British Comedy Guide

2023 Edinburgh Fringe

Shelf: The Kids' Show

  • Kids (sketch show)
  • 1:15pm (60 mins)
  • 2-15 & 17-27 Aug 2023
  • Pleasance Courtyard (The Green)
  • £10 - £12
Shelf: The Kids' Show. Image shows left to right: Ruby Clyde, Rachel Watkeys Dowie
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Venue

33: Pleasance Courtyard
Room: The Green

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Join best friends Rachel and Ruby for a kids' comedy show that's fun for all the family! Full of sketches, songs, pranks and silliness. Rachel and Ruby use physical comedy and silly characters to bring sketch comedy to children of all ages - a fun way to explore emotions, friendship and shyness. Winner: Best Kids' Show, 2023 Leicester Comedy Festival. Over one million views on BBC Three. **** (Guardian). **** (Scotsman). **** (Skinny). **** (FunnyWomen.com). **** (BeyondTheJoke.co.uk).

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The Edinburgh comics also doing kids' shows

They might be 'edgy, queer' comics by night - but by day Shelf are children's entertainers, and they're not the only fringe act with a sideline in making kids laugh.

Ella Braidwood, The Guardian, 16th August 2023

No audience! Fringe stars on the day they suffered every performer's nightmare

Georgie Grier's headline-grabbing plight isn't so rare. Edinburgh veterans from Gyles Brandreth to Robin Grainger share their tales of woe.

Dominic Cavendish and Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 7th August 2023

Edinburgh 2023: pick of the programme - children's shows

Our top picks of children's shows at Edfringe.

Natalie O'Donoghue, Broadway World, 16th June 2023

Performances

Date Time Venue
2nd Aug 2023 13:15 Pleasance Courtyard (The Green)
3rd Aug 2023 13:15 Pleasance Courtyard (The Green)
4th Aug 2023 13:15 Pleasance Courtyard (The Green)
5th Aug 2023 13:15 Pleasance Courtyard (The Green)
6th Aug 2023 13:15 Pleasance Courtyard (The Green)
7th Aug 2023 13:15 Pleasance Courtyard (The Green)
8th Aug 2023 13:15 Pleasance Courtyard (The Green)
9th Aug 2023 13:15 Pleasance Courtyard (The Green)
10th Aug 2023 13:15 Pleasance Courtyard (The Green)
11th Aug 2023 13:15 Pleasance Courtyard (The Green)
12th Aug 2023 13:15 Pleasance Courtyard (The Green)
13th Aug 2023 13:15 Pleasance Courtyard (The Green)
14th Aug 2023 13:15 Pleasance Courtyard (The Green)
15th Aug 2023 13:15 Pleasance Courtyard (The Green)
17th Aug 2023 13:15 Pleasance Courtyard (The Green)
18th Aug 2023 13:15 Pleasance Courtyard (The Green)
19th Aug 2023 13:15 Pleasance Courtyard (The Green)
20th Aug 2023 13:15 Pleasance Courtyard (The Green)
21st Aug 2023 13:15 Pleasance Courtyard (The Green)
22nd Aug 2023 13:15 Pleasance Courtyard (The Green)
23rd Aug 2023 13:15 Pleasance Courtyard (The Green)
24th Aug 2023 13:15 Pleasance Courtyard (The Green)
25th Aug 2023 13:15 Pleasance Courtyard (The Green)
26th Aug 2023 13:15 Pleasance Courtyard (The Green)
27th Aug 2023 13:15 Pleasance Courtyard (The Green)

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