Who'd have predicted that we'd have to wait 3 years for the Fringe Festival to pick up again proper? In the mean time we've had a global pandemic with covid-19 (arguably still ongoing), a new threat with monkeypox, I've finally finished my specialty training and I'm in the midst of multiple slightly stressful life maneouvres (starting a year-long job in Leeds, finding a flat in leeds, finding a lodger in Edinburgh, applying for a consultant job in Edinburgh for next year, anxiously awaiting my keys to my flat after accidentally leaving them back home in Manchester and getting my mother to post them back to me, having my 125cc motorbike stolen and dealing with insurance, and doing the paperwork for finishing training...now that I write it all down, it does sound like a pretty busy 2 months).
Whilst all that's going on, we've had yet more omnishambles from BoJo so much so that he's finally resigned, and what the great British public have in store is one of two quite remarkably out of touch people that I really despair at the state of British (read English) politics currently. And with the Scottish Independence referendum threatening to occur once again in 2023, who know what will happen with the UK.
But to dstract us from the doom and gloom of reality, we have the delights of the Edinburgh Festival running again. Having been detached from the comedy scene for the past two and a half years (save for the occasional Pappy's zoom flatshare slamdown) I've no sense of who's hot in the comedy circuit new acts these. If I manage to watch at least one nominated show I'll be happy.
Given my previous inability to keep up with my pre-determined schedule and actually write about all the shows I've seen, here's a list of the shows I've booked for posterity:
Wed 03 Aug 2022
David O'Doherty: whoa is me 19:30
Gordon Aikman Theatre at Assembly George Square
Mark Watson: This Can't Be It 21:00
Pleasance One at Pleasance Courtyard
Thu 04 Aug 2022
Ivo Graham: My Future My Clutter 19:30
Pleasance One at Pleasance Courtyard
Foil, Arms and Hog: Hogwash 21:15
McEwan Hall, Bristo Square
Fri 05 Aug 2022
Sheeps: Ten Years, Ten Laughs 19:00
Forth at Pleasance Courtyard
Eli Matthewson: Daddy Short-Legs 20:50
The Wee Coo at Underbelly George Square
Alex Franklin: Dinosaurusesuses 22:50
Just The Wee One at Just The Tonic at the Caves
Sat 06 Aug 2022
Tony Law: A Now Begin in Again 12:00
Monkey Barrel 3 at Monkey Barrel Comedy
(Venue No. 515) 9-12 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
Stuart Goldsmith: A Shared Illusion (WIP) 13:25
Monkey Barrel 3 at Monkey Barrel Comedy
(Venue No. 515) 9-12 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
Amy Gledhill: The Girl Before The Girl You Marry 15:30
Carnivore 2 at Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore)
(Venue No. 180) 208 Cowgate, EH1 1LL
BriTANicK 19:45
The Box at Assembly George Square
Jordan Brookes: This Is Just What Happens 21:55
Monkey Barrel 3 at Monkey Barrel Comedy
(Venue No. 515) 9-12 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
Sun 07 Aug 2022
Eleanor Morton Has Peaked 12:40
Carnivore 2 at Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore)
(Venue No. 180) 208 Cowgate, EH1 1LL
John-Luke Roberts: A World Just Like Our Own, But... 15:35
Monkey Barrel 4 at Monkey Barrel Comedy
(Venue No. 515) 9-12 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
Lou Sanders: One Word: Wow 17:40
Monkey Barrel 3 at Monkey Barrel Comedy
(Venue No. 515) 9-12 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
Drunk Women Solving Crime 20:20
Friesian at Underbelly Bristo Square
Jordan Gray: Is It A Bird? 22:25
The Box at Assembly George Square
The End of the Pier, at the End of the World 23:59
Monkey Barrel 1 at Monkey Barrel Comedy
(Venue No. 515) 9-12 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
Mon 08 Aug 2022
Avenue Q 20:10
Alba Theatre at Hill Street Theatre (Venue No. 41) 19 Hill Street, EH2 3JP
Tue 09 Aug 2022
Police Cops: The Musical 19:00
Assembly Square Gardens Studios - Studio 1
Mat Ewins: Danger Money 22:30
Just The Big Room at Just The Tonic at the Caves
Wed 10 Aug 2022
Chloe Petts: Transience 18:00
Upstairs at Pleasance Courtyard
Ed Gamble: Electric 21:00
Gordon Aikman Theatre at Assembly George Square
Thu 11 Aug 2022
Olga Koch: Just Friends 19:35
Monkey Barrel 1 at Monkey Barrel Comedy
(Venue No. 515) 9-12 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
Alfie Brown: Sensitive Man 21:00
Monkey Barrel 1 at Monkey Barrel Comedy
(Venue No. 515) 9-12 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
Oliver Coleman: Sublime 22:35
Carnivore 2 at Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore)
(Venue No. 180) 208 Cowgate, EH1 1LL
Sun 14 Aug 2022
John Robertson: The Dark Room 22:00
Dining Room at Gilded Balloon Teviot
Tue 16 Aug 2022
Angela Barnes: Hot Mess 19:00
Cabaret Bar at Pleasance Courtyard
Thom Tuck and Tim FitzHigham: Macbeth 20:35
Belly Button at Underbelly Cowgate
Alice Cockayne: Attention Needed 22:25
Just Up The Stairs at Just The Tonic at the Caves
Wed 17 Aug 2022
Alasdair Beckett-King: Nevermore 19:00
Jack Dome at Pleasance Dome
Phil Wang: The Real Hero in All This 21:00
Gordon Aikman Theatre at Assembly George Square
Thu 18 Aug 2022
Fin Taylor: Daddy Self-Care 20:30
Queen Dome at Pleasance Dome
Mon 24 Aug 2022
Alternative Comedy Memorial Society 23:59
Monkey Barrel 1 at Monkey Barrel Comedy
(Venue No. 515) 9-12 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
Tue 23 Aug 2022
Josie Long: Re-Enchantment 14:50
Monkey Barrel 3 at Monkey Barrel Comedy
(Venue No. 515) 9-12 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
Sofie Hagen: Fat Jokes 16:15
Monkey Barrel 3 at Monkey Barrel Comedy
(Venue No. 515) 9-12 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
Atsuko Okatsuka: The Intruder 18:00
Bunker Three at Pleasance Courtyard
Nish Kumar: Your Power, Your Control 21:00
Gordon Aikman Theatre at Assembly George Square
110% John Kearns and Pat Cahill23:20
Monkey Barrel 3 at Monkey Barrel Comedy
(Venue No. 515) 9-12 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
Wed 24 Aug 2022
Pat Cahill: Work in Progress 13:25
Carnivore 1 at Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore)
(Venue No. 180) 208 Cowgate, EH1 1LL
Microscope: Live 16:15
Monkey Barrel 3 at Monkey Barrel Comedy
(Venue No. 515) 9-12 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
Tim Vine: Breeeep! 18:00
Pleasance One at Pleasance Courtyard
Tim Key: Mulberry 22:00
Forth at Pleasance Courtyard
Sam Campbell: Comedy Show 00:05 (actually Thu 25 August)
Monkey Barrel 4 at Monkey Barrel Comedy
(Venue No. 515) 9-12 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
Thu 25 Aug 2022
Lauren Pattison: It Is What It Is 12:30
Monkey Barrel 1 at Monkey Barrel Comedy
(Venue No. 515) 9-12 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
Glenn Moore: Will You Still Need Me, Will You Still Feed Me, Glenn I'm Sixty Moore 16:05
Cabaret Bar at Pleasance Courtyard
Maisie Adam: Buzzed 17:30
Dining Room at Gilded Balloon Teviot
Larry Dean: Fudnut 20:30
Monkey Barrel 3 at Monkey Barrel Comedy
(Venue No. 515) 9-12 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
Norris and Parker: Sirens 21:15
Monkey Barrel 4 at Monkey Barrel Comedy
(Venue No. 515) 9-12 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
Fri 26 Aug 2022
The Delightful Sausage: Nowt but Sea 12:45
Monkey Barrel 4 at Monkey Barrel Comedy
(Venue No. 515) 9-12 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
Olaf Falafel: STOAT 15:00
Main room at Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree
(Venue No. 257) 36 West Nicholson Street, EH8 9DD
Paul Williams: In the Moonlight 16:30
Downstairs at Assembly Roxy
Chris Gethard: A Father and the Sun 18:00
Billiard Room at Gilded Balloon Teviot
Elf Lyons: Raven 20:30
Dining Room at Gilded Balloon Teviot
Sat 27 Aug 2022
Catherine Bohart: This Isn't For You 15:20
Monkey Barrel 1 at Monkey Barrel Comedy
(Venue No. 515) 9-12 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
Tom Rosenthal: Manhood 17:20
Forth at Pleasance Courtyard
Christopher Bliss: Captain Words Eye 18:40
Beneath at Pleasance Courtyard
Joz Norris: Blink 20:20
Jack Dome at Pleasance Dome
Ciarán Dowd: King Rodolfo 21:50
Queen Dome at Pleasance Dome
Sun 28 Aug 2022
George Egg: Set Menu (The Best of George Egg) 16:25
Piccolo Tent at Assembly George Square Gardens
Alternative Comedy Memorial Society 23:59
Monkey Barrel 1 at Monkey Barrel Comedy
(Venue No. 515) 9-12 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
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