by Joe Kent-Walters: is Frankie Monroe Tot !!! (Have fun time)
Kent-Walters, winner of the best newcomer in Edinburgh last year, has created one of the cheerfulest characters of
last time. This time Frankie Monroe (above), the uncanny worker of the men’s club, was pulled into hell – but that won’t stop him from making a show.
Monkey barrel: Cabaret Voltaire, July 28th to August 24thVAT.
Jain Edwards: Sie-Devil
Your surreal attitude to standup has delivered brilliant parts to cruts and spinning Jenny. Now Jain Edwards is back with a more personal show. She promises Devil, class, autism, internalized misogyny and what happens when the boys club turns on. Expect your trademark Deadpan and wonderfully surprising punch lines.
Unterbelly Bristo Square, July 30th to August 25th.
Heidi Regan: Jekyll and Heidi
She is known for clever twists and has previously asked to have a time travel and conspiracy theories with cheeky lightness. Heidi Regan is now pursuing the personal story of IVF from her show from 2022 and finds humor in an unexpected diagnosis and her and the search for her wife to receive.
Banshee Labyrinth, 2nd to August 24th.
Mr. Chonkers
John Norris, the American clown behind Mr. Chonkers, cooked a word of mouth in 2022 with this miraculously strange character. Now he returns for a full edge.
Summerhall, July 31 to August 24thVAT.
Desiree Burch: The golden anger
She was in Star Territory for a while, thanks to TaskMaster and I have news for her. Now the charming American standup is back on the fringe that does what it can best do while researching mid-life, perimenopause and the freedom of just anger.
Monkey Barrel 3, July 28th to August 10thVAT.
Leila Navabi: Season
Leila Navabi made a striking debut in 2023 with a musical comedy about identity. This year there is another genre-busing mix of comedy, music and theater when she tells the story to make a baby with her friend and sperm-donor-best friend.
Pleasance Courtyard, July 30th to August 25thVAT.
Josie Long: Now is the time of the monsters
As a master of the craft, it is a pleasure to see Josie at work for a long time, but she is also the comic that we need the most when the news becomes unbearable. Her hand for the erambing of comedy with hope, miracle and galvanization of anger offers a welcome reparation, and your new show also promises stories from dinosaurs and hamsters.
Pleasance Dome, July 30th to August 24thVAT.
Luke McQueen: Comedian’s comedian
If you like a comedy that examines the edges of the comfort, Luke McQueen is her husband. On television and on stage he likes to play with the audience, and the show staged by Jordan Brookes has a tempting attitude: after being overlooked by the comedian of the comedian, he uses AI to interview himself, without a doubt with catastrophic consequences.
Pleasance Dome, July 30th to August 24thVAT.
Sam Nicoresti: Baby -Doomer
Even in the embryonic preview level, Sam Nicorestis showed new show signs of pure brilliance. It will examine the increasingly enemy environment for trans people, the “doomerism” in the face of global crises and a personal journey of breakdown, recovery and love. Expect intelligent punch lines, surreal rounds and smell of laughter.
Pleasance Courtyard, July 30th to August 24th.
Alice Cockayne: Licensed. Professional. Trained. Qualified.
This year’s festival offers a promising harvest of aspiring character files, and Alice Cockayne focuses on. Her debut was a fiasco filled with the wig, in which a day in the office falls crazy. Your follow-up promises even more wigs, unusual characters and messy music numbers.
Pleasance Courtyard, July 30th to August 24th
