Gareth Waugh: Is Pepsi Okay?
Monkey Barrel Comedy, 3-30 Aug (not 18), 16:20
A stalwart of the Edinburgh comedy scene, Gareth Waugh tries to unravel the ongoing mystery of what happened to the deal of his career. Was it all a scam?
Sophie Duker: Hot Beef Injection
Pleasance Courtyard, 5-30 Aug (not 12, 19, 26), 20:30
The Taskmaster champion is airing her beef with the male species. She’s off men for good. Let her tell you why in her own unmistakable style.
John Achkar: His Country Is Collapsing. He’s Having a Baby. So Obviously, This Is the Right Year for a Lebanese Comedian You’ve Never Heard of To Try English Stand Up for the First Time
Just The Tonic at The Caves, 6-30 Aug (not 18), 15:40
When it comes to this comedy show from Lebanese comedian John Achkar, the title probably says it all…
Rosco McClelland: The Bones
Monkey Barrel Comedy (Cabaret Voltaire), 5-30 Aug, 20:05
Winner of the Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award and infamously referred to as ‘the slug nudger’ by the Big Yin himself, McClelland’s new show is about evolution, bodies, and hamsters, apparently.
Creepy Boys: SLUGS
Summerhall, 6-17 Aug, 22:40
Performance/comedy duo Creepy Boys won a Bestie last year for this brilliant, bonkers cross-genre show about ‘nothing, nothing nothing’, as they put it. Look out for the WIP of their upcoming follow-up too.
Eva Peroni: Jungled
Gilded Balloon Teviot, 5-30 Aug (not 17), 16:40
This is the story of how Livingston comedian Eva Peroni dropped out of school and moved to Costa Rica aged seventeen. Four years later, she’s home, out, and debuting a seriously promising debut hour.
Susie McCabe: Coming of Rage
Assembly George Square, 5-30 Aug (not 17), 20:45
Glasgow comedy legend Susie McCabe thought things were on the up after a health scare aged forty-four. And in many ways, they were… Until they weren’t. Set to be one of her funniest, most cathartic hours yet.
UNDERGROUND MONK SHOW
Assembly George Square Gardens, 5-30 Aug (not 17), 22:15
John Norris, Dee Marcucci, Max Baumgarten, Bill O’Neill and Claire Woolner have been trialing this insane hour of clowning, directed by Corey Podell and co-created with Sam Fishman, at the Fringe for the past two years and we cannot get enough.
Mark Thomas: 40 in Stand-up Years
The Stand Comedy Club, 5-30 Aug (not 20), 18:05
In the forty years that Mark Thomas has been behind the mic, few have matched him in tenacity. In a crumbling world, there’s no question he’s got just the right words to rouse and reset your conscience.
Amy Matthews: Definitions of Toast
Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 5-30 Aug (not 12, 19, 26), 15:00
Amy Matthews follows up 2023’s critically-acclaimed I Feel Like I’m Made of Spiders with a stand-up show about trying to reclaim your own rage when you’ve spent years keeping it at bay.
Andrew Doherty: Reviewers Welcome… TO DIE!
Pleasance Courtyard, 5-30 Aug, 22:50
Exploring the lengths one might go to avenge a middling review, Andrew Doherty’s absurdist comedy follows writer Felix Chatelier as he battles for his life against a performer’s bruised ego.