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Wayward Jane

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Edinburgh Fringe
Valvona & Crolla
20th - 21st Aug 2024

Wayward Jane’s music is a modern, transatlantic interpretation of American folk and Old Time traditions, blending roots music with fresh arrangements and original compositions.

Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel

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Edinburgh Fringe
Underbelly, Bristo Square
3rd - 11th Aug 2024

The smash-hit West End comedy, as heard on BBC Radio 4, celebrates its 11th glorious year at the Fringe! The all-star cast (featuring Rachel Parris, Cariad Lloyd, Graham Dickson an…

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

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Edinburgh Fringe
Greenside @ Riddles Court
2nd - 24th Aug 2024

A celebration of the enduring friendship between the brilliant and tragic composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and Marion Scott, writer and trailblazer of women musicians, written a…

Jane Mumford: Are You OK?

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Edinburgh Fringe
Just the Tonic at The Mash House
1st - 11th Aug 2024

Half-Brit comedian Jane Mumford was born and raised in Switzerland.

Amelia Jane Hunter: Exquisite Pervert

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Edinburgh Fringe
Just The Tonic at the Caves
1st - 25th Aug 2024

A comedy about the adventures of a 50-year-old woman chasing the perfect lighting, powerful personalities and satisfying sausage condiment.

Jane Postlethwaite: Terrible People

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Brighton Fringe
The Actors - Theatre
25th - 27th May 2024

*PART OF LAMB COMEDY’S BIG QUEER WEEKENDER* Terrible people is a new stand up comedy show from comedy award finalist Jane Postlethwaite (Cumbrian / LGBTQI+ Stand Up Comedian) Ter…

What a Sad Little Life Jane

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Edinburgh Fringe
Alchemist | George Street
25th Aug 2023

An in-depth dissection of the 2016 episode of British reality TV show Come Dine With Me in which a contestant, incensed at having lost, berated his fellow diners in a virulently im…

Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel

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Edinburgh Fringe
Underbelly, Bristo Square
5th - 13th Aug 2023

The smash-hit West End comedy, as heard on BBC Radio 4, celebrates its 10th glorious year at the Fringe! The all-star cast (featuring Rachel Parris, Graham Dickson, Cariad Lloyd an…

Jane/Norma

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Edinburgh Fringe
theSpace on the Mile
5th - 25th Aug 2023

Roe vs Wade is synonymous with the debate around abortion rights.

Tales of a Jane Austen Spinster

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Edinburgh Fringe
Greenside @ Nicolson Square
4th - 12th Aug 2023

When a Jane Austen heroine, unlucky in love, finds herself thrown into the modern world of dating, she must set aside her customs and expectations to brave this new world of courts…

Emily Walsh: Dad Girl

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Edinburgh Fringe
Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre
3rd - 27th Aug 2023

Emily Walsh still doesn’t know if she wants kids, but if given the choice she’d like to be the dad.

Jesus, Jane, Mother & Me

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Edinburgh Fringe
Pleasance Courtyard
2nd - 28th Aug 2023

***** (Stage; Three Weeks; Theatre Weekly; Advertiser, Adelaide).

Jane Eyre

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London Fringe
The Courtyard Theatre
11th - 15th Jul 2023

Jane Eyre is the most read work of fiction in English of all time, and second only to the Bible.

Amelia Jane Hunter: Exquisite Pervert

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Brighton Fringe
The Poets Ale and Smoke House
5th - 8th May 2023

Originally from Australia, Amelia now lives and loves in the land of sausage, socks and sandals and smouldering eye contact; Berlin.

Amelia Jane Hunter: Exquisite Pervert

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Brighton Fringe
The Poets Ale and Smoke House
5th - 8th May 2023

Originally from Australia, Amelia now lives and loves in the land of sausage, socks and sandals and smouldering eye contact; Berlin.

The Beekeeper of Aleppo

“What are you doing here” asks the interviewer at Nuri’s asylum assessment.

Sweeney Todd - the Victorian Melodrama

Opera della Luna's latest production of Sweeney Todd will show you the barber as you have never seen or heard him before.

Emile and Emily

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Vault Festival
Pit
21st - 26th Feb 2023

Emile and Emily are best friends in a flat share, flight attendants confronting gravity, and participants in a disastrous celebrity interview.

Austentatious - An Improvised Jane Austen Novel

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West End
Arts Theatre
13th Feb 2023 - 22nd Jul 2024

'Ridiculously silly… wickedly funny’ ★★★★★ The Times 'A joy to behold’ ★★★★ The Guardian The award-winning smash-hit comedy, as heard …

The Alzheimer's Diaries: Meet The Author

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London Fringe
The Bridge House Theatre
26th Jan 2023

What do you do when Ms Alzheimer’s – a hideous and befanged monster – comes to live with you? Local author and journalist, Susan Elkin, talks about her new book, …

Death of an Author

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Edinburgh Fringe
Greenside @ Nicolson Square
22nd - 27th Aug 2022

What if your favourite characters didn’t quite like the way they were written? What if they decided enough was enough? When an unnamed author is found dead, his characters are br…

Iain Dale and Jacqui Smith's For The Many Live with Fi Glover and Jane Garvey

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Edinburgh Fringe
Pleasance at EICC
10th Aug 2022

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.

Jesus, Jane, Mother & Me

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Edinburgh Fringe
Pleasance Dome
3rd - 29th Aug 2022

A new play from acclaimed writer Philip Stokes (Heroin(e) for Breakfast).

Emily Wilson: Fixed

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Edinburgh Fringe
Pleasance Courtyard
3rd - 29th Aug 2022

Sold-out run: Off-Broadway, Asylum NYC (2022).

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Ivor B Gurney and Marion M Scott had a very special friendship.

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

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Brighton Fringe
The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
21st - 22nd May 2022

A celebration of the friendship between the First World War poet and composer, Ivor Gurney, and violinist, musicologist and champion of women musicians, Marion Scott.

Jane Postlethwaite & Joe McCarthy: Terrible People (Work in Progress)

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Brighton Fringe
Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
14th - 22nd May 2022

Comedy Award Finalist Jane Postlethwaite & Comedian Joe McCarty join forces to bring you a hilarious yet dark look into the human condition to explore what it really means to be a …

Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel

Love.

Talk discussing the novel Permafrost with author Eva Baltasar

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UK Regional & Tours
Online Event
1st Oct 2021

Romancero Books with the support of the Office for Cultural and Scientific Affairs of the Spanish Embassy in London presents the Festival of Queer Spanish Literature in London…

Jane Eyre

There are a handful of stories which truly stand the test of time.

Lionhouse Cabaret: Comedy ft. Dyball & Kerr, Live Music and More

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Brighton Fringe
Lionhouse
26th - 27th Jun 2021

Bumfluffery and other silliness.

Emily Atack Has Left the Group

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Brighton
The Old Market
2nd Oct 2020

Emily Atack is back with a brand-spanking new show.

Half a Dozen Jane Eyres

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Edinburgh Fringe
theSpace on the Mile
7th - 29th Aug 2020

Double Fringe First winners bring Bronte evangelists who fight and bite at West Norwood’s first-ever Jane Eyre convention (Jeremy Kyle meets Comic Con).

Jane Eyre

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Edinburgh Fringe
theSpace on North Bridge
7th - 15th Aug 2020

Charlotte Brontë’s tale of a young woman’s courageous fight through injustice and hardship was a revolution in literary fiction.

Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel

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West End
Fortune Theatre / Underbelly Earls Court
2nd Mar 2020 - 29th Aug 2021

See a regency tale like no other featuring wilful heroines, haughty gentlemen, wayward vicars and hilarious consequences – no two shows are ever the same and swooning is gu…

Emily Rising

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UK Regional & Tours
Half Moon Theatre
21st - 23rd Nov 2019

Emily wakes up one bright autumn morning to find that her feet can’t touch the ground, and no one can understand why.

Emily Rising

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London Fringe
Omnibus Theatre
24th - 27th Oct 2019

Emily wakes up one bright autumn morning to find that her feet can’t touch the ground, and no one can understand why.

dressed.

Dressed is an intensely personal and moving account of Lydia Higginson's journey through the trauma of being stripped and assaulted at gun point.

Will Gompertz: Double Art History – The Sequel

Will Gompertz feels like an old friend, not because I have ever met him, but because I have grown up with his inciteful and interesting contributions as the BBC’s arts editor.

Nish Kumar: It's in Your Nature to Destroy Yourselves

“Is it a stand-up show, is it a rally?” Nish Kumar certainly blurs the boundaries between the two.

Blazin' Fiddles with Emily Smith

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Queen’s Hall
14th - 21st Aug 2019

Scotland’s most celebrated fiddle band Blazin’ Fiddles will be joined by the twice-voted Scots Singer of the Year and two-time BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominee Emily Smith for a …

Jane Hill: All I Want

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Edinburgh Fringe
Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
14th - 25th Aug 2019

I’m 55.

Breakfast Plays: The Future Is [...]

Remarkably, if you wander into The Traverse at 9am, you will find an audience willing to watch a rehearsed reading of a brand-new play and not a spare seat in the house.

Hallowed Ground – Women Doctors in War

Review
★★★★
Jane Prinsley
Edinburgh Fringe
Army @ The Fringe in Association with Summerhall
17th Aug, 2019

Lilian, Catherine, Mary and Tam all have one thing in common, they risk their lives to serve their country and save the lives of others.

Zoe Lyons: Entry Level Human

Zoe Lyons packs out the Gilded Balloon with stand-up that raises the bar for Fringe comedy.

Miss AmeriKa

Review
★★
Jane Prinsley
Edinburgh Fringe
Summerhall
20th Aug, 2019

If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere.

Google: Amanda Jane Dildo

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Edinburgh Fringe
PBH’s Free Fringe @ Fingers Piano Bar
3rd - 25th Aug 2019

Sexy(ish), musical(ish), bipolar(ish) – no, she’s definitely bipolar (with jazz hands) – Australian sex-pot singing comedian is ‘f*cking nuts – non-stop brilliance – a must…

F. Off

The National Youth Theatre have put Mark Zuckerberg on trial.

The Kaye Hole

Shabbat shalom misfits, Reuben Kaye is back in town.

A Grave Situation

This World War II farce is a good choice for a 25-strong company to showcase their talents, with a wide range of roles on show.

Mustard

Eva O’Connor’s one-woman show about heart break and madness is crammed with life, wit and tragedy.

What Girls Are Made Of

Scruffy indie kids have inherited the world and Cora Bissett rules supreme.

Trainspotting Live

Iconic is not a strong enough word for novelist Irvine Welsh’s generation-defining masterpiece, Trainspotting.

Birth

Life and death, love and loss, birth and miscarriage are all explored in this visual cycle of life.

The Female Role Model Project

The Female Role Model Project is just that, a project.

Ed Byrne: If I'm Honest

If you’re looking for high quality stand up from a master of observational comedy, you’ve come to the right place.

Jane Hill: Addicted to Fun

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Edinburgh Fringe
Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
1st - 25th Aug 2019

Jane used to be fun.

Appropriate by Sarah-Jane Scott

This one person play, written and performed by Sarah-Jane Scott, introduces us to Sorcha who is fresh from fleeing her wedding.

Jena Friedman: Miscarriage of Justice

Jena Friedman is scared shitless and wants to feel less alone.

Sarah Jane Morris: Sweet Little Mystery

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Edinburgh Fringe
Assembly George Square Studios
31st Jul - 11th Aug 2019

Sarah Jane Morris with her unique and powerful voice celebrates John Martyn illuminating his life and art in her new show Sweet Little Mystery.

Micky P Kerr: Kerr in the Community

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Edinburgh Fringe
Underbelly, Bristo Square
31st Jul - 26th Aug 2019

In this hilarious rags to more rags tale of becoming a “proper” musician, one of the UK’s finest musical comedy talents dissects the winning pop song formula and offers his own uni…

Police Cops – Badass Be Thy Name

Gird your loins and suspend any disbelief for the weirdest, rip-roaring adventure you’ll ever experience.

The Nights by Henry Naylor

Critically acclaimed playwright, Henry Naylor, is back at Gilded Balloon with another timely piece of theatre that packs a punch.

Rejoining Jane

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Brighton
Presuming Ed’s Coffee House
31st - 31st Jul 2019

Rejoining Jane is a delightful dance theatre performance set within a cafe, brought to Ventnor by Brighton based dance co Tick Tock Bridget.

Glenn Moore: Love Don't Live Here Glenny Moore

Tucked away in a corner of Pleasance Courtyard, Glenn Moore delights a packed crowd with an hour of non-stop puns and twisted humour.

Shakespeare Up Late!

This 50-minute adaptation of Hamlet is one for Shakespeare lovers with short attention spans.

Buzz

A body is washed up on the shores of the Faroe Islands, rain softly splatters on a coat, a video projection comes into view and live music fills our ears.

A Womb of One's Own

Part party, part PSHE lesson and part coming-of-age rom-com, A Womb of One’s Own is a heartfelt love letter to women’s bodies everywhere.

Rejoining Jane

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UK Regional & Tours
Central Hotel
25th Jul 2019

Rejoining Jane is a delightful dance theatre performance set within a cafe, brought to Ventnor by Brighton based dance co Tick Tock Bridget.

Austentatious: The Improvised Jane Austen Novel

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Great Yorkshire Fringe
Grand Opera House York
20th Jul 2019

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that anyone in possession of wit and good taste must be in want of great entertainment… Austentatious is an entirely impro…

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane McDonald?

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Brighton Fringe
Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
30th May - 1st Jun 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.

Micky P Kerr: Z-List Celebrity - Life After The Britain’s Got Talent Finals

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West End
Leicester Square Theatre
6th May 2019

In June 2018 musical comedian, Micky P.

Micky P Kerr: Z-List Celebrity - Life After The Britain’s Got Talent Finals

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West End
Leicester Square Theatre
6th May 2019

In June 2018 musical comedian, Micky P.

Sarah Jane Morris: Sweet Little Mystery

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Brighton
The Old Market
3rd May 2019

Through her own brilliant interpretive vocal talents, Sarah Jane will be illuminating the work of John Martyn in her new show Sweet Little Mystery, accompanied by her regular colla…

Katherine Ryan and Emily Dean: Live In Conversation

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West End
Leicester Square Theatre
2nd Mar 2019

Join Katherine Ryan and Emily Dean - and their two dogs Raymond and Meg - for a live chat to celebrate the publication of Emily’s new heartbreaking and funny memoi…

Nine Night

Mourning is an important part of any family death but this can differ a huge amount depending on where you or your family are from.

Jane Hill: Addicted to Fun

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West End
Museum of Comedy
8th Nov 2018

Jane used to be fun.

Stranger than Fiction: Shane Dunphy, Andrea Carter & Cormac O’Keefe with Jane Casey

Listing
Dublin
Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
4th Nov 2018

How much does real life influence fiction? Is the truth sometimes stranger? Four crime writers with close ties to the law and law makers, discuss how real life has influ…

Crucible

Something pungent was bubbling away on the cauldron, centre stage, when I took my seat on the grassy knoll last night.

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane McDonald?

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Edinburgh Fringe
Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
22nd - 26th Aug 2018

Welcome to the inaugural meeting of the self-help group ‘Jane McDonald Anonymous’.

In Conversation With... Emily Thornberry

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand’s New Town Theatre
19th Aug 2018

Emily Thornberry, MP for Islington South and Finsbury, is the Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Shadow First Secretary of State.

Door-to-Door Poetry

Forget flowers, chocolates or even a home-baked cake.

Viva Las Vegans

‘Is it a good idea to link together a group of comedians for a Fringe show based purely on the common thread of dietary choice?’ I asked my husband as we took a stroll along George…

Laurence Clark: An Irresponsible Father's Guide to Parenting

When I heard the Radio 5 live interview with Laurence Clark at the end of July, I was immediately struck by the sense that this was a really nice guy: level-headed, easy-going, art…

Jane Hill – Addicted to Fun

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Edinburgh Fringe
Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
2nd - 26th Aug 2018

Jane used to be fun.

LoveHard: Tales from the Elsewhere

Jacob Lovick and Tyler Harding (Edinburgh Fringe LST Sketch-Off Finalists, 2017) are at it again! Last night at the Fringe Espionage venue this double act – otherwise known as Lo…

Card Ninja

A humble deck of cards, a ninja (well, a likeable Kiwi), a lofty-heighted venue and audience participation, all added up to an hour well spent at the Gilded Balloon today.

Sitting by Katherine Parkinson

Sitting, the debut play by comic actor Katherine Parkinson (The IT Crowd, Humans), explores the lives of three characters who are sitting for portraits.

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

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Edinburgh Fringe
Pleasance Courtyard
1st - 27th Aug 2018

Celebrating the friendship between composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and musician and first woman music critic, Marion Scott; written and performed by Jan Carey.

Shit-Faced Shakespeare: Hamlet

If you haven’t already heard of this band of bawdy, Bardy performers, it prompts the question, “Is this your first time to the Fringe?” If the answer is yes - what have you b…

Manhunt

Cambridge Footlights duo Leo Reich and Emm Downie do not disappoint with their hour of sketch and character comedy which focuses on the perils of of modern day dating.

Spontaneous Potter

Spontaneous Potter, created by the Spontaneous Players, takes a title from the audience (“Harry Potter and the…”) and skilfully creates an hour-long, brand new Harry Potter s…

Frankenstein

When SISATA was formed in 2012 they originally focused on the re-telling of Shakespearean plays, but they've always followed the central aim of bringing 'classic stories to…

Offside

Review
★★★★★
Jane Beeston
UK Regional & Tours
The Women’s Changing Rooms, The Dripping Pan, Lewes FC
25th Jun, 2018

Eleanor Roosevelt once said, "the future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

White Girls

If you’re looking for a thought-provoking Fringe Show, White Girls, by Madeleine Accalia, could fit the bill.

Murdered by Murder

The scene is set.

Shit-faced Showtime: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

“Well, that was much better than the Hamlet one,” an audience member noted to her friend as we filed out at the end of Shit-Faced Showtime: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Northern Ballet Jane Eyre

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West End
Sadler’s Wells
16th - 19th May 2018

After bringing Sadler’s Wells a succession of sumptuous story-ballets, including the South Bank Sky Arts Dance Award-winning 1984 and the critically acclaimed Casanova, Nor…

The Boy Who Gave His Heart Away by Cole Moreton

"Make a fist with your hand and place it roughly where you think your heart should be," Cole Moreton instructs us at the start of his set, The Boy Who Gave His Heart Away…

Victorious

Driving home from Victorious last night (Hannah Brackenbury’s one-woman Victoria Wood tribute show) I wondered: if Wood could have chosen someone to celebrate and showcase her wo…

Just Don’t Do It

'I’m frightened', my proudly-feminist husband says while reading a Google-searched summary of Just Don’t Do It as we sit waiting for the start of the show.

Jane Hissey's Teddy Bear's Picnic

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Brighton Fringe
Brighton Toy and Model Museum
6th May 2018

Jane Hissey is the author and illustrator of over 25 ‘Old Bear’ books and the creator of the BAFTA-award-winning TV series of ‘Old Bear Stories’.

Sarah Jane Morris & Antonio Forcione: Compared To What

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Brighton Fringe
The Old Market
6th May 2018

With the release of ‘Compared to What’, Sarah Jane Morris teams up with the guitar artistry of world-renowned Antonio Forcione, producing a compelling, unique and haunting album.

Ensonglopedia of Animals

Did you know that you share 50% DNA with the humble banana? Unicorns do exist (well, kind of) in the shape of the narwhal and that the Portuguese man o’ war is not one creature but…

Drunk With A Pen

Joseph J Clark is a poet on a mission.

Kerplunk!

Who remembers Kerplunk - that childhood board game of precariously balancing marbles on multi-coloured sticks? Kerplunk!, the 2018 Brighton Fringe show that shares this title, is a…

Can You Put This in the Bin for Me?

I have the greatest admiration for stand-up comedians.

Is This Thing On?

A difficult look at a physically and mentally abusive relationship, Is This Thing On? uses a mixture of physical theatre and words to take us on an uncomfortable journey through th…

Jane Eyre

The year for the National Theatre so far has been beset by the dramas over the dramas on its programme – depending on your viewpoint, it either doesn’t contain enough classics o…

Jane Johnson for the Stay at Home Shopper

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Off Off Broadway
Wild Project
1st - 2nd Sep 2017

Jane Johnson for the Stay at Home Shopper takes place over the span of one hour during which Jane and her partner Pam Weldon sell their accessories on the Stay at Home Shopper netw…

Antonio Forcione and Sarah Jane Morris

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Edinburgh Fringe
Assembly Rooms
21st - 27th Aug 2017

Sarah Jane Morris and Antonio Forcione are promoting their collaborative album Compared to What.

Adam Kay – Fingering A Minor on the Piano

Adam Kay used to be a doctor and he wants to tell us all about it.

The Emily Triptych

Emily Dickinson is flitting about the meeting room in the Quaker Meeting House.

Nina – A Story About Me and Nina Simone

1960s America.

Help!

If you’ve ever wondered what having a mental-health issue feels like then head down to Help!.

Spencer Jones: The Audition

Spencer Jones is a genius but I’m not sure why.

Jess and Joe Forever

Jess and Joe want to tell us their story.

Nassim

Nassim.

Joe Jacobs: Ripe

In Ripe, Jacobs takes us through the stages of a banana corresponding to the stages of life; through stand-up and rap.

The Whip Hand

The Traverse Theatre is onto a winner with its programming this year.

Jessica Fostekew: The Silence of the Nans

There are comedians that are laugh out loud funny, every couple of minutes a big laugh; but the stuff in between is dead air and tumbleweed.

Wolf Meat

Grandma is a drug dealer.

Micky P Kerr is Lay-Z

Listing
Edinburgh Fringe
Just The Tonic at the Caves
3rd - 26th Aug 2017

Leeds-based comedian, musician and social commentator Micky P Kerr has been hotly tipped for stardom.

Jane Doe

Nobody wants to be lectured.

Abandoman's Rob Broderick – The Musical in My Mind

Rob Broderick is a one of a kind performer.

Mars Actually

Three aliens from Mars, fascinated by all things Earthly.

Rachel Parris: Keynote

Rachel Parris has been invited back to her old school to speak at prize giving, but what is she going to say? Is she even a role model at all? Rather than prepare for this speech a…

The MMORPG Show – No Rolls Bard

I have never played Dungeons and Dragons.

Luke Kempner: Take a Long Hard Luke at Yourself

Luke Kempner takes a Luke in the mirror in this gently funny show, poking fun at himself and the impressions he uses to express himself.

Matt Richardson: Slash

Matt Richardson is a firecracker.

The Jurassic Parks

Superbolt Theatre’s The Jurassic Parks is ridiculous; in the best way possible.

Shit-Faced Showtime: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Magnificent Bastard Productions have become a hit at the Fringe throughout the last few years with their productions of Shit-Faced Shakespeare.

Murder, She Didn't Write: The Improvised Murder Mystery

A murder has been committed.

This Is Your Trial

Improvisation and a cappella groups are two a penny at the Fringe, and it can be difficult to find a unique format with which to entertain the crowds.

George Egg: DIY Chef

George Egg is a hybrid chef and comedian.

Siren

To be surprised by a show at the Fringe is a rare and wonderful thing.

Monster

Boy meets girl.

Flesh and Bone

Imagine William Shakespeare wrote Attack the Block and you get Flesh and Bone, a tale of an East London tower block and it’s residents.

Translunar Paradise

Theatre Ad Infinitum have been a Fringe favourite for years; creating thought provoking and beautiful shows to touch both your heart and your mind.

2 Become 1

2 Become 1 is a standard Jukebox Musical.

Lula del Ray by Manual Cinema

Manual Cinema is a very special kind of company.

Jane Eyre

The latest adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s most beloved novel, Jane Eyre, was devised by the company at the Bristol Old Vic, led by Sally Cookson.

Storyland Author Readings

Listing
Brighton Fringe
Jubilee Library
26th May 2017

Brighton’s Storyland Press is a place where the story comes first, regardless of genre or where it sits on the commercial/literary spectrum.

Jane Postlethwaite: The House

Listing
Brighton Fringe
Lamb @ Nowhere Man
12th May - 3rd Jun 2017

Jane Postlethwaite (Funny Women and Squawker Award finalist 2015) brings her multi-character, one-woman show, ‘The House’, to Brighton.

Rejoining Jane

Listing
Brighton Fringe
Nowhere Man
9th - 24th May 2017

Immerse yourself in a playful and joyful dance experience as three dancers take you on a journey in and out of reality, swapping between the factual and the fictitious.

Jane Hill: Cow

Jane’s a bit of a cow.

Antonio Forcione and Sarah Jane Morris

Listing
Edinburgh Fringe
Assembly George Square Studios
23rd - 29th Aug 2016

Sarah Jane Morris and Antonio Forcione come together in a worldwide tour to promote the launch of their collaborative album Compared to What.

Calamity Jane: Sing-a-Long

Listing
Edinburgh Fringe
Assembly Rooms
14th Aug 2016

Cinema screening of film.

Sainte Jane, American Folk / Americana Duo

Listing
Edinburgh Fringe
Acoustic Music Centre @ St Bride’s
11th - 12th Aug 2016

Sainte Jane: Born from Lauren St.

Dark North and Hungry Jane: Two Plays of Supernatural Horror

After comedy, horror is the next most difficult art form to tackle; although comedy reigns king at the fringe there is still an eager audience waiting to be scared.

Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel

An improvised Jane Austen novel was always going to be a lot of fun, and Austentatious’s talented cast certainly delivered an amusing hour of comedy.

Emily Lloyd Saini - Is This Part of the Show?

Listing
Edinburgh Fringe
Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire
4th - 23rd Aug 2016

Emily Lloyd-Saini’s debut hour of stand-up.

Promise and Promiscuity: A New Musical by Jane Austen and Penny Ashton

In the latest theatrical offering of a Jane Austen themed adaptation, this piece, which is billed as a new musical by Penny Ashton, interweaves thirty-three direct passages from Au…

Jane Eyre: An Autobiography

Jane Eyre – An Autobiography has to be one of the most moving pieces of theatrical storytelling ever created; quite simply, it’s astounding.

Emily Tresidder: Crazy Is

Listing
Edinburgh Fringe
Gilded Balloon Teviot
3rd - 29th Aug 2016

Emily Tresidder explores ‘the Zen of Crazy’ and the myriad of things that have come to be defined as such.

Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel

Comedy improvisation troupe Austentatious have been reducing erstwhile sensible audiences to fits of hysteria all over the UK since 2012.

Sarah Jane Morris and Antonio Forcione

Listing
Brighton Fringe
Komedia Main Space
25th May 2016

Sarah Jane Morris and Antonio Forcione come together in a worldwide tour to promote the launch of their collaborative album, ‘Compared to What’, which includes some wry comedy, lov…

Jane Postlethwaite: Made In Cumbria

Jane Postlethwaite’s Made In Cumbria is absolutely hilarious.

17

Bear Pit Theatre present a sweet show which narrates different generations’ experiences of when they were 17.

Jane Austen's Forgotten Stories

Listing
Edinburgh Fringe
Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
21st - 30th Aug 2015

Ever wondered what Jane Austen wrote before Mr Darcy? Ever wanted period drama without the dull bits? You’re in luck! This is Austen without the slow stuff.

Bing Bang Bong

Nottingham Youth Theatre Inclusive Company have produced a pleasant show which is fun for all the family with Bing Bang Bong.

Reclaiming Vietnam

Kim Chinh has mastered the art of storytelling in her new one-woman show Reclaiming Vietnam.

The Wendy House Trilogy: Peter

Peter is the first show in The Wendy House Trilogy produced by Jealous Whale Theatre.

Picasso Stole the Mona Lisa

The Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club has failed to hit the nail on the mark with their latest show Picasso Stole the Mona Lisa.

Sarah-Jane Morris: Bloody Rain

Listing
Edinburgh Fringe
The Assembly Rooms
13th - 15th Aug 2015

The British soul, jazz and r’n’b singer who topped the UK pop charts with The Communards in 1986 with ‘Don’t Leave Me This Way’.

According To Arthur...

PaddleBoat Theatre Company has produced one of the most magical and captivating children’s shows I have seen in their latest production According to Arthur.

Shakespeare in the Garden: Cheer Up, Hamlet

It can be hard for a children’s show to be entertaining for both adults and children simultaneously, but Captivate Theatre’s latest addition to their Shakespeare series is effo…

Vertical Influences

Le Patin Libre present, in their latest show Vertical Influences, an innovative visual spectacle, the likes you will have never seen before.

Jane and Lizzy

Listing
Edinburgh Fringe
theSpace on the Mile
7th - 15th Aug 2015

Pride and Prejudice through the looking glass! In this offbeat interpretation, Jane Austen meets a Lizzy Bennet who flits between the character and the actress playing her.

Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel

Fasten your knickerbockers and hold onto your bonnets: Austentatious is back for a fourth year of frilly-meets-filthy improvisation, based exceptionally loosely on the collected wo…

Jane Austen's Persuasion: A New Musical Drama

Though Jane Austen is undoubtedly one of Britain’s most prominent literary names, Persuasion is perhaps her least widely read work.

501 Things I Do in My Bedroom

Nicola Wren’s one-woman show describes the hundreds of modern-day anxieties we all face in the dating world due to social media and technology.

Promise and Promiscuity: A New Musical by Jane Austen and Penny Ashton

One woman, one show, one hour ten minutes and the entire works of Jane Austen to affectionately satirise: New Zealand comedian Penny Ashton’s Promise and Promiscuity is no mean f…

Stuart Bowden: Wilting in Reverse

Stuart Bowden’s voice emerges behind a curtain.

Awakening, Sweet and Sour Sensory Composition

Review
★
Emily Blackwell
Edinburgh Fringe
Spotlites
22nd Aug, 2015

Immersive shows are one of those strands of theatre which can be either spectacular or absolutely appalling.

Mirror Me

This fun and friendly show from Hello Theatre explores the idea of what would happen if you swapped places with the person in the mirror.

Womenswear

Through a strong ensemble cast, this piece aims to expose the truth behind the juxtaposition of the stereotypical woman and the reality which every woman struggles to deal and cope…

The Biggest Marionette Circus in the World

This ginormous spectacle transports you back to the time where the biggest excitement for children was when the travelling circus came to town.

The Kagools: The Kagools

The Kagools continue to deliver childish fun for all ages despite not uttering a single word in their playful and energetic physical comedy.

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho

Ding dong the witch is back and she has landed in the heart of York city centre.

One Man Breaking Bad

When Breaking Bad came to an end at season five, everyone thought that this would be it for the franchise.

The Arts Barge Project Presents…The Great Yorkshire Swing!

The Arts Barge project knows how to turn a dreary, wet Sunday night into a fun filled extravaganza.

Slightly Fat Features in VarietySoup

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.

Matsuri - A Festival of Music Inspired By Japan

A man walks slowly onto the stage with his back to the audience, he holds himself in a wide stance and begins to strike the taiko drum.

Coquette presents: Moulin Ouse

Wearing a great, white, sparkly dress, Kiki de Ville struts onto the stage and you immediately know you are in for a good night.

Time to Talk to Jane

Listing
Brighton Fringe
The Warren: Theatre Box
12th - 14th May 2015

Delve into the world of a depressed bulimic, it might surprise you.

Sarah Jane Morris & Antonio Forcione

Listing
Brighton Fringe
Komedia - Main Space
4th May 2015

Famed for her association with the ‘Communards’ in the mid-80s (the fabulous hit ‘Don’t Leave Me This Way’ is still requested at every party!) and infamous for a banned rendi…

Emily Johnson

Listing
USA Regional & Tours
New York Live Arts
2nd Apr 2015

Most choreographers interested in social connection try to spur their audiences into action.

Emily Climbs (Machine Méchant)'

Listing
Off Broadway
The Brick
1st Apr 2015

(closes on Thursday) Experimental theater as math problem: In the latest piece from Nellie Tinder, three actors play the same character while telling two tenuously linked stories.

New York Comedy Festival: Emily Heller

A bright young comedian seen regularly on TBS’s “Ground Floor,” Ms. Heller was named one of Comedy Central’s Comics to Watch in 2011.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaarrghhh! It's the Increasingly Prestigious Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards Show - and It's Free!

It seems arbitrary, if not foolish, to award a star rating to something like the Malcolm Hardee Awards Show.

The Best of The Real MacGuffins

The Real MacGuffins are clearly skilled and practised performers, exuding a confident, polished stage presence from the start - playing the gracious hosts at this, a party celebrat…

Chris Ramsey: The Most Dangerous Man On Saturday Morning Television

I first saw Chris Ramsey live in 2011 as a supporting artist for Russell Kane.

Replaceable Things

Replaceable Things features John De Simone’s Panic Diary and Thomas Butler’s Replaceable Parts for the Irreplaceable You, performed by Scottish contemporary music company Ensem…

Parade

In 1913, Jewish factory worker Leo Frank was convicted of murdering thirteen year old Mary Phagan and sentenced to death.

The Best of Who's Available

Whether this comedy compilation is a success or not depends entirely on which comedians are available to perform.

Cabaret

“There was a Cabaret.

The Dolls of New Albion: A Steampunk Opera

I loved The Dolls of New Albion: A Steampunk Opera because, although the cast are by no means the best dancers, singers or actors, this production has so much charisma and passio…

The Comedian's Comedian Podcast with Stuart Goldsmith

The Comedian’s Comedian Podcast is a chat show that revels in the niche.

Charmolypi

Alexandra Kazazou’s slim but muscular frame seems to fill the stage, such is the sheer power she exudes.

Seussical the Musical

I’m not a particularly sentimental person when it comes to plays.

The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society

To say that Alternative Comedy Memorial Society is a cult phenomenon is an understatement… and to call it a showcase night would be wildly simplifying the interactive, experiment…

Patrick Turpin: A Brother for Jonathan

Patrick Turpin cuts a vulnerable figure on stage, baring his soul (and, without giving too much away, his nipples) to the world in his debut hour that delves into childhood memorie…

Pippa Evans: Don't Worry, I Don't Know Who I Am Either

Pippa Evans has something of the music hall about her - and thankfully, by that I don’t mean dubious mother-in-law jokes and a touch of old fashioned racism.

Avenue Q

Robert Lopez and Jeff Whitty’s Avenue Q is brought to the Fringe by the Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group, to sell-out audiences.

Rob Auton: The Face Show

Rob Auton’s show has a mercurial quality, slipping somewhere between spoken word show, stand up comedy and theatrical piece.

These Boyz Need Therapy

So, the title of this show doesn’t lie.

The Incredible Paul F Taylor

Theatrically interesting in the most accessible of ways, Paul F Taylor opens the show in the guise of an infomercial, claiming to be taking pills that cure him of his comedy lifest…

Cariad and Louise's Character Hour

Cariad Lloyd prefaced the show with an announcement - her double act partner, Louise Ford, had left Edinburgh in the last few days due to unforeseen circumstances.

Testiculating (Waving Your Arms Talking Bllcks)

Eric Lampaert makes no claims to be tackling the big issues - in Testiculating (Waving Your Arms Talking B*ll*cks), he talks about everything and anything that catches his eye from…

Set List: Stand-Up Without a Net

In Set List, spontaneity is the name of the game; a selection of comics perform completely improvised sets in front of your eyes, with nothing to guide them but key phrases which a…

Richard Gadd: Breaking Gadd

Richard Gadd is a deeply disturbed young man.

Hate 'n' Live

Hate ‘n’ Live is a night that revels in a non-PC, outrageous and often obscene approach to comedy.

Emily Snee is Bifurious

Listing
Edinburgh Fringe
Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
1st - 24th Aug 2014

Emily Snee is cross.

Guns Don't Kill People, Rabbits with Batteries Do

At the beginning of this bizarre show, we are told by comic duo Matt Francis and Russ Haynes that over the course of the performance we would do two things as an audience.

Hilarity Bites Comedy Club: Showcase Show

Hilarity Bites, as comedy showcases at the Fringe go, is a solid choice - a mix of an experienced compere and a good range of acts promising a solid hour of entertainment.

The Bearpit Podcast Podcast

Imagine local talk radio teamed up with Inside the Actors Studio.

Freak

Freak should be on the curriculum.

The World's Worst Birthday Party

Maddy Carrick’s first solo comedy children’s show, The World’s Worst Birthday Party, teaches children the value of friendship and to appreciate what they have, in a way that …

The Comedy of Errors

A week into the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and I’m sure that most parents have had to endure fairies, talking animals and patronising presenters, all for their little darlings.

Tom Deacon: Get Your Deac-on!

Does anyone else remember Tom Deacon on BBC Switch’s daily online programme The 5:19 Show? Just me then.

Avenue Q (School Edition)

Avenue Q (School Edition) retains the fun of the hit Broadway show but tones down the language and content, making it a suitable show for all the family to enjoy.

Alasdair Tremblay-Birchall: Success Arms

At first glance, Alasdair Tremblay-Birchall appears a mild mannered, softly spoken young man, cutting an endearing figure as he gently chatted with the audience throughout the show…

Ernest; or Much Ado About Muffins

From the outset, this musical adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s 1895 play The Importance of Being Earnest was just bad and unfortunately, not the kind of bad production that you’d …

Joke Thieves

Take four comics and ask them to perform their own stand up routines.

Anything Can Be a Podcast! Podcast!

There is a pleasant buzz in the largest Free Fringe venue, the Three Sisters.

Cook and Davies Present: Planet Earth and All Who Sailed in Her

The intimate feel of the basement studio at the Caves adds to the atmosphere of the performance of Planet Earth and All Who Sailed in Her.

The Time of Our Lies - The Life and Times of Howard Zinn

A visceral performance, The Time of Our Lies benefits greatly from the impassioned commitment of its five-strong cast.

This is Your Trial

An interactive, improvised courtroom drama, This is Your Trial puts the audience under scrutiny, pulling people onto the stage as the accused, charged with ridiculous crimes.

The Comedy Zone

The Comedy Zone is a showcase night that comes with more than it’s fair share of prestige, and no little amount of pressure.

Emily Brown and the Thing

Listing
Edinburgh Fringe
Pleasance Courtyard
30th Jul - 24th Aug 2014

In this brand-new show from Tall Stories (creators of the Gruffalo stage show), Emily Brown and her old grey rabbit Stanley hear a Thing crying outside their window.

The Trial of Jane Fonda

Listing
Edinburgh Fringe
The Assembly Rooms
30th Jul - 24th Aug 2014

Jane Fonda is one of the most controversial anti-war activists in American history.

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre - And So Am I

Since forming in 2005 in Aberdeen, the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre have performed internationally and on television around the UK.

Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel

It is a truth universally acknowledged that starting a review of Austentatious with ‘it is a truth universally acknowledged’ is so cliché that the author should be beaten.

Toby: Fuzzbuzz

Fuzzbuzz can hardly be described as a sketch show.

Abandoman: Hot Desk

Never have the dual interpretations of MC melded together so fluidly as in Rob Broderick, the leading light of Abandoman.

Punching Jane

Listing
UK Regional & Tours
The Courtyard Theatre
10th - 29th Jun 2014

Set in the seedy backstreets of 18th Century London Punching Jane follows the fate of a group of prostitutes who settle their disagreements by after-hours bare knuckle boxing.

Jane the Plain

“Once upon a time, but like, not that long ago really.

Jo Neary Vs Dyball & Kerr

Listing
Brighton Fringe
Komedia Studio
5th - 26th May 2014

Take a Perrier–nominated performer “The Joyce Grenfell of our age”(The Guardian) Jo Neary and the “Pant wettingly funny” (The Observer) Dyball & Kerr, toss them together …

What I Heard About the World

This Third Angel and mala voadora production at the Northern Stage at St.

The Laramie Project

The Laramie Project is a heart-wrenching play depicting the reaction to the 1998 brutal murder of Matthew Shepherd, a gay University of Wyoming student in Laramie, Wyoming.

Stand Up Sat Down

Review
★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
23rd Aug, 2013

St Andrews student Matt Gibson talks about life with Asian parents, being unable to seduce girls and those annoying things in life.

Now I'm 64!

Review
★★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
21st Aug, 2013

Mike Levy bounds on stage with all the gusto a 64 year old man can have.

My Name Is Christian Grey

Review
★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
17th Aug, 2013

‘Ouch is a four letter word’ cries Bobby Finn, aka sexual deviant and lothario Christian Grey.

Barbara Rae - Original Prints

Review
★★★★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
14th Aug, 2013

Barbara Rae RA, internationally acclaimed painter and printmaker, studied at Edinburgh College of Art from 1961-1965.

Love

Review
★★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
9th Aug, 2013

Love- that enigmatic phenomenon that we’re all searching for.

Shake the Dust

Review
★★★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
3rd Aug, 2013

This play explores the ways in which mental illness affects not only the sufferer, but the family and friends who surround them.

Signs of Our Occupy

Review
★★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
4th Aug, 2013

The premise of this play was promising – it is based on the Occupy movement in Oakland, taking inspiration from actual signs displayed in the protest.

Handmade Tales

Handmade Tales, performed by the Tap Tap theatre, is a collection of children’s stories that transport you to a magical world.

Jennifer Thomson Exhibition

Review
★★★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
7th Aug, 2013

The Jennifer Thomson exhibition, located in the Bonkers Original Gifts shop on Hanover Street, is a delightful array of colourful Edinburgh scenes.

Jenny Eclair: Eclairious

Review
★★★★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
11th Aug, 2013

Jenny Eclair (or as she calls herself, the ‘walking bag of cellulite’) is a barrel of laughs! Despite the insistence on the fact that she’s getting too old to do stand-up, he…

Improvabunga - Some Sort of Improv Show

Review
★★★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
11th Aug, 2013

Improvabunga, performed by the Watch This improv group, is a fast-paced show where anything can happen.

Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief

Review
★★★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
11th Aug, 2013

Originally written by Paula Vogel, Desdemona: A Play about a Handkerchief is a retelling of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy and gives a voice to the female characters who were over…

Employees of the Month: Glenn Moore and Friends

Employees of the month, hosted by the extremely likable Glenn Moore, presents Edinburgh’s hottest comedians.

UCL Graters: Crab Salad

Review
★★★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
5th Aug, 2013

Crab Salad is an extremely witty, clever and well executed production, performed by the UCL Graters.

The Real MacGuffins Come Again

The Real MacGuffins are a hilariously funny sketch group that had the audience roaring with laughter.

Mr Susie's To Earth With Love

Review
★★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
5th Aug, 2013

Ricky Tin lives in a bin in the year 1920.

Jarlath Regan - Djarlo Unchained

Review
★★★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
15th Aug, 2013

Jarlath Regan is certainly not lacking in charm.

Working Men's Club

Review
★★★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
18th Aug, 2013

Luke Benson and David Hardcastle are bringing back the Working Men’s Club; pints and pork scratchings at the ready.

Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel

Review
★★★
Allana Isaacs
Edinburgh Fringe
7th Aug, 2012

The six players that make up the Milk Monitors attempt to bring to life those Jane Austen novels which history has forgotten.

Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel

Review
★★★★
Tom Moyser
Edinburgh Fringe
19th Aug, 2013

Commercially, Austentatious is perhaps one of the easiest sells on the Free Fringe: a popular and intensely loved literary brand – Austen – combined with the most crowd-pleasin…

Joke Thieves

Who can get the most laughs? Who can take someone’s material and make it funnier? Joke Thieves separates the men from the boys and really puts the comedians through their paces! …

Alistair Green Is Jack Spencer: Sex Addict

Review
★★★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
6th Aug, 2013

Sex, heroine and general debauchery - Alistair Green and his alter-ego Jack Spencer want to change the world, three steps at a time.

Michael Legge - Free Wi-Fi

Review
★★★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
19th Aug, 2013

‘I invented anger’ bellows Michael Legge, as soon as he comes on stage.

Tom Craine: Crying On A Waltzer

Tom Craine is a naturally funny and immediately likeable comedian whose show is made up of delightful anecdotes about love, life as a performer and the absurdities of Papa John’s…

Six Characters in Search of an Author

Review
★★
Joseph Cunningham
Edinburgh Fringe
8th Aug, 2013

In a new adaptation of Luigi Pirandello’s disturbing masterpiece, Cambridge ADC chop, change and miss the point entirely.

Carl Hutchinson: All the Rage

Review
★★★★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
12th Aug, 2013

Carl Hutchinson has a problem: his on-stage persona has been let loose and is taking over his everyday life.

Alex Williamson

Review
★★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
2nd Aug, 2013

Alex Williamson is definitely not to everyone’s taste.

Rob Deering's Beat This

Review
★★★★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
20th Aug, 2013

Rob Deering and his funky electric guitar are joined onstage by James Acaster, Mark Smith, Ben Norris and Carly Smallman.

Peter Doig: No Foreign Lands

The title of Peter Doig’s exhibition No Foreign Lands is taken from Robert Louis Stevenson’s observation that ‘There are no foreign lands.

Man Ray Portraits

Review
★★★★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
12th Aug, 2013

The National Portrait Gallery hosts the first major exhibition of Man Ray’s highly-influential photographic portraits.

Little Shop of Horrors

Review
★★★
Emily Priestnall
Edinburgh Fringe
26th Aug, 2011

This Fringe classic pops up most years, with songs such as ‘Somewhere That’s Green’ and ‘Don’t Feed The Plants’ bringing the house down.

BOBBY WINNER

In the Dust

From breaking to pirouettes, In the Dust is an exceptional example of contemporary dance at its finest.

The Improvised Musical

Review
★★★
Emily Priestnall
Edinburgh Fringe
19th Aug, 2011

This was the title of the only performance kindly suggested by a witty member of tonight’s audience.

Medicine Show

Review
★
Emma-Jane Denly
Edinburgh Fringe
6th Aug, 2012

When you’re promised with a show that “aims to cure your everyday ailments and add a little colour to a bleak looking world”, it’s easy to be optimistic.

Sold

Compelling, captivating and representative of a cruel reality, SOLD is a devised piece of drama from the students of the Central School of Speech and Drama which raises awareness o…

Piatto Finale

Review
★★★
Emma-Jane Denly
Edinburgh Fringe
7th Aug, 2012

Superbolt’s marvelous little offering, despite being loosely plotted and having a somewhat frivolous narrative, makes up for its faults with buckets of heart.

The Bald Prima Donna

Review
★★★
Emily Priestnall
Edinburgh Fringe
21st Aug, 2011

With parody coming out of its ears, The Bald Prima Donna is a well-acted performance of Eugene Ionesco’s 1950 script.

I Infinite

I Infinite is an immersive dance experience which truly captures the magic just one dancer can conjure over an audience.

3some

Review
★★★
Emily Hardy
London Fringe
4th Apr, 2013

When soon-to-be-married Paul and Jenny enter into a sexual encounter with best-friend Rob (following a few too many beverages), there are inevitable repercussions.

Vitamin

It’s pretty hard to describe this one-man show without either sounding obtuse, ignorant or both.

What the Heart Remembers: The Women and Children of Darfur

Review
★★
Emma-Jane Denly
Edinburgh Fringe
7th Aug, 2012

This theatre/dance offering from the University of South Florida lacks subtlety and feels overly affronting in its clumsy and somewhat confused form.

Peter Panic

Review
★★★
Emma-Jane Denly
Edinburgh Fringe
17th Aug, 2012

James Balwin’s “Peter Panic” is billed as a response piece to last year’s London riots, placing the known and loved Peter and Wendy of JM Barrie’s “Peter Pan” into a …

Circolombia - Intimo Urban

Flexibility really only comparable to a cheese string, muscles I didn’t know existed, and legs with a remarkably similar function to that of a pogo stick - this is of course Circ…

Roma

Anthony Lo-Guidice’s semi-autobiographical “Roma” maps the making of an individual through experience and revelation, stylishly leaping through the hoops of birth, adolescent…

Four Sad Faces, Suddenly

When the only woman of the four brought out a loaf of sliced bread, I have to say I did predict the oncoming joke.

VOICES

This is a performance with no frills attached, it is truly a showcase of voices from around the world coming together to create beautiful music.

BOBBY WINNER

Mephisto Waltz

Derevo, multi-award winning company from St.

Request Programme

Cecilia Nilsson (‘Wallander’) stars in this phenomenal insight into the simplicity and painstaking cleanliness of solitary life, leading us gently through what should be an ord…

Und

Review
★★★
Emily Priestnall
Edinburgh Fringe
30th Aug, 2011

Where to begin is a question I cannot push from my mind.

Death Boogie

DDMcG Productions have hit on a winner with this piece: a combination of performance poetry, live-looping and music from two very talented strings players.

Swamp Juice

The award-winning Swamp Juice - from Bunk Puppets and Scamp Theatre - dazzles and entertains audiences of all ages.

Author

An author, two actors and an audience member discuss Tim Crouchs last play, an unnamed and violence-filled two-person production whose effects on the actors and writer are slowly…

Dream Plays (Scenes From a Play I'll Never Write)

The Traverse Theatre Company is spending the next fortnight showing breakfast-time script-in-hand readings of pieces of specially commissioned new writing.

Thread

Three actors take to the unconventional stage space at the Assembly St.

The Letters of Jane Austen

Review
★
Fred Maynard
Edinburgh Fringe
12th Aug, 2012

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the personal letters of a notable literary figure can be an illuminating insight into their thoughts and give us a vivid image of their …

Ali Cook - Principles and Deceptions

Ali Cook leaves mouths gaping as people gasp in wonderment at magic tricks that make rabbits appearing in top hats seem like an everyday occurrence.

How a Man Crumbled

Clout Theatre have hit on something good with this dusty, grotesque and wonderfully pointless piece of physical theatre.

The Most Dangerous Toy

Review
★★★
Emma-Jane Denly
Edinburgh Fringe
8th Aug, 2012

Now, my knowledge of philosophy is not great.

Banter Into Bed

Review
★
Emily Priestnall
Edinburgh Fringe
21st Aug, 2011

Banter Into Bed is an appalling excuse for a comedy as there is a vast lack of humour and a misunderstanding of the word banter.

Andi Osho: All the Single Ladies

Review
★★★
Emily Priestnall
Edinburgh Fringe
22nd Aug, 2011

Andi Osho, the rising female comedian famous for her appearances on Mock the Week and Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, is taking to pieces what it means to be a single lady in…

The Three Englishmen: Optimists

The four brilliant men who are The Three Englishmen put on a sketch show that will have you in stitches.

Everything Else Happened

Review
★★★
Emma-Jane Denly
Edinburgh Fringe
16th Aug, 2012

This adaptation of the short stories of Jonathan Safran Foer, whilst having moments of brilliance, ultimately comes short.

The Blind

Inspired by the novel by Portuguese Nobel Prize Winner Jose Saramago, “The Blind” is a story in pictures, exploring both what it is to be blinded but also diving into the darke…

All the King's Men - Putting It Together Again

One song short of a Spice Girls Tribute band, the boys from King’s have smashed another year at the Fringe.

The Pride

Review
★★★
Emma-Jane Denly
Edinburgh Fringe
12th Aug, 2012

A surreal hour of comic drama, The Pride is a bizarre attempt to place the more developed aspects of animalistic behaviour – guarding your territory, hospitality laws, and posses…

Out Of The Cage

A large, colourful advert is projected across the stone wallin front of us, ‘these women are doing their bit - learn to make munitions’.

Jane Austen's Guide To Pornography

Pornography, we are educationally informed in this piece, means the writing of harlots.

Ten

Review
★★★
Emily Priestnall
Edinburgh Fringe
27th Aug, 2011

Ten takes you on a personal journey of a question of identity.

The Fuhrer Will Now Speak

Thick, black curtains mark the entrance to pre-war Poland, set out in the ACT studio.

Duality

Review
★★
Emma-Jane Denly
Edinburgh Fringe
22nd Aug, 2012

Pair Dance’s piece aims to combine movement with other technology, and to create a work that embodies “multimedia” by showing that dance and projection (specifically in 3D) c…

Kawaakari

Kawaakari - (n.

Mosaic

Pieces of metal scaffolding partially decorated the walls while the old, grand chandelier cast a soft yellow light over the surrounding stone pillars.

Matthew Crosby: AdventureParty

Review
★★
Emily Priestnall
Edinburgh Fringe
28th Aug, 2011

Think of a Dad-joke at a family party when everyone groans but laughs at Dad’s attempt at being funny.

How I Invented Hip-Hop... and Other Faux Pas

Review
★★★
Emily Priestnall
Edinburgh Fringe
28th Aug, 2011

Mr B is the all-singing, all-rapping chap from Surrey who wants to bring gentlemanly etiquette into hip hop.

Flawless: Intergalactic Dream

A million miles away from turbulence, Flawless have a smooth take off, a pleasant flight and a well-rehearsed landing that can’t help but bring a smile to my face.

Rambling in an Empty Room

Review
★★★
Emma-Jane Denly
Edinburgh Fringe
20th Aug, 2012

This dance project from Taiwan is entirely improvised by its two performers in a style similar to Western contemporary dance.

Jessica Ransom: Unsung Heroes

Review
★★★
Emily Priestnall
Edinburgh Fringe
28th Aug, 2011

Jessica Ransom hits the Fringe with an excellent idea that could be amazing but isn’t quite there yet.

The Last 5 Years

The score of this heartfelt musical is stunning.

The Fitzrovia Radio Hour

A great old fashioned radio show with a twist that makes it absolutely perfect not only for light listening, but as a spectacle too.

Building Emily Warren: The Story of the Brooklyn Bridge

Listing
Edinburgh Fringe
Central Hall
13th - 16th Aug 2018

It’s 1870.

Bobby or not Bobby? Emily Carding as Richard III is Broadway Baby’s pick of the Fringe

Feature
Dave House
Edinburgh Fringe
25th Aug, 2015

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 ...

'We are All Possessive of Jane' - Austen Panel with Penny Ashton & Barbara Landis

Feature
Grace Knight
Edinburgh Fringe
11th Aug, 2015

Deputy Features Editor Grace Knight interviews two artists from opposite ends of the Jane Austen-adaptation spectrum.

Going To Space: Jane And Lizzy

Feature
Levi Bailey
Edinburgh Fringe
31st Mar, 2015

BB talks to the talent behind Jane and Lizzy, a reinterpretation of Pride and Prejudice with a comical twist.

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