Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree

Board Game Smackdown

James Cook / Free Festival Hosted by award-winning comedian and UK board game champion James Cook, the funniest Fringe performers play classic and new board games live on stage in this comedy panel show based on board/card/party games. Guests in 2017 included Gary Delaney, Robin Ince, Michael Legge, Laura Lexx, Eleanor…

Fopical With Peter E Davidson

Peter E Davidson / Free Festival Peter E Davidson (BBC Northern Ireland’s The Blame Game and Live at the Sunflower) returns with his brand-new show Fopical – a guide on how to relax in the modern world without spilling your rosé! Topical comedy from a Northern Irish bearded fop. So if you’re tired of fretting about…

Helen Lederer Asks Why The Fuss?

So Comedy and Broken Robot Productions Following a sell-out residency at London’s St James’ Theatre, Helen brings her chat format to the Fringe for the first time. Helen’s previous guests include Joe Lycett, Jeremy Hardy, Kimberley Walsh and Michael Crick. Age category: 16+

Jimmy McGhie

The poster boy for white privilege is back to complain about things for no real reason. 'He is a brilliant talent who really ought to be much better known than he is' (Scotsman). Age category: 16+

Kids' Birthday Bash!

Christian Elderfield Is it your kid's birthday? Well it is today! Sit in on a 40-minute birthday party for all the kids in the room! Kids get to play games, win prizes and they even get to blow out the candles on the birthday cake! Family fun guaranteed at this interactive children's show! All performed by professional…

Olaf Falafel – There's no i in idiot

Olaf Falafel Critically acclaimed idiot Olaf Falafel is back with another hour of inventive jokes, audience participation and the very loosest of themes. You'll laugh, you'll be confused, you'll enjoy most of it. ‘A wonderful hour of professional silliness’ (List). ‘A barrage of absurdist humour and sharp one-liners…

Robin Morgan: Honeymoon

So Comedy and Broken Robot Productions by arrangement with Troika July: Robin gets married. Three days later: he goes away for a month, without his wife. Not exactly the ideal honeymoon, as is revealed in this follow up to the 2016 sell-out debut from The News Quiz (BBC Radio 4) writer, warm-up for The Graham Norton…