Monday July 29th 2024
Eleanor Morton. Photo Credit: Trudy Stade
Written by Midlothian View Reporter, Luke Jackson
Here are ten great stand up shows coming to the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe.
Eleanor Morton: Haunted House
Scottish comedian Eleanor Morton returns to Monkey Barrel with a brand new hour of spooky standup about Edinburgh, ghosts and the dark side of the fringe.
Have you ever seen a ghost? Eleanor hasn’t… yet. Sharing her enthusiasm for the supernatural (and Pizza Express), she seamlessly weaves together hilarious anecdotes from her life in one of the most haunted cities in the world with chilling ghost stories in a whimsical exploration of identity, culture, and personal history.
12:05pm, Monkey Barrel 2, 31st July-25th August (no shows Mon/Tues)
Tickets: HERE
Sam Lake: Esméralda
Award-winning Edinburgh based stand-up Sam Lake returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with a brand new uplifting show about coming out as Spanish, grief and the Ice Age movie franchise. Esméralda is a heartfelt and hilarious romp through ludicrous anecdotes from Sam’s childhood, growing up in Cornwall, visiting Disneyland and the difficulties caused by not speaking the same language as half of his family. Setting out to better understand his Spanish Mum and the choices she made, Sam examines the lessons he learnt from her, the advice she shared and the lasting influence of her powerful last words.
1:30pm, Monkey Barrel 2, 31st July -25th August (not 12th)
Tickets: HERE
Yuriko Kotani: The Meanings of Life
Photo Credit: Karla Gowlett
Join BBC New Comedy Award winner Yuriko Kotani (as seen on Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central, Pointless Celebrities, Pls Like and more) for a brand new hour of stand-up about culture, confusion and connection.
Yuriko was in Japan to celebrate New Year with her family when the earthquake came. Drawing on her experiences living in Japan and the UK, books she’s read and of course her extensive youtube wisdom, she was inspired to embark on a journey of philosophical reflection on The Meanings of Life.
1:55pm Monkey Barrel at The Hive, 29th July – 25th August (not 13th)
Tickets: HERE
Ted Hill: 110 Percent Normal
Acclaimed multimedia stand up Ted Hill returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with a brand new hilarious and personal comedy show about identity, authenticity and self-acceptance.
Some people might think that Ted Hill and his multimedia comedy are a bit weird. But Ted is on a mission to prove that there’s absolutely nothing abnormal about being weird. 110 Percent Normal is a celebration of what makes each of us unique exploring neurodiversity, fitting in and having the freedom to make your own choices packed with multimedia mayhem, joyful computer chaos and a home-made robotic mannequin.
2:40pm, Assembly George Square Studio Four 31st July – 26th August (not 13th)
Tickets: HERE
Stephanie Laing: Rudder
Stand-up comedian turned dancer, Stephanie Laing returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a brand new comedy dance show about balance and happiness. Stephanie has a history of falling over a lot, accidentally knee-ing herself in the face, and falling in love with the wrong people making her the obvious choice for arts funding to learn to dance.
In this genre-busting show she uses a mixture of stand-up, dance and emotional cartoon bears to discuss bodies, sex, liking yourself, consent and healing.
2:50pm Underbelly Wee Coo 31st July – 26th August (not 12th)
Tickets: HERE
Harriet Dyer: Skin
A brand new stand-up show of story-based chaos with heart and peculiarities from award winning comedian Harriet Dyer (as seen on Comedy Central Live, Rosie Jones’s Disability Comedy Extravaganza & The Russell Howard Hour).
In Skin, Harriet weaves together a story of friendship during a wayward time in her life with extraordinary anecdotes from her childhood in Cornwall and candid reflections on personal identity, society and the cunning nature of squirrels.
3:40pm Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Coorie)31st July – 26th August (not 12th)
Tickets: HERE
Louise Atkinson: She’s Got the Look
Photo Credit: Andy Hollingworth
5pm Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose Coorie, 1st – 25th August
Tickets: HERE
Sid Singh: American Coloniser
Fringe favourite and winner of a 2023 Comedian’s Choice Award, Sid Singh returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with a brand new hour of stand up about American colonialism, British Taco Bell & mediocre Indian ancestors. Heard the one about the British Indian comedian whose brave and wise ancestors overcame hardships and struggle to achieve incredible things? American Coloniser is not that story. Join Californian comedian Sid Singh as he hilariously delves into his
murky family history in his attempts to discover how to save the world from Imperialism using lessons learnt from his morally dubious Indian ancestors.
5pm, Just the Tonic at Cabaret Voltaire 1st – 25th August (not 12th)
Tickets: HERE
Raul Kohli: Raul Britannia
Photo Credit: Jiksaw
Award-winning comedian and proud Brit Raul Kohli is the son of a Hindu Indian and a Sikh Singaporean, raised in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, where his best friend was a Pakistani Muslim. He has lived in every corner of this glorious nation and is fascinated by the diversity of these small isles. Imagine his surprise to hear from politicians and the media that multiculturalism has failed. ‘One of the best comedians in England’ (BBC Radio 4) explores what it means to be British.
6:30pm, Just the Tonic at Cabaret Voltaire, 1st – 25th August (not 12th)
Tickets: HERE
Amos Gill: Going Down Swinging
Incisive and intelligent, Australian comedian Amos Gill is back with more boundary pushing standup. At the 2024 Adelaide Fringe, Amos was on the receiving end of a tabloid hit piece and ‘cancellation’ for something he didn’t say. Against advice, he took legal action against the paper resulting in a win against click bait journalism. Going Down Swinging delivers huge laughs, taking aim at the unholy alliance of corporations and cancel culture, identity politics, and the inconsistencies of woke culture.
7:45pm, Underbelly Bristo Square (Dairy Room), 31st July – 26th August (not 12th)
Tickets: HERE
