Edinburgh 2 Aug - 24 Aug 2025

Venue

Carbon – Room 1 (No. 180)

Address
208 Cowgate, Edinburgh EH1 1NQ

Shows At This Venue

No need to book... just turn up!

Entry is free but our artists may ask for a donation at the end.
In-Person
Comedy

IMPROV SHE WROTE

DATES
20
15:00 - 15:50
Carbon – Room 1 (venue 180)
'Improv She Wrote' is Trinity College Dublin's best and only Improv Comedy Group. Come along and watch us make on the spot comedy out of words from the audience! We do short form sketches that are hot, dumb and full of fun! National student gave us ***** - come check us out! Or don't (we're playi...
In-Person
Theatre

THE HAT OF MANY HATS

DATES
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15:00 - 15:50
Carbon – Room 1 (venue 180)
Looks like one hat - isn't. Who would wear a hat like that? It's a solo show with a solo hat. An episodic fusion of clown & poignant storytelling that playfully teases at the insightful & the nonsensical. A discovery of the delicate dance between the desire to be seen & the urge to hide. Presente...
In-Person
Comedy

JAMES PENDLETON: FROG BOY SUMMER COMEDY SHOWCASE

DATES
212223
15:00 - 15:50
Carbon – Room 1 (venue 180)
Frog Boy Summer hits Edinburgh Fringe! Hosted by James Pendleton, Max Turner Prize semi-finalist 2024. Featuring TikTok & Insta stars. Forget Rat Boy, this is the summer's comedy show! Unpredictable, hilarious & packed with talent. Don't miss out!
In-Person
Spoken Word

THE SPARK OF MADNESS: CELEBRATING ROBIN WILLIAMS

DATES
814
15:00 - 16:00
Carbon – Room 1 (venue 180)
This August marks a decade since the passing of Robin Williams. A true powerhouse of stage and screen, Williams encapsulated every element of the human spirit. Join us for a special series of shows across the festival to celebrate the legacy and impact of his life and the joy he still brings. All...
In-Person
Comedy

PSYCHIC CHERYL AND GNOME JOY

DATES
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16:15 - 17:15
Carbon – Room 1 (venue 180)
Psychic Cheryl is an all-knowing mad mystic from Liverpool using healing gifts to uplift souls one show at a time. Gnome Joy is a tiny, mischievous creature using optimism to guide you on a journey of tomfoolery. Come to heal and dream in their world of mysticism and magic. Split bill work in pro...
In-Person
Comedy

RAJIV KARIA (WIP): A GRUB YOU CAN’T SCRUB

DATES
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16:15 - 17:05
Carbon – Room 1 (venue 180)
A work-in-progress show from the king of casual. About change, love, fear and fate. Seen on Comedy Central Live, writer for HIGNFY, opener for Olga Koch and Stuart Laws. "Whipsmart… carefully crafted material and flawless delivery… one to watch" WhyNow Magazine ***** "Simply a great joke writ...
In-Person
Comedy

IMPRO POET PRESENTS: WHAT IF HISTORY?

DATES
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17:30 - 18:20
Carbon – Room 1 (venue 180)
Impro Poet Presents: What If History? They say that history repeats itself. Not in this show. This show seeks to educate and entertain with a walk through history exploring the possibilities that could have been, suggested by you, and performed in rhyme by CJ Hooper. Stand-up comedy, poetry, and ...
In-Person
Comedy

A GOOD GIRL

DATES
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17:30 - 18:30
Carbon – Room 1 (venue 180)
Mariah Girouard is not a Good Girl. She's hateful and a bit of a bitch, but she wants to be a better person. In this WIP Mariah fuses standup, storytelling, and spoken word about cannibalism and poo to take you on the journey to bettering herself...without being the good girl society expects of her.
In-Person
Comedy

IF YOU LAUGH MORE THE SHOW WILL GET BETTER

DATES
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18:45 - 19:45
Carbon – Room 1 (venue 180)
Join up-and-coming tall and skinny comedian Ed Mulvey as he performs his latest routines, packed with joke-dense intelligent filth. Laugh enough and there is no upper limit to how good it can be! "Savvy, sarcastic material" - Steve Bennett, Chortle
In-Person
Comedy

AARON LEVENE: AN ADHD LOVE STORY

DATES
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20:00 - 21:00
Carbon – Room 1 (venue 180)
How could anyone love Aaron Levene with his weirdness and whimsy ooo shiny! Come and find out why Aaron's wife (can't believe anyone would marry him) puts up with him... Or does she... Work in progress "He didn't put a foot wrong" Notts Comedy Review "The highlight of the show ****" Edinburgh Rep...
In-Person
Comedy

DIARY CONFIDENTIAL

DATES
71421
20:00 - 20:55
Carbon – Room 1 (venue 180)
Host Shona White and guests dig out their childhood and teen diaries to bring you a hilarious and relatable dose of 90s and 00s nostalgia. Expect melodrama, angst, unrequited love, and heartfelt poetry, against a backdrop of ice discos, house parties, Elijah Wood movies and French homework. Not t...
In-Person
Comedy

MAN VS SHELF

DATES
232425
21:15 - 22:15
Carbon – Room 1 (venue 180)
At last year's fringe he lost his grandad, a girlfriend and his coat! But on the back of ***** audience reviews, Matthew Mckew returns to reveal how a shelf was the final straw. He's been the Concussed Comedian for two years, but after comedy helped restore his memory, speech and sense of worth�...
In-Person
Comedy

1 *IRISHMAN

DATES
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21:15 - 22:00
Carbon – Room 1 (venue 180)
1 *Irishman is a stand-up comedy show by Northern Irish comedian Reece Kidd featuring some of Reece's favourite Irish comedians. It is a work in progress with crowd work, jokes and stories.
In-Person
Comedy

THIS STAND-UP SHOW IS FREE AND HAPPENING RIGHT NOW!

DATES
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22:30 - 23:30
Carbon – Room 1 (venue 180)
Sam Adamson & Jon Hipkiss join forces to present you their greatest hits. Their absolute gold. Featuring a smattering of special guests from across the fringe, this show will deliver it with both barrels. This is all killer, no filler. You get the picture. Sam is the West End New Act Finalist 202...
In-Person
Cabaret

UNDER THE COVERS CABARET

DATES
5
22:30 - 23:25
Carbon – Room 1 (venue 180)
A bit of smutty poetry, a bit of burlesque, some clown and some drag - Join Entendre Entendre and Sir Cum Sized for an evening that will tickle your funny bone, pull at your heartstrings and have you squirming in your seat (probably in a sexy way?) It's 10:30 on a school night. You're drunk. We'l...
In-Person
Comedy

ANDY FIELD THE RHYTHM, FIELD THE RHYME, GET ON UP IT’S COMEDY TIME

DATES
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23:45 - 00:40
Carbon – Room 1 (venue 180)
Andy Field has done stand up on TV for the BBC and ITV, he's got a special on prime and he's done 7 previous fringe runs. this is his new show. It's worth a punt, I'd say, even if I am him
In-Person
Comedy

LEAD ME TO THE WEIRD PLACES

DATES
34567910111213
23:45 - 00:30
Carbon – Room 1 (venue 180)
Join The Hermit of Harrogate and their friend Andi (The Jamheds) in a delightful mixture of danger, surrealism, escapology and death. THE northern cult comedy duo who are in no rush to make any money or anything.