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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. 

DirtBirds: Girls World Tour

DirtBirds: Girls World Tour

Ireland's Queens of Comedy are back with their brand new show, Girls World Tour. 

Baga Chipz: Material Girl - The Very Harsh, Much Betta! Tour 2024

Baga Chipz: Material Girl - The Very Harsh, Much Betta! Tour 2024

Join Baga Chipz MBE; actress, singer-songwriter, comedian, ex-Page 3 Model, Ladies Darts Champion, professional shoplifter and MILF, as she embarks on a nationwide theat… 

Baga Chipz: Material Girl - The 'Much Betta!' Tour 2024

Baga Chipz: Material Girl - The 'Much Betta!' Tour 2024

Join Baga Chipz MBE; actress, singer-songwriter, comedian, ex-Page 3 Model, Ladies Darts Champion, professional shoplifter and MILF, as she embarks on a nationwide theat… 

Material Girl - The 'Much Betta!' Tour 2024

Material Girl - The 'Much Betta!' Tour 2024

Join Baga Chipz MBE; actress, singer-songwriter, comedian, ex-Page 3 Model, Ladies Darts Champion, professional shoplifter and MILF, as she embarks on a nationwide theat… 

George Lewis: ‘The Best Thing You’ll Ever Do’

George Lewis: ‘The Best Thing You’ll Ever Do’

Described as ‘the funniest dad on Instagram’, stand-up comedian George Lewis has racked up hundreds of millions of views for his hilarious online sketches ab… 

Christopher Hall: Girl For All Seasons

Christopher Hall: Girl For All Seasons

Social media sensation Christopher Hall tells of his life, as a ‘boy who’s a bit girly really’. 

Christopher Hall: A Girl For All Seasons

Christopher Hall: A Girl For All Seasons

Social media sensation Christopher Hall tells of his life, as a ‘boy who’s a bit girly really’. 

Girls Don't Play Guitars

Girls Don't Play Guitars

The five star musical that shook 2019 is back! “One of the strongest shows the Royal Court has produced” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Liverpool Echo &… 

Girls Don't Play Guitars

Girls Don't Play Guitars

The five star musical that shook 2019 is back! “One of the strongest shows the Royal Court has produced” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Liverpool Echo &… 

Hancock’s Half Hour: The Lost TV Episodes

Hancock’s Half Hour: The Lost TV Episodes

From award-winning Hambledon Productions (‘Just Like That! The Tommy Cooper Show’, ‘Steptoe and Son’) comes the Godfather of all sitcoms, Hancock… 

Two Cities… Half The World Away

Two Cities… Half The World Away

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… 

A Girl Gets Naked In This

A Girl Gets Naked In This

Inspired by real life experiences in the bedroom, an all-women group of writers and performers brings you a series of monologues about sex: mohawks in Spain, coffee in Brooklyn, an… 

Andrew White: Young, Gay and a Third Thing

Andrew White: Young, Gay and a Third Thing

Andrew White has been described by Joe Lycett as ‘very exciting and very funny’ and by teachers as ‘a pleasure to teach (gay)’. 

A Young Man Dressed as a Gorilla Dressed as an Old Man Sits Rocking an a Rocking Chair for Fifty-Six Minutes and Then Leaves... 15

A Young Man Dressed as a Gorilla Dressed as an Old Man Sits Rocking an a Rocking Chair for Fifty-Six Minutes and Then Leaves... 15

One performance only. Turn up early, sell-out expected. 

Blind Mirth Presents: A Guide to Disappointing Your Parents

Blind Mirth Presents: A Guide to Disappointing Your Parents

Blind Mirth returns to Edinburgh Fringe once again in a blaze of glory and parental disdain. 

The Duchess of Buckingham Regrets to Inform You That Her Husband is Dead

The Duchess of Buckingham Regrets to Inform You That Her Husband is Dead

August 1815. 

Hot Girl Summer

Hot Girl Summer

Being single in her mid-twenties… how hard can it be? Post-breakup, Tilly jets off on a girls’ trip to Barcelona and impulsively lands a job in London. 

George Lewis: The Best Thing You'll Ever Do (WIP)

George Lewis: The Best Thing You'll Ever Do (WIP)

The funniest dad on Instagram has racked up hundreds of millions of views online. 

Commedia and Half Mask Talk by Action Theatre (Italy)

Commedia and Half Mask Talk by Action Theatre (Italy)

Why is half mask not seen on the West End? Why is Commedia so rarely performed in Italy today? Why do old canovacci not work? Reflecting on the rebirth of Commedia dell’Arte on the… 

Amy Hetherington: Juggle (An Aussie Guide to Keeping a Toddler Alive)

Amy Hetherington: Juggle (An Aussie Guide to Keeping a Toddler Alive)

After winning Best Comedy at Fringe World Australia, Amy brings her energetic and joyful standup to Edinburgh. 

Grubby Little Mitts Presents: Sketch Book

Grubby Little Mitts Presents: Sketch Book

Grubby Little Mitts presents a new material night dedicated exclusively to sketch comedy! Join the Grubbs with your favourite sketch comedians as they present a scrapbook of madnes… 

European Union Youth Orchestra: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

European Union Youth Orchestra: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

BEANBAG CONCERT SERIES The European Union Youth Orchestra leads an educational expedition across the instruments of the grand ensemble. 

Bi Hot Welsh Girls Very Cute! (Also Funny)

Bi Hot Welsh Girls Very Cute! (Also Funny)

June Tuesday and Maria Pollard are the best unstable, hot, bi stand-up comedians to come out of Wales and possibly the world. 

A Good Girl

A Good Girl

Mariah Girouard is not a Good Girl. 

The Book of Joan

The Book of Joan

No one understands the complexity and plights of Catholicism like a teenage lesbian, especially one whose only friend happens to be a figment of the 13th-century saint Joan of Arc. 

Sacred Arts Festival Exhibition at St Vincent's Chapel: Triptych of the Book of Revelation

Sacred Arts Festival Exhibition at St Vincent's Chapel: Triptych of the Book of Revelation

A three-panel painting depicting 122 texts from the last book in the Bible. 

Myriam Sonanini: Maze of Madness

Myriam Sonanini: Maze of Madness

Meet comedian Myriam Sonanini from Switzerland as your too-personal shopper, who will guide you through a “fictional” Swedish furniture store, giving you answers to questions you d… 

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. 

Baby Belle: Young, Dumb and Full of Autism

Baby Belle: Young, Dumb and Full of Autism

A whimsical, musical exploration of social versus personal identity from the perspective of a late-identified and diagnosed non-binary autistic person. 

Piss Girls

Piss Girls

A compelling, humorous and poignant play that explores the intimate and often complex relationship between girls and their shared experiences in the bathroom. 

/ and Her

/ and Her

The infamous words added by King Edward VI to his last will and testament ‘/ and her’ unexpectedly thrust the 15-year-old Jane Grey onto the throne of England for a mere 9 days… 

Fruit of Her Lips

Fruit of Her Lips

In a mouth-watering interplay between the mysteries of the feminine triune across the ages and the epic apple which sates our collective hunger, this dance and poetry work features… 

4 girls the first letter e

4 girls the first letter e

In 2012, two girls stabbed their friend 19 times at Slenderman’s instruction. 

Good Girl

Good Girl

Rhiannon has always been a good girl: obliging, pretty, and eager to please. 

Bachelor Girls

Bachelor Girls

War! What’s it good for? Lesbians, apparently… This tragi-comedy follows the relationships between four queer women anticipating the end of the war in a bomb shelter turned bac… 

In Conversation with… Chick Young

In Conversation with… Chick Young

Legendary Scottish TV/radio football pundit and journalist, the man who is almost as good at being Chick Young as Jonathan Watson in Only an Excuse? For the past 50 years Chick has… 

We Will Rock You Young@Part

We Will Rock You Young@Part

Experience Queen’s legendary hits in this electrifying jukebox musical comedy. 

A Girl Called Grace

A Girl Called Grace

Grace is kicking back for the summer holidays when her step mother orders her to go to her aunty Baba Yaga. 

Radium Girls

Radium Girls

In 1926, radium was a miracle cure and luminous watches the latest rage – until the girls that painted them began to fall desperately ill with a mysterious disease. 

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. 

ScotlandsFest: The Secret Life of the Scots Language – Clive Young

ScotlandsFest: The Secret Life of the Scots Language – Clive Young

Scotland’s other national tongue has been misunderstood and (officially) mistreated for centuries. 

The Honeys: The Retro Drag Girl Group of Your Dreams!

The Honeys: The Retro Drag Girl Group of Your Dreams!

Meet the most famous girl group of all time. 

We Used to be Girl Scouts

We Used to be Girl Scouts

Drew thinks she’s pregnant. 

The Half-Cocked Sketch Show

The Half-Cocked Sketch Show

‘The brains and talent behind Half-Cocked Theatre have undoubtedly carved a niche in the world of sketch comedy with their latest offering’ **** (LiveLondonPost. 

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… 

Edinburgh Book Lovers' Tour

Edinburgh Book Lovers' Tour

A guided walking tour visiting the sites and haunts of Edinburgh’s literary legends – Walter Scott, Stevenson, Conan Doyle, JK Rowling and others – with Allan Foster, author … 

A Cosmologist's Guide To Life and Love

A Cosmologist's Guide To Life and Love

Astrophysicist Dr Julian Mayers asks whether studying the Universe gives us any insight into earthly matters of life, death and love. 

Billy Kirkwood: Wild Thing

Billy Kirkwood: Wild Thing

A brand-new wild, fast, funny, and often filthy show from the award-winning comic that bursts with positivity, frantic stand-up and improv comedy energy. 

June Carter Cash: The Woman, Her Music and Me

June Carter Cash: The Woman, Her Music and Me

The story of one of country music’s most iconic voices: June Carter Cash. 

Over Her Dead Body

Over Her Dead Body

Dive deeper into popular melodies of murder and mayhem in our original musical. 

A-Z: The Geek's Guide to Seduction

A-Z: The Geek's Guide to Seduction

From Android to Zuckerberg – how to woo a partner whilst talking about discount codes, skincare routines and Wrestlemania. 

The Show for Young Men

The Show for Young Men

What does it mean to be a man today? Robbie (44) and Alfie (10) meet on an extraordinary building site at dawn. 

The Funny Thing About A Panic Attack

The Funny Thing About A Panic Attack

Ben Kassoy brings poems from his spectacularly original book to life in this wildly entertaining solo show. 

Dear Annie, I Hate You

Dear Annie, I Hate You

Dying is scary, missing Spring Break is scarier. 

Book of Dew

Book of Dew

A miniature choreography of visual poetry, objects and body parts, Book of Dew weaves a spider web of fantastical fragments: water droplets, a river in the air, glistening stardust… 

All Shook Up Young@Part

All Shook Up Young@Part

This crowd-pleasing musical is inspired by and features the songs of Elvis Presley. 

Wyld Woman: The Legend of Shy Girl

Wyld Woman: The Legend of Shy Girl

Shy people, you there? This hilarious and tender tale follows Shy Girl’s ambitious attempt to open up (emotionally, spiritually, uh. 

Susan Riddell and Amanda Dwyer: Material, Girl

Susan Riddell and Amanda Dwyer: Material, Girl

Material Girl is coming to the Fringe! Come and see Amanda Dwyer (‘Mentally unstable superstar in the making’ (Tom Stade)) and Susan Riddell (Billy Connelly Spirit of Glasgow nomin… 

Ross Leslie Has The Chance To Do The Funniest Thing

Ross Leslie Has The Chance To Do The Funniest Thing

Edinburgh show number five for the five-time Scottish Comedian of the Year finalist. 

Dr Dolittle Kills a Man (and Reads Extracts From His New Book)

Dr Dolittle Kills a Man (and Reads Extracts From His New Book)

You’ve seen him on Countryfile, Blue Peter and that episode of Springwatch that the BBC have tried to scrub (scrub!) from the internet. 

Dragon Shows for Babies

Dragon Shows for Babies

The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons. 

Is This Thing On?

Is This Thing On?

What’s better, sad songs or sh*tty poetry? Meet flatmates Mary and Liz, one a musician and the other a poet, as they battle over integrity, ownership, the spotlight and whose turn … 

Titi Lee: Good Girl Gone Baddie

Titi Lee: Good Girl Gone Baddie

Lifelong goody-two-shoes Titi Lee is breaking all the rules, and you are invited. 

Every Brilliant Thing

Every Brilliant Thing

Ten years on from the play’s debut, a new production of the smash-hit comes to Roundabout, directed by Duncan Macmillan and performed by Jonny Donahoe. 

Rachel Morton-Young: Dutch Courage

Rachel Morton-Young: Dutch Courage

British comedian Rachel takes you on a stroll down Amsterdam’s cobbled streets, where bicycles rule, and everyone embraces the unconventional. 

The Heavens' Favourite Murderess (A Medea Adaptation)

The Heavens' Favourite Murderess (A Medea Adaptation)

This production is a gripping story of a mother abandoned, a wife rejected, and the lengths a woman scorned will go to for justice. 

The Alternative Book Club

The Alternative Book Club

The Alternative Book Club presents a stand-up comedy compilation show about books, where there is absolutely NO required reading. 

HALF MAN HALF BULL || PART ONE: THESEUS

HALF MAN HALF BULL || PART ONE: THESEUS

‘This company truly are the best at storytelling’ ***** (ThreeWeeks). 

Sam Blythe: Method in My Madness (A One-Man Hamlet)

Sam Blythe: Method in My Madness (A One-Man Hamlet)

An elastic-bodied reimagining of Hamlet, told entirely from the perspective of the Dane. 

Fan/Girl

Fan/Girl

Sparked by a conversation with a childhood friend that unearthed a long-forgotten obsession with football, Bryony wondered why all the girls she knew stopped playing football in th… 

Lauren Pattison: Big Girl Pants

Lauren Pattison: Big Girl Pants

Two-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Lauren Pattison is back with a brand-new show. 

Annie and Angela's Dumbgenz and Dragqueenz

Annie and Angela's Dumbgenz and Dragqueenz

Following a disastrous pub crawl, 40-something BFF’s Annie Sup and Angela Bra fall through a lipsync-hole into a parallel dimension of musical comedy tucked full of swords and sa… 

Party Girl

Party Girl

Fairy Sprinkles isn’t your average fairy. 

HALF MAN HALF BULL || PART TWO: DAEDALUS

HALF MAN HALF BULL || PART TWO: DAEDALUS

‘Incredibly powerful. 

Girls Really Listen To Me

Girls Really Listen To Me

Madeleine is pretty much the worst sixteen year old you can meet. 

Angela Bra: Social Calendar Girl

Angela Bra: Social Calendar Girl

Sex and relationship education is on the timetable and award-winning drag queen Miss Angela Bra is your supply teacher for this very special lesson on how to handle yourself in any… 

2 and a Half Women

2 and a Half Women

Three queer international comedians (Ann Vaida, Annick Adelle and Mari Volar) bring their WIP shows to Edinburgh and band together to make their solo debuts less harrowing. 

Sophie Duker: BUT DADDY I LOVE HER

Sophie Duker: BUT DADDY I LOVE HER

The sexiest comic alive (please do not factcheck!) brings her delusional new show to the Fringe. 

How to Catch a Book Witch

How to Catch a Book Witch

Kira loves reading. 

The Book of Mountains and Seas

The Book of Mountains and Seas

In this new play from award-winning writer Yilong Liu, a California dad arrives in New York to visit his late son’s last boyfriend to propose an impossible mission: visit all 179 r… 

Adam Hills: Shoes Half Full

Adam Hills: Shoes Half Full

The UK’s favourite monopedal Aussie (and host of Channel 4’s The Last Leg) is back with a brand-new show, combining positive stand-up comedy with rampant spontaneity. 

These Are the Contents of My Head (The Annie Lennox Show)

These Are the Contents of My Head (The Annie Lennox Show)

Annie Lennox’s transcendent solo album DIVA stands at the centre of this sparkling story about strong, defiant women and the little gay boy who loves them. 

Annie Boyle: Annie Are You OK?

Annie Boyle: Annie Are You OK?

A one-woman show about grief, self-discovery, a cow named Madonna and Delta Goodrem. 

Sophie Garrad and Leigh Douglas: Daddy's Girls

Sophie Garrad and Leigh Douglas: Daddy's Girls

Sophie and Leigh are Daddy’s Girls on the loose. 

Adaptation: Enough Already

Adaptation: Enough Already

Inspired by the work of Dr Gabor Maté, this is a play for women who do too much and the men who love them. 

Do This One Thing for Me

Do This One Thing for Me

What does it mean to remember the Holocaust in 2024? How do you bear the legacy of trauma while forging ahead in the 21st century? Jane Elias grapples with these questions through … 

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. 

Cameron Young: The Scottish Magician

Cameron Young: The Scottish Magician

Step into the enchanting world of Cameron Young: The Scottish Magician! Immerse yourself in a modern magic show featuring mind-bending illusions, captivating mind reading, and upro… 

Christopher Hall: Girl For All Seasons

Christopher Hall: Girl For All Seasons

Social media sensation Christopher tells of his life, as a ‘boy who’s a bit girly really’. 

All the Fraudulent Horse Girls

All the Fraudulent Horse Girls

This feral equine fantasia follows 11-year-old Audrey who is telepathically linked to all the other horse-girls in the world. 

Lost Girl

Lost Girl

Birdy is 19. 

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 … 

Paddy Young: If I Told You I'd Have to Kiss You

Paddy Young: If I Told You I'd Have to Kiss You

A second show has hit Paddy Young. 

Zoë Coombs Marr: Every Single Thing in My Whole Entire Life

Zoë Coombs Marr: Every Single Thing in My Whole Entire Life

This is a tell-all, personal storytelling comedy show. 

Fan Girls

Fan Girls

Get ready for an unmissable show that pulses with the soaring adrenaline of a first crush and feels like the best pop concert you’ve never been to…Meet Edna: she’s 14, she’… 

THE ILLUSTRIOUS REIGN OF KING LOUIS XIX (IN ITS ENTIRETY)

THE ILLUSTRIOUS REIGN OF KING LOUIS XIX (IN ITS ENTIRETY)

One King. One Kingdom. And literally no time to rule. Based on historical events, House of the Onion debuts the untold story of the world’s shortest reigning monarch. 

Mean Girls

Mean Girls

It’s gonna be a little bit dramatic… Get in, loser, Mean Girls is going to London. 

Daddy's Girls

Daddy's Girls

Sophie (So You Think You’re Funny 2023 - Finalist Funny Women 2023 - Semi-Finalist) and Leigh (BBC New Comedy Regional Showcase & Live at the Queer Comedy Club for FrootTV) are Dad… 

Crudi Dench: Someone Help Her! (Work in Progress)

Crudi Dench: Someone Help Her! (Work in Progress)

Star of sell-out Brighton and EdFringe shows ‘Drag Queens vs Zombies’ and Drag Queens vs Vampires Crudi Dench presents a brand-new, work-in-progress, comedy stand-up/solo show expl… 

Alex Franklin: Girl Code (Work in Progress)

Alex Franklin: Girl Code (Work in Progress)

In 2024, trans-girl Alex feels the most alive she’s ever felt; now she wants to make you feel alive, or die trying. 

How to Catch a Book Witch

How to Catch a Book Witch

Kira loves reading, visiting the library for a new book is her favourite thing. 

Dr Dolittle Kills A Man (And Reads Extracts From His New Book)

Dr Dolittle Kills A Man (And Reads Extracts From His New Book)

You’ve seen him on Countryfile, Blue Peter and that episode of Springwatch that the BBC have tried to scrub (SCRUB!) from the internet. 

Jerry's Girls

Jerry's Girls

JERRY’S GIRLS celebrates the life and legacy of legendary award-winning Broadway composer Jerry Herman. 

Girls Really Listen To Me

Girls Really Listen To Me

Madeleine is pretty much the worst sixteen year old you can meet. 

A Complete Idiot's Guide to New Zealand

A Complete Idiot's Guide to New Zealand

In this insider’s guide to his eccentric homeland, award-winning comedian Sully O’Sullivan answers all the questions about New Zealand you didn’t know to ask in the first pla… 

The Book of Grace

The Book of Grace

Grace lives with her husband Vet, a patrol officer on the Texas-Mexico border. 

Do the Thing: Up To, But Not Exceeding, 10 Musicals

Do the Thing: Up To, But Not Exceeding, 10 Musicals

After a total Brighton Fringe sellout in 2021, ‘Do the Thing’ are back with a whole new concept in improvised musicals. 

A Girl is a Haunted House

A Girl is a Haunted House

We’re all a little haunted, aren’t we? Being a woman is complicated. 

Triple Threat (Formerly Known as Two Girls One Mic)

Triple Threat (Formerly Known as Two Girls One Mic)

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. 

Pete Strong: Change Is Good, But It's Not the Only Thing (Work In Progress)

Pete Strong: Change Is Good, But It's Not the Only Thing (Work In Progress)

Just turned 40, sober as a judge, with a new baby. 

Steph Aritone: Weather Girl (Work in Progress)

Steph Aritone: Weather Girl (Work in Progress)

Rainy? Cloudy? Sunny? You choose in Steph’s 45 minute stand-up comedy show where she wrestles with the elements (of her mind). 

The Girls of Slender Means

The Girls of Slender Means

The delightful wit with its dark undertow of Murial Spark’s The Girls of Slender Means is caught brilliantly in this adaptation by Gabriel Quigley, directed by Roxana Silbert. 

Adam Hills: Shoes Half Full

Adam Hills: Shoes Half Full

The UK’s favourite monopedal Aussie (and host of Channel 4’s The Last Leg) is back with a brand new show, combining positive stand-up comedy with rampant spo… 

Dr Dolittle Kills a Man (and reads extracts from his new book) (WIP)

Dr Dolittle Kills a Man (and reads extracts from his new book) (WIP)

You’ve seen him on Countryfile, Blue Peter and that episode of Springwatch that the BBC have tried to scrub (SCRUB!) from the internet. 

52 Monologues for Young Transexuals

52 Monologues for Young Transexuals

“What’s the worst thing that’s ever made you feel like a woman?”52 Monologues for Young Transsexuals is a raucous and unapologetic speed-drive through transfeminine experience. 

Who Robbed Annie Queeries?

Who Robbed Annie Queeries?

A Real Life Dragatha Christie MysteryElectric Picnic 2023. 

BEASTS | Bad Girl: A One Man Show

BEASTS | Bad Girl: A One Man Show

BEASTSA mixed-race guide to fucking up. 

That Girl vs The World

That Girl vs The World

Who’d have thought that putting on a dress and reading some stories would lead to war on the streets of South London?Meet That Girl. 

Dopa-Mean Girl

Dopa-Mean Girl

Welcome to the musical journey of a woman with late diagnosis ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). 

Truth, Love & Madness

Truth, Love & Madness

Truth, Love and Madness asks each of us to take back responsibility of our emotions; and find acceptance in the fact that we are all, in our own way: mad… off-kilter… i… 

The Drowning Girls

The Drowning Girls

"I was amazed at the effect a wedding ring had upon my entire existence" Bessie, Alice, and Margaret have two things in common: they are married to George Joseph Smith an… 

The Girl In The Green Room

The Girl In The Green Room

A brand new ghost story for Penge. 

Young Voices @ Bloomsbury

Young Voices @ Bloomsbury

A curated screening of essay films exploring the theme of ‘Grow’ made by young filmmakers working in Bloomsbury, in collaboration with students from the MA Film Programming and… 

The Working Girls of Soho, Saucy Tales of Notorious Women

The Working Girls of Soho, Saucy Tales of Notorious Women

The Working Girls of Soho, takes you on a captivating journey of discovery, meeting the women who made Soho happen. 

Dopa-Mean Girl

Dopa-Mean Girl

Welcome to the musical journey of a woman with late diagnosis ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). 

GIRL IN A CELL

GIRL IN A CELL

Meet Jenna, a sparky, young dancer on the cusp of pirouetting into her greatest glory yet! — Until she isn't. 

Beautiful Thing

Beautiful Thing

Teenage boys Ste and Jamie are neighbours on a South London estate. 

Beautiful Thing

Beautiful Thing

“Your bird talks to me like I’ve got “c***” written on my forehead. 

Calendar Girls the Musical 2023 Tour

Calendar Girls the Musical 2023 Tour

Bill Kenwright Ltd presents a brand-new production of the award-winning Calendar Girls the Musical, written by Gary Barlow and Tim Firth, featuring a re-imagined book and new music… 

The Mr Thing Show

The Mr Thing Show

The cult comedy TV-show show is back for two nights only with their best bits from five years at Fringe. 

Paddy Young: Hungry, Horny, Scared

Paddy Young: Hungry, Horny, Scared

He’s hungry. 

Krystal Evans: The Hottest Girl at Burn Camp

Krystal Evans: The Hottest Girl at Burn Camp

Krystal’s sizzling debut hour finds the humour in escaping a house-fire, death, tragedy and mental illness, and how all this has – somewhat ironically – made her life funnier. 

Ali Affleck Celebrates Nina Simone – Little Girl Blue

Ali Affleck Celebrates Nina Simone – Little Girl Blue

A carefully considered celebration of the trailblazing musician Nina Simone. 

Ali Affleck Celebrates Nina Simone – Little Girl Blue

Ali Affleck Celebrates Nina Simone – Little Girl Blue

A carefully considered celebration of the trailblazing musician Nina Simone. 

Live (Nude) Girls

Live (Nude) Girls

Catherine McCafferty (Crush on Hulu) and Ellory Smith (3x Emmy Nominated) will perform at Edinburgh’s Free Fringe crafting two separate, equally bizarre, half hours of comedy. 

An Ice Thing to Say

An Ice Thing to Say

An Ice Thing to Say blends ice installation, music and physical theatre to explore our impact on nature. 

Mudfish and Friends: Half Past Midnight

Mudfish and Friends: Half Past Midnight

Character comedy sketch duo Mudfish host their friends in this wild show featuring their favourite sketch, stand-up and short films. 

The Girl With The Glass Heart

The Girl With The Glass Heart

Cait Roddam Jones is a seventeen-year-old actor, playwright and songwriter. 

A Woman Called Girl

A Woman Called Girl

One Girl. 

A Woman Called Girl

A Woman Called Girl

One Girl. 

The Girl With The Glass Heart

The Girl With The Glass Heart

Cait Roddam Jones is a seventeen-year-old actor, playwright and songwriter. 

The Half-Cocked Sketch Show

The Half-Cocked Sketch Show

Skip to the end for the top line info* Half-Cocked are back! Following a tumultuous hiatus, full of banana bread, Call of Duty Warzone and an alarming over-use of the incognito… 

The Diary of Anne Frank: Her Journey in Music

The Diary of Anne Frank: Her Journey in Music

The Diary of Anne Frank: Her Journey in Music by British Composer Girish Paul is a dramatic concert by the multi-instrumentalist and his virtual orchestra. 

The Half-Cocked Sketch Show

The Half-Cocked Sketch Show

Skip to the end for the top line info* Half-Cocked are back! Following a tumultuous hiatus, full of banana bread, Call of Duty Warzone and an alarming over-use of the incognito… 

Her Majesty's Musicals

Her Majesty's Musicals

Celebrating the rule and reign of the late Queen Elizabeth II, featuring songs from musicals that have played Her Majesty’s Theatre in London’s West End – including Fiddler on th… 

Truth, Love & Madness or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Depression

Truth, Love & Madness or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Depression

My Truth, that I self-harmed, considered suicide on many occasions, tried to beat the world back and faced a future of loneliness. 

Not Like Other Girls

Not Like Other Girls

Molly Martian has always been different. 

Truth, Love & Madness or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Depression

Truth, Love & Madness or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Depression

My Truth, that I self-harmed, considered suicide on many occasions, tried to beat the world back and faced a future of loneliness. 

Not Like Other Girls

Not Like Other Girls

Molly Martian has always been different. 

Asian Girls in Therapy

Asian Girls in Therapy

Asian Girls In Therapy is a K-pop and Bollywood fusion of joy, heartbreak, humour and depression. 

A Young Man Dressed as a Gorilla Dressed as an Old Man Sits Rocking in a Rocking Chair for 56 Minutes and Then Leaves... 14

A Young Man Dressed as a Gorilla Dressed as an Old Man Sits Rocking in a Rocking Chair for 56 Minutes and Then Leaves... 14

One performance only. Turn up early, sell-out expected. 

Brown Girl Noise

Brown Girl Noise

‘What if we could just be happy figuring out who we were so we could grow up with that person, instead of growing up and then figuring it out?’Created by and starring S… 

1 Tent, 4 Girls

1 Tent, 4 Girls

This firecracker of a comedy explores the relationships between four young women embarking on a disastrous camping trip. 

A Girl Called Grace

A Girl Called Grace

A little girl is sent to retrieve a needle and thread from the ferocious Baba Yaga and must outrun the witch to reach her father’s hut. 

Adaptation: Enough Already

Adaptation: Enough Already

Part homage to Charlie Kaufman’s 2002 film, part testimony to Gabor Maté’s Myth of Normal, a corporate trainer reluctantly wakes up to the impossibility of society’s invisib… 

Asian Girls In Therapy

Asian Girls In Therapy

The hilariously depressing tug-of-war with yourself and. 

Brown Girl Noise

Brown Girl Noise

‘What if we could just be happy figuring out who we were so we could grow up with that person, instead of growing up and then figuring it out?’ Created by and starring South A… 

Brown Girl Noise

Brown Girl Noise

‘What if we could just be happy figuring out who we were so we could grow up with that person, instead of growing up and then figuring it out?’ Created by and starring South A… 

Asian Girls In Therapy

Asian Girls In Therapy

The hilariously depressing tug-of-war with yourself and. 

Method Vs Madness

Method Vs Madness

Conversational improvisation and carefully crafted comedic bits are intertwined in this mic-bump style, stand-up collaboration between Kyle Bedder and Emerson Young. 

Good Girl

Good Girl

If I went through your internet history, what would I find? Join Rhiannon on an immersive, interactive clown adventure as she plays with male fantasies, female sexuality, and how w… 

Good Girl

Good Girl

If I went through your internet history, what would I find? Join Rhiannon on an immersive, interactive clown adventure as she plays with male fantasies, female sexuality, and how w… 

Kenny Young and the Eggplants

Kenny Young and the Eggplants

Claiming to be from Brooklyn (but possibly from another galaxy altogether), the Eggplants perform folk-and-roll songs about giant squirrels, aliens, malevolent washing machines and… 

Alicia Fitton: Thing of Myth and Beauty

Alicia Fitton: Thing of Myth and Beauty

“You can be adored, or you can be a monster. 

Alicia Fitton: Thing of Myth and Beauty

Alicia Fitton: Thing of Myth and Beauty

“You can be adored, or you can be a monster. 

Sally McGreevy: A Girl Called Dusty Springfield

Sally McGreevy: A Girl Called Dusty Springfield

Dusty epitomised the sound of the 60s whether singing swing, soul or ballads but life behind the scenes was not always as polished as the stage persona. 

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Stephen Sondheim’s hilarious musical romp tells the bawdy story of a slave and his attempts to win his freedom by helping his young master woo the girl next door. 

Musical Comedy Guide Showcase

Musical Comedy Guide Showcase

The online guide to musical comedy returns with its daily showcase of the best acts at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023. 

NYCOS National Girls Choir

NYCOS National Girls Choir

Howard Blake’s delightful settings of Robert Louis Stevenson’s poem The Land of Counterpane form the centrepiece of this concert by the critically acclaimed NYCOS National Girls Ch… 

Young Frankenstein

Young Frankenstein

Young Frankenstein is a hilarious take on the classic horror story, combining zany antics, a witty script, and high-energy comedic performances for one unforgettable, hilarious adv… 

Mother Courage and Her Children

Mother Courage and Her Children

A powerful new adaptation of Bertold Brecht’s classic anti-war play, interpreted by one of China’s leading directors of physical theatre and Edinburgh Fringe veteran Zhao Miao … 

Si Deaves: Best Thing Ever

Si Deaves: Best Thing Ever

At the age of 36 Si had a baby. 

Si Deaves - Best Thing Ever

Si Deaves - Best Thing Ever

At the age of 36 Si had a baby. 

Book Lovers' Tour

Book Lovers' Tour

A guided walking tour visiting the sites and haunts of Edinburgh’s literary legends; Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, JK Rowling and … 

Australia: A Whinging Pom's Guide

Australia: A Whinging Pom's Guide

The funny side of Australia. 

Baga Chipz: Material Girl

Baga Chipz: Material Girl

RuPauls Drag Race UK and RuPaul’s Drag Race UK vs The World finalist, fan-favorite Baga Chipz has finally had time to put together her first ever one-woman show. 

Young and Moxie

Young and Moxie

Young and Moxie is the latest magic show to hit the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 

Too Big For Her Britches

Too Big For Her Britches

A hilarious and heartbreaking dark comedy driven by 20 characters and 11 original songs, in which the heroine, Luna, endeavours to disentangle herself from bad decisions and an ove… 

What Girls Are Made Of

What Girls Are Made Of

The smash-hit, gig-theatre show returns, charting the true story of Cora Bissett’s rollercoaster journey from 90s indie-kid to wised-up woman. 

God Done Opened the Sky!!

God Done Opened the Sky!!

God Done Opened the Sky is Jersten Ray Seraile’s tale of young boy realising that his inner world and outer world are painfully conflicted – the way he sees himself is not the wa… 

Sheila's Sister and Her Musical Cousins

Sheila's Sister and Her Musical Cousins

Chicago duo, ‘true masters of improvised comedy’ (List), ‘work effortlessly in the straight man/funny woman comic pairing using their unrivaled familiarity to brilliant comedic eff… 

Beasts (Why Girls Shouldn't Fear The Dark)

Beasts (Why Girls Shouldn't Fear The Dark)

When Ruva experiences street harassment, her entire world is thrown into chaos and turmoil. 

A Girl MissRed

A Girl MissRed

‘Some children are misunderstood; Fran is MissRed. 

Gerry Carroll – Young

Gerry Carroll – Young

Gerry Carroll – Young. 

A Complete Idiot's Guide to New Zealand

A Complete Idiot's Guide to New Zealand

In this insider’s guide to his eccentric homeland, award-winning Kiwi comedian Sully O’Sullivan answers all the questions about New Zealand you didn’t know to ask in the first plac… 

Stone – Face – Book

Stone – Face – Book

Stone – Face – Book. 

Spark of Madness

Spark of Madness

Back for 2023 after their successful run of highly recommended shows at last year’s Festival Fringe, Edinburgh’s Unearthed Dance Company bring a brand-new bill of eclectic bite-s… 

Kathleen Hughes: One of the Girls (WIP)

Kathleen Hughes: One of the Girls (WIP)

Queer feminist and bloody lefty Kathleen has fallen into a settled life with a nice boy who can do maths. 

The Strongest Girl in the World

The Strongest Girl in the World

‘The best job in life is to be the father of a daughter. 

Annie and Angela's Disco Divorce Party

Annie and Angela's Disco Divorce Party

Forty, single and ready to mingle; join lifelong friends Annie Sup and Angela Bra for a drag-powered musical comedy celebrating friendship and new beginnings on a virtual bar crawl… 

Marcus Ryan – The Hitchhiker's Guide to Comedy

Marcus Ryan – The Hitchhiker's Guide to Comedy

International, crowd-favourite vagabond, Marcus Ryan (BBC, ABC, Amazon, WatchMojo, SiriusXM), has sold out tours on six continents and 50+ countries. 

A Spaniard's Guide to Learning Shakespeare

A Spaniard's Guide to Learning Shakespeare

Ever wondered what would happen if Alejandro Murrieta (aka Zorro) decided to become a Shakespearean actor at the Globe in London? Well, imagine if his son decided to do a show acti… 

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. 

Chelsea Birkby and Jamie D'Souza: Good Girls

Chelsea Birkby and Jamie D'Souza: Good Girls

Jamie – ‘Constantly amusing’ **** (One4Review. 

Emily Walsh: Dad Girl

Emily Walsh: Dad Girl

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

The Young-ish Offenders

The Young-ish Offenders

Two biys from Cork. 

The Bite (A Mouthful of Fringe Madness)

The Bite (A Mouthful of Fringe Madness)

Raucous, wild and a little bit different, this one-hour compilation show with a changing daily line-up, gives you a fabulous cross-section of Fringe madness in one crazy bite-sized… 

52 Monologues for Young Transsexuals

52 Monologues for Young Transsexuals

Taking verbatim theatre into a new realm, 52 Monologues for Young Transsexuals is interested in how real life becomes performance and vice versa. 

Rachel Morton-Young: Organised Chaos

Rachel Morton-Young: Organised Chaos

Raising kids is tough; add to the mix puberty, cultural differences and a complicated language, topped with questionable organisational skills and the comedy show writes itself! Aw… 

A Leftie's Guide to Why Everyone Hates Lefties

A Leftie's Guide to Why Everyone Hates Lefties

Jack is an unashamedly stereotypical left-wing, working-class, socialist comedian. 

Ew Girl, You Nasty

Ew Girl, You Nasty

Take a gonzo dive into a world of sex dungeons, meth and so much more with NYC comedian Katharyn Henson. 

A Guide to Therapy for Terrible People

A Guide to Therapy for Terrible People

What does it mean to be a terrible person? Why do we think these horrible things about ourselves? Joe is struggling with therapy. 

Krystal Evans: The Hottest Girl at Burn Camp

Krystal Evans: The Hottest Girl at Burn Camp

The Hottest Girl at Burn Camp is a mom-centred stand-up set that unpacks the trauma of being raised by a bi-polar parent with a balance of darkness and sharp humour. 

Unforgettable Girl

Unforgettable Girl

Money can’t buy love, but £19. 

A Guide to Therapy for Terrible People

A Guide to Therapy for Terrible People

What does it mean to be a terrible person? Why do we think these horrible things about ourselves? Joe is struggling with therapy. 

Grown Up Orphan Annie

Grown Up Orphan Annie

The world’s favourite orphan is back, and just like you, she is, unfortunately, a grown-up. 

First Thing (Work in Progress by Daniel Kitson)

First Thing (Work in Progress by Daniel Kitson)

A few days ago I saw a little boy slapping a wall. 

The Half Moon

The Half Moon

Four women. 

Ania Magliano: I Can't Believe You've Done This

Ania Magliano: I Can't Believe You've Done This

Who amongst us hasn’t uttered the phrase, “I can’t believe you’ve done this!?” whilst laughing with a friend over a particularly embarrassing story. 

The Four Worst Things I've Ever Done

The Four Worst Things I've Ever Done

What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done? I don’t mean skipping-church-because-you’re-too-hungover bad. 

The (Hong) Kong Girls

The (Hong) Kong Girls

It is a triple-bill of three Hong Kong female choreographer-dancers: PK Wong, Alice Ma and Justyne Li. 

Paddy Young: Hungry, Horny, Scared

Paddy Young: Hungry, Horny, Scared

He’s hungry. 

Louise Young: Feral

Louise Young: Feral

Debut hour from Geordie rising star with a show all about class, chaos and coming out. 

Her Green Hell

Her Green Hell

Trapped in the Peruvian rainforest, having survived a plane crash and a fall of 10,000 feet, Juliane is utterly alone and hopelessly lost. 

Avital Ash Workshops Her Suicide Note

Avital Ash Workshops Her Suicide Note

Avital Ash is one of the most genuine comedians on the Fringe scene. 

Two Far Gone Girls

Two Far Gone Girls

This split-bill of comedy will showcase the best and brightest material Maddie and Serena have to offer. 

'This Girl' - The Cynthia Lennon Story

'This Girl' - The Cynthia Lennon Story

‘This Girl’ tells the story of Cynthia Powell, a shy student from Hoylake, who fell in love with a young musician called John when they met at Liverpool Art College in 1957. 

Two Far Gone Girls

Two Far Gone Girls

This split-bill of comedy will showcase the best and brightest material Maddie and Serena have to offer. 

'This Girl' - The Cynthia Lennon Story

'This Girl' - The Cynthia Lennon Story

‘This Girl’ tells the story of Cynthia Powell, a shy student from Hoylake, who fell in love with a young musician called John when they met at Liverpool Art College in 1957. 

This Girl- The Cynthia Lennon story

This Girl- The Cynthia Lennon story

A musical about the life of Cynthia Lennon, who married the Beatles’ John Lennon.  

Adele Cliff Does Her Best and Tries New Things Out (Work-in-Progress)

Adele Cliff Does Her Best and Tries New Things Out (Work-in-Progress)

Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Durham. 

Adele Cliff Does Her Best and Tries New Things Out (Work-in-Progress)

Adele Cliff Does Her Best and Tries New Things Out (Work-in-Progress)

Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Durham. 

SEVEN and a half YEARS

SEVEN and a half YEARS

“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 celebrat… 

Annie Get Your Gun

Annie Get Your Gun

The  Lavender Theatre opens its gates from 17 July 2023 for its inaugural summer season with Irving Berlin’s Annie Get Your Gun. 

The Ordinariness of Her

The Ordinariness of Her

About the show ‘The Ordinariness of Her’ is a coming-of-age play about 16-year-old Megan Moore who feels stuck between caring for her mother and navigating … 

Vernons Girls

Vernons Girls

In Liverpool in the 1950s more than 6,000 women are working in Vernons, checking the pools coupons and enjoying singing in the choir. 

School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play

School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play

School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play 1986. 

'The Front Room' Book Launch & Artist Talk with Michael McMillan

'The Front Room' Book Launch & Artist Talk with Michael McMillan

Michael McMillan’s The Front Room: Diaspora Migrant Aesthetics in the Home draws on his critically acclaimed and internationally renowned installation The Front Room, now permane… 

'The Front Room' Book Launch & Artist Talk with Michael McMillan

'The Front Room' Book Launch & Artist Talk with Michael McMillan

Michael McMillan’s The Front Room: Diaspora Migrant Aesthetics in the Home draws on his critically acclaimed and internationally renowned installation The Front Room, now permane… 

Good Girl

Good Girl

If I went through your internet history, what would I find? Join Rhiannon on an immersive, interactive clown adventure as she plays with male fantasies, female sexuality, and how w… 

Good Girl

Good Girl

If I went through your internet history, what would I find? Join Rhiannon on an immersive, interactive clown adventure as she plays with male fantasies, female sexuality, and how w… 

One Day When We Were Young

One Day When We Were Young

Leonard and Violet, young, restless and in love, spend their first night together knowing it may also be their last. 

Ew Girl, You Nasty

Ew Girl, You Nasty

Take a gonzo dive into a world of sex dungeons, meth, and so much more with New York City comedian, Katharyn Henson. 

Ew Girl, You Nasty

Ew Girl, You Nasty

Take a gonzo dive into a world of sex dungeons, meth, and so much more with New York City comedian, Katharyn Henson. 

Madam Misfit and Her Carnival of Chaos

Madam Misfit and Her Carnival of Chaos

Step right up and witness the spectacle that is Madam Misfit’s Carnival of Chaos! Join comedic rap artist and rabble-rouser Madam Misfit as she lets loose her cavalcade of mesmer… 

Madam Misfit and Her Carnival of Chaos

Madam Misfit and Her Carnival of Chaos

Step right up and witness the spectacle that is Madam Misfit’s Carnival of Chaos! Join comedic rap artist and rabble-rouser Madam Misfit as she lets loose her cavalcade of mesmer… 

Aaargh its the Monster Stand Up Show

Aaargh its the Monster Stand Up Show

Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comedians on the circuit in this stand-up comedy showcase, including your award-winning host, Masai Graham (UK Pun Champion 2016, Joke o… 

Aaargh its the Monster Stand Up Show

Aaargh its the Monster Stand Up Show

Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comedians on the circuit in this stand-up comedy showcase including your award-winning host, Masai Graham (UK Pun Champion 2016, Joke of… 

Brown Girls Do It Too: Mama Told Me Not To Come

Brown Girls Do It Too: Mama Told Me Not To Come

Fierce, funny, and wonderfully frank, Poppy and Rubina have sex and they aren’t ashamed to talk about it. 

Ladies at a Gay Girls' Bar, 1938-1969

Ladies at a Gay Girls' Bar, 1938-1969

A 1990’s teen lesbian explores history and reckons with the power of femininity in this solo dance/theatre performance. 

SEVEN and a half YEARS

SEVEN and a half YEARS

“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… 

SEVEN and a half YEARS

SEVEN and a half YEARS

“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… 

SEVEN and half YEARS

SEVEN and half YEARS

“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… 

Ladies at a Gay Girls' Bar, 1938-1969

Ladies at a Gay Girls' Bar, 1938-1969

A 1990’s teen lesbian explores history and reckons with the power of femininity in this solo dance/theatre performance. 

The Final Girl (Work in Progress)

The Final Girl (Work in Progress)

Do you like scary movies? Well, if you like them so much, would you survive to the end of one? Join the award-winning Heather-Rose Andrews on an exploration of horror films, the wo… 

The Art of a Damaged Soul: The One Woman Show Adaptation

The Art of a Damaged Soul: The One Woman Show Adaptation

Ah, Birthdays. 

THE ART OF A DAMAGED SOUL - THE ONE WOMAN SHOW ADAPTATION

THE ART OF A DAMAGED SOUL - THE ONE WOMAN SHOW ADAPTATION

The author of the bestselling poetry series The Art of a Damaged Soul brings you the hard-hitting , powerful one woman show.  

The Art of a Damaged Soul: The One Woman Show Adaptation

The Art of a Damaged Soul: The One Woman Show Adaptation

Ah, Birthdays. 

Sugar Baby - Good advice for bad girls and terrified men!

Sugar Baby - Good advice for bad girls and terrified men!

Aideen McQueen: Sugar Baby The tale of how a day-drinking primary school teacher changed her life. 

Adele Cliff Does Her Best and Tries New Things Out (Work-in-Progress)

Adele Cliff Does Her Best and Tries New Things Out (Work-in-Progress)

Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Brighton. 

Sugar Baby - Good advice for bad girls and terrified men!

Sugar Baby - Good advice for bad girls and terrified men!

Aideen McQueen: Sugar Baby The tale of how a day-drinking primary school teacher changed her life. 

Adele Cliff Does Her Best and Tries New Things Out (Work-in-Progress)

Adele Cliff Does Her Best and Tries New Things Out (Work-in-Progress)

Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Brighton. 

A Guide to Therapy for Terrible People

A Guide to Therapy for Terrible People

What does it mean to be a terrible person? Why do we think these horrible things about ourselves? Joe is struggling with therapy. 

Gerry Carroll: Young

Gerry Carroll: Young

Gerry turned into a wrinkly old man. 

Middle-aged Madness

Middle-aged Madness

3 middle-aged comedians offer their perspective for your entertainment: Lance Carter Chris Blackburn Simon Kelvick The three unwise men will each give a 15 minute set on midlife,… 

Middle-aged Madness

Middle-aged Madness

3 middle-aged comedians offer their perspective for your entertainment: Lance Carter Chris Blackburn Simon Kelvick The three unwise men will each give a 15 minute set on midlife,… 

A Guide to Therapy for Terrible People

A Guide to Therapy for Terrible People

What does it mean to be a terrible person? Why do we think these horrible things about ourselves? Joe is struggling with therapy. 

Gerry Carroll: Young

Gerry Carroll: Young

Gerry turned into a wrinkly old man. 

Do the Thing: Up To, But Not Exceeding, 10 Musicals

Do the Thing: Up To, But Not Exceeding, 10 Musicals

After a total Brighton Fringe sellout in 2021, ‘Do the Thing’ are back with a whole new concept in improvised musicals. 

A Cosmologists Guide to Life and Love

A Cosmologists Guide to Life and Love

Many of the questions that Cosmologists attempt to answer are grand, noble, big questions about the nature of the Universe itself. 

A Cosmologists Guide to Life and Love

A Cosmologists Guide to Life and Love

Many of the questions that Cosmologists attempt to answer are grand, noble, big questions about the nature of the Universe itself. 

A Spaniards guide to Shakespeare

A Spaniards guide to Shakespeare

Ever wondered what would happen if Alejandro De La Vega aka Zorro decided to become a Shakespearean actor at the Globe in London? Well, imagine if his son decided to do a show acti… 

Paddy Young: Laugh, You Rats!

Paddy Young: Laugh, You Rats!

The Yorkshire scamp has had enough! Time to take a stand against housemates, homeowners and the North/South divide. 

A Spaniards guide to Shakespeare

A Spaniards guide to Shakespeare

Ever wondered what would happen if Alejandro De La Vega aka Zorro decided to become a Shakespearean actor at the Globe in London? Well, imagine if his son decided to do a show acti… 

Paddy Young: Laugh, You Rats!

Paddy Young: Laugh, You Rats!

The Yorkshire scamp has had enough! Time to take a stand against housemates, homeowners and the North/South divide. 

Vernons Girls

Vernons Girls

In Liverpool in the 1950s more than 6,000 women are working in Vernons, checking the pools coupons and enjoying singing in the choir. 

Good Girl

Good Girl

If I went through your internet history, what would I find? Join Rhiannon on an interactive comedy adventure as she plays with male fantasies, female sexuality, and how we navigate… 

Annie Get Your Gun in Concert

Annie Get Your Gun in Concert

Smash hit musical Annie Get Your Gun is to be celebrated with a special one-night only concert production at The London Palladium. 

Akram Khan Company Jungle Book reimagined

Akram Khan Company Jungle Book reimagined

A magical dance-theatre retelling of Kipling’s classic set against the backdrop of the climate crisis. 

Further than the Furthest Thing

Further than the Furthest Thing

"Surprise is as come from the H‘outside world” On a remote volcanic island in the middle of the Atlantic, a community has lived undisturbed for centuries, defying … 

Auntie's House by Paul Stone: A Muslim woman’s fight to protect her gay loved ones from persecution in 1950s London.

Auntie's House by Paul Stone: A Muslim woman’s fight to protect her gay loved ones from persecution in 1950s London.

Tamina was from Pakistan but living in London’s Notting Hill area during the 1950s, in the times before the decriminalisation of homosexuality came in 1967. 

Asian Girls In Therapy

Asian Girls In Therapy

‘Asian Girls in Therapy’ is a dark comedy that follows the therapy journey of Kiran and Cheon making them face their deepest demons, desires and depressive episodes in the form of … 

Violent Circumstances

Violent Circumstances

Written in response to the murders of Sarah Everard and Sabina Nessa, Violent Circumstances explores five young women’s stories of everyday events that quickly turn into exhausting… 

Her Green Hell

Her Green Hell

A play inspired by Juliane Koepcke’s remarkable survival story. 

Her Green Hell

Her Green Hell

A thrilling new show inspired by the double survival story of Juliane Koepcke. 

UPSTAIRS? | In Her Shoes

UPSTAIRS? | In Her Shoes

UPSTAIRS? “So can you still not see?” In Her Shoes A tale of hardship and survival. 

DRAMATURGY CLINIC : BOOK YOUR 20 MINUTE CONSULTATION!

DRAMATURGY CLINIC : BOOK YOUR 20 MINUTE CONSULTATION!

blurb: Suitable for budding playwrights who want to meet dramaturgical story wizards Eoghan Carrick, Sarah Baxter, Michelle Read and Pamela McQueen to talk about their p… 

The Oldest Trick in the Book

The Oldest Trick in the Book

Charlie is on the wrong end of 35 and her life is shrinking by the day. 

52 Monologues for Young Transsexuals

52 Monologues for Young Transsexuals

‘I want this to be a validating experience for you. 

52 Monologues for Young Transsexuals

52 Monologues for Young Transsexuals

Part enlightening verbatim theatre, part twisted cabaret, 52 Monologues for Young Transsexuals is a daring confrontation of sex, love and trans womanhood. 

The Testament According to Adam | Dopa-Mean Girl

The Testament According to Adam | Dopa-Mean Girl

The Testament According to Adam Old systems need to be changed Dopa-Mean GirlA musical comedy about ADHD brains The Testament According to Adam - Capitol Theatre Co… 

Not a chill girl

Not a chill girl

This show is a work in progress for Hannah’s first solo show. 

There Was A Little Girl

There Was A Little Girl

Millie is not like other girls. 

The Girl and The Dragon

The Girl and The Dragon

Get ready for a refreshing and fantastical adventure! This award-winning show will defy your expectations and warm your heart. 

An Ice Thing to Say

An Ice Thing to Say

In an Icy land of ruins, a human being and a polar bear are meeting in an encounter of surviving the Anthropocene Era. 

Book Launch: The Breakup Monologues by Rosie Wilby

Book Launch: The Breakup Monologues by Rosie Wilby

Join award-winning comedian and queen of breakups Rosie Wilby for the launch of the fabulous new paperback edition of her book The Breakup Monologues (Green Tree), which is based o… 

Iphigenia; or, the Sacrifices of a Young Woman in Nine Movements

Iphigenia; or, the Sacrifices of a Young Woman in Nine Movements

Iphigenia is a regular teenage girl on the verge of becoming a woman, whatever that means. 

IPHIGENIA; or, the sacrifices of a young woman in nine movements

IPHIGENIA; or, the sacrifices of a young woman in nine movements

Iphigenia is a regular teenage girl on the verge of becoming a woman, whatever that means. 

Garth Marenghi’s TerrorTome - Book Tour

Garth Marenghi’s TerrorTome - Book Tour

AN EVENING OF TERRORTOME WITH GARTH MARENGHI Garth Marenghi, horror literature’s greatest living author, returns from the darkness (figurative darkness -he&rsqu… 

SUGGS What a King Cnut – A Life in The Realm Of Madness

SUGGS What a King Cnut – A Life in The Realm Of Madness

Due to huge popular demand, after his first tour-de-force, smash hit, sell out tours with ‘My Life Story’, Suggs is treading the boards again. 

Charlie Berens: Midwest Survival Guide Tour

Charlie Berens: Midwest Survival Guide Tour

Charlie Berens live at Leicester Square Theatre.  

All the Fraudulent Horse Girls

All the Fraudulent Horse Girls

All The Fraudulent Horse Girls is a premiere one-act play with surreal monologues, music, and drag for anyone who has ever been a Horse Girl, Train Boy, or weird kid defined by the… 

Bright Half Life

Bright Half Life

What if life came with a rewind button? Jumping across time, Bright Half Life tells the four-and-a-half-decade story of Vicky and Erica, who meet, fall in love, start a family, and… 

Big Girls Don't Cry

Big Girls Don't Cry

It’s time to hang on to what we got and celebrate the iconic sounds of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. 

Jungle Book reimagined

Jungle Book reimagined

Breathtaking projections of animation by YeastCulture steal this show and a set which is largely conveyed by lighting. 

Young Classical Artists Trust Showcase Concerts

Young Classical Artists Trust Showcase Concerts

Three future stars, committed and passionate chamber musicians, Irène Duval, Jean-Selim Abdelmoula and Maciej Kulakowski, met at The Kronberg Academy. 

Young Classical Artists Trust Showcase Concerts

Young Classical Artists Trust Showcase Concerts

Three future stars, committed and passionate chamber musicians, Irène Duval, Jean-Selim Abdelmoula and Maciej Kulakowski, met at The Kronberg Academy. 

The Working Girls of Soho

The Working Girls of Soho

In her fabulous new show The Working Girls of Soho, Josephine Pembroke, creator of Pussies Galore, the infamous club act of the 1990s and darling of the iconic Café de Paris, Heav… 

Cheeky Girls

Cheeky Girls

Edinburgh-based dark comedy collective The Counterminers are back for their third Fringe, putting on a new-writing piece by Florence Carr-Jones – Cheeky Girls. 

NASTY:

NASTY: "big" girls being gross, mean and sexy

Remember that time you pooed yourself in public? Or when you swore at your mum for asking you to tidy your pigsty of a room? Maybe you’re still blushing over the time someone poi… 

birthday girl

birthday girl

This is a play about birthdays. 

Phil Kay & Stacey Clare: Book Festival Fringe Launch Show

Phil Kay & Stacey Clare: Book Festival Fringe Launch Show

Come! Welcome to the inaugural Book Festival Fringe. 

In Her Defence

In Her Defence

It’s 1947 and Catherine has just shot dead her husband, Philip, in their Regent’s Park flat. 

Sad Book

Sad Book

‘Stand-out dance of the summer’ (Guardian on 201’s Skin). 

Born To Be Wide Presents: Edinburgh's Greatest Hits (Book Launch and DJs)

Born To Be Wide Presents: Edinburgh's Greatest Hits (Book Launch and DJs)

Scotland’s music industry social night, Born To Be Wide, presents a celebration of Edinburgh’s scene, past and present. 

Church Girl, Interrupted

Church Girl, Interrupted

Stand-up, sarcasm and uncomfortable confessions combine in this true story about life as a Jesus girl. 

Amy Gledhill: The Girl Before The Girl You Marry

Amy Gledhill: The Girl Before The Girl You Marry

Intranet sensation Amy Gledhill (1/3 of cult double act The Delightful Sausage) makes her Fringe debut with a show about resilience and dancing. 

Bob Doolally Live and Half-Cut in Qatar

Bob Doolally Live and Half-Cut in Qatar

He’s the man who put the foot into football. 

Birds of Passage in the Half Light by Kat Woods

Birds of Passage in the Half Light by Kat Woods

Birds of Passage in the Half Light is a dark comedic excavation exposing the complicated relationship between Her faith and the generational impact that it has had on Her female li… 

Head Girl

Head Girl

A coming-of-age story about falling in and out of love with yourself. 

Ali Affleck Celebrates Nina Simone – Little Girl Blue

Ali Affleck Celebrates Nina Simone – Little Girl Blue

A carefully considered celebration of the trailblazing musician Nina Simone. 

Elsa McTaggart: Her Story

Elsa McTaggart: Her Story

Take songs that stop conversations, a voice that could stop wars and a fiddle that stops at nothing, and you have the icon Elsa McTaggart. 

Bob Doolally Live and Half-Cut in Qatar

Bob Doolally Live and Half-Cut in Qatar

He’s the man who put the foot into football. 

Stand Up, Weather Girl!

Stand Up, Weather Girl!

The role of the weather girl is one of the most iconic in the TV landscape. 

Like Other Girls

Like Other Girls

Have you ever noticed how all female leads in historical fiction are. 

The Changeling Girl

The Changeling Girl

The Changeling Girl explores experiences of neurodivergency through the captivating story of Agnes, an autistic girl living in medieval England accused of being a fairy changeling. 

Musical Comedy Guide Showcase

Musical Comedy Guide Showcase

Daily hour of the best musical comedy at this year’s Fringe, produced by the Musical Comedy Guide website (check for daily listings). 

The Book of Life

The Book of Life

Rwandan writer and activist Kiki Katese takes to the stage with her all-female drumming group to share the powerful stories of those affected by the Rwandan genocide, in a performa… 

Ryan Young

Ryan Young

Ryan Young brings new and exciting ideas to traditional Scottish music, receiving international praise for his spellbinding interpretations on the fiddle. 

Bright. Young. Things. and Heavy Weather

Bright. Young. Things. and Heavy Weather

Wing It Musical Theatre, by arrangement with Nick Hern Books, presents the following amateur performances: Georgia Christou’s Bright. 

Murder? I Hardly Know Her

Murder? I Hardly Know Her

A murder in an escape room? Inconvenient for the victim, perhaps, but very handy for inspectors who wish to keep their suspects in one place. 

The Rainbow – A Rehearsed Reading of a New Adaptation

The Rainbow – A Rehearsed Reading of a New Adaptation

Originally published in 1915, The Rainbow was extraordinarily ahead of its time as Lawrence explores the experiences of three generations of Polish women living in Nottinghamshire … 

A Young Man Dressed as a Gorilla Dressed as an Old Man Sits Rocking in a Rocking Chair for Fifty-Six Minutes and Then Leaves... 13

A Young Man Dressed as a Gorilla Dressed as an Old Man Sits Rocking in a Rocking Chair for Fifty-Six Minutes and Then Leaves... 13

One performance only. Arrive early, sell-out expected. 

Broke Her

Broke Her

Broke Her, the debut production of northern productions company Steel Harbour Productions, a thriller set in the home of a promising young couple Joshua and Isobelle, during a calm… 

Walk It Back / Wither With Her

Walk It Back / Wither With Her

Davina is searching for a long-lost family member. 

My Other Half

My Other Half

H and B are a young couple struggling with the pressures of their relationship. 

A Young Girl's Guide to Madness

A Young Girl's Guide to Madness

Have you ever felt isolated and confused about the world? Surrounded by judgement, pressure and horrifically high beauty standards, Jess confesses her innermost thoughts to you all… 

Calendar Girls the Musical

Calendar Girls the Musical

Based on the hit film, this award-winning musical by Gary Barlow and Tim Firth tells the story of an ordinary group of women in a Yorkshire Women’s Institute who create an artist… 

Amazing Adventures of Her Majesty Platinum Jubilee Edition

Amazing Adventures of Her Majesty Platinum Jubilee Edition

Affectionate musical comedy on the world’s longest-serving monarch, a thoroughly modern, fully empowered female role model. 

A Lady Does Not Scratch Her Crotch

A Lady Does Not Scratch Her Crotch

Once upon a time, there was a young girl – not a princess or a pretty girl waiting to be one. 

Fan/Girl

Fan/Girl

It’s 1998. 

Seven and a Half Years

Seven and a Half Years

Mark Glentworth returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with his unique biographical musical about a successful musician and composer who suddenly and rapidly suffers a career-sto… 

Book Lovers' Tour

Book Lovers' Tour

A guided walking tour visiting the sites and haunts of Edinburgh’s literary legends: Robert Burns, Walter Scott, RL Stevenson, Conan Doyle, JK Rowling, McCall Smith and others, wit… 

The Girl and Her Balloon

The Girl and Her Balloon

Recalling Banksy’s famous graffiti, originally painted on the side of Waterloo Bridge in 2002, Amy Wakeman’s The Girl and Her Balloon is a similarly ubiquitous depiction of hop… 

A Many-Splendoured Thing

A Many-Splendoured Thing

Inspired by the story of Hong Kong renowned novelist Eileen Chang’s Love in a Fallen City, A Many-Splendoured Thing explores love between a man and a woman in a turbulent era thr… 

A Time Traveler's Guide to the Present

A Time Traveler's Guide to the Present

A mysterious broadcast from the future causes 85% of the world to abandon their friends and family forever. 

SEVEN and a HALF YEARS

SEVEN and a HALF YEARS

Why would a man disappear inside his own home for seven and a half years, just when he has the most to share? MARK GLENTWORTH returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with his uni… 

Gary Little Just About Done

Gary Little Just About Done

Life, relationships, the world! Everything seems to be coming to an end. 

The Worst Thing You Could Do

The Worst Thing You Could Do

‘Unsettling yet captivating’ (Alt A Review). 

Done to Death, By Jove!

Done to Death, By Jove!

The Great British Detective tradition! Holmes and Watson meet Poirot and Miss Marple (alongside the usual suspects) in a spoof homage – who murdered Lady Fanshawe!? Why have the … 

Up Her Sleeve

Up Her Sleeve

Creme Egg included with ticket. 

The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Mean Girls and Creative Currency

The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Mean Girls and Creative Currency

Top academics, dangerous ideas and your host comedian Susan Morrison. 

Stone – Face – Book

Stone – Face – Book

This solo performance with award-winning dancer Mikolaj Karczewski is based on personal material, made in collaboration with the obstruction master Palle Granhøj. 

The Funny Thing About Death

The Funny Thing About Death

There are very few taboo subjects left these days, but the one that will eventually come to us all still leaves many people uncomfortable. 

Head Girl

Head Girl

A coming-of-age story about falling in and out of love with yourself. 

The Little Glass Slipper as Performed by the Queen of France and Her Friends

The Little Glass Slipper as Performed by the Queen of France and Her Friends

France 1789. 

Young China Shines

Young China Shines

For the past 11 years, Asian Arts Global has been bringing young students from arts-oriented schools across China to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, to highlight the country’s bri… 

We Will Rock You: Young@part

We Will Rock You: Young@part

Bold. 

How to Be a Girl (In Three Easy Steps)

How to Be a Girl (In Three Easy Steps)

Gara spent most of their life being a “girl”. 

Eryn Tett Finds Her Audience

Eryn Tett Finds Her Audience

Volunteers needed for very important scientific research*. 

Annie and Angela's Disco Divorce Party

Annie and Angela's Disco Divorce Party

Forty, single and ready to mingle; join lifelong friends, Annie Sup and Angela Bra, for a drag-infused comedy of musical mirth celebrating friendship and new beginnings on a bar cr… 

Final Baby Girl!

Final Baby Girl!

Get ready for an evening of bombastic bad taste in the killer new show from cult drag superstar Baby Lame. 

The Girl and the Dragon

The Girl and the Dragon

Get ready for a fantastical show to warm the heart and bring joy to people young and old alike. 

Charmian Hughes: She! Immortal Horror Queen's Guide to Life

Charmian Hughes: She! Immortal Horror Queen's Guide to Life

Live! Laugh! Liquidate! is the message 8-year-old Charmian got from Hammer film She. 

Annie and Angela's Disco Divorce Party

Annie and Angela's Disco Divorce Party

Forty, single and ready to mingle; join lifelong friends, Annie Sup and Angela Bra, for a drag-infused comedy of musical mirth celebrating friendship and new beginnings on a bar cr… 

Mellow Madness

Mellow Madness

Mellow Madness is a one-hour split comedy show written and performed by up-and-coming South London-based stand-up comedians Fitzgerald Honger and Micah Hall. 

Mellow Madness

Mellow Madness

Mellow Madness is a one-hour split comedy show written and performed by up-and-coming South London-based stand-up comedians Fitzgerald Honger and Micah Hall. 

Amy Gledhill: The Girl Before The Girl You Marry

Amy Gledhill: The Girl Before The Girl You Marry

Intranet sensation Amy Gledhill (1/3 of cult double act The Delightful Sausage) makes her Fringe debut with a show about resilience and dancing. 

Elly Shaw and Elaine Fellows: This Girl Can't

Elly Shaw and Elaine Fellows: This Girl Can't

Split-bill WIP from Elly Shaw and Elaine Fellows. 

The Bite (A Mouthful of Fringe Madness)

The Bite (A Mouthful of Fringe Madness)

Raucous, wild and a little bit different – this one-hour compilation show with a changing daily line-up, gives you a fabulous cross section of Fringe madness in one crazy bite-si… 

Hannah Fairweather: Just a Normal Girl Who Enjoys Revenge

Hannah Fairweather: Just a Normal Girl Who Enjoys Revenge

From exes to golf coaches, Just a Normal Girl Who Enjoys Revenge is an eloquent, biting and well-structured analysis of situations when Hannah Fairweather was right and when she wa… 

The Alternative Book Club

The Alternative Book Club

The Alternative Book Club presents an unconventional comedy show about books where there is absolutely no required reading. 

Will Pickvance: Half Man Half Piano

Will Pickvance: Half Man Half Piano

New show from Edinburgh-based piano virtuouso Will Pickvance (Anatomy of a Piano, Pianohood, First Piano On The Moon). 

A Secret Show by Cameron Young

A Secret Show by Cameron Young

Cameron Young is one of the hottest names in modern magic, with appearances on national television shows such as Britain’s Got Talent, Penn & Teller: Fool Us and Tu Si Que Vales, C… 

She/Her

She/Her

Brian Cox presents She/Her, a multimedia performance of a diverse group of women speaking their truth. 

The Mr Thing Show

The Mr Thing Show

‘This anarchic, multimedia show has cult in its genes’ **** (Chortle. 

Sad Girls Club

Sad Girls Club

Welcome to Sad Girls Club, where girls are allowed to be. 

Eve: All About Her

Eve: All About Her

Award-winning actor and cabaret artist, Keith Ramsay, blends live music and and spoken word to deconstruct the concepts of camp and queer mythology for a post-Stonewall generation. 

Paddy Young: Laugh, You Rats!

Paddy Young: Laugh, You Rats!

The Yorkshire scamp has had enough! Time to take a stand against housemates, homeowners and the North/South divide. 

Half-Empty Glasses

Half-Empty Glasses

The Paines Plough Roundabout has become a symbol of the Fringe, developing its own signature style in the process. 

An Idiom's Guide to the Galaxy

An Idiom's Guide to the Galaxy

Son and father-in-law duo, Dave Watt and Pretty Good Nick, invite you to jump on their absurd comedy bandwagon as they explore the world of idioms. 

Biddy O'Loughlin: Funny Girl, Sad Songs

Biddy O'Loughlin: Funny Girl, Sad Songs

From the girl who brought you The Girl Who Thought She Was Irish (Edinburgh, 2011), comes Funny Girl, Sad Songs. 

Mary Beth Barone: Silly Little Girl

Mary Beth Barone: Silly Little Girl

Join Mary Beth for her eagerly anticipated debut hour, as she shares her checkered journey as an aspiring young starlet through to the present day, covering a range of topics like … 

The Girl Who Was Very Good At Lying

The Girl Who Was Very Good At Lying

Catriona has a history of making stuff up. 

Guide to Surviving Masculinist Territory

Guide to Surviving Masculinist Territory

An audio walk through the streets of Edinburgh. 

A Sudden Violent Burst of Rain

A Sudden Violent Burst of Rain

We all live under the same sky. 

Poppy & Charlie Music (Young acoustic duo)

Poppy & Charlie Music (Young acoustic duo)

Are you ready to rock? Poppy & Charlie, young acoustic brother - sister duo from the Northeast. 

Poppy & Charlie Music (Young acoustic duo)

Poppy & Charlie Music (Young acoustic duo)

Are you ready to rock? Poppy & Charlie, young acoustic brother - sister duo from the Northeast. 

Head Girl

Head Girl

A coming-of-age story about falling in and out of love with yourself. 

Head Girl

Head Girl

A coming-of-age story about falling in and out of love with yourself. 

Iron Annie Cabaret

Iron Annie Cabaret

A unique musical and theatrical interpretation of one of the most ambitious literary debuts of recent years, the Iron Annie Cabaret is coming to the Boys School at Smock… 

Iron Annie

Iron Annie

A unique musical and theatrical interpretation of one of the most ambitious literary debuts of recent years, the Iron Annie Cabaret is coming to the Boys School at Smock… 

Elly Shaw & Elaine Fellows: This Girl Can't

Elly Shaw & Elaine Fellows: This Girl Can't

Split bill work in progress from Elly Shaw and Elaine Fellows. 

Elly Shaw & Elaine Fellows: This Girl Can't

Elly Shaw & Elaine Fellows: This Girl Can't

Split bill work in progress from Elly Shaw and Elaine Fellows. 

In Between Spaces / YOU HAVE HALF A SECOND TO IMPRESS ME

In Between Spaces / YOU HAVE HALF A SECOND TO IMPRESS ME

In Between Spaces centres on five characters who perambulate in a world outside of time. 

In Between Spaces / YOU HAVE HALF A SECOND TO IMPRESS ME

In Between Spaces / YOU HAVE HALF A SECOND TO IMPRESS ME

In Between Spaces centres on five characters who perambulate in a world outside of time. 

Every Young Adult Novel Ever: The Musical

Every Young Adult Novel Ever: The Musical

‘Did you grow up loving Young Adult Fantasy novels (and do you maybe still love young adult fantasy novels)? Are you a ride or die Team Edward or Team Jacob fan? Then this may be t… 

Every Young Adult Novel Ever: The Musical

Every Young Adult Novel Ever: The Musical

‘Did you grow up loving Young Adult Fantasy novels (and do you maybe still love young adult fantasy novels)? Are you a ride or die Team Edward or Team Jacob fan? Then this may be t… 

Y'MAM (Young Man's Angry Movements)

Y'MAM (Young Man's Angry Movements)

In this electric, pulsating autobiographical solo-show, Majid (Hollyoaks, War Horse) traces the origin of his own personal struggles with anger and probes the unspoken anxieties, d… 

Girl on an Altar

Girl on an Altar

Clytemnestra’s world is torn apart when her husband, Agamemnon, sacrifices their daughter for the sake of war. 

Vix Leyton: More Fiction than Girl

Vix Leyton: More Fiction than Girl

Vix takes you through a whirlwind forty-five minutes examines the multiple roles you end up playing over the course of your life, and what happens when you break out of them. 

Vix Leyton: More Fiction than Girl

Vix Leyton: More Fiction than Girl

Vix takes you through a whirlwind forty-five minutes examines the multiple roles you end up playing over the course of your life, and what happens when you break out of them. 

Just A Normal Girl Who Enjoys Revenge

Just A Normal Girl Who Enjoys Revenge

Hannah Fairweather was the 2019 Rising Star New Act of the Year, a semi-finalist in the BBC New Comedian Award, So You Think You’re Funny, Leicester Square and Komedia Brighton N… 

Just A Normal Girl Who Enjoys Revenge

Just A Normal Girl Who Enjoys Revenge

Hannah Fairweather was the 2019 Rising Star New Act of the Year, a semi-finalist in the BBC New Comedian Award, So You Think You’re Funny, Leicester Square and Komedia Brighton N… 

Girls Who Wear Glasses

Girls Who Wear Glasses

Quirky, dark, and delightfully saucy. 

Girls Who Wear Glasses

Girls Who Wear Glasses

Quirky, dark, and delightfully saucy. 

Aaargh its 101 Clean Jokes in 30 minutes

Aaargh its 101 Clean Jokes in 30 minutes

Award-winning gag merchant Masai Graham, UK Pun Championship Winner 2016, Joke of the Fringe Winner 2016 and (some guy called) DAVE Joke of the Fringe Winner 2021, delivers over 10… 

Aaargh its 101 Naughty Jokes in 30 minutes

Aaargh its 101 Naughty Jokes in 30 minutes

Award-winning gag merchant Masai Graham, UK Pun Championships Winner 2016, Joke of the Fringe Winner 2016 and (some guy called) DAVE Joke of the Fringe Winner 2021, delivers over 1… 

Aaargh its 101 Clean Jokes in 30 minutes

Aaargh its 101 Clean Jokes in 30 minutes

Award-winning gag merchant Masai Graham, UK Pun Championship Winner 2016, Joke of the Fringe Winner 2016 and (some guy called) DAVE Joke of the Fringe Winner 2021, delivers over 10… 

Aaargh its 101 Naughty Jokes in 30 minutes

Aaargh its 101 Naughty Jokes in 30 minutes

Award-winning gag merchant Masai Graham, UK Pun Championships Winner 2016, Joke of the Fringe Winner 2016 and (some guy called) DAVE Joke of the Fringe Winner 2021, delivers over 1… 

Aaargh its the Monster Stand Up Show

Aaargh its the Monster Stand Up Show

Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comedians on the circuit in this stand-up comedy showcase including your award-winning host, Masai Graham (UK Pun Champion 2016, Joke of… 

In Her Shoes

In Her Shoes

Two clashing comedians. 

In Her Shoes

In Her Shoes

Two clashing comedians. 

FINAL BABY GIRL!

FINAL BABY GIRL!

Get ready for an evening of midnight-movie horror and bombastic bad taste in the killer new show from drag monstrosity Baby Lame. 

FINAL BABY GIRL!

FINAL BABY GIRL!

Get ready for an evening of midnight-movie horror and bombastic bad taste in the killer new show from drag monstrosity Baby Lame. 

Not Done Yet ! - A Life In Progress Show

Not Done Yet ! - A Life In Progress Show

A Life in Progress Show - Not Done Yet! After thirty years of listening to others, one day Stewart listened to himself and left his job - Now he wants you to listen to him. 

Done to Death by Jove!

Done to Death by Jove!

Done to Death By Jove was a comedic celebration of the murder mystery novel. 

Done to Death by Jove!

Done to Death by Jove!

‘The 39 Steps’ meets Agatha Christie via Holmes and Watson! A cast of six bring a comic flurry of suspects and sleuths together to discover whodunnit, and how. 

Amazing Adventures of Her Majesty - Jubilee!

Amazing Adventures of Her Majesty - Jubilee!

Affectionate musical comedy on the world’s longest-serving monarch, now sadly bereft of her consort of 73 years. 

Amazing Adventures of Her Majesty - Jubilee!

Amazing Adventures of Her Majesty - Jubilee!

Affectionate musical comedy on the world’s longest-serving monarch, now sadly bereft of her consort of 73 years. 

Ew Girl, You Nasty

Ew Girl, You Nasty

Take a gonzo dive into a world of sex dungeons, meth, and so much more with New York City comedian, Katharyn Henson. 

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN

Young Frankenstein is a hilarious laughter generator from start to finish, directed by one of Brighton’s comic cabaret’s finest. 

Ay Up It's Stand Up: Paddy Young & Adam Flood

Ay Up It's Stand Up: Paddy Young & Adam Flood

Ay Up Ducks! Following a sell-out run at Edinburgh Fringe, we’re bringing our stand-up show to Brighton. 

Ay Up It's Stand Up: Paddy Young & Adam Flood

Ay Up It's Stand Up: Paddy Young & Adam Flood

Ay Up Ducks! Following a sell-out run at Edinburgh Fringe, we’re bringing our stand-up show to Brighton. 

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN

Young Frankenstein is a hilarious laughter generator from start to finish, directed by one of Brighton’s comic cabaret’s finest. 

Big Girls Don't Cry

Big Girls Don't Cry

Step back in time, to the era of romance. 

Big Girls Don't Cry

Big Girls Don't Cry

Step back in time, to the era of romance. 

Fringe Academy: Being a Young Reviewer with Voicemag.uk

Fringe Academy: Being a Young Reviewer with Voicemag.uk

POSTPONED TO WEDNESDAY 6 APRIL. 

Fringe Academy: Being a Young Reviewer with Voicemag.uk

Fringe Academy: Being a Young Reviewer with Voicemag.uk

POSTPONED TO WEDNESDAY 6 APRIL. 

Who's That Girl?

Who's That Girl?

WHO’S THAT GIRL?Who is she? Where did you find her?And why is her eye make-up so big?All of these questions and more will be ignored as superstar drag queen THAT GIRL goes on a s… 

Space Girls | stop BUS STOP bus

Space Girls | stop BUS STOP bus

Space Girls You. 

Juanita's Talk | Nice Girls Don't

Juanita's Talk | Nice Girls Don't

Juanita's Talk Time to clean up our act Nice Girls Don’t. 

The Book of Dust - La Belle Sauvage

The Book of Dust - La Belle Sauvage

Philip Pullman sets The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage twelve years before his epic His Dark Materials trilogy. 

An Post Irish Book Awards Shortlist at Dublin Book Festival | In-person Tickets

An Post Irish Book Awards Shortlist at Dublin Book Festival | In-person Tickets

Meet some of the shortlisted authors from the An Post Irish Book Awards 2021 at this year’s Dublin Book Festival. 

Fly Half

Fly Half

A Father. 

Though This Be Madness

Though This Be Madness

1 in 2 people in prison were permanently excluded from school as children. 

The Big Girls Aloud Songbook

The Big Girls Aloud Songbook

Can you believe it’s been 18 years since we first saw the Girls on Popstars The Rivals!? To celebrate their birthday and of course mourn the loss of our favourite wild child o… 

Golden Girls: A Musical - Manchester!

Golden Girls: A Musical - Manchester!

PICTURE IT!MANCHESTER 2021!After 5 years of award-winning, sell-out shows in London, Golden Girls: A Musical is finally on TOUR!We’ll thank you for being a friend for two nights on… 

Final Baby Girl

Final Baby Girl

Get ready for an evening of midnight-movie gore and bombastic bad taste in the killer new show from drag monstrosity Baby Lame. 

Hay Babes Pageant. London's Next BIG Thing

Hay Babes Pageant. London's Next BIG Thing

Hay Babes! Who will be London’s Next BIG Thing?Join Miss Taylor Trash for the most East London drag pageant you have ever seen in your lives!!!12 contestants will battle it ou… 

Baby Lame: Final Baby Girl! (WIP)

Baby Lame: Final Baby Girl! (WIP)

Get ready for an evening of midnight-movie gore and bombastic bad taste in the killer new show from drag monstrosity Baby Lame. 

Charla con Camila Sosa sobre su libro Las Malas Interview with Camila Sosa about her book Las Malas

Charla con Camila Sosa sobre su libro Las Malas Interview with Camila Sosa about her book Las Malas

Romancero Books con el apoyo de la Oficina de Asuntos Culturales y Cintificos de la Embajada de Espaa en Londres presenta el Festival de Literatura Queer Espaola en Londres - FLQEL… 

An Ice Thing to Say

An Ice Thing to Say

  • Listing
    • Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
  • World Tours

“An Ice Thing to Say” blends Ice installation, music and movement to explore our impact on nature. 

Eryn Tett Finds Her Audience (Work in Progress)

Eryn Tett Finds Her Audience (Work in Progress)

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR VERY IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Any age, gender, height, music taste, shoe size please apply Research will take place in Manchester. 

Eryn Tett Finds Her Audience WIP

Eryn Tett Finds Her Audience WIP

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR VERY IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Any age, gender, height, music taste, shoe size please apply Research will take place in Manchester. 

Eryn Tett Finds Her Audience (Work in Progress)

Eryn Tett Finds Her Audience (Work in Progress)

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR VERY IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Any age, gender, height, music taste, shoe size please apply Research will take place in Manchester. 

Eryn Tett Finds Her Audience

Eryn Tett Finds Her Audience

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR VERY IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Any age, gender, height, music taste, shoe size please apply Research will take place in Manchester. 

Eryn Tett Finds Her Audience

Eryn Tett Finds Her Audience

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR VERY IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Any age, gender, height, music taste, shoe size please apply Research will take place in Manchester. 

Eryn Tett Finds Her Audience (Work in Progress)

Eryn Tett Finds Her Audience (Work in Progress)

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR VERY IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Any age, gender, height, music taste, shoe size please apply Research will take place in Manchester. 

Eryn Tett Finds Her Audience

Eryn Tett Finds Her Audience

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR VERY IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Any age, gender, height, music taste, shoe size please apply Research will take place in Manchester. 

Unforgettable Girl

Unforgettable Girl

"Hands up, who enjoys being white?" An amused Elisabeth Gunawan asks the audience in Unforgettable Girl - her one person show at Camberwell’s Golden Goose Theatre, dire… 

Golden Girls: A Musical - Brighton!

Golden Girls: A Musical - Brighton!

PICTURE IT! BRIGHTON 2021!After 5 years of award-winning, sell-out shows in London, Golden Girls: A Musical is finally off on it’s long anticipated tour to Brighton!This September … 

Josh Widdicombe: Watching Neighbours Twice a Day (Book Tour)

Josh Widdicombe: Watching Neighbours Twice a Day (Book Tour)

Josh Widdicombe has become one of the most in demand and highly regarded comedians in the UK for both his live stand-up and TV work since his debut gig in 2008. 

Her Ps and Qs

Her Ps and Qs

Ever had an annoying friend that just won’t go away? Queenie has. 

Her Ps and Qs

Her Ps and Qs

Ever had an annoying friend that just won’t go away? Queenie has. 

Her Ps and Qs

Her Ps and Qs

Ever had an annoying friend that just won’t go away? Queenie has. 

Her Ps and Qs

Her Ps and Qs

Ever had an annoying friend that just won’t go away? Queenie has. 

Golden Girls: A Musical - London Preview

Golden Girls: A Musical - London Preview

PICTURE IT! LONDON 2021!Following the announcement of our Brighton shows, due to popular demand we have decided to add a one night only London Preview, exclusively at The Two Brewe… 

Annie and Angela's Disco Divorce Party

Annie and Angela's Disco Divorce Party

Annie Sup and Angela Bra are housemates in their forties celebrating a new lease of life on the first anniversary of Angela’s divorce. 

Annie and Angela's Disco Divorce Party

Annie and Angela's Disco Divorce Party

Annie Sup and Angela Bra are housemates in their forties celebrating a new lease of life on the first anniversary of Angela’s divorce. 

Annie and Angela's Disco Divorce Party

Annie and Angela's Disco Divorce Party

Annie Sup and Angela Bra are housemates in their forties celebrating a new lease of life on the first anniversary of Angela’s divorce. 

Annie and Angela's Disco Divorce Party

Annie and Angela's Disco Divorce Party

Annie Sup and Angela Bra are housemates in their forties celebrating a new lease of life on the first anniversary of Angela’s divorce. 

Ew Girl, You Nasty

Ew Girl, You Nasty

Take a gonzo dive into a world of sex dungeons, meth and so much more with New York City comedian, Katharyn Henson. 

HOT GIRL SUMMER

HOT GIRL SUMMER

HELLO IT’S HOT GIRL SUMMER HERE!ARE YOU READY FOR HOT , QUEER, NAUGHTY SUMMER? ARE YOU A  PERSON OF COLOUR? We are ready for you! Come and join us to celebrate this … 

Ay Up, It's Stand-Up: Paddy Young and Adam Flood

Ay Up, It's Stand-Up: Paddy Young and Adam Flood

Two 30-minute sets of stand-up from up-and-coming comedians from the north of England, Paddy Young (as seen on ITV2, Sky, Channel 4) and Adam Flood (BBC New Comedian 2019 nominee, … 

Josh Jones and Louise Young: Work in Progress

Josh Jones and Louise Young: Work in Progress

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

Amazing Adventures of Her Majesty at 90+

Amazing Adventures of Her Majesty at 90+

Affectionate musical comedy on the world’s longest-serving monarch. 

Ew Girl, You Nasty

Ew Girl, You Nasty

Take a gonzo dive into a world of sex dungeons, meth and so much more with New York City comedian, Katharyn Henson. 

Girl Code

Girl Code

‘Girl Code’ is a comedy panel show, hosted by Sikisa and featuring a group of outspoken females who are all going through varied life experiences, which include changing sexualitie… 

Ew Girl, You Nasty

Ew Girl, You Nasty

Take a gonzo dive into a world of sex dungeons, meth and so much more with New York City comedian, Katharyn Henson. 

Girl Code

Girl Code

‘Girl Code’ is a comedy panel show, hosted by Sikisa and featuring a group of outspoken females who are all going through varied life experiences, which include changing sexualitie… 

kiss her

kiss her

kiss her is a play that wants to re-write: the narratives the rules the rules of lesbian fiction. 

kiss her

kiss her

kiss her is a play that wants to re-write: the narratives the rules the rules of lesbian fiction. 

Paul Sinha: Hazy Little Thing Called Love

Paul Sinha: Hazy Little Thing Called Love

So far, Paul has lived his life content in the understanding that stability and emotional happiness were lovely ideas but not really for him. 

Patricia Gets Ready (For a Date With the Man That Used to Hit Her)

Patricia Gets Ready (For a Date With the Man That Used to Hit Her)

Patricia has been concocting the perfect speech in her head over the last year, of what she would say if she were ever to face her ex-abusive boyfriend again. 

Taiwan Season Symposium: Transforming Circus and Shaping its Future in Taiwan, Japan, the UK and Beyond 

Taiwan Season Symposium: Transforming Circus and Shaping its Future in Taiwan, Japan, the UK and Beyond 

In collaboration with circus platform at National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, the international panel of circus experts will delve into the challenges and pleasures of creating … 

Heather Duster presents Funny Girl!

Heather Duster presents Funny Girl!

Heather Duster presents Funny Girl: A one woman retelling of the iconic musical with a little more drag! Join Heather as she takes you on a musical journey with her one woman … 

Ew Girl, You Nasty

Ew Girl, You Nasty

This show was going to be titled “I Used to Eat Dog Food” but that would have meant leaving out all material about the sex dungeon, the legendary yeast infection, and everything el… 

Ew Girl, You Nasty

Ew Girl, You Nasty

This show was going to be titled “I Used to Eat Dog Food” but that would have meant leaving out all material about the sex dungeon, the legendary yeast infection, and everything el… 

Igloo by Elijah Young

Igloo by Elijah Young

“I am clean. 

Igloo by Elijah Young

Igloo by Elijah Young

“I am clean. 

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. 

The Girl Who Jumped Off The Hollywood Sign

The Girl Who Jumped Off The Hollywood Sign

An aspiring actress, Evie Edwards, clutches the sides of the Hollywood sign. 

When These Rocks Were Still Young

When These Rocks Were Still Young

An immersive journey through music and film into the magnificent and ancient landscapes of Scotland, featuring a beautiful original score for voice, piano, percussion and electroni… 

Eryn Tett Finds Her Audience (Work in Progress)

Eryn Tett Finds Her Audience (Work in Progress)

An alternative stand up comedy show which earnestly takes an entirely literal approach to the common comedian advice of ‘find your audience’. 

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. 

Eryn Tett Finds Her Audience

Eryn Tett Finds Her Audience

An alternative stand up comedy show which earnestly takes an entirely literal approach to the common comedian advice of ‘find your audience’. 

The Girls of St. Trinian's

The Girls of St. Trinian's

With Sistas Before Mistas as their rally cry, the girls of St. 

The Little Glass Slipper as Performed by the Queen of France and Her Friends

The Little Glass Slipper as Performed by the Queen of France and Her Friends

France 1789. 

A Sip With Vodka: A Russian Guide to Becoming a Real Housewife and Making it in America

A Sip With Vodka: A Russian Guide to Becoming a Real Housewife and Making it in America

Hilarious and heartfelt story about a Russian immigrant named Natasha who moves with her son to NYC in the hopes of becoming a Real Housewife and cabaret star. 

Her Ps and Qs

Her Ps and Qs

Ever had an annoying friend that just won’t go away? Queenie has. 

Her Ps and Qs

Her Ps and Qs

Ever had an annoying friend that just won’t go away? Queenie has. 

Palace Young Company: Live and On Stage!

Palace Young Company: Live and On Stage!

Roll up, roll up! Come and see this bright explosion of love & isolation, joy & celebration and a lot of buffering – you’ll want a ticket for this ride. 

Annie and Angela's Disco Divorce Party

Annie and Angela's Disco Divorce Party

Join housemates Annie Sup and Angela Bra on a night out celebrating the first anniversary of Angela’s divorce. 

Annie and Angela's Disco Divorce Party

Annie and Angela's Disco Divorce Party

Join housemates Annie Sup and Angela Bra on a night out celebrating the first anniversary of Angela’s divorce. 

Do the Thing: The Made Up Musical

Do the Thing: The Made Up Musical

After selling out their 2018 and 2019 Brighton Fringe shows and lighting up The Warren’s Summer Season, Do the Thing are here for you in 2021. 

Do the Thing: The Made Up Musical

Do the Thing: The Made Up Musical

After selling out their 2018 and 2019 Brighton Fringe shows and lighting up The Warren’s Summer Season, Do the Thing are here for you in 2021. 

Summer in the Garden: Adam Kammerling and Friends’ Real-Life, Totally Awesome Book Launch Party

Summer in the Garden: Adam Kammerling and Friends’ Real-Life, Totally Awesome Book Launch Party

Join poet Adam Kammerling as he launches his debut collection Seder, alongside a gang of hyper-talented poets and musicians. 

Her Ps and Qs

Her Ps and Qs

Ever had an annoying friend that just won’t go away? Queenie has. 

Her Ps and Qs

Her Ps and Qs

Ever had an annoying friend that just won’t go away? Queenie has. 

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. 

A Mutineer’s Guide to Modern-Day Piracy

A Mutineer’s Guide to Modern-Day Piracy

Inspired by the world’s most fearsome female pirates, two modern-day political mutineers join forces to take down an all-powerful tech billionaire and inspire a lost generation. 

A Mutineer’s Guide to Modern-Day Piracy

A Mutineer’s Guide to Modern-Day Piracy

Whether we care to admit it or not, in some way, shape or form, we are all intrigued by pirates. 

Love Is The Sweetest Thing: A Celebration of the Life and Music of Ray Noble

Love Is The Sweetest Thing: A Celebration of the Life and Music of Ray Noble

‘Love Is The Sweetest Thing’ - A celebration of the music and life of Ray Noble. 

Love Is The Sweetest Thing: A Celebration of the Life and Music of Ray Noble

Love Is The Sweetest Thing: A Celebration of the Life and Music of Ray Noble

‘Love Is The Sweetest Thing’ - A celebration of the music and life of Ray Noble. 

Charmian Hughes: She! Immortal Horror Queen's Guide To Love

Charmian Hughes: She! Immortal Horror Queen's Guide To Love

How a Hammer Horror film became the biggest influence on young Charmian’s life with darkly hilarious consequences. 

Charmian Hughes: She! Immortal Horror Queen's Guide To Love

Charmian Hughes: She! Immortal Horror Queen's Guide To Love

How a Hammer Horror film became the biggest influence on young Charmian’s life with darkly hilarious consequences. 

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. 

Amazing Adventures of Her Majesty at 90+

Amazing Adventures of Her Majesty at 90+

Affectionate musical comedy on the world’s longest-serving monarch. 

The True Story Of The Little Girl Who Thought She Was The Second Coming Of Jesus Christ

The True Story Of The Little Girl Who Thought She Was The Second Coming Of Jesus Christ

Every little girl dreams of being special, but Ellie Rose doesn’t just dream – she knows she’s special. 

The True Story Of The Little Girl Who Thought She Was The Second Coming Of Jesus Christ

The True Story Of The Little Girl Who Thought She Was The Second Coming Of Jesus Christ

Ellie is a schoolgirl with a very bright future ahead of her. 

The Book of Snorin' - Sleep Apnea the Musical

The Book of Snorin' - Sleep Apnea the Musical

After a sold-out debut season at the 2019 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the world’s first comedy show about sleep apnea is here. 

Do the Thing: The Made Up Musical

Do the Thing: The Made Up Musical

After selling out their 2018 and 2019 Brighton Fringe shows and lighting up The Warren’s Summer Season, Do the Thing are here for you in 2021. 

Shakespeare (She/Her)

Shakespeare (She/Her)

Shakespeare’s 21st-century females. 

Shakespeare (She/Her)

Shakespeare (She/Her)

Those who know of William Shakespeare will probably recognise several of his intricate plots. 

Alright, Girl?

Alright, Girl?

A soundscaped binaural recording of Maria Ferguson’s debut poetry collection, ‘Alright, Girl?’ published by Burning Eye books. 

Alright, Girl?

Alright, Girl?

A soundscaped binaural recording of Maria Ferguson’s debut poetry collection, ‘Alright, Girl?’ published by Burning Eye books. 

Half-Baked Alaskan

Half-Baked Alaskan

Award-winning NYC comedian and cabaret bitch Sally Ann Hall will be performing an early version of her Edinburgh Fringe solo show ‘Baked Alaskan’, which will be fully cooked by thi… 

Half-Baked Alaskan

Half-Baked Alaskan

Award-winning NYC comedian and cabaret bitch Sally Ann Hall will be performing an early version of her Edinburgh Fringe solo show ‘Baked Alaskan’, which will be fully cooked by thi… 

The Book of Snorin': Sleep Apnea the Musical

The Book of Snorin': Sleep Apnea the Musical

After a sold-out debut season at the 2019 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the world’s first comedy show about sleep apnea is here. 

There Was A Little Girl

There Was A Little Girl

Millie is not like other girls. 

There Was A Little Girl

There Was A Little Girl

Meet Millie. 

Mark Steel: Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright

Mark Steel: Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright

This show has been rescheduled from Sat 18 April 2020. 

SUGGS: KING CNUT, A LIFE IN THE REALM OF MADNESS

SUGGS: KING CNUT, A LIFE IN THE REALM OF MADNESS

Thursday 22nd October, 7. 

The Woman Who Finally Got Inside Her Husband's Brain

The Woman Who Finally Got Inside Her Husband's Brain

We peek into the private lives of a couple, now in their later years yet still wrestling with the complexities of relationship and the desire to be seen and understood in a place w… 

Book Launch with Inti Press

Book Launch with Inti Press

Out of the Wings and Inti Press present six new translations from Cuba, Spain, Peru, Brazil, Chile and Portugal. 

Half-Baked Alaskan

Half-Baked Alaskan

NYC comedian and “cabaret bitch” Sally Ann Hall offers a hilarious look into her religious upbringing and the dangers and joys of being a female comedian in New York City, with jus… 

The Drifters Girl

The Drifters Girl

THEY WERE THE DRIFTERS. 

Big Girls Don't Cry

Big Girls Don't Cry

Step back in time, to the era of romance. 

Big Girls Don't Cry

Big Girls Don't Cry

Step back in time, to the era of romance. 

No Such Thing As A Fish

No Such Thing As A Fish

After 250 million downloads, multiple awards and tours across the globe, NSTAAF returns to the Fringe for three nights only! There will be facts, jokes, in-jokes, more facts and th… 

Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys Who Hate Girls

Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys Who Hate Girls

Sugar and spice / partners in crime / he-said-she-said / not talking / can’t believe / only joking / why did I / hate you / forgive you / miss you. 

Girls Like That

Girls Like That

PTC Productions are proud to present Girls Like That by Evan Placey; a hard-hitting, explosive play targeting gender inequality and the challenges that people now face growing up i… 

Linda Stonestreet and Her Lowland Symphony

Linda Stonestreet and Her Lowland Symphony

Linda’s music is often described with words like. 

Melody and Her Many Men

Melody and Her Many Men

A romantic Greek comedy. 

Those Girls

Those Girls

Tristan’s grandfather is dead, Molly and Katie are hiding something, Laura is off the rails. 

Madame Chandelier’s Rough Guide to the Opera

Madame Chandelier’s Rough Guide to the Opera

In proud association with Camden Fringe; Whether you love opera or need to know more so you can pretend you do, Madame Chandelier has a show for you. 

The Plague Thing

The Plague Thing

If you’ve been feasting on BBC iPlayer during lockdown and enjoying the delights of Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads, it’s worth taking six minutes out of your social isolation t… 

The Little Glass Slipper as Performed by the Queen of France and Her Friends

The Little Glass Slipper as Performed by the Queen of France and Her Friends

France 1789. 

The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband

The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband

Told through a series of flashbacks interspersed with the “Last Supper”, The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband is a hilarious exploration of jealousy, humiliation, deceit and betrayal w… 

A Time Traveler's Guide to the Present

A Time Traveler's Guide to the Present

One traveler is catapulted on a journey through space-time, only to find himself on a desperate hunt to reconnect with those he left back home. 

Arctic Convoy: a Young Woman's Wartime Journey

Arctic Convoy: a Young Woman's Wartime Journey

This exhibition of paintings by Susie Reade refers to a young woman’s diary describing her unusual journey from Scotland to work in WWII Russia. 

Beowulf: Her Story

Beowulf: Her Story

Beowulf sets out to save the Danes, redefine heroism and crack some legendary jokes along the way. 

The Girl and Her Balloon

The Girl and Her Balloon

A snapshot of the life of an eccentric woman living on the streets of South East London. 

Half a Dozen Jane Eyres

Half a Dozen Jane Eyres

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

Annie and Angela's Disco Divorce Party

Annie and Angela's Disco Divorce Party

Join lifelong friends, Annie and Angela, as they celebrate approaching forty, single and ready to mingle in a drag-infused musical comedy where you’re on the very special guest l… 

Now That's What I Call... Getting Brexit Done!

Now That's What I Call... Getting Brexit Done!

The perpetrators of 2019’s satirical smash hit Now That’s What I Call Brexit – ‘Searing satire’ **** (BritishTheatreGuide. 

Elliot Wengler: Special Features

Elliot Wengler: Special Features

Elliot Wengler has many special features, and no, he doesn’t mean his dyspraxia, dyslexia, anxiety or his Pokémon championship wins (runner-up position, 200… 

Berlin Girl

Berlin Girl

New British Musical1983. 

Support the Girls

Support the Girls

An outstanding, quietly feminist comedy set in a Hooters-style US bar, which screened to acclaim as one of the hidden cinematic gems of 2019. 

Andy Young: Records in my Bedroom

Andy Young: Records in my Bedroom

Critically acclaimed singer Andrew Young and Musical Director Paul Knight bring a new cabaret to the Museum of Comedy This show takes a journey from the early days of An… 

Robert Ross presents: A Comedy of Madness

Robert Ross presents: A Comedy of Madness

The heritage of comedy is a troubled one - littered with the shells of those whose genius is inextricably linked with struggles with mental health. 

Crystal Pite & Jonathon Young - Kidd Pivot - Revisor

Crystal Pite & Jonathon Young - Kidd Pivot - Revisor

The joint creators of the Olivier Award-winning Betroffenheit, writer and performer Jonathon Young and Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Crystal Pite, reunite once again with P… 

TENOR MADNESS

TENOR MADNESS

Tenor Madness is a piano trio project that takes Renaissance and Baroque themes and improvises on them in the modern idiom – much as all musicians of previous centuries would hav… 

Mrs Puntila And Her Man Matti

Mrs Puntila And Her Man Matti

Mrs Puntila and her Man Matti is that relatively rare thing for the Royal Lyceum Theatre—a star vehicle, rather than an ensemble production, that happens to have two audience fav… 

A Quick Guide to Ruining Your Life

A Quick Guide to Ruining Your Life

An award winning play by Laura Harper - From the outside, Dawn has it all; nice house, fast car, great friends and family, and a new job out in sunny Dubai. 

The Girls From Oz Australia Day Show!

The Girls From Oz Australia Day Show!

Get yourselves down to The Girls From Oz - the most dinky-di singing Sheila’s this side of the black stump - for a bonza night of entertainment that’ll take you on a journey 16… 

Madame Chandelier's Rough Guide to the Opera

Madame Chandelier's Rough Guide to the Opera

In a camp fusion of comedy, cabaret and opera, Madame Chandelier guides you through her favourite opera plots, with jokes, drinking games, and a Nessun Dorma sing-along! Having sto… 

Dallas Koelling: Half Hour Preview

Dallas Koelling: Half Hour Preview

Dallas Koelling (Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival/ Second City) premieres her half-hour of standup comedy. 

Dallas Koelling: Half Hour Preview

Dallas Koelling: Half Hour Preview

Dallas Koelling (Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival/ Second City) premieres her half-hour of standup comedy. 

The Girl With Glitter In Her Eye

The Girl With Glitter In Her Eye

The Girl With Glitter in Her Eye tells the story of a female friendship complicated by the revelation of trauma and examines where the boundaries of consent lie. 

MagicFest - Tricky Ricky's Christmas Madness

MagicFest - Tricky Ricky's Christmas Madness

oin The Trickster, Jingles the Reindeer and Sonny the Bunny on the nutty train to Magical Christmas Madness! The four-times winner of Scottish ‘Children’s Entertainer of the Ye… 

A swift half?

A swift half?

A swift half? asks the question, how important is the pub and what place does it have in everyday life? Some hidden truths are threatened to be revealed when sisters Maria and Clar… 

Andy Young: Records in my Bedroom

Andy Young: Records in my Bedroom

Critically acclaimed singer Andrew Young and Musical Director Paul Knight bring a new cabaret to the Museum of Comedy This show takes a journey from the early days of An… 

Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off

Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off

The Edinburgh University Theatre Company Presents Liz Lochhead’s 'Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off'. 

Sydney & the Old Girl

Sydney & the Old Girl

Forget any notions of political correctness, civility or polite drawing room conversation. 

The Girl Who Fell

The Girl Who Fell

“It seems wrong that she experienced something so huge without me. 

Half Life

Half Life

An intergenerational cast of performers explore the difference age brings and the constant things in life that bind us all together. 

Half Life

Half Life

Tangled Feet have created a unique intergenerational company of ten year olds, 20 year olds and 80 year-olds to address life’s big questions: How does our perspective change as … 

Attempts on her life

Attempts on her life

Theatre No More present their current theatrical challenge, Martin Crimp’s unconventional 1997 theatre piece “ATTEMPTS ON HER LIFE (17 Scenarios for the Theatre)” - a play that has… 

Madness

Madness

The original Nutty Boys, back together with all their greatest hits, including 'Baggy Trousers' and 'It Must Be Love'. 

Kenny Young and the Eggplants

Kenny Young and the Eggplants

‘The most brilliant left-field Brooklyn band you’ve never heard of’ (Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music) ‘mix brainy, funny lyrics with a fine sense of what makes pop music wonderful, and a… 

Developing Young Adult Audiences

Developing Young Adult Audiences

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Amazing Adventure of Her Majesty at 90+

Amazing Adventure of Her Majesty at 90+

Affectionate comedy on the world’s longest-serving monarch. 

Celebrating Scotland's Harp – Young Players

Celebrating Scotland's Harp – Young Players

Come and hear some of our most talented young players perform traditional and contemporary music in a relaxed, informal atmosphere. Refreshments included. 

The Cat's the Thing

The Cat's the Thing

Tanya is a woman with a lot on her mind. 

This Thing in Here

This Thing in Here

You’re getting ready to go out but your depression has other ideas. 

Bob Doolally Live and Half-Cut

Bob Doolally Live and Half-Cut

He’s the man who put the foot into football. 

Big Girls Don't Cry

Big Girls Don't Cry

Celebrating a decade of Big Girls Don’t Cry featuring The East Coast Boys. 

Questions for Quiz Shows

Questions for Quiz Shows

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

Alex Hodgson’s Half Past Seven Show

Alex Hodgson’s Half Past Seven Show

Alex Hodgson’s Half Past Seven Show gives a muckle tip of his bunnet to some of Scotland’s best variety entertainers. 

Baba Brinkman's Rap Guide to...

Baba Brinkman's Rap Guide to...

Evolution premiered in 2009 and won a Scotsman Fringe First award: ‘Intelligent, informative, and hugely entertaining’ (Chortle. 

A Poet's Guide to Surviving the Apocalypse

A Poet's Guide to Surviving the Apocalypse

The economy has crumbled, politics has turned our society on its head. 

Rhod Gilbert: The Book of John

Rhod Gilbert: The Book of John

The multi award-winning Welsh comedian is back with a brand-new live show. 

Sina – The Girl Who Cast Her Shadow

Sina – The Girl Who Cast Her Shadow

Why does your shadow keep following you? Does it really have to? And what is it up to while you are asleep? Sina finds a way to get rid of her shadow. 

Winter Wilson: Folk With Its Roots in Blues

Winter Wilson: Folk With Its Roots in Blues

Following triumphant tours of Australia, Europe and the UK, this Scots-English duo returns to Edinburgh (and AMC debut) with a live album recorded on the road with, and featuring, … 

Girl Code

Girl Code

Girl Code is a comedy panel show, hosted by Sikisa and featuring a group (three to four) of outspoken female women who are all going through varied life experiences, which include … 

Kirsty Law: Young Night Thought

Kirsty Law: Young Night Thought

How do you climb a tree without worrying about the fall? Why do you dream up the monsters in the shadows? Kirsty Law’s Young Night Thought binds Scots folklore, song, film, artwork… 

Rock'n'Roll Girls

Rock'n'Roll Girls

When so many songs written by men are condescending (Wake Up Little Susie), dangerously demeaning (Blurred Lines) or darn right creepy (Every Breath You Take) towards women, it is … 

Berlin Girl

Berlin Girl

1983. 

Scottish Youth Parliament: Are Young Peoples' Voices Being Heard?

Scottish Youth Parliament: Are Young Peoples' Voices Being Heard?

Pupil voice is one of the hottest topics in education right now, but what do young people want from their education? Just how democratic should schools and universities be when it … 

Her

Her

Who can be a mother? What makes them a mother? Do we actually need one? Cariad and Catrin confront the dysfunction of their relationship past and present and the division that an u… 

Karl Theobald Essentially: The Book Tour

Karl Theobald Essentially: The Book Tour

Karl Theobald (Hang Ups, Plebs, GameFace, Green Wing) is back in his element, making his long-awaited return to the live comedy arena. 

Get Her Outta Here by Isabella Broccolini

Get Her Outta Here by Isabella Broccolini

Broccolini’s creation is a darkly raw absurdist comedy about Red Lady, a symbol and exploration of the female identity. 

Girl Stuff

Girl Stuff

Sweden’s top female comedian Josefin Johansson, TV presenter and singer takes her sold-out show Girl Stuff abroad for the first time. 

Make Your Own Book Workshop

Make Your Own Book Workshop

Transform paper into 3D forms. 

Bare-Knuckle Goddess: The Immortal Billie Holiday and Her Handpicked Favourites

Bare-Knuckle Goddess: The Immortal Billie Holiday and Her Handpicked Favourites

Award-winning Ali, Scotland’s ‘queen of vintage jazz’ (OCWeekly. 

A Young Man Dressed as a Gorilla Dressed as an Old Man Sits Rocking in a Rocking Chair for 56 Minutes and Then Leaves... 11

A Young Man Dressed as a Gorilla Dressed as an Old Man Sits Rocking in a Rocking Chair for 56 Minutes and Then Leaves... 11

I need to preface with this review with a disclaimer – this is either a one-star or a five-star show, depending on your sense of humour. 

Ryan Young

Ryan Young

Ryan Young is an emerging young fiddle player bringing new and exciting ideas to traditional Scottish music. 

Bad Girls Upset by the Truth

Bad Girls Upset by the Truth

A honky-tonk opera by Jo Carol Pierce, ‘the greatest Texas songwriter you’ve never heard of’ (Texas Monthly). 

The Book of Thel

The Book of Thel

The Book of Thel is a new musical adaptation of William Blake’s prophetic poem, written in 1788. 

Rory Motion - All Manner of Thing Shall be Well Good: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Rory Motion - All Manner of Thing Shall be Well Good: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Rory returns to York with a brand spanking new title for a show that could, in many respects, be quite similar to the one he did last year i. 

The Ruff Guide to Shakespeare

The Ruff Guide to Shakespeare

A glorious celebration of the work of the world’s greatest playwright. 

Relational (or A Writer's Misguided Guide to Loves Lost and Found)

Relational (or A Writer's Misguided Guide to Loves Lost and Found)

Existing deep within the mind of writer Jonathan P Sims, two friends debate the legitimacy of platonic relationships between men and women, which leads them (and Jonathan) to obser… 

Lost in a Book

Lost in a Book

Lost in a Book! Too much of a good thing is still too much! When Melissa keeps re-reading her favourite fairy tales at the expense of family and friends, she goes from turning page… 

Let's Kill Half the World

Let's Kill Half the World

The world’s population continues to grow at an alarming rate, putting an enormous strain on food systems and production. 

The Land of Her

The Land of Her

In a double bill of solo works the two pieces will explore the demands on the female body and appearances in today’s modern world, as we continue to struggle to shape ourselves to … 

Esther Rantzen: Everything I've Ever Done Wrong (According to My Daughter)

Esther Rantzen: Everything I've Ever Done Wrong (According to My Daughter)

Broadcasting legend Dame Esther Rantzen and her daughter, journalist Rebecca Wilcox, discuss careers and family ties. 

Annie McGrath: Shepherd

Annie McGrath: Shepherd

Deadpan comic Annie McGrath returns with her third stand-up show. 

Young Dance From China – A Celebration

Young Dance From China – A Celebration

A unique gala of traditional Chinese folk dances, classical dance genres as well as a taste of Chinese opera. 

Book Lovers' Tour

Book Lovers' Tour

A guided walking tour visiting the sites and haunts of Edinburgh’s literary legends: Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, JM Barrie, Alex… 

In Her Corner

In Her Corner

World premiere. 

Australia: A Whinging Pom's Guide

Australia: A Whinging Pom's Guide

The funny side of Australia. 

Freeing the Edinburgh Fringe: Book Reading

Freeing the Edinburgh Fringe: Book Reading

PBH reads from his book, the story of the Free Fringe from 1996 to now: how we became the Fringe’s biggest show provider and the many catastrophes and odd triumphs along the way. 

Maths Madness with Kyle D Evans

Maths Madness with Kyle D Evans

This hour-long performance brings together stacks of audience participation and some mind-bending mathematical concepts, all delivered in an accessible fashion for children and the… 

Here Comes the Tide, There Goes the Girl

Here Comes the Tide, There Goes the Girl

Here Comes the Tide, There Goes the Girl is one of four plays presented by CalArts at venue 13 this year and is steeped in their tradition of producing original material that stret… 

Dino Wiand – Half Trans

Dino Wiand – Half Trans

Inspired in part by Andy Kaufman, Mitch Hedberg, Steven Wright, Tommy Cooper and Jaques Tati, Dino’s surrealist madcap experimental stand-up comedy is the catalyst to tell various … 

A Thatcher's Guide to Dogging in Bungay

A Thatcher's Guide to Dogging in Bungay

A show about thatching, dogging and a little bit more. 

The Voice of Young China

The Voice of Young China

The Youth Choir of Shanghai Grand Theatre present a delightful programme of classical and popular material. 

Hitman and Her

Hitman and Her

A woman walks into a bar. 

Native Girl Syndrome

Native Girl Syndrome

Presented by Indigenous Contemporary Scene, Native Girl Syndrome is inspired by the experience of Lara Kramer’s own grandmother’s migration from a remote First Nations community … 

Match Girl

Match Girl

Match Girl is a musical re-imagination of the Hans Christian Andersen classic tale The Little Match Girl. 

Funny for a Girl

Funny for a Girl

We’ve selected the funniest women we could find at the Fringe and brought them together for an evening of comedy you’ll never forget! ‘An amazing evening of the most hilariou… 

The Next Next Big Thing

The Next Next Big Thing

Have you ever been into something before it was cool? An indie band or the latest fashion trend? The Next Next Big Thing is your chance to get in on the ground floor with two of th… 

Annie Jr

Annie Jr

Annie Jr, the musical performed by the outstanding Edinburgh Youth Theatre. Musical fun for all the family to enjoy. Experience the joy that is Annie! 

Adventures of a Comic Book Artist

Adventures of a Comic Book Artist

Stanley ‘Leonardo’ Sappovitz wants to become a comic book artist. 

A Pessimist's Guide to Being Happy

A Pessimist's Guide to Being Happy

If Dr. 

Lovely Girls

Lovely Girls

Chess and Cristina are multi award-winning duo, The Hiccup Project, often introduced as ‘the lovely hiccup girls’. 

Paul Putner's Embarrassment – Me and Madness (The Band)

Paul Putner's Embarrassment – Me and Madness (The Band)

It’s the ruby anniversary of Madness and Paul Putner celebrates the past 40 years as a lifelong fan. 

First Time at the Fringe: A Newcomers Guide

First Time at the Fringe: A Newcomers Guide

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Too Young to Stay In, Too Old to Go Out

Too Young to Stay In, Too Old to Go Out

‘Too young to stay in, too old to go out!’ Nigel Osner casts a quizzical eye over life’s challenges for those that little bit older. 

Louise Young and Anja Atkinson: Big Div Energy

Louise Young and Anja Atkinson: Big Div Energy

Rising stars Louise Young and Anja Atkinson make their Fringe debut. 

Said and Done

Said and Done

Two women sit at a wedding. 

Sajeela Kershi: Fights Like a Girl!

Sajeela Kershi: Fights Like a Girl!

Multi award-winning comedian/activist, putting up her dukes and picking her battles! Trump, terrorists and everything in between. 

The Best Show We've Ever Done at the Edinburgh Fringe

The Best Show We've Ever Done at the Edinburgh Fringe

A year ago, the world ended. 

Musical Comedy Guide Showcase

Musical Comedy Guide Showcase

Free daily hour-long showcase of the best musical comedy at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, courtesy of the Musical Comedy Guide website (check for full listings). 

Gráinne Maguire – What Has the News Ever Done for Me?

Gráinne Maguire – What Has the News Ever Done for Me?

Three comedians bring along the news story they “think” is the most important and persuade the audience why it’s the most important of week. 

Young Elvis: He's Back

Young Elvis: He's Back

Following two triumphant sell-out years at the Fringe, the extraordinary Oliver Harris returns as the young and beautiful Elvis Presley. 

What Girls Are Made Of

What Girls Are Made Of

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

Wannabe: The Spice Girls Show

Wannabe: The Spice Girls Show

Stop right now! Thank you very much. 

Jasper Cromwell Jones' Alternative Book Festival

Jasper Cromwell Jones' Alternative Book Festival

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

Sarah Lee: Half a Man

Sarah Lee: Half a Man

A half-hour from half a man (her father was a man). 

Gregory's Girl

Gregory's Girl

The stage adaptation of the iconic film by Bill Forsyth – all the original humour is retained as Gregory wrestles with his passion and Dorothy takes control. 

Sarah Johnson's Guide to (Im)Practical Parenting

Sarah Johnson's Guide to (Im)Practical Parenting

After last year’s sell-out smash hit Mum’s Going to Ibiza, Sarah returned home to her two wonderful children and noticed they were losing the art of play due to excessive technolog… 

I Am the Horrible Thing

I Am the Horrible Thing

Greg will give you £5 if you come to this show. 

Walter the Wanderer, Book Reading and Colour-Along

Walter the Wanderer, Book Reading and Colour-Along

The show brings together a world record holder, an illustrator of the year and a published author: Via Fang (Taiwan) is an award-winning and internationally published illustrator. 

Gabe Mollica: The Whole Thing

Gabe Mollica: The Whole Thing

Gabe Mollica started doing stand-up in Edinburgh after he got dumped for his best friend. 

Shawn Jay's Fun Guide to Nihilism

Shawn Jay's Fun Guide to Nihilism

Shawn Jay is a wandering vagabond philosopher searching for the meaning of life. 

Ew Girl, You Nasty

Ew Girl, You Nasty

If you have never smoked meth, worked in a sex dungeon, or eaten dog food, don’t worry, because Katharyn Henson did it so you didn’t have to! In her Fringe debut, New York City com… 

A Many Splendored Thing

A Many Splendored Thing

A musical journey through the hilarious foibles and pain that come with having a heart in this modern world. 

2 Girls, 1 Cup... of Comedy

2 Girls, 1 Cup... of Comedy

Award-winning comedian Samantha Baines (Lee Nelson’s Well Funny People) brings you a supersized cup of comedy with TV names, the very best new comedians and brilliant guest MCs. 

Rocket Girl

Rocket Girl

The year is 1969 and NASA has just put the first man on the moon. 

Half the Man – Michael Livesley

Half the Man – Michael Livesley

After dropping 10 stone in weight Michael Livesley, the man described by Stephen Fry as an ‘outrageous talent’ is half the man he was but still just as funny. 

Paul Sinha: Hazy Little Thing Called Love

Paul Sinha: Hazy Little Thing Called Love

Thus far, Paul has lived his life content in the understanding that stability and emotional happiness were lovely ideas but not really for him. 

Madame Chandelier's Rough Guide to the Opera

Madame Chandelier's Rough Guide to the Opera

Madame Chandelier guides you through her favourite opera plots, with jokes, dramatic death scenes, and a Nessun Dorma singalong! The joyfully ridiculous and self-proclaimed anti-di… 

Girl Bully

Girl Bully

“Why do you think you’re a bitch?” Warning—the first question you’ll be asked upon arriving at Rock Rising’s Girl Bully might invoke a mini existential crisis. 

Baba Brinkman's Rap Guide to Culture

Baba Brinkman's Rap Guide to Culture

Music, poetry, art, science, politics, relationships, strange behaviors found in a species of (mostly) hairless primate. 

Ian Smith: Half-Life

Ian Smith: Half-Life

Multi award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC3’s Sweat the Small Stuff, Dave’s The Magic Sponge podcast) returns with his sixth solo show. 

Girl Wasp

Girl Wasp

Bees are immediately punished for their stings. 

Girl Scouts vs Aliens

Girl Scouts vs Aliens

If there was an alien invasion of planet earth who would you want to represent the human race? Politicians, David Attenborough, The cast and crew of Stranger Things? What about a g… 

She Can't Half Talk

She Can't Half Talk

This new-to-the-fringe five-star monologue show explores the conformities of gender and sexuality in modern day society, through the wickedly absurd lenses of The Foetus, The Camer… 

Mr Thing

Mr Thing

The critically acclaimed cult comedy chat show thing is back! Welcome to the multimedia mayhem of Mr. 

White Girls

White Girls

Two girls go on a journey. 

Holly Morgan: Is a Witch. Get Her!

Holly Morgan: Is a Witch. Get Her!

It’s hard to make a comedy about the murder of 45,000 women but Holly Morgan does just that, and then some. 

Best Girl

Best Girl

Best Girl is a story told by the nervous, but likable Annie. 

Love (Watching Madness)

Love (Watching Madness)

This one-woman show, written and performed by Isabelle Kabban, is a tender, thoughtful and deeply moving account of a mother-daughter relationship affected by mental illness. 

4 BROWN GIRLS WHO WRITE

4 BROWN GIRLS WHO WRITE

This is the first year that 4 Brown Girls Who Write have showcased at Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and they better keep coming back. 

Jamie Loftus: Boss, Whom is Girl

Jamie Loftus: Boss, Whom is Girl

Learn how to empower yourself by participating in capitalism in this fabulous keynote speech from Silicon Valley girlboss and founder of Pee-Pee Smarthomes, Shell Gasoline-Sandwich… 

Mustard Doesn't Go with Girls

Mustard Doesn't Go with Girls

When the children of Bow-on-Tie start mysteriously disappearing, Abigail decides to investigate further. 

Louise Young and Neil Harris: Big Div Energy £5 / PWYW

Louise Young and Neil Harris: Big Div Energy £5 / PWYW

Rising stars Louise Young and Neil Harris make their Great Yorkshire Fringe debut. 

Ian Smith: Half-Life

Ian Smith: Half-Life

Multi-award winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC3’s Sweat the Small Stuff, Dave’s The Magic Sponge podcast) returns with his sixth solo show. 

The Girl on the Train

The Girl on the Train

Rachel Watson longs for a different life. 

Paul Sinha: Hazy Little Thing Called Love

Paul Sinha: Hazy Little Thing Called Love

Paul returns to the Great Yorkshire Fringe with a preview of his upcoming Edinburgh Festival show. 

Clare Teal and her All Stars

Clare Teal and her All Stars

Award winning jazz vocalist and Radio 2 presenter Clare Teal and her All Stars will traverse a rich landscape of timeless and sparkling material as they celebrate the Gr… 

Paul Sinha: Hazy Little Thing Called Love (Work In Progress)

Paul Sinha: Hazy Little Thing Called Love (Work In Progress)

A mixture of best bits and new material for Paul's next touring show about the life-changing effect a couple of drinks can have. 

Girl on Girl

Girl on Girl

How can women march in the name of feminism, but brazenly lambast the women they watch on the TV? In the era of #metoo, why is a woman’s fiercest critic likely to be another woma… 

Jasper Cromwell Jones’ Alternative Book Festival

Jasper Cromwell Jones’ Alternative Book Festival

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

Annie Jr.

Annie Jr.

As an infant, Annie had been abandoned on the front steps of The New York City Municipal Orphanage with a note from her parents promising to return for her someday. 

Young Herbert’s Horrors

Young Herbert’s Horrors

A pirate adventure with a twist! Living on a boat should be the ideal life for a wannabe pirate, but a storm brews up when Herbert is sent home from school and Mum calls on Uncle A… 

Hancock\'s Half Hour

Hancock\'s Half Hour

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

Tom Jones: All Girls Love A Bastard

Tom Jones: All Girls Love A Bastard

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

Top Girls

Top Girls

Now hiring: top girls wanted for prestige positions. 

Mustard Doesn't go with Girls

Mustard Doesn't go with Girls

When the children of Bow-on-Tie start mysteriously disappearing, Abigail decides to investigate further. 

How Does This Politics Thing Work?

How Does This Politics Thing Work?

Politics is boring. 

Peaches Christ’s Drag Becomes Her

Peaches Christ’s Drag Becomes Her

Soho Theatre & Tim Whitehead Management present: Peaches Christ’s Drag Becomes Her A drag parody of the '90s legendary comedy "Death Becomes Her"… 

The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book

We lucked out! On the day we saw The Jungle Book, the sun was high in the sky. 

Peaches Christ’s Drag Becomes Her

Peaches Christ’s Drag Becomes Her

Soho Theatre & Tim Whitehead Management present: Peaches Christ’s Drag Becomes Her A drag parody of the '90s legendary comedy "Death Becomes Her"… 

Young, Dumb and Easily Offended

Young, Dumb and Easily Offended

Feelin fat, ugly, depressed? Yh we all are, we’re Millennials! It’s gonna have coconut water, avocados, vegan sausage rolls. 

Amazing Adventures of Her Majesty at 90+

Amazing Adventures of Her Majesty at 90+

Affectionate comedy on the world’s longest-serving monarch. 

Baba Brinkman's Rap Guide to...

Baba Brinkman's Rap Guide to...

Baba Brinkman’s Rap Guide Series began in 2009 with Fringe First Winner ‘Rap Guide to Evolution’, “Astonishing and brilliant” (NY Times), now making its Brighton debut (26/27… 

Girl World

Girl World

“Unmissable” ***** (Fringe Biscuit) “Genius” **** (Broadway Baby) “Pure Talent” **** (A Younger Theatre) Tilly and Inga exist in a surreal bubble called ‘Girl World’ where … 

Paul Duncan McGarrity: A Practical Guide to Attacking Castles

Paul Duncan McGarrity: A Practical Guide to Attacking Castles

From the age of sieges and chivalry comes a show about medieval love, adrenaline junkies and an insane quest for glory. 

Eliza von Poppins presents... A Practically Perfect Guide to Living

Eliza von Poppins presents... A Practically Perfect Guide to Living

Do you want to know how to solve your problems and become practically perfect in every way? Whenever you are in a stew, just ask “What would Julie Andrews do?” Eliza von Poppins … 

A Girl, Standing by Kate Reid

A Girl, Standing by Kate Reid

‘I’m not expecting anything. 

Mr Thing

Mr Thing

Welcome to the multimedia mayhem of Mr. 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts at GBMet. 

What's to be done with the Arts in Brighton?

What's to be done with the Arts in Brighton?

What’s to be done with the Arts in Brighton? Or Where Are We Now where Are We Now? A discussion at the Spiegeltent on the state of the arts and culture in Brighton and Hove - and w… 

This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing

This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing

Three, as the song goes, is a magic number. 

Girl World

Girl World

Tilly and Inga exist in a surreal bubble called Girl World where the only rule is “No boys allowed!” Girl World is a pop-tastic, musical playground where best friends wrea… 

High School Musical - Young Idea

High School Musical - Young Idea

Wednesday 15th May, 7. 

A Self Help Guide to Being in Love with Jeremy Corbyn

A Self Help Guide to Being in Love with Jeremy Corbyn

When BBC Slam Champion, Jess Green joined the Labour Party at university she doubled the number of members who met weekly in the Liverpool Philharmonic pub. 

Rejoicing At Her Wondrous Vulva The Young Woman Applauded Herself

Rejoicing At Her Wondrous Vulva The Young Woman Applauded Herself

Combining intimate stories, comic dialogues, and - when words feel like a cage – dance, Rejoicing At Her Wondrous Vulva The Young Woman Applauded Herself is a celebratory explora… 

The Revlon Girl

The Revlon Girl

Set eight months after the Aberfan Disaster, The Revlon Girl tells the true story of a group of bereaved mothers who met every week above a local hotel to talk, cry and laugh witho… 

Young Corbyn: An Origin Story

Young Corbyn: An Origin Story

In a world where it is North Islington, only one man stands between Camden and Holloway. 

Girl Stuff

Girl Stuff

Sweden’s female comedian of the year, Josefin Johansson, host of the local version of ‘Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?’, goes abroad with ‘Girl Stuff’, a show about everything… 

A Cosmologist's Guide to Life and Love

A Cosmologist's Guide to Life and Love

A funny, poignant and uplifting account of what cosmology, and those who study it, have to say about the more earthly matters of life and love. 

Brighton Swing Thing

Brighton Swing Thing

An afternoon of live swing music and dancing with the friendly and welcoming Brighton Lindyhoppers. 

No Such Thing As A Fish `

No Such Thing As A Fish `

The team behind multiple award-winning podcast No Such Thing As A Fish are hitting the road again in May this year with their brand new show, 'In No Particular Order'.  

Do the Thing: The Made Up Musical

Do the Thing: The Made Up Musical

The 2018 critically-acclaimed Brighton Fringe sell-outs return! Join ‘Do the Thing’ for an unmissable high-risk, high-lunacy, highly (well, entirely) improvised musical. 

Madame Chandelier's Rough Guide to the Opera

Madame Chandelier's Rough Guide to the Opera

Madame Chandelier’s Rough Guide to the Opera is everything you never knew was funny about opera. 

Ghosts by Ibsen (an Adaptation)

Ghosts by Ibsen (an Adaptation)

A fresh adaptation of a classic text, ‘Ghosts’ deals with themes of transgressive relationships, corruption within the church, hypocrisy, and social responsibilities towards the po… 

Too Young to Stay In, Too Old to Go Out!

Too Young to Stay In, Too Old to Go Out!

In this show of songs and character vignettes, Nigel Osner casts his perceptive and somewhat mischievous gaze over the poignance and ridiculousness of clinging to the illusion of y… 

Kissing Annie Lennox

Kissing Annie Lennox

Not a tribute act, but an act of attribution. 

Young Herbert’s Horrors

Young Herbert’s Horrors

Half Moon presents Young Herbert’s Horrors a Justin Coe production   A swashbuckling pirate adventure with a twist    Young Herbert is a little… 

Hancock's Half Hour

Hancock's Half Hour

From the producers of the critically acclaimed tours of Round the Horne and The Goon Show comes another radio comedy classic live on stage. 

Hancock's Half Hour

Hancock's Half Hour

From the producers of the critically acclaimed tours of Round the Horne and The Goon Show comes another radio comedy classic live on stage. 

film maltings: Green Book

film maltings: Green Book

  Director: Peter Farrelly Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali Dr. 

The Hiccup Project: Lovely Girls

The Hiccup Project: Lovely Girls

After diving into the world of romance and heartbreak in critically acclaimed multi-award winning May-We-Go-Round?, Cristina and Chess explore what it means to be a young woman in … 

Lovely Girls

Lovely Girls

Chess and Cristina are The Hiccup Project, a comedic dance-theatre company. 

The Hiccup Project: Lovely Girls

The Hiccup Project: Lovely Girls

Using their powerful blend of comedy, energetic dance and theatre, they imagine a world where women can be, and do, whatever they want, breaking free of the boxes and letting go of… 

Half Me, Half You.

Half Me, Half You.

What if you were black, gay and a woman in America right now? Jess and Meredith are a married, interracial, gay couple living in New York in 2017 – the era of Trump – weatheri… 

Farnham Festival 2019: Young Voices

Farnham Festival 2019: Young Voices

Farnham Festival 2019: Young Voices This exciting concert will include performances from pupils at the Ridgeway School, plus Surrey Arts’ Just So Singers and the A… 

The Girl With Glitter In Her Eye

The Girl With Glitter In Her Eye

‘From a distance everything is beautiful, isn’t it? Until we magnify it. 

Exhibition On Screen: Young Picasso

Exhibition On Screen: Young Picasso

YOUNG PICASSO Pablo Picasso is one of the greatest artists of all time - and right up until his death in 1973 he was the most prolific of artists. 

How Does This Politics Thing Work Then? (6+yrs)

How Does This Politics Thing Work Then? (6+yrs)

Politics is boring. 

Young Corbyn

Young Corbyn

In a world, where it is North Islington, only one man stands between Camden and Holloway. 

Next Thing You Know

Next Thing You Know

Next Thing You Know is a musical about four New Yorkers waking up from their invincible twenties and confronting adulthood in the city that never sleeps. 

Bold Girl | Our Last Summer

Bold Girl | Our Last Summer

Bold GirlDying Is No Excuse, Ma. 

Yerloo Underground | Portrait of the Autist as a Young Man

Yerloo Underground | Portrait of the Autist as a Young Man

Yerloo UndergroundDeep dark subway. 

Made | BIG GIRLS BLOUSE

Made | BIG GIRLS BLOUSE

MadeMusic takes him out of dullness BIG GIRLS BLOUSEWhen you assume. 

February Half-Term Family Make & Play Ukulele Workshop

February Half-Term Family Make & Play Ukulele Workshop

MAKE, LEARN, PLAY and PERFORM on your own fully working ukulele, made from a spread tub! If you don't believe it, take a look at the YouTube extract below. 

February Half Term Family Movement Workshop

February Half Term Family Movement Workshop

Jump, roll and slide at Watermans in this creative movement workshop for children and adults. 

Half Term Special - If All The World Were Paper (3-8 yrs)

Half Term Special - If All The World Were Paper (3-8 yrs)

A hilarious, poignant play about falling out, making up, and the joy of true friendship. 

Move, Create & Play - Half Term Family Workshop

Move, Create & Play - Half Term Family Workshop

Jump, roll and slide at Watermans in this creative movement workshop for children and adults. 

Ralph Breaks The Internet (PG) - Half Term Family Cinema

Ralph Breaks The Internet (PG) - Half Term Family Cinema

Join Ralph and Vanellope in their newest buddy-comedy adventure, and explore the worldwide web in a whole new way. 

Mary Poppins Returns (U) - Half Term Family Cinema

Mary Poppins Returns (U) - Half Term Family Cinema

In Disney’s “Mary Poppins Returns,” an all new original musical and sequel, Mary Poppins is back to help the next generation of the Banks family find t… 

Manologue | Have You Seen This Girl?

Manologue | Have You Seen This Girl?

ManologueA one-woman show about masculinity Have You Seen This Girl?One Small Town. 

Roulston & Young: Je Regrette!

Roulston & Young: Je Regrette!

Award-winning musical character comedy from Sarah-Louise Young and Michael Roulston, creators of Roulston & Young, Julie Madly Deeply and Cabaret Whore. 

Ghost Girl // Gwei Mui 鬼妹

Ghost Girl // Gwei Mui 鬼妹

On a hot clammy muggy day in October In a Chinese takeaway restaurant A decision was made: A woman was going to take another woman’s baby. 

Art Stars Workshops for Young Artists

Art Stars Workshops for Young Artists

£50 for a course of two sessions (ticket price is joint)Saturday 19 & 26 January2pm– 4pm £25 for one sessionSaturday 9 February2pm-4pm £50 f… 

Death Becomes Her

Death Becomes Her

Death Becomes Her was born after Sam bounced off the bonnet of a poorly-driven Nissan Micra. 

Modern Girl 1895

Modern Girl 1895

Join award winning storyteller Cathianne Hall as she brings alive the stories behind a lost ‘agony column’ of the 1890s. 

It’s No Job For A Nice Jewish Girl

It’s No Job For A Nice Jewish Girl

With a face that shouts "Xmas" but a soul that screams "Hanukkah", Rachel Creeger has always felt like she has a foot in two worlds. 

Motherhood or Madness & Specky Ginger C*nt

Motherhood or Madness & Specky Ginger C*nt

Motherhood or Madness by Didi Cederstrom and Specky Ginger C*nt by Eoin McKenna, is a double bill of new one-person shows which push the boundaries between comedy and drama. 

Murder By The Book : Lisa Jewell & Ruth Ware with Madeleine Keane

Murder By The Book : Lisa Jewell & Ruth Ware with Madeleine Keane

A disastrously ill-judged crush on the gentleman next door, an inheritance letter mistakenly sent to the wrong beneficiary; these are the ingenious premises of Lisa Jewe… 

A Guide For The Homesick

A Guide For The Homesick

A tender and bittersweet play about conscience and connection. 

Short & Curly: Young At Start

Short & Curly: Young At Start

Curly is convinced that appearing youthful is the answer to success and he will do whatever is necessary to get 'youth'. 

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved. 

Eurovision Young Musicians 2018: Competition Final

Eurovision Young Musicians 2018: Competition Final

BBC Scottish Symphony OrchestraThomas Dausgaard Conductor Experience the classical music stars of tomorrow – the most exciting young performers from right across Europe. 

Big Girls Don’t Cry – Celebrating the Music of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

Big Girls Don’t Cry – Celebrating the Music of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

Tenth anniversary tour celebrating a decade of Big Girls Don’t Cry featuring The East Coast Boys. 

Pushing Boundaries in Work for Young Audiences

Pushing Boundaries in Work for Young Audiences

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

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… 

Ryan Young

Ryan Young

Ryan Young is an emerging young fiddle player bringing new and exciting ideas to traditional Scottish music. 

Eurovision Young Musicians 2018: The Semi-finals

Eurovision Young Musicians 2018: The Semi-finals

Experience the classical music stars of tomorrow – 18 of the most exciting young performers from right across Europe. 

Bach: Young at Heart

Bach: Young at Heart

A programme that includes some of Bach’s earliest organ music as well as pieces that are decidedly youthful in spirit including the Prelude and Fugue in D and the Partita on Christ… 

Around the World with Bessy – Part One and a Half: Bessy Goes Busking!

Around the World with Bessy – Part One and a Half: Bessy Goes Busking!

After receiving her sell-out garland in 2017, Bessy returns to the Fringe with a brand-new show. 

Auld Reekie Roller Girls Host Roller Derby Double Header

Auld Reekie Roller Girls Host Roller Derby Double Header

Auld Reekie Roller Girls are back once again for 2018! Watch full-contact rollerskating in an incredible showcase of one of the world’s fastest-growing sports. 

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. 

Too Young To Stay In (Too Old To Go Out!)

Too Young To Stay In (Too Old To Go Out!)

Nigel Osner takes a quizzical look at the challenges and opportunities for those no longer young. 

Triplicity: Everyone Has a Book Within

Triplicity: Everyone Has a Book Within

Our budding authors create a marriage of music and words to weave a story of burgeoning romance. 

Birthday Girls: Late-Night Comedy Party

Birthday Girls: Late-Night Comedy Party

Ever wanted a lock-in with the cream of the UK’s comedy circuit in a cool cabaret bar late at night at the Edinburgh Fringe? Hell yeah! Well your dreams have just come true. 

The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book

Anyone unfamiliar with Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book could have been conceivably raised by the same wolves that adopt man-cub Mowgli at the heart of this century-old collecti… 

How to Be a Bad Girl

How to Be a Bad Girl

Like a piano player in brothel or a chanteuse at an orgy, Sabrina Chap is the fallen woman of cabaret. 

The German Girls

The German Girls

An unconventional love story set in Denmark during WWII. 

The Spice Girls Lied to Us

The Spice Girls Lied to Us

The Spice Girls lied right to our faces. 

Annie Brassey

Annie Brassey

Written and directed by Heather Alexander. 

A Young Man Dressed As A Gorilla Dressed As An Old Man Sits Rocking In A Rocking Chair For Fifty-Six Minutes And Then Leaves

A Young Man Dressed As A Gorilla Dressed As An Old Man Sits Rocking In A Rocking Chair For Fifty-Six Minutes And Then Leaves

The original show, performed for the first time in 10 years.Turn up early.Sellout expected. 

A Young Man Dressed As A Gorilla Dressed As An Old Man Sits Rocking In A Rocking Chair For Fifty-Six Minutes And Then Leaves… 10

A Young Man Dressed As A Gorilla Dressed As An Old Man Sits Rocking In A Rocking Chair For Fifty-Six Minutes And Then Leaves… 10

Free (ticketed).Sellout expected. 

The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book

Join us in the depths of the Indian Jungle for an imaginative adventure, with a family-friendly adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s classic story The Jungle Book. 

A Young Man Dressed as a Gorilla Dressed as an Old Man Sits Rocking in a Rocking Chair for 56 Minutes and Then Leaves

A Young Man Dressed as a Gorilla Dressed as an Old Man Sits Rocking in a Rocking Chair for 56 Minutes and Then Leaves

The original show, performed for the first time in 10 years. Turn up early, sell-out expected. 

A Romantic's Guide to the Apocalypse: A New Musical

A Romantic's Guide to the Apocalypse: A New Musical

What happens if you find the love of your life at the end of the world? This hilarious and moving new musical follows Jack who discovers that the world will end in one week. 

The Girls from Oz - Because, Because, Because, Because, Because...

The Girls from Oz - Because, Because, Because, Because, Because...

Pining for the Southern Cross? Spend a five-star night with The Girls From Oz! Full of sass and armed with killer harmonies, these Sheilas can sing, joke and put on one helluva sho… 

Bluebelles Present: Girl Put Your Records On

Bluebelles Present: Girl Put Your Records On

The Bluebelles are bringing midnight snacks and jazzy tracks to the Edinburgh Fringe with a fantastic a cappella night in! Returning to Edinburgh for their fourth year, following s… 

Ladylike: A Modern Guide to Etiquette

Ladylike: A Modern Guide to Etiquette

Fresh from sell-out seasons and rave reviews in New Zealand and Australia, comedian Louise Beuvink is coming to Edinburgh for the first time with her smash-hit show Ladylike: A Mod… 

Fan Girl

Fan Girl

Geraldine is a lonely young secretary living with her invalid and overbearing mother. 

A Beginner's Guide to Populism

A Beginner's Guide to Populism

Getting power is easy. 

Entertainment and Publishing Contracts: A Guide for the Wannabe

Entertainment and Publishing Contracts: A Guide for the Wannabe

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

It's No Job for a Nice Jewish Girl

It's No Job for a Nice Jewish Girl

With a face that shouts ‘Xmas’ but a soul that screams ‘Hanukkah’, Rachel’s always felt like she has a foot in two worlds. 

Musical Comedy Guide Showcase

Musical Comedy Guide Showcase

Free daily hour-long showcase of the best musical comedy at this year’s Edinburgh Festival, courtesy of the Musical Comedy Guide website (check for full listings). 

Kathy Lette's Girl Talk

Kathy Lette's Girl Talk

It’s a psychological striptease with tales of love, lust, men, marriage, pregnancy, childbirth, mastitis, sexist bosses, teenage daughter wrangling, ageing, toy boys and Close Enco… 

Fat Girl Slim... Chance

Fat Girl Slim... Chance

This is a show for the losers, the underdogs and the also-rans. 

A Self-Help Guide to Being in Love With Jeremy Corbyn

A Self-Help Guide to Being in Love With Jeremy Corbyn

When Jess Green joined the Labour Party at university she doubled the number of members who met weekly in the Liverpool Philharmonic pub. 

Legacy: The Book of Names

Legacy: The Book of Names

At first glance The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland's two collaborative productions with the American Music Theatre Project may seem remarkably similar to last year's pair. 

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. 

All About Her – Feminism in Chinese Traditional Opera

All About Her – Feminism in Chinese Traditional Opera

All About Her — Feminism in Chinese Traditional Opera creatively combines traditional Chinese Opera with contemporary ideas, exploring feminism in the traditional opera repertoir… 

Australia: A Whinging Poms Guide

Australia: A Whinging Poms Guide

The funny side of Australia. 

Girl World

Girl World

Frisky are transporting audiences to a fantasy land created by two pre-pubescent girls, Tilly and Inga (played by Camille Dawson and Serena Ramsey). 

What Girls Are Made Of

What Girls Are Made Of

The Traverse One stage looks more ready for a gig than a piece of theatre, but while music undoubtedly runs through the heart of Cora Bissett's latest, most autobiographical wo… 

A Modern Guide to Heroism and Sidekickery

A Modern Guide to Heroism and Sidekickery

A superhero story that refuses to be a comic book. 

Music to Watch Girls By

Music to Watch Girls By

After last year’s sell-out show, Pete Sinclair returns with his cool crooners and a new mix of hits from The Great American Songbook: numbers like Can’t Take My Eyes Off You, S… 

Book Lovers' Tour

Book Lovers' Tour

A guided walking tour visiting the sites and haunts of Edinburgh’s literary legends: Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, JM Barrie, Alex… 

Von's Midnight Madness

Von's Midnight Madness

The Antipodean madman known as Von, shall be performing his fabled loops upon his eight-string guitar and telling his extraordinary tales with a twist of adult comedy and burlesque… 

Annie

Annie

After last year’s Fringe success with sell-out audiences and great reviews, Captivate is bringing back this much-loved family favourite. 

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. 

Stand Up, Weather Girl!

Stand Up, Weather Girl!

Sam Fraser has been a stand-by BBC local weather presenter since 2012. 

The Half Moon Shania

The Half Moon Shania

Punk and theatre aren't the strangest of bedfellows, but there is something that often feels false when collectives of art school graduates and professionally-trained actors at… 

The Girl Who Jumped Off the Hollywood Sign

The Girl Who Jumped Off the Hollywood Sign

Joanne Hartstone’s one-woman show is a brilliant send up to classic Golden Age Hollywood that keeps the glitz and glamour of the period whilst showing the grimy and exploitative … 

And Another Thing! An Improvised Show

And Another Thing! An Improvised Show

What’s the one thing you’ve always wished you told somebody? What was the perfect phrase for that moment that just passed you by? Never seen before, never to be seen again. 

A Virgin's Guide to Rocky Horror

A Virgin's Guide to Rocky Horror

Ever wondered how to do the Rocky Horror show? Need cues for rice and paper? This show will answer all your questions as you join in with the fun. 

Girls Like That

Girls Like That

A naked photo goes viral. 

Mission: Her

Mission: Her

Have you ever felt that life was more a grocery list than a box of chocolates? Social media feeds are filled with people ticking events off the list, yet you feel you that you’ve… 

The Next Big Thing

The Next Big Thing

John Lennon spent his Scottish boyhood holidays in Durness, Sutherland: not fake news! This thoughtful, comic fable of modern Scotland, adapted from the novel by Scottish Governmen… 

China Young

China Young

Beijing Golden Sails Arts Troupe return to Edinburgh following their previous successes. 

Gráinne Maguire: What Has the News Ever Done for Me?

Gráinne Maguire: What Has the News Ever Done for Me?

Hosted by Gráinne Maguire (as seen on Dave’s UnSpun with Matt Forde), every day three different comics bring along the story from the news they think is the most important and arg… 

Elvis: Young and Even More Beautiful

Elvis: Young and Even More Beautiful

Oliver Harris digs deeper into his journey through Elvis Presley’s great songs with a different show and an evening twist! From Love Me Tender, The Wonder of You, Are You Lonesome … 

2 Girls, 1 Cup... of Comedy

2 Girls, 1 Cup... of Comedy

Award-winning comedian Samantha Baines (Lee Nelson’s Well Funny People) brings you a selection of the best comedians at the Fringe. 

Laurence Clark: An Irresponsible Father's Guide to Parenting

Laurence Clark: An Irresponsible Father's Guide to Parenting

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

A Good Enough Girl?

A Good Enough Girl?

It’s 2025 - a world of mystery, spies and secret missions. 

Tom and Ollie in: One and a Half Men

Tom and Ollie in: One and a Half Men

Tom and Ollie are ‘creative, witty, sketchsmiths’ with ‘a sackful of promise’ (Chortle. 

Paul Duncan McGarrity – A Practical Guide to Attacking Castles

Paul Duncan McGarrity – A Practical Guide to Attacking Castles

From the age of sieges and chivalry comes a show about medieval love, adrenaline junkies and an insane quest for glory. 

To Have Done With the Judgement of God

To Have Done With the Judgement of God

Leaving the theatre with no idea what you have just seen but having enjoyed it immensely is perhaps an appropriate response to a production of Antonin Artaud’s To Have Done With … 

That Daring Australian Girl

That Daring Australian Girl

The women of England demand the vote! The remarkable true story of Muriel Matters: the South-Australian actress and elocutionist who became a leading figure of the UK’s suffragette… 

Elvis: Still Young and Beautiful

Elvis: Still Young and Beautiful

Back in the building! Following his massive success at last year’s Fringe, Oliver Harris again brings a new playlist of Elvis Presley’s great songs. 

Margo: Half Woman, Half Beast

Margo: Half Woman, Half Beast

Margo Lion, celebrated Weimar Berlin cabaret star and lover of Marlene Dietrich, is gripped by the decadence and debauchery of 1930s Berlin. 

Mark Steel: Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright

Mark Steel: Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright

The star of Mark Steel’s in Town (BBC Radio 4) brings back his 2017 sell-out show, guaranteed to make the world seem even more mental than it still is. 

A Beginner's Guide to Bondage

A Beginner's Guide to Bondage

A funny, naughty romp through the world of BDSM. 

Tracy's Leaving Party: Hot Young Things

Tracy's Leaving Party: Hot Young Things

Christy Coysh (as seen on BBC Three) and Kat Sadler (selected for BBC New Comedy Award 2017) debut their first work-in-progress show. 

Ayesha Hazarika: Girl on Girl

Ayesha Hazarika: Girl on Girl

The fight for feminism. 

Mr Thing

Mr Thing

The live, chaotic, comedy chat show Thing. 

Jacqueline Novak: How Embarrassing for Her

Jacqueline Novak: How Embarrassing for Her

Jacqueline Novak finds everything embarrassing. 

George Lewis: A Man, a Plan, a Girl With Fake Tan

George Lewis: A Man, a Plan, a Girl With Fake Tan

When George was 12 he fell for the most beautiful, orangest girl in Stockport. 

The Half

The Half

A brand-new play from Danielle Ward, writer of cult Fringe shows Take-A-Break Tales, Psister Psycho, Gutted and Dani Frankenstein. 

Eleanor's Story: An American Girl in Hitler's Germany

Eleanor's Story: An American Girl in Hitler's Germany

Eleanor Ramrath Garner’s best-selling memoir of her youth, adapted for the stage and performed by her granddaughter Ingrid. 

Aye, Elvis by Morna Young

Aye, Elvis by Morna Young

‘Yer a wifie. 

Half-Dozen Musical

Half-Dozen Musical

While Henry the 8th fights for his life, his daughter Mary Tudor has a battle of her own: she wants to claim his soon-to-be-empty throne. 

Short & Curly: Young at Start

Short & Curly: Young at Start

Curly is convinced that appearing youthful is the answer to success and he will do whatever is necessary to get ‘youth’. 

Notorious Strumpet & Dangerous Girl

Notorious Strumpet & Dangerous Girl

Make sure you arrive at Notorious Strumpet & Dangerous Girl a few minutes early; performer Jess Love is thrilled to offer you a coffee, a tea, or a biscuit in the queue. 

Laurence Clark: An Irresponsible Father’s Guide to Parenting

Laurence Clark: An Irresponsible Father’s Guide to Parenting

Join Laurence as he tackles important issues, like how best to balance crutches on his son’s baby walker to make him look like a Dalek! Laurence starred in BBC One… 

Half me, half you

Half me, half you

Jess and Meredith are a married, interracial, gay couple living in New York in 2017 – the era of Trump – weathering a new wave of intolerance, discrimination and oppression, wh… 

Liz Fraser: Confessions of a Carry On Girl

Liz Fraser: Confessions of a Carry On Girl

Liz Fraser's long and varied acting career has seen her as everything from a murder suspect in Miss Marple to a murderous accomplice in Sweeney Todd, but it is as t… 

Madness Tour: Alnwick Castle

Madness Tour: Alnwick Castle

Music fans will get the chance to go One Step Beyond this summer as Madness announce an exclusive four-date tour of UK stately homes and a castle! The British pop icons, who have b… 

Madness Tour: Stratford Upon Avon

Madness Tour: Stratford Upon Avon

Music fans will get the chance to go One Step Beyond this summer as Madness announce an exclusive four-date tour of UK stately homes and a castle! The British pop icons, who have b… 

Madness Tour: Thetford

Madness Tour: Thetford

Music fans will get the chance to go One Step Beyond this summer as Madness announce an exclusive four-date tour of UK stately homes and a castle! The British pop icons, who have b… 

Madness Tour: Reading

Madness Tour: Reading

Music fans will get the chance to go One Step Beyond this summer as Madness announce an exclusive four-date tour of UK stately homes and a castle! The British pop icons, who have b… 

The Girl in The Grate / Me, You and Godzilla Too

The Girl in The Grate / Me, You and Godzilla Too

Join storyteller Cathianne Hall and actor Jowanna Rose in a double bill as they journey from the opening titles of a 1960’s girl-about-town sitcom to the party from Hell, explori… 

Step Girl

Step Girl

This is a Free event! Please reserve your ticket here: https://www. 

Tom & Ollie in: One and a Half Men

Tom & Ollie in: One and a Half Men

Tom and Ollie are ‘creative, witty, sketchsmiths’ with a ‘sackful of promise’ (Chortle). 

Beautiful Thing

Beautiful Thing

We are thrilled to open our new, larger home on 1 June with a 25th anniversary production of Beautiful Thing by Jonathan Harvey. 

Girl World

Girl World

The tale of Tilly vs Inga is a subversive coming-of-age musical comedy filled with love and violence; with a live band, singing, swearing, goddess-worship, octopus birth-rites and … 

Next Best Thing on Next Best Thing

Next Best Thing on Next Best Thing

Parkinson. 

Jess Robinson: Here Come the Girls

Jess Robinson: Here Come the Girls

Join multi award-winner and Britain's Got Talent 2017 semi-finalist Jess Robinson for an evening of spot-on celebrity impressions, musical comedy and stunning vocal gymnastics. 

The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book

Half term family theatre fun with Jellyfish Theatre’s production of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book. 

Stand Up, Weather Girl!

Stand Up, Weather Girl!

Sam Fraser has been a stand-by BBC local weather presenter since 2012. 

White Girls

White Girls

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

Well Done

Well Done

A solo alternative comedy show. 

A Modern Guide to Heroism & Sidekickery

A Modern Guide to Heroism & Sidekickery

A superhero story that refuses to read like a comic book. 

Too Young to Stay In - Too Old to Go Out

Too Young to Stay In - Too Old to Go Out

In his new show Nigel Osner casts a quizzical eye over life’s challenges for those, shall we say, just that little bit older. 

Golden Girls

Golden Girls

Catch-up with Beatrice, Betty, Rue and Estelle as you’ve never seen them before, in the highlights of the iconic 80s sitcom The Golden Girls. 

Baba Brinkman's Rap Guide to Consciousness

Baba Brinkman's Rap Guide to Consciousness

Fringe First winner and “peer-reviewed rapper” Baba Brinkman explores the scientific study of consciousness in his latest hip-hop comedy. 

A Glass Half Empty

A Glass Half Empty

“Why is it men do that, I wonder? Hold you like you’re some baby bird that might break, or fly away, I suppose. 

Baba Brinkman: Rap Guide to Climate Chaos

Baba Brinkman: Rap Guide to Climate Chaos

A hit off-Broadway and at the Paris Climate Conference, Baba Brinkman’s hip-hop manifesto on global warming politics and economics offers a twist on the world’s hottest topic. 

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. 

Courtney Act: Under the Covers

Courtney Act: Under the Covers

If you’re familiar with Courtney Act you’ll know there are many strings to her bow; on RuPaul’s Drag Race we witnessed a formidable competitor, who sang, danced and modelled … 

Brighton Swing Thing

Brighton Swing Thing

Join the Brighton Swing Community for a special Fringe afternoon of swing music and dancing with a live swing band, DJs, Lindy Hop beginners dance class, Charleston dancers and a d… 

Family Day - Space Girl

Family Day - Space Girl

‘Space Girl’  written & performed by Helen Stanley Mary Moon is 9 years old. 

My Apple Dumpling Girl (Evening), We Are All Stories (Daytime)

My Apple Dumpling Girl (Evening), We Are All Stories (Daytime)

‘My Apple Dumpling Girl’ is a powerful small-scale play featuring a beautiful set and puppets (evening). 

How to Cope with Embarrassment

How to Cope with Embarrassment

Embarrassment is an inconvenience I imagine most people can relate to; we all have an experience we look back at through cringey glasses and would much rather forget about. 

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… 

A Beginner's Guide to Bondage

A Beginner's Guide to Bondage

Fifty Shades of Grey was the bestselling book that gripped the world with its stories about Mr Grey and his sexual appetite for pain and pleasure. 

Do The Thing: The Two Man Made-Up Musical

Do The Thing: The Two Man Made-Up Musical

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). 

Help! I Think I Might Be Fabulous

Help! I Think I Might Be Fabulous

The bench seating in the Bosco theatre fills up very quickly around me; it’s obvious that word has got out about Alfie Ordinary and his award winning show. 

A Gym Thing

A Gym Thing

Following a highly successful run at Edinburgh Fringe 2017, A Gym Thing now transfers to London’s Pleasance Theatre. 

Is This Thing On?

Is This Thing On?

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

Bingo Jack's Big Book Magic Show

Bingo Jack's Big Book Magic Show

Don’t miss Bingo Jack this Fringe. 

Mr Goodbars Guide to Good Drinking

Mr Goodbars Guide to Good Drinking

Hands-on Cocktail Masterclass Series! Shake, muddle and stir your way through time, mastering the techniques and discovering the science that is mixology. 

Naked Girls Reading

Naked Girls Reading

I’m not entirely sure of the point of Naked Girls Reading. 

Diamond Girls

Diamond Girls

Join actress Amanda Trapp as she portrays — in addition to 18 other characters! — three Saskatchewan gals who played in Philip K. 

The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Family

The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Family

Join acclaimed British writer-performer & newly crowned BBC Poetry Slam Champion Ben Norris as he battles the UK’s most notorious service stations & the perils of lower league fo… 

Girl Nation

Girl Nation

Introducing Adelaide’s newest young pop group ‘Girl Nation’. 

DAMIEN POWER - VIOLENT CHAOS ANYONE?

DAMIEN POWER - VIOLENT CHAOS ANYONE?

Best Show nominee Melbourne Comedy Festival 2015, 2016 & 2017. 

Australia: A Whinging Poms Guide

Australia: A Whinging Poms Guide

The funny side of Australia. 

Mark Steel: Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright

Mark Steel: Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright

Mark is the creator of the hit Radio 4 series Mark Steel’s In Town, a BAFTA-nominee for BBC2’s Mark Steel Lectures and a regular on BBC1’s Have I Got News For You and Radio 4… 

That Daring Australian Girl

That Daring Australian Girl

“I was born a suffragette. 

Baby Carla's Bad Girl Rumble

Baby Carla's Bad Girl Rumble

“like something straight out of a Tarantino film. 

Tom Gleeson - Sure Thing

Tom Gleeson - Sure Thing

Star of The Weekly. 

Murder City Roller Girls presents Summer Shovin'

Murder City Roller Girls presents Summer Shovin'

Get your old-school 50s gear on and make like Greased Lightning to the ARC Campbelltown for some hard-hitting roller derby action! The T Birds will be taking on the Pink Ladies i… 

Eleanor's Story: An American Girl In Hitler's Germany

Eleanor's Story: An American Girl In Hitler's Germany

Ingrid Garner wrote and performs the internationally acclaimed, theatrical adaptation of her grandmother Eleanor Ramrath Garner’s award-winning memoir, detailing her youth as an Am… 

No Such Thing as a Fish

No Such Thing as a Fish

Their award-winning podcast No Such Thing As A Fish gets 1. 

Good Girl

Good Girl

Winner of Voice’s Pick of the Fringe Award, Naomi Sheldon’s exceptional debut play comes to London’s West End following a critically acclaimed smash hit run at th… 

The Zebra Who Lost Its Spots - the interactive rehearsal!

The Zebra Who Lost Its Spots - the interactive rehearsal!

This extraordinary show is for the shy who want to be bold, the different who’d like to belong, the humble who need a stage, the confident who want to yell, the fun-loving who just… 

Her Soul

Her Soul

After sold-out seasons in the Adelaide Fringe, the sultry vocals of Mahalia Barr-Mashei returns to the stage bringing her latest solo show ‘Her Soul’ Groove to live reworked tu… 

A Modern Guide to Heroism & Sidekickery

A Modern Guide to Heroism & Sidekickery

A superhero story that refuses to read like a comic book. 

Hello, Its Me... Again

Hello, Its Me... Again

Having seen the light and with a new lease on life, Kathy Richfield is back and ready to combat the epidemic plaguing millennials, ‘The Quarter Life Crisis’. 

Along Comes Mary - The Real Thing

Along Comes Mary - The Real Thing

Do you find it hard to leave the Sixties behind? So do “The Marys”! After 5 sold out seasons at Adelaide Fringe, ‘Along Comes Mary’ are celebrating with a fabulously expan… 

Noughty Girls

Noughty Girls

Part sketch comedy. 

The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book

An exciting new adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s family classic, The Jungle Book, comes to life in this colourful new show brought to you by the team behind Goodnight Mister Tom a… 

The Young Folk

The Young Folk

The Young Folk marry traditional acoustic instrumentation, perfect harmonies and contemporary production techniques resulting in a sound which has seen them compared with Fleet Fox… 

The Young Folk @ The Courthouse

The Young Folk @ The Courthouse

Since their initial discovery the TYF are being hailed as audience favourites and are fulling venues both at home and overseas. 

Side Shows

Side Shows

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

The Society For The Improvement Of Mankind In All Its Flaws And Wonders plus United

The Society For The Improvement Of Mankind In All Its Flaws And Wonders plus United

A night of celebration – whether it’s cheering or your team or the whole of mankind! United is an improvisation show played with the energy of a sports match. 

Scouting For Girls

Scouting For Girls

2017 officially marks a decade since the release of Scouting For Girls’ unstoppable million-selling self-titled debut album and to celebrate the 10th anniversary, SFG returns… 

Mother Courage And Her Children

Mother Courage And Her Children

Bertolt Brecht’s Mother Courage and Her Children is given a safe and very competent revival at The Southwark Playhouse. 

Half Baked

Half Baked

It’s rare when the title of a show manages to effectively review itself. 

Young Frankenstein

Young Frankenstein

Legendary filmmaker and comedian Mel Brooks brings his classic monster musical comedy Young Frankenstein to life on stage in an all-singing, all-dancing musical collaboration with … 

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

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

Sustainable Shows: Emerging Trends

Sustainable Shows: Emerging Trends

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

Courtney Act: The Girl from Oz

Courtney Act: The Girl from Oz

Australian drag superstar Courtney Act (RuPaul’s Drag Race, Australian Idol) takes you over the rainbow and down under in her new show. 

Girls

Girls

Deeply political, magnificently performed and filled with tense action and witty dialogue, Girls manages to grip and amaze the audience with its characters and powerful message fro… 

Bunker Girls

Bunker Girls

Bunker Girls shows us two women who worked as secretaries documenting the German perspective on WWII. 

Young and Fresh

Young and Fresh

Alice is an up-and-coming reporter and she is assigned the topic of sex trafficking to research. 

Sad Girls

Sad Girls

Sad Girls is a play about three girls: Miley, Lottie and Flo. 

Certain Young Men

Certain Young Men

Peter Gill”s Certain Young Men was first performed at the Almeida Theatre in 1999. 

2 Girls 1 Capo – Free

2 Girls 1 Capo – Free

If you like profanity, women and very catchy tunes then Meat Market is for you. 

A Pitch-Piper's Guide to the Melody

A Pitch-Piper's Guide to the Melody

In their Fringe debut, Exeter’s mixed contemporary a cappella group showcase their unique style in a series of unmissable shows. 

Every Brilliant Thing

Every Brilliant Thing

The worldwide smash-hit is back in Edinburgh for one week only. 

A Young Man Dressed as a Gorilla Dressed as an Old Man Sits Rocking in a Rocking Chair for 56 Minutes and Then Leaves... 9

A Young Man Dressed as a Gorilla Dressed as an Old Man Sits Rocking in a Rocking Chair for 56 Minutes and Then Leaves... 9

One performance only. Turn up early, sell-out expected. 

Siobhan Owen - Girl of the World

Siobhan Owen - Girl of the World

This Australian singer/harpist is bringing her successful Adelaide Fringe show to Edinburgh! Siobhán is what you get when you combine Celtic passion and Classical training! Throw … 

Nina Talks About Her Values

Nina Talks About Her Values

A narcissistic Alien and a terrified Earthling have found the solution you’ve been waiting for. 

Trolley Girls

Trolley Girls

Attention all shoppers! Make your way down to the Pear Tree to see best friends in the whole wide world ever in this show stopping coming of age story. 

The Loneliest Girl in the World

The Loneliest Girl in the World

Smashing Mirrors Theatre are shining a spotlight on those usually left in the shadows through their heart-breaking play The Loneliest Girl in the World, written and directed by Eli… 

Manic Pixie Dream Girls

Manic Pixie Dream Girls

The girls are back in town. 

Lunch Girls

Lunch Girls

Bee, Dee, Jay and Vee – will they ever do lunch? Dee’s a bitch, Jay’s in love (but who with?), Dee’s got Harry’s mother’s dodgy wheelchair to deal with, and Bee worries about eve… 

It's No Job For A Nice Jewish Girl

It's No Job For A Nice Jewish Girl

With a face that shouts ‘Xmas’ but a soul that screams ‘Hanukkah’, Rachel Creeger has always felt like she has a foot in two worlds. 

An Evening with the Voices in Annie's Head

An Evening with the Voices in Annie's Head

Annie is just a normal girl with normal problems. 

Girls Will Be Girls

Girls Will Be Girls

‘A new label on an old tin of beans won’t change the flavour. 

Sean Hughes's Blank Book

Sean Hughes's Blank Book

Improvised comedy is always a high stakes game. 

She and Her Cat – Eddies in the Ebb and Flow

She and Her Cat – Eddies in the Ebb and Flow

Traditional Japanese Rakugo comedic sit-down storytelling from a cat’s perspective. 

Courtney Act: The Girl from Oz

Courtney Act: The Girl from Oz

From a shared sovereign and a shaky colonial past, to endless daytime reruns of Neighbours and Home and Away on channel 5, plus cricket, Kylie and Rupert Murdoch; Australian export… 

Stiff & Kitsch: By All Accounts Two Normal Girls*

Stiff & Kitsch: By All Accounts Two Normal Girls*

(*A real-life quote from a real-life reviewer. 

The Girls From Oz

The Girls From Oz

Spend a five-star evening with the most dinky-die singing sheilas this side of the black stump. 

Mark Steel: Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright

Mark Steel: Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright

Mark’s sell-out show Who Do I Think I Am, revealed his natural father was world backgammon champion. 

Auld Reekie Roller Girls Host Roller Derby British Champs Triple Header

Auld Reekie Roller Girls Host Roller Derby British Champs Triple Header

Auld Reekie Roller Girls are back once again for 2017! Showcasing a Triple Header for the Roller Derby British Championships Tier 3 North. 

The Girl in the Grate

The Girl in the Grate

A spoken word show from storyteller Cathianne Hall, paying homage to vintage ‘Girl About Town’ sitcoms and exploring why sometimes you have to get stuck to get unstuck. 

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 Jungle Book

The Jungle Book

Rudyard Kipling’s classic jungle tale is a blend of fear, wonderment, danger and discovery, brought to life by this talented youth group. 

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. 

It's No Job For A Nice Jewish Girl

It's No Job For A Nice Jewish Girl

With a face that shouts ‘Xmas’ but a soul that screams ‘Hanukkah’, Rachel Creeger has always felt like she has a foot in two worlds. 

Ryan Young (with Jenn Butterworth)

Ryan Young (with Jenn Butterworth)

Scots Trad Music Awards’ Up and Coming Artist of the Year, Ryan Young is an emerging young fiddle player bringing new and exciting ideas to traditional Scottish music. 

The Other Half Lives

The Other Half Lives

Grieving is a universal human experience, and The Other Half Lives is a play which analyses grief in the years after someone’s passing. 

The Stage Manager’s Guide to Dating Assholes

The Stage Manager’s Guide to Dating Assholes

Tells the story of three stage managers: the Drill Sergeant, the Cheerleader and the One Who Can’t Get Her Shit Together. 

Peter Brush: A Worm's Guide to Immortality

Peter Brush: A Worm's Guide to Immortality

Comedy’s Peter Brush presents a story about trying to contact the dead, the dog they sent into space, the folk singer that sent him on (yet another) existential crisis, and how h… 

Australia: A Whinging Pom's Guide

Australia: A Whinging Pom's Guide

The funny side of Australia. 

Abi Roberts: Fat Girl Dancing (Work in Progress)

Abi Roberts: Fat Girl Dancing (Work in Progress)

Radio 4’s Abi Roberts returns with a WIP show, flicking a V-sign, the finger and showing her arse to the consensus. 

Big Brother Hamlet: A Surveillance Adaptation

Big Brother Hamlet: A Surveillance Adaptation

Big Brother Hamlet takes the subjects of the all-powerful found in Shakespeare’s script – the King, the Ghost, the Church – and connects them with one of today’s most all-p… 

Australia: A Whinging Pom's Guide

Australia: A Whinging Pom's Guide

The funny side of Australia. 

Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum!

Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum!

Sondheim’s fast-paced lyrics are hard to perform well, even for an experienced Broadway star, and it is rare that I have seen an amateur production that manages to do him justice… 

10 Films With My Dad, His Granddaughter, My Wife and Her Mother-In-Law

10 Films With My Dad, His Granddaughter, My Wife and Her Mother-In-Law

How do fathers and sons communicate? Sports? Cars? The Jeremy Kyle show? For Aidan and his dad, it was films. 

Baby Mama: One Woman's Quest to Give Her Child to Gay People

Baby Mama: One Woman's Quest to Give Her Child to Gay People

Tucked away in one of Greenside’s smaller studios, Baby Mama is a shining diamond of a show: beautiful storytelling and intimate staging come together to create a heartbreakingly… 

Book Lovers' Tour

Book Lovers' Tour

A guided walking tour visiting the sites and haunts of Edinburgh’s literary legends: Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, JM Barrie, Al… 

The Concrete Jungle Book

The Concrete Jungle Book

It is often difficult to adapt such well-known, childhood tales into innovative experiences for an audience. 

A Hunger Artist (Kafka Adaptation)

A Hunger Artist (Kafka Adaptation)

Inspired by a Kafka story, writer Josh Luxenberg and Brooklyn-based Sinking Ship have created a weird and wonderful piece of theatre in A Hunger Artist (Kafka Adaptation). 

Girls Like That

Girls Like That

A tight-knit group of school friends are learning about the struggles of the Suffragette movement, but none of them are really listening. 

Wanna Dance With Somebody! Or, A Guide To Managing Social Anxiety Using Theoretical Physics

Wanna Dance With Somebody! Or, A Guide To Managing Social Anxiety Using Theoretical Physics

With one of the longest titles you’ll come across it feels as though this show will have a lot to unpack. 

Iphigenia Crash Land Falls on the Neon Shell That Was Once Her Heart (A Rave Fable)

Iphigenia Crash Land Falls on the Neon Shell That Was Once Her Heart (A Rave Fable)

The premise of Caridad Svich’s Iphigenia Crash Land Falls on the Neon Shell That Was Once Her Heart (A Rave Fable), here performed by Clumsy Bodies Theatre, is truly exciting. 

Mark Steel: Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright

Mark Steel: Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright

Mark Steel begins with a witty satire about the calamitous circus show that was the recent Tory election campaign, setting the tone for this solid left-wing stand-up show. 

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. 

The Idiot's Guide to Kink

The Idiot's Guide to Kink

Want to spice up your love life? Not sure what S&M stands for? Fifty Shades of Grey made you angry and confused? Never fear! Ros Ballinger is here to guide you through the weird, w… 

Sajeela Kershi: Fights Like a Girl!

Sajeela Kershi: Fights Like a Girl!

‘My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style’ (Maya Angelou). 

Elvis: Young and Beautiful

Elvis: Young and Beautiful

It’s 1956. 

Gráinne Maguire: What Has the News Ever Done for Me?

Gráinne Maguire: What Has the News Ever Done for Me?

Every day, Gráinne is joined by three top comics who try to persuade the audience why their favourite news story is the most import of the week’s news. 

Good Girl

Good Girl

The desire to please is instilled into children from an early age, but the side-effects that this can have on their development is often not felt until it’s too late. 

A Pessimist's Guide to Being Happy

A Pessimist's Guide to Being Happy

Are you, do you know, or have you been a pessimist? Are you, have you been, or do you want to be happy? This is the stand-up comedy show for you! Matt Duwell – ‘Grand ideas, infe… 

Annie McGrath: Ambivert

Annie McGrath: Ambivert

After last year’s joke did so well (Dave’s Top Ten Funniest Jokes of the Fringe 2016), Annie returns to Edinburgh with another one. 

Annie

Annie

Captivate Theatre’s cast of fresh-faced talent do not disappoint in this adaptation of Annie. 

Half Breed

Half Breed

Natasha Marshall’s Half Breed is a vibrant and moving monologue about what it is like to grow up mixed race in a parochial white community. 

Lilith: The Jungle Girl

Lilith: The Jungle Girl

This acclaimed show from award-winning Australian theatre company Sisters Grimm clearly aims to put the “lion” back in George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, through a startlingly … 

The Girl Who Jumped Off The Hollywood Sign

The Girl Who Jumped Off The Hollywood Sign

Hollywood: home to the fools who dream. 

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… 

Rachel Fairburn: Her Majesty

Rachel Fairburn: Her Majesty

Families need strong female role models, problem is there’s too many in Rachel’s clan. 

The Missing Girl of Grigglewood

The Missing Girl of Grigglewood

The show tells the tale of a young girl named Rose who mysteriously goes missing in the tiny town of Grigglewood. 

Boys & Girls

Boys & Girls

‘Men are from Earth. 

The Idiot's Guide to Kink

The Idiot's Guide to Kink

Want to spice up your love life? Not sure what S&M stands for? Fifty Shades of Grey made you angry and confused? Never fear! Ros Ballinger is here to guide you through the weird, w… 

Ancient Shrines and Half Truths

Ancient Shrines and Half Truths

Tripadvisor meets Pokemon Go in this absurd, fantastical tour that proves how liable we are to being led. 

Nick Cope's Family Song Book

Nick Cope's Family Song Book

‘Nick Cope is the indie-surrealist kids’ entertainer Robyn Hitchcock and Syd Barrett, foolishly distracted by cult status, never were. 

Eleanor Morton: Angry Young Woman

Eleanor Morton: Angry Young Woman

Eleanor Morton’s show takes a smart, but self-deprecating look at feminism and the comedian’s own place in it, but feels full of more potential than she delivers. 

Patti Plinko – Dreadful Little Girl

Patti Plinko – Dreadful Little Girl

Patti Plinko returns with her dark and erotic songs inspired from Virginia Woolf, Joan of Arc to the whore houses of Paris. 

Next Best Thing: How to Be Good at Everything

Next Best Thing: How to Be Good at Everything

Being a millennial in the modern world is hard. 

Baba Brinkman's Rap Guide to Consciousness

Baba Brinkman's Rap Guide to Consciousness

Canadian rapper Baba Brinkman has explored several of the world’s biggest talking points – from evolution to climate change – and now he’s back for more. 

Twayna Mayne: Black Girl

Twayna Mayne: Black Girl

An intimate one-woman show about race and gender. 

TUTU: Dance in All Its Glory

TUTU: Dance in All Its Glory

The dance world can sometimes take itself a little too seriously, it often seems to be too caught up in technical comparisons to just enjoy itself, however, Chicos Mambo is the opp… 

Lady Macbeth and Her Pal, Megan

Lady Macbeth and Her Pal, Megan

When comedian Megan Gogerty is told that she hasn’t got the part of Lady Macbeth, a tragic figure of powerful darkness, because Megan is the human equivalent of a golden retrieve… 

Tom Houghton: Class Half Empty

Tom Houghton: Class Half Empty

There are many indicators of class membership in British society, but if you have lost count of how many times you’ve been in the same room as the Queen, then it’s a safe bet t… 

Annie Sertich: How to Not Kill Yourself for 30 Days... and the Next 330

Annie Sertich: How to Not Kill Yourself for 30 Days... and the Next 330

There’s certainly no shortage of solo shows about mental health at the Fringe so it takes a certain level of quality to stand out. 

Three Half Pints Present The Three Musketeers

Three Half Pints Present The Three Musketeers

CBeebies’ favourites (Justin’s House, Spot Bots) swashbuckle their way through a hilarious, new adventure of chivalry, swordplay and slips. 

A Gym Thing

A Gym Thing

A Gym Thing is narrated by Will, a person obsessed with his body, for whom staying in shape becomes a kind of unpaid profession. 

A Letter From A Pony Girl

A Letter From A Pony Girl

Warning - contains scenes and text of a sexual nature (Over 18 only) Powerful play with an all female leading cast about bdsm and mind control set around a European household in A… 

Short & Curly: Young at Start

Short & Curly: Young at Start

Short and Curly do not do things by halves. 

Short & Curly: Young at Start

Short & Curly: Young at Start

Short and Curly do not do things by halves. 

Girls' Night OOT!

Girls' Night OOT!

The smash hit comedy musical comes to the Edinburgh Playhouse for the very first time! Join the girls on a hen night you wont forget, with fantastic songs from 1960s - today! Gua… 

London Preview: Iphigenia Crash Land Falls on the Neon Shell That Was Once Her Heart

London Preview: Iphigenia Crash Land Falls on the Neon Shell That Was Once Her Heart

Clumsy Bodies presents the UK debut of: Iphigenia Crash Land Falls on the Neon Shell That Was Once Her Heart (A Rave Fable) A play by Caridad Svich Inspired by the Euripides text… 

Girl From the North Country

Girl From the North Country

The Old Vic is proud to present the World Premiere of Girl From the North Country, an electrifying new work from esteemed playwright Conor McPherson along with classic songs from B… 

The Deed is Done

The Deed is Done

A dramedy narrated by a mid-twenties virgin who went around New York City interviewing people to figure out the social norms of losing one’s virginity. 

The Girl From Mars

The Girl From Mars

Due to popular demand, the ‘Britpop Rocky Horror’ returns for a second year! Following an epic premiere at Brighton Fringe 2016, and a nationwide tour including a full show at … 

Eve's Dawning: The Story of the Last Girl

Eve's Dawning: The Story of the Last Girl

‘Eve’s Dawning’ combines storytelling, live music and animation to tell the dystopian fairy tale of Eve, the last girl in the world, as she navigates a post-apocalyptic waste… 

The Dictionary of Dads/Young Herbert

The Dictionary of Dads/Young Herbert

Apples and Snakes and New Writing South present a spoken word poetry show for ages 6 years and up. 

The Woman Who Shed Her Skin

The Woman Who Shed Her Skin

A woman single-mindedly pursues her physical image at the expense of her inner self. 

The Girl From Oz

The Girl From Oz

Courtney Act, takes you over the rainbow and down under in her new show: The Girl from OZ! Chock full of hits and high notes, you will leave this show realizing there’s no place li… 

James Campbell: The Funny Thing About...

James Campbell: The Funny Thing About...

A stand-up show for children over 6, their parents and anyone who likes comedy without the rude words. 

Bambert's Book of Lost Stories

Bambert's Book of Lost Stories

Lambert is an impossibly small man with an enormous love of writing, who one day decides to set his stories’ characters free in the hope they’ll find a home. 

Aidan Goatley: 10 Films with my Dad, His Granddaughter, My Wife, and Her Mother-in-Law

Aidan Goatley: 10 Films with my Dad, His Granddaughter, My Wife, and Her Mother-in-Law

How do fathers and sons communicate? Sports? Cars? The Jeremy Kyle show? For Aidan and his dad, it was films. 

(Non) Violent Communication

(Non) Violent Communication

How funny is Non Violent Communication? Apparently, NVC is a way of talking which involves getting your needs met, as well as the needs of others. 

Baby Carla's Bad Girl Rumble: Carla Lippis

Baby Carla's Bad Girl Rumble: Carla Lippis

Serge Gainsbourg in sequins brandishing a flick-knife; Duane Eddy brawling on with the Shangri-Las; Connie Francis fresh from juvy hall with only vengeance on her mind. 

Annie

Annie

Miranda Hart makes her West End debut as the infamous Miss Hannigan in a new production of the beloved Broadway musical Annie. 

Naked Girls Reading featuring Burlexe

Naked Girls Reading featuring Burlexe

Join burlesque artist and naked stand-up, Miss Glory Pearl, for an intimate, innovative show combining powerful stories, beautiful women and beautiful words. 

The Elephant Girls

The Elephant Girls

Forget lovable rogues and artful dodgers, this uncomfortable monologue tells the true story of a London awash with criminal gangs in the interwar years. 

Tricity Vogue's All Girl Swing Band

Tricity Vogue's All Girl Swing Band

“Anyone else a massive fan of the divine Miss Vogue and her ukulele? Thought so. 

Sajeela Kershi: Paradise Beneath Her Feet!

Sajeela Kershi: Paradise Beneath Her Feet!

A new work-in-progress show from this multi award-winning comedian. 

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 … 

A Pessimist's Guide to Being Happy

A Pessimist's Guide to Being Happy

Are you, have you been or do you know a pessimist? Are you, have you been, or do you want to be happy? This is the stand-up comedy show for you! Matt Duwell is happy and he is ill-… 

A Comedian's Guide to Sigmund Freud

A Comedian's Guide to Sigmund Freud

Do you struggle to tell the difference between your ego and superego? University lecturer turned stand-up comedian Alex Sergeant has the answer. 

Herman the Genial German: Herman's Half Hour

Herman the Genial German: Herman's Half Hour

‘Herman’s Half Hour’ is Herman’s hotly-anticipated Brighton Fringe debut show to take to other festivals in the UK and abroad. 

Brighton Swing Thing

Brighton Swing Thing

Join the Brighton Swing Community for a special Fringe afternoon of swing music and dancing with a live swing band, DJs, beginners Lindy Hop dance class, Charleston dancers and a d… 

The Girl Who Fell in Love With The Moon

The Girl Who Fell in Love With The Moon

“It wasn’t a particularly spectacular night, as she sat stargazing in her room . 

The Girl in the Grate

The Girl in the Grate

Lucy Green dreamt her life would turn out like the spangly title sequence of a ‘Girl About Town’ sitcom. 

And Another Thing!

And Another Thing!

Enjoy an evening of new poetry by Suzanne Smith as she muses on being a middle-aged mamma who’s addicted to rosé. 

Patti Plinko: Dreadful Little Girl

Patti Plinko: Dreadful Little Girl

Patti Plinko glances around the stage in search of the next musical instrument. 

Open Sky present Scorched

Open Sky present Scorched

“There’s some pain you can’t grit your teeth through”, is something said by the sole performer in Scorched as he reflects on his time during WWII. 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

“The true mystery of the world is the visible . 

Notorious Women of Brighton

Notorious Women of Brighton

It could not have been a better day to go on a stroll around Brighton. 

Rap Guide to Consciousness

Rap Guide to Consciousness

Predicting the next big show on the Fringe circuit is a little like trying to squeeze a champagne cork back into the bottle after it’s popped. 

Nicole Henriksen: Techno Glitter Penguins

Nicole Henriksen: Techno Glitter Penguins

My first venture to the Marlborough could not have been more welcoming. 

A Brief Guide to Tracking the Migration Patterns of the Eurasian Tree Sparrow

A Brief Guide to Tracking the Migration Patterns of the Eurasian Tree Sparrow

I, Marjorie Willmott (MA, PhD, MpDA), invite you to my very interesting and very important introductory lecture. 

The Idiot's Guide to the World

The Idiot's Guide to the World

‘The Idiot’s Guide to the World’ is a clown show that explores a variety of physical comedy genres. 

Funny Girl

Funny Girl

Revivals always run the risk of not resonating with a contemporary audience, or relying wholly on nostalgia, but Michael Mayer’s touring production of the Fanny Brice story, m… 

Girl in the Machine

Girl in the Machine

The symbolism is hardly subtle; when we enter the Traverse Theatre’s principal performance space, we have to choose which side of a massive shipping container we sit next to. 

The Guide to Good Orgasm Management

The Guide to Good Orgasm Management

Whilst it never quite delivers the climax you expect from a show with such a title, The Guide To Good Orgasms offers a certain charm that makes it impossible not to smile throughou… 

Girls Like That

Girls Like That

Evan Placey’s Girls Like That (first performed at London’s Unicorn Theatre three years ago) came to Edinburgh’s Traverse Theatre—courtesy of the neighbouring Lyceum Thea… 

Boy Stroke Girl

Boy Stroke Girl

Can you fall in love with someone if you don’t know their gender? Peter is about to find out when he falls for the sexually ambiguous ‘Blue’. 

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… 

her

her

her house is gone her home is destroyed her world has changed …I am her A girl comes home to find her house has disappeared. 

The Girls

The Girls

Gary Barlow and Tim Firth's musical adaptation of Calendar Girls is transferring to the West End's Phoenix Theatre from February 2017. 

The Girl and the Giraffe

The Girl and the Giraffe

One day whilst Girl is in her garden she spots something on the other side of the fence. 

The Little Match Girl

The Little Match Girl

Celebrated director and choreographer Arthur Pita returns to the Lilian Baylis Studio this Christmas with his magical dance theatre show, The Little Match Girl. 

Half a Sixpence

Half a Sixpence

Whilst this latest in a long line of Chichester transfers may be a new reworking of the classic Tommy Steele vehicle – with new songs, music and deeper characterisation added �… 

The Girl and the Giraffe

The Girl and the Giraffe

One day whilst Girl is playing in her garden, she spots something peculiar on the other side of the fence. 

A Pacifist's Guide to the War on Cancer

A Pacifist's Guide to the War on Cancer

When the voice of Bryony Kimmings - writer and director of this piece and “performance artist by trade” - asks at the start “how could you make a show about illness and death wit… 

A Guide to Second Date Sex

A Guide to Second Date Sex

Six outfits, gulp of Echo Falls, a push-up bra and eight cigs. 

A Gambler’s Guide to Dying

A Gambler’s Guide to Dying

This one-man show, written and performed by Gary McNair, won lots of praise during its initial run as part of the 2015 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 

The Girl and the Giraffe

The Girl and the Giraffe

One day whilst Girl is playing in her garden, she spots something peculiar on the other side of the fence. 

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

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

Lach in Conversation With Rock Writer Zoë Howe About Her Debut Novel, Shine On, Marquee Moon

Lach in Conversation With Rock Writer Zoë Howe About Her Debut Novel, Shine On, Marquee Moon

Rock ‘n’ roll fun alert! Celebrated music writer/musician Zoë Howe sits down with Lach to read from and discuss her upcoming debut rock ’n’ roll novel Shine On, Marquee Moon (… 

Kenny Young and the Eggplants

Kenny Young and the Eggplants

Herald Angel award winners! Brooklyn’s intergalactic folk-and-rollers were additionally honoured when Tom Robinson selected an Eggplants live radio session for a Best of the BBC Ar… 

Trolley Girls

Trolley Girls

Attention all shoppers! Make your way down to Southside Social to see best friends in the whole wide world (ever) in this show stopping coming of age story. 

Massive Lazy Girls

Massive Lazy Girls

Up-and-coming sketch troupes Massive Dad, Lazy Susan and Birthday Girls join forces for a hilarious hour of high-energy comedy. 

The Handmaidens of Death – WWI Theatre of Its Time

The Handmaidens of Death – WWI Theatre of Its Time

Even plays were buried by the bombs of World War I. 

A Young Man Dressed as a Gorilla Dressed as an Old Man Sits Rocking in a Rocking Chair for 56 Minutes and Then Leaves... 8

A Young Man Dressed as a Gorilla Dressed as an Old Man Sits Rocking in a Rocking Chair for 56 Minutes and Then Leaves... 8

One performance only. Turn up early – sell-out expected. 

Attempts on Her Life

Attempts on Her Life

Take a play with no plot, an unspecified number of players, no defined characters, pages of intense prose and lines that can be spoken by any performer and what do you have? Unmis… 

The Girl Who Touched the Stars

The Girl Who Touched the Stars

April and Ella’s entire world is changing and there is nothing they can do to stop it. 

About a Girl

About a Girl

There aren’t many plays with a cast of teenagers that are this slick. 

Reefer Madness

Reefer Madness

Reefer Madness is an adaptation of a PSA film from 1936 of the same name – famous for being embarrassingly awful – that warned parents of the dangers of marijuana. 

Ed Cook’s Comedy Thing

Ed Cook’s Comedy Thing

Funnily enough, Ed Cook’s Comedy Thing is a sort of stand-up comedy thing. 

Comedian's Guide to Autism

Comedian's Guide to Autism

Kirk Smith is the author of Rice Krispies with Ketchup, and his podcast Autastic is ranked number four on the iTunes self-help charts. 

Young People – Building Peace Through the Arts

Young People – Building Peace Through the Arts

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

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. 

Young Classical Artist Secret Opera

Young Classical Artist Secret Opera

Staged opera performances from some of Scotland’s most talented young singers. 

Young Filmmaker Showcase

Young Filmmaker Showcase

Fife Youth Arts is proud to showcase films made by young people from across the country. 

Cosplay's the Thing

Cosplay's the Thing

It’s two weeks before AniMazing Con and six high school theatre kids are gunning to win the anime convention’s group cosplay contest with a scene from Madsummer! – a modern-d… 

Reefer Madness

Reefer Madness

Warning: highly addictive content! Come see the wackiest, most raucous and addictive show in town! Reefer Madness follows the hilarious journey of two clean-cut kids’ descent into … 

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. 

Best Girl Athlete

Best Girl Athlete

Best Girl Athlete, AKA 17-year-old Aberdonian Katie Buchan, released her debut album Carve Every Word in March 2015 via Fitlike Records in the UK and through Minty Fresh Records in… 

Beautiful Thing

Beautiful Thing

Cinema screening of live performance. 

Making Work With Young Performers

Making Work With Young Performers

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

So Good a Thing

So Good a Thing

Waldorf Wayfarers – Directed by Australian composer Judith Clingan, 20 students and teachers from Waldorf or Steiner schools in Australia and Taiwan will give an hour’s program… 

The Colour Red: Its Sacred and Secular Meaning

The Colour Red: Its Sacred and Secular Meaning

Artist and lecturer Hilary Guise speaks about the significance and history of the colour red. Tea, coffee and pastries included afterwards. 

Tell Mary I Love Her

Tell Mary I Love Her

A captivating piece of storytelling that takes the audience back to 1939 and then through to 1945, telling the tale of two best friends in the army, a night club owner and three al… 

Guerilla Aspies – the Show of the Book, with Paul Wady

Guerilla Aspies – the Show of the Book, with Paul Wady

Paul Wady’s unique and controversial mass autism conversion show returns for a second year. 

2 Girls, 1 Cup of Comedy

2 Girls, 1 Cup of Comedy

Award-winning comedian Samantha Baines (Lee Nelson’s Well Funny People, Call the Midwife, Radio 4) brings you a selection of the best comedians at the Fringe. 

30 Minutes of One and Half an Hour of the Other

30 Minutes of One and Half an Hour of the Other

Two of Newcastle’s rising stars present two separate half hours of stand up. 

Australia: A Whinging Poms Guide

Australia: A Whinging Poms Guide

“All the Australians in the room put your hands up,” a splattering of us raise our hands, and little do we realise that Dan Willis will heavily rely on us to make up a good pro… 

The Coin-Operated Girl

The Coin-Operated Girl

With hilarious anecdotes and a no holds barred Q&A, it’s a whole new angle on the world of sex work. 

A Girl With Two Dicks

A Girl With Two Dicks

If variety is the spice of life, then Tom, Matthew and Susie are a full rack of flavour. 

Boy Girl Brain

Boy Girl Brain

English Comedian of the Year 2014 Jack Campbell brings you his second stand-up show. 

Shanghai Culture Week – Young Designer Exhibition

Shanghai Culture Week – Young Designer Exhibition

Enjoy a rare glimpse into Chinese contemporary design with this exhibition featuring the best new work by graduates of Shanghai’s most innovative art and design schools, curated … 

Every Brilliant Thing

Every Brilliant Thing

Duncan MacMillan and Jonny Donahoe’s Every Brilliant Thing (which first came to the Fringe in 2014) has the largest cast you’ve ever seen for a one man show. 

The Gayest Thing You've Ever Seen

The Gayest Thing You've Ever Seen

Claiming to be the gayest thing in a room full of LGBT people in a gay bar (although straights are welcome too) is quite the boast. 

Blueswater Presents: Cat Loud's Wayward Girls

Blueswater Presents: Cat Loud's Wayward Girls

Seemingly wholesome island lass Cat Loud is still on the prowl for her next big adventure. 

Two and a Half Old Men

Two and a Half Old Men

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. 

Pun-Man Two: Girls Just Wanna Hear Puns

Pun-Man Two: Girls Just Wanna Hear Puns

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. 

Girls Night Out

Girls Night Out

Ever wondered what takes a girl so long to get ready on a night out? This girl will tell you! Written and performed by Eme Essien, this hilarious new one-woman show invites viewers… 

Book Lovers' Tour

Book Lovers' Tour

Allan Foster, a writer whose name is practically synonymous with Edinburgh literary tourism, is our guide on the Book Lovers’ Tour, which specialises in introducing tourists to t… 

Dani Girl

Dani Girl

Trust me, Fringe magic still happens. 

Gráinne Maguire: What Has the News Ever Done for Me?

Gráinne Maguire: What Has the News Ever Done for Me?

Who has time to care about all the day’s news? Not when most of us have so many good box sets on the go. 

Music to Watch Girls By

Music to Watch Girls By

Pete Sinclair returns with a brand new show titled after an Andy Williams hit. 

Arthur Smith – Mindlessness: A Beginner's Guide

Arthur Smith – Mindlessness: A Beginner's Guide

Want to find peace of mind but can’t be arsed to get up early for yoga? Would rather be in the pub than chanting naked up a mountain? Worried your spiritual journey may involve bus… 

Death of Her Brother

Death of Her Brother

Anna stands pale and powerless before a jealous queen. 

On the Conditions and Possibilities of Hillary Clinton Taking Me as Her Young Lover

On the Conditions and Possibilities of Hillary Clinton Taking Me as Her Young Lover

On the Conditions and Possibilities of Hillary Clinton Taking Me as Her Young Lover definitely wins the title of most intriguing show title at the Fringe, and it’s definitely wor… 

Harriet Kemsley: The Girl on the Wrong Train

Harriet Kemsley: The Girl on the Wrong Train

Multi award-winning idiot Harriet Kemsley keeps making mistakes and she might be about to make the biggest one of her life. 

Glasgow Girls

Glasgow Girls

2005. 

Fat Girls Don't Dance

Fat Girls Don't Dance

Moving and funny, Maria Ferguson’s one-woman show, Fat Girls Don’t Dance, deals with issues relevant to today’s young women. 

The Girl with the Hurricane Hands (and Other Short Tales of Woe)

The Girl with the Hurricane Hands (and Other Short Tales of Woe)

Each of the short – but far from woeful – tales in this half-hour collection (from Bristol University and National Youth Theatre) have concepts that could be summed up in one l… 

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… 

The Jungle Book: Cobwebs and Moontalk

The Jungle Book: Cobwebs and Moontalk

Creative reimagining of Kipling’s The Jungle Book using the expressive colour of circus. 

Roulston & Young: Songs for Lovers (And Other Idiots)

Roulston & Young: Songs for Lovers (And Other Idiots)

Smart, funny, original songs from Michael Roulston and Sarah-Louise Young, creators of Cabaret Whore, Julie Madly Deeply and Songs for Cynics. 

Two Girls One... Mug!

Two Girls One... Mug!

Three top-line comics bring their fast-paced comedy showcase to the world’s most famous comedy festival. 

The Madness in My Method

The Madness in My Method

Michael Porter takes his first highly anticipated solo show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 

The Play's the Thing: Shakespeare for Kids

The Play's the Thing: Shakespeare for Kids

William Shakespeare is back for his 400th anniversary, but he needs your help with his newest play. 

This Evil Thing

This Evil Thing

Many appreciate conscientious objectors because they seem on the right side of history. 

The Elephant Girls

The Elephant Girls

This is the forgotten story of a controversial gang that robbed the streets of London for over a hundred years. 

The Madness in My Method

The Madness in My Method

Michael first took to the stage at a local open mic in Derry/LondonDerry, 2009. 

The Gorgon Girl

The Gorgon Girl

Lip Theatre Company’s offering at the Fringe this year presents an interesting take on the classic Greek myth of Medusa: one that is unfortunately plagued with tonal shifts and a… 

Girl

Girl

International theatre has always been a key component of Edinburgh Fringe. 

Bob Slayer: 24 Hour Shows

Bob Slayer: 24 Hour Shows

Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures. 

Manic Pixie Dream Girls

Manic Pixie Dream Girls

A magical showcase of the funniest, fiercest female comics at the Fringe, curated by Funny Women 2015 finalist Sophie Duker and hotshot Texan improviser Erin Bimmons. 

The Ruff Guide to Shakespeare

The Ruff Guide to Shakespeare

Fun for parents and children alike, The Ruff Guide to Shakespeare is a brilliant introduction to Shakespeare: the man and his plays. 

Her Slightest Touch

Her Slightest Touch

Some argue that the Fringe has become too corporate and professional, thus pushing amateur groups out of the scene. 

Annie McGrath: The Seven Ages of An

Annie McGrath: The Seven Ages of An

Annie McGrath (one half of sketch duo, Twins) presents her highly anticipated debut stand-up show: The Seven Ages of An. 

Oliver Reed: Wild Thing

Oliver Reed: Wild Thing

When Richard Burton appeared on the Dick Cavett show in 1980, the host would later describe the actor as “already a beautiful ruin. 

A Lady's Guide to the Art of Being a Wingman

A Lady's Guide to the Art of Being a Wingman

The Desperettes are girls dressed as boys, using techniques for picking up women to pick up men. 

Birthday Girls: Sh!t Hot Party Legends

Birthday Girls: Sh!t Hot Party Legends

Birthday Girls blast party anthems as the crowd files in. 

Carla Lippis : Baby Carla’s Bad Girl Rumble

Carla Lippis : Baby Carla’s Bad Girl Rumble

Serge Gainsbourg in sequins brandishing a flick-knife; Duane Eddy brawling on with the Shangri-Las; Connie Francis fresh from juvy hall with only vengeance on her mind. 

Adventures of a Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl

Adventures of a Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl

A triumphant come-back for sell-out performer Rebecca Perry. 

Maddy Anholt: Rent Girl

Maddy Anholt: Rent Girl

Following a sold-out run with the critically acclaimed Diary of a Dating Addict last year, Maddy Anholt is back with Rent Girl. 

And the Rope Still Tugging Her Feet

And the Rope Still Tugging Her Feet

If you’re hoping to see one performance completely stripped bare this festival, make it this one. 

Young Chekhov: Three-play day

Young Chekhov: Three-play day

Spending a full day (11 hours from first curtain up to last curtain call) watching three of Chekhov’s early plays (hence the ‘Young’ of the title) may not sound like the most fun… 

How The Other Half Loves

How The Other Half Loves

Following its successful run at Theatre Royal Haymarket, Alan Ayckbourn's hilarious comedy transfers to the Duke Of York's from 7 July! Three couples, two dinner parties… 

That Catholic Thing

That Catholic Thing

What will happen when a devout woman and her sceptical brother decide to start their own religion? Will making the deaf hear and the bacon holy become part of the Messiah’s mantra?… 

That Catholic Thing

That Catholic Thing

It’s not easy being a catholic; living in Ireland it’s difficult to escape a Catholic upbringing. 

Guerilla Aspies: the Show of the Book. Become Autistic.

Guerilla Aspies: the Show of the Book. Become Autistic.

Become autistic. 

The Girl From Mars

The Girl From Mars

The Brit-popera for Common People Like You. 

The Girl From Mars

The Girl From Mars

The Brit-popera for Common People Like You. 

The Three Half Pints: Bad Guys

The Three Half Pints: Bad Guys

Stars of CBeebies’ ‘SpotBots’, The Three Half Pints ***** (ThreeWeeks), present a slapstick misadventure for the whole family! “Your cheeks will hurt from smiling so much” **** (Br… 

How to be a Girl

How to be a Girl

Darkly comic, ensemble theatre at its finest. 

Just Right: A Tale of One Girl, Three Bears & Lashings of Porridge!

Just Right: A Tale of One Girl, Three Bears & Lashings of Porridge!

From the creators of ‘Three Excellent Little Pigs’ and ‘Gorrid the Horrid’ comes another spell-binding musical puppet show. 

Ahmed and the Feather Girl

Ahmed and the Feather Girl

Ahmed, a poor orphan, escapes his war torn homeland and joins the circus. 

The Best Thing

The Best Thing

It’s 1966. 

The Best Thing

The Best Thing

It’s 1966. 

Tom Goodliffe is Full of Beans: A Comedian's Guide to Coffee

Tom Goodliffe is Full of Beans: A Comedian's Guide to Coffee

An award-winning comedian and writer for BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz, Tom brews up his brand new show all about coffee. 

An Old Fashioned Girl

An Old Fashioned Girl

It’s a dangerous move to end your fringe show with a cover of Peggy Lee’s Is That All There Is? as you run the risk of audiences leaving with that very question ringing in… 

And The Rope Still Tugging Her Feet

And The Rope Still Tugging Her Feet

Inspired by the arrest and tribunal of 24-year-old Joanne Hayes, ‘And The Rope Still Tugging Her Feet’, written/performed by Caroline Burns Cooke, explores the 1984 Kerry Babies Sc… 

And The Rope Still Tugging Her Feet

And The Rope Still Tugging Her Feet

Inspired by the arrest and tribunal of 24-year-old Joanne Hayes, ‘And The Rope Still Tugging Her Feet’, written/performed by Caroline Burns Cooke, explores the 1984 Kerry Babie… 

Wanna Dance with Somebody! Or a Guide to Managing Social Anxiety Using Theoretical Physics

Wanna Dance with Somebody! Or a Guide to Managing Social Anxiety Using Theoretical Physics

Josh is good at dancing, but not at people. 

I'm Just Here to Buy Soy Sauce by Jingan Young

I'm Just Here to Buy Soy Sauce by Jingan Young

Are the Chinese solely to blame for the housing crisis? “I’m Just Here to Buy Soy Sauce” follows a pair of cut-throat real estate agents as they attempt to sell their latest mi… 

Reefer Madness

Reefer Madness

The deliciously dark cult musical satirising the “horrors” of marijuana. 

Annie

Annie

A childhood spent watching Fred and Ginger twirl Cheek to Cheek and Bing Crosby dream about a White Christmas gave me a lifelong appreciation for musical theatre. 

The Half Life of Love

The Half Life of Love

The half life of love is forever - it remains toxic, poisoning life long after love is over. 

Brighton Swing Thing

Brighton Swing Thing

Join the Brighton Swing Community for a special Fringe afternoon of swing music and dancing with a live swing band, DJs, beginners Lindy Hop dance class, Charleston dancers and a d… 

Boy Stroke Girl

Boy Stroke Girl

Is it possible to fall in love with someone if you don’t know their gender? An unconventional love story in which Peter, a previously heterosexual young man, faces a challenge to h… 

Boy Stroke Girl

Boy Stroke Girl

Is it possible to fall in love with someone if you don’t know their gender? An unconventional love story in which Peter, a previously heterosexual young man faces a challenge to hi… 

The Girl Who Fell In Love With The Moon

The Girl Who Fell In Love With The Moon

Puppetry, poetry, dance and live music are interwoven in this splendid succession of stories from five zany friends. 

Confessions of a Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl

Confessions of a Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl

With a name like Confessions Of A Red-Headed Coffeeshop Girl you might expect a raw, bittersweet expose of the disappointments of a young dreamer, crushed by the tsunami of Post-Re… 

Harriet Kemsley: Good Girl

Harriet Kemsley: Good Girl

Rising star and general idiot stand-up Harriet Kemsley returns with her new show ‘Good Girl’. 

All The Nice Girls

All The Nice Girls

Fascinating, touching and truly enlightening, this lesbian musical romance tells the story of forgotten Variety stars Gwen Farrar and Norah Blaney. 

The Girl from Sindhustan

The Girl from Sindhustan

Sindhu Vee is probably the tallest Indian woman you’ll ever meet. 

Naked Girls Reading

Naked Girls Reading

Join burlesque performer and naked stand-up, Miss Glory Pearl, for an intimate show where beautiful women read naked. 

Adrienne Truscott's Asking For It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pussy and Little Else!

Adrienne Truscott's Asking For It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pussy and Little Else!

Dressed only from the waist up and ankles down, Truscott undoes the rules and rhetoric about rape, comedy and the awkward laughs in between. 

Funny Girl

Funny Girl

Fanny Brice’s prowess and fame were arguably due to her impeccable comic timing and clown-like performances, combined with a powerful singing voice that could both move you with … 

A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing

A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing

(performances start on Wednesday) A girl may be a half-formed thing, but the Corn Exchange offers a fully realized theatrical adaptation of Eimear McBride’s prize-winning nov… 

How The Other Half Loves

How The Other Half Loves

Three couples, two dinner parties, and a catastrophy waiting to happen. 

Mabel Madness

Mabel Madness

(closes on Sunday) Trezana Beverley’s solo show makes the case beautifully for Mabel Mercer’s low-key, storytelling vocal style. 

At the Mountains of Madness

At the Mountains of Madness

I’ve long been a fan of Howard Phillips Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness, in which an Antarctica exhibition uncovers the still-living legacy of a previously unknow… 

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… 

The Girl Who Fell in Love with the Moon

The Girl Who Fell in Love with the Moon

A mixed troupe of lost souls find comfort in each other in the enjoyment of telling “silly little stories about silly little things” that are extensions and exaggerations of the… 

Her Requiem

Her Requiem

(previews start on Saturday; opens on Feb. 

yeah, i met this girl...

yeah, i met this girl...

“yeah, i met this girl…” is Elsinore County’s latest romp, examining what it’s like to be a single man today on the busy streets of New York City. 

Thalia Book Club: Michael Ian Black

Thalia Book Club: Michael Ian Black

Mr. 

The Book of Mormon NEW YORK

The Book of Mormon NEW YORK

WINNER OF 9 TONY AWARDS® INCLUDING BEST MUSICAL! From Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of South Park, and Bobby Lopez, co-creator of Avenue Q, comes a new Broadway musica… 

Harlequinade & All On Her Own

Harlequinade & All On Her Own

HARLEQUINADE By Terence Rattigan 24 October 2015 - 13 January 2016 In this rarely seen comic gem, a classical theatre company attempts to produce The Winter's Tale and Rom… 

Mother Courage and Her Children

Mother Courage and Her Children

Tonya Pinkins, an actress of confidence and originality, will hitch herself to Bertolt Brecht’s familiar wagon in this tale of a mother’s shifty struggles and sacrifice… 

Young Charles Dickens

Young Charles Dickens

Audiences won’t have to have read the Dickens canon to enjoy this earnest and often evocative family musical, from New York City Children’s Theater. 

Slightly Fat Features in A Fat lot of Good

Slightly Fat Features in A Fat lot of Good

A brand new show stuffed full with highly skilled cabaret stunts and orchestrated madness. 

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. 

One Last Thing (For Now)

One Last Thing (For Now)

Some lives are touched by war. 

Lost Girls

Lost Girls

(previews start on Oct. 

Annie Gosfield

Annie Gosfield

Many composers mix acoustic and electronic sounds, but few shape it with as much verve and elegance as this composer. 

Mark Billingham and My Darling Clementine: The Other Half

Mark Billingham and My Darling Clementine: The Other Half

Crime writer Mark Billingham and country band My Darling Clementine come together for The Other Half, a blend of storytelling and music about love, loneliness and broken promises. 

Big Girls Don't Cry

Big Girls Don't Cry

The iconic sound of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons recreated in this feel-good concert. 

Mill Girls On Tour

Mill Girls On Tour

Comic and tragic. 

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved. 

Kenny Young and the Eggplants

Kenny Young and the Eggplants

Herald Angel award winners! Brooklyn’s intergalactic folk-and-rollers were additionally honoured when Tom Robinson selected an Eggplants live radio session for a Best of the BBC Ar… 

QI Presents: No Such Thing as a Fish

QI Presents: No Such Thing as a Fish

Live recording of the hit podcast from the writers of the BBC show QI. 

Tessa Dunlop: An Audience with The Bletchley Girls

Tessa Dunlop: An Audience with The Bletchley Girls

Author Tessa Dunlop hosts a one-off, revelatory session with three of the extraordinary women who were involved in Britain’s most secret wartime operation and feature in her book… 

Kathy Stewart & Her Frequent Flyers

Kathy Stewart & Her Frequent Flyers

Kathy Stewart, American singer and songwriter from White Plains, New York, brings her music to the Edinburgh Festival. Backed by her band of Frequent Flyers. Pure emotion. 

Birthday Girls: Party Vibes

Birthday Girls: Party Vibes

Acclaimed sketch troupe Birthday Girls return to the Fringe for one week only with their smash-hit sold out 2014 show! A comedy party of odd characters, offbeat sketches and try-ha… 

A Glass Half Full

A Glass Half Full

Following her highly acclaimed one-woman show For the Love of Chocolate, renowned actress, writer and director Amanda Waring returns with a unique and inspirational comedy revue. 

Dopeness: A Guide to Hip-Hop

Dopeness: A Guide to Hip-Hop

Sunil Patel (Chortle nominee, the Ice Cube of comedy) and Daryl Perry (the Nicki Minaj of comedy) will manhandle you through a rushed history of hip hop. 

Birthday Girls: Party Vibes

Birthday Girls: Party Vibes

Acclaimed sketch troupe Birthday Girls return to the Fringe for one week only with their smash-hit sold out 2014 show! A comedy party of odd characters, offbeat sketches and try-ha… 

Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman

Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman

Cam Spence and Phoebe Walsh share an hour rooting around their massive and fragile egos exploring entitlement, narcissism, inadequacy, connection and some ever-so-slightly sexy stu… 

You're Not Like the Other Girls Chrissy

You're Not Like the Other Girls Chrissy

Caroline Horton enters laden with suitcases against a pastel French tricolour. 

Mr B's Guide to Modern Life

Mr B's Guide to Modern Life

Chap-hop, the hottest trend since hipster beard balm that makes your beard smell like woodsmoke and whisky, hits the Fringe this year in the form of Mr B’s Guide to Modern Life. 

A Young Man Dressed as a Gorilla Dressed as an Old Man Sits Rocking in a Rocking Chair for 56 Minutes and Then Leaves... 7

A Young Man Dressed as a Gorilla Dressed as an Old Man Sits Rocking in a Rocking Chair for 56 Minutes and Then Leaves... 7

This show is reviewer proof. 

James Brown is Annie – Funk on the Fringe

James Brown is Annie – Funk on the Fringe

Get up if you want to get down! Creamy, full-fat, calorie-laden funk from Edinburgh’s premier groove machine, JBiA. 

Mark Thompson's A Space Traveller's Guide to the Solar System

Mark Thompson's A Space Traveller's Guide to the Solar System

Is it possible for one person to journey around the solar system in the space of a human lifetime? This show is as much about the alien worlds in our planetary neighborhood as it i… 

Kissed the Girls and Made Them Cry

Kissed the Girls and Made Them Cry

Teen sex, lies and gossip. 

China Young

China Young

Beijing Student’s Golden Sail Art Troupe was founded in 1987, and comprises thousands of students from 80 primary and high schools in Beijing. 

Live Roller Derby Presented by Auld Reekie Roller Girls

Live Roller Derby Presented by Auld Reekie Roller Girls

The best skaters in Scotland will pit their wits and hits against each other as Edinburgh showcases full-contact, all-female roller derby. 

Chechelele World Music Choir

Chechelele World Music Choir

Ranging from pleasantly slow and soothing to fast and excitable and even angry, the sounds produced by the Chechelele World Music Choir were vibrant and vast. 

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. 

Edinburgh Book Fringe

Edinburgh Book Fringe

As part of the Edinburgh Book Fringe, for an hour on Sunday afternoon theatre director and performer Morna Burdon takes the audience through a series of real-life stories and songs… 

Theatre: In All Its Forms!

Theatre: In All Its Forms!

A look at new and original ways of presenting and producing theatre. 

Girls and Dolls

Girls and Dolls

‘As long as it looks okay, it doesn’t matter if it’s broken. 

The Lost Girls

The Lost Girls

Brashly comic and acutely emotional, bravely exploring a woman’s intrinsic role in life’s creation. 

Half a Sixpence

Half a Sixpence

Flash, bang, wallop – what a show! Kipps and Ann were childhood friends. 

Waitless

Waitless

Described as a ‘backwards love story’, Waitless is an interesting twist on the genre of romance. 

Aoidh: Japanese Girls Folk Trio

Aoidh: Japanese Girls Folk Trio

Imagine Karen Matheson singing Japanese-Ainu traditional songs at Royal Opera House in a Scottish soundscape, backed by Pink Floyd and Martha Argerich. 

Fife Young Dance Company

Fife Young Dance Company

A programme of creative dance that is physically challenging with a fresh dynamic edge from this brand new company. 

The Coin-Operated Girl – A Sex Worker’s Real Life Revelations of Frivolous Fornications

The Coin-Operated Girl – A Sex Worker’s Real Life Revelations of Frivolous Fornications

From the star of Audible. 

Jessie Cave: I Loved Her

Jessie Cave: I Loved Her

Imagine a one-night stand you had resulted in a pregnancy and four months later you started a relationship off the back of it. 

Every Brilliant Thing

Every Brilliant Thing

Every Brilliant Thing is quite simply brilliant. 

Sick Girl

Sick Girl

A young mother with an incurable disease fought for the right to die, but when fate threw her a lifeline she stopped chasing death and began chasing dreams. 

Festival Radio Scotland – Workshop for Young People (14+)

Festival Radio Scotland – Workshop for Young People (14+)

Fun workshop delivered by experienced facilitators and media professionals. 

Bold Girls

Bold Girls

Bold Girls is a dark comedy about the friendship of four women living in the midst of war-torn Belfast. 

Australia: A Whinging Pom's Guide

Australia: A Whinging Pom's Guide

If Dan Willis is targeting the annoying Australian Uncle demographic with his show Australia: A Whinging Pom’s Guide, he’s got it completely spot on. 

The Bartender's Guide to Idiots

The Bartender's Guide to Idiots

Brett Blake is an expert on idiots, purely due to the fact that he is one! As his mates would say, he would be the captain of the stupid ship. 

Tamar Broadbent: Brave New Girl

Tamar Broadbent: Brave New Girl

Tamar may look like a life-size Polly Pocket. 

Bridget Christie: A Book For Her

Bridget Christie: A Book For Her

It’s 11 am – for some, the time for a late, leisurely breakfast. 

Auld Reekie Roller Girls Presents: Live Roller Derby

Auld Reekie Roller Girls Presents: Live Roller Derby

Fans of big hits and speedy whips can get their fill of roller derby at Auld Reekie Roller Girls’ first festival game. 

The Alphabet Girl

The Alphabet Girl

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

Annie McGrath and Nico Tatarowicz #Pray4AnnieAndNico

Annie McGrath and Nico Tatarowicz #Pray4AnnieAndNico

Annie has the face of an angel and the mouth of a gutter. 

Annie McGrath and Nico Tatarowicz #Pray4AnnieAndNico

Annie McGrath and Nico Tatarowicz #Pray4AnnieAndNico

Annie has the face of an angel and the mouth of a gutter. 

Annie McGrath and Nico Tatarowicz #Pray4AnnieAndNico

Annie McGrath and Nico Tatarowicz #Pray4AnnieAndNico

Annie has the face of an angel and the mouth of a gutter. 

Tamar Broadbent: Brave New Girl

Tamar Broadbent: Brave New Girl

Tamar may look like a life-size Polly Pocket. 

Buzzology

Buzzology

What better combination is there for a feel-good show than a group of men singing a cappella Britney and a book of alpaca facts? London-based singers and all-round fun guys, the Bu… 

Method in Madness

Method in Madness

New writing and Shakespeare, dance and physical theatre, all accompanied by the evocative music of Laura Marling; Method in Madness is a truly mesmerising show. 

BBC: BBC Presents... The Next Big Thing

BBC: BBC Presents... The Next Big Thing

Our pick of the best new shows opening at the Edinburgh Festivals 2015. Line-up TBC. 

Book Lovers' Tour

Book Lovers' Tour

Book Lovers’ Tour. 

A Jam-Maker's Guide to Self-Preservation

A Jam-Maker's Guide to Self-Preservation

The NHS is in a bit of a pickle! But don’t worry, let the award-winning MDs Medical Revue prescribe you a healthy dose of humour. 

Happy Girl

Happy Girl

Nine school students navigate the pressures they face as girls: pressures from society and pressures from each other. 

Love in the Time of Gilmore Girls

Love in the Time of Gilmore Girls

Sometimes love comes to you and sometimes you have to make it happen. 

Little Thing, Big Thing

Little Thing, Big Thing

A nun and an ex-con find themselves on the run across Ireland, carrying two film rolls, identical in appearance but with very different sets of pictures on them. 

Sweet Dreams: Songs by Annie Lennox

Sweet Dreams: Songs by Annie Lennox

Winner of Best Cabaret at the 2014 Adelaide Fringe, Sweet Dreams: Songs by Annie Lennox now makes its Edinburgh debut. 

Tribute Acts

Tribute Acts

No, this show is not about a Cher impersonator, nor is it an ABBA or Take That tribute band. 

Padraig Potts’ Guide to Walking

Padraig Potts’ Guide to Walking

Seamus O’Rourke’s hilarious look at growing up in rural Ireland in the 70s and 80s with an umbilical cord wrapped tightly around your neck… It follows the life of Padraig Pot… 

A Gambler's Guide to Dying

A Gambler's Guide to Dying

Performed and written by Gary McNair, A Gambler’s Guide to Dying is a story told by a young boy, charting his grandfather’s extraordinary life of gambling. 

B-Boys, B-Girls and B-Bots

B-Boys, B-Girls and B-Bots

The breakdancing robots (B-bots) have landed in Edinburgh and they’re being chased all over town! Can the B-boys and B-girls of Edinburgh use their breakdancing skills to help the … 

The Everlasting Book Tour: Where Literature, Comedy And Ian Macpherson Collide

The Everlasting Book Tour: Where Literature, Comedy And Ian Macpherson Collide

Ian Macpherson is perhaps best known for a joke he came up with years ago: ‘They say you play at _____ twice in your career. 

One Day When We Were Young by Nick Payne

One Day When We Were Young by Nick Payne

Nick Payne’s bittersweet love story One Day When We Were Young charts Leonard and Violet’s tangled relationship across five decades of love and longing. 

All the Nice Girls

All the Nice Girls

In 1920s London, Gwen Farrar and Norah Blaney have an on and off stage partnership, singing popular love songs of the day to each other in West End revues and living together openl… 

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Family

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Family

“He is my father… somehow,” says Ben Norris, cutting to the heart of a feeling many people have at some point in their lives. 

Book of Love

Book of Love

Book of Love is without a doubt a special show: Lindsay Benner is sexy, silly and completely charming. 

The Play's the Thing: Shakespeare for Kids

The Play's the Thing: Shakespeare for Kids

Come to the Globe Playhouse and meet William Shakespeare himself! An enchanting journey through Shakespeare’s most famous characters will start a love for his work that will last a… 

Jim Smallman: My Girls

Jim Smallman: My Girls

There’s something refreshing about seeing a stand-up show with a title that accurately reflects the content of the act. 

Young Classical Artists

Young Classical Artists

A varied evening recital programme from some of Fife’s most talented young classical performers. 

The Half Naked Chef

The Half Naked Chef

Stompy’s back by popular demand and he’s gonna be on (and all around) a bus. 

Erich McElroy's Imperfect Guide to Picking the Perfect President

Erich McElroy's Imperfect Guide to Picking the Perfect President

American comic Erich McElroy presents a brand new hour of stand-up. 

A Girl is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride

A Girl is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride

A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing is definitely not an easy watch, though ‘listen’ might be a better description, as Aoife Duffin delivers a highly unsettling stream-of-consciousne… 

2 Girls, 1 Cup of Comedy

2 Girls, 1 Cup of Comedy

Funny Women Finalists 2014: Sam Baines and Helen Sorren bring you a selection of the best comedians at the Fringe. 

Attempts on Her Life

Attempts on Her Life

Attempts on Her Life has a notoriety surrounding it that most shows would kill for. 

Knowledge and a Girl

Knowledge and a Girl

It is not often that Howard Barker’s plays are produced in Britain (he is far more popular in Europe and America) in spite of his prodigious output and well-known name. 

Lee Nelson: Suited & Booted

Lee Nelson: Suited & Booted

He’s back. 

Rap Guide to Climate Chaos

Rap Guide to Climate Chaos

Global warming, how bad can it really be? That depends on who’s asking. 

The Girl Who Fell in Love With the Moon

The Girl Who Fell in Love With the Moon

A troupe of hopeful Fringe performers get lost in the woods, forced to deliver their starry-eyed show to the “nonexistent” audience. 

Confessions of a Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl

Confessions of a Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl

Joanie Little is an honest, open and kookily sexy waitress working in Gabe’s Coffee Shop in Toronto. 

Richard Soames Does the Right Thing

Richard Soames Does the Right Thing

Morally upstanding stand-up and sketches from star of Fringe favourites The Beta Males (Radio 4, Chortle Award nominees). 

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… 

Girl from Nowhere

Girl from Nowhere

Filtered through the consciousness of the bright eyed and burnt out Jeannie, Victoria Rigby’s new play explores all that was best and worst about the sixties. 

Some Thing New

Some Thing New

Delivered as an interactive art workshop, with a narrative line slowly emerging, Some Thing New is a great idea with an unsatisfying execution. 

Alfie White: Space Explorer

Alfie White: Space Explorer

In this excellent piece of story-telling, Alfie White embarks upon a thrilling everyday adventure that is engaging for all ages. 

The Thinking Drinkers' Guide to the Legends of Liquor

The Thinking Drinkers' Guide to the Legends of Liquor

If nothing else, Ben McFarland and Tom Sandham have cracked the formula for Fringe success: a crackingly funny show, interesting facts and (perhaps most importantly) lashings of bo… 

Desperately Young at Heart

Desperately Young at Heart

A must-see cabaret show starring burly baritone turned delicious diva Robert Hofmann, who is classically trained and now outrageously unchained. 

Thinking Drinkers' Guide to the Legends of Liquor

Thinking Drinkers' Guide to the Legends of Liquor

Ben and Tom are the Thinking Drinkers, a pair of sharply tuxedoed bartenders intending to lead their audience’s through their search for history’s best drinkers. 

Slightly Fat Features in VarietySoup

Slightly Fat Features in VarietySoup

Goronwhy Thom bursts through a film screen on stage after some very clever filmography and you just know that this group is taking it back to basics. 

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… 

Alexis Dubus: Cars and Girls

Alexis Dubus: Cars and Girls

What title could be more succinct? Cars and Girls is the story of a young man’s freewheeling adventures in life – looking for excitement, for love and for meaning. 

Half a Person: My Life as Told by The Smiths

Half a Person: My Life as Told by The Smiths

An emotionally charged coming-of-age story, blending wry comedy and the music of a beloved cult band, sung live. 

St John's Adaptation of 'The Tempest'

St John's Adaptation of 'The Tempest'

St. 

Brighton Swing Thing

Brighton Swing Thing

Join the Brighton Swing Community for a special Fringe afternoon of swing music and dancing with a live swing band, DJs, beginners Lindy Hop dance class, Charleston dancers and a d… 

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… 

The Girl Who Cannot Die

The Girl Who Cannot Die

This carnivalesque exploration of the tale of Snow White was admirably committed in its aesthetic, with costumes, face paint  inventive use of props and live music all pa… 

A Glass Half Full

A Glass Half Full

Award nominated actress Amanda Waring is back for one night only with her UNIQUE, INSPIRATIONAL COMEDY REVUE ‘A Glass Half Full’, the follow up to the sell out triumph, ‘Fo… 

Amanda Waring stars in A Glass Half Full

Amanda Waring stars in A Glass Half Full

After the sell-out triumph of her one woman show ‘For the Love of Chocolate’, West End star and renowned speaker Amanda Waring returns with her unique and inspirational comedy revu… 

Big Girl's Blouse

Big Girl's Blouse

Sometimes it’s hard to be a woman… Who knew what being transgender was in the 1970s? Not Kate’s family. 

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… 

My Grandfather’s Guide to Life

My Grandfather’s Guide to Life

My grandfather used to be old. 

All The Nice Girls

All The Nice Girls

A tribute to pioneering performers in Music Hall, Variety and Revue. 

Je Suis (Fool's Guide to Cliff Edges)

Je Suis (Fool's Guide to Cliff Edges)

The fool steps off a cliff. 

MC Wikko Presents: A General Guide to Existence...and Stuff

MC Wikko Presents: A General Guide to Existence...and Stuff

Do you ever gaze at the stars and wonder what it all means? Well, help is at hand because ‘the Bard of Lewisham’ is back and he’ll be tackling everything about everything and… 

2 Guys & a Girl Return!

2 Guys & a Girl Return!

Following their success in 2014, it’s time for more laugh-out-loud stand-up, new silliness, and fresh magic from London trio Mark Diamond “strong jokes delivered with cool conf… 

The Other Thing

The Other Thing

(previews start on Tuesday; opens on May 21) Second Stage Uptown has never seemed like a particularly haunted theater, but expect dramatic apparitions as Lucie Tiberghien directs E… 

Every Way Up Has its Way Down

Every Way Up Has its Way Down

‘Every Way Up Has its Way Down’ looks back to a time when Brick Lane meant beigels and traces the footsteps of Jewish immigrants who made their mark here long before we arrived. 

Nice Girl

Nice Girl

(previews start on May 7; opens on May 28) In Melissa Ross’s play, set in 1984, a woman in her late 30s tries to change her life, assisted by a new friend, an old classmate a… 

Young Composers

Young Composers

The Young Concert Artists series presents chamber works by composers starting to emerge onto the classical scene. 

Rap Guide to Religion

Rap Guide to Religion

Baba Brinkman’s solo show is like the best TED talk ever, but with musical breaks. 

Bright Half Life

Bright Half Life

(in previews; opens on Feb. 

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… 

Horse Girls

Horse Girls

If gore and gratuitous, giggle-laced meanness is your thing, Jenny Rachel Weiner’s mad, dark comedy about girls gone wild (for horses) isn’t a bad way to spend an hour. 

Ann Liv Young

Ann Liv Young

Ms. 

The Little Match Girl Passion

The Little Match Girl Passion

The composer David Lang’s Pulitzer Prize-winning choral work, based on the Hans Christian Andersen story of a poor young girl’s struggle with neglect and poverty on a h… 

Every Brilliant Thing

Every Brilliant Thing

(previews start on Dec. 

Kilstein: A Peoples Guide to Comedy

Kilstein: A Peoples Guide to Comedy

Jamie Kilstein promises a night of “smart, non-hateful” improv and stand-up based on the social and political stories from audience members. 

The Real Thing

The Real Thing

(previews start on Oct. 

Boys and Girls

Boys and Girls

(previews start on Sept. 

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved. 

Kenny Young and the Eggplants

Kenny Young and the Eggplants

Herald Angel award winners! Brooklyn’s intergalactic folk-and-rollers were additionally honoured when Tom Robinson selected an Eggplants live radio session for a Best of the BBC Ar… 

B.J. Novak: One More Thing

B.J. Novak: One More Thing

Inspired by the public performances of Charles Dickens and Mark Twain, the less decorated but more alive writer and actor B. 

The Madness of Tellaralette Seville

The Madness of Tellaralette Seville

Pawn of war, drone operator Marcy controls escalating bloodlust through the persona of Tellaralette Seville, her PTSD induced alter-ego. 

A Young Man Dressed as a Gorilla Dressed as an Old Man Sits Rocking in a Rocking Chair for 56 Minutes and Then Leaves... 6

A Young Man Dressed as a Gorilla Dressed as an Old Man Sits Rocking in a Rocking Chair for 56 Minutes and Then Leaves... 6

One performance only. Turn up early, sell out expected. 

Music for the Book of Deer

Music for the Book of Deer

Inspired by the extraordinary tenth century Aberdeenshire gospel book, Richard Ingham leads an evening of plainsong, reels and electronic soundscapes. 

Such a Nice Girl Q&A

Such a Nice Girl Q&A

A discussion with the writer, director and actors of Such a Nice Girl, a play about grief and prejudice. Free tickets at: http://goo.gl/E8zZft 

Such a Nice Girl

Such a Nice Girl

Eilidh has a problem. 

Post-Its (Notes on a Marriage)

Post-Its (Notes on a Marriage)

The ordinary, daily drama of being in a relationship is the subject of short Canadian production, Post-its (Notes on a Marriage). 

The Sorrows of Young Werther

The Sorrows of Young Werther

Goethe’s best-known novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther, finds elegantly concentrated expression in this short one-man performance. 

Funny Girl

Funny Girl

Funny Girl is based on incidents in the life of Fanny Brice before and after World War One. 

Forever Young

Forever Young

The Yvonne Arnaud Youth Theatre’s Forever Young is a heartfelt portrayal of the damaged, tormented and stolen youths of the First World War through drama, poetry and song. 

The Girl In The Blue Coat

The Girl In The Blue Coat

This musical adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s short story Destiny and a Blue Coat is a sweet little tale, focusing on miller’s daughter Abbie Pollin (Lauren Potter) and her snari… 

Stupid Cupid: The Girl Group Era

Stupid Cupid: The Girl Group Era

Internationally acclaimed New York singer returns to the Fringe with her new retro show, celebrating all-girl groups from Connie Francis and Lesley Gore to Brenda Lee and the Supre… 

Kava Girls

Kava Girls

You really, really want to like this little musical. 

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. 

Edinburgh Book Fringe - Free

Edinburgh Book Fringe - Free

Word Power Books hosts free daily events with writers and activists from around the world in Edinburgh’s only independent and radical bookshop. 

Francesca Martinez: What The **** Is Normal?! - Show plus Book Q&A

Francesca Martinez: What The **** Is Normal?! - Show plus Book Q&A

The wobbly comedian performs five dates of her award-winning show to tie in with her new book, also called What the **** is Normal?! Each show will be followed by a Q&A about the b… 

YMTS Young Artist Recitals: From Baroque to Broadway

YMTS Young Artist Recitals: From Baroque to Broadway

A series of vocal and instrumental recitals from YMTS’s gifted performers. 

Adrienne Truscott's Asking for It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pussy and Little Else!

Adrienne Truscott's Asking for It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pussy and Little Else!

Eight shows only! Winner Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award 2013. 

Every Brilliant Thing

Every Brilliant Thing

You’ll have to excuse me for saying this, but Every Brilliant Thing is, quite simply, brilliant. 

China Young

China Young

Beijing Student’s Golden Sail Art Troupe was founded in 1987, comprising thousands of students from eighty primary schools and high schools in Beijing, including choral, band and s… 

Gary Little: The Thing Is

Gary Little: The Thing Is

Gary Little isn’t. 

I'm Not Like Other Girls

I'm Not Like Other Girls

Susie Sillett has always disliked women, she explains. 

Monster Madness

Monster Madness

I love monsters. 

B-Boys, B-Girls and B-Bots

B-Boys, B-Girls and B-Bots

The break-dancing robots (B-bots) have arrived in Edinburgh and they’re being chased all over town! Can the B-boys and B-girls of Edinburgh use their break-dancing skills to help t… 

An American's Guide to Being Like, Totally British

An American's Guide to Being Like, Totally British

Thirty-one years ago, a girl was born somewhere in suburban America. 

Auld Reekie Roller Girls Present: Good Things Come to Those Who Skate

Auld Reekie Roller Girls Present: Good Things Come to Those Who Skate

It’s four minutes in and I find myself clapping harder than ever while singing “Auld Reeke you’re so fine, you’re so fine you blow my mind. 

Critical! (A Sociopath’s Guide to Influencing Edinburgh Fringe Reviewers)

Critical! (A Sociopath’s Guide to Influencing Edinburgh Fringe Reviewers)

How to review a Fringe show whose cast kidnaps and threatens a theatre critic at gunpoint? Will any positive comments be interpreted as surrendering to the demands of terrorists? W… 

Gráinne Maguire: What Has The News Ever Done For Me?

Gráinne Maguire: What Has The News Ever Done For Me?

Welcome to a new topical show, where three top comedians try to persuade Gráinne and the audience why the news story that has most impacted their life that week is the story they … 

Next Best Thing

Next Best Thing

Katie Davison and Jay Bennett, weary and elated respectively, open their show with an awkward blend of high-fives and handshakes and an argument over why they’re called The Nex… 

Its Only a Play

Its Only a Play

(previews start on Aug. 

Young and Strange: Delusionists

Young and Strange: Delusionists

The bickering illusionists return to Edinburgh with their own brand of magic and spectacular illusions. 

The Thinking Drinkers' Guide to the Legends of Liquor

The Thinking Drinkers' Guide to the Legends of Liquor

Alcohol: One minute a soul mate, the next a psychopath; it can be both creative muse and pesky mischief-maker. 

Birthday Girls: Party Vibes

Birthday Girls: Party Vibes

Birthday Girls, made up of members of the now disbanded sketch group Lady Garden, is a three-woman group delivering excellently pitched long and short scenes. 

The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book

Flying High Theatre Company’s adaptation of The Jungle Book is a charming lunchtime production, faithfully recreating its source material and providing entertaining moments of ph… 

Adventures of the Singing Acupuncturist: Big O Finds Her Soul

Adventures of the Singing Acupuncturist: Big O Finds Her Soul

Thankfully, there was no combination of singing and acupuncture. 

How does a Snake Shed its Skin?

How does a Snake Shed its Skin?

Margaret Thatcher is on a diet. 

Young and Here

Young and Here

Ollie Moore and Cio Dav are two young comedians who are here. Let’s be honest you’re only going to see it if you happen to accidentally be near it when it’s on.  

Australia: A Whinging Poms Guide

Australia: A Whinging Poms Guide

The funny side of Australia. 

Dog, Book and Scandal

Dog, Book and Scandal

This one man show follows Friar Lawrence (Richard Kurnow) a year on from the deaths of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, now living in bitter exile and earning his keep in an apo… 

This Way Madness Lies

This Way Madness Lies

Augustus suffers a broken heart and an even worse pudding, so he runs away to the seaside where he leaves his troubles behind, as well as his clothes. 

The Next Big Thing

The Next Big Thing

The Next Big Thing is a show that deals with precisely that – and the young, ambitious writer who’s striving to attain it. 

The Girl Who

The Girl Who

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is celebrating ten years of musical theatre at the Fringe and in traditional style, alongside a main full scale production (this year the Addams… 

Edinburgh's New Town and Its Gardens

Edinburgh's New Town and Its Gardens

Discover the grandeur of Georgian Edinburgh through buildings and gardens designed to impress. 

Girl on Fire

Girl on Fire

A totes amazeballs show! An endearingly unaware Essex girl, looking to find her place in the world. 

Deborah Frances-White: Half a Can of Worms

Deborah Frances-White: Half a Can of Worms

Australian born Frances-White was adopted into a loving family as a baby. 

BBC: BBC Presents… The Next Big Thing

BBC: BBC Presents… The Next Big Thing

Our pick of the best new shows and breakthrough performances from the Edinburgh Festivals 2014. 

Bob Graham's Travel Guide for Agoraphobics

Bob Graham's Travel Guide for Agoraphobics

They say it’s what’s on the inside that counts, which is good as Bob has an exquisite spleen. 

Half Baked

Half Baked

Oh, boy. 

A Brief History of Scotland - We Done Loads!

A Brief History of Scotland - We Done Loads!

The sell-out show returns, updated and up to the minute. 

Paperback Time Machine: Book to the Future

Paperback Time Machine: Book to the Future

Some Fringe clichés exist for a reason. 

A Virgin's Guide To... Rocky Horror

A Virgin's Guide To... Rocky Horror

“This is not The Rocky Horror Show stage production” - a significant point of clarification in the Fringe programme lest anyone might think that this is the real thing. 

Chris Henry: Only the Good Die Young

Chris Henry: Only the Good Die Young

Henry is a verbal magician, creating an atmosphere of bold sincerity on stage that will force you out of your comfort zone and into his hilarious domain. 

Adam Belbin: The Third Half of Next Year's Show

Adam Belbin: The Third Half of Next Year's Show

For half an hour in a room somewhere in the back of the Free Sisters, Adam Belbin is doing a comedy show about leaving the comedy world. 

The Half Naked Chef

The Half Naked Chef

The cult comedian from the cult venue of last year’s Fringe returns with more mayhem. 

Alexis Dubus: Cars and Girls

Alexis Dubus: Cars and Girls

As the title may suggest, Cars and Girls concerns Dubus’ geographical and emotional journeys through life, from nude bike rides to broken down cars, in England, Madagascar and th… 

Fat Girl Slim

Fat Girl Slim

Helen Orton used to be an overweight woman with confidence issues stemming from her body. 

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

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

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

Angry Young Women in Low Rise Jeans with High Class Issues

Angry Young Women in Low Rise Jeans with High Class Issues

It is possible to do feminist comedy very, very well. 

Hancock’s Last Half Hour by Heathcote Williams

Hancock’s Last Half Hour by Heathcote Williams

“Ladies and gentlemen, I shall now bid you all good day. 

Baba Brinkman - The Rap Guide to Religion

Baba Brinkman - The Rap Guide to Religion

The bringing together of incongruous generic and thematic elements (my favourite being Bereavement: The Musical) is nothing new. 

Alex Williamson: Dumb Things I've Done

Alex Williamson: Dumb Things I've Done

Alex Williamson is energetic. 

Emily Brown and the Thing

Emily Brown and the Thing

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

A TED* Talk with Clay JW Crowne (*not affiliated with TED.com, its members, fellows, organisers, partners, subsidiaries, sponsors or stockholders)

A TED* Talk with Clay JW Crowne (*not affiliated with TED.com, its members, fellows, organisers, partners, subsidiaries, sponsors or stockholders)

Needless to say, the selling point of Nathan Roberts’ show is its title which promises an hour of ruthless satire. 

One Thing Led to a Mother

One Thing Led to a Mother

Five years of IVF and love going down the tubes and a sex life reduced to cold rooms with plastic cups. 

Julian McCullough: Dream Girls

Julian McCullough: Dream Girls

Dream Girls is a masterful collection of comedy mixed with surprisingly (even for McCullough) emotional moments that had the audience in awe. 

Normal/Madness

Normal/Madness

One issue addressed in this powerful and moving one-woman show is the unfortunate truth that mental illness is still massively misunderstood - a symptom that also seeps into thea… 

Fall Girl

Fall Girl

Sitting in the Comedy section of the Fringe guide, this is a quirky piece of storytelling theatre by new company Five Wits and starring last year’s So You Think You Write Funny … 

NY Phil Biennial: Very Young Composers of the Philharmonic

NY Phil Biennial: Very Young Composers of the Philharmonic

“Let’s Play” is the motto of this first biennial of the New York Philharmonic, but it’s also one that inspires its year-round educational activities in scho… 

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. 

Birthday Girls

Birthday Girls

Birthday Girls are a sketch group that leave you laughing and at times utterly confused. 

Next Best Thing

Next Best Thing

Brand new female comedy double act. 

Alexis Dubus: Cars and Girls

Alexis Dubus: Cars and Girls

Winner: Mervyn Stutter’s Spirit of the Fringe Award 2013, Edinburgh Fringe. 

The Girl Who Walked into the Sea

The Girl Who Walked into the Sea

Lucy Teather is missing, last seen on Brighton beach. 

The Night Witches by Steven Young

The Night Witches by Steven Young

Premiering in the UK, ‘The Night Witches’ is an intriguing, fictionalised account of the first all-female bomber squadron. 

The Old Spice Girls

The Old Spice Girls

Unfortunately, the likeability of these two ladies wasn’t enough to reject the notion that they should have, to quote an age old cliché, ‘stuck to the day job. 

The Greatest Shows on Earth

The Greatest Shows on Earth

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

Comic Book Babylon

Comic Book Babylon

Comic Book Babylon is the candid and amusing odyssey of one comic fan’s quest to get his dream job and becoming the first British member of the DC editorial staff. 

The Girl and The Goat

The Girl and The Goat

As I left the Warren after viewing The Girl and the Goat, all that was running through my head was ‘who on Earth thought that was a good idea?’ The awkward hitting together of … 

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. 

The Urban Survival Guide

The Urban Survival Guide

The Urban Survival Guide is an hour of stand up with Tony Marrese that equips you with unique street knowledge that will help you escape the many confrontations of modern existence… 

BBC Young Musician & Other Concerts

BBC Young Musician & Other Concerts

MAY 11: Julian Trevelyan [BBC Young Musician 2014 Piano Finalist] plays Chopin, Britten, Shostakovich and Ligeti; MAY 18: Jonathan Powell [Music of Conflict: Ravel - Le Tombeau de … 

Gabby Young & Other Animals + REVERE

Gabby Young & Other Animals + REVERE

An evening of delights specially curated for us by REVERE. 

Berlin - My Part in its Downfall

Berlin - My Part in its Downfall

Just three months after moving to Berlin, Frank found himself opening a Stasi-themed backpackers hostel. 

Jane the Plain

Jane the Plain

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

Half a Cod a Day

Half a Cod a Day

Produced and presented casually with a simple setting, this agitprop community play about fishing laws is one of the first times I’ve heard a coherent argument against EU legisla… 

Young Concert Artists Gala

Young Concert Artists Gala

This organization, with an excellent track record of recognizing new talent, showcases three of its gifted musicians at its annual gala. 

Two Dutch Girls & An Aussie

Two Dutch Girls & An Aussie

Two Dutch Girls and an Aussie decided to dream and become London-based stand-up comedians. 

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. 

2 Guys and a Girl...!

2 Guys and a Girl...!

Fancy a cheeky cocktail of comedy & trickery just after lunch? Then come & enjoy some stand-up, silliness & magic from this fabulous London trio. 

When We Were Young and Unafraid

When We Were Young and Unafraid

(previews start on May 21; opens on June 17) At a remote bed-and-breakfast in Washington State in 1972, Agnes offers muffins, coffee and succor to vulnerable and abused women. 

Our New Girl

Our New Girl

(previews start on Wednesday; opens on June 10) It’s unlikely that even Mary Poppins could sort out a home as unhappy as the one at the center of Nancy Harris’s drama. 

Its Sooo Up and Coming

Its Sooo Up and Coming

Stand-up continues its push deeper into Brooklyn with this new entry to the bar show scene. 

Annie Vigier and Franck Apertet

Annie Vigier and Franck Apertet

Is it a performance? Or just life? It might be hard to tell with “Topologie,” a 10-day experiment in which five performers wander the streets of Long Island City, each … 

Young Concert Artist Series

Young Concert Artist Series

This estimable organization presents the cellist Cicely Parnas, accompanied by Noreen Polera, in a program featuring Debussy’s Sonata for cello and piano and works by Brahms,… 

Keith and the Girl Live

Keith and the Girl Live

This show, hosted by Keith Malley and Chemda Khalili, is one of the longest-running and most beloved  podcasts. 

Annie Gosfield at the Stone

Annie Gosfield at the Stone

Annie Gosfield completes her residency at the Stone this weekend, with two concerts each evening featuring notated and improvised music. 

The Book of Mormon

The Book of Mormon

The Book of Mormon comes from South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and Avenue Q co-creator Robert Lopez. 

A Gentlemans Guide to Love and Murder

A Gentlemans Guide to Love and Murder

Playing eight different victims of a sweet-faced killer (Bryce Pinkham) in Edwardian England, Jefferson Mays sings, dances, prances and generally makes infectious merriment in this… 

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking. 

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Managing a venue at the Fringe can be hugely rewarding, but is also a mammoth undertaking. 

Kenny Young and the Eggplants

Kenny Young and the Eggplants

Herald Angel award winners! Brooklyn’s oddball indie folk-and-rollers ‘mix brainy, funny lyrics with a fine sense of what makes pop music wonderful’ (Dr Demento). 

Kenny Young and the Eggplants

Kenny Young and the Eggplants

Herald Angel award-winners! Really fun, weird indie pop. 

All-Nude College-Girl Revue or How I Made It Through the LSE

All-Nude College-Girl Revue or How I Made It Through the LSE

If you are easily swayed into buying a ticket based on a show’s title, though you may be enticed into seeing the All-Nude College Girl Revue, you may be rather disappointed. 

Royal Mile Book Fringe

Royal Mile Book Fringe

Join the banter with some of the most outspoken writers in independent Scottish publishing. 

Nothing to Be Done

Nothing to Be Done

Chaseplay Theatre Company brings us an innovative reworking of Beckett’s Waiting for Godot almost to put a time on something timeless. 

Xaablargh the Conqueror's Guide to Humons

Xaablargh the Conqueror's Guide to Humons

‘If you have long been befuddled by humon behaviour’ the publicity states, then alien anthropologist, Xaablargh, can clear the air. 

Do The Right Thing

Do The Right Thing

For those unaware of Do the Right Thing, it’s a multi-award nominated panel show podcast recorded in front of a live audience. 

Do The Right Thing

Do The Right Thing

Hit panel game podcast (2012 Sony Award winner), hosted by Danielle Ward, Michael Legge and Margaret Cabourn-Smith. 

Tig Notaro: Boyish-Girl Interrupted

Tig Notaro: Boyish-Girl Interrupted

There is an anecdote that says that Mark Twain knew he was funny when he stood up in front of an audience, silent, and they all began to laugh. 

Shelf Life: Lotta Quizeen's Guide to Managing the Modern Home

Shelf Life: Lotta Quizeen's Guide to Managing the Modern Home

Fold fitted sheets, design perfect desserts and create consummate canapés! A rich but practical diet of the responsibilities, realities and rituals of domesticity to entertain, ed… 

A Young Man Dressed As a Gorilla Dressed As an Old Man Sits Rocking in a Rocking Chair for Fifty-Six Minutes and Then Leaves... 5

A Young Man Dressed As a Gorilla Dressed As an Old Man Sits Rocking in a Rocking Chair for Fifty-Six Minutes and Then Leaves... 5

Before this show, every time I walked past the nondescript sign on Nicolson Street imploring me to give the Scientologists a try, I was tempted to stop. 

Three Half Pints

Three Half Pints

Last year I regretted not taking my junior reviewers to see the Three Half Pints. 

The Human Being's Guide to Not Being a Dick About Religion

The Human Being's Guide to Not Being a Dick About Religion

Bored of the religion vs science debate, Matt Thomas attempts to resolve the conflict once and for all. 

Auld Reekie Roller Girls Present: Die ARRG!

Auld Reekie Roller Girls Present: Die ARRG!

Come and see some live, full-contact roller derby action! Watch the all-star team, the Twisted Thistles, battle it out against Stockholm, and the Cannon Belles taking on Helsinki�… 

Edinburgh Book Fringe

Edinburgh Book Fringe

World Power Books is Scotland’s most famous radical independent bookshop, situated in the heart of Edinburgh, and host of the Edinburgh Book Fringe. 

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. 

Exploring the Best of Young British Novelists

Exploring the Best of Young British Novelists

Enliven your literary knowledge with tales young novelists are spinning. 

Writing Plays for Young People

Writing Plays for Young People

Head of Drama at Trinity College London, John Gardyne does not lecture in the art of playwriting, yet he makes an engaging host for this one-hour workshop encouraging the craft. 

Edinburgh Book Fringe

Edinburgh Book Fringe

Join writers, comedians and activists from around the world in Word Power Books, Edinburgh’s independent radical bookshop. 

Young China Shines Beijing

Young China Shines Beijing

In Young China Shines, Beijing’s No. 

BiDiNG TiME - Various Shows

BiDiNG TiME - Various Shows

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

The High-Schooler's Guide to the Galaxy

The High-Schooler's Guide to the Galaxy

Claiming to ‘hilariously’ address the issues of high-school and create a helpful guide, Memorial High School from Houston Texas have come to the Fringe Festival with their show ent… 

One Last Thing

One Last Thing

A host of eclectic characters emerge in this electrifying play / poem. 

Young & Strange - Magic, Illusion and a Hate for Each Other

Young & Strange - Magic, Illusion and a Hate for Each Other

Most magic shows you find on the Fringe nowadays are necessarily intimate, close-up affairs – not least because of the size of the available venues, budgets and the ‘close magic’… 

Mark Stephenson: Half Man Half Amazing

Mark Stephenson: Half Man Half Amazing

Time Out’s One to Watch 2013; Chortle Best Newcomer nominee; second place in Hackney Empire New Act of the Year, Mark is ‘an exhilarating new voice on the comedy circuit’ (Spoo… 

Alexis Dubus - Cars And Girls (2013 version)

Alexis Dubus - Cars And Girls (2013 version)

I first saw Alexis Dubus perform in 2008, when his ‘A R*ddy Brief History Of Swearing’ provided an interesting spine on which to hang some very funny material – and a justificati… 

Patrick Turpin: Just a Girl, Standing in Front of a Boy, Asking Him to Love Her

Patrick Turpin: Just a Girl, Standing in Front of a Boy, Asking Him to Love Her

Fringe debutant Patrick Turpin takes his audience on a trip down memory lane, as he bids for their approval. 

Dan & Dan Live: The First Sign of Madness

Dan & Dan Live: The First Sign of Madness

Comedy duo Dan & Dan, famous such YouTube hits as Requiem for a Wardrobe and the brilliant Daily Mail Song, have graduated to the real world of live comedy. 

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. 

Bridget Christie - A Bic for Her

Bridget Christie - A Bic for Her

‘There’s a time and a place for that’, says Bridget Christie of serious political talk about feminism, ‘and eleven in the morning in a comedy show is not it’. 

Midnight Madness

Midnight Madness

If you’re out and about late at night, with a want to guffaw . 

The Coin-Operated Girl - A Sex Workers Real Life Revelations of Frivolous Fornications!

The Coin-Operated Girl - A Sex Workers Real Life Revelations of Frivolous Fornications!

Stories of hilarious, heart-warming and often bizarre moments in a unique career. Even if it’s not your first time with a prostitute, it’ll be the funniest!   

Edinburgh's New Town and Its Gardens

Edinburgh's New Town and Its Gardens

Discover the grandeur of Georgian Edinburgh through buildings and gardens designed to impress. 

Midnight at the Rue Morgue: The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe

Midnight at the Rue Morgue: The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe

Too much, too close. 

Adrienne Truscott's Asking for It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pussy and Little Else!

Adrienne Truscott's Asking for It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pussy and Little Else!

I was so ready to tear this show down. 

Aaron Twitchen's Princess Guide to Dating

Aaron Twitchen's Princess Guide to Dating

Fabulous, glamorous and hilarious, Aaron Twitchen’s Princess Guide to Dating is one of the better Free Fringe shows you will see this year. 

Book of Blakewell

Book of Blakewell

Like a Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence for the modern era, Harry Blake and Alice Keedwell breathe new life into the musical comedy genre. 

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. 

That Pair: Never Liked Her Anyway

That Pair: Never Liked Her Anyway

In death, we find mirth. 

Adam Belbin - The Other Half of Next Year's Show

Adam Belbin - The Other Half of Next Year's Show

Thought I ought to nail down the other half of next year’s show before next year comes around. An all new half-hour of comedy from the once-promising Adam Belbin. 

Obie: A Comedian's Guide to Improving Your Memory.

Obie: A Comedian's Guide to Improving Your Memory.

As well as being one of Scotland’s headline comedians Obie also runs memory training workshops. 

The Thinking Drinkers Guide to Alcohol

The Thinking Drinkers Guide to Alcohol

I am still amused at the bravery (idiocy?) which compelled the thinking drinking duo to pull me out of the crowd to participate in their show, Broadway Baby lanyard clearly visible… 

Birthday Girls: 2053

Birthday Girls: 2053

Meet the birthday girls Rose Johnson, Camille Ucan and Beattie Edmondson. 

Slightly Fat Features

Slightly Fat Features

Riotous comedy cabaret troupe. 

The Thinking Drinker's Guide to Alcohol

The Thinking Drinker's Guide to Alcohol

Ben McFarland and Tom Sandham give us The Thinking Drinker’s Guide to Alcohol, an hour-long show packed with spirit-related information, inappropriate banter and, of course, the … 

Amy Hoggart as Pattie Brewster: Just a Normal Girl Doing a Cool Show

Amy Hoggart as Pattie Brewster: Just a Normal Girl Doing a Cool Show

Pattie Brewster is a normal girl desperately in need of three things: friends, cat food and a crash course in Microsoft PowerPoint. 

Do the Thing: The Made Up Musical

Do the Thing: The Made Up Musical

After selling out their 2018 and 2019 Brighton Fringe shows and lighting up The Warren’s Summer Season, Do the Thing are here for you in 2021. 

The Girl With the Iron Claws

The Girl With the Iron Claws

The Girl with the Iron Claws is a wonderful retelling of the Nordic myth of the White Bear King. 

A Real Man's Guide to Sainthood

A Real Man's Guide to Sainthood

A Real Man’s Guide to Sainthood is a show ‘about men’ or, more specifically, it is a show about one man - St George the dragon slayer. 

The Girl Who Cried ‘Nam

The Girl Who Cried ‘Nam

A charming young cast from Bristol University brings their original quirky comedy to the Edinburgh stage. 

The History Girls Present: A Summary of Things So Far

The History Girls Present: A Summary of Things So Far

The title of this show is a rather misleading one. 

A Guide To Sexual Misery

A Guide To Sexual Misery

Wolfgang Weinberger introduces his show as a lecture and perhaps that should have been the hint that this would be about as informative and as funny as secondary school sex-educati… 

The Thing About Men

The Thing About Men

Tom (Howard Thompson) and Lucy (Amy Newman) live a Desperate Housewives kind of life. 

A Brief History of Scotland - We Done Loads!

A Brief History of Scotland - We Done Loads!

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… 

Half a Person: My Life As Told By The Smiths

Half a Person: My Life As Told By The Smiths

Pop band related shows seem to be something of a trend nowadays. 

Infanta: User's Guide

Infanta: User's Guide

Through a babble of dialogue from a seemingly mad woman, the audience went through alterations of reaction; from the bored to the captivated, and from confidants to unintentional v… 

A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum

A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum

The 1960s hit A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a fast-paced, rollicking farce. 

A Girl Called Owl

A Girl Called Owl

Quirky and engaging, this one-woman show tells the painful tale of coming of age. 

Her Right Mind

Her Right Mind

The audience is introduced to the story behind Her Right Mind via a dynamically-staged sequence showing us the mundanity of protagonist Jack’s life. 

Annie's Room

Annie's Room

Annie’s Room purports to be a biographical show about jazz singer Annie Ross, but there is very little biography in this apart from a bald statement of a few facts which could ha… 

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. 

Magic To Get Girls By

Magic To Get Girls By

The two performers Kevin McMahon and Alan Hudson take as their starting point their discovery of a book Tricks 4 Chicks: How to Pull Girls with Magic. 

Well Done You - Free

Well Done You - Free

‘Well Done You’ calls itself a character sketch show, but Lucy Trodd and Ruth Bratt are in character even when not doing sketches. 

A Brief History of Scotland - We Done Loads!

A Brief History of Scotland - We Done Loads!

God is Scottish. 

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… 

Diane Spencer: All-Pervading Madness

Diane Spencer: All-Pervading Madness

Diane Spencer or ‘Lady Di’ as she is sometimes known, bounces onto stage. 

Rap Guide to Human Nature

Rap Guide to Human Nature

Here is a extremely entertaining show that conveys more scientific and theoretical information than any other show I have seen. 

The Graduate-an adaptation for the stage

The Graduate-an adaptation for the stage

This stage adaption of the book and film was experimental, wacky and creative – a cocktail which at times proved highly successful and at other times fell completely flat. 

The Rap Guide To Evolution

The Rap Guide To Evolution

There are big names behind this show which starts with some stunning visual film sequences from the Wellcome Trust. 

Pages from the Book of...

Pages from the Book of...

They stand huddled together in the corner of the dimly lit stage, faces blank, bodies motionless. 

Puppet. Book of Splendor

Puppet. Book of Splendor

neTTheatre are an experimental Polish physical theatre company, who here produce what they describe as ‘the Clinic of Dreams’. 

Kevin Tomlinson: Crazy Little Thing Called Love!

Kevin Tomlinson: Crazy Little Thing Called Love!

There is such an abundance of improvised shows around the fringe this year it’s a near impossible task to sift through them all to find the gems. 

Hancock's Half Hour

Hancock's Half Hour

The BBC has a lot to answer for, not least the wiping out of great swathes of our cultural heritage from the 50s, 60s and 70s. 

The Girl on the Platform

The Girl on the Platform

The girl on the platform is the story of Brenda Norfield’s journey to Wales as an evacuee during the second world war. 

The Girl With The Iron Claws

The Girl With The Iron Claws

Cute, playful and often spellbinding The Girl With the Iron Claws is the debut production from The Wrong Crowd. 

Tin Girl Story

Tin Girl Story

Tin Girl Story is an interesting production but I am unsure as to whether 29 Shoes Theatre Company chose the appropriate setting, or listing for their creation. 

Upstaging: A Modern Guide to Acting for Gentlemen and Gentleladies - Free

Upstaging: A Modern Guide to Acting for Gentlemen and Gentleladies - Free

Maurice Cock and Belvedere Bagg model their show as a lesson in how to act. 

The Girl With The Iron Claws

The Girl With The Iron Claws

The Wrong Crowd have readily demonstrated that you can’t go wrong with a good fairy story. 

Hamlet for Girls

Hamlet for Girls

Abi wants a baby. 

Forever Young

Forever Young

The Yvonne Arnaud youth Theatre Company attempts in this production to bring home the reality of war, remembering the sacrifices that were made and the horrors that the young soldi… 

A Beginners Guide To Bondage

A Beginners Guide To Bondage

A funny, naughty romp through the world of fetish. 

Slacker's Guide to Western Theatre

Slacker's Guide to Western Theatre

This play promises a quick and basic guide to the development of western theatre. 

Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Musical - Free

Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Musical - Free

The title of this particular show may lead you to expect certain things that the final product fails to deliver in every way. 

Seann Walsh: Ying and Young

Seann Walsh: Ying and Young

Seann Walsh is young, attractive and blonde. 

A Beginner's Guide To Betting

A Beginner's Guide To Betting

Vladimir McTavish reminisces over his gambling follies in 2011; that lead him to despair over a betting addiction; that lured him in with beginner’s luck; that proceeded to tease… 

East End Boy West End Girl - Free

East End Boy West End Girl - Free

Returning to the Edinburgh Fringe after their Australian sojourn is EastEnd Cabaret. 

5-Step Guide to Being German - Free

5-Step Guide to Being German - Free

A show entitled 5 Steps To Being German screams of being packed with old stereotypes and heard-it-all-before jokes of Nazis and efficient trains. 

A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum

A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum

A strong old Broadyway warhorse,“A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” originally opened with Zero Mostel in the lead followed by Frankie Howerd in the UK. 

A Beginner's Guide to German Humour!

A Beginner's Guide to German Humour!

Who knew the Germans could be funny? Yes, the butt of most lack-of-humour gags for several decades have actually been laughing at the English all this time. 

The Ash Girl

The Ash Girl

You can’t knock the ambition of Pulse’s devised production of Timberlake Wertenbaker’s The Ash Girl, a bizarre but occasionally touching re-incarnation of the Cinderella stor… 

The Better Half

The Better Half

The Better Half just wants to say it how it is. 

Heath Franklin's Chopper in A Hard Bastard's Guide to Life

Heath Franklin's Chopper in A Hard Bastard's Guide to Life

Heath Franklin’s Chopper claims to be the ‘International Ambassador of Hard’. 

And the Girls in Their Sunday Dresses

And the Girls in Their Sunday Dresses

Two women, one food queue and one unlikely friendship. 

Midsummer Night's Madness

Midsummer Night's Madness

You have to go to extreme lengths to make a version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream stand out. 

Stefan Golaszewski Speaks About A Girl He Once Loved

Stefan Golaszewski Speaks About A Girl He Once Loved

In his first solo show up in Edinburgh Stefan Golaszewski has provided us with a witty and sophisticated look at his 18 year old self in the throws of his first love. 

An Indie Boy's Guide to Sex and Girls

An Indie Boy's Guide to Sex and Girls

Marc Burrows borrows from the 90s genre of Britpop all he needs to know about sex and girls. 

A British Guide to World Peace

A British Guide to World Peace

A British Guide to World Peace is Toby Mitchell’s third in a trilogy of ‘British Guide’ shows that started with ‘French Pop’ in 2005 and then ‘World Religion’ last year. 

Luath Book Banter at Henderson's

Luath Book Banter at Henderson's

First, a warning: This event has been slightly mis-advertised. 

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. 

Faith Brown and Her Boys in the Buff

Faith Brown and Her Boys in the Buff

In a story that’s somewhere between Mrs Henderson Presents and The Full Monty, Boys In The Buff tells the story of Diane Diamante (Faith Brown), the owner of a failing seaside thea… 

Abigoliah Schamaun: Girl Going to Hell

Abigoliah Schamaun: Girl Going to Hell

When extremely enthusiastic New York comic Abigoliah Schamaunn bounded in “from the back of the room to the front of the room!”, her iPod stopped dead as she arrived onstage. 

The Girls Of Slender Means

The Girls Of Slender Means

The key to the ‘The Girls of Slender Means’ is a poem. 

Oliver Maltman's Little Black Book

Oliver Maltman's Little Black Book

I can’t help thinking that somebody, somewhere must have watched Oliver Maltman’s show, Little Black Book, before he brought it up to Edinburgh; but clearly didn’t have the balls t… 

A Timetraveller's Guide to Surviving Childhood

A Timetraveller's Guide to Surviving Childhood

This was a hilarious, fun and candy-full show. 

Young Macbeth

Young Macbeth

This production condenses the entire story of Macbeth into a frantic hour, beginning with Macbeth and Banquo coming across the heath and meeting the witches, and ending with Macbe… 

Method in Madness

Method in Madness

Through contemporary dance, music and words, Method in Madness tells the tragic tale of a young American actress struggling to connect with her role as Ophelia in Shakespeare’s H… 

A Guide to Second Date Sex

A Guide to Second Date Sex

A terrifyingly authentic portrayal of the awkwardness and obstacles we all face when sleeping with a new sexual partner for the first time. 

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”. 

Andy Zaltzman Swears to Tell the Truth, Half the Truth, and Everything But the Truth

Andy Zaltzman Swears to Tell the Truth, Half the Truth, and Everything But the Truth

Andy Zaltzman will be best know to most audiences for his political comedy, podcast and radio appearances. 

A British Guide To World Religions

A British Guide To World Religions

Religious belief is a funny thing - so much so that duo Toby Mitchell and Sarah Thomas Lane have devised an hour long comedy show to describe it. 

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. 

A Young Man Dressed As A Gorilla Dressed As An Old Man Sits Rocking In A Rocking Chair For Fifty-Six Minutes And Then Leaves While A Viking Does A Cryptic Crossword

A Young Man Dressed As A Gorilla Dressed As An Old Man Sits Rocking In A Rocking Chair For Fifty-Six Minutes And Then Leaves While A Viking Does A Cryptic Crossword

This show is exactly what it is. 

The Girl With No Heart

The Girl With No Heart

A historic and unimaginably terrible disaster, ethereally beautiful puppetry and a fable of childhood innocence in a world of war. 

Passion, Pints and Potatoes - An Irish Guide to Life

Passion, Pints and Potatoes - An Irish Guide to Life

At the start of this amateurish pub stand-up set, we are told the reasoning behind its name. 

Mod Girl

Mod Girl

Mod Girl tells the story of a young prostitute’s evening with an older and, as it turns out, psychopathic man. 

The Half

The Half

Watching Guy Masterson perform reminds me of watching an acrobat during a highly sophisticated balancing act where everything must be done at the right place, the right time, and i… 

Sara Pascoe vs Her Ego

Sara Pascoe vs Her Ego

Twisting one leg around the other in a show of girlish innocence, Pascoe’s stage presence is that of the coquettish schoolgirl, rambling aimlessly whilst making puppy dog eyes at … 

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. 

Angry Young Man

Angry Young Man

I firmly believe Ben Woolf is one of the most originally talented writers in the world. 

Bec Hill is More Afraid of You Than You Are of Her!

Bec Hill is More Afraid of You Than You Are of Her!

A man in the front row at Bec Hill’s show accuses her of being the worst comedian he’s ever seen. 

To have done with the judgment of Artaud

To have done with the judgment of Artaud

To Have Done With The Judgement Of Artaud. 

Beautiful Thing

Beautiful Thing

Jonathan Harvey is more widely known for scripting the BBC comedy Gimme Gimme Gimme, but before Tom and Linda were a glint in his eye he wrote the play Beautiful Thing. 

The Madness of King Lear

The Madness of King Lear

Were I a paying customer in the audience of The Madness of King Lear, I would have walked out when Lear - Leofric Kingford-Smith – began his imitation of Rammstein using Shakespe… 

Coin-Operated Girl

Coin-Operated Girl

Since Belle de Jour, the mysterious world of escorts has been coming into clearer definition but still remains for most an area outside of day-to-day experience. 

Yo Girl!

Yo Girl!

Yo Girl is a solo performance born from the musings of the New York actress Natalie Kim. 

Cabaret Whore - Her Finest Hour

Cabaret Whore - Her Finest Hour

This show is certainly value for money. 

'Tis in My Memory Locked: an adaptation of Hamlet

'Tis in My Memory Locked: an adaptation of Hamlet

An adaptation of Hamlet. 

The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book

Cheepiyak Theatre Company present their adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s well loved classic ‘The Jungle Book. 

Danny McLoughlin - The Truth, the Half-Truth and Nothing Like the Truth

Danny McLoughlin - The Truth, the Half-Truth and Nothing Like the Truth

The Truth, the Half-Truth and Nothing Like the Truth promises an hour of solid stand-up. 

The Play’s the Thing

The Play’s the Thing

Alec Garton Ash brings his new play about an egotistical director who is on a mission to put on the greatest production of Hamlet that ever was. 

Alexis Dubus: Cars & Girls

Alexis Dubus: Cars & Girls

Alexis Dubus opened his show by telling us that what we were going to watch was a stand up comedy act that is built around a storytelling structure. 

The Three Half Pints

The Three Half Pints

If I were an anthropologist or a linguist I could write a thesis on non-verbal communication through shared laughter. 

Clue-Done It

Clue-Done It

Murder, mystery. 

Her Majesty's Secret Circus

Her Majesty's Secret Circus

Honeymoon and Butterfly are two highly trained operatives on a mission to save the planet from boredom—one show at a time. 

Edward​ Oulton: Young, Northern and Hopeful with £45,000

Edward​ Oulton: Young, Northern and Hopeful with £45,000

Richard Beck met up with Edward​ Oulton to find out about the grants he's received and his thoughts on the future of writing and regional theatre. 

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. 

Georgie Carroll Nurses Her Debut

Georgie Carroll Nurses Her Debut

Georgie Carroll talks to us about her debut show, Nurse Georgie Carroll: Sista Flo 2.0, at the Edinburgh Fringe. 

Clare Cockburn Blossoms With Her Rose

Clare Cockburn Blossoms With Her Rose

​We talked to Clare Cockburn, who, at the age of 54, is presenting her debut play Tennessee, Rose at this year's Edinburgh Fringe.  

Sikisa Wants You To Hear Her Out At Fringe This Year

Sikisa Wants You To Hear Her Out At Fringe This Year

Sikisa Bostwick-Barnes’ Her Me Out will be premiering at Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August - you may have seen Sikisa on the BBC or Live at The Apollo, or even received legal... 

Celebrating its 50th year, the Durham Revue are headliners at the 2023 Durham Fringe Festival

Celebrating its 50th year, the Durham Revue are headliners at the 2023 Durham Fringe Festival

With alumni including Ed Gamble, Nish Kumar and Jeremy Vine, the Durham Revue are celebrating their 50th year with sketch show comedy Death on the Mile at this year’s Durham Frin... 

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.  

Prune Might Be A Bouffon But She's Not Afraid To Make Fun Of Her Own Heartbreak

Prune Might Be A Bouffon But She's Not Afraid To Make Fun Of Her Own Heartbreak

Serena Flynn might only reveal her darkest secrets after lots of gin, but her on-stage alter ego Prune is grotesque, fragile and ready to bear all. 

Christine Kempell thinks Caitlin Thomas needs her story to be told. We found out why.

Christine Kempell thinks Caitlin Thomas needs her story to be told. We found out why.

Caitlin is a one-woman play by Mike Kenny about Dylan Thomas and his wife's tempestuous life together, written entirely from her point of view. 

The Brighton Fringe Guide For... Sci-Fi Geeks

The Brighton Fringe Guide For... Sci-Fi Geeks

Do you always listen out for the screeching sound of the TARDIS? Have you dreamed of captaining the Enterprise to boldly go where no one has gone before? Does other people’s lack... 

The Brighton Fringe Guide For...Foodies

The Brighton Fringe Guide For...Foodies

Know your camembert from your comté? Your seitan from your soy? If you serve your steak on a Himalayan salt block or enjoy covering your chargrilled cauliflower with chermoula the... 

Kinky Boots celebrates its 1000th performance

Kinky Boots celebrates its 1000th performance

Olivier award-winning Kinky Boots celebrates its 1000th performance and has now welcomed over 1,000,000 customers in the West End. 

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. 

Queerness and Colonialism in Lilith: The Jungle Girl at the Traverse

Queerness and Colonialism in Lilith: The Jungle Girl at the Traverse

In nineteenth-century Holland, a leading neuroscientist tries to ‘civilise’ a wild girl who was raised by lions in the heart of Borneo. 

Adorable Deplorable’s Catriona Knox on Making Heroes Out of her Audience

Adorable Deplorable’s Catriona Knox on Making Heroes Out of her Audience

Behind every tyrannical leader is a complicit partner rolling their eyes, and in this new show from comedian Catriona Knox they get a voice. 

Laura Albert & Susie Orbach Attempt Live Therapy at the Book Festival

Laura Albert & Susie Orbach Attempt Live Therapy at the Book Festival

In 2005 it was revealed that author JT LeRoy was in fact a hoax – written by Laura Albert but played in person by her sister in law Savannah Knoop. 

‘Teen books will always be the most important books’ – Geek Girl’s Holly Smale

‘Teen books will always be the most important books’ – Geek Girl’s Holly Smale

Holly Smale is the author of Geek Girl, a teen book series that follows the comic adventures of a high-school girl turned high-fashion model. 

Phyllida Lloyd Transfers her All-female Julius Caesar to the Screen

Phyllida Lloyd Transfers her All-female Julius Caesar to the Screen

When it was first staged in 2012, Phyllida Lloyd’s prison-set Julius Caesar was called “gimmicky, humourless and slow” by the Telegraph and “witty, liberating and inventive... 

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: Top 10 Stand-Ups You Shouldn’t Miss:

Brighton Fringe: Top 10 Stand-Ups You Shouldn’t Miss:

Renowned for its comedy, Brighton Fringe is the perfect time to discover brand new talents. Here’s our guide to stand-ups you’d be totally crazy to miss. 

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. 

Real-Life Man Who Behaved Badly Features in New Greenwich Comedy

Real-Life Man Who Behaved Badly Features in New Greenwich Comedy

Celebrated actor, Ian Lindsay (Men Behaving Badly, Benidorm) directs the world première of his play Chinese Whispers at the Greenwich Theatre from July 13th-23rd based on the... 

Annie starring Miranda Hart in the West End now On Sale

Annie starring Miranda Hart in the West End now On Sale

The world’s favourite family musical Annie makes its long-awaited return to London this May, starring comedy superstar Miranda Hart – and it's on sale now. 

​Linda McLean on her Adaptation of The View From Castle Rock

​Linda McLean on her Adaptation of The View From Castle Rock

Alice Munro’s short-story collection The View from Castle Rock fictionalises the real-life history of her ancestors’ economic migration from Scotland to Canada. 

Julia Sutherland on Prison Romance, Staging Radio, and her show Jailmates

Julia Sutherland on Prison Romance, Staging Radio, and her show Jailmates

Based on it’s performers’ real-life stand-up material, Jailmates is a love story about an unlikely couple who meet on a pen-pal website jailmates. 

“I Invented Bloody Mackenzie” Reveals Edinburgh Tour Guide

“I Invented Bloody Mackenzie” Reveals Edinburgh Tour Guide

Anyone who thinks Edinburgh amounts to the Fringe festival, a castle and a zoo with two Chinese pandas clearly hasn’t discovered its gruesome history: while Jack the Ripper was k... 

Interview: ​Natasha Granger & Kerrie Thompson from 90s Girl-band Musical ​2 Become 1

Interview: ​Natasha Granger & Kerrie Thompson from 90s Girl-band Musical ​2 Become 1

Natasha Granger and Kerrie Thompson wrote, produced and star in 90s girl-band musical 2 Become 1, a story about romance, speed dating and the ideal post-night-out meal. 

Playwright Becky Owen Fisher Lets Actors Change the Order of her Scenes

Playwright Becky Owen Fisher Lets Actors Change the Order of her Scenes

In a world boiling over with police invasion of privacy, romance and rising sea levels, what could possibly go wrong? Part eco-political rally cry, part meditation on the collapse ... 

Patrick Turpin: A Performers Guide to Romance at the Fringe

Patrick Turpin: A Performers Guide to Romance at the Fringe

Thinking of getting some leg-over whilst in the Scottish capital? Funny man Patrick Turpin is here with a four-step programme to ensure you get the right release. 

​Rachel McCrum talks Rally & Broad, Stage vs Page, and the ‘Thing’ of a Night

​Rachel McCrum talks Rally & Broad, Stage vs Page, and the ‘Thing’ of a Night

Rachel McCrum, inaugural BBC Scotland Poet In Residence in 2015, has just wrapped up the last shows of Rally & Broad, a spoken word, music and live lit events series she ran with J... 

​Interview: The Girl Who Fell in Love with the Moon

​Interview: The Girl Who Fell in Love with the Moon

Exploring humanity’s eternal fascination with the skies through the eyes of this playful and dynamic young ensemble, The Girl Who Fell in Love with the Moon is a dark, Tim Burton... 

Interview: An Old Fashioned Girl

Interview: An Old Fashioned Girl

A beautiful show incorporating theatre, live music and song. 

SpaceDating: Blueswater Presents: Cat Loud’s Wayward Girls

SpaceDating: Blueswater Presents: Cat Loud’s Wayward Girls

Broadway Baby has a little chat with sultry songstress Cat Loud, who is bringing Cat Loud's Wayward Girls to Edinburgh '16 alongside The Bluewater. 

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. 

Ahoy! Captain Morgan nabs a Bobby Award for its treasure trove of innovative comedy and storytelling

Ahoy! Captain Morgan nabs a Bobby Award for its treasure trove of innovative comedy and storytelling

Congratulations to Tap Tap Theatre's Captain Morgan series, which has bagged our second Bobby Award of 2015. 

'It’s so violent what we’ve done to her book' - Annie Ryan's Adaptation of A Girl Is A Half-formed Thing

'It’s so violent what we’ve done to her book' - Annie Ryan's Adaptation of A Girl Is A Half-formed Thing

Annie Ryan is the founder and Artistic Director of The Corn Exchange. 

Going To Space: HAPPY GIRL

Going To Space: HAPPY GIRL

HAPPY GIRL takes a look at sexism and inequality amongst teen girls. Broadway Baby investigates. 

The Brighton Fringe Marketing Guide

The Brighton Fringe Marketing Guide

Broadway Baby Publisher, Pete Shaw, offers a comprehensive guide to marketing your show at the Brighton Fringe with tips on budgets, creating a press release, social media and bran... 

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