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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’. 

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)’. 

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. 

A Room of One's Own

A Room of One's Own

Award-winning Dyad Productions (Lady Susan, I, Elizabeth, Female Gothic, Austen’s Women) return with a 21st century take on Virginia Woolf’s blisteringly brilliant pre-TED talk. 

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… 

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… 

A Good Girl

A Good Girl

Mariah Girouard is not a Good Girl. 

The Elephant in the Room: An Improvised Comedy Show

The Elephant in the Room: An Improvised Comedy Show

A family-friendly quick-fire improvised sketch show, chock full of fast-paced performing and silly short comedy sketches. 

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. 

Victory Boogie Woogie / the pleasure of stepping off a horse when it's moving at full speed

Victory Boogie Woogie / the pleasure of stepping off a horse when it's moving at full speed

In these two explosive, intimate physical poems by Charles Pas and Courtney May Robertson, desires and fears collide in an attempt to embrace the contradictions that make up a mult… 

The Secret Room at Lauriston Castle

The Secret Room at Lauriston Castle

Sell-out event with a new line-up! On the outskirts of Edinburgh, hidden away at the end of a winding driveway, lies one of Edinburgh’s secret treasures – Lauriston Castle. 

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. 

/ 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… 

I'll Die Laughing

I'll Die Laughing

This London/LA hybrid’s wickedly funny, naughty, yet deeply disturbing story, penetrates to the heart of survival. 

The Red Room

The Red Room

The chilling words of HG Wells are brought to life in this one-woman storytelling show. 

Good Girl

Good Girl

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

The Corner Room at The Fringe

The Corner Room at The Fringe

A unique space hosted by Hope City Church nestled in the South Gyle Industrial Estate. 

Mom's Room

Mom's Room

Mom’s Room: the place you go to play, dress up, and find treasures while the parents are away. 

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. 

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. 

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 … 

AI: The Waiting Room – An Immersive Theatrical Experience

AI: The Waiting Room – An Immersive Theatrical Experience

Upon entering the Waiting Room, a mundane space resembling a governmental institution, attendees will soon discover its concealed magical powers and underlying secrets. 

Welcome to My Room

Welcome to My Room

Did you know that salmon always go back to where they came from? It’s written in their DNA. 

Laughing Horse CLEAN Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse CLEAN Pick of the Fringe

The Pick of the Fringe has been a hit show at the Fringe for 20 years, an annual selection of the best in stand-up comedy in Edinburgh. 

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. 

Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection

See the best comedians selected from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show in this selection box… 

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. 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show. 

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. 

Boiler Room Six: A Titanic Story

Boiler Room Six: A Titanic Story

Boiler Room Six tells the impossible true survival story of Titanic stoker Frederick Barrett. 

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… 

Three Bed (No Living Room)

Three Bed (No Living Room)

How do you learn everything about being queer as quickly as possible? Beth has some catching up to do. 

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. 

Thor the Walrus

Thor the Walrus

A walrus comedy (for adults). 

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. 

Andy Roach: Laughing at Conspiracy Theories

Andy Roach: Laughing at Conspiracy Theories

Laughing at conspiracy theories. 

001– Laughing Matters (Work in Progress)

001– Laughing Matters (Work in Progress)

I left Israel to live in Berlin, because it is ironically safer. 

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. 

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. 

Black and White Tea Room: Counsellor

Black and White Tea Room: Counsellor

‘Superbly written and acted play. 

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). 

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. 

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… 

John Robertson's The Dark Room

John Robertson's The Dark Room

The audience is trapped in a retro video game with a sadistic, end-of-level boss. 

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. 

The Room Upstairs

The Room Upstairs

Invisible illnesses. 

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 … 

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. 

Burning Down the Horse

Burning Down the Horse

After a five-star sell-out run in 2023, Burning Down the Horse is back! This immersive comedy epic drops you into the heart of the most iconic wooden animal in history – the Troj… 

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. 

Stuart McPherson: HORSE

Stuart McPherson: HORSE

An hour of laughs and self-analysis from one of Scottish comedy’s rising Fringe stars. 

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. 

Read the Room

Read the Room

Daring and experimental, this fast-paced comedy mask show, featuring live original music, physical theatre, puppetry and foley, follows characters as they attempt to navigate their… 

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. 

Viola's Room

Viola's Room

Barefoot and wearing headphones, audiences feel their way through a labyrinthine installation as an unseen narrator reveals a story of innocence lost and obsession unleashed. 

The Waiting Room

The Waiting Room

A girl called Lemon is looking for her lover, Cactus. 

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. 

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). 

Laughing Horse CLEAN Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse CLEAN Pick of the Fringe

The Pick of the Fringe has been a hit show at Brighton Fringe for 16 years, an annual selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at Brighton Fringe. 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

  • Listing
    • Comedy
  • Brighton Fringe
  • Multiple Venues
  • 5th May 2023 - 2nd Jun 2024

‘The Pick of the Fringe’ returns to Brighton - an annual selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at the Brighton Fringe! This show is a succulent smorgasbord of fantastical… 

Laughing Boy

Laughing Boy

Connor Sparrowhawk died this morning. 

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. 

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). 

The Elephant In The Room

The Elephant In The Room

The Elephant In The Room is the latest play from acclaimed writer Peter Hamilton. 

The Girl In The Green Room

The Girl In The Green Room

A brand new ghost story for Penge. 

The Incident Room

The Incident Room

Following a sell out run at The Black-E, The Incident Room is back by popular demand! 1970s Leeds. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

The Waiting Room

The Waiting Room

A debut solo show by Rowan Walker comprised of physical sculpture and digital works that explore the fragility of the human body, through an investigation of our relationship to th… 

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. 

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… 

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… 

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… 

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… 

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… 

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. 

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 … 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show. 

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. 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show. 

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… 

Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection

See the best comedians selected from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show in this selection box… 

Laughing Horse Clean Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Clean Pick of the Fringe

The Pick of the Fringe has been a hit show at the Fringe for 19 years, an annual selection of the best in stand-up comedy in Edinburgh. 

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… 

Ctrl Room :_

Ctrl Room :_

The face of warfare has changed again. 

The GottaGo Room: An Escaping-a-Room Thingy

The GottaGo Room: An Escaping-a-Room Thingy

Escape rooms: everyone’s favourite activity to do when you’re going to a birthday party hosted by a virgin or when your company is forcing you to go under the threat of contract te… 

A Girl MissRed

A Girl MissRed

‘Some children are misunderstood; Fran is MissRed. 

Dylan Rhymer: The Dark Side of the Room

Dylan Rhymer: The Dark Side of the Room

Time. 

Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection

See the best comedians selected from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show in this selection box… 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show. 

Stone – Face – Book

Stone – Face – Book

Stone – Face – Book. 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show. 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show. 

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… 

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. 

Laughing Stock

Laughing Stock

Laughing Stock is a stand-up compilation show of the best stand-up comedians Edinburgh has to offer, hosted by the award-winning Sachin Kumarendran. 

Aaaaargh! Tear This Flyer Into Tiny Little Bits and Weep in the Green Room as You Realize Your Hatred Only Makes Him Stronger

Aaaaargh! Tear This Flyer Into Tiny Little Bits and Weep in the Green Room as You Realize Your Hatred Only Makes Him Stronger

In a world where comedy is everything to everyone, and punching down is taboo, it’s time to punch back! The Corrupt Comedy Establishment killed Bob Hecklestein’s girlfriend, murder… 

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. 

Andy Roach – Laughing at Conspiracy Theories

Andy Roach – Laughing at Conspiracy Theories

Andy Roach, Liverpool-based comedian who was shortlisted in the Musical Comedy Awards 2023, returns to Edinburgh. 

The Dark Room for Kids!

The Dark Room for Kids!

You and your family are stuck inside a live-action videogame! How will you escape?! Will you: A) Find light switch? B) Go north? C) Explode in a shower of stinking guts? An interac… 

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. 

John Robertson's The Dark Room

John Robertson's The Dark Room

Returning for its eleventh year at the Edinburgh Fringe, this cult favorite show has lost none of its energy and atmosphere. 

Summerhall Distillery: Samples at the Still Room

Summerhall Distillery: Samples at the Still Room

Includes a guided tasting of three small batch spirits and a tour of our Still Room. 

Pierre Novellie: Why Are You Laughing?

Pierre Novellie: Why Are You Laughing?

Tired of explaining his nationality to a crowd, Pierre Novellie has filled his new hour Why Are You Laughing? with a discussion on topics as distinct and unconnected as British dri… 

Burning Down The Horse

Burning Down The Horse

One hundred brave (or not so brave) Trojan Soldiers are trapped inside the infamous giant wooden horse, plotting their escape…. 

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. 

Laughing Stock

Laughing Stock

You know them from Netflix, Comedy Central, HBO and from historic stages like The Hollywood Improv and The Comedy Store. 

One Room Sleep One Night

One Room Sleep One Night

The sold-out NYC hit from award-winning actor Grant Lancaster comes to Fringe! Follow Grant on an outrageous journey home from the mountains of Thailand, all while handling an undi… 

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. 

'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

‘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 … 

In The Room (With Barry Ferns)

In The Room (With Barry Ferns)

“An hour in a room, not just with Barry Ferns but also a whole load of other people you don’t know. 

In The Room (With Barry Ferns)

In The Room (With Barry Ferns)

“An hour in a room, not just with Barry Ferns but also a whole load of other people you don’t know. 

'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… 

Venue B Takeover Gig

Venue B Takeover Gig

Venue B hosts a monthly sell out gig of local young up and coming bands and DJs. 

Venue B Takeover Gig

Venue B Takeover Gig

Venue B hosts a monthly sell out gig of local young up and coming bands and DJs. 

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. 

Des Kapital: The Marx Side of the Room

Des Kapital: The Marx Side of the Room

Cult History Karaoke show! Commie crooner Des (winner: ‘Gulag’s Got Talent’, winner: ‘New Faces in the Central Committee’, Runner Up: ‘Made in Chernobyl’), the pop st… 

Des Kapital: The Marx Side of the Room

Des Kapital: The Marx Side of the Room

Cult History Karaoke show! Commie crooner Des (winner: ‘Gulag’s Got Talent’, winner: ‘New Faces in the Central Committee’, Runner Up: ‘Made in Chernobyl’), the pop st… 

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… 

The Elephant in the Room: An Improvised Comedy Show

The Elephant in the Room: An Improvised Comedy Show

A quick-fire improvised sketch show chock full of death-defying improv, fast-paced performing and silly short comedy sketches. 

The Elephant in the Room: An Improvised Comedy Show

The Elephant in the Room: An Improvised Comedy Show

Leamprov, the premier Improvised Comedy troupe in Leamington Spa brings you ‘The Elephant in the Room’; a quick-fire improvised sketch show in the style of ‘Who’s Line is it Anyway… 

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… 

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… 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

Laughing Horse CLEAN Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse CLEAN Pick of the Fringe

‘The Pick of the Fringe’ has been a hit show at Brighton Fringe for 15 years, an annual selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at Brighton Fringe. 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

‘The Pick of the Fringe’ returns to Brighton - an annual selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at the Brighton Fringe! This show is a succulent smorgasbord of fantastical… 

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. 

John Robertson: The Dark Room

John Robertson: The Dark Room

Welcome to THE DARK ROOM – the world’s only live-action, text-based adventure game. 

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. 

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… 

There’s a Dead Body in my Living Room

There’s a Dead Body in my Living Room

What would you do if you came home one day after a long day and found a dead body on your living room floor? Would you freak out and be scared, perfectly calm, or angry? Steph fi… 

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. 

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. 

Laughing Labia

Laughing Labia

Sell-out mixed bill comedy night hosted by Alice Frick, “exuberant. 

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… 

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… 

Purgatory Intermediate Room by Ned Dougherty

Purgatory Intermediate Room by Ned Dougherty

AboutFACE is delighted to present its 10th annual NEWvember Festival of New Plays! Come and join us for a weekend of rehearsed readings of the most exciting new plays fr… 

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… 

There's a Dead Body in my Living Room

There's a Dead Body in my Living Room

What would you do if you came home one day after a long day and found a dead body on your living room floor? Would you freak out and be scared, perfectly calm, or angry? Steph fin… 

There's a Dead Body in my Living Room

There's a Dead Body in my Living Room

What would you do if you came home one day after a long day and found a dead body on your living room floor? Would you freak out and be scared, perfectly calm, or angry? Steph fin… 

Jungle Book reimagined

Jungle Book reimagined

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

Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show – in this stuffed selec… 

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. 

Practice Room 99

Practice Room 99

A new comedy with a backstage pass to the magic and mayhem of music performance. 

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. 

Michael Spicer: The Room Next Door

Michael Spicer: The Room Next Door

Join the creator of The Room Next Door in this final run at the Edinburgh Fringe after a successful sell-out tour as he talks about making comedy under the radar and the dangers of… 

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. 

Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show – in this stuffed selec… 

Members Event: Backstage Tour of ROOM

Members Event: Backstage Tour of ROOM

An exclusive event for members of the Edinburgh International Festival. 

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. 

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. 

The Horse's Mouth

The Horse's Mouth

Welcome to The Horse’s Mouth! We’ve got comedy on tap! Watch our hero work his first shift at the pub, and meet the rather strange bunch of regulars he encounters along the way, ea… 

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… 

ROOM

ROOM

Swiss artist James Thierrée returns to the International Festival with an unmissable spectacle from his physical theatre company. 

ROOM

ROOM

Interminable, intellectually pretentious and self-indulgent, former circus performer James Thiérrée’s Room produced by his own Swiss Compagnie du Hanneton, is presented as phys… 

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 … 

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… 

Horse Country

Horse Country

Anarchic and surreal, Horse Country is a satirical spin on early 21st Century American culture which aims to surprise and provoke in equal measure. 

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… 

Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show – in this stuffed selec… 

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… 

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. 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show. 

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 … 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show. 

Up Her Sleeve

Up Her Sleeve

Creme Egg included with ticket. 

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. 

Art27's From the Horse's Mouth

Art27's From the Horse's Mouth

Join Art27 Scotland Artist in Residence Elaine Cheng as she explores the binaries of Hong Kong and China through her new sonic composition, discussion and tales of the life of thos… 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show. 

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. 

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. 

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… 

Andy Roach: Laughing at Conspiracy Theories

Andy Roach: Laughing at Conspiracy Theories

Andy Roach, Liverpool-based comedian who was shortlisted in the Musical Comedy Awards 2022, makes his solo Edinburgh debut. 

The Elephant in the Room

The Elephant in the Room

Unapologetically Indian, irreverently American. 

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. 

No Laughing Matter

No Laughing Matter

Sick and tired of everyone laughing at them, the Revue decides to get serious. 

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). 

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. 

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. 

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. 

John Robertson: The Dark Room

John Robertson: The Dark Room

‘Watching audiences tackle the challenge and fail is one of the funniest sights around, don’t miss it’ (Daily Telegraph). 

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. 

The Dark Room (For Kids!)

The Dark Room (For Kids!)

You and your family are stuck inside a live-action video game! How will you escape?! Will you: A) Find light switch? B) Go north? C) Explode in a shower of stinking guts? An intera… 

A Sudden Violent Burst of Rain

A Sudden Violent Burst of Rain

We all live under the same sky. 

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. 

Room on the Broom

Room on the Broom

Based on the much-loved book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. 

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. 

Poetry Room

Poetry Room

Join us for the return of our popular Poetry Room at the fabulous Ironworks Studios for an evening of poetry, music and conversation. 

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… 

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… 

ROOM

ROOM

It is 1929. 

ROOM based on A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf

ROOM based on A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf

Heather Alexander lit up the stage as she portrayed one of the most fearless female writers in history - Virginia Woolf. 

In Her Shoes

In Her Shoes

Two clashing comedians. 

In Her Shoes

In Her Shoes

Two clashing comedians. 

The Elephant in the Room: An Improvised Comedy Show

The Elephant in the Room: An Improvised Comedy Show

Leamprov, the premier Improvised Comedy troupe in Leamington Spa brings you ‘The Elephant in the Room’; a quick-fire improvised sketch show in the style of ‘Who’s Line is it Anyway… 

Ricky Balshaw: Dark Horse (WIP)

Ricky Balshaw: Dark Horse (WIP)

BBC New Comedy Award semi-finalist Ricky Balshaw is a former Paralympic, World Championship and European Championship dressage medallist, and sports pundit, with a penchant for dar… 

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. 

Laughing Horse CLEAN Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse CLEAN Pick of the Fringe

‘The Pick of the Fringe’ has been a hit show at Brighton Fringe for 15 years, an annual selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at Brighton Fringe. 

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. 

...The Secret Comedy Club by Artista (Voted audience choice award best Fringe venue 2021)

...The Secret Comedy Club by Artista (Voted audience choice award best Fringe venue 2021)

We run comedy nights at this venue all year round but we have something special planned for the Fringe. 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Pick of the Fringe returns to Brighton - an annual selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at the Fringe! The show is a succulent smorgasbord of fantastically funny stand-u… 

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. 

Agent November: Escape Room - Murder Mr. E

Agent November: Escape Room - Murder Mr. E

The Museum of Secrets has been robbed! Join a mysterious secret agent to help investigate the murder of Mr. 

Agent November: Escape Room - Murder Mr. E

Agent November: Escape Room - Murder Mr. E

The Museum of Secrets has been robbed! Join a mysterious secret agent to help investigate the murder of Mr. 

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… 

The Next Room

The Next Room

Would you like to live again?Marian is dead. 

Room

Room

It is 1929. 

"Who's Matthew Liu???" - Live From The Green Room 42

Fresh from music directing in Mandarin for Nederlander Worldwide in China, Juilliard grad Matthew Liu makes the leap from orchestra pit to the spotlight with a concert of original … 

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. 

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. 

Laughing Labia LGBTQ+ Comedy & Variety Night

Laughing Labia LGBTQ+ Comedy & Variety Night

Known from Soho before Corona and on Zoom during Corona. 

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. 

No Room at the Inn - a policy discussion

No Room at the Inn - a policy discussion

The headline findings from In The Picture under a public policy spotlightNO ROOM AT THE INN?Place-based policy at the intersectionsIF COMMUNITIES ARE UNDERSTOOD ONLY AS NEIGHBOURHO… 

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… 

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. 

Queer East 2021 - The Horse Hospital Pass

Queer East 2021 - The Horse Hospital Pass

Queer East is proud to team up with Londons longest-running independent arts space, The Horse Hospital, this year to present a bold and imaginative programme, featuring artists and… 

Her Ps and Qs

Her Ps and Qs

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

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 … 

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. 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe, with a different top-notch comedy line-up every night – as this show returns to Edinburgh for its 18th year. 

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 … 

Jim And Dave Have Lost The Dressing Room

Jim And Dave Have Lost The Dressing Room

After their successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe, the stars of The Football Show on Yahoo Sport, Jim Daly (50+million views online, “Very, very funny” - Kevin Day) and Dave Bib… 

Jim And Dave Have Lost The Dressing Room

Jim And Dave Have Lost The Dressing Room

After their successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe, the stars of The Football Show on Yahoo Sport, Jim Daly (50+million views online, “Very, very funny” - Kevin Day) and Dave Bib… 

Jim And Dave Have Lost The Dressing Room

Jim And Dave Have Lost The Dressing Room

Stars of The Football Show on YahooSport, Jim Daly (50+million views online, "Very, very funny” - Kevin Day) and Dave Bibby (Comedy Central, BBC Radio 4, &ldq… 

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… 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe, with a different top-notch comedy line-up every night – as this show returns to Edinburgh for its 18th year. 

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. 

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’. 

Practice Room 99

Practice Room 99

Brass players Ida, Ally and Clara have just a 30-minute rehearsal to fix the fallout from post-show drinks the night before. 

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 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. 

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. 

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. 

The Elephant in the Room

The Elephant in the Room

The true story of Joseph Carey Merrick, aka The Elephant Man, told in song. 

The Elephant in the Room

The Elephant in the Room

The true story of Joseph Carey Merrick, aka The Elephant Man, told using songs to express how he felt and perceived the world around him. 

Engine Room

Engine Room

Our regular scratch programme, where dynamic and talented theatre makers present daring, new work in the first stages of development. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Pick of the Fringe returns to Brighton - an annual selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at the Fringe! The show is a succulent smorgasbord of fantastically funny stand-u… 

Shakespeare (She/Her)

Shakespeare (She/Her)

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

Agent November Online Escape Room: Virtual X-Caper

Agent November Online Escape Room: Virtual X-Caper

‘Virtual X-Caper’, winner of five escape room industry awards in the last year. 

Agent November Online Escape Room: Mind Heist

Agent November Online Escape Room: Mind Heist

The latest mission in “Project Pandora”, the epic escape game quest to bring an evil genius to justice. 

Agent November Online Escape Room: Virtual X-Caper

Agent November Online Escape Room: Virtual X-Caper

Oh no, Agent November is captured and held prisoner by the evil mastermind Marty Orri. 

Agent November Online Escape Room: Mind Heist

Agent November Online Escape Room: Mind Heist

The latest mission in “Project Pandora”, the epic escape game quest to bring an evil genius to justice. 

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. 

Voodoo Room

Voodoo Room

JIMI HENDRIX, ERIC CLAPTON & CREAM Paying tribute to these legends of rock are VOODOO ROOM. 

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. 

Main-Main Engine Room Takeover

Main-Main Engine Room Takeover

A night of new works explored by emerging & mid-career Asian diaspora artists in partnership with Omnibus Theatre. 

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. 

ROOM ON THE BROOM 2021

ROOM ON THE BROOM 2021

Suitable for: ages 3-8yrs and their familiesDuration: 60 mins, no interval IGGETY ZIGGETY ZAGGETY ZOOM! Jump on board the broom with the witch and her cat in T… 

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. 

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… 

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. 

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… 

Boom Room

Boom Room

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

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… 

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). 

The Elephant in the Room

The Elephant in the Room

Unapologetically Indian. 

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… 

The Dark Room (For Kids!)

The Dark Room (For Kids!)

You and your family are stuck inside a live-action video game! How will you escape?! Will you: a) Find the light switch? b) Go north? c) Explode in a shower of stinking guts? An in… 

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. 

John Robertson: The Dark Room

John Robertson: The Dark Room

‘Watching audiences tackle the challenge and fail is one of the funniest sights around, don’t miss it’ (Daily Telegraph). 

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… 

WAF In Your Living Room

WAF In Your Living Room

Enjoy the freshest fringe theatre, performance art, dance, music and art classes from the comfort of your own living room, as part of WAF In Your Living Room. 

Berlin Girl

Berlin Girl

New British Musical1983. 

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… 

ENGINE ROOM

ENGINE ROOM

Dynamic and talented theatre makers and writers present daring, new work in the first stages of development. 

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. 

Nouveau Riché Engine Room Takeover

Nouveau Riché Engine Room Takeover

Untapped and Edinburgh Stage Award winners, Nouveau Riché will hand pick a mix of emerging artists and theatre makers to present daring new work in front of an audience for the ve… 

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… 

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. 

Engine Room

Engine Room

Dynamic and talented theatre makers and writers present daring, new work in the first stages of development. 

War Horse

War Horse

The National Theatre’s internationally-acclaimed smash-hit War Horse returns to London this autumn for a limited season at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, an exciting ne… 

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… 

Amazing Adventure of Her Majesty at 90+

Amazing Adventure of Her Majesty at 90+

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

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. 

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. 

Tommy Tiernan: Paddy Crazy Horse

Tommy Tiernan: Paddy Crazy Horse

Tommy mixes a love of comic rebellion, the poetry of everyday speech and a deep grá for talking, with a refusal to be conscripted into a rational view of the world. 

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 … 

Laughing For Palestine with Seann Walsh

Laughing For Palestine with Seann Walsh

Have a laugh and help raise money for ICAHD UK: Resisting Apartheid, Building a Shared Democracy. 

Berlin Girl

Berlin Girl

1983. 

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. 

Mary's Room

Mary's Room

Adam, a hyper-intelligent AI, is cold, awkward and doesn’t make sense. 

Raised Voices

Raised Voices

Raised Voices shines light on some of the reasons that people become homeless and how, when all may seem lost, they can pick themselves up and rebuild their lives. 

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. 

The Secret Room at Lauriston Castle

The Secret Room at Lauriston Castle

Sell-out event with a new line-up! On the outskirts of Edinburgh, hidden away at the end of a winding driveway, lies one of Edinburgh’s secret treasures – Lauriston Castle. 

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. 

Engine Room Lounge

Engine Room Lounge

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

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 Ladies Room

The Ladies Room

Gemma Bedeau is a writer, costume designer and graphic novelist. 

Rose Room

Rose Room

Scottish Jazz Award-winners Rose Room present ‘a dazzling night of classy vintage swing and gypsy jazz played by a band that combines brilliant musicianship and warm personality’ (… 

Highlight Tours of St Cecilia's Hall: Concert Room and Music Museum

Highlight Tours of St Cecilia's Hall: Concert Room and Music Museum

Join our curators, conservator and volunteers on special highlight tours of St Cecilia’s Hall, Scotland’s oldest concert hall and home of the University of Edinburgh’s world renown… 

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. 

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. 

Jim and Dave Have Lost the Dressing Room

Jim and Dave Have Lost the Dressing Room

Stars of The Football Show on YahooSport, Jim and Dave perform a comedy show about the beautiful game. 

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. 

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 … 

Simon Caine: Every Room Becomes a Panic Room When You Overthink Enough

Simon Caine: Every Room Becomes a Panic Room When You Overthink Enough

Are you an overthinker? Then this is the comedy show for you. 

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. 

The Room

The Room

The Room. 

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. 

Laughing Horse Free Best in Comedy Chat Show

Laughing Horse Free Best in Comedy Chat Show

This chat show is the perfect guide to what comedy you should see at the Fringe as host Vladimir McTavish, one of Scotland’s finest stand-ups, introduces this intimate and hilariou… 

Laughing Horse Free and Family Friendly Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Free and Family Friendly Pick of the Fringe

See the very best comedians selected from around the Fringe, with different line-ups every day in this brand-new family friendly lunchtime stand-up showcase, from the people behind… 

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. 

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. 

The Living Room

The Living Room

What’s more mundane than death? What’s more absurd? In a slice of often brave, often very funny, and occasionally extremely poignant clowning, Amritha Dhaliwal and Gemma Soldat… 

Julia Rorke: Jeneane’s Kinky Room of Astrology and Ciggies

Julia Rorke: Jeneane’s Kinky Room of Astrology and Ciggies

Jeneane Morris is here to tell you some shit about life: buckle up. 

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. 

Laughing Horse Free Pick of The Fringe

Laughing Horse Free Pick of The Fringe

See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe, with a different line-up of top comedians at every show. 

Sarah Lee: Half a Man

Sarah Lee: Half a Man

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

Jamie Oliphant: The Oliphant in the Room

Jamie Oliphant: The Oliphant in the Room

Jamie, affable dweeb but viciously misanthropic cyclist, will explain how a head-on collision with a car and his first year teaching completely changed his opinion on humans. 

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. 

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. 

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

See the very best comedians at the Fringe, alongside some of the UK’s best comedy newcomers, at this top-rated comedy selection show. 

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… 

Black and White Tea Room – Counsellor

Black and White Tea Room – Counsellor

The world-renowned Theatre Hooam makes a welcome return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with the award-winning Black and White Tea Room. 

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. 

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. 

Adrian Tauss and Sasha Ellen: Get a Room

Adrian Tauss and Sasha Ellen: Get a Room

Adrian Tauss and Sasha Ellen are stand-ups who have been inappropriately funny in public and have been told to get a room. 

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. 

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. 

John Robertson: The Dark Room

John Robertson: The Dark Room

John Robertson first premiered his maniacal game show The Dark Room back in 2012. 

Life Is No Laughing Matter

Life Is No Laughing Matter

‘Sometimes I think I have felt everything I’m ever gonna feel and from here on out, I’m not gonna feel anything new. 

Vampire Hospital Waiting Room

Vampire Hospital Waiting Room

B-movies typically have negative connotations. 

The Dark Room (For Kids!)

The Dark Room (For Kids!)

You and your family are stuck inside a live-action video game! How will you escape?! Will you: A) Find light switch? B) Go north? C) Explode in a shower of stinking guts? An intera… 

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. 

The Incident Room

The Incident Room

True crime obsession has reached new heights in the past few years with a seemingly endless stream of documentaries, books and podcasts available to armchair sleuths everywhere. 

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. 

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. 

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance. 

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… 

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. 

Vampire Hospital Waiting Room

Vampire Hospital Waiting Room

From the award wining creators of fringe comedy sensations Apocalypse Cruise Ship Love Affair and Ghost Cop, comes the original blood curdling B-Musical for the stage. 

The Dark Room (For Kids!)

The Dark Room (For Kids!)

WINNER: BEST KIDS SHOW Leicester Comedy Festival 2018You and your family are stuck inside a live-action video game! How will you escape?! Pick options off the screen in … 

John Robertson’s ‘The Dark Room’

John Robertson’s ‘The Dark Room’

"Watching audiences attempt to tackle the challenge and fail is one of the funniest sights around, don’t miss it. 

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. 

Hancock\'s Half Hour

Hancock\'s Half Hour

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

Mark Cram: Horse Costume

Mark Cram: Horse Costume

Being dumped is hard. 

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"… 

Amazing Adventures of Her Majesty at 90+

Amazing Adventures of Her Majesty at 90+

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

The Walrus and The Carpenter

The Walrus and The Carpenter

Join the Walrus and Carpenter, with some eager Oysters, on their hunt for a gourmet picnic spot! These comical characters, along with a capricious Maid with Mop, make entertaining… 

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 … 

Sarah Keyworth: Dark Horse

Sarah Keyworth: Dark Horse

You’ve seen her on Comedy Central, you’ve seen her on the BBC. 

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. 

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… 

John Robertson: The Dark Room

John Robertson: The Dark Room

You awake to find yourself in a dark room. 

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… 

Engine Room

Engine Room

Dynamic and talented theatre makers and writers present daring, new work in the first stages of development. 

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… 

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… 

Brighton Swing Thing

Brighton Swing Thing

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

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018. 

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. 

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… 

Agent November: The Escape Room

Agent November: The Escape Room

The Museum of Secrets has been robbed! Join Agent November to investigate this unusual crime. 

Kissing Annie Lennox

Kissing Annie Lennox

Not a tribute act, but an act of attribution. 

Not the Horse

Not the Horse

The Multi Award-winning Naughty Corner Productions are reviving the sell-out Edinburgh Fringe and UK show 'Not The Horse' Not The Horse is an outrageous crime-… 

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. 

Elephant in the Room

Elephant in the Room

Something’s wrong. 

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… 

ROOM ON THE BROOM 2019

ROOM ON THE BROOM 2019

Friday 22nd March, 1. 

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. 

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

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

Politics is boring. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

The Room / Victoria Station / Family Voices

The Room / Victoria Station / Family Voices

Harold Pinter’s first play, The Room, features in a triple-bill directed by Pinter’s colleague and friend, Patrick Marber. 

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. 

Room On The Broom Live

Room On The Broom Live

IGGETY ZIGGETY ZAGGETY ZOOM! Join the Witch and her cat on their mission to defeat the dragon in Tall Stories’ magical, musical adaptation of the classic picture book by Juli… 

Lynda La Plante’s CSI Murder Room

Lynda La Plante’s CSI Murder Room

Free but booking essential A unique workshop for anyone interested in the world of forensics or Crime Scene Investigation, this interactive event is brought to you by i… 

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… 

Katherine Ryan: Glitter Room

Katherine Ryan: Glitter Room

Britain and Canada’s first and only woman to have a worldwide Netflix special, Katherine Ryan brings her acclaimed, total sell-out 2017/18 nation-wide tour show&nbs… 

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. 

Rose Room

Rose Room

‘A dazzling night of classy vintage swing and gypsy jazz played by a band that combines brilliant musicianship and warm personality’ (JazzScotland. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

Annie Brassey

Annie Brassey

Written and directed by Heather Alexander. 

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. 

Alfred Hitchcock's Writers' Room

Alfred Hitchcock's Writers' Room

You do not often look around an audience during a show and see barely any unsmiling faces; scarcer still, there is unanimous overheard praise afterwards. 

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… 

Laughing for Palestine with Frankie Boyle

Laughing for Palestine with Frankie Boyle

Frankie Boyle, Jen Brister and Craig Campbell hosted by Daphna Baram, join in with the Israeli Committee Against House Demolition UK for a buy-a-brick fundraiser for a community c… 

Fan Girl

Fan Girl

Geraldine is a lonely young secretary living with her invalid and overbearing mother. 

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. 

Engine Room Lounge

Engine Room Lounge

A space for artists, producers and makers to come together as collaborators, friends or individuals to meet and think, chill out and create some headspace during the world’s busi… 

The Secret Room at Lauriston Castle

The Secret Room at Lauriston Castle

On the outskirts of Edinburgh, hidden away at the end of a winding driveway, lies one of Edinburgh’s secret treasures – Lauriston Castle. 

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. 

The Cutting Room

The Cutting Room

An improvised comedy where a one-word audience suggestion inspires rapidly unfolding scenes. 

The B in the Room

The B in the Room

Dana’s 39, happy, comfortable. 

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. 

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… 

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). 

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… 

Annie

Annie

After last year’s Fringe success with sell-out audiences and great reviews, Captivate is bringing back this much-loved family favourite. 

Stand Up, Weather Girl!

Stand Up, Weather Girl!

Sam Fraser has been a stand-by BBC local weather presenter since 2012. 

Jamie Oliphant: The Oliphant in the Room

Jamie Oliphant: The Oliphant in the Room

‘An original way with words and a talent for one-liners and short stories. 

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. 

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… 

Laughing Horse Free Best in Comedy Chat Show

Laughing Horse Free Best in Comedy Chat Show

This chat show is the perfect way to start your Fringe day, as you spend an hour in the company of one of the finest stand-ups on the Scottish comedy circuit. 

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance. 

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… 

A Good Enough Girl?

A Good Enough Girl?

It’s 2025 - a world of mystery, spies and secret missions. 

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with different line-ups at every show and four performances daily. 

Black and White Tea Room – Counsellor

Black and White Tea Room – Counsellor

Theatre Hooam makes a welcome return to the Fringe with the award-winning Black and White Tea Room. 

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside hot new talent and Fringe newcomers from around the UK, with a different comedy line-up at each show, every day. 

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. 

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 … 

John Robertson: The Dark Room

John Robertson: The Dark Room

You awake to find yourself in The Dark Room! You (the audience) must choose an option – will you A) Find the light switch? B) Cry for help? C) Go north? Come and play a live-acti… 

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… 

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. 

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. 

The Dark Room (For Kids!)

The Dark Room (For Kids!)

You and your family are stuck inside a live-action video game! How will you escape?! Pick options off the screen in this fun, fear-filled interactive adventure. 

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. 

The Secret Room at The Writers' Museum

The Secret Room at The Writers' Museum

The final resting place of the work and artefacts of Scotland’s most creative writers: Robert Burns, Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson. 

Sarah Keyworth: Dark Horse

Sarah Keyworth: Dark Horse

Dark Horse covers lots of ground and it is evidently the result of Keyworth tirelessly exploring multiple comic avenues. 

Trojan Horse

Trojan Horse

‘Why should I continue to be tolerant, when the world has been so intolerant of me?’ Trojan Horse was a local story that hit the national press, accusing ‘hardline’ Muslim te… 

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. 

Sarah Keyworth: Dark Horse (Work In Progress)

Sarah Keyworth: Dark Horse (Work In Progress)

You’ve seen her on Comedy Central, you’ve seen her on the BBC, now see Nottingham-born rising star Sarah Keyworth’s debut hour. 

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… 

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). 

The Dark Room for Kids

The Dark Room for Kids

You and your family are stuck inside a live-action video game! How will you escape?! Pick options off the screen in this fun, fear-filled, text-based interactive adventure game. 

Lady Na Master & The Synaptic Room

Lady Na Master & The Synaptic Room

The Collaborative Artists Company presents Lady Na Master and the Synaptic Room. 

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. 

Empty Room

Empty Room

Empty Room is a one-woman show which explores how music - listening to it, writing it, performing it - can grant us the freedom to reveal what is in our depths. 

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. 

Well Done

Well Done

A solo alternative comedy show. 

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. 

No Laughing Matter; An Introduction to Sitcom Writing

No Laughing Matter; An Introduction to Sitcom Writing

One-day sitcom writing workshop taught by two hugely experienced industry insiders who offer insight and instruction from two perspectives; writing and production. 

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. 

Dry Room

Dry Room

A cross-disciplinary piece combines dance, live music and conceptual arts. 

Dry Room

Dry Room

Set in a Magritte-styled surreal 3-wall room, this performance installation explores how isolated individuals, who have experienced childhood trauma, overcome many difficulties i… 

Sarah Keyworth: Dark Horse (WiP)

Sarah Keyworth: Dark Horse (WiP)

Rising star Sarah Keyworth, tour support for Stewart Francis and Kerry Godliman, brings an hour of brand new stand-up that shines a light on the relationship between a little girl … 

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. 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

A selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at Brighton Fringe. 

York Dungeon Venue Template

York Dungeon Venue Template

 

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. 

A Room With A Jew

A Room With A Jew

An hour of stand-up from award-winning comedian and Jewish Comedian of the Year, Joe Bor. 

The Dark Room

The Dark Room

You awake to find yourself in a Dark Room! You, the audience must choose an option. 

The Basement Venue Template

The Basement Venue Template

 

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. 

JOHN HINTON'S SCIENTRILOGY: THE ELEMENT IN THE ROOM

JOHN HINTON'S SCIENTRILOGY: THE ELEMENT IN THE ROOM

The incredible life story of Marie Curie, arguably the most important woman in science, who discovered two chemical elements, won two Nobel Prizes, and made breakthroughs that have… 

Rhino Room Late Show

Rhino Room Late Show

Since 2002 the locally produced, original Rhino Room Late Show has been a ‘must see’ late night Fringe event for comedy fans and Fringe artists alike. 

Escape Room Treasure Hunt: The Bootlegger's Dilemma

Escape Room Treasure Hunt: The Bootlegger's Dilemma

Escape Room Treasure Hunt returns for its 3rd year, with a brand new room: You and your team work in a 1920s prohibition-era speakeasy - but the cops will be raiding it! You have 4… 

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. 

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. 

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… 

Room 21C Michael Hocking

Room 21C Michael Hocking

In Room 21C Port Adelaide-based artist Michael Hocking undertakes a far-ranging investigation of underlying ties and tensions in visual art: drawing-painting, surface-content, line… 

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… 

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’. 

Dickinson's Room

Dickinson's Room

Born under the train tracks in New York City, Dickinson’s Room is a site-specific theatrical experiment, dedicated to the mind and art of the poet Emily Dickinson. 

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… 

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 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. 

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. 

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

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. 

Not the Horse

Not the Horse

The multi award-winning Fringe sell-out comedy is returning for it’s final run at Edinburgh Fringe. 

Room 29

Room 29

Do you believe in ghosts? What if a room could tell you the life stories of the people that have inhabited it? Better still – what if it could sing you those stories? In this bra… 

The Writers' Room

The Writers' Room

Degrees Of Error, best known for Murder, She Didn’t Write, present to you their latest creation. 

Every Brilliant Thing

Every Brilliant Thing

The worldwide smash-hit is back in Edinburgh for one week only. 

The Staff Room

The Staff Room

It is really reassuring to see an honest piece about the hard work of being a teacher, whilst also avoiding a bland generic sanctifying of all teachers. 

Locker Room Talk

Locker Room Talk

Delve into an hour of real Locker Room Talk, a term made infamous by Donald Trump, and allow yourself to be immersed into the murky and dark world of everyday sexism that society d… 

Room-Mate

Room-Mate

Hugo Alastor has gone missing. 

The Growing Pains of the Mantle Family Living Room

The Growing Pains of the Mantle Family Living Room

The Mantles have issues that probably need to be addressed, only problem being none of them talk to each other, not properly anyway. 

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. 

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… 

Room

Room

Under the direction of Brian Feigenbaum, Lawrence Academy Dance returns for its fifth Fringe. 

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. 

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… 

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. 

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. 

Rose Room

Rose Room

Scottish Jazz Awards finalists Rose Room have become one of Scotland’s leading ensembles influenced by gypsy jazz. 

Slash Theatre: The Room in the Elephant

Slash Theatre: The Room in the Elephant

We like to think of it as a ‘daring exposé revealing the state of contemporary masculinity in a post-feminist milieu’. 

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. 

Black and White Tea Room – Counsellor

Black and White Tea Room – Counsellor

Our play Black and White Tea Room was first performed in 2014. 

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. 

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. 

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… 

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… 

The Dark Room for Kids

The Dark Room for Kids

The Dark Room is both a literal and moral description. 

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. 

The Room at the Top of the House

The Room at the Top of the House

Josh finds the outside world a fascinating and frightening place. 

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe. 

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… 

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe. 

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). 

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

See the very best comedians at the Fringe, alongside some of the UK’s hottest new talent and Edinburgh Fringe newcomers, at this top-rated comedy selection show. 

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. 

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

See the very best comedians at the Fringe, alongside some of the UK’s hottest new talent and Edinburgh Fringe newcomers, at this top-rated comedy selection show. 

Crazy Horse: A Dream of Thunder

Crazy Horse: A Dream of Thunder

The incredible, true story of the Wild West’s greatest Lakota warrior, this original one-man drama depicts the quiet, brilliant figure who defied the mighty US military, attempting… 

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. 

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). 

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. 

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. 

Elephant in the Room

Elephant in the Room

Inspired by the Indian myth of the Elephant God - Ganesha; this is a coming of age story about a boy in search of his head, wandering through a forest where creatures fret over a p… 

John Robertson: The Dark Room

John Robertson: The Dark Room

There are many different kinds of video games: roleplaying, shoot-em-up, strategy, the list is endless. 

Laughing Stock

Laughing Stock

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

Rachel Fairburn: Her Majesty

Rachel Fairburn: Her Majesty

Families need strong female role models, problem is there’s too many in Rachel’s clan. 

Nick Revell vs Lily, Evil Cat Queen of Earth Planet and The Laughing Fridge

Nick Revell vs Lily, Evil Cat Queen of Earth Planet and The Laughing Fridge

‘Revell makes you laugh and think; a rare and cherishable combination these days’ (Scotsman). 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

Romantic Encounters in a Darkened Room

Romantic Encounters in a Darkened Room

Romantic Encounters in a Darkened Room is a thoroughly enjoyable one-man show, mixing sketches of various different formats in a bizarre outpouring from the brain of comedian Charl… 

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… 

Roberts and Holt: The Horse Show

Roberts and Holt: The Horse Show

The Horse Show comes galloping down to the Camden Fringe festival, fresh from the lush green pastures of Manchester. 

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… 

God's Waiting Room

God's Waiting Room

An end of life comedy, exploring themes of status, dynamics, and changing relationships in the light of parental loss. 

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 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. 

Laughing Stock

Laughing Stock

Laughing Stock is a character-based sketch comedy foursome “yin-yanged to perfection”(The Mumble). 

Not the Horse

Not the Horse

Three scousers, two angry mobs and a horse. 

Annie

Annie

Miranda Hart makes her West End debut as the infamous Miss Hannigan in a new production of the beloved Broadway musical Annie. 

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. 

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. 

The Room in the Elephant

The Room in the Elephant

This provocative comedy begins with two young men struggling to come up with ideas for a show they are performing the following week. 

Heidi Regan and Will Rowland Present: Some Comedy in a Venue

Heidi Regan and Will Rowland Present: Some Comedy in a Venue

Will and Heidi are two thoughtful, principled stand-ups who will do anything to get a laugh, including dropping all principles. 

Notorious Women of Brighton

Notorious Women of Brighton

It could not have been a better day to go on a stroll around Brighton. 

Nicole Henriksen: Techno Glitter Penguins

Nicole Henriksen: Techno Glitter Penguins

My first venture to the Marlborough could not have been more welcoming. 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

A selection of the very best stand-up comedy at Brighton Fringe. 

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. 

Leave 'Em Laughing

Leave 'Em Laughing

South London’s BEST new comedy night is the first Sunday of every month at the beautiful Stanley Halls (nearest station Norwood Junction). 

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’. 

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 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. 

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. 

God's Waiting Room

God's Waiting Room

An end of life comedy. 

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 (… 

Rose Room

Rose Room

Scottish Jazz Awards finalists Rose Room have become one of Scotland’s leading ensembles, influenced by the gypsy jazz genre. 

Venue Marketplace

Venue Marketplace

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

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside hot new talent and Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up at each show, every day, as Laughing Horse’s Come… 

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. 

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. 

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. 

The Living Room

The Living Room

The Living Room takes us home, to a place in which we welcome another. 

The Living Room

The Living Room

The Living Room takes us home, to a place in which we welcome another. 

The Room Mate

The Room Mate

A university dorm room. Three people. One wants justice. One wants to be popular. One wants to be left alone. They each get what another one wants. 

A Waiting Room

A Waiting Room

Waiting is frustrating – more frustrating when you don’t know what you’re waiting for. 

VR Writers Room Live

VR Writers Room Live

Bringing together leading experts, writers and narrative designers across multiple entertainment verticals, the VR Writers Room focuses on the cross sector knowledge sharing opport… 

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… 

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. 

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. 

Jim and Dave Have Lost The Dressing Room

Jim and Dave Have Lost The Dressing Room

A comedy, sketch and game show for football fans that hate the word ‘banter’ and find Alan Shearer boring. 

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. 

Black and White Tea Room

Black and White Tea Room

Our play Black and White Tea Room was first performed in 2014. 

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. 

Not the Horse

Not the Horse

Almost twenty years ago, Guy Ritchie changed the landscape of British cinema with his love letter to the charismatic psychopaths of the East End underbelly Lock, Stock and Two Smok… 

The Cutting Room

The Cutting Room

Improv Comedy where audience suggestions inspire rapidly unfolding scenes. 

Boy Girl Brain

Boy Girl Brain

English Comedian of the Year 2014 Jack Campbell brings you his second stand-up show. 

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. 

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. 

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, with a different top-notch comedy line-up each day. 

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… 

In a Room Somewhere

In a Room Somewhere

Suddenly, five adults find themselves in a room somewhere; a room with no windows, no doors and only the vastness of space where the ceiling ought to be. 

The Dining Room

The Dining Room

In a single dining room revisited over the course of the 20th Century, a series of family dramas show the decline of the American upper-middle class. 

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. 

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside hot new talent and Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up at each show, every day, as Laughing Horse’s Come… 

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. 

Laughing Stock

Laughing Stock

A varied sketch comedy, Laughing Stock lives up to its name, parading numerous situations of self-deprecation before us providing much hilarity. 

Tiny Horse Comedy

Tiny Horse Comedy

Tiny Horse Comedy. 

Cook and Davies: Do Not Leave This Room

Cook and Davies: Do Not Leave This Room

Winner – Best Comedy, Moors Theatre Awards! Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off finalists! Sketch comedy duo, frequent enemies and occasional friends Cook and Davies find themsel… 

John Robertson: The Dark Room

John Robertson: The Dark Room

“You awaken to find yourself in a dark room”, it’s a phrase shouted many times during The Dark Room. 

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… 

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. 

Rights and Responsibilities (or How a Horse Was Tried for Murder)

Rights and Responsibilities (or How a Horse Was Tried for Murder)

A horse tried for murder? A nonsensical idea, surely? Well not after the great Animal Rights and Responsibilities Act 2031 is passed into law. 

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 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… 

Heavy Petting: Bad Laughing

Heavy Petting: Bad Laughing

Middlesbrough’s second-tallest sketch group return with sketches, jokes, songs and a big bag of hammers. 

Girl

Girl

International theatre has always been a key component of Edinburgh Fringe. 

Heavy Petting: Bad Laughing

Heavy Petting: Bad Laughing

Middlesbrough’s second-tallest sketch group return with sketches, jokes, songs and a big bag of hammers. 

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. 

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. 

Horse McDonald in Careful

Horse McDonald in Careful

Swapping her musical trappings for the theatre, Horse McDonald takes to the stage to present an undeniably intriguing and raw, if occasionally sensational, biopic of her own life. 

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. 

What Can You Do to Make Your Venue Autism-Friendly?

What Can You Do to Make Your Venue Autism-Friendly?

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

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. 

Crazy Horse: A Dream of Thunder

Crazy Horse: A Dream of Thunder

A one-man drama about Indian chief, Crazy Horse that captures the high adventure of the Sioux Wars of the Wild West. 

The Best Thing

The Best Thing

It’s 1966. 

The Best Thing

The Best Thing

It’s 1966. 

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… 

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. 

Cook and Davies: 'Do Not Leave This Room'

Cook and Davies: 'Do Not Leave This Room'

Bombastic sketch duo Cook and Davies find themselves trapped in a mysterious room. 

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… 

John Robertson's The Dark Room

John Robertson's The Dark Room

You awake to find yourself in a Dark Room! Choose an option: A) Find The Light Switch. 

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’. 

The Girl from Sindhustan

The Girl from Sindhustan

Sindhu Vee is probably the tallest Indian woman you’ll ever meet. 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

A selection of the best stand-up comedy at Brighton Fringe. 

CLUE ROOM GAME - Lady Chastity's Reserve

CLUE ROOM GAME - Lady Chastity's Reserve

Lady Chastity’s Reserve is a night out like no other - described as ‘The Crystal Maze on crystal meth’, this team game (for 2-6 players) takes place in a secret room at Brighton’… 

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. 

UB40 Live at the O2 with Dinner and Wine at The Pearson Room

UB40 Live at the O2 with Dinner and Wine at The Pearson Room

The Legendary UB40 Live! UB40, featuring Ali Campbell, Astro and Mickey Virtue, are back on tour and ready to wow British audiences following a massive series of shows stateside… 

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Live at the O2 with Dinner and Wine at The Pearson Room

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Live at the O2 with Dinner and Wine at The Pearson Room

Get the party started with Maclemore & Ryan Lewis! Head downtown to see hip hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis live at the O2 Arena, and enjoy a delicious international mea… 

Back Room Comedy

Back Room Comedy

Ashley Austin Morris hosts this solid evening of stand-up, with sets from Dan Soder, Subhah Agarwal, Michael Brigante and Guilio Gallarotti.  

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 … 

5 Seconds of Summer Live at the O2 with Dinner and Wine at The Pearson Room

5 Seconds of Summer Live at the O2 with Dinner and Wine at The Pearson Room

Aussie heartthrobs and breakout pop-punk superstars 5 Seconds of Summer are setting off on a UK tour, headed to the UK in spring 2016. 

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. 

The Destroyed Room

The Destroyed Room

With typical modesty (not), Glasgow-based Vanishing Point describe themselves as “Scotland’s foremost artist-led independent theatre company, internationally recognised and … 

Ennio Morricone Live at the O2 with Dinner at the Pearson Room

Ennio Morricone Live at the O2 with Dinner at the Pearson Room

Do not miss The Maestro live! With over 500 films and television scores with his name on them, the Italian composer, conductor and multi-instrumentalist Ennio Morricone (born 1… 

Strictly Come Dancing Live at the O2 with Dinner at the Pearson Room

Strictly Come Dancing Live at the O2 with Dinner at the Pearson Room

Strictly Come Dancing The Live Tour! 2015 is finally here Actress Georgia May Foote, Celebrity chef Ainsley Harriott and TV presenter Anita Rani are the next celebrity contestan… 

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… 

Jason Derulo Live at the O2 with Dinner at The Pearson Room

Jason Derulo Live at the O2 with Dinner at The Pearson Room

Be there as the phenomenal Jason Derulo culminates his UK arena tour in suitably show-stopping style at London’s O2 Arena on Friday 5 February 2016. 

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… 

War Horse

War Horse

Based on the beloved novel by Michael Morpurgo, the National Theatre's internationally-acclaimed production of War Horse is an unforgettable theatrical experience. 

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… 

The Wedge Horse

The Wedge Horse

Nick Gandiello’s affecting if overwrought drama centers on three Long Island teenagers unsure how to honor the memory of a dead brother and friend. 

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… 

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. 

Night Is a Room

Night Is a Room

(previews start on Tuesday; opens on Nov. 

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. 

The Waiting Room

The Waiting Room

‘The Waiting Room’ is a brand new comedy about three strangers who find themselves stuck in a room. 

One Last Thing (For Now)

One Last Thing (For Now)

Some lives are touched by war. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

Not the Horse

Not the Horse

The story of a young man falling in ‘deep shit’ with a notorious gangster is something we see in movies all the time, and the influence of this is clear in Not the Horse. 

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… 

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. 

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. 

God's Waiting Room

God's Waiting Room

Many religions insist that humanity was created in God’s image; others argue that, throughout history, the process has been the other way round. 

The Room

The Room

Bring your plastic spoons and enjoy a Sunday night screening of the cult phenomenon that is The Room. 

Half a Sixpence

Half a Sixpence

Flash, bang, wallop – what a show! Kipps and Ann were childhood friends. 

From The Horse's Mouth @ Edinburgh Fringe

From The Horse's Mouth @ Edinburgh Fringe

Performance poets, a hip-hop vocalist and a jazz singer coming together with a live band to create something truly special. 

Stewart Lee: A Room With a Stew

Stewart Lee: A Room With a Stew

New material in preparation for the next series of BBC Two’s Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle. 

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. 

The Rocking Horse Winner

The Rocking Horse Winner

A stage and film mixed media adaptation of D. 

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. 

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. 

The Nursery Improv Venue at the Edinburgh Fringe

The Nursery Improv Venue at the Edinburgh Fringe

The Nursery together with Freestival is bringing an improv only venue to Edinburgh - a Fringe first! Every night for three weeks, the Holyrood Suite at the Thistle Hotel will trans… 

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. 

The Room: The Musical

The Room: The Musical

Oh, hai audience! We’ve got something for youuu! An original parody musical of the funniest disaster in cinematic history, Tommy Wiseau’s The Room, adapted by a BBC-award nomin… 

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. 

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside hot new talent and Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up at each show, every day, as Laughing Horse’s Come… 

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

A compilation of comedic talent from across the Fringe, two shows a day, and all for free – the Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe showcases some of the best comedic talent t… 

The Elephant in the Room

The Elephant in the Room

UK premiere of this unique and hilarious fusion of world-class circus, film noir and physical theatre. 

Vampire Hospital Waiting Room

Vampire Hospital Waiting Room

The critically acclaimed ‘stealth hit’ **** (BroadwayBaby. 

Tiny Horse Comedy

Tiny Horse Comedy

Tiny Horse Comedy. 

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. 

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside hot new talent and Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up at each show, every day, as Laughing Horse’s Come… 

Tamar Broadbent: Brave New Girl

Tamar Broadbent: Brave New Girl

Tamar may look like a life-size Polly Pocket. 

The Sacred Room of Desire

The Sacred Room of Desire

The Sacred Room of Desire, written and directed by Carola Benedetto tells the story of the Hindu pantheon family of Shiva, Parvati and Ganesha. 

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. 

Happy Girl

Happy Girl

Nine school students navigate the pressures they face as girls: pressures from society and pressures from each other. 

Doris, Dolly and the Dressing Room Divas

Doris, Dolly and the Dressing Room Divas

“Just go with the magic,” says one of the three singers on stage to a slightly reluctant compatriot. 

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. 

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. 

Laughing Stock

Laughing Stock

Irreverent. 

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… 

John Robertson – The Dark Room: Symphony of a Floating Head

John Robertson – The Dark Room: Symphony of a Floating Head

John Robertson’s send up of classic text based video games succeeds in being an hilarious evening of retro fun. 

Live in the Staff Room (Sex, Fairy Tales, Serial Killers and Other Stuff)

Live in the Staff Room (Sex, Fairy Tales, Serial Killers and Other Stuff)

After Flipper Committed Suicide! Giada comes back to Edinburgh with a brand new hour of fun, dark material, from sex to fairy tales. 

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. 

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… 

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. 

Rosie's Magic Horse

Rosie's Magic Horse

If an ice lolly stick can dream of being a horse, what magic might follow? A fantastic story based on the book by Russell Hoban and mischievously illustrated by Quentin Blake. 

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. 

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

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

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

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). 

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. 

The Room : The Musical

The Room : The Musical

The Room is widely acknowledged to be one of the worst movies ever made. 

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. 

The Room in the Elephant

The Room in the Elephant

“Meta, self-referential bullshit” – the play’s words, not mine. 

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. 

Venue B @ Brighton Youth Centre

Venue B @ Brighton Youth Centre

See the best in live performance for and by young people (and open to everyone!) at Venue B, Brighton’s only dedicated venue for young people. Check our website for full details. 

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 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 Front Room

The Front Room

Joyelle Johnson hosts this stand-up showcase at the Knitting Factory’s front bar; the excellent lineup includes Seaton Smith, Aparna Nancherla, Yassir Lester, Will Winner, Bl… 

Rosie's Magic Horse

Rosie's Magic Horse

If an ice lolly stick can dream of being a horse, what magic might follow? A fantastic story based on the book by Russell Hoban and mischievously illustrated by Quentin Blake. 

The Upper Room

The Upper Room

On an island off the coast of Maine, a little band of nouveau-agrarian homesteaders is threatened by rising surf in Jeremy Bloom and Brian Rady’s semi-fantastical dystopian c… 

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… 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

A selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at Brighton Fringe. 

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… 

Bright Half Life

Bright Half Life

(in previews; opens on Feb. 

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. 

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. 

The Real Thing

The Real Thing

(previews start on Oct. 

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. 

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. 

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 Sma Room Seance

The Sma Room Seance

Madame Lozatska’s musical seance is getting out of hand. 

Laughing Matters Fundraiser

Laughing Matters Fundraiser

Laughing Matters! Come see our fundraiser and show support for this great enterprise! Previous shows have featured Harry Hill, Phill Jupitus, Tony Law and Paul Foot! Don’t miss out… 

Funny Girl

Funny Girl

Funny Girl is based on incidents in the life of Fanny Brice before and after World War One. 

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… 

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… 

Something's in the Living Room

Something's in the Living Room

A darkly humorous one-woman physical theatre piece with an elaborate costume made of black bin bags. 

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. 

Laughing Matters

Laughing Matters

Laughing Matters provides free comedy-based courses to those in recovery from addiction and individuals with mental health issues with the aim of helping develop confidence, self-e… 

Every Brilliant Thing

Every Brilliant Thing

You’ll have to excuse me for saying this, but Every Brilliant Thing is, quite simply, brilliant. 

And the Horse You Rode in On

And the Horse You Rode in On

And The Horse You Rode In On begins with the easy unfolding of soldiers’ badinage. 

Gary Little: The Thing Is

Gary Little: The Thing Is

Gary Little isn’t. 

The Room

The Room

The Room is the worst film ever made. 

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… 

Stewart Lee: A Room With a Stew (Work-in-Progress)

Stewart Lee: A Room With a Stew (Work-in-Progress)

‘Remains one of the best stand-ups in the country’ **** (Metro). 

Its Only a Play

Its Only a Play

(previews start on Aug. 

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. 

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… 

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. 

Half Baked

Half Baked

Oh, boy. 

John Robertson: The Dark Room

John Robertson: The Dark Room

Returning to the Fringe for the third year running, this text adventure game-gone-big seems to have more lives than it gives its players. 

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. 

Elephant Room

Elephant Room

If you’re bored of the type of magic that always produces the same old tropes (predictable card tricks, dull magician banter in matching suits, tired efforts to build an air of m… 

Joe Bor: A Room with a Jew

Joe Bor: A Room with a Jew

A new stand-up show from Jewish Comedian of the Year, and the TV warm up for The Graham Norton Show and Mock The Week. As seen on Dave.  

An Elephant in the Room

An Elephant in the Room

If Dr. 

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. 

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Comedy presents a stand-up show featuring the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe. 

The Half Naked Chef

The Half Naked Chef

The cult comedian from the cult venue of last year’s Fringe returns with more mayhem. 

Fat Girl Slim

Fat Girl Slim

Helen Orton used to be an overweight woman with confidence issues stemming from her body. 

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

See the very best comedians at the Fringe, alongside some of the UK’s best newcomers, at this top-rated comedy selection show. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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 … 

The Curing Room

The Curing Room

The intriguing central premise of The Curing Room is based upon a terrifying true story. 

Anna Sperber: “Every Room is Open”

Anna Sperber: “Every Room is Open”

With its heady mix of lyricism and rigor, Ms. 

Horse

Horse

See how far one woman’s passion for all things equine can go, in a show where the horse obsessed become the horse possessed. 

How to: Run a Venue at Brighton Fringe

How to: Run a Venue at Brighton Fringe

Ever thought about running your own Brighton Fringe venue? Then this panel discussion is for you! Hear about the practicalities, pleasures and pitfalls of running a venue from a va… 

Venue B

Venue B

What kind of music do you like? We got it. 

Venue B Presents the Mystery Weekender

Venue B Presents the Mystery Weekender

2 big days, several SECRET locations and a mash-up of live music and epic performance! Special guest stars, festival fever, dance off, skate jams and all the weird and wonderful�… 

Next Best Thing

Next Best Thing

Brand new female comedy double act. 

The Girl Who Walked into the Sea

The Girl Who Walked into the Sea

Lucy Teather is missing, last seen on Brighton beach. 

Aspidistra Drawing Room Orchestra Live

Aspidistra Drawing Room Orchestra Live

A recital of favourites of the ‘Palm Court Era’ performed by Aspidistra, praised for its lively interpretation of the music that so delighted our (great) grandparents. 

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. 

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. 

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… 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

This revolving showcase of Brighton Fringe’s top comedians sees five different acts performing short sets every night throughout the festival. 

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. 

John Robertson: The Dark Room

John Robertson: The Dark Room

The term ‘live-action video game’ is usually reserved for disappointing Hollywood adaptations of your favourite computer games (Tomb Raider, Silent Hill, the list could go on). 

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 … 

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. 

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. 

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. 

Laughing Wild

Laughing Wild

Christopher Durang’s play Laughing Wild has been wonderfully adapted to fill Funny You Should Ask’s 50 minute time slot to create a play so uproarious and so terrific you’ll … 

Vampire Hospital Waiting Room - Free

Vampire Hospital Waiting Room - Free

I was warned that Vampire Hospital Waiting Room was wonderful and weird but that you had to embrace it - I would encourage any potential audience member to apply this mantra to the… 

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. 

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. 

ComedySportz @ Laughing Horse Free Festival

ComedySportz @ Laughing Horse Free Festival

Manchester’s top improv troupe is back for its fifth Edinburgh outing. 

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. 

Horse & Louis' Comedy Bingo! - FREE

Horse & Louis' Comedy Bingo! - FREE

Cash prizes! Top Acts! Bingo! Musical Comedy Awards hosts Horse & Louis present the best of the Fringe and the chance to win a bucket of money in a game of visual bingo! 

Tunes from the Back Room

Tunes from the Back Room

Come on in! Share in a musical feast of Scots tunes, old and new, from local band Shindiggery. 

Blues! Live at Venue 45

Blues! Live at Venue 45

The Blueswater is the 12-piece band behind award-winning show Blues!, and they will be performing a limited run of five shows at the enigmatic Venue 45. 

The Butterfly Room

The Butterfly Room

A hungover girl wakes up in a stranger’s house and things start to get a bit weird. 

Three Half Pints

Three Half Pints

Last year I regretted not taking my junior reviewers to see the Three Half Pints. 

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. 

Edinburgh Book Fringe

Edinburgh Book Fringe

Join writers, comedians and activists from around the world in Word Power Books, Edinburgh’s independent radical bookshop. 

One Last Thing

One Last Thing

A host of eclectic characters emerge in this electrifying play / poem. 

The Room

The Room

Much like karaoke or clubbing, The Room is not an event that should be experienced either alone or sober. 

Horse

Horse

One of the UK’s most renowned songwriters presents a rare acoustic evening. 

Horse

Horse

Alone in a stable, she gallops through a life of horsey thoughts and behaviour. 

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… 

If Room Enough

If Room Enough

To refer to If Room Enough as an adaptation of the Tempest is risky. 

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. 

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’. 

A Laughing Matter

A Laughing Matter

Hush Theatre is on a mission ‘to deliver a comparable experience to both deaf and able hearing audiences. 

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. 

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. 

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

A selection of the best in new comedy at the Fringe, alongside some top headliners picked from Fringe shows, national competitions and around the world. 

The Dark Room

The Dark Room

You awaken to find yourself in a dark room: so begins John Robertson’s interactive comedy hour of live text-based gaming that is so much more fun than it sounds. 

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe. 

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

See the very best comedians at the Fringe, alongside the UK’s best newcomers, at this top-rated comedy selection show. 

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. 

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe. 

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. 

The Waiting Room

The Waiting Room

Four people silently enter a room. 

Davey Connor Live! But Not in Your Living Room

Davey Connor Live! But Not in Your Living Room

Davey Connor is a charming, unimposing performer whose style washes over the audience and wins them over seemingly without effort. 

Slightly Fat Features

Slightly Fat Features

Riotous comedy cabaret troupe. 

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. 

Banksy: The Room in the Elephant

Banksy: The Room in the Elephant

This is already a popular show: the queue outside the venue stretched halfway down the street; once inside, the less punctual audience members were scanning the crowd for a single … 

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. 

The Powder Room

The Powder Room

Welcome to The Powder Room, a burlesque night club where you will be surrounded by the world of the erotic and a plethora of tassel-clad women. 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Fringe venue behemoth Laughing Horse present a mixed bag of comedy upstairs at the Quadrant hosted by mentalist magician Mr. 

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 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. 

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… 

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. 

Anda Union - The Wind Horse

Anda Union - The Wind Horse

If your knowledge of Mongolian history is limited to Genghis Khan, or if you think that folk music is merely background music for washed-out hippies, then Anda Union are the perfec… 

A Brief History of Scotland - We Done Loads!

A Brief History of Scotland - We Done Loads!

God is Scottish. 

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. 

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. 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

The cozy upstairs room of The Quadrant was all-abuzz with the sound of glasses clinking and chitter-chatter, preceding what I hoped would be a night of raucous laughter and merrime… 

The Room

The Room

The Room is one of the worst films ever made. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

John Robertson - The Dark Room - Free

John Robertson - The Dark Room - Free

Bringing his YouTube sensation to the Fringe, Australian comic John Robertson’s show The Dark Room is basically a ‘choose your own adventure’ computer game in which selected … 

Horse & Louis: The Curse of...

Horse & Louis: The Curse of...

Musical comedy duo Horse and Louis attempt to take their brand of zany, self-aware songs to the next level, indulging in madcap special effects and a paranormal storyline for their… 

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… 

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. 

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… 

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. 

The Room of Unlimited Possibilities

The Room of Unlimited Possibilities

A soundscape of a woman’s voice layered over itself plays while a woman sits in a red light. 

Room On The Broom

Room On The Broom

Tall Stories is a company that has made a name for entertaining children and family shows. 

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. 

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 … 

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. 

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. 

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. 

Rambling in an Empty Room

Rambling in an Empty Room

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

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. 

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. 

Juliet Meyers: Raised By Fridge Magnets

Juliet Meyers: Raised By Fridge Magnets

The premise of Juliet Meyers’ show is quirky and original and provides a solid anchor to her routine. 

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. 

VAULT Announces New London Venue and Return of VAULT Festival for 2024

VAULT Announces New London Venue and Return of VAULT Festival for 2024

VAULT, the creators of VAULT Festival have found their new London home which will open in Spring 2024 with VAULT Festival returning in the Autumn. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

The Scottish Story Telling Centre: A Venue for Voices

The Scottish Story Telling Centre: A Venue for Voices

The Scottish Storytelling Centre is, in its own words, ‘a vibrant arts venue with a seasonal programme of live storytelling, theatre, music, exhibitions, workshops, family events... 

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... 

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. 

The Counting House returns to the Laughing Horse’s Free Festival

The Counting House returns to the Laughing Horse’s Free Festival

For the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe free shows will return to The Counting House venue on West Nicolson Street, following a one year hiatus with the venue being programmed under a paid s... 

​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. 

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 ... 

​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. 

C Venues launches new flagship venue at St Stephen’s Stockbridge

C Venues launches new flagship venue at St Stephen’s Stockbridge

Edinburgh venue St Stephen’s Stockbridge returns in 2016 as the latest addition to the C venues stable. 

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. 

Steffan Alun: Edinburgh Is The World’s Largest Green Room

Steffan Alun: Edinburgh Is The World’s Largest Green Room

Stand Up Steffan Alun has a fair few things to say about stepping up to stand up at the Free Fringe. 

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. 

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