Many of the shows featured here at FestivalHighlights.com can be seen in previews in London and elsewhere around the UK ahead of their seasons at the Edinburgh fringe. Here are details on what you can catch during the month of July.

Bill Hicks: Slight Return

• 13 July - Newbury Comedy Festival Berkshire
• 19 July - Liverpool Comedy Festival

David Benson - Why Pay More?

• 19 July - Tower Arts Winchester
• 20 July - Theatre Royal Ustinov Studio Bath
• 29 July - Etcetera Theatre London NW1

Graffiti Classics

• 24 & 25 July - Etcetera Theatre London NW1

How To Build A Time Machine

• 20 July - Hackney Empire London
• 18 August - Spectrum Centre Inverness

Lizzie Roper in Peccadillo Circus

• 17 July - Etcetera Theatre London NW1
• 20 July - Theatre Royal Ustinov Studio Bath
• 26 July - Etcetera Theatre London NW1

Moon The Loon

• 21 & 22 July - Theatre Royal Ustinov Studio Bath
• 27 & 28 July - Etcetera Theatre London NW1

Think No Evil Of Us: My Life With Kenneth Williams

• 13 July - Hebden Bridge Festival Yorkshire

Professor Bumm's Story Machine

• 29 July - Alnwick Playhouse Northumberland

Rebus McTaggart

• 12 July - Newbury Comedy Festival Berkshire
• 29 & 30 July - Etcetera Theatre London NW1

Take-A-Break Tales

• 12 July - BAC London SW11 (N2O Comedy festival)
• 24 & 25 July - Etcetera Theatre London NW1

The Black Sheep

• 26 July - Etcetera Theatre London NW1

Walking In The Sun - Barb Jungr

• 15 July - The Lowry Salford Quays (as Beautiful Life)

What I Heard About Iraq

• 27 & 28 July - Etcetera Theatre London NW1