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Three of the finest new acts that are tipped to make a big splash at this year’s Edinburgh join forces for this fantastic triple header. Seann Walsh winner of Best Newcomer Award and heralded as one of the most exciting new talents for the last 10 years. Paul F Taylor a whirlwind of energy who supported Lucy Porter on her UK tour. Pat Burtscher talented Canadian with a unique deadpan brand of dark comedy.

THURSDAY 11th June Show 9.15pm (1 Hour)

The BEST OF EDINBURGH - COMEDY ZONE
Edinburgh Fringe Festival’s longest running comedy show (18 years) which has launched the careers of acts such as Ross Noble, Harry Hill, Al Murrey and Noel Fielding bring a special show to the Festival with Nat Luurtsena (Best Newcomer 2008), Tom Deacon (Student Award Winner and Ed Byrne support), Jen Brister (BBC New Comedy Finalist) and Ed Gamble (Revels Edinburgh Award finalist).

FRIDAY 12th June: Show 7.45pm (1 Hr 15 mins)

SIMON MUNNERY
The surreal and absurdist genius Simon Munnery returns to CCF for the third year, hoping for time off for good behaviour, to kiss flying moment and do aubergine sketch on request, with new songs, considered hair and an ironed shirt.

‘ A pioneering comic genius.’ The Times.

FRIDAY 12th June: Show 9.30pm (1 Hour)

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RICHARD HERRING: Hiltler Moustache
Edinburgh stalwart and Radio 4 regular Richard returns with a brand new show. His Edinburgh shows are never short of brilliant and with a distinct lack of facial hair related comedy shows these days his new outing promises to be no exception.

MONDAY 15th June Show 9.15pm (1 Hour)

CRAIG CAMPBELL
The Wild Man of Canadian comedy whose unique humour fuses together whimsical anecdotes with salty stories of sex, drugs and circumcision. However, be warned, his laid-back manner and genuine warmth belie the true outrageous nature of his material. Still, his stoner philosophy and risque subjects have won him devoted fans worldwide. Simply put, he is a very fun man.

TUESDAY 16th June Show 7.45pm (1 Hour)

AVA VIDAL: Remember Remember the 4th of November.
The day America elected it's first black president, Barak Obama promised change for Americans and the world. Can we apply his political principles to everyday life? Yes we can! Or maybe not. What were YOU doing the day Obama got elected? Ava Vidal was having a day of extremes! As seen on Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Edinburgh & Beyond & ITN’s US election night coverage.

'Confident, commanding, yet low-key, she exudes a cool authority that audiences are instinctively drawn towards.' Chortle

TUESDAY 16th June Show 9.15pm (1 Hour)

Ava now replaces Phil Nicol, who has unfortunately had to withdraw from the Festival.

RHOD GILBERT -THE EDINBURGH PREVIEW SHOW-
New material and work in progress followed by Rhod Gilbert and the award winning 'Mince Pie Show'.

Last chance to see this award winning show live before it's recorded for DVD.

UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO FAMILY ILLNESS TOM STADE HAS HAD TO RETURN TO CANADA. He has been replaced by fellow Canadian Pete Johannsson.

Pete Johansson - Naked Pictures Of My Life
Endearingly dirty, whimsically honest, an unabashed post-mortem of a very funny man's insecurities about his ageing body, non-traditional life and unusual circumstance. Canadian and American headliner Pete Johansson discusses what he feels, when he feels it in his debut Edinburgh performance, ‘Naked Pictures of My Life’.
Laid-back and observational, Pete’s ironic delivery has earned him deals with Warner Brothers, HBO and Castle Rock and landed him appearances on NBC’s prominent late night show Friday Night, HBO’s Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen and a support slot for Russell Peters at the 20,000 capacity Orpheum in Vancouver last year.

‘By far the breakout performer this year at Just For Laughs but, more importantly, made my list of best jokes, twice!” – THE MONTREAL GAZETTE

THURSDAY 18th June: Show 7.45pm (1 hour)

JOHN GORDILLO: FUCKONOMICS
Sex. Man, Consequences. Cost. Fuckonomics is the small print that comes with everyone you get involved with, the Terms and Conditions you skim over, the contract you make, the roles you play. It’s about the economy of sex.

‘An inspiring comic thinker’ The Guardian

THURSDAY 18th June: Show 9.15pm (1 hour)

ROBIN INCE Versus the Moral Majority
3 times Chortle Award winner, Time Out Award winner and British Comedy Award Nominee Robin Ince attempts a cool analysis of the self proclaimed moral majority but can't guarantee he won't get a little angry at times.

‘Makes beefburgers out of scared cows’ Time Out

FRIDAY 19th June: Show 7.00pm (1 hour)

ARDAL O’HANLON (plus support Sara Pascoe)

SOLD OUT

The hilarious star of 'Father Ted', 'Blessed' and 'My Hero' is coming over from Ireland for a rare live show and especially for the Festival. A highly acclaimed stand up, Ardal has toured to sell out audiences internationally and released two Top Ten stand up DVD's. Recently Ardal has just completed production in a lead role for the feature film, ‘Wide Open Spaces’. Ardal's debut book, ‘The Talk of the Town’ proved to not only be a Best Seller - but has recently been voted one of the 1001 books of all time, to read before you die.

‘ He is a complete joy to watch, planting the sort of silly images that bump around in your head forever.’ Times

FRIDAY 19th June: Show 8.30pm (2 hours)

SlaughterHouse LIVE
The Comedy Store’s award-winning character-cabaret team come to Cambridge with the World’s Smallest Saviour – Steve Christ, Four Fat Folkers, Pat Stephens and his Musical Eyes, Dave Media’s Esteem Masterclass, Impossible Improv, Alan Sonar - Blind Juggler (and inventor of Tabasco Eye-Drops), double-act Knockers and Cocks, Human-Clarinet – Spacker Bilk and more!

‘ Wonderful’ List

FRIDAY 19th June: Show 11.15pm (1 hour)

JJ WHITEHEAD and BEN HURLEY
Multi-Award Winning international comedians Ben Hurley (NZ) and Jason John Whitehead (Can) combine for the first time just to show how Infamous they are in the UK as they take to the road for a month long tour.
JJ WHITEHEAD hails from Nova Scotia in Canada and the impact of his edgy delivery and unique perspective has been such that he was the winner of the prestigious BBC Comedy Award and has been short-listed for an Edinburgh Writers Guild Award . ‘Pure entertainment’ Metro

BEN HURLEY Winner of NZ's two biggest comedy awards The NZ Comedy Guild and The Billy T Award, he is one of the best Young Stand-ups to come out of NZ and was invited to support Stewart Lee and Andy Parsons on their UK tour.

‘COMEDIC LEGEND’ The NZ Herald

SATURDAY 20th June: Show 8.30pm (2 hours)