Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Grab your wands, don your house robes, and apparate yourselves to the box office! A very magical improv show awaits.
It’s New York City.
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, …
Join Delhi maestro Manmohan Dogra for a journey through soulful Hindustani classical music, featuring vocal ragas and a tabla solo in Banares style.
In the Wuji Kingdom, Tang Sanzang dreams of the old king’s soul complaining to him, accusing his sworn brother of murdering him in the royal garden, taking his form and usurping th…
A family-friendly quick-fire improvised sketch show, chock full of fast-paced performing and silly short comedy sketches.
Musical mayhem abounds in a show that has to be seen to be believed.
Joined by two musicians and two dancers, Brazilian singer/songwriter Giulia Drummond takes us through a ritualistic performance exploring the 22 Major Arcana of the Tarot.
Blowing Through the Ages is a triumphant, engaging ramble across 500 years of music from virtuoso musicians John Sampson, playing a range of period instruments including crumhorn, …
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
Have you ever wondered what life is like being 3’10”? What it’s like doing day-to-day activities? What questions people ask you everyday? Well wonder no more, as George Coppen tak…
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…
Midlife gets a dose of music and magic in this transformational take on Oz.
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…
‘Chock-full of humor and satire, accompanied by a constant vein of honesty and self-analysis, Rachel Pollock’s solo performance is a hidden gem amongst the Fringe scene’ **** (DC…
‘Mr.
Journey to the West is a new musical play, originating from the Chinese literary masterpiece by the same name.
Out of the darkest corners of your mind comes an improvised comedy nightmare.
Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for an age, so we thought we would give him a hand.
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…
A laugh-filled journey about finding every group you belong to insufferable.
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…
‘A fierce 70 minutes of music and protest’ (Scotsman).
Revealing the man behind the myth.
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
Comedian/actor Terry O’Neill returns to the Fringe following his wildly successful debut show last year, to explore a passion we all share – movies! Take a hilarious dive into ci…
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…
Join three comedians who almost certainly have no idea how to play Dungeons & Dragons, as they attempt to go on a live fantasy adventure! Questing ain’t easy especially when th…
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.
After a sell-out run, Nobody’s Talking About Jamie returns with “Taylor’s Version”.
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.
From the creator of Science Magic comes a comedy roleplaying show where the audience partakes in an adventure themselves.
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 confronts his deadliest enemy yet: a man who hates him, his creator, Arthur Conan Doyle.
A quest that began at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2023, and completed a sold-out run, returns for a sequel – the popular Dungeons & Dragons podcast team lands at the Fringe with …
Five-star reviews and Critic’s Choice from the Guardian, Time Out, and Times.
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 awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
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.
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…
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…
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 …
Featuring works by three distinguished Black composers Chevalier de Saint George, Richard Thompson and Des Oliver, the show will honour the legacy of the Windrush generation with a…
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-…
The year is 1916.
‘Hamilton’ meets ‘Pitch Perfect’: spontaneously Improvised! Imagine a new kind of musical: beatboxers, rappers, actors, singers, dancers and body percussionists - coming together …
From the creator of Science Magic, comes a comedy roleplaying show where the audience partakes in an adventure themselves.
Join three comedians who almost certainly have no idea how to play Dungeons & Dragons, as they attempt to go on a live fantasy adventure! Questing ain’t easy however, especially w…
Travel back and forth in time with Through the Ages at Downsview Life Skills College.
Take a trip to the old West and join rootin’ tootin’ improv cowboys Tea & Toast for some songs by the campfire.
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…
Join us for Meetup #5 of the AWS Brighton User Group! Mark Hemsley, Head of Architecture at Rail Delivery Group will be speaking about infrastructure modernisation with AWS Cloud …
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…
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.
Brighton improv troupe Tea & Toast presents a warm and witty musical comedy, made up before your eyes.
Crumbling schools, broken authority systems and life on a low budget stops the Prince family getting to the heart of their desires.
In these supercharged socio-political times the challenge is more and more becoming separating what’s true and what’s real.
In these supercharged socio-political times the challenge is more and more becoming separating what’s true and what’s real.
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’…
Instituto Cervantes Dublin presents a concert with Spanish artist Martirio, accompanied by the talented guitarist Raúl Rodríguez.
The Emmy, Golden Globe and Olivier award-winning actor Brian Cox, makes his return to the London stage in Spring 2024 starring in Long Day’s Journey Into Night.
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!
“It is the Valley of Fear, the Valley of Death.
Get ready for the premier of In the Time of Dragons, an action packed, funny and ultimately heartwarming new musical from the creators of Spinach.
The Lost Bride A journey through heartbreak and grief.
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.
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…
Grab your wands, don your house robes, and apparate yourselves to the box office! A very magical improv show awaits.
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…
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…
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…
‘Oh my God.
The Diary of Anne Frank: Her Journey in Music by British Composer Girish Paul is a dramatic concert by the multi-instrumentalist and his virtual orchestra.
Absurdocles is the greatest Greek Tragedy never told.
Channelling Westeros with a lower-budget wardrobe, Adam Riches brings his Game of Thrones themed game show to an audience of ‘bastards’.
Absurdocles is the greatest Greek Tragedy never told.
Absurdocles is the greatest Greek Tragedy never told.
Olivia aka Big O is delighted to present her second hour of comedy.
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…
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…
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.
A new UV opera-musical told from the roots of trees about the impact of intensive agriculture on forest systems.
Nine dancers move hypnotically in a work exploring the highs and lows of love and relationships.
Poppyscotland are proud to introduce to the Fringe an inspirational group of Armed Forces veterans.
In these supercharged socio-political times the challenge is more and more becoming separating what’s true and what’s real.
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 will make up a brand new, toe tapping, hilarious improvised musical based on your suggestions.
Show Up will make up a brand new, toe tapping, hilarious improvised musical based on your suggestions.
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.
MTO Zendeh Delan’s Journey of Love, inspired by the Sufi allegory of Leyla and Majnun, is an enchanting blend of modern Sufi music and the graceful motions of Sama.
This is a heartfelt piece, in which a group of intrepid teens set out to discover monsters… and discover them in the last place they thought to look.
Immrama were ancient voyage tales, allegories of our journey through life.
Emptiness is a pure space between nothingness and existence.
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.
Physical theatre combines with original music as 7th century Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar Xuanzang embarks on a spiritual quest to India, seeking the answer to the question, �…
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…
The one with the improvised comedy! Don your sweater-vest and your Rachel hairdo and get ready to relive the 90s.
‘Oh my God.
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 …
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.
Everybody Sing are delighted to present a musical journey through the decades.
Elizabeth Holmes claims her biotechnology will revolutionise medicine – and people believe her.
‘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.
Join the adventure as we bring to life the classic, Journey to the West, in an interactive children’s show which is a part of Chinese Culture and Art Festival! With amazing visual …
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 …
An entirely improvised wizarding comedy play, based on an audience suggestion of a fan-fiction title.
From the creator of Science Magic comes a comedy roleplaying show where the audience partakes in an adventure themselves.
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.
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 …
Join three of the mightiest comedians in the land as they embark on an epic adventure, filled with dice rolls, glory and probably at least a few failed death saves! This is a live …
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
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…
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…
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…
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 is an improvised murder mystery presented by improv comedy group, Pinch Punch.
Returning with a work in progress after a sell-out Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated run in 2022.
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…
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…
Baby Wants Candy’s hip-hop Hamilton homage returns! Following sold-out runs in Chicago, NYC and LA.
Tartan Tabletop: The Neverending Quest is not your average improv show.
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…
Shakespeare’s gone awol so his cast must make it up.
Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for an age, so we thought we’d give him a hand.
Get ready to embark on a decadent journey through Scotland’s rich whisky heritage! After a three-year absence, our top-rated, Forbes-featured whisky tasting experience returns to T…
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.
1916.
Amazing tales, elegantly told.
1916.
Amazing tales, elegantly told.
About the show What if I say this is my journey of healing, this is from my cultural hometown… But that’s just a ‘what if’.
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.
AboutYou might think about mindfulness and meditation when you think of healing and you might even think it’s quite boring to just sit there with your eyes closed.
A one woman show which celebrates the life of a remarkable Irish woman, Nora Joyce.
This exhibition explores the student journey through art, photography, music and creative writing and celebrates the varied experiences of our diverse student community.
This exhibition explores the student journey through art, photography, music and creative writing and celebrates the varied experiences of our diverse student community.
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 …
Brighton improv troupe Tea & Toast presents a warm and witty musical comedy, made up before your eyes.
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 - An Improvised Movie is an improvised comedy show where a movie will be written and performed in-front of your eyes.
Flopbusters - An Improvised Movie is an improvised comedy show where a movie will be written and performed in-front of your eyes.
The one with the improvised comedy! Don your sweater-vest and your Rachel hairdo, and get ready to relive the 90s.
A quick-fire improvised sketch show chock full of death-defying improv, fast-paced performing and silly short comedy sketches.
The one with the improvised comedy! Don your sweater vest and your Rachel hairdo, and get ready to relive the ‘90s.
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…
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…
Spontaneous musical comedy at its absolute finest returns to the West End.
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…
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 is an improvised comedy interview podcast.
IMDp: Improvised Movie Director Podcast is an improvised comedy interview podcast.
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! is a rip-roaring, all-action educational adventure, including puppets, songs and a heartwarming message.
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! is a rip-roaring, all-action educational adventure, including puppets, songs and a heartwarming message.
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.
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’s girlfriend has just broken up with him for a man that goes to the gym – obviously.
The films of Wes Anderson occupy a unique and vivid universe unto themselves: love and yearning, complicated family dynamics, and existential angst.
The films of Wes Anderson occupy a unique and vivid universe unto themselves: love and yearning, complicated family dynamics, and existential angst.
Taiwanese dance company B.
If Fringe tickets are sold out visit www.
Amazing tales, elegantly told.
‘Hamilton’ meets ‘Pitch Perfect’: spontaneously Improvised! Imagine a new kind of musical: beatboxers, rappers, actors, singers, dancers and body percussionists, come together as …
“Full of infectious energy.
An improvised sketch show recreating your favourite high-stakes movie scenes, but with hilarious twists.
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…
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.
An everyday random chance of love The Lumiere Theatre Company Karim Nehran Messeri died in Charles de gaulle airport.
'Ridiculously silly… wickedly funny’ ★★★★★ The Times 'A joy to behold’ ★★★★ The Guardian The award-winning smash-hit comedy, as heard …
Farting at a funeral.
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 �…
The one with the improvised comedy! Don your sweater-vest and your Rachel hairdo, and get ready to relive the ‘90s.
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…
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.
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…
A Journey to the Past; A celebration of Ahrens & Flaherty.
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…
Farting at a funeral.
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 …
In her most intimate work, cellist Justyna Jablonska explores how identities are made, unmade and remade in music.
That’s A Bit of Sheer Luck! – A Sherlock Holmes Parody.
Acclaimed Edinburgh-born singer-songwriter Adam Holmes is one of the brightest stars on the UK roots music scene.
A show that will take you on an emotional, inspiring, global journey.
Follow our adventurous, modern-day Alice through the looking glass to a wonderful, upside-down world of kings, queens, knights and other strange and comical characters who challeng…
Life is filled with the queerest things, none more so than the machinations of a mind like KC Finn’s.
Live music, choreography and storytelling combine to create a compelling exploration of migration experiences.
Follow Sherlock Holmes and his incomparable sidekick Dr John Watson on this riveting, hitherto unpublished case.
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.
Immrama: Columba’s Journey, Your Story.
Farting at a funeral.
What is it like to shop when disabled? Celebrating the diversity of disability and prioritising ability over disability, this exhibition explores disabled experiences in shops, pub…
Life is filled with the queerest things, none more so than the machinations of a mind like KC Finn’s.
Affectionate musical comedy on the world’s longest-serving monarch, a thoroughly modern, fully empowered female role model.
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…
Work in progress - a debut solo comedy show.
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…
Work in progress - a debut solo comedy show.
Work in progress - a debut solo comedy show.
The Saga of the Norse Gods.
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.
I think I’ve fallen in love.
Let the ensemble take you on a journey of sound and motion through a modern artistic portrayal of this 1,400 year-old spiritual practice.
The one with the improvised comedy! Don your sweater vest and your Rachel hairdo, and get ready to relive the 90s.
Three years have passed since Sherlock Holmes and his nemesis Professor Moriarty vanished into the abyss of the Reichenbach Falls.
Poetry show for dog lovers.
It’s stand-up, but not as you know it; no rules, no backup, no script, no set list.
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…
Filed mistakenly under E for Mystery: unscripted episodes of the television anthology known as The Twilight Zone.
Critically acclaimed as one of the greatest tribute shows in the world, Simon & Garfunkel Through the Years has toured extensively in the UK, Europe, Australia and USA for over 10 …
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…
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 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…
Nominated for Best Kids’ Show at this year’s Leicester Comedy Festival 2022.
Calling all brave heroes! Unveil a myriad of dark secrets and come face to face with some of the most magnificent monsters and terrifying beasts ever to walk the earth.
‘Had all my children howling with laughter’ (Scotsman).
Steve’s dad died of Alzheimer’s.
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…
An entirely improvised wizarding comedy play, based on an audience suggestion of a fan-fiction title.
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…
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.
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 –…
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.
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…
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…
Amazing tales, elegantly told.
Simon & Garfunkel: Through the Years is the most authentic sounding concert to the unforgettable music of Simon & Garfunkel.
A world premiere of a one woman show which celebrates the life of a remarkable Irish woman, Nora Joyce.
‘Hamilton’ meets ‘Pitch Perfect’: spontaneously Improvised! Imagine a new kind of musical: beatboxers, rappers, actors, singers, dancers and body percussionists, come together as …
Work in progress - a debut solo show.
Work in progress - a debut solo show.
An immersive storytelling experience that brings the audience into the world of Wonderland.
An immersive storytelling experience that brings the audience into the world of Wonderland.
Legendary magician, the Great Baldini, returns to Brighton Fringe to tell his life story through a series of stage illusions, from his first trick on his 12th birthday to his caree…
Legendary magician, the Great Baldini, returns to Brighton Fringe to tell his life story through a series of stage illusions, from his first trick on his 12th birthday to his caree…
Daniel Craig has abandoned the James Bond franchise.
Daniel Craig has abandoned the James Bond franchise.
Amazing tales, elegantly told.
Join us on an enlightened journey of live performance, music, dance, poetry, and guided meditation.
Join us on an enlightened journey of live performance, music, dance, poetry, and guided meditation.
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…
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 is an improvised comedy interview podcast.
The one with the improvised comedy! Don your sweater-vest and your Rachel hairdo, and get ready to relive the 90s.
Water has many practical and symbolic meanings, across cultures, geographies and identities.
Water has many practical and symbolic meanings, across cultures, geographies and identities.
Track 96 is London’s premiere Hip Hop improv group.
Track 96 is London’s premiere Hip Hop improv group.
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…
You walk into a play but none of the actors have learned their lines, because there are none.
You walk into a play but none of the actors have learned their lines, because there are none.
My name is George Coppen and life for me is unusual.
My name is George Coppen and life for me is unusual.
The films of Wes Anderson occupy a unique and vivid universe unto themselves.
The films of Wes Anderson occupy a unique and vivid universe unto themselves.
Affectionate musical comedy on the world’s longest-serving monarch, now sadly bereft of her consort of 73 years.
Affectionate musical comedy on the world’s longest-serving monarch, now sadly bereft of her consort of 73 years.
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…
High energy, fun and witty, The Bean Spillers’ Improvised Musical showcases a wide range of talent, musical knowledge and general mischief.
Love.
On January 6th 1982, a young Irish emigrant borrows an English language book from a library in Munich.
On January 6th 1982, a young Irish emigrant borrows an English language book from a library in Munich.
The one with the improvised comedy! Don your sweater-vest and your Rachel hairdo, and get ready to relive the ‘90s.
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…
Simon & Garfunkel: Through the Years is the most authentic sounding concert to the unforgettable music of Simon & Garfunkel.
Box Tale Soup invite you down the rabbit hole into a timeless world of wondrous fantasy.
Farting at a funeral.
Critically acclaimed as one of the world’s greatest tribute shows, Simon & Garfunkel Through the Years makes its return to the Edinburgh Fringe after selling out for six consecutiv…
An entirely improvised wizarding comedy play, based on an audience suggestion of a fanfiction title.
Edinburgh Fringe is usually teeming with high-end improv shows to choose from, but pickings this year are, unsurprisingly, slim.
Affectionate musical comedy on the world’s longest-serving monarch.
Track 96 is London’s premiere Hip Hop improv group.
Track 96 is London’s premiere Hip Hop improv group.
Track 96 is an improvised hip hop group.
Acclaimed Edinburgh born singer-songwriter Adam Holmes is one of the brightest stars on the UK roots music scene.
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.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Critically acclaimed as one of the world’s greatest tribute shows, Simon & Garfunkel Through the Years makes its return to the Edinburgh Fringe after selling out for six consecutiv…
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…
A couple whose relationship just isn’t working.
Through Bush, Through Briar: An adaptation of a Midsummer Night’s Dream in which a Scrooge-like town councilman is planning to tear down a fairy forest to build a theatre.
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.
‘Utterly charming’ (Portsmouth Herald,US).
A couple whose relationship just isn’t working.
It’s stand-up, but not as you know it; no rules, no backup, no script and no set list.
Our team are in a right pickle! Professor McGuffin’s groundbreaking Sub-Nuclear Optical Transmitter (S.
An hour-long selection of short films, many from the experimental days of film in the early 1900s, set to original scores by the Apollo Saxophone Quartet.
The tour will start at the Netherbow Port, broached by the Jacobites before dawn on Tuesday, September 17th 1745 (just outside the World’s End public house), proceed through the Gr…
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.
Immrama were ancient voyage tales, allegories of our journey through life.
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical has been a rip-roaring success since the show started in 2008.
Dream job, huge fanbase, and in a committed relationship with a hunky dancing bear.
Dream job, huge fanbase, and in a committed relationship with a hunky dancing bear.
Farting at a funeral.
The History Bois: Adventures in Time & Gender residency, 23-26 June, @ ONCA Barge.
Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for an age, so we thought we’d give him a hand.
Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for an age, so we thought we’d give him a hand.
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Affectionate musical comedy on the world’s longest-serving monarch.
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…
Follow Sherlock Holmes and his incomparable sidekick Dr John Watson on this riveting, hitherto unpublished case .
Follow Sherlock Holmes and his incomparable sidekick Dr John Watson on this riveting, hitherto unpublished case .
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…
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…
Simon & Garfunkel: Through the Years is the most authentic sounding concert to the unforgettable music of Simon & Garfunkel.
Simon & Garfunkel: Through the Years is the most authentic sounding concert to the unforgettable music of Simon & Garfunkel.
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…
Performances have a different pricing bands.
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, …
Join Daisy Rogers, Founder of Liberally, as she discusses the place of storytelling in the fight for greater diversity and inclusion across the liberal arts, through expressive mix…
Through song and improvisation, Bookends follows two people’s relationship as it changes over time, delving into life and the intricacies of human connection.
Román Baca talks about his healing journey from ballet to the Iraq War and back again.
Calling all brave heroes! Enter into a magical world of myths and legends in this fantastical new interactive show for all the family.
Captain Ben Mason (Director of Music Band of the Grenadier Guards) and Lance Sergeant Ian Shepherd (Band of the Grenadier Guards) lead a session on creating atmosphere through musi…
A unique and insightful look at the journey into film hosted by former Royal Marine Phil Spencer.
An emotional, touching and hilarious piece of original theatre.
This exhibition of paintings by Susie Reade refers to a young woman’s diary describing her unusual journey from Scotland to work in WWII Russia.
In proud association with Camden Fringe; Track 96 is an improvised hip hop group.
Critically acclaimed as one of the world’s greatest tribute shows, Simon & Garfunkel Through the Years makes its return to the Edinburgh Fringe after selling-out for six consecutiv…
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…
A classic murder mystery created on the spot in this ingenious and hilarious show from The Bristol Improv Theatre’s resident company.
Join the Silent Adventures dream team as they lead you on a fun-filled silent disco tour of the capital.
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…
She’s the dreamer of dreams.
In proud association with Camden Fringe; Knickers Theatre presents 'The Adventures of Buttman and Speedo' a zany sketch comedy show which follows the hilarious…
Coming to BBC Radio 3.
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 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 …
A team of top improv comedians are bringing a new monthly show to Manchester this month with The Totally Improvised Musical.
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.
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…
A thought-provoking play about how family and social structures mold us into misshapen beings, and how trauma can become one’s own salvation.
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…
Welcome to the campaign after the campaign! Three unlikely adventurers attempt to right the wrongs caused by a party of legendary heroes who screwed up the world wh…
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 with a discussion by New York author, Elizabeth Crowens and Tania Henzell, a relation of the Doyle family…
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…
British author and adventurer, Ruth travelled to some of the world’s most dangerous places and made them the backdrops to her books.
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…
A One Woman Comedy show, with a dark twist.
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
This mystical dance performance is about the connection between what we see and what we believe.
‘The reigning queen of character comedy’ (Evening Standard), Alison Thea-Skot, returns to the Fringe for two nights with her five-star smash-hit show.
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.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Guan Yu’s patriotism to his country, benevolence to people, wisdom in life, loyalty to friends and bravery in war represent the perfect traditional Chinese virtues of mankind.
Our Walk Through The World is a collection of six short plays examining the absurdities, tragedies and small triumphs of modern life.
Our Walk Through The World is a collection of six short plays examining the absurdities, tragedies and small triumphs of modern life.
A spoiled boy, Chao, decides to run away from the world of chocolates, ice cream, fries and decayed teeth to a new healthy world.
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.
In this fully immersive tasting experience, you sample five different whiskies from the very young to the old and rare.
London, 1887.
Interactive story telling, plus an all day Riddling Competition! Mums, dads, teenagers, juniors and little ones over 5.
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…
Candy’s stories, musicality and legs will take you on a journey of her/his adventures through time.
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…
Never seen before.
Amazing tales, elegantly told.
Stanley ‘Leonardo’ Sappovitz wants to become a comic book artist.
Joey’s trapped in a maze! Topsy and Turvy have been given the super dooper important task of bringing him back to the Aussie Zoo.
It’s stand-up, but not as you know it.
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…
Original, devised TIE adventure show! London, 1773: a time of great exploration.
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…
A whimsically curated theatrical deep-dive into the multiverse of Hendrick’s Gin, guided by three tini tipples… In a world where the beloved martini has been called, one of the h…
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…
Critically acclaimed as one of the world’s greatest tribute shows, Simon & Garfunkel Through the Years returns to the Edinburgh Fringe after five consecutive sell-out years with …
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.
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…
Brighton company JW Productions approach this inventive and fresh re-imagining of the old Little Red Riding Hood saga with gusto.
Steve’s dad died of Alzheimer’s.
Daniel Craig has pulled out of the next James Bond film.
This tour de farce of bizarre exploits and odd misadventures chronicles an American’s nearly seven-decade search to find his place in the world.
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 …
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 …
Reginald D Hunter returns to the Fringe with his highly anticipated new show.
Following 2018’s sell-out, five-star shows, the Silent Adventures team are back with even more madness and brand new adventures to boot.
To say that Murder She Didn’t Write, from Degrees of Error, is a slick production is an understatement.
‘Who are you?’ asked the Cheshire cat.
Join the quickest wits in comedy for a side-splitting, jaw-dropping, time-travelling adventure that’s fun for literally everyone.
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.
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…
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
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 …
Musical inventors S!nk designed the Pianodrome – an amphitheatre made from upcycled pianos – as a dream performance space.
Isma is British multiculturalism at its best.
Dream job, huge fanbase and in a committed relationship with a hunky dancing bear.
Music, quotes and verse.
Join the quickest whites in comedy for a side-splitting, jaw-dropping, time-travelling adventure that’s fun for literally everyone.
Above The Stag Theatre is very excited to present multi-award winning international cabaret sensation Reuben Kaye.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Amazing tales elegantly told.
Affectionate comedy on the world’s longest-serving monarch.
Move over Oceans 8, 11, 12 and 13.
Join Neil Sands for his biggest ever matinee show with more singers, more stunning costumes, more memories and even more fun.
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…
Connected and heartfelt, revolutionary and irreverent, the Improvised Play is always of its time.
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
The filthiest love story on the Fringe: Butt Boy and Tigger meet in a chatroom late one night.
In this workshop we will use the basic technique of puppetry and combine that with acting and dancing.
‘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…
One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018.
Last year, 34% of young people voted YouTuber as their number one career of choice.
Five-star sell-out show Edinburgh Fringe 2017-2018 and VAULT Festival 2017-2018.
The whole thing is a mess and only one person can sort it out.
A Very Female WomanA Lecture.
The peculiar tale of the bearded lady who ran away from the circus!
‘If this is what improv can do, you wonder why anyone bothers writing anything down.
Matthew Bourne's New Adventures are pleased to offer this series of inclusive workshops for over-55s this year.
'Degrees of Error' & 'Something for the Weekend' present.
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…
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…
Dan was almost shot – and it's all Rupert Murdoch's fault.
Jack Left Town are the greatest band in the world, the only hitch is that they never existed.
As summer nights draw to a close and the black velvet skies wash over the capital, Pedley Street Station begins a journey beyond anything you can imagine, a journey into the underw…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
The Great Baldini is a magical legend.
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…
Feel down in the dumps? Come to the Fringe with a desperate desire to re-evaluate your life? No? Well, we have.
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…
The whole thing’s a mess and only one person can sort it out.
All you need is a camera, an internet connection and something to say.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Take a journey with Imperial College London’s premiere mixed a cappella group through a spectrum of genres and themes in their debut Fringe show!
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
The panto that you control! Very Serious People use your suggestions to improvise a brand-new musical pantomime every single night.
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…
Dan was almost shot – and it’s all Rupert Murdoch’s fault.
Bloody funny period comedy about breaking taboos and ending period poverty with ad-busting, craftivism and a bleeding ridiculous conga line.
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…
The portrayal of a young woman’s search for love and her sometimes crippling fear of being alone.
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
London’s hottest improv group bring their hilarious comedy back to the Fringe.
Following her five-star smash-hit It’s Thea-Skot in Here (So Take Off All Your Clothes), Alison Thea-Skot brings you a sizzling explosion of chaotic character comedy.
A unique concert, which celebrates the unforgettable music of Simon & Garfunkel.
Three wise men followed a star to Edinburgh to bring you frankincense, myrrh and comedy gold.
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 …
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
As heard on BBC Radio 1! Winners: VAULT Festival People’s Choice Award.
A boozy history of Scotland held on the most unique of venue – on board The Lochrin Belle canal boat.
The supernatural.
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.
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.
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…
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…
A completely improvised silent movie accompanied by live ragtime piano music, inspired by the films and ambience of the 1920s.
It’s stand-up, but not as you know it.
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Steve’s dad has Alzheimers.
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 …
Tony Award winner Ben Harney (Broadway's Dreamgirls), and writer Mehr Mansuri, lead this musical about an 1850s Virginia slave who ships himself to freedom in a box.
Amazing tales, elegantly told.
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.
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…
Join the Silent Adventures dream team as they lead you on a fun-filled silent disco tour of the capital.
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…
Enter the Dragons is a riotous, surreal odyssey exploring the pressures facing women as they age.
You’ve just been dumped, but you’re stuck on a spaceship, alone with that person.
Total sell-out 2015, 2016 and 2017! One of the best-known, longest-running and most celebrated improv shows in the world.
A classic murder mystery is created on the spot from audience suggestions in this ingenious show from Fringe favourites, Degrees of Error.
Come with us on a musical journey around Japan and across the globe.
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…
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…
Recent years have witnessed mounting criticism of mumbling actors, mostly on television but also in the the theatre.
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’ tells the story of the greatest band the world has never known.
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…
Psychoanalysis is in retreat as CBT has become the dominant psychotherapeutic paradigm.
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.
With live, original music, this highly visual, sensitive production is a humorous and touching exploration of the dragons we all face. £7 / £24 family
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…
‘Go Slay Dragons’ tells tales of love, adventure and existential despair, probably with too much swearing.
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…
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 …
'Degrees of Error' & 'Something for the Weekend' present.
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-…
Come along and experience Janet’s “Cultural Journey” at The Red Rhino Room! There will be a variety of Aboriginal artworks on show, including Janet’s “Emu Dreaming”painting which…
The 2016 smash hit improv musical returns to Adelaide! Total sell-out Edinburgh Fringe 2015, 2016, 2017.
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.
Come on a journey of inner discovery with this free video event from the Peace Education Program.
Following on from last year’s smashing success, the 2018 show will be themed around the favourite rock decades.
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! ★�…
Following its sold out run as part of Bristol Old Vic’s 250th Anniversary season, Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville reprise their roles in Richard Eyre’s acclaimed produ…
The 2016 Olivier Award-winners for Best Entertainment and Family Show return to Oxford.
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
A trio of improv: The Owls Are Not What They Seem revisits Twin Peaks.
Sitting In a Tin Can (feat.
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.
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.
Follow Alice’s fantastical adventures in the strange world she enters through the mirror above her drawing-room fireplace.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Yi Dong makes her 16th annual return to Edinburgh to ‘indulge us with a rich spa of the spirits and mind’ (China Xinhua News Agency) and to take us on a journey through the spirit …
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.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Ahoy, m’hearties! Welcome aboard the Black Tricorn.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Alastair McIntosh is a writer, broadcaster and activist on land reform, spirituality and ecology.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
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 …
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,…
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Coming from dimension AA-AA are Irish Rich and Egyptian Morty, stand-ups in Amsterdam with similar chips on their shoulders.
The body we inhabit began its journey not when we were born in this life but centuries ago.
They say all the best stories contain pirates or dragons.
London’s hottest improv group present an hour of hilarious, fast-paced improvised comedy.
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 …
Join Beard of Zeus as they present Grimmprov: The Improvised Fairytale, an evening of grizzly tales for ghastly grown-ups.
What happens in the mind of a bilingual person? Lose yourself in a joyful and intimate journey celebrating languages, cliches and pop culture.
I remember when Doctor Who was a practically forgotten, long cancelled show that was only the domain of nerds (like me).
A blend of incredibly accurate live performance and multimedia, returning to the Festival after sell-out runs in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
What happens in the mind of a bilingual person? Lose yourself in a joyful and intimate journey celebrating languages, cliches and pop culture.
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…
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
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…
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…
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…
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 …
Fringe 2011’s Best Newcomer nominee Paul Valenti is back, this time on a semi-silent casual quest for universal truth.
The Oxford Imps open with a voice-over introducing them as ‘world famous wits of England’ and other slightly odd hyperboles.
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 …
A pure and exhilarating romp of a good time.
A murder has been committed.
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 …
Amazing tales elegantly told.
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical seems to have become synonymous with the Fringe; their billboards plastering every major walkway across Edinburgh.
This ‘highly energetic laugh-a-minute show’ (TheTab.
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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
In this workshop we will use the basic technique of puppetry and combine that with acting and dancing.
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…
Taking a much loved pop culture reference point is always a sure fire way to fill seats.
In this two-hander from the American creative team behind last year’s ‘Crazy Horse: A Dream of Thunder’, Lucy Turner, an ambitious young woman, begins displaying bizarre symptoms o…
Been in the pub a lot, preparing for when the robots take over: lot of weird stuff happening, just below the surface.
On an epic adventure to halt ageing in its tracks, writers and performers Abigail Dooley and Emma Edwards swim the sea of apology, march the bridge of tears and conquer the dark de…
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 …
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…
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…
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
We are a group of young people concerned about our future in the UK, with such dramatic changes happening all around us.
”There is a place.
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…
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.
When it comes to smutty seasonal fun, Stuart Saint and his team of cohorts are the authority.
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?” …
R C Sherriff’s Journey’s End, inspired by his own experiences of life in the trenches during the First World War, stands as an authoritative exploration of men “in extremis…
The most celebrated international soloist of any Chinese national musical instrument of her generation, playing an instrument of over 2,500 years of recorded history, makes her ret…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Tracey likes to dream.
Gamers all over the world spend weeks, months and in some cases years creating in game content but is stays just that; in-game.
A three-man band from Adelaide, Australia, tell an odd and very random story of one man’s travels through spoken word and song.
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
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 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 and Dick take you on a jazz odyssey through the decades, floating like butterflies and swinging like bees.
Sherlock Holmes meets a theatrical farce in this intelligently written double act that sparkles like the Blue Carbuncle.
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.
Fresh from Newcastle, Spontaneous Wrecks brings you live improvised comedy in the style of ‘Whose Line is it Anyway?’.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
Luca Villani – Guitar. Isabel Panè – Soprano. Music by Giordani, Monteverdi, Murray, Pergolesi, Piazzolla, Scarlatti, Tansman, Troup and Villani.
Doris has been making music from the big-band era of the 1940s to her latest album in 2011.
The most celebrated international soloist of any Chinese national musical instrument of her generation, playing an instrument of over 2,500 years of recorded history, makes her ret…
Presenting a fast, funny, and engaging take on improv, improvable brings ‘Whose Line is it Anyway?’ style games into the 21st century.
Every loch in Scotland, however beautiful, has its cold, dark depths.
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…
Mystery, poetry and the unknown contents of a white bag spark a young woman’s quest into the life, death and writing of the great Chilean poet Pablo Neruda.
Caught between the youthful conviction that just because you can’t see something it doesn’t mean it isn’t real and a growing realisation that “nothing’s easy to understan…
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…
The premise: ‘Sherlock Holmes and the [insert audience suggestion here].
For everything you never knew you needed to know about periods, there’s science comedian and sex educator Chella Quint.
A completely improvised silent movie accompanied by live ragtime piano music, inspired by the films and ambience of the 1920s.
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.
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…
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…
Simon and Garfunkel: Through the Years is a blend of incredibly accurate live performance and multimedia, returning to the Edinburgh Fringe after sell-out runs in both 2014 and 201…
Cinema screening of live performance.
An improvised comedy show performed by a cast of puppets for adults.
Welcome to Dreamform.
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.
Taking improv to the next level – we improvise the cast! ‘Belly-laugh inducing’ (Platform).
An episode of Doctor Who improvised before your eyes! From a fantastic team, including five-star directors, producers, actors and comedians, (Nouse, 2015).
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…
After a blockbuster 2015, Alexander Fox and Dom O’Keefe are back with a bang.
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 drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
Alternative comedy duo Siân and Zoë are taking a ship (theatre) full of lucky cosmonauts on a relaxing mindfulness retreat.
Enter a world with its veil drawn back, where good and evil battle in darkly hilarious style.
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, true to its original with all the same characters and tropes that keep fans hooked, but with a twist.
Spread your wings of courage and join Big O as she explores the aspects of fear.
Strange Face is Michael Burdett’s story; Drake himself is something of a side character.
To start with – a confession.
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.
The Impromptunes take the first suggestion by the audience and make a musical out of it.
Incredible, hilarious, infectious, amazing.
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…
A triumphant come-back for sell-out performer Rebecca Perry.
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…
A story of a little snail with a big dream, who tries to make it past doubting friends, to go on the adventure of a lifetime.
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…
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…
Comedy improvisation troupe Austentatious have been reducing erstwhile sensible audiences to fits of hysteria all over the UK since 2012.
“Strange face, with your eyes So pale and sincere.
Project2 improvise science fiction.
Pulling up a stool in front of the intimate, softly lit stage down in the basement of Komedia, reminiscent of so many NYC music venues, the audience and I settled in to enjoy the…
Brighton & Hove is a city of contrasts.
Eva is often drawn to paint the pathways through the chalky hills of Sussex and loves the challenge of capturing its contours and shifting colours and light.
This exhibition is brought to you by a collection of local artists working in a variety of mediums.
The SMASH HIT family musical returns to Brighton.
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.
(previews start on Sunday; opens on April 27) The Roundabout revives Eugene O’Neill’s “play of old sorrow, written in tears and blood.
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.
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…
On Martin Luther King Day, Astronomy Club, an Upright Citizens Brigade house team, will present this sketch show about the “real black history,” described as “the…
Through the Mill is a new play about the life of Judy Garland by Ray Rackman, currently playing at the London Theatre Workshop.
The Further Adventures of… tells the story of a little girl who grows up to be a writer.
Die Doing What You Love is the first (and last) solo show from comedian Tom Holmes.
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 is a critically acclaimed, immersive dance theatre production for children aged between 2-7 years, inspired by 19th and 20th century poetry about childhood…
The upstairs room in the historic Arthur Conan Doyle building offers the perfect setting for a relaxed evening of fiddle melodies by one of the country’s leading exponents.
A new musical from award-winning director Zhao Miao.
Playing an instrument of over 2,500 years of recorded history and some 36,000,000 active participants, classical Zheng performer, Yi Dong, makes her 14th annual return to Edinburgh…
An Improvised Murder.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous creation is given a shaky new lease of life in this parody adventure by Tobacco Tea.
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
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…
Creator/director: Claire Henderson Davis.
Running Torch’s The Wishing-Chair Adventures prides itself on audience interaction.
Mixed media paintings exploring cityscape, countryside and coastline: colours, textures and changing light of the seasons.
A joyfully improvised comedy following the adventures of the world’s most beloved partners in crime.
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…
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 is an entirely improvised Sherlock Holmes comedy play based on a title suggested by the audience.
James Lovelock (Showstopper, Music Box) and his herd of musical improvisers bring you the silliest musicals ever never written, all improvised from your suggestions.
Imagine if the hosts of your third favourite TV quiz show were propelled into a thrilling adventure involving: murders, robots, quiche, thumb wrestling and evil water coolers.
Dan Haynes and Pete Richards of Bookends have returned to the Fringe to once again give us their mesmerising renditions of some of Simon and Garfunkel’s most beloved songs.
Imagine if the hosts of your third favourite TV quiz show were propelled into a thrilling adventure involving: murders, robots, quiche, thumb wrestling and evil water coolers.
Is this a music concert? Is it a piece of theatre? Can it be both? Might it be neither? These are the questions that may well fly around your mind after experiencing The Great Down…
Billy (Hector Dyer) and Joe (Joseph O’Toole) have gone on a ‘holiday’.
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 is no stranger to the Edinburgh Fringe, having brought his show When Magic and Science Collide in previous years.
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 are impressive in their intensity.
Juliet Meyers, comedian, comedy writer (Sarah Millican Television Programme, Mock the Week, News Quiz) and natural outsider doesn’t belong.
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…
Truth and fiction knock lumps out of each other on the battleground of a pale, malnourished man’s body and mind.
John R.
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…
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 opens with the ordinarily subdued theme tune to ITV’s massively popular period drama, Downton Abbey, played on kazoos and a recorder.
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…
Like all good pieces of children’s theatre, The Last of the Dragons does not talk down to children.
A brand new musical is created from scratch at every performance of this multi award-winning show.
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…
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…
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…
(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…
We will discover how our individual clown works, how to accept and play with the audience, making them laugh and in turn, love us! Whether you are a performer or not, being free an…
Six women are on a journey. A comedy journey to make you laugh. Witness our responses to you and your suggestions. Be scared - we will take you anywhere. It may even involve song.
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…
Award-winning workshops by all-female improv troupe Short & Girlie Show.
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…
‘Bookends’ perform the most authentic sounding tribute to the unforgettable music of Simon and Garfunkel.
Music composed by Terence Deadman.
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…
With the death of the last surviving veterans a few years back, the so-called Great War of 1914-18 slipped from living memory, but some records remain preserved none-the-less, n…
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…
In this two-man show, the Australian actor John R.
There are many ways of falling down the rabbit hole, and Christopher Wheeldon, along with his creative team, has devised an extravagant one.
Alastair Savage has performed traditional and classical music throughout his life and is one of the country’s leading fiddle exponents.
Richard Lewis, Edinburgh’s Convener for Culture, and international mezzo-soprano Andrea Baker look at how Scotland has inspired other nations.
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…
In the ironically grand setting of the Assembly Rooms, Owen Jones gave a rallying and convincing cry against the establishment.
Barbara Allen, along with her husband Steve and friends take the audience on a musical tour that showcases Barbara’s experience as a Christian vocalist.
We all have a job.
Dancing in the Streets continues bringing dance outdoors with this festival tailored to three green spaces in the Bronx.
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 is an epic comedy rock show worthy of its massive venue.
Leo finds hope in the eyes of a girl.
Passing Through is a show-case of Kingston University student playwrights and comes in 2 parts.
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…
‘I like to have a martini, two at the very most.
One of the brightest rising stars on the Scottish music scene, 23-year-old singer/songwriter Adam Holmes, with special guests.
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
Journey into the hearts of the people on the home front.
Two of the UK’s firm 40s favourites, The Three Belles and That Swing Sensation Big Band take you on a Sentimental Journey through the songs and music that defined an age.
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.
Shirley Lauro’s drama All Through the Night opens badly, but it gets better.
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…
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…
A fascinating documentary charting the remarkable journey of five a cappella singers from one of South Africa’s most notorious townships to the famous Edinburgh Fringe.
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…
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…
New York, New York: A Toe-Tapping Journey through the Great American Song Book is just that; a fun night of swing and brass band favourites from Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Gle…
Clean lines, natural materials and twisted forms are found in the works of the five Danish artists who have interpreted their feelings and reverence for the Scottish wilderness wit…
Award-winning comedian James Cook tells the often hilarious, surprising and surreal true story of being the voice between pop records.
Thankfully, there was no combination of singing and acupuncture.
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…
Foul Play offers up the filthiest material from the most daring comics, and it really doesn’t disappoint.
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…
The Journey is an interactive installation for everyone.
A rip-roaring improvised episode of everyone’s favourite period drama, created entirely from your suggestions.
From the award-winning Box Tale Soup, join Alice on her remarkable journey.
Science-theatre is in vogue at the moment.
Folk duo Bookends, made up of David Haynes and Pete Richards, pay homage to one of the greatest pairings in modern folk music with this heartfelt, competent and surprisingly mult…
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…
Rachael Clerke is Scot-ish (a category whose ambivalence, being Jew-ish, I totally get), as she demonstrates by wearing kilt hose with knackered trainers.
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…
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…
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.
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 …
The title and poster of this show - a photo of Rob Rouse’s face literally looking through the legs of a naked bottom - are somewhat misleading about the nature of this show.
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.
Over 80,000 people worldwide have enjoyed this critically-acclaimed production which included sell-out seasons at London’s Lyric Hammersmith, Off-Broadway and Sydney Opera House.
One of the best known, longest running and most celebrated improv shows in the world.
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.
Aaaand Now for Something Completely Improvised is a solid hour of good fun.
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…
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.
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…
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.
Many will be thrilled to see that the infectiously funny Kai Humphries is back at the Fringe with his new show Stuff Protocol.
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…
Winter Is Coming is a ludicrous take on the popular TV series, Game of Thrones.
Alhambra Theatre: 26th Jun 7pm.
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
I’ll try not to crack ‘What the Dickens?’ jokes, but this show left me feeling like a slug on tranquilizers.
Assert showcases and celebrates life from an autistic spectrum perspective with this fascinating photographic exhibition.
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
Master character comedian and star of ‘Derek’ and ‘Being Human’ performs all his critically acclaimed, sell-out, weirdly wonderful comedy shows, fresh from his hit Radio 4 series.
This colourful, vibrant performance of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was well received by children and adults alike.
Be prepared to take a whirlwind trip around Wonderland and let your mind wander on this wonderful voyage of mayhem and madness.
A voyage of discovery combining shadow puppetry, a gameshow, and ritual sacrifice.
An Exhibition of First World War photographs of limbless soldiers from the Pavilion Hospital engaged in specialist vocational training; along with photographs and cartoons from the…
Nighttime.
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…
Whatever Gets You Through The Night is a wide-spanning arts project: an album, a film, a stage show and a book have all come together under the umbrella heading of ‘somewhere in …
If you are easily swayed into buying a ticket based on a show’s title, though you may be enticed into seeing the All-Nude College Girl Revue, you may be rather disappointed.
Abortion and X-Factor may seem unlikely bedfellows, but they’re forced into an unholy union in the poptastic Journey to X.
David (Douglas Cape) is a writer.
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 …
Playing the zheng (zither), Yi Dong makes her annual return to Edinburgh to take us on a journey through the spirit of China in a revised show.
Armada is a musical about war, love…and telepathy.
Written by celebrated folk musician Alan Reid, storytelling and songs relate the tale of this controversial and extraordinary 18th-century Scots mariner.
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.
Arriving at Hendrick’s Carnival of Knowledge early was a good decision, as there is plenty to observe even before the talk starts.
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
Although at first you can’t quite tell why, there is something different about Stephen Tobin’s prints.
I watched Shhhh in a state of complete bafflement.
In this very special and understated recital, we meet Dong Yi, internationally renowned zheng soloist, and experience the exquisite sound of the world’s most popular Chinese instru…
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.
How much do you know about the history of the Traverse Theatre? If the answer is ‘very little’, don’t expect to leave enlightened.
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
Mike Shephard likes his history and, as a cash-conscious volume-drinker, the prices of rounds of drinks have always easily segued for him into historical anecdotes from the relevan…
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…
The zheng, whilst perhaps an unfamiliar sight to a British audience, has a history that dates back over 2,500 years and yet remains the most popular instrument in China.
Explore the Traverse Theatre’s dynamic 50-year history through a series of talks by theatre practitioners and scholars, illuminating founding days and reflecting on the Traverse�…
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 is an hour of absolutely roaring comedy that will have you crippled with laughter.
Owen Hughes and Mabel Slattery have very different styles.
With a nation wallowing in a wave of nostalgia, this affectionate look back to the war years is a chance to experience the greatest hits of the 30’s and 40’s in an intimate musical…
Multi five-star, Time Out Critic’s Choice, Smirnoff Hot Picks.
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…
Time Out Critics’ Choice.
No in-depth knowledge of Dungeons and Dragons lore is required to appreciate the excellent comedy this show provides.
Musical theatre that takes us into the hearts of people on the home front, through original diary extracts and songs from the war years.
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
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.
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…
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.
Featuring a compelling trio of dancers, watching Unholy Trinity is a powerful and raw experience.
Instant Sunshine can really brighten up someone’s day with their old time sounds, musical talent and light comedy.
Laugh & Cry is an exploration of public and private personas, choreographed by Evangelia Kolyra, and performed by three dancers.
A strange looking white-coated scientist examines an odd assortment of objects on the floor.
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…
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.
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.
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…
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…
The six players that make up the Milk Monitors attempt to bring to life those Jane Austen novels which history has forgotten.
Dave Griffiths is clearly a determined man.
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 …
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…
Simply the most bizarre show you will ever have the unfortunate and detrimental privilege to watch.
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 is clearly a funny man.
Year after year, a plethora of improv acts arrive in Edinburgh for the fringe.
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.
Does My Face Look Big In This is a one-woman show with Caroline Hardie, a relatable, witty and energetic comedian.
How long does it take to write, choreograph and rehearse a musical? For most musicals it’s a long, drawn-out process.
Critics’ Pick (New York Times).
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 …
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 …
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.
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…
Previous visitors to the Scottish National Gallery will be familiar with Frederic Church’s Niagara Falls from the American Side, the only major work by this American artist featu…
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…
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…
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.
Returning after their 2007 sell-out Fringe hit, One Night Stand are back and better than ever.
This was the title of the only performance kindly suggested by a witty member of tonight’s audience.
After the success of their show The Ordinaries.
As an avid fan of old noir movies, crooked cops, and general hard-boiled quick witted cynicism, needless to say I was looking forward to this show.
Jazz is a study of madness, perhaps.
Leslie Bricusse is a distinguished name in the songwriting pantheon, with a string of Oscars and Tony Awards to his name.
Jamie and Matt are two young men indulging in the exchange of sexual fantasies over the internet.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
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.
A fun, eclectic group of amateur comedians took to the stage with an endearing, though not hilarious, improvised comedy set.
The premise of the play is a re-telling of The Case of the Prime Minister, the Floozie and the Lummock Rock Lighthouse.
Thea Skot is an outright clever and funny young lady.
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…
Under original direction by Anthony Hopkins, Bob Kingdom portrays Welsh poet Dylan Thomas as he recites poetry and prose from his last tour.
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.
Josh Widdicombe has an immediately likeable stage presence, engaging the audience from the outset.
This is the world premier of Nafeesa Monroes one woman show, Journey to Becoming a Super Woman.
The show starts (after a song) with ‘once upon a time’ and ends with ‘happily ever after’, which is pretty indicative of the standard of writing on display.
Make sure you are on time for this show: youll get enough exercise during this hour-long musical romp without sprinting down Nicholson Street beforehand.
Euna Park produced an excellent performance in St.
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.
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.
Adding a dollop of lyrical humour to classic literature is something that never fails to be amusing.
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 …
It seems like a disaster waiting to happen, giving a huge cast a tiny budget and a drab church to perform in.
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.
It isn’t often as a reviewer that you come across a show with absolutely no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
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 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…
Let’s make this clear from the start, that this is not the sugary-coated vision of Alice popularised by Disney’s 1951 classic, but the darker, more nightmarish view closer to Lewis…
The improv group Racing Minds want to tell you a story.
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.
Liz Bower’s versatile characterisation and talent for story telling create a perfectly bonkers yet compelling narrative to which I was engrossed from start to finish.
It’s sentimental, it’s a journey, it’s the story of Doris Day’s life.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
The things we love as children stay with us forever.
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…
Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce.
Moments of surreal humour and philosophical insight make this an enjoyable performance, but its slap-dash production and lack of cohesion give it only superficial charm.
“Alice in Wonderland,” by Lewis Carroll, has the potential to be turned into a musical for all the family.
This award-winning troupe of multi-talented dancers and musicians from South Korea present a colourful fusion of both modern and traditional drumming and dance.
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…
The world-class Ragamala Dance Company returns to the Edinburgh Fringe this year with a soul-moving performance of South Indian Classical Bharatanatyam dance.
Dana Alexander is the best known black female Canadian comedian but has moved to Tottenham in London.
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�…
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…
A combined talk and jazzy musical performance of all-time favourite songs from the 1920s to present day.
In need of a rollicking good time, honest moments and, belly laughs? If the answer is yes, then Susan Lily has the medicine you require.
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
Ditch the messy arts and crafts this half-term and entertain your little darlings with the best live family friendly performances Brighton and Hove have to offer instead.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year (apart from Brighton Fringe, of course) and there are plenty of delightful performances to entertain you this winter.
Welcome to our top 5 picks from the third year of Brighton HorrorFest, the spooktacular celebration from Sweet of all things that go bump in the night.
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Greenwich Theatre is set to have an unprecedented profile at this year’s Brighton Fringe, with no less than eight productions heading for The Warren either co-produced or support...
With Easter on the horizon it’s time to turn attention to Brighton Fringe with a look at some shows that are likely to sell out. Book early – you have been warned.
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...
Ever wondered who works behind the scenes at Brighton Fringe? We've been talking to sound designer and technician Daniel Stevens to find out what he's been up to this festival.
A well seasoned Brighton-Fringer, Rosie Blackwell-Sutton certianly has her hands full this year producing her own show as well as marketing three interestnig performances.
Dan Haynes & Pete Richards boast consecutive EdFringe sellouts with Simon & Garfunkel: Through The Years! We get to know Pete a little better...
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
Broadway Baby publisher Pete Shaw wraps up his Edinburgh experience via his iPhone photo stream.
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...