Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 New Shows: Here are 12 last-minute additions to the programme
Another Edinburgh Comedy Award winner of the past, Rose Matafeo is teaming up with Paul Williams (who is the assistant in the New Zealand version of Taskmaster) for a late night comedy show at the Monkey Barrel. Entitled 'An Hour of Class', it'll feature the duo and some of their pals. Weirdly, it actually lasts 90 minutes, so who knows what that other half hour will be like. It's on at the Monkey Barrel at 11.20pm and is on every Tuesday. | Contributed
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