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Stand Up Comedy by the Sea featuring great acts from the Fringe starring Emmanuel Sonubi, Stephen Carlin, Valeria Vulpe, Billy Kirkwood (mc) & Patrick Monahan The Porty Comedy Night returns after its summer break with a fabulous lineup of Fringe comedy heroes! As seen on 'Live At the Apollo', 'Have I Got News For You' & 'QI'. Winner of the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer (2022) and Best Show (2023), Mervyn Stutter's Spirit of the Fringe award for best show 2025, we are delighted to announce EMMANUEL SONUBI as our headliner for our #Portobello Comedy Night Edinburgh Festival Fringe Comedy Showcase! With fabulous support from... BILLY KIRKWOOD (MC) “Effortlessly Funny, something for everyone” Metro “Undeniably funny, unspeakably juvenile.” The Scotsman STEPHEN CARLIN Name by Stuart Lee in the top 10 comedians of all time! “Fast establishing himself as one of the most distinctive, and funniest, new comedians in Britain.” – Chortle “Stewart Lee is one of the funniest men on the planet, and it was no surprise to see him prove it for the umpteenth time on Tuesday night. What did come as a shock, however, was to see his support act – the hitherto unknown Scot Stephen Carlin – come within a cat’s whisker of upstaging him.” – The Scotsman PATRICK MONAHAN ‘A star-in-the-making’Daily Telegraph ‘This gifted livewire commands the stage with a mix of wit and force of personality’.Evening Standard – Bruce Dessau ‘Charming and bounding with enthusiasm’. The List ‘Lovable stuff’.The Independent – Julian Hall ‘A definite must see’. ✭✭✭✭EDINBURGH FESTIVALS MAGAZINE VALERIA VULPE 2025 Spirit of Comedy Winner! Opened for Ricky Gervais at Wembley. 2025 finalist for So You Think You're Funny in Edinburgh, winner of Spirit of Comedy and nominated for Leicester Comedian of the Year. MIKE CAPPOZOLA 'Hilarious...twisted! ' Richard Lewis, Curb Your Enthusiasm 'A brilliant comedian with a dry sense of humour' - San Fransisco SketchFest

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