Venue Guide Laughing Horse
@ Cabaret Voltaire V338 GE5
36-38 Blair Street, EH1 1QR B0131 247 4704 · 12:00-23:00 D0131 247 4704 ·
www.freefestival.co.uk
The candle in the middle of two burning ends. A patchwork quilt of fair-trade coffees, 241 pizzas & magazines will get you through the day. It all begins to unravel again with a night-time tapestry of cocktails, craft beers and fine tunes and a huge variety of free Fringe shows.
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Comedy Ahir Shah: Machines......................................................................................................50 Alistair Green: A New Kind of Politics............................................................................53 All My Friends Are Dead ................................................................................................54 Caimh McDonnell: Gorilla in the Midst.........................................................................70 Charlie Dinkin: Can't......................................................................................................73 Circumcision...................................................................................................................75 Crack Comedy Club's Pick of the Fringe........................................................................78 CSI: Crime Scene Improvisation.....................................................................................78 Damian Clark Can't Slow Down....................................................................................79 Ella Woods: Stag Do.......................................................................................................86 Ellis & Rose: Obsolete ....................................................................................................86 Evan Desmarais: Bad Things, Right Reasons – Free ......................................................88 Evelyn Mok and Katharine Ferns Present Katharine Ferns and Evelyn Mok!...............89 Faye Treacy: Special........................................................................................................89 Fiona Sagar: Entitled ......................................................................................................90 George McGoldrick: Hot Milk........................................................................................95 Henrietta Steventon: The Immoral High Ground.........................................................101 The International Incident............................................................................................105 Is This Part of the Show?..............................................................................................105 I Was Mick Jones's Bank Clerk.....................................................................................106 Jeff Seal: The Goddamn Truth – Free............................................................................109 Joke Thieves..................................................................................................................111 Katharine Ferns is Faking It (Work in Progress)...........................................................114 Lucy Frederick – Positively Livid...................................................................................124 Matt Price: Poltroon.....................................................................................................129 More Memories Than Future .......................................................................................133 Paul Duncan McGarrity – Ask an Archaeologist..........................................................142 Paul Revill: Revillations – Free .....................................................................................142 Pottervision!.................................................................................................................146 Previously on Maff Brown ...........................................................................................146 The Rat Pack Presents... ...............................................................................................149 Rotating Bill..................................................................................................................153 Sharma Sharma Sharma Sharma... Comedian!...........................................................158 Showman Shaman.......................................................................................................160 Suzanne Lea Shepherd: Rapscallion............................................................................167 Tom Houghton.............................................................................................................170 Tubby Tubby Dumb Dumb............................................................................................172 Will Mars: Schtick Shift ................................................................................................177
Spoken Word In the Heart of the Heart of the Country.....................................................................278
Laughing Horse @ City Cafe V85 GE5
Aaaaaargh! It's the One-Liner Show – Free Show........................................................48 ACE! ...............................................................................................................................55 Archie Maddocks: Shirts Vs Skins..................................................................................58 BattleActs! .....................................................................................................................62 Comedy Boxing..............................................................................................................76 Dirty, Rotten, Irish Scoundrels........................................................................................83 Floss................................................................................................................................90 Freedom of Speech.........................................................................................................92 Frugl Presents Classic Joke Club....................................................................................92 Head Sets .....................................................................................................................100 Hilarity Bites Comedy Club Pick of the Fringe.............................................................102 Hilarity Bites Management Showcase Show ..............................................................102 How Can I Drive to a Gig With a Jakey On My Bonnet?.............................................102 John Scott Smashes It to F*ck.....................................................................................111 Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection......................................................................118 Licence to Laugh Comedy Club...................................................................................121 Matt Green: Writing To Harvey Keitel – Free ...............................................................129 Nine Months and Counting.........................................................................................138 Normally Abnormal......................................................................................................139 1 Last Dance With My Father.......................................................................................140 Pun-Man Two: Girls Just Wanna Hear Puns.................................................................147 Revill's Selection – Free................................................................................................149 Sarah Keyworth: Through the Banister – Free.............................................................156 Shaggers (Free Festival) ...............................................................................................157 Shit of the Fringe..........................................................................................................159 Tamar Broadbent: Get Ugly .........................................................................................167 We're Sorry...................................................................................................................176
Comedy
Laughing Horse @ Moriarty’s V332 GF3
Theatre 5 Years..........................................................................................................................309
Laughing Horse @
Finnegan's Wake V101 GE4 9b Victoria Street, EH1 2HE B0131 225 9348 · Daily, 11:00 - 23:00 D0131 225 9348 ·
www.freefestival.co.uk
Edinburgh's premiere music venue, at the heart of town just off of the Royal Mile hosts free festival shows during the day, and live music in the evenings - with a wide offering of drinks available all day!
19 Blair Street, EH1 1QR B0131 220 0125 · Daily, 11:00-00:00 D0131 220 0125 ·
www.freefestival.co.uk
A fashionable newly refurbished cafe-bar right in the centre of town, between the Royal Mile and Cowgate, open daily for food and drink. With a section of free Fringe shows in the downstairs room throughout the day.
H A wide range of food and drink available all day, beers and coffees and free Wi-Fi. I =19
Children's Shows Funny Stuff for Happy People........................................................................................33
Comedy Alfie Brown: Scissor .......................................................................................................52 Amy Annette: What Women Want.................................................................................55 City Cafe Late Nite and Free..........................................................................................75 Eric Lampaert: Alien of Extraordinary Ability.................................................................87 Irish Comedy – No Safe Space.....................................................................................105 Milo McCabe: The Unflappable Troy Hawke................................................................132 Olaf Falafel and the Cheese of Truth............................................................................140 Paul McCaffrey: Fresh Hell ...........................................................................................142 Present and Correct .....................................................................................................146 Richy Sheehy: People Are Strange ...............................................................................151 Savage..........................................................................................................................156 Sketch Thieves..............................................................................................................161
Laughing Horse @
Dropkick Murphys V289 GE5
7 Merchant St (off Candlemaker Row), EH1 2QD B0131 225 2002 · 12:00 - 05:00 D0131 225 2002 ·
www.freefestival.co.uk
have free shows here through the Fringe from midday to 10pm, with the bar open until very late afterwards!
Aaaaah! It's 101 Clean Jokes in 30 Minutes – Free Show............................................48 Aaaaargh! It's 101 Naughty Jokes in 30 Minutes – Free Show....................................48 Amir Khoshsokhan – Shhhhhh......................................................................................55 Board Game Smackdown - Free....................................................................................67 Here's Some Black for the Union Jack.........................................................................101 The Knockabout...........................................................................................................116 Mawaan Rizwan – Gender Neutral Concubine Pirate................................................129 Talk Hard......................................................................................................................167
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Spoken Word Guerilla Aspies – the Show of the Book......................................................................277
1 Level Access 2 Wheelchair Access 8 Hearing Loop 9 Accessible Toilets = Staff Equalities Trained 0 Accessible Parking
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An Irish bar with a difference.... we're actually Irish! Located just off Edinburgh's famous Grassmarket, Dropkick Murphy's gives you a real experience of what an Irish bar is meant to be. Live music at night, showing major sports on our big screens, and all out great craic assured - and we
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Angel Comedy Showcase..............................................................................................57 Cook It How You Like, It's Still a Potato! .......................................................................78 Ivor Dembina: Old Jewish Jokes ..................................................................................105 Martha McBrier: Japanese Boy....................................................................................127 Ship of Fool ..................................................................................................................159 Stuck in a Rut...............................................................................................................166
Comedy Laughing Horse
@ Ghillie Dhu V410 GE2
2 Rutland Place, EH2 1AD B0131 222 9930 · 11:00-01:00 D0131 222 9930 ·
www.freefestival.co.uk
Auditorium is the perfect setting for Fringe shows. I = Comedy
Welcome to Ghillie Dhu, a traditional Scottish Edinburgh bar hidden in the West End of Edinburgh's city centre. Enjoy cosy snugs, shows, music and an extensive drinks list - and get your cameras at the ready! With a spectacular high vaulted arch ceiling, flooded with colour and draped with candlelit chandeliers, our award winning
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrghhh! It’s the Increasingly Prestigious Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards Show – and It’s Free!.....................................................................48 Harry Potter and the Disappointing Aftermath (An Unofficial Sequel).........................99
Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde V259 GC4
Laughing Horse
@ Espionage V185 GE4
4 India Buildings, Victoria Street, EH1 2EX B0131 477 7007 · Daily, 11.00-00.00 D0131 477 7007 ·
www.freefestival.co.uk
One of Edinburgh's flagship free venues, located right in the centre of Edinburgh, there are free shows all day, and a free nightclub until 5am across our 5 floors of rooms and bars. Come and explore!
H Five bars, five floors, open Midday-5am daily. Wide selection of drinks, cocktails spirits and shooters. Snacks available. Free Wifi. I =
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For all your Fringe tickets call 0131 226 0000
Laughing Horse @ Meeting Outside Burgers and Beers
Grillhouse V180 GE5
192a High Street, 192a High St
Binfo@freefestival.co.uk Dwww.freefestival.co.uk
Meeting Point for a walking tour - wait outside 'Burgers & Beer Grillhouse' on the Royal Mile.
Secrets of the Fringe Walking Tour...............................................................................207
161 Lothian Road, EH3 9AA B0131 228 5558 · 11am to 9pm D0131 228 5558 ·
www.freefestival.co.uk
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Situated on the bustling city centre street, at the foot of Edinburgh Castle sandwiched between the stylish West End district and the ever popular Bruntsfield. Moriarty‘s is a place where you can relax in stylish yet homely surroundings. The carefully refurbished bar has a Sherlock Holmes theme upstairs with our focus on craft beers, world lagers and
Comedy Adventures of Tracey Tracey...........................................................................................50 Andy Field: Roar.............................................................................................................57 48 Minutes, Another ......................................................................................................91 LJ DA FUNK's Anti-Fascist Counter-Terrorist Comedy Orgy ........................................122 Man in the Miracle.......................................................................................................126 Me, Me, Me..................................................................................................................129 Merkin 9 to 5 ...............................................................................................................130 The Sandy and Danni Improv Show!...........................................................................155 This Belongs to George Osborne.................................................................................169 The Wimps Show..........................................................................................................177
Musicals and Opera Adventures of the Singing Acupuncturist Five: Big O Conquers the FOMO – Free ....260
Spoken Word (Cut the Bullshit) Len Bakerloo Speaks Truth to Power...............................................276 How I Said F*ck You to the Company When They Tried to Make Me Redundant......277
Laughing Horse
@ Southside Social V264 GF6
42-44 Buccleuch Street, EH8 9LP B0131 662 0974 · Daily, 11:00-01:00 D0131 662 0974 ·
www.freefestival.co.uk
A stylish and intimate bar, formally known as the Meadow Bar, and now Edinburgh's first social enterprise pub. With a cosy, friendly and welcoming atmosphere, great food and drink, and free Fringe shows through the day, this is a great sociable place for the socially responsible.
H A wide selection of food and drinks, with a full menu through the day. Comedy
A+ Underachiever..........................................................................................................58 Arielle Dundas: Moppet of Chaos..................................................................................58 Fit ...................................................................................................................................90 James Cook: Ready, Steady, James!.............................................................................106 Juliet Meyers: This Flipping Rescue Dog Has Ruined My Life......................................113 Katie Mulgrew: Saboteur / Free Festival......................................................................115 Reality Check................................................................................................................149 Shoot From The Hip: For a Laugh.................................................................................159 Simon Lukacs Shows His Range..................................................................................160 Star Wars: A Dating Odyssey........................................................................................164 Static.............................................................................................................................164 Twisted Edge Showcase / Free Festival........................................................................172
Theatre Jeu Jeu la Foille: Frontal Lobotomy .............................................................................326 Trolley Girls...................................................................................................................369
Laughing Horse @ The
Cellar Monkey V293 GH5 15 Argyle Place, EH9 1JJ B0131 221 9759 · 11:00-00:00 D0131 221 9759 ·
www.freefestival.co.uk
112 Hanover Street, EH2 1DR B0131 225 2022 · Daily, 11:00-00:00 D0131 225 2022 ·
www.freefestival.co.uk
Decorated in a dark and eerie gothic style with skeletons and other macabre items. Two bars offer food, beers, wines, spirits and themed cocktails - with performances of free Fringe festival comedy shows every day from 12:00-01:00.
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Aaaaaaargh! It's the Monster Stand-Up Show – Free Show........................................48 Heavy Petting: Bad Laughing.......................................................................................100 Infectious......................................................................................................................105 James Loveridge: Castles in the Sand..........................................................................106 The Madness in My Method........................................................................................125 Nev: Guts......................................................................................................................136 101 Comedy Club – Free .............................................................................................140 Pigeons and Things ......................................................................................................145 The Prozac and Cons – Free.........................................................................................147 Stage Against the Machine..........................................................................................163
Comedy Playback Impro ............................................................................................................349 Theatre
A great new local hangout bar in the Marchmont area of Edinburgh, that's been recently refurbished and is located underneath the Argyle Bar. With a full food and drinks menu in a relaxed style, this is a great new place to visit during the Fringe. With free shows throughout August from midday until 01:00.
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Comedy Chris Davis: Chinchilla Coats .........................................................................................73 Community Matters.......................................................................................................77 A Dave Cohen Show: Music Was My First Love ............................................................81 Foxdog Studios...............................................................................................................91 The Irish Alternative – Free ..........................................................................................105 Jordan Brookes: The Making Of...................................................................................112 Juicer ............................................................................................................................113 The Oxford Revue: Free................................................................................................141 Richard Todd.................................................................................................................151 SupercalifragilisticexpiGARYTROcious ........................................................................166 This is Business.............................................................................................................169 Variety Hour .................................................................................................................175 The Voice of Ray...........................................................................................................175 You're Welcome ...........................................................................................................179
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