Alex Mitchell: Tough
Alice Tovey: Glass Houses
Foxdog Studios: Robo Bingo 2.0
STARDUST Starring Star Dust (In Person)
KINDER
Taiwan Season: Dazed and Confused
Trash Test Dummies Circus

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One man stands legs akimbo, arms open, he stares into the darkness. Above him a woman is suspended in the air. Separately they are just 2 people in funny positions, together they are circus.

Dance Physical Theatre and Circus

Sophie's Surprise 29th

Get in, losers. This is award-winning circus, comedy and chaos disguised as a house party, featuring world-leading performers from Cirque du Soleil, La Clique, The 7 Fingers and more. Sophie’s Surprise 29th is stumbling back to Circus Hub after a smash-hit season in 2024. Expect Twilight fan fiction, death-defying circus feats and a pumping soundtrack at the craziest party of your life. Get your Walkmans, scrunchies and halter tops ready, and remember... don’t tell Sophie. 

1 - 23 August 2025, 9:45 pm

Underbelly's Circus Hub on the Meadows

The show's mascot Mr Chicken poses in front of a white background, with the words BATSU! emblazoned in red across the image.

Comedy

BATSU! George Square

Edinburgh, are you ready? Warriors, are you ready? Created in New York and Chicago, BATSU! returns to the Fringe after a wildly successful, sold-out 2024 run. This high-energy, spectacle pits fearless comedians against each other as they compete to avoid hilarious, jaw-dropping punishments.  Inspired by Japanese-style game shows, expect the unexpected in this late-night Fringe hit. With visits from Sake Ninjas to shocking twists like paintball guns, electric shocks, and even a giant chicken - don’t miss the chaos, the laughter and the unforgettable madness that is BATSU! - The wildest show at the Fringe! CLICK HERE  for more BATSU! shows in Cowgate! 

10 - 24 August 2025, 11:15 pm

Underbelly George Square

Two women are stood in the middle of the frame, one is holding a glass of Prosecco, one is holding her hand to her mouth in shock. Both wearing back in front of a black background.

Comedy

Drunk Women Solving Crime

After sell-out runs in 2019, 2022 and 2023, hosts Hannah George and Taylor Glenn welcome a guest to "solve" a crime over a glass or two, plus invite an audience member to share their own tale for a prize. Past guests include: Katherine Ryan, London Hughes, Rosie Jones and James Acaster. Every show is unique. 10 dates only, book early!

15 - 24 August 2025, 5:55 pm

Underbelly Bristo Square

Kathryn has big blonde hair and is wearing a pink dress and a yellow apron. She is using a blender.

Comedy

Kate Owens: Cooking with Kathryn

Award-winning comedian Kate Owens presents her smash hit, critically acclaimed comedy show. Meet Kathryn: the "star" of her own community cookin' show, wannabe Nigella Lawson, and down-home southern belle with more wine in her veins than Jesus. She's serving up a wacked-out fricassee of absurd recipes, but the main course will be a reckoning with her troubled past and a chaotic encounter with a member of the congregation (maybe it'll be you!). Arin Sang-urai @photojuice

31 July - 24 August 2025, 5:10 pm

Underbelly Cowgate

Killian Sundermann stands posing over a fence.

Comedy

Killian Sundermann: This Boy is Cracking Up

Killian Sundermann always dreamed of being a rock star. Though his shower renditions of Bohemian Rhapsody haven't quite catapulted him to fame, his comedic talent certainly has. Join him as he takes his sold-out Irish tour show to the Fringe. With rave reviews, Sundermann has gained recognition across platforms, including appearances on RTÉ, Virgin Media Ireland and the Young Hot Guys Podcast. He also boasts a massive following of over half a million online fans.

30 July - 21 August 2025, 5:30 pm

Underbelly Bristo Square

Comedy

Su Mi: THISMOTHERPHUCKER

THISMOTHERPHUCKER is a public nuisance. A dysfunctional anti-clown whose only mission is to destroy ego. Award-winning stand-up and drag performance artist Su Mi presents their debut show: an immersive surreal experience resurrecting every nostalgic moment left forgotten, healing the inner child and seeking to destroy archaic stereotypes and challenge the narrative of comedy whilst navigating a predominantly white cis space. BBC New Comedian of the Year nominee, finalist of Funny Women Awards and Musical Comedy Awards, and Top of the Slops drag superstar.  

31 July - 24 August 2025, 6:40 pm

Underbelly Cowgate

Theatre

Ways of Knowing

Behold! A council of leeches, a mystic hermit, a Victorian inventor, an economics conference, a dark and dripping cave. Uncovering a mysterious series of visions and omens, Ways of Knowing delves into the ways we predict and prophesy the future. Amidst an intricate system of choreography, found text and live sound, Emergency Chorus wield science and magic to reckon with our precarious present and enter into the unknown. Winner of the Untapped Award, Ways of Knowing follows Emergency Chorus's previous acclaimed shows Landscape (1989) and CELEBRATION. 

31 July - 24 August 2025, 3:30 pm

Underbelly Cowgate

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Comedy

Adam Kay - A Particularly Nasty Case

Join BAFTA-winning writer Adam Kay for a murderously funny evening as he launches his debut novel A Particularly Nasty Case. Expect: hilarious and horrifying anecdotes, a surgical dissection of the NHS, a Q&A where you get to ask your own questions / show Adam your rash and readings from his brand new, hugely anticipated medical mystery. Hosted by Scottish crime-writing legend Val McDermid. Ticket price includes a signed copy of the book (RRP £20) a week ahead of its release. This is your best chance of seeing a doctor before Christmas.

22 - 23 August 2025, 7:20 pm

Underbelly Bristo Square

Vittorio Angelone, a moustached man, with his finger up his nose

Comedy

Vittorio Angelone: you can't Say Nothing any more

Vittorio Angelone has always denied any involvement in the Edinburgh Fringe.

8 - 22 August 2025, 11:00 pm

Underbelly Bristo Square

A musical comedian lying on the floor

Comedy

Bennet Kavanagh: Crank Up the Volume!! (To a Reasonable Volume)

As seen and heard on ITV, BBC Radio5Live and BBC Radio 4, multi award-winning musical comedian Bennet Kavanagh brings his 'unique and charmingly chaotic' (TheReviewsHub.com) brand of musical comedy to the Fringe for his debut hour! Expect songs, stand-up and whatever happens when you combine those two things. Winner of Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year. Winner of Amused Moose People's Champion. Directed by Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee Huge Davies.

30 July - 22 August 2025, 8:30 pm

Underbelly Bristo Square

a female acroabatic performer balancing inside a large hoop

Dance Physical Theatre and Circus

FLIP Fabrique: Six °

Five individuals who do not know each other receive a mysterious invitation that leads them, on a stormy night, to an old, abandoned building deep in the forest. These visitors will discover that this house has a soul and a personality all of its own. Dive into this astonishing acrobatic comedy by FLIP Fabrique, where the ordinary becomes extraordinary and ingenuity is always at play! On this planet, we are within six degrees of separation from knowing everyone. And since there are only five on stage, it makes you wonder: could the missing connection be you?

2 - 23 August 2025, 2:05 pm

Underbelly's Circus Hub on the Meadows

A woman leaning against a kids toy car, she is wearing long black boots and has brown curly hair.

Comedy

Holly Spillar: Tall Child

Tall Child is an hour on the impossibilities of being alive right now. In this age of insecurity, in a cost-of-living crisis, we're all stuck in the shit so let's wade through it together. Armed with nothing but a little red loop pedal and her ever-growing rage, Holly Spillar is looking for the catharsis only art (made by low-income people, working two bad jobs on minimum wage) can provide. 

30 July - 24 August 2025, 5:45 pm

Underbelly Bristo Square

a picture of the comedian Ted Hill pointing at himself

Comedy

Ted Hill: Weird in Progress

Ted Hill is a multimedia comedian who has just found out that he is weird. Come and watch him work out some new material about what sort of weirdo he wants to be. Nominated for Best Show – 2024 ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards. British Comedy Guide Recommended Show 2022 and 2024.  

16 - 24 August 2025, 11:25 am

Underbelly Bristo Square

Maxwell the Bubbleologist is flying in the air making millions of bubbles

Children's Shows

The Flying Bubble Show

Dive into a magical world where dreams and reality blur in a breathtaking fusion of bubble magic and aerial flight. Maxwell the Bubbleologist soars above the stage, creating millions of shimmering bubbles with every leap and twirl. This dazzling spectacle captivates children and adults alike, with interactive moments, joyous laughter and awe-inspiring visuals. It's the perfect family outing – playful, poetic and filled with wonder. After the show, the enchantment continues as children chase and pop bubbles outside, carrying the magic into the air. A heart-opening experience that will leave audiences smiling long after.

2 - 23 August 2025, 3:10 pm

Underbelly's Circus Hub on the Meadows

On a bright yellow background. On the right hand side of the image, there is a young woman in a colourful jumpsuit jumping in a large metal ring on apparatus. There is large animated, colourful text on the left reading:

Dance Physical Theatre and Circus

The Nose Dive Assembly

In Nose Dive Assembly we meet Pierrot, the distracted mistress of ceremonies, who is meant to be running the show – but she can’t focus. The circus swirls around her, yet something’s holding her back. While the troupe take to the skies, she’s stuck on the ground. She yearns to fly. Featuring a range of large-scale contemporary circus disciplines including teeterboard, highwire and the Wheel of Death – a huge rotating apparatus described as 'hypnotic to watch... when momentum builds, it’s as if the person reaching the summit has a moment of zero gravity' (Guardian).

2 - 23 August 2025, 4:10 pm

Underbelly's Circus Hub on the Meadows

A sketch style illustration of three golden ducks walking up a hill, one is juggling while standing on one hand, one is balancing three balls on its beak, one is hula hooping. Behind them a grey duckling has fallen over and dropped their juggling balls.

Children's Shows

The Ugly Duckling

It was a bright and sunny day at the circus when the Ugly Duckling waddled up to their trapeze... Wait. Are we really still using the word 'ugly'? Aren't we rewriting this story to be about belonging and celebrating difference? A reimagining of the classic coming-of-age tale with an acrobatic twist! Bringing together the best of circus and storytelling to produce an energetic and hilarious yet heartwarming family-friendly experience focusing on celebrating difference and finding your tribe.

2 - 23 August 2025, 11:00 am

Underbelly's Circus Hub on the Meadows

A green apple sits on a wooden rocking chair. Two eyes and a mouth have been bitten out of her.

Cabaret and Variety

An Evening with Dame Granny Smith

The world's most celebrated apple returns for an intimate on-stage conversation. From her vaudeville debut at age five to her breakthrough role in Disney's Snow White, Dame Smith will take you on a journey through her storied life and career, all told with her trademark candour and wit. Warm, funny, uplifting, absurd and 'a show you'll remember for many years to come' (GlamAdelaide.com.au). Winner – Best Variety, Adelaide Fringe 2025.

30 July - 25 August 2025, 1:20 pm

Underbelly George Square

- Three toilet cubicles in colours: pink, green/blue and purple. - Cubicle one (left): A man (Ollie) dangling off the door with a mahoosive smile on his face. - Cubicle two (middle): Ollie sat on the toilet seat with his legs crossed and his hand on his

Theatre

DESPERATE WEE GAY BOY

DESPERATE WEE GAY BOY dives headfirst into the whirlwind life of Ollie, a chaotic but lovable Scot navigating London's queer nightlife. From tequila-fuelled dance floors to messy encounters with geezers on Grindr, to the high school crush he ached to get with, to Phil Mitchell in a sauna? How iconic can one gay boy be! Join Ollie on a sexy-ass odyssey of a night out in this not-so one-man show exploring what it means to crave connection in a world of fleeting thrills.

31 July - 24 August 2025, 5:45 pm

Underbelly Cowgate

DeliaDelia has a green face and is wearing a witch's hat in full black dress, squatting in the middle of a ring of green fire, holding a wand

Comedy

DeliaDelia! The Flat Chested Witch!

'Particularly funny' (Vulture.com), Amando Houser invites you to their unhinged clown hour of self-discovery. Inspired by the "witch hunt" on trans rights in the United States, DeliaDelia happens to be as nasty on the eyes as she is on the basketball court. On a quest to become a "real girl" and also join a human basketball team, will she finally get her shot at greatness or will she be cursed forever? Directed by Kedian Keohan. Produced by Beth Sitek. 

31 July - 24 August 2025, 11:10 pm

Underbelly Cowgate

Two twins stand shoulder to shoulder wearing green suits against a similarly green background, a pear rests on their shoulder between them.

Comedy

Late with Pear

Pear are 6 foot 7 identical twin comedians Hugo and Patrick McPherson. In 2024, their show was named in the Top Ten Best Reviewed Shows of the Edinburgh Fringe, garnering ten five-star reviews while selling out a third consecutive year at the festival. Now, they add Late With Pear: a riotous, out-of-control, late-night extravaganza which promises mayhem, comedy guests and all the jokes they can only tell under the cover of night. 

1 - 23 August 2025, 11:30 pm

Underbelly Cowgate

A man with a mustache and a brown cardigan stands in profile lit by a dramatic yellow beam, with his hands raised near his chest.

Comedy

"Be Good!" with Paulette

Paulette stumbles into a theatre full of the most people he's ever seen, and he doesn't know whether to panic or mingle. Sporting a brown sweater and a hot-off-the-fist black eye, he approaches the stage armed with nothing but an arsenal of pleasantries, a pocketful of charm and a monumental fear of rejection. American clown Daniel Maseda makes his solo debut with this evening of small talk madness that can't help but be different every night. One thing's for certain: this show is for anyone who wants to scream at a polite person.

30 July - 24 August 2025, 10:15 pm

Underbelly Bristo Square

Theatre

Del Valle: A True Tale of Sex, Drugs, Rock and Roll... and Redemption

A drug-addled actor finds himself locked up in Del Valle – a Texas state prison – where the junior Grand Dragon of the Aryan Brotherhood recognizes him from his appearances on All My Children and offers him protection in exchange for acting lessons... A journey of survival, sobriety, and the power of art. You couldn't make this shit up if you tried. Del Valle: A Tale of Sex, Drugs, Rock and Roll... and Redemption. Performed and written by Ned Van Zandt. Directed by Amir Arison. 

6 - 25 August 2025, 2:55 pm

Underbelly Bristo Square

Tim Reeves, a white man with short brown hair and glasses looks directly at the viewer. His mouth is covered by the neck of his fleece.

Comedy

Tim Reeves: Give This A Miss

2024 Malcolm Hardee Award-nominated stand-up Tim Reeves reluctantly brings a new hour of surreal nonsense about hairdresser secrets, ambulances and egg. Runner-Up: Best Alt Act - 2024 Late Stage Leicester Comedy Awards. 

30 July - 24 August 2025, 10:20 pm

Underbelly George Square

Sketch comedy odyssey through the best worst film never made!

Comedy

Will BF: MOON TEAM IIIV

Hang onto your space hats (technical term) for a surreal sketch comedy odyssey through the best worst film never made. Join award-winning comedian and reigning UK Pun Champion (yes really) Will BF for a 'brilliant, bonkers and totally Fringe' (BruceOnTheFringe.blog), hour of sketches, songs, live video games and sci-fi multimedia havoc. Award-nominated at the Leicester Comedy Festival, Buxton Fringe and Brighton Fringe. The Telegraph Best Jokes of the Fringe 2023 and 2024.

12 - 24 August 2025, 11:25 pm

Underbelly Cowgate