Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
This is a story about the rivalry between the two great northern cities of Liverpool and Manchester and, the fact that they have so much in common yet… it is ofte…
On the second night of their two-part gig, beloved orchestral-pop group The Magnetic Fields perform from their landmark concept album 69 Love Songs.
There’s a room in the Tate where the goths go/ And solitary men of the cloth know/ That there they can tune/ Into black on maroon/ And swoon in the gloom of a Rothko.
Cult comedian returns with an all-new version of their smash-hit comedy show. ‘Hilarious’ (Neil Gaiman). ‘A masterclass’ (Lee Dorrian).
Lullaby for Two.
In this non-stop series of wordless comedy sketches, Hank Curry embarks on a picaresque journey through the pitfalls and pratfalls of modern life by trying on several unique identi…
Thief.
This unique show sees Mark McKergow talking about and performing music of the sax giants on the same model vintage saxophones they played! Discover the music made famous by Sidney …
Enjoy an evening of Clarinet Quintet music performed by the Glendal Quintet, a talented group of graduates of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
One family, one condition, one helluva hairy baby.
Being different is a complicated business.
Join two of the UK’s most exciting new comedians for a hilarious hour of stand-up comedy.
A gripping piece of new writing, My Blood is a psychological thriller loosely based on Aeschylus’ Oresteia.
Join us on a hilarious journey through Barcelona’s vibrant comedy landscape, where laughter reigns supreme.
Join the greatest comedians from across the globe as they blur the line between arteFACT and arteFICTION in a wholly improvised set, prompted by genuine artefacts housed in the Nat…
Martin Atkins is the definition of entrepreneurial activity in cultural arts endeavours.
The neighbour heard the screams from next door.
Packed full of memories, photographs and memorabilia relating to everyday life in Edinburgh over the last 100 years. Come and join us to reminisce!
Two friends, one party, zero social skills.
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
A marathon of the macabre.
Start each morning with this curated variety showcase, featuring the very best solo shows at the Fringe! Rotating daily line-ups include storytelling, theatre, clown, cabaret, spok…
They say that history repeats itself.
Many many years ago, we had so many ways to tell stories: books, movies and something we’ve heard is called the internet.
We all make mistakes, but rarely do they change the course of history.
The kids of Little Stars Youth Theatre are excited to bring you their production of Macbeth.
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…
Dominic Frisby presents a lecture (with funny bits) about the extraordinary history of mining.
Best Thai red curry – the national dish of Thailand.
Our unique tour sets out to inform and entertain as we take you into both the Old and New towns, giving you a real sense of the two sides of Edinburgh; revealing some of the secret…
America is the land of the free, home of the brave and homeland of two of the freest, bravest men to ever live: Mark Henely and Chris Warren.
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
Vinney, a Comedian/DJ, uses a sampler to travel through time, raising the hairs on your neck.
Astute observational humour with an irreverent flair from two of Birmingham’s silliest sausages.
Timmy won third place in the Seattle International Comedy Competition.
The Duncan Brothers find themselves burdened with a legacy they never asked for.
How would James Madison do on Tinder? Which US president had the best dying words? Did the Union troops write the original diss track? All of this and more with comedian, history l…
Join performance-maker and foodie Sean Wai Keung as he explores fortune cookies as well as his own mixed-race identity.
The award-winning, 7th highest rated comedy of the Edinburgh Fringe 2023 returns! When disaster strikes in Gary’s brain, it’s up to his brain cells to try and fix everything.
‘Incredibly powerful.
Covering everything from history to religion and folklore, this walking tour is an original tour of Edinburgh’s medieval Old Town.
Two award-winning comics deal late-night craic in the mid-afternoon, a wild mix of dark, satirical stand-up and musical comedy.
Chris and Seán are two sailors who are nuts! Comedians Chris Locke and Seán Cullen are on shore leave for an hour of hilarious madness! Learn about the sea! Milk a sea cow! Make …
In the 19th century, the original stories of the Brothers Grimm were scarier, more bloodthirsty and disturbing.
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
New Zealand’s hottest comedy pop-music duo Two Hearts are back – now with more “vow” factor.
Presented in pseudo-fairytale style, this one-woman dramatic comedy dares to expose what lies beneath the mask of the perfect mother.
Welcome to a bustling transcription office in 2001 New York City, where typists are busy listening to – and typing out – raw interviews for pulpy television shows and other mas…
The Guardian’s Top 50 shows to see! Jillian is back at the Fringe with her yoga mat and blender after a hit premiere at last year’s Fringe and subsequent sell-out runs in New York …
Actors East are pleased to present an evening of two plays written by Alexander Gallimore.
Award-winning stand-up comedian Richard Pulsford (Top 10 Edinburgh Fringe jokes 2019, 2021 & 2022, UK Pun Champion 2022 and current Scottish Comedian of the Year runner-up) hosts t…
Welcome to the world of BGT semi-finalist Nerine Skinner.
Ten years after a horrible crime tore them apart, two lovers reunite at the worst time.
A short queer history walking tour (90 mins approximately once we start off) of central Brighton locations featuring a small selection of our past local heroes, villains, interesti…
Blue Blood is the extraordinary story of the scandalous adventures of outcast Gabriel Jones as he murders his way through the illustrious Gascoyne family on his way to claiming a d…
Triple Threat is a split bill divided by 3 with Monica, Aisha and Anais making jokes about their experiences living in London as hot immigrant girlies.
Come and be surprised, disturbed, and intrigued by an untold story from the history of science and psychology.
*SOLD OUT* Exclusive after-hours tour! This a unique opportunity to learn about the remarkable history of the World’s Oldest Operating Aquarium.
Exclusive after-hours tour! This a unique opportunity to learn about the remarkable history of the World’s Oldest Operating Aquarium.
To the shock of all involved, a young woman’s claim to be one of the World’s most famous missing children is verified.
The Curator puts his flasks down to tell you his life-story.
Geoffrey Mead will conduct a Café Through the Ages tour from its current location back through time to the 1920s.
Set in the head office of TPL inc.
Two London street performers take you on a rockin’ comedy drama through the crossroads of grief and letting go.
A hopelessly romantic modern musical that'll leave you beaming throughout, Two Strangers is all you could want from a feel-good evening of musical theatre.
A Dance of Two Halves A dance between bodies and souls.
Malignant Humour A death-defying circus act A Tale Of Two Chickens A Boy's Platonic Love For Chicken Malignant Humour - Hannah GumbrielleHannah found a lump.
We live in turbulent and deranged times.
The legendary Canadian superstar returns with a killer new hour! A master of his craft; unabashed and mischievous with an innate ability to connect to audiences.
The Body & Blood is the story of Maggie Murtagh, an Irish country girl who transmogrifies into The Vigilante Cannibal Nun during The Famine after the death of her fa…
Dougal is a naive, impossibly upbeat Brit, flying to New York for his Dad’s second wedding.
A chair is something you sit on. That is the fundamental truth. Join Dr Baillie Dobson, the world’s foremost expert on chairology, as he takes you through the history of the chair.
“If you not give elephant proper burial he’ll haunt you forever.
Improvising a whole rom com style comedy show around audience suggestions is not for the faint hearted, and this group’s approach is relaxed and confident.
We all make mistakes, but rarely do they change the course of history.
This interactive, nail-biting tail about bravery, curiosity and familial love is created by teachers to inspire young minds in creative writing.
Liam and Tom are two aspiring fablers who share a dream: becoming stars in the cutthroat world of medieval showbiz.
Liam and Tom are two aspiring fablers who share a dream: becoming stars in the cutthroat world of medieval showbiz.
The award-winning social deduction game Blood on the Clocktower comes to the Fringe as a live comedy show.
How do you fill a minute? How do you fill an hour? How do you fill a slot when you’re Two Little Dickheads? Slot Fillers is the dickheads getting loose, getting groovy and gettin…
Horrigan & Howell return fresh from their sell-out run at Edinburgh and the Pleasance Theatre for another ‘uncompromisingly hilariously funny’ sketch show.
Horrigan & Howell return to London following last year’s sell-out show at the Pleasance Theatre for another ‘uncompromisingly hilariously funny’ sketch show (LondonPubTheatre…
A powerful combination of film, text and performance exploring the birth of modern human rights, told through the eyes of Nuremberg prosecutor and champion of the ECHR, David Maxwe…
Horrigan & Howell return fresh from their sell-out run at Edinburgh and the Pleasance Theatre for another ‘uncompromisingly hilariously funny’ sketch show.
As part of his nationwide tour, the Britain’s Got Talent and ITV’s The Ultimate Magician finalist hits Edinburgh with a limited Fringe run in a show full of the most awe-inspir…
Liselotte in May, written by Zsolt Pozsgai, is a bittersweet absurd comedy about a gentle, lonely heart.
Liselotte in May, written by Zsolt Pozsgai, is a bittersweet absurd comedy about a gentle, lonely heart.
Enjoy a unique flavour of the Fringe and explore the museum after hours.
Welcome to the world of BGT Semi-Finalist Nerine Skinner and Liv Struss (A Liz Truss Parody).
It’s hard to imagine that any show called, in full, A Shark Ate My Penis: A History of Boys Like Me could be weirder or more fun than it sounds.
How did a Jewish immigrant to London’s East End end up as a General in the Chinese army and become “Two Gun” Cohen? This incredible true story is recounted by Cohen from his cell i…
It’s 1940 and Bartók goes into exile in the United States, taking with him his 44 duos for two violins, based on Hungarian, Slovakian, Serbian, Romanian or Arabian folk tunes, s…
The first-ever stage adaptation of the 1996 novel by Stephen Fry.
When the flints of the old strike with the new, what story can be lit from the sparks? The ancient ballad of Tam Lin is reimagined in a near-future dystopian Scotland, exploring th…
We all make mistakes, but rarely do they change the course of history.
Impro Poet Presents: What If History? They say that history repeats itself.
Many people wish to be famous, successful, or simply stand out from the crowd.
Accidental enemy of Mother Teresa.
Marlon’s a Jew.
The Quest to Save Neverland: Peter Pan and the Lost Souls Epic Tale.
Our unique tour sets out to inform and entertain as we take you into both Old and New Town, giving you a real sense of the two sides of Edinburgh and revealing some of the secrets …
Award-winning entertainer Kyle D Evans leads a frantic hour of mind-blowing maths for children and their families.
‘imaginary natural beings’ is a journey of self-exploration through an indifferent world.
The best Thai red curry – the national dish of Thailand.
The young intellectual Nico is uncontrollably addicted to museums.
A young man visits his dying father in the ICU and uncovers a shocking revelation: his father’s secret second family.
‘imaginary natural beings’ is a journey of self-exploration through an indifferent world.
Rick Molland’s Natural Born Dickhead is a hilarious and insightful exploration of what it means to be your average, everyday dickhead in today’s modern world.
‘Clever, funny and world-view-changing’ **** (InDaily.
Tragically weird.
In 5 Mistakes That Changed History, host Paul Coulter establishes the self-evident premise, that this will be something of a comical TED Talk about some fascinating moments that sh…
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
Shared hour with two absolute stars of the future.
2000 years of Scottish History in one hour! In the true style of the old tradition, award-winning actor Michael Nardone (Rome, Line of Duty, Traces) brings history to life with pas…
This incendiary play is described as Kafkaesque.
Legendary Canadian superstar with a killer new hour! A show for everyone: from iGens to millennials, baby boomers and beyond.
Yes, jazz is funny.
You might reasonably assume a fairy tale to be set long ago and far away, but master storyteller Niall Moorjiani returns to the genre’s roots.
Vault Festival People’s Choice Award nominee 2023.
Two Tigers is a kaleidoscopic musical drama about New Zealand-born modernist writer Katherine Mansfield, who lived and died with the Furies at her heels and her turbulent love affa…
Who needs a pair of heels, a coconut, and a doorbell…? The answer: a foley artist.
Multi award-winning physical comedy that’ll whisk you off your feet.
This free exhibition explores the changing meaning of skin from the 1500s to the present day – from flaying and tattooing to prosthetics and skin sculptures.
This split-bill of comedy will showcase the best and brightest material Maddie and Serena have to offer.
This split-bill of comedy will showcase the best and brightest material Maddie and Serena have to offer.
The Brothers Grimm are the most famous collectors of fairy tales, but back in the 19th century, stories for children were a lot scarier, blood thirsty and disturbing.
The Brothers Grimm are the most famous collectors of fairy tales, but back in the 19th century, stories for children were a lot scarier, blood thirsty and disturbing.
A unique celebration of song, inspired by the two bards - William Shakespeare and Robert Burns, and performed by Jessa Liversidge.
A unique celebration of song, inspired by the two bards - William Shakespeare and Robert Burns, and performed by Jessa Liversidge.
Venue B hosts a monthly sell out gig of local young up and coming bands and DJs.
Venue B hosts a monthly sell out gig of local young up and coming bands and DJs.
Charlie Phillip’s life in photography is mirrored in his stories.
A BLACK@SUSSEX ARTIST TALK Charlie Phillip’s life in photography is mirrored in his stories.
A BLACK@SUSSEX ARTIST TALK Charlie Phillip’s life in photography is mirrored in his stories.
FOOD CULTURE & ORAL HISTORY WORKSHOP Michael McMillan’s I Miss My Mum’s Cookin’ installation forms the backdrop to this unique experiential workshop which will use the handling, s…
Award-winning stand-up comedian Richard Pulsford (Top 10 Edinburgh Fringe jokes 2019, 2021 & 2022, UK Pun Champion 2022 and current Scottish Comedian of the Year runner-up) hosts t…
FOOD CULTURE & ORAL HISTORY WORKSHOP Michael McMillan’s I Miss My Mum’s Cookin’ installation forms the backdrop to this unique experiential workshop which will use the handling, s…
Two Jakes do not make a right, but what they DO make is a right good laugh! One Welshman and one Scouser join Jake & Jake for an hour of hilarious stand-up comedy.
Two Jakes do not make a right, but what they DO make is a right good laugh! One Welshman and one Scouser join Jake & Jake for an hour of hilarious stand-up comedy.
Award-winning Kirsty Munro is turning 40, but still loves a coupla slut drops and a chicken burger at 4am! Join her for a fun-packed show / 40th birthday party, as she chats about …
Award-winning Kirsty Munro is turning 40, but still loves a coupla slut drops and a chicken burger at 4am! Join her for a fun-packed show / 40th birthday party, as she chats about …
Good friends David Ferguson and Phil Green present 30 minutes each of their new stand-up solo shows for your viewing pleasure.
“I wrote a piece they all want to play” Mark Glentworth composes the world-famous percussion piece ‘Blues for Gilbert’ and becomes long-time musical collaborator with celeb…
Good friends David Ferguson and Phil Green present 30 minutes each of their new stand-up solo shows for your viewing pleasure.
Two by Jim Cartwright.
Two by Jim Cartwright.
With a combination of physical theatre and vivid storytelling, BHASVIC players presents a unique take on Federico García Lorca’s classic tale ‘Blood Wedding.
With a combination of physical theatre and vivid storytelling, BHASVIC players presents a unique take on Federico García Lorca’s classic tale ‘Blood Wedding.
Blue Blood is the extraordinary story of the scandalous adventures of outcast Gabriel Jones as he murders his way through the illustrious Gascoyne family on his way to claiming a d…
“The scirocco carries souls away, but sometimes it also brings someone back.
“The scirocco carries souls away, but sometimes it also brings someone back.
Exclusive after-hours tour! This a unique opportunity to learn about the remarkable history of the World’s Oldest Operating Aquarium.
Geoffrey Mead will conduct a Café Through the Ages tour from its current location back through time to the 1920s.
For our event this year the Fretful Federation will be hosting a 30 piece guitar and mandolin orchestra from Holland called Fusion.
For our event this year the Fretful Federation will be hosting a 30 piece guitar and mandolin orchestra from Holland called Fusion.
One night, in a pub, in the North of England is the setting for Jim Cartwright’s carefully crafted dark comedy TWO.
Fresh from packed runs at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Scottish International Storytelling Festival, Niall Moorjani’s ‘A Fairie Tale’ comes to Vault Festival in all its sexy q…
Join us for an unforgettable evening of the music of John Lennon and Paul McCartney in this stunning concert performance.
Join us for an unforgettable evening of the music of John Lennon and Paul McCartney in this stunning concert performance.
Join us for an unforgettable evening of the music of John Lennon and Paul McCartney in this stunning concert performance.
For the first time ever, experience both our iconic spaces in one unforgettable event.
An original idea written and performed by the artist, writer and filmmaker, Carol Murphy, The Body & Blood is a 19th Century Irish Famine Folk Fable told in verse.
Gary is in an accident and his condition is worsening by the minute.
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, …
‘imaginary natural beings’ is a journey of self-exploration through an indifferent world.
‘imaginary natural beings’ is a journey of self-exploration through an indifferent world.
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1st Show: 18:30 2nd Show: 19:30 Cultural Comedy Tours returns to the Grant Museum for a wonderful Halloween special evening of discovery and laughter with a one of a kind look …
Join us at the Museum of Comedy for the funniest Quiz night in London.Starts 7pm - Just turn up and take a seat!
From the writer of the Academy Award-winning Bohemian Rhapsody, Darkest Hour and The Theory of Everything comes the play that sparked a major motion pictur…
Peter Rabbit and his naughty cousin Benjamin know very well that they are not to go into Mr McGregor’s garden, but they cannot resist and soon they find themselves face to face w…
Two Truth and a Lie.
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…
Warped telly nostalgia from award-winning character comedian Tom Burgess.
Captivate Theatre brings the smash-hit comedy to the Fringe! ‘You gotta concentrate ain’t ya, with two jobs.
Join the greatest comedians from across the globe as they blur the line between arte-fact and arte-fiction in a wholly improvised set, prompted by genuine artefacts housed in the N…
Spending well over half his life as a much-loved stand-up comic, the award-winning star of Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake returns to Edinburgh for one last time with the show he’s alw…
When faced with the drama and indignities of growing up, five toes must contend with smelly socks, ballet injuries and a dose of existential dread in their journey to discover what…
The world has faced many disasters.
Whilst wide awake one night, comedian Neil Harris found himself watching a video titled How One Man Changed the High Jump.
An afternoon of live painting by contemporary Spanish artist David Escarabajal, offering a unique insight into his bold, expressive, and experimental fine art techniques.
Blood Red Lines was developed with and performed by victims and survivors of the tragedies of South Armagh, border counties and Dublin in the darkest days of the Irish Conflict.
Ancient mythology and modern storytelling collide in a contemporary exploration of the legacy of colonialism and slavery by award-winning Scottish/Kenyan storyteller Mara Menzies.
Kathputli Colony is India’s biggest community of traditional artists, home to thousands of musicians, dancers, puppeteers and street-performers.
Low on leads and all out of whiskey, a down-on-his-luck Detective has no choice but to team up with unlikely allies and old enemies to solve a cold missing persons case with deeply…
STAGE NOIR AND CANAL CAFÉ THEATRE PRESENT A new musical comedy about neurodiversity, belonging, and reclaiming one’s narrative.
It’s pretty much what it sounds like! Two women using nothing but their imaginations, a skull and a couple of fancy scarves bring a fast-paced, inventive and surprisingly joyful pr…
Marrano, a Tale From the Inquisition is a tragedy based on two historical events: the expulsion of the Sephardic Jews at the end of the 15th century and, consequentially, the murde…
Chloe, Maia and Anna are reunited under the most painful of circumstances, the death of their mother.
A shameless ode to desolate puppy-love in all its mundane, absurdist glory, featuring toads, sperm-banks and carrots.
From now on, I have to do some works with this guitar.
Once upon a time, there was a Princess born to a King and Queen who were banished from the island of Ériu and forced to flee to America in a coffin ship.
The Great American Songbook is the canon of the most important and influential American popular songs and jazz standards from the early 20th century that have stood the test of tim…
He is Danish and a prince.
It’s pretty much what it sounds like! Two women using nothing but their imaginations, a skull and a couple of fancy scarves bring a fast-paced, inventive and surprisingly joyful pr…
Our unique tour sets out to inform and entertain as we take you into both the Old and New towns, giving you a real sense of the two sides of Edinburgh; revealing some of the secret…
Curtains drawn, lawns burnt brown; a townscape is melting.
Tales of slip ups, screw ups and other ups.
The best Thai red curry – the national dish of Thailand.
Father-son stand-up comics Paul and Paul wish life was more like television and they had the power to rewrite and recast the characters in their lives.
Ireland’s comedy darlings Mark O’Keeffe (Winner Show Me the Funny 2019) & Richy Sheehy (viral sensation as seen on Sky, RTE, BBC) are back with their new best hour! ‘These guys are…
We all love a good story.
A powerful combination of film, text and performance exploring the birth of modern human rights, told through the eyes of Nuremberg prosecutor and champion of the ECHR, David Maxwe…
One of the (many) great things about Fringe is that new comics, who don’t yet have an hour’s worth of material, can buddy up to put on a show — Chris Hall and Mark Bittleston…
There’s significant anger in One of Two; a sense of injustice felt by a young man whose experience of the not-so-subtle cruelties and discrimination endured by disabled people is…
Two’s Company is Gillian Duffy’s take on rekindled romance and finding new direction in later life, following 55-year-old Maureen as she navigates life after her second divorce…
Blood, Sweat and Vaginas is Paula David’s fantastic journey of self-discovery, sexuality and comedic blunders.
Son of a climate scientist, Australian theatre maker David Finnigan has always made work about climate change – then his country caught fire.
As we all know, COVID was invented to stop people from enjoying live music, but now Two Hearts are here to help us recover from two years of silence.
In the last hours of 2019, David Finnigan’s best friend prepared to make a break for home with his family before fires cut off the highway.
The year is 1914.
This entertaining tour will take you through the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town covering history, culture, folklore and much more.
Sit back with a warming dram and accompany award-winning Scottish actor Michael Nardone (Traces, The Night Manager, Rome) on a gentle meander through Scotland’s story.
Experience the best upcoming talent from the North of England as one cast stage two of Shakespeare’s least known plays… What comes to mind when y…
Stand-up comedian Richard Pulsford (Top 10 Edinburgh Fringe Jokes 2019 & 2021, Scottish Comedian of the Year finalist 2021) hosts this show for history fans, back in Brighton for t…
Stand-up comedian Richard Pulsford (Top 10 Edinburgh Fringe Jokes 2019 & 2021, Scottish Comedian of the Year finalist 2021) hosts this show for history fans, back in Brighton for t…
Igor Stravinsky’s First World War music theatre piece tells the dark Faustian fable of a soldier who makes a trade with the devil on the promise of untold wealth a…
NATURE IS DIVERSE.
NATURE IS DIVERSE.
Ivor B Gurney and Marion M Scott had a very special friendship.
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.
Brighton Natural Health Centre, the city’s first and only not-for-profit movement centre, is celebrating its 40th birthday and we are going all out! We have pulled together som…
A Trans Fairy Tale at the Latest Music Bar was a fairytale that focused on the most unsuspecting of characters - the Fairy Godmother.
Think you know the truth about Fairy Tales? Meet.
Brighton Natural Health Centre, the city’s first and only not-for-profit movement centre, is celebrating its 40th birthday and we are going all out! We have pulled together som…
Robert Hamberger and Simon Maddrell deliver armchair poetry readings and intimate discussion between two old queens with subjects ranging from fatherhood to serenity, celebration t…
Robert Hamberger and Simon Maddrell deliver armchair poetry readings and intimate discussion between two old queens with subjects ranging from fatherhood to serenity, celebration t…
Geoffrey Mead will conduct a ‘Café Through the Ages’ tour from its current location back through time to the 1920s.
Geoffrey Mead will conduct a ‘Café Through the Ages’ tour from its current location back through time to the 1920s.
Who built this town?! Who won your freedoms?! Walk in their footsteps and find out! Brighton & Hove has always been a city of radicals, free-thinkers and libertarians – but also …
Sharing funny stories from the front line of teaching, this live show will see the Two Mr P's reminiscing on their own school days and looking at the wonderful and …
Who built this town?! Who won your freedoms?! Walk in their footsteps and find out! Brighton & Hove has always been a city of radicals, free-thinkers and libertarians – but also …
Phil McIntyre Live LTD proudly presents TWO MR Ps IN A PODCAST - LIVE Mr P has been a primary school teacher for over 14 years.
We run comedy nights at this venue all year round but we have something special planned for the Fringe.
Brecht would have felt at home watching two Palestinians go dogging at the Royal Court Theatre, Jerwood Studio.
Jude (Michael Lake) and Iris (Ella Muscroft) are a couple who care – both about each other and their respective careers in directing and acting.
Modern opera is difficult to execute well, because no matter how good it is it will always be judged against the classics.
Based on Margaret Atwood’s seminal novel, Poul Ruders’s The Handmaid’s Tale plunges us into the Republic of Gilead, where women have been entirely stripped of the…
This is a double bill of monologues navigating grief: Intricate Rituals by Seth Douglas and The Same Rain That Falls on Me by Logan Jones.
Comedy & subversion in LGBTQ+ film & artist moving image.
A man seeking a gift for a dying lover confronts his impending grief and his own ageing.
Two Hundred Deer to Every Lion An (un)real history of Phoenix Park freddo bars and cigars Where do we go from here? Two Hundred Deer to Every Lion - bluehouse th…
Join us for a United in Anger screening and UK launch reading of Let the Record Show along with a World Cafe style event on cabaret tables where everyone gets to mas…
Following a successful debut tour culminating at The Leicester Square Theatre and a recording of a sold-out hometown sell-out, Andrew is back with a brand new show.
BirminghamFriday 19th November, The Nightingale Club Were finishing this year with a bang and pleased to announced the return of MAX to the U.
Welcome to the Museum of Marvellous Things, where the impossible can happen! Make stars in jars, catch moons like balloons, dance with Doo-Dahs in cages, sing with Noo-Nahs on sta…
From AWARD-WINNING comedy writers comes the hilarious, Flat & the Curves.
There’s magic in every moment at Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the most awarded play in history and “one of the most defining pop culture events of the decade&rdqu…
A pacey, taut double bill of two-handers make up this hidden gem of American theatre by the iconic Arthur Miller.
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…
THE PEPPER POT: CHAPTER TWOHosted by ANDREW PEPPER Saddle up, Clapham! Cabaret messiah ANDREW PEPPER is back! Again! For the second chapter of this new musical…
By James ColeBen battles to overcome his addiction while a ghost of his past seeks to destroy his future.
By James ColeBen battles to overcome his addiction while a ghost of his past seeks to destroy his future.
Remember Pearl? The Future History of Ms Pearl AlcockPearl AlcockPearl Alcocks life and the communitys memories of her deserve serious and proper research and commemora…
Title: City of Quebec: A History IMMERSE YOURSELF IN THE HISTORY OF THE OLDEST QUEER PUB IN LONDON.
The Tale of Maggoty Johnson is a theatrical performance that blurs the line between a biography and a fantasy fable, following the life of the last working jester in Britain, Samue…
A dark dramedy, both poignant and absurd, that reflects humanity.
Free2pmSunday 29 AugustHold Creative Spaces, Penstone House, Albert Street, Ramsgate CT11 9HDDuckie are taking queer history out of the museum and back to the pub where it belongsJ…
A darkly humorous musical storytelling filmed performance combining dance, theatre and International Festival resident artist Nicola Benedetti’s superb violin playing.
One night in a dimly lit alley way Molly meets a sinister stranger with a terrifying secret called J.
A dark dramedy, both poignant and absurd, that reflects humanity.
Free2pmSunday 15 August in BrightonCharles Street Tap, 8 Marine Parade, Kemptown, Brighton BN2 1TADuckie are taking queer history out of the museum and back to the pub where it bel…
A darkly humorous musical storytelling performance combining dance, theatre and International Festival resident artist Nicola Benedetti’s superb violin playing.
Two women on a mission is a full an engaging hour with stand up sets from both Clare Harrison McCartney and Sara Louise Aston.
Two women on a mission is a full and engaging hour with sets from both Clare and Sara.
Two women on a mission is a full an engaging hour with stand up sets from both Clare Harrison McCartney and Sara Louise Aston.
Turning 33, Brian quit his job, packed his beard and took off on a 6-month round-the-world adventure.
A 60-minute performance of family, love, and female-solidarity, History on the Road is an exploration of black rights and culture in London.
A 60-minute performance of family, love, and female-solidarity, History on the Road is an exploration of black rights and culture in London.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
It’s time to walk the plank! With a twinkle in our eye, we pay tribute to men who wear sandals, as we celebrate the right to be yourself.
Remember when your religion teacher taught you about ridin’? And the school nurse told you to shave your pits? Or here, discovering your clit the first time? Wait, you haven’t yet?…
You will need a group of 2-5 detectives, internet access on your phone, your brain and your legs! We’ll provide the specialist kit.
Join local tour guide Hannah Mackay Tait for a 3-hour walk through Scottish LGBTQ+ history.
Our unique tour sets out to inform and entertain as we take you into both the Old and New Towns, giving you a real sense of the two sides of Edinburgh; revealing some of the secret…
Covering everything from history to religion and folklore, this walking tour is our original tour of Edinburgh’s medieval Old Town.
If Carl Knif’s Fugue in Two Voices is a joke, then it’s a dud.
The tour will start at the Netherbow Port, broached by the Jacobites before dawn on Tuesday, September 17th 1745 (just outside the World’s End public house), proceed through the Gr…
Writer/Director Ben Reid has made a stunning professional debut at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre, Kentish Town, with his play Two Worlds No Family, originally written as his final y…
The gentle gathering of a personal fairytale moment, through a friendly chat about stories and how they connect with us.
Using a sampler to travel through time, DJ and funny man Vinney White takes us from bone flute to drum loop.
Part of The History Bois residency at ONCA barge, this online workshop run by poet, drag king and artist SL Grange is for folks wanting to connect with their Queer tr/ancestors.
POLITICAL DRAG WORKSHOP - 24/06, 2.
The History Bois: Adventures in Time & Gender residency, 23-26 June, @ ONCA Barge.
Lisa Richards Agency Presents Frankie Boyle - Work In Progress Frankie is doing some shows at the to try out some brand new jokes.
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
Good friends David Ferguson and Phil Green present 30 minutes each of their 2021 stand-up solo shows for your viewing pleasure.
Good friends David Ferguson and Phil Green present 30 minutes each of their 2021 stand-up solo shows for your viewing pleasure.
Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Blood Glorious Blood was not just your normal one woman show.
From the first historical reference to a menstrual product in Ancient Greece, to present-day vulva-care tips with social media influencer ‘Adriana Mole’.
Geoffrey Mead, Brighton’s best known tour guide, will be conducting a historical tour dating back 100 years to look at founder Mr Herbert Tennent and his cafe family history.
Geoffrey Mead, Brighton’s best known tour guide, will be conducting a historical tour dating back 100 years to look at founder Mr Herbert Tennent and his cafe family history.
Alan and Ron are sweaty.
Alan and Ron are sweaty.
‘Out! Why, what could have taken you out on Tuesday? What did you have to do?’ ‘Nothing.
‘You do realise it’s not gonna be like England suddenly being not a shitty cold place to visit, or you know more wine tours in Scandinavia, and happier Arctic Wolves?’ Danie…
Moral obligations? Masked men? Ah, the story of Edna and Sarah’s lives.
Between Two Waves by Australian playwright Ian Meadows interweaves an urgent call to recognise the world’s impending climate crisis and the troubled smaller world of a young clim…
All ticket bookers will have access to the performance ‘on demand’ for a period after the premiere.
There will also be fun and entertainment on Thursday 25 February where Be & Do hosts an extra special social meeting for the LGBTQIA+ community on Zoom, hosted by Matty May and Gra…
The world has faced many disasters.
Just Two Guys have arrived to bring you an experience you won’t forget! Their unique blend of acoustic rock music, comedy, and food creates the most fulfilling musical performanc…
It’s 1964 and brilliant young writer Dennis Potter (future author of Pennies From Heaven and The Singing Detective) becomes entangled in the life of a troubled young woman when t…
Learn how archival material can inspire your next creative project in this live virtual event.
Head down to the Fringe’s shadiest nightspot as The Illicit Thrill is back in the strip-teasing business.
Blood and Sorbet: tales of slip-ups, screw-ups and other ups.
Our unique tour sets out to inform and entertain as we take you into both the Old and New Towns, giving you a real sense of the two sides of Edinburgh; revealing some of the secret…
Come along to this fun, fast-moving, creative and joyous production of an original take on the story of Blackbeard.
Returning to the historic East Crosscauseway, Irene Campbell and John Nowak bring colour with a dash of monochrome in an exhibition of their paintings, prints and textiles.
A unique hands-on reminiscence museum in a shopping centre with an exhibition full of memories.
The lockdown goes on and theatre will likely not return anytime soon.
In 1926, the nation of Iraq is in its infancy, and British archaeologist Gertrude Bell is founding a museum in Baghdad.
A guided walking tour, conducted by Ian Townson, concentrating on the radical gay community and gay squats in Brixton from the mid 1970s to 1981, the year of the Brixton uprising.
Alan and Ron are sweaty.
Lizzy & Beth have been friends for as long as anyone can remember.
Colin Quinn is a stand-up comedian from Brooklyn (okay, Park Slope).
A man wakes in the middle of the night to discover that the world has stopped.
Christian Patterson returns as the clumsy schemer Francis Henshall! Written by Richard Bean| Directed by Peter Doran| Designed by Sean Crowley This Autumn, the Torch Theatr…
Between Two Waves was premiered at Griffin Theatre Company in Sydney seven years ago.
After being fired from his skiffle band, Francis Henshall is skint and hungry.
We got an extension – it’s the Will of the People! After our 7pm show with James O’Brien sold out in record time, REMAINIACS is proud to present a seco…
In the late 1920s Frederico García Lorca allegedly read about a bride who fled her wedding to elope with a former amor.
As part of his work on a film, Yorkshire composer Gavin Bryars recorded a homeless man’s song in 1971.
Will Gompertz feels like an old friend, not because I have ever met him, but because I have grown up with his inciteful and interesting contributions as the BBC’s arts editor.
The Scots Musical Museum, an enormous pop-song survey produced by enterprising publisher James Johnson with Robert Burns, who, enlisted as editor, became crazed with compiling, fix…
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Funny Women One to Watch and Soho Radio presenter Kelly Ford AKA Book of Mum teams up with Max Turner finalist Naomi Wattis (BBC Two, BBC Radio 4 Extra) to talk about judgment, per…
Estonian epic tale Kalevipoeg is written in songs, and NUKU choir is performing these old runic songs mixed with contemporary jazz, adding an ancient storytelling touch to the perf…
A well-loved family favourite.
Narrative subverted for unwholesome purposes.
In this alternative history show four panellists each deliver an original stand-up comedy set based around an event which happened on the same date as the show at some point in his…
Who decides what and who gets remembered? And how? Who owns our historical records, and should they? Rachel Hosker and Anne-Marie Scott (University of Edinburgh) explore the, at ti…
A fun and fascinating tour of the oral tradition and the poetic movements that have shaped history presented by a former National Poetry Slam Champion.
Staging The Winter’s Tale in the middle of the summer might seem to be an unusual choice, but as we huddled in the wind blasted Brighton Open Air Theatre it seemed pathetic falla…
Fringe Fridays at the museum are a magical experience! There’s a plethora of acts which span the genres available at the festival, each act performing a 15 minute taster on a mai…
A series of informal afternoon performances by one of Scotland’s leading fiddle exponents.
After the appearance of a mysterious flashing red light two clowns decide that an audience awaits them.
Tom McNab, technical adviser on Chariots of Fire, delivers extracts from his play 1936 using extensive coverage of Riefenstahl’s Olympia film.
Is there a more intoxicating combination than blues music and good whisky? There is – blues music and multiple good whiskies.
2018 Fringe sell-out.
Join our curators, conservator and volunteers on special highlight tours of St Cecilia’s Hall, Scotland’s oldest concert hall and home of the University of Edinburgh’s world renown…
Enjoy a relaxed walk through the historic Old Town with a bona fide Scottish Historian.
Ghosts! Murder! Betrayal! Revenge! A treacherous uncle and mad son.
Join two of The Oxford Revue’s brightest talents as they take you through an hour of rogue, wild and laugh-out-loud comedy.
A ridiculously surreal celebration of human existence, journeying from the womb to above and beyond.
Join Teresa Keenan, Art Historian at St Patrick’s Church, Cowgate, Edinburgh for a visual journey of religious artworks across the ages.
Edinburgh Fringe's premier magical twins, Kane and Abel, return for their sixth run here in their regular home as the flagship magicians of PBH's Free Fringe venue the Liqu…
An hour of gorgeous stand-up from two gorgeous comedians.
Evers, Booth and [Name] courageously stage their 2019 multimedia sketch show.
Our unique tour sets out to inform and entertain as we take you into both the Old and New towns, giving you a real sense of the two sides of Edinburgh; revealing some of the secret…
Join the greatest comedians from across the globe as they blur the line between arteFACT and arteFICTION in a wholly improvised set prompted by genuine artefacts housed in the Nati…
In Shakespeare’s romance, led by women’s sagacity and the vitality of youth, we are guided out of the breach of things dying to a rebirth into the miracle of art and nature, lo…
Come on a journey of discovery across the globe, in search of the essence of flamenco.
Looking for an engaging evening activity where you will laugh, learn and get a little spooked? You’ve come to the right place with Edinburgh’s Haunted History Bus! The Haunted Hist…
The Two Little Dickheads are back with a fresh explosion of idiocy.
What an honour to have New Zealand’s self-proclaimed ‘only popstars’ at our humble festival.
Dracula can return to his crypt.
The global gap between rich and poor grows.
Ireland’s comedy darlings Mark O’Keeffe (Show Me the Funny 2019 winner) and Richy Sheehy (viral sensation, as seen on Sky, RTE and BBC) bring their best hour of classic club stand-…
On his birthday George looked around and decided he was too strange, he needed to make a change.
Sophisticated wit and wordplay as The Two Moronnies lampoon the lampoonable in their unique, energetic musical style.
Conspiracy theories can sometimes be reduced to light hearted niche interests only fully embraced by weirdos on the fringes of society.
Join two of Scotland’s fastest rising comics for a fun hour of stand-up comedy.
Ancient mythology and modern storytelling collide in a contemporary exploration of the legacy of colonialism and slavery by award-winning Scottish Kenyan storyteller Mara Menzies.
Carol Cates sits on a tall stool strumming away on her ukulele and chatting with the audience as they arrive.
During an odd and turbulent time in recent history Will found himself questioning every poor decision he has ever made (namely everything he has ever said or done).
There are two sides to every story.
An absurd multimedia pelt through the history of everything.
Journalist Lauren Booth’s first solo show, Accidentally Muslim, promises a journey from ‘Soho hedonism’ to a shocking revelation in a mosque.
The multi award-winning Jordan & Skinner present a riotous new solo show that cuts to the bone of gender politics.
Our current understanding of the evolution of man comes from evidence based on archeological digs.
“No talent at all when it comes to cooking – as you will discover – but when it comes to pissing off my children – immense talent – Olympian talent.
Brighton16 is a newly formed choir of 16 classically trained singers.
An absurd multimedia pelt through the history of everything.
‘Two the Power of Three’ is Theatre Handmade’s explosive new play.
The brilliant British pianist Jonathan Powell returns in a colourful programme of works by Granados: his Goyescas and Szymanowski: his Masques, Metopes and Mazurkas.
Amadeus Martin has arrived home to find his pet dog, Pluto, on the table with his memory stick containing the new material for his Brighton Fringe show in its mouth, chewed up.
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
Yesterday: A winter’s tale, a story to wile along the long cold hours.
I had no idea what to expect from John Hinton’s Ensonglopedia of British History.
Much-loved local violinist Ellie Blackshaw pairs up with London based pianist David Elwin to perform the rarely heard 1932 violin and piano sonata by Frank Bridge.
The brilliant British pianist Simon Ballard returns to play works by Schubert, Ries, Dvorak, Smetana, Ireland, Moszkowski, de Severac and Sydney Smith.
Re-mystifying the most misunderstood phenomena of a woman’s body by telling the true tales about our blood.
In 1986, Nuala won the annual Rose of Tralee beauty pageant and now she’s back as the first female host.
3 top professional oboists come together to play for us on the first May bank holiday Monday.
Geoffrey Mead will be conducting a special tour dating back over 90 years of cafe and family history.
An intoxicating one-(wo)man show.
This warm and nostalgic show is based around a Bric-a-Brac market stall where Mr Shabby and Mrs Chic try to teach a new dog old tricks in an attempt to solve the Mystery…
Once upon a time there was a fairy godmother.
Stream: Two New Plays, is a show that explores the ebb and flow at the very core of being human.
Join Mark Thomas for one night only in the Museum of Stolen Things, the first ever pop museum of the nicked.
Once a month the Museum of Comedy is transformed into the Museum of Magic! Magicians from the prestigious London Magic Circle and West End Magic congregate to present an…
Magicians from the prestigious London Magic Circle and West End Magic congregate to present an unforgettable afternoon of magic for children and families alike! Fea…
Ballets by Founder Choreographer Frederick Ashton and Royal Ballet Artist in Residence Liam Scarlett share the stage in this mixed programme with music by Messager and Poulenc.
Music poking fun at the well-known and narcissistic celebrities.
A festive feast of magical entertainment for the whole family.
A hilarious high-energy musical whodunit, Murder For Two is a madcap murder mystery with a twist.
Why did the gay man cross the road? For attention.
An intoxicating one-(wo)man show revealing the life of a legend.
Made up of the world’s most exhilarating early career dancers, the brand new Rambert2 attacks works from some of the world’s most thrilling choreographers: artistic dir…
Bestseller Sam Blake brings you some of the strongest new voices in crime fiction and finds out just how they did it.
Forensic anthropologists and crime writers share a common preoccupation with violent death, except that one is concerned with the how and the when while the other is con…
Get a 'glimpse’ into what REALLY goes on in Donald Trump’s meetings with Putin; the inside scoop into New Royal Power Couple Meghan and Kate; and what i…
Some productions are enhanced when a director changes the contexts of a play.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved.
Mikhail Zygar and Karen Shainyan are two of Russia’s most controversial journalists, still holding the Putin Government to account.
From Show Boat to Showman, there’s always Another Op’nin, Another Show about the sparkling self-obsessed world of musical theatre! And why not? Some of the best shows are all a…
David Corkhill and the Edinburgh Festival Ensemble reunite for a special centenary performance of Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale.
Step into the glamorous Roaring Twenties as the inimitable Hester and Ruby bring their speakeasy spirit to Edinburgh.
Britain’s most popular magicians and amateur bounty hunters, Joe and Ryan, perform an hour of classical music and salsa dance, with Claire Sweeney on banjo.
Alasdair returns with another Romantic programme.
This show is for anyone on the outside looking in, wondering how, what, where, when, why and.
Heinrich Schütz, perhaps the most highly regarded composer in 17th century Germany, wrote The Resurrection History on returning to Germany in 1623, following a period of study in …
An afternoon concert series by one of Scotland’s leading fiddle exponents.
A new stand-up show from David Callaghan.
Whether you’re after a relaxing lager or fancy a reminiscent Babycham, The White Oak is the pub for you.
A new musical adaptation of the classic tale of Cinderella, by Charles Perrault.
Vox: A Fairy Tale for a New Age is a new work inspired by real-life occurrences in the life of Rowlett High School students.
From the deep-rooted traditions of Chicano Teatro – a little Brechtian agitprop, Mexican vaudeville and social justice street theatre, we bring you this exploration and celebrati…
Enjoy a unique flavour of the Fringe and explore the museum after hours.
Django Reinhardt was a musical genius and his influence on generations of guitarists has been immense.
Tom McNab, technical adviser on the film Chariots of Fire, gives a short, sharp history of the Olympic games to raise funds for the Eric Liddell Centre – a dementia care charity …
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
When two Spartan warriors find themselves trapped and lost in the underworld, they must outwit a devious enemy, or remain forever in the land of the dead.
Cold Blood is a unique experience of cinema, theatre, dance and music brought to us by Kiss and Cry Collective.
Canadian comedy veteran David Tsonos returns with his sequel to his solo show 2015 Walking the Cat.
One went to a south London private school, one went to a Catholic School in Glasgow’s East End.
Ever wondered what might happen if Queen Victoria met Genghis Khan? In this totally improvised comedy, the audience choose which chapters of history they want to see rewritten.
Goldoni’s boisterous 18th-century Italian comedy collides with 21st-century American pop culture.
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Improviser Mara Joy (TBC Improv, The Spontaneous Players) is joined by a different special guest every day to create an entirely unique two-person show based off one word from the …
A high octane, 80s inspired, dark comedy sketch show! Imagine if Dynasty and Desperate Housewives met on RuPaul’s Drag Race, in the 80s! Set in the power-dressed world of Cassandra…
In an alt-reality Brexit Britain, the Government has outsourced democracy to a TV voting show, pizza is banned for its foreign origins and a visa to France now costs €30 (£300).
‘The history of England jumps off its axis.
A remarkable solo Hamlet from Horatio’s POV! Shakespeare’s classic tale of madness, murder and betrayal with incredible performance, brilliant original music and Sir Derek Jaco…
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
Join the greatest comedians from across the globe as they blur the line between arte-fact and arte-fiction in a wholly improvised set, prompted by genuine artefacts housed in the N…
Gordon Southern has successfully avoided winter for ten years, a feat only previously achieved by bees, some birds and most bears.
Brought to you by Civil Disobedience and that actor trapped inside the fur suit in Roddy Bottum’s Sasquatch: The Opera, Jet of Blood is the documadrama/ballet/opera/performance art…
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On our tour we will reveal some of the secrets hidden within a city rich in culture and ancient history, and blessed with beauty.
More perverted, more depressed, more jokes.
This is what happens when a cabaret clown and an improv master with a shared passion for cats spend way too much time together.
Experience catchy AF original bangers*, too much confetti and distractingly sexy dance moves as NZ’s hottest new comedy duo take on all the most ridiculous trends in the world of p…
Welcome to the Roadshow – it’s just like your favourite antiques-based telly programme off the telly, just not on the telly, and devoted to Tat.
A love story, set on Preston Road, and also in space and in time.
New Zealand’s favourite showband return to the Fringe with the world premiere of a new work.
There is only one football champion in Scotland, and its colours are maroon and khaki.
Blood, sweat, and.
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.
Sex, sequins, and scintillating musical numbers are all brought to bear into writer/performer Peter Groom’s one man (Woman?) show about the life and times of the glamourous gay i…
After last year’s sell-out run, Paul returns to Edinburgh with his life, seemingly, still bordering on disarray.
The least qualified and most concerned history teacher in the UK (Oskar Schortz) guides you through his biggest worry yet – that history has a purpose! Join him for a lesson to d…
Ian Stroughair delivers an hour of avante guarde post modern drag, with a voice so powerful he should require a license to operate it.
The final resting place of the work and artefacts of Scotland’s most creative writers: Robert Burns, Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson.
Power? Sex? Control? Part Two: Baby, the Barbie doll-playing prostitute, becomes more and more a doll herself.
Alan Ledger didn’t want the limelight and he didn’t want the praise.
A ghost tour like no other! With 3D immersive sound (a virtual reality for the ears) our headphones will teleport you into a mixed reality, where companions from the past, revealin…
After last year's sell-out show, Paul returns to the Great Yorkshire Fringe with his life, seemingly, still bordering on disarray.
My Bottom did a burp in classA big one, really loudEverybody heard it tooIt made me really proud… Everyone experiences an unexpected Bottom Burp at some point or …
Once a month the Museum of Comedy is transformed into the Museum of Magic! Magicians from the prestigious London Magic Circle and West End Magic congregate to present an…
Once a month the Museum of Comedy is transformed into the Museum of Magic! Magicians from the prestigious London Magic Circle and West End Magic cong…
Clueless Theatre makes a remarkable company debut with a production of Jim Cartwright’s Two.
The End of History is billed as “a moving and funny site-responsive play with music which uses a chance encounter to explore the impact of gentrification on two radically differe…
A temporary museum of new exhibitions celebrating the ripples that ordinary people leave behind, created through a series of workshops held for members of the public where they lea…
Mumblecrust Theatre return with their Brighton Fringe 2017 double award-winning show! Deep in the vaults of an ancient priory, a hideous creature awakens.
What's your tipple? Pint of lager and a packet of cheese and onion crisps? How about an evening being transported to the White Oak pub where you will meet an eclectic mix of ch…
Dark and dramatic, tension-packed, teen-angst parody.
By popular demand! Original musical journey from 400 AD Boerthelm’s Tun to present day Bom-Bane’s, with portraits of all the colourful inhabitants along the way.
A split bill musical/absurdist stand up comedy show.
Join ‘The Fairy Tale Fair’ at Brighton Open Market for a special Saturday market takeover.
Experience the sights, sounds, smells and characters of the Edwardian seaside in this musical multi-sensory interactive show from award-winning company, Collar & Cuffs Co.
Bringing us four short scenes, Puck’s Players – consisting of Bill Poulton, Phillip Lee and Aaron Thaddeus Lee – were able to exhibit outstanding versatility as performers, d…
An outspoken politician.
A grotesque, darkly comic Victorian story of obsessive love, murder, and confectionery.
From the minds behind Brighton improv titans Off the Cuff and Blanket Fort comes a full-throttle fully-improvised musical performed in full by only two men (plus one on guitar).
Join West End star Ian Stroughair, the man behind the makeup of the sensational Velma Celli, on a passionate pilgrimage through the most iconic drag moments of film, stage and popu…
Geoffrey Mead will be conducting a special tour dating back over 90 years of cafe and family history.
Exclusive after hours tours of Brighton’s aquarium! A unique opportunity to go off the public route to learn about the remarkable history of the world’s oldest operating aquarium.
Two muddle-headed storytellers use breath-taking puppetry, boisterous and beautiful live music, and general tomfoolery to create this dark, winding fable for monster lovers young a…
THE DEER JOHNS get the party going as they take you on a trip through your favourite eras, playing a song-per-year chronological musical history.
Peter Hart has nice manners and always will.
Two idiots.
Direct from a sold out run in the UK, join the sensational Velma Celli on a passionate pilgrimage through the most iconic drag moments of film, stage and popular culture.
For over 10 years by luck or design Southern has only really experienced summer and autumn.
In a world of synergy and leverage, a shining beacon of resilience remains - the unpicked cherry of the Papercorp empire.
Multi-award-winning blues guitarist Cal Williams Jr, double-bass virtuoso Kory Horwood and Canadian harp maestro Will Kallinderis will guide you through the songs and stories of ea…
“A delectable evening, fraught with the kind of debauchery and delirium that makes you want to take both your extramarital lovers” - Broadway World Hot off the heels of their m…
Prepare to be taken on a musical journey through time.
Shock horror! Our previously genteel vision of Adelaide’s history will be shattered as Mr.
King Leontes, possessed by a mad jealousy, believes his pregnant wife Hermione to be having an affair with his childhood friend King Polixenes.
It is common knowledge that history is written by the winners.
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
Two Aussie blokes (Daniel Holdsworth and Tom Bamford) juggle over 20 instruments in a spellbinding performance of Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells For Two - a show that is a multi-…
Returning for your delight, our unique evening of storytelling improv brought to you by Shanti-Chi.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Nature, love and life: a programme of 19th-century art song devised by Stephen Morrison (guitar) and Jenny Nex (soprano) who bring an impassioned immediacy to performance of works …
Come and hear some of our most talented young players perform traditional and contemporary music in a relaxed, informal atmosphere. Refreshments included.
Men have all the power.
Our piece reflects the external differences in society: how human beings are segregated by race, religion, gender and status, and how prejudice is a daily occurrence in the world w…
A series of solo concerts celebrating the magical Scots fiddle tradition by one of the country’s leading exponents.
Marlon’s a Jew.
Two huge and awful comedic talents, Michael Legge – ‘often copied, never matched’ (Time Out) – and Caroline Mabey – ‘oddball genius’ (Chortle) – fuse together and become …
Passionate international artist Martyna Kazmierczak has swiftly earned a specialist reputation for historical keyboard performance, mastering instruments from the 16th century thro…
In terms of comic legends, and certainly in terms of comic writing, the name of Barry Cryer is right up there.
Life is ordinarily quite reasonable for POIROT – the Penrith Organisation for Investigating the Reasonably Ordinary T (it’s a silent T).
New writer Priscilla Berringer collaborates with Joanna Faith Habershon (2016’s Soft, the Moon Rose), taking a fresh look at old time classic Jane Eyre through the eyes of a fail…
A wordless blend of mime, clowning, dance and acrobatics, Two Little Boxes is a brand-new piece by Reallynice, exploring the construction of masculinities in young men.
A topical and popular theme for this year’s Fringe – mental health – is explored and fleshed out in this beautiful, bittersweet tale of two childhood friends that battle to f…
The History of Jazz Piano is now expanded into a journey over three nights taking in the greatest jazz pianists from Fats Waller to Oscar Peterson and Bill Evans.
Dante’s History of the Banished is framed around the conceit that Dante Alighieri, legendary poet who penned the Divine Comedy, is writing a new book about the titular ‘banishe…
Erich and Ada are separated by one of history’s most famous man-made divisions: the Berlin Wall.
Step back in time and experience the rise and fall of disco.
(*A real-life quote from a real-life reviewer.
SCCC will carry on the splendid programme during the second day of the event.
Marlon’s a Jew.
Part confessional monologue, part lecture and part nostalgic trip back to the days of the BBC’s Jackanory, there’s no doubt that There Were Two Brothers is a funny, personal—…
Enjoy a unique flavour of the Fringe and explore the museum after hours.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
‘Filled almost to excess with cheesy-rom-com-buckets-of-feel-good, this act put a smile on every face’ (TheTab.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
A child is born.
Through refreshing and unexpected comedy, Museum by Tina Howe explores the humanity that connects each of us as we journey through our vastly different and unpredictable lives.
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Ever wondered what would’ve happened if Rihanna had met Genghis Khan? What if Julius Caesar accidentally invented Snapchat? In this improvised comedy, the audience choose which cha…
Marlon’s a Jew.
Come and spend an hour with us if you like! Third place in the Musical Comedy Awards 2017, Matt Hutson sings intense anthems about love, loss, friendship and the extent to which he…
Marlon’s a Jew.
Deep in the vaults of an ancient priory a deadly creature awakens… Bold knights flee in terror! Can a humble nun defeat the beast? Two muddle-headed storytellers use puppetry, li…
Detailed, charismatic and humorous, State High Thespian Troupe’s take on the classic Grimm’s fairy tale is an accessible musical for all the family.
Greet the midnight hour with Dutch comedian Arna Spek and special guests.
On our tour we will reveal some of the secrets hidden within a city rich in culture and ancient history and blessed with beauty.
When a double murder reunites the classmates of St Elizabeth’s Primary School, scores are settled, debts repaid and alliances forged.
Like Blood From a Cheap Cigar is a personal glimpse inside the intense, damaged relationship between George, a past-his-prime bad boy and Margo, his pretty, significantly younger g…
This show is so much more than a tale of two gays: it is a tale of success.
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
Raucous, fraternal comedy from award-winning sketch trio.
A musical fable of how the Giant’s Causeway came to be built, when the Irish giant Finn McCool, with the help of his clever wife Oona, battled wits with the mighty Scottish giant…
Wakefield’s poet son may have a self-confessed tendency for lewd social observation but Matt Abbott is also an unpretentious recorder of life in the raw, with a talent for coming…
In a bustling northern English pub, a witty, bickering landlord and landlady and their twelve regulars masterfully lead you through one of Jim Cartwright’s most moving and exposing…
Enjoy some sophisticated wit and word play as The Two Moronnies lampoon the lampoonable in their unique, energetic musical style.
Alice Marshall is a master of character comedy.
Ding dong the witch is back! Multi award-winning Fringe sensation Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho returns with the most fabulous game show of all! Join the Iron Lady for songs, gam…
When viewing a show as celebrated and adored as How to Win Against History there is always the risk that it’ll never be able to live up to the hype.
The traditional Korean tale of Princess Bari comes to life in this touching and inspiring production.
In this much anticipated debut show, Jon Pointing presents Cayden Hunter, an actor who will demonstrate the importance of selflessness and sharing through this (non-participatory) …
I know what you’re thinking: Love alcohol? You’ll love this show.
This show is described as an ‘unrehearsed show-and-tell’ from ‘the best comedians from across the globe’.
From the Bronze Age to Brexit, get ready to laugh and learn with More or Less Theatre as they present to you a whistle-stop tour through European history that can be enjoyed by bot…
Originally opened in 1763, St Cecilia’s Hall is the oldest purpose-built concert hall in Scotland.
The children’s play this year is based on a compilation of the many folk tales from around the world that were the origins of the tale of Cinderella.
Old meets New; East meets West.
A new play by MATTHEW DUNSTER Adapted from the novel by CHARLES DICKENS “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of fool…
Three idiots spoof Noel Coward in a unique and ridiculous vision of ‘Blithe Spirit’.
An umbrella for a sword, a lamp as a tree and a wooden spoon as a nun, are just a few examples for the smart and innovative use of objects in The Tale of the Cockatrice.
Ships! a.
Brighton’s Storyland Press is a place where the story comes first, regardless of genre or where it sits on the commercial/literary spectrum.
A theatre company taking a reimagining of Shakespeare to a Fringe festival is like your Nan getting tipsy at Christmas.
Join The Fairy Tale Fair at Brighton Open Market for a special Saturday market takeover.
Critically-acclaimed comedy actress and character comedian Alice Marshall returns to Brighton Fringe with ‘Blood’, the follow-up to her smash-hit 2016 debut show ‘Vicious.
It’s a new term and welcome to the Claremont School of Life where many a member of staff has plenty to say about their working day.
An original musical & gastromonical journey from the 5th Century settlement of Boerthlelm’s Tun to Brighton in 1795, with affectionate portraits of the colourful inhabitants of 24 …
A social history of Brighton & Hove’s largest taxi company, formed by a group of drivers in 1936 using a brand new concept which changed the taxi industry all over England, spreadi…
Statistically, January is the month in which tickets to musicals sell best, largely due to the miserable weather and post-Christmas blues.
Meet Megan and Sophie.
Plunge into tales of the legendary Welsh bard Taliesin.
A Russian twist on the poignant and compelling American drama Two for the Seesaw is performed by two of the country’s greatest actors, Chulpan Khamatova and Kirill Safonov.
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Will and Heidi are two thoughtful, principled stand-ups who will do anything to get a laugh, including dropping all principles.
Geoffrey Mead will be conducting a special tour dating back over 90 years of cafe and family history.
Exclusive after hours tours, just on offer as part of the Brighton Fringe in May.
George Egg, the stand-up comedian who cooks onstage using absurd and innovative techniques, returns.
A world premiere from ENO’s composer-in-residence Ryan Wigglesworth, The Winter‘s Tale a compelling new interpretation of Shakespeare’s tale of love, lo…
3pm-4pm The first show of the day will feature about as wide a variety of improvisation styles as one could ask for, with three groups that could not be more different from each o…
Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale has all the characteristics of a Tragedy, as we speedily witness the horrendous consequences of King Leontes’ groundless jealousy for pregnant …
A History of Servitude is a comic survey of world history, from the dawn of man to the present.
For at least some of its audience, it’s enough that Grain in the Blood reunites actors Blythe Duff and John Michie—long-time compatriots on STV’s Taggart.
A new production of the award-winning National Theatre comedy play.
When Goalen, Greenland and Wilkie sweep, commandingly onto the stage of the Soho Theatre, they announce their identity as goddesses ‘who know everything’.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Gargantuan tales of old Fleet Street adventures chasing celebrities, politicians and assorted crooks from TalkSPORT’s odd couple, Parry and Graham.
Two presents working-class life in a northern local, a place of failed aspirations, unfulfilled lives and long-kept secrets.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Award-winning comedian Lost Voice Guy started off in a disabled Steps tribute band.
‘You hungry?’ A boy breaks into a London house during the Blitz and is discovered by the man living there.
2016 sees the release of Alastair’s long-awaited fourth album and his first completely unaccompanied fiddle recording.
Bel Canto Voices, Fife’s premier youth choir presents The History of The Musical, featuring highlights from shows by Offenbach to Rodgers and Gershwin to Schoenberg, and showcasi…
Cinema screening of live performance.
Ever wondered what would’ve happened if Buddha met Hitler? Or what if Tesla accidentally invented time travel? In this improvised comedy show the audience will decide which chapt…
Cinema screening of live performance.
The hit international show returns for one night only.
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
Ranging from the bittersweet to the rude and raunchy, Scotland’s former national poet and recent recipient of the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry weaves a spellbinding and beguiling …
On the day that his new book is published, come and hear this controversial and outspoken figure in the church discussing it in conversation with the minister of St Andrew’s and St…
We now have great weapons against cervical cancer, but it still kills women every year.
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
Enjoy a unique flavour of the Fringe and explore the museum after hours across three exhilarating nights, each with hand-picked performers, music, comedy, bars and entry to our spe…
Immer City’s intriguing audio-immersive take on an oft-forgotten part of the tale of Macbeth is a wonderfully atmospheric and unique experience, if one that still feels rough aro…
The Tragedy of Two Tuesdays takes place in a restaurant called The Dream Cafe, wherein quiet cooks, sassy servers, a busboy and a menacing manager butt heads about nonsense and whi…
Who do you turn to when you bring a curse on yourself? Blood Brothers is the story of twins separated at birth, as they fight through superstition and a class divide to continue a …
Cinema screening of live performance.
‘Do you know how they get animals to breed in captivity? They put them in the same cage.
Lancaster’s Kriss Foster returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with his new show The Very Small Museum.
Lady Shona and Natalie Sweeney tend to criminally overshare.
If variety is the spice of life, then Tom, Matthew and Susie are a full rack of flavour.
In an explosion of energy, raw intensity and emotion, RashDash theatre company shatters preconceptions of the patriarchy.
Wiley and The Hairy Man, based on African and Native American folklore, follows the tale of a boy in the Louisiana bayou who must conquer his fears to defeat the legendary hairy ma…
Rod Hunter and Les Sinclair, two of Scotland’s more mature stand-up comedians return for the fifth year in a row with their successful Old Men show.
This is a tale about dogs: specifically Johnny the young puppy piano player in a shady speakeasy in 1920s New York City.
Tom Jones was born to be hanged.
We all have our price.
Leo Kearse, in his guise as Pun-Man, has a simple mission: to save the world of comedy from banal observational stand-up and self-righteous, long-winded anecdotes.
History meets hilarity as stand-up comedians bring the past to life with punchlines.
After comedy, horror is the next most difficult art form to tackle; although comedy reigns king at the fringe there is still an eager audience waiting to be scared.
Welcome to Woodburn.
Racial identity, puberty, sexuality and childhood trauma may not seem like the ideal topics for a one man camp cabaret, but here in Edinburgh anything is possible.
This tour covers both the Old Town and the New Town, and includes a wide breadth of history about Edinburgh.
He’s back with an even bigger, sillier show than last year.
Ding dong, the witch isn’t dead! And this time it’s definitely cause for celebration! After her previous success as an ‘international cabaret superstar’ Maggie is back in b…
After a wonderful 10-year relationship (yep, there’s no ex hating in this show) watch a 33-year-old man embarrass himself, trying to beat his sexual record of.
Three top-line comics bring their fast-paced comedy showcase to the world’s most famous comedy festival.
An audience with Rodney Bewes.
“If you don’t laugh at the disabled guy, you are going to hell!” Lee Ridley begins, and immediately inspires unanimous laughter.
For those who don’t know, the Grimm brothers are the authors of the famous book Grimm’s Fairy Tales, a huge source of inspiration for all kinds of modern myths and fables.
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).
This is the way the world ends.
Join the best comedians from across the globe as they blur the line between arteFACT and arteFICTION in an improvised set prompted by genuine objects found in the National Museum o…
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
A History, w Nowell Edmurnds is a surreal examination of celebrity culture which is by turns extraordinarily captivating and deeply funny.
Christine Khandjian presents a Celtic musical inspired by Irish migration.
Sherlock Holmes, true to its original with all the same characters and tropes that keep fans hooked, but with a twist.
A unique exhibition telling the little known but inspirational story of socks.
On every front, this show is a winner.
A Tale of Two Cities: Blood for Blood is neither the best of times, nor the worst of times, but over a ninety-minute running time it is a something of an odd construction.
Identical twins Annie McGrath and Jack Barry (as seen on ITV2’s @elevenish) return with their trademark hybrid of sketch and stand-up comedy.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
A group of Sixth Form boys in a Comprehensive School in Sheffield set their sights on Oxford and Cambridge.
From the creators of ‘Three Excellent Little Pigs’ and ‘Gorrid the Horrid’ comes another spell-binding musical puppet show.
Join Tommy as he battles wolves, ghosts and monsters in pursuit of treasure.
After Banquo’s murder, his son Fleance is adrift in Macbeth’s brutal new Scotland.
Jacky Fong, piano, performs works by Brahms, Horowitz and Volodos on 20 May.
Cheekykita, a ridiculous comedian like “no one else out there” (The Alarmist).
Ben Watson’s meet and greet as we entered the theatre made his audience immediately warm to him.
Everything you ever wanted to know about everything .
A unique opportunity to go off the public route and learn about the remarkable history of the world’s oldest operating aquarium.
Free alternative comedy from Matt Hutson (Runner-up in Preston Comedian of the Year) and David McIver (Selected for the BBC New Comedy award 2015).
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Geoffrey Mead will be conducting a special tour dating back over 90 years of cafe and family history.
Oh what a man! Francis Henshall is a man driven by his needs, whether its food or a good woman, he is totally consumed and motivated by his desires.
Charles Booth (Time Out character comedian to watch) makes his Brighton debut with an eclectic concoction of characters fizzing with heart-warming lunacy, dazzling originality and …
Those without a snide, self-deprecating, sense of humour, step away from the Thermos Museum.
A social history of Brighton and Hove’s largest taxi company, formed by a group of drivers in 1936 using a brand new concept which changed the taxi industry all over England, sprea…
For those who patiently wait through musical theater ballads to get to the show stopping dance numbers, 92Y’s Dig Dance series presents “Broadway Takes Two,” reim…
(previews start on Wednesday; opens on April 23) This play from Dominique Morisseau (“Detroit ’67,” “Skeleton Crew”), inspired by events at a Louisian…
Brighton’s only drag king competition is back and tougher than ever! It’s time for bois to become men as they battle it out over three heats to make their way to the final.
Indie-pop band Sky-Pony’s lush sound and cheeky style will surround and seduce you into a world of prophecies and forbidden temptations.
Valentine’s Day may have a cheesy reputation, but the heart-filled holiday has inspired plenty of great live comedy for devoted couples, optimistic daters and determinedly si…
All theatre requires a certain suspension of disbelief, musical theatre even more so.
On Martin Luther King Day, Astronomy Club, an Upright Citizens Brigade house team, will present this sketch show about the “real black history,” described as “the…
Aparna Nancherla and Josh Gondelman join forces (and faces, for a somewhat off-putting promotional poster) in this excellent stand-up show.
(previews start on Thursday; opens on Jan.
Intended for audiences as young as 13, this tranquil and enveloping play by the European company New International Encounter seeks to examine suicide and loss.
Cody Lindquist and Charlie Todd, both longtime improvisers, host this political roundtable with a boozy twist — all panelists will drink two beers on stage before jumping int…
There is an intrinsic roughness to this latest production from Edinburgh-based Blazing Hyena productions: performed “in the round” in a student bar within city’s Art College, th…
In the past year, Misty Copeland has graced the cover of Time magazine, became a popular face of the athletic brand Under Armour and, most significantly, became the first African-A…
(previews start on Oct.
One album, two men, too many instruments! Two crazy barefoot Aussies wield over 20 instruments to faithfully recreate Mike Oldfield’s epic 1973 masterpiece.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved.
All aboard the Magical History Tour! A completely ridiculous and unofficial journey through the world of the Fab Four with the Helter Skelter comedy of the Honky Bonk Comrades.
Through their use of improvisation and mime, backed with a fantastic live band (The Glue Ensemble), Cariad and Paul bring to life a series of hilarious stories, based solely on one…
Duende – the shiver of response produced against the constant awareness of death’s inevitability.
During its lifespan the average £10 note passes through 594 transactions.
Carol Grimes, the Piaf singer/songwriter of British music.
With loose and dishevelled hair, streaks of cat-like make-up and bulging veins, the chorus prowls across the stage, furiously chanting lines adapted from fairy tales.
‘Every now and then something happens.
Two Thirds charts the endlessly tangled lives of a group of university friends after graduation.
Before the lights go down and the show begins, a voiceover warns us to expect ‘scenes of extreme horror’ as this retelling of Edgar Allan Poe’s gothic tale begins.
Ian Hall and Bruce Edhouse (both former Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival award winners) present a daft but affectionate tribute to some of the great comedy double acts of our time.
You can always tell a show is going to be good when its name takes up most of the free space on a ticket.
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
Enjoy a unique flavour of the Fringe and explore our galleries after hours across three exhilarating nights, each with hand-picked performers, music, comedy, bars and entry to our …
Eddie McGuire, former Chairman of the Musicians’ Union (Scottish Region), and classical zheng performer Dong Yi, the first and so far only musician of any Chinese instrument to g…
Award-winning vocalist Ali presents a heartfelt homage to Lady Day with a selection of both rare and familiar songs.
An hour of storytelling that will begin by transporting the audience around the British Isles through fairy stories provided by Taffy Thomas, first Laureate for Storytelling, and m…
Cervical cancer only affects women but is caused by a virus (HPV) very common in both sexes.
Deeply rooted in a world of folklore and fairytale, the talented IndigoCo bring a dark and familiar musical tale of a girl who, despite the cruelty of her stepmother and sisters, f…
Fusion Theatre return to Greenside with a Poe-faced and incoherent piece of physical theatre that often makes even less sense than its overwrought title.
Fairy Tale Theatre: 18 and Over is a collection of original fairy tales with morals and lessons for adults (ie.
Culver Academies Theatre performs Luigi Jannuzzi’s collection of short acts and monologues based on art on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC.
Jay Handley’s first show contained ‘.
Join this pair of idiots for all the bits too stupid for their “proper” shows in this ‘deeply flawed event’ (Threeweeks).
The Nursery together with Freestival is bringing an improv only venue to Edinburgh - a Fringe first! Every night for three weeks, the Holyrood Suite at the Thistle Hotel will trans…
Like bagpipes, deep-fried mars bars and kilts, eating porridge is one of those ‘typically’ Scottish clichés that gets bandied about far too often.
Who knew that a Dusty Springfield favourite could provide such an effective description of man’s descent into unspeakable evil? Ewan Downie and Jonathan Peck from Company of Wolv…
‘A fast-paced gem of a play about saying goodbye to your nearest and dearest.
A ridiculous romp through nearly 500 years of American history, as seen and interpreted through hearts and minds of students from Stow Munroe Falls High School, Stow, Ohio.
‘Don’t judge a man until you’ve walked two moons in his moccasins.
Cleansed in the Blood of the Lamb, one can be forgiven of any sin.
Why go to the trouble of raising the funds and making the trip to the International Collegiate Theatre Festival, only to present plays nobody back home would want to see, much less…
Charmingly anarchic breakthrough duo LetLuce were wholly responsible for 2014 word of mouth hit Show Pony.
In one week, Brydie fell in love twice.
Shakespeare’s classic comedy, as you’ve never seen it before.
Qn: How does a man feel about the suffragettes? Ans: Envious! They combined violence with a sense of moral destiny.
Tommy hates his life of poverty and grime.
On our tour we will reveal some of the secrets hidden within a city rich in culture and ancient history and blessed with beauty.
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Two Thirds of a Trio is a comedy show like.
From bacon ice cream to cronuts, sriracha to wasabi, Atkins to Paleo, the history of the culinary world has always been diverse, ever-changing, a bit weird, but always fascinating.
Two Sore Legs is an affecting testament to the fierceness of a mother’s love and the determination of one woman in the face of oppressive societal expectations.
Learning difficulties, the truth in conspiracy theories and politics are the topics of a brave stand up.
Charmingly anarchic breakthrough duo LetLuce were wholly responsible for 2014 word of mouth hit Show Pony.
Award-winning brass ensemble Buzz presents The History of Music, a fabulous theatrical odyssey that travels through space and time at a thrilling tempo to explore the music of the …
In one week, Brydie fell in love twice.
Acclaimed double act LetLuce (Lucy Pearman and Letty Butler) offer an entertaining hour of very silly, loosely connected sketches on a nautical theme.
Let Michael Hill entertain you with his misadventures living in Japan’s capital – battling cultural differences and language barriers, braving earthquakes, teaching English poo…
Don’t be frightened, little deer, be fabulous! Charles Booth (one of Time Out’s Character Comedians to Watch and graduate of Second City) returns to Edinburgh with a brand new,…
Adapting Romeo and Juliet for a younger audience is by no means an easy feat.
Award-winning comic Bruce Fummey, triumphantly returns telling the history of Scotland.
Fresh Blood introduces two of the hottest new acts around! Described as one of Scotland’s top up-and-coming comedians, Christopher MacArthur-Boyd is joined by former Cambridge Foot…
FUBAR Radio and Underbelly present The Underbelly Radio Shows recorded live from 12:30pm each day at Ermintrude, Underbelly hosts a series of live radio broadcasts brought to you b…
Barnie Duncan’s alter-ego Juan Vesuvius has returned to Edinburgh with a DJing set unlike any other.
The weird, wacky and wonderful all come together in this fantastically strange new show.
With over twenty different instruments played by only two men, this performance of Mike Oldfield’s masterpiece Tubular Bells is an astounding, explosive, truly incredible feat.
It’s hot in the Pleasance This: hot and dark and funny.
Jethro Compton, formerly the driving force behind Belt Up Theatre, has certainly earned his household name at the Fringe, bringing shows of consistent quality for years - notably w…
‘One-man Titus Andronicus for Kids’ sounds like one of those joke titles you suggest to late-night improv troupes.
Using the Library’s rich collections of manuscript and printed recipe books, we explore Scotland’s changing relationship with food and drink over the centuries.
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…
What a cracking show this is! What an utterly hilarious, ridiculous and relentlessly energetic show this is.
Under the unceasingly fertile direction of Garry Hynes, this enthralling Irish-born marathon presents the English crown as a fatal, glittering prize for those who wear it.
(previews start on Saturday; opens on June 29) Having just brought us Moss Hart’s entrancing “Act One,” Lincoln Center offers another piece of showbiz reminiscenc…
A poor and lonely old couple, desperate to have a child, adopt a piglet.
See the best in live performance for and by young people (and open to everyone!) at Venue B, Brighton’s only dedicated venue for young people. Check our website for full details.
‘The True Tale of the Life and Death of Billy the Kid as Told by Pat Garrett’: Billy the Kid, bushwhacker, back shooter, downright no good or honourable and misunderstood youngster…
Built in 1766 as a glamourous Georgian Ballroom in the Old Steine, it was the place to be seen for Brighton’s fashionable crowd! The building later became the Chapel to the Royal P…
On 16th May, Sahajatara explores how “being here, now” opens us to nature’s beauty and our duty to protect it.
You are invited to our opening exhibition of curiosities in this quinky and quirky Victorian museum.
The Improverts are back for two Exam Specials in the Teviot Debating Hall! A different combination of players will take to the stage each night for a round of high-class, high-ener…
Geoffrey Mead, Brighton’s best known tour guide, will be conducting a special historical tour of Founder Mr Herbert Tennent’s café family history dating back over 90 years.
Star of ‘Derek’, ‘Being Human’ and ‘Carnival of Monsters’ returns to the Brighton Fringe with two entirely new shows: Sit on the Ledge and Jump Down to the Ground (7, 2…
Two Choirs:Two Styles Two dynamic styles of singing blended together for an evening’s journey through a capella and chamber choir under the direction of Zoe Peate.
A social history of Streamline Taxis from 1936 to the present day.
“In a small little town on Ireland’s west coast, lived Tommy O’Quire under an upturned boat.
Q: How do men feel about the Suffragettes? A: Envious! They combined violence with a sense of moral destiny.
Join improv comedy group Do Not Adjust Your Stage as they create stories, scenes and characters inspired by the Ted-style talks from Museum scientists in The Wunderkammer.
(previews begin on Friday; opens on Thursday) This early Shakespeare comedy has roles for 13 actors, whose characters include outlaws, servants, musicians and one disagreeable dog.
The History Boys – at least according to the programme notes accompanying this latest tour – is “generally regarded as Alan Bennett’s masterpiece”.
Flesh-and-blood muses rule at this museum.
Always Different, Always Funny! After a sell out run at Edinburgh Fringe 14 and comedy residents during term time Edinburgh University, The Improverts are performing two shows in L…
New play about the Caribbean slave trade to be performed in William Wilberforce’s church as part of Black History Month ‘It takes sixteen months for the sugarcane to ripen…Aft…
Written by Willy Russell, the legendary Blood Brothers tells the captivating and moving tale of twins who, separated at birth, grow up on opposite sides of the tracks,…
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved.
A completely spontaneous improv adventure, taking one word from the audience and immersing them in a bespoke world of bizarre scenes and bold characters.
Following his sell-out fringe debut, John and curator Dan Schreiber host a live version of the BBC Radio 4 hit in which guests donate their favourite items to an infinitely large a…
Nick Helm’s Two Night Stand in the Grand is an epic comedy rock show worthy of its massive venue.
‘First night in here? Well, you’ll get used to us.
An interactive cabaret show that looks at activism through the ages.
‘Did you hear the story of the Johnson twins? As like each other as bright new pins’.
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
Enjoy a unique flavour of the Fringe and explore the magnificent National Museum after hours across three exhilarating nights, each with hand-picked performers, cabaret, music, bar…
Michelangelo Drawing Blood explores the artist’s fascination with the male form, partly inspired by his sketches for the unfinished fresco The Battle of Cascina.
Hear the greatest jazz pianists come alive through keyboard virtuoso Richard Michael, BEM.
1 or 2 Things About Us is a community production from Mixit Days, an inclusive theatre company who work with disabled people and give them a chance to perform on the stage.
NYC - A Subway Tale is the story of a young girl who runs away from home and spends the day learning about herself and her city all from the New York City Subway.
Centuries of love stories have taught us that a passionate affair can break with any traditions, no matter how strict these are and Blood Wedding is not the exception.
“Humanity depends upon this search for truth, nothing else is any use [.
From the critically acclaimed SU Drama company comes a double play performance that combines Brien Friel’s Afterplay and an original piece named The White Peacock.
The Story of Medieval England From 1066 to 1485 at Roughly Nine Years and Two Jokes Per Minute Incorporating The Hundred Years War as a Football Match and of Course Scottish Indepe…
A thousand years of roman history in under an hour.
An interactive cabaret show that looks at activism through the ages.
A very ambitious performer, Guy Combes was not content with the idea of simply telling jokes.
October, 1460 in the Lothians of Scotland.
The writers and performers of Bonded by Blood could have possibly struck gold with having me there to review the show.
Struan Logan and John Sheppard are funny, charming and handsome (on average) comedians.
This festival exhibition highlights the Jami’ al-Tawarikh (World History or Compendium of Chronicles) of Rashid al-Din, one of the masterpieces of medieval Islamic manuscripts.
Oxford Revue veteran and graduate of The Second City, Charles Booth returns to Edinburgh with a brand new one-man sketch show.
With The Onion of Bigotry, A History of Hatred Black Dingo Productions and the Kielty Brothers have created an engaging and largely enjoyable piece of theatre.
Blood Orange is a modern tragedy of politics, race, religion and ethics.
A two-hour and fifteen minute walk through Edinburgh’s city centre, with a good coverage of the history of Edinburgh’s Old and New towns.
A joint exhibition of contemporary ceramics and traditional pottery by two Edinburgh potters with more than 60 years of pot making between them.
Tiger Tale is an effective culmination for all the senses; an exquisitely beautiful story for all ages.
All quirky and endearing romcoms would do well to learn a thing or two from A History of Falling Things.
A family show about one of the most popular forms of entertainment - magic.
The latest offering from acclaimed playwright Dominique Morisseau is an ensemble piece in every sense of the word.
Nick Dixon ‘Well worth looking out for’ (Jason Manford) and Sunil Patel (BBC New Comedy Awards) perform half an hour each of finely-crafted hilarity.
The sell-out show returns, updated and up to the minute.
Imagine all your favourite historical documentaries rolled into one hour-long show that simultaneously entertains and explains all of history.
We begin early in the morning, when several men are getting out of bed.
The title of Reduced Shakespeare’s show is accurate to the point of pedantry.
New Comedy in the style of Orton and Fo.
In addition to coming back to the fringe with last year’s critically acclaimed The Dark Room, John Robertson is also performing a more traditional stand up show, A Nifty History …
What does it take to be remembered? What would you have to do to ensure that your name lives on forever? Three young lads have spent a few years on the music scene and have finally…
In his first full Edinburgh show, Jonny Leonard takes issue with stand-up comedians’ perennial bugbear – children’s literature.
You’d be forgiven for thinking you’d come to the wrong classroom: at times this show seems more like Sara Pascoe vs Biology, what with the fascinating nano-lectures on “spe…
Their world has gone into meltdown.
Andrew O’Neill (Buzzcocks, Museum Of Curiosity, Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle) knows more about metal than you’ve had hot dinners.
Steen Raskopoulos turns up to the Fringe in style.
Ross Leslie and Chris Griffin are joined by Gareth Mutch for an hour of solid observational stand-up as part of the Free Fringe at the Beehive Inn.
(performances start on July 7) The Japanese kabuki company Heisei Nakamura-za can trace its roots to the 17th century.
The New York Philharmonic had success in 2011 with H.
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
Ever thought about running your own Brighton Fringe venue? Then this panel discussion is for you! Hear about the practicalities, pleasures and pitfalls of running a venue from a va…
What kind of music do you like? We got it.
2 big days, several SECRET locations and a mash-up of live music and epic performance! Special guest stars, festival fever, dance off, skate jams and all the weird and wonderful�…
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
The history of this sceptred isle from Noah’s Ark to World War 2 via the Magna Carta, the Battle of Hastings, Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII, the Battle of Waterloo (including Sam, Sam,…
Geoffrey Mead, Brighton’s best known tour guide, will be conducting a special historical tour of founder Mr Herbert Tennent’s Cafe family history, dating back over 90 years.
Puppet shows each followed by a treasure hunt.
We were welcomed into the Cathode Ray Museum of Broadcasting, East Cheam by Terence (played by Bob Sinfield) in full evening dress.
Two Dutch Girls and an Aussie decided to dream and become London-based stand-up comedians.
Master character comedian and star of ‘Derek’ and ‘Being Human’ performs all his critically acclaimed, sell-out, weirdly wonderful comedy shows, fresh from his hit Radio 4 series.
What was originally billed as John Robertson’s A Nifty History of Evil became a show of improvised comedy at the Caroline of Brunswick, with Robertson creating an entirely new e…
Everyone in Brighton & Hove knows the name of Streamline Taxis, but did you know how it all started in 1936 with a group of cab drivers trying to improve the trade, and their servi…
The Yale School of Music and Yale School of Drama come together for a performance of Stravinsky’s jittery fable, in a new translation by Liz Diamond.
Menier Chocolate Factory: 3rd Apr 3pm.
A family show about one of the most popular forms of entertainment.
Written by Willy Russell, the legendary Blood Brothers tells the captivating and moving tale of twins who, separated at birth, grow up on opposite sides of the tracks,…
After a successful run at Second Stage Uptown, this show returns to another Off Broadway space, New World Stages.
Alastair presents three concerts in the relaxed space of the Arthur Conan Doyle Centre’s wonderful upstairs room.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking.
Probably the most famous British gardener around (not wishing to offend Alan Titchmarsh), Monty Don presents an hour of spoken word in which he tells the stories of his own persona…
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be hugely rewarding, but is also a mammoth undertaking.
Big, bold, bible-black, bilious .
A fast-paced, brutally poignant coming of age story that explores the pain and adventure of growing up, the moment when innocence suddenly turns into experience and the fear of loo…
What could be cooler than hanging out in the Nation Museum of Scotland, having a few drinks, seeing some top notch performers and seeing some cool new exhibits? Maybe my expectatio…
‘Wow’ doesn’t even begin to describe the talents of these two comedians.
The Blueswater is the 12-piece band behind award-winning show Blues!, and they will be performing a limited run of five shows at the enigmatic Venue 45.
These celebrated musicians give a presentation with bamboo flutes, classical flutes and Chinese zheng (zither) on the music of the two nations in comparative perspective.
The two nations represented in this one-off concert were China and Scotland, with Dong Yi and Eddie McGuire as representatives.
In a society where the older generation is generally ignored and marginalised by the media, Two Old Gits comes as a welcome change.
Are you sitting comfortably? Then we’ll begin.
Nestling under the great arches of the North Bridge is a musical that blows all of its contemporaries out of the water.
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
Reedsman and raconteur Dick Lee team up with acclaimed pianist Brian Kellock to present a vivid account of the story of jazz, illustrated with plenty of sparkling musical examples.
Cutting down plays to fit the narrow constraints of most fringe slots is always a challenge.
In this musical adaptation of the Canterbury Tales, a family go on a pilgrimage with Father Geoffrey in order to restore their unity after months of tiresome quarrelling.
Musical history has been unfair to Brian Appleton, the rock musicologist who claims to have been instrumental in the development of prog rock, The Smiths and Phil Collins.
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
[Life] - An Everyman’s Tale.
Tread The Boards theatre company’s retelling of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale begins in World War II-era Britain, featuring Leontes as a military general with a stiff upper…
Brand new one-man sketch show, crafted and blended like a fine brandy… of comedy. ‘It’s rare and refreshing to see sketches this bold and this clever’ (MooneyOnTheatre.com).
Misnomer number one of the title; it does actually last a full hour.
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
‘Good artists copy, great artists steal’ (Pablo Picasso). Arrested in connection with the theft of the Mona Lisa, absorbed by excess, a young Picasso adapts to life in Paris.
It is not often that one-man shows in black box theaters stand out for their visuals.
We really don’t know much about beer.
Having bought a house with his girlfriend the Edinburgh-born comic explores how a decision that comes from a place of love can lead to such fear and uncertainty.
Recommended as a nationwide top five pick in the Times; Jim Cartwright’s witty and thought provoking modern classic follows an evening’s events in a northern pub.
In the wake of Thatcher’s death, Jim Cartwright’s two-hander continues to challenge audiences, presenting the lives of the marginalised regulars from a 1980s northern pub.
Edinburgh is a city of beauty, history and incredible inspiration.
Accompany us to discover the organic medieval Old Town and the planned Georgian New Town.
When Lampaert appears on TV, he gets heckled or internet abuse.
Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Aidan Roberts announced ‘And… tubular bells!’ A sudden burst of light brought the bells into view, like a heavenly apparition.
Take Two Every Four Hours is a heart wrenching tale of friendship in the face of illness.
From Malmesford to Hollywood, the UK’s favourite neo-vaudeville double act reveals all.
In a new adaptation of Luigi Pirandello’s disturbing masterpiece, Cambridge ADC chop, change and miss the point entirely.
James will never leave his hospital bed.
Choreographers Chan and Cunningham want to show you their inner dance and say that ‘dance is more than aesthetics’.
From the moment this quirky Cornish duo burst onto set with an eclectic combination of 80s-style electronic music and energetic moves, you know you’re in for something a little d…
As the audience enters the theatre, we are greeted by the enthusiastic performers who tell us that they want to make friends.
Mike Oldfield’s critically and commercially successful prog-rock album ‘Tubular Bells’ has been lovingly recreated by Daniel Holdsworth and Aidan Roberts as a live, two-man perform…
Mime and physical theatre can be risky aspects of a comedy show.
Experienced local guides show you historic places of the Royal Mile, its buildings, narrow closes and secret gardens, describing how its people lived and died, its famous character…
The title of this show is a rather misleading one.
If you are looking for a highly skilled, innovative performance, look no further than Liv Lorent and balletLORENTs newest work.
Willy Russells phenomenal West End hit musical succeeds for many reasons, but most of all because it has great tunes and in the final moments will make the hardest amongst us blu…
Lets face it, when the Liverpudlian narrator of Willy Russells Blood Brotherss asks have you ever heard the story of the Johnston twins?, you probably have.
Paul Browde and Murray Nossel have been friends since they were young boys in South Africa.
An aspect of the Fringe that is sometimes passed over is the indigenous shows for the local population, which, heaven knows, puts up with enough to deserve something good of its ow…
Based on the Strauss-Kahn case in New York 2011, a small and talented cast enact the possible events that might have followed after the initial alleged assault and before the start…
Presented at first by a set of large barrels and some odds and ends - a keyboard player, percussionist, and bass guitarist, as well as some well made-up actors - it was easy to mak…
Michaelangelo Drawing Blood is a 75-minute dance piece with an arresting score by Charlie Barber.
Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales is often cited as the beginning, not only of ‘modern’ English Literature and as the legitimation of the vernacular language.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
We get two tales for the price of one here.
Somebody’s Theatre from Sheffield offers us a piquant slice of life with this story of the tangled lives of four twenty somethings who share more than toothpaste - entirely set i…
A co-production with Vertical Line and Greenwich theatre, Take Two Every Four Hours is a work in progress by Henry Regan and Ross Stanley.
God is Scottish.
Daniel Sloss delivers a supposedly darker, meaner show in his later slot but most of his material is relatively clean, geared towards an audience who can laugh at him as well as wi…
Budding musical thespians aim to be what is called a ‘triple-threat’, developing extreme talent in the three areas of musical theatre - acting, singing and dancing.
Two for None comedians Mark Simmons and Danny Ward display, between them, vastly different comedy styles.
The Two Worlds of Charlie F is a rare example of a play in which fiction and reality collide to create something very special indeed.
‘Isn’t memory funny?’, comments Amy, one of the two main characters of DC Jackson’s My Romantic History.
I have never met a more adorable fringe performer than Jack Barton.
There are three productions of Alan Bennetts wonderful play in Edinburgh this year.
Alan Bennetts play, The History Boys, is about a group of eight history pupils in a Sheffield grammar school who are preparing to take their Oxbridge entrance examinations.
This trio of sketch comedians live up to their name, with a succession of intelligent set-ups and quick-witted punch-lines that keep the audience laughing throughout their high-ene…
Where better to hear about Scottish history and the current state of affairs than the SNP Club that becomes Stand II for the duration of the festival? Scottish comedy stalwart Vlad…
The Fringe has always been a breeding ground for new writing especially in the musical category.
Delivering his show in the style of a history lecture, Gordon Southern attempts to take the audience through history as we know it in its entirety in one single hour.
Hennessy and Friends is a fast paced surreal comedy sketch show.
This was a weird and wacky take on the old Chaucerian tale which left itsaudience members altogether bemused.
Give it a catchier name and the Beijing Young Dramatist Association’s production of Two Dogs could be the inspiration for another talking-animals Pixar movie.
Director Daniel Goldman and Multi-talented musican-actor-storyteller John Hinton join forces again after their collaboration on Crunch! the history of the apple told in an h…
JamJar’s follow up to Following Wendy is a disappointment on the scale of Grease 2, The Matrix Reloaded and Godfather 3 combined.
One looks like a children’s TV presenter: all big beaming smiles and thumbs ups, with show tunes always just bubbling under.
An author, two actors and an audience member discuss Tim Crouchs last play, an unnamed and violence-filled two-person production whose effects on the actors and writer are slowly…
Palamon and Arcite are the two noble kinsmen at the heart of this adaptation of William Shakespeare and John Fletcher’s Jacobean tragicomedy.
General Silliness Productions transports their audience to Venice using the sixteenth-century Italian style of Commedia dell’arte.
It is much to Miles Jupps credit that, at no stage in this terrific show, does he venture a pun on the Wankhede Stadium.
The play is about twins separated at birth and brought up in very different environments.
As the younger members of the audience ran around the room chasing bubbles before the show began it was immediately apparent that Ricochet Theatre understood their audience.
Just Up The Stairs at The Caves is packed to the rafters for this mid-afternoon hour of sketch comedy.
This production is set in a museum.
Part audio-play, part wander around the West end of the city, this is an excellent musing on love and family that would benefit from keeping it simple in the site-specific departme…
Chaucer: That one famed name can be enough to induce fear into the hearts of so many people - inaccessible language combined with the fact that the man himself died over six hundre…
Susan Murray’s Photo Booth has a promising concept: comedy spun around her collection of passport photos – her own, her friends’, her family’s and those of complete strangers tha…
Bluebeard sets out to challenge the conventions of the standard fairly tale, and the values and desires it represents that have become our cultural norm.
Science Shows for Schools have take three of their popular science presentations for schools and turned them into a 50 minute production for children at the Zoo Aviary.
This is the weirdest thing I have ever seen.
Ivor Novello and Noel Coward have both been celebrated countless times in musical biopics, but this could be the first time that their respective careers and lives have been combin…
Despite the simplicity of their formula - a slapstick two person comedy playing out a traditional British heist gone wrong - Halo Theatre’s The Tale of Nada succeeds neither in f…
This show is a pleasant mix of upper-middle class safe humour combined with more crude, but successful, crafty one-liners from this truesome twosome, showing how a fully develo…
Hudson & Hackett are two young women with an established entertainment background (Hudson presents Brainiac, whilst Hackett has written for ‘Smack the Pony’), and they come togethe…
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
Part lecture, part concert, Richard Michael takes us on a whistle-stop tour of jazz, from its humble beginnings in the tunes of Scott Joplin to the more experimental Dave Brubeck a…
Crammed into one of the tiniest Fringe venues I have ever seen are three girls, in three separate scenarios.
The BBC is the Church of England of the media.
Sam and Emma’s Mum has cancer.
Possibly the most famous and pervasive of Science Fiction authors, Arthur C Clarke’s three ‘laws’ states that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from m…
If you are bored of current TV comedians or just want a bit of old school classic comedy then here is a show for you.
I didn’t know where to look.
A show about shows is not the most original idea there has ever been but Dan Nightingale’s ‘what might have been?’ take on performing in this year’s Edinburgh Fringe provid…
Pierrepoint tells the story of Albert Pierrepoint, an official state hangman.
I hated history lessons at school - all those dates and names of Kings and Queens, so long ago that they seemed totally irrelevant.
I would say that I had a good time at Matt Welcome’s informative and funny discussion, but of course time doesn’t actually exist.
I have very mixed feelings about this multi-genre one-woman play.
Meet Robert Swann, the talentless writer, director and star of what is possibly the trippiest travesty of a play ever to be seen at a Fringe.
The office at the end of the world.
VAULT, the creators of VAULT Festival have found their new London home which will open in Spring 2024 with VAULT Festival returning in the Autumn.
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
Ditch the messy arts and crafts this half-term and entertain your little darlings with the best live family friendly performances Brighton and Hove have to offer instead.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year (apart from Brighton Fringe, of course) and there are plenty of delightful performances to entertain you this winter.
Welcome to our top 5 picks from the third year of Brighton HorrorFest, the spooktacular celebration from Sweet of all things that go bump in the night.
The Museum of Ordinary People (MOOP) is a pop-up museum, running for one week only, as part of The Spire’s secret Fringe programme.
After the glorious sunshine of the opening weekend, you might be forgiven for thinking that the fun might be over.
All this week we've got some fantastic offers on your favourite West End shows. Check back daily for the latest offers.
The Scottish Storytelling Centre is, in its own words, ‘a vibrant arts venue with a seasonal programme of live storytelling, theatre, music, exhibitions, workshops, family events...
Writer and actor Milly Thomas is best known in the theatre world for her 2016 play Clickbait and for writing an episode of Clique on BBC Three.
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and The American Music Theatre Project at Northwestern University have teamed up to bring two brand-new musicals to the Fringe.
West End and Broadway sensation Rachel Tucker makes her debut at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe in two intimate concerts at the Pleasance.
Greenwich Theatre is set to have an unprecedented profile at this year’s Brighton Fringe, with no less than eight productions heading for The Warren either co-produced or support...
With Easter on the horizon it’s time to turn attention to Brighton Fringe with a look at some shows that are likely to sell out. Book early – you have been warned.
How To Win Against History has been awarded the prestigious Bobby Award, Broadway Baby’s sixth star awarded to the very cream of Fringe performances.
It’s been 400 years since William Shakespeare shuffled off to wherever he is now, and the Fringe guide is filled with his plays—possibly even more productions than usual, which...
How to Win Against History is a new musical about Henry Cyril Paget, an eccentric, cross-dressing marquis who was written out of history by his family.
He prefers getting up early, likes music and isn't adverse to a man in a kilt. We take Canuck Christopher Wilson on a first date (and we quite liked it).
Tim FitzHigham tells Broadway Baby why playing one half of Flanders and Swann for the last decade isn’t just nostalgic, it’s unbridled joy.
Edinburgh venue St Stephen’s Stockbridge returns in 2016 as the latest addition to the C venues stable.
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
There's something funny going on under St George's Church in Bloomsbury.