Shame 101 is a breakneck departure from the highbrow, a refreshing ride of pure fun, liberating and disgusting! They’re on at the Gilded Balloon.

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Mickey D, Australia’s Velocity Boy, returns with his award winning foray into all that is shamefull. Stand up comedy of the utterly embarrassing! He’s on at the Gilded Balloon.

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International stand-up poet returns to Edinburgh with wickedly funny new material. The preview clip features a poem about Keith Richard’s recent plunge from a coconut tree. He’s on at the Gilded Balloon.

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The programme says: “When Hannah was seven she stole her brother’s imaginary friend and wrote a book chronicling a dark and traumatic life for her stolen friend. That book turned out to be a blue print for her own journey to adulthood. Can Hannah defeat the dragon? Probably not..” In case that doesn’t help, a clue is that Hannah is a stand up comedian and she’s on at the Gilded balloon.

Apologies for the state of the video, some clown sitting in front of the camera took a whole tray of wine glasses from the waitress and then proceed to spill them over everyone around and in front of him. This resulted in a parade of angry people dressed in 2 tone (red & white wine) shirts/blouses heading for the exit. Waitress service and auditoria don’t mix well!

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Diet of Worms don their trunks, arm-bands and verruca socks to bring you the world’s first aqua sketch comedy – in a swimming pool!  Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately) the preview clip was obtained from dry land.  You’ll need to attend the performance to get the melted ice.  It’s on at Sweet Grassmarket 2: Swiming Pool.

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