Review: EMERGENCE, Theatre Royal
Enter a mesmerising underworld where human-kind dissolves into something altogether more elemental.…
Monkey Barrel Comedy
Review: BURLESQUE, King's Theatre
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 81–90
Daniel Downie: Hour of Scotland
Comedian Daniel Downie, creator of the acclaimed ‘Mountebank Comedy Walk of Edinburgh’ and ‘Mountebank History of Scotland’ series brings his show ‘Hour of Scotland’ to Monkey Barrel Comedy this summer. Hour of Scotland is a show all about Scotland’s history, culture, people...
Stuart McPherson: Work In Progress
Brand new hour from the star of Scot Squad and the Some Laugh podcast. Praise for Stuart's last show: "An hour of perfectly crafted stand up, with plenty of gags that wouldn't sound out of place at a weekend comedy club" - The List "A terrific torrent of laughs from start to...
Amy Matthews: I Feel Like I'm Made of Spiders (WIP)
Amy spins a sparkling web of comedy magic between the two states she finds herself caught between – stability and restlessness. She swings between the unbridled joy in the freedom that everything can change and the crawling anxiety that nothing is certain. This is a show about...
Phil Ellis: Hedgehog
After the huge success of his last ever sell-out show, Edinburgh Award-winning comedian Phil Ellis is back with his latest final stand-up show ever. Join him for his first ever hour of pure stand up comedy. Discover how love and family finally gave a 40 year-old, house-sharing...
Chris Forbes: Work In Progress
Multi award-winning comedian, Chris Forbes, presents a Work In Progress show about how his dream of becoming a professional basketball player took him all the way to Portland, Oregon when he was just 16 years old. Forbes reflects on his time spent living in the U.S, his run-ins...
Erika Ehler Goes Off (WIP)
Join Erika Ehler fresh from appearances on Frankie Boyle’s New World Order (BBC2) and Comedians Giving Lectures (Dave) as she presents an hour of new material in this work in progress show. Erika’s razor-sharp, dark and visceral writing paired with precise delivery makes her one...
Vittorio Angelone: Translations
Irish-Italian comedian Vittorio Angelone went to see a play (Translations by Brian Friel) at the National Theatre in London. He loved the play, still does, but was deeply disturbed by the reaction of the English audience. Join him as he tackles being Irish in England, identity...
Vittorio Angelone: Translations
Irish-Italian comedian Vittorio Angelone went to see a play (Translations by Brian Friel) at the National Theatre in London. He loved the play, still does, but was deeply disturbed by the reaction of the English audience. Join him as he tackles being Irish in England, identity...
Spontaneous Potter
Grab your wands, don your house robes, and apparate yourselves to the box office! A very magical improv show awaits... The smash hit Spontaneous Potter is an entirely improvised wizarding comedy play, based on an audience suggestion of a fanfiction title. Hilarity ensues as an...
LIVE SPECIAL DOUBLE BILL TAPING: Christopher Macarthur-Boyd & Collin Moulton
Join Christopher Macarthur-Boyd and Collin Moulton as they film their stand-up specials at Monkey Barrel Comedy in conjunction with 800 Pound Gorilla Media. CHRISTOPHER MACARTHUR-BOYD Born and bred in Glasgow, Christopher Macarthur-Boyd is a rising star of Scottish stand-up...
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Mark Thomas: 40 In Stand Up Years The Stand 1 (9/23-9/23) |
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Aberdeen Arts Centre's Big Variety Show Aberdeen Arts Centre (10/02-10/03) |
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Alex McAleer - Mind Reader Eastgate Theatre (9/26-9/26) |
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Ed Byrne: No Dramas Music Hall (2/10-2/10) |
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Count Arthur Strong - And Its Goodnight From Me! EICC (5/30-5/30) |
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Giovanni: Unstoppable Alhambra Theatre (4/11-4/11) |
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Rollers Forever King's Theatre (10/27-10/31) |
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Trainspotting The Musical Alhambra Theatre (3/01-3/06) |
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The Steamie Alhambra Theatre (10/29-10/31) |
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Disney''s Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert Usher Hall (12/03-12/03) |
