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Telegraph
01-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
The funniest jokes of the Edinburgh Fringe 2025
August is the most exciting month on the comedy calendar. Over the coming weeks, comedians from around the world are making the pilgrimage to the Scottish capital to test out their new jokes at the largest arts festival on the planet, the Edinburgh Fringe. As a taster of the treats in store, we've asked a few Fringe-bound comics – including former Best Joke of the Fringe winner Olaf Falafel – to share with us the funniest one-liners they're telling in their new shows. Below is the Telegraph critics' pick of the bunch. We will be updating this list until the end of the Fringe (on Aug 25): if you are performing there, and think you might have a joke that can make our critics laugh, email it to fringejokes@ If you're not going to the festival, you can still get involved: click the buttons in the piece to vote for your favourites, or share your own original one-liners in the comments section below. Ian Smith People who say bath bombs are relaxing have clearly never tried to carry one home in the rain. Ian Smith: Foot Spa Half Empty, Monkey Barrel Comedy (Monkey Barrel 1), July 29-Aug 24 (not Aug 13), 12.30pm
Scotsman
23-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
What's on in Edinburgh today? From Alice Cooper to Kevin Bridges, the 10 top events
3 . Kevin Bridges & Friends at Monkey Barrel Comedy Though you'd be lucky to get a ticket at the last minute, Kevin Bridges will appear at Monkey Barrel Comedy in Edinburgh for an intimate show tonight. It's as Bridges prepares for his North American tour, with the Scottish comedy icon to be joined by some of his friends. The show will kick off at 8pm. | Contributed
Glasgow Times
14-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Glasgow Times
Glaswegian comedian among five to premiere shows on YouTube
The weekly series, named Summer Laugh, is presented by the Some Laugh podcast and will feature Christopher Macarthur-Boyd alongside Marc Jennings, Liam Withnail, Stuart McPherson, and Rosco McClelland. Their comedy shows were recorded live across Scotland in venues such as The Pavilion Theatre, The Stand Comedy Club, Blackfriars of Bell Street, and Monkey Barrel Comedy in Edinburgh. Read more: Major bank to close Glasgow branches in June - what you need to know Plans put forward for £600k investment in historic building Police hunting two thugs after man viciously attacked in Glasgow They will be made available to stream for free on YouTube every Sunday at 8pm, beginning on June 22. To view, go Macarthur-Boyd, whose show Scary Times will be the first release, said: "Collectively we've spent over £15,000 of our own money to self-finance these tapings. "We're really proud of them and just want to get as many eyes on them as possible. "Not just that, but I think it's cool that for five Sundays in a row, there's new good Scottish comedy available for free during a cost-of-living crisis." Scary Times, recorded in Glasgow at the Pavilion Theatre, is the follow-up to his 2024 comedy special Oh No. The other comedians each have their shows lined up for release, with Jennings' interactive crowd-work special Crowd/Marc dropping on June 29 and Withnail's Live At Monkey Barrel on July 6. McClelland, who won the Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award at the Glasgow Comedy Festival, will release his show Slug Nudger on July 13. The series will be rounded out by McPherson's show Horse on July 20. All comedians will be performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August at Monkey Barrel Comedy.
