Event Directory

Double-award nominated sophomore stand-up hour from Chelsea Birkby returns to Edinburgh. “This is first-rate, purposeful comedy. Expect to cry with laughter.” ****.5 Quintessential Review

Following a hit debut show, The Times – Top 3 Rising Stars of the Fringe is back with a fresh new hour. ‘Extremely funny, with a superb lightness of touch’ ★★★★★ (TheRealChrisparkle.com).

Mr Chonkers returns to Monkey Barrel Comedy. It’s a solo show. A mockery and celebration of performance. “a wonderful experience... full of joy and generosity of spirit.” ★★★★★ - The Scotsman

Scotland's Best Comedy Venue | A "Year-round Edinburgh institution" The List | "Fringe Heroes" (The Metro) | Award winning weekend stand-up comedy showcases.

Featured in The Telegraph, The Scotsman, Metro, British Comedy Guide, Chortle. “Pacey, poignant and very funny” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (The Wee Review)

Fresh from a sold out UK and Australia tour, Brennan Reece returns with his brand new show! 'An absolute joy' **** (Scotsman)

Scotland's Best Comedy Venue | A "Year-round Edinburgh institution" The List | "Fringe Heroes" (The Metro) | Award winning weekend stand-up comedy showcases.

Gimme the thrills, gimme the spills, gimme a man with a microphone in his hand and careless abandon in his heart. 'Rarely has an existential scream been this much fun' ★★★★ Guardian

With an astonishing line-up of the finest in alternative comedy, John-Luke Roberts presents a night of ridiculous carousing hosted by the “great poot” Geoffrey Chaucer. **** The Guardian

The Festive Flight Lands at Castlepoint for A Magical Christmas Journey Awaits!

Phil O’Shea is a clown/comedian who wants to take you on a journey. He will become characters, talk about spiders, and maybe even get round to mentioning dogs in this absurd experimental show.

A brand-new wild, fast, funny, and often filthy show from the award-winning comic that bursts with positivity, frantic stand-up and improv comedy energy and some outright mentalness (not a word).

After a year of performing worldwide, award-winning comedian Aurie Styla is back on tour. Join him as he talks about this wild world, and his journey to make sense of it, in The Aurator!

As he embarks on his first international tour, Joe ‘could have been a dancer’ Sutherland is bravely talking about something that, until recently, he’s suffered in silence: being a total hunk.

Carl is back for a third consecutive, back-to-back tour. Rich in observations and exaggerated physical comedy, a night out with this Geordie will have you belly laughing from start to finish.

Alice Fraser has fallen in love… with romance novels. She’s written a delirious love letter to the genre and now she has to live with the consequences.

Christmas Falconry Experience

Taking the stage by (Snow) Storm!

This is a very funny show about getting back up when life has hit you hard. Years later and having been through some ups and downs, Matt learns something about himself that you’ll not forget!

Adam Flood brings an experimental night of electronic music and live comedy to Monkey Barrel after hyped sellout shows at Edinburgh Fringe this year. Think Boiler Room does stand-up.