Edinburgh Fringe 2026
We’re back at the Edinburgh Fringe this summer with a collection of the most exciting, unmissable comedy shows of the year.
Ayoade Bamgboye · All Killa No Filla · Celya AB · Chris Parker · David Elms · Ify Nwadiwe · Jack Rooke · Kiell Smith-Bynoe · Kristen Schaal · Morgan Rees · Paddy Young · Rob Copland · Sophie Duker · Tom Towelling · Zoe Coombs Marr
The critically acclaimed debut show about suffering (and smiling) from Nigerian stand-up Ayoade Bamgboye (Saturday Night Live UK star and winner of Best Newcomer at the 2025 Edinburgh Comedy Awards) is back for three nights only!
'As striking a debut as I've seen... her command, the confidence in her delivery and how she makes the whole room her own, is quite something'
★★★★ Guardian
'A mercurial talent... it takes your breath away'
★★★★ Scotsman
'The funniest and most commanding debut to land in Edinburgh for many years... startlingly original'
★★★★★ Chortle
Ayoade Bamgboye: Swings & Roundabouts
Small talk is easily the most woefully misunderstood phenomenon. As the glue that keeps us together, it deserves more than it gets. I will give it everything I have. This is my ministry.
Star of SNL UK. Winner of Best Newcomer at the 2025 Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Winner of NextUp’s Biggest Award in Comedy 2025.
'As striking a debut as I've seen... her command, the confidence in her delivery and how she makes the whole room her own, is quite something'
★★★★ Guardian
'A mercurial talent... it takes your breath away'
★★★★ Scotsman
'The funniest and most commanding debut to land in Edinburgh for many years... startlingly original'
★★★★★ Chortle
Ayoade Bamgboye: Small Talk (WIP & Q&A)
For one night only, superstar stand-ups Kiri Pritchard-McLean (Have I Got News For You, QI) and Rachel Fairburn (Live at the Apollo, House of Games) bring their smash-hit true crime comedy podcast to the Fringe, following multiple sell-out shows across the UK.
Never been to an All Killa No Filla live show before? There’s no revision required. Sit back and let two riotous and candid stand-ups at the top of their game guide you through an evening of horror and hilarity.
All Killa No Filla: Live!
Celya AB: We Must Stop Meeting Like This
After writing for Saturday Night Live UK and selling out shows across the UK, Celya AB returns to the Fringe.
Expect 'exceptional, not to mention impressively original' (British Comedy Guide) jokes and sharp observations from 'one of the most gifted joke writers of her age' (Chortle)
Tour support for Nick Mohammed and Sarah Keyworth. As seen on Live At The Apollo and the Off Menu podcast.
'A superb contriver of pithy, memorable punchlines’
★★★★ Scotsman
Chris Parker: Take A Good Hard Look At Me
Hello! I won't sugar coat it in the blurb.
I'm just a 35-year-old gay man, who was told there was something special about him as a kid, standing in front of an audience asking them to take a good hard look at me! The New Zealand superstar stand-up (Taskmaster New Zealand, Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee) returns to the Fringe!
'Chris Parker is the real deal, a brilliant comedian who will leave you scream-laughing
★★★★★ TimeOut
'By the time the show ends, you'll have sore sides from laughing'
NZ Herald
David Elms Describes A Room
Following last year's sell-out run, the critically acclaimed cult hit show returns.
Together with his audience, veteran improviser Elms builds a comedy mind palace before your very eyes.
'David's very clever. He's made a show that's funny, original and different every time'
Tim Key
'A lesson in the transcendent power of collective imagining'
★★★★ Guardian
'One of the most original and artistic comedy shows on the fringe'
★★★★ Chortle
Ify Nwadiwe: An Hour With Ify Nwadiwe
Following last year's sell-out run, the critically acclaimed cult hit show returns.
Together with his audience, veteran improviser Elms builds a comedy mind palace before your very eyes.
'David's very clever. He's made a show that's funny, original and different every time'
Tim Key
'A lesson in the transcendent power of collective imagining'
★★★★ Guardian
'One of the most original and artistic comedy shows on the fringe'
★★★★ Chortle