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ANNA MANN + HOLLY BURN @ Upper Lounge
Apr 23 @ 7:30pm – 10:15pm
7:30pm
A double-bill of Edinburgh comedy previews. ANNA MANN Actress, Singer, Welder (got to have a back up) looks back at her life with some of her loveliest husbands. “A masterclass in character comedy” **** (Time[...]
SARA PASCOE + LULU POPPLEWELL @ Upper Lounge
Apr 24 @ 7:30pm – 10:15pm
7:30pm
PLEASE NOTE: The show scheduled for 27th March will now be taking place in July (date to be confirmed). The show scheduled for 24th April may also be postponed; please watch this space. New work-in-progress[...]
SIMON CAINE + MATT PRICE @ Upper Lounge
Apr 26 @ 7:00pm – 9:30pm
7:00pm
A double-bill of Edinburgh comedy previews. SIMON CAINE An award-winning comedian whose fourth solo show sold out and got a 5-star review at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe. He has since taken it on tourall over[...]
ANGELA BARNES + CHARLIE BAKER @ Upper Lounge
Apr 28 @ 7:30pm – 10:15pm
7:30pm
A double-bill of Edinburgh comedy previews. ANGELA BARNES Since winning the BBC New Comedy Award in 2011, Angela – who used to run the Caroline’s Funnier Farm comedy club – has seen her career rocket.[...]
SIMON BRODKIN + CHLOE PETTS @ Upper Lounge
Jun 4 @ 7:30pm – 10:15pm
7:30pm
A double-bill of Edinburgh comedy previews. SIMON BRODKIN Probably best known for his arena-filling character Lee Nelson, Simon is also renowned as a risk-taking prankster, having interrupted Kanye West at Glastonbury, Theresa May at her[...]
IVO GRAHAM + PHIL JERROD @ Upper Lounge
Jun 16 @ 7:30pm – 10:15pm
7:30pm
A double-bill of Edinburgh comedy previews. IVO GRAHAM The politest guy in comedy, Ivo has become a fixture at the Edinburgh Fringe, Soho Theatre and, increasingly, on TV, having recently been seen on Roast Battle[...]
ADAM HESS + PIERRE NOVELLIE @ Upper Lounge
Jun 18 @ 7:30pm – 10:15pm
7:30pm
A double-bill of Edinburgh comedy previews. ADAM HESS With one of the fastest mouths in the business, you get a lot more than your money’s worth when Adam Hess is on stage! As seen on[...]
CARL DONNELLY + ROB AUTON @ Upper Lounge
Jun 30 @ 7:30pm – 10:15pm
7:30pm
A double-bill of Edinburgh comedy previews. CARL DONNELLY Carl’s conversational, silly sense of humour has seen him win a host of awards, including Chortle Best Club Comedian 2017, and he’s been described as an “Observational[...]
JOHN KEARNS + JONNY AND THE BAPTISTS @ Upper Lounge
Jul 2 @ 7:30pm – 10:15pm
7:30pm
A double-bill of Edinburgh comedy previews. JOHN KEARNS The only act to have won the Edinburgh Comedy Awards for both Best Show and Best Newcomer, John has since added two Melbourne Barry Awards to his[...]
SEAN McLOUGHLIN + FIN TAYLOR @ Upper Lounge
Jul 6 @ 7:30pm – 10:15pm
7:30pm
A double-bill of Edinburgh comedy previews. SEAN McLOUGHLIN Ricky Gervais’s regular tour support act is back with another hour of angst-fuelled hilarity, following his sell-out 2018 show, Hail Mary. “Fizzing with ideas, intensity and bloody[...]
ROSIE JONES + ANNE EDMONDS @ Upper Lounge
Jul 7 @ 7:30pm – 10:15pm
7:30pm
A double-bill of work-in-progress and Edinburgh comedy previews. ROSIE JONES After a second sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe, “wickedly funny” (List) Rosie Jones returns with a brand new show, packed with jokes, mischief and[...]
JESSICA FOSTEKEW + ESTHER MANITO @ Upper Lounge
Jul 8 @ 7:30pm – 10:15pm
7:30pm
A double-bill of Edinburgh comedy previews. JESSICA FOSTEKEW Jess was nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award last year for Hench, her stand-up show about having a baby son who’s a misogynist, and going to the[...]
MIKE WOZNIAK + MAISIE ADAM @ Upper Lounge
Jul 13 @ 7:30pm – 10:15pm
7:30pm
A double-bill of Edinburgh comedy previews. MIKE WOZNIAK Best known for playing Brian in Greg Davies’s sitcom Man Down, Mike is is a writer, actor, director and comedian who’s returning to the stand-up stage for[...]
LUCY PORTER + ROB KEMP @ Upper Lounge
Jul 14 @ 7:30pm – 10:15pm
7:30pm
A double-bill of Edinburgh comedy previews. LUCY PORTER A true Fringe veteran, Lucy is preparing to take her 16th show up to the 2020 festival. She’s a familiar voice on Radio 4 panel shows, and[...]
DAVID TERRENCE: CHEEKY TRICKSTER @ Upper Lounge
Jul 15 @ 7:45pm – 9:00pm
7:45pm
Come and join the Cheeky Trickster for an hour of hilarious and mind frying tricks! Performing over 200 professional shows throughout the year David Terrence will be previewing his awesome one man comedy magic show[...]
MATT FORDE + SOPHIE DUKER @ Upper Lounge
Jul 16 @ 7:30pm – 10:15pm
7:30pm
A double-bill of Edinburgh comedy previews. MATT FORDE One of political comedy’s most astute satirists and impressionists, Matt is known for his four series of Unspun with Matt Forde, on Dave. He was one of[...]
ELF LYONS + JENNY COLLIER @ Upper Lounge
Jul 21 @ 7:30pm – 10:15pm
7:30pm
A double-bill of Edinburgh comedy previews. ELF LYONS A nominee for the Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality, clown, comdian, writer and actor Elf got 2020 off to a bang with her spooky Vault Festival[...]
MERYL O’ROURKE + JOHN HASTINGS @ Upper Lounge
Jul 27 @ 7:30pm – 10:15pm
7:30pm
A double-bill of Edinburgh comedy previews. MERYL O’ROURKE In her youth, Meryl (one of Frankie Boyle’s regular co-writers) was called all sorts of fruity names and revelled in terribly bad behaviour. But how does that[...]
JAYDE ADAMS + GARRETT MILLERICK @ Upper Lounge
Jul 28 @ 7:30pm – 10:15pm
7:30pm
A double-bill of Edinburgh comedy previews. JAYDE ADAMS Like many white people before her, Jayde has travelled the world absorbing cultures on a journey of self-discovery, but the Adams bloodline has only ever resided in[...]
SOOZ KEMPNER + MAT EWINS @ Upper Lounge
Jul 29 @ 7:30pm – 10:15pm
7:30pm
A double-bill of Edinburgh comedy previews. SOOZ KEMPNER Sonic the Hedgehog obsessive Sooz Kempner stormed the Caroline last year with a surprise Brighton Fringe show, and then went viral with her Twitter threads about her[...]