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Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes. 

Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes. 

Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes. 

Amy Gledhill: Make Me look Fit On The Poster

Amy Gledhill: Make Me look Fit On The Poster

Amy Gledhill – Triple Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, National Comedy Award nominee and 1/3 of cult double act The Delightful Sausage – returns with a brand … 

Amy Gledhill - Make Me Look Fit On The Poster

Amy Gledhill - Make Me Look Fit On The Poster

Amy Gledhill – Triple Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, National Comedy Award nominee and 1/3 of cult double act The Delightful Sausage – returns with a brand … 

ScotlandsFest: The Queen’s Bahookie, and Other Tales From Scotland’s Castles – Robin Laing

ScotlandsFest: The Queen’s Bahookie, and Other Tales From Scotland’s Castles – Robin Laing

Who saw the Queen’s Bahookie? Which castle had an annual rent of one red rose? Which maiden was most feared by Scottish aristocrats? Which job is worse – turnbrochie or pigeon-… 

Amy Gledhill: Make Me Look Fit on the Poster

Amy Gledhill: Make Me Look Fit on the Poster

Amy Gledhill – Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, National Comedy Award nominee and 1/3 of cult double-act The Delightful Sausage – returns with a brand-new show about self-confid… 

Look What We've Done

Look What We've Done

Following sold-out shows in Manchester, Helio Collective debuts at Fringe with a fresh take on how we talk about our planet’s future. 

Robin Morgan: The Spark

Robin Morgan: The Spark

Welshman Robin (as seen on Mock The Week) returns with a hilarious brand-new show. 

Robin Boot's Rockomedy: Master of Punnets

Robin Boot's Rockomedy: Master of Punnets

The harbinger of rock’n’drole returns to the Fringe with his eighth must-see show. 

Dino Wiand: I Don't Like People Who Look Like Javier Bardem 2

Dino Wiand: I Don't Like People Who Look Like Javier Bardem 2

Dino Wiand is a Chaos Comedian who grew up in Glasgow and New York, often mistaken for looking like Javier Bardem. 

Attila the Stockbroker: 14 Days, 14 Completely Different Shows

Attila the Stockbroker: 14 Days, 14 Completely Different Shows

Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far. 

One-Person Shows / Solo Shows: Daily Picks of the Fringe

One-Person Shows / Solo Shows: Daily Picks of the Fringe

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… 

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

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

The Look of Dusty

The Look of Dusty

Award-winning Night Owl Shows return with this celebration of an icon. 

Look at Them!

Look at Them!

Everyone has a wall in their heart. 

Dragon Shows for Babies

Dragon Shows for Babies

The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons. 

Louise Atkinson: She's Got the Look

Louise Atkinson: She's Got the Look

With this new comedy show, the Amused Moose Best Debut Show winner revisits the unsolicited feedback she once received; ‘Louise Atkinson – sounds good, looks like a mess’; and di… 

Dan Fardell: Don't Look Back

Dan Fardell: Don't Look Back

Join Dan Fardell (‘one of the best new joke writers I’ve seen in ages’ (Romesh Ranganathan)) as he turns his charming, gag-heavy style in a very personal direction for this hilario… 

Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows

Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows

Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian. 

Look After Your Knees

Look After Your Knees

A new solo performance by Funny Women finalist Natalie Bellingham using comedy, storytelling, movement and interaction to celebrate being human in all its banality, sprinkled with … 

Robin Grainger: Refurb

Robin Grainger: Refurb

As seen on The One Show (BBC One), BBC News, BBC Scotland. 

Yoga with Jillian: The Guardian Top 50 Shows to See!

Yoga with Jillian: The Guardian Top 50 Shows to See!

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 … 

Louise Atkinson: She's Got The Look (Work in Progress)

Louise Atkinson: She's Got The Look (Work in Progress)

Winner of the Amused Moose Best Debut Show, nominee for NextUp! biggest Award in Comedy and nominee for Comedians Choice Award, Louise Atkinson brings you a show about how we false… 

Robin Morgan: Work in Progress

Robin Morgan: Work in Progress

Robin Morgan (as seen/heard on Mock The Week and The News Quiz) works up a brand new hour ahead of a nationwide tour. 

Dan Fardell: Don't Look Back (Work in Progress)

Dan Fardell: Don't Look Back (Work in Progress)

Join Brighton comedy stalwart and regular host of On The Edge comedy, Dan Fardell, in his new hour of stand-up, in which he tries a new direction and brings a more personal story t… 

Stop Trying To Look At My D**k!

Stop Trying To Look At My D**k!

The show is an autobiographical adventure of anecdotes and rap music that explores grief, identity and vulnerability through Jacob’s adolescence. 

Robin Hood (that sick f**k)

Robin Hood (that sick f**k)

Baby Lamb Productions have scored another success with their latest production, Robin Hood (that sick f**k) at the Bread and Roses Theatre. 

Rachel Baptiste Programme: First Look Readings

Rachel Baptiste Programme: First Look Readings

First- look rehearsed readings This is an exciting opportunity to catch early draft development scripts from exciting new contemporary voices. 

The Rachel Baptiste Programme: First Look Readings

The Rachel Baptiste Programme: First Look Readings

The Rachel Baptiste Programme is a paid and mentored script development programme for Black Irish theatre makers and writers of colour, named after the 18th Century sing… 

Robin Hood - The Actors’ Church

Robin Hood - The Actors’ Church

Robin Hood by The Three Inch Fools, presented at The Actors' Church as part of their Theatre in the Garden Summer Season. 

Does My Fanny Look Big in This?

Does My Fanny Look Big in This?

Have you ever been riding a homosapien and asked (internally): ‘OMG am I squashing this person like a double decker bus’? Or stumbled mentally upon ‘Please lord, let me have shaved… 

Oasissy: Don't Look Back in Anger, Babes

Oasissy: Don't Look Back in Anger, Babes

Slip’n’slide inside a rock’n’roll fantasy party of joy, chaos and catharsis as genderqueer drag-clowns Oasissy (‘Ones to watch’ (List)) invite you into their madferrit, monobro… 

Aaaah Look Who It Is: Nicole Smit and Jed Potts!

Aaaah Look Who It Is: Nicole Smit and Jed Potts!

The premise is simple: two good friends, who happen to also be two excellent musicians, want to spend time with you using great singing, top-notch banter and occasional nonsense. 

New Look Waverley Local Artist Takeover

New Look Waverley Local Artist Takeover

Local artist Elle Johnston is taking over New Look Waverley’s Windows with a bespoke Festival Fringe window, designed and painted live by Elle herself! Graduating from Edinburgh Un… 

Richard Spalding: Look Who Loves Me (WIP)

Richard Spalding: Look Who Loves Me (WIP)

If someone tells you they love you, it’s rude to ask why. 

Robin Boot's Rockomedy: Seventh Pun of a Seventh Pun

Robin Boot's Rockomedy: Seventh Pun of a Seventh Pun

The harbinger of rock’n’drole returns to Edinburgh for the seventh time with his unique brand of axe-wielding wordplay and silliness. 

The Look of Dusty

The Look of Dusty

The multi award-winning Night Owl Shows ensemble returns to Fringe with a brand-new show that celebrates the life and music of a true icon: the smoky-voiced singer Dusty Springfiel… 

What Can Indian Look Like?

What Can Indian Look Like?

A two-part show exploring Natasha and Shaharah’s under-represented Indian identities, navigating diaspora, discrimination, and coming of age to find what Indian can mean and look l… 

24 Shows in 24 days: Live at the Big Cave

24 Shows in 24 days: Live at the Big Cave

24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings. 

Olaf Falafel: Look What Fell Out Of My Head

Olaf Falafel: Look What Fell Out Of My Head

Join the best-joke-list-bothering, holey-cheese-flinging, diaphragm-jiggling comedian as he presents a hostess trolley full of stuff he finds funny. 

Robin Grainger: An Audient with Robin Grainger

Robin Grainger: An Audient with Robin Grainger

With only one ticket sold on opening night last Fringe, ‘it was every good thing it should be’ (Kate Copstick, Scotsman). 

Robin Ince – MELONS: A Love Letter to Stand-Up Comedy

Robin Ince – MELONS: A Love Letter to Stand-Up Comedy

Robin’s first solo show was a disaster, but a disaster that ended with him punching a melon with Vernon Kay’s face drawn on it before singing Mustang Sally (still no cruise shi… 

Robin Tran: Don't Look at Me

Robin Tran: Don't Look at Me

As Robin Tran walks on stage, she greets us with a warm smile and soft voice. 

Robin Ince – Weapons of Empathy

Robin Ince – Weapons of Empathy

Award-winning comedian and bibliomaniac, Robin Ince, takes audiences on a celebratory tour of the places books can take us, and of the ideas that can make wonder and widen the sky. 

Robin Hood: The Legend. Re-written.

Robin Hood: The Legend. Re-written.

Think you know the story of Robin Hood? Think again. 

Robin Hood: The Legend. Re-written

Robin Hood: The Legend. Re-written

The myth of Robin Hood has been told and re-told through the centuries, and in the oral tradition, each storyteller has put their own spin on the tale. 

Robin & Dom: The Bigger Boys

Robin & Dom: The Bigger Boys

Comedians Robin Hodges and Dom Kerridge make their full length Brighton Fringe debut with ‘The Bigger Boys’, a split stand-up show/therapy session where two men work through their … 

Robin & Dom: The Bigger Boys

Robin & Dom: The Bigger Boys

We fed an AI all of the Brighton Fringe listings from 2022, and this is what we got: Robin Hodges is a human being. 

The Alzheimer's Diaries: Meet The Author

The Alzheimer's Diaries: Meet The Author

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

Paddy Raff: Look Who’s Raffing

Paddy Raff: Look Who’s Raffing

Fresh from his record-breaking 5 night sell out run at the SSE Arena, award winning comedy writer and stand-up comedian Paddy Raff is going on tour across Northern Irela… 

Death of an Author

Death of an Author

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

Robin Morgan: Snip Snip, Bitch (Work In Progress)

Robin Morgan: Snip Snip, Bitch (Work In Progress)

Robin Morgan (as seen on Mock The Week) has an hour of new jokes and stories. 

Don't Look Over Here, Andrew Lloyd Webber

Don't Look Over Here, Andrew Lloyd Webber

A work-in-progress for a brand new future-cult musical that is not called ‘Don’t Look Over Here, Andrew Lloyd Webber’ but for legal reasons is currently called ‘Don’t Loo… 

Don't Look Over Here, Andrew Lloyd Webber

Don't Look Over Here, Andrew Lloyd Webber

A work-in-progress for a brand new future-cult musical that is not called ‘Don’t Look Over Here, Andrew Lloyd Webber’ but for legal reasons is currently called ‘Don’t Loo… 

Robin Boot's Rockomedy: Punaway Train

Robin Boot's Rockomedy: Punaway Train

The harbinger of rock‘n’drole returns to Edinburgh with more guitar-wielding wordplay and silliness. 

Robin Grainger: Robin Time

Robin Grainger: Robin Time

After his highly acclaimed debut show in 2019, star of The Comedy Underground (BBC Scotland) Robin Grainger is back with more hilarious observations as he tries to put an end to pu… 

Robin Morgan: Snip Snip, Bitch (Work-in-Progress)

Robin Morgan: Snip Snip, Bitch (Work-in-Progress)

Robin Morgan (as seen on Mock The Week) has an hour of new jokes and stories. 

Robin Morgan: Snip Snip, Bitch (Work-in-Progress)

Robin Morgan: Snip Snip, Bitch (Work-in-Progress)

Robin Morgan (as seen on Mock The Week) has an hour of new jokes and stories. 

Look, No Hands

Look, No Hands

Cyclist Vee has no idea why she’s woken up in hospital. 

Alison Kinnaird: Art in Glass – a Closer Look

Alison Kinnaird: Art in Glass – a Closer Look

Alison Kinnaird is an internationally acclaimed visual artist and musician. 

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

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

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

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

Rich Spalding: Look Who Loves Me

Rich Spalding: Look Who Loves Me

Sometimes, it’s hard to be loved. 

Robin Morgan: An Hour of New

Robin Morgan: An Hour of New

Robin Morgan (as seen on ‘Mock The Week’) has an hour of new jokes and stories. 

Robin Morgan: An Hour of New

Robin Morgan: An Hour of New

Robin Morgan (as seen on ‘Mock The Week’) has an hour of new jokes and stories. 

Talk discussing the novel Permafrost with author Eva Baltasar

Talk discussing the novel Permafrost with author Eva Baltasar

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

Matt Green: Look Up

Matt Green: Look Up

Veteran comic Matt Green returns to the Camden Fringe with his new show Look Up. 

Matt Green: Look Up

Matt Green: Look Up

Following sell out shows in 2017-2019 and making dozens of viral comedy videos during lockdown, Matt returns to the Camden Fringe with an hour of new jokes and stories mixed with s… 

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy. 

Nice Try and Clown Nipples (Two Comedy Solo Shows)

Nice Try and Clown Nipples (Two Comedy Solo Shows)

In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy. 

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy. 

Look, No Hands

Look, No Hands

When Vee embarks on her cycling commute, she has no idea that she’ll never make it home. 

Sherlock's Secret Challenge – The Puzzle Solving Game That Shows You The City

Sherlock's Secret Challenge – The Puzzle Solving Game That Shows You The City

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. 

Robin Morgan: Work in Progress

Robin Morgan: Work in Progress

A work in progress of the fourth hour from Robin Morgan (as seen on ‘Mock The Week’. 

Robin Morgan: Work in Progress

Robin Morgan: Work in Progress

A work in progress of the fourth hour from Robin Morgan (as seen on ‘Mock The Week’. 

Sara Segovia and Lachlan Werner are making shows (WORK IN PROGRESS)

Sara Segovia and Lachlan Werner are making shows (WORK IN PROGRESS)

Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade. 

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill. 

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy. 

Dare To Look Down!

Dare To Look Down!

Following our hugely successful postcard drama Love From Cleethorpes, enjoyed by audiences in 26 countries worldwide, New Perspectives brings six gloriously made postcards in a dra… 

Robin Hood

Robin Hood

Nottingham is in peril. 

A Look Back at Amici

A Look Back at Amici

Amici Dance Theatre Company, celebrate their 40th anniversary this year. 

Robin Hood

Robin Hood

Panto season is upon us (Oh Yes it is!) and Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch have repackaged the classic tale of Robin Hood and bought it to the stage in a wonderful way. 

The Convoluted Adventures of Batman and Robin – An Adult Panto!

The Convoluted Adventures of Batman and Robin – An Adult Panto!

Na na na na na na na na Batman! Na na na na na na na na panto! Panto! Batman! Pantooooo! After a sell-out adult pantomime in 2018’s Fringe, WDG is back with a new not-family-frie… 

Questions for Quiz Shows

Questions for Quiz Shows

Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform. 

For Robin Williams: A Benefit Gig in aid of Mind and SAMH

For Robin Williams: A Benefit Gig in aid of Mind and SAMH

We miss Robin Williams. 

Robin Boot's Rockomedy: Punderstruck

Robin Boot's Rockomedy: Punderstruck

A rock guitar-playing punsmith may sound like it has a niche appeal to a certain type of Fringegoer, but Robin Boot’s early afternoon show in Whistlebinkies managed to pull in a … 

Look Up

Look Up

The songs and stories you’d miss if you didn’t look up and listen. 

Robin Morgan: What a Man, What a Man, What a Man, What a Mighty Good Man (Say It Again Now)

Robin Morgan: What a Man, What a Man, What a Man, What a Mighty Good Man (Say It Again Now)

Following a sell-out 2018 Fringe and debut UK tour, the ‘utterly hilarious’ **** (BroadwayBaby. 

The Cambridge Footlights International Tour Show 2019: Look Alive!

The Cambridge Footlights International Tour Show 2019: Look Alive!

Join ‘the most renowned sketch troupe of them all’ (Independent) as they embark on another exceptional world tour, performing to over 20,000 people across two continents. 

Robin Grainger: Dog Complex

Robin Grainger: Dog Complex

Robin Grainger (Best Newcomer nominee, Scottish Comedy Awards) just got a dog. 

Robin Morgan: Work in Progress

Robin Morgan: Work in Progress

The third hour show from Robin Morgan (writer for BBC Two’s ‘The Mash Report’, BBC Radio 4’s ‘The News Quiz’, television warm-up for the Graham Norton Show and tour support for Ell… 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts at GBMet. 

Don't Look Away

Don't Look Away

2015. 

Robin Hood and the Revolting Peasants

Robin Hood and the Revolting Peasants

Join Robin, Little John, Maid Marion and of course Friar Tuck, as they take on some of their hardest challenges to date: A conniving King, a sinister Sheriff and a downt… 

Christopher Robin (PG) - Family Cinema

Christopher Robin (PG) - Family Cinema

Christopher Robin is all grown up and all out of imagination. 

Robin Hood: The Arrow of Destiny

Robin Hood: The Arrow of Destiny

“Let your Arrow of Destiny fly” It’s been a long, hungry winter, and the villagers of Nottingham need a hero. 

Robin Ince - Chaos of Delight

Robin Ince - Chaos of Delight

Lakin McCarthy Robin Ince's Chaos of Delight   ‘The winner and co-star of the Rose D'Or award winning The Infinite Monkey Cage, Sony Gold and, … 

With One Look

With One Look

This stunning cabaret stars Gregory Hazel, whose dazzling vocals, wit and charm will take you through a celebration of Musical Theatre’s most iconic women. 

A Show About Shows About Show Biz

A Show About Shows About Show Biz

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… 

Book Shambles Live at the Fringe with Robin Ince

Book Shambles Live at the Fringe with Robin Ince

The acclaimed hit podcast Book Shambles, recorded in front of a live audience! Hosted by Robin Ince who‘ll be joined by a different amazing guest each show. 

Robin Ince: Chaos of Delight

Robin Ince: Chaos of Delight

An artist’s manifesto of delight and curiosity from bohemians to black holes, Dali to DNA. 

Satanic Rites of Robin Ince

Satanic Rites of Robin Ince

A lonely boy sat in graveyards waiting for zombies, predicted to be a serial killer by his sisters, grew up to be a comedian. 

One Last Look

One Last Look

A man and a woman wait in a flat in Camden for a phone call from a colleague. 

Robin Boot's Rockomedy: Welcome to the Pungle

Robin Boot's Rockomedy: Welcome to the Pungle

He had full houses in 2015, 2016 and 2017 and now Robin Boot is back with more rock’n’roll hilarity with his new show: Welcome to the Pungle – the wild side of musical comedy! Vo… 

For Robin Williams: A Benefit Gig in Aid of Mind and SAMH

For Robin Williams: A Benefit Gig in Aid of Mind and SAMH

We miss Robin Williams. 

Look, it's Tom Little, Alright?

Look, it's Tom Little, Alright?

Tom Little won the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2015, was a BBC Radio New Comedy Award 2014 finalist, and appeared in both Pleasance Comedy Reserve and Big Value showcase… 

The Show Between Shows Show

The Show Between Shows Show

New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly. 

Rob Kemp's Wheel of Shows

Rob Kemp's Wheel of Shows

Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel. 

Robin Clyfan: The Sea Is Big Enough to Take It

Robin Clyfan: The Sea Is Big Enough to Take It

At the centre of its big, warm heart, The Sea Is Big Enough to Take It is a story about a non-activist boy and his activist mother, and by extension a story about all of us and our… 

Robin Morgan: Honeymoon

Robin Morgan: Honeymoon

July: Robin gets married. 

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

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

Robin Morgan: Honeymoon (Edinburgh Preview)

Robin Morgan: Honeymoon (Edinburgh Preview)

July: Robin gets married. 

Jason Byrne - You Can Come In, But Dont Start Anything

Jason Byrne - You Can Come In, But Dont Start Anything

Fringe legend and 'Outright King of Live Comedy' (The Times) Jason Byrne is opening the doors again for more comedy chaos. 

Adventures of Robin Hood

Adventures of Robin Hood

Prepare your family for a thrilling adventure as Robin and his merry band whisk you to Sherwood forest and rise up against the wicked Sheriff of Nottingham! Expect boo-able villain… 

A Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton - and Other Shows

A Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton - and Other Shows

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. 

Robin Morgan: Honeymoon

Robin Morgan: Honeymoon

The second hour show from Robin Morgan, writer for ‘Have I Got News For You’, ‘The News Quiz’ and ‘The Now Show’, warm-up for ‘The Graham Norton Show’ and tour support for Ellie Ta… 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

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… 

Loc Tran Anchorman - Random News About Stuff

Loc Tran Anchorman - Random News About Stuff

Loc Tran adds his own comical twist to random news stories with topics including: * The de-crimilisation of same-sex marriages In Vietnam. 

Look Mum...No Hands!!! (The Legless Bar Years)

Look Mum...No Hands!!! (The Legless Bar Years)

Are you a fan of Trivia? Stand-up? Karaoke? Well this is the show for you. 

Side Shows

Side Shows

Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows. 

Sustainable Shows: Emerging Trends

Sustainable Shows: Emerging Trends

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

For Robin Williams: A Benefit Gig in Aid of Mind and SAMH

For Robin Williams: A Benefit Gig in Aid of Mind and SAMH

We miss Robin Williams. 

US Tour Booking For Small And Independent Shows

US Tour Booking For Small And Independent Shows

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Live Shows in an Internet Media Age

Live Shows in an Internet Media Age

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

The Show Between Shows Show

The Show Between Shows Show

New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly. 

Robin Boot's Rockomedy: Puns of AnyKey

Robin Boot's Rockomedy: Puns of AnyKey

After enjoying full houses in 2015 and 2016, Robin Boot brings his new Rockomedy show to Edinburgh this summer. 

Robin Hood: The Panto!

Robin Hood: The Panto!

Join Robin Hood on his thrilling quest to outwit the evil Sheriff of Nottingham and win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian; all with a bit of help from his trusty band of merry … 

Madame Señorita: 25 Different Shows, Come Every Day!

Madame Señorita: 25 Different Shows, Come Every Day!

Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot. 

Robin Ince: Pragmatic Insanity

Robin Ince: Pragmatic Insanity

In April 2015, Robin Ince announced that he really had to stop doing stand-up as he was on the cusp of insanity. 

Demi Lardner: Look What You Made Me Do

Demi Lardner: Look What You Made Me Do

Despite the title, it’s quite clear from this hour of absurdist comedy that nobody is making Australian cult comic star Demi Lardner do anything. 

Robin Hood

Robin Hood

This slick performance of Robin Hood by Manhattan Children’s Theatre (Edinburgh) will leave you laughing, humming the songs, and with a strange desire to shout ‘Hail King Richa… 

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

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… 

John-Luke Roberts: Look on My Works, Ye Mighty, and Despair! (All in Caps)

John-Luke Roberts: Look on My Works, Ye Mighty, and Despair! (All in Caps)

The cult-favourite alternative comic humbly invites you to his brand-new, absolutely brilliant hour of extraordinary-absurdist-character-comedy-nonsense-sort-of-stand-up and hubris… 

Robin’s Hood

Robin’s Hood

C Theatre’s production of Robin’s Hood is a silly pantomime style show featuring the classic characters. 

Robin Ince's Rorschach Test

Robin Ince's Rorschach Test

For a man who claims to be a ‘professional idiot’ Robin Ince sure seems to know a lot. 

Me and Robin Hood

Me and Robin Hood

I first met Robin Hood in the Autumn of 1975, as a seven-year-old boy, and we have been good mates ever since. 

Let Me Look at You

Let Me Look at You

Starving Artists are back with a compelling show about homosexuality in which Mark Pinkosh shares how being gay has affected his life. 

Look at Them Shine

Look at Them Shine

Rabbit Rabbit presents Look at Them Shine!- A showcase of our very favourite comedians in stunning settings around London. 

Storyland Author Readings

Storyland Author Readings

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

Bom-Bane's Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton & Other Shows

Bom-Bane's Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton & Other Shows

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 … 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

“The true mystery of the world is the visible . 

Robin Morgan: Free Man

Robin Morgan: Free Man

The utterly hilarious and utterly heartwarming debut hour of stand-up from Robin Morgan (Writer of ‘Have I Got News For You’, ‘Newzoids’, ‘The News Quiz’ and the ‘Now Show’). 

The Shoreditch Improv Festival Sunday Funday Shows

The Shoreditch Improv Festival Sunday Funday Shows

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… 

Simon Lukacs Shows His Range

Simon Lukacs Shows His Range

Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body. 

Rayguns Look Real Enough in Space... Man

Rayguns Look Real Enough in Space... Man

Having assembled a crack team of musical legends from across the globe, notorious rock stars Rayguns Look Real Enough are now heading into space to bring home the Best Band in the … 

Daniel Sloss: So? (Late Shows)

Daniel Sloss: So? (Late Shows)

Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor. 

For Robin Williams: A Benefit Gig in Aid of Mind and SAMH

For Robin Williams: A Benefit Gig in Aid of Mind and SAMH

We miss Robin Williams. 

Daddy & Robin: Lightbulb (All Ages)

Daddy & Robin: Lightbulb (All Ages)

This is what happens when you ask a four-year-old to name the show while he’s busy playing with an empty yoghurt pot. 

Paul Dabek – Look at Me!

Paul Dabek – Look at Me!

Paul Dabek is back in the spotlight at the Free Fringe and, without giving anything away; this is man who really knows how to make the most of a spotlight. 

Robin Boot's Rockomedy: Puns 'n' Poses

Robin Boot's Rockomedy: Puns 'n' Poses

After three weeks of full houses at Fringe 2015, Robin Boot’s Rockomedy returns bigger, better and bootier! Musical comedian or comedic musician, call him what you like, Robin Boot… 

Come Look at the Baby

Come Look at the Baby

An actual baby, just. 

Robin Morgan: Free Man

Robin Morgan: Free Man

A very well-structured and well-performed show, delivered from a fantastic up-and-coming comedian. 

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

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… 

Richard Brown: Stop, Children, What's That Sound? Everybody Look, It's Richard Brown!

Richard Brown: Stop, Children, What's That Sound? Everybody Look, It's Richard Brown!

Intelligent, alternative comedy from one of Scotland’s rising stars. 

Bob Slayer: 24 Hour Shows

Bob Slayer: 24 Hour Shows

Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures. 

Don't Look Down

Don't Look Down

The Detectorists’ Paul Casar is Max in this one-man black comedy about the lows of ageing. 

Robin Morgan: Free Man (Work in Progress)

Robin Morgan: Free Man (Work in Progress)

A work-in-progress of the debut hour from Robin Morgan, star of ‘The Greatest Welshman You’ve Never Heard Of’ (BBC Radio), writer for ‘The News Quiz’ and Laughing Horse New Act of … 

Look How Much Friends We Are!

Look How Much Friends We Are!

Mister Bus will be bringing its special brand of surreal sketch comedy to Brighton Fringe! That’s a long train journey and we don’t even like each other that much. 

I Dont Get It

I Dont Get It

Regina Decicco is the guest host of this free weekly comedy show that mixes stand-up with improv. 

Valentines Shows

Valentines Shows

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… 

An Evening of Comedy With Two People Whose Faces Look Weird as One Face

An Evening of Comedy With Two People Whose Faces Look Weird as One Face

Aparna Nancherla and Josh Gondelman join forces (and faces, for a somewhat off-putting promotional poster) in this excellent stand-up show. 

You Dont Know the Half

You Dont Know the Half

Two of the city’s finest rising comics, Janelle James and Kerry Coddett, each perform a half-hour of stand-up. 

Geoff Norcott: The Look of Moron

Geoff Norcott: The Look of Moron

Previously nominated for ‘Best New Show’ at Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival, Geoff Norcott (Live at the Apollo, The Now Show) takes on the lazy assumptions that fester in th… 

I Dont Get It New York Super Week Edition

I Dont Get It New York Super Week Edition

This bi-monthly stand-up show presents a special performance in honor of New York Super Week and New York Comic Con. 

Robin Hood

Robin Hood

The Seattle Children’s Theater gives the Robin Hood legend a delightfully wacky telling that’s perfectly pitched to the 10-and-under crowd, and to anyone else who admir… 

Ben Champion: Don't Look Down – Free

Ben Champion: Don't Look Down – Free

One man (Ben). 

Juliette Burton: Look At Me

Juliette Burton: Look At Me

Is who we are who we appear to be? Award-winning performer Juliette Burton’s been fat, thin and everything between. 

Daniel Sloss: Dark: Extra Shows!

Daniel Sloss: Dark: Extra Shows!

Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox. 

Robin Ince's Reality Tunnel

Robin Ince's Reality Tunnel

“The thing I was going to show you – well there’s a few things to show you – but I want to tell you something else first,” says Robin Ince some time into this intellectua… 

Daddy and Robin I Love You (Featuring the Little Snowman)

Daddy and Robin I Love You (Featuring the Little Snowman)

Surreal clown, singer and Phil Kay collaborator Cammy Sinclair (38yrs) accidentally took his son Robin (3yrs) to a gig. 

Geoff Norcott: The Look of Moron

Geoff Norcott: The Look of Moron

At the start of his show Geoff Norcott claims he’s a moron. 

You Look Tasty! (A Play by A. Tiger)

You Look Tasty! (A Play by A. Tiger)

A traumatised zookeeper tells the tale of her misadventures with her co-workers and an escaped Tiger who is now their captor… and director. 

Robin Morgan: Guten Morgan

Robin Morgan: Guten Morgan

Laughing Horse New Act of the Year finalist 2015 and Star of BBC Radio’s The Greatest Welshman You’ve Never Heard Of presents a half hour of stand-up. 

Jenny Bede: Don't Look at Me

Jenny Bede: Don't Look at Me

Join the Observer’s 2015 rising star and winner of the 2013 Musical Comedy Awards Best Newcomer for an hour of the finest pop culture inspired songs and stand-up. 

The Underbelly Radio Shows

The Underbelly Radio Shows

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… 

May I Have the Bill Please? by Robin Mitchell

May I Have the Bill Please? by Robin Mitchell

Like every other animal on the planet, humans need to eat in order to survive, but arguably no other species has developed such complicated social etiquettes around the consumption… 

Craig Campbell: Don't Look Down

Craig Campbell: Don't Look Down

We’ve all got ‘em: struggles, self-orchestrated pitfalls, flat tyres, ball cancer… Un/fortunately we can’t all make a living droning on about them to room full (dreamer) of peopl… 

Told Look YOUNGER

Told Look YOUNGER

Told Look Younger is a provocative, frank and insightful comedy by award-winning playwright Stephen Wyatt (The Divine Comedy, Gerontius, Vanity Fair, Memorials to the Missing, Radi… 

Shows for Days

Shows for Days

(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… 

Juliette Burton: Look at Me

Juliette Burton: Look at Me

Is who we are who we appear to be? Award-winning performer Juliette Burton’s been fat, thin and everything between. 

Robin Morgan: Hello Robin

Robin Morgan: Hello Robin

‘Hello, Robin’ is a show that says “Hello, Robin” to me, Robin Morgan, 25 years old, male, GSOH, suspicious of long walks. 

The Improverts - Exam Shows

The Improverts - Exam Shows

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… 

A Sideways Look

A Sideways Look

Thoughtful communication of ideas through art, music and drama, to the modern thinking person. 

The Colin Hoult Shows

The Colin Hoult Shows

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… 

Look & Listen Festival

Look & Listen Festival

New-music royalty including the violinist Miranda Cuckson, So Percussion, and the cellist Jeffrey Zeigler take to art venues in Brooklyn and Manhattan for this wide-ranging festiva… 

The Improverts - London Shows

The Improverts - London Shows

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… 

First Look

First Look

Gowanus Art and Production presents its quarterly choreographic showcase with a broad spectrum of investigative artists, who were selected from an extensive submission process. 

Daniel Sloss – Really...?! Extra Shows

Daniel Sloss – Really...?! Extra Shows

Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox. 

Michael Legge and Robin Ince Are Pointless Anger, Righteous Ire 3: Ooh Stick You, Your Mama Too... and Your Daddy

Michael Legge and Robin Ince Are Pointless Anger, Righteous Ire 3: Ooh Stick You, Your Mama Too... and Your Daddy

“You don’t know what heckling is!” screams Michael Legge at a woman in the first row, cutting down her contention that the Northern-Irish comedian is lovely. 

Robin Ince’s Blooming Buzzing Confusion

Robin Ince’s Blooming Buzzing Confusion

Most of your brain doesn’t know you exist; let’s find out how conscious we really are. 

Robin and Partridge: Robin Dies at the End of the Show

Robin and Partridge: Robin Dies at the End of the Show

I must immediately declare that I have always liked Robin and Partridge. 

Juliette Burton: Look at Me

Juliette Burton: Look at Me

Juliette Burton: Look at Me is not entirely what I would call a comedy. 

Children's Shows and Workshops

Children's Shows and Workshops

A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement. 

The Greatest Shows on Earth

The Greatest Shows on Earth

A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals. 

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

Let me declare up front that I was injured during this show. 

Robin Ince's Dirty Book Club

Robin Ince's Dirty Book Club

Clutching a handful of books, Robin Ince takes to the stage to welcome the audience into his world of lurid literature from across the ages. 

DILLYD (Do I Look Like Your Daddy?)

DILLYD (Do I Look Like Your Daddy?)

We all have ‘daddy issues’ and I’ll share mine. 

The Colin Hoult Shows

The Colin Hoult Shows

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. 

Pains Of Youth

Pains Of Youth

Captain Theatre’s production of this rarely performed piece is stylishly designed and features some committed performances. 

Steve Bell: Rose Bladder - How did Cameron get to look like that?

Steve Bell: Rose Bladder - How did Cameron get to look like that?

Given that Edinburgh is something of a Glastonbury equivalent for guardianistas, Steve Bell’s show seethes with lively, middle-aged enthusiasm. 

Road

Road

For those who like to know these things, this play by Jim Cartwright was voted thirty-sixth best play of the twentieth century in a poll run by The Royal National Theatre. 

Daniel Sloss - Stand-Up (Extra Shows!)

Daniel Sloss - Stand-Up (Extra Shows!)

Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox. 

Robin Hood

Robin Hood

  • Listing
    • Children’s Shows / Children’s Shows
  • Edinburgh Fringe
  • 9th - 10th Aug 2013

The famous rebel is back! His gang is determined to stop Prince John from exploiting the citizens. 

Robin Ince - Importance of Being Interested

Robin Ince - Importance of Being Interested

The British geneticist and evolutionary biologist J B S Haldane once stated his suspicion that ‘the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose’. 

BiDiNG TiME - Various Shows

BiDiNG TiME - Various Shows

International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations. 

Look Back in Anger

Look Back in Anger

John Osbourne’s classic Look Back in Anger is one of those plays which should probably come with a health warning for people with high blood pressure and a family history of hear… 

The Horne Section Live in a Cow - Extra Shows

The Horne Section Live in a Cow - Extra Shows

Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem. 

Pot of Dreams - Look At Me

Pot of Dreams - Look At Me

Pot Of Dreams: Look At Me returns to Club Rouge for its third year, offering a look at the club’s dancers in their own words and images. 

Vladimir McTavish and Keir McAllister Look at the State of Britain

Vladimir McTavish and Keir McAllister Look at the State of Britain

After 2012 sell-out show on the state of Scotland, McTavish and McAllister turn their satirical barbs on the whole UK. 

Iain Stirling: At Home - Extra Shows

Iain Stirling: At Home - Extra Shows

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. 

Look Back in Anger

Look Back in Anger

John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger is brought back to life by The Lincoln Company, proving that nearly sixty years on the play still has the power to perturb. 

Robin (A One-Man Comedy)

Robin (A One-Man Comedy)

In this rather indie-style, little comedy, Robin is a lonely continuity announcer with only his imagination to comfort him. 

Look Back in Anger

Look Back in Anger

From the moment I sat down, I knew this was a quality production. 

Six Characters in Search of an Author

Six Characters in Search of an Author

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

Does My Face Look Big In This

Does My Face Look Big In This

Does My Face Look Big In This is a one-woman show with Caroline Hardie, a relatable, witty and energetic comedian. 

Give Up! Start Over! (In the darkest of times I look to Richard Nixon for hope)

Give Up! Start Over! (In the darkest of times I look to Richard Nixon for hope)

Jessica Almasy is compulsive viewing, much like the material she delivers in her solo performance, Give Up! Start Over! (In the darkest of times I look to Richard Nixon for hope). 

Belt Up's 'Lorca is Dead'

Belt Up's 'Lorca is Dead'

The title doesn’t exactly sell the show as an evening of mirth and anarchy. 

Blood Brothers, the Play

Blood Brothers, the Play

Willy Russell’s 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… 

Rue Magique

Rue Magique

Prostitution is hardly an original subject for drama or even musicals - think Mrs Warren’s Profession, Camille, La Boheme and more recently Baz Lurman’s Moulin Rouge. 

Bliss

Bliss

This piece by Olivier Choinier, translated by Caryl Churchill was first presented at London’s Royal Court Theatre. 

The Tempest

The Tempest

“This is Shakespeare’s last play, you know, the one he wrote when he knew he was going to die” explained the helpful American audience member to my right. 

Lockerbie: Unfinished Business

Lockerbie: Unfinished Business

It’s strange to be reviewing this at all. 

Firing Blanks

Firing Blanks

Kate is a teenager staring out into the audience and smiling and muttering. 

No Place for Dreams

No Place for Dreams

Brief Candle describe this piece as a play for “family audiences”. 

Bully

Bully

“I don’t like small rooms” is the first line of this beautifully performed one-man show from Richard Fry. 

Finding Alice

Finding Alice

Reviewing children’s shows can feel a little ridiculous; after all, I’m not the target audience. 

A Dog Called Redemption

A Dog Called Redemption

Two tramps spend each day much as the previous one, regaling each other with tales and seemingly waiting for something or someone to turn up to make life better. 

East

East

Productions of Berkoff used to be ten a penny on The Fringe. 

The Boy From Centreville

The Boy From Centreville

On April 16 2007 a young student at Virginia Polytechnic carried out two separate shootings approximately two hours apart. 

The Talented Mr Ripley

The Talented Mr Ripley

Okay, this is always a tricky one. 

I Love You, Bro

I Love You, Bro

In his program notes writer Adam J A Cass remarks this one-person show is based on “a boy who is out there somewhere”, the “out there” being cyber space. 

Love for Sale

Love for Sale

This two hander begins with both actresses acting out a dumb show to a music track. 

St Nicholas

St Nicholas

Conor McPherson is an extraordinary writer. 

Stop, Look, Listen.

Stop, Look, Listen.

A neighborhood boy getting killed at an intersection. 

Christie In Love

Christie In Love

Waiting to go into this production of Howard Brenton’s short, searing exploration of the nature of justice and retribution I witnessed the front of house staff refuse entry to a f… 

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

The beginning of this production of Shakespeare’s most bitter- sweet comedy is stunning. 

The Miller's Tale: Wahala Dey Oh!

The Miller's Tale: Wahala Dey Oh!

Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales is often cited as the beginning, not only of ‘modern’ English Literature and as the legitimation of the vernacular language. 

How to Start a Riot

How to Start a Riot

Living, as I do, in one of the London areas most badly affected by last summer’s riots, it was fascinating to watch this show almost exactly a year to the day. 

Kes (A Kestrel for a Knave)

Kes (A Kestrel for a Knave)

As I collected my press ticket from the box office, a rather severe woman in the queue prodded me in the chest and said “they’re only kids doing this show, so you be nice or you�… 

Love's Labour's Lost

Love's Labour's Lost

This is one of Shakespeare’s toughest plays to pull off. 

Unnatural Acts

Unnatural Acts

Marsha (Jessica Martin) and Elliot (Jason Wood) are flatmates. 

Mile End

Mile End

From the program: Analogue is a multidisciplinary collective dedicated to producing challenging, visceral and exciting contemporary work, fusing mixed media on stage. 

True West

True West

This 1980 play by Sam Shepard begins naturalistically enough. 

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast /Matinee Shows

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast /Matinee Shows

The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title. 

Satan's Playground

Satan's Playground

Sacred And Profane’s stated aim is to produce ensemble theatre adapted from literary or folk traditions, using live music and live digital devices. 

Our Trebor Mint Feeling

Our Trebor Mint Feeling

On entering the space the audience is presented with four-coloured globes set upon four shiny bar stools. 

A (Gay Disabled Transexual) Love Story Told to a Ticket Inspector at Alton Towers

A (Gay Disabled Transexual) Love Story Told to a Ticket Inspector at Alton Towers

This is as good a play as I’ve ever seen about the absurdity of prejudice. 

What The Butler Saw

What The Butler Saw

It is astonishing that Joe Orton only wrote six plays in his short life and yet is still so famous. 

The Vortex

The Vortex

It’s quite tough to know by what standards to judge performances in Edinburgh. 

Growing Growing ... Gone! The Story of Jack and the Beanstalk

Growing Growing ... Gone! The Story of Jack and the Beanstalk

Panto usually involves a cast of thousands, huge sets and the theatrical magic supplied by trap doors, smoke machines and flying apparatus. 

Journey's End

Journey's End

This play by R. 

The Walworth Farce

The Walworth Farce

It is almost impossible to sum up the style of this play by Enda Walsh. 

The Dresser

The Dresser

I love this play, and love the film adaptation, which stars Albert Finney and Tom Courtenay. 

Duck Variations

Duck Variations

This is David Mamet’s first play, written in 1972, and like many first plays is a two hander (and involves a park bench). 

Bouncy Castle Macbeth

Bouncy Castle Macbeth

Okay, this does exactly what it says on the tin. 

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

This trimmed down version of Shakespeare’s play is interestingly staged and mostly powerfully performed by Exeter University Theatre Company. 

The Pornographer Diaries

The Pornographer Diaries

It’s fascinating watching the assembled audience as this piece warms up. 

You've Got To Laugh

You've Got To Laugh

As I entered this new space at ten thirty last night after a full day’s reviewing my heart sank. 

The Shagaround

The Shagaround

This is play by Maggie Nevill will resonate with anyone who has been dumped suddenly, or found out that their boyfriend or girlfriend has been cheating on them. 

Stonewall

Stonewall

Old Compton Street in Soho is a place of fabulousness, where gay men and women can wander hand in hand, drink double skinny no-foam cappuccinos (with cinnamon) on the pavements, an… 

Threads

Threads

The basic premise behind this piece is a clever one. 

Little Johnny's Big Gay Musical

Little Johnny's Big Gay Musical

If you are a first time visitor to this piece you may be forgiven expecting something different. 

Borstal Boy

Borstal Boy

This autobiographical account tells the story of the Irish playwright and poet Brendan Behan’s true-life arrest at the age of sixteen when he was caught in Liverpool carrying expl… 

Someone Who'll Watch Over Me

Someone Who'll Watch Over Me

In the late 1980’s Brian Keenan, John McCarthy and Terry Waite were taken hostage in Beirut. 

Robin's Ukulele Extravaganza

Robin's Ukulele Extravaganza

So, today I learnt to play the Ukulele and you would have too if you’d been at Robin’s Ukulele Extravaganza earlier like me. 

Faustus

Faustus

This tale of how a brilliant man sells his soul to the devil in return for twenty four years of earthly pleasure has attracted writers in all genres for four centuries. 

Daniel Sloss - Extra Shows!

Daniel Sloss - Extra Shows!

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… 

Breaker Morant

Breaker Morant

Breaker Morant is an Ozzie legend. 

The Visit

The Visit

This extraordinary play was written in 1956 by Swiss genius Friedrich Durrenmatt. 

Macbeth

Macbeth

Things don’t bode well when the author of this little piece has his name spelt wrongly on the programme! I hope his agent doesn’t sue. 

The Hypochondriac

The Hypochondriac

This is a shortened but fun version of Moliere’s final play. 

Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies

William Golding’s extraordinary novel was written in 1954, with a world still reeling from the horrors of the discovery of the extent of Nazi brutality and fearing for it’s very … 

Killer Joe

Killer Joe

The author’s mother is responsible for the above quote. 

Spring Awakening

Spring Awakening

Wedekind’s play was ground breaking when he wrote it in 1890. 

Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead

Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead

In 1966, when the only definition of a hard drive was the jaunt to Edinburgh from London with a dodgy minibus full of props and costumes, and the beer at the venues was tuppence a … 

Mysterious Skin

Mysterious Skin

Eighteen-year-old Brian has written fan letters to Avalyn. 

Don Carlos

Don Carlos

About a decade ago there was a renewed interest in Schiller’s work. 

The Bitches' Ball

The Bitches' Ball

Mary Robinson so besotted the Prince of Wales (later George IV) with her performance as Perdita in The Winter’s Tale that he took her as a mistress. 

Venetian Twins

Venetian Twins

This complicated farce by Italian writer Carlo Goldini was written in 1747 and is regarded as one of the great comedies of Italian theatre. 

Teenage Kicks

Teenage Kicks

When John Peel died in 2004 a nation mourned. 

Chav! It’s a Musical Innit

Chav! It’s a Musical Innit

Edinburgh show titles are fascinating. 

History Boys

History Boys

There are three productions of Alan Bennett’s wonderful play in Edinburgh this year. 

Cabaret Auschwitz

Cabaret Auschwitz

As titles go this one is pretty much guaranteed to get your attention. 

24/7/52

24/7/52

Director/performer Bill Aitchison addresses the audience at the beginning and asks for their co-operation. 

Racing Demon

Racing Demon

First performed in 1993 at The National Theatre, this eloquent play about the Church of England is part of a trilogy by award winning writer David Hare. 

Love Labours Won

Love Labours Won

This piece by director/writer Ryan J-W Smith garnered fantastic reviews and awards at last year’s Festival. 

Denied

Denied

The mood when the audience enters this bleak and dimly-lit space is sombre. 

God’s Pottery Saves The World

God’s Pottery Saves The World

It is an absolute delight to be able to report that Jeremiah Smallchild and Gideon Lamb have returned to the den of iniquity, incontinence, drug-peddling and pederasty that is the … 

His Name is Tim

His Name is Tim

Apologies for the length of this review. 

Corpus Christi

Corpus Christi

This play By Terence McNally caused great consternation on its 1998 opening in Los Angeles. 

Fanny and Faggot

Fanny and Faggot

The title of this play by Jack Thorne might be misleading in Edinburgh where provocative or simply rude words are employed to get bums on seats. 

The Rat Pack - Forever Swinging

The Rat Pack - Forever Swinging

Just as one’s heart sinks when sent to review Shakespeare done by students or kids, when I was told that this young company were attempting their own version of the West End hit I… 

Our Country's Good

Our Country's Good

This award-winning play by Timberlake Wertenbaker was first performed at London’s Royal Court in 1988 and has lost none of its power. 

The Concert for Lavert - God’s Pottery

The Concert for Lavert - God’s Pottery

These two Jesus loving friends are here from across the pond on a mission, to raise money to help a little boy with terminal cancer. 

Chronicles Of Long Kesh

Chronicles Of Long Kesh

Years ago, before my broad mind and narrow waist had changed places and I was a young actor, I went to Northern Ireland on tour. 

Apollo/Dionysus

Apollo/Dionysus

The Dead, in the form of actors Andrew Oliveira and Jonny Iron caused quite a stir at the C venue launch when they turned up naked to promote this show. 

Lies Have Been Told

Lies Have Been Told

The highest tribute I can pay to this one man play about the notorious Robert Maxwell is that I really felt I had spent ninety minutes in the media tycoon’s presence. 

Up The Gary

Up The Gary

Given the subject matter of this piece from Bad Penny Theatre the start couldn’t be more chilling. 

Purgatory

Purgatory

In their press release Blank Theatre Company describe this rarely performed one-act play by Yeats as a “haunting scene of tragic intensity”. 

Food

Food

It seems unfair compare this with some of the other offerings on the Fringe. 

The Dog-Eared Collective: You're Amazing, Now Look at Me

The Dog-Eared Collective: You're Amazing, Now Look at Me

Completely bizarre, the Dog-Eared Collective held nothing back in their unrelenting comedy set which had everything from detective lives of Beethoven and Bach to Glasgow’s 2022 O… 

My Dearest Byron

My Dearest Byron

The presentation of this piece, from the costumes, to the elaborate “love letter” style of the press release, is top notch. 

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

My heart usually sinks when I see the words ‘new interpretation’ or ‘re-imagined’ applied to productions of Shakespeare plays in Edinburgh. 

Doctor Faustus

Doctor Faustus

Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus is notoriously hard to stage. 

Equus

Equus

Equus is a popular choice with young companies coming to the Fringe, and I’ve never understood why. 

JFK – The Musical

JFK – The Musical

Z Theatre company are a bunch of schoolgirls who sing very nicely and try to put a new spin on the Kennedy assassination. 

The Goodies Still Rule OK!

The Goodies Still Rule OK!

I am of the generation lucky enough to grow up with the Goodies and Monty Python. 

Captain Corelli’s Mandolin

Captain Corelli’s Mandolin

This is an established production of Mike Maron Productions’ take on the book. 

Sordid Lives

Sordid Lives

Though Tower Theatre Company describe themselves as a non-professional outfit it’s hard to tell they are amateurs. 

Talk Radio

Talk Radio

This version of Eric Bergosian’s mid-eighties tale of one broadcast in the life of trail blazing shock jock Barry Champlain is one of the most hyped in this year’s festival. 

An Asylum On Every Corner

An Asylum On Every Corner

Modus Operandi have chosen an unlikely subject for this new musical by writer/director James Michalos – mental health. 

The Macbeth Conspiracy

The Macbeth Conspiracy

You know you’re not in for a conventional approach to the Scottish Tragedy when the “Tomorrow, and tomorrow and tomorrow” speech opens proceedings. 

Jack The Lad

Jack The Lad

The poster for Perfume Productions’ presentation of this new play by Matt Harris is one of the most eye-catching and provocative, asking “Have You Been To A Male Prostitute?” I… 

Black Comedy

Black Comedy

Dreamwalk productions are a young talented group of sixth form and gap year students who have brought Peter Shaffer’s ingenious piece to the Fringe. 

Aeneas Faversham

Aeneas Faversham

Penny Dreadfuls are a comedy troupe with a difference – all of the sketches are set in Victorian England. 

Help I’m A Teenager, Get Me Out Of Here!

Help I’m A Teenager, Get Me Out Of Here!

This lively bunch of performers from Kett Sixth Form College in Norwich have put together a piece of theatre about the dangers of over indulging in alcohol. 

The Look of an Angel on the Devil Himself

The Look of an Angel on the Devil Himself

Whilst listed in the ‘comedy’ section of the Fringe guide, this one man performance by the Irish comedian Vinny McHale was really more like a talk or a lecture. 

Bouncers

Bouncers

John Godber’s work had always found a home at the Festival Fringe where he has directed and produced it himself and where many young theatre groups have also taken it on. 

Private Peaceful

Private Peaceful

The program for this show presented by Beacon Theatre Group points out that this group of youngsters will be the first generation to grow up with no survivors of the First World Wa… 

Othello

Othello

Going to see Shakespeare done by a youth theatre doesn’t necessarily fill one’s soul with gleeful expectation. 

The Gaydar Diaries

The Gaydar Diaries

Once upon a time gay men had to leave the house to find each other. 

A Murder Of Crows

A Murder Of Crows

It’s difficult to gauge how the audience is supposed to react to this tale of a bungled heist presented by Crumpet Theatre Company. 

Midnight Cowboy

Midnight Cowboy

Writer Tim Fountain has gone back to James Leo Herlihy’s novel for this adaptation of the tale of a naïve and well meaning hustler’s experiences in New York in the 70’s. 

The Trial

The Trial

Cambridge ADC have made a brave stab at this difficult piece. 

Boom Bang-A-Bang

Boom Bang-A-Bang

“When you’re bored with Hampstead Heath you’re bored with life”. 

Once A Catholic

Once A Catholic

As the press pack informs us Mary O’Malley’s Once a Catholic is a comedy centering around the lives of three Marys (Mooney, McGinty and Gallagher) at a convent school in North Lo… 

Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis

There was a time when the Fringe was awash with Berkoff plays. 

Lizzie Roper in Peccadillo Circus

Lizzie Roper in Peccadillo Circus

Lizzie Roper is a very funny stand up and talented actress. 

Bacchae

Bacchae

Written in the fourth century BC by Euripides, this is the tragedy of the royal house of Cadmus in ancient Thebes. 

My Brother and I Are Porn Stars

My Brother and I Are Porn Stars

Jan van Beek and Jonathan Brugh bill themselves as the Van Brugh family, and when this piece begins with them playing a very young brother and sister who talk about sucking cocks … 

Robin Hood

Robin Hood

Pantomime is traditionally seen as more of a treat for the kids than the adults, but after hearing the raucous laughter from nearly every adult audience member in the building at s… 

Cast Aside

Cast Aside

The young students of Ankle Productions have a mission statement in the program which says they want to appeal to those who favour content over style and want to laugh at “uber-th… 

The Hood

The Hood

The audience is confronted initially with two men tied to chairs, with hessian sacks over their heads. 

Bloggers – Real Internet Diaries

Bloggers – Real Internet Diaries

Writer/director Oliver Mann has constructed this show entirely from edited extracts of internet blogs, and Connected Theatre crack through the snippets of the lives of eleven blogg… 

Flood

Flood

Modest proposals’ have staged an atmospheric and mildly disturbing premiere of this surreal Gunter Grass play. 

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Kangaroo Court have devised and interesting take on DH Lawrence’s notorious tale of illicit love between the classes. 

The China Vase

The China Vase

Bernie Kavanagh’s anti-war play, presented by Feet and Fingers TC, has a brilliant premise. 

The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

I was unable to obtain any information or a cast list prior to this show, so apologies to the young American actors who have a brave stab at Wilde’s classic, thought by many to be… 

Dolly West’s Kitchen

Dolly West’s Kitchen

This gentle comedy is set in Buncrana, County Donegal, just across the border from Northern Ireland, between 1943 and 1945, the last two years of what the Irish called “The Emerge… 

I Look: I Divine

I Look: I Divine

Interweaving three separate but related stories, Mark Kydd’s new autobiographical performance tells, first and foremost, the tale of his growing up gay. 

Author

Author

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

Vocation of a Whore

Vocation of a Whore

There’s a truly international flavour to this presentation by Teatro dei Borgia, written by Italian Natalia Capra, directed by her countryman Gianpiero Borgia and performed by Nor… 

Point of Yes

Point of Yes

Beginning in the East End of Glasgow in 1979 when major supplies of heroin first appeared on the streets (and Margaret Thatcher on the steps of Number Ten), stand up comedian and w… 

Everyone Should Have A Gun

Everyone Should Have A Gun

Hayley Shillito and Laura Taylor spend the whole of this piece from Horizon Arts dressed in black and joined together by a piece of long elastic. 

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

This is one of Shakespeare’s most beautiful plays. 

Gutted. A Revenger's Musical

Gutted. A Revenger's Musical

At the age of seven, Sorrow (Helen George), saw her parents brutally murdered by members of the Bewley family. 

Vladimir McTavish and Keir McAllister Look at the State of Scotland

Vladimir McTavish and Keir McAllister Look at the State of Scotland

A referendum is coming. 

Tristram Shandy

Tristram Shandy

The novel The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, by Laurence Sterne was first published in two volumes in 1759, with seven others following over the next 10 years. 

Doctor Faustus

Doctor Faustus

This play by Shakespeare’s contemporary Marlowe is potentially thrilling. 

Faulty Towers The Dining Experience

Faulty Towers The Dining Experience

This is certainly different. 

Neville's Island

Neville's Island

If I tell you the TV version of this popular comedy by Tim Firth included performances by Tim Spall and David Bamber you will get some idea of the age range of the characters. 

Oliver Reed: Wild Thing

Oliver Reed: Wild Thing

The problem with one-person shows from an audience point of view is that, if you don’t like what’s going on, you know that no one else is going to come along and perk things up… 

Fairy Liquid And The Burst Bubble ... And Other Science Shows

Fairy Liquid And The Burst Bubble ... And Other Science Shows

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. 

Merry Wives of Henry VIII

Merry Wives of Henry VIII

If there’s one period of history, or one English monarch everyone thinks they know a bit about, it’s the reign of Henry VIII. 

Educating Rita

Educating Rita

Willie Russell’s two-hander about a Liverpudlian housewife trying to better herself through an Open University literature course was hailed in 1980 as a Pygmalion for modern time… 

Look Back In Anger

Look Back In Anger

When Look Back in Anger by John Osborne was first performed it sparked outrage. 

'Tis Pity She's a Whore

'Tis Pity She's a Whore

Written and first performed in the first half of the seventeenth century, John Ford’s tragedy of forbidden love amongst the Italian aristocracy has had a controversial history. 

Under Milk Wood

Under Milk Wood

Dylan Thomas wrote this extraordinary poem to humanity in 1954. 

Jane Austen's Guide To Pornography

Jane Austen's Guide To Pornography

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

The Red Bus Puppet Shows

The Red Bus Puppet Shows

It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows. 

Robin Hood Queen Of Thieves

Robin Hood Queen Of Thieves

They’re sold out until the end of time (well, the end of the run anyway) so it’s pretty academic if I say that this is the funniest, silliest, campest, rudest, coarsest, most pre… 

They Shoot Horses Don't They

They Shoot Horses Don't They

This is adaptation of a short novel by Horace McCoy, presented by the Italia Conti Ensemble, recalls the Depression in America in 1935 when poverty drove young people to take part … 

Diary of Anne Frank

Diary of Anne Frank

Anne Frank wrote arguably the most famous diary in history. 

Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act by Athol Fugard

Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act by Athol Fugard

Just before the lights went down at the start of this production of Athol Fugard’s 1972 play, a front of house person barked at an audience member clambering over a seat ‘Stop … 

There's Only One Lord Byron

There's Only One Lord Byron

The poet Bryon was famously described by one of his countless paramours as ‘mad, bad and dangerous to know’. 

Marat/Sade

Marat/Sade

Peter Weiss’s The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade, to give this … 

Man Who Was Hamlet

Man Who Was Hamlet

For centuries scholars have disagreed about the authorship of the most famous plays in the world. 

Look at This Massive Picture of My Face

Look at This Massive Picture of My Face

It’s very difficult to pull off a routine that focuses largely on lengthy rants whilst still retaining an audience’s affection, but Nick Doody manages to pull this feat off wit… 

Robin Ince Isn't Waving

Robin Ince Isn't Waving

Robin Ince has had a bad month: after a major flood left his house and record collection full of human sewage, he talks to us about claiming compensation from Thames Water; about … 

Dan Nightingale: The 11 and a 1/2 Ill-conceived Edinburgh Shows of Dan Nightingale

Dan Nightingale: The 11 and a 1/2 Ill-conceived Edinburgh Shows of Dan Nightingale

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… 

Full Stage Splash: A Comic Look at the Comic Book

Full Stage Splash: A Comic Look at the Comic Book

This summer’s clutch of blockbuster popcorn-bait has been dominated by the four colour heroes of the comic book. 

All the Queen's Children

All the Queen's Children

This young company have taken on a huge and emotive subject here; the plight of young children who arrive in this country as refugees, unaccompanied by adults. 

Me, Mum And Dusty Springfield

Me, Mum And Dusty Springfield

This short one-woman show starts very cleverly. 

Talented Mr Ripley

Talented Mr Ripley

Patricia Highsmith’s novel, written in 1955, is the first of five about the eponymous fraudster who cons, cheats and lies his way through life and most of Europe. 

Alcatraz

Alcatraz

To have in the publicity for your show the remark that ‘an artist’s masterpiece is a spectator’s nightmare’ is a dangerous hostage to fortune. 

Oi! For England

Oi! For England

Trevor Griffiths’s short (very short) play written in 1981 is a fascinating choice for a young company to present in 2010. 

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

This play is a masterpiece. 

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

I’ve seen this play a lot. 

Five outstanding EdFringe shows scoop a Broadway Baby Bobby in 2023

Five outstanding EdFringe shows scoop a Broadway Baby Bobby in 2023

A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year. 

Why Robin Tran wants to make us laugh at terrible things

Why Robin Tran wants to make us laugh at terrible things

James Macfarlane chats with comedian Robin Tran about her Fringe debut, how she deals with praise from big comedy names and her favourite way to control her audiences. 

4 Family Friendly Shows in Brighton This Half Term

4 Family Friendly Shows in Brighton This Half Term

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. 

5 Brighton Shows To Entertain You This Christmas

5 Brighton Shows To Entertain You This Christmas

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. 

5 Brighton HorrorFest Shows To Sink Your Teeth Into This October

5 Brighton HorrorFest Shows To Sink Your Teeth Into This October

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.  

Black Friday Deals on West End Shows

Black Friday Deals on West End Shows

All this week we've got some fantastic offers on your favourite West End shows. Check back daily for the latest offers. 

Eight shows heading to Brighton Fringe with the support of Greenwich Theatre

Eight shows heading to Brighton Fringe with the support of Greenwich Theatre

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... 

Brighton Fringe: 10 Shows to Book Before They Sell-Out

Brighton Fringe: 10 Shows to Book Before They Sell-Out

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. 

First Look: Character Portraits of Harry Potter And The Cursed Child Released

First Look: Character Portraits of Harry Potter And The Cursed Child Released

In the first of three sets of Charlie Gray’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child portraits, joining the previously announced Jamie Parker as Harry Potter are Poppy Miller who will ... 

Unmissable shows at Brighton Fringe this year

Unmissable shows at Brighton Fringe this year

Brighton Fringe has officially launched. 

Five Christmas Shows You Shouldn’t Miss In London This Year

Five Christmas Shows You Shouldn’t Miss In London This Year

Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre. 

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