Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Welcome to Yew Nork City, 3724.
A long-running staple of Edinburgh’s Fringe, The Really Terrible Orchestra return with their most ambitious programme of barely recognisable “music” to date! Will they finish Schub…
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
Start each morning with this curated variety showcase, featuring the very best solo shows at the Fringe! Rotating daily line-ups include storytelling, theatre, clown, cabaret, spok…
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
Presented in pseudo-fairytale style, this one-woman dramatic comedy dares to expose what lies beneath the mask of the perfect mother.
We all want to meet people from history.
*PART OF LAMB COMEDY’S BIG QUEER WEEKENDER* Terrible people is a new stand up comedy show from comedy award finalist Jane Postlethwaite (Cumbrian / LGBTQI+ Stand Up Comedian) Ter…
TuckShop are BACK for their THIRD West End season of their hilarious all-drag panto! Far far away, Princess Aurora is under a cruel spell to sleep for 100 years…or is she ju…
Sleeping Beauty Takes A Prick! Is the brand new, adults-only pantomime from the team behind Above The Stag Theatre’s legendary queer Christmas shows.
The Edinburgh Fringe sensation transfers to the Bush for its first London run.
Let's All Dance is delighted to return with this much-loved ballet for the whole family.
Let's All Dance is delighted to return with this much-loved ballet for the whole family.
Let's All Dance is delighted to return with this much-loved ballet for the whole family.
Our new young conductor is nearly as old as the orchestra.
“You can be adored, or you can be a monster.
“You can be adored, or you can be a monster.
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
Winner: Best Comedy, 2022 (Hollywood Fringe).
What does it mean to be a terrible person? Why do we think these horrible things about ourselves? Joe is struggling with therapy.
What does it mean to be a terrible person? Why do we think these horrible things about ourselves? Joe is struggling with therapy.
We all want to meet people from history.
What does it mean to be a terrible person? Why do we think these horrible things about ourselves? Joe is struggling with therapy.
What does it mean to be a terrible person? Why do we think these horrible things about ourselves? Joe is struggling with therapy.
The subtitle A Gothic Romance is added to Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty for a good reason.
Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty reawakens in 2022, celebrating 10 years since its premiere at Sadler’s Wells, when it became the fastest selling production in the comp…
The Really Terrible Orchestra has survived covid and reappears like a butterfly from the chrysalis.
Following three culturally deeply unsettling, sell-out smash-hit runs, this bafflingly entertaining late-night comedy extravaganza returns to the Fringe for a fourth hammer blow.
Join us on this wonderful, well-known tale of greed and humility as the Beast learns what it is to love and be loved.
According to The Stage’s recently departed Scotland editor, Thom Dibden, comedy first overtook theatre as the largest proportion of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s programme du…
In her Fringe debut, one of the hottest names on America’s comedy circuit shares her journey from daughter, to best friend, to caregiver in a poignant but laughter-filled hour.
Adapted from the beloved children’s books by Mo Willems, Leonardo! tells the story of a monster who longs to be scary and the big decisions he must make along the way.
We all want to meet people from history.
This beloved ‘tale as old as time’ has been brought to life on stage like never before, with all the charm and elegance audiences expect from Belle and her Beast.
Bonjour! Disney proudly invites you to ‘Be Our Guest’ as the most enchanted musical of all time, Beauty and the Beast, returns to London for a strictly limited season.
A mixed bill show featuring stand-up and sketch from the people who brought you wacky conversations on the comedy driven life, here comes an hour of stand up and sketch from Toby a…
A mixed bill show featuring stand-up and sketch from the people who brought you wacky conversations on the comedy driven life, here comes an hour of stand up and sketch from Toby a…
Comedy Award Finalist Jane Postlethwaite & Comedian Joe McCarty join forces to bring you a hilarious yet dark look into the human condition to explore what it really means to be a …
Yggdrasil, the World Tree grows bringing life into the universe.
Yggdrasil, the World Tree grows bringing life into the universe.
Tremble in terror at the Tower! Sizzle at the Savoy! Give Cleopatra the needle! Be washed away at Westminster! Lose yourself in Lambeth! Get gobsmacked by the Globe! Hold onto your…
Performances cancelled until 4 January.
Mansfield Palace Theatre has an excellent reputation for staging wonderful fun family pantomimes.
Nothing beats a Royal Court Christmas show! Packed with stupid jokes, loads of live music and utterly inappropriate content we are proud to present… The Scouse Sl…
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
You will need a group of 2-5 detectives, internet access on your phone, your brain and your legs! We’ll provide the specialist kit.
Following two culturally deeply unsettling, sell-out smash-hit runs in 2018 and 2019, this mind-bogglingly awful (and disquietingly successful) idea for a comedy extravaganza retur…
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
An award-winning radical adaptation of the classic play ‘Antigone’ tackling climate change and celebrating the power of young female voices to make a difference.
Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
AM I A TERRIBLE PERSON? is an uncompromising, autobiographical, & darkly comic look into the mind of someone living with OCD and Depression.
AM I A TERRIBLE PERSON? is an uncompromising, autobiographical, & darkly comic look into the mind of someone living with OCD and Depression.
Let's All Dance is delighted to return with this much-loved ballet for the whole family.
Beauty is a Beast is the story of Princess Beauty, who is beautiful on the outside but ugly on the inside.
Let's All Dance is delighted to return with this much-loved ballet for the whole family.
Let's All Dance is delighted to return with this much-loved ballet for the whole family.
The predictably brilliant writer/director/dame Andrew Pollard returns to Greenwich Theatre again for another triumphant Panto season, marking the 50th anniversary of the theatre’…
Martin McDonagh’s The Beauty Queen of Leenane is an intensely Irish play set in the wilds of Connemara, premiered locally by the Druid Theatre Company in Galway in 1996.
Thursday 17th October, 7pm Friday 18th October, 10.
Please see below for information in English Oana Pellea revine la Londra, după succesul spectacolelor Vocea umană și N(aum) cu o comedie romantică alături de actoru…
Beauty is Pain is a political performance art piece surrounding Donald Trump’s support of the Miss USA pageants and treatment of women in the mainstream media.
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
The RTO will once again endeavour to transcend all the expected orchestral clichés.
Come and hear a lunchtime recital with music written by strong women as well as arias about the power of women.
Following a surprising (and culturally deeply unsettling) smash-hit, sell-out run at last year’s Fringe, this mind-bogglingly awful, disquietingly successful idea for a late-night …
The Terrible Tail of Adelaide Worthing is all about a rat’s quest to be complete.
Jacques Barrett, Bart Freebairn and Mick Neven – three of Australia’s finest headline acts, finally teaming up for a three-pronged 8pm comedy assault.
On his way home through the forest, Beauty’s father picks her a rose from the enchanted palace gardens.
Can stand-up save your love life? Self-confessed nice guy Steve thinks so.
In a retelling of the classic Beauty and the Beast saga aimed at small children, four players multi-role in an uncomplicated and pleasant way.
Be our guest at our Beauty-and-the-Beast sing-a-long. Free sweets for everyone in fancy dress.
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
‘Sleeping Beauty’ is a participatory performance that approaches sexuality through power and role play.
English National Ballet present the classic fairy tale, Sleeping Beauty, in a colourful and spellbinding show for all the family.
Join Mansfield Hospitals Theatre Troupe once again as we take a journey of enchantment in one of the most loved fairy tales of all time.
From Show Boat to Showman, there’s always Another Op’nin, Another Show about the sparkling self-obsessed world of musical theatre! And why not? Some of the best shows are all a…
Mick Neven and Jacques Barrett are two of Australia’s strongest headline comics.
The RTO has searched far and wide for music to play.
As a reviewer I'm fortunate enough to get free tickets to many shows.
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Texas Beauty Pageant Murder: The Fall of Don Swan is a devised, one-act, absurdist, film noir comedy set in the 1980s that investigates the myth of Don Juan in the current wake of …
Beyond Beauty – Our Country Taiwan.
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
Join us on this wonderful, well-known tale of greed and humility as the Beast learns what it is to love and be loved.
Strap in for the sex-ed show of the century as we debunk the desire industry.
Can stand-up save your love life? Self-confessed nice guy Steve thinks so.
Edinburgh Best Newcomer nominee, Chris Washington debuts his brand-new show about the best year of his life! Including receiving the prestigious 10 years service tie pin from Royal…
Little Angel favourite Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, a playful adaptation of the Brothers’ Grimm story featuring puppets, projections and live music, returns to the theatre this s…
Fall under the spell of Kenneth MacMillan’s fairy tale classic.
By popular demand! Original musical journey from 400 AD Boerthelm’s Tun to present day Bom-Bane’s, with portraits of all the colourful inhabitants along the way.
Alan Felton and Tim Roycroft, in song, poetry and drama, present an entertainment depicting the Irish rebellions and famines from the Vikings to 1937.
Bringing us four short scenes, Puck’s Players – consisting of Bill Poulton, Phillip Lee and Aaron Thaddeus Lee – were able to exhibit outstanding versatility as performers, d…
There’s a deliberate cheapness to the temporary, painted proscenium arch erected in the Brunton’s theatre-space, indicative of this local panto’s rough ’n’ ready (and n…
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The RTO has had another successful international tour to add to New York, London, Utrecht and Glasgow.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
‘What is an artist without his muse?’ Beauty constantly asks this question as it delves into what it really means to create a legacy as an artist, and investigates how mo…
Being human is so boring.
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
With a trunk full of characters and a dazzling array of best-loved and original songs performed by one of the most talented multi-instrumental duos around, Beauty and the Beast is …
Ding dong the witch is back! Multi award-winning Fringe sensation Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho returns with the most fabulous game show of all! Join the Iron Lady for songs, gam…
Film and comedy lovers alike will appreciate this increasingly popular show, led by an impressive group of comedians that changes every performance, along with the film they choo…
Star of ITV and BBC, Carly Smallman makes her Brighton Fringe debut with a work-in-progress hour of comedy.
Starting from a physical quest, we will search for intentions and ways to communicate with your audience non-verbally.
The Super Sheep are back in a new adventure! Shadwell must help three friends (a brave fairy, a reluctant sheep and a bonkers pig) save a Sleeping Beauty.
An original musical & gastromonical journey from the 5th Century settlement of Boerthlelm’s Tun to Brighton in 1795, with affectionate portraits of the colourful inhabitants of 24 …
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
A magical, candlelit evening of uplifting, meditative and devotional Buddhist mantra with beautiful, soulful harmonies.
3pm-4pm The first show of the day will feature about as wide a variety of improvisation styles as one could ask for, with three groups that could not be more different from each o…
It’s a brave show which starts with the words: “I don’t like it.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
Making its European premiere, this Canadian comedy gem packs more ideas and laughs into 40 minutes than most plays triple its length.
We will have showstopping compositions from the RTO music competition for unpublished composers.
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
Cinema screening of live performance.
There is no doubt that Nick Revell is an amusing and witty comic whose capabilities are evident from both long line of positive past reviews and his catalogue on YouTube.
Ding dong, the witch isn’t dead! And this time it’s definitely cause for celebration! After her previous success as an ‘international cabaret superstar’ Maggie is back in b…
This is the way the world ends.
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
A magical candlelit evening of uplifting, meditative and devotional Buddhist mantra with beautiful soulful harmonies.
Beauty of Baroque, Saturday 14 May: Katherine Nicholas - soprano, Janet Omerod - mezzo-soprano and Nick Andrews - piano, present arias and duets by Purcell, Bach and Handel.
As a baby, Princess Aurora is cursed by the evil Carabosse: on her 16th birthday, she will prick her finger on a spinning wheel and die.
Valentine’s Day may have a cheesy reputation, but the heart-filled holiday has inspired plenty of great live comedy for devoted couples, optimistic daters and determinedly si…
New Adventures’ 25th birthday culminates with the world premiere of Matthew Bourne’s latest re-imagining of a ballet classic.
Horsecross’s production of Beauty and the Beast holds a debt to the Disney version of the tale, and it never quite gets out from under its shadow.
Beauty & the Beast at Polka is a fun and vibrant production of a classic fairytale that boasts a beautiful set, wonderful costumes and some lovely effects delivering a visual treat…
A slow burn performance, which builds to a surprisingly hard hitting climax, using a dance and self-aware comedy.
We celebrate our 20th Birthday this year.
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
FUBAR Radio and Underbelly present The Underbelly Radio Shows recorded live from 12:30pm each day at Ermintrude, Underbelly hosts a series of live radio broadcasts brought to you b…
The weird, wacky and wonderful all come together in this fantastically strange new show.
Waking Beauty is a new take on the traditional fairy story of Sleeping Beauty set in a re-purposed circular room papered with stencils and pasted pages of old books, fairy lights, …
Jo Firestone and John Early host this quirky pageant, in which 12 contestants compete for the title of “Most Inner Beautiful” through talent contests and a homemade-swi…
The avant-garde comedian Julio Torres brings the classic stories of antiquity into modern times with this night of what the Ant Fest describes as “magical, mythological sketc…
(previews start on Saturday; opens on June 29) Having just brought us Moss Hart’s entrancing “Act One,” Lincoln Center offers another piece of showbiz reminiscenc…
A magical candlelit evening of uplifting meditative and devotional Buddhist mantra with soulful harmonies bringing inner stillness, peace and joy.
The Improverts are back for two Exam Specials in the Teviot Debating Hall! A different combination of players will take to the stage each night for a round of high-class, high-ener…
Star of ‘Derek’, ‘Being Human’ and ‘Carnival of Monsters’ returns to the Brighton Fringe with two entirely new shows: Sit on the Ledge and Jump Down to the Ground (7, 2…
Always Different, Always Funny! After a sell out run at Edinburgh Fringe 14 and comedy residents during term time Edinburgh University, The Improverts are performing two shows in L…
As though the Märchen of the Brothers Grimm weren’t harrowing enough, Another Soup’s production of the classic Sleeping Beauty renders this tale even bleaker and more upsetting.
A thorough, measured account of a key moment in the history of Ireland, this opening production in the new run of “A Play, a Pie and a Pint” at Oran Mor in Glasgow’s West En…
Musically challenged friends from sister orchestras in the US join the RTO in a celebration of mutual virtuosity to entertain and amuse all with their fiendish interpretations of m…
A modern and dark retelling of the centuries old fable performed by yt2’s ensemble cast on a king-size bed.
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
Do you think fashion should be socially responsible? Do you believe the industry should do more to communicate healthier and diverse beauty ideals? The Edinburgh College of Art and…
This is not a fairy tale but a princess’s tale.
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
Master character comedian and star of ‘Derek’ and ‘Being Human’ performs all his critically acclaimed, sell-out, weirdly wonderful comedy shows, fresh from his hit Radio 4 series.
The sci-fi comedy/drama Beauty’s Legacy is a futuristic version of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
(previews start on May 13; opens on May 14) Dinner and a show? Sort of.
International tours in the last few years (to Utrecht and Glasgow) have honed the orchestra’s skills.
Their unique musical abilities conquered Europe in Utrecht in 2011.
The miller’s daughter spins gold for the King.
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
Fantasy No.
Having bought a house with his girlfriend the Edinburgh-born comic explores how a decision that comes from a place of love can lead to such fear and uncertainty.
Somehow I was expecting this to be a dark version of Beauty and the Beast told through shadow puppetry.
Beauty is beautiful. She journeys to a heart of darkness. And she comes back. By any means necessary, Jack Crow re-invents stories and makes them live. This is a show for everyone.
Welcome to the land of Tillys fantastical tails, I mean tales, where the line between fable and fact is not clear and brightly coloured clowns spring into song or into a story to…
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
Daniel Sloss delivers a supposedly darker, meaner show in his later slot but most of his material is relatively clean, geared towards an audience who can laugh at him as well as wi…
Deep Dark Souths programme note for The Beauty and Meaning of Autographs is comprehensive and clear.
Lashmela might sound like any ordinary girl.
Science Shows for Schools have take three of their popular science presentations for schools and turned them into a 50 minute production for children at the Zoo Aviary.
The Terrible Infants is billed as a children’s show, and I’m a gnarly old hack, just the wrong side of 40.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
Edinburgh is a great place to take risks on a show, but Im sure we all also like to have a few safe-bets in our calendar to make sure a brief visit to the Fringe has some guarant…
A show about shows is not the most original idea there has ever been but Dan Nightingale’s ‘what might have been?’ take on performing in this year’s Edinburgh Fringe provid…
Edward Wren cuts a fine macabre master of ceremonies in The River Peoples Terrible Tales of the Midnight Chorus.
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
James Macfarlane chats with comedian Robin Tran about her Fringe debut, how she deals with praise from big comedy names and her favourite way to control her audiences.
Ditch the messy arts and crafts this half-term and entertain your little darlings with the best live family friendly performances Brighton and Hove have to offer instead.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year (apart from Brighton Fringe, of course) and there are plenty of delightful performances to entertain you this winter.
Welcome to our top 5 picks from the third year of Brighton HorrorFest, the spooktacular celebration from Sweet of all things that go bump in the night.
All this week we've got some fantastic offers on your favourite West End shows. Check back daily for the latest offers.
Greenwich Theatre is set to have an unprecedented profile at this year’s Brighton Fringe, with no less than eight productions heading for The Warren either co-produced or support...
With Easter on the horizon it’s time to turn attention to Brighton Fringe with a look at some shows that are likely to sell out. Book early – you have been warned.
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
To Kill a Machine by Catrin Fflur Huws tackles the life and times of Alan Turing.