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Alternative Medicine is an absurdist sketch comedy group hailing from New York City featuring Marty Chandler, Colleen Granberg, Brian Martin, Sofia Pastena, Katie Redden and Patrick Walsh. In 2025, they held a sold-out eight-month residency at NYC’s The PIT, and made their off-Broadway debut at The Theater Center (NYC). You can find them at major comedy clubs in NYC such as: Caveat, The PIT and Brooklyn Comedy Collective. Mr Show meets Monty Python meets a secret third thing. Alternative Medicine is written with, and produced by, Spencer Giles and directed by Jason Tyus Smith.
This is an archived listing from the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Alternative Medicine is by Alternative Medicine, listed under Comedy in the Fringe programme. It plays at Greenside @ Riddles Court, 322 Lawnmarket, EH1 2PG, 17 August to 22 August.
The show runs 60 minutes and is suitable for ages 18+. Tickets are £5.