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Rosie Jones: Triple Threat

Rosie Jones: Triple Threat

Join Rosie as she ponders whether she is a national treasure, a little prick, or somewhere in between! This show is guaranteed to be full of unapologetic cheekiness, nonsensical fu… 

Milton Jones: Ha!Milton

Milton Jones: Ha!Milton

This is not a musical. 

Arron Jones: Rockstar Magician

Arron Jones: Rockstar Magician

Can a magician be a rockstar? Rockstar Magician Arron Jones couldn’t possibly say, but yes. 

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

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… 

Divas of Jazz, From Fitzgerald to Jones

Divas of Jazz, From Fitzgerald to Jones

A musical soirée breathing life into the timeless allure of the legendary divas of jazz. 

Aidan Jones – Stories

Aidan Jones – Stories

A few years ago I got punched in the face by a lady on the train. 

Aidan Jones – Pianoforte

Aidan Jones – Pianoforte

Classically trained pianist and stand-up comedian Aidan Jones plays Chopin’s Nocturne in Eb Major and tells stories about heartbreak, murder, MDMA etc. 

Peter Jones – Cannot Fail

Peter Jones – Cannot Fail

I’m an Australian comedian. 

Josh Jones: Put a Sock in It

Josh Jones: Put a Sock in It

After two sell-out Fringe runs, this marvelous Manc is back with his best show yet. 

NAZERETH LOVE JONES LIVE

NAZERETH LOVE JONES LIVE

Nazereth Love Jones the number one representative for Hip Hop an RnB performing live. 

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark Live in Concert

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark Live in Concert

Experience the first on-screen adventure of everyone’s favourite archaeologist/action hero, with live orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall. 

Rebecca Harrison: Punkswats

Rebecca Harrison: Punkswats

Becky Harrison, “a wonderful a mysterious mind” (EdFringe 2023), is a typical Gen Z (zed): absolutely mortified. 

Kayleigh Jones: I Fed My Dad to a Pelican

Kayleigh Jones: I Fed My Dad to a Pelican

Christmas morning 2010, Kayleigh found out that her dad isn’t her dad and that her real dad is probably someone else. 

Hill & Jones Sketch Comedy Show

Hill & Jones Sketch Comedy Show

Serious comic Ryan Hill and loveable idiot Ben Jones present their Sketch Show Goes Wrong play combining original material, tributes to comedy greats and much more silliness! Hill… 

Love's Labour's Lost

Love's Labour's Lost

If Emily Burns’ immaculately realised Love’s Labour's Lost is anything to go by, there is a fresh new breeze whispering through the corridors of the RSC. 

The Spiders | Cornucopia Jones Wants You to Succeed!

The Spiders | Cornucopia Jones Wants You to Succeed!

The SpidersOld is the Web we WeaveCornucopia Jones Wants You to Succeed!Even You Could Have It All All The Spiders - Dermot Doyle The Spiders is a musical about large … 

Josh Jones - Gobsmacked

Josh Jones - Gobsmacked

Brand-new show from everyone's favourite gobby Manc Princess and Edinburgh Comedy Awards' Best Newcomer nominee. 

Josh Jones - Gobsmacked

Josh Jones - Gobsmacked

Brand-new show from everyone's favourite gobby Manc Princess and Edinburgh Comedy Awards' Best Newcomer nominee. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Eleanor Rhode’s new production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the RSC is a child’s-eye Shakespeare; a tale told in either the boring black and white of adult discourse or a … 

Mr. Jones

Mr. Jones

Stephen Jones, the self-proclaimed rugby prodigy of the small Welsh village Aberfan, has just made the kick of his life. 

Josh Jones: Gobsmacked

Josh Jones: Gobsmacked

Brand-new show from everyone's favourite gobby Manc Princess and Edinburgh Comedy Awards' Best Newcomer nominee. 

Rebecca

Rebecca

After all the hype from it’s reception elsewhere in Europe combined with the legacy of the original film version, the intriguing yet simple plot and the clear characterisation in… 

Rebecca

Rebecca

‘Rebecca’, by Michael Kunze and Sylvester Levay, two of the most successful German-language musical theatre composers, had its world premiere at the VBW-theatre Raimund… 

Kayleigh Jones: I Fed My Dad to a Pelican

Kayleigh Jones: I Fed My Dad to a Pelican

BBC New Comedy Award-nominated Kayleigh Jones wants to tell you why she fed her dad to a pelican. 

NEHH Presents... The Rebecca Vasmant Ensemble

NEHH Presents... The Rebecca Vasmant Ensemble

Glaswegian musician, producer, DJ and curator Rebecca Vasmant, leads a live ensemble featuring some of the movers and shakers of the new Scottish jazz scene. 

Spencer Jones: Making Friends

Spencer Jones: Making Friends

The double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee returns with a brand new show about moving to a new area, people he has met and losing his mind. 

Rosie Jones – Triple Threat

Rosie Jones – Triple Threat

Join Rosie as she ponders whether she is a national treasure, a little prick, or somewhere in between! This show is guaranteed to be full of unapologetic cheekiness, nonsensical fu… 

Here Be Dragons

Here Be Dragons

This is a heartfelt piece, in which a group of intrepid teens set out to discover monsters… and discover them in the last place they thought to look. 

Tom Jones Tribute

Tom Jones Tribute

Described by top showbusiness writer Mark Richie from the Stage Newspaper as ‘an impressive vocal performer’ and ‘his tribute to Tom Jones is one of the best he’s had the pleasure … 

Arron Jones: One-Hour Straitjacket Escape Magic Show

Arron Jones: One-Hour Straitjacket Escape Magic Show

Edinburgh Live’s number-one pick of the Free Fringe 2022 returns! A devilishly handsome magician trapped in a straitjacket, mind-melting magic, show-stopping laughs and unexpected … 

Arron Jones: Rockstar Magician

Arron Jones: Rockstar Magician

A musical comedy magic show to rock your socks off! Magic, music, comedy, raw sex appeal, zero self-awareness. 

Iain Dale: All Talk with Jeremy Corbyn and Len McCluskey

Iain Dale: All Talk with Jeremy Corbyn and Len McCluskey

Iain Dale’s ALL TALK political interviews have in recent years become something of a regular fixture of the Fringe circuit. 

Griffin and Jones: A Life-Changing Magic Show!

Griffin and Jones: A Life-Changing Magic Show!

Griffin and Jones have decided to change the world. 

Clive Anderson's My Seven Wonders

Clive Anderson's My Seven Wonders

The conceit of this podcast is that Clive Anderson invites a different member of the comedy circuit to share with him their own seven wonders of the world. 

The Portable Dorothy Parker

The Portable Dorothy Parker

The year is 1943 and famed wit Dorothy Parker sits in her New York apartment, sifting through her works and deciding which will make it into the new anthology ‘The Portable Dorot… 

The Real William Shakespeare... As Told by Christopher Marlowe

The Real William Shakespeare... As Told by Christopher Marlowe

Christopher Marlowe is forever fated to be associated with his peer and likely chum William Shakespeare. 

Sherlock Holmes The Last Act

Sherlock Holmes The Last Act

With a plethora of Sherlock Holmes shows to catch at this year’s Fringe; our fascination with the super-sleuth showing no signs of abating. 

Chopped Liver and Unions

Chopped Liver and Unions

Chopped Liver and Unions tells the story of workers’ activist and trades unionist Sara Wesker, now largely lost to the footnotes of twentieth century history, but in her time a n… 

Dom – The Play

Dom – The Play

This is a strange one. 

Wiesenthal

Wiesenthal

At at a time when the world has never more needed to heed the whispers of history, when client journalism seeks to sanitise hate speech as a ‘balanced’ opinion, and social medi… 

Aidan Jones: Adult Adoption

Aidan Jones: Adult Adoption

I never met my biological father. 

Aidan Jones: The Morning After

Aidan Jones: The Morning After

I quit drinking in 2019. 

Rewind

Rewind

This is how theatre should be. 

Mark Black: Chindiana Jones

Mark Black: Chindiana Jones

As Mark Black visits the doctors for looking for a diagnosis, he takes us through the chaos with a set written by ADHD itself. 

Santi and Naz

Santi and Naz

Best friends Santi and Naz live in pre-partition India. 

NewsRevue

NewsRevue

There are many things which conjure up the spirit of the Fringe. 

Chatham House Rules

Chatham House Rules

The Chatham House Rule is an agreement which allows those in power to share ideas with impunity: the discussion itself can be reported upon, but names are protected. 

Anything That We Wanted To Be

Anything That We Wanted To Be

When Adam Lenson was diagnosed with cancer in 2019; it caused all past, present and future versions of him to collide in the oncology department. 

Summer Camp for Broken People

Summer Camp for Broken People

Emily’s life is falling apart. 

Gyles Brandreth Can't Stop Talking!

Gyles Brandreth Can't Stop Talking!

Friend, fan, or foe of Gyles Brandreth, there’s probably one thing upon which all can agree: the man simply cannot stop talking. 

It's a Motherf**king Pleasure

It's a Motherf**king Pleasure

This is a brilliant show. 

Matt Forde: Inside No. 10

Matt Forde: Inside No. 10

That humour has rarely trodden a more cobbled path than in recent years makes the mean streets of Edinburgh an especially apposite place for the good, the bad, and the downright ug… 

Tennessee, Rose

Tennessee, Rose

The works of Tennessee Williams rank as some of the greatest and most iconic plays ever written. 

Josh Jones: Gobsmacked

Josh Jones: Gobsmacked

Brand-new show from everyone’s favourite gobby Manc Princess and Edinburgh Comedy Awards’ Best Newcomer nominee. 

Alba

Alba

'I need tae make ma ain decision, even if it's wrang. 

Dan Jones: This Seems Ambitious

Dan Jones: This Seems Ambitious

In his debut, Dan Jones takes the audience through his struggles with love without borders. 

Ria Jones & Ceri Dupree: Misleading Ladies, Back With A Vengeance!

Ria Jones & Ceri Dupree: Misleading Ladies, Back With A Vengeance!

Ria Jones and Ceri Dupree. 

Ria Jones & Ceri Dupree: Misleading Ladies, Back With A Vengeance!

Ria Jones & Ceri Dupree: Misleading Ladies, Back With A Vengeance!

Ria Jones and Ceri Dupree. 

Dan Jones - This Seems Ambitious

Dan Jones - This Seems Ambitious

This Seems Ambitious is the debut hour from Amused Moose National Breakthrough Comedian of the Year, and double Pleasance Reserve Nominee Dan Jones. 

The Alzheimer's Diaries: Meet The Author

The Alzheimer's Diaries: Meet The Author

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, … 

Grace Campbell: A Show About Me(n)

Grace Campbell: A Show About Me(n)

Grace Campbell is a one-woman manifesto for body, sex and mental health positivity. 

Death of an Author

Death of an Author

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… 

Battle: A Modern Mystery Play

Battle: A Modern Mystery Play

Battle describes itself as a modern mystery play, and takes the audience on an intricately-plotted historical journey from 1066 to the present day: exploring how women just gather … 

The Last Romantic

The Last Romantic

This show revolves around a fairly well-trodden premise: idealistic young creative seeks similar to make beautiful art with. 

Billy Jones: Solo

Billy Jones: Solo

Scottish singer/songwriter based in Sweden, finally back home. 

Griffin and Jones: Idiot Magicians

Griffin and Jones: Idiot Magicians

Griffin and Jones have spent the last decade travelling the UK, showcasing their homemade miracles, and generally being the biggest comedy and magic superstars you’ve never heard… 

Arthur Smith: My 75 Years at the Edinburgh Fringe

Arthur Smith: My 75 Years at the Edinburgh Fringe

There are some things as regular at the Fringe as Biblical downpours and overpriced street food. 

Three Women and Shakespeare's Will

Three Women and Shakespeare's Will

Three Women and Shakespeare’s Will is is a nice little premise for a play. 

Dear Little Loz

Dear Little Loz

To write that Dear Little Loz is an exploration of one woman’s search for love is to risk diminishing its scope, power and understanding of the human condition. 

Arielle Dundas and Rebecca Kaplan: Parfait

Arielle Dundas and Rebecca Kaplan: Parfait

Two American women each perform stand-up comedy about everything from sex and dating to pigeons and society’s relationship to their bodies. 

Earwig

Earwig

Earwig is an engaging and classy piece which tells the story of entomologist Marigold Webb, trapped in a loveless marriage and a society as uncomfortable with her deafness as it is… 

Luca Cupani: Happy Orphan

Luca Cupani: Happy Orphan

The title of this show and the sweet, open and slightly goofy face staring at you from the posters should tell you everything you need to know about this show: and stand-up Luca Cu… 

Marrow

Marrow

Marrow is a love letter to memory and to what makes us: us. 

Aidan Jones – Taco

Aidan Jones – Taco

My nickname is Taco – the first girl I ever kissed thought I looked Mexican. 

Paul Sinha: One Sinha Lifetime

Paul Sinha: One Sinha Lifetime

Paul Sinha is probably best known as one of Bradley Walsh’s TV team of ‘Chasers’: a characterful crew of six champion quizzers whose aim is to stop four plucky hopefuls getti… 

Comedy Hour: Prue Blake, Peter Jones and Sonia Di Iorio

Comedy Hour: Prue Blake, Peter Jones and Sonia Di Iorio

Comedy Hour features Prue Blake, Peter Jones and Sonia Di Iorio, three of the freshest stand-ups coming out of Australia bringing a new hour of comedy to the Fringe. 

Paradok Platform

Paradok Platform

Billed as a ‘queer manifesto against Grindr’, Looking for Fun is one of the new plays showcased at the Paradok Platform. 

Boy: Looking for Friends

Boy: Looking for Friends

Award-winning Polish performer Piotr Sikora has created a beautiful hour of family storytelling which uses clowning, mime, ukulele and audience participation to paint the journey o… 

3's Comedy – Adam Knox, Luka Muller and Peter Jones

3's Comedy – Adam Knox, Luka Muller and Peter Jones

3’s Comedy brings together Adam Knox, Luka Muller and Peter Jones, three of the rising stars of Australian comedy, for a whole new hour of hilarious stand up. 

Aidan Jones – Looking for Work

Aidan Jones – Looking for Work

I’ve been fired from 14 jobs in my life – I’m starting to think that I might be the problem? I’ll tell you some of the stories and you can tell me what you think. 

Josh Jones: Waste of Space

Josh Jones: Waste of Space

Debut stand-up hour from Mancunian ray of sunshine, Josh Jones. 

NewsRevue

NewsRevue

NewsRevue – the world’s longest running comedy show – is as central to the Fringe experience as overpriced artisan burgers and destroying rainforests with unwanted flyers. 

Rosie Holt: The Woman's Hour

Rosie Holt: The Woman's Hour

Rosie Holt is much loved on Twitter for her razor-sharp parodies of the thick Tory politician with Good Hair, haplessly spouting any porkie and defending any porker in the hope of … 

Matt Forde: Clowns to the Left of Me, Jokers to the Right

Matt Forde: Clowns to the Left of Me, Jokers to the Right

I reviewed Forde’s 2019 show Brexit, Pursued by a Bear and wrote of how his political comedy was as therapeutically valuable as it was satirically satisfying. 

Pip Utton as Dylan

Pip Utton as Dylan

Pip Utton really is extraordinary. 

The Actress

The Actress

During the bawdy years of Charles II’s restoration to the throne, one of his more shocking choices was to alleviate the perceived threat to the heterosexuality of female-imperson… 

Classic!

Classic!

Despite Kindles and Netflix and Twitter and Podcasts, our collective love of books will never die; at least, if the audience of Classic! at Pleasance Courtyard is anything to go by… 

Surfing the Holyland

Surfing the Holyland

Erin Hunter’s Surfing the Holyland is a dynamic and fast-paced one-woman show in which she tells the autobiographical story of her year living in Tel Aviv, the colourful cast of … 

Bloody Difficult Women

Bloody Difficult Women

Theatre has proved one of the greatest allies of those seeking to speak to truth to power throughout the ages. 

Second Summer of Love

Second Summer of Love

Yummy Mummy (and Headmaster’s wife, just for extra grown-up points) Louise runs the school choir and helps her teenaged daughter with her homework. 

Winston and David

Winston and David

This is an engaging exploration of the friendship of two of the most iconic British Prime Ministers of all time. 

Sex With Friends (and Other Tiny Catastrophes)

Sex With Friends (and Other Tiny Catastrophes)

We’ve all been there. 

Kafka and Son

Kafka and Son

When well done, the biographical show is one of the purest theatrical events known to man. 

August Wilson's How I Learned What I Learned

August Wilson's How I Learned What I Learned

This is really special. 

About Money

About Money

This is a visceral and vitally important piece in which playwright Eliza Gearty and director Alex Kampfner have wrought an exquisite little nugget of social political theatre: subl… 

Hamlet with Ian McKellen

Hamlet with Ian McKellen

The central conceit of this production is that Johan Christensen and Ian McKellen slip symbiotically between being Hamlet’s inner voice and outer actor. 

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

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

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

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. 

Talk discussing the novel Permafrost with author Eva Baltasar

Talk discussing the novel Permafrost with author Eva Baltasar

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… 

Bard Heads: The Third Witch from the Left and the Whirligig Of Time

Bard Heads: The Third Witch from the Left and the Whirligig Of Time

These neat little monologues are a sort of fan fiction inspired by various works of Shakespeare (The Tempest, Romeo & Juliet, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, Macbeth, Twelf… 

Somebody Special – The Aca-Betrayal

Somebody Special – The Aca-Betrayal

This twelve-strong company are enthusiastic, bright young things who sing, sway and beat-box with great spirit. 

1001 Open Mic Nights

1001 Open Mic Nights

This energised group of youngsters bounce about the stage with glee, making a capella look far easier than it truly is and throwing themselves into the Fringe vibe with abandon. 

Josh Jones and Louise Young: Work in Progress

Josh Jones and Louise Young: Work in Progress

An hour of stand-up from two rising-stars in the world of comedy. 

Semi-Toned Presents: A Study in Burgundy

Semi-Toned Presents: A Study in Burgundy

Set in the wonderfully open, socially-distanced and drinks-to-your-seats Garden Theatre of theSpaceuk’s Symposium Hall, the a capella group Semi-Toned return to the Fringe with f… 

Shakespeare's Fool

Shakespeare's Fool

Fringe roulette is part of what keeps us coming back year after year. 

Friend (The One With Gunther)

Friend (The One With Gunther)

As times of heady redolence go, the 1990s lacks the brittle style of the 1920s, sepia-tinted upper-lips of haunted men in WWI uniforms, or groovy pereniorange of the 1960s… And y… 

Possible by Shôn Dale-Jones (BSL-interpreted)

Possible by Shôn Dale-Jones (BSL-interpreted)

Shôn Dale-Jones’ playful, honest and heartfelt show about love, creativity and family combines magnetic storytelling with a dreamscape of animation, film and original music. 

Possible by Shôn Dale-Jones

Possible by Shôn Dale-Jones

Shôn Dale-Jones’ new show was going to be all about love. 

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

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

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

The year is 1894: three years since the world-famous Sherlock Holmes and his nemesis Professor Moriarty plunged to their deaths in The Reichenbach Falls. 

RICHARD JONES: ESCAPE

RICHARD JONES: ESCAPE

£74 Family Ticket (2 Adults, 2 Children)£23 Adult £20. 

film maltings: Mr Jones

film maltings: Mr Jones

Please note that Tier 2 regulations mean that only members of the same household or support bubble may meet together indoors. 

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Working with a tight script from Stuart Crowther and some inspired direction from Stephen Smith, Threedumb Theatre have created a wonderfully atmospheric version of The Strange Cas… 

Billy Jones: Now 'n' Then

Billy Jones: Now 'n' Then

Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist Billy’s 12th Fringe appearance. 

I Am Gavrilo Princip

I Am Gavrilo Princip

“I lit the spark that burned the world down”, declares Oliver Yellop’s Gavrilo Princip, before a dying trumpet slide suggests the spark may have been, in fact, rather more of… 

Iain Dale: All Talk with Alastair Campbell

Iain Dale: All Talk with Alastair Campbell

It shouldn’t be controversial to assume that one’s ability to enjoy this particular interchange may well rest ultimately on personal politics and the level of individual anger … 

Lest We Forget By Charlotte Green & Rasheka Christie-Carter

Lest We Forget By Charlotte Green & Rasheka Christie-Carter

Lying not too far beneath the CV19 surface of 2020 lie a series of news events that seem to epitomise our times. 

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE* *But Just The Deaths (and the gory bits too)

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE* *But Just The Deaths (and the gory bits too)

This jaunty little potter through the more gruesome elements of Shakespeare’s works really ‘gets’ the tone needed for this strange 2020 hybrid of live theatre / film / desper… 

Boom Room

Boom Room

The Boom Room is a sweet little radio play that captures the ennui and idiosyncratic Englishness of lockdown – cleaning out spice racks, a sudden urge to plant potatoes – and p… 

Haunted

Haunted

The chaos of a house move. 

Five Lock Down

Five Lock Down

Conceived, written and acted by Timothy Quinlan, this short film features some of the better acting on offer at the Fringe, and like so many others, is inspired by the strange real… 

Lady M

Lady M

In Nia Williams’ upcoming new musical, Lady Macbeth is a creepy life coach who takes advantage of the collective incapacity of lockdown to bring her own particular brand of… we… 

3's Comedy – Luka Muller, Peter Jones and Mystery Guest

3's Comedy – Luka Muller, Peter Jones and Mystery Guest

3’s Comedy brings together Luka Muller, Peter Jones and a mystery guest; three of the rising stars of Australian comedy for a whole new hour of hilarious stand-up. 

Josh Jones: Waste of Space

Josh Jones: Waste of Space

Born and bred in Manchester and just your atypical northern bloke, Josh Jones is taking the circuit by storm. 

Monday Favourites - John Owen Jones

Monday Favourites - John Owen Jones

Due to the phenomenal success of the first two seasons of Sunday Favourites at The Other Palace, Lambert Jackson are thrilled to present the star-filled line-up of their third seas… 

Lucie Jones - Live at the Adelphi

Lucie Jones - Live at the Adelphi

Musical theatre sensation Lucie Jones, star of hit musical Waitress, performs her first West End solo concert at the historic Adelphi Theatre on Sunday 16 February 2020 at 7pm. 

Spencer Jones: The Things We Leave Behind

Spencer Jones: The Things We Leave Behind

Edinburgh Comedy Award and double BAFTA-nominated professional idiot Spencer Jones is back with his brand-new show. 

Rattigan's Nijinsky

Rattigan's Nijinsky

Written by Nicholas Wright for the Chichester Festival, Rattigan’s Nijinsky explores sexuality, privacy, autonomy and unconditional love within the central conceit of why the dyi… 

In Conversation with... Ruth Davidson

In Conversation with... Ruth Davidson

Whatever else the history books will make of UK politics in 2019, it can at least acknowledge some impressive feminist credentials, with women leading parties right, left and centr… 

Griffin and Jones: Surprisingly Good Magicians

Griffin and Jones: Surprisingly Good Magicians

The pioneers of slapdash magic are back with another mishmash of magical mayhem! Join them in a world where the jokes come thick and fast, anything is possible and nothing is quite… 

Myra

Myra

Let’s not mince words – this is a hard watch. 

I'm Coming

I'm Coming

Molly Brenner’s one-woman show about her pursuit of an orgasm is an endearingly-performed trundle through her long search for sexual fulfilment. 

The Spencer Jones 50 Minute Disco Experiment

The Spencer Jones 50 Minute Disco Experiment

Spencer bought a new looper, but he can’t beatbox. 

Boswell

Boswell

Just yards from James Boswell’s Edinburgh birthplace and subsequent residence on the Lawnmarket, MHK Productions & Rhymes with Purple present his famed friendship with Samuel… 

INTERBEING – Stories from a Current War

INTERBEING – Stories from a Current War

This. 

Jasper Cromwell Jones' Alternative Book Festival

Jasper Cromwell Jones' Alternative Book Festival

Famous adventurer and posh idiot Jasper Cromwell Jones (played by award-winning comedian Joe Bor) presents an Alternative Book Festival with other weird and wonderful authors. 

Aidan 'Taco' Jones – 52 Days

Aidan 'Taco' Jones – 52 Days

In 2012 I wrote a diary on a deck of playing cards, one for each week. 

The Wrong Ffion Jones

The Wrong Ffion Jones

Once famed for coal, copper and steel production, Wales’s industry has now ground to a halt. 

Genesis: The Mary Shelley Play

Genesis: The Mary Shelley Play

The Artists Collective Theatre consider what could prompt an eighteen year old girl to create one of the most lauded, feared, impressive and appalling tales of the overpowering nee… 

3's Comedy – Adam Knox, Luka Muller and Peter Jones

3's Comedy – Adam Knox, Luka Muller and Peter Jones

3’s Comedy brings together Adam Knox, Luka Muller and Peter Jones, three of the rising stars of Australian comedy for a whole new hour of hilarious stand-up. 

Aidan 'Taco' Jones – Lightfoot James

Aidan 'Taco' Jones – Lightfoot James

For most of 2017 I received taunting messages from a fake Facebook account. 

Matt Jones: Pandora's Box – Free

Matt Jones: Pandora's Box – Free

What would you do if you could go back in time and hand-pick who you would become? One day a man encounters a strange spirit and is offered the opportunity to become someone else, … 

Milton Jones: Milton Impossible

Milton Jones: Milton Impossible

One man. 

Lolly Jones: I Believe in Merkels

Lolly Jones: I Believe in Merkels

EU leaders swap negotiations for disco, tassels and glitter in this ‘razor sharp blend of burlesque and comedy’ (EdFestMag. 

Andrew Maxwell: All Talk

Andrew Maxwell: All Talk

Living in Kent - Maxwell tells us – he is surrounded by the sort of puce-faced, fake WWII heroes who seem to think that having once watched a film with John Mills in it automatic… 

From Judy to Bette: The Stars of Old Hollywood

From Judy to Bette: The Stars of Old Hollywood

Rebecca Perry’s one-women tribute to four icons of the Golden Age of cinema is a cheery and bouncy hour celebrating Bette Davis, Judy Garland, Betty Hutton and Lucille Ball. 

Matt Forde: Brexit, Pursued by a Bear

Matt Forde: Brexit, Pursued by a Bear

Matt Forde’s reputation as one of our finest political satirists moves into even more assured territory with this caustic and superbly angry hour of impressions and observations. 

Hughie

Hughie

Tucked away upstairs at The Gilded Balloon, nestling right at the heart of comedy central, is an absolute gem which is a must-see for any devotees of real theatre. 

The National Trust Fan Club

The National Trust Fan Club

The National Trust Fan Club is what happens if you imagine a Dave Gorman show delivered by your bouncy Auntie Joyce and her preoccupation with how to pronounce ‘scone’ (to rhym… 

Spencer Jones: The Things We Leave Behind

Spencer Jones: The Things We Leave Behind

Spencer Jones took last year’s Edinburgh Fringe off, but did he waste his time idling? Not a chance. 

Testament of Yootha

Testament of Yootha

Those not lucky enough to have enjoyed the naff golden years and dubious social content of 1970s and 80s television may not immediately understand the appeal of a one-woman show ab… 

Rosie Jones: Backward

Rosie Jones: Backward

We first encounter the witty Yorkshire whirlwind that is Rosie Jones, as she bops along to what we assume is a silent disco, as she is adorned with massive red headphones. 

Jasper Cromwell Jones’ Alternative Book Festival

Jasper Cromwell Jones’ Alternative Book Festival

Famous adventurer and posh idiot Jasper Cromwell Jones (played by award-winning comedian Joe Bor) presents an Alternative Book Festival with other weird and wonderful au… 

Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones

Returning to the UK after one of the most talked about concerts in 2018, ‘Quincy Jones - A Life In Song’ which The Times called ‘a ritzy extravaganza’, and … 

Tom Jones: All Girls Love A Bastard

Tom Jones: All Girls Love A Bastard

As part of Nomad Festival @ Greenwich pop-up Rotunda Theatre. 

Griffin and Jones: Surprisingly Good Magicians

Griffin and Jones: Surprisingly Good Magicians

The pioneers of slapdash magic are back with another mishmash of magical mayhem! Join them in a world where the jokes come thick and fast, anything is possible, and nothing is quit… 

Dr Jones Funny Bones

Dr Jones Funny Bones

Dr Jones Funny Bones is coming to Brighton with a show for the whole family. 

Flo & Joan Work in Progress plus Rosie Jones

Flo & Joan Work in Progress plus Rosie Jones

Following a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2018, and off the back of a countrywide tour, musical comedy duo and sisters Flo & Joan are here to try an… 

Esther Rantzen: That’s Life! - Dame Esther Rantzen in conversation with Rebecca Wilcox

Esther Rantzen: That’s Life! - Dame Esther Rantzen in conversation with Rebecca Wilcox

An evening with Dame Esther Rantzen and her daughter, journalist and broadcaster Rebeca Wilcox For one night only broadcasting legend Dame Esther Rantzen and her daughte… 

Better, with Rebecca How & Pauline Eyre

Better, with Rebecca How & Pauline Eyre

Two women, one objective: to find out who has it BETTER. 

Rosie Jones: Fifteen Minutes

Rosie Jones: Fifteen Minutes

Rosie Jones is a comedian with a penchant for being mischievous. 

Wizz Jones

Wizz Jones

Triumphant return after successful AMC 2017 gigs. 

Shelagh McKay Jones – Singer/Songwriter

Shelagh McKay Jones – Singer/Songwriter

The Greenock-based local luminary tells stories of love, life and laughter with well-crafted songs. 

Griffin and Jones: Trickorice Allsorts

Griffin and Jones: Trickorice Allsorts

The pioneers of slapdash magic are back with another mishmash of magical mayhem! These award-winning idiots have become famous for their fast banter, tight chemistry, contagious en… 

Maxine Jones: My Way 62

Maxine Jones: My Way 62

Maxine Jones, 62, has left home on a bicycle to become a nomad. 

Bennet Kavanagh and Chris Jones: Two Guys Talking Shite

Bennet Kavanagh and Chris Jones: Two Guys Talking Shite

One went to a south London private school, one went to a Catholic School in Glasgow’s East End. 

Rory Jones: Return of the Wizword

Rory Jones: Return of the Wizword

From the questionable mind of Rory Jones comes a show of galactic proportions. 

Sanderson Jones: That's the Spirit!

Sanderson Jones: That's the Spirit!

Sanderson Jones is back! After six years building the worldwide Sunday Assembly movement, the comedian, and activist has returned to the Fringe with the first, only and best secula… 

Bronston Jones: God Bless 'Merica 4 – Free

Bronston Jones: God Bless 'Merica 4 – Free

For the 4th year, American atheist Bronston Jones reacts to the chaos of his country with a prayer: God Bless ‘Merica, because it’ll take a miracle to fix it. 

Bronston Jones: Spilt Milk – Free

Bronston Jones: Spilt Milk – Free

They say ‘don’t cry over spilt milk’. 

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

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. 

Lolly Jones: Fifty Shades of May

Lolly Jones: Fifty Shades of May

Lolly (BBC Three/Comedy Central) lampoons political figures in this character comedy/burlesque hybrid show. 

NOTFLIX

NOTFLIX

Remember that bit in Silence of the Lambs when Bob the prison guard finally faces up to his feelings for co-worker Janine? Me neither, but this isn’t a film on Netflix: it’s an… 

Metropolis Music Presents Tom Jones (Belvoir Castle)

Metropolis Music Presents Tom Jones (Belvoir Castle)

The Welsh singing legend, who is known for hits such as Delilah and What New Pussycat is. 

Adele Cliff : Sheep

Adele Cliff : Sheep

Adele Cliff is no mindless follower, a point she’s very keen to address. 

Metropolis Music Presents Tom Jones (Stansted Park)

Metropolis Music Presents Tom Jones (Stansted Park)

The Welsh singing legend, who is known for hits such as Delilah and What New Pussycat is. 

Rosie Jones: Fifteen Minutes

Rosie Jones: Fifteen Minutes

Fifteen Minutes is the debut hour of critically acclaimed comedian Rosie Jones (8 Out Of 10 Cats, Silent Witness). 

Tom Jones: Alnwick Castle

Tom Jones: Alnwick Castle

See this Welsh singing legend, known for hits such as Delilah and What's New Pussycat, perform LIVE! The rhythm and soul supremo has been wowing crowds for over fifty years and… 

Metropolis Music Presents Tom Jones (Ragley Hall)

Metropolis Music Presents Tom Jones (Ragley Hall)

The Welsh singing legend, who is known for hits such as Delilah and What New Pussycat is. 

Metropolis Music Presents Tom Jones (Englefield Estate)

Metropolis Music Presents Tom Jones (Englefield Estate)

The Welsh singing legend, who is known for hits such as Delilah and What New Pussycat is. 

Metropolis Music Presents Tom Jones (Euston Park)

Metropolis Music Presents Tom Jones (Euston Park)

The Welsh singing legend, who is known for hits such as Delilah and What New Pussycat is. 

Tom Jones

Tom Jones

The Welsh singing legend, who is known for hits such as Delilah and What's New Pussycat, will grace the Racecourse stage on July 27, as part of the much-loved Music Showcase. 

Griffin and Jones: Trickorice Allsorts

Griffin and Jones: Trickorice Allsorts

The pioneers of slapdash magic are back with another mishmash of magical mayhem! These award-winning idiots have become famous for their fast banter, tight chemistry, contagious en… 

Rory Jones: Return of the Wizword

Rory Jones: Return of the Wizword

From the questionable mind of Rory Jones (All-Ireland Poetry Slam Champion 2015) comes a debut show of galactic proportions. 

Lolly Jones: Work in Progress

Lolly Jones: Work in Progress

Join Lolly and special guest(s) in an hour of stand up & character comedy. 

Lolly Jones: Gross Prophet

Lolly Jones: Gross Prophet

A knight of the realm steals money from pensioners, the NHS is sold off to the highest bidder and Olly Murs live tweets a ‘terror incident’ from inside Selfridges. 

Spencer Jones: The Audition

Spencer Jones: The Audition

A day in the life of an idiot. 

Peter Jones - Up Here

Peter Jones - Up Here

Peter Jones (a writer for Channel 10’s The Project) is up here! Peter is making his Adelaide Fringe debut after being named one of the New Faces To Watch by the Herald Sun at the M… 

Aidan Jones: The Abersham Flat

Aidan Jones: The Abersham Flat

Hey, I’m Aidan. 

3's Comedy - Adam Knox, Luka Muller & Peter Jones

3's Comedy - Adam Knox, Luka Muller & Peter Jones

3’s Comedy brings together Adam Knox, Luka Muller & Peter Jones, three of the rising stars of Australian comedy for a whole new hour of hilarious stand-up. 

Australia's Tom Jones and The Divas

Australia's Tom Jones and The Divas

TOM JONES & THE DIVA’S- Performed by Joe Guidace and Susie Jay (2016 Australia’s Got Talent Finalists) This show is full on, non-stop pulsating music, brilliant costumes and… 

Seven Devils

Seven Devils

Executed by student acting troupe The Hurtwood Corner from performing arts college Hurtwood House, Seven Devils is a play exploring the trials of down-on-their-luck Manhattan resid… 

Beyond Enigma – Judith Gardner Jones Sings Elgar, With Pianist Richard J Lewis

Beyond Enigma – Judith Gardner Jones Sings Elgar, With Pianist Richard J Lewis

Elgar songs for solo and trio featuring Judith Gardner Jones and pianist Richard J Lewis, with Madeleine Trépanier, and Alicia Pettit.  

Griffin and Jones: Homemade Miracles

Griffin and Jones: Homemade Miracles

The Pioneers of Slapdash Magic are back for a third year at the Fringe, with a brand new show! Expect illusions, death-defying stunts and magical life hacks, all from the jumbled, … 

Think Less, Feel More

Think Less, Feel More

Taking its title from critic Waldemar Januszczak’s rundown of the 2016 Abstract Expressionism exhibition at the Royal Academy – ‘there is not enough emotion in our art any mo… 

Queer Pop Exhibition

Queer Pop Exhibition

Gallery 23’s Queer Pop Exhibition showcases fourteen contemporary Edinburgh-based artists, with an aim to ‘explore some of the many diverse issues surrounding the LGBT+ communi… 

Spencer Jones: The Audition

Spencer Jones: The Audition

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

The OS Map Fan Club

The OS Map Fan Club

Helen Wood delivers a bizarre, amiable love letter to the ordnance survey in The OS Map Fan Club. 

Bendiana Jones and the Temple of Huge

Bendiana Jones and the Temple of Huge

Following a script left by his late Grandfather, Bennet Kavanagh (winner of the King Gong at the London Comedy Store, runner-up in the Reading Comedy Festival New Act of the Year) … 

Bronston Jones: God Bless 'Merica (3) – Free

Bronston Jones: God Bless 'Merica (3) – Free

For the third year, American atheist Bronston Jones sees the state of his nation and mutters ‘God Bless ‘Merica. 

Denim: World Tour

Denim: World Tour

Denim, a drag Haus come girl band, are on tour and they’ve finally reached Wembley Arena (actually, the Belly Laugh at Underbelly). 

Milton Jones is Out There

Milton Jones is Out There

Milton Jones is a true wordsmith, often dubbed the master of the one-liner, he is absolutely true to form in his latest Edinburgh Fringe offering. 

Tom Mayhew: Fragile Fragments

Tom Mayhew: Fragile Fragments

Tom Mayhew’s charmingly awkward persona hides a fantastic alternative comic mind. 

Laughing Stock

Laughing Stock

Laughing Stock are a sketch comedy foursome who incorporate live music, dance and mime to create a narrative-driven show with hysterical characters and a quick, witty script. 

Matt Forde: A Show Hastily Rewritten in Light of Recent Events – Again!

Matt Forde: A Show Hastily Rewritten in Light of Recent Events – Again!

Matt Forde is a consummate professional, with sharp observations and confident crowd work, it’s just a shame this show lacks the biting satire expected from political comedy at t… 

David Correos and Matt Stellingwerf: Chaos and Order

David Correos and Matt Stellingwerf: Chaos and Order

This show is a mixed bag. 

Josh Pugh: A Boy Named Pugh

Josh Pugh: A Boy Named Pugh

Having recently won English Comedian of the Year, Josh Pugh has the air of a rising star. 

Sara Schaefer: Little White Box

Sara Schaefer: Little White Box

Before even starting the show, Sara Schaefer has the advantage of a unique perspective. 

Kafka and Son

Kafka and Son

At the age of 36, Franz Kafka sat down to write a letter to his father that would never be sent. 

Brendon Burns and Craig Quartermaine in Race Off

Brendon Burns and Craig Quartermaine in Race Off

Burns and Quartermaine are the yin and yang of righteous anger. 

Ed Night: Anthem for Doomed Youth

Ed Night: Anthem for Doomed Youth

Anthem for Doomed Youth is the hilarious new debut hour from Ed Night. 

Deadpan Theatre: Third Wheel

Deadpan Theatre: Third Wheel

Following the untimely death of their friend Dylan, Polly and Eve are fulfilling his final wishes by travelling around the UK with his ashes in a Wizard Of Oz lunchbox. 

The Slightly Fat Show

The Slightly Fat Show

The Slightly Fat Show harkens back to the Golden Age of variety performance, updated for a twenty-first century audience. 

Hurricane Katie

Hurricane Katie

Funny Women’s ‘One to Watch, 2016’ bustles, belts and lunges her way through Hurricane Katie with showmanship and boundless energy. 

Laughter Is The Best Placebo

Laughter Is The Best Placebo

Having been on the circuit for 6 years and with an impressive CV of competition finals, I went into Simon Caine’s second solo hour show with high expectations. 

Accidents Happen to Sasha Ellen

Accidents Happen to Sasha Ellen

Few people can turn the (vividly graphic) tale of a dead rabbit into stand-up, but Sasha Ellen is somebody who’s learned the hard way to take life’s hurdles with an incontrover… 

Griffin and Jones: Slapdash Magic

Griffin and Jones: Slapdash Magic

Griffin and Jones – the self-proclaimed Ant & Dec of this comedy price range – delivered an action-packed hour of illusions, stunts and magical life hacks. 

Jack Left Town: The Improvised Rock Documentary

Jack Left Town: The Improvised Rock Documentary

An improvised rock documentary is a tall order, and Jack Left Town sets out with boundless enthusiasm, a strong absurdity curve and sick air guitar to deliver, even if some areas a… 

Planet Earth III

Planet Earth III

David Attenborough meets clowning in this low-budget romp through the Earth’s depleted natural world. 

Storyland Author Readings

Storyland Author Readings

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

Norah Jones

Norah Jones

With her unique blend of Pop, Jazz and Country, Norah Jones has made a career for herself that rivals that of her legendary father. 

Beardyman: One Album Per Hour

Beardyman: One Album Per Hour

Starting a show with a song containing the lyrics “it’s a stupid idea and it’ll never work” feels somewhat disingenuous when the song’s fully orchestrated and lit. 

I Was Mick Jones's Bank Clerk

I Was Mick Jones's Bank Clerk

After a mere 23 years on the worldwide comedy circuit and at the tender age of 55, JoJo Smith presents her debut solo show. 

Mark Cooper-Jones: Geographically Speaking

Mark Cooper-Jones: Geographically Speaking

On paper, this show sounds excellent. 

Griffin and Jones: Slapdash Magic

Griffin and Jones: Slapdash Magic

The pioneers of slapdash magic are back! These award-winning idiots have become famous for their quick banter, tight chemistry, contagious energy and jaw-dropping, show-stopping wi… 

The History of Tom Jones

The History of Tom Jones

Tom Jones was born to be hanged. 

Our Man

Our Man

Anybody who finds themselves rooting for a couple in a film or show will love the responsibility handed out by Ae-Ja Kim in Our Man. 

Bourgeois & Maurice: How to Save the World Without Really Trying

Bourgeois & Maurice: How to Save the World Without Really Trying

2016’s been a bit of a bumpy year to say the least so, it was only a matter of time before we started receiving advice from extra-terrestrials. 

JOAN

JOAN

Too often Joan of Arc is depicted as a very quiet, very pure young woman who keeps her gaze firmly on her feet or to the Heavens: not very fun at all. 

Tony Law: A Law Undo His-elf What Welcome

Tony Law: A Law Undo His-elf What Welcome

Sometimes you wonder if you need the context of a previous comedian’s shows to really ‘get’ their most recent work. 

A Sketchy History

A Sketchy History

Huddled underground in a nuclear bunker, Three Men in a Boot attempt to recreate history as best they can whilst staving off hunger (and potentially another Ice Age). 

Character Tålks

Character Tålks

Pernilla Holland’s debut solo show is an ambitious but bumpy foray into character comedy. 

Bronston Jones – God Bless 'Merica (Again)

Bronston Jones – God Bless 'Merica (Again)

Bronston Jones: God Bless ‘Merica (Again). 

Gillian Cosgriff: This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

Gillian Cosgriff: This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

Gillian Cosgriff is an absolute sweetheart with the pipes of a jazz singer and a wicked sense of humour to match. 

Spencer Jones Presents The Herbert in Eggy Bagel

Spencer Jones Presents The Herbert in Eggy Bagel

Spencer Jones is once more going full tilt in the surrealism stakes, and the result is a fantastically strange success. 

Gabriel Ebulue: Hip-Punk

Gabriel Ebulue: Hip-Punk

What’s your favourite music album? It’s something that not everybody puts a lot of thought into, but for Gabriel Ebulue it’s a make-or-break situation when making a first imp… 

Ashley Storrie and Other Erotica

Ashley Storrie and Other Erotica

“I don’t want your opinions printed,” Ashley Storrie says to any potential reviewers in the audience. 

Lewis Macleod is Not Himself

Lewis Macleod is Not Himself

Lewis Macleod’s impersonation skills are unlike anything I’ve seen - though they are like plenty of things you will have heard. 

Scarlet SoHandsome and Fiends

Scarlet SoHandsome and Fiends

For a drag queen, Scarlet SoHandsome is a real sweetie. 

Beth Vyse: As Funny as Cancer

Beth Vyse: As Funny as Cancer

Beth Vyse’s show opens in a truly Fringe fashion: handing out ping pong balls to the audience, dressed in a voluminous blonde wig and a huge pair of joke-shop boobs, singing alon… 

An Act of Godley: Janey Godley

An Act of Godley: Janey Godley

A status as Fringe favourite and a viral stint for her infamous “Trump is a cunt” sign at the businessman’s visit to the Trump Turnberry golf resort mean that Janey Godley’… 

Spencer Jones is The Herbert in Proper Job

Spencer Jones is The Herbert in Proper Job

Almost every review of Spencer Jones takes the lazy route of saying he’s like Mr Bean meets something/someone wacky. 

Axis of Awesome: Won't Ever Not Stop Giving Up

Axis of Awesome: Won't Ever Not Stop Giving Up

In terms of their brand of comedy rock, Axis of Awesome fall more into the rock than comedy genre: there’s far more liberal use of a smoke machine than your average musical comed… 

Jamali Maddix: Chickens Come Home to Roost

Jamali Maddix: Chickens Come Home to Roost

Jamali Maddix creates a buzz when he enters the stage, and why not? He’s a cool guy. 

Bella Younger’s Deliciously Stella

Bella Younger’s Deliciously Stella

Deliciously Stella is what you expect her to be: if you’ve seen the Instagram account which has become a viral hit with its piss-take of ‘fitspiration’ and other smug hashtag… 

Kinsey Sicks: Lady Cocks of Bang Boys

Kinsey Sicks: Lady Cocks of Bang Boys

I have binge-watched six series of RuPaul’s Drag Race on Netflix and I love drag queens. 

Neal Portenza. Neal Portenza. Neal Portenza. Tracey.

Neal Portenza. Neal Portenza. Neal Portenza. Tracey.

I’ve been mulling over more scholarly words to describe Neal Portenza and his show, but I honestly cannot fight the urge to call it batshit. 

Callisto: A Queer Epic

Callisto: A Queer Epic

Callisto: A Queer Epic is a thoughtful piece of theatre which explores social conflicts that coincide with the queer lifestyle. 

Rowena Hutson: Strong Female Character

Rowena Hutson: Strong Female Character

Rowena Hutson owes her feminist outlook on life to action heroes of the 1980s. 

Rachel Parris: Best Laid Plans

Rachel Parris: Best Laid Plans

Parris has a seemingly natural knack for creating comedy imbued with emotional depth that doesn’t feel forced or insecure. 

Apocalypse Cruise Ship Love Affair

Apocalypse Cruise Ship Love Affair

Beach Comet have secured themselves as masters of a B-movie musical genre, inviting guests aboard a doomed cruise liner for a riotous hour of exaggerated figures and fantastically … 

Lolly 2

Lolly 2

Thirty seconds in and an audience member is on the stage already: Lolly Adefope doesn’t mess around. 

A Regular Little Houdini

A Regular Little Houdini

Houdini came to Newport twice in the early twentieth century - not a piece of information you’d find at the top of Houdini’s Wikipedia page, but of utmost significance to young Ala… 

Norris & Parker: See You at the Gallows

Norris & Parker: See You at the Gallows

Dark humour isn’t in short supply this Fringe - in case you hadn’t noticed, celebrity and political news of late has had a tangible effect on performers. 

Max & Ivan: Our Story

Max & Ivan: Our Story

Max & Ivan are celebrating the anniversary of when they met – and having in recent years become a staple of the Fringe, it’s easy to understand why. 

Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Hysterical Woman

Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Hysterical Woman

Standing defiantly under the glare of a neon working men’s club sign, Kiri Pritchard-Mclean tackles schema in a bold and impressive solo hour. 

Shit-Faced Showtime

Shit-Faced Showtime

It’s not too likely that a straight production of The Pirates of Penzance would garner that wide an audience at the Fringe – a Gilbert and Sullivan musical isn’t the most buz… 

Mr Swallow – Houdini

Mr Swallow – Houdini

It’s not every day you find yourself leaning forward on your seat due to the sheer suspense of a show. 

Nick Hall: Szgrabble

Nick Hall: Szgrabble

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 … 

Still Lives by Ella Turk-Thompson/The Regina Monologues by Rebecca Russell and Jenny Wafer

Still Lives by Ella Turk-Thompson/The Regina Monologues by Rebecca Russell and Jenny Wafer

‘Still Lives’ hinges on a chance meeting between wheelchair-bound Harriet and lost boy, Fred. 

Polly by Seth Jones

Polly by Seth Jones

Performed previously to North London audiences by writer Seth Jones, Polly tells the story of Benjamin, a down-on-his-luck toymaker who begins to love his favourite creation (Polly… 

Paul Jones: The Nerdfather

Paul Jones: The Nerdfather

Join Brighton Comedy Festival Squawker Awards finalist Paul Jones, as he presents his guide to parenting for nerds. 

Paul Jones: The Nerdfather

Paul Jones: The Nerdfather

They say you should never meet your heroes. 

Niall Jones and Nico Brown

Niall Jones and Nico Brown

Gibney Dance brings back its DoublePlus series, in which well-known choreographers present the work of emerging and under-exposed artists. 

Spencer Jones is The Herbert in 'Proper Job'

Spencer Jones is The Herbert in 'Proper Job'

Edinburgh Fringe sensation, BAFTA nominee, 2015 New Act of the Year runner up and double BARRY UK winner for best show and best performer, Spencer Jones brings his prop comedy crea… 

Rebecca

Rebecca

“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. 

Tim Drain: I Know How to Make the Women I Sleep with Laugh

Tim Drain: I Know How to Make the Women I Sleep with Laugh

I went into Tim Drain’s show fully prepared for some offensive stuff. 

The Graduettes

The Graduettes

The Graduettes starts with a great farce premise: flatmates wake up on Christmas morning to find their home robbed and their landlady dead on the floor. 

Toys

Toys

Jack BK’s original written piece deals with class struggles, privilege and ignorance in a clear and effective way. 

Death Actually: A Necromantic Comedy

Death Actually: A Necromantic Comedy

Death Actually sets out to bring ‘lethal puns and dead funny songs’ in a larger than life musical. 

What a Load of Skit

What a Load of Skit

It’s clear that the sketch trio made of Oli Gilford, Edd Cornforth and Jake Shoolheifer have good comic potential, and bounce nicely off each other. 

Owen Jones: The Politics of Hope

Owen Jones: The Politics of Hope

In Owen Jones: The Politics of Hope, Jones proves himself to be an engaging and eloquent speaker without any airs of pretension. 

BEINGS

BEINGS

Susan Harrison and Andrew Gentilli are clearly good improvisers, and their joint credentials imply that BEINGS should be a highly entertaining and swift hour of long form improv co… 

Cocaine and Potatoes

Cocaine and Potatoes

Matthew Giffen is a charming whirlwind of a man, commanding the audience with his larger-than-life on-stage persona. 

Sally Barker - The Voice That Made Sir Tom Jones Cry

Sally Barker - The Voice That Made Sir Tom Jones Cry

She brought Tom Jones to tears on BBC’s The Voice. 

Supertown

Supertown

Robert Sanders and James Sidgwick have created a lightly entertaining musical around superhero tropes and aesthetic, making for cute if not somewhat pantomime-esque hour and a half… 

Miriam Jones

Miriam Jones

Critically acclaimed and loved by audiences across North America and the UK, Canadian born, Oxford-dwelling Miriam Jones will open the Connected Arts Festival in 2015. 

Comedians' Cinema Club

Comedians' Cinema Club

No amount of advance research can prepare you for Comedians’ Cinema Club. 

Mairearad and Anna

Mairearad and Anna

Mairearad Green and Anna Massie know how to put on a show – they combine warmth, wit and banter with supreme musicianship to create an enjoyable, varied, and polished set. 

The Wishing-Chair Adventures

The Wishing-Chair Adventures

Running Torch’s The Wishing-Chair Adventures prides itself on audience interaction. 

Nick Harper

Nick Harper

As the son of legendary folk-rock star Roy Harper, and one-time member of New Wave pop band Squeeze, Nick has a lot to live up to. 

Newt North

Newt North

Sometimes circumstances conspire to flummox a band’s gigging intentions: NeWt’s trombonist’s lip was injured and swollen, such that “I can’t play some of the notes the tunes need!”… 

Griffin and Jones: Fooling Themselves

Griffin and Jones: Fooling Themselves

Award-winning tricksters Griffin and Jones, famous for their own brand of high energy comedy and slapdash magic, are likely to have you glued to your seats and rolling in the aisle… 

Ed Gamble: Lawman

Ed Gamble: Lawman

Ed Gamble is a man who plays by the rules – his rules, which he probably has laminated and stuck up somewhere around the house. 

Maxine Jones: Full Circle

Maxine Jones: Full Circle

Maxine (RTE, BBC R4, Embarrassing Mother, Invisible Woman) plans to move back to the UK after raising sons in Ireland. 

Milton Jones and the Temple of Daft

Milton Jones and the Temple of Daft

Known for his deadpan delivery of pun-filled one-liners, Milton Jones returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with his latest show, The Temple of Daft. 

The Alphabet Girl

The Alphabet Girl

Renny Krupinski’s script is an ambitious one: chronicling the lives of one family across three generations, The Alphabet Girl aims to show the destruction of family values and the … 

The Nutty Professor and his Amazing Magic Bubble Show

The Nutty Professor and his Amazing Magic Bubble Show

Children’s entertainment should be brimming with energy, lovable and over-the-top characters, and enchanting tricks. 

The Mercenary Fiddler AKA Elsa Jean McTaggart

The Mercenary Fiddler AKA Elsa Jean McTaggart

Aberfeldian self-taught fiddler and singer-songwriter, Elsa Jean McTaggart, enters stage left, playing electric fiddle and wearing red tartan skirt, and jaunty baker boy hat. 

Eejit of Love

Eejit of Love

In theory, Eejit of Love is a fun concept: two Irish country bumpkins find themselves swept up in the allure of reality TV, testing their relationship and their own willpower. 

Get Your Shit Together

Get Your Shit Together

Job losses, painful break ups and junk food - set to music! Get Your Shit Together is the perfect pick me up for 20-somethings in a similar situation, or just a nice dose of Schade… 

Peter Brush: Older Than the Oldest Dog That Ever Lived

Peter Brush: Older Than the Oldest Dog That Ever Lived

Low energy comedian Peter Brush brings his awkward persona to rest upon matters of death and religion with a surprisingly lighthearted tone. 

Remember Doctor Bubble – the Bubble Magician

Remember Doctor Bubble – the Bubble Magician

Tumbling across the stage with the energy of ten children’s birthday parties, Playhouse International (Romania and Australia) create a completely chaotic environment which is bound… 

Sam and Helen: Out There

Sam and Helen: Out There

I’m pretty certain this is the first comedy show I’ve ever been to with an audience dance break. 

Scaramouche Jones

Scaramouche Jones

‘God, what a day’ is the first thing said to us by Scaramouche Jones, the red-nosed, white-faced clown who – sensing the ghosts of an audience in his dressing room – decide… 

Jacobs and von Jones: Best of the Fest!

Jacobs and von Jones: Best of the Fest!

The freshest bad boys of the East London comedy scene present to you an array of superlative comedy talent and show snippets for your pleasure. 

Dan Nicholas: Reverb (The Love Story of Terrance the Crocodile and Julia the Mannequin)

Dan Nicholas: Reverb (The Love Story of Terrance the Crocodile and Julia the Mannequin)

It’s your classic love story, really: inflatable crocodile meets mannequin head, they fall for each other but soon enough cracks show and they fall apart. 

Mae Martin: Us

Mae Martin: Us

Mae Martin is an absolute gem on the Free Fringe. 

Bronston Jones: God Bless 'Merica – Free

Bronston Jones: God Bless 'Merica – Free

With the accompanying subtitle, this show becomes God Bless ‘Merica, Because It’ll Take A Miracle To Fix It; whilst that’s quite a mouthful, it certainly encompasses the sent… 

Gobsmacked!

Gobsmacked!

When I was in high school Glee became really popular, and I loved it because it seemed so new and cool and sexy. 

Late with Lance!

Late with Lance!

Lance Jonathan (Peter Michael Marino) has had enough of sitting around as understudy on his dads’ ship the S. 

David von Jones: Ethically Adventurous

David von Jones: Ethically Adventurous

An adventure through a moral maze. 

Katherine Ryan: Kathbum

Katherine Ryan: Kathbum

Katherine Ryan makes it clear from the moment she wanders onto the stage and discusses the logic behind R&B song Smell Yo Dick that she doesn’t give a rat’s ass what you think. 

Spencer Jones Presents: The Herbert in Proper Job

Spencer Jones Presents: The Herbert in Proper Job

On any given night during the Edinburgh Fringe there are dozens of funny comics standing on stage talking about the life and loves of a performer. 

Iain Stirling: Touchy Feely

Iain Stirling: Touchy Feely

Iain Stirling has an excellent way of working a crowd. 

David Elms: Mister Boy

David Elms: Mister Boy

David Elms brings his muted comedic style in the form of musical vignettes. 

The Element in the Room: A Radioactive Musical Comedy about the Death and Life of Marie Curie

The Element in the Room: A Radioactive Musical Comedy about the Death and Life of Marie Curie

I think I’ve found my new favourite musical, thanks to Tangram Theatre and their amazing piece on one of the 20th century’s most important scientists. 

NewsRevue 2015

NewsRevue 2015

2015 has surely been a bumper crop for satire. 

Eat Me! Drink Me! Buy Me!

Eat Me! Drink Me! Buy Me!

“Did she fall or was she pushed?” posits the Mad Hatter (Annie Neat), as Three Mugs of Tea embark on their consumerist take on Alice in Wonderland. 

Citizen Puppet

Citizen Puppet

Blind Summit bring a mastery of puppetry to the stage, layering meta-narrative upon verbatim performance upon crime headline in an original look at the aftermath of the Jack and th… 

Megan Ford: Feminasty

Megan Ford: Feminasty

Feminasty is a rollercoaster of irreverent, witty humour with a real agenda at hand. 

The GYF Yorkshire Day Podcast with Robert Ross in Conversation with Mark Addy

The GYF Yorkshire Day Podcast with Robert Ross in Conversation with Mark Addy

Before the podcast officially begins, we’re invited to watch a clip of Yorkshire born and bred actor Mark Addy in action. 

Tom Stade

Tom Stade

Tom Stade seems to have gone out of his way to be anything but the Canadian stereotype. 

Sara Pascoe and The Museum of Robot Pussycats

Sara Pascoe and The Museum of Robot Pussycats

Feeling spiritual? Sara Pascoe has invented her own religion and we’re all invited! Eschewing the other faiths on offer, Pascoe takes to the stage with her “scripture” professing… 

Skippyjon Jones Snow What

Skippyjon Jones Snow What

Skippyjon Jones is a Siamese cat who believes he’s a Chihuahua. 

Madelaine Jones: Piano Recital

Madelaine Jones: Piano Recital

Prize-winning young pianist Madelaine Jones presents an eclectic programme of music, from Georgian keyboard sonatas to contemporary Norwegian pieces. 

Rebecca Patek

Rebecca Patek

The full title of Rebecca Patek’s new work is “The Future Was Looking Better in the Past: My Family Herstory: Or from religious persecution to American greed to murdero… 

Rebecca Davis

Rebecca Davis

The title of Ms. 

Rebecca and Evan: Your Love, Our Musical

Rebecca and Evan: Your Love, Our Musical

The musical improvisers Rebecca Vigil and Evan Kaufman interview a couple in the audience about their relationship, then spin an impromptu musical about the couple’s love sto… 

Dutchman, by LeRoi Jones

Dutchman, by LeRoi Jones

In a New York subway carriage Lula, a white woman encounters Clay, a black male. 

Polly By Seth Jones

Polly By Seth Jones

“Twisted &demented and so energetic”“Unique theatrical brilliance. 

Rebecca

Rebecca

Daphne du Maurier’s tale of desire, obsession and treachery retold by a vibrant young cast. 

Owen Jones: The Establishment

Owen Jones: The Establishment

In the ironically grand setting of the Assembly Rooms, Owen Jones gave a rallying and convincing cry against the establishment. 

Sally Barker - The Voice That Made Sir Tom Jones Cry

Sally Barker - The Voice That Made Sir Tom Jones Cry

The Poozies singer-songwriter, fresh from her flawless performances on prime time TV’s The Voice, (including a duet with her mentor Sir Tom Jones). 

John Renbourn and Wizz Jones

John Renbourn and Wizz Jones

Septuagenarian guitar folk legends John Renbourn and Wizz Jones deliver a night of folk and blues, with varying degrees of success. 

Fauré Requiem by Candlelight

Fauré Requiem by Candlelight

Fauré’s Requiem, composed in the late 1880s, is a short piece lasting 35 minutes, performed in Latin, and created for orchestra, organ, male and female chorus and two soloists… 

Alex Yellowlees Hot Club Jazz Quartet

Alex Yellowlees Hot Club Jazz Quartet

Alex Yellowlees and his band take us back in time to the swinging twenties with a collection of hot club swinging jazz tracks, played with a lightness of touch and a lot of skill… 

Playtime: New Adventures in Music

Playtime: New Adventures in Music

Billing their series of gigs as Playtime, some of Edinburgh’s finest Jazzers are creating very interesting and enjoyable music in the intimate space of The Outhouse’s attic. 

Americana Road Trip

Americana Road Trip

Sixpiece Americana-tribute band Flagstaff have created an evening of infectious, good-natured, toe-tapping fun in the environs of the Jazz Bar. 

Mark Cooper-Jones - Geography Teacher

Mark Cooper-Jones - Geography Teacher

Set in Edinburgh’s Globe Bar, Mark Cooper-Jones embarks on an hour long reminder to all of us that Geography is much more than just colouring in. 

Richard Tyrone Jones: Crap Time Lord

Richard Tyrone Jones: Crap Time Lord

Proudly the only performance poet on the Fringe circuit with two hearts, the “Ginger Nigel Havers of spoken word” Richard Tyrone Jones presents an hour of witty, candid and spe… 

Richard Tyrone Jones: What the F*ck is This?

Richard Tyrone Jones: What the F*ck is This?

In the bowels of Banshee Labyrinth lurk the most unlikely of creatures, and none more terrifying nor outlandish as Richard Tyrone. 

Bronston Jones: What Comes Out - Free

Bronston Jones: What Comes Out - Free

‘Let’s see what comes out of my mouth’ is something Bronston Jones says before almost every show. 

Blues!

Blues!

Aiming to cover ninety years of Blues in sixty minutes is a mightily ambitious endeavour. 

Jasper Cromwell Jones: This is Not a Holiday

Jasper Cromwell Jones: This is Not a Holiday

A new character show from the TV warm up to The Graham Norton Show and Mock The Week. 

Scaramouche Jones

Scaramouche Jones

Actor and writer Justin Butcher’s Scaramouche Jones is a feat in storytelling: both performer and tale performed are equally and utterly compelling. 

Thomas Pocket presents: Me (Oscar Jenkyn-Jones)

Thomas Pocket presents: Me (Oscar Jenkyn-Jones)

Thomas Pocket presents: Me (Oscar Jenkyn-Jones) is the debut solo show from exciting young absurdist Oscar Jenkyn-Jones. 

Invisible Woman: Maxine Jones

Invisible Woman: Maxine Jones

Older women are often see-through. 

Spencer Jones is The Herbert

Spencer Jones is The Herbert

BAFTA nominated Big Babies star performs his debut Edinburgh show. 

Dan Jones: New Kid

Dan Jones: New Kid

Dan Jones: New Kid is a character-based stand up show in which Jones’ hopeless characters try desperately to entertain and showcase their talents. 

The Crucible

The Crucible

Drama school theatre and The Crucible are words that fill me with fear. 

A Nicht Wi' Burns

A Nicht Wi' Burns

It was wi’ some trepidation ‘at Ah installed myself at a table, pint in hain, fur a thee hoors burns’ session. 

Bella Hardy and the Midnight Watch

Bella Hardy and the Midnight Watch

Bella Hardy is one of those performers whose warmth and affability immediately put you at ease. 

Damien Dempsey

Damien Dempsey

There’s something very likeable about Irish singer and songwriter Damien Dempsey, but the adulation he inspires is a little confusing. 

The Adventures of John Paul Jones

The Adventures of John Paul Jones

Written by celebrated folk musician Alan Reid, storytelling and songs relate the tale of this controversial and extraordinary 18th-century Scots mariner. 

Toi Toi Toi

Toi Toi Toi

Taking a fun, light-hearted look at the arts world and the life of an artist, Toi Toi Toi is a charming, funny and relaxing show, appropriate for opera buffs and newbies alike, whi… 

Mike Whellans

Mike Whellans

Playing one musical instrument is a talent; playing three or four at once is jaw-dropping. 

Just So Stories
BOBBY WINNER

Just So Stories

Chances are you know Rudyard Kipling’s ‘Just So Stories’ already but you’ve probably never been told those stories quite like this before. 

Wonders of Magic

Wonders of Magic

This production by Akhmeteli State Dramatic Theatre is a lesson on how not to stage a drama in a foreign language. 

Almond Roca: The Lost Cabaret

Almond Roca: The Lost Cabaret

Almond Roca is one of the strangest and funniest things you are likely to see at the Fringe. 

Story Shakespeare: Pericles

Story Shakespeare: Pericles

Year Out Drama Company, in association with Stratford-upon-Avon College, present one of Shakespeare’s rarely performed plays. 

Mucus Factory

Mucus Factory

Performance artist and Cystic Fibrosis sufferer, Martin O’Brien, explores the relationship between endurance and chronic illness in Mucus Factory, a five-hour piece commissioned … 

Si L’enfant Ne Dort Pas Bien... (If the Child Does Not Sleep Well...)

Si L’enfant Ne Dort Pas Bien... (If the Child Does Not Sleep Well...)

Dreamland Theatre makes an impressive debut with this imaginative interpretation of a traditional fairy tale. 

All the King's Men Presents

All the King's Men Presents

Perhaps I’m experiencing a cappella fatigue, but the singers at this show did nothing to wow me particularly. 

We'll Stuff You Once You're Dead

We'll Stuff You Once You're Dead

Z Theatre Company consists of a bunch of likeable first year drama students from Hull University. 

SeKret

SeKret

SeKret is the first solo work of Taiwanese dancer Wu Tsai-Lin and aims to show us the meta of Mother Earth in dances based on earth, fire, water and so on. 

BonBon

BonBon

Good children’s theatre should appeal to the inner kid in every adult as well as every actual child. 

Carol Kidd Sings Cole Porter

Carol Kidd Sings Cole Porter

There’s no denying Scottish jazz singer Carol Kidd has a sweet voice, although it takes a few songs to settle down this evening. 

Kiss of the Red Menace: A Tribute to Kander and Ebb

Kiss of the Red Menace: A Tribute to Kander and Ebb

Kiss of the Red Menace is a well-compiled cabaret with great promise, but which, due to poor singing technique and awkward performance, contains very little razzle dazzle. 

Billy Jones: Roots 66

Billy Jones: Roots 66

Looking for stagecraft and charisma is an odd part of reviewing a music show. 

Roddy Woomble

Roddy Woomble

26 September 1999. 

The Les Clochards - The Boys are Back in Town

The Les Clochards - The Boys are Back in Town

The Les Clochards combine high-jinx, cheeky-chappy, faux-Francais, ‘Allo ‘Allo, theatrics with a level of musical inventiveness and professionalism that can only have come from… 

The Gramophone Jazz Band's Late Night Speakeasy

The Gramophone Jazz Band's Late Night Speakeasy

Edinburgh’s up and coming New Orleans Dixieland jazz band means business. 

The Blissful Viola

The Blissful Viola

American violist Christine Rutledge and British award-winning pianist David Gomper offer a little afternoon serenity in the midst of the festival hubbub. 

His Majesty, the Devil – a Play With Music

His Majesty, the Devil – a Play With Music

Alexandra Devon’s play promises an exciting musing on terrorism, questioning violence and injustice and exploring the reasoning behind them. 

Young China Shines Beijing

Young China Shines Beijing

In Young China Shines, Beijing’s No. 

Sweet, Sour and Saucy

Sweet, Sour and Saucy

Australians Tnee Dyer and Melissa Western deliver a set list of classic jazz and blues with light-hearted, occasionally risqué between-song banter. 

Charlie Dupré Presents... The Stories of Shakey P

Charlie Dupré Presents... The Stories of Shakey P

Spoken word and rap artist Charlie Dupre comes on stage to the strains of cello and violin, an accompaniment that is perhaps a little at odds with his casual hip-hop style and deli… 

A Midsummer Night's Savoy

A Midsummer Night's Savoy

Advertised as A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the music of Gilbert and Sullivan, A Midsummer Night’s Savoy is actually a bizarre tale of love and trickery, with only tenuous lin… 

A Mark of Water (Water Stain)

A Mark of Water (Water Stain)

Patricia Selonk stars as Laura - a 40 year-old-woman, grappling with a deteriorating neurological disease - in this exciting production from Armazem Theatre Company, part of this y… 

The Company of Wolves

The Company of Wolves

Angela Carter’s The Company of Wolves is a dark tale about sexual desire, based on the story of Red Riding Hood. 

Mrs Green

Mrs Green

Mrs Green is a new musical from a promising young cast with the potential to be both touching and charming. 

YurtaKids! 24583 Little Creepy Wonders

YurtaKids! 24583 Little Creepy Wonders

There is nothing wrong with the message of this show from the Italian company, Scarlattineteatro, but then neither is it particularly original. 

Dahle and Jones on a Plate - Free

Dahle and Jones on a Plate - Free

Gorge yourself silly on the Brighton Comedy Festival Squawker Award winner and finalist. 

Maddy's Many Mouths

Maddy's Many Mouths

Maddy Anholt’s one-woman impressions show is nothing short of brilliant. 

Last Land and Il gioco del gregge di capre

Last Land and Il gioco del gregge di capre

In Last Land and Il gioco, DanceBase presents an engaging double bill of contemporary dance which is certain to be loved by dance connoisseurs. 

Missing and Bird’s Eye View

Missing and Bird’s Eye View

Missing and Bird’s Eye View is a mixed bag of a showcase at Dance Base, great in some moments and awful in others. 

Status Anxiety and Piece of Mind

Status Anxiety and Piece of Mind

In Status Anxiety and Piece of Mind, Dance Base presents a stellar double bill which compels and amazes at every turn. 

Vegas Underground

Vegas Underground

Vegas Underground stood in front of a huge screen as a cartoon designed to put us in the mood for a night of Rat Pack-style music appeared behind them. 

Milton Jones On The High Road

Milton Jones On The High Road

Milton Jones enters, characteristically via scooter, clad in a blue print shirt, orange trousers, orange shoes, and hair which defies gravity. 

I Heart IKEA

I Heart IKEA

I Heart IKEA aims to explore the idea of love being achievable via a handbook, evoking love’s unpredictability and the pain it can bring. 

Vive – Jazz A Cappella

Vive – Jazz A Cappella

Vive is a six-part a cappella jazz vocal ensemble from London that creates original songs and reworks old favourites. 

Puss-in-Boots

Puss-in-Boots

This is a tale of two love stories running parallel: one between the cats Puss and Tabs; and the other between their owners, the hero and heroine. 

La Donna è Mobile

La Donna è Mobile

From a capable and interesting LeCoq trained company, La Donna e Mobile is both amusing and bizarre, though certainly not for all audiences. 

Survival of the Fittest

Survival of the Fittest

MonixArts’ Survival of the Fittest is a meditation on Darwinism and human nature produced by six very talented female dancers and their promising young choreographer, Monica Nic… 

Phil Nichol: The Weary Land

Phil Nichol: The Weary Land

Three-quarters into this heavily autobiographical show, Canadian comic, singer-songwriter and actor Phil Nichol launches into a story about breaking his penis during a one-night st… 

Sanderson Jones and Pippa Evans - Wonder & Joy

Sanderson Jones and Pippa Evans - Wonder & Joy

If you are hoping for a tranquil evening where you can lounge back in your fold-away chair, enjoy the gentle chink of ice cube on glass as you sip your favourite tipple and chuckle… 

The Soil

The Soil

All the way from Soweto, South Africa, The Soil is a three-part SATMA award-winning a cappella group with a mission to warm the hearts of even the frostiest Edinburgh native. 

Starbird

Starbird

Starbird is a delightful show, performed by two charismatic women, ably assisted by some very cute starchick puppets. 

Be Captivated

Be Captivated

Ballet Central’s showcase promises to enchant and captivate its audience and its cast of talented young dancers certainly deliver. 

Bronston Jones: Life's Short. I'm Not! - Free

Bronston Jones: Life's Short. I'm Not! - Free

The Big Man’s back. 

This Was Your Life

This Was Your Life

This Was Your Life is a rethink of the classic game show, in which its audience can decide whether its contestant, Michael, will go to heaven or hell. 

Johnnie Walker's Guest Night

Johnnie Walker's Guest Night

‘Revealing, thought provoking and at times hilarious’ reads the flyer. 

The Oxford Imps

The Oxford Imps

When the Oxford Imps first come dancing onto the stage, it’s clear this troop have boundless amounts of energy. 

Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs

Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs

As one of the bigger children’s shows at the Fringe and certainly one of the more heavily advertised, I had rather high expectations of Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs. 

Six Characters in Search of an Author

Six Characters in Search of an Author

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

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical!

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical!

How long does it take to write, choreograph and rehearse a musical? For most musicals it’s a long, drawn-out process. 

The Alleycats: Contemporary a Cappella

The Alleycats: Contemporary a Cappella

There seems to be an alarming number of a cappella groups at this year’s Fringe, so standing out as something rather special is all the harder. 

Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra

Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra

The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra is a charming ensemble of ten ukulele players and one double bass player. 

Le Gateau Chocolat – I heart Chocolat

Le Gateau Chocolat – I heart Chocolat

If you thought you’d seen it all before, think again: Le Gateau Chocolat is here to shake up your festival. 

Joe Bor Is Jasper Cromwell Jones

Joe Bor Is Jasper Cromwell Jones

One complaint reserved by many locals is that the Festival attracts a lot of sorts born with silver spoons in their mouths, or, as Joe Bor’s climber creation puts it, the sort wh… 

Denise Scott - Regrets

Denise Scott - Regrets

We all have regrets, right? This is the simple premise for Denise Scott’s show, which mainly consists of an hour of embarrassing stories at her own expense. 

Elephant Man

Elephant Man

Fourth Monkey theatre group are impossible to ignore this Fringe with an impressive total of six shows on offer. 

Evil

Evil

It can be refreshing to see one man stand on a stage without any gimmicks and simply tell a story. 

Restitution

Restitution

Though the script of Emily Juniper’s Restitution has some engaging elements, I think its transfer to the stage from BBC One’s ‘Baddiel and the Missing Nazi Millions’ is not… 

Sarah Jones: Does Not Play Well With Others

Sarah Jones: Does Not Play Well With Others

If there’s one near-forgotten art form due for a revival – along with storytelling and morris dancing – it’s surely ventriloquism. 

Hypnotist,Titan Knight

Hypnotist,Titan Knight

Titan Knight sure knows how to put on a show. 

Imprints

Imprints

Imprints is a delicate and well thought out production that subtly addresses a serious disease while gracefully demonstrating its damage on a strong and loving relationship. 

Get Carter

Get Carter

It is unclear why, forty years after the release of the original, Get Carter requires a transfer to stage. 

The Weigh In

The Weigh In

Everyone struggles with their weight. 

Tricity Vogue's Ukulele Cabaret - Free

Tricity Vogue's Ukulele Cabaret - Free

If you’re looking for a cheeky musical stop to begin your night at the Fringe, then head to the Gothic room in the Three Sisters for the most bizarre Ukulele banter in town. 

Becoming Conocido

Becoming Conocido

The set up of Isabel Salazar’s Becoming Conocido looks and sounds intriguing. 

When Abel Met Cain

When Abel Met Cain

Inventive and skilful storytelling elevate the meeting of Abel and Cain to an imaginative and captivating performance, which Raphael Rodan and Anastasis Sarakatsanos deliver with c… 

Theseus is Dead

Theseus is Dead

Initially I had high hopes for this young company. 

Hit Comet

Hit Comet

It’s surprising to find Hit Comet in the Comedy section of the Fringe Guide as the heartfelt friendship at the core of the piece is far more successful than some of the comic ele… 

Ten Plagues

Ten Plagues

With pre-festival recommendations from The Guardian and The Scotsman as well as a slot at one of the Fringe’s most prestigious theatres, performances of Ten Plagues have been pac… 

Waterproof

Waterproof

A young women of 22, recently left unemployed by her beloved ‘Aquatown’ of Luton, reveals her inner thoughts, imaginations and desires to a new pet goldfish, Toby. 

Richard Tyrone Jones's Big Heart

Richard Tyrone Jones's Big Heart

Two years ago Richard Tyrone Jones a healthy, gym-going, performance poet was diagnosed with chronic heart failure on the eve of his thirtieth birthday. 

James and the Giant Peach

James and the Giant Peach

There’s no one quite like Roald Dahl for children. 

Damion Larkin: Cuddly Dreamer

Damion Larkin: Cuddly Dreamer

Self deprecation seems to be the dish of the day for this afternoon’s stand up as Damion Larkin presents a showcase of all the problems he deals with on a daily basis. 

Technodelic Comedy Show

Technodelic Comedy Show

Five years in the making and almost stopped by the Japanese earthquake earlier this year, Siro-A blitz the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with outstanding visual trickery. 

Bellylicious the Sequel - Confessions of a Belly Dance Diva

Bellylicious the Sequel - Confessions of a Belly Dance Diva

Sequels can be risky when they have the hype of a previous show to live up to. 

Emma Thompson presents: Fair Trade

Emma Thompson presents: Fair Trade

To have a tagline from Emma Thompson, undoubtedly a belle of British cinema, is to wield a hefty endorsement. 

Sanderson Jones - ComedySale.com/Fringe

Sanderson Jones - ComedySale.com/Fringe

There aren’t many taboos left in comedy. 

Soy de Cuba

Soy de Cuba

Though queuing outside on a rainy Edinburgh evening is not normally associated with the phrase ‘Soy de Cuba’, the latest Havana dance craze is certainly heating up even the col… 

The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre - Chunky Woollen Nits

The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre - Chunky Woollen Nits

The notoriously foul-mouthed Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppets have toned down their act for this family friendly show. 

Tom Jones

Tom Jones

This is a very abbreviated, comic production of the eighteenth century novel by Henry Fielding. 

Author

Author

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

The Elves and the Shoemaker

The Elves and the Shoemaker

Situated in the charming Scottish Storytelling Centre, ‘The Elves and the Shoemaker’ is a delightful wee puppet show which is likely to capture the attention of even the most f… 

Catie Wilkins: Joy Is My Middle Name

Catie Wilkins: Joy Is My Middle Name

Catie Wilkins, or ‘sex-positive feminist on the go’ as she likes to refer to herself, is an unlikely comedian. 

Clockheart Boy

Clockheart Boy

A Professor tries to find his daughter, Sophie, after the first failed attempt of making a double of her left haunting consequences. 

Skittles

Skittles

Richard Marsh as his self-styled character, Richard, steals the audience away from the busy and crowded public spaces of the fringe, setting his own pace. 

Tales From the Vienna Woods

Tales From the Vienna Woods

Following the interweaving stories of a community in 1940s Austria, Tales from the Vienna Woods largely focuses on the domestic disputes of the characters rather than the effects o… 

The Ride of the Bluebottles

The Ride of the Bluebottles

Olsson Theatre’s The Ride of the Bluebottles is a dark and funny play which explores the ins-and-outs of band politics. 

Sherlock Holmes and the Sound of the Baskervilles

Sherlock Holmes and the Sound of the Baskervilles

Adding a dollop of lyrical humour to classic literature is something that never fails to be amusing. 

The Jumblies

The Jumblies

heatre Paradok are renowned for their quirky, innovative theatre and they’re always risk takers. 

Mark Cooper-Jones: Geography Teacher - Free

Mark Cooper-Jones: Geography Teacher - Free

Mark Cooper-Jones is a Geography teacher. 

Granny's Gone Wild - Free

Granny's Gone Wild - Free

Lynn Ruth Miller is approaching eighty-years old and she’s on a mission to prove to us all that aging is amazing through a series of real-life stories and a mix of classic pop so… 

Any More Legroom?

Any More Legroom?

In Any More Legroom?, Liverpool John Moores University showcases its recent graduates’ dissertation dance pieces. 

This Way Up

This Way Up

This Way Up is a lovely, funny piece of theatre featuring David Bowie, space-travel, and awkward office comedy. 

Babushka

Babushka

Babushka’s tale is brought to life with a tatty cloth backdrop, wooden frames and props that litter the stage waiting to be used like playthings from a child’s toy box. 

How's About That Then?

How's About That Then?

‘The truth is. 

Pollyanna

Pollyanna

The tale of an orphan - sheltered by her rich aunt, charming the snobs she meets with her sense of fun - Pollyanna is a relentlessly idealistic story. 

The School of Night

The School of Night

The School of Night may take their name from an intellectually exclusive Elizabethan collective but what this improvisational group performs is high culture made accessible to the … 

Milton Jones: Lion Whisperer

Milton Jones: Lion Whisperer

Surreal humour is usually considered to be at odds with a comedic mainstream, though many who are named practitioners of the surreal are some of the most broadly watched of comics. 

Jumping Jesse Jones

Jumping Jesse Jones

Blues can be a difficult act to pull off. 

Patrick Monahan: Hug Me I Feel Good

Patrick Monahan: Hug Me I Feel Good

Having just won ITV’s Show Me the Funny the previous night, Patrick Monahan’s mood was one of pure ecstasy as he was pushed past a queuing audience into the venue two minutes b… 

Ophelia

Ophelia

Ophelia is a strange concept: take what is widely considered to be Shakespeare’s masterpiece and try and rewrite it yourself, using lines from the original plus a couple of other… 

Arnica 9CH

Arnica 9CH

Arnica 9CH is an exposé of a dancer’s private life and the consequences she faces from her determined efforts to meet the level of perfection expected of a dancer. 

John Paul Jones

John Paul Jones

Jean Paul Jones is an eighteenth-century US naval commander with Scottish roots; and this is the musical of his life. 

The Melody Blog

The Melody Blog

Musicals are a challenge to perform on a budget at the best of times but the problem is made worse when the performance space is absurdly tiny. 

Amaryllis

Amaryllis

The production of choice for Phoenix Company tells one man’s love story through the coupling of multimedia and dance. 

2401 Objects

2401 Objects

With an empty spotlight where the physical form of Dr Jacopo Annese should have stood, his recorded voice introduces the audience to the case of Henry Molaison, ‘the most famous … 

A Machine To See With

A Machine To See With

Making sure that I arrived exactly five minutes early, as instructed by the lady at the box office, I promptly passed my telephone details to a stranger and had left the venue in n… 

MacBeth in Scots

MacBeth in Scots

Brimming with murder, misery, and more murder, Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s darkest and shortest plays. 

Muscle

Muscle

In Muscle, five men, ranging from young to old, explore and play a variety of male characters that challenge what it is it to be a man. 

The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid was never going to be the easiest text to adapt to the stage, especially in light of the Broadway production’s recent failure to delight audiences under the se… 

Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen

Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen

Hans Christian Andersen’s stories continue to enchant children and adults alike and ‘The Snow Queen’ remains a popular favourite on stage. 

Mabbs & Justice: Love Machine

Mabbs & Justice: Love Machine

From the moment the audience is met at the entrance by the overenthusiastic Mr Alesbottom, it becomes clear that the duo are desperate for us to like them. 

DugOut Theatre's Inheritance Blues

DugOut Theatre's Inheritance Blues

DugOut Theatre’s Inheritance Blues has already proven to be a winner, picking up ISDF 2012 Festgoers’ Choice Award. 

The Ballet Ruse

The Ballet Ruse

Muirne Bloomer and Emma O’Kane march and stamp across the space with mocking routines of Swan Lake in this production that takes a sour look into how a career in ballet can be to… 

As Ye Sow

As Ye Sow

Nursing homes are unsettling places at the best of times and Theatre of the Damned have turned this real-life anxiety into a haunting piece of theatre, using classic horror effects… 

Elsewhere

Elsewhere

After a guitar cover of an American classic, the scene is set; three Italians presenting to a judge in a court room, their manner bizarre, their wrongdoings unknown. 

Tam O'Shanter

Tam O'Shanter

Robert Burns, Scotland’s national poet, is often sentimentalised, but anyone who has read Tam ‘O Shanter will know that Burns didn’t just write about mice and mountain daisie… 

Hannah Ringham's Free Show (Bring Money)

Hannah Ringham's Free Show (Bring Money)

The old adage ‘a problem shared is a problem halved’ is not one that Hannah Ringham subscribes to. 

Little Shop of Homos!

Little Shop of Homos!

The title’s unnecessary exclamation mark is testament to the relentless glee on show in London Gay Men’s Chorus latest musical jaunt. 

Flesh Eating Tiger

Flesh Eating Tiger

Flesh Eating Tiger is a frequently over-complicated little beast but one that prides itself on confusing its audience. 

The Dick Gaughan Band (feat The Bevvy Sisters)

The Dick Gaughan Band (feat The Bevvy Sisters)

Sometimes music does more than simply entertain you – sometimes it grabs you by the scruff of the neck and makes you sit up and listen. 

Michael McGoldrick, John Doyle and John McCusker

Michael McGoldrick, John Doyle and John McCusker

These are three astonishingly talented musicians; the acclaim surrounding them all is justified. 

Three Balls and a New Suit

Three Balls and a New Suit

The Voodoo Rooms provide old-school trendy surroundings for a comedy variety show. 

Pushing Up Poppies

Pushing Up Poppies

Impressive set design promises a fresh and cutting-edge take on the foul conditions of the trenches during World War I for four men. 

Sesame Street Live - Elmo Makes Music

Sesame Street Live - Elmo Makes Music

How do you get to Sesame Street? This is a question many of us have asked throughout our lives and receiving a ticket to Sesame Street Live was, for me, like someone had suddenly h… 

The Golden Dragon

The Golden Dragon

Most people are accustomed to the standard Chinese ornaments and decorations in their local takeaway. 

Jimmy McGhie: Artificial Intelligence

Jimmy McGhie: Artificial Intelligence

Jimmy McGhie may sweat away two litres in his hour stand up, but it’s worth it for the amount of people he wins over. 

BYMT and Ellie Jones take on Animal Farm

BYMT and Ellie Jones take on Animal Farm

We talk to Ellie Jones and some of the cast about her production of Animal Farm for BYMT. 

Jake Shears and Rebecca Lucy Taylor AKA Self Esteem join the cast of Cabaret

Jake Shears and Rebecca Lucy Taylor AKA Self Esteem join the cast of Cabaret

The producers of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club have announced that from Monday 25 September 2023, the roles of The Emcee and Sally Bowles will be played by music icons Jake Shears an... 

Rebecca McGlynn: Toxic Masculinity, Gender Identity & Singing Penises

Rebecca McGlynn: Toxic Masculinity, Gender Identity & Singing Penises

Transgender artist Rebecca McGlynn talks about the background to their show, Asexuality! at the Edinburgh Fringe. 

Tyler Jacob Jones and Erin Hutchinson: How To Survive… Almost Anything

Tyler Jacob Jones and Erin Hutchinson: How To Survive… Almost Anything

After taking on a LOT of research to create their new cabaret show, What Doesn’t Kill You [blah blah] Stronger, Tyler and Erin have discovered some tips on how to survive some pr... 

Prom Kween’s Rebecca Humphries on Why she Won't be Doing a Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Prom Kween’s Rebecca Humphries on Why she Won't be Doing a Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Underbelly Untapped Award-winner Prom Kween is a high-energy comedy musical about Matthew Crisson, the first non-binary person to win a prom queen title in a US high school. 

The Poets are Coming: Carys ‘Matic’ Jones

The Poets are Coming: Carys ‘Matic’ Jones

Well-travelled poet Carys ‘Matic’ Jones brings Professional Nomad: What Happens When a Gap Year Becomes a Gap Decade? to Clerk's Bar this August. 

The Alexandra Spencer-Jones Extended Interview

The Alexandra Spencer-Jones Extended Interview

Director Alexandra Spencer-Jones of Action to the Word made her name with her all-male production A Clockwork Orange, currently touring with Glynis Henderson Productions. 

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