British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide

2017 Edinburgh Fringe

Venue 33: Pleasance Courtyard

The Pleasance's famous cobblestone Courtyard has be entertaining festival audiences since 1985 and is considered by many to be the very heart of the Fringe. With comedy, theatre and children's shows once again surrounding our iconic totem pole, this is the place to celebrate the return of the Fringe. 'The centre of the cultural universe' (Scotsman).

Shows at this venue

Promoted

1 Woman, a High-Flyer and a Flat Bottom: Samantha Baines. Samantha Baines

Samantha Baines

  • 2-14 & 16-28 Aug
  • 15:30
  • £7.50
Spank!tacular

Spank!tacular

  • 12, 19 & 26 Aug
  • 00:15
  • £15.50
Plan B For Utopia

Plan B For Utopia

  • 21-27 Aug
  • 10:30
  • £12
Let Me Look At You

Let Me Look At You

  • 2-13 & 15-28 Aug
  • 11:15
  • £8
The Showstoppers' Kids Show

Showstoppers Kids Show

  • 3-20 Aug
  • 11:40
  • £8.50
Me And My Bee

ThisEgg

  • 2-14 & 16-28 Aug
  • 11:45
  • £7.50
David Walliams' The First Hippo on the Moon

David Walliams

  • 2-14 & 16-20 Aug
  • 12:00
  • £11
Instant Sunshine

Instant Sunshine

  • 5 & 7-12 Aug
  • 12:00
  • £11
Girls

Girls

  • 22-27 Aug
  • 12:00
  • £11
The Listies Make You LOL

The Listies

  • 2-20 Aug
  • 12:30
  • £7.50
Mervyn Stutter's Pick of the Fringe

Mervyn Stutter's Pick

  • 5-16, 18-23 & 25-27 Aug
  • 12:30
  • £11
Follow Suit

Follow Suit

  • 2-8, 10-13, 16-20 & 22-28 Aug
  • 12:45
  • £8.50
Small Laces

Small Laces

  • 2-13, 15-20 & 22-27 Aug
  • 12:45
  • £7.50
Briony Redman: Theory of Positivity. Briony Redman

Briony Redman

  • 2-15 & 17-28 Aug
  • 13:00
  • £7
Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show

Best of Edinburgh Showcase

  • 3-27 Aug
  • 13:20
  • £9
Confabulation. Eamonn Fleming

Eamonn Fleming

  • 2-8, 10-15, 17-22 & 24-28 Aug
  • 13:40
  • £9
Sue Perkins Live! in Spectacles. Sue Perkins

Sue Perkins

  • 23-27 Aug
  • 13:45
  • £15.50
Victim

Victim

  • 2-15 & 17-28 Aug
  • 14:00
  • £8.50
Cockroached

Cockroached

  • 2-13, 15-20 & 22-28 Aug
  • 14:00
  • £7.50
The Duke. Hugh Hughes

Hugh Hughes

  • 5-14, 16-21 & 23-27 Aug
  • 14:00
  • £5
Arthur Smith Sings Leonard Cohen - The Final Tribute. Arthur Smith

Arthur Smith

  • 18-20 Aug
  • 14:00
  • £12.50
Nutty Noah - Wear Your Pants With Pride. Noah Kelly

Nutty Noah

  • 21-28 Aug
  • 14:00
  • £8
Goody

Goody

  • 2-14 & 16-28 Aug
  • 14:15
  • £8.50
Pippa Evans: Joy Provision!. Pippa Evans

Pippa Evans

  • 2-27 Aug
  • 14:40
  • £10
David Edwards - How to Get a Second Date. David Edwards

David Edwards

  • 2-23 Aug
  • 15:00
  • £7
Romantic Encounters in a Darkened Room. Charlie Robb

Charlie Robb

  • 2-20 & 22-28 Aug
  • 15:15
  • £7.50
Great British Mysteries?. Image shows from L to R: Rose Robinson, Will Close

Great British Mysteries

  • 2-13 & 15-28 Aug
  • 15:30
  • £7.50
Tessa Coates: Primates. Tessa Coates

Tessa Coates

  • 2-26 Aug
  • 15:30
  • £7
Buzz: A New Musical

Buzz: A New Musical

  • 2-13 & 15-28 Aug
  • 15:30
  • £8.50
Sara Pascoe: LadsLadsLads. Sara Pascoe

Sara Pascoe

  • 2-27 Aug
  • 19:00
  • £10
Nina Conti: In Therapy. Nina Conti

Nina Conti: Therapy

  • 23-27 Aug
  • 15:30
  • £13
Creatives

Creatives

  • 2-14, 16-21 & 23-28 Aug
  • 16:00
  • £11
Tim Vine: Sunset Milk Idiot. Tim Vine

Tim Vine

  • 2-8, 10-15 & 17-27 Aug
  • 16:00
  • £14
TUTU: Dance in All Its Glory

TUTU

  • 2-8, 10-14, 16-21 & 23-28 Aug
  • 16:00
  • £11
Natalie Palamides: LAID. Natalie Palamides

Natalie Palamides

  • 2-13 & 15-27 Aug
  • 16:15
  • £10
What If The Plane Falls Out Of The Sky?

What If The Plane Falls Out Of The Sky?

  • 2-13 & 15-28 Aug
  • 16:20
  • £9
Ingrid Oliver: Speech!. Ingrid Oliver

Ingrid Oliver

  • 2-13 & 15-27 Aug
  • 16:30
  • £7
Giants: For an Hour. Image shows from L to R: Will Hislop, Barney Fishwick

Giants

  • 2-13 & 15-27 Aug
  • 16:30
  • £9
Ben Fogg: How I Won Best Newcomer 2017. Ben Fogg

Ben Fogg

  • 2-13 & 15-28 Aug
  • 16:45
  • £8
Colin Hoult / Anna Mann in How We Stop the Fascists. Colin Hoult

Anna Mann

  • 2-13 & 15-27 Aug
  • 16:45
  • £9
Luke Kempner: Take a Long Hard Luke at Yourself. Luke Kempner

Luke Kempner

  • 2-13 & 15-28 Aug
  • 16:45
  • £10
Next Best Thing: How to Be Good at Everything

Next Best Thing

  • 2-14 & 16-28 Aug
  • 16:45
  • £7.50
Ken Cheng: Chinese Comedian. Ken Cheng

Ken Cheng

  • 2-15 & 17-27 Aug
  • 16:45
  • £8.50
Twayna Mayne: Black Girl. Twayna Mayne

Twayna Mayne

  • 2-15 & 17-27 Aug
  • 16:45
  • £10
Alexander Fox: Ringo. Alexander Fox

Alexander Fox

  • 2-28 Aug
  • 17:00
  • £8.50
Murder, She Didn't Write: The Improvised Murder Mystery

Murder She Didn't Write

  • 2-28 Aug
  • 17:00
  • £10
Nicholas Parsons' Happy Hour. Nicholas Parsons

Nicholas Parsons

  • 4-6 & 9-13 Aug
  • 17:15
  • £12.50
Nick Helm: Masterworks in Progress '17. Nick Helm

Nick Helm

  • 14-27 Aug
  • 17:20
  • £10
Lucy Porter: Choose Your Battles. Lucy Porter

Lucy Porter

  • 2-15, 17-22 & 24-27 Aug
  • 17:30
  • £11
Kae Kurd: Kurd Your Enthusiasm. Kae Kurd

Kae Kurd

  • 2-15 & 17-27 Aug
  • 17:30
  • £10
Kat Bond: Loo Roll. Kathryn Bond

Kat Bond

  • 2-15 & 17-28 Aug
  • 17:45
  • £7.50
Lauren Pattison: Lady Muck. Lauren Pattison

Lauren Pattison

  • 2-13 & 15-28 Aug
  • 17:45
  • £7.50
Ellie Taylor: This Guy. Ellie Taylor

Ellie Taylor

  • 3-4, 6-15 & 17-27 Aug
  • 17:45
  • £10
Michael Stranney: Welcome to Ballybeg. Michael Stranney

Michael Stranney

  • 2-25 Aug
  • 18:00
  • £7.50
Evelyn Mok: Hymen Manoeuvre. Evelyn Mok

Evelyn Mok

  • 2-13 & 15-27 Aug
  • 18:00
  • £7
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

Showstopper!

  • 2-14 & 16-27 Aug
  • 18:00
  • £13
Tom Lucy: Needs to Stop Showing Off in Front of His Friends. Tom Lucy

Tom Lucy

  • 2-13 & 15-27 Aug
  • 18:00
  • £7.50
Rhys James: Wiseboy. Rhys James

Rhys James

  • 2-27 Aug
  • 18:00
  • £8.50
Alasdair Beckett-King: The Alasdair Beckett-King Mysteries. Alasdair Beckett-King

Alasdair Beckett-King

  • 2-13 & 15-28 Aug
  • 18:00
  • £7.50
Brennan Reece: Everlong

Brennan Reece

  • 2-27 Aug
  • 18:00
  • £8.50
Katy Brand: I Could've Been an Astronaut. Katy Brand

Katy Brand

  • 2-13, 15-20 & 22-26 Aug
  • 18:20
  • £10
NewsRevue 2017

NewsRevue

  • 2-14 & 16-28 Aug
  • 18:30
  • £13.50
John Robins: The Darkness of Robins. John Robins

John Robins

  • 2-13 & 15-27 Aug
  • 18:40
  • £10
Kwame Asante: Open Arms. Kwame Asante

Kwame Asante

  • 2-15 & 17-27 Aug
  • 18:45
  • £8.50
Sara Schaefer: Little White Box. Sara Schaefer

Sara Schaefer

  • 2-13 & 15-28 Aug
  • 19:00
  • £9.50
Phil Wang: Kinabalu. Phil Wang

Phil Wang

  • 2-13 & 15-27 Aug
  • 19:00
  • £10
Stuart Laws Stops. Stuart Laws

Stuart Laws

  • 2-15 & 17-27 Aug
  • 19:00
  • £7
Jon Pointing: Act Natural. Jon Pointing

Jon Pointing

  • 2, 4-13 & 15-27 Aug
  • 19:15
  • £9
Sisters: White Noise

Sisters

  • 2-27 Aug
  • 19:15
  • £7.50
Ed Gamble: Mammoth. Ed Gamble

Ed Gamble

  • 2-27 Aug
  • 19:15
  • £10
Josh Pugh: A Boy Named Pugh. Josh Pugh

Josh Pugh

  • 2-14 & 16-28 Aug
  • 19:15
  • £7.50
Angela Barnes: Fortitude. Angela Barnes

Angela Barnes

  • 2-13 & 15-27 Aug
  • 19:15
  • £7.50
AAA Stand-Up. Image shows from L to R: Zahra Barri, Jon Pearson, Harry Stachini

AAA Stand-Up

  • 2-28 Aug
  • 19:15
  • £9
Richard Herring: Oh Frig, I'm 50!. Richard Herring

Richard Herring

  • 2-26 Aug
  • 19:30
  • £14
Iain Stirling: U OK Hun? X. Iain Stirling

Iain Stirling

  • 2-27 Aug
  • 19:40
  • £10
Vikki Stone - Concerto for Comedian and Orchestra

Vikki Stone

  • 27 Aug
  • 19:50
  • £16.50
Tom Allen: Absolutely. Tom Allen

Tom Allen

  • 2-13 & 15-27 Aug
  • 20:00
  • £8.50
Joseph Morpurgo: Hammerhead. Joseph Morpurgo

Joseph Morpurgo

  • 2-13 & 15-28 Aug
  • 20:00
  • £9
Sophie Willan: Branded. Sophie Willan

Sophie Willan

  • 2-15 & 17-27 Aug
  • 20:00
  • £10
Colin Cloud: Dare. Colin Cloud

Colin Cloud

  • 2-14 & 16-26 Aug
  • 20:00
  • £12
The Tartan Ribbon Comedy Benefit

The Tartan Ribbon Comedy Benefit

  • 15 Aug
  • 20:00
  • £12
Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Appropriate Adult. Kiri Pritchard-McLean

Kiri Pritchard-McLean

  • 2-28 Aug
  • 20:15
  • £7.50
Sean Patton: Number One. Sean Patton

Sean Patton

  • 2-13 & 15-27 Aug
  • 20:15
  • £7.50
Ivo Graham: Educated Guess. Ivo Graham

Ivo Graham

  • 2-13 & 15-27 Aug
  • 20:15
  • £8.50
Phil Jerrod: Submerged. Phil Jerrod

Phil Jerrod

  • 2-13 & 15-27 Aug
  • 20:30
  • £7.50
Tez Ilyas: Teztify. Tez Ilyas

Tez Ilyas

  • 2-15 & 17-27 Aug
  • 20:30
  • £10
Annie Sertich: How to Not Kill Yourself for 30 Days... and the Next 330. Annie Sertich

Annie Sertich

  • 2-13 & 15-27 Aug
  • 20:30
  • £9.50
Matt Forde: A Show Hastily Rewritten in Light of Recent Events - Again!. Matt Forde

Matt Forde

  • 2-27 Aug
  • 20:30
  • £12
Ed Night: Anthem for Doomed Youth. Ed Night

Ed Night

  • 2-13 & 15-28 Aug
  • 20:30
  • £7.50
Tom Ballard: Problematic. Tom Ballard

Tom Ballard

  • 2-27 Aug
  • 20:30
  • £11
Garrett Millerick: The Devil's Advocate. Garrett Millerick

Garrett Millerick

  • 2-13 & 15-27 Aug
  • 20:30
  • £8.50
James Acaster: The Trelogy. James Acaster

James Acaster

  • 2-13, 15-20 & 22-27 Aug
  • 21:00
  • £11
Dane Baptiste: G.O.D. (Gold. Oil. Drugs.). Dane Baptiste

Dane Baptiste

  • 2-15 & 17-27 Aug
  • 21:00
  • £12
The Free Association: Jacuzzi

The Free Association

  • 2-27 Aug
  • 21:00
  • £5
John Hastings: Audacity. John Hastings

John Hastings

  • 2-13 & 15-27 Aug
  • 21:15
  • £8
Lee Nelson: Serious Joker. Simon Brodkin

Lee Nelson

  • 2-13 & 17-27 Aug
  • 21:20
  • £16.50
Gary Delaney: There's Something About Gary. Gary Delaney

Gary Delaney

  • 18-26 Aug
  • 21:20
  • £12
Phoebe Walsh: I'll Have What She's Having. Phoebe Walsh

Phoebe Walsh

  • 2-13 & 15-27 Aug
  • 21:30
  • £9
Darren Harriott: Defiant. Darren Harriott

Darren Harriott

  • 2-15 & 17-27 Aug
  • 21:30
  • £8.50
Red Bastard: Lie With Me. Eric Davis

Red Bastard

  • 2-13 & 15-27 Aug
  • 21:30
  • £9
Jayde Adams is Jayded. Jayde Adams

Jayde Adams

  • 2-28 Aug
  • 21:30
  • £8
Tape Face. Sam Wills

Sam Wills

  • 2-14 & 16-27 Aug
  • 21:40
  • £13
Pierre Novellie. Pierre Novellie

Pierre Novellie

  • 2-27 Aug
  • 21:45
  • £7.50
Chris Betts: Bewilderbeest. Chris Betts

Chris Betts

  • 2-13 & 15-28 Aug
  • 21:45
  • £9
Suzi Ruffell: Keeping It Classy. Suzi Ruffell

Suzi Ruffell

  • 2-13 & 15-27 Aug
  • 21:45
  • £7.50
Rose Matafeo: Sassy Best Friend. Rose Matafeo

Rose Matafeo

  • 2-14 & 16-27 Aug
  • 21:45
  • £7
The Andy Field Experience. Andy Field

Andy Field

  • 2-15 & 17-27 Aug
  • 21:45
  • £8.50
Chris Turner: What a Time to Be Alive. Chris Turner

Chris Turner

  • 2-27 Aug
  • 21:45
  • £8
Doug Anthony All Stars: Near Death Experience

Doug Anthony All Stars

  • 2-6, 9-13, 16-20 & 23-27 Aug
  • 22:00
  • £15
Gein's Family Giftshop: Volume 3

Gein's Family Giftshop

  • 2-28 Aug
  • 22:20
  • £8
Rachel Jackson: Bunny Boiler. Rachel Jackson

Rachel Jackson

  • 2-23 & 25-28 Aug
  • 22:30
  • £7.50
2017 Chortle Student Comedy Awards Final

Chortle Student Comedy Final

  • 14 Aug
  • 22:30
  • £10
Terry Alderton: All Crazy Now. Terry Alderton

Terry Alderton

  • 2-13 & 15-27 Aug
  • 22:40
  • £8.50
Joe Sutherland: Model / Actress. Joe Sutherland

Joe Sutherland

  • 2-14 & 16-27 Aug
  • 22:45
  • £7
The Death Hilarious: The Scum Always Rises. Image shows from L to R: Darren J Coles, Glenn Wade

The Death Hilarious

  • 2-15 & 17-27 Aug
  • 22:45
  • £7
Mark Watson's Festival of Bad Ideas. Mark Watson

Mark Watson: Bad Ideas

  • 15-27 Aug
  • 22:45
  • £5
The Noise Next Door: 10. Image shows from L to R: Tom Livingstone, Matt Grant, Charlie Granville, Sam Pacelli

Noise Next Door

  • 2-15 & 17-27 Aug
  • 22:50
  • £10.50
Phil Dunning: The House of Pigs. Phil Dunning

Phil Dunning

  • 2-13 & 15-27 Aug
  • 23:00
  • £7
AAA Stand-Up Late. Image shows from L to R: Tony Basnett, Leo Kearse, Dimitri Bakanov

AAA Stand-Up Late

  • 2-28 Aug
  • 23:00
  • £9
Late Night Gimp Fight

Late Night Gimp Fight

  • 3-5, 10-12, 17-19 & 24-26 Aug
  • 23:00
  • £11
The Wrestling

The Wrestling

  • 15 Aug
  • 23:00
  • £20
Jordan Brookes: Body of Work. Jordan Brookes

Jordan Brookes

  • 15-27 Aug
  • 23:00
  • £6
Pleasance Newcomer Comedy Gala

Pleasance Newcomers

  • 5 Aug
  • 23:15
  • Free
Simon Amstell: Tour Previews (Work in Progress). Simon Amstell

Simon Amstell

  • 17-19 Aug
  • 23:20
  • £15
Amusical

Amusical

  • 23 Aug
  • 23:20
  • £10
Mark Watson: I'm Not Here. Mark Watson

Mark Watson

  • 24-26 Aug
  • 23:20
  • £14.50

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