Venue 63

Hoots @ Nicolson Square

25 Nicolson Square and Nicolson Square Gardens, EH8 9BX

Venue website: hootsfringe.com — for directions, access and food & drink. Fringe tickets are booked from each show’s page.

What’s playing nearby

Accessibility

Full venue site is accessible, No wheelchair accessible toilet, No reserved accessible parking, On street blue badge parking, Assistance dogs welcome in all areas

Eat & drink nearby

Greyfriars Bobby's Bar6 min walk · ££ · pub food

What’s on at Hoots @ Nicolson Square — Fringe 2026

1 Hour Of LAFS · Comedy · £5
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Amy Webber: Joy Ride · Comedy · £7
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Rock Paper Scissors: A Brief History and Tournament · Children's Shows · £6
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Jade Gebbie: The People Pleaser · Comedy · £2.5
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Bebe Bebe · Comedy · £11
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A History Comedy Show · Comedy · £5
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Plaything · Theatre · £5
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Raul Kohli: Buddha vs Jesus · Theatre · £5
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Alex Camp: Dopamine Rat · Comedy · £8
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HOW TO FRINGE: a chat show with thom tuck · Comedy · £7
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Stuart Thomas: Bad Fatty · Comedy · £5
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2026 Pick of the Fringe · Comedy · £7
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Sophie Sconcia: Mother Superior · Comedy · £3.5
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James Regal is a People Pleaser · Comedy · £5
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Destroy Capitalism or Die Tryin' (WIP) · Comedy · £5
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All the Animals: Ranked (by Comedians) · Comedy · £5
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Cosmopolitan – Aliki Tsakoumi · Comedy · £8
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Absolute Nickhead · Comedy · £7.5
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Bob Graham – Tap Dancing on a Sinking Ship · Comedy · £7
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Mary Flanigan: Scream If You Want To Go Slower · Comedy · £4
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101 Impressions in One Hour · Comedy · £10
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Katie Pritchard is Sir Elton Scone · Comedy · £3
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Ruby Carr: Bite Me · Comedy · £7.5
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Closure Cabaret · Comedy · £7.5
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Gabey Lucas: Check Out This Potato That Looks Like a Beluga Whale · Comedy · £7
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Jack McMinn and Absana Rutherford: Petfood! · Comedy · £5
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Lorna Ní Shúilleabháin: Barefoot Before God · Comedy · £5
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Tony Cony: Lost in New York (WIP) · Comedy · £8
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Sketchy Comedy: Where Art and Comedy Collide · Comedy · £15
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Kat Higgins: In Memory of Me · Comedy · £7.5
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48 Chicken Nuggets in a Sequin Dress · Comedy · £7
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One Man One Mullet: The Dan Stephens Show · Comedy · £7
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David Hoare: How To Live To 100 · Comedy · £11
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Confessions of a Serial Mother · Comedy · £5
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Katie Mitchell: Giddy · Comedy · £5
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2 White Guys Rapping: Macshane and Delby · Comedy · £10
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Andy Roach: Best Comedy Newcomer · Comedy · £8
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Camilla Borges: Be Not Afraid! · Comedy · £7.5
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Night Mail (WIP) · Comedy · £7
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Aalex Mandel-Dallal: Where Was I? · Comedy · £6–£8
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Gavin Webster: The Last Ever Punk Rocker · Comedy · £10
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An Immigrant's Comedy Show · Comedy · £5
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CK Nath: 'A Bit of Foreign Stuff' (WIP) · Comedy · £7
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Meat Cute or Die! (WIP) · Comedy · £8
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Richard Stott: Streets Won't Forget · Comedy · £8
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Baba · Comedy · £3
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Michael Shafar: Inappropriate · Comedy · £6
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Killer Comedy Club · Comedy · £10
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Becky Umbers: Tell That Horse To Keep His Mouth Shut (WIP) · Comedy · £8
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Rob Nother: Another Way · Comedy · £5
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Ollie West: Discovery (WIP) · Comedy · £10
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Mock the Clock · Comedy · £10
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Jacob Hatton: Ruins · Comedy · £5
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Blizzard (WIP) · Comedy · £10
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As Seen on TV: Prime Time Stand-Up All-Stars · Comedy · £7.5–£10
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Free Drinks Comedy · Comedy · £8
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Tom Short: I Get ChatGPT To Write My Edinburgh Show · Comedy · £5
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Crowd Work from Hell · Comedy · £7
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My Mum Accidentally Set Me Up With A Married Woman · Comedy · £5
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Bin Fire: The Best Comedians Try Their Worst Material · Comedy · £5
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The Devil: My Side of The Story · Comedy · £3.5–£10
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Daisy M Stone: Well, This Is Sketchy · Comedy · £5
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Cerys Bradley: On Road Signs WIP · Comedy · £5
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Chloe Jacobs: Twilight: Breaking Down · Comedy · £5
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Samira Banks – Work in Progress · Comedy · £5
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Sooz Kempner: Imposter · Comedy · £5
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Barcelona Comedy Tapas: Bite-Sized Stand-Up · Comedy · £5
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Dead Parent Society – Chris Groves · Comedy · £6
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John Tothill: Close Your Eyes With Holy Dread For He On Honey-Dew Hath Fed, And Drunk The Milk Of Paradise (WIP) · Comedy · £8–£10
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Leslie Bloom Solves a Murder · Comedy · £8
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26: Messiah · Theatre · £3
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Improversity Challenge · Comedy · £5
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Freya Mallard: Come Get Me World! I’m Wide Open! (WIP) · Comedy · £4
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Cut Off · Comedy · £5
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Tom Ward: Post-Millennium Tension (WIP) · Comedy · £10
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Zoe Cousin: Paul Sykes Is Back on the Family Patch · Comedy · £6
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Claudwick. · Theatre · £10
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Rachel Baker Presents: Gwen – This is Not a Pyramid Scheme · Comedy · £8
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Bec Hill's Work In Progress · Comedy · £8
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Ben Miller: All the Things That Are Wrong with My Body (WIP) · Comedy · £2.5
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Much Ado About Climate: An Interactive Improv Show · Comedy · £5
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My Dead Mum's AI Boyfriend · Theatre · £5
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Omar Ibrahim: Divide & Plonker (Work in Progress) · Comedy · £5
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