Underground is rapidly establishing itself as a popular stamping ground for acts heading up to the mother-of-all-fringes, the unstoppable Edinburgh Fringe.

Now in its 74th year, Edinburgh Fringe is the largest arts festival in the entire world. As far as we know, the largest gathering of artists anywhere in the universe.

This year, 22 acts will be appearing at Underground Venues before they head further north. This offers the unique opportunity to see some of the country’s finest theatre, stand-up, music, magic and dance before it reaches a global audience.

So here’s that Edinburgh preview line-up in full

Theatre:
Are You Lonesome Tonight, Bane, Bane 2, Tales From The Black Jack, Reverie

Stand-up:
Andrew O’Neill, Elis James: Daytripper, Gary Delaney: Purist, Henry Paker’s 3D Bugle, It Is Rocket Science V2, James Sherwood: One Man And His Piano, Jokes Not Included (Phil Buckley), Mark Allen’s Go Slow, Max And Ivan, 9 to 5 Idiot (Roland Gent)

Comedy Shows:
Green Eggs And Hamlet, How To Survive A Zombie Apocalypse, The Noise Next Door: Chaos Control, Piff-Tacular 2: Get Rich Or Die Trying

Music:
Hayden’s Rantings Of A Young Fool, Project Adorno’s Top Ten Of Popular Culture

Physical Theatre:
Three Works (Daniel Somerville)

To see the full list, with links to the shows, click here