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Edinburgh 2015 13th August Venue Title From To Pleasance Dome Big Bite Size Breakfast Show 10:30 11:30 Gilded Balloon Georgie Carroll 12:00 13:00 Hive Ali Brice 13:30 14:20 Hive Aidan Killian 14:30 15:20 Hive Candy Gigi 15:30 16:05 Hive Beth Vyse 16:20 17:15 Hive Adam Hess 17:20 18:20 Gilded Balloon Diane Spencer 18:45 19:45 Gilded Balloon Adrienne Truscott 20:15 21:15 Gilded Balloon Aisling Bea 21:30 22:20 Pleasance Courtyard Gein's Family Giftshop: Volume 2 22:45 23:45 Just the Tonic at The Caves Just the Tonic Comedy Club – Midnight Show 00:00 02:00 14th August Venue Title From To The Stand Comedy Club Bridget Christie: A Book For Her 11:00 12:00 The Stand Comedy Club 2 Michael Legge: Tell it Like it is, Steve 12:10 13:10 The Stand Comedy Club 2 Eleanor Morton: Allotted Mucking Around Time 13:20 14:20 The Stand Comedy Club 2 Seymour Mace Niche as F*ck! 14:30 15:30 The Stand Comedy Club 2 Yianni: Why Did the Chicken Cross the Line? 15:40 16:40 The Stand Comedy Club Paul Sinha: Postcards From the Z List 17:00 18:00 Heroes @ The Hive Paul Currie: Re-Release the Baboons 18:30 19:30 Heroes @ The Hive Tim Renkow: Kim Jong-Un, Muhammad, Jesus and Other Power Hungry Maniacs 19:50 20:50 Heroes @ The Hive Spencer Jones Presents: The Herbert in Proper Job 21:00 21:50 Gilded Balloon Jonny Awsum 22:15 23:15 Gilded Balloon Nathan Cassidy 23:30 00:30 Bobs Blunderbus Never Mind The Busstops 00:30 03:00 15th August Venue Title From To Laughing Horse@Free Sisters David Callaghan 11:15 12:00 The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 Tony Law: Frillemorphesis 13:00 14:00 Assembly Rooms Stewart Lee 14:15 15:25 Underbelly Med Quad Laura Lexx: Lovely 16:05 17:05 Underbelly, Cowgate Trygve Wakenshaw: KRAKEN 18:00 19:00 Just The Tonic at The Caves Pelican 19:25 20:25 Underbelly Potterrow Sam Simmons: Spaghetti for Breakfast 21:00 22:00 The Assembly Rooms The Man 22:30 23:30 The Stand Comedy Club Stand Late Club 23:45 01:45 16th August Venue Title From To Laughing Horse @ Blind Poet Pundamental Christian 11:00 12:00 Laughing Horse @ Espionage Hilarity Bites 12:30 13:30 Laughing Horse @ City Cafe Sketch Thieves 13:45 14:45 Assembly George Square Theatre Goose: Kablamo 15:20 16:20 Pleasance Courtyard BEASTS: Live DVD 16:45 17:45 Pleasance Courtyard David Elms: Mister Boy 18:00 19:00 Pleasance Courtyard In Cahoots: Two White Guys 19:15 20:15 Pleasance Courtyard James Acaster: Represent 20:30 21:30 Just the Tonic at The Caves Mat Ewins: Day Job 21:55 22:45 Laughing Horse @ Bar 50 Maff Brown 23:00 23:50 Pleasance Courtyard Karl Schulz: Matthew Kelly 00:10 01:10 17th August Venue Title From To Whistlebinkies The Full Irish 11:00 12:00 Voodoo Rooms Danielle Ward 12:30 13:25 Voodoo Rooms John Osbourne 13:30 14:25 Voodoo Rooms Imaginary Colin 14:55 15:55 Voodoo Rooms Abi Roberts: Downtown Abi 16:15 17:15 Voodoo Rooms David Mills: Don't Get Any Ideas / Free 17:15 18:15 Voodoo Rooms John-Luke Roberts: Stdad-Up 18:55 19:50 Pleasance Courtyard Joseph Morpurgo: Soothing Sounds for Baby 20:15 21:15 Pleasance Courtyard John Hastings: Marked from the Start 21:40 22:40 Assembly Rooms Phil Nichol's Cray Cray Cabaret 23:10 00:30 Laughing Horse @ The Counting House Trevor Feelgood: The Dork knight Rises in 3d 01:15 02:15 18th August Venue Title From To Laughing Horse @ The Counting House Spring Day: Kept In Stitches 12:00 13:00 Free Ivor Dembina: Old 13:15 14:15 Cabaret Voltaire Dan Mitchell: Plate Expectations 14:35 15:35 Movemment Alistair Barrie: No More Stage 3 15:45 16:45 Pleasance Courtyard Larry Dean: Out Now! 17:30 18:30 Pleasance Courtyard Phil Jerrod: Neanderthal 19:00 20:00 Laughing Horse @ The White Horse Eleanor Tiernan – Don't Cry for Me Eleanor Tiernan 20:30 21:30 Pleasance Courtyard Luke McQueen: Double Act 21:45 22:45 Pleasance Grand The Wrestling 23:00 01:00 19th August Venue Title From To Greenside I Hat Lenny Henry 50p a ticket 10:20 11:10 Whistlebinkies Camden Comedy Lunchtime Showcase 12:15 13:15 Gilded Balloon Maddy Anholt 13:30 14:30 Pleasance Courtyard Daphne Do Edinburgh 15:15 16:15 Pleasance Courtyard Sleeping Trees: Mafia? 17:00 18:00 Gilded Balloon Amy Howerska 18:45 19:45 Assembly Hall Corey White: The Cane Toad Effect 20:20 21:20 The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6 Nick Revell: Feminist Porno Jihadi 22:05 23:05 Assembly George Square This Is Your Trial 23:30 00:30 20th August Venue Title From To Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom Hurt and Anderson: Sketchbombs 12:00 13:00 The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6 Lost Voice Guy: Disability for Dunces 13:15 14:15 The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6 John Robertson: Let’s Redecorate! 14:50 15:50 The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6 Tiff Stevenson: Mad Man 16:05 17:05 The Stand Comedy Club 2 Ria Lina: Taboo Raider 18:00 19:00 The Stand Comedy Club 2 Gavin Webster: The Sexist's Sexist 19:10 20:10 The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6 Will Franken: Who Keeps Making All These People? 21:00 22:00 28th August Venue Title From To Just the Tonic at The Tron Geoff Norcott: The Look of Moron 14:20 15:20 Heroes @ The Hive Tanya Lee Davis 16:10 17:10 Laughing Horse @ The Counting House Milo McCabe: Genesisocide 17:15 18:15 Pleasance Johnny Pelham 18:45 19:35 Pleasance Emma Sidi 20:00 21:00 Underbelly @ Med Quadrant Garrett Millerick 21:25 22:25 Gilded Balloon Best of So You Think You're Funny 22:45 00:00 Pleasance Courtyard Late Shoiw 00:10 02:00 29th August Venue Title From To Laughing Horse @ Finnegans Wake Groan Up 12:00 13:00 Opium Caroline Mabey: Chaos Is a Friend of Mine 13:15 14:15 Laughing Horse @ Finnegans Wake Laugh Train Home 14:30 15:30 Liquid Room Two Stupids 15:45 16:45 Laughing Horse @ Finnegans Wake Martha McBrier: Pigeon Puncher 17:00 18:00 Laughing Horse @ Finnegans Wake Matt Price: The Boy With Cake on his Face 18:15 19:15 Assembly Hall Adam Hills: Clown Heart 19:30 20:30 Pleasance Courtyard Felicity Ward: What if theres no toilet 21:00 22:00 Gilded Balloon Dave Callan: A Little less Conversation 2 22:45 23:45 Pleasance Courtyard Late Show 00:10 02:00 30th August Venue Title From To The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 Fern Brady: People are IIdots 12:10 13:10 Laughing Horse @ Bar 50 Kevin Precious: Gecko 14:15 15:15 JTT @ The Mash House Kagools 15:20 16:15 La Belle Angele Hooray Cabaret 17:15 18:15 JTT @ The Mash House Holly Burn 18:20 19:20 White Horse Kate Lucas: Work In Progress 19:30 20:10 Heroes @ The Hive Bobby Mair: Filthy Immigrant 20:50 21:50 Gilded Balloon Aunty Donna 22:00 23:00 Assembly Roxy Dark Side of the Mime 23:15 00:15 Laughing Horse @ The Counting House Ronan Linskey - Cult Of Personality 00:30 01:25.
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