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David Trent (Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominee 2012) will perform phenomenal comedy in a slightly larger room than last year. Prepare yourselves. 'One of the most talked-about people in comedy right now' (Guardian).

Only losers get a job and work for a living. The clever people hang about in smoked-filled betting shops, chewing small pens and playing the odds. What could possibly go wrong? ***** (Herald).

Glenn Wool, the tetherless vagabond returns... When people ask what it’s like, I give them the same warning that Google Maps gives me when I type in another cross-planet journey... This Road has Tolls.

In this straight up stand-up show, Felicity Ward puts her cards on the table and her dick on her sleeve. Is that how the saying goes? **** (Scotsman). **** (Time Out). **** (Chortle.co.uk). **** (List).

How can a cartoon character improvise live with an audience? Not possible? One man can do it. Multi award-winning comic and animator Howard Read. A totally unique comedy experience. ‘Breaking boundaries in stand-up comedy' (Independent).

The audience are the stars of the show! Tim Vine brings his 2011-12 sell-out show back to the Fringe. With new guests, new jokes and new nonsense, expect the pun-expected. ***** (Scotsman). www.timvine.com

Join Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee (Mock the Week and Russell Howard's Good News) for a brand new hour of hilarious anecdotes and observations. 'Gripping, unmissable stand-up' (Guardian).

After triumphant BBC Radio 2 series, the New Age guru, psychic and medium returns; passing on messages, making predictions and telling fortunes. 'Funny enough to kill you from asphyxiation' (Magic Circle Magazine).

After two sell-out shows, Live At The Electric (BBC3) and a Radio 4 series, Dan Antopolski, Tom Craine and Nat Luurtsema bring a third hour of blisteringly fast sketches. 'Makes the Fast Show look languid' (Guardian).

Revealing rummage inside a head that houses a three-way punch-up (with girly slaps) between machismo, heterosexuality and effeminacy. 'Former Viz man, as funny with a microphone as he was with a pencil' (Guardian).