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THE STUDIO
The Studio is located at 51 Niddry Street, a very short walk from Barrel Bar (<2 mins).
TODAY IN THE STUDIO:

Harriet Kemsley: Floozy (Work in Progress)
12:45PM
MB4
A brand-new work-in-progress show from the star of Last One Laughing UK. Harriet’s life has been in constant chaos for as long as she can remember. So what happens when things start to go right for the multi-award winning stand-up comedian? As seen and heard on Live at the Apollo, Would I Lie to You?, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and co-host of the wildly successful Single Ladies In Your Area podcast.

Ashley Gavin: Work In Progress
1PM
CabVol 1
Five shows only! After multiple sellout tours across the UK and beyond, don't miss your chance to catch brand-new material from the New-York-based comedian. Ashley has been featured on Netflix is a Joke and Comedy Central, but is best known for her viral crowd-work videos and her top charting podcast We’re Having Gay Sex.

Sam Eley is Basil Crumbwick: Soul Sewage
1:25PM
MB2
Say hello to a horrid bloke. Award-winning late-night villainy from an uncomfortable mind. 'I was in danger of throwing up from laughing' (Tim Harding, Chortle.co.uk). 'A virtuoso display of comic writing' (Steve Bennett, Chortle.co.uk). Winner of Sketch-Off 2025. Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year finalist.

Ayo Adenekan: Homeland Insecurity
1:30PM
CabVol 2
BBC New Comedy Award finalist and writer for SNL UK returns following his sold-out debut, with a romantic new hour. A summer fling in hospitality spirals into something far messier. Ayo explores summer romance and the cost of chasing your dreams. Effortlessly charming and razor-sharp, Ayo blends big laughs with beautifully observed storytelling about work, desire and the chaos of catching feelings when you really shouldn't.

Rachel Fairburn: Vexy Beasts
1:35PM
O'Neill's (The Tron)
Hot on the heels of her critically acclaimed 2025 show Side Eye, Rachel Fairburn is back with new personalities and some old favourites for you to love and hate. Expect biting social commentary and lots of big laughs. Co-host of International smash hit podcast All Killa No Filla and as seen on Live at the Apollo (BBC Two), Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled (Dave), Richard Osman's House of Games (BBC Two).

Phil Ellis: Bath Mat
1:55PM
MB1
Multi award-winning 'comic genius' (Scotsman) and the new star of Taskmaster (Channel 4), Phil Ellis returns to Edinburgh on his first full national stand-up tour. Following his three big award wins at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe, Phil, the very definition of funny bones, presents his brand-new show Bath Mat. Jam-packed with laugh-out-loud profound silliness, superbly crafted gags and constant surprises.

John-Luke Roberts: What I Talk About When I Run About, Talking
2:10PM
MB4
Fringe legend returns with his first new show in four years. Hilarious stand-up about the human condition, about how little we know about what’s going on inside our bodies and our minds, and about what it’s like to have an endoscopy on Remembrance Sunday at exactly 11am. Some poems too. Maybe a few songs.

Stuart Goldsmith: Canary
2:25PM
CabVol 1
Stuart was as scared about the climate crisis as you are. But he did the reading, and now he's terrified. Come and watch him do something about it. In his most honest, hilarious, and hopeful hour yet, Stuart Goldsmith (Live At The Apollo, Netflix is a Joke, Conan) applies his 'expert stand-up' (Sunday Times) to the apparent collapse of absolutely everything.

Nish Kumar: Angry Humour From a Really Nice Guy (Work in Progress)
2:50PM
MB3
Work-in-progress show from ‘the pre-eminent comic political polemicist of our time’ **** (Guardian). The world's in chaos. Inequality is widening, autocracy is rising, political parties are collapsing. In these divided times, what this country desperately needs is Angry Humour from a Really Nice Guy.

Anna Thomas: How to Juggle a Ferret
2:55PM
CabVol 2
In her debut hour, Anna recounts tales of hibernation, loss and what to do when life gives you ferrets. Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award. Finalist of the Sean Lock Comedy Award. Co-host of the Early Worms podcast with Phil Ellis. From BBC Radio 4’s One Person Found This Helpful, Live From the UK, and Kiri’s Comedy Club.
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