fringe PREVIEW SEASON 2026

Sunday 7th June 2026 at The Gaffe Comedy Club

Back in the saddle and ready to gallop towards the horizon of his imagination, join Rob Copland for a work in progress showing of his latest comedy offering.

Winner, Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2024 The Victoria Wood Award. Winner Chortle Awards 2025 Comedians Comedian.

“Copland has real star power.” (The Times ★★★★)

"A virtuoso of silliness." (Chortle ★★★★★)

"One of British comedies best kept secrets" (The Guardian ★★★★)

Sunday 7th June at The Robin Hood

Everyone has an opinion about the best songs ever recorded but Marc Burrows, comedian, music journalist, best-selling author, and man who has thought about this way too much, has the answers. Join him as he counts down the ten greatest records in history: authoritatively, definitively and almost certainly incorrectly.

A warm, funny show about music, memory and the songs that have no business meaning as much to you as they do. 

“Joyful” - Sunday Times 

★★★★★ Starburst

★★★★★ ThreeWeeks

Monday 8th June at The Gaffe Comedy Club

Magners invites you to discover the next breakthrough comedian at a night of live stand-up comedy and big laughs as part of Share The Craic – a nationwide search for emerging comedy talent.

Each heat is a comedy showcase, featuring a line-up of emerging comedians performing in front of a live audience and judging panel. The comedians are competing for an opportunity to perform with Underbelly at the Edinburgh Fringe 2026.

Tuesday 9th June at The Gaffe comedy Club

Ted Hill invites you inside his strange and chaotic mind. Expect high energy jokes, ridiculous visual effects, and (funny) graphs. Ted’s always been weird, but now he has a new puzzle to solve: what kind of weird does he want to be? You’ll never see a sillier slideshow. 

Britain’s Got Talent Golden Buzzer 2026, ISH Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show Nominee 2024, British Comedy Guide Recommended Show 2022, 2024, 2025. 

“Genuinely hilarious” - Broadway Baby

Sunday 14th June 2026 at The Robin Hood

In her debut hour, Anna recounts tales of hibernation, loss and what to do when life gives you ferrets. This show is a work in progress.

Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award.

Finalist of the Sean Lock Comedy Award.

Co-host of the Early Worms podcast with Phil Ellis.

From BBC Radio 4’s One Person Found This Helpful, Live From the UK, Kiri’s Comedy Club, BBC One’s Stand-Up Comedy Awards and BBC Wales' What Just Happened.

'Whatever planet she’s from, they know funny' ★★★★ (Chortle.co.uk).

'Welsh delight' (Skiddle.com).

Friday 19th June at The Gaffe Comedy Club

Following five acclaimed shows, an Edinburgh Fringe Award Nomination, and an Emmy long-listed Amazon Prime special, Jayde Adams returns to stand up with a brand new show!

One of the most distinctive voices in British comedy, Jayde has spent the last few years selling out tours, appearing on some of the UK’s biggest television shows and building a reputation as a performer with complete command of a room.

This is a rare chance to see new material being developed live on stage for the first time since 2022.

Sunday 28th June 2026 at The Gaffe Comedy Club

Should you know about your dad's seduction techniques? In 2025 Milo Edwards found a box of old letters in the back of his late Mother's wardrobe.

Catamaran is a show about his parents and the letters they wrote and the 1980s — what remains of a human life, what's torn out, what happens if that life was surprisingly horny... and whatever happened to Jim Lock's catamaran? 

'A formidable stand-up force' (Comedy.co.uk). 'One of the UK's smartest, most vital stand-ups' (Chortle.co.uk). 'Near perfect' ★★★★★ (TheWeeReview.com). 'Must surely go onwards and upwards' ★★★★ (Telegraph).

Sunday 28th June 2026 at The Gaffe Comedy Club

Raj Poojara: Dice

Raj Poojara grew up in a Ugandan-Indian household where career advice was less 'follow your dreams' and more 'don't embarrass the family'. In DICE, he explores what happens when life feels pre-rolled.

Roger O’Sullivan: Work in Progress

Ambition is a mortal sin — or so Roger O'Sullivan was taught growing up in rural Ireland. But with the Irish identity trending and authenticity all the rage, in 2026, perhaps the real nepotism is being a peasant boy who can tell a few funny stories.

Nominee: Best Newcomer Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2025. Winner: Best Newcomer Comedian's Choice Award 2025. 'Talents like O'Sullivan don't come around very often' (Rolling Stone).

Sunday 28th June 2026 at The Robin Hood

Lou Wall is a multi-award-winning comedian, composer and content creator known for their genre-defying, politically savvy, and musically driven comedy.

In 2023, Lou won the prestigious Moosehead Award and premiered Lou Wall vs The Internet at Melbourne Fringe and Edinburgh—going on to win Best of the Festival at the 2024 Sydney Comedy Festival and earning a nomination for Most Outstanding Show at the 2024 Melbourne Comedy Festival for their show "The Bisexual's Lament".

In 2025, Breaking the Fifth Wall opened to critical acclaim with a Melbourne Comedy Festival Award nomination.

On-screen, Lou has written and performed on ABC’s WTFAQ (2023), and appeared in ABC America’s Reef Break and ABC Australia’s FISK.

Wednesday 1st July 2026 at The Gaffe Comedy Club

Amy Webber: Joy Ride

Are you ready to get taken for a ride? Come and spend an hour with one of Britain’s most lovable musical comedians and leave with a spring in your step

Winner of the Musical Comedy Awards (2021) and ‘Best stand up’ at Manchester Fringe (2023) .

“Joyful" The Telegraph
“Hilarious… laugh-a-minute” North West End
“Divinely constructed comedy” Playbill

Maia Tassalini: I Was 22 and Stunning

Ever served so hard you almost toppled a government?

In her debut hour, BBC New Comedian of the Year finalist and Pleasance Comedy Reserve alum Maia Tassalini channels the muse (Monica Lewinsky) to boldly ask the question on everyone's lips: is there anything more cursed than being 22 and stunning?

'Maia is a natural. Born to do it. Unreal!' Shaparak Khorsandi

Sunday 5th July 2026 at The Robin Hood

James Trickey (Leicester Festival Best New Show Nominee) and Ted Milligan (Leicester Festival Attendee). Winners of the UK Leicester Square Sketch-off. 'Old fashioned sketching… so quick and funny' (Chortle). 'Fast-paced humour with a bit of youthful charm' (Beyond The Joke). 'Joyously Stupid' (Morning Star Online). 'Genius sketches' (Longstaff Reviews).

Monday 6th July at The Gaffe Comedy Club

After a SELL OUT show at The Bristol Comedy Festival, Paul Hilleard is bringing a preview of his Edinburgh Fringe debut to The Gaffe Comedy Club one final time before the fringe!

BBC New Comedian of the Year 2024, Channel 4 Sean Lock Finalist 2025, Winner of Chortle Hotshots 2026, debuts this Fringe! Hailing from Pontypridd in the South-Welsh Valleys, Paul shares experiences of growing up in a deprived area. Expect dry oddball observations from the Valleys and beyond!

Sunday 19th July 2026 at The Robin Hood

Say hello to a horrid bloke. Award-winning late-night villainy from an uncomfortable mind. 'I was in danger of throwing up from laughing' (Tim Harding, Chortle.co.uk). 'A virtuoso display of comic writing' (Steve Bennett, Chortle.co.uk). Winner of Sketch-Off 2025. Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year finalist.

Wednesday 22nd July 2026 at The Gaffe Comedy Club

A work in progress of a new hour of stand-up comedy from Chortle's Student Comedian of the Year (11 years ago). As an ambitious young stand-up, a big fancy Fringe run felt like the start of something great, but all these years on, missed opportunities feel like they outnumber the successes, and a question hangs in the air: 'have I wasted my life?'

Wednesday 12th July 2026 at The Gaffe Comedy Club

Sharon Wanjohi is finally getting her shit together. It’s time. I’ve bought some crystals, taken an iron supplement and finally stopped avoiding my taxes. Will this be enough to undo years of avoidance? My therapist (girl I met in a nightclub toilet years ago) says no but I say yes. Because delusion is the key to success.

Sharon Wanjohi is a queer British Kenyan comedian who’s been making waves on the circuit with her take on the lack of Gen-z homeowners and maybe too much material on the cartoons that inspired a generation of sexual awakenings.

She has written on Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Late Night Lycett and The Jonathan Ross Show.

Wednesday 29th July at The Gaffe Comedy Club

100% Badgers 2 with Matt Hobs: Badgers vs Hedgehogs

Following his critically acclaimed and sold out 2025 Edinburgh Fringe show 100% Badgers ('hilarious and heartfelt' ★★★★½, Edinburgh-Reviews.co.uk), Matt has trained to be a badger rescuer, been asked to help in the fight for badger rights, and has had a badger move in to his garden. Matt will also address the eternal question: What are better, badgers or hedgehogs?  

Chelsea Birkby: Is In Full Control The Entire Time

Do we make our own choices? Twice Comedian's Choice Best Show nominee returns with an hour about control (or the illusion of it) and how you can get it too.

Expect 'charm by the bucketload' ★★★★ (Telegraph), 'silliness and smut with philosophy' ★★★★ (BritishTheatreGuide.info)