Comedy
The Skinny guide to the stand-up comedy shows in Edinburgh, Glasgow and across Scotland. Exclusive previews and interviews with some of the country's best new comedians, plus stand-up comedy reviews, comedy features, and extensive coverage of comedy at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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GuideScottish Comedy Highlights: September 2025
Maybe you were avoiding the Fringe or you’re in need of a new funny fix? Either way, September’s got you sorted all month long with these comedy shows Read more »| 02 Sep 2025 -
FestivalsAideen McQueen @ Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
Aideen McQueen's Waiting for Godot parody doesn't quite hit all the right buttons Read more »| 28 Aug 2025 -
FestivalsJohn Tothill @ Pleasance Courtyard
This Must Be Heaven is a breakout hour of gossipy gluttony from John Tothill Read more »| 28 Aug 2025 -
FestivalsJain Edwards @ Underbelly Bristo Square
Cult comic Jain Edwards displays a flair for the weird in an under-powered hour Read more »| 28 Aug 2025 -
FestivalsEd Night @ Monkey Barrel
Your Old Mucker is an hour of solid gold gags from the incomparably offbeat Ed Night Read more »| 26 Aug 2025 -
FestivalsRosco McClelland @ Monkey Barrel
A searching hour touching on mental health, roombas and crows from one of the Scottish scene’s brightest and best Read more »| 25 Aug 2025
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FestivalsBebe Cave @ Pleasance Dome
With a winning combination of lo-fi charm and high ambition, Bebe Cave's CHRISTBRIDE is a Monty Python-meets-Clueless medieval romp Read more »| 22 Aug 2025 -
FestivalsThor Stenhaug @ Pleasance Courtyard
Thor Stenhaug brings a relentless positivity and charming happiness to his debut hour at the Edinburgh Fringe Read more »| 22 Aug 2025 -
FestivalsEmmanuel Sonubi @ Pleasance Courtyard
Life After Near Death is a charismatic, if safe, new hour from award-nominated Emmanuel Sonubi Read more »| 22 Aug 2025 -
FestivalsRay O'Leary @ Pleasance Courtyard
Ray O'Leary is a jokesmith of the highest order Read more »| 22 Aug 2025 -
FestivalsGuy Williams @ Assembly George Square
An hour of brazen and bullish political comedy from Kiwi firebrand Guy Williams Read more »| 22 Aug 2025 -
FestivalsTim Key @ Pleasance Courtyard
Poet-actor-filmmaker-comedian Tim Key is sublime in his new show, Loganberry Read more »| 22 Aug 2025 -
FestivalsLuke McQueen @ Pleasance Dome
Artificial intelligence, comedy gatekeepers, the podcast industrial complex and his own ambitions – Luke McQueen tackles all-comers in his new show Read more »| 22 Aug 2025 -
FestivalsDeliaDelia! The Flat Chested Witch! @ Underbelly Cowgate
Amando Houser's sideways glance at the witch hunt on trans rights is a classic piece of clowning mayhem Read more »| 22 Aug 2025 -
FestivalsCVNT @ Assembly George Square
Sophie Power's show – breaking down barriers around the body, pleasure and fear – is clown as exposure therapy Read more »| 22 Aug 2025