Skip to main content
Shop Merch Add a Show Listing
My Shows
News on your favorite shows, specials & more!

Monkey Barrel Comedy

Review: EMERGENCE, Theatre Royal

Review: EMERGENCE, Theatre Royal

by Natalie O'Donoghue · September 11, 2026

Enter a mesmerising underworld where human-kind dissolves into something altogether more elemental.…

Review: BURLESQUE, King's Theatre

Review: BURLESQUE, King's Theatre

by Natalie O'Donoghue · September 9, 2026

From executive producer Christina Aguilera and written by Steven Antin, based on the hit movie, Burlesque invites you to a club like no other: a hidden world beneath the city lights where sequins sparkle, seduction shimmers and lives can change in the flick of a feather boa.…

Review: READY TAE DRAP, Oran Mor

Review: READY TAE DRAP, Oran Mor

by Natalie O'Donoghue · September 5, 2026

A rabbit, a refugee and a racist get stuck in a lift... That sounds like the start of a bad joke but for high rise residents Lauren, Aaliyah and Pat, it’s a night they’ll never forget.…

Review: ONE HUNDRED VOICES, Citizens Theatre

Review: ONE HUNDRED VOICES, Citizens Theatre

by Natalie O'Donoghue · September 5, 2026

One Hundred Voices is an interactive, audio-guided installation, bringing creative insight into living in the care system. It serves as an artistic act of recognition and celebration of the one hundred testimonies recorded through the Caring Scotland project.…

Review: 1984, Citizens Theatre

Review: 1984, Citizens Theatre

by Natalie O'Donoghue · September 4, 2026

The Thought Police monitor every word you say. Children spy on their parents and the Party has abolished the truth. In this totally controlled world, Winston and Julia begin a love affair which catapults them into rebellion against the Party.…

Book Review: SEETHING LANE, by Jack Jewers, Moonflower Books

Book Review: SEETHING LANE, by Jack Jewers, Moonflower Books

by Louise Penn · September 2, 2026

Jewers returns to Samuel Pepys as a subject of fiction following his debut novel, The Lost Diary of Samuel Pepys (2022). At the start of Seething Lane, Pepys is again looking for signs of corruption in and outside of the Court, but when violent death raises its head, he realises it is folly to t…

Review: HIGH SOCIETY, King's Theatre

Review: HIGH SOCIETY, King's Theatre

by Natalie O'Donoghue · September 2, 2026

Helen George (Call the Midwife, The King and I) leads a 28-strong cast as glamorous socialite Tracy Lord, joined by stage and screen favourites Freddie Fox (Slow Horses), Nigel Lindsay (Kiss Me, Kate), Julian Ovenden (South Pacific), and Malcolm Sinclair (Pie in the Sky). As plans for the society we…

EDINBURGH 2026: Review: OIL AND WHISKEY, The Street

EDINBURGH 2026: Review: OIL AND WHISKEY, The Street

by Natalie O'Donoghue · August 31, 2026

Come see Oil and Whiskey, the award-winning, off-Broadway, country rock musical from New York City. Two ex lovers meet for a drink and relive their entire relationship over a couple rounds of whiskey. You'll laugh, cry and remember why: you don't text your ex. The best part is the show is free as a …

EDINBURGH 2026: Review: WOODY SEZ, Underbelly

EDINBURGH 2026: Review: WOODY SEZ, Underbelly

by Natalie O'Donoghue · August 31, 2026

This award-winning show celebrating the life and career of Woody Guthrie makes its triumphant return to Fringe! Join us on an authentically American musical journey, using Guthrie's own words and over two dozen of his timeless songs in one joyous, toe-tapping musical. Performed by a multi-talented g…

EDINBURGH 2026: Review: CRAIG WILSON: THIS MIGHT BE NOTHING, Waverley Bar

EDINBURGH 2026: Review: CRAIG WILSON: THIS MIGHT BE NOTHING, Waverley Bar

by Natalie O'Donoghue · August 30, 2026

After ten years of backhanded compliments, rude drunks, and being bullied by teenagers, Craig is starting to wonder if fast food is the career for him after all. Wilson builds a chaotic anthology of hospitality horror, strung together with the kind of manic befuddlement that any lunch rush slop-slin…

Past Shows

187 total · showing 111–120

Liam Withnail: Work In Progress

Liam Withnail: Work In Progress

Mar 17

Over 10 million views on TikTok and Instagram! New show from the award-winning smash hit comic. Winner of Amused Moose's Outstanding Show Award, Edinburgh Fringe 2019. Scottish Comedy Award winner and multi-nominee. 'An hour of consistently hysterical comedy.' (TheWeeReview.com)...

Roast Battle

Roast Battle

Mar 7

The show that turns smack talk into an art form! Roast Battle Edinburgh puts comedians head-to-head in a battle of verbal onslaughts. Not for the faint-hearted, each battler has five roast jokes to defeat their opponent. "Undeniably, Roast Battle doesn't fail to live up to its...

The Edinburgh Revue Show

The Edinburgh Revue Show

Mar 7

The Edinburgh Revue is a student group made up of students and young people across Edinburgh. Performing stand-up and sketch comedy featuring some new and up and coming acts. Tuesday 24th January 2023 Tuesday 7th February 2023 Tuesday 7th March 2023 Tuesday 21st March 2023 20:00...

Marc Jennings: Original Sound

Marc Jennings: Original Sound

Mar 3

Scottish Comedian of the Year winner, viral video star and regular panellist on BBC Scotland's Breaking the News Marc Jennings, brings his show back to Edinburgh following a sold-out run at the Fringe. In this new show Marc tackles the topics dominating our cultural conversation...

Simon Munnery: Trials and Tribulations

Simon Munnery: Trials and Tribulations

Feb 28

“I’ve been mugged three times and arrested once. What a night!” Twenty years ago, in Edinburgh, legendary comedian Simon Munnery was arrested for “being a German in a built-up area”. It wasn’t an early brush with ‘cancel culture’ but it did lead to a trial. For the first time...

Impatient at Monkey Barrel Comedy

Impatient at Monkey Barrel Comedy

Feb 27

As part of a new monthly Monday-night series, Mark Watson hosts a riotous selection of local and imported talent. Expect surprises both in the room and on the live stream (which goes out as part of the Access Festival). Although, by definition, you can't really expect a...

Adam Flood: Clayhead Remoulded (Preview)

Adam Flood: Clayhead Remoulded (Preview)

Feb 25

'Ay up, it’s me (fella doing the show). Look, it’s gonna be good I reckon. Critics are already calling it 'how did you get this email' and 'unsubscribe'. But for real, it’s funny, big daft energy and I got some tricks up my sleeve.' Winner Bath Festival New Comedian of the Year...

The OTHER Show

The OTHER Show

Jan 14 – Feb 25, 2023

From the utterly sublime to the unapologetically ridiculous, Monkey Barrel Comedy presents a night of comedy at the cliff's edge of surreal humour. Top Alternative Comedy at Edinburgh's #1 rated Comedy Club. As the reviews say… “ Fa ntastic ” acts, a “ well priced ” bar in a “...

William Thompson: The Hand You're Dealt

William Thompson: The Hand You're Dealt

Feb 24

William Thompson (BBC New Comedy Awards Finalist 2021, as seen on Dave & Channel 4) is a stand-up comedian and rising star from Belfast. As a shy, unassuming Northern Irish lad, William has always felt barely noticeable, that’s until he appeared on TV in front of thousands of...

Chortle Student Comedy Award 2023: Edinburgh Heat

Chortle Student Comedy Award 2023: Edinburgh Heat

Feb 21

With previous winners and finalists including Joe Lycett, Jamali Maddix, Ed Gamble, Chris Ramsey, Laura Lexx, Iain Stirling, Simon Bird and Tom Rosenthal, the contest has a formidable reputation for finding new talent. Come and see the best of the next generation of comedy...

BroadwayWorld TV


Alex McAleer - Mind Reader in Scotland Alex McAleer - Mind Reader
Eastgate Theatre (9/26-9/26)
Ed Byrne: No Dramas in Scotland Ed Byrne: No Dramas
Music Hall (2/10-2/10)
Trainspotting The Musical in Scotland Trainspotting The Musical
Alhambra Theatre (3/01-3/06)
Aberdeen Arts Centre's Big Variety Show in Scotland Aberdeen Arts Centre's Big Variety Show
Aberdeen Arts Centre (10/02-10/03)
Trainspotting The Musical in Scotland Trainspotting The Musical
Edinburgh Playhouse (10/19-10/24)
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in Scotland Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Alhambra Theatre (10/07-10/10)
Mark Thomas: 40 In Stand Up Years in Scotland Mark Thomas: 40 In Stand Up Years
The Stand 1 (9/23-9/23)
Giovanni: Unstoppable in Scotland Giovanni: Unstoppable
Alhambra Theatre (4/11-4/11)
Count Arthur Strong - And It’s Goodnight From Me! in Scotland Count Arthur Strong - And It’s Goodnight From Me!
EICC (5/30-5/30)
Rollers Forever in Scotland Rollers Forever
King's Theatre (10/27-10/31)