Another August, another onslaught of comedians converged upon Edinburgh, all vying for the attention of Scots and the comedy fans who come there each summer for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
And here is this year’s crop of North American acts making hey, hay and ha-has across the pond:
- Abigoliah Schamuan: “Abigoliah Schamaun: Subtle” (through Aug. 25, at Just the Tonic at Caves)
- Adam Strauss: “Adam Strauss: The Mushroom Cure” (through Aug. 25, at Underbelly Cowgate)
- Adrienne Truscott’s Asking for It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pussy and Little Else! (through Aug. 26, at Heroes @ Bob’s Bookshop)
- Al Lubel is Mentally Al (through Aug. 25 at Just the Tonic at The Caves)
- All-Nude College-Girl Revue or How I Made It Through the LSE (Lisa Faith Phillips, Aug. 19-24, at SpaceCabaret @ 54)
- Baby Wants Candy: The Graduation Show (Aug. 11, Aug. 18, at Assembly George Square)
- Bo Burnham: What (Aug. 9-19, at Pleasance Courtyard)
- Brendon Burns and Colt Cabana Sit in a Fifty-Seater Around Midnight and Provide the Commentary to Bad Wrestling Matches (through Aug. 25, at The Stand Comedy Club II)
- Bronston Jones in Bronston Jones: Life’s Short. I’m Not! – Free (through Aug. 25, at Laughing Horse)
- Allyson Smith, Paul Myrehaug and Tim Rabnet in The Canadians of Comedy (through Aug. 26, at Gilded Balloon Teviot)
- Caroline Rhea (through Aug. 22, at Gilded Balloon Teviot)
- Laura Hayden’s Comedy and Cupcakes (through Aug. 25, at Laughing Horse)
- Craig Campbell’s Thrilling Mic Hunt (through Aug. 25, at The Assembly Rooms)
- Dana Alexander: Is This Really Happening? (through Aug. 25, at The Stand Comedy Club III and IV)
- Gavin Crawford – A Bummer Abroad (through Aug. 24, at theSpace @ Surgeons Hall)
- Veronica Elizabeth in Gay Straight Alliance (through Aug. 26, at Laughing Horse)
- Shawn Hitchens in Ginger Nation (through Aug. 24, at The Dram House)
- Glenn Wool: This Road Has Tolls (through Aug. 26, Assembly George Square)
- Graham Clark: Afraid of the Clark (through Aug. 26, at Assembly Roxy)
- Greg Proops (through Aug. 14, Gilded Balloon Teviot; also taping “The Smartest Man in the World” separately on Aug. 10, 15)
- Harmon Leon in Obey McGonagall (through Aug. 24, at The Cabaret Voltaire)
- Janeane Garofalo (Aug. 20-23, at The Assembly Rooms)
- Jordan, Jesse, Go! (Aug. 22, Pleasance Courtyard)
- Katie Goodman: I Didn’t F*ck It Up (through Aug. 25, at Gilded Balloon Teviot)
- Laura Levites: Selfhelpless (through Aug. 26, at Gilded Balloon Teviot)
- Lee Camp: Destruction! Distraction! Evolution? (through Aug. 25, at Just the Tonic at Bristo Square)
- Lindsay Gonzales in M.P.H.: A Comedy Compendium (through Aug. 25, at Laughing Horse)
- Mae Martin: Slumber Party (through Aug. 25, at Underbelly, Cowgate)
- Michael Che: Cartoon Violence (through Aug. 25, at The Assembly Rooms)
- Nikhil Tilwalli in A Panda Suit, Pythagoras and Plenty of Puns (through Aug. 22, at Just the Tonic at The Caves)
- Red Bastard (through Aug. 26, at Assembly George Square)
- Rob Delaney Live (Aug. 20-21, at Underbelly, Bistro Square)
- Sam Lloyd: Fully Committed (through Aug. 25, at Gilded Balloon Teviot)
- Set List: Stand-Up Without a Net (through Aug. 24, at Pleasance Dome)
- Ryan Good in Sex With Animals (through Aug. 25, at Laughing Horse)
- Shane Mauss: Mating Season (through Aug. 25, at Assembly George Square)
- Shelby Bond: People Pleaser (through Aug. 25, at Just the Tonic at The Tron)
- Shirley Gnome (through Aug. 25, at Underbelly, Cowgate)
- Tanyalee Davis – Big Trouble in Little ‘Gina (through Aug. 25, The Assembly Rooms)
- Tig Notaro: Boyish-Girl Interrupted (Aug. 16-25, at Gilded Balloon Teviot)
- Toby Muresiano in Toby Explains the Universe (through Aug. 24, at The Dram House Upstairs)
- Tamer Kattan and Will Peebles in The Underdogs (through Aug. 18 at Laughing Horse)
- Tim Renkow and Dave Millett Are Meandering With Purpose (through Aug. 26, Heroes @ Bob’s Bookshop)
- The Essential Tom Stade: 12 Nights Only! (Aug. 13-25, at The Assembly Rooms)
- Cynthia Levin in Unprepared For Life (through Aug. 24, at Whynot?)
- Will Franken: Concert to Benefit the Victims of My Father (through Aug. 26, at Pleasance Dome)
- Matt Nagin in Woolly Mammoth Panic Attack (through Aug. 25, at Laughing Horse)
- Yannis Pappas – The Happy Place (through Aug. 25, at Assembly Roxy)
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