Following another hugely successful Fringe programme last year, which included both the Edinburgh Comedy Awards ‘Best Show’ and ‘Best Newcomer’ winners, Monkey Barrel Comedy presents a selection of the most exciting and highly anticipated shows of 2025.
As well as welcoming back Monkey Barrel favourites, this year’s line-up includes many notable additions, with a stellar mix of established names and rising stars.
The 2025 programme continues to showcase outstanding local talent, including Sir Billy Connolly Award winner Rosco McClelland, and the hosts of Some Laugh: Marc Jennings, Stephen Buchanan, and Stuart McPherson. Local favourites, and year-round Monkey Barrel regulars, including Liam Withnail, Christopher Macarthur-Boyd, Krystal Evans, Tamsyn Kelly, and Sam Lake - host of the Monkey Barrel Comedy produced podcast I’ve Had a Rose, Let’s Talk About Feelings - also feature.
The programme features a number of returning MBC favourites such as Pierre Novellie, Vittorio Angelone, Helen Bauer, Olga Koch, and 2024 ‘Best Show’ nominees Josh Glanc and Chris Cantrill. Meanwhile Gianmarco Soresi, Mike Rice, Diona Doherty, Laura Lexx, Jena Friedman, and Sindhu Vee, are among the newcomers to Monkey Barrel’s Fringe roster. The line-up also includes the winners of ‘Best Newcomer’ in 2024 and 2023, respectively, Joe Kent-Walters and Urooj Ashfaq.
Late-night shows remain a key feature of the Monkey Barrel programme, with cult regulars The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society (ACMS) returning to lead the charge. More additions to the popular programme of after-hours pandemonium will be announced in May.
With a programme featuring critically acclaimed acts such as Best Show winner Ahir Shah, Alison Spittle, Celya AB, Desiree Burch, Jamali Maddix, Janine Harouni, Stevie Martin, Sindhu Vee, Stuart Goldsmith, and many more, it’s set to be another stellar Fringe for the multi-award-winning Edinburgh comedy club.
Monkey Barrel Comedy’s first release includes more than 60 shows across 9 venues. Expanding its footprint for 2025, Monkey Barrel is delighted to be adding two spaces at iconic music venue Cabaret Voltaire, in addition to the seven rooms it ran in 2024 (MB1, MB2, MB3, MB4, Hive 1, Hive 2, The Tron).
Tickets are on sale now at edfringe.com
For more info, visit www.monkeybarrelcomedy.com
Alison Spittle: Big
Monkey Barrel 1
Ania Magliano: Work in Progress
Monkey Barrel 1
Christopher Macarthur-Boyd: Howling at the Moon
Monkey Barrel 1
Dan Tiernan: All In
Monkey Barrel 1
Helen Bauer: Bless Her
Monkey Barrel 1
Ian Smith: Foot Spa Half Empty
Monkey Barrel 1
Liam Withnail: Big Strong Boy
Monkey Barrel 1
MC Hammersmith: Hippity Hoppity Get Off My Property
Monkey Barrel 1
Piggy Time
Monkey Barrel 1
Stuart Goldsmith: An Inconvenient Time (WIP)
Monkey Barrel 1
The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society (ACMS)
Monkey Barrel 1
Vittorio Angelone: you can’t Say Nothing any more
Monkey Barrel 1
Alexandra Haddow: Work in Progress
Monkey Barrel 2
Diona Doherty: Get Your Pink Back!
Monkey Barrel 2
Krystal Evans: A Star is Burnt
Monkey Barrel 2
Laura Davis: Despair is Beneath Us
Monkey Barrel 2
Lily Phillips: Crying
Monkey Barrel 2
Lou Wall: The Fifth Wall
Monkey Barrel 2
Pat Cahill presents St Julian's Social Club
Monkey Barrel 2
Robin Morgan: Let's Overshare! (Work in Progress)
Monkey Barrel 2
Stephen Buchanan: Cold Meat
Monkey Barrel 2
Tom Cashman: 2 Truths, 1 Lie and 17 Slight Exaggerations
Monkey Barrel 2
Ahir Shah: Work in Progress
Monkey Barrel 3
Desiree Burch: The Golden Wrath
Monkey Barrel 3
Gianmarco Soresi: The Drama King Tour
Monkey Barrel 3
Jamali Maddix: Aston
Monkey Barrel 3
Janine Harouni: This Is What You Waited For
Monkey Barrel 3
Larry Dean: Work in Progress
Monkey Barrel 3
Pierre Novellie: You Sit There, I’ll Stand Here
Monkey Barrel 3
Sindhu Vee: Work-in-Progress
Monkey Barrel 3
Stevie Martin: clout
Monkey Barrel 3
The Big Show
Monkey Barrel 3
Funz and Gamez rebootz
Monkey Barrel 4
Marc Jennings: Bread and Circuses
Monkey Barrel 4
Mike Rice: A Cruel Little Man
Monkey Barrel 4
Phil Ellis: Soppy Stern
Monkey Barrel 4
Urooj Ashfaq: It's Funny to Me
Monkey Barrel 4
Carl Donnelly: Another Round
Hive 1
Celya AB: Work in Progress
Hive 1
Eleanor Conway: No Phones in the Hot Tub
Hive 1
Jena Friedman: Motherf*cker
Hive 1
Morgan Rees: Work in Progress
Hive 1
Sally-Anne Hayward: Older. Bolder.
Hive 1
Ed Night: Your Old Mucker
Hive 2
Elliot Steel: Guard
Hive 2
Eric Rushton
Hive 2
Johnny White Really-Really: am/pm
Hive 2
Zara Gladman is… Aileen: Cameron’s Gap Year Fundraiser
Hive 2
Gareth Waugh – Waugh In Progress (WIP)
The Tron
Oliver Coleman: The Ballad of Oliver Coleman
The Tron
Sam Lake: You're Joking!? Not Another One!
The Tron
Stuart Laws Does Stand-up Comedy for an Hour
The Tron
Stuart Laws Is Stuck
The Tron
Susan Riddell: How Do You Sleep at Night?
The Tron
Joe Kent-Walters is Frankie Monroe: DEAD!!! (Good Fun Time)
CabVol 1
Laura Lexx: Slinky
CabVol 1
Lucy Pearman: Lunartic
CabVol 1
Olga Koch: WIP
CabVol 1
Ria Lina: Riabellion
CabVol 1
Rosco Mcclelland: How Could Hell Be Any Worse?
CabVol 1
Stuart McPherson: Crisps and a Lie Down
CabVol 1
Andrew White: Young, Gay and a Third Thing
CabVol 2
Ayo Adenekan: Black Mediocrity
CabVol 2
Chris Cantrill: Rewilding (WIP)
CabVol 2
Jamie D'Souza: Brownie
CabVol 2
Molly McGuinness: Slob
CabVol 2
Priya Hall: Reckless Abandon
CabVol 2
Tamsyn Kelly: Hot Titty Bungalow
CabVol 2
