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Sonali Misra

@MisraSonali

Dr Sonali Misra (she/her) is an award-winning Indian author with a PhD in Publishing Studies. Her short stories and personal essays can be found in British, Canadian and Indian anthologies and at The National Library of Scotland. Her debut nonfiction book, 21 Fantastic Failures: and what their stories teach us, was released in 2020. Her work-in-progress YA fantasy novel won her Scottish Book Trust's New Writers Award in 2023. When she is not writing or teaching, Sonali enjoys watching stand-up comedy and drag shows and is thus happily reviewing them at Fringe.

www.sonalimisra.com

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Assembly George Square - The Box

Rahul Subramanian: Who Are You?

Energetic performer with a knack for observational comedy and creating a character that will stay with us long after

Pleasance Courtyard

Jazz Emu: Knight Fever

Jazz Emu returns with a brilliant new musical comedy sketch about winning a knighthood – and our hearts

Pleasance Dome

Vir Das: The Fool

Despite the show’s title, Vir Das is no fool – he knows exactly what to say and how to say it in this masterful solo stand-up hour

Underbelly Bristo Square

ALOK

ALOK combines spoken word and theatre with comedy in a thought-provoking solo act but leaves the audience wanting a bit more connection

Pleasance Cabaret Bar

Kanan Gill: What Is This?

Playful and charming Fringe debut with the perfect balance of comedic physicality and intellectual probing

Assembly George Square - The Box

In Everglade Studio

A vivd mix of comedy and discomfort, snappy dialogue, and toe-tapping original music make for an intriguing watch

Pleasance Courtyard

Rhys James: Spilt Milk

With such a high ratio of laughs per minute, there will be no crying over this ‘Spilt Milk’ – unless it’s tears of laughter

Underbelly Circus Hub

La Clique

Experience every shade of cabaret brilliance at this outlandish and beautiful circus

Underbelly Cowgate

BATSU!

Game show in the style of Japanese ‘penalty games’, our lives were incomplete before this perfect late-night Fringe pick

Monkey Barrel - The Hive

Biswa Kalyan Rath: Live

Equal-opportunity hater/Indian comic makes his debut at the Fringe with an experimental crowd-work show

Assembly George Square Gardens

Urooj Ashfaq: Oh No!

Physical gags, goofy humour, and roaring audience engagement, all packaged in an animated and loveable stage persona

Monkey Barrel

Sofie Hagen: Banglord

Commanding stage presence and quick wit that would make anyone decry democracy and welcome Hagen as our benevolent dictator/banglord

Pleasance Courtyard

Sapan Verma: Shame On Me

Notable Indian comic navigates the lines between internet fame and the fear of retaliation in his home country