Final line-up sorted for the greatest show on earth! - Karen Koren
It’s been a busy week finalising the last of our shows for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August, this brings our shows up to 210 this year.
We announced them all on Tuesday and now all our tickets are on sale. I’m very excited that our first headline show is Graham Norton and his old friend Maria McErlane are presenting a live version of their very successful podcast Wanging On!


Graham and Maria are old friends from the time they were in an early ITV quiz show called Carnal Knowledge.
Maria and I have been friends since I started the Gilded Balloon over 41 years ago and she has performed many times with us. They will be recording two shows at the King’s Theatre on 7 August, the first official day of the Fringe and also one of the first days that The King’s will open since their mega refurbishment.
Talking of refurbishments, we can’t wait to get into the newly refurbished Teviot after its much needed facelift.
Our headline shows at Teviot are Marielle Fostrup and Gina Bellman with their ground-breaking show Cracking The Menopause.
Gregor Fisher has already been on sale for a while and is doing extremely well. As has the superb Rich Hall, who is coming over from his home in Montana with his brilliant, sharp and raspy comedy.
Jack Docherty is doing a completely new show Butterfly, about his life now. Grace Campbell is also returning with her new show The Lady is a Tramp, a bold, unfiltered hour of self-examinaton.
Another acclaimed American comedian is Jamie Kilstein whose very personal show is not to be missed – it’s entitled Can’t Tie Knots and you need to come and see why.
Both Mhairi Black and Paul Black come back for limited runs. Off-Broadway darling Sam Morrison is returning to the Gilded Balloon after a few years back home in the US.
We welcome Fred MacAulay back to the Museum with his In Conversation and he will also be doing a few stand up shows.
Patter House is full of amazing musicals, theatre and family shows. Musical parody’s take centre stage with Heated Rivalry: The Musical Parody and Punk Bunnies who both deliver an outrageous take on the hit tv show.
There is so much to see, enjoy and I guarantee that it’s going to be an amazing year.