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"Be Good!" with Paulette0 Ambition - A Jew Running the Numbers0 BC: Before Crisis1 Big Oops1 Hour of Insane Magic1 Pill 2 Pill, Red Pill Blue Pill: A Matrix Parody Musical1 in 2 Men Think They Could Land A Plane - Could You?100 Million Fish in the Aquarium100% Badgers 2: Badgers vs Hedgehogs with Matt Hobs100% Badgers with Matt Hobs101 Rules for a Better World (by Comedians)10A: The Fitting Room150% Masala Comedy Showcase1979: Persianality Disorder2 Muslim 2 Furious 3: Sharia? I Hardly Know Her!2 Slut Drops and a Chicken Burger2 Truths, 1 Lie2050: A Manifesto3 Labours: A Hercules Panto4 Better or 4 Worse44 Minutes5 Comedians Do Comedy and Karaoke58 To GoA Bunch of Characters - Hugo HayesA Cat in a BoxA Clown's LullabyA Complete Idiot's Guide to New ZealandA Different Kind of HeartbreakA Highly Suspect Murder Mystery: ABBAsolute MurderA Murder Mystery Musical - The Detective's DemiseA STAN IS BORN! - EncoreA Seance Spectacular with the Mystical Medium Wolf Sisters from the Great White NorthALOK: Eat Pray LeaveAaagony AuntsAbi Carter-Simpson and Joe McTernan: Stand-up CoupleAbsolutely! One-Liner Jokes!Adam Bromley: HyperconnectedAdele Cliff's Topical Early Late Show With Adele CliffAdrian Minkowicz: Latin AmericaAdults Only Magic ShowAfter Careful ConsiderationAhir Shah: GoldenAidan Greene: Stuttermilk PancakesAlan Bissett: The Red HourglassAlan Jay: Hell Hath No Humour Like a Gayboy ScornedAlastair Clark: On The RecordAlex Camp: Dopamine RatAlexander Bennett: All It TakesAlexis Sakellaris: CHILD STAR (Work in Progress)Alfie Moore: Fair Cop - Live!Ali Brice: This Is The Way We Brush Our TeethAlice Fraser: Oh Man!Alice Keys: Rocket FanAlready HereAmerican Assholes: Escape to EdinburghAmong the PigeonsAmy Webber: Joy RideAn Asexual Show About Cunnilingus by Eliott SimpsonAn Audience with Charles MansonAn Audience with Virginia Woolf: Writing One's MindAn Evening with Gerald Lloyd-DaviesAn Opportunity in KindAn Unbiased Afternoon with Allaster McKallasterAnd The Little One SaidAndrew Frost: Just Let Me Have ThisAndrew White: What a Life!Anime-Zing Kids!Anime-Zing! Game ShowAnna Thomas: How to Juggle a FerretAnnabelle James: AnnabalismAnnie Boyle: To All The Boys I've Loved BeforeAnnie Wobbler (Revisited)Aoife Dunne: Good GriefAshley Haden: Genocidal Liberal 2, Electric BoogalooAugust McEachern: Be My FriendAyoade Bamgboye: Swings And RoundaboutsBaby EverythingBaby Lame: Hit Me Baby One More Lame!Bachelors of Fine ArtsBad Magicians - Improv to Make You FeelBebe Cave: SwoonBeetleManiaBen Hart: The LabyrinthBiff to the FutureBig DogBig Naked Comedy ShowBig StuffBig Tobacco's PinocchioBlackjack! (and other ways to get lucky) in Your Parents' BasementBlip Barp: An Alien Love StoryBlissBob Koomen: PearBrainwashedBrew HillBrickBride To BeBritain's Got NonsenseBritney: Holy Mackerel!Bron Lewis: ChaosBróccán Tyzack-Carlin: Good News! It's Been DestroyedBuddha vs JesusBurning Down the HorseBush! The MusicalCADET KELLY IS THE BEST MOVIE I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY FRIGGIN LIFECAKE: A Crime of LoveCIRCLECROWD WORKCRUSHCSI: Crime Scene ImprovisationCVNTCabbage the Clown: CinemadromeCaitriona Dowden: Sesh HeadCameltonCelia Pacquola - Gift HorseCeline Kuklowsky: Bed BoyCelya AB: We Must Stop Meeting Like ThisChloe Jacobs: Twilight: Breaking DownChris Forbes: Father ChristmasChris Grace: 88%Chris Martin Lied To UsChristian Dart: GUMSHOE!Citizen ChenCliveCluedoCoco's Art History Comedy Highlights TourColin Cloud: HoaxCome As You AreConfessions Of A Mulatto Love ChildCount Binface: Face of the EstablishmentCouplet: Folk Marry KillCraig Hill: You're Not Even Safe Up the Back!Craig Hill: You're Not Even Safe Up the Back!Craig Speirs: Problem ChildCrash CourseCreepy Boys: SLUGSCricket & The FreebugsCruisingCrying At My PodiatristCultDADDY ISSUESDESPERATE WEE GAY BOYDan Lees and Tom Curzon: The Sonic Joy OrchestraDane Buckley: DarlingDaniel Downie: AlbaDaniel Foxx: How Lovely.Daniel Kitson: ThrumDanny O'Brien: Sure Look, Be Grand.Darren Gaffney: The Full GaffneyDarryl J Carrington: Out of the BoxDave Chawner: Dry HumourDavid Correos: Noise ZealandDavid Elms Describes a RoomDavid Hoare: How To Live To 100David Tsonos: Club ComedianDavro's Back! Bobby DavroDeckhandDelugeDelusions and GrandeurDetective HeartbreakDiana: The Untold and Untrue StoryDiary of a DL TradeDid You Hear What I Saw?Do Not Attempt This ConversationDo You Wanna Go?Doing Time with LaviniaDom McGovern: Prize HogDon Quixote (Is a Very Big Book)Don Toberman: Ping-Pong ChampDragon TalesDreamgun Film ReadsDru Cripps: Juicy BitsEd Gaughan: The EmperorEightEle McKenzie: Bringing It All Back HomeElouise Eftos: AphroditeEm Stroud: Navigating LifeEmily Wilson: Escape from AmericaEmma Doran: EmmaculateEmmanuel Sonubi: What's Next? (WIP)Endgame by Samuel BeckettEnrico Touché: Hot KneesEric Lampaert: Zero Minus OneEric's Tales of the Sea - A Submariner's YarnEryn Tett: Tasting MenuEvaldas Karosas: A Very Capable ManEverybody's Got a BombExcel Comedy and Mathem-anticsFUCCBOIS: LIVE IN CONCERTFarndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society's Production of MacbethFatiha El-Ghorri: Cockney Stacking DollFelicity Ward: I Wish I Could Come Out of My ShellFeral DaydreamsFil Milton... Is a One-Liner ComedianFiona Allen: White LiesFly, You Fools!Francisco de NataFrank Sanazi: A Little Bit of History Re-PutinFrankie Thompson: Horrible ThingsFreya Parker: An Hour Of Decay!FriendliestFrisky's Remix RouletteFriz Frizzle: A Certain AppealFruit FliesFurniture BoysGabey Lucas: Check Out This Potato That Looks Like a Beluga WhaleGag WriterGagula: The Panto with Teeth!Gail Porter: PortergeistGarrett Millerick: We Tried it Your WayGarry Starr: Classic PenguinsGeoff Norcott: Basic Bloke 2 - There's No Bloke Without FireGeorge, Don't Do That... The Joy of Joyce GrenfellGerry Carroll: YoungGirlbosses and BillionairesGirlfriendsGiro BabyGlenn & FlennGolden Beryl: Special OblivionGood GirlGood Pill HuntingGoodbye Horses: An Unauthorised Solo Retelling of The Silence of the LambsGrace Campbell: The Lady Is a TrampGrace Jarvis: Getting Dragged Backwards Through a HedgeGrace Mulvey: GiganticaGraham and SteenGrandma's ShopGuilt FreeGuys Sing DollsGyles Brandreth: Up Memory Lane!HadidHajar, Like BadgerHamlet: The MusicalHanna Shammas Takes It To HeartHannah Byczkowski: KillerHappiest I've Ever BeenHappyHarriet Dyer: Easily Distra...Harry Jun: Inside Jokes, Outside VoiceHaving a Baby - The Sh!t They Don't Tell You in BooksHeated Rivalry: The Musical Parody!Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical ParodyHeist: How to Steal a MasterpieceHelp!! My Baby's Not GothHendrik Quast: Spill Your GutsHenry VIII and His GroomHere Comes AlmostHoani Hoani Hoani Must Be Funny in a Rich Man's WorldHolmes/ShahHomunculusHonkersHope This Helps!How To Feel FeelingsHow to Poop in an Outhouse at -58°CHudson Hughes: At Your ServiceHuge Davies: Sleep Paralysis PrincessI AM JOHNNYI Almost Died for This?! (A love story. Sort of.)I Am Going to Reveal Something Personal About MyselfI Bought a Flip PhoneI Think I'm Turning Japanese (I Really Think So, Not!)If Aliens Attack, I'd Die FirstIf We Really Were WitchesIf You Let Me SpeakIl canto dell'assioloImogen Andrews: The Unlikeable WormsImprobotics Presents: Artificial RealityImpromptunes - The Completely Improvised MusicalImprov Comedy with Box of FrogsIn A Bad WayIn Butter (WIP)In the BlackIntroductionsIrish Comedy HeadlinersIs This Your First Crime?Isabelle Glinn On IceIt's A Struggle Coming OutJack Ansett: Looks Like A Bit Of Me!Jack Docherty: ButterflyJack Off The BeanstalkJack Whitehall: Work in ProgressJacob Hatton: RuinsJacuzzi by TwilightJames Barr: Sorry I Hurt Your Son (Said My Ex to My Mum)James Gardner: Good AfternoonJames Trickey: SplitJamie Kilstein: Can't Tie KnotsJamie Leonard: Blink of an EyeJamie Wolf: PsychoJanuary 6th the MusicalJason Byrne: 30 Years ByrningJellyfishJeromaia Detto: Giuseppe's Love QuestJess Carrivick: For Your ConsiderationJimmy Rees: In Reel LifeJoe Sib: Aggie - A Comedy About MomsJohn Robertson's The Dark RoomJohn Tothill: This Must Be HeavenJohn-Luke Roberts: What I Talk About When I Run About, TalkingJonathan Rudge: Stay at Home SonJordan Brookes: The Part of You That's Always ScreamingJuliette Burton: Villain EraJust WilliamJustin Elizabeth Sayre Is a 40-Year-Old WomanJustina Seselskaite: SettledKEVIN!!!!!Kanpur: 1857Katie Pritchard is Sir Elton SconeKeeley Hazell: Everyone's Seen My TitsKevin! [The Musical]Kiell Smith-Bynoe's Kool Story BroKillian Sundermann: Killian Dollar BabyKim Blythe: PuzzleKristen Schaal: The Legend of Crystal ShellLOLyamorous: A Speed-Dating Comedy ShowLast LaughLast OrdersLaughing Horse Clean Pick of the FringeLawrence Dodd: This Can't Be ItLeviathan X AsmodeusLiberace and Liza - A TributeLikewiseLilla Multipass: Woman(33)Linus Karp Was Hit With An UmbrellaLisa! The Mona Lisa MusicalLiz Bains: Born To Be MildLizzy Hoo - Says Hoo?Lizzy SunshineLorna Ní Shúilleabháin: Barefoot Before GodLost in TranslationLove Did a Number on MeLove's Labour's FoundLucas Jefcoate: If I'm Not Somebody, I'm NobodyLucy Best: UnbelievableLudwig: Unfinished BusinessMAJENIN - A Palestinian Love StoryMAN!FEST: The Drag Boyband MusicalMC Hammersmith: Ice Ice Nepo BabyMIND ER3CTIONMadame Chandelier's Grand Theft OperaMagners Share the Craic presents Ashlee Bentley: WallflowerMaia Tassalini: I Was 22 and StunningMaking Love with David MagidoffMama G: The Magic BookmarkMario Adrion: Live a LittleMark Dean Quinn: Tries To Walk Towards A Flip ChartMark Silcox: Gold Trading Sucks, I Lost Everything.Mark Simmons: Jokes At NoonMark Steel: What The F*** Is Going On?Mates Rates - The Golden Age BeginsMatt Forde: Project Holy MolyMatt Winning: SolastalgiaMax Fulham's Monkey BusinessMax Fulham: Memory FoamMax Olesker: Making the CutMegasquirt: Fully LoadedMichael Brunström: William Tell vs the AlgorithmMichael John Ciszewski: Mother, SuperiorMichael McPheat is BRUTAL!Michael Shafar: InappropriateMidsummer!MilkdrunkMina Liccione: ArabizedMomme DommeMortal SinMotorwayMoving On: A New MusicalMr Chonkers: Work in ChonkersMrs Gary BreathMurder, She Didn't WriteMy Beautiful Brain!My Date with Pierce BrosnanMy Life Is a SonnetMy Name is Spring Day and Other Stupid FactsNathan Cassidy: From the AshesNestingNever Let Go: An Unauthorised Retelling of James Cameron's TitanicNina's C*nti CabaretNo Hard FelixNoah Szto - Med SchoolNocturnal Is The New SexyNot Another Quiz NightNotedNotes: The Comedy B-SidesNothing PersonalNuns!OctopusOf Mice And MenOlaf Falafel Presents: I Used to Work in a Helium Balloon Factory Until they Let Me GoOlaf Falafel's Stupidest Super Stupid Show: This Time It's Stupider!Olivia Xing: Baby of ColourOllie West: Discovery (WIP)Omar Badawy: Guided DetourOne Man Poe: The Business Man and The Case of M. ValdemarOther PeopleOtto & Astrid: The Stages TourOtuz BirPaddy Young: Will Sir Be Laughing Alone?Paper Cuts (and other small tragedies)Parasocial ActivityParkiesParking Spot: The Musical!Paul Dennis: Title Explained In Blurb - The Musical. Well... sort of.Paul McDaniel: Harder Better Faster Paul-erPaul Merton and Suki Webster's Improv ShowPersonaPhil Nichol: Aren't We LuckyPhil Nichol: The Naked RacistPhuckets and RainbowsPickle-Based Game Show - Crunchy, Briny and ChaoticPierre Novellie: Okay, One More Then BedtimePimm's Without the CucumberPlanoPolice Cops in SpaceQueer DiaryQuentin Blake's Mrs Armitage on WheelsR/evolution(s)REDACTED: The Cover-Up of a Cover-Up of a Cover-UpRachel Baker Presents: Gwen - This is Not a Pyramid SchemeRachel Fairburn: Vexy BeastsRamsey Smith: Keep the ReceiptRapGPT: MacshaneRattlepole! An Improv Shakespeare ShowRay O'Leary: I Can See O'Leary Now The Ray Has GoneReformerRhino Conservation Erotic NovelRhys James: Chop LogicRichard Pulsford: Gold Fashioned JokesRight That's It (I've Had Enough)Rip Her to ShredsRizal Van Geyzel: ArrestedRob Kemp: BeatlesjuiceRob Moriarty: Sick in the HeadRockpoolsRoger O'Sullivan: Divil May CryRory Bremner: Making an ImpressionRosalie Minnitt: Clementine 2Roses To The LivingRosie Holt: The Illegal Aliens Have Landed!Rosie Jones: I Can't Tell What She's SayingRowan Hackett: BrewedRuaridh Miller - Autocorrect Thinks My Name is "Rubbish"Ruby Wax: Absolutely FamousRyan Cullen: Cullen Me SoftlySTAYSad BrideSadia Azmat: RapismSam Morrison: DUCKSam Nicoresti: Baby DoomerSamantha Day: I've Started So I'll FinishSami Abu-Wardeh: Palestine - Peace de ResistanceSansha: To Be Fair To MeSapphire McIntosh - Squeaky Bum TimeSara Pascoe: For One Night OnlySarah Roberts: Scary Movie 7Sasha Nezlobin: I'm FineSashi Perera - Pear TreeSecrets Secrets Shhh!See You TomorrowSelina Mosinski: Puss in Boots - A Working Class Fairy TaleSex! with Becky FurySexatronSeymour Mace Is Covered In Stickers!ShaggersShakeItUp: The Improvised Shakespeare ShowShakespeare x 5ShamaniacShamilton! The Improvised Hip-Hop MusicalShane Daniel Byrne: Baby This TimeShe BurnsShe/TheyShhh! (A Wordless Comedy)Shoot From The HipShowstopper! The Improvised MusicalShrink Wrapped: A Psychologist Analyses Comedians LiveSilly Goose!Simon Amstell: I Love It HereSimon Evans: Shadow PlaySimon MunnerySims Holland: Learning to HumanSin-EatersSitting (In Silence)Slim for LifeSlugageddon!SnowSodom, The Quintessence of DebaucherySoft SpotSolo from the PitSophia Wren: The Best Girl in the WorldSophie Garrad: A Period DramaSpace In BetweenSpinQueen™Stand Up If You're Here TonightStar Wars: The Next GenerationSteak OutStefania Licari: I Can Make You Italian in 55 MinutesStephen Catling: Clown Fish Out Of WaterStories From the Office of a Sex DungeonStruan Logan: Chaotic GoodStuart Mitchell - Solo ShowSupport GroupSweaty ClownsSydnee Washington: My Black Barbie StoryTO BE FRANKTaiwan Season: Birthday PartyTake CareTale of the Firebird – Concerto for Violin, Fire & Acrobatic OrchestraTamsyn Kelly: Rat's AssTamsyn Kelly: Rat's AssTap Out! (Or I'll Hit You Again)Tasmin Sarkany: Now That's What I Call Bach!Temi Wilkey: Lover GirlTen Thousand HoursTexas Annie: The Legend of the Moan RangerThat's AceThe Best Comedy Magic Show You'll See in the Next 45 Minutes (Probably) at the Free Fringe 2026The Bob Ross EffectThe BrushThe Cambridge Footlights Tour Show 2026The CandidatesThe Cheesecake Burlesque RevueThe Crimes of PeteThe Cut of Her JibThe Double G Comedy RodeoThe Dream MachineThe EventThe Frank Carson StoryThe Gay DivorceThe Ghost of White Hart LaneThe Good, The Bad and The AlmightyThe Guilty FeministThe Horse of JeninThe HypochondriacThe Improv All StarsThe Italians in EnglandThe Jolly FishermanThe Kaye Hole Hosted by Reuben KayeThe Lady Doth ProtestThe Last DropThe Last Funny WomanThe Last Mad ManThe Man Who Said Too MuchThe Manchester RevueThe Meeples: XXXThe Most ToastThe New YearThe Pigeon FactoryThe Political Party with Matt FordeThe ProblemThe ProposalThe Real Housewives of the Zombie ApocalypseThe ReunionThe Rise and Fall of a Mormon Homecoming PrincessThe Spectacular Vermin Sisters: Taking Back What's Ratfully OursThe Stand at W EdinburghThe Séance Starter Kit™The Tamer Tamed or, The Woman's PrizeThe Thinking Drinkers' Great British Pub RideThe Tom Brace Magic HourThe Umbrella Man: What We Talk About When We Talk About the JFK AssassinationThe UnderstudyThe Unwilling AccompliceThe Vagina MonologuesThe Vampire RunThe Van Gogh ShoghThe Wolf of PoyaisThe Woman in the MirrorThis Is How I Got Arrested...This Little Thing of OursThis Year I Am Going To DieThunderstruckTilly Fletcher: TelevisionTim Biglowe: PlonkaToastTom Ballard: Be Funny Challenge (Impossible)Tom Evans: All You Weed Is LoveTom Neenan: Portrait of a Tom as a Young NeenanTom Read Wilson: A-Z of MeTom Short: I Get ChatGPT To Write My Edinburgh ShowTom Stade RulesTom Towelling Teaches You to KnitTony Cantwell: You Cry WeirdTrans People Are AwfulTrial by JuryTurn the Screw, Tickety-BooTweedy's Massive Solo ShowTwo Little PigsTwonkey's Soft December Night in TallahasseeUlysses of ScrantonUnder the InfluenceVan Gogh & MeVery CheapVery FunnyWE ARE IANWEBBER!WENCHWaiting for WonkaWar of the Worlds (On a Budget)We Have a DreamWe've Got TimeWerewolfWhat Are You Doing After The Orgy?What Happens in the DarkWhat's Rotting in the Office Fridge?Whatever Happened To That Guy?When We Were YoungWild Wild ChristianWill & Noah: Dinner Dinner Chicken WinnerWill Adamsdale: AI, AI, Oh... (Or How I Wrote a Hit Sitcom with ChatGPT But We're Not Talking Now)Will BF: Moon Team IIIVWill Davies: Heroic ScaleWisardWoman Seeking CuddlesYou Are What You EatYou Straights Are F**ked Up!You Talkin' to Us?You and Me (and Whoever Comes Next)You're Not My Mum!Yvette Segan: Guy's GirlZoe Brownstone: How To Be Happy All The Timehame. teeth. CLUB.
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