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It’s the perfect Christmas gift! Peter Kay’s record-breaking comedy tour continues, with even more shows added in 2025 and 2026 due to popular demand.
The latest laughs, extra dates and hot new tours coming to venues near you.
Find stand-up comedians and live entertainment coming to venues near you in 2025, 2026 and beyond. Browse all comedy tours here.
Secure your seats for Ben Elton’s unmissable comedy extravaganza, Authentic Stupidity!
Comedy legend Bill Bailey returns with his musical stylings in huge new arena tour Thoughtifier, with West End dates added to 2025.
Sharp-edged stand-up Chris McCausland returns with a brand-new show for 2025
Jason Manford is back with his brand-new live show. A Manford All Seasons. Jason’s been busy since his last smash-hit stand up show but fans of his Absolute Radio show will know this nationally acclaimed comedian hasn’t changed a bit. A Manford All Seasons is Jason’s latest comic offering set to hit the road, and is sure to be ‘expert observational comedy’ (The Guardian) mixed with ‘comic gold’ (Mail on Sunday).
John Bishop celebrates 25 years of stand up comedy with his tenth tour, coming to arenas across the country.
Don’t miss out on Mo Gilligan’s In The Moment 2024 world tour, which extended in the UK due to popular demand.
Peter Kay is back. ‘One of Bolton’s funniest comedians’ is returning to stand-up comedy after twelve years, with multiple new dates added to his tour.
The Taskmaster champ is back on tour and dealing with her (sugar) daddy issues in a hilarious new stand-up show ‘But Daddy I Love Her’.
Abi lived the modern-day dream. Posted a video, went to bed a ‘nobody’, then woke to thousands of followers. This is the debut show they’ve been waiting for, though it may not be what they want…
Britain’s funniest Pub Landlord is back to put the world to rights in his tour Guv Island
In the biggest stand-up tour of his career, Andy will attempt to concoct vaguely plausible answers to perennial questions such as What?, Who?, Where?, and above all Why?
After an alarming experience at the supermarket, Ardal reflects on who he is as a man and a comedian. He examines his own ethnic and religious background. And thinks twice about the very core of his identity as a voice of reason. Is everything a big lie?
Award-winning comedian Aurie Styla is set to return to the UK with The Aurator Tour!
Babatunde Aléshé guides us through family life, his new found fame and the joys of Costco in this hilarious new stand up show.
NHS psychiatrist, award-winning comedian, and Sunday Times best-selling author Benji Waterhouse —is going on his first book tour! Through a mixture of stand-up and chapter readings he unlocks the doors to the psych ward and answers life’s big questions.
Rising star Chloe Petts brings a brand new tour to the stage following two sold-out runs with previous shows
Clinton Baptiste brings his brand new tour Roller Ghoster! to venues across the UK
Hot on the heels of his fourth sold-out UK tour, the nation’s favourite clairvoyant medium Clinton Baptiste is back with a new live show for 2026 and beyond.
One Scotland’s fastest rising comedy stars returns to UK stages with his brand new tour 1994.
Count Arthur Strong is Charles Dickens in ‘A Christmas Carol’ this festive season.
American comedian Craig Conant brings his new show Woopsie Daisy to the UK
Daniel O’Reilly is still boasting one of the largest, strongest, most loyal and fastest growing social media followings in the UK that his fans has grown up with him through the years!
The unstoppable talking panjandrum Danny Baker is back in town and taking his final tour to venues near you.
After the huge international success of his last tour, Dara’s new show sees one of Ireland’s finest live comedians back doing his favourite thing: standing in a theatre, telling stories and creating madness with the audience.
Ed Byrne presents Tragedy Plus Time
The highly anticipated nationwide debut tour from one of comedy’s fastest rising stars. A son, brother, dad and friend. From one culture to another. Join stand up sensation Eddie Kadi as he tells us how he got there.
Elis James, John Robins and Dave Masterman are hitting the road, bringing their hit podcast on tour.
Comedian, presenter and actress Ellie Taylor is back and preparing to tour the UK in 2025 with her brand-new show Palavering!
Eshaan Akbar is back doing jokes on tour! Catch him at a venue near you.
Geoff Norcott returns with a Work In Progress tour, trying to make sense of the current cultural and political scene with his playfully provocative brand of humour.
Greg Davies is heading out on tour for the first time in 7 years with his brand-new 2025 stand-up show Full Fat Legend.
He’s back and he can’t stop talking! Gyles Brandreth brings his new show to venues across the UK.
Join Harry Hill on his Diamond Jubilee lap of honour as he celebrates 60 Glorious Years of fun, laughter and low-level disruption.
See the funniest podcast in the game with Adam Rowe and Dan Nightingale live in theatres near you.
Following his sell-out debut show, viral sensation Horatio Gould brings his much-anticipated sophomore show, Return of the Space Cowboy, on the road.
Jack Whitehall and his father Michael are stopping off from their travels to bring you an extra chapter of their adventures.
Join Jack as he guides you through his varied life and career with his customary charm and well-known gift for talking absolute rubbish on any given subject.
Jacob Hawley brings his new stand-up show to stages, covering politics for idiots, feminism for lads, love stories for louts and self-care for those who don’t care.
For the first time ever musical supernova Jazz Emu will be touring the UK with his hotly anticipated brand-new show, Knight Fever, alongside his full live band, ‘The Cosmique Perfectión’ in spring 2025
Jeff has appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Comedy Central’s Roast Battle and more – and now he comes to the UK!
Legendary Comedian, Jeff Dunham, is coming back to the UK with his brand-new show “ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE”.
Jenny Eclair comes to venues nationwide with a brand-new autobiographical show, ‘Jokes, Jokes, Jokes, Live’.
An hilarious evening of world-class stand-up from live comedy’s internationally acclaimed Irish master!
If you like fast-paced, edgy one-liners then get ready to be happy… one of the world’s best loved comedians, Jimmy Carr, is back on tour with a brand-new show for 2024 and 2025, Jimmy Carr: Laughs Funny.
Critically acclaimed comedian Joe Wells explores fatherhood through the lens of neurodiversity.
Joel returns to his stand-up roots with a brand-new show. With glamorous tales from behind the camera and less glamorous anecdotes of first-time fatherhood, Joel remains a charming, exhausted, happy idiot.
John Bishop returns to venues across the country with a brand new tour Back At It – don’t miss out!
It’s clear what toxic masculinity is, but what does positive masculinity look like in a modern context? Josh Berry intends to provide some sort of answer to this question, through his many impressions and characters, as he tells the tale of being his best friend’s best man earlier this year. There’s also a routine about how much Josh hates runners and refuses to become one.
Josh Widdicombe is back on tour, not again! By now he has almost certainly mastered the art of stand-up, either that or he has wasted the last 15 years of his life. Come along and decide for yourself.
After the huge, sell-out success of A Fistful of Clary last year, Julian Clary is fixing to saddle up and head out once again.
Kai Humphries brings his new show Gallivanting to stages across the UK.
Comedian, actor and presenter Kane Brown adds more dates to his ‘Don’t Listen To Me’ UK tour.
Katherine Ryan returns with brand new UK and European tour Battleaxe, starting September 2024.
While parenting teenagers, bogged down with knicker admin and considering dealing HRT on the black market, Kerry’s lost her mum bag but can’t remember what was in it as she’s outsourced her memory to her phone. The life of a middle aged woman who hasn’t got the bandwidth for any of this.
Kevin Bloody Wilson brings brand new tour DILLIGAF Legend, Live to venues across the country.
American comedian Kristin Key brings her improvisational comedy to the UK at London’s Leicester Square Theatre
Larry has been spending a lot of time with his grandmother lately, and he wants to tell you about it.
Join the thrice Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated, two-time star of Live At The Apollo for a hilarious new show about identity, heroes and the benefits of being a dafty.
See Leigh Francis in conversation at Leeds Grand Theatre.
A show about being human – can you relate???
Just like Tom Cruise does all his own stunts, I’m going to do all my own jokes!
A deep, dumb show for the masses.
Geordie rising star, Louise Young, brings her debut stand-up show to the iconic Tyne Theatre & Opera House. Feral is a show all about class, chaos and coming out. Louise did ask her friends if her life had been feral enough to warrant this title they laughed and assured her it still is.
BAFTA nominee and star of Taskmaster Lucy Beaumont is going to let loose and let slip on her roller coaster world.
Fresh from Live At The Apollo, A League Of Their Own and Have I Got News For You, Maisie Adam is heading back out on tour with a brand new show.
Join multi award-winning, BAFTA-nominated writer and comedian Mark Steel for his new tour The Leopard in My House. The topic? His battle with throat cancer. A battle he is winning (thankfully) and which only his rapier wit could fashion a comedy tour show out of.
Comedian Mark Thomas takes new show Gaffa Tapes on a UK tour. Expect jokes, rants, politics, play and the occasional sing song.
Comedian Markus Birdman brings new tour Gutter to venues across the UK, in a candid and hilarious new stand-up show.
The stand-up comedian brings his new show Matt Bragg Has Nothing Wrong with Him to venues across the UK
Hip-hop comedian MC Hammersmith announces a brand new tour for 2025.
Fresh from a sold-out run at Edinburgh Fringe, Melanie Bracewell brings new tour ‘Attack of the Melanie Bracewell’ to theatres across the UK.
It’s not a musical. Join Milton Jones on a brand-new tour across the UK in Ha!milton. You know it makes sense.
The Los Angeles social media star brings his musical comedy stylings to the UK for limited dates.
After sell-out venues across the UK and Ireland in 2024, registered empath Myra DuBois returns to the stage with a brand-new show “Cosmic Empath’’.
Award-winning comedian and actor Nabil Abdulrashid brings brand new tour Urban Battuta to venues across the UK in 2025.
Nathan Caton brings his new tour My Big Fat Blasian Wedding to stages near you
The Persian Comedy Powerhouse performs his critically acclaimed new show NAMASTE where Omid peacefully bows to his inner anger and unleashes a torrent of comedic vitriol upon the current state of this dangerously messed up planet.
Paddy McGuinness returns to stages with Nearly There… his first stand-up tour in eight years.
Comedian Paul Chowdhry brings his brand new tour Englandia across the UK.
Paul Smith is back and better than ever with his latest tour show, “Pablo”.
Paul Taylor is a British comedian who has been living in France since 2009. His trademark is poking fun at the French and the French lifestyle, as well as at himself, by sharing his offbeat expat experiences, including linguistic misunderstandings and cultural mix-ups.
The UK’s top comic magician Pete Firman is bringing a brand new tour on the road. Tricks & Giggles is coming to theatres near you!
Comedian and one half of hit podcast All Killa No Filla Rachel Fairburn returns to the stage with her new live tour Side Eye
Rachel Galvo brings her tour The Shite Feminist to various venues.
Ray O’Leary brings his new show to venues across the country.
Multi-award winning comedian Rhod Gilbert brings a brand-new live tour to the stage
The Kiwi icon returns to the stage with a brand new stand-up show for 2025. In a world full of AI and Robot tech can a simple dad with slightly tight jeans stay relevant? Ancient Astronaut Theorists say yes!
In 2021 Richard Herring went to his GP to find out why his right ball seemed to be growing bigger. It turned out that he had testicular cancer and one month later he was lying in hospital waiting to have his murderous gonad removed.
With extra dates added in 2025 for his much-anticipated return to stand-up after six years, Richard talks bollocks and answers the question on everyone’s lips: Is a severed gonad in a jar a fittin (…)
Considered one of the most influential British comedians since Charlie Chaplin, Ricky Gervais is the creator and star of The Office, Extras, Derek, and the critically acclaimed Netflix hit After Life. He brings his new show Mortality on tour.
Yes! Bobby Beckles is back on tour. Smashing the life out of the M25, M1, M5 and any other road that’s in his way.
Ross Noble is the Wizard of Waffle, The Rambler Royale, The Noodlers’ Noodler, and he’s back live on stage to tour a tornado of tangents. What the show will be about is anybody’s guess, but that’s all part of the fun when you look inside his Cranium of Curiosities.
The Live at the Apollo star embarks on a new UK tour ‘Stuff’
After a phenomenal 70 date debut international tour, award-winning comedian and number one bestselling author Sophie McCartney is back with a brand-new show! Recently kicked out of club 18-30, a new decade now beckons and she DOES NOT BELIEVE IT. Grab your glow sticks and join Sophie as she embarks on life’s next big chapter with sequins, snorty laughs, and a pair of killer orthopaedic heels.
The “fabulously funny” (The Guardian) star of Live at the Apollo (BBC), Would I Lie To You? (BBC) and The Madame Blanc Mysteries (Channel 5), Stephen Bailey returns to the stage following the huge success of his sold-out 2024 tour with his brand-new live show.
An hour of laughs and self-analysis from one of Scottish comedy’s rising stars, don’t miss Stuart McPherson on tour.
Don’t miss one of the fastest rising comedians Stuart Mitchell on a brand new tour, coming to stages near you.
The resident Impro troupe from the most famous comedy club in the world, The Comedy Store Players have been delighting audiences for over 30 years. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see the original stars of ‘Whose Line is it Anyway?’ strutting their stuff on tour. Expect lightning-quick reactions and world-class silliness!
Located in London’s Covent Garden, The West End Comedy Club hosts a variety of TV and stand-up legends, featuring some of the funniest circuit pros to date.
Comedian Thomas Green brings his new show Brainstorm to venues across the country.
Social media sensation Tom Houghton returns to UK stages with new tour Deep
American comedian Tom Segura comes to the UK with his Come Together tour.
It’s a risky business navigating the tightrope of today’s times but Tom’s approaching it with his usual gusto. Without risk there is no reward.
“Stand up elite” – Chortle
Join the Two Mr Ps as they take their award-winning podcast on the road again with the ultimate show and tell lesson!
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Discover the latest and greatest emerging talent and new artists on the comedy circuit. Find your new favourite stand-up comedian and say you saw them first.
With comedians who have found fame through TikTok, have supported major arena tours and are just starting out, you can find your funny at a venue near you.
Find the latest laughs and discover brand new talent at Comedy Clubs! Browse our dedicated Comedy Club Guide for more information on local venues near you.
Looking for more comedy entertainment? You can see plenty of stand-up at UK Festivals – and if you’re a superfan you can also elevate your experience with our Premium options and Hospitality Packages.
You might think Festivals are all about music – but comedy has a big presence too. Find out which comedians will be taking to Festival stages this summer.
SOCIAL MEDIA STARS
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Abi Clarke
17/04 – 22/05/2025
Various venues
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Elis & John: That Feels Significant Live!
03/09 – 18/10/2025
Various venues
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Have A Word: Murderers Row
08/02 – 09/05/2025
Various venues
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Horatio Gould
02/05 – 23/05/2025
Various venues
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Jeff Arcuri
03/05 – 09/05/2025
Various venues
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Morgan Jay
28/05 – 14/06/2025
Various venues
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Tom Houghton
04/09 – 28/11/2025
Various venues
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Two Mr Ps in a Podcast Live
18/02/2025 – 22/02/2026
Various venues
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Shabaz Ali
27/02 – 05/04/2025
Various venues
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Shane Gillis
23/03/2025
O2 Arena, London
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A Night of Comedy in support of Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)
16/01
Hackney Empire, London
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Two Mr Ps in a Podcast Live
18/02/2025 – 22/02/2026
Various venues
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Here Comes The Guillotine: LIVE
01/03 – 22/03/2025
Various venues
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Dr. Strangelove
Book by 17/12/2024
Noël Coward Theatre, London
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Fawlty Towers – The Play
Book by 9/12/2024
Apollo Theatre, London
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Inside No. 9
18/01 – 05/04/2025
Wyndham’s Theatre, London
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Only Fools and Horses The Musical
17/12/2024 – 05/01/2025
Various venues
Prices from £22.50
The Book of Mormon
01/03 – 31/03/2025
Prince of Wales Theatre, London
Prices from £22
The Play That Goes Wrong
Multiple dates
Duchess Theatre, London
Prices from £24
A Christmas Carol (ish)
16/11 – 31/12/2024
@sohoplace, London
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LATEST NEWS
Strictly Come Dancing sensation and comedian Chris McCausland brings his new tour Yonks! to venues across the UK in 2025.
Bolton’s favourite comedian Peter Kay extends his record-breaking tour to additional venues across the country in 2025 and 2026.
Comedian and Waterloo Road star Jason Manford takes brand new show A Manford All Seasons on a huge tour.
Celebrate 25 Years of Stand Up with John Bishop at arenas across the country.
Powerhouse female comedians including Katherine Ryan, Rachel Fairburn, Ellie Taylor and more have major dates across the UK.
Bill Bailey plays a festive West End residency at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, with his acclaimed Thoughtifier tour. Get to know the legendary comedian in our A-Z of Bill Bailey.
We love putting the spotlight on rising comedy talent. Find out more about Kai Humphries, Sophie Duker, Max Fosh and more in our interview series. Find out more about the up-and-coming faces of comedy.
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Comedy Guide
Ticketmaster’s Comedy Guide is your complete guide to the best comedy shows and all kinds of funny stuff ranging from comedy festivals, stand up comedy, comedy concerts to theatrical productions. We’ve got loads of information – including announcements, exclusive interviews and reviews – to keep you up to date about all the comedians on tour in 2024 & 2025. From Edinburgh Festival Fringe to world-class favourites, our guide includes everyone from award-winning sell-out tours to up and coming performers. So whether you’re looking to find out what’s happening this week, this year or even next year, our guide will have you laughing in theatres and venues across the UK.
Whether you’re interested in top comedians or emerging stand up comedy, whether you’re looking in London, Manchester, Edinburgh or other cities across the UK… here’s where you’ll find comedy tickets for all the comedic entertainment you need so you can be there to laugh out loud.
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The price of comedy tickets in the UK varies per live show. Ticketmaster offers a variety of affordable prices for top comedy tours, as well as Premium experiences for the biggest comedy fans. You can also find cheaper tickets in our Comedy Under £35 section, which highlights tickers under £35 for comedy tours, festivals and clubs across the country.
Some of the biggest comedians are taking their shows across the UK in 2024 to venues near you. Acts include:
You can also see fresh new comedy acts in 2024, including Laura Smyth, Grace Campbell, Henry Rowley, Kai Humphries, Maisie Adam, Matt Bragg, Rich Hall, Tatty Macleod and Tom Stade.
Plus Comedy Clubs such as The Comedy Store, Big Belly Comedy Club, Big Deal Comedy and Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club are on all year.
You can already book tickets to plenty of comedy touring in 2025 and beyond, including some of comedy’s biggest names and newest faces. Select tickets near you from a host of UK dates, with artists on tour including:
Comedians touring in 2024 also have dates that go into 2025 and beyond, so there are plenty of opportunities to see your favourite act in a venue near you.
2026 might seem like a long way off, but it’s not for comedians! Lots of your favourite comedians have tours with dates available in 2026:
Looking for Comedy Clubs or comedy tours in venues near you? You can browse our Comedy Guide to find your favourite comedian at your local venue. From arenas to theatres, we have tickets for all comedy tours of all sizes.
You can even browse Ticketmaster Local to see if there are venues close by that host comedy events.
The UK is home to several great Comedy Clubs, featuring new talent and up-and-coming comedians. Enjoy stand-up shows, improv, storytelling, sketches, open mics and much more at venues including The Comedy Store which has over 40 years in the business to its name, and comes to venues across the country. Find out more about Comedy Clubs on our dedicated guide, packed with information on venues near you.
You can purchase your local Comedy Club tickets directly from Ticketmaster, and can even browse more venues near you.
You can find tickets to Comedy Clubs via our dedicated Comedy Clubs Guide.
There are plenty of venues in London, including Big Belly Comedy Club, Comedy In Your Eye, Covent Garden Comedy Club and The West End Comedy Club.
Just The Tonic hosts events in Birmingham, Nottingham, Leicester and Edinburgh, and Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club takes place in Hull, York, Bournemouth, Stoke-On-Trent and Portsmouth.
Big Deal Comedy Club has comedy nights in Cambridge, Kings Lynn, Peterborough and more across East Anglia.
You can visit the ever-popular The Comedy Store in venues across the UK, including Colchester, Scarborough, Norfolk, Bristol, Maidstone and more.
In Liverpool, Hot Water Comedy Club is the best place to see new comedy.
For comedy nights in Manchester, Newcastle and beyond, you can browse comedy on our Local Guide.
Looking to gift live comedy to a friend or family? You can give a Ticketmaster Gift Card for the recipient to redeem on any comedy event.
You can see some of the biggest and best comedy talent across London, including Bill Bailey at the West End’s Theatre Royal Haymarket for a festive season from December 2024 to February 2025, and Ben Elton will also be visiting the West End, with limited shows at the Duke of York’s Theatre in January 2025.
Jason Manford brings his new show A Manford All Seasons to The London Palladium in February 2025, and John Bishop is gracing the same venue with his Back At It tour. The Liverpool comedian returns to London in 2025 bringing his celebratory 25 Years of Stand Up tour to The O2 in October 2025.
You can see multiple famous comedians at The London Palladium, with tours from artists including Micky Flanagan, Ricky Gervais, Ed Gamble, Katherine Ryan, Paddy McGuinness and Al Murray. Jack Dee comes to the venue in October 2025, and 2026 hosts a few nights from Rob Beckett.
The O2 will also host comedians including Mo Gilligan, Peter Kay, Shane Gillis and Paul Chowdhry.
The OVO Arena, Wembley, will see comedy tours from Greg Davies, Jeff Dunham and Tom Segura.
To find more comedy tours coming to the capital, browse our London Guide.
Looking for comedy in Manchester? Find it on our Manchester Guide.
Canadian comedian Katherine Ryan brings her Battleaxe tour to stages across the UK in 2024 and into 2025.
Tom Segura can be seen in arenas across the UK, while musical comedian Morgan Jay is performing limited dates in Edinburgh and London. Dave Chappelle and Killer Mike bring their show to the UK for two London dates, and Jeff Arcuri is sold-out for his UK shows.
American ventriloquist Jeff Dunham returns to the UK in 2025 with brand-new show Artificial Intelligence and Shane Gillis comes to The O2 in March 2025.
The UK is home to some of the world’s biggest comedy talent, with stand-up comedians including Peter Kay, Bill Bailey, Jason Manford, John Bishop, Harry Hill, Ricky Gervais, Paddy McGuinness, Sarah Millican, Jenny Eclair, Michael McIntyre, Greg Davies, Mo Gilligan and more famous names.
There is also plenty of rising talent in the country, including Babatunde Aleshe, Troy Hawke, Abi Clarke, Maisie Adam, Eddie Kadi and many more.
Edinburgh Festival Fringe takes place in August in Edinburgh, Scotland every year, hosting a variety of comedy, theatre, dance and performing arts in venues across the city.
Many comedians perform work in progress shows during the month before announcing UK-wide tours, and it’s a great chance for rising talent and new comedy to showcase their material.
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