; a furious, fearless hour of clowning about desire, heartbreak and the politics of being loved. Centred around a faceless dummy in a suit known only as “Daddy”, the show unpicks power, femininity and modern dating through voice notes, silent-film projections, costume changes and anarchic theatrical comedy. Provocative and playful, it explores the messy collision between intimacy, performance and gender politics. “Brilliantly relentless”  FestMag ★★★★

Summerhall (Red Lecture Theatre) | 6th – 31st August (not 17th & 24th) | 22:45 | TICKET LINK

Comedy: TOM NEENAN: PORTRAIT OF A TOM AS A YOUNG NEENAN (UK)

BAFTA-nominated writer and comedian Tom Neenan, head writer of The Mash Report and creator/star of the BBC Radio 4 comedy series The Hauntening, returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with Portrait of a Tom as a Young Neenan; a show about art, identity, body image and the exhausting business of trying to become a version of yourself you can actually live with. Sparked by a disastrous portrait commission of an 86-year-old man and a destination wedding that reawakens old insecurities, the show explores self-perception, creativity and male shame through the kind of spiralling over-analysis that has become a hallmark of Neenan’s comedy. “A sharply-scripted character study… an elegant show that builds to a wonderful comic twist” ★★★★ Chortle

UNDERBELLY GEORGE SQUARE (BLUEBELL) | 5th – 31st August (no days off) | 15:15 | TICKET LINK

Comedy: MARC BURROWS: THE TEN BEST SONGS OF ALL TIME (UK) 

Music journalist, author and man who has thought about this way too much, Marc Burrows returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with an updated version of his most personal show; a warm, funny and absurdly authoritative countdown of the ten greatest records ever made. Part stand-up, part music criticism and entirely personal, Burrows defends his definitive list with the full force of someone who has spent his entire adult life listening, writing and arguing about this stuff – authoritatively, definitively, and almost certainly incorrectly. “Unmissable” ★★★★ ThreeWeeks 

Laughing Horse @ West Nic Records (Little Cellar) | 18th – 30th August | 16:00 | TICKET LINK