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Scotsman
5 days ago
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Four Star Comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe 2025: 17 acclaimed shows you can still get tickets to see this weekend
It's approaching the end of the second week of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the reviews have been continuing to pour in. With the physical programme containing over 3,350 shows across 265 venues (with plenty more added after the print deadline), it can be a daunting task to work out what exactly you are going to see. At The Scotsman we review hundreds of shows every year, with the best receiving a sought-after four or five star rating. Several of those still have ticket availability for this weekend (August 15-17) so you can go and see what all the fuss is all about (bad luck if you wanted to see the likes of Cat Cohen, Josie Long, Bebe Cave, Sam Nicoresti or Helen Bauer - they are completely sold out after earning four or five star reviews from our critics ). Here are 17 four star comedy shows our team of critics would recommend you see this weekend - and that still have ticket availability at time of writing. You can book them all at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe website here. 1 . Kate Dolan: The Critic There are still tickets left for every date of Aussie comic Kate Dolan's run, until August 24 at 6.25pm each day at Assembly George Square. What we said: "With a tendency to insert a running commentary of self-mocking, quirky vocal tics and inflections into her stories, in a manner I found most reminiscent of Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective of all things." | Contributed Photo Sales 2 . Zoe Coombs Marr: The Splash Zone There's good ticket availability for Zoe Coombes Marr this weekend - and until her last show on August 24 - at the Monkey Barrel at 3.35pm each day. What we said: "It's a brilliant demonstration of ADHD as a comic super-power, with the laughs supercharged by callback after callback, which ties the whole meandering narrative into a coherent whole." | Contributed Photo Sales 3 . Jonny Pelham: Is It Me? Be quick and you can still catch Jonny Pelham's four star show at the Monkey Barrel this weekend at 9pm each day at Monkey Barrel at The Hive. He's playing until August 24. What we said: "Pelham has a way of laughing at his troubles which will help you laugh at your own, or just forget them for an hour, which is what comedy can do, if it's done right." | Contributed Photo Sales 4 . Aideen McQueen: Waiting for Texto If you want more theatrical comedy this weekend there are tickets left this weekend for Aideen McQueen - at the Gilded Balloon Patter House at 2.20pm each day. There's also availability for the rest of her run until August 24. What we said: "Remarkably, this is McQueen's first full-length Fringe show and it's terrifically impressive: a warm and funny debut." | Contributed Photo Sales
Scotsman
03-07-2025
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- Scotsman
Edinburgh Fringe 2025 Hot Tickets: Here are 31 stars of Live at the Apollo with shows you can see this August
August is fast approaching which means it's time to scour the Edinbugh Festival Fringe programme for the best shows to see. The physical programme was launched earlier this month, with 3,352 show across 265 venues, and some are already selling out. It can be a fairly daunting prospect to narrow those down when organising your Fringe . It's always nice to take a chance on something, hoping to be the first to see a hot new act - but sometimes it's just nice to see somebody familiar from television . Since 2004 the BBC's Live at the Apollo has been one of the most popular small screen showcases for standup comedians - acting as a rite of passage for those on their way to fame and fortune. Those appearing on early episodes included the likes of Jo Brand, Lee Mack, Jimmy Carr, Jason Manford, Russell Howard, Sean Lock and Dara Ó Briain. And, while it's not watched by as many people as in its heyday - when everybody in Britain seemed to know Rhod Gilbert's 'lost luggage' routine - it's still seen to be one of the most prestigious TV bookings for both up-and-coming and established comics. Here are 31 who have made the grade and are appearing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025. You can buy tickets for all the shows here. 1 . Dan Tiernan: All In "Following two sold-out, award-nominated years at the Fringe, Dan's back and he's giving you everything he's got. No bluffing." Money Barrel, July 28-August 24. | Contributed Photo Sales 2 . Andy Parsons: Please #@!$ Off to Mars "Life is hard – come and have a laugh about it." Pleasance Courtyard, July 30-August 10. | Contributed Photo Sales 3 . David O'Doherty: Highway to the David Zone "A new opus from the hairy Enya, the Ryanair Bublé, the nine-volt battery-powered Beethoven. Talking, songs, talking during songs, talking while walking around – it's got the lot." Assembly George Square, July 30-August 2. | Contributed Photo Sales 4 . Jonny Pelham: Is It Me? "Award-winning comedian Jonny Pelham is newly single, he's moved to London and is being encouraged by the government to take speed everyday. Is It Me? is a hilarious new stand-up show looking at what it means to be diagnosed as 'neurodiverse,' what constitutes normality and how to find happiness in a world that's falling apart." Monkey Barrel, July 28-August 25. | Contributed Photo Sales
