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Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 1st Dec 2024
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 1st Dec 2024
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 1st Dec 2024
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Spontaneous Potter: The Unofficial Improvised Parody
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 5th Oct 2024
Grab your wands, don your house robes, and apparate yourselves to the box office! A very magical improv show awaits.
MATES: The Improvised 90s Sitcom
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
- 19th - 25th Aug 2024
It’s New York City.
Love Is Blind: The Improvised Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall
- 19th - 23rd Aug 2024
If you enjoy exploring the ups, downs (and sideways!) of human relationships through musical comedy, this show is for you! Characters will be built based off audience suggestions, …
Kiell Smith-Bynoe & Friends: Kool Story Bro
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 15th - 21st Aug 2024
Star of Taskmaster, Ghosts, and Stath Lets Flats, Kiell Smith-Bynoe brings his unmissable improvised comedy show back to the Fringe for one week only! Featuring the very best impro…
Little Smith Sunshine
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hoots @ The Apex
- 14th - 26th Aug 2024
Canada’s Allyson June Smith is Little Smith Sunshine.
The Elephant in the Room: An Improvised Comedy Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 13th - 18th Aug 2024
A family-friendly quick-fire improvised sketch show, chock full of fast-paced performing and silly short comedy sketches.
ScotlandsFest: Edinburgh, Our Storied Town – Donald Smith
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gladstone’s Land
- 12th - 16th Aug 2024
From David Hume to Robert Burns, Blind Harry to Muriel Spark, James Boswell to Margaret Oliphant, meet the congenial ghosts of famous Edinburgh writers at their fireside, and hear …
Ian Smith: Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron)
- 12th - 14th Aug 2024
Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show nominee 2023 Ian Smith returns with a limited work in progress run.
Impromptunes – The Completely Improvised Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 12th - 26th Aug 2024
Musical mayhem abounds in a show that has to be seen to be believed.
Attila the Stockbroker: 14 Days, 14 Completely Different Shows
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans
- 5th - 18th Aug 2024
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
One-Person Shows / Solo Shows: Daily Picks of the Fringe
- Listing Spoken Word / Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Brewdog Doghouse Hotel
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2024
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…
Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 3rd - 11th Aug 2024
The smash-hit West End comedy, as heard on BBC Radio 4, celebrates its 11th glorious year at the Fringe! The all-star cast (featuring Rachel Parris, Cariad Lloyd, Graham Dickson an…
Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 2nd - 24th Aug 2024
‘Mr.
Suggestions of the Unexpected: An Improvised Horror Anthology
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall
- 2nd - 24th Aug 2024
Out of the darkest corners of your mind comes an improvised comedy nightmare.
An Evening with Dame Granny Smith
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ George Street
- 2nd - 17th Aug 2024
The legend of stage and screen returns to Edinburgh for an intimate on-stage conversation.
Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Riddles Court
- 2nd - 24th Aug 2024
A celebration of the enduring friendship between the brilliant and tragic composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and Marion Scott, writer and trailblazer of women musicians, written a…
Simon Evans presents: Footnotes to Smith
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Panmure House
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2024
Alfred North Whitehead characterised the European philosophical tradition as ‘a series of footnotes to Plato’.
ShakeItUp: The Improvised Shakespeare Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter House
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2024
Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for an age, so we thought we would give him a hand.
This Is Your Trial! The Fully Improvised Comedy Courtroom
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hoots @ The Apex
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2024
Guilty or innocent? You decide! The award-winning, critically acclaimed courtroom roast returns to the Fringe for its eleventh year! You accuse friends and family of crimes, and to…
Arthur Smith and Phil Nice in OOF!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 2nd - 18th Aug 2024
Legendary double act Fiasco Job Job, Arthur Smith and Phil Nice, having surprisingly beaten the visitation of the grim reaper, reunite for one final time to celebrate their 40th an…
Jack Holmes: Round Man, Square Hole
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hootenannies @ The Apex
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2024
A laugh-filled journey about finding every group you belong to insufferable.
The Adventures of the White Unicorn
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 2nd - 17th Aug 2024
Having performed her solo show from Belgium to Estonia, Switzerland to Luxembourg, New Zealand and back again, Heli Pärna does not hold back – in her witty, funny and vulnerable…
Sherlock Holmes: The Last Act
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
Revealing the man behind the myth.
Dragon Shows for Babies
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- LifeCare Centre
- 1st - 20th Aug 2024
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
Adventures of the Improvised Sherlock Holmes
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
No script, Sherlock! Stars of UK and Australian Fringes take you on an award-winning improvised romp through the underworld of Victorian Britain, packed with shady villains, red he…
Clayton Smith: Guns For Jesus
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
American comedian, Clayton Smith, makes his Fringe debut with a solo stand-up show that is cerebral, raunchy, heartfelt and quintessentially American.
The Totally Improvised Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
- 1st - 18th Aug 2024
Unmissable live music, mayhem and laughter! Every night is opening night as this team of top improvisers compose brand-new comedy musicals from your title suggestions.
Jamie Finn: Nobody's Talking About Jamie (Taylor's Version)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
After a sell-out run, Nobody’s Talking About Jamie returns with “Taylor’s Version”.
Silent Disco Dance Tours by Silent Adventures
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Meeting Point at Uplands Roast Coffee Shop
- 1st - 26th Aug 2024
Following the last few years of sell-out, five-star shows, the Silent Adventures team are back with even more madness and brand-new adventures to boot.
Adventures! Journey Through Dungeons with Dragons
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
From the creator of Science Magic comes a comedy roleplaying show where the audience partakes in an adventure themselves.
1001 Space Adventures: Breadlove and Poophead – Interactive Children Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Bar 50
- 1st - 27th Aug 2024
Join Breadlove and Poophead in a cosmic journey where your child isn’t just an audience member – they’re the hero of their own interstellar adventure! Will they save the galaxy? …
Sherlock Holmes and the Man Who Believed in Fairies
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C aquila
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2024
Sherlock Holmes confronts his deadliest enemy yet: a man who hates him, his creator, Arthur Conan Doyle.
Greg Larsen: Revolting
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2024
Greg Larsen plays Ethan Krum in BBC One’s The Tourist but he’s also one of Australia’s fattest, most psycho comedians.
Shamilton! The Improvised Hip-Hop Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2024
Baby Wants Candy’s total 2023 sell-out hip-hop hit returns! We improvise an epic musical based on a historical figure/celebrity of your choosing (Genghis Khan, Paul Hollywood, Kim …
Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter House
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024
Pinch Punch are back to welcome you aboard Locomotive for Murder, an improvised comedy murder-mystery where killing the cast and cracking the case is in your hands.
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2024
The Olivier Award–winning West End hit is back for a 15th year! Every night is opening night for the hottest new musical in town; there’s just one problem – the writer hasn’t w…
Dan Wye Am I Sam Smith?
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2024
Have you experienced the intensity of being famous without any of the perks? Been doppelgäng-banged to the point you no longer exist? Lube up for this deep dive into fame and misf…
Aaaand Now for Something Completely Improvised
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 31st Jul - 11th Aug 2024
Improv legends Racing Minds return to Edinburgh for their 11th year of unscripted escapades! A doddery grandfather can’t quite remember his ripping yarn, but with your help, a myst…
Yoga with Jillian: The Guardian Top 50 Shows to See!
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024
The Guardian’s Top 50 shows to see! Jillian is back at the Fringe with her yoga mat and blender after a hit premiere at last year’s Fringe and subsequent sell-out runs in New York …
Sherlock Holmes: The Last Act
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Prague Fringe
- Muzeum alchymistů a mágů staré Prahy
- 1st Jun, 2024
For fans of Holmes and anyone who enjoys a solid solo show, this performance of Sherlock Holmes: The Last Act at the Prague Fringe by celebrated actor Nigel Miles-Thomas is a must-…
Sherlock Holmes: The Last Act Fringe Management (Scotland)
- Listing Theatre
- World Tours
- Jánský vršek 312/8
- 27th - 31st May 2024
The year is 1916.
Acaprov: The Improvised A Cappella Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 6th May 2023 - 27th May 2024
‘Hamilton’ meets ‘Pitch Perfect’: spontaneously Improvised! Imagine a new kind of musical: beatboxers, rappers, actors, singers, dancers and body percussionists - coming together …
Adventures!
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 25th May - 2nd Jun 2024
From the creator of Science Magic, comes a comedy roleplaying show where the audience partakes in an adventure themselves.
Hitch Your Wagon: Improvised Cowboy Songs
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 12th May - 2nd Jun 2024
Take a trip to the old West and join rootin’ tootin’ improv cowboys Tea & Toast for some songs by the campfire.
Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Open Air Theatre (BOAT)
- 11th - 11th May 2024
Mesdames and Messieurs, may I take your tickets please? Pinch Punch welcome you aboard their hilarious and exciting show, Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit, a fully…
Rumourville: Improvised Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 4th - 5th May 2024
Rumourville: Have You Heard the Gossip? The story of a small village community in which a single rumour ruins all! Romance, reputations, and revenge! Improvised Comedy - a totall…
The Adventures of Tawny Owl
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Snug
- 3rd - 11th May 2024
Burnham meets Boosh! Tim Minchin meets Tim Key! The Adventures of Tawny Owl blends rap, music, poetry and stand up with a surprise around every corner.
Bla Bla Land: the Improvised Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Bleach (up stairs at the Hare and Hounds) / Caravanserai Brighton: Junk Poets
- 30th May 2023 - 10th May 2024
Brighton improv troupe Tea & Toast presents a warm and witty musical comedy, made up before your eyes.
Asa's Archway Adventures and the Golden Goblet of Galway
- Listing Spoken Word
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Streaming
- 3rd May 2024
Crumbling schools, broken authority systems and life on a low budget stops the Prince family getting to the heart of their desires.
Sherlock Holmes: The Valley of Fear
- Listing
- West End
- Southwark Playhouse
- 4th - 13th Apr 2024
The great detective is back for another game! Crammed full of adventure, mystery and of course one or two rather brilliant deductions, The Valley Of Fear, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’…
The Electric Head Present: Improvised Head
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 16th Mar - 6th Jun 2024
Galton & Simpson ‘Godfathers of Comedy’ Award Winners 2023 tear-up the script as they return to Londons West end in their anarchic, two man long-form Impro Show!
Sherlock Holmes: The Valley of Fear
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- artsdepot / Southwark Playhouse
- 9th Mar - 13th Apr 2024
“It is the Valley of Fear, the Valley of Death.
Bum Notes: The Improvised Musical
- Listing
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 15th Feb 2024
A spot-on musical done on-the-spotEver seen an improv show where everything is made up on the spot? Or a musical? NO!? Whelp, 2 birds, 1 stone, all that jazz.
A Sherlock Carol
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Marylebone Theatre
- 24th Nov 2023 - 7th Jan 2024
This Christmas, DEM Productions, Fat Goose Productions and Theatre Nerd Productions bring New York Times Critic’s Pick A Sherlock Carol to London after a knock-out off-Broadw…
Spontaneous Potter: The Unofficial Improvised Parody
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 1st Nov 2023
Grab your wands, don your house robes, and apparate yourselves to the box office! A very magical improv show awaits.
Ian Smith: Crushing
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Soho Theatre
- 2nd - 7th Oct 2023
Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show Nominee 2023 Ian Smith (as heard on BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz and co-hosting the Northern News podcast) presents a show about stress, love and …
Paul Smith: Joker
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 14th - 14th Sep 2023
Paul Smith is back with a brand new tour! ‘Joker’ is his biggest and funniest tour show to date in which the scouse funny man mixes his trade mark audience i…
Greg Lawson, Phil Alexander and Mario Caribé
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Rose Theatre
- 28th Aug 2023
Three members of Moishe’s Bagel come together in a new project exploring a shared love of world folk music.
Film Club: An Improvised Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 26th - 27th Aug 2023
An improvised sketch show recreating the high-stakes scenes from your favourite movies! From the breathless intensity of thrillers, or the fleeting serendipity of romance, to the s…
Film Club: An Improvised Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 26th - 27th Aug 2023
An improvised sketch show recreating the high-stakes scenes from your favourite movies! From the breathless intensity of thrillers, or the fleeting serendipity of romance, to the s…
Ian Smith: Crushing
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 26th Aug 2023
Multi award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz and co-host of the Northern News podcast) presents a new show about stress, love and driving a tank with your …
George-prov: An Improvised Theatrical Experience
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 25th - 28th Aug 2023
Retired filmmaker George Lucas (as seen in the long-running cult comedy show, The George Lucas Talk Show) performs a partially interactive, fully improvised one-person theatrical e…
Ali Affleck: Bessie Smith and the Blues Queens – 1913-1933
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Argyle Cellar Bar
- 25th - 27th Aug 2023
Bye bye Gatsby! Ali is celebrating 30 years of pioneering blues and hokum (1913-1933).
Jim Smith – The Hills Have Ayes
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 24th Aug 2023
Perthshire farmer and comedian Jim Smith dons the checked shirt again as he returns with his 2022 smash-hit stand-up show telling tales of Scottish rural life.
Ali Affleck: Bessie Smith and the Blues Queens – 1913-1933
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Le Monde
- 22nd - 27th Aug 2023
Bye bye Gatsby! Ali is celebrating 30 years of pioneering blues and hokum (1913-1933).
Sherlock Holmes: The Speckled Band
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 22nd Aug 2023
‘Oh my God.
Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Friends: Kool Story Bro
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 21st - 23rd Aug 2023
Star of Taskmaster, Ghosts and Stath Lets Flats, Kiell Smith-Bynoe hosts a late-night improv show featuring the best improvisers at the Fringe.
Absurdocles: An Improvised Greek Tragedy
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 17th - 19th Aug 2023
Absurdocles is the greatest Greek Tragedy never told.
Absurdocles: The Improvised Greek Tragedy
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 17th - 19th Aug 2023
Absurdocles is the greatest Greek Tragedy never told.
Absurdocles: An Improvised Greek Tragedy
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 17th - 19th Aug 2023
Absurdocles is the greatest Greek Tragedy never told.
Adventures of the Singing Acupuncturist 7: Big O Asks – What is Sexy?
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Bar Soba
- 16th - 20th Aug 2023
Olivia aka Big O is delighted to present her second hour of comedy.
Talkies: Improvised Classic Hollywood Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 15th - 27th Aug 2023
Inspired by the greatest rom-coms and love songs in history, this hilarious show conjures the golden age of Hollywood, improvised live before your eyes by an award-winning supergro…
Adam Smith Tercentenary Celebration Lecture Series
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Panmure House
- 15th - 24th Aug 2023
These sessions, kindly funded by The Friends of Panmure House, are delivered by leading experts exploring less commonly approached aspects of Smith’s life and works.
Alice's Adventures
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 14th - 19th Aug 2023
Grown-ups are confusing, as are the rules of their world! In this family-friendly reimagining of Lewis Carroll’s enduring tale Alice navigates the topsy-turvy world of wonderland…
Musical Medicine with Adam Holmes and Friends
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 14th - 17th Aug 2023
Twice nominated for Young Musician of the Year, acclaimed Edinburgh singer-songwriter Adam Holmes is one of the brightest stars on the UK roots music scene.
Iain Dale and Jacqui Smith's For the Many Live with Ian Blackford MP
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance at EICC
- 13th Aug 2023
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For the Many.
Iain Dale and Jacqui Smith's For the Many Live with Sir Ed Davey MP
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance at EICC
- 12th Aug 2023
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For the Many.
Iain Dale and Jacqui Smith's For the Many Live with Kate Forbes MSP
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance at EICC
- 11th Aug 2023
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For the Many.
Iain Dale and Jacqui Smith's For the Many Live with Mark Drakeford MS
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance at EICC
- 10th Aug 2023
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For the Many.
Iain Dale and Jacqui Smith's For the Many Live with Peter Tatchell
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance at EICC
- 9th Aug 2023
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For The Many.
The Electric Head present: Improvised Head
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Canal Cafe Theatre
- 9th Aug 2023
Acclaimed double-act The Electric Head (Al Ronald & Cy Henty) are taking London by storm and reality by surprise with their brand new, critically acclaimed long-form improv show.
Show Up The Improvised Comedy Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club / Etcetera Theatre
- 9th - 25th Aug 2023
Show Up will make up a brand new, toe tapping, hilarious improvised musical based on your suggestions.
Show Up The Improvised Comedy Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club / Etcetera Theatre
- 9th - 25th Aug 2023
Show Up will make up a brand new, toe tapping, hilarious improvised musical based on your suggestions.
The Electric Head present: Improvised Head
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Canal Cafe Theatre
- 9th Aug 2023
Acclaimed double-act The Electric Head (Al Ronald & Cy Henty) are taking London by storm and reality by surprise with their brand new, critically acclaimed long-form improv show.
Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 5th - 13th Aug 2023
The smash-hit West End comedy, as heard on BBC Radio 4, celebrates its 10th glorious year at the Fringe! The all-star cast (featuring Rachel Parris, Graham Dickson, Cariad Lloyd an…
MATES: The Improvised 90s Sitcom
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 4th - 19th Aug 2023
The one with the improvised comedy! Don your sweater-vest and your Rachel hairdo and get ready to relive the 90s.
Sherlock Holmes: The Speckled Band
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 4th - 26th Aug 2023
‘Oh my God.
Lights Up! The Improvised Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 4th - 19th Aug 2023
It’s Lights Up! on this Fringe debut: a completely improvised musical comedy! Unforgettable characters sing, dance, rap, and harmonise their way through action-packed stories in …
Sherlock Holmes The Last Act
- Review
- ★★★★
- Rebecca Vines
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 26th Aug, 2023
With a plethora of Sherlock Holmes shows to catch at this year’s Fringe; our fascination with the super-sleuth showing no signs of abating.
Optimistic: Elizabeth Holmes
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo Southside
- 4th - 27th Aug 2023
Elizabeth Holmes claims her biotechnology will revolutionise medicine – and people believe her.
The Adventures of Supernova de Loutherbergh
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 4th - 12th Aug 2023
‘When I thought of my favourite Spielberg films I’d want my life’s adventure to be like, I hoped for maybe Back to the Future or, I don’t know, ET, not Jaws.
The Silliad: Improvised Myths and Legends
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
Why do geese fly south for the winter? What’s really inside an Oreo? You suggest the question, then watch it be answered through myth, mayhem and madness! From the roaring thunder …
Spontaneous Potter: The Unofficial Improvised Parody
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
An entirely improvised wizarding comedy play, based on an audience suggestion of a fan-fiction title.
Adventures! Journey Through Dungeons With Dragons
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
- 3rd - 20th Aug 2023
From the creator of Science Magic comes a comedy roleplaying show where the audience partakes in an adventure themselves.
Silent Disco Dance Tours by Silent Adventures
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Meeting Point at Uplands Roast Coffee Shop
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2023
Following the last few years of sell-out, five-star shows, the Silent Adventures team are back with even more madness and brand-new adventures to boot.
The Totally Improvised Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
- 3rd - 16th Aug 2023
Join this talented team of award-winning improvisers for an hour of live music and laughter! Every show is opening – and closing! – night as these top comics compose brand new …
24 Shows in 24 days: Live at the Big Cave
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
Film Club: An Improvised Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 3rd - 13th Aug 2023
An improvised sketch show recreating the high-stakes scenes from your favourite movies! From the breathless intensity of thrillers, or the fleeting serendipity of romance, to the s…
Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom Rolph
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 4th Aug, 2023
After a three year hiatus, Tom Skelton, Daniel Roberts, Chris Turner and Dougie Walker return to the Edinburgh Fringe with their critically-acclaimed improv show, Aaaand Now For So…
Adventures of the Improvised Sherlock Holmes
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
No script, Sherlock! Stars of UK and Australian fringes take you on an award-winning improvised romp through the underworld of Victorian Britain, packed with shady villains, red he…
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2023
The must-see, Olivier Award-winning West End hit is back! Watch the masters of musical improv create a brand-new musical comedy from scratch at every single performance of this mul…
Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom Rolph
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 9th Aug, 2023
Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit is an improvised murder mystery presented by improv comedy group, Pinch Punch.
Drew Michael: Drew's Adventures
- Review
- ★★★★
- Alec Martin
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 10th Aug, 2023
Drew Michael's one-man show is a poignant yet probably divisive performance that promises a unique experience but will leave its audience grappling with a combination of innova…
Any Suggestions, Doctor? The Improvised Doctor Who Parody
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2023
The improvised parody returns! Go on an adventure through time and space with a live radiophonic workshop and a hilarious improv cast in this loving parody of the sci-fi classic Do…
Shamilton! The Improvised Hip Hop Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2023
Baby Wants Candy’s hip-hop Hamilton homage returns! Following sold-out runs in Chicago, NYC and LA.
Science Adventures: Deep Sea
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 2nd - 20th Aug 2023
Head to the bottom of the sea for a dramatic aquatic adventure! Join Professor Flotsam and Dr Wright in their brand new submarine as they look for the strangest creatures in the de…
Improvised Rubbish Shakespeare – The Incomplete Works
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 2nd - 28th Aug 2023
Shakespeare’s gone awol so his cast must make it up.
ShakeItUp: The Improvised Shakespeare Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 2nd - 13th Aug 2023
Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for an age, so we thought we’d give him a hand.
Ian Smith: Crushing
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron)
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2023
Multi award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz and co-host of the Northern News podcast) presents a new show about stress, love and driving a tank with your …
Sherlock's Challenge
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside The Conan Doyle Pub
- 1st - 29th Aug 2023
The most popular treasure hunt in Edinburgh is back! A succession of puzzles will lead you to find the truth about Sherlock and his connection to the city of Edinburgh.
GREG BYRON - STANDUP-POET
- Listing Spoken Word
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Fabio’s Bar
- 28th - 29th Jul 2023
Writer/Performer of original Spoken Word and host of the #StandUpPoet podcast on iTunes, Spotify etc.
Sherlock Holmes The Last Act
- Listing Theatre
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Fabio’s Bar
- 27th - 30th Jul 2023
1916.
The Extraordinary Time-Travelling Adventures of Baron Munchausen
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Palace Green Stretch Tent / The Assembly Rooms Theatre / The Town Hall
- 29th Jul 2022 - 29th Jul 2023
Amazing tales, elegantly told.
Forster & Smith - Impossibilities
- Listing Magic
- Durham Fringe Festival
- The Assembly Rooms Theatre
- 27th - 28th Jul 2023
Forster & Smith are a mindreader and magician respectively.
Sherlock Holmes The Last Act
- Listing Theatre
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Fabio’s Bar
- 27th - 30th Jul 2023
1916.
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Palace Green Stretch Tent / The Assembly Rooms Theatre
- 27th - 29th Jul 2023
Amazing tales, elegantly told.
Forster & Smith - Impossibilities
- Listing Magic
- Durham Fringe Festival
- The Assembly Rooms Theatre
- 27th - 28th Jul 2023
Forster & Smith are a mindreader and magician respectively.
Some Enchanted Evening with Alissa Finn
- Review
- ★★
- Katerina Partolina Schwartz
- London Fringe
- Toulouse Lautrec
- 1st Jul, 2023
From the outset the jazz club on the top floor of Toulouse Lautrec appears to have a cosy rustic atmosphere, like one that we'd associate with a gazebo.
Science Adventures: Deep Sea
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 30th May - 3rd Jun 2023
Head to the bottom of the sea with Coppice Theatre for an exciting aquatic adventure! Through puppetry, animation and storytelling Professor Flotsam and Dr Wright will explore the …
Bla Bla Land the Improvised Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Junk Poets
- 30th May - 3rd Jun 2023
Brighton improv troupe Tea & Toast presents a warm and witty musical comedy, made up before your eyes.
Science Adventures: Deep Sea
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 30th May - 3rd Jun 2023
Head to the bottom of the sea with Coppice Theatre for an exciting aquatic adventure! Through puppetry, animation and storytelling Professor Flotsam and Dr Wright will explore the …
Flopbusters: Improvised Comedy Movie
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 27th May 2023
Flopbusters - An Improvised Movie is an improvised comedy show where a movie will be written and performed in-front of your eyes.
Flopbusters: Improvised Comedy Movie
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 27th May 2023
Flopbusters - An Improvised Movie is an improvised comedy show where a movie will be written and performed in-front of your eyes.
Mates: The Improvised '90s Sitcom
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Studio
- 21st May 2022 - 28th May 2023
The one with the improvised comedy! Don your sweater-vest and your Rachel hairdo, and get ready to relive the 90s.
The Elephant in the Room: An Improvised Comedy Show
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 27th - 28th May 2023
A quick-fire improvised sketch show chock full of death-defying improv, fast-paced performing and silly short comedy sketches.
Mates: The Improvised '90s Sitcom
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Studio
- 27th - 28th May 2023
The one with the improvised comedy! Don your sweater vest and your Rachel hairdo, and get ready to relive the ‘90s.
The Elephant in the Room: An Improvised Comedy Show
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 14th May 2022 - 28th May 2023
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…
Arthur Smith: My First 75 Years in Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Luna Parc
- 25th May 2023
”There are Edinburgh Fringe legends and then there is Arthur Smith” Bruce Dessau (The Times) This is Arthur Smith’s love letter to the world of comedy and the playground of the…
Arthur Smith: My First 75 Years in Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Luna Parc
- 25th May 2023
”There are Edinburgh Fringe legends and then there is Arthur Smith’ Bruce Dessau” (Times).
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- Cambridge Theatre
- 25th May, 2023
Making the move from its seven-year residency at the Lyric Theatre, Showstopper! The Improvised Musical has opened at the Cambridge Theatre, its new home, where the team will be do…
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Cambridge Theatre
- 22nd May 2023 - 16th Dec 2024
Spontaneous musical comedy at its absolute finest returns to the West End.
Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Open Air Theatre (BOAT)
- 21st May 2023
Mesdames and Messieurs, may I take your tickets please? Pinch Punch welcome you aboard Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit, a totally improvised, totally outrageous m…
Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Open Air Theatre (BOAT)
- 21st May 2023
Mesdames and Messieurs, may I take your tickets please? Pinch Punch welcome you aboard Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit, a totally improvised, totally outrageous m…
IMDp: Improvised Movie Director Podcast
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant / Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 21st May 2022 - 21st May 2023
IMDp: Improvised Movie Director Podcast is an improvised comedy interview podcast.
IMDp: Improvised Movie Director Podcast
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 20th - 21st May 2023
IMDp: Improvised Movie Director Podcast is an improvised comedy interview podcast.
Film Club: An Improvised Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 14th May - 4th Jun 2023
An improvised sketch show recreating high-stakes scenes from your favourite movies! From the breathless intensity of thrillers, or the fleeting serendipity of romance, to the smoot…
Ian Smith: Talking and Shouting (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 14th - 21st May 2023
Multi-award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz and The Now Show) returns with a work in progress of his seventh solo show.
Adventures With Beeper!
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Bubble
- 14th - 14th May 2023
Adventures With Beeper! is a rip-roaring, all-action educational adventure, including puppets, songs and a heartwarming message.
Ian Smith: Talking and Shouting (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 14th - 21st May 2023
Multi-award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz and The Now Show) returns with a work in progress of his seventh solo show.
Film Club: An Improvised Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 14th May - 4th Jun 2023
An improvised sketch show recreating high-stakes scenes from your favourite movies! From the breathless intensity of thrillers, or the fleeting serendipity of romance, to the smoot…
Adventures With Beeper!
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Bubble
- 14th - 14th May 2023
Adventures With Beeper! is a rip-roaring, all-action educational adventure, including puppets, songs and a heartwarming message.
IT'S A TRAP! The Improvised Star Wars Show
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Bubble
- 12th May 2023
Hello there! Dropping out of hyperspace, for one night only, IT’S A TRAP! The Improvised Star Wars Show comes to Brighton Fringe for the first time ever.
IT'S A TRAP! The Improvised Star Wars Show
- Review
- ★★★
- Johanna Makelainen
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Bubble
- 13th May, 2023
Ladies and gentlemen, droids and aliens, gather round for a special Star Wars themed improv show taking us to comedic depths of a galaxy far, far away! But did Leia, Luke, Boba and…
Jamie Finn: Nobody's Talking About Jamie (Taylor’s Version)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Junk Poets
- 10th - 13th May 2023
Jamie’s girlfriend has just broken up with him for a man that goes to the gym – obviously.
Yes Anderson: An Improvised Wes Anderson Film
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Presuming Ed’s
- 8th - 27th May 2023
The films of Wes Anderson occupy a unique and vivid universe unto themselves: love and yearning, complicated family dynamics, and existential angst.
Yes Anderson: An Improvised Wes Anderson Film
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Presuming Ed’s
- 8th - 27th May 2023
The films of Wes Anderson occupy a unique and vivid universe unto themselves: love and yearning, complicated family dynamics, and existential angst.
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 6th May - 4th Jun 2023
If Fringe tickets are sold out visit www.
The Extraordinary Time-Travelling Adventures of Baron Munchausen
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 28th May 2022 - 4th Jun 2023
Amazing tales, elegantly told.
Acaprov: The Improvised A Cappella Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 4th Jun 2022 - 8th May 2023
‘Hamilton’ meets ‘Pitch Perfect’: spontaneously Improvised! Imagine a new kind of musical: beatboxers, rappers, actors, singers, dancers and body percussionists, come together as …
Criminally Untrue: an improvised true crime documentary
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 18th - 19th Mar 2023
“Full of infectious energy.
Film Club - An Improvised Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 11th - 12th Mar 2023
An improvised sketch show recreating your favourite high-stakes movie scenes, but with hilarious twists.
Paul Smith - Joker
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 8th Mar - 14th Sep 2023
Paul Smith is back with a brand new tour! ‘Joker’ is his biggest and funniest tour show to date in which the scouse funny man mixes his trade mark audience i…
Paul Smith - Joker
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 8th - 9th Mar 2023
Paul Smith is back with a brand new tour! ‘Joker’ is his biggest and funniest tour show to date in which the scouse funny man mixes his trade mark audience i…
Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 4th - 5th Mar 2023
Pinch Punch welcome you aboard Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit, a totally improvised, totally outrageous murder mystery where killing the cast and cracking the case…
Adventures of an Old C*** or Living My Dream
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 22nd Feb 2023
In her solo show Adventure of an Old CxNT or Living my Dream Helen Prior tells a hilarious story of life with the help of her own curated gallery of art masterpieces.
Austentatious - An Improvised Jane Austen Novel
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Arts Theatre
- 13th Feb 2023 - 22nd Jul 2024
'Ridiculously silly… wickedly funny’ ★★★★★ The Times 'A joy to behold’ ★★★★ The Guardian The award-winning smash-hit comedy, as heard …
The Bean Spillers: The Improvised Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Network Theatre
- 11th - 18th Feb 2023
Farting at a funeral.
Science Adventures: The Power Pickle
- Listing Theatre
- Vault Festival
- The Flair Ground
- 28th Jan - 12th Feb 2023
Disaster! Professor McGuffin’s ground-breaking Sub-Nuclear Optical Transmitter (SNOT) has a catastrophic malfunction and needs a new power source! What a pickle! Enter the ACES �…
Mates: The Improvised '90s Sitcom
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Network Theatre
- 27th - 28th Jan 2023
The one with the improvised comedy! Don your sweater-vest and your Rachel hairdo, and get ready to relive the ‘90s.
Ian Smith: Talking and Shouting (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 26th Jan 2023
Multi-award winning comedian Ian Smith presents a work in progress of his seventh solo show.
The Alzheimer's Diaries: Meet The Author
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 26th Jan 2023
What do you do when Ms Alzheimer’s – a hideous and befanged monster – comes to live with you? Local author and journalist, Susan Elkin, talks about her new book, …
Dragprov's Nutflix Christmas Special: An Improvised Festive Musical
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- The Karaoke Hole
- 19th Dec 2022
Bells are ringing, dreidels are spinning, the holidays are here again! Leave the remote at home and get your fix of festive film hilarity at the Karaoke Hole with Dragprov’s Nutfli…
Alice’s Adventures Underground
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Labyrinth Waterloo
- 30th Nov 2022 - 30th Apr 2023
The hit immersive show returns! The world-renowned Olivier nominated smash hit will once again open at its new home, LABYRINTH Waterloo on Tuesday 15 November.
Premiere – the Improvised play - Improvised by Sprout
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Courtyard Theatre
- 16th Sep 2022
A comedy improv special! “Whose Line Is It Anyway” type games & scenes followed by an improvised play-all inspired from audience suggestions “Give them their own TV show” The Me…
Spontaneous Sherlock
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at the Museum
- 27th Aug 2022
One performance only! The team behind Spontaneous Potter bring back their original Fringe hit, Spontaneous Sherlock! An award-winning, entirely improvised Sherlock Holmes comedy pl…
The Bean Spillers: The Improvised Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 27th Aug 2022
Farting at a funeral.
Spontaneous Potter Kidz: The Unofficial Improvised Parody
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at the Museum
- 24th Aug 2022
Grab your wands, don your house robes, and apparate yourselves to the box office! The smash-hit show Spontaneous Potter Kidz is an entirely improvised wizarding comedy show, based …
Death of an Author
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 22nd - 27th Aug 2022
What if your favourite characters didn’t quite like the way they were written? What if they decided enough was enough? When an unnamed author is found dead, his characters are br…
That's a Bit of Sheer Luck! – A Sherlock Holmes Parody
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 22nd - 27th Aug 2022
That’s A Bit of Sheer Luck! – A Sherlock Holmes Parody.
In Conversation with… Elaine C Smith
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 20th Aug 2022
BAFTA-winning actor, comedian, singer, writer, independence campaigner, panto legend, feminist and socialist; Smith is rarely accused of lacking opinions.
Dan Wye Am I Sam Smith
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 18th - 21st Aug 2022
For centuries philosophers have asked the question, Who am I? But it’s now time to ask, Am I Sam Smith? Through the camp ecstasy of comedy cabaret, Dan Wye, creator of Séayoncé, …
Adam Holmes: Hope Park
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance at EICC
- 17th - 23rd Aug 2022
Acclaimed Edinburgh-born singer-songwriter Adam Holmes is one of the brightest stars on the UK roots music scene.
KC Finn: Free Agent
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C piccolo
- 16th Aug 2022
Life is filled with the queerest things, none more so than the machinations of a mind like KC Finn’s.
Sherlock's Excellent Adventure
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 15th - 20th Aug 2022
Follow Sherlock Holmes and his incomparable sidekick Dr John Watson on this riveting, hitherto unpublished case.
Ian Smith: Talking and Shouting
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 15th - 17th Aug 2022
Multi award-winning comedian and critically acclaimed loud Northerner Ian Smith (as heard on BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz and The Now Show – and seen on Comedy Central Live) retur…
Adventures of Straker
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 15th - 20th Aug 2022
Peter Straker has one of the greatest, sweetest voices in British theatre, a unique performer who has starred in original productions of Hair and Tommy.
The Bean Spillers: The Improvised Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 15th Aug 2022
Farting at a funeral.
Iain Dale and Jacqui Smith's For The Many Live with Geoff Norcott and Rosie Holt
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance at EICC
- 14th Aug 2022
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast.
Iain Dale and Jacqui Smith's For The Many Live with Kaye Adams
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance at EICC
- 13th Aug 2022
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For The Many.
Iain Dale and Jacqui Smith's For The Many Live with Douglas Ross and Anas Sarwar
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance at EICC
- 12th Aug 2022
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For The Many.
Jim Smith – The Hills Have Ayes
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 12th - 14th Aug 2022
After his last sell-out tour, Perthshire farmer and comedian Jim Smith returns with a brand-new show telling tales of Scottish rural life.
1933 – Prohibition Ends! Long Live Bessie Smith and the Blues Queens
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Venue45
- 11th - 20th Aug 2022
Bye bye Gatsby! It’s 1933 and Ali is throwing a party with her pals.
Iain Dale and Jacqui Smith's For The Many Live with Matt Forde
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance at EICC
- 11th Aug 2022
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For The Many.
Adam Smith: Father of the Fringe, Or Is He?
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central @ Everyman Cinema
- 11th Aug 2022
Just what is the Edinburgh Fringe? Some say it’s the world’s greatest uncensored platform for freedom of expression; some see it as a free market, money-driven fun-fest.
Iain Dale and Jacqui Smith's For The Many Live with Fi Glover and Jane Garvey
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance at EICC
- 10th Aug 2022
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For The Many.
KC Finn: Free Agent
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C place
- 10th - 18th Aug 2022
Life is filled with the queerest things, none more so than the machinations of a mind like KC Finn’s.
Amazing Adventures of Her Majesty Platinum Jubilee Edition
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey
- 8th - 15th Aug 2022
Affectionate musical comedy on the world’s longest-serving monarch, a thoroughly modern, fully empowered female role model.
Film Club – An Improvised Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Revolution Bar
- 7th - 26th Aug 2022
An improvised sketch show recreating the high-stakes scenes from all your favourite movies! From the breathless intensity of thrillers, or the fleeting serendipity of romance, to t…
Adventures of an Old C*** or Living My Dream
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club / Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 6th - 14th Aug 2022
Work in progress - a debut solo comedy show.
The Silliad: Improvised Myths and Legends
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 6th - 21st Aug 2022
Why do geese fly south for the winter? What’s really inside an Oreo? You suggest the question, then watch as the myth of its origin comes to life! From the roaring thunder of Mount…
Adventures of an Old C*nt Living my Dream
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club / Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 6th - 14th Aug 2022
Work in progress - a debut solo comedy show.
Adventures of an Old C*** or Living My Dream (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club / Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 6th - 14th Aug 2022
Work in progress - a debut solo comedy show.
Silent Disco Tours by Silent Adventures
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Meeting Point at Uplands Roast Coffee Shop
- 5th - 29th Aug 2022
Following the last few years of sell-out, five-star shows, the Silent Adventures team are back with even more madness and brand-new adventures to boot.
Arthur Smith: My 75 Years at the Edinburgh Fringe
- Review
- ★★★★
- Rebecca Vines
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 16th Aug, 2022
There are some things as regular at the Fringe as Biblical downpours and overpriced street food.
MATES: The Improvised 90s Sitcom
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 5th - 20th Aug 2022
The one with the improvised comedy! Don your sweater vest and your Rachel hairdo, and get ready to relive the 90s.
The Return Of Sherlock Holmes
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 5th - 27th Aug 2022
Three years have passed since Sherlock Holmes and his nemesis Professor Moriarty vanished into the abyss of the Reichenbach Falls.
Allyson June Smith and Daisy Earl: Working Out
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire
- 5th - 14th Aug 2022
Allyson June Smith and Daisy Earl are two of the highest regarded female comedians in the industry.
Greg
- Review
- ★★★
- Ben Johanson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 8th Aug, 2022
Greg is Duck in Arms Theatre’s first production.
Pauline Holmes Goes to the Dogs
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 5th - 13th Aug 2022
Poetry show for dog lovers.
Freestyle Comedy: Improvised Stand-Up
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
- 5th - 28th Aug 2022
It’s stand-up, but not as you know it; no rules, no backup, no script, no set list.
Clowntown In Space @theSpace: Adventures Back to Earth
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 5th - 20th Aug 2022
Canada’s award-winning clown band sparks the imagination with… clowns in space! Join Patty as she ventures to Clowntown Colony on the mysterious Planet X to bring her clown frien…
After Dusk: The Improvised Twilight Zone
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 5th - 20th Aug 2022
Filed mistakenly under E for Mystery: unscripted episodes of the television anthology known as The Twilight Zone.
The Adventures of Bo Peep
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 4th - 16th Aug 2022
Straight from selling out London venues and her national tour, Bo Peep is bringing her flock to the Edinburgh Fringe! Counting sheep always sends Bo Peep off to sleep by bedtime, b…
The Halls of Ridiculous: Improvised Sketch Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 4th - 14th Aug 2022
Join Yorkshire double act The Halls of Ridiculous as they push the boundaries of improv, sketch and character creativity to the max with their quick thinking scenes, zany special g…
The Wonder Games with Maddie and Greg
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 4th - 13th Aug 2022
On your marks, get set, science! Join popular YouTubers and children’s TV presenters Maddie Moate and Greg Foot (as seen on Cbeebies’ Maddie’s Do You Know? and CBBC’s Blue Peter) f…
Any Suggestions, Doctor? The Improvised Doctor Who Parody
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
The Improvised Doctor Who Parody is back! Travel anywhere in time and space with a live radiophonic workshop, on-stage TARDIS and a collection of hilarious improv comedy performers…
The Discount Comedy Checkout: Improvised Family Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
- 4th - 10th Aug 2022
Nominated for Best Kids’ Show at this year’s Leicester Comedy Festival 2022.
The Adventures of Sleepyhead
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 4th - 29th Aug 2022
‘Had all my children howling with laughter’ (Scotsman).
Further Adventures in Dementia
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
Steve’s dad died of Alzheimer’s.
Adventures of the Improvised Sherlock Holmes
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
No script, Sherlock! Stars of UK and Australian fringes take you on an award-winning improvised romp through the underworld of Victorian Britain, packed with shady villains, red he…
Spontaneous Potter: The Unofficial Improvised Parody
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2022
An entirely improvised wizarding comedy play, based on an audience suggestion of a fan-fiction title.
The Extraordinary Time-Travelling Adventures of Baron Munchausen
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Ian Billings
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 7th Aug, 2022
The happiest show in Edinburgh! Those of you familiar with the noble Baron and his far-fetched tales of daring do (riding half a horse, flying to the moon on a cannon ball etc) wil…
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Frodo Allan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 9th Aug, 2022
Some shows are Fringe standards, you can’t help but think that they’re like the ravens at the Tower of London; that if they weren’t here, everything would come tumbling down.
Science Adventures: The Power Pickle
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 3rd - 21st Aug 2022
Disaster! Professor McGuffin’s ground-breaking Sub-Nuclear Optical Transmitter (SNOT) has a catastrophic malfunction and needs a new power source! What a pickle! Enter the ACES –…
Sherlock's Secret Challenge
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside The Conan Doyle Pub
- 1st - 29th Aug 2022
Explore Edinburgh Sherlock style! A succession of clues and puzzles will lead you to find the truth about Sherlock Holmes and his connection to the city of Edinburgh.
The Discount Comedy Checkout - Improvised Family Show
- Listing Comedy
- Durham Fringe Festival
- The Assembly Rooms Theatre
- 31st Jul 2022
This show is all about children’s ideas and stories being brought to life before your very eyes with the help of three talented comedy improvisers - Chris Lumb, Natalie Smeaton & P…
The Discount Comedy Checkout - Improvised Family Show
- Listing Comedy
- Durham Fringe Festival
- The Assembly Rooms Theatre
- 31st Jul 2022
This show is all about children’s ideas and stories being brought to life before your very eyes with the help of three talented comedy improvisers - Chris Lumb, Natalie Smeaton & P…
The Extraordinary Time-Travelling Adventures of Baron Munchausen
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Durham Fringe Festival
- The Town Hall
- 29th - 31st Jul 2022
Amazing tales, elegantly told.
Acaprov: The Improvised A Cappella Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 4th - 5th Jun 2022
‘Hamilton’ meets ‘Pitch Perfect’: spontaneously Improvised! Imagine a new kind of musical: beatboxers, rappers, actors, singers, dancers and body percussionists, come together as …
Adventures of an Old C*** or Living My Dream
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 3rd Jun 2022
Work in progress - a debut solo show.
Adventures of an Old C*nt Living my Dream
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 3rd Jun 2022
Work in progress - a debut solo show.
The Infinite Storybook's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Toy and Model Museum
- 30th May - 5th Jun 2022
An immersive storytelling experience that brings the audience into the world of Wonderland.
The Infinite Storybook's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Toy and Model Museum
- 30th May - 5th Jun 2022
An immersive storytelling experience that brings the audience into the world of Wonderland.
Shaken Not Stirred: Improvised James Bond
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 28th - 29th May 2022
Daniel Craig has abandoned the James Bond franchise.
Shaken Not Stirred: Improvised James Bond
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 28th - 29th May 2022
Daniel Craig has abandoned the James Bond franchise.
The Extraordinary Time-Travelling Adventures of Baron Munchausen
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 28th May - 1st Jun 2022
Amazing tales, elegantly told.
Murder on the Improvised Express
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Open Air Theatre (BOAT)
- 26th May 2022
Mesdames and Messieurs, may I take your tickets, please? This summer, let comedy improvisation company, Pinch Punch, welcome you aboard their exciting new show, ‘Murder on The Imp…
Murder on the Improvised Express
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Open Air Theatre (BOAT)
- 26th May 2022
Mesdames and Messieurs, may I take your tickets, please? This summer, let comedy improvisation company, Pinch Punch, welcome you aboard their exciting new show, ‘Murder on The Imp…
IMDp: Improvised Movie Director Podcast
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 21st - 22nd May 2022
IMDp: Improvised Movie Director Podcast is an improvised comedy interview podcast.
Mates: The Improvised '90s Sitcom
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Studio
- 21st - 22nd May 2022
The one with the improvised comedy! Don your sweater-vest and your Rachel hairdo, and get ready to relive the 90s.
Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sascha Cooper
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 22nd May, 2022
Ivor B Gurney and Marion M Scott had a very special friendship.
Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 21st - 22nd May 2022
A celebration of the friendship between the First World War poet and composer, Ivor Gurney, and violinist, musicologist and champion of women musicians, Marion Scott.
Track 96 Improvised Hip Hop
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 20th - 22nd May 2022
Track 96 is London’s premiere Hip Hop improv group.
Track 96 Improvised Hip Hop
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 20th - 22nd May 2022
Track 96 is London’s premiere Hip Hop improv group.
The Elephant in the Room: An Improvised Comedy Show
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 14th - 15th May 2022
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…
After Dusk: The Improvised Twilight Zone
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 14th - 15th May 2022
You walk into a play but none of the actors have learned their lines, because there are none.
After Dusk: The Improvised Twilight Zone
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 14th - 15th May 2022
You walk into a play but none of the actors have learned their lines, because there are none.
Yes Anderson: The Improvised Wes Anderson Movie
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Poets Ale and Smoke House
- 12th - 15th May 2022
The films of Wes Anderson occupy a unique and vivid universe unto themselves.
Yes Anderson: The Improvised Wes Anderson Movie
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Poets Ale and Smoke House
- 12th - 15th May 2022
The films of Wes Anderson occupy a unique and vivid universe unto themselves.
Amazing Adventures of Her Majesty - Jubilee!
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 7th - 21st May 2022
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!
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick / Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 7th - 21st May 2022
Affectionate musical comedy on the world’s longest-serving monarch, now sadly bereft of her consort of 73 years.
Vault Unlocked: Arthur Smith - My 75 years at The Edinburgh Fringe
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 16th Apr 2022
My 75 years at the Edinburgh FringeFor the 75th birthday of the Edinburgh Fringe Arthur Smith writes a love letter to this playground of his imagination and recalls some of the tri…
Birdie's Adventures in the Animal Kingdom
- Listing Children’s Shows
- London Fringe
- Harrow Arts Centre
- 13th - 13th Apr 2022
The Animal Kingdom is in chaos: the sea levels are rising, the trees are being cut down and the icebergs are melting! From Rory the Polar Bear to Shelly the Turtle, the animals ne…
The Bean Spillers: The Improvised Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Katerina Partolina Schwartz
- London Fringe
- Hen and Chickens Theatre Pub
- 30th Mar, 2022
High energy, fun and witty, The Bean Spillers’ Improvised Musical showcases a wide range of talent, musical knowledge and general mischief.
Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Gareth Williams
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 11th Mar, 2022
Love.
MATES: The Improvised '90s Sitcom
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 3rd Dec 2021
The one with the improvised comedy! Don your sweater-vest and your Rachel hairdo, and get ready to relive the ‘90s.
THE CURIOUS ADVENTURES OF ALICE IN WONDERLAND 2021
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Hertford Theatre
- 27th Nov 2021 - 1st Jan 2022
Ladles and Gentle-spoons, Toys and Curls! Welcome to the rib-tickly, fun-fizzing, whack-tastic world of Wonderland!Tickets:Performances have a different pri…
Arthur Smith: In Conversation With Beyond The Title
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 2nd Oct 2021
For over forty years, writer and comedian Arthur Smith has been at the forefront of new and emerging comedy.
Talk discussing the novel Permafrost with author Eva Baltasar
- Listing Music
- UK Regional & Tours
- Online Event
- 1st Oct 2021
Romancero Books with the support of the Office for Cultural and Scientific Affairs of the Spanish Embassy in London presents the Festival of Queer Spanish Literature in London…
Paul Smith: Changed
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 29th Sep - 6th Oct 2021
A lot has changed for Paul in recent years.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Underbelly Festival
- Underbelly Festival, Cavendish Square Gardens
- 29th - 30th Aug 2021
Box Tale Soup invite you down the rabbit hole into a timeless world of wondrous fantasy.
The Bean Spillers: The Improvised Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 26th - 29th Aug 2021
Farting at a funeral.
Spontaneous Potter: The Unofficial Improvised Parody
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 22nd - 29th Aug 2021
An entirely improvised wizarding comedy play, based on an audience suggestion of a fanfiction title.
Spontaneous Potter: The Unofficial Improvised Parody
- Review
- ★★★★
- Victor Black
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 24th Aug, 2021
Edinburgh Fringe is usually teeming with high-end improv shows to choose from, but pickings this year are, unsurprisingly, slim.
Amazing Adventures of Her Majesty at 90+
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 20th - 27th Aug 2021
Affectionate musical comedy on the world’s longest-serving monarch.
The Wonder Games with Maddie and Greg
- Listing Theatre
- West End
"On your marks, get set, science! Join popular YouTubers and children’s TV presenters Maddie Moate and Greg Foot (as seen on Cbeebies’ Maddie’s Do You Know? …
Ian Smith: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 16th - 19th Aug 2021
Multi-award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz and The Now Show) presents some new ideas (and some old ones) through a mixture of theatrical techniques, such…
Track 96 Improvised Hip Hop
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 13th - 24th Aug 2021
Track 96 is London’s premiere Hip Hop improv group.
Track 96 Improvised Hip Hop
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 13th - 24th Aug 2021
Track 96 is London’s premiere Hip Hop improv group.
Track 96 Improvised Hip Hop
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 13th - 24th Aug 2021
Track 96 is an improvised hip hop group.
Adam Holmes
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance at EICC
- 12th - 24th Aug 2021
Acclaimed Edinburgh born singer-songwriter Adam Holmes is one of the brightest stars on the UK roots music scene.
Silent Disco Tours by Silent Adventures
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Meeting Point at Uplands Roast Coffee Shop
- 9th - 30th Aug 2021
Following the last few years of sell-out, five-star shows, the Silent Adventures team are back with even more madness and brand-new adventures to boot.
Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 8th - 15th Aug 2021
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Nice Try and Clown Nipples (Two Comedy Solo Shows)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 8th - 15th Aug 2021
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 8th - 15th Aug 2021
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Granny Smith
- Listing Theatre / Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- French Institute in Scotland
- 6th - 30th Aug 2021
One-woman, bilingual (English/French) mask show.
Trudy Carmichael Presents: The Improvised One-Woman Show!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Online
- 6th - 30th Aug 2021
Fiercely fabulous and fictitious Las Vegas lounge legend, Trudy Carmichael has lived (and nearly died), loved (and often lost) more than most mere mortals, but she gets through all…
Sherlock's Secret Challenge – The Puzzle Solving Game That Shows You The City
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside The Conan Doyle Pub
- 6th - 30th Aug 2021
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.
The Adventures of Sleepyhead
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Showcatcher (Online)
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
‘Utterly charming’ (Portsmouth Herald,US).
Freestyle Comedy: Improvised Stand-Up
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
- 6th - 29th Aug 2021
It’s stand-up, but not as you know it; no rules, no backup, no script and no set list.
Adam Smith: Father of the Fringe
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Panmure House (Online)
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
Presented by comedian and financial writer Dominic Frisby, this one-hour feature documentary also stars Jimmy Carr, Al Murray, Shazia Mirza, Henning Wehn and Arthur Smith.
Science Adventures – The Power Pickle
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Online
- 6th - 26th Aug 2021
Our team are in a right pickle! Professor McGuffin’s groundbreaking Sub-Nuclear Optical Transmitter (S.
Arthur Smith: SYD
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Online
- 6th - 25th Aug 2021
The story of an ordinary man who lived through extraordinary times.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
- Review
- ★★★★
- Rebecca Vines
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 20th Aug, 2021
The year is 1894: three years since the world-famous Sherlock Holmes and his nemesis Professor Moriarty plunged to their deaths in The Reichenbach Falls.
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Stage In The Park
- 26th Jul 2021
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical has been a rip-roaring success since the show started in 2008.
The Adventures of the Bearded Lady
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 7th - 8th Jul 2021
Dream job, huge fanbase, and in a committed relationship with a hunky dancing bear.
The Adventures of the Bearded Lady
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 7th - 8th Jul 2021
Dream job, huge fanbase, and in a committed relationship with a hunky dancing bear.
The Bean Spillers: The Improvised Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Oil Shed
- 26th - 27th Jun 2021
Farting at a funeral.
The History Bois: Adventures in Time & Gender - residency at ONCA Barge
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- ONCA Barge
- 23rd - 26th Jun 2021
The History Bois: Adventures in Time & Gender residency, 23-26 June, @ ONCA Barge.
ShakeItUp: The Improvised Shakespeare Show
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The McElderry
- 19th - 28th Jun 2021
Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for an age, so we thought we’d give him a hand.
ShakeItUp: The Improvised Shakespeare Show
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The McElderry
- 19th - 28th Jun 2021
Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for an age, so we thought we’d give him a hand.
Sara Segovia and Lachlan Werner are making shows (WORK IN PROGRESS)
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Miller
- 15th Jun 2021
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 7th - 27th Jun 2021
Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill.
Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 7th - 27th Jun 2021
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Amazing Adventures of Her Majesty at 90+
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Werks 2
- 4th - 10th Jun 2021
Affectionate musical comedy on the world’s longest-serving monarch.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The McElderry
- 2nd - 6th Jun 2021
Drawing on the wealth of peculiar episodes from both ‘Adventures in Wonderland’ and ‘Through the Looking Glass’, Box Tale Soup invite you down the rabbit hole into a timeless world…
Sherlock's Excellent Adventure
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Oil Shed
- 2nd - 3rd Jun 2021
Follow Sherlock Holmes and his incomparable sidekick Dr John Watson on this riveting, hitherto unpublished case .
Sherlock's Excellent Adventure
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Oil Shed
- 2nd - 3rd Jun 2021
Follow Sherlock Holmes and his incomparable sidekick Dr John Watson on this riveting, hitherto unpublished case .
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The McElderry
- 2nd - 6th Jun 2021
Drawing on the wealth of peculiar episodes from both ‘Adventures in Wonderland’ and ‘Through the Looking Glass’, Box Tale Soup invite you down the rabbit hole into a timeless world…
Arthur Smith: SYD
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The McElderry
- 28th May - 1st Jun 2021
The story of an ordinary man who lived through extraordinary times, told with love, laughter and song.
Arthur Smith: SYD
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The McElderry
- 28th May - 1st Jun 2021
The story of an ordinary man who lived through extraordinary times, told with love, laughter and song.
Any Suggestions, Doctor? The Improvised Doctor Who Parody
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 17th Apr 2021
The Improvised Doctor Who Parody is landing near you! Travel anywhere in time and space with a live radiophonic workshop, incredible props & set and a co…
Over 55s virtual workshop with New Adventures
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 13th Jan 2021
Delve into the work of Matthew Bourne's award-winning company, New Adventures and get your bodies moving in our fun and creative online da…
THE CURIOUS ADVENTURES OF ALICE IN WONDERLAND
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Hertford Theatre
- 26th Dec 2020 - 1st Jan 2021
Performances have a different pricing bands.
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Garrick Theatre / Lyric Theatre
- 7th Dec 2020 - 18th Jul 2022
There’s no stopping The Showstoppers! With twelve years as an Edinburgh Festival must-see phenomenon, a critically acclaimed West End run and an Olivier Award to their name, …
Louis Prima and Keely Smith: Dinner and Show
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Valvona & Crolla
- 16th - 30th Aug 2020
Louis Prima (Sicilian-American, 1930’s-1950’s, comedy-jazzer), Keely Smith and band stormed Las Vegas.
Beethoven-2-Boogie! Amy Abler and Daniel Smith in Concert
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 14th - 20th Aug 2020
What would happen if Ludwig van Beethoven met Albert Ammons!? They might play classical and boogie-woogie piano for each other, exchange anecdotes and musical facts, or perhaps eve…
Daniel Smith – Whole Lotta Blues'n'Boogie Goin' On!
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 7th - 13th Aug 2020
Rockin’ blues, stomping boogie-woogie and silky soul jazz! Pianist/vocalist Daniel Smith delivers class and variety, explosive dynamism, classic songs and dry humour.
Track 96 Improvised Hip Hop
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 7th - 9th Aug 2020
In proud association with Camden Fringe; Track 96 is an improvised hip hop group.
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 5th - 30th Aug 2020
The Edinburgh must-see, Olivier Award-winning (Best Entertainment and Family Show) West End hit returns for an incredible 13th consecutive year! A brand-new musical comedy is creat…
Murder, She Didn't Write: The Improvised Murder Mystery
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 5th - 31st Aug 2020
A classic murder mystery created on the spot in this ingenious and hilarious show from The Bristol Improv Theatre’s resident company.
Silent Disco Tours by Silent Adventures
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 5th - 31st Aug 2020
Join the Silent Adventures dream team as they lead you on a fun-filled silent disco tour of the capital.
Any Suggestions, Doctor? The Improvised Doctor Who Parody
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 5th - 30th Aug 2020
The Improvised Doctor Who Parody is back!! Travel anywhere in space and time with a live radiophonic workshop, incredible props and set, and a collection of hilarious improv comedy…
The Adventures of Sleepyhead
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 5th - 31st Aug 2020
She’s the dreamer of dreams.
The Adventures of Buttman and Speedo
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 5th Aug 2020
In proud association with Camden Fringe; Knickers Theatre presents 'The Adventures of Buttman and Speedo' a zany sketch comedy show which follows the hilarious…
Adventures with The Painted People
- Listing Theatre
- Online & Broadcast
- BBC Radio 3 Scotland
- 7th Jun 2020
Coming to BBC Radio 3.
Paul Smith: Changed
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 28th - 28th May 2020
A lot has changed for Paul in recent years.
Any Suggestions, Doctor? The Improvised Doctor Who Parody
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 27th - 28th Mar 2020
The Improvised Doctor Who Parody is landing near you! Travel anywhere in time and space with a live radiophonic workshop, incredible props & set and a collection of …
Any Suggestions, Doctor? The Improvised Doctor Who Parody
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 27th - 28th Mar 2020
The Improvised Doctor Who Parody is landing near you! Travel anywhere in time and space with a live radiophonic workshop, incredible props & set and a collection of …
The Totally Improvised Musical!
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Peer Hat
- 28th Apr - 19th May 2020
A team of top improv comedians are bringing a new monthly show to Manchester this month with The Totally Improvised Musical.
North Coast Presents ANYBODY! An Improvised Historical Hip Hopera
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 6th Mar 2020
North Coast, New York City’s premier hip-hop improv team, has long been known for their seamless melding of freestyle rapping and long form improv comedy.
Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Fortune Theatre / Underbelly Earls Court
- 2nd Mar 2020 - 29th Aug 2021
See a regency tale like no other featuring wilful heroines, haughty gentlemen, wayward vicars and hilarious consequences – no two shows are ever the same and swooning is gu…
Sherlock Holmes in A Scandal in Bohemia! (and other stories!)
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Tristan Bates Theatre
- 28th Oct - 2nd Nov 2019
Join us on this fin-de-siècle rattling rollercoaster ride as we wheel and dip through some of the infamous adventures of Holmes and Watson while tackling the tenacious and enigmat…
ShakeItUp: The Improvised Shakespeare Show
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 14th Oct - 11th Nov 2019
Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for an age, so we thought we would give him a hand…Using his language, your audience suggestions and our overactive imaginations, we cre…
A Tribute to Arthur Conan Doyle, the Man Behind and Beyond Sherlock Holmes
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Arthur Conan Doyle Centre
- 26th Aug 2019
A Tribute to Arthur Conan Doyle, the Man Behind and Beyond Sherlock Holmes with a discussion by New York author, Elizabeth Crowens and Tania Henzell, a relation of the Doyle family…
Spontaneous Sherlock
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre
- 25th Aug 2019
Returning to Fringe for one night only! Spontaneous Sherlock is an entirely improvised Sherlock Holmes comedy play based on an audience suggestion of a title – with live Victoria…
In Conversation with... Elaine C Smith
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 23rd Aug 2019
BAFTA-winning actor, comedian, singer, writer, independence campaigner, panto legend, feminist and socialist, Smith is rarely accused of lacking opinions.
Dangerous Adventures
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake
- 22nd - 25th Aug 2019
British author and adventurer, Ruth travelled to some of the world’s most dangerous places and made them the backdrops to her books.
The Convoluted Adventures of Batman and Robin – An Adult Panto!
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 19th - 24th Aug 2019
Na na na na na na na na Batman! Na na na na na na na na panto! Panto! Batman! Pantooooo! After a sell-out adult pantomime in 2018’s Fringe, WDG is back with a new not-family-frie…
Adventures of a Trip Advisor Seaside Guest house keeper
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- The Water Rats
- 18th Aug 2019
A One Woman Comedy show, with a dark twist.
Questions for Quiz Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 17th Aug 2019
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Greg Proops: The Smartest Man in the World
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 14th - 19th Aug 2019
See the Proopcast Live in hot Edinburgh.
Blazin' Fiddles with Emily Smith
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Queen’s Hall
- 14th - 21st Aug 2019
Scotland’s most celebrated fiddle band Blazin’ Fiddles will be joined by the twice-voted Scots Singer of the Year and two-time BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominee Emily Smith for a …
The Adventures of Leonard Biscuit Radio Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 13th - 17th Aug 2019
New to the Fringe! A show that really takes the biscuit! A hilarious farcical radio show about Leonard Biscuit, the most put-upon man in the land and his escapades.
Triplex Adventures
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 10th Aug 2019
A spoiled boy, Chao, decides to run away from the world of chocolates, ice cream, fries and decayed teeth to a new healthy world.
Dominic Frisby Presents Adam Smith: Father of the Fringe
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Panmure House
- 9th - 25th Aug 2019
Nowhere has Adam Smith’s Invisible Hand been harder at work than at the festival itself.
Paul Smith: Following
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 9th - 10th Aug 2019
Following his first national tour in 2018, which saw him go from circuit act to one of the biggest selling names in UK stand-up in less than a year, Paul Smith returns w…
Sherlock's Challenge
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside The Conan Doyle Pub
- 1st - 31st Aug 2019
Explore Edinburgh Sherlock style! A succession of clues and puzzles will lead you to find the truth about Sherlock Holmes and his connection to the city of Edinburgh.
Spike Smith: A Retrospective
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Kate Copstick
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus
- 9th Sep, 2019
In the midst of the comedy maelstrom, into which Edinburgh in August descends, I was privileged to enjoy an extraordinary artistic experience.
A Sherlock Holmes Mystery: The Baker Street Irregulars and the Case of the Stolen Portrait
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 5th - 10th Aug 2019
London, 1887.
The Wild and Crazy Adventures of Tom Wayfinder: Story time Spectacular: Arts Barge Riverside Festival
- Listing Theatre
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 4th - 4th Aug 2019
Interactive story telling, plus an all day Riddling Competition! Mums, dads, teenagers, juniors and little ones over 5.
Louis Prima and Keely Smith – Dinner and Show
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Valvona & Crolla
- 4th - 25th Aug 2019
Louis Prima, Sicilian-New Orleanian, 1930s-1950s, comedy-jazzer, sung by Philip Contini: ‘his genius makes him so special’ (Scotsman).
Adventures on the National Cycle Network Photography Exhibition
- Listing Exhibition / Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Lochrin Basin
- 3rd Aug - 1st Sep 2019
Visit the Union Canal to experience an array of inspiring and breathtaking images showcasing the best rural, urban and wildlife photography captured on the National Cycle Network i…
Miss Candy AppleBottom presents: Tales and Adventures from Beyond the Veil of Nonsense
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Pilgrim
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2019
Candy’s stories, musicality and legs will take you on a journey of her/his adventures through time.
Improvised Director's Cut
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2019
A fully improvised, Hollywood-style performance created from your all-time favourite movie titles! A different Director’s Cut every time by Steve Worsley and Charles Hindley from…
Hard Truths – An Improvised Play
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 2nd - 17th Aug 2019
Never seen before.
The Extraordinary Time-Travelling Adventures of Baron Munchausen
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2019
Amazing tales, elegantly told.
Adventures of a Comic Book Artist
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Central Hall
- 2nd - 7th Aug 2019
Stanley ‘Leonardo’ Sappovitz wants to become a comic book artist.
FreeStyle Comedy: Improvised Stand-Up
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2019
It’s stand-up, but not as you know it.
Sherlock Holmes and the Conundrum of Conan Doyle
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 2nd - 17th Aug 2019
The Supernatural? Sherlock Holmes, master of logic and deduction, attempts to solve his final mystery – why did his creator, a man of science, believe in spirits and faeries? Tho…
Jerry and the Adventures of the HMS Stargazer
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 2nd - 10th Aug 2019
Original, devised TIE adventure show! London, 1773: a time of great exploration.
Adventures Of A Happy Man
- Listing Theatre / Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2019
Is Britain happy? Are we trapped in a bubble of despair? Comedian Aidan Goatley is on a mission to find out by going to the centre of all 105 counties in the UK and asking a simple…
Science Adventures
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 2nd - 10th Aug 2019
In their top secret lab, the science fictionaries are trying to collect the fizziest, flashiest, most marvellous stories about science! Join them on their quest and maybe they will…
Arthur Smith: SYD
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 2nd - 17th Aug 2019
The story of an ordinary man who lived through extraordinary times, told with love, laughter and song.
Adventures of Butt Boy and Tigger
- Review
- ★★★
- Kay Tee
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 14th Aug, 2019
It is often a challenge to take a piece of original writing that has already achieved success at the Fringe and do something new with it.
Adventures of the Improvised Sherlock Holmes
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 1st - 11th Aug 2019
No script, Sherlock! Stars of the Edinburgh, Adelaide and Perth Fringes take you on a thrilling improvised romp through the underworld of Victorian Britain, packed with shady villa…
Adam Smith: The Invisible Hand
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Panmure House
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
What would happen if the lost papers of a genius were recovered in the modern day? Four actors present a dramatisation of the life and works of Adam Smith, performed in the house i…
The Amazing Adventures of Little Red
- Review
- ★★★★
- Susanne Crosby
- Brighton
- Brighton Open Air Theatre
- 5th Aug, 2019
Brighton company JW Productions approach this inventive and fresh re-imagining of the old Little Red Riding Hood saga with gusto.
Adventures in Dementia – Steve Day
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Espionage / Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up
- 1st - 10th Aug 2019
Steve’s dad died of Alzheimer’s.
Shaken Not Stirred: The Improvised James Bond Film
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
Daniel Craig has pulled out of the next James Bond film.
AJ Holmes: Yeah, but Not Right Now
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
Award-winning actor, writer and composer AJ Holmes makes his Edinburgh debut with an hour of stand-up, storytelling, and songs! Known from The Book of Mormon on Broadway, London’s …
The Silliad: Improvised Myths and Legends
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 1st - 11th Aug 2019
Why do geese fly south for the winter? Why does it always rain on a bank holiday? What’s really inside an Oreo? You suggest the question, and watch as the myth of its origin comes …
Ross Smith: Crying/Shame
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Tron
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
Boys don’t cry – but should they? Ross Smith can’t remember the last time he did and is unsure if he still can.
The Brand-New, Full-Throated Adventures of Reginald D Hunter
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2019
Reginald D Hunter returns to the Fringe with his highly anticipated new show.
Silent Disco Tours by Silent Adventures
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2019
Following 2018’s sell-out, five-star shows, the Silent Adventures team are back with even more madness and brand new adventures to boot.
Murder She Didn't Write: The Improvised Murder Mystery
- Review
- ★★★
- James Haikney
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 9th Aug, 2019
To say that Murder She Didn’t Write, from Degrees of Error, is a slick production is an understatement.
Ian Smith: Half-Life
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2019
Multi award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC3’s Sweat the Small Stuff, Dave’s The Magic Sponge podcast) returns with his sixth solo show.
Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Millie Bayswater
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 4th Aug, 2019
Baby Wants Candy has become almost as much a staple of the Fringe as being slapped in the face with flyers on the Royal Mile.
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2019
The Edinburgh must-see, Olivier Award-winning (Best Entertainment and Family Show) West End hit returns for its 12th consecutive year! A brand-new musical comedy is created from sc…
The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2019
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Any Suggestions, Doctor? The Improvised Doctor Who Parody
- Review
- ★★★★
- Frodo Allan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 9th Aug, 2019
Since the last time I saw this show, we’ve gotten a new Doctor in the strangely controversial form of Jodie Whittaker and Any Suggestions, Doctor? has moved from Sweet Venues to …
The Adventures of Prince Achmed with Live Score by Sink
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pianodrome at The Pitt
- 31st Jul - 4th Aug 2019
Musical inventors S!nk designed the Pianodrome – an amphitheatre made from upcycled pianos – as a dream performance space.
Isma Almas: About a Buoy – Adventures in Adoption
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2019
Isma is British multiculturalism at its best.
The Adventures of the Bearded Lady
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2019
Dream job, huge fanbase and in a committed relationship with a hunky dancing bear.
Ian Smith: Half-Life
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 26th Jul 2019
Multi-award winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC3’s Sweat the Small Stuff, Dave’s The Magic Sponge podcast) returns with his sixth solo show.
Any Suggestions, Doctor? The Improvised Doctor Who Parody
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 21st Jul 2019
The improvised Doctor Who parody is back! Travel anywhere in time and space with a live radiophonic workshop and a collection of hilarious improv comedy performers! Join…
Austentatious: The Improvised Jane Austen Novel
- Listing Theatre
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- Grand Opera House York
- 20th Jul 2019
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that anyone in possession of wit and good taste must be in want of great entertainment… Austentatious is an entirely impro…
NOTFLIX: The Improvised Musical
- Listing Music
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 19th Jul 2019
Five-star sell-out show Edinburgh Fringe 2017-2018 and VAULT Festival 2017-2019 NETFLIX combines the taste profiles of 98 million users to create a perfectly ideal viewi…
Sherlock Holmes - A Scandal in Bohemia!
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Camden People's Theatre / Tristan Bates Theatre
- 8th Jul - 2nd Nov 2019
Roll up! Roll Up! For an all-female 90-minute Victorian circus act called A Scandal in Bohemia! This fin-de-siècle steampunk merry-go-round will be a rollercoaster ride of 5 women…
Ian Smith: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 1st - 2nd Jun 2019
Multi-award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC Three’s ‘Sweat the Small Stuff’, Dave’s ‘The Magic Sponge’) returns to Brighton with a work in progress of his sixth solo show.
The Silliad: Improvised Myths and Legends
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Burrow
- 31st May - 2nd Jun 2019
Why do geese fly south for the winter? Why does it always rain on a bank holiday? What’s really inside an Oreo? You suggest the question, and watch as the myth of its origin comes…
The Extraordinary Time-Travelling Adventures of Baron Munchausen
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Blockhouse
- 29th May - 1st Jun 2019
Amazing tales elegantly told.
Amazing Adventures of Her Majesty at 90+
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Werks 2
- 27th May - 2nd Jun 2019
Affectionate comedy on the world’s longest-serving monarch.
Stealing the Show: The Improvised Heist Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Burrow
- 24th - 27th May 2019
Move over Oceans 8, 11, 12 and 13.
Sherlock Holmes: Sign of Four
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Civic Theatre
- 21st May 2019
Duration: Approx 2hrs Recommended for ages 11yrs+ Crammed full of adventure, romance, comedy and of course one or two rather brilliant deductions, The Sign of Four is Si…
Love and Misinformation: An Improvised Play in the style of Caryl Churchill
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- The Drayton Arms
- 21st - 25th May 2019
Connected and heartfelt, revolutionary and irreverent, the Improvised Play is always of its time.
BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Blockhouse
- 20th - 21st May 2019
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
The Adventures of Butt Boy and Tigger
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 13th - 16th May 2019
The filthiest love story on the Fringe: Butt Boy and Tigger meet in a chatroom late one night.
The Adventures of the Bearded Lady
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 4th - 8th May 2019
‘I’m the Bearded Lady, I’m fearless and I’m shady, I’ve hair on my back and My muscles are stacked, My Adam’s apple is fully intact And I eat my meat with gravy!’ Bor…
The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 4th - 6th May 2019
One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018.
Notflix - The Improvised Musical
- Listing Events
- West End
- Udderbelly
- 19th - 20th Apr 2019
Five-star sell-out show Edinburgh Fringe 2017-2018 and VAULT Festival 2017-2018.
Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar (Studio)
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Civic Theatre
- 28th Feb 2019
Two time BBC Folk Award winners Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar met in 2011.
A Very Female Woman | Finn
- Listing Theatre
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 21st - 22nd Feb 2019
A Very Female WomanA Lecture.
The Adventures of the Bearded Lady - Dumfries Fringe 2019
- Listing Theatre
- Scotland
- Container Theatre
- 2nd Feb 2019
The peculiar tale of the bearded lady who ran away from the circus!
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- The Other Palace
- 5th Feb - 16th Mar 2019
‘If this is what improv can do, you wonder why anyone bothers writing anything down.
Over 55s Dance Workshops (New Adventures)
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 23rd Jan - 20th Mar 2019
Matthew Bourne's New Adventures are pleased to offer this series of inclusive workshops for over-55s this year.
Murder, She Didn’t Write: The Improvised Murder Mystery
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 13th Jan - 19th May 2019
'Degrees of Error' & 'Something for the Weekend' present.
ComedySportz Improvised Pantomime
- Listing Pantomime
- UK Regional & Tours
- Ramsbottom Civic Hall / The Way Theatre/Studio / Waterside
- 8th - 15th Dec 2018
Fed up of the same old pantomimes every year? Then get ready for the brand new all ages, all improvised pantomime from the team behind ComedySportz (OH YES IT IS)! Each show the ga…
Any Suggestions, Doctor? An Improvised Adventure in Space & Time
- Listing
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 8th - 9th Dec 2018
The hilarious improvised Doctor Who parody returns! Featuring a live radiophonic workshop and a crew of hysterical performers, join us for a brand new adventure anywhere…
Jack Left Town: The Improvised Rockumentary
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- Rosemary Branch Theatre
- 30th Sep - 16th Dec 2018
Jack Left Town are the greatest band in the world, the only hitch is that they never existed.
Florence Smith - Now and Then
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- Upstairs at the Gatehouse
- 26th Aug 2018
Written by actor Christopher Saul, (currently Pompey in IMPERIUM at The Gielgud Theatre), based this play on recordings he made of his Grandmother, Flo, in 1969.
Florence Smith - Now and Then
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- Upstairs at the Gatehouse
- 26th Aug 2018
Its 1969 and Flo looks back on her life in London from the Boer War to the Summer of Love.
A Show About Shows About Show Biz
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 20th - 25th Aug 2018
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…
Improvised Therapy
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 20th - 25th Aug 2018
Feel down in the dumps? Come to the Fringe with a desperate desire to re-evaluate your life? No? Well, we have.
Daniel Smith Trio – Blues Piano
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 18th - 26th Aug 2018
Downhome blues, stomping boogie-woogie, rhythmic New Orleans piano, hard bop classics with searing guitar evoking the good-time speakeasy atmosphere.
Adventures of the Singing Acupuncturist 6: Big O Makes It in New York... or, Does She? – Free
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Espionage / Laughing Horse @ The Phoenix
- 14th - 27th Aug 2018
Do you not fit into a box? Olivia (Big O) knows all too well about not fitting in: when kimchi, AKA fire-breathing garlic dragon breath, is your culture’s most famous export, how…
3am Waitress
- Review
- ★★
- Vee Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C south
- 20th Aug, 2018
3am Waitress by UK company Rogueplay is billed as "merging physical theatre with dance and aerial circus", but may be better described as a duo acro-dance piece since the…
The Improvised Panto!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 13th - 26th Aug 2018
The panto that you control! Very Serious People use your suggestions to improvise a brand-new musical pantomime every single night.
Improvised Improv
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outhouse
- 12th - 16th Aug 2018
Australia’s best improvisers are here! After great seasons at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016, Melbourne International Comedy and Adelaide Fringe festivals, Changing Jennifers are e…
Adam Smith: The Invisible Hand
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Panmure House
- 11th - 26th Aug 2018
A dramatic representation of the life of Adam Smith, supported by Kirkcaldy 4 All.
Adventures in Menstruating With Chella Quint
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Banshee Labyrinth
- 7th - 8th Aug 2018
Bloody funny period comedy about breaking taboos and ending period poverty with ad-busting, craftivism and a bleeding ridiculous conga line.
Men With Coconuts: Improvised Bond
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Subway
- 4th - 25th Aug 2018
One of the UK’s leading improv troupes, the award-winning Men With Coconuts, return with their fully improvised Bond film! Expect villains, gadgets, femme fatales and sobering refl…
Loneliness and Other Adventures
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 4th - 11th Aug 2018
The portrayal of a young woman’s search for love and her sometimes crippling fear of being alone.
Tabarnak
- Review
- ★★★★
- Vee Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows
- 8th Aug, 2018
After their 2015 Edinburgh smash hit Barbu, expectations were high for Cirque Alfonse’s new production, and their new circus spectacular Tabarnak does not disappoint.
The Show Between Shows Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BrewDog Lothian Rd
- 4th - 25th Aug 2018
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
The Committee: Improvised Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Bar Bados Complex
- 4th - 25th Aug 2018
London’s hottest improv group bring their hilarious comedy back to the Fringe.
Arthur Smith: Syd
- Review
- ★★★
- Jodie McVicar
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 13th Aug, 2018
Arthur Smith presents this heartwarming tribute to his dead father, Syd.
Three's Company, Where's Our Crowd? An Improvised Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2018
Three wise men followed a star to Edinburgh to bring you frankincense, myrrh and comedy gold.
Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2018
Fringe sensations Racing Minds are back after five sell-out years! A doddery grandfather can’t quite remember his ripping yarn, but with your help a mystery stuffed with hilarious …
Rob Kemp's Wheel of Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel / Monkey Barrel Comedy Club
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2018
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
BattleActs! Improvised Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2018
As heard on BBC Radio 1! Winners: VAULT Festival People’s Choice Award.
Sherlock Holmes and the Conundrum of Conan Doyle
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 3rd - 18th Aug 2018
The supernatural.
Sherlock's Secret Challenge
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside The Conan Doyle Pub
- 3rd - 31st Aug 2018
Explore Edinburgh Sherlock style! A succession of clues and puzzles will lead you to find the truth about Sherlock Holmes and his connection to the city of Edinburgh.
Kirk Smith's Stand-up Showcase
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Bar Bados Complex
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2018
Stand-up comedy showcase produced by Los Angeles based stand-up comic Kirk Smith.
And Another Thing! An Improvised Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 3rd - 18th Aug 2018
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.
Any Suggestions, Doctor? An Improvised Adventure in Space and Time
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2018
The hilarious improvised Doctor Who parody returns! Featuring a live radiophonic workshop and a crew of hysterical performers, join us for an entirely new adventure every day based…
The Real Sherlock Holmes Walking Tour
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside The Cigar Box
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2018
Who is the real Sherlock Holmes? Join us on this 90-minute magical mystery walking tour as we take a step back in time to Victorian Edinburgh and discover the hidden history and fo…
Shhh – An Improvised Silent Movie
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C
- 3rd - 18th Aug 2018
A completely improvised silent movie accompanied by live ragtime piano music, inspired by the films and ambience of the 1920s.
Freestyle Comedy: Improvised Stand-Up
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2018
It’s stand-up, but not as you know it.
The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Mockingbird
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Adventures in Dementia: Steve Day
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Espionage
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Steve’s dad has Alzheimers.
Shaken Not Stirred: The Improvised James Bond Film
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
For a fourth killer year, Alexander Fox and Dom O’Keefe are back with a bang! Armed with your suggestions, they weave together a brand-new film in the style of Britain’s favourite …
I Am Ross Smith
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
On March 20th, 7:13pm.
The Extraordinary Time-Travelling Adventures of Baron Munchausen
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Amazing tales, elegantly told.
Greg Byron: Wordshow
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Hall
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2018
Poetry meets stand-up.
The Adventures of Sam Swallow
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C too
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2018
Soar with Sam on his thrilling migration North! Journey through wondrous landscapes, meet the creatures that inhabit them, and see the impact of pollution and climate change.
Adventures of the Improvised Sherlock Holmes
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at La Belle Angele
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
No script Sherlock! Stars of Racing Minds and Impromptu Shakespeare take you on a thrilling new adventure each day through the underworld of Victorian Britain, packed with shady vi…
WireDo
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Vee Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C south
- 12th Aug, 2018
Many people firmly believe that the circus discipline of Tightwire must in fact be an illusion or a magic trick.
Silent Disco Tours by Silent Adventures
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 1st - 27th Aug 2018
Join the Silent Adventures dream team as they lead you on a fun-filled silent disco tour of the capital.
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 1st - 26th Aug 2018
The Edinburgh must-see, Olivier Award-winning (Best Entertainment and Family Show 2016) West End hit returns for its 11th consecutive year! A brand-new musical comedy is created fr…
Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 1st - 27th Aug 2018
Celebrating the friendship between composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and musician and first woman music critic, Marion Scott; written and performed by Jan Carey.
Ian Smith: Craft
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 1st - 26th Aug 2018
Multi award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC Three’s Sweat the Small Stuff, Dave’s The Magic Sponge podcast) returns.
Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 1st - 26th Aug 2018
Total sell-out 2015, 2016 and 2017! One of the best-known, longest-running and most celebrated improv shows in the world.
Egg
- Review
- ★★★
- Vee Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 10th Aug, 2018
The Edinburgh Fringe is the sort of place where you expect to see experimental, strange and unusual performances, and Paper Doll Militia’s Egg will certainly satisfy audiences lo…
Murder She Didn't Write: The Improvised Murder Mystery
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 1st - 27th Aug 2018
A classic murder mystery is created on the spot from audience suggestions in this ingenious show from Fringe favourites, Degrees of Error.
Jim Smith: Back to the Teuchter!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club / The Stand Comedy Club 2
- 1st - 27th Aug 2018
After an absence of two years, the Perthshire farmer returns to Edinburgh with another trailer load of tales of rural life and how country people view the outside world.
Ian Smith: Craft (Edinburgh Fringe Preview)
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Tea Pot
- 27th Jul 2018
Ian Smith is multi-award winning comedian.
Any Suggestions, Doctor? An Improvised Adventure in Space & Time
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Turn Pot
- 22nd Jul 2018
The hilarious improvised Doctor Who parody returns! Featuring a live radiophonic workshop and a crew of hysterical performers, join us for an entirely new adventure base…
The Silliad: Improvised Myths and Legends
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Basement
- 22nd Jul 2018
Why do geese fly south for the winter? Why does it always rain on a bank holiday? What's really inside an Oreo? You suggest the question, and watch as the myth of i…
Ian Smith – Work In Progress
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 17th Jul 2018
Ian Smith (BBC3's Sweat the Small Stuff) is a multi-award winning comedian, fuelled by 35p energy drinks.
Adventures of Robin Hood
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Open Air Theatre (BOAT)
- 30th May - 3rd Jun 2018
Prepare your family for a thrilling adventure as Robin and his merry band whisk you to Sherwood forest and rise up against the wicked Sheriff of Nottingham! Expect boo-able villain…
Jack Left Town: The Improvised Rockumentary
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 29th - 31st May 2018
‘Jack Left Town’ tells the story of the greatest band the world has never known.
Words are not enough - the songs of Finn Anderson
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- The Other Palace
- 29th May 2018
One of the UK’s most exciting and versatile emerging musical theatre talents, Scottish writer-composer Finn Anderson is currently developing a string of new shows set to hit stages…
Ian Smith: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 28th May - 3rd Jun 2018
Ian Smith is a multi-award-winning comedian; this is a work in progress of his fifth solo show.
Can Attachment Save Psychoanalysis from Extinction? Professor Jeremy Holmes lecture for Psychotherapy Sussex
- Listing Spoken Word
- Brighton Fringe
- CityCoast Centre
- 26th May 2018
Psychoanalysis is in retreat as CBT has become the dominant psychotherapeutic paradigm.
A Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton - and Other Shows
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Bom-Bane’s Music Cafe
- 18th May - 3rd Jun 2018
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.
Bumper Blyton: The Improvised Adventure
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 11th - 28th May 2018
The picnic hamper’s packed, so cast yourself back to the 1940s when you could delight in lashings of ginger beer, a mouth full of tongue sandwich or get your lips round a nice sp…
BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows
- Review
- ★★★★
- Carmen Dupre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 9th May, 2018
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…
The Banana Bunch presents: Bananas on the Run – An Improvised Comedy Show
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 29th Mar - 31st May 2018
Come and join The Banana Bunch – Bex Darmody, Annalea Doyle and Emma Stroud as three bananas on the run from the boring, mundane and downright crazy world we live …
Murder, She Didn’t Write: The Improvised Murder Mystery
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 25th Mar - 29th Apr 2018
'Degrees of Error' & 'Something for the Weekend' present.
Improvised Improv
- Listing Comedy
- Adelaide Fringe
- La Bohème
- 15th Mar 2018
Adelaide’s best improvisers are back! After great seasons in the Edinburgh Fringe and Melbourne Comedy festivals, Changing Jennifers are excited to bring you an hour of wall-to-…
Baby Wants Candy, The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Garden of Unearthly Delights
- 8th - 18th Mar 2018
The 2016 smash hit improv musical returns to Adelaide! Total sell-out Edinburgh Fringe 2015, 2016, 2017.
'Fowler & Finn' - A Tribute to Crowded House
- Listing Music
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Mill
- 13th Mar 2018
Fowler sisters, Erin and Tess from local group Sitara, celebrate the Finn Brothers with a tribute to Crowded House and their catalogue of much loved songs.
GREG FLEET
- Listing Comedy
- Adelaide Fringe
- Rhino Room
- 3rd Mar 2018
From five star reviews to one star reviews.
James Smith: Pleasure Enthusiast
- Listing Comedy
- Adelaide Fringe
- Howling Owl
- 3rd Mar 2018
Personally selected by Chris Rock to be a special guest on his Total Blackout arena tour, James is one of only four Australian comedians ever to perform on CONAN and the only Austr…
Any Suggestions, Doctor? An Improvised Adventure in Time & Space
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 10th - 11th Feb 2018
Ever wanted to experience your own Doctor Who adventure? Our team of time lords will whisk you round the universe and home in time for tea in this hilarious improvised parody! ★�…
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- UK Regional & Tours
- Oxford Playhouse
- 10th Jan 2018
The 2016 Olivier Award-winners for Best Entertainment and Family Show return to Oxford.
Side Shows
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Sadler’s Wells Theatre
- 25th - 26th Nov 2017
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
The Owls Are Not What They Seem: Improvised Twin Peaks plus Project 2/The Dreamweaver Quartet
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Nursery Theatre
- 17th Nov 2017
A trio of improv: The Owls Are Not What They Seem revisits Twin Peaks.
The Owls Are Not What They Seem: Improvised Twin Peaks plus Sitting in a Tin Can and Swipe Right
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Nursery Theatre
- 6th Oct 2017
Sitting In a Tin Can (feat.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- West End
- Royal Opera House
- 27th Sep - 23rd Oct 2017
Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland burst onto the stage in 2011 in an explosion of colour, stage magic and inventive, sophisticated choreography.
ANYBODY: An Improvised Historical Hip-Hopera
- Listing Comedy
- Off Off Broadway
- Connelly Theater
- 20th - 23rd Sep 2017
Inspired by the smash Broadway hit, Hamilton, North Coast’s ANYBODY takes an audience suggestion of any historical figure to create a full-length improvised hip-hopera.
Sustainable Shows: Emerging Trends
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 23rd Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Wrong Tree Adventures
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Lauriston Halls
- 18th - 27th Aug 2017
A stunning amalgamation of Wrong Tree’s work to date: the Professor’s grandfather is missing – working in his old greenhouse, her quest takes her to explore South America.
Mutiny! An Improvised Pirate Adventure
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 14th - 19th Aug 2017
Ahoy, m’hearties! Welcome aboard the Black Tricorn.
The Amazing Clinic of Armour and Smith
- Review
- ★★★
- Caitlin Powell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Venue45
- 13th Aug, 2017
The Amazing Clinic of Armour and Smith is an amusing farce about a doctor’s waiting room filled with patients in desperate need of solutions to their relationship problems.
US Tour Booking For Small And Independent Shows
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 10th - 21st Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Live Shows in an Internet Media Age
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 9th Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Greg Proops is the Smartest Man in the World
- Review
- ★★★
- Lily Lindon
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 20th Aug, 2017
Superfans of Greg Proops will enjoy the intimate feel of being in the room at the time of his Podcast live recording.
Daniel Smith: Blues Piano
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 7th - 22nd Aug 2017
Downhome blues, stomping boogie-woogie, foot-tapping New Orleans piano, hard bop classics and exciting originals evoking the good-time atmosphere of the speakeasy.
Unquiet Spirits – Whisky, Ghosts and Sherlock Holmes
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Arthur Conan Doyle Centre
- 7th - 16th Aug 2017
Sherlock Holmes, whisky lore, and a wee dram in a haunted venue! Join Scots whisky expert Charles MacLean and Sherlockian author/expert Bonnie MacBird as they talk history, murder …
Wrong Tree Adventures
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Fulton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Lauriston Halls
- 9th Aug, 2017
This August, Durham-based Wrong Tree Theatre are bringing three shows to Edinburgh; currently on offer is Souvenirs, a light-hearted adventure that draws on the heavy use of props,…
The Show Between Shows Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 52 Canoes (Grassmarket)
- 6th - 26th Aug 2017
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
AA-AA The Adventures of Rich and Morty (The 'A's Are Silent)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Southsider
- 5th - 26th Aug 2017
Coming from dimension AA-AA are Irish Rich and Egyptian Morty, stand-ups in Amsterdam with similar chips on their shoulders.
Alex Smith – Real Man
- Review
- ★★
- Ryan O’Connor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Whistlebinkies
- 28th Aug, 2017
The laws of stand up hold that childhood diaries are always good for a laugh.
The Committee: Improvised Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Bar Bados Complex
- 5th - 26th Aug 2017
London’s hottest improv group present an hour of hilarious, fast-paced improvised comedy.
Spontaneous Sherlock
- Review
- ★★★★
- Chloe-Louise Saunders
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Liquid Room Annexe
- 16th Aug, 2017
As this Victorian romp reaches its climax and Sherlock Holmes whips a ladle out of his jacket to use as a weapon with a cry of “Good thing I sleep cook!” I am holding my sides …
Grimmprov: The Improvised Fairytale
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 4th - 26th Aug 2017
Join Beard of Zeus as they present Grimmprov: The Improvised Fairytale, an evening of grizzly tales for ghastly grown-ups.
Any Suggestions, Doctor? An Improvised Adventure in Space and Time
- Review
- ★★★★
- Frodo Allan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 24th Aug, 2017
I remember when Doctor Who was a practically forgotten, long cancelled show that was only the domain of nerds (like me).
The Real Sherlock Holmes Walking Tour
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside The Cigar Box
- 4th - 28th Aug 2017
Who is the Real Sherlock Holmes? Take a step back in time to Victorian Edinburgh, and join our very own Holmes on a magical walking tour to discover the hidden history and forgotte…
Madame Señorita: 25 Different Shows, Come Every Day!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
The Legend of Finn McCool: A Silly Tall Tale of Giant Proportions!
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Community Project
- 3rd - 20th Aug 2017
A musical fable of how the Giant’s Causeway came to be built, when the Irish giant Finn McCool, with the help of his clever wife Oona, battled wits with the mighty Scottish giant…
JoJo Smith: I Was the Ninth Dexys Midnight Runner (Ten True Tales)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2017
2016 saw JoJo Smith dip her toe into the Fringe waters with a brief run of her first solo show I was Mick Jones’ Bank Clerk.
Shaken Not Stirred: The Improvised James Bond Film
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2017
Following killer runs in 2015 and 2016, Alexander Fox and Dom O’Keefe are back with a bang! Armed with your suggestions, they weave together a brand-new film in the style of Brit…
Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
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…
JoJo Smith I Was The Ninth Dexys Midnight Runner: Ten True Tales
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh
- Cabaret Voltaire
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2017
You want stories? JoJo has a lifetime’s worth.
Adventures of the Improvised Sherlock Holmes
- Review
- ★★★★
- Joseph McAulay
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Community Project
- 13th Aug, 2017
The Stars of Racing Mind bring a fast paced, immensely funny and completely bonkers improvised Sherlock Holmes spectacular to the Fringe this year with this brilliant off the wall …
The Oxford Imps: Improvised Comedy
- Review
- ★★★
- Lily Lindon
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 13th Aug, 2017
The Oxford Imps open with a voice-over introducing them as ‘world famous wits of England’ and other slightly odd hyperboles.
Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 2nd - 28th Aug 2017
Fringe sensations Racing Minds are back after four sell-out years! A doddery grandfather can’t quite remember his ripping yarn, but with your help a mystery stuffed with hilarious …
Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Millie Bayswater
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 20th Aug, 2017
A pure and exhilarating romp of a good time.
Murder, She Didn't Write: The Improvised Murder Mystery
- Review
- ★★★★
- Emily Jane Kerr
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 21st Aug, 2017
A murder has been committed.
The Accidental Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C
- 2nd - 28th Aug 2017
When Sherlock Holmes unknowingly murders his own client, the game is on to track down the criminal mastermind who did it – Holmes himself! But what does Watson’s rent have to do …
Ian Smith: Snowflake
- Review
- ★★★★
- Kay Tee
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly Med Quad
- 15th Aug, 2017
Perhaps you thought, as admittedly I did, that Ian Smith’s 2017 show title was making some kind of reference to the much used and abused colloquial term for “special snowflake�…
The Extraordinary Time-Travelling Adventures of Baron Munchausen
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- New Town Theatre
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2017
Amazing tales elegantly told.
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Millie Bayswater
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 12th Aug, 2017
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical seems to have become synonymous with the Fringe; their billboards plastering every major walkway across Edinburgh.
Short & Curly: Young at Start
- Review
- ★★★★
- Shevek Smith
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- Parliament Street
- 3rd Aug, 2017
Short and Curly do not do things by halves.
Whatever Happened to Vandal Raptor?
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Shevek Smith
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- Parliament Street
- 3rd Aug, 2017
Whatever Happened to Vandal Raptor? is a perfect demonstration of a performance as protest, performance as change, and how one person can make a difference by creating a space…
Short & Curly: Young at Start
- Review
- ★★★★
- Shevek Smith
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Tea Pot
- 2nd Aug, 2017
Short and Curly do not do things by halves.
Ian Smith - Snowflake
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Shed
- 30th Jul 2017
Ian Smith (BBC3’s Sweat the Small Stuff, BBC1’s The Ark) is an award-winning comedian.
Tom Crosbie: Nerd Do Well
- Review
- ★★★★
- Shevek Smith
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Shed
- 31st Jul, 2017
There is no such thing as magic, something a nerd might be keen to point out.
Tom Taylor: The Game’s a Foot, Try the Fish
- Review
- ★★★
- Shevek Smith
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Tea Pot
- 31st Jul, 2017
Tom Taylor returns with his one person particularly posh whodunnit featuring Charles Montague, a posh dandy womanizer who is one of those people who you can’t work out quite why …
Hyena Lounge At The Great Yorkshire Fringe - Stephen K Amos, Allyson June Smith & Dan Nightingale
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The White Rose Rotunda
- 28th Jul 2017
York’s legendary comedy club makes a welcome return to the Great Yorkshire with four laughter-packed shows featuring the cream of the UK’s comedy circuit.
For the School Colours: The Life and Works of Angela Brazil
- Review
- ★★★★
- Shevek Smith
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Shed
- 27th Jul, 2017
For the School Colours is an interestingly educational piece of theatre about a forgotten pioneer of school-based children’s literature made popular by Enid Blyton and J.
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The White Rose Rotunda
- 25th - 25th Jul 2017
2016 Olivier Award Winners – Best Entertainment and Family Show With nine years as an Edinburgh Fringe must-see phenomenon, a BBC Radio 4 series, a critically acclaimed West End…
WMD Makes Everything Better
- Review
- ★★★
- Shevek Smith
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Shed
- 25th Jul, 2017
An hour long sketch show full of ‘Art’, egotism and arses, WMD Makes Everything Better demonstrates puerile humour at its best.
Any Suggestions Doctor? An Improvised Adventure in Space and Time
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Shed
- 23rd Jul 2017
The most fantastic improvised parody in all of space & time is back! Brand new episodes of Doctor Who created with your suggestions and a live radiophonic workshop.
Fear-tre of Fear with Thaddeus Bent
- Review
- ★★★★
- Shevek Smith
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Tea Pot
- 25th Jul, 2017
Fear-tre of Fear is an hour of laugh out loud irreverent stories bringing the mundane into thrilling perspective or, more terrifyingly, providing a fantastical bent to horrors of m…
Bumper Blyton - An Improvised Enid Blyton Adventure! PLUS Ten Thousand Million Love Stories and The Society
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Nursery Theatre
- 24th Jun 2017
Bumper Blyton presents a riotous improvised spoof of the nation’s most beloved author, Ten Thousand Million Love Stories brings us a two-person show all about love, and The Socie…
Improvised Comedy feat. Leave To Remain, Clusterfox and James And I
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Nursery Theatre
- 23rd Jun 2017
Three hilarious shows all made up on the spot by some of London’s top improvisers! This week we have Leave To Remain, Clusterfox & James And I.
The Accidental Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Studio 2
- 1st - 4th Jun 2017
When Sherlock Holmes unknowingly murders his own client, the game is on to track down the criminal mastermind who did it - Holmes himself! But does Watson’s rent have anything to…
Jack Left Town: The Improvised Rock Documentary
- Review
- ★★★
- Louise Jones
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 31st May, 2017
An improvised rock documentary is a tall order, and Jack Left Town sets out with boundless enthusiasm, a strong absurdity curve and sick air guitar to deliver, even if some areas a…
Storyland Author Readings
- Listing Spoken Word
- Brighton Fringe
- Jubilee Library
- 26th May 2017
Brighton’s Storyland Press is a place where the story comes first, regardless of genre or where it sits on the commercial/literary spectrum.
Any Suggestions, Doctor?: An Improvised Adventure in Space & Time
- Review
- ★★
- Julia French
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Waterfront 1
- 31st May, 2017
Taking a much loved pop culture reference point is always a sure fire way to fill seats.
Nick Revell: The True and Amazing Adventures of Nick Revell on Planet Earth
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Blue Man
- 21st - 23rd May 2017
Been in the pub a lot, preparing for when the robots take over: lot of weird stuff happening, just below the surface.
Bom-Bane's Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton & Other Shows
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Bom-Bane’s Music Cafe
- 18th May - 3rd Jun 2017
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 …
Etherwave: Adventures With The Theremin
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Dukebox
- 13th - 21st May 2017
Notorious performer Hypnotique tells her personal story about the world’s first electronic instrument (from 1920s Russia) and it’s influence on music today – including Led Zepp…
Adventures In Wonderland
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Vault Festival
- Vaults
- 13th May - 3rd Sep 2017
The critically acclaimed multi-sensory experience created and directed specifically for children aged 5-10 is back in 2017! Les Petits Theatre Company invite you to fall down the r…
BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Studio 3
- 8th - 9th May 2017
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Ian Smith: Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 6th - 7th May 2017
Ian Smith (BBC3’s ‘Sweat the Small Stuff’, BBC1’s ‘The Ark’) is an award-winning comedian.
Alice's Adventures Underground
- Listing Theatre
- Vault Festival
- Vaults
- 15th Apr - 23rd Sep 2017
”There is a place.
The Shoreditch Improv Festival Sunday Funday Shows
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Water Poet
- 19th Feb 2017
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…
The Shoreditch Improv Festival improvised tour of Shoreditch street art
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Water Poet
- 18th Feb 2017
Enrol in Balderdash Academy and join your improv professors on a tour de force of this century’s best street art focused in its natural home: Shoreditch.
The Adventures of Dick!
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sue Denham
- London Fringe
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 15th Dec, 2016
When it comes to smutty seasonal fun, Stuart Saint and his team of cohorts are the authority.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh
- The Lyceum
- 3rd Dec, 2016
As a rule, the best children’s stories—be they novels, comics or TV shows—all inspire the same question: “What on Earth were they taking when they came up with that?” …
Hans Teeuwen: Real Rancour
- Review
- ★★★★
- Claire Smith
- West End
- Soho Theatre
- 8th Oct, 2016
With a face like the Edvard Munch painting The Scream and limbs flying everywhere like a jointed wooden puppet, Dutch comic Hans Teeuwen begins his show with a burst of freestyl…
Adventures of Tracey Tracey
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Moriarty’s
- 18th - 28th Aug 2016
Tracey likes to dream.
Simon Lukacs Shows His Range
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Southside Social
- 15th - 23rd Aug 2016
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
Just by Ali Smith
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 15th - 21st Aug 2016
Corelli Theatre Company in association with Greenwich Theatre presents Just, by Ali Smith and directed by Lucy Cuthbertson.
Improvised Adventures in Time and Space
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 15th - 20th Aug 2016
The Doctor’s back and combating rogue aliens at the Fringe! Directed by one of the makers of Adventures of the Improvised Sherlock Holmes, we take you on a transcendental journey…
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on Niddry St
- 22nd Aug, 2016
The Italia Conti Ensemble returns to the Festival Fringe with their second-year students again split into two groups, each with its own choice of play.
Brian Kellock and Dick Lee – Jazz Adventures
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Valvona & Crolla
- 15th - 18th Aug 2016
Brian and Dick take you on a jazz odyssey through the decades, floating like butterflies and swinging like bees.
Holmes & Watson: The Farewell Tour
- Review
- ★★★★
- M Johnson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 19th Aug, 2016
Sherlock Holmes meets a theatrical farce in this intelligently written double act that sparkles like the Blue Carbuncle.
The Baffling Adventures of Question Mark Man
- Review
- ★★★★★
- chhewitt95
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 23rd Aug, 2016
What if punctuation marks were superheroes? During this show, we follow Question Mark Man as he tries to rescue his love interest Becky from the evil Captain Conundrum.
Spontaneous Wrecks Improvised comedy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Cowgatehead
- 14th - 27th Aug 2016
Fresh from Newcastle, Spontaneous Wrecks brings you live improvised comedy in the style of ‘Whose Line is it Anyway?’.
The Royal Ballet: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 14th - 23rd Aug 2016
Cinema screening of live performance.
Daniel Sloss: So? (Late Shows)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150 at EICC
- 12th - 27th Aug 2016
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
Improvable- improvised comedy
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Phoenix Artist Club / The Hen & Chickens Theatre Bar
- 10th - 28th Aug 2016
Presenting a fast, funny, and engaging take on improv, improvable brings ‘Whose Line is it Anyway?’ style games into the 21st century.
The Accidental Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- Review
- ★★
- Kay Tee
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C
- 17th Aug, 2016
As a fan of Arthur Conan Doyle’s enigmatic and famously hyper-intelligent super sleuth, I was intrigued to see this production by the appropriately-named Tobacco Tea Theatre Comp…
Sherlock
- Review
- ★★
- James W. Woe
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 10th Aug, 2016
Bablake Theatre’s take on the character of Sherlock delivers a few laughs, though it offers nothing new to the already long list of pastiches and homages the detective has receiv…
Daniel Smith: Blues Piano
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 6th - 28th Aug 2016
Downhome blues, stomping boogie-woogie, foot-tapping New Orleans piano, hard-bop classics and exciting originals evoking the good-time atmosphere of the speakeasy.
Spontaneous Sherlock
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ellie Coote
- Edinburgh Fringe
- La Belle Angèle
- 12th Aug, 2016
The premise: ‘Sherlock Holmes and the [insert audience suggestion here].
Adventures in Menstruating with Chella Quint
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Banshee Labyrinth
- 6th - 28th Aug 2016
For everything you never knew you needed to know about periods, there’s science comedian and sex educator Chella Quint.
Mark Smith: Old Smudge
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Cowgatehead
- 6th - 27th Aug 2016
Mark Smith (Russell Howard’s Good News) returns to Edinburgh with a new show and Lord have mercy is he excited.
Shhhh – An Improvised Silent Movie
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C nova
- 6th - 20th Aug 2016
A completely improvised silent movie accompanied by live ragtime piano music, inspired by the films and ambience of the 1920s.
Alan's Awkward (Choose Your Own) Adventures
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Church Hill Theatre
- 6th - 9th Aug 2016
This world premiere by Chicago’s award-winning Wego Drama is a family friendly show! The audience gets to choose what adventure Alan will take.
Men With Coconuts: Improvised Bond
- Review
- ★★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- La Belle Angèle
- 18th Aug, 2016
Edinburgh-based improv group Men with Coconuts present an entirely improvised Bond film, based on suggestions from the audience and using many familiar tropes and improvisation gam…
Alex Smith – Not Even Trying
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Whistlebinkies
- 6th - 27th Aug 2016
Stand-up comedian, HuffingtonPost.
Wiley and Louie: Two Imaginative Adventures
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Church Hill Theatre
- 5th - 10th Aug 2016
Wiley and The Hairy Man, based on African and Native American folklore, follows the tale of a boy in the Louisiana bayou who must conquer his fears to defeat the legendary hairy ma…
Glitch – The Improvised Puppet Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 5th - 20th Aug 2016
An improvised comedy show performed by a cast of puppets for adults.
Dreamform: Improvised Theatre
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Jury’s Inn
- 5th - 9th Aug 2016
Welcome to Dreamform.
Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel
- Review
- ★★★★
- Simon Fearn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 7th Aug, 2016
An improvised Jane Austen novel was always going to be a lot of fun, and Austentatious’s talented cast certainly delivered an amusing hour of comedy.
Arthur Smith – Mindlessness: A Beginner's Guide
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 5th - 21st Aug 2016
Want to find peace of mind but can’t be arsed to get up early for yoga? Would rather be in the pub than chanting naked up a mountain? Worried your spiritual journey may involve bus…
The Improvised Improv Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Crags Bar
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
Taking improv to the next level – we improvise the cast! ‘Belly-laugh inducing’ (Platform).
Any Suggestions, Doctor? An Improvised Adventure in Space and Time
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 4th - 27th Aug 2016
An episode of Doctor Who improvised before your eyes! From a fantastic team, including five-star directors, producers, actors and comedians, (Nouse, 2015).
Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows
- Review
- ★★★★★
- William Heraghty
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 8th Aug, 2016
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…
Shaken Not Stirred: The Improvised James Bond Film
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
After a blockbuster 2015, Alexander Fox and Dom O’Keefe are back with a bang.
Adventures of the Improvised Sherlock Holmes
- Review
- ★★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Community Project
- 16th Aug, 2016
Based on audience suggestions, the hour’s traffic of the stage is an improvised case which promises to be ‘the greatest Sherlock Holmes story ever’, The Case of the Lemon Pos…
Bob Slayer: 24 Hour Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus
- 4th - 29th Aug 2016
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
Lynch: Improvised Plays in the Style of David Lynch – Free
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom
- 4th - 14th Aug 2016
Enter a world with its veil drawn back, where good and evil battle in darkly hilarious style.
Etherwave: Adventures with the Theremin
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 4th - 14th Aug 2016
Notorious performer Hypnotique tells her personal story about the world’s first electronic instrument (from 1920s Russia) and its influence on music today – including Led Zeppe…
Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother in the Case of a Study in Blood
- Review
- ★★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Spotlites
- 22nd Aug, 2016
Sherlock Holmes, true to its original with all the same characters and tropes that keep fans hooked, but with a twist.
Adventures of the Singing Acupuncturist Five: Big O Conquers the FOMO – Free
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Moriarty’s
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
Spread your wings of courage and join Big O as she explores the aspects of fear.
Strange Face – Adventures With a Lost Nick Drake Recording
- Review
- ★★★★
- Matthew Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 8th Aug, 2016
Strange Face is Michael Burdett’s story; Drake himself is something of a side character.
Arthur Smith – The Arturart Museum of Socks
- Listing Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2016
A unique exhibition telling the little known but inspirational story of socks.
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 8th Aug, 2016
Showstoppers! have a strong reputation preceding them, made evident by the number of people in the packed auditorium murmuring excitedly before the lights go down.
Impromptunes – The Completely Improvised Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Timothy Leonine Tsang
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly Med Quad
- 24th Aug, 2016
The Impromptunes take the first suggestion by the audience and make a musical out of it.
Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Hayley Sophie Scott
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 19th Aug, 2016
Incredible, hilarious, infectious, amazing.
Holmes for Rent
- Review
- ★★★★
- Megan Atkins
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C
- 19th Aug, 2016
From Benedict Cumberbatch on the TV to Robert Downey Jr on the big screen, Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic Victorian novels Sherlock Holmes have been brought back so many times, and…
Adventures of a Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl
- Review
- ★★★★
- Millie Bayswater
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 12th Aug, 2016
A triumphant come-back for sell-out performer Rebecca Perry.
When You Improv on a Star: an Improvised Disney-Style Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2016
Be Prepared for a Disney-style musical like you’ve never seen before! We’ll take you to A Whole New World full of princesses, witches, and talking animals, starring in an improvise…
Amée Smith: Relax, It's Not About You
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly Med Quad
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2016
She put her hopes and dreams on hold supporting him and helping him achieve his.
Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2016
Fringe sensations Racing Minds are back after three sell-out years! A doddery grandfather can’t quite remember his ripping yarn, but with your help a mystery stuffed with hilarious…
The Marvellous Adventures of Mary Seacole
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C nova
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2016
Cleo Sylvestre tells the fascinating story of the Jamaican/Scottish woman who braved the Crimean War to tend to wounded soldiers, described as ‘a warm and successful physician, w…
Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Lettie Mckie
- London Fringe
- Udderbelly Festival
- 23rd Jun, 2016
Comedy improvisation troupe Austentatious have been reducing erstwhile sensible audiences to fits of hysteria all over the UK since 2012.
Strange Face: Adventures With A Lost Nick Drake Recording
- Review
- ★★★★
- Catherine O’Sullivan
- Brighton Fringe
- The Old Market
- 7th Jun, 2016
“Strange face, with your eyes So pale and sincere.
Project2: Improvised Science Fiction
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 19th - 21st May 2016
Project2 improvise science fiction.
Briefs
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Claire Smith
- Brighton Fringe
- Republic
- 21st May, 2016
“Politics doesn’t have to be dull.
Amée Smith: Relax, It's Not About You
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Studio 3
- 10th - 12th May 2016
SHE had HER hopes and dreams on hold supporting HIM and HIS.
The Amazing Adventures of Little Red
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Friends’ Meeting House
- 8th - 22nd May 2016
The SMASH HIT family musical returns to Brighton.
Meow Meow
- Review
- ★★★★
- Claire Smith
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 21st May, 2016
She’s played in the West End, sparkled in La Clique and starred as Titania in Shakespeare’s Globe – but now, she’s “in a tent in Brighton, in the middle of a roundabout.
Sherlock Holmes: A Working Hypothesis
- Review
- ★★★
- Simon Ximenez
- London Fringe
- Greenwich Theatre
- 13th Apr, 2016
You don’t need to have read any of the Arthur Conan Doyle novels in order to feel that you know a great deal about Sherlock Holmes.
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Lyric Theatre
- 14th Mar 2016 - 20th Apr 2020
Eighty new musicals will have their West End premiere this Autumn, each created on the spot by the incredible, multi award-winning musical comedians The Showstoppers.
Valentines Shows
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- Littlefield / Magnet Theater / The Stand
- 9th - 14th Feb 2016
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…
Simon Munnery: And Nothing But
- Review
- ★★★★
- Claire Smith
- UK Regional & Tours
- Multiple Venues
- 6th Feb, 2016
There have been a lot of Simon Munneries over the years.
Margaret Cho: The Psycho Tour
- Review
- ★★★★
- Claire Smith
- London Fringe
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 17th Dec, 2015
At the end of her show Margaret Cho pulls onstage a pianist and a guitar player and sings: “I wanna kill my rapist.
The Further Adventures of… and Adam & Eva
- Listing Theatre
- Off Off Broadway
- The West End Theater at the Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew
- 18th - 25th Nov 2015
The Further Adventures of… tells the story of a little girl who grows up to be a writer.
Tom Holmes: Die Doing What You Love
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 13th Nov 2015
Die Doing What You Love is the first (and last) solo show from comedian Tom Holmes.
Lights! Camera! Improvise! - The Improvised Movie Live on Stage
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 28th - 30th Aug 2015
Olivier Award winning comedy company Mischief Theatre return to the Fringe for 3 nights only with their improvised movie direct from a sell-out West End run.
The Adventures of Isabel
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 24th - 28th Aug 2015
The Adventures of Isabel is a critically acclaimed, immersive dance theatre production for children aged between 2-7 years, inspired by 19th and 20th century poetry about childhood…
Greg Proops: The Smartest Man In The World
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 24th - 26th Aug 2015
It’s just Proops and you.
Silver Darlings: Alexander McCall Smith and James Ross
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Famous Spiegeltent
- 20th - 24th Aug 2015
In Silver Darlings, celebrated writer Alexander McCall Smith has joined forces with innovative Scottish composer James Ross, to write a song cycle about Scotland and the sea.
Loving Linda Smith Gala Concert: In Aid of Target Ovarian Cancer
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Assembly Rooms
- 19th Aug 2015
Jo Brand, Phill Jupitus, Mark Thomas, Susan Calman, Bridget Christie, Liz Lochhead, Arthur Smith, Jo Caulfield, Fred MacAulay and Angela Barnes.
Jim Smith: Farmed and Dangerous
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4
- 18th - 30th Aug 2015
It’s town meets country as the Perthshire farmer performs his debut Edinburgh Fringe show.
Soapy Smith's Alaskana Extravaganza
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Church Hill Theatre
- 16th - 21st Aug 2015
A madcap vaudeville style comedy set during the Alaskan gold rush of 1896.
An Improvised Murder
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St John’s
- 16th - 22nd Aug 2015
An Improvised Murder.
The Accidental Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C
- 21st Aug, 2015
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous creation is given a shaky new lease of life in this parody adventure by Tobacco Tea.
Daniel Sloss: Dark: Extra Shows!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150@EICC
- 14th - 29th Aug 2015
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
Elaine C Smith's Burdz Eye View
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Assembly Rooms
- 13th - 16th Aug 2015
Elaine C Smith the comedienne, actress, singer, writer, raconteur, political activist and star of Rab C Nesbitt returns to the Fringe with a new one woman show – a brilliant mix …
The Game's Afoot. An Encounter With Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Arthur Conan Doyle Centre
- 12th - 14th Aug 2015
With tremendous flair and dramatised extracts, David Stuart Davies presents the story of the genesis, career, influence and fame of the Great Detective, along with that of his crea…
The Wishing-Chair Adventures
- Review
- ★★★
- Louise Jones
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on Niddry St
- 13th Aug, 2015
Running Torch’s The Wishing-Chair Adventures prides itself on audience interaction.
Sherlock and Watson: Best Friends Forever
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sportsters
- 8th - 29th Aug 2015
A joyfully improvised comedy following the adventures of the world’s most beloved partners in crime.
Adventures in Menstruating with Chella Quint
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Stafford Centre
- 8th - 28th Aug 2015
What is that blue stuff… and why isn’t it red? Will all the menstruators performing at the Fringe really synchronise cycles? Really? And how can century-old ads still affect at…
Mark Smith: Log Flume
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Cowgatehead
- 8th - 29th Aug 2015
Mark Smith (Nick Helm’s Heavy Entertainment, Russell Howard’s Good News, car owner) is back with a brand new show.
Daniel Smith Blues Piano
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 8th - 30th Aug 2015
Daniel Smith Blues Piano.
The Adventures of Nellie Bly
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Cafe Camino
- 8th - 22nd Aug 2015
The true story of a remarkable 19th-century journalist and daredevil, whose adventurous articles and determination made her the most famous reporter in America by the time she turn…
Spontaneous Sherlock
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Liquid Rooms (Annexe Double)
- 8th - 30th Aug 2015
Spontaneous Sherlock is an entirely improvised Sherlock Holmes comedy play based on a title suggested by the audience.
Alex Smith - The Art of Grooming
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Whistlebinkies
- 8th - 29th Aug 2015
Have you ever felt that perhaps you have too much money? That the money you have set aside for a house, a car or that kidney transplant a doctor has told you that you critically ne…
Mark Smith: Log Flume
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Cowgatehead
- 7th - 31st Aug 2015
Mark Smith (Nick Helm’s Heavy Entertainment, Russell Howard’s Good News, car owner) is back with a brand new show.
Baron Sternlook's Improvised Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on Niddry St
- 7th - 29th Aug 2015
James Lovelock (Showstopper, Music Box) and his herd of musical improvisers bring you the silliest musicals ever never written, all improvised from your suggestions.
Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel
- Review
- ★★★★
- Larry Bartleet
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 7th Aug, 2015
Fasten your knickerbockers and hold onto your bonnets: Austentatious is back for a fourth year of frilly-meets-filthy improvisation, based exceptionally loosely on the collected wo…
Oliver Meech's Improvised Magic Show
- Review
- ★★
- Ali Schultz
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 22nd Aug, 2015
Oliver Meech is no stranger to the Edinburgh Fringe, having brought his show When Magic and Science Collide in previous years.
Strange Face – Adventures With a Lost Nick Drake Recording
- Review
- ★★★★
- Conor Matchett
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 11th Aug, 2015
Music has a way of providing the most honest portrait of a person, be it someone listening to an opera in the Royal Albert Hall or someone moshing in the belly of Bannerman’s, mu…
The Beau Zeaux: An Improvised Comedy
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sarah Gough
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 20th Aug, 2015
The Beau Zeaux are impressive in their intensity.
The Improvised Improv Show – Free Show!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys
- 6th - 30th Aug 2015
Taking improv to the next level – we improvise the cast! Now in its third year, the Fringe’s free daily improv jam returns for more comedy scenes and games based entirely on audi…
Jordan Brookes: Adventures in Limited Space
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Community Project
- 6th - 30th Aug 2015
Truth and fiction knock lumps out of each other on the battleground of a pale, malnourished man’s body and mind.
Gabriel Bisset-Smith Tells the Most Original and Funny Joke in the Universe!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 6th - 30th Aug 2015
Multi-award winning performer Gabriel Bisset-Smith will take you on a journey of intergalactic travel, strange sexual positions, bizarre dance routines, Kanye West and unhinged mur…
The Bumper Blyton Improvised Adventure
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 6th - 20th Aug 2015
The picnic hamper’s packed, it’s time for a jolly adventure in the grand old style of Enid Blyton! Cast yourself back to the 1940s when houses cost thruppence, snuff was tuppen…
Adventures of the Improvised Sherlock Holmes
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Community Project
- 6th - 30th Aug 2015
No script Sherlock! The stars of Fringe sensations Racing Minds and Impromptu Shakespeare take you on a thrilling new adventure each day through the underworld of Victorian Britain…
Upstairs Downton – The Improvised Episode
- Review
- ★★
- Dawn Kofie
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 8th Aug, 2015
Upstairs Downton – The Improvised Episode opens with the ordinarily subdued theme tune to ITV’s massively popular period drama, Downton Abbey, played on kazoos and a recorder.
The Game's Afoot, or Holmes for the Holidays
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Murrayfield Parish Church Centre
- 6th - 15th Aug 2015
December 1936, and Broadway star William Gillette, admired the world over for his leading role in the play Sherlock Holmes, has invited his fellow cast members to his Connecticut c…
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 5th - 30th Aug 2015
A brand new musical is created from scratch at every performance of this multi award-winning show.
Ian Smith – Whereabouts
- Review
- ★★★★
- A George
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 13th Aug, 2015
Ian Smith is a wonderful comedian with a beautiful imagination.
The Underbelly Radio Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly Med Quad
- 5th - 28th Aug 2015
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…
Scott Smith: Wonders at Dusk
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Ali Schultz
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Scotch Malt Whisky Society
- 17th Aug, 2015
Wonders at Dusk is not just a magic show; it is a magical experience.
Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised
- Review
- ★★★★
- Josh Adcock
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 9th Aug, 2015
Aaaand Now for Something Completely Improvised spins out a fully-fledged, one hour show, firmly founded on nothing more than the performers’ wit, charm, comedic reflexes and audi…
Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ryan O’Connor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 13th Aug, 2015
If you’re planning on making the trip to see Baby Wants Candy, get your title suggestions ready now! The audience for his fully improvised musical comedy has barely taken their s…
Leo du Feu and Susan Smith
- Listing Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Royal Over-Seas League
- 3rd - 31st Aug 2015
Watercolours, oils and prints of Scottish landscapes and wildlife by artist Leo du Feu and Susan Smith. Open daily. www.rosl.org.uk
Shows for Days
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Lincoln Center
- 31st May 2015
(previews start on Saturday; opens on June 29) Having just brought us Moss Hart’s entrancing “Act One,” Lincoln Center offers another piece of showbiz reminiscenc…
Alexis Dubus: Cars and Girls
- Review
- ★★★★
- Claire Smith
- Brighton Fringe
- Otherplace at the Basement: The Pit
- 30th May, 2015
What title could be more succinct? Cars and Girls is the story of a young man’s freewheeling adventures in life – looking for excitement, for love and for meaning.
Miss Behave's Gameshow
- Review
- ★★★★
- Claire Smith
- Brighton Fringe
- Marlborough Theatre
- 23rd May, 2015
“I normally hate audience participation,” says the man sitting next to me.
Patrick Monahan: Adventures in Monahan Land
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Studio
- 17th May 2015
Brand new, energetically witty and charming family show! Expect plenty of playful audience interaction from this loveable Irish/Iranian Teessider! “Monahan possesses the rare abil…
Improvised Comedy Workshops: Women/Children
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- The Verdict
- 16th - 17th May 2015
Award-winning workshops by all-female improv troupe Short & Girlie Show.
The Improverts - Exam Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh
- Teviot Debating Hall, Teviot Row House
- 14th - 15th May 2015
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…
Greg Proops Is the Smartest Man in the World
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- The Bell House
- 7th May 2015
Mr. Proops, a 30-year veteran of stand-up, hosts this “salubrious soliloquy” of a podcast, in which he explores current events and any other topics that interest him.
The Colin Hoult Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 7th - 25th May 2015
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…
The Improverts - London Shows
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Hen & Chickens Theatre Bar
- 9th - 10th Jan 2015
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…
Molly Lieber and Eleanor Smith
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- USA Regional & Tours
- Chocolate Factory
- 31st Dec 2014
When Ms.
Greg Zuccolo
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- USA Regional & Tours
- Jack
- 14th Dec 2014
A therapy session and a stand-up routine walk into a bar, take a few shots, and start dancing on the counter.
Loaded
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Greg Smith
- London Fringe
- The Brockley Jack Studio Theatre
- 18th Nov, 2014
Alter Ego charges in with another winning production.
Greg Behrendt
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- Union Hall
- 22nd Oct 2014
With this musical stand-up show, Mr.
National Ballet of Canada: Alices Adventures in Wonderland
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- USA Regional & Tours
- David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center
- 31st Aug 2014
There are many ways of falling down the rabbit hole, and Christopher Wheeldon, along with his creative team, has devised an extravagant one.
Greg Barris: Unbunned
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- Union Hall
- 25th Aug 2014
Greg Barris lets his hair down at this monthly comedy show, with sets from Chris Gethard and Nikki Glaser.
Captains of Industry! An Improvised Miscellany
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 17th - 23rd Aug 2014
Join us to see the Fringe’s best improvisers for free! Newly-minted comedy based on audience suggestions featuring performers from Austentatious, Showstoppers!, Monkey Toast and so…
Tommy Smith and Brian Kellock
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Queen’s Hall
- 16th Aug 2014
Two of Scotland’s greatest jazz artists, saxophonist Tommy Smith and pianist Brian Kellock, team up for this unique late night Fringe show they’ll perform 100% unplugged in the b…
Arthur Smith Sings Leonard Cohen (Vol. 2)
- Review
- ★★★★
- Rory Mackenzie
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 19th Aug, 2014
It would be unfair to describe Arthur Smith Sings Leonard Cohen Vol.
Owen Jones: The Establishment
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Assembly Rooms
- 26th Aug, 2014
In the ironically grand setting of the Assembly Rooms, Owen Jones gave a rallying and convincing cry against the establishment.
Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Review
- ★★
- Larry Bartleet
- Edinburgh Fringe
- National Library of Scotland
- 13th Aug, 2014
Playing with form is a bold move, one for which Ross Macfarlane, the director of this one-man show, must be praised.
Nick Helm's Two Night Stand in The Grand
- Review
- ★★★★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 14th Aug, 2014
Nick Helm’s Two Night Stand in the Grand is an epic comedy rock show worthy of its massive venue.
The Oxford Imps Present: The Curious Case of the Improvised Musical
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 10th - 24th Aug 2014
Agatha Christie has been working with critically-acclaimed improvised comedy ‘living legends’ (ThreeWeeks, 2013) in order to adapt her latest detective novel into an interactiv…
Adam Holmes and Friends
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 9th - 16th Aug 2014
One of the brightest rising stars on the Scottish music scene, 23-year-old singer/songwriter Adam Holmes, with special guests.
McNeil and Pamphilon Go 8-Bit!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 16th Aug, 2014
Returning to an even bigger venue this year, sketch duo McNeil and Pamphilon reprise their geekalicious gameshow for this year’s Fringe: once again McNeil and Pamphilon Go 8 Bit …
Daniel Sloss – Really...?! Extra Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150@EICC
- 8th - 23rd Aug 2014
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
Six Billion Suns
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo
- 13th Aug, 2014
Alzheimer’s is a disease close to the hearts of many people, as it affects so many of such a wide variety of ages, cultures and societies.
Josh Smith Not What You Expected Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 7th - 10th Aug 2014
The Josh Smith Not What You Expected Show will carry on to reflect on the well-being of everyday life.
Alice
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 11th Aug, 2014
The twists and turns of the topsy-turvy world of Alice in Wonderland are well known and loved by many, enshrined in literary pop culture.
Greg Proops: The Smartest Man in the World
- Review
- ★★★★
- Kayleigh Blair
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 7th Aug, 2014
Proops greets every guest that enters the theatre with a personal handshake, a touch that shocked and pleased the audience.
Playtime: New Adventures in Music
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ella Moran-Jones
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outhouse
- 11th Aug, 2014
Billing their series of gigs as Playtime, some of Edinburgh’s finest Jazzers are creating very interesting and enjoyable music in the intimate space of The Outhouse’s attic.
Dracula
- Review
- ★★★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 6th Aug, 2014
In a small, dark room on a sparingly set stage, four figures stand frozen, their eyes wide and their mouths stretched into clown-like smiles, their bodies tense and hands splayed…
Shhh - An Improvised Silent Movie
- Review
- ★★★★
- Chloe Clifford Astbury
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gryphon@WestEnd
- 20th Aug, 2014
What shape does an improvised silent film take? The process is already under way: one actor holds out a piece of chalk to spectators as they enter, while another beckons to them en…
Daniel Smith Blues Piano
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 3rd - 22nd Aug 2014
Down-home blues, stomping boogie-woogie, foot-tapping New Orleans piano/vocals, hard-bop classics and exciting originals evoking the good-time atmosphere of the speakeasy.
Impro FX: The Improvised Panto
- Listing Pantomime
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sportsters Bar
- 2nd - 24th Aug 2014
Fringe favourites Impro FX are back! Oh yes they are! Some grown men and a bloke they met who can play the piano perform an entirely improvised pantomime based off your suggestion…
Riptide: The Slasher Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 16th Aug, 2014
Fringe musicals are often incredibly hard to get right but with a score as sizzling as the sun on the beach and some incredibly skilled performers, Riptide: The Slasher Musical hit…
Waiting for the Call: The Improvised Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C
- 2nd - 9th Aug 2014
Using a fiendishly elaborate (and highly unnecessary) system of generating audience suggestion, Waiting for the Call invent an improvised musical based on ideas from the peculiar m…
Unicornucopia
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Globe Bar
- 14th Aug, 2014
Unicornucopia is James Ross’s insane and breakneck hour of Free Fringe stand-up, in which he rattles with hilarious speed through topics of colleagues, love, dreams and some hila…
Adventures on Air - Free
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 1st - 23rd Aug 2014
Award-winning comedian James Cook tells the often hilarious, surprising and surreal true story of being the voice between pop records.
Adventures of the Singing Acupuncturist: Big O Finds Her Soul
- Review
- ★
- Katherine Price
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 26th Aug, 2014
Thankfully, there was no combination of singing and acupuncture.
No Strings! An Improvised Comedy Musical...with Puppets!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 1st - 16th Aug 2014
When improvisers from critically-acclaimed hits Showstoppers and Austentatious find themselves entangled on the improv stage, only their puppet friends can unravel the tales gaggin…
Pioneer
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo Southside
- 13th Aug, 2014
Curious Directive have hit the Fringe this year with epic sci-fi drama Pioneer, a space-exploration thriller of stunning proportions.
Foul Play. The F*cking Nasty Show
- Review
- ★★★★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 12th Aug, 2014
Foul Play offers up the filthiest material from the most daring comics, and it really doesn’t disappoint.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Review
- ★★★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 23rd Aug, 2014
Tripped Theatre’s stylised adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream fits one of the Bard’s most famous and fun plays into the space of one hour, with only four…
Upstairs Downton: The Improvised Episode
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 1st - 24th Aug 2014
A rip-roaring improvised episode of everyone’s favourite period drama, created entirely from your suggestions.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 1st - 9th Aug 2014
From the award-winning Box Tale Soup, join Alice on her remarkable journey.
The Sons of Pitches: Boiler Alert!
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 19th Aug, 2014
In the recent explosion in popularity of a cappella it seems like you can’t walk up the Royal Mile without tripping over a group of symmetrically dressed singers who’ve lost th…
Casual Violence: The Great Fire of Nostril
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 16th Aug, 2014
In this farcical one-hour romp through the troves of storybook tropes, Fringe sketch regulars Casual Violence treat the audience to a kids-show-for-adults style adventure into a wo…
Treasure Island
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on Niddry St
- 12th Aug, 2014
Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale is given a family-friendly and wonderfully whimsical adaptation in this new production by Fourth Monkey.
Elaine C Smith
- Review
- ★★★
- Chloe Clifford Astbury
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Assembly Rooms
- 11th Aug, 2014
With three decades of performing under her belt, Elaine C.
Complete Holmes and Shakeshaft
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 31st Jul - 24th Aug 2014
They’ve been in the finals of most of the major comedy competitions in London, now Tom Holmes and James Shakeshaft – two of the most loved faces (and torsos) on the London circui…
Guilt & Shame: Going Straight
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 14th Aug, 2014
With more raucous energy than a crate of Red Bull sprinkled with cocaine, Rob Cawsey and Gabe Bisset Smith under the collective guise Guilt & Shame bring their new show Going Strai…
Goose (An Odd New One-Man Comedy Whodunit)
- Review
- ★★★★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Hall
- 10th Aug, 2014
How do you go about describing Goose (An Odd One-Man Comedy Whodunnit)? It’s one of those shows that you just have to see with your own eyes to understand it’s sheer awesomenes…
SmallWar
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Traverse Theatre
- 19th Aug, 2014
SmallWar, a piece adapted from actual accounts of events and experiences from conflicts spanning from WWI to Afghanistan, is an interestingly understated exploration of the emotion…
Strange Face - Adventures with a Lost Nick Drake Recording
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde
- 12th Aug, 2014
Mike Burdett’s one man show has all the signs and potential for being a Fringe hit but, sadly, due to some underdeveloped writing and wayward lessons, it doesn’t quite hit the mark…
Tomas Ford Stop Killing People
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 21st Aug, 2014
With a strange, original and interesting production, Tomás Ford brings his Patrick Bateman of the Fringe to the Mash House to tell a one-man-musical tale of double crossing deceit…
I Promise You Sex and Violence
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Northern Stage at King’s Hall
- 13th Aug, 2014
Northern Stage’s production of I Promise You Sex and Violence is a critique of modern attitudes to homophobia, racism and sexuality.
The Improvised Improv Show - Free
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde
- 31st Jul - 24th Aug 2014
Taking improv to the next level, we improvise the cast! A daily impro jam that absolutely anyone can take part in, whether experienced veteran or enthusiastic newcomer.
John Robertson: A Nifty History of Evil
- Review
- ★★★★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club III & IV
- 10th Aug, 2014
In addition to coming back to the fringe with last year’s critically acclaimed The Dark Room, John Robertson is also performing a more traditional stand up show, A Nifty History …
Alistair Green: Nobody’s Twisting Your Arm
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club III & IV
- 19th Aug, 2014
One of the lesser known but better versed performers in The Stand’s programme at this year’s Fringe, Alistair Green’s show Well Nobody’s Twisting Your Arm is a no-frills …
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jake A Ellamen
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 2nd Aug, 2014
No one expects to watch a musical set in a dog parlour with a canine duel – or, more precisely, ‘The Amazing New York State Poodle Fighting Championship’ – as its climax.
Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 30th Jul - 25th Aug 2014
One of the best known, longest running and most celebrated improv shows in the world.
Lights! Camera! Improvise! - The Improvised Movie
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jenni Ajderian
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 10th Aug, 2014
Back for another year of improvised madness are Mischief Theatre, the improvised movie and Oscar - the man with the biggest collection of DVDs in the known Universe.
Cambridge Footlights International Tour Show 2014: Real Feelings
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 14th Aug, 2014
Stepping into some pretty big comedy shoes, Cambridge Footlights have brought a fast-paced sketch and improv show to this year’s Fringe.
Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised
- Review
- ★★★
- Charlotte Ivers
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 20th Aug, 2014
Aaaand Now for Something Completely Improvised is a solid hour of good fun.
Patrick Monahan: Adventures in Monahan Land
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Kayleigh Blair
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 2nd Aug, 2014
Before the show had even began, I overheard a young man in the front row say ‘I can’t sit here, he’ll pick me!’ Fans of Patrick Monahan know what’s coming- and to be sure…
Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel
- Review
- ★★★★
- Frankie Goodway
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 5th Aug, 2014
It is a truth universally acknowledged that starting a review of Austentatious with ‘it is a truth universally acknowledged’ is so cliché that the author should be beaten.
Ian Smith – Flappable
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 17th Aug, 2014
The chatty Yorkshire patter of Ian Smith’s comedy offers an incredibly relatable show in the Pleasance comedy programme at this year’s festival.
He Had Hairy Hands
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 14th Aug, 2014
Having taken the Fringe by storm last year with their debut piece The Boy Who Kicked Pigs, young and incredibly talented theatre company Kill The Beast returns to The Pleasance wit…
Potted Sherlock
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 13th Aug, 2014
Edinburgh stalwarts Dan and Jeff are back for another energetic hour and, following Potted Potter, Potted Pirates and Potted Panto, it’s the turn of Baker Street’s own Sherlock…
I am, I am
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 6th Aug, 2014
Clever, funny and adorably weird, Harry Mitchell and Lowell Belfield, otherwise known as I am, I am, are already one of this year’s Fringe highlights.
Kai Humphries: Stuff Protocol
- Review
- ★★★★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 9th Aug, 2014
Many will be thrilled to see that the infectiously funny Kai Humphries is back at the Fringe with his new show Stuff Protocol.
Sam Simmons: Death of a Sails-Man
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 14th Aug, 2014
The king of surrealist stand-up, Sam Simmons, brings his incredible and irreverent style to the Udderbelly in Death of a Sails Man, the gut-achingly funny tale of a windsurfer lost…
The Great Gatsby
- Review
- ★★★★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 31st Aug, 2014
In the appropriately grand setting at Assembly Roxy, this adaptation of The Great Gatsby fuses modern music, simple but effective set design, exquisite dancing and decadent cost…
Dracula
- Review
- ★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 14th Aug, 2014
Vampires never seem to go out of fashion.
Winter Is Coming
- Review
- ★★★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 9th Aug, 2014
Winter Is Coming is a ludicrous take on the popular TV series, Game of Thrones.
The Beta Males: Happenstance
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 12th Aug, 2014
Fierce, fast, farcical and ferocious, The Beta Males certainly pack a punch in their new show Happenstance.
Alex Edelman: Millennial
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 14th Aug, 2014
Up in Pleasance’s intimate stand-up venue Attic, there is one young comedian who is making waves on the comedy scene as he manages to cement himself as a firm Fringe favourite ev…
An Extraordinary Light
- Review
- ★★★
- Greg Smith
- Henley Fringe
- King’s Arms Barn / Lovibonds Brewery Ltd
- 25th Jul, 2014
The double helix structure of DNA is knowledge that today we take for granted.
Improv Noir
- Review
- ★★★
- Greg Smith
- Henley Fringe
- Hotel du Vin & Bistro Henley-on-Thames / Upstairs & Downstairs
- 27th Jul, 2014
Eager to entertain, all-female group Improv Noir follow the well-trodden formula of inviting ideas from the audience as to a place and a character then spend the next hour creati…
Four Monologues
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Greg Smith
- Henley Fringe
- Hot Gossip
- 24th Jul, 2014
From an initial four to a now fuller six, Bridget Fraser has written a stunning set of monologues that appear at first hand to have little connection to each other but actually r…
The Rudy Vees
- Review
- ★★★★
- Greg Smith
- Henley Fringe
- Hotel du Vin & Bistro Henley-on-Thames
- 25th Jul, 2014
These acoustic comedians return to the Henley Fringe with their assortment of quirky songs and music.
Miss Givings – a play with music
- Review
- ★★★★
- Greg Smith
- Henley Fringe
- Lovibonds Brewery Ltd / The Town Hall
- 27th Jul, 2014
A one-woman cabaret show presenting the life of Anita Boult, a jobbing musical actress trying to cope with life in New York city.
Casual Encounters
- Review
- ★★★
- Greg Smith
- Henley Fringe
- Henley Rowing Club
- 22nd Jul, 2014
A dark-comedy about the lives of the Rogers and their relationship problems.
One Of Those
- Review
- ★★★★
- Greg Smith
- Henley Fringe
- The Three Tuns
- 22nd Jul, 2014
Creator Tom Ward-Thomas has written a two-act comedy that peers into the lives of passengers commuting to Cornwall.
Sign of the Times
- Review
- ★★★
- Greg Smith
- Henley Fringe
- Henley Rugby Football Club
- 23rd Jul, 2014
Stalwarts of the Henley Fringe Festival, Falcon Grange are back for their seventh year with another smooth show.
Simon Feilder: All the Things I’m Not
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Greg Smith
- Henley Fringe
- Hotel du Vin & Bistro Henley-on-Thames
- 23rd Jul, 2014
Like many men of his generation, Simon Feilder talks about his insecurities about being a single man, but unlike a lot of them he spices his show up with multi-media presentation…
Women of an Uncertain Age
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Greg Smith
- Henley Fringe
- King’s Arms Barn
- 27th Jul, 2014
Outrageous, shocking and disgusting that women over a certain age should even attempt to create a comedy sketch show?Not at all.
Children's Shows and Workshops
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Academy of Creative Training / The Old Market
- 31st May - 1st Jun 2014
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
Josh Smith 'Not What You Expected' Show
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hobgoblin
- 27th - 31st May 2014
Josh Smith embarks on yet another show that includes the unfortunate events that happen daily and yet he shares them.
The Greatest Shows on Earth
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 17th May 2014
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
Charlie Smith: Too Tall for the Ride
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hobgoblin
- 12th - 16th May 2014
Following a successful run at festivals such as Edinburgh Fringe 2013 and various venues around the UK and Ireland, join Ireland’s tallest comedian at Brighton Fringe 2014.
The Colin Hoult Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Burrow at The Warren
- 5th - 25th May 2014
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.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Review
- ★★★
- Anna Pitts
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Main House
- 26th May, 2014
This colourful, vibrant performance of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was well received by children and adults alike.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
Be prepared to take a whirlwind trip around Wonderland and let your mind wander on this wonderful voyage of mayhem and madness.
Broken Holmes
- Review
- ★★★★
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2013
Since Broken Holmes’ last visit to the Fringe with a farcical tale of the eponymous detective in 2009, a certain Benedict Cumberbatch has helped propel Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s…
Angus: Weaver of Grass
- Review
- ★★★
- Hannah Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2012
Angus: Weaver of Grass is an unusual and beautiful production that weaves together music, puppetry, and mask into a visual and aural spectacle.
Fantastical Adventures in the Mundane
- Review
- ★★★
- Rory Mackenzie
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 23rd Aug, 2013
David (Douglas Cape) is a writer.
Adventures of Andy Kershaw
- Review
- ★★★
- Sarah McIntosh
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2013
Kershaw has had a lot of bad press over the last decade for his personal life but he’s back on track and promoting his autobiography No Off Switch at the Auditorium, Ghillie Dhu …
Josh Smith - From Top to Bottom Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th - 17th Aug 2013
Finally Josh Smith’s From Top to Bottom Show comes to Edinburgh after his recent sell-out performances! ‘Had our audience in stitches’ (Creswell Social Club).
Armada
- Review
- ★★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2013
Armada is a musical about war, love…and telepathy.
The Adventures of John Paul Jones
- Listing Music / Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th - 18th Aug 2013
Written by celebrated folk musician Alan Reid, storytelling and songs relate the tale of this controversial and extraordinary 18th-century Scots mariner.
The Secret Garden
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2013
3Bugs Theatre Company return to the Fringe with a new adaptation of this classic children’s story.
The Revolution Will Not Be Improvised
- Review
- ★★★
- Beth Cochrane
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 26th Aug, 2013
This form of improvisation is fairly stripped back, there was minimal audience interaction and the actors tended to go off on anecdotes that just weren’t that funny.
Omid Djalili Live
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Southbank Centre Pop-up Festival Area
- 15th Aug, 2013
Somewhat of a fringe legend, Omid Djalili has graced many a theatre on his national tours over the last 20 years since he performed his very first Edinburgh Fringe show.
Project Lolita
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2013
In amongst the more controversial theatre on at the Fringe this year we have emerging playwright Sophie Foster’s new work, which dissects the media culture surrounding suspected …
The Boy and the Bunnet
- Review
- ★★★
- Hannah Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2012
Scotland’s version of Peter and the Wolf is an enchanting tale with a lot of heart.
1,000 Suns
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2013
The Cold War is over, but this time America lost.
FOX
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2013
Children and adults alike will be familiar with Roald Dahl’s timeless story of Fantastic Mr Fox.
Gobsmell: The Musical
- Review
- ★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2013
With an admittedly clever pun for a title, this misplaced family comedy misses the mark in its attempt to entertain, both musically and humorously.
McNeil & Pamphilon Go 8-Bit!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2013
Mario Kart, Street Fighter and Bomber Man are all names that strike nostalgic excitement into the hearts of many of a certain generation.
Daniel Sloss - Stand-Up (Extra Shows!)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th - 24th Aug 2013
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
Stephen Tobin: Industrial Nature - A Solo Exhibit
- Review
- ★★★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2013
Although at first you can’t quite tell why, there is something different about Stephen Tobin’s prints.
An Evening with Elaine C Smith
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug 2013
A unique evening with the actress, comedienne, singer, political campaigner and raconteur, sharing intimate and hilarious recollections from her hugely successful autobiography Not…
Shhhh - An Improvised Silent Movie
- Review
- ★
- Nancy Napper-Canter
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2013
I watched Shhhh in a state of complete bafflement.
Brian Appleton's History of the World in 3 Darts
- Review
- ★★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2013
Musical history has been unfair to Brian Appleton, the rock musicologist who claims to have been instrumental in the development of prog rock, The Smiths and Phil Collins.
BiDiNG TiME - Various Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th - 24th Aug 2013
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
Mark Olver: Dancing About Architecture
- Review
- ★★★★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2013
David O’Doherty, Jenny Éclair, Joe Lycett and Pierre Nouvellie joined Mark Olver for Dancing About Architecture, a friendly live afternoon chat show where comedians talk about c…
151st International Exhibition of Photography
- Review
- ★★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
In a modest room, 202 photographs specially selected by a panel of judges from thousands of entries are hung on temporary boards that line the walls.
Stu and Garry in The Catchily Titled Improv Show
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
Stu and Garry in The Catchily Titled Improv Show is an hour of absolutely roaring comedy that will have you crippled with laughter.
Split Shift
- Review
- ★★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2013
Owen Hughes and Mabel Slattery have very different styles.
BattleActs! Improvised Comedy - Free
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd - 22nd Aug 2013
Multi five-star, Time Out Critic’s Choice, Smirnoff Hot Picks.
Arthur Smith
- Review
- ★★★★
- Alanta Colley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2013
Arthur Smith resembles Leonard Cohen in more ways than one.
Dead Famous
- Review
- ★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2013
Imagine if Edgar Allan Poe and Marie Antoinette presented an hour of painfully terrible stand up, inviting guests to join them to plug their equally terrible shows, read poetry and…
BattleActs! Improvised Comedy - Free
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd - 22nd Aug 2013
Time Out Critics’ Choice.
Greg Proops: The Smartest Man In The World
- Review
- ★★★★
- Kathleen Sargeant
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 4th Aug, 2013
Is Greg Proops the smartest man in the world? Well, his 2013 Fringe show would certainly make you believe it.
The Horne Section Live in a Cow - Extra Shows
- Listing Comedy / Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2013
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
On Hold
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2013
The world of PR is one ripe for comedy gold, Izzy Tennyson’s new play has taken this, using it not only for its humour but also to paint a dark portrait of the professional world…
The Showstoppers' Improvised Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lene Korseberg
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Southbank Centre Pop-up Festival Area
- 5th Aug, 2013
Often, the key to a good improvised comedy show is making sure that the audience forgets that what’s happening on stage is in fact improvised.
The Adventures of Caroline and Mr Clown
- Review
- ★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2013
A madcap and zany multi-media journey through the alphabet, minding your manners and some stand up comedy coaching for little ones, all eccentrically orchestrated by Sabrina the Te…
Bench Bites
- Review
- ★★★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2013
Who knew that a park bench could be the site of comedy? Sketch group Jam Sponge Comedy are determined to show us just how funny a park bench can be.
The Circus of Terror
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2013
Genuinely scary theatre can be hard to get right but this young theatre company has hit the balance of scares and gags bang on in this exciting and innovative show.
Adam Smith, le Grand Tour
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ludo Grant
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2013
Les Labyrinthes’ Adam Smith Le Grand Tour is an interesting and thought-provoking exploration into the life and ideas of Adam Smith – key figure of the Scottish Enlightenment.
Unholy Trinity
- Review
- ★★★★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2013
Featuring a compelling trio of dancers, watching Unholy Trinity is a powerful and raw experience.
Instant Sunshine
- Review
- ★★★★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd Aug, 2013
Instant Sunshine can really brighten up someone’s day with their old time sounds, musical talent and light comedy.
The Jocks and Geordies
- Review
- ★★★
- Hannah Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2012
The Jocks and Geordies is a show that has found an audience.
Laugh & Cry / Kokon (Double-Bill)
- Review
- ★★★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2013
Laugh & Cry is an exploration of public and private personas, choreographed by Evangelia Kolyra, and performed by three dancers.
Faileontology
- Review
- ★★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2013
A strange looking white-coated scientist examines an odd assortment of objects on the floor.
You All Know Me - I'm Jack Ruby!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2013
This powerful and intense one man show tells the story of Jacob Rubenstein, also known as Jack Ruby, the man who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald just days after Oswald himself as…
God of Carnage
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2013
Yasmin Reza’s modern masterpiece is here brought to life in the most frenetic, extreme and exciting way.
Charlie Smith: Too Tall for the Ride
- Listing Comedy / Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 13th Aug 2013
Join Ireland’s tallest comedian as he unravels the world through his unique point of view. Join Charlie on his surreal journey of devilment and hilarious stand-up.
Birdhouse
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2013
Taking the story of four elderly women who have been entangled in a freak attack by a murder of crows and take refuge in the Coronet Cinema this is a strange, intriguing and entert…
The Dark Room
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2013
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.
Leo
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2013
It’s an old trick seen may times before: someone crawls along the floor, someone films them sideways and they look, on camera, like they are climbing up a wall.
Iain Stirling: At Home - Extra Shows
- Listing Comedy / Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 23rd Aug 2013
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.
Rouse Ye Women
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2013
This inventive piece of devised physical theatre is the rousing story of a group of female workers in 1910 who went on strike from their jobs as chain-makers, demanding higher pay …
Adventures On Air – Free!
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom Moyser
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Aug, 2013
Ever wondered what radio DJs chat about when they’re off-air? No, me neither - but it turns out the topic provides a wealth of material for James Cook’s one-man show about the tria…
Guilt & Shame: Addicted to Everything
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2013
There are tons and tons of sketch shows on at the Fringe this year, meaning that it is easy for them to get lost amongst the crowd.
Elegant Nymphs
- Review
- ★★★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 2nd Aug, 2013
Although the name might imply a show about nymphs, the Bristol Revunions simply used their nymph characters to introduce an hour of fun filled sketches by asking, could this be the…
Mixed Doubles
- Review
- ★★★
- Hannah Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Upstairs at Three and Ten
- 24th Aug, 2012
Mixed Doubles is billed as ‘An Entertainment on Marriage’ and so it is, specifically marriage grown old and a little bit stale.
Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel
- Review
- ★★★
- Allana Isaacs
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2012
The six players that make up the Milk Monitors attempt to bring to life those Jane Austen novels which history has forgotten.
Dave Griffiths: C U In Court
- Review
- ★★★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2013
Dave Griffiths is clearly a determined man.
The Lunchtime Special
- Review
- ★★★★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2013
Including some of the newest and brightest stars, you’ll be hard pressed not to enjoy having an early afternoon pint and listening to these entertaining, hilarious and new young …
Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom Moyser
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2013
Commercially, Austentatious is perhaps one of the easiest sells on the Free Fringe: a popular and intensely loved literary brand – Austen – combined with the most crowd-pleasin…
Light Relief
- Review
- ★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2013
Geoff Cotton’s show is a mix of sketches, comedy songs, stand-up and satire.
The Pageantry and Heraldry of Scotland
- Review
- ★★★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2013
In the beautifully grand setting of St Mary’s Cathedral, a small and seemingly unimportant collection of objects are grouped together in the side chapel.
Simon Donald - Butch Straight Poof
- Review
- ★★★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2013
Simon Donald is clearly a funny man.
This Is Soap: The Improvised Soap Opera
- Review
- ★★★★
- Emma Obank
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2013
Year after year, a plethora of improv acts arrive in Edinburgh for the fringe.
Luke Benson: Legendary Feet
- Review
- ★★★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2013
In an intimate venue in Pleasance, the commanding figure of Luke Benson stepped out in front of the modest but enthusiastic audience full of vibrant energy.
BEASTS
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2013
Following their successful Pleasance run at the Fringe last year, BEASTS once again return with their inimitable brand of absurdist, ridiculous sketch comedy.
Amateur Transplants: Adam Kay Is Going For A Number One
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2013
With a show that is definitely not for the easily offended, Adam Kay reels off a series of his inimitable brand of parody songs with expert comedic timing and the hilarity that onl…
Six Characters in Search of an Author
- Review
- ★★
- Joseph Cunningham
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2013
In a new adaptation of Luigi Pirandello’s disturbing masterpiece, Cambridge ADC chop, change and miss the point entirely.
Does My Face Look Big In This
- Review
- ★★★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2013
Does My Face Look Big In This is a one-woman show with Caroline Hardie, a relatable, witty and energetic comedian.
AAA Stand-Up Late
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2013
Stand-up variety shows at the fringe can often be hit-and-miss, but this one just gets it spot on.
Greg Proops
- Review
- ★★★★
- James Dolton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2012
Back at the Fringe for the twentieth year in a row from his native San Francisco, Greg Proops is a veteran who has spent years on the comedy circuit in a variety of roles and an ev…
Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Rebecca Brown
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2012
How long does it take to write, choreograph and rehearse a musical? For most musicals it’s a long, drawn-out process.
Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical!
- Listing Comedy / Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2013
Critics’ Pick (New York Times).
Ian Smith - Anything
- Review
- ★★★★
- Agnes Chambre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd Aug, 2013
Ian Smith is the first to admit that Anything is perhaps too generically named, so the audience are forgiven for being apprehensive.
Greg Proops
- Review
- ★★★★
- Alanta Colley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2013
This hardened satirist is back for his 39th round at the Edinburgh Fringe.
The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Melissa Lawford
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2013
Tim Watts, creator and sole performer in The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik, brings an incredible story to life through a mind-blowingly creative use of animation, puppetry, song and …
New Art Club: Feel About Your Body
- Review
- ★★★★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2013
Dynamic, physical, moving (literally), touching (even more literally) and hilarious; this is the New Art Club, Tom Roden and Pete Shenton, two men who are on a mission to make you …
Carey Marx: Intensive Carey
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2013
With his show Intensive Carey, this Fringe favourite returns after a one year hiatus with the story of how he almost died, a number of times, by having a heart attack.
The Little Soldiers
- Review
- ★★★★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2013
It’s fair to say that, to a lot of people, mime consists of a man in makeup, wearing white gloves and a stripy top, making big-fish-little-fish-cardboard-box style hand gestures.
Mark Smith: The Most Astonishing Name in Comedy
- Review
- ★★★
- Nadia Brooks
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2013
A young lad with a winsome demeanour entered the room and high-fived everyone in the audience.
Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2013
Reprising their show Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised are Daniel Roberts, Tom Skelton, Chris Turner and Dougie Walker; together they make up Racing Minds, returning t…
People Will Talk: An Improvised Play
- Review
- ★★
- Natasha Long
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2008
Five experienced improvisers each request an audience suggestion, ranging from an item found in an attic to anyones favourite chocolate bar, and on the spot create characters and…
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Part I
- Review
- ★★
- Heather Mort
- London Fringe
- 26th Mar, 2012
To suggest that this Dickens classic suffered a stage death is a slight exaggeration of the Space’s production of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, but I must confess…
There's Absolutely Nothing Wrong With Oscar Pike
- Review
- ★★
- Hannah Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 23rd Aug, 2012
The Fringe cliché about performing to an audience of two men and a dog is every company’s nightmare.
The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik
- Review
- ★★★★
- Heather Mort
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2011
The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik is a visually stunning production which mixes multimedia and puppetry in a unique and touching solo show by Tim Watts.
One Night Stand: An Improvised Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Natasha Long
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2008
Returning after their 2007 sell-out Fringe hit, One Night Stand are back and better than ever.
The Improvised Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Emily Priestnall
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2011
This was the title of the only performance kindly suggested by a witty member of tonight’s audience.
Not Treasure Island
- Review
- ★★★★
- Hannah Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 4th Aug, 2012
This show is really fun: three performers in some barebones theatre - ultimate Fringe style, nothing but a black box - telling a comic version of Treasure Island.
The Silent Stream
- Review
- ★★★
- Ray Smith
- Brighton Fringe
- 12th May, 2013
As a play that deals with an important piece of Brighton’s rich and colourful historical fabric, the setting of Hove Town Hall is disappointingly inadequate.
Arthur Smith's Pissed-Up Chat Show
- Review
- ★★★
- William Summerlin
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2011
While Arthur Smith protests that he’s no longer on the sauce, the format and sheer unpredictability of this concept seem like they were conceived on some booze-addled bender.
DeAnne Smith: Livin' The Sweet Life
- Review
- ★★★
- Stephanie Bartlett
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2012
When DeAnne Smith entered the stage dressed in an adorable ensemble, picks up her ukulele and started singing a tune that sounded like it had been lifted from the soundtrack of 500…
The Revenge of Sherlock Holmes
- Review
- ★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 18th Apr, 2013
Leslie Bricusse is a distinguished name in the songwriting pantheon, with a string of Oscars and Tony Awards to his name.
The Adventures of Butt Boy and Tigger
- Review
- ★★★★★
- David Scott
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2008
Jamie and Matt are two young men indulging in the exchange of sexual fantasies over the internet.
Lewis Schaffer: No YOU Shut Up! - Free
- Review
- ★
- Hannah Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2012
Lewis Schaffer’s schtick is that he is an ex New York Jew making his way in this strange foreign land and hating every minute of it.
The Big Bite-Size Breakfast /Matinee Shows
- Review
- ★★★★
- Pete Shaw
- Brighton Fringe
- 3rd May, 2009
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
For The Trumpets Shall Sound
- Review
- ★★★★
- Greg Smith
- Henley Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2013
In the year before the centenary of World War I this production puts us in the middle of the conflict in France.
Vintage Luggage
- Review
- ★★★
- Greg Smith
- Henley Fringe
- 1st Aug, 2013
On a trip to France for a vintage car rally, four friends convene in a farmhouse - only two of them bring plus ones, making for a comedy of manners that speeds along as fast as any…
Not the Adventures of Moleman
- Review
- ★★★
- Katherine Burr
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2012
Did that really just happen? That’s the question that the audience were asking themselves as they left Not the Adventures of Moleman last night.
Burst
- Review
- ★★★★
- Greg Smith
- Henley Fringe
- 1st Aug, 2013
A collection of four short plays looking at different elements of life and love, each presents its own element of the comic brought about from the tragic and vice versa.
Mick Miller and Jimmy Cricket
- Review
- ★★★
- Hannah Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2012
The Fringe Festival may be the home of the new and outrageous but that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for some classic hits as well.
Mixed Doubles
- Review
- ★★★
- Greg Smith
- Henley Fringe
- 30th Jul, 2013
This seemingly seasoned sketch show quartet has the promise of a fully entertaining set, but though the performers are in sync with each other and each other, their material could …
The Golden Cowpat
- Review
- ★★★★
- Greg Smith
- Henley Fringe
- 30th Jul, 2013
With a combination of music, song and puppetry The Golden Cowpat recounts the story of Betty the cow in the style of an old episode of Jackanory.
Men of The World
- Review
- ★★★★
- Greg Smith
- Henley Fringe
- 27th Jul, 2013
John Godber is generally a safe bet in terms of production.
Mick Foley: Prisoner of Raw
- Review
- ★★★
- Hannah Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2012
Mick Foley has a hardcore fan base.
35MM
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Greg Smith
- Henley Fringe
- 25th Jul, 2013
35 mm is a musical exhibition combining photographic art with song.
Daniel Simonsen
- Review
- ★★
- Greg Smith
- Henley Fringe
- 25th Jul, 2013
Stand-up comedy is never an easy option and Daniel Simonsen certainly had his work cut out for him in attempting to do so with little by way of preparation.
Bourne ImprovABLES: Hilarious Improvised Comedy Show
- Review
- ★★★
- Anna Gross
- Brighton Fringe
- 6th May, 2012
A fun, eclectic group of amateur comedians took to the stage with an endearing, though not hilarious, improvised comedy set.
Take Two Every Four Hours
- Review
- ★★★
- Greg Smith
- Henley Fringe
- 24th Jul, 2013
A co-production with Vertical Line and Greenwich theatre, Take Two Every Four Hours is a work in progress by Henry Regan and Ross Stanley.
Much Ado About Nothing
- Review
- ★★
- Greg Smith
- Henley Fringe
- 23rd Jul, 2012
Shooting Stars presentation of Much Ado About Nothing is given a modern and youthful interpretation.
Edinburgh Preview : How to Beat Internet Dating
- Review
- ★★★
- Greg Smith
- Henley Fringe
- 23rd Jul, 2012
With a sell out show and standing room only, the expectation for Mark Restuccia’s set was high.
No Poofs No Piano
- Review
- ★★
- Greg Smith
- Henley Fringe
- 22nd Jul, 2012
Three young lads in search of comedy gold, No Poofs No Piano comprises of sketches and quips with typical schoolboy humour.
Silent Shakespeare
- Review
- ★★★★
- Greg Smith
- Henley Fringe
- 22nd Jul, 2012
Silent Shakespeare attempts to give meaning to some of his most famous characters, but without words.
Holmes and Watson
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Greg Smith
- Henley Fringe
- 22nd Jul, 2012
The premise of the play is a re-telling of The Case of the Prime Minister, the Floozie and the Lummock Rock Lighthouse.
“Shrew’s Who?”
- Review
- ★★★
- Greg Smith
- Henley Fringe
- 19th Jul, 2012
Shrew’s Who? is an attempt at role reversal of Shakespeare’s The Taming of The Shrew.
Naomi Vallance
- Review
- ★★★
- Greg Smith
- Henley Fringe
- 19th Jul, 2012
Nice to see some music listed on the Fringe Festival and a good chance to savour something other than theatre.
Thea-Skot's Miss Adventures
- Review
- ★★★★
- Stuart Saint
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2012
Thea Skot is an outright clever and funny young lady.
Daniel Sloss - Extra Shows!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Frankie Goodway
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2012
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…
Ladies Day
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Greg Smith
- Henley Fringe
- 19th Jul, 2012
Ladies Day charts the lives of four women working in a fish-filleting factory.
Visiting TIme
- Review
- ★★★
- Greg Smith
- Henley Fringe
- 18th Jul, 2012
Visiting Time opens dramatically in a hospital room.
She Stoops To Conquer
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Greg Smith
- Henley Fringe
- 17th Jul, 2012
She Stoops To Conquer is perhaps the best-known work of Oliver Goldsmith.
Milo McCabe: Kenny Moon This Is Your Life
- Review
- ★★★
- Hannah Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2012
The premise of the show is that This Is your Life is doing a special on Kenny Moon, comedian.
The Sensational Alex Salmond Gastric Band presents Oliver Pissed
- Review
- ★★★
- Hannah Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2012
In the second floor of a pub off Grassmarket, a sweaty singer belts out peculiar variations on show tunes from Oliver! This is Oliver Pissed, as presented by The Sensational Alex S…
Bane 1, 2 & 3
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Hannah Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2012
The Bane trilogy - a one man tribute to film noir and American gangsters featuring hitman Bruce Bane who ‘always gets his man’ in a series of perilous exploits - is a cult hit …
Michael Redmond: Mannequins, Fishmongers, Guacamole and Me ... and Other Things
- Review
- ★★★
- Hannah Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2012
Michael Redmond seems like a perfectly happy chap.
Monkey Toast: The Improvised Chat Show
- Review
- ★★★
- Fred Maynard
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2012
Monkey Toast’s chat show is the Pleasance’s late-night forum for comics to plug their shows and there’s nothing wrong with that – in fact, publicity has rarely been so much fun.
And Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
- Review
- ★★★★
- Amy Smith
- Brighton Fringe
- 7th May, 2012
In this experimental theatre piece .
Josh Widdicombe: The Further Adventures of...
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tristram Fane Saunders
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2012
Josh Widdicombe has an immediately likeable stage presence, engaging the audience from the outset.
Author
- Review
- ★★★★
- Louisa-Claire Dunnigan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2010
An author, two actors and an audience member discuss Tim Crouchs last play, an unnamed and violence-filled two-person production whose effects on the actors and writer are slowly…
The Improvised Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Alexander Boughton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2012
What a fantastic premise for a show; based on your suggestions the cast will serve up a brand new, fresh musical in front of your eyes.
The Magical Adventures of Pete Heat
- Review
- ★★★
- Cerys Mather
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2012
You may want to ask Pete Heat down to the pub after the show to bask in his warm, childlike grin and offhand, surreal humour.
Will and Greg - A Sketch Show
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Ian Billings
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2008
A sterling selection of inspired nonsense.
15% of The Seagull
- Review
- ★★★★
- Amy Smith
- Brighton Fringe
- 8th May, 2012
15% of The Seagull is a playful and tongue-in-cheek deconstruction of the theatrical process.
Super Crazy Fun Fun (Christmas Specials) - Free
- Review
- ★★★
- Hannah Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd Aug, 2012
This show is comedy flying by the seat of its pants: not exactly improvised, but certainly thrown together.
Sherlock Holmes and the Sound of the Baskervilles
- Review
- ★★★
- Rebecca Brown
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Aug, 2012
Adding a dollop of lyrical humour to classic literature is something that never fails to be amusing.
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Adam Harwood
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2010
The idea of performing an improvised musical is not a new one, and is always likely to enthrall a late-night audience who can never quite comprehend how skillfully their new ideas …
Alice's Adventures
- Review
- ★
- Aliya Ram
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2012
It seems like a disaster waiting to happen, giving a huge cast a tiny budget and a drab church to perform in.
Fairy Liquid And The Burst Bubble ... And Other Science Shows
- Review
- ★★★★
- Kathryn Mack
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2009
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.
Richard O'Brien's Mephistopheles Smith
- Review
- ★★
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2007
Having seen the Janus Theatre Company productions of Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens, perhaps my expectations were simply too high for Mephistopheles …
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice
- Review
- ★★
- Hannah Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2012
Jim Cartwright’s 1992 play has a script that dazzles, full of wordplay and witty one-liners.
Absolutely Amazing Adventures of the Singing Acupuncturist - Free
- Review
- ★
- Thom Louis
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2011
It isn’t often as a reviewer that you come across a show with absolutely no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
The Adventures of Pink Peter
- Review
- ★★
- Gordon Johnston
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2008
Former Blue Peter presenter Stuart Miles gives us this three-woman show in which he plays all of the parts, in their full cross-dressed finery.
Holmes and Watson: The Farewell Tour
- Review
- ★★
- Madeleine Ash
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 23rd Aug, 2012
Holmes is going into retirement, but before he does he convinces Watson, Inspector Lestrade and Mrs Hudson to join him on a farewell tour, to enact some of his more challenging and…
Aaaand Now for Something Completely Improvised - Free
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom Moyser
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2012
The improv group Racing Minds want to tell you a story.
Pop-Up! The Amazing Adventures of Moo-Dong
- Review
- ★★
- Kai Sedgwick
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2011
The phrase ‘and much more’ has to be one of the laziest devices in the English language, appended onto sentences as a sign that the writer is bereft of ideas.
Screaming Inside
- Review
- ★★★★
- Amy Smith
- Brighton Fringe
- 20th May, 2012
Screaming Inside is a one man show depicting a year in the life of a self titled ‘lone ranger of the technology department.
Hyde and Lyons
- Review
- ★★★★
- Hannah Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2012
In a venue with no natural light, these two shine.
The Red Bus Puppet Shows
- Review
- ★★★
- Kai Sedgwick
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2012
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
Mr Benn: The Extraordinary Adventures of an Ordinary Man
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2011
The things we love as children stay with us forever.
Dan Nightingale: The 11 and a 1/2 Ill-conceived Edinburgh Shows of Dan Nightingale
- Review
- ★★★★
- Wayne Cleworth
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2012
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…
Max and Ivan Are Holmes and Watson
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Beth Kahn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2011
Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce.
It Is Rocket Science!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Gill Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug, 2008
Rocket Science is easier and much funnier than it sounds.
The Storytellers' Club
- Review
- ★★★★
- Gill Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug, 2008
When the doors only open fifteen minutes after the stated start time, it doesnt bode well, but this show is worth the wait.
Free and Easy
- Review
- ★★★★
- Gill Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug, 2008
For Free and Easy it pays to be very early at the Stand, or that wont just be the venue name.
Gavin Webster Websters Pictionary
- Review
- ★★★
- Gill Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2008
Webster explains the show as a plethora of different things and it certainly is.
Max and Iván: Exposed The Edinburgh Fringe
- Review
- ★★★★
- Gill Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2008
Two comic actors play numerous different quirky characters, as the quest to read the big, breaking news goes on.
Devlins Daily
- Review
- ★★★★
- Gill Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2008
Bruce Devlin interviews guests and lets them strut their stuff before an appreciative audience.
Sex, Lies and Lots of Cake
- Review
- ★★★
- Ray Smith
- Brighton Fringe
- 31st May, 2013
The lights dimmed as I was pounding my second coffee and 3rd mini donut and with the opening line “What happens in this room stays in this room; like Fight Club”, the promising…
David Longley
- Review
- ★★★
- Gill Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2008
Longley quickly explains the plan for his show, that he calls A Joke is Just A Joke.
The Real Daniel O'Donnell Show Presents: The Clock Hour
- Review
- ★★★★
- Gill Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2008
Narrator Avis Sherman (Michael Legge) introduces the plan twelve twisted tales.
Barry And Stuart: Part-Time Warlocks
- Review
- ★★★
- Gill Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2008
The shows title gives little away, so when an electronic voice counts up the percentage complete, this looks likely to go geeky.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland The Musical!
- Review
- ★★★
- Ashby Lennard
- Brighton Fringe
- 13th May, 2009
“Alice in Wonderland,” by Lewis Carroll, has the potential to be turned into a musical for all the family.
Why We Ate Cliff Richard
- Review
- ★★★
- Gill Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2008
Fandom turns dark in this comic tale of a pop idol, his fervent fans, and the quest for survival.
Rhod Gilbert and the Award-Winning Mince Pie
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Gill Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2008
Rhod Gilbert bounces on stage, chatting to the audience.
Lucy Porter The Bare Necessities
- Review
- ★★★★
- Gill Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2008
Starting from a theme of love, and her love life problems, Lucy decided to make things less complicated by searching out the bare necessities.
Josie Long All of the Planets Wonders (Shown in Detail)
- Review
- ★★★★
- Gill Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2008
Josie Longs effervescent cheeriness and excitement at all this world has to offer turns geeky, untouched topics in comedy goldmines.
Paul Tonkinson The Anti Mid-Life Crisis
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Gill Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2008
Many comics wouldnt risk starting a show chatting about their hernia, but Tonkinson quickly gets up close and personal with his audience and their experiences.
Andy Zaltzman Boldly Unbuttons The Cloak Of Civilisation, But Is Perplexed And Perturbed By What He Finds Lurking Beneath
- Review
- ★★★
- Gill Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd Aug, 2008
Andy Zaltzman’s main topic is always politics, meaning he can cover the audience’s democratic disillusionment, teachers’ pay, and the immigration issue in just a few linked sentenc…
Felix Dexter - Not Just Another White Guy Lost in the Shuffle
- Review
- ★★★
- Gill Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd Aug, 2008
Starting with a song, Felix Dexter quickly moved onto gags, explaining the slightly racially dramatic title, and covering issues of black stereotypes.
Sean Grant and Tiernan Douieb
- Review
- ★★★
- Gill Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug, 2008
Douieb is first of the two performers on stage, discussing his other gigs of the day.
Adventures of the Little Prince (Based on Le Petit Prince d’Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)
- Review
- ★★
- Stuart Saint
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2012
The classic tale of Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, which this production is based on, is a wonderful children’s adventure that has stood the test of time and had m…
Nice People Have Ruined My Life
- Review
- ★★
- Hannah Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2012
There are some shows where you have to wonder ‘what is this person doing here, and more importantly why?’ Simon Lilley and Asli Akby have entered this show in the Fringe, payin…
Divinely Bette
- Review
- ★★★
- Amy Smith
- Brighton Fringe
- 6th May, 2012
To perform a Bette Midler tribute show is risky.
Pat Burtscher's Patopotamoose
- Review
- ★★★
- Hannah Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2012
Pat Burtscher has more charm than sense.
Derek Ryan: Time Lord - Free
- Review
- ★★
- Hannah Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2012
They say the art of comedy is timing; it is therefore ironic that in a show about time we aren’t given enough of it to enjoy the jokes.
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- James Robert Ball
- London Fringe
- 25th Apr, 2012
What can a reviewer say about a musical that’s different every night? By extension, what can a reviewer say about any show, since surely no two performances are the same? If you�…
Jennifer Skylark and the Seagull's Handbook
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Greg Smith
- London Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2013
Based on true stories of child immigrants sent to Australia, this performance takes us from the Quays of London onto a voyage of discovery and into the imagination of Jennifer Lark…
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Part II
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- London Fringe
- 5th Apr, 2012
Taking up the action with Kate’s harassment by the rakish Sir Mulberry Hawk and Nicholas and Smike’s return to London, this second half of Space Productions’ revival of the R…
Phill Jupitus - You're Probably Wondering Why I've Asked You Here...
- Review
- ★★★
- Hannah Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2012
Phill Jupitus asked us here to ask him questions.
Five outstanding EdFringe shows scoop a Broadway Baby Bobby in 2023
- Feature
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug, 2023
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
4 Family Friendly Shows in Brighton This Half Term
- Feature
- Elanor Parker
- Brighton
- 16th Feb, 2019
Ditch the messy arts and crafts this half-term and entertain your little darlings with the best live family friendly performances Brighton and Hove have to offer instead.
5 Brighton Shows To Entertain You This Christmas
- Feature
- Elanor Parker
- Brighton
- 11th Dec, 2018
It’s the most wonderful time of the year (apart from Brighton Fringe, of course) and there are plenty of delightful performances to entertain you this winter.
5 Brighton HorrorFest Shows To Sink Your Teeth Into This October
- Feature
- Elanor Parker
- Brighton
- 17th Oct, 2018
Welcome to our top 5 picks from the third year of Brighton HorrorFest, the spooktacular celebration from Sweet of all things that go bump in the night.
Black Friday Deals on West End Shows
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- West End
- 23rd Nov, 2017
All this week we've got some fantastic offers on your favourite West End shows. Check back daily for the latest offers.
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Danny Smith
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2017
Edinburgh is Festival City for good reason, and amongst all the theatre, comedy, books and arts there's even a Scottish Gin Festival.
Eight shows heading to Brighton Fringe with the support of Greenwich Theatre
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- Brighton Fringe
- 27th Apr, 2017
Greenwich Theatre is set to have an unprecedented profile at this year’s Brighton Fringe, with no less than eight productions heading for The Warren either co-produced or support...
Brighton Fringe: 10 Shows to Book Before They Sell-Out
- Feature
- Nicholas Abrams
- Brighton Fringe
- 11th Apr, 2017
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.
Simon Smith's Adventures In Theatreland 2016
- Feature
- Simon Ximenez
- West End
- 23rd Dec, 2016
Broadway Baby's Senior Critic Simon Smith looks back over 2016, a year in which we took what we've learned for more than a decade as the biggest reviewer on the Fringe and turned o...
Brexit and Nazi Art: Interview with Ten Storey Love Song’s Paul Smith
- Feature
- Oliver Simmonds
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 30th Aug, 2016
Bobby Winner Ten Storey Love Song (adapted by Luke Barnes from the Richard Milward novel) is a play cum techno gig about five wretched tower-block inhabitants who deserve better fr...
Unmissable shows at Brighton Fringe this year
- Feature
- Nicholas Abrams
- Brighton Fringe
- 7th Mar, 2016
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Five Christmas Shows You Shouldn’t Miss In London This Year
- Feature
- Pete Shaw
- London Fringe
- 20th Dec, 2015
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
‘The fact it’s in an underground car park… we couldn’t have asked for more!’ - Greg Esplin from Trainspotting
- Feature
- Adrian Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2015
It’s the iconic Edinburgh film and book - and now nearly 21 years since the film opened - a young theatre company brings Trainspotting to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Going To Space: Baron Sternlook's Improvised Musical
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Jul, 2015
Intending to improvise over 20 back-to-back on-the-spot musicals this year, Baron Sternlook's Improvised Musical returns - with an enormous cast and full ensemble! Broadway Baby ch...
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