Finally, the UK has a new government. That can only mean one thing: new people to take the piss out of.

Leading political comedian and satirist Matt Forde (British Scandal, Spitting Image, The Last Leg) makes this his personal mission.

'Possibly the best political comedy show on the Fringe' ★★★★★ The Telegraph

'Our foremost satirical stand-up... Whatever your politics, you’ll find excellence here' The Sunday Times

'Demand to see Forde in action at the Pleasance outstrips supply – the place is rammed…dependably slick' The Daily Telegraph

'The excellent Matt Forde… even more accurate than Starmer’s needling voice' The Spectator

Courtyard Theatre
£18

Matt's website

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•   7 Mar from £18

Dottie is an eager to please 50s style diner server on their first day on the job – where the baby is the customer, and caregivers are along for the ride.

As the server waits on their demanding clientele (imagine babies doing what babies do best – creating adorable chaos!) the server grows increasingly frazzled – and more and more entertaining!

Stimulating for tiny audience members with sensory play served up throughout the show, and hilarious for parents / adults watching  their loved ones take on roles in an unfolding comedy.

Age guidance
2 months to 2 years.

Run time
50 minutes without an interval.

Studio
£15 for one adult and one child I Additional adult £12

Produced by Watford Palace Theatre
Created by Jill Rogati
Directed by Eva Sampson

•  20 Feb from £12
•  20 Feb from £12
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Winner of the Best Kids’ Show at the 2024 Leicester Comedy Festival.

After a sell out run at last year’s Fringe, comedian and children's author Olaf Falafel is dishing up another frying pan full of family-friendly comedy.

The comedy show comedians take their kids to is back and even funnier!

Join Olaf Falafel (if that is his real name) for an hour of kid's comedy which will be the stupidest he has ever let trickle from his brain. Expect sausage birds, radioactive bogies and truth-telling cheese. There will definitely be a time-travelling portal to the future, some farts and a live drawalong.

Be there or be a dodecahedron!

Time Out Top 10 Kids' Shows 2024.

The Times Edinburgh Festival Family Highlights 2024

'Olaf Falafel is a perfectly ridiculous festival must see' Shaparak Khorsandi

'My son’s favourite comedian, which is upsetting given my profession' Geoff Norcott

'Very very very silly' Josie Long

Studio
£12 | £10 under 16s | Family and Friends (4 people) £40

•  16 Apr from £10
•  16 Apr from £10

Attributed to Mark Twain, humour is defined as Tragedy Plus Time. Join Ed as he tests that formula by mining the most tragic event in his life for laughs.

Proudly presented by Phil McIntyre Live Ltd.

'Hilarious, extremely dark, profoundly touching and resolutely unsentimental. Ed Byrne has plumbed the very depths of his soul and found something verging on greatness' ★★★★★ Rolling Stone

'A delicate, sensitive high-wire act of a show, yet Byrne never once stumbles' ★★★★★ Mail on Sunday

'This is no misery memoir, Byrne is too talented a comic for that' ★★★★★ The Arts Desk

'Poignant, touching, spiky and laugh-out-loud funny… beautifully written and flawlessly performed' ★★★★★ Edinburgh Reviews

'He has delivered a fantastically funny and moving monologue where there is no doubt that we are seeing the authentic Ed… Byrne has hit new heights' ★★★★★ London Evening Standard

'A full range of human emotions, from rage to dark humour to poignancy and back again, is felt during this magnificent comedy hour' ★★★★★ London Theatre 1

'Side-splitting... Byrne is comedy gold' ★★★★★ Theatre & Arts Reviews

'A fierce tribute... tremendously funny, thoughtful and fond' Fest Mag

Courtyard Theatre
£32.50

Age guidance: 14+ years
Content warning - discussions of death.

Ed's website

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•   9 Jan SOLD OUT

Join Lou as she warms up for her UK tour.

No Kissing in the Bingo Hall is about being human – can you relate?

Just like Tom Cruise does all his own stunts, She is going to do all her own jokes!

A deep, dumb show for the masses.

Lou Sanders‘ surrealist style and high-octane stage presence make her a joy to watch.

She’s been a star of Dancing On Ice (ITV), champion of Taskmaster (Channel 4), co-host of Mel Giedroyc’s Unforgivable (Dave), regular on QI (BBC) and as seen on The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS) and Would I Lie To You? (BBC)

Courtyard Theatre
£20

Lou's website

Insta louliesanders

•  11 Jan from £20

After selling out theatres across the UK and Europe, the world-famous prankster, Lee Nelson creator and most-watched British stand-up comedian on TikTok, brings his outrageous stand-up show to Norden Farm.

In Screwed Up Simon rips into celebrity culture, social media, the police, Putin, Prince Andrew and God! Nothing is off limits in this critically acclaimed show, including his own mental health, his family, his five arrests and how he once found himself at an underground sex party.

Don’t miss this unique chance to see Simon’s smash hit tour show before it’s filmed for a TV special.

Courtyard Theatre
£20

Age guidance: 16+ years. Adult themes.

Simon's website

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•  14 Jan from £20

Sophie Duker is back and warming up her show before she heads out on tour!

But Daddy I Love Her sees Sophie take the stage with her trademark naughtiness, this time arguing that we should all choose silliness over common sense and hot wet fantasies over cold, bleak reality. In this intentionally unhinged hour, delulu is the solulu.

'She rips through sex and race with relish' ★★★★ The Sunday Times

'Shrewd storytelling and pop culture hot-takeṣ̣̣̣' ★★★★ FestMag

'Laugh-out loud funny' ★★★★ The Telegraph

'She is clearly going places' ★★★★ Evening Standard

'Wickedly funny' ★★★★ The Herald

'Riotously funny' ★★★★ Skinny

'Extremely funny' ★★★★ Scotsman

Studio
£14

Sophie's website

•  15 Jan from £14