Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Social media sensation Christopher Hall tells of his life, as a ‘boy who’s a bit girly really’.
Social media sensation Christopher Hall tells of his life, as a ‘boy who’s a bit girly really’.
London prepares to host the highly awaited premiere of "Lazgi," a ballet performance like no other, on September 14.
SCOTTISH PREMIERE The boundaries between reality and myth crumble in Crystal Pite and Jonathan Young’s imaginative new dance work.
Prom to after-party via generational identity crisis – what if the best night of your life turns into the rest of it? Set to an original score combining pop, funk, jazz and of co…
Kate Hammer: Double Virgin on the Rocks (With a Twist) is a rambunctious dissection of the different names we call ourselves throughout life.
The show is a celebration of the students of the PPAS Street Dance Summer School and the choreography they have learned during the course.
In this work-in-progress show, Baby Belle’s slightly less glamorous sibling Jax Braithwaite will unwrap the experience of Dealing with Tricky Feelings.
One family, one condition, one helluva hairy baby.
TS Eliot’s poem Ash Wednesday is widely regarded as a work of great spiritual depth.
A whimsical, musical exploration of social versus personal identity from the perspective of a late-identified and diagnosed non-binary autistic person.
Unlike anything you’ve ever seen before, and you’ll never see it the same way again! As a viewer, you have the power to choose how the show will unfold each evening.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
The show is a celebration of the students of the PPAS Dance Intensive Summer School and the choreography they have learned during the course.
Dance-Forms Productions proudly celebrates 20 years of brilliant performances at the Fringe, presenting the cream of the crop of ritual and contemporary dance-theatre from five-sta…
Join Monski Mouse, and her super-talented friends, for a live musical sing-a-long cabaret of nursery classics, song, puppetry and bonkers fun for 0-5s and their parents/carers.
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
Real-life dating, brimming with possibilities for passion, romance, or smashing a stranger in the back of your Toyota Camry while they moan a name you don’t recognise.
Start each morning with this curated variety showcase, featuring the very best solo shows at the Fringe! Rotating daily line-ups include storytelling, theatre, clown, cabaret, spok…
Why toddle when you can dance? Join DJ Monski Mouse and her dancers for this award-winning, epic session of bopping, bonkers, beautiful fun.
It’s not a late show, it’s a cult.
Hannah Richards returns to Edinburgh with the award-winning Night Owl Band to tell the story of one of music’s most iconic artists.
What’s a more embarrassing way to come out? Your mum walking in on you and your secret girlfriend in bed, or you dad finding your new strap on? How about both? Fran’s unfortunate m…
As chilling as if Edgar Allan Poe and Alfred Hitchcock wrote for the theatre, Hush-a-bye Baby unfolds the enigmatic narrative of a spinster whose dark deeds involve the inexplicabl…
‘Absurdist sketch at its peak! …the smartest dumb comedy you’ll ever see!’ (Audience Review).
Join us on these guided tours of the musical treasures on display at St Cecilia’s Hall, Scotland’s oldest concert hall and home to the University of Edinburgh’s Musical Instr…
After five sell-out years at the Edinburgh Fringe, come join Roo and her Boogie Shoes Silent Disco Walking Party as they return for an immersive dance-walk adventure through the hi…
Mr Heo’s cart is his eternal companion, becoming a stage and musical instrument at his disposal anytime, anywhere.
There are three rules every housewife knows: never return a dish empty, always have dinner ready by the time he gets home, and some things are best kept under the table.
It’s almost Mother’s Day.
The average C-section in the USA costs £25-40K, but you can just squat one out in the back like a feral cat for FREE! Comedian and skinflint Leah Renee returns to Fringe with a ne…
A tale of comedy, Covid, cancer and some complete and utter c*nts! Four years ago Simon went through a break up and decided to try comedy.
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
Guru Dudu and the team return to Edinburgh with our hilarious, engaging tours.
World champions of hip-hop, Wanted Posse take us into the depths of a New York speakeasy in the 1920s, to a world filled with charleston footsteps, jitterbug beats and freestyle hi…
DISCOunt: The Disco Variety Show featuring disco dance numbers, comedy, drag, burlesque, music and did we mention disco?! Based on a love and deeply inaccurate knowledge of the 70s…
Following the last few years of sell-out, five-star shows, the Silent Adventures team are back with even more madness and brand-new adventures to boot.
We all know the fairy tales and their immortal final line: happily ever after… But that isn’t real life.
Grace Mulvey wants to be a human adult who has fun.
Join Fiddlefox and Baby Shark as they travel to different lands around the world around the world seeking a lost friend, while experiencing the sights and sounds of each culture re…
Howl with the hounds and dance on the moors! She’s not there – but you are.
A bilingual children’s musical in English and Spanish, Baby Rock is the story of Anastasia, a young girl who explores the world and learns how to make a new friend regardless of …
This is an admission of ‘holy sh*t.
Fresh from the runway of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, comedy crossdresser Kate Butch has written a jukebox musical based on the songs of Kate Bush (kind of like if Mamma Mia! had a nervo…
Kate-Lois Elliott’s family lived in a secretive cult until her mum escaped.
Fringe fave Baby Wants Candy is back! Total Edinburgh Fringe sell-out six years running.
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
Social media sensation Christopher tells of his life, as a ‘boy who’s a bit girly really’.
In the summer of ‘99, six-year-old Vlad played a game of chess that changed his life forever.
Winner: Emerging Artist Adelaide Fringe 2024.
The Guardian’s Top 50 shows to see! Jillian is back at the Fringe with her yoga mat and blender after a hit premiere at last year’s Fringe and subsequent sell-out runs in New York …
The Irish Youth Dance Festival (IYDF), produced by Dublin Youth Dance Company, offers a national platform to showcase young emerging dancers performing works of leading …
Cole Porter’s hit musical starring the multi-award-winning Adrian Dunbar (Ridley, Line of Duty) and Broadway musical superstar and Tony Award-winner Stephanie J.
Ceyda Tanc Dance is thrilled to be showcasing brand new work as part of Helm’s exhibition, Unity.
TONY winner and Grammy Nominee Lena Hall is set to bring her latest one woman show “Little Career of Horrors,” to London’s Cadogan Hall.
For their second Brighton Fringe knees up, legendary party starters English Disco Lovers will be down by the sea at The Tempest Inn! Resident Disco Lovers DJs Sam & Spike will be p…
RAVE BABY is a neon-soaked family clubbing experience where kids get to bring their grown-ups along for the ride! Expect an hour of soul-inspiring fun, dancing together to the ecle…
Dave Bibby, ‘“madcap musical-character-sketch comedy pioneer” (BroadwayWorld), set out to create a theatrical masterpiece: A one-man Jurassic Park.
Jacob is about to have a baby.
Naomi Wattis is a stand up comic from London.
A Festival of Korean Dance will return to The Place for its seventh year, and for the first time will tour to Scotland followed by its UK tour in Newcastle, London and Bournemouth …
The magic of Kate Bush is brought to life in this musical journey through the extensive back catalogue of Britain’s most well-loved songstress.
Fresh on the heels of his critically acclaimed memoirs, Nailing It, Montana’s transatlantic messenger returns with new rants, knife-edge observations, thrilling mu…
Fresh on the heels of his critically acclaimed memoirs, Nailing It, Montana’s transatlantic messenger returns with new rants, knife-edge observations, thrilling mu…
For over a decade, KLH Dance has been nurturing the talents of youth dancers in Brighton, and now, our Elite and Junior squad dancers, along with some of our KLH alumni, are taking…
In the summer of ’99, six-year-old Vlad played a game of chess that changed his life forever.
After multiple sell-out shows across the UK, Brighton Bred, award-winning comedian Kate-Lois Elliott brings you a WIP of her debut hour.
‘Too Late, Baby’ (WORK IN PROGRESS) is the second comedy hour from acclaimed Canadian stand up comedian Michelle Shaughnessy.
‘Too Late, Baby’ (WORK IN PROGRESS) is the second comedy hour from acclaimed Canadian stand up comedian Michelle Shaughnessy.
Funny Women award-winner of 2023 Kate Cheka brings her first hour work in progress to Brighton Fringe.
The Guru Dudu team returns to Brighton to bring you play, love and laughter in the city and along the beachfront! Enjoy our hilarious dance-walking tours of spontaneous flash mob …
A celebration of what it means to be female, KIZLAR is an aesthetically driven exploration of femininity and masculinity, strength and vulnerability, creating a visually stunning d…
After crushing it opening for Russell Howard’s SOLD-OUT UK Tour, Steve Hall and Steve Williams are in town with a double dose of fantastic stand up.
After crushing it opening for Russell Howard’s SOLD-OUT UK Tour, Steve Hall and Steve Williams are in town with a double dose of fantastic stand up.
Kate-Lois Elliott’s family were brought up in a secretive cult until her mum escaped as a teenager any questions? One generation later in a completely unrelated set of events a …
A Dance of Two Halves A dance between bodies and souls.
Junior, a queer sex worker in Hastings is suffering from PTSD.
Junior is a queer sex worker in Hastings suffering from PTSD.
Join us at The Hope Theatre for a transformative series of workshops and talks designed to unite and uplift working-class and queer individuals.
We Dance is a theatrical exploration of black womanhood and femininity.
Join Chris on his (un)wellness journey of discovery (of procrastination methods), personal development (of his anxious thoughts) and self-help(lessness), as he wades sar…
A cabaret-style event mixing poetry, music and contemporary dance, with Sage Dance Company, a ballet-based dance company for ages 55+, and Rack Press Poetry, an independent poetry …
Roy’s Joys by Twyla Tharp This silky, sultry work embodies the spontaneity of the 1940s and 50s jazz soundtrack by Roy Eldridge.
Join Chris on his (un)wellness journey of discovery (of procrastination methods), personal development (of his anxious thoughts) and self-help(lessness), as he wades sarcastically …
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performs an evening of beloved classics choreographed by their game-changing founder.
The legendary American dance company dazzles with technical brilliance and passionate energy, bringing audiences to their feet at every performance.
There are three rules every housewife knows: never return a dish empty, always have dinner ready by the time he gets home, and some things are best kept under the table.
Discover and enjoy traditional dance from around the world with our experienced teachers.
British Writers’ Guild Award-nominee Kate-Lois Elliott tells stories that are self-deprecating and (according to a drunk man at the Fringe) unexpectedly profound.
Through stand-up, stories, bits, jokes, japes and gags (with a minimum of three goofs), Kate will talk about being a weird lady with the heart of a lad and the wide-set V of a maje…
Hey! You free tonight? Fancy a drink? Let’s talk films, festivals, and red flags.
Hey! You free tonight? Fancy a drink? Let’s talk films, festivals, and red flags.
There’s something really unsettling about 1950s suburbia, and What If They Ate The Baby? really taps into that feeling as it plunges deeply into the aesthetic of a stereotypical …
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For the Many.
Residents of Bristleburg, USA: Meet at the bus to begin our exploratory Fringe Festival tour.
Join us in The Live Room every Tuesday in August for our free evening of bingo with a musical twist. Enjoy banter, beats and bawless bingo! 10pm until late.
Join Monski Mouse and her super talented friends, for a live musical sing-a-long cabaret of nursery classics, song, puppetry and bonkers fun for 0-5s and their parents.
It’s not a late show, it’s a cult.
Rob Duncan (from award-winning shows Legs, Logs and Jeremy Segway) presents an hour of professionally researched nonsense, featuring relatable topics including trains and babies.
Kate Smurthwaite invites us to contemplate whether being foot soldiers in the death march of disaster capitalism is really as much fun as we hoped.
A song cycle inspired by the photographs of Matthew Murphy, 35MM: A Musical Exhibition is a unique concept and the perfect choice for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Los Angeles Theatre Initiative returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind!! Comedy, drama, romance, horror and more all collide in this au…
Dave Bibby, ‘madcap musical-character-sketch comedy pioneer’ (BroadwayWorld.
The students of Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s MA Musical Theatre programme are a staple at the Fringe, and they never let us down!Edges, a song cycle written by Benj Pasek an…
Why toddle when you can dance? Join DJ Monski Mouse and her dancers for this multi award-nominated, epic session of bopping, bonkers, beautiful fun.
This is the brand-new album from award-winning comedy songstress Kate Lucas, inspired by #PositiveVibesOnly.
With over 1,000 five-star sell-out Fringe shows in Edinburgh and around the globe under our kilts, come join Roo and her Boogie Shoes Silent Disco Walking Party as she returns for …
Hannah Richards returns to Edinburgh with the award-winning Night Owl band to tell the story of one of music’s most iconic artists.
A comedy show where your little one won’t derail everything, in fact, you’ll be hoping they’ll do all the things that normally embarrass you, loudly and proudly.
This is a glorious experience from the opening theme tune, through commercial breaks, down to the 'traditional' preview of the next episode.
If you still chuckle at those Twilight memes making fun of Kristen Stewart’s awkward portrayal of Bella Stark, or harbour some nostalgia for the immortal (and problematic) YA ser…
Forty, single and ready to mingle; join lifelong friends Annie Sup and Angela Bra for a drag-powered musical comedy celebrating friendship and new beginnings on a virtual bar crawl…
I’d been enjoying the Edinburgh Fringe for about two weeks, and had occasionally spotted these large groups wearing headphones being led around the city by a very colourful chara…
Following the last few years of sell-out, five-star shows, the Silent Adventures team are back with even more madness and brand-new adventures to boot.
Will Hall: Mild Peril – Rising star Will Hall (seen on BBC Three and Channel 4) brings 45 minutes of his ‘electrically witty’ (BroadwayBaby.
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
Join Chris on his (un)wellness journey of discovery (of procrastination methods), personal development (of his anxious thoughts) and self-help(lessness), as he wades sarcastically …
British Writers’ Guild Award-nominated comedian Kate-Lois Elliott tells stories that are self-deprecating and (according to a drunk man at the fringe) unexpectedly profound.
British Writers’ Guild Award-nominated comedian Kate-Lois Elliott tells stories that are self-deprecating and (according to a drunk man at the fringe) unexpectedly profound.
There are very few downsides to attending a steampunk musical based on Oscar Wilde’s life, unless you’re a reviewer trying to take discreet notes in the back of the room.
Aaron has been doing stand-up comedy without standing up for eight years now, and it’s time for that to change! So he’s attempting to do something he’s never done before.
Fringe fave Baby Wants Candy is back! Total Edinburgh Fringe sell-out 2015-2019.
There is wonder here in Edinburgh, and it is being ignored.
When Cirque du Soleil offer you a Las Vegas residency as the first comedian to perform with them, you don’t say no.
There is just something so wholesome about Priya Hall’s Grandmother’s Daughter.
An evening of bold new dance theatre work: Eve Walker - ‘Fine Farewell’ The closing chapter of Eve’s time in the North East, this work is used as a celebratory moment.
An evening of bold new dance theatre work: Eve Walker - ‘Fine Farewell’ The closing chapter of Eve’s time in the North East, this work is used as a celebratory moment.
Aaron has been doing stand-up comedy without standing up for 8 years now, and it’s time for that to change! Join him as he attempts to do something he’s never done before.
Aaron has been doing stand-up comedy without standing up for 8 years now, and it’s time for that to change! Join him as he attempts to do something he’s never done before.
About the show Recipients of last years FUSE International's 'Best Dance Show' award, Dillon Dance Youth returns for successive year.
About the showAn unforgettable evening of dance, combining several different styles with extraordinary young talent for all audiences to enjoy.
Inkinzo club culture is a group of Burundian dance, founded in 1986.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
The award-wining MANA DANCE X MR BONGO returns to the Spiegeltent for an explosive evening of live music and dance.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Disco tunes, action songs, games and more, for some good old-fashioned fun, for the Bigger Bambino’s their friends and families.
For their second Brighton Fringe knees up, legendary party starters English Disco Lovers will be down by the sea at The Tempest Inn! Resident Disco Lovers DJs Sam & Spike will be p…
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
DJ Russ Dewbury brings his iconic Brighton Jazz Rooms Club night to the Spiegeltent for a rip roaring debut! The Jazz Rooms opened in 1987 and ran every weekend for an incredible 2…
British Writers’ Guild Award-nominee and Brighton-bred comedian Kate-Lois Elliott tells stories that are self-deprecating and (according to a drunk man at the fringe) unexpectedly …
Bisexual comedian Kate Dale fingers her way through middle life as she navigates the challenges and finds the joy in being a beginner once more, while discovering, after a lifetime…
Bisexual comedian Kate Dale fingers her way through middle life as she navigates the challenges and finds the joy in being a beginner once more, while discovering, after a lifetime…
For his brand new stand-up show, Phil Wang’s chatting race, family, nipples and everything else that’s been going on in his Philly little life.
Whatever you think Phil Wang’s Wang In There, Baby! Is going to be like, the reality of the show far surpasses it.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Seasoned mavericks, Matt Rudkin and Rikki Tarascas team up to perform their most iconic works in a deft double bill of pitch-perfect satire.
Dave Bibby “madcap musical-character-sketch comedy pioneer” (BROADWAY WORLD) is back with a hilarious show about parenthood and dinosaurs.
Dave Bibby “madcap musical-character-sketch comedy pioneer” (BROADWAY WORLD) is back with a hilarious show about parenthood and dinosaurs.
Aideen McQueen: Sugar Baby The tale of how a day-drinking primary school teacher changed her life.
Aideen McQueen: Sugar Baby The tale of how a day-drinking primary school teacher changed her life.
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**Holiday Sunday 7th May!** TICKETS NOW AT: www.
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Come join Boogie Roo as she takes you for the best silent disco dance-walk adventure through the streets and the beaches of Brighton.
Boogie Shoes Silent Disco Walking Party It’s an outrageous outdoor party that will have you dancing and singing in the bracing sea air, as you weave your way through the street…
Family fun, dancing and socialising for 0 - 5s and their grown-ups.
++Please book 24 hours in advance** For last minute bookings, please check availability and call us on 07783152151 If you want to do something that might be a little bit out of y…
Guru Dudu returns from Australia to Brighton along with his UK team to bring you Play, Love and Laughter in the city and along the beachfront! Enjoy our hilarious dance-walking tou…
++Please book 24 hours in advance** For last minute bookings, please check availability and call us on 07783152151 If you want to do something that might be a little bit out of y…
Are you ready to party? Are you ready to get out of your comfort zone, wear the best fancy dress and have the time of your life? Then join us for our Brighton Dance Extravaganza, w…
Music and lyrics by Matthew Strachan, Book by Bernie Gaughan 1950’s Dublin and two families living in adjoining terraced houses, become locked in a bitter matriarchal feud abo…
The Coronet Theatre is once again hosting The National Theatre of Norway, who have arrived with their take on August Strindberg’s dark matrimonial drama Dance of Death.
TV’s Priya Hall brings you her new WIP all about her 2021 breakdown. Expect cats, breakdowns and BIG REALISATIONS.
Party with carnage-wielding, mayhem-manifesting, award-winning human disco ball Katie Pritchard, in her debut musical comedy hour, as she tries to figure out “who she is” while pos…
The Final Episode of The Magic Tower Crime, lies and googly eyes Heaven shakes a little Drenched in honey, covered in sunlight.
Dance Me is an exclusive creation inspired by the rich and profound work of Montreal-based poet, artist and songwriter, Leonard Cohen.
Play with Chekhov at your peril, children.
Rob Duncan (from award-winning shows LEGS & LOGS) presents an hour of professionally researched nonsense featuring relatable topics including trains and babies.
Throw off your winter coat as you head in to the depths of the iconic VAULTS for The Secret Dance Floor: one night filled to the brim with flooring filing and top spinning Internat…
Níl éinne inchurtha le Kate Bush mar ealaíontóir.
One of the excitements for an audience is to spot future stars.
Alice is drowning under misguided medical advice, chirpy Insta-announcements and yet another fucking miscarriage.
Saoirse na mBan Ghaliah Conroy & Saoirse Lambkin O’Kane Celebrating Irish women and their feats over history, cracking the shell and seeing what lies…
Learn dances from around the world with our fantastic presenters.
An hour of professionally researched nonsense featuring the relatable topics of trains and babies.
Fern Brady is here to speak for autistic women who happen to be hot – selflessly giving a voice to the voiceless (or just a very specific group that might not have thought to ide…
An hour of professionally researched nonsense featuring the relatable topics of trains and babies.
Aww, sookie sookie now! There’s a disco, a stand-up comedy disco, featuring the hippest comics in town, can you dig it? Hosted by Tom Lawrinson.
Nick had a bit of breakdown in 2021, but now he’s coming back strong! Hilarious and inventive stand-up, as seen and heard on BBC2, BBC3, and BBC Radio 4.
Nick had a bit of breakdown in 2021, but now he’s coming back strong! Hilarious and inventive stand-up, as seen and heard on BBC2, BBC3, and BBC Radio 4.
Hosted by comedian Susan Morrison, top academics explore dangerous ideas.
An hour of professionally researched nonsense featuring the relatable topics of trains and babies.
Alice has always been told she was special, but as she reaches adolescence she can’t help but think it’s just a nicer word for different.
Divine Dance presents John the Baptist and the Bees.
After my last Fringe appearance (August, 2016), I had to step away from Edinburgh and consider how to be less devastatingly funny.
Featuring former West End performers, this 2for1 tribute brings you two of the most iconic musicals of all time.
Liz Lochhead’s slick modern take on a sadly relevant ancient tale is brought to life with intelligent staging and a ferociously powerful central performance from Adura Onashile.
Join Monski Mouse, special guest cabaret superstar Dusty Limits, and friends for a live musical cabaret of nursery classics, reworked song, puppetry and fun for 0-5s.
Dance-Forms Productions celebrates 19 years of brilliant performances at the Fringe, presenting the cream of the crop of ritual and modern dance.
Ballet careers are competitive, subjective, physically demanding and risky – with an expectation of maintaining peak condition six days a week for their entire careers.
Have you ever considered how much easier it would be to stop trying to be a nice person and just be a dick to everyone? You will after watching this show.
Two of the funniest women coming up on the circuit bring you a show tackling all the juicy issues that face fun-time women in their thirties from street harassment to the morning-a…
Why toddle when you can dance? Join DJ Monski Mouse and her dancers for an epic session of bonkers, bopping, beautiful fun.
‘Superb and fun’ ***** (TheWeeReview.
They should have been ridiculous.
An exciting kids’ show from an Aboriginal comedy star.
Award-winning comedian and activist Kate Smurthwaite takes one last long shot at saving us all from global fascist-led environmental Armageddon.
Broadway, here we come! The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s production of Little Women is astonishingly professional, from the high quality costumes and stage setting to the ph…
Following the last few years of sell-out, five-star shows, the Silent Adventures team are back with even more madness and brand-new adventures to boot.
It is difficult to work out exactly who this play is for.
Set over one surreal night of dancing and debauchery, Death of a Disco Dancer is a psychedelic, wild black comedy.
PPAS (Pineapple Performing Arts School) is thrilled to present a spectacular showcase of dance featuring the students from our 2022 Dance Intensive Summer School.
How do clowns get pregnant? There is no obvious punch line for Little Parts, a clown who has always been pregnant, yet who is not sure if she’ll ever give birth.
After a girls night out, three friends wind down in the local chippy.
Edinburgh-based award-winning Siamsoir Irish dancers return with their fifth original show – an Irish dance play.
Join us on these free guided tours of the musical treasures on display at St Cecilia’s Hall, Scotland’s oldest concert hall and home to the University of Edinburgh’s Musical …
Emerging performance ensemble, Los Angeles Theatre Initiative presents a high-energy, interactive show that’s different every night.
Shrimp Dance is a Butoh dance performance with live music and video art, based on research showing anti-depressants entering the sea through human waste are affecting the behaviour…
Come join the brilliant Boogie Shoes Silent Disco Walking Party as they return to their Scottish roots for an immersive dance-walk through the historic streets of Edinburgh.
Picture this: a musical based on the women of the Manson Family set to the music of Fleetwood Mac.
Forty, single and ready to mingle; join lifelong friends, Annie Sup and Angela Bra, for a drag-infused comedy of musical mirth celebrating friendship and new beginnings on a bar cr…
Get ready for an evening of bombastic bad taste in the killer new show from cult drag superstar Baby Lame.
Ireland’s comedy darlings Mark O’Keeffe (Winner Show Me the Funny 2019) & Richy Sheehy (viral sensation as seen on Sky, RTE, BBC) are back with their new best hour! ‘These guys are…
Spike has left Sunnydale for Edinburgh to fulfil an ancient prophecy and the ‘stakes’ have never been higher!When you’re part of a fandom like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, there…
Forty, single and ready to mingle; join lifelong friends, Annie Sup and Angela Bra, for a drag-infused comedy of musical mirth celebrating friendship and new beginnings on a bar cr…
Murder Mystery ‘A drinks reception of all of poetic literatures greats.
One of the (many) great things about Fringe is that new comics, who don’t yet have an hour’s worth of material, can buddy up to put on a show — Chris Hall and Mark Bittleston…
After moving to Switzerland, a wayward Aussie finds out he’ll be a father and so he does the obvious: Leaves everyone to embark on an acting career (AKA cocaine addiction) and accr…
The Original Guru Dudu and the team returns to Edinburgh with our hilarious and engaging tours.
In her Fringe debut, one of the rising stars of the UK stand-up scene shares a raw, honest and hilarious hour of tales… with just the right amount of filth.
Kate Butch, the Comic Sans of Drag, is back in Edinburgh.
Sometimes you’ve just got to listen to your balls.
Oh wow, the last two years have been awful haven’t they? So what do we do now? Laugh and pretend it’s definitely fine? Or deal with the trauma of multiple lockdowns, emotional shut…
This is not a nice Fringe for comedy.
Who says poetry is box office poison? Fresh from wowing crowds opening for The Libertines and John Cooper Clarke, Luke Wright serves up banger after banger at the hottest late nigh…
Are you a love warrior? Turns out, I am!Hallmark movies might be cheesy and predictable, but they’re the kind of films that help people escape their lives, and during the pandemi…
Filled with the charm of a children’s cartoon, The Song of Fergus and Kate is a quaint story about friendship and embracing differences that any child would find fascinating.
Dance is meant to be about self-expression.
Party with carnage-wielding, mayhem-manifesting, award-winning, human disco ball Katie Pritchard, in her debut musical-comedy hour, as she tries to figure out ‘who she is’ while po…
As we all know, COVID was invented to stop people from enjoying live music, but now Two Hearts are here to help us recover from two years of silence.
Hi, my name is Ray and I’m an Australian stand-up comedian who lives in London.
Total Edinburgh Fringe sell-out 2015-2019.
BriTANick is an American sketch comedy duo made up of Brian McElhaney and Nick Koche, and they quickly assure us that their name (a combination of ‘Brian’, ‘Nick’ and ‘Ti…
Don't you forget about Dreamgun! The comedy script re-writers are back for another year at the Fringe with updated material and even a few new movies thrown in.
Howl with the hounds and dance on the moors! Kate’s not there, but you are.
An evening shared by Pelican Theatre and Beth Veitch Dance, created and performed by emerging female dance artists.
An evening shared by Pelican Theatre and Beth Veitch Dance, created and performed by emerging female dance artists.
The show that brings the history of the club to life using the songs from the terraces is back to celebrate the lifting of number six in Madrid.
In her Fringe debut, one of the rising stars of the UK stand-up scene shares a raw, honest and hilarious hour of tales… with just the right amount of filth.
Welcome to the Greatest Fitness Party by the sea! Special Jubilee Street Party celebration, mainly about the dance and fitness but singing encouraged! Take your dance floor outsi…
Welcome to the Greatest Fitness Party by the sea! Special Jubilee Street Party celebration, mainly about the dance and fitness but singing encouraged! Take your dance floor outsi…
Simon Hall brings his manic energy and style to Brighton Fringe in his new show Simon Hall is Completely Fine.
Disco tunes, action songs, games and more, for some good old-fashioned fun, for the Bigger Bambino’s their friends and families.
Rob Duncan (from award-winning shows LEGS & LOGS) presents an hour of extreme, unadulterated nonsense featuring trains, brains and babies.
Rob Duncan (from award-winning shows LEGS & LOGS) presents an hour of extreme, unadulterated nonsense featuring trains, brains and babies.
The award winning* MANA DANCE X MR BONGO show returns to the Spiegeltent for a new explosive journey of powerful dance and live music.
The award winning* MANA DANCE X MR BONGO show returns to the Spiegeltent for a new explosive journey of powerful dance and live music.
Join artists Martha and Chess for a fun, insightful and creative dance workshop! The workshop will lead dancers on a creative journey that draws from the creative process in the ma…
Join artists Martha and Chess for a fun, insightful and creative dance workshop! The workshop will lead dancers on a creative journey that draws from the creative process in the ma…
The legendary Ragroof Tea Dance returns to the beautiful Brighton Spiegeltent, featuring a DJ playing vintage tunes, glamorous costumes, glorious dance displays, and our trademark …
The legendary Ragroof Tea Dance returns to the beautiful Brighton Spiegeltent, featuring a DJ playing vintage tunes, glamorous costumes, glorious dance displays, and our trademark …
Family fun, dancing and socialising for 0 - 5s and their grown-ups.
The Disco Lovers return to the Spiegeltent for their seventh sell out season, bringing their irrepressible mix of disco, humour, anti-racism, inclusivity and fun to Brighton Fringe…
The Disco Lovers return to the Spiegeltent for their seventh sell out season, bringing their irrepressible mix of disco, humour, anti-racism, inclusivity and fun to Brighton Fringe…
Let’s put on a show! We learn it and perform it all in one hour and fifteen minutes! No need to know how to dance – just be willing to have fun and try something new.
Welcome to the Greatest Silent Disco Party in Brighton! Mainly about the dance and movement but singing encouraged! Super social, fun, immersive, stress releasing and euphoric! Qu…
Let’s put on a show! We learn it and perform it all in one hour and fifteen minutes! No need to know how to dance – just be willing to have fun and try something new.
Welcome to the Greatest Silent Disco Party in Brighton! Mainly about the dance and movement but singing encouraged! Super social, fun, immersive, stress releasing and euphoric! Qu…
With a growing reputation for providing excellent dance education, Ceyda Tanc Dance presents a mixed bill featuring their talented youth dancers and, for the first time, guest perf…
With a reputation for providing excellent dance education, Ceyda Tanc Dance presents a mixed bill featuring their talented youth dancers.
Get ready for an evening of midnight-movie horror and bombastic bad taste in the killer new show from drag monstrosity Baby Lame.
Get ready for an evening of midnight-movie horror and bombastic bad taste in the killer new show from drag monstrosity Baby Lame.
Two award-winning comedians, Kate Martin and Daniel Foxx, bring their hilarious new work-in-progress shows ‘The Butch is Back’ and ‘Villain’ to the Brighton Fringe.
Ahead of their event at Brighton Spiegeltent on 14 May and 2 June, the English Disco Lovers join us at Fringe City with their irrepressible mix of disco, humour, anti-racism, inclu…
Join us for a silent disco boogie as part of the fabulous Fringe Family Picnic in Pavilion Gardens.
Two award-winning comedians, Kate Martin and Daniel Foxx, bring their hilarious new work-in-progress shows ‘The Butch is Back’ and ‘Villain’ to the Brighton Fringe.
Ahead of their event at Brighton Spiegeltent on 14 May and 2 June, the English Disco Lovers join us at Fringe City with their irrepressible mix of disco, humour, anti-racism, inclu…
Join us for a silent disco boogie as part of the fabulous Fringe Family Picnic in Pavilion Gardens.
Are you ready to party? Are you ready to get out of your comfort zone, wear the best fancy dress and have the time of your life? Then join us for our Brighton Dance Extravaganza, w…
Hello Sailor! Fun Sun Seekers! An open-air dance-walk Boogie Shoes Silent Disco Walking Party returns to beautiful Brighton with their ‘Super Seaside Special’! It’s the outra…
Boogie Shoes Silent Disco Walking Party It’s an outrageous outdoor party that will have you dancing and singing in the bracing sea air, as you weave your way through the street…
Who dictates where you should be and what you should be doing by your mid-thirties? Thirty-five has crept up on Kate and what has she got to show for it? A hilarious trip down memo…
Who dictates where you should be and what you should be doing by your mid-thirties? Thirty-five has crept up on Kate and what has she got to show for it? A hilarious trip down memo…
This is not your ordinary tour: dress up (preferably) and join us for an hour of fun, laughter, and craziness.
Rain didn't dampen our spirits as we found ourselves transported to the Ibizan club scene for an hour during Guru Dudu's Silent Disco Walking Tour, dancing away the weekend…
“I am young, I am naive, I am filled with .
A comedy show 165 million years in the makingMulti-award-winning comedian, Dave Bibby, is back with a show about parenthood through the eyes of a complete manchild.
Bye Bye Baby are a jaw-dropping tribute to the musical phenomenon ‘Jersey Boys’ and the timeless, iconic music of ‘Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons…
“MOVING, ORIGINAL, DECISIVE THEATRE” - Broadway BabyMeet Billie.
The Documentary No One Asked ForThis absurdly hilarious radio play follows the investigations of a disgraced RTE journalist who has travelled to a strange island off the…
An exploration of the senses, sung to a mesmerising soundtrack, Baby Bear is a playful, interactive puppetry adventure for babies, toddlers and their families.
An exploration of the senses, sung to a mesmerising soundtrack, Baby Bear is a playful, interactive puppetry adventure for babies, toddlers and their families.
Unrivalled in their ability to present exciting and new international choreography as well as some of the most memorable masterpieces from the past 100 years, Rambert Dance Compa…
We are BACK and more fabulous than ever! Looking for something exciting to do on a Thursday? Introducing Thats Drag bingo - a hilarious and unique experience right in the heart of …
We are BACK and more fabulous than ever! Looking for something exciting to do on a Thursday? Introducing Thats Drag bingo - a hilarious and unique experience right in the heart of …
Get ready for an evening of midnight-movie gore and bombastic bad taste in the killer new show from drag monstrosity Baby Lame.
Get ready for an evening of midnight-movie gore and bombastic bad taste in the killer new show from drag monstrosity Baby Lame.
Sup VVitches! Prepare for our OCTOBER DISCO RITUAL, where we will revive the spirits of club nights past (looking at you Plastic People & Trash) to create a dance floor,…
An amazing evening of dinner and live music.
WE’RE BACK!After an AMAZING first night there, your favourite queer indie disco for common people heads back to the fabulously scuzzy Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club!Join us for a…
As the country unlocks and live performance returns to London, Korean dancers will once again make the journey to the UK and take to the stage at The Place.
“Princes, start your engines! And may the best Princess WIN!” Love Disney? Love Drag Race? Then you’d be mad to miss out on the RETURN of London HOTTEST Drag Parody event: Dis…
We are BACK and more fabulous than ever! Looking for something exciting to do on a Thursday? Introducing Thats Drag bingo a hilarious and unique experience right in the hear…
“Miss Polly had a dolly and its head popped off” On a rainy afternoon, at a fly tip in the woods, an eclectic group of teenagers are catapulted head first into the unknown te…
“Miss Polly had a dolly and its head popped off” On a rainy afternoon, at a fly tip in the woods, an eclectic group of teenagers are catapulted head first into the unknown te…
“Miss Polly had a dolly and its head popped off” On a rainy afternoon, at a fly tip in the woods, an eclectic group of teenagers are catapulted head first into the unknown te…
“Miss Polly had a dolly and its head popped off” On a rainy afternoon, at a fly tip in the woods, an eclectic group of teenagers are catapulted head first into the unknown te…
Baz is the resident DJ of Brigdale Primary.
FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY! It’s the show that NOBODY asked for Baby Lame sings Shit! Join punk horror drag superstar Baby Lame as she takes over the Glory intimate soire filled with …
Annie Sup and Angela Bra are housemates in their forties celebrating a new lease of life on the first anniversary of Angela’s divorce.
Annie Sup and Angela Bra are housemates in their forties celebrating a new lease of life on the first anniversary of Angela’s divorce.
Annie Sup and Angela Bra are housemates in their forties celebrating a new lease of life on the first anniversary of Angela’s divorce.
Annie Sup and Angela Bra are housemates in their forties celebrating a new lease of life on the first anniversary of Angela’s divorce.
Classical dance genres performed by Dr Radha Krishnan, Arabhi Krishnan and students of Dr Radha Krishnan showcasing their talent.
An online global sacred dance community.
It is absolutely not Fraser Brown who needs to be afraid.
London’s worst BEST Kept Secret, ZODIAC on Tour lands again on a Saturday in Camden with a host of amazing performers including:Luna Cortez - The Queen with the Mutant Lungs!JVST_T…
ZODIAC on Tour Season 2 - Episode 3Book your tickets now for Episode 3, held in a secret VIP location in SohoYou can expect free shots, great food, drinks, and an incredible line u…
The Guru Dudu team returns to Edinburgh with our hilarious and engaging tours.
Tucked in between the bustling pubs of the grassmarket is the capital's home of dance and its latest exhibition, Dance Base Unwrapped.
With caller Ken Gourlay and ceilidh band.
Gangsters, attempted murder and actual sharks? Award-winning comedian and TV writer Kate Smurthwaite tells the most mind-blowing lockdown story you’ll ever hear.
Following the last few years of sell-out, five-star shows, the Silent Adventures team are back with even more madness and brand-new adventures to boot.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Come join the brilliant Boogie Shoes Silent Disco Walking Disco as they return to their Scottish roots for an immersive dance-walk through the historic streets of Edinburgh.
Celebrate the return to live entertainment with an exciting evening of variety hosted by radio personality Mark McKenzie in the home of the Army.
Celebrate the return to live entertainment with an exciting evening of variety hosted by radio personality Mark McKenzie in the home of the Army.
This evocative play by Australian playwright Melissa-Kelly Franklin tells the story of a young couple living in a world ravaged by climate change.
What is humanity; what is life? In this world, nothing is certain.
The word that most immediately springs to mind is 'joy'.
PPAS presents a showcase of dance featuring the students of our Dance Intensive Summer School.
One of the great things that the Edinburgh Fringe has always done is to give a platform to local schools of various performing arts within an actual arts festival.
You will need a group of 2-5 detectives, internet access on your phone, your brain and your legs! We’ll provide the specialist kit.
Amina Khayyam’s Catch the Bird Who Won’t Fly, a Kathak dance piece using animation and green screen is beautiful, subtle and moving despite its grim subject matter: domestic vi…
A hyper-reality show portraying the daily life of a cam girl in a Barbie-land gone wrong.
Join housemates Annie Sup and Angela Bra on a night out celebrating the first anniversary of Angela’s divorce.
Join housemates Annie Sup and Angela Bra on a night out celebrating the first anniversary of Angela’s divorce.
This evocative new play by Australian playwright Melissa-Kelly Franklin tells the story of a couple living in a world ravaged by climate change.
This evocative new play by Australian playwright Melissa-Kelly Franklin tells the story of a couple living in a world ravaged by climate change.
Three couples have signed up for private antenatal classes.
Kemi’s being bullied and it’s getting out of control.
With a growing reputation for providing excellent dance education, Ceyda Tanc Dance presents a mixed bill featuring their talented youth dancers.
The legendary Ragroof Tea Dance returns to the Spiegeltent – a marvellous medley of dancing delights, featuring a DJ playing authentic vintage dance music, glamorous costumes, gl…
Will Hall (as seen on BBC Three and Channel 4) and Sharlin Jahan (BBC Asian Network) present a brand new work in progress split bill.
Will Hall (as seen on BBC Three and Channel 4) and Sharlin Jahan (as heard on Union Jack Radio) present a brand new work in progress split bill.
The legendary Ragroof Tea Dance returns to the Spiegeltent – a marvellous medley of dancing delights, featuring a DJ playing authentic vintage dance music, glamorous costumes, gl…
The English Disco Lovers Community Group return to the fabulous Brighton Spiegeltent for THREE (count ‘em!) fully non-distanced club night parties: ‘8th Birthday Ball’ / ‘Mermaids…
The English Disco Lovers Community Group return to the fabulous Brighton Spiegeltent for THREE (count ‘em!), seated club night parties: ‘8th Birthday Ball’ / ‘Mermaids Ball’ / ‘El…
‘MANA DANCE X MR BONGO’ celebrates the reemergence of live dance and music (DJ) at the famous Spiegeltent.
This 6-piece live music band play original material interwoven with all the classic disco & funk tracks, guaranteed to get your feet moving, your hands clapping and your spirit sin…
This 6-piece live music band play original material interwoven with all the classic disco & funk tracks, guaranteed to get your feet moving, your hands clapping and your spirit sin…
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
A baby rolls into their lives, literally, and it belongs to none of them.
A baby rolls into their lives, literally, and it belongs to none of them.
A double-bill of two widely-acclaimed pieces: ‘WATCHING, Ceci n’est pas de Deux’ by Ester Natzijl Projects “Redefines theatre and dance” ★★★★★ (Reviews Hub), “simply sp…
A double-bill of two widely-acclaimed pieces: ‘WATCHING, Ceci n’est pas de Deux’ by Ester Natzijl Projects “Redefines theatre and dance” ★★★★★ (Reviews Hub), “simply sp…
Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
A Dance of Awareness experience where you decide which role to take, mover or witness.
Family fun, dancing and socialising for 0 - 5s and their grown-ups.
A Dance of Awareness experience where you decide which role to take, mover or witness.
This evocative new play by Australian playwright Melissa-Kelly Franklin tells the story of a couple living in a world ravaged by climate change.
This evocative new play by Australian playwright Melissa-Kelly Franklin tells the story of a couple living in a world ravaged by climate change.
Hello Sailor! Fun Sun Seekers! An open-air dance-walk Boogie Shoes Silent Disco Walking Party returns to beautiful Brighton with their ‘Super Seaside Special’! It’s the outra…
The mandarin character ‘woman (女)’ has three strokes; it’s expected to be written in a set order.
Brighton got their boogie shoes on as they danced around Brighton with Boogie Shoes Silent Disco Walking Party under the guidance of our ship's captain Mama Roo and her shipmat…
The Guru Dudu team have adapted their tours to be Covid-safe with smaller tour size and new routes.
The mandarin character ‘woman’ has three strokes, it’s expected to be written in a set order.
Friday 14th May 2021, 8pm (doors open at 7.
“Donor Conceived Person? Honestly I think I prefer Test Tube Baby” Alice has always been told she was special, but as she reaches adolescence she can’t help but think it’…
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
The show that brings the history of the club to life using the songs from the terraces is back to celebrate the lifting of number six in Madrid.
The show that brings the history of the club to life using the songs from the terraces is back to celebrate the lifting of number six in Madrid.
Westcliff High School for Boys’s troupe of players from all year groups brings the late 19th century tradition of Music Hall back to life with some wonderful old songs, glorious …
The works of WS Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan are jewels in the English theatrical treasury and I, generally, have scant patience (no pun intended) with 'reimaginings'.
A lot of love has gone into this imagined duet between Frankie Howerd and his lover Dennis Heymer.
IN THE WINGS features a stellar line-up of West End stars and 2020 graduates performing new British musical theatre on-stage at the Arts Theatre, London, accompanied by a live band…
This youth climate show jumps of the soapbox at it’s Edinburgh Debut with irreverent, funny skits that tackle the big issues of this climate crisis.
A discussion on the relationship between artists and critics in fringe and wider contexts, with insight and advice from Richard Beck and Matthew Shelley.
Bringing the knowledge, education and entertainment of African cultural heritage to the people of the world. Every dance has a meaning and an origin.
Román Baca talks about his healing journey from ballet to the Iraq War and back again.
Online premiere of Rosie Kay’s 10 SOLDIERS exploring the training, friendships, loves and the incredible teamwork behind an army unit.
Join Rosie Kay as she talks about working in dance and film, from 5 SOLDIERS to Sunshine on Leith.
Join Rosie Kay as she talks about working in dance and film, from 5 SOLDIERS to Sunshine on Leith.
With caller/dance teacher Ken Gourlay, ceilidh band and piper.
Come see 30 plays in 60 minutes! Created by Greg Allen of the Neo-Futurists Theatre and performed by students from The Bishop’s School in La Jolla, California.
Join lifelong friends, Annie and Angela, as they celebrate approaching forty, single and ready to mingle in a drag-infused musical comedy where you’re on the very special guest l…
Ever felt like what people see on the outside doesn’t convey what’s on the inside? Ever felt like you can reflect yourself out in 1000 different ways depending on who you speak to …
Join the Silent Adventures dream team as they lead you on a fun-filled silent disco tour of the capital.
Elliot Wengler has many special features, and no, he doesn’t mean his dyspraxia, dyslexia, anxiety or his Pokémon championship wins (runner-up position, 200…
In 2017 New Wave Associate Artist Alexander Whitley combined film and dance for 8 Minutes, a breath-taking journey to the sun.
When award-winning comedian Richard Gadd offers a stranger a free cup of tea, he has no sense of the nightmare to come.
In 1782, the owners of the Zong ship claimed insurance on the lives of the 130 slaves thrown overboard.
Get ready for an absurd explosion of trash-tactic song, interactive comedy, twisted film and furious balls-out performance from renowned drag sensation Baby Lame.
Since forming in 1994, Richard Alston Dance Company has been extolled for their musicality and lyricism.
Linda, Brian and Nelly are new to the neighbourhood, everything seems perfect.
As Lin Hwai-Min, founder of the world-renowned Taiwanese company, steps down in 2020, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre brings works from the current and new artistic directors.
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
Message In A Bottle is the spectacular new dance-theatre show from triple Olivier Award nominee, Kate Prince to the iconic hits of music superstar, Sting including Roxanne, Every B…
Game-changer in the world of tap, Michelle Dorrance had dedicated herself to exploring the capabilities of America’s original dance form.
Born in Israel and now based in France, the double Bessie Award-winning choreographer Emanuel Gat initially trained as a conductor before shifting his attention to dance.
ZooNation’s smash-hit sensation Some Like It Hip Hop thrilled audiences and critics when it opened in 2011, prompting five-star reviews and standing ovations with its infecti…
Started in 2010 by French choreographer Boris Charmatz, theatre director Emmanuel Demarcy Mota and Fondation d’entreprise Hermès, Danse Élargie takes place over a gruelling two…
Hits & Misses with his Electric Band The “Empty Pockets” After touring for the last year in the USA with his band the Empty Pockets, Al has decided to bring this s…
A play comparing racist undertones in modern society to those in 1950s America runs the risk of stating the obvious — there is still a major inequality problem in the 21st Centur…
Liz Pichon is a legend in our house: she is the author adored by kids who wouldn’t otherwise pick up a book.
Using both traditional and contemporary dance genres, members of HIV charity Red Ribbon perform a piece about positive opportunities in life that are possible for people living wit…
Having just celebrated their 60th anniversary, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater bring with them a flood of new and exciting works alongside modern classics in three mixed program…
Having just celebrated their 60th anniversary, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre bring with them a flood of new and exciting works alongside modern classics in three mixed program…
Having just celebrated their 60th anniversary, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater bring with them a flood of new and exciting works alongside modern classics in three mixed program…
Part show, part disco, all party! Electric live performances and three channels of music to choose from on your glowing headphones.
The Bronte sisters’ tragically short-lived lives are reimagined for the Fringe by Eleventh Hour Theatre.
Shakespeare: Reloaded have reworked this classic Oscar Wilde play into something almost unrecognisable.
There are quite a few variations on the Romeo & Juliet theme at this year’s Fringe, but few have as many puns as AcadePitch Presents - Romeo and Juliet: An A Capella Tragedy.
Innovations isn’t just a show.
Bell Dance – Ring, ring, ring… the Tibetan boys and girls happily dance and ring their bells.
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
It needs to be said, you must go into this show with an open mind.
In a world where we see some form of video footage every day – on small and big screens, down on our phones, around us on animated billboards – and where we can tumble headfirs…
Improvengers: Pretendgame is an ambitious concept without the follow-through.
Three of Scotland’s leading contemporary jazz groups each play a 40-minute set in one stunning concert with world-class musical guests from India and Shetland.
"I kind of want to die – but I’d really like to get into publishing, too," says Billie (performed by Grainne Dromgoole), as she explains the story of her first real l…
Fringe sell-out ten years running! The original family dance party is back, bigger and better than ever.
Flamenco guitarist Raul Mannola and dancer Aylin Eleonora bring their vision and tradition to a spectacle of passion and rhythm! Enjoy the sublime beauty of real flamenco, coloured…
Soundtracks: Dance to the Movies! Soundtracks DJs will get you partying to the best movies ever.
Any piece of art that tackles a complicated subject like mental health is worthwhile.
This dance and music extravaganza contains a wealth of Irish talent, an exciting two-hour trip through hundreds of years of Irish dance and music, 22 award-winning world and Irish …
Doron Perk is a dancer and choreographer based in New York City and Danielle Friedman is a pianist and composer based in Berlin.
Join our curators, conservator and volunteers on special highlight tours of St Cecilia’s Hall, Scotland’s oldest concert hall and home of the University of Edinburgh’s world renown…
Join Monski Mouse and friends: Richard Crawley, Amy Gwilliam and cabaret superstar Dusty Limits for a live musical cabaret of nursery classics, reworked song, puppetry and fun for …
Join Mia, Jacus, Twinkle and their nursery rhyme friends at the world premiere of a brand new live show.
Exploring an unlimited range of creative ideas, Dance-Forms’ 76th International Choreographers’ Showcase delivers a solid line-up of superb choreography.
Performing Arts Studio Scotland: Dance at Edinburgh College present an eclectic mix of original choreographic work created by the staff, students and recent graduates of PASS Dance…
In the midst of the comedy maelstrom, into which Edinburgh in August descends, I was privileged to enjoy an extraordinary artistic experience.
A unique gala of traditional Chinese folk dances, classical dance genres as well as a taste of Chinese opera.
The Mother Music Daughter Dance is a lively, funny, bittersweet theatrical duet between a real-life mother and daughter.
Sarah-Louise Young is one of Edinburgh Fringe's most respected and sought after musical variety performers, and it's no stretch of the imagination to see why, as she delive…
Lloyd is the cameraman at Channel 7 News in Northern Michigan.
What do you do when after 15 years of making people laugh and campaigning for human rights, you’re still best known as ‘that feminazi bitch off the telly’? The Have I Got News For …
Why toddle when you can dance?! Selling out shows around the world; come find out why.
Time is ticking for Kate to have a baby.
Children and grown-up children, walk, dance, sing and enjoy our musical streets for one hour! Silent disco fun with our party panda.
Spencer bought a new looper, but he can’t beatbox.
If you walk into a production of The Last Five Years without any previous knowledge of the show things can get a little confusing.
It’s very tempting to conclude your musical with a clearcut happy ending, where every loose end is neatly tied and all of your favourite characters ride off into the sunset.
With caller Ken Gourlay, ceilidh band and piper.
Come join the brilliant Boogie Shoes Silent Disco as we return to our Scottish roots for an immersive dance-walk through the crazy throngs of the Fringe.
Formed in 1965 in Edinburgh, Fayne and the Cruisers are still going strong, capturing the essence of those 60s dances in church halls and clubs and performing everything from The B…
Dreamgun: Film Reads are back at the Fringe and ready to ruin your childhood! At a time when podcasts are very on trend and live recordings are foisted upon an unsuspecting public …
One man, a guitar, and the most venerated love story of all time.
There are worse ways to start a show than with free sweets, and no better way to end it than with a singalong.
Nicola and Rosie Dempsey (aka: Flo & Joan) walk out to polite applause before stumbling through the intro bars of their opening number.
A new stand-up show from David Callaghan.
Rarely is a title so apt.
With millennial nostalgia at its peak, there can be no better time to head to the Edinburgh Fringe and experience Cruel Intentions: The ‘90s Musical.
What an honour to have New Zealand’s self-proclaimed ‘only popstars’ at our humble festival.
As seen on BBC Three and Channel 4.
Take a journey of music with our lively and enthusiastic guides as they take you on a tour of Edinburgh’s historic streets and closes.
Paul, now a fully-disqualified swan psychologist, delves deeper to discover the origins of the gay sperms and once again unleashes his bag of Disturbances.
How did the first person to watch Phoebe Waller-Bridge perform Fleabag feel; confused, enlightened, so profoundly altered they could barely put words to it? Jodie Irvine’s origin…
Delve into the archives of Dunfermline College of Physical Education, Scottish gymnastics and influential dance pioneer Margaret Morris (1891-1980) and discover Scotland’s signif…
Ireland’s comedy darlings Mark O’Keeffe (Show Me the Funny 2019 winner) and Richy Sheehy (viral sensation, as seen on Sky, RTE and BBC) bring their best hour of classic club stand-…
This is not a 'show' in the generally accepted meaning of the word.
The original and the best! We now have two starting venues (McSorley’s and Grassmarket) with extra tours for the final weekend.
Kate Lucas has been told she needs to sell herself more.
Where better to perform a Harry Potter parody show than Edinburgh?Lukas Kirkby and Tom Lawrinson are back at the Fringe for their fourth year in a row with Pottervision.
It’s August, and we know what has lured all of you to Edinburgh—the neoclassical architecture!Whether you’re a regular tourist, Fringe-goer or resident, Cobble Tales' Arc…
Have you ever been to a supermarket and thought, “Hey, I really wish the staff would sing more?" Well, Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society are here to make that wis…
“Why do you think you’re a bitch?” Warning—the first question you’ll be asked upon arriving at Rock Rising’s Girl Bully might invoke a mini existential crisis.
Ray Bradshaw made waves at last year's Fringe for performing stand-up in sign language and English at the same time, a gesture inspired by his own upbringing with deaf parents …
Once upon a time, two princesses decided to leave LA and cross the ocean to visit a fairy tale land where dreams come true — Scotland.
Anuvab Pal is trying to understand a thousand years of this bewildering British Isle through his Indian lens, deploying respectable tools he’s mastered like corruption, deceit and …
Bi-Cycle is the low-cardio, sweat-drenched sexual awakening you never knew you needed.
Richard Gadd pours a free cup of tea to a stranger at a bar – she comes back.
If you’re here at the Fringe for a good time, don’t let the word ‘science’ cancel out the word ‘sesh’.
Following 2018’s sell-out, five-star shows, the Silent Adventures team are back with even more madness and brand new adventures to boot.
If you saw a live news report of an alien invasion on a network you trusted, would you believe it? Rhum & Clay’s production of The War of the Worlds poses that exact question…
“Nothing makes a woman feel more like a girl than a man who sings like a boy.
There ain’t no party like a Max & Ivan party, ‘cause a Max & Ivan party uses equations to guarantee participant enjoyment!The comedy duo are back at the Fringe and read…
As the last notes of La Vie en Rose hang in the air, we jump to our feet to give our enthralling leading lady the standing ovation she so richly deserves.
The boys are back in town and they still believe in the stag! Irish sketch comedy trio, Sean Finegan, Conor McKenna and Sean Flanagan, return for another Edinburgh Fringe run with …
Baby Wants Candy has become almost as much a staple of the Fringe as being slapped in the face with flyers on the Royal Mile.
Before even taking the stage, Lucy Porter announces that we’ve won the ‘Sexiest Audience at the Fringe’ award, so you know we’re onside by the time she grabs the mic.
There’s only one person who could compel people from their homes on a day when the rain is coming down in sheets and thunder crashes less than three Mississippi’s away.
Helen Bauer hits the Fringe hard with this compelling comedy debut which is slick, sassy and super satisfying.
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
When critiquing a musical about the difficulties of being a performer, there’s nothing to do but write a review about the difficulties of being a critic.
When three people in white nightgowns run frantically into an attic pouring a circle of salt, you know the devil can’t be far behind.
Good comedy doesn’t come out of a comedian being happy, right? Wrong! Suzi Ruffell proves her own point wrong when she begins her show, Dance Like Everyone’s Watching, by sayin…
Have you ever been on a Tinder date? Picture that in front of a live audience, where only one of the participants knows what’s going on.
Winner of the prestigious BBC New Comedy Award 2018 and the reigning Scottish Comedian of the Year, Stephen brings his much anticipated debut hour to the Fringe.
Somewhat new to the interactive theatre scene, and a little suspicious of what I would find, Adam Riches: The Beakington Town Hall Murders was an unexpected delight.
When will Joanne Harouni get to do the Ted Talk she deserves?In an unusual standup routine, Harouni devotes her hour-long performance to stories about her multifaceted father and l…
Goodbear put on a pretty spectacular routine considering they never actually show up.
After over a decade running events across the globe, including 10 consecutive sell-out seasons at Edinburgh Fringe and 3 hugely successful appearances at Great Yorkshire…
Join Monski Mouse and friends: Richard Crawley, Amy Gwilliam and London cabaret superstar, Dusty Limits, for a live musical cabaret of nursery classics, reworked song, puppetry and…
Step into the magical and colourful world of LITTLE BABY BUM.
Paul, now a fully-disqualified swan psychologist, delves deeper to discover the origins of the gay sperms and once again unleashes his bag of Disturbances.
Your Amazing Line Up will be• SLIM - The Peoples Champion• KANE BROWN - UK Sensation• &nb…
Winner of the prestigious BBC New Comedy Award 2018 and the reigning Scottish Comedian of the Year, Stephen Buchanan brings his much anticipated debut hour to the Fringe…
The chaotic cabaret cult, AN EVENING WITHOUT KATE BUSH is here!Enter Strange Phenomena, howl with the The Hounds Of Love and dance on the moors with Wuthering Heigh…
Clare Sales School of Dance is for all age and abilities.
Following an inaugural year enjoyed by audiences and critics alike, A Festival of Korean Dance will return in 2019.
After successfully bribing the Edinburgh Festival 2018 for a four star review, the self-help group ‘Jane McDonald Anonymous’ cruises into Brighton Fringe for three nights.
In 2008, choreographer Rosie Kay joined the 4th Battalion The Rifles, to participate in full battle exercises, and visited the National Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre.
We lucked out! On the day we saw The Jungle Book, the sun was high in the sky.
Can a young astronaut and a fallen star save a former dancer who is fighting a bizarre illness and her bohemian roommate? Or will they be captured and tortured with no end in sight…
Come have the the time of your life, with the cult-dance musical of the 80’s. Our very own Steph will get you in the mood before the screening.
A combination of clowning, stand-up, storytelling and gameplay that gives the audience the opportunity to create the ultimate relationship ‘to do list’.
Master of minimalist movement Tao Ye founded TAO in 2008.
For Jacques, the journey from cradle to grave is fraught with the negative voices of our culture; but, in our show, Jacques finally gets to see the possibility of hope and life-for…
‘I’m not expecting anything.
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
An interesting addition to the Fringe schedule, The Hunters of Ghost Hall's paranormal premise, pitch-black stage and eerie soundtrack seems to lend itself more to a Halloween …
A new stand-up show from Comedian David Callaghan.
Back for its fifth year, the Sussex Dance Network ‘Dance Trail’ presents new short works by local choreographers and dancers exploring the theme outside/inside.
A raucous, two-woman comedy of idiots! Following sold-out shows in New York, this Gaulier-trained clown duo will guide you through their version of a sacred ritual for spiritual en…
The award-winning feminist, atheist, polyamorous comedian and writer for Have I Got News For You, puts away all those years of coquettishness and gets off the fence.
“When I was three I declared to my Mum that I was going to marry David Bowie or become an actress.
A dancer dances, while another explains.
Ensemble Dance Co, topped off by Sarah Blanc.
Three hours of dancing delights featuring music from the 1920s to 1950s, vintage costumes, glorious displays, and Dorothy’s Shoes’ trademark instant dance classes.
Lonely Disco have a record for spotting amazing new artists from across the UK.
Perth Fringe World Best Comedy nominee Odette is the fun, feisty, incredibly fertile cleaning lady everybody loves to love! Join her for an hour of soap opera silliness as she sha…
New parent? You’re probably in need of a laugh.
The English Disco Lovers Community Group return to Brighton Spiegeltent for their fifth sell out season! As ever, they will be bringing their irrepressible mix of disco, humour, in…
Family fun dancing and socialising for 0 - 5s and their grown-ups.
One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018.
Sold out at Edinburgh Fringe 2018, Boogie Shoes Silent Disco presents our ‘Cheeky Seaside Special’ tour of Brighton.
We are calling all fellow reprobates, sinners and free love enthusiasts to join us for a night of ceremonial debauchery as we launch the Spiegeltent season! The year is 2030 and p…
A gentle and immersive multisensory experience.
Tickets: £13.
Programme: Karen Power, (Retro Disco commission) Jannik Giger, Maestro Eoin Callery, You might need a word for that Robert Ashley, Mixed Blessings, India…
The Jerry Hall Show' is a bizarre narrative comedy, based loosely on the life of celebrity Jerry Hall.
Rich Hall’s critically acclaimed new show begins its second leg of touring.
Terence Rattigan personifies the maxim that you can’t keep a good man down.
Debbie Allen Dance School present a varied programme of Dance.
Tickets: £5Suitable for: Older adults (guide age 55+ years old)Duration: 1hr, 30minsOther: This takes place in our Studio, with a maximum capac…
Celestial Motion transports you to an alternate universe where you are joined by a virtual cast of world-class dancers on a thrilling journey towards the sun.
The celebrated American choreographer Mark Morris, swings into town with Pepperland, his unique tribute to one of the best-selling albums of all time: The Beatles’ Sgt.
In a rare public appearance, Charles Dance discusses his remarkable 50-year career in theatre, film and television.
In Karyn Kusama’s riveting new crime thriller Destroyer, the receipt of an ink-marked bill in the office mail propels veteran LAPD detective Erin Bell (Nicole Kidm…
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
Based on the memoir "Beautiful Boy" by David Sheff and "Tweak" by his son, Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experi…
An electro rock duo from Orange County formed by Justin Pointer and Tony Kim.
"Bring Your Own Baby Comedy have transformed parental leave" i paper "Guaranteed to leave at least one of you crying with laughter" Mother and Baby M…
Oscar nominee Hugh Jackman stars as the charismatic politician Gary Hart for Academy Award-nominated director Jason Reitman in the new thrilling drama The Front Run…
Mary, Queen of Scots” explores the turbulent life of the charismatic Mary Stuart.
Come and have fun with the We Do Good Disco team on Saturday 2nd February, as we kick off the LGBTQ+ history month in Lewisham with a film and disco extravaganza.
Dance2Connect is a 3 day Street Dance Festival, comprising of an evening of Dance Theatre (Friday), dance ‘Battles’ (Saturday) and Workshops with Internation…
Starring Steve Coogan and John C.
Tickets: £13.
Matthew Bourne's New Adventures are pleased to offer this series of inclusive workshops for over-55s this year.
Unconventional country girl Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette has married a charismatic egomaniacal man of letters, 14 years her senior, known by the single name, Willy.
DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND EXTRA SCREENING ADDED - TUESDAY 22 JANUARY @ 10:30AM Winner of 10 Best British Independent Film Awards 2018 including - Best British Independent Fi…
Deep in the remote snowy forest an icy wind blows and snowflakes fall from the sky.
After delighting audiences at last years Kids Comedy Club event at Piece Hall, ComedySportz return to the Spiegeltent this Christmas for more all action, all improvised comedy fun!…
The Long Nose Puppets are back! Their eclectic mix of original songs, beautiful hand-made puppets and gentle stories for the very young does not disappoint.
Set in a Mother and Baby Home in December 1964, Be My Baby follows Mary Adams who is unmarried and seven months pregnant.
1964, Mary Adams, unmarried and seven months pregnant, is forcibly sent to a Mother and Baby Home by a mother, intent on keeping up appearances.
Layla and Majnun is a classic love story which has been presented in many Middle Eastern and sub-continental cultures.
Welcome to the inaugural meeting of the self-help group ‘Jane McDonald Anonymous’.
Based on the painting Akita no Gyoji by Tsuguharu Foujita (1937), Yoshitaka fuses the Japanese folk elements of Namahage, Hanekawa Kenbayashi and Akita Nikatabushi to create a new …
Innovations isn’t just a show.
From Show Boat to Showman, there’s always Another Op’nin, Another Show about the sparkling self-obsessed world of musical theatre! And why not? Some of the best shows are all a…
From Off-Broadway to Curry Mallet Village Hall, Kate takes her one-woman shows all over the world.
The Edinburgh Comedy Award winner, Live at the Apollo star, the Lidl Enya, the broken Bublé… DAVID O’DOHERTY headlines.
This stunning Irish spectacular Rhythm of the Dance is a fully live show that celebrates Irish culture through music and dance, featuring world champion dancers, a traditional Iris…
Rise and shine with Mindful Disco! A guided event combining dance and mindfulness.
A captivating show suitable for all encompassing a variety of dance styles, colourful costumes and entertaining narrative.
Tibetan Monks Sacred Dance is a special experience, not quite a religious rite and not quite a performance show as five Tibetan monks from the Tashi Lunpo Monastery in South India …
Dance-Forms Productions is celebrating the International Choreographers’ Showcase’s 24th Anniversary and 17 years of brilliant performances at the Fringe.
Sell-out nine years running! The original family dance party is back, bigger and better than ever, celebrating our tenth anniversary on the Fringe.
Stamptown presents: Late Night Disco Fight! The anarchic creation of four critically acclaimed performers from four different corners of the globe (Scotland, South Korea, Norway an…
No man is an island.
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Kate Smurthwaite finally tells us what she really thinks.
The Monster in the Hall by David Greig follows a day in the life of Duck Macatarsney as she cares for her dope-smoking biker father who suffers from multiple sclerosis.
With caller Ken Gourlay, a ceilidh band and piper.
Follow the elvish dancer into the enchanted forest and get lost in the moment, admiring his strange and subtle art.
Brenda’s Got a Baby was birthed from a concept created by Molly Rumford, financed via Crowdfunder and the culmination of interviews and news stories from real people.
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
Why toddle when you can dance!? Sell-out shows around the world, come find out why DJ Monski Mouse is a hit with under fives and their parents/carers.
‘My favourite DJ on the planet.
Come join the brilliant Boogie Shoes Silent Disco on an immersive dance-walk through the crazy throngs of the Fringe.
Guru Dudu returns to Edinburgh with some extra tours by his Village People tour guides.
A legendary musician, Hoppy Kamiyama and an awesome traditional dancer, Kashichiro; the artists representing Japan from the Hachijojima Island appear at Greenside in the Edinburgh …
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Forty-five minutes of free (or £5 guaranteed entry) stand-up from a comedian who’s fresh out of the Cambridge Footlights and hoping this isn’t all a terrible mistake.
‘The day I’ve been dreading arrives.
A dancer dances, while another explains.
Join the Silent Adventures dream team as they lead you on a fun-filled silent disco tour of the capital.
Power? Sex? Control? Part One: Meet Baby, a prostitute willing to entertain you with Barbie dolls… Experience a bizarre underworld of desire and oppression.
Returning after their award-winning, sell-out 2015 show, Beard (‘one of the best kept secrets in comedy-town’ (List)) are back with their genre-defying comedy.
Ben Pope is an award-winning comedian and cosmopolitan mammal.
Sex.
Spencer Percival has one claim to fame.
Total sell-out 2015, 2016 and 2017! One of the best-known, longest-running and most celebrated improv shows in the world.
Being a small-time drug dealer in Cardiff is tough.
A master of audience coersion, Kate Berlant mines her best material from audience response rather than her own resources.
“Have you ever fantasised about someone like me?” Katy Dye asks the audience, not as an adult woman, not as a performance artist, but as a 15-year-old school girl.
Power? Sex? Control? Part Two: Baby, the Barbie doll-playing prostitute, becomes more and more a doll herself.
Multi-award winning comedian and TV and radio regular Kate Smurthwaite has been polyamorous* for many years but she’s never talked about it on stage before.
Spencer Percival has one claim to fame.
Spencer Percival has one claim to fame.
Ben Pope is an award-winning comedian and cosmopolitan mammal.
After over a decade of family dayclubbing events across the globe, including 9 consecutive sell-out seasons at Edinburgh Fringe and 2 hugely successful appearances at Great Yorks…
Join us on a journey of music and dance telling the story of York's community Tang Hall.
The Welsh singing legend, who is known for hits such as Delilah and What New Pussycat is.
Dublin Youth Dance Company are thrilled to present an evening of dance at the Smock Alley Theatre as part of the 18th Irish Youth Dance Festival.
Vibe Arts are delighted to be working with the St Dunstan's College Dance Company for their first appearance in this year’s Arts Festival.
Award-winning director, Trevor Nunn returns to The Old Vic to direct the dazzling, Tony award-winning, Broadway classic, Kiss Me, Kate.
Our last Friday night dancing at the legendary Spiegeltent this season.
Join Monski Mouse and friends: Richard Crawley, Amy Gwilliam and London cabaret superstar, Dusty Limits, for a live musical cabaret of nursery classics, originals, puppetry and fun…
Broadway Actor and Streamy Award Winner Todrick Hall announces his new world tour Todrick Hall American: The Forbidden Tour.
What really goes on in our head? Is it true? What we believe to think? Is it beautiful? Is it confronting? And is it honest? What can you learn from your thoughts? They have more t…
Jerry Hall bursts her way into Brighton Fringe, in this riot of a cabaret developed at Soho Theatre.
‘So You Think You’re Funny?’ and ‘Amused Moose Laugh Off’ finalist AJ Roberts debuts his solo show.
Adam Astra, a young rocketeer witnesses a star-girl fall to earth one night and vows to rocket her back among the stars.
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
For queers and their allies who like their cabaret feminist, political, patriarchy-smashing, sex positive, riot grrl and kick ass, Pussy Liquor is most definitely the night for you…
This is a millennial anthem, a confused love song to a ‘lost generation’ that does everything and nothing all at once.
By popular demand! Original musical journey from 400 AD Boerthelm’s Tun to present day Bom-Bane’s, with portraits of all the colourful inhabitants along the way.
Rich Hall’s critically acclaimed new show begins its second leg of touring.
Roll up for vintage tunes, dazzling dance displays, and whirlwind Instant Dance Classes to ease you onto the floor.
Following our completely sold out Fringe 2017 season, ‘Baby Loves Disco’ returns to the funkiest bar on the beachfront with the best sea views in Brighton for 2018! Club DJs spin f…
‘The Boo Hoo Baby’ Inspired by the board book by Cressida Cowell Boo is a baby who needs something but what it is nobody knows.
Street Dance workshops in a small group. Admission by ticket only.
Back for its fourth year Brighton dance Network’s promenade performance leads audiences through a new series of dance occurrences crafted for a chosen part of the city.
Sold out at Edinburgh Fringe 2017! Guru Dudu returns with his hilarious dance-walking tours of spontaneous flash mob dancing through the streets, interpretative dancing around loc…
Ceyda Tanc Dance, with three different programmes of cutting edge and dynamic contemporary dance, works with influences of Ceyda’s traditional Turkish folk dance heritage.
Bringing us four short scenes, Puck’s Players – consisting of Bill Poulton, Phillip Lee and Aaron Thaddeus Lee – were able to exhibit outstanding versatility as performers, d…
7 May: Guest DJ Krafty Kuts ‘Intergalactic Space and Star Wars’ fancy dress (0-10yrs) 28 May: Guest DJ Russ Cuban (Cuban Brothers fame) ‘Gangsters and Hippies’ fancy dress (0-…
The Disco Lovers return to the beautiful Spiegeltent for their fourth sell-out season at Brighton Fringe! Bank Holiday Sunday May 6th sees their inaugural FLUORESCENT BALL! The Dis…
Why toddle when you can dance? Join our resident dj-mumma, Monski Mouse and her Dancers for an hour of bopping family fun.
Passionate and unconventional, Isadora Duncan revolutionised the dance world and is known as “the mother of modern dance”.
Why toddle when you can dance! Parents and under-5s are let loose on the dance floor in the friendliest of discos.
Is it a show? Is it a disco? Is it a party? It's all that and more! The essence of the unique club night that has swept through Britain’s party scene comes to this life i…
There’s something particularly British about wanting to curl up and die a little upon hearing the dreaded words ‘audience participation’.
The legendary Fringe Club returns to the Warren in 2018 with it’s own version of the legendary night out, Silent Disco.
70 years after the Empire Windrush docked, marking the start of Caribbean migration to the UK, comes a new work from Phoenix’s artistic director Sharon Watson with a newly co…
Our fab disco for under 7s returns! Wee witches and sapling sorcerers, grab your broomsticks and fly on down to the Albany for a magical dance party with themed video, live perform…
Richard Alston choreographed his very first dance in 1968 – 50 years later Mid Century Modern celebrates this landmark with new and old work from Alston, a fitting celebrat…
Best Kids Show runner up 2015.
The Fame Train gang star in this awesome show that sees the kids travel through the ages from the prehistoric times, to the swinging 60’s, all the way to the modern day! Cool chara…
Winner: Barry Award Melbourne International Comedy Festival Everyone’s favourite sardonic straight shooter, Rich Hall, returns! After a sell-out Fringe season in 2016 the crank…
The 2016 smash hit improv musical returns to Adelaide! Total sell-out Edinburgh Fringe 2015, 2016, 2017.
It’s party time! Dance to the latest tunes with other 5-12 year olds and feel like the star of your own pop video.
Why toddle when you can dance?! Selling out shows around the world, come find out why Adelaide’s own, DJ Monski Mouse is a hit with the under fives and their parents/carers.
Join us for some hip-grinding, hair-flipping and leg-splitting Britney action in our workshop featuring the moves of the pop princess who has provided us with fly dance steps for n…
Babies, toddlers, stressed new parents swilling bottles of wine and some top Fringe comedians.
Dance Amor is a dynamic fast-paced dance studio where Dance and Passion set Soul on Fire! Here at Dance Amor we believe that anyone can dance.
Award Winning Adam Hall & the Velvet Playboys bring the dance Party! Bring your dancing shoes! 6 piece band with full horn section featuring the music of Prince, Bruno Mars, Marvin…
“like something straight out of a Tarantino film.
Who said parenting was a piece of cake? Cos I want to give them a piece of my mind! Life’s busy & you have to be everything for a whole bunch of people: partner, kids, boss, c…
70’S & 80’S DISCO INFERNO CABARET where Fancy Dress is optional will be one of the best nights you have had in ages.
Having “hiccuped” his way to fame in 2015 with the Australian National Anthem at a baseball game, 9 year old Ethan Hall will perform a solo event to showcase his singing abilities …
Guru Dudu and his Village People are the modern pied-pipers.
The renowned contemporary dance company of disabled and non-disabled performers returns to Sadler’s Wells with a double bill commissioned and performed by Candoco.
Tongkek, a musical instrument made of bamboo is played by beating & knocking to make sound in a pentatonic basic tone.
Dave & Kate love to sing for children.
Learn moves from the decade that brought us icons like the running man, the moonwalk, the robot and the mc hammer dance! This fun filled workshop is open to beginners, advanced …
If you like wine, food, and dancing then this is the event for you! Day Dance is an annual winery party in the beautiful McLaren Vale - only 30 minutes from the CBD.
Clubbing without the hangover.
From the Red Right Hand and the Long Black Veil, to Delilah and Miss Otis Regrets, we have told tales of love and murder through song for centuries.
SHAKE YOUR BOOTY 70S DISCO SHOW features a 12 piece band performing solid gold disco hits at THE GOV, including 70s Disco dance classics from The Bee Gees, Earth Wind and Fire, Hot…
The Old Married Couple may be married but they’re certainly not old.
Our fab disco for Under 7s returns! Grab your pink leg warmers, don your ankle boots and make you hair as big as can be! It’s our retro disco for the digital generation to party …
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
A rare chance to see two internationally acclaimed dance artists.
A triple bill of dynamic new talents with international star of bharatanatyam, Mythili Prakash and noted kathak performer Dheerandra Tiwari, plus a music concert by a remarkable …
Ground-breaking dance-maker Shobana Jeyasingh brings her radical imagination to Petipa’s legendary ballet La Bayadère.
Set in the heart of Scotland, The Man Who Couldn’t Dance is a story of first love, broken promises and surviving suburbia in the aftermath of a broken heart.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
This workshop is suitable for anyone looking for a fun afternoon of unfamiliar dances, while still providing challenges for experienced dancers.
Two DJs live on stage and on the mics.
I was born to two of the most clueless parents.
New Contemporary Arab Dance Performances is part of Arab Art Focus, a showcase of new theatre and performance from the Arab region and diaspora.
Moisés Kaufman, recipient of the National Medal of Arts from President Obama, speaks about creating new work for the theatre.
Step back in time and experience the rise and fall of disco.
The Polis are Scotland’s number one Police tribute act.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Dance-Forms Productions is celebrating 16 years of brilliant performances at the Fringe, presenting the cream of the crop of postmodern creations.
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Runaway hit of Fringe 2016, the Pop Bingo Disco gameshow is back and this time it’s all about the kids! Forget smelly bingo halls with OAPs telling you to be quiet.
Speed, brevity, honesty and the denial of preconception, TML brings you on a rollicking, multi-genre journey of 30 plays in 60 minutes.
Since 2011, George Wilson and his twin sons have presented Bach at the Canongate.
Spencer Percival has one claim to fame.
Why toddle when you can dance?! It’s time to get heads, shoulders, knees and toes bopping along to lashings of swing, pop, rock, latin and more! Selling out shows around the world,…
Guru Dudu returns to Edinburgh with daily tours of spontaneous flash mobs through the streets, interpretative dance around local landmarks, group singing and lots of fun interactio…
Join the Comic Sans of Drag, Kate Butch, for an hour of comedy, songs and games.
Due to some of the artists being refused visas to enter the UK, we have had to make some changes to the Arab Arts Focus Dance Double Bill.
Tucked away in one of Greenside’s smaller studios, Baby Mama is a shining diamond of a show: beautiful storytelling and intimate staging come together to create a heartbreakingly…
Whip out some dancing shoes and get ready to whirl around a dance floor at the fantastic event that is Ceilidhs in Lauriston Hall brought to the Fringe by Edinburgh Ceilidhs.
With one of the longest titles you’ll come across it feels as though this show will have a lot to unpack.
Dirty Protest’s Sugar Baby was an entertaining hour of theatre at Paines Plough’s Roundabout, Summerhall.
Sugar Baby satirised the food industry with one eyebrow firmly raised, mocking both the trend of ‘clean eating’ for which vegan titans like ‘Deliciously Ella’ are increasin…
Sometimes, when comedians are interviewed, they talk about how they have a responsibility to talk about the issues.
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
The uptight, irritable, shy yet monstrously arrogant Kingsley has developed dangerously high blood pressure and a phobia of dancing.
Phineas Wakenshaw is a consummately confident performer, effortlessly charming packed out audiences with a sweet smile and immense stage presence.
Ding dong the witch is back! Multi award-winning Fringe sensation Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho returns with the most fabulous game show of all! Join the Iron Lady for songs, gam…
Homo Disco is a disco dance party for all who want to act a fool to camp classics. Dance into the early hours with drag queens and more. Get your tickets fast.
Movement and grace: a Dowland galliard, rousing Bach gavottes, a rippling Russian polka, the compelling rhythms of Cuba and South America.
Korean performance company GGIRIPROJECT aims to create the perfect collaboration between music and martial arts, a pursuit that has resulted in the catchily-titled Monkey Dance: Th…
A pure and exhilarating romp of a good time.
Pernilla is a Norwegian on a journey through her past.
The dance world can sometimes take itself a little too seriously, it often seems to be too caught up in technical comparisons to just enjoy itself, however, Chicos Mambo is the opp…
Sofie Hagen won an award ages ago and she’s still banging on about it.
Originally opened in 1763, St Cecilia’s Hall is the oldest purpose-built concert hall in Scotland.
One Christmas my tipsy aunt got it into her head that a race in the snow was the perfect thing to wake us up after dinner.
pencer Percival has one claim to fame.
Michelle Dorrance brings tap into the age of electronic music with collaborator Nicholas Van Young.
Following her success of last year’s Edinburgh Fringe, Penelope brings her unique combination of stand-up, character comedy and songs in this nationwide tour of ‘I was a penis.
Brighton’s no.
“Cake-mixing, baking and eating fuel, this zingy, high-energy story as a restless baby sets about a night-time adventure.
Serge Gainsbourg in sequins brandishing a flick-knife; Duane Eddy brawling on with the Shangri-Las; Connie Francis fresh from juvy hall with only vengeance on her mind.
Booty queens and hip hustlers let your freak flag fly at our dazzling evening of sumptuous glamour, glittering divas, cabaret chic and dirty disco dancing.
Delightful show about the songs we all keep inside ourselves that define who we are.
Guru Dudu returns with his hilarious dance-walking tours where everyone wears headphones (supplied) and can hear the fun commentary from Guru Dudu and the dance mix of uplifting fa…
What better recipe for bleary-eyed parents early on a Sunday morning, than a timeless tale of a happy couple saving their food from pesky seagulls?Young children were especially en…
An original musical & gastromonical journey from the 5th Century settlement of Boerthlelm’s Tun to Brighton in 1795, with affectionate portraits of the colourful inhabitants of 24 …
This spectacular cluster of dance pieces not only astounded through the sheer physicality of their presentation, but to produce piece after piece of originally choreographed narrat…
THE MAIN THING IS ABOUT BUYING CAKE! Ragroof take you to LaLaLand (14 May) in our very own City of Stars for an afternoon of Hollywood musical delights: American Smooth, Foxtro…
Disco Yoga® is a brand new yoga class inspired by a new generation of ‘mindful drinkers’ as well as those who simply want fitness to be fun and uplifting! It’s for people who …
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Challenges common perceptions of mental ill-health.
Following our legendary Brighton Fringe 2016 appearance, the original family dance party returns for more day-clubbing, this time at the funkiest bar on the beachfront with the bes…
After 3 sold-out seasons, the Disco Lovers return to their now-legendary late night slots at the awesome Spiegeltent.
In 1812 Spencer Percival became the first, and only, British Prime Minister ever to be assassinated.
Why toddle when you can dance! Parents and under-5s are let loose on the dance floor in this friendliest of discos.
Brighton Dance Network is excited to present its third site-specific promenade piece.
3pm-4pm The first show of the day will feature about as wide a variety of improvisation styles as one could ask for, with three groups that could not be more different from each o…
Inspired by one of Britain's greatest ever comedy series, this 2 hour interactive production is set in a restaurant where you the audience are the diners.
you thought Gleb was sizzling in the Master Chef kitchen and Kristina was stunning on Strictly then imagine how spicy it will be when you see the…
Are you ready? Grab a spoon! Because it’s Pat-a-cake time! Pitter-patter – get the butter! Glitzy-glossy – whisk in sugar! Jokey-yolky – add the eggs! Long Nose Puppets off…
Step back in time to the golden age of the Hollywood movies as a cast of West End dancers and singers recreate some of the most memorable dance sequences from this golden age, live…
Yang Liping is one of the most famous dancers in mainland China.
A Dance Umbrella Orbital London Tour in partnership with the Albany, artsdepot, Stratford Circus Arts Centre, and Watermans, with The Broadway and the Unicorn Theatre.
Formed in 2008 by Beijing-based choreographer Tao Ye, TAO Dance Theater is known for its mixture of art forms, including film and visual art, creating work that has a mesmeric, tra…
Calling all fishy friends to the dance floor! Disco Kids presents an underwater adventure for your little sea monsters.
The world-famous and world-class dance company, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, returns to Sadler's Wells for the first time since 2010 with an exhilarating showcase of dan…
The world-famous and world-class dance company, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, returns to Sadler's Wells for the first time since 2010 with an exhilarating showcase of dan…
The world-famous and world-class dance company, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, returns to Sadler's Wells for the first time since 2010 with an exhilarating showcase of dan…
Jen Stone and Megan Thompson Dance Project is known for its dynamic physicality, powerful imagery and emotive choreography.
Mr Boom – the children’s one-man band from the moon – is no stranger to The Famous Spiegeltent.
You have been cordially invited to a time travel to where the poetry of the Tang dynasty, an artistic pinnacle on par with Shakespeare and Dante, is brought to life by this troupe …
You have been cordially invited to time travel, to where the poetry of the Tang dynasty – an artistic pinnacle on par with Shakespeare and Dante – is brought to life by this tr…
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With stand-up, character comedy and a sprinkling of original songs, BBC Radio 4 TV critic Penelope (BBC’s Goodnight Sweetheart and Fist of Fun and BBC Radio 2’s Sony nominated King…
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
A fun-packed hour for little monsters with lots of spooky goings-on. Dance along with Dr Frankenstein and his creations in his dungeon laboratory.
Celebrating the 22nd anniversary of the International Choreographers’ Showcase and 15 years with powerful performances at the Fringe.
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
Freaky Family are back! Aki Remally, Jamie Graham and Allan Ferguson head this groundbreaking band traversing funk, jazz, hip hop beats and groove sensibility.
Kids love to be involved when watching a show and we provide you with such a chance! Dance and sing together and even try on traditional ethnic costumes with this group of young da…
ThreeWeeks’ Editor’s Choice Award winner Kate Smurthwaite hosts the Free Fringe’s relaxed and intimate late-night comedy showcase.
A vaguely outrageous, psychedelic three-piece hip-hop folk funk outfit, hand-crafting screwball anthems deep in the Scottish Highlands.
Frantic, fun and frivolous, this fast-paced one-man show is an entertaining comic thriller of Cold War intrigue and Scrabble.
Every Friday and Saturday night we proudly present the Wheel of Fortune.
Kids love to be involved when watching a show and we provide you with such a chance! Dance and sing together and even try on traditional ethnic costumes with this group of young da…
Always a sell-out, the original family dance party returns to Edinburgh’s funkiest nightclub for its eighth Fringe run.
In their sixth appearance at the Fringe, George, Adam and Tom Wilson have borrowed the title of Wilfred Meller’s book for a programme which will include music for organ, solo violi…
Lower Swell is having its summer festival! Come and be a part of the village as character comedian Dave Lemkin brings to life all the guest speakers: Colin Jackson, a self-employed…
Never before have I had to so strongly caution an audience - if you don’t enjoy having all eyes on you, look away now.
Why toddle when you can dance? Get glam and get dancing at this international hit, retro-fabulous vintage disco for under-5s (babies under 6 months can go free).
With caller Ken Gourlay, ceilidh bands Flaming Heather, HLI, Scott Leslie, Willie Fraser and piper.
The Massive Heid and Andy Jumangi present The Pop Bingo Disco! Now in its second year, bawless bingo served with musical treats has been propelled into musical bingo folklore! Not …
See a signature work by one of Europe's leading dance companies.
Step into an interstellar kosmische zone the likes the capital has never seen to launch Summerhall’s amazing musical programme this August.
An actual baby, just.
Moving and funny, Maria Ferguson’s one-woman show, Fat Girls Don’t Dance, deals with issues relevant to today’s young women.
Ding dong, the witch isn’t dead! And this time it’s definitely cause for celebration! After her previous success as an ‘international cabaret superstar’ Maggie is back in b…
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
Just one glance at this year’s stuffed-to-bursting wedge of a programme is enough to see that there are bewildering array of performance disciplines represented at this year’s …
Wickedly naughty and deliciously dark, Kate’s dual talents as a comedian and singer/songwriter are ripe for consumption.
With an energetic physicality and endearing vulnerability, Katie Sherrard’s hungover mess of a character walks the audience through the familiar state of trying simultaneously to…
Serge Gainsbourg in sequins brandishing a flick-knife; Duane Eddy brawling on with the Shangri-Las; Connie Francis fresh from juvy hall with only vengeance on her mind.
Incredible, hilarious, infectious, amazing.
Njambi McGrath’s 1 Last Dance With My Father sells itself as a dark comedy telling the story of her Kenyan upbringing and her violent relationship with her father.
Nick Hall’s one-man cold war thriller is an active piece, darting through London, Amsterdam, and under the Iron Curtain to the heart of the Soviet Union, all in the pursuit of a …
LA Dance Project is a Los Angeles-based artistic collective founded in 2012 by renowned choreographer and dancer Benjamin Millepied, now Director at the Paris Opera Ballet.
Character comedian Nick Hall brings a one-man Cold War thriller to Brighton.
Back for its second year, ‘The Dance Trail’ invites audience members on a journey of contemporary dance performances in unusual spaces around Brighton.
Brighton’s no.
Josh is good at dancing, but not at people.
Three dance theatre masterclasses hosted at the new Nelly Lewis Centre.
The Players mark a milestone at the Brighton Spiegeltent, with two specially themed events: ‘Shall We Dance? A 10-Year Celebration’, a whizz-bang dance through the decades, and ‘Tu…
Dance until the late hours.
Left-wing, highbrow, feminist, atheist comedy from ‘Have I Got News For You?’ writer Kate Smurthwaite.
Ceyda Tanc Dance, with three different programmes of cutting edge and dynamic contemporary dance, works with influences of Ceyda’s traditional Turkish folk dance heritage.
The original family dance party returns for more afternoon dayclubbing fun.
Sell-out 2014 and 2015, the ‘English Disco Lovers’ are back at the best little tent at Brighton Fringe.
Why toddle when you can dance! Parents and under 5s are let loose on the dance floor in this friendliest of discos.
Acclaimed for its unique fusions of ancient and modern traditions, and its exquisite choreography inspired by the wealth of spiritual practices found throughout Asia, Cloud Gate Da…
The annual “Rhythm in Motion” festival is a one-stop shop for today’s top tap.
The week’s most illustrious guest here is the German baritone Matthias Goerne, a powerfully dramatic Lied interpreter, who on Wednesday presents a recital of songs by Schuman…
A magnificent week at 57th and Seventh begins with *Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax giving a rare performance of all five Beethoven cello sonatas in the Stern Auditorium (Friday at 8 p.
When was the last time you had Neapolitan ice cream? In her new work “Extra Shapes,” the renowned choreographer DD Dorvillier, along with her collaborators Thomas Dunn,…
Fifteen years ago, Shen Wei burst onto the dance scene with a mesmerizing blend of starkly beautiful visual art and propulsive yet meditative movement.
In recent years, Pam Tanowitz has emerged as one of the most buzzed-about New York choreographers for her ability to embrace and then smartly reconfigure a physical vocabulary pull…
Valentine’s Day may have a cheesy reputation, but the heart-filled holiday has inspired plenty of great live comedy for devoted couples, optimistic daters and determinedly si…
The 44th edition of the Dance on Camera Festival, presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Dance Films Association, comprises 36 short films, 20 feature films and four r…
As a member of American Ballet Theater’s corps de ballet, Gemma Bond is regularly immersed in fairy tales, surrounded by opulent sets and donning fussy costumes.
This company from China makes its American debut with “Dragon Boat Racing,” a glossy production that recounts the origins of a popular Cantonese musical composition.
Following a sell-out West End run in 2014 and a triumphant stay at the Dominion Theatre earlier this year, Michael Flatley’s Lord Of The Dance: Dangerous Games returns t…
In “Finding Center,” the choreographer David Parsons and the visual artist Rita Blitt demonstrate their shared mastery of swirling, spiraling shapes.
In “Newsteps,” a semi-annual showcase of emerging choreographers selected by a panel of veterans, Takeshi Ohashi looks at dynamics in relationships; Gina Montalto wonde…
American companies hailing from sea to shining sea are presented here by the Joyce Theater and White Bird, an influential Portland, Ore.
This Brooklyn-based festival alternates between mixed-bill programs featuring the three participating companies, and programs where each gets the stage all to itself.
Allison Frasca and Tovah Silbermann will showcase their love for the singer Sia and her hit song “Chandelier” with a melodramatic 45-minute dance routine to the song, w…
After hanging with the Founding Fathers in “Hamilton” on Broadway, revisit Revolutionary War-era Yorktown with Dance Theater of Westchester’s “Colonial Nutc…
This annual festival celebrates dance of the past, promotes dance of today and honors those making significant contributions to the field.
A brand new show stuffed full with highly skilled cabaret stunts and orchestrated madness.
Blaktino Dance Concert is the final offering of the month-long BlakTinX performance series, featuring artists – many hailing from the Bronx – who work in a variety of d…
Honoring the 25th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act, these companies, both featuring disabled and non-disabled dancers, join forces for one night at the Skirball C…
Dancers in Mr.
Dance exports from Cuba tend to portray the island in cheerful, apolitical terms, and Ms.
In a new work, Mr.
In 2000, Robert Voisey started Vox Novus to promote contemporary music.
Grab some popcorn and settle in for “Revelations.
Beasty Baby at Polka Theatre is great fun for all the family and a fantastic show to introduce the little ones to the world of theatre.
The modus operandi of General Mischief Dance Theater is dance as play: The company’s shows have been fondly compared to children’s birthday parties.
After 14 years as a dancer with the Mark Morris Dance Group, John Heginbotham founded his own company in 2011 and quickly collected fans for his wit, refreshing physical strangenes…
For the fifth consecutive year, Ms.
This exhibition at Loretta Howard Gallery examines the interchange of ideas among choreographers and sculptors in the 1960s and ′70s.
Direct from the Scottish Borders, pupils from the renowned Fiona Henderson School of Dance and Performing Arts will delight with their selection of dances in Highland, tap, ballet,…
Ghost Dance, or Dawns Ysbrydion as is the Welsh title, uses three female dancers to explore the parallels between the displacement of Native Americans and the Ghost Dance of 1890 �…
‘Be my little baby,’ intone The Ronettes as the Swinging Sixties unleash a wave of sexual liberation for women.
‘This is the gospel of the modern age’ announces Elena, the exultant girl goddess.
It’s James Sherwood’s first gig of the run, and it tells.
Monochrome make-up, over-sized cigars and manic choral singing are only a few features you’ll find in the stylised theatre of the Dead Iconics.
The Graduation Show is where BWC’s Fringe Improv Intensive Workshop students strut their stuff in a showcase performance having learnt long-form improv from the finest! Find out …
Award-winning Fringe favourite musical improvisers present an evening of spontaneous music, monologues, mayhem and hilariously insane fun.
Corner Talk theatre really manage to capture the chaos of life with their devised piece of compiled short scenes all centred round the single piece of set: a bench.
Eight Tibetan monks present an exciting performance of sacred masked dance from their New Year festival, interspersed with the mesmerising chant and music of the Buddhist monastic …
The critically acclaimed classical concert for baby, tot and you returns to Edinburgh! Children can dance, roam about and listen to music while you take a moment for yourself and e…
Learn musical improv from the best! Internationally renowned award-winning Chicago troupe, the ‘entertainment phenomenon’ (Scotsman) Baby Wants Candy invites you to learn to improv…
Alas, Poor Darwin…? may be officially listed as a ‘spoken word’ event, but don’t let that make you think it’s a poetry show.
Ian Hall and Bruce Edhouse (both former Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival award winners) present a daft but affectionate tribute to some of the great comedy double acts of our time.
Because dance is, in many ways, human sculpture in motion, it’s very much at home in Socrates Sculpture Park.
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
This is the seventh year that producer and curator of dance Jodi Kaplan has brought the variety of American dance to the Fringe with this “festival within a festival”.
More and more people don’t want children.
Dance-Forms Productions will celebrate the 21st anniversary of the International Choreographers’ Showcase and 14 years presenting exciting performances at the Edinburgh Fringe.
A programme of creative dance that is physically challenging with a fresh dynamic edge from this brand new company.
Watching Kate Smurthwaite doing stand up is like watching a recording of a Tory Peer’s night terrors: not only is she funny, but when it comes to tearing apart injustice, she’s…
For 20 years Alastair has taught salsa dance.
An hour of lunchtime comedy could be worse spent than with this quirky collection of occasionally promising comedians.
Joy Carter’s stand-up centres around a cute theme that works well for its midday slot.
Fringe sell-out 2009-2014.
Come and sit in a cinema and watch two dogs show you their tricks.
A Little Man’s Holiday tells the tale of an office worker with a big imagination.
No matter who you are, where you come from or if you’ve danced The Gay Gordon before, the Ceilidhs in Lauriston Hall will inject a traditional Scottish night into your Fringe exper…
Daphna Baram plays the outsider in England, reflecting on what makes people British from her own standpoint as an Israeli woman.
Everything I love about the Edinburgh Fringe can be summed up by a group of people rocking out to the guitar solo in Bohemian Rhapsody in the middle of the street with little or no…
Frank Sinatra is one of those rare artists that is universally loved and respected by all.
In 1964, 12-year-old Marilyn declared she’d die if she didn’t see The Beatles play in Melbourne.
‘A good way to be happy’, Alice Keedwell tells us, is ‘you’ve got to silence the critic inside your head for a moment or two’.
Vanessa Smythe has a bit of a ‘downer hobby’: she worries about disappearing.
It has been four years since Steve Hall last appeared at the Fringe.
From the sweaty depths of their library on Cowgate, Matt Stevens and Glenn Moore give an entertaining hour of sketch comedy.
Libby Northedge begins Twisted Loaf: Stale Mate on her hands and knees, crawling onto the darkened stage, starkers but for her underwear, smudged make-up, and a pair of glittery hi…
Sketch duo That Pair offer warped children’s entertainment that all adults can enjoy.
Aaron Twitchen’s bright smile lights up the pub throughout Deadlines and Diets.
Upstairs Downton – The Improvised Episode opens with the ordinarily subdued theme tune to ITV’s massively popular period drama, Downton Abbey, played on kazoos and a recorder.
The Massive Heid and Andy Jumangi present The Pop Bingo Disco! Bingo has just got bigger! This is not your smelly bingo hall with OAPs telling you to be quiet! This is bingo whilst…
Some people know exactly what to say, exactly what to think and exactly how to behave.
Noun (Doh-dek-uh-hee-drun).
London’s boldest dance theatre brings hit shows to the Fringe.
I’m going to start by dismissing the notion that we’re due something entirely new from Joseph Morpurgo, because such thinking ignores the staggeringly high standards to which t…
As the bombastic theme tune starts playing, waves of nostalgia roll across the audience.
FUBAR Radio and Underbelly present The Underbelly Radio Shows recorded live from 12:30pm each day at Ermintrude, Underbelly hosts a series of live radio broadcasts brought to you b…
The Oxford Revue’s 2015 Fringe offering is a confident display of strong student comedy.
Slick, quick and packed with funny material, high energy comedy from 2013 Amused Moose Award winner and 2013 Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year nominee.
If you’re planning on making the trip to see Baby Wants Candy, get your title suggestions ready now! The audience for his fully improvised musical comedy has barely taken their s…
Massive Dad (Liz Kingsman, Tessa Coates, and Stevie Martin) have a sense of humour like Japanese fusion cooking, with their combination of social detail and zaniness.
Deceptively sweet, Lazy Susan bring a cheeky malevolence to their character-driven sketch comedy.
Patrick Monahan likes to boogie.
This is a big year for Nish Kumar.
A strange but beautiful evening rainbow shone over Edinburgh just before I went to see Tom Toal’s gentle stand-up.
Tar Baby is a show caught between two worlds, comedy and drama, poignant and silly, white and black.
Direct from Australia.
On the water’s edge at the southern tip of Manhattan, this free and popular annual event begins with the Erasing Borders Festival of Indian Dance to commemorate India’s…
Goronwhy Thom bursts through a film screen on stage after some very clever filmography and you just know that this group is taking it back to basics.
Stuyvesant Cove Park, which abuts the East River, is home to over 100 native plants and dozens of native birds.
There’s no scarcity of al-fresco dance in New York this summer; the latest arrival is this series of classes and performances in public spaces, organized by Gibney Dance.
The arts organization Inception to Exhibition, founded in 2009 to support new creative ventures, presents four Friday nights of free dance in the Midtown outdoors.
It’s been two months since a devastating earthquake rocked Nepal, and the country is still struggling to recover.
Victory Dance Project was founded a year ago by Amy Jordan to celebrate her recovery from a near-fatal accident.
Jinkx Monsoon is back with a drag show that’s a follow-up to “The Vaudevillians” of 2013.
(previews start on Saturday; opens on June 29) Having just brought us Moss Hart’s entrancing “Act One,” Lincoln Center offers another piece of showbiz reminiscenc…
Internationally acclaimed singer Kate Dimbleby & Naadia Sheriff on piano, explore the songbook & life story of cult 70’s songwriter Dory Previn.
Booty Queens & Hip Hustlers come on down for a dazzling evening of sumptuous glamour, glittering divas, cabaret chic & dirty disco dancing.
With over thirty participants, ‘The Dance Trail’ invites an audience to discover a route of contemporary dance performances in various locations in Brighton.
A real-life story of an Icelandic 49 year old father of three who dared to realise his dream of dancing contemporary dance onstage.
The Victorian Music Hall, vulgar, jingoistic, patriotic, slightly naughty to downright rude, with a mix of songs still sung and loved today.
Built in 1766 as a glamourous Georgian Ballroom in the Old Steine, it was the place to be seen for Brighton’s fashionable crowd! The building later became the Chapel to the Royal P…
Ceyda Tanc Dance with three different programmes.
Highbrow, left-wing, feminist, atheist comedy from Three Weeks Award winner Kate Smurthwaite.
The dance which is like a knife in the shadows, the dance of gamblers and the farewell of lovers - tango! A dreamlike collision of tragedy and unexpected humour.
The Improverts are back for two Exam Specials in the Teviot Debating Hall! A different combination of players will take to the stage each night for a round of high-class, high-ener…
The works of this crafty composer and singer — alternately witty and poignant — appear alongside those of Machaut, Hildegard of Bingen and Bach in this cleverly devised…
The Ragroof Players return to the Spiegeltent with two specially themed Tea Dances.
It’s been a productive spring for Pepper Fajans, the founder of this new space at Cadman Congregational Church in Fort Greene.
Star of ‘Derek’, ‘Being Human’ and ‘Carnival of Monsters’ returns to the Brighton Fringe with two entirely new shows: Sit on the Ledge and Jump Down to the Ground (7, 2…
Once a year the dead rise from their graves and dance with the living in an ecstatic frenzy and this year you get to watch.
It’s clear that Kandake Dance Theater has a preoccupation with queens: The company’s name refers to an ancient title for monarchs, and its latest work, which it calls a…
Honoured to be invited back for two nights of disco celebration at Brighton Fringe after a sell-out debut at the beautiful Spiegeltent in 2014.
In the title of Teresa Fellion’s new work, “The Mantises Are Flipping W.
David James, senior comedian and master story-teller, brings his baby-boomer show to Brighton Fringe for one night only.
Get digging for neon-jellycakes, fight mad mosquito armies, put a clothes peg on your nose visiting Café Burp [the smelliest cafe in the world] and help row our boat across shark …
Why toddle when you can dance! Parents and under 5s are let loose on the dance floor in this friendliest of discos.
If the Midwest has a hub for European choreographers, Hubbard Street is it.
The French-born choreographer Pascal Rioult understandably has a soft spot for that country’s most famous voice.
All five original members of the influential Canadian sketch troupe reunite for a night of live sketch comedy.
Four dancers and one bunraku puppet make up the cast of Mr.
Mr.
Cocoon Central Dance Team is a patently absurd comedy dance group that enlivens every show it’s on.
The folks at Jack NYC have tapped into a rich vein of quirky performance from Philadelphia.
This one-night-only affair offers a sampling of 10 dance companies representing a broad swath of contemporary dance in the city.
In time for May flowers, the Mark Morris Dance Group presents the New York premiere of “Spring, Spring, Spring,” a meditation on “The Rite of Spring,” with …
Jean-Luc Lagarce’s beautiful, incantatory play is about a company of three performers who cling to art and shredded dignity as they hoof from stage to ever more pathetic stag…
For those unfamiliar with New York neighborhood acronyms, SoHa stands for South Harlem, and it’s the home of Sarah Horne’s dance company.
In the project “Metropolis,” Jessica DiMauro (of New York) and Ana Miranda (of Miami) take inspiration from their respective cities and regions.
For her company’s 15th anniversary, Ms.
In 1981 the dance journalist Celia Ipiotis created this talk show, which aired on public television until 2006.
It’s never too late to reinvent yourself: After 60 years as the Paul Taylor Dance Company, the group returns this year as Paul Taylor’s American Modern Dance, a more in…
What does dancing look like from the dancer’s perspective? In “Neon Brave,” the women of White Road Dance Media attempt to share that viewpoint with their audienc…
For more than three decades, Ms.
The 43rd annual festival of dance on film is a colorful collection of big personalities, small stories and inventive choreography created specifically for the screen.
To attend this festival, simply tune in on your device of choice.
On its own, the Indian dance form Odissi is already spiritually enchanting, even more so when interpreted by Surupa Sen and Bijayini Satpathy, the two exquisite principal dancers o…
Always Different, Always Funny! After a sell out run at Edinburgh Fringe 14 and comedy residents during term time Edinburgh University, The Improverts are performing two shows in L…
This company’s spin on the holiday tradition, “The Colonial Nutcracker,” situates Clara’s tale in Revolutionary War-era Yorktown.
With its very varied performance festival, featuring 33 artists over four days, the American Dance Guild salutes key players in the modern dance field.
Valentina Kozlova, a former principal with the Bolshoi, defected from her homeland in 1979 and landed with the New York City Ballet.
An oxbow is a u-shaped body of water that is created when a meandering river loops back on itself (it derives from the similarly shaped metal contraption used to harness oxen).
On Broadway, dance is now more like a shot of espresso or a vintage Instagram filter and less of a storytelling tool, like it used to be.
After a celebrated career as a principal dancer with New York City Ballet, Benjamin Millepied decamped to the West Coast in 2012 and started the L.
For 20 years, Dancers Responding to AIDS has been producing a popular potpourri of dance on Fire Island to raise money for its myriad services.
After her eight-year tenure with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Ellen Cornfield founded this troupe in 1989.
The first program of this frequently sold-out festival features, on Wednesday and Thursday, the San Francisco Ballet; the New Zealand company Black Grace; a premiere by the Mark Mo…
For two decades this troupe has been entertaining audiences with its spirited interpretations of classical tap.
Jacqulyn Buglisi’s “Table of Silence Project 9/11,” first presented on the 10th anniversary of the Sept.
After 12 years with the Paul Taylor Dance Company, Annmaria Mazzini struck out on her own, but she hasn’t lost touch with her Taylor roots.
In addition to free classes and workshops, this all-day event at the Mark Morris Dance Center features performances by members of Mr.
Bach to Baby is the critically-acclaimed classical concert series for babies and their carers to enjoy together.
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See two amazing dance companies captivate through rhythm! The Bang Group bangs it full force and (very) out loud with smiles in tow while Antara elegantly counterbalances the hypno…
One of the best things about dance is that it can transcend the boundaries of language or culture.
American improv comedy troupe Baby Wants Candy are among the most familiar veterans of the Fringe.
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
SummerStage is generous with its dance offerings, presenting not just outdoor performances but also preshow master classes, all free.
Valerie Gladstone, known for her series Dance Under the Influence at the Museum of Arts and Design, is good at scouting talent and assembling smartly eclectic programs.
The Seattle troupe Spectrum Dance Theater, which has been around since 1982, got a second wind in 2002 after the estimable choreographer Donald Byrd, known for vivid, spirited move…
Celebrating 13 years at the Fringe, Dance-Forms Productions will rock the house presenting Andrey Merkuriev, Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation and leading soloist of the Bo…
Join the gang as they sweep you down to the grand old days of London, packed full of extreme patriotism and purpose, The Music Hall Menagerie promises singing, dancing, comic caper…
This original work sets out to present the history of the US state of Nevada, contending that there’s more to it than Vegas.
We are in a small room where one can breathe an air of intimacy.
Kate is back hosting the Free Fringe’s late night comedy showcase and you’re invited! Join her, and three or four of her favourite comedians from around the Fringe, for the biggest…
Nick Hall: Helmet is a splice of easy going, bittersweet stand-up from a man in his early thirties re-evaluating his life.
Amidst the moustachioed revolutionaries that don the walls of Viva Mexico restaurant, Kate Smurthwaite takes the mic for a thought-provoking hour of comedy.
Fringe sell-out 2009-2013.
Inspired by the traditional Paiwan (an aboriginal group of Taiwan) myth, Kurakuraw Dance Glass Bead brings an epic love story to the stage.
With caller Ken Gourlay and ceilidh bands Flaming Heather, HLI, Scott Leslie, Willie Fraser and piper.
A rip-roaring improvised episode of everyone’s favourite period drama, created entirely from your suggestions.
The life of an exotic dancer is a private and challenging one.
Ray Gunn and Luke Reel were expecting to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame but a misunderstanding about the eligibility criteria means that they’re going to have to f…
Whenever I watch a Beyoncé music video and her incredible dance routines, all I can think is ‘No normal person can move their body like that.
Why toddle when you can dance, dance, dance! Parents and under fives are let loose on the dance floor in this friendliest of discos.
Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind has been running in various iterations since 1988, with an ever-changing roster of extremely short “plays.
‘Delightfully crude, gleefully nasty’ (Chortle.
Even though this isn’t Baby Wants Candy’s headline show at the Fringe, you would still expect much more from such a highly regarded group.
Ali James, George Kemp and John Oakes comprise Giraffe, a hysterical sketch comedy trio bent on filling an hour of your lives with their own brand of hilarious original comedy.
Lord of the Dance Settee marks Richard Herring’s 23rd Fringe show, an accumulated Edinburgh residency of just under two years; enough, as he himself points out, to make him mor…
One of the best known, longest running and most celebrated improv shows in the world.
Lucy Benson-Brown’s one woman show explores mid-to-late twenties inertia, family values and how we pin hopes and philosophies on the tunes of our favourite musical artists.
In 1940, the British strategically invaded neutral Iceland in a preemptive move to prevent a German invasion.
After the success of ‘League of St George’ last year, Bricks and Mortar Theatre are back with their second Edinburgh Fringe production Barge Baby.
Returning for the fourth year, the Check Us Out Dance Festival is a showcase for female choreographers, with over a dozen artists and companies from around the United States.
In 1995, the Fire Island Dance Festival began as a way to raise funds for those suffering from H.
This series at the New Victory Theater is designed for kids ages 8 and up, but the enlivening lineup should appeal just as much to their chaperones.
Of the 10 Brooklyn companies that participated in the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s 2013-2014 Professional Development Program, four were selected to stage full productions at …
As part of the Comedy Central Corporate Retreat series, Ms. Berlant and Mr. Early revive their variety show.
When the acclaimed choreographer Sarah Michelson is involved, you can always expect a challenge — be it aesthetic or logistical.
This internationally renowned Chicago troupe performs a completely improvised, hourlong musical.
In what is becoming a summer tradition, this beloved troupe returns to Lincoln Center with four programs of new and classic repertory.
Pascal Rioult and his artistic partner (and wife), Joyce Herring, danced for the Martha Graham Dance Company.
Spiegel Dance is an exciting mixed bill of contemporary dance works.
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
To celebrate his company’s 15th anniversary, Mr.
Exploding drag, gender, queer shame and otherness, La Bouche is a human barely understood, born into a universe where conformity is key.
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
Awarded Best Children’s Show of Brighton Fringe 2006, ‘Shoe Baby’ is a magical puppet show! A fantastical sing-a-long adventure with a baby who takes to the sea, the air and the zo…
For its 33rd season, Elisa Monte Dance presents three premieres from three artists.
Kate Smurthwaite is a really likable, erudite comedian - a breath of fresh air to a comedy world saturated with ironic self-absorption and jokes about men and women’s supposedly …
Well-timed for Mother’s Day, the Irish choreographer David Bolger arrives at Peak Performances with “Swimming With My Mother,” a tender exploration of the mother-…
Fringe sell-out 2012/13.
Master character comedian and star of ‘Derek’ and ‘Being Human’ performs all his critically acclaimed, sell-out, weirdly wonderful comedy shows, fresh from his hit Radio 4 series.
Can there ever be peace between East & West Sussex? Will Sharks ever go the extra mile and indeed, how far should dog improvement go? What exactly is Bob Dylan’s problem? Just a fe…
A benefit of fund-raising concerts is the mingling of great performers.
Phil and Julie have some very niche concerns they want to tell you about.
Why toddle when you can dance, dance, dance! DJ Monski Mouse and her team bring high energy smiling in a fabulous retro music and dance event for parents and children under 5.
Directed by MJ Paranzino.
I love a bit of late night showbiz.
This monthlong series kicks off with an evening focused on the spirit and talent of the Bronx, featuring Sage Rivera, Ranardo-Domeico Grays’s Visions Contemporary Balle…
In 2005, the Chinese choreographer and painter Shen Wei created “Map,” a mesmerizing visualization of Steve Reich’s “The Desert Music.
Brimming with bold ideas, this festival continues with performances that range from fiercely political to poetically formal.
Most dance companies named after their founders use a concert to showcase the work of their namesakes.
‘BABY/LON’, the second work by Hackney-based theatre company The Big House, is a big story; one of homelessness, violence, motherhood on the lowest rungs of society and the strug…
“Atalanta (Acts of God)” is the first part of an operatic trilogy by the composer Robert Ashley, who died last month.
From the team that brought you the huge success that is Dreamboats and Petticoats, Save the Last Dance for Me will take you back through the “music and magic” of the e…
Last year, New Yorkers welcomed back Dance Theater of Harlem after nearly a decade away from the stage.
Paula Vogel’s 1984 play gets a high-spirited but numbing revival, with its central conceit — grown-ups loudly mimicking three imaginary children before a real one arriv…
Ever wanted to be involved in a flash mob? Well here’s your chance.
Ever wanted to be involved in a flash mob? Well here’s your chance.
If you walk past the front of Dance Base in the Grassmarket you will see a small white dome that looks like it should be in a fun fair.
Exquisite, enticing, exhilarating dance from two top USA companies.
Exquisite, extraordinary, captivating dance from two top USA companies.
Strict rules, extreme conditions and ferocious competition.
Booking Dance Festival’s annual Fringe show always promises a high-octane hybrid of dance styles, with seven companies participating in one enticing show.
The Booking Dance Festival is a self-titled ‘dance festival within a festival,’ and their annual Fringe showcase certainly offers the opportunity to experience a smorgasbord of…
Students of Baby Wants Candy’s Improv Fringe Intensive strut their stuff in this showcase performance! To find out more or register for the award-winning BWC’s 4-day Improv Intensi…
I had an absolutely wonderful time at this event.
Get dancing the Fly Right way at their 7th annual legendary ‘Tea Dance’! After a brief Palm Court-inspired public masterclass, learning some Foxtrot or Charleston basics, enjoy coc…
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
This morning I woke up feeling slightly queasy and it wasn’t because of the daily fringe festival hangover.
Playwrights’ Studio Scotland is an independent development organisation for playwrights, working with them across the country, including through its talent development programme.
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
Earlier this year Kate appeared on ITV’s This Morning. This is the opposite of that show. Real issues, satire and amazing guests from comedy and politics. www.katesmurthwaite.co.uk
It always seems like a good idea to take a chance on the Free Fringe, to discover your new favourite comedian before they start charging a fortune for their tickets.
Arguing with idiots is how Kate Smurthwaite describes her profession as a left-wing political activist.
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
With caller Ken Gourlay and ceilidh bands Flaming Heather, HLI, Scott Leslie, Willie Fraser and piper.
Uninitiated to the world of sweaty, foot-stamping organised dance most of us would rather watch Scottish Highland music than participate in it.
Held in one of Edinburgh’s most vibrant and dynamic nightclubs, Electric Circus, Baby Loves Disco is no ordinary disco and describing it as such would be a huge disservice.
“I wuv you” murmured a girl on the dance floor as she collapsed into a boy’s arms.
Rich Hall becomes immeasurably funnier if you try not to laugh at him.
Having bought a house with his girlfriend the Edinburgh-born comic explores how a decision that comes from a place of love can lead to such fear and uncertainty.
Back by phenomenal demand .
We see a lot of Rich Hall on panel shows these days: QI, Have I Got News For You?, Eight out of Ten Cats, Never Mind The Buzzcocks.
Join Rich and his virtuoso musical mates, Ronnie Golden, Rob Childs, Nick Pynn, Antonio Forccionne (‘nuff said) for a mashup of music, comedy and gratuitous coloration.
How long does it take to write, choreograph and rehearse a musical? For most musicals it’s a long, drawn-out process.
Riotous comedy cabaret troupe.
Critics’ Pick (New York Times).
The three-girl trio behind dance collective Spiltmilk are nothing if not perky.
The title is probably the most interesting thing about this adaptation of Lysistrata, but any potential that it implies is sadly missed by the show itself.
It’s an old cliché that there is nothing more boring than listening to someone talking about their dreams.
There is a saying in Hollywood that the gun you see in the first scene will go off in the third.
Ill be the first to admit that whenever I see dance shows at the fringe, I expect to see groundbreaking dance from around the world, but have never expected much from Scotlands…
Liss Fain Dance, the renowned San Francisco based company makes its European debut at Zoo Theatre.
The Pauly Show – Episode One, is a brilliant idea on paper: a stand up comedian with a ramshackle sitcom pilot live on stage.
Jazz is a study of madness, perhaps.
An am-dram production in a church hall, this show comes from another world entirely to even the worst of fringe shows: a world where a serviceable witch’s hat can be made from a …
At the age of 18, Allegra Levy is already a considerably more compelling performer than handfuls of Parky regulars.
Songs For a New World is a perennially popular Fringe favourite, a revue of cabaret numbers by Jason Robert Brown loosely themed around the American experience.
I fell in love with somebody completely by accident, just by sitting beside them, is a great way to introduce a song.
Sandy Grierson will also skip, strip and teach you how to make an origami boat.
The duo of Ian Millar on tenor and soprano saxes and Dominic Spencer on (electric) piano play a standards-based set at the Radisson Hotel every lunchtime (though, 12:30 is breakfas…
Based on Conrad’s novel, The Secret Agent, transplanting its protagonist to modern-day Soho, attaching the story to a real alleged bomb plot on the London Eye, incorporating so…
A terrible crime sends Leila and Lee running into the Scottish highlands.
In 1999, Anna Bagenholm became trapped under ice after a skiing accident.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
Like tightrope walking over the Niagara Falls, Baby Wants Candy is an ambitious concept: either it works or it ends up six miles downstream.
An array of instruments welcomes audience members as they take their seats in this tiny, intimate venue just off Princes Street, from strings through percussion to a homemade There…
Ford and Akram are versatile and genuinely likable performers with an excellent character dynamic; Akram is confident and arrogant, walking all over the intelligent but overwhelmin…
Parents Evening promises an hour of character-based sketch comedy in a school setting, which is already an idea devoid of originality, but is handled particularly poorly.
I approached “Big Boys Don’t Dance” with trepidation.
Daniel Sloss delivers a supposedly darker, meaner show in his later slot but most of his material is relatively clean, geared towards an audience who can laugh at him as well as wi…
Steve Hall, part of the sketch comedy show We are Klang, is an appealing comic.
Written, directed and performed by Gari Jones, Wretch is clearly a deeply personal project.
Any budding sketch group could do far worse than give Daphne’s show a visit.
‘Be my, be my baby’ - since seeing Stagecraft Productions’ performance of this Amanda Whittington play these lyrics have been in my head on a permanent loop.
Sequels can be risky when they have the hype of a previous show to live up to.
This play is set in England, but in some kind of frightening, futuristic police state.
Dream Pill is a tale of modern slavery.
Stuart Goldsmith can win an audience over in seconds.
Rich Hall is familiar to most of us mainly through his work as a comedian on TV, particularly on panel shows.
There’s a difference between absurdist theatre and ridiculous theatre.
Fringe-veterans Scottish Dance Theatre, this year celebrating their 25th birthday, return to Zoo in fine fettle with a mixed bill of three works, two of which showcase choreography…
Terry Alderton is a surrealist stand-up.
William (Josef Salvat) is about to perform for the first time in his one-man show and finds himself looking back at his life.
The lights go up on a run-down flat with a couple, Pat and Susan, that look like they’re in the middle of one hell of a row.
Firstly - Kate Fox is very talented at what she does well.
Nottingham Youth Dance was created to provide young dancers from the East Midlands with additional training and performance opportunities and to develop the level and quality of da…
Science Shows for Schools have take three of their popular science presentations for schools and turned them into a 50 minute production for children at the Zoo Aviary.
Bluebird is the story of Jimmy, a London taxi driver the various people – ‘fares’ – he meets.
Nine members of the Scottish Dance Theatre company take to the stage to dance.
A10-strong cast from the Scottish Dance Theatre start off this performance with a still-life scene, a sculptural montage, in which all the characters appear in the same light.
Dance Theater of Harlem is back with its annual block party.
The concept behind this production was brilliant and ingenious: Take one group of 20-somethings and send them back to school.
The set is nothing more than a small section of floor and two chairs.
Rambert is quite possible the most important dance company performing in Britain today; at the very least their influence is far-reaching.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
Brendon Burns is forty-one.
‘I’ll keep you alive.
The idea of searching for a lost parent is particularly fertile territory.
I am sat looking at a white plastic cup.
Opening the show with some very impressive and fast-paced wordplay, Matt Rudge sets the bar high and despite occasional lulls in energy, manages to be consistently funny throughout…
Matt Forde is a chatty, friendly man who quickly gets an audience on board.
A left-wing, atheist, ultra-feminist comedienne performing a politically fuelled stand-up show sounds daunting to say the least.
A show about shows is not the most original idea there has ever been but Dan Nightingale’s ‘what might have been?’ take on performing in this year’s Edinburgh Fringe provid…
Thanks to the vagaries of Lothian Buses I missed the first number in this multi-company showcase of short dance items.
The songs of Belgian-born chanteur Jacques Brel are renowned for their colourful imagery and dramatic storytelling.
The Sexual Awakening of Peter Mayo is the story of a sexually repressed man accidentally stumbling onto the world of swinging and no-frills sex after a text goes awry.
Ovation has a distinguished track record for musicals at the Gatehouse.
Has Dr Evil been up to his usual shenanigans again? At first glance it looks like I’d just walked into a Marvel-Comics-created wicked plot.
I have faint memories of being taken to a children’s dance and movement class when I was about two.
The world-class Ragamala Dance Company returns to the Edinburgh Fringe this year with a soul-moving performance of South Indian Classical Bharatanatyam dance.
This was the last of the Dance Base medley of choreographers that I caught and, by far, the most exhilarating.
Baby is Malty & Shires 1983 musical set on a college campus following nine months of three different couples attempting to have a child.
Show 1 of Dance Bases 2006 Fringe performances consists of four separate pieces by Iskandar Dance Company, Karl Jay-Lewin Company, Michael Popper and the Curve Foundation respect…
Dance Base presents three different pieces by three very different companies.
Joseph Moncure Marchs poem, The Wild Party, has been the inspiration for everything from films to plays.
The Baby Diary, a new comic play by Emily Watson Howes first seen on BBC Online, seems to have a lot going for it at first.
This all-female cast often talk of their men, the ones who knocked them up or cast them out, and yet not much depends on them and no responsibility is placed at their feet.
Old and new beats meet performance poetry paying tribute to South Africa’s legends.
Born and bred in south east London, poet, rapper, novelist and playwright Kate Tempest is one of the UK’s most innovative and celebrated artists.
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
Kate Copstick meets Natalie Perlin, the 36GGG woman, while trying hard not to stare at her breasts; Natalie's that is.
Simon Ximenez talks with Alistair Hall, whose success with his gripping one-man play Declan, was one of the few positive outcomes of lockdown.
James Macfarlane chats with Dominique Salerno about her debut Fringe show The Box Show, the relationship between creativity and constraint and just what she gets up to in that box.
Copstick is back at Surgeons' Hall chatting to Martha McBrier, Darcie Silver, Pope Lonergan and Lisa Frischemeier.
Slaughtered, from the Underbelly Abattoir. Hosted by Copstick, with guests including Alun Cochrane, Luca Cupani, Langston Kerman, Taigé Lauren, and Darius Davies.
Kate Copstick chats to Paul Wady of Stealth Aspies about questioning labels on the topic of autism.
Hosted by Kate Copstick and featuring the equally fierce female voices of Kirsten Vangsness (yes, Penelope Garcia!), Elaine Miller, and Martha McBrier.
Kate meets the folks behind the Army@TheFringe and finds out more about this unique venue.
Kate Copstick presents episode 1 of Slaughtered at The Surgeon's Hall with President Obonjo and Zach Zucker.
Ditch the messy arts and crafts this half-term and entertain your little darlings with the best live family friendly performances Brighton and Hove have to offer instead.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year (apart from Brighton Fringe, of course) and there are plenty of delightful performances to entertain you this winter.
Welcome to our top 5 picks from the third year of Brighton HorrorFest, the spooktacular celebration from Sweet of all things that go bump in the night.
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Celebrated actor, Ian Lindsay (Men Behaving Badly, Benidorm) directs the world première of his play Chinese Whispers at the Greenwich Theatre from July 13th-23rd based on the...
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The internationally celebrated dance company BalletBoyz have announced that they will be taking part in ‘The Big Give Christmas Challenge’ from noon on Tuesday 29 November to n...
Into the Water is a fantastical folk-dance adventure set in a magical wasteland.
Meet the Media is an annual pitch-fest run by the Fringe Society, giving Edinburgh shows the chance to meet the Broadway Baby team.
Numerous award-winning companies will be joining us again at this year at Brighton Fringe in the ever astounding Dance and Physical Theatre category.
We talk to the kid-rocking, dance-loving DJ Monski Mouse about her disco-dancing extravaganza perfect for under fives (and their parents too)
Broadway Baby, one of the longest-established theatre sites on the internet, has named Bethan Troakes as its Brighton Editor.
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
Part nursery rhyme, part domestic drama, Tumbling After charts the story of two young couples as they 'stumble in and tumble out of love'.
In Brite Theatre's production of Shakespeare’s Richard III, Emily Carding stars as Richard but all the world’s a stage and the audience literally players in it - taking on the ...
Our first Bobby Award of the year goes to the inimitable Luke McQueen, whose playful and genre-breaking show Double Act wowed our comedy editor, Martin Walker, and t...
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The UK’s largest reviewer of live arts performance, Broadway Baby, has come out in support of the Theatre Charter – a campaign for good behaviour in UK theatres.
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