NextUp is returning to the Edinburgh Fringe, giving comedy fans everywhere a front-row seat to over 15 of the festival’s most exciting shows - live, uncut and without having to set foot in Edinburgh.

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Highlights this year include three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Chris Cantrill, returning with the mushroom-filled rural revenge story Rewilding; and musical comic Huge Davies, marking ten years of sleeplessness in Sleep Paralysis Princess.

Whether you’re suffering from Fringe FOMO from afar, can’t make it to Edinburgh this year, or simply want to discover brilliant comedy without leaving your sofa, NextUp brings the world’s biggest comedy festival to audiences wherever they are.

NextUp’s Head of Content, Tom Brandt says:

“The Fringe is one of the most exciting places in the world for comedy, but this year especially, the cost of getting to Edinburgh and staying there puts it out of reach for so many people. And even if you make it up for a weekend, you could never see everything you want to. With NextUp, you can get a front-row seat to over 15 brilliant shows, watch live alongside other comedy fans and chat as it all unfolds. It’s about bringing some of that feeling of being at the Fringe to everyone -  wherever they are and whatever might stop them from being there in person.”

The confirmed line-up includes:

• Chris Forbes: Father Christmas

• Milo Edwards: Catamaran

• Katie Boyle: Irish Immigrant

• Adam Flood: Life and Death of the Party

• Amy Matthews: Definitions of Toast

• Andrew White: What a Life!

• Chris Cantrill: Rewilding

• Huge Davies: Sleep Paralysis Princess

• Rachel Fairburn: Vexy Beasts

• Christian Brighty: Outlord (WIP)

• Felicity Ward: I wish I could come out of my shell

• Sarah Roberts: Scary Movie 7

• Tamsyn Kelly: Rat's Ass

• Graham & Steen

• Basil Crumbwick: Soul Sewage

• + more TBC 

The shows will stream live from the Edinburgh Fringe to NextUp from 17th-30th August.

Comedy fans can watch all shows with a £50 Fringe Bundle (£3.30/show!), or get the Fringe plus year-round access to NextUp for £80 a year, including more than 200 on-demand comedy specials and around 60 additional livestreams throughout the year.

An early-bird offer gives fans 20% off both options until 31 July, bringing the Fringe Bundle down to £40 and annual membership to £64

50% of every NextUp membership goes directly to acts and venues. NextUp’s annual membership includes more than 200 on-demand comedy specials and around 80 livestreams throughout the year.