Max and Stevie are just two wee guys trying to survive in an ordinary Scottish secondary school. But to survive, sometimes you need to hide. And there’s no hiding when you’re a VL. VL = Virgin Lips. It means you’ve never kissed a lassie, or a laddie. The longer you stay a VL, the more of a VL you become. The producers of Fleabag bring you another riotous comedy from the Fringe First Award-winning writers of Square Go, Kieran Hurley and Gary McNair, about young boys trying to navigate romance in the hormonal pressure cooker of a small-town school.

This short-form improvisation show includes famous games, such as Party Quirks, led by audience prompts. Celebrating its 21st birthday and sold-out shows in 2023, Cambridge University’s improvisers return after seven years resident at the Gilded Balloon. This year, to celebrate our coming of age, we are hosting a range of mystery guests. The cast includes ex and current Footlights. Our director works with the National Theatre, and just wrote a book on applying improv in drama with Katie Mitchell. This year’s show is not to be missed!

In a nutshell Such is the appetite for 70s TV comedy on stage – with both Fawlty Towers and Some Mothers Do ‘Ave Em current hot-tickets – that this affectionate fictional gathering of three bygone giants of light entertainment (Tommy Cooper, Bob Monkhouse and Eric Morecambe) will attract an audience on the strength of its re-incarnated names alone. recommended by the telegraph:https://archive.is/RdAiV

This short-form improvisation show includes famous games, such as Party Quirks, led by audience prompts. Celebrating its 21st birthday and sold-out shows in 2023, Cambridge University’s improvisers return after seven years resident at the Gilded Balloon. This year, to celebrate our coming of age, we are hosting a range of mystery guests. The cast includes ex and current Footlights. Our director works with the National Theatre, and just wrote a book on applying improv in drama with Katie Mitchell. This year’s show is not to be missed!

The sell-out sensation is back at Circus Hub featuring the world’s best in circus, cabaret and comedy. La Clique is breathtaking, hilarious, sexy, dangerous and iconic. Born right here at the Edinburgh Fringe 20 years ago, and subsequently gaining international acclaim around the globe, this is the original and trailblazing Spiegeltent cabaret show. Every season is a different collection of extraordinary new artists and unmissable favourites. Step inside the magnificent Spiegeltent for an unforgettable night this Fringe. Do not miss it. ‘Welcome to your new favourite cult Fringe outing’ ***** (Scotsman).

The Bardic Breakfasters are back for our 33rd Fringe, with a brand-new show, breakfast included! The Tempest meets 10 Things I Hate About You and High School Musical in a teen rom-com-romp. A pleasing plethora of pentameter, puns and pastry. Sensational Shakespearience, perfect for hardened fans and blank verse virgins alike. ‘A bouncy and boisterous take on Willie’s work’ (List). ‘Well worth getting out of bed for’ (Independent). ‘No holds Bard’ (FringeGuru.com). ‘Irreverent humour… clever’ (Stage). ‘Side-splitting… glorious’ (BroadwayBaby.com). ‘Full of fun’ (RemoteGoat.com). ‘Sizzling’ (Scottish Daily Express). Free coffee and croissants! Fringe favourite since 1992. Book early.

Inspired by the true events of The Great Emu War of 1932, this new comedy musical tells the story of WW1 veterans trying to grow wheat in the Australian outback. Unfortunately, the local emus develop a taste for the crops, so the government sends in the army to fight them. Man vs Emu, who will triumph? We follow six characters caught up in the battle. Get your tail feathers ready for some dancing birds, catchy tunes and a bonza tale of human futility. This is The Emu War!

For the Love of Spam is a one-woman comedic stand-up, puppetry, participatory, and multisensory show dedicated to two things: canned meat and colonialism.

Hannah is back at the Fringe for the first time since they won the Edinburgh Comedy Award (and an Emmy!) and turned the comedy world on its head in 2017. Now, six years after Nanette dropped on Netflix and propelled Hannah to international stardom, they are learning how to process the world, with all its catastrophes and hypocrisies, from a new perspective: and they’re ready to talk about it. From the irrelevant to the existential, Hannah has taken all their worries on the road and their destination is Woof!

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Viking mythology performed by professional wrestlers! Quickly becoming a Fringe staple, this masterpiece brings all the comedy, chaos, and combat of ancient stories to life like you’ve never seen before. One of the Telegraph’s Best Theatre Shows of Fringe 2023, this masterful blend of storytelling, theatre and stage combat follows Thor, Loki and the other Norse Gods in their struggles to overcome primeval giants, rival clans and their own ambitions in what HiFi Way calls ‘One of, if not the best, physical theatre shows of the 2024 Adelaide Fringe’. ‘Knockout spectacle’ **** (Telegraph). ‘Spectacular’ ***** (BroadwayBaby.com).