Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres all over the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, the popular worldwide hit comedy show Shaggers returns to its belove…
Completing the Trilogy that begun with Genius 2.
Kyla Cobbler is one of Ireland’s funniest emerging comedic talents.
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.
A musical play from Busy Lizzies Theatre Company and Long Way Home Productions.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Idle Women is an original musical created and performed by Busy Lizzies.
Social media sensation Christopher Hall tells of his life, as a ‘boy who’s a bit girly really’.
Social media sensation Christopher Hall tells of his life, as a ‘boy who’s a bit girly really’.
“Spewed from our country, forgotten, bound to the dark edge of the earth…”Thomas Barrett, aged 17.
“Spewed from our country, forgotten, bound to the dark edge of the earth…”Thomas Barrett, aged 17.
Women are constantly measuring one another by ideals of thinness/beauty, “best mommy practices”, and keeping a home with a happy partner.
A Prime Minister with troubles in Europe and within his own party.
Now in our 11th season, Nightpiece has screened over 335+ short films from the UK and across the world since 2014.
Picked as the Band/Group of the Year in the Hong Kong Music Critics Choice 2022, Sea Island & Ferry is a neo-chamber ensemble featuring members on piano, cello, violin and clar…
Remember your first day of university? The people you met? The awkward small talks you had? It doesn’t have to be like that.
A woman embarks on an epic quest through time, travelling for hundreds of years through distant lands to discover how she came to be.
When mischievous twins Joe and Jemima’s teacher turns out to be a real-life troll, chaos ensues! From outrageous pranks to daring escapes, follow their escapades as they try to out…
A solo narrative navigating life with neurodiversity.
In Deptford, South London, a routine hair appointment becomes a *slightly* less intense version of John Tucker Must Die.
16 year-old Sean Parker has never known his Dad and wants to change that.
Thief.
You don’t know North Sea Gas?! Where have you been? Over four decades touring around the world with their unique blend of traditional and contemporary folk music.
Discover Juniper Lai, a Chinese folk singer and poet.
Festival closing service: Vespers.
Recent drawings and paintings on show by Edinburgh artist Ginny Elston.
Nil penna sed usus – not the pen itself, but the skill in using it.
Ave Maria: Centuries of Prayer and Praise.
La Vie et la Passion de Jésus Christ.
After three consecutive sold-out runs, Paul Black returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with a brand-new hour.
Electric swing blues tribute show, celebrating the music of the three blues masters: BB King, Albert King, Freddie King.
BEANBAG CONCERT SERIES Find a beanbag and lose yourself in the hypnotic sound of Alexander Grechaninov’s Passion Week.
The Lord is my Shepherd: Sacred song of the English musical renaissance.
Leith Comedy Festival showcases the funniest comedians on the Fringe at the iconic Biscuit Factory in Leith.
Composing Sacred Music: The Next Generation.
The multi award-winning Men With Coconuts are back for another smash run at the Edinburgh Fringe! Their critically acclaimed show will be an hour of emotional balladry, lyrical wiz…
Why did four young men put their lives on the line to fight fascism in Spain with the International Brigades in 1936? How did they end up in the same prison cell? James Maley, Dona…
Faure’s Requiem and Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms – The Howe Street Singers, directed by Les Shankland, perform Faure’s much loved Requiem and equally beautiful Cantique de Jea…
A huge gala show with all proceeds going to the Sepsis Trust, celebrating 20 years of the Laughing Horse’s Free Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Refuge and the road home.
An hour of mind-bending semi-improvised physically inflected comedy from dancer/comedian Lewys Holt.
Unearthed Dance Company bring a newly developed contemporary dance work to the stage.
Join two of the UK’s most exciting new comedians for a hilarious hour of stand-up comedy.
A three-panel painting depicting 122 texts from the last book in the Bible.
Living stones.
TS Eliot’s poem Ash Wednesday is widely regarded as a work of great spiritual depth.
The Bristol Revunions are back at the Edinburgh Fringe for 2024, and we’ve got some incredible new recipes! We’ll be chopping, stirring, kneading and boiling to serve you some deli…
Join us for a hilarious stand-up comedy showcase all the way from Barcelona.
From David Hume to Robert Burns, Blind Harry to Muriel Spark, James Boswell to Margaret Oliphant, meet the congenial ghosts of famous Edinburgh writers at their fireside, and hear …
In I Don’t Have a Maths GCSE, Mia Borthwick takes us on a laugh-out-loud musical comedy journey through her own insecurities and low self-esteem after being diagnosed with Dyscalcu…
Reeling in the midst of a family tragedy, Cleo Harris sits in a hospital waiting room recounting the key events and core relationships in her life that led to such a lonely and aim…
Swing with the Spirit! In this innovative performance of sacred Jazz Schola Cantorum, the Catholic Cathedral’s celebrated choir directed by Michael Ferguson, is joined by Scottish …
A drama group are performing their new murder-mystery play, but despite their best efforts, everything goes wrong! Their play, a thrilling murder mystery set on a small ship carryi…
Three Kelpies arrive on the reef for a play date only to find that the colour from the coral has all washed away! Kipper the Sea Dragon comes to the rescue but he can’t work alone.
The Ruthwell Cross is Scotland’s oldest Anglo-Saxon Christian monument.
The climate emergency, net zero and soaring energy prices are the driving factors behind the Green Home Festival.
Guided Tours.
How well can you know your own family? A grandson discovers the hidden secrets behind his grandparents’ ordinary yet curious marriage.
But some are useful.
Live performance of selections chosen by the editors from the new edition of Scottish Religious Poetry.
Festival at the Fringe 2024.
Edinburgh Festival of the Sacred Arts 2024 opening service, Sunday worship.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with in-depth interviews featuring audience questions.
These three rising stars of the London comedy circuit return to Edinburgh following a sell-out run last year to do two things: blow their life savings on an Airbnb, and perform an …
Paradigms contemporary painting exhibition features vibrant new work from four Edinburgh-based women artists.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featuring audience questions.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with in-depth interviews featuring audi…
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featuring audience questions.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featuring audience questions.
Great selection of collectable vinyl! LPs 12” and 7” singles.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Dance-Forms Productions proudly celebrates 20 years of brilliant performances at the Fringe, presenting the cream of the crop of ritual and contemporary dance-theatre from five-sta…
The hits of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons performed by UK tribute act The False Seasons.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featuring audience questions.
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featuring audience questions.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
The Ukrainian community has left its cultural mark on Scotland for generations, none more so than the displaced families who have settled temporarily in Scotland since 2022 after R…
Edinburgh Photographic Society’s first international photography exhibition was shown in 1861.
A marathon of the macabre.
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…
Do you ever get déjà vu? Dylan’s last show – ‘an innovative way to experience a quarter-life crisis’ (TheWeeReview.
Outdoor 360° wrap-around street art exhibition at Quality Yard in Leith.
The 70+ artists/makers of the buzzing Coburg House open their studios to the public.
In the last few years, poet, performer and slam champion Jonathan Kinsman has lost two grandfathers, a great aunt, a cat and his sanity.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featuring audience questions.
Candid and hilarious new stand-up hour, talking about who I am, in an era where people are really keen to hear about who you are, so long as who you are is something they want to h…
Generation eXpert Samantha Day finds out which generation is the best.
Dr Silcox (self-identify as a weak man) returns for his fans to describe ‘what is a women?’ and offer an official apology on behalf of powerful men to women for all the historical …
Two robo-clones, born of a mad professor and separated by family and class, must find a way to love where all odds are against them.
A thick wad of cash in a brown paper bag, May-December relationships, a sugar daddy straight out of a Martin Scorsese film.
Following last year’s debut Topical Comedian Show at the Fringe, Peter Merrett is back with more news, in fact new news; same venue, earlier time.
Join the guys for a visual feast and hilarious tales of touring Scotland to shoot this year’s topless calendar.
This small yet unmissable jewellery exhibition features over 300 unique and original jewellery designs from 30 independent designers across the globe including local emerging talen…
A split bill from rising stand-up stars Tom Hutchinson (Bath New Act 2022 finalist, dweeb) and Alasdair Wallace (Leicester Mercury 2024 finalist, fruitcake) about trying to find yo…
Step into the electrifying atmosphere of the All Made Up Podcast live show, where storytelling takes centre stage! Join our charismatic hosts Harry Stachini, Ben Hart and Lewis Col…
Naomi Paul’s (mostly) Jewish show! From the Baltic to Birmingham, from shamash to shellfish, to Hendon and beyond.
The kids of Little Stars Youth Theatre are excited to bring you their production of Macbeth.
Dazzle at Dovecot Studios is a curated selling show with over 55 contemporary jewellers showing over 2,000 designs.
What does it mean to be a man today? Robbie (44) and Alfie (10) meet on an extraordinary building site at dawn.
Does your coffee order reveal your personality? Is it possible to “have it all”? In this lighthearted historical fiction, several women who helped shape the future of Erie, Pennsyl…
Elvis-inspired musical that will have you dancing in your seats! When a strange biker shows up in small-town USA all hell breaks loose! Brilliant show from the New York-based cast …
Following the loss of a childhood friend, Evie is on a quest to find the meaning of life and leave behind a legacy before she turns 23.
Comedian Andrew Mayer talks about his all-time best and worst dates (both with the same woman), and a third date with her many years later.
After a group of Zumba-lovers discover that it’s easier to book a Fringe venue than it is to hire out a rehearsal space in their local parish rooms, drastic measures must be taken.
‘Alright you lot.
The world’s best late show comes to the Fringe for the first time! Altitude Comedy Festival (Winner of Best Overseas Festival) boasts previous performers that include.
Welcome to Yuan (Serendipity): stories encapsulating love, loss, joy and resilience.
This crowd-pleasing musical is inspired by and features the songs of Elvis Presley.
Award-winning storytelling.
Two native singer-songwriters return to the Fringe with their five-star sell-out show featuring original and traditional songs of Edinburgh and Scotland.
Things have gotten a little bit harder lately.
After the success of last year’s inaugural event, we return, bigger and better.
After last year’s sell-out run, they’re back and still the best in the business! Ian Coppinger (Dublin Comedy Improv), Stuart Murphy (Stu and Garry’s Improv Show), Stephen Frost an…
The true story of the witches.
Our unique tour sets out to inform and entertain as we take you into both the Old and New towns, giving you a real sense of the two sides of Edinburgh; revealing some of the secret…
Be the first to see two new radio sitcoms performed by a cast of top comedians and recorded live for podcast.
Celebrate the arrival of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in style at Valvona & Crolla with this relaxed tasting of delicious Italian sparkling wines, tutored by Francesco Cardina…
The ultimate international burlesque extravaganza has returned due to high demand! Sold-out run 2023.
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
Being a woman! Being over 40! Sex! Kath has found the solution to these problems.
‘An insanely fun and madcap hour, and the perfect remedy for too-serious comedy.
Last year’s sell-out show returns with more magic, more puppets and even more laughter! A great show for all the family to start your festival day! Advance booking advised! Featuri…
Lifelong goody-two-shoes Titi Lee is breaking all the rules, and you are invited.
Teachers know the feeling all too well.
A castaway is saved from the surging seas.
Sasha doesn’t need a child to be a MILF.
This show is autobiographical, about growing up as a vicar’s daughter and being a student at Gordonstoun, where our King Charles went.
Lee Kyle (‘Glorious’ (iNews.
Beyond the Clouds features new work from Geoff Uglow’s ongoing series inspired by Edinburgh alongside his evocative Italian landscapes, serene seascapes, and lush rose garden.
For over 30 years Hegley has brought a show to the Fringe with a spattering of favourites, alongside new work, to present to festival-goers.
Multi award-winning comedian and star of three Amazon Prime specials on finding fun in a chaotic world.
Come and experience the globe-trotting international Irish storyteller, Ronnie Neville! From Cork to Edinburgh via New York and Melbourne with a suitcase full of stories.
Three queer international comedians (Ann Vaida, Annick Adelle and Mari Volar) bring their WIP shows to Edinburgh and band together to make their solo debuts less harrowing.
Celya is good in a crisis but cries at flashmob videos.
An emotionally raw blend of memoir and song, Tracey Yarad’s All These Pretty Things is a phoenix rising from the ashes story, taking the audience from Australia and the fallout o…
Comedian Michael Welch returns with a new show filled with jokes, mischief and perhaps stuff he will later regret saying.
Jive along to jazz, party to punk rock, cavort to classics and experience electropop with our cherry-picked musical assortment.
As seen on BBC’s Live at the Apollo, American transplant Spring Day provides dark comedy for nice people.
Winner: Best of Fringe Toronto 2023! What does a 31-year-old theatre kid do when a DNA test reveals that his biological parents aren’t quite who he thought they were? Write a music…
Witty, touching, hilarious and unapologetic.
You learn it young.
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
Social media sensation Christopher tells of his life, as a ‘boy who’s a bit girly really’.
This women-created news satire stars comedian Maggie Metnick in drag as Chip Johnson, a red-blooded American male pundit on a mission to mansplain the news to women.
Fresh off the back of his triumphant sold-out Leicester Comedy Festival show and supporting Nigel Ng (Uncle Roger) on his world tour performing at Hammersmith Apollo, Dublin’s 3Oly…
This feral equine fantasia follows 11-year-old Audrey who is telepathically linked to all the other horse-girls in the world.
‘The most renowned sketch troupe of them all’ (Independent) embark on their annual international tour once again! The Cambridge Footlights are back with six of Cambridge’s best stu…
Star of New Zealand Today and last-place finisher on Taskmaster NZ, Guy Williams makes his Edinburgh debut! Nominated for Best Show, Melbourne Comedy Festival 2023.
Welcome to a bustling transcription office in 2001 New York City, where typists are busy listening to – and typing out – raw interviews for pulpy television shows and other mas…
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 …
A second show has hit Paddy Young.
BAFTA award winner, star of Live at the Apollo and Dave Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Michael Odewale returns to the Fringe.
Be inspired by stories of collaboration, creativity and rebellion.
Step into the extraordinary life of Eric Liddell, the iconic 1924 Olympic 400m champion, at an exclusive display in the heart of the Scottish Parliament.
Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World is set to take the roof off The Other Palace this summer.
Do you ever get deja vu? Dylan’s last show ended with him deciding to have children.
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Do you ever get deja vu? Dylan’s last show ended with him deciding to have children.
Do you ever get deja vu? Dylan’s last show ended with him deciding to have children.
Inspired by noughties cartoons such as Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh and Dragonball-Z, Battle Counters! is a sugar rush of a two-hander.
Do you ever get deja vu? Dylan’s last show ended with him deciding to have children.
The Irish Youth Dance Festival (IYDF), produced by Dublin Youth Dance Company, offers a national platform to showcase young emerging dancers performing works of leading …
Do you ever get deja vu? Dylan’s last show ended with him deciding to have children.
They’re finally coming out! Of their bedrooms! After an excruciating wait, the Boys Gone Wild Podcast (Horatio Gould and Andrew Kirwan) is going live again.
Do you ever get deja vu? Dylan’s last show ended with him deciding to have children.
After a sold-out UK and Ireland tour, “The Good Women” returns to London for Pridemonth.
Do you ever get deja vu? Dylan’s last show ended with him deciding to have children.
BUILDING INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL RELATIONSHIPS & THE ARTIST AS CULTURAL DIPLOMAT Join this Masterclass led by Nike Jonah and Erwin Maas, the co-Executive directors of the Pan-Afric…
Idle Women is a musical based on the lives of women who worked on canal boats in World War Two.
Do you ever get deja vu? Dylan’s last show ended with him deciding to have children.
Two women - Four intertwined stories about relationships, love, and life.
For millennia, men have written about sex and their work has been called Great Literature.
Do you ever get deja vu? Dylan’s last show ended with him deciding to have children.
Presenting part 4 of a transnational exhibition series exploring the existence and impact of colonial references ‘hidden in plain sight’ in the built environment across neighbo…
Gay culture.
Based on three real Australian self-help books from the 1960s, Yoga for Women, Sex and Yoga and Yoga Over Forty by Nancy Phelan and Michael Volin.
The Brighton Buddhist centre has been offering Meditation, Buddhism and Yoga classes for the last 50 years.
Two robo-clones are born of a mad professor and split up at birth.
A successful artist who has made “art out of her pain” is about to unveil her newest and boldest work to date, but before she does, she brings together her e…
After a critically acclaimed and award-nominated debut hour Daddy’s Home, Philipp returns to Brighton to work out jokes for his new show.
A Festival of Korean Dance will return to The Place for its seventh year, and for the first time will tour to Scotland followed by its UK tour in Newcastle, London and Bournemouth …
Join Chichester Festival Theatre as part of our Life After Fringe series, highlighting development opportunities post-Fringe.
Finlay and Joe are tired.
In the aftermath of an attack which puts her best friend in a coma, a teenage girl learns to cope with the help of the ghost of Lady Jane Grey.
What does non-binary sound like? A group of trans, non-binary and queer theatre-makers have made a whole show exploring what it means to be non-binary and trans in today’s world,…
“Breasts loom large in our culture - but why?” Following a sold out run in Edinburgh and nomination for the coveted Amused Moose Award, Samantha Day (‘Titologist’ and Come…
Welcome to Sex Academy Open Day.
Being a woman! Being over 40! Sex! Kath has found the solution to all three of these problems.
“Nighty Night meets Benidorm” in this dark, satirical one-queen show.
Do you ever get Déjà vu? Eight years ago, Dylan Dodds started writing a blog comparing his life to the sitcom Friends.
A curse causes Nathan to skip a year and a day into the future, every-time he falls asleep.
In 2021 Richard Herring went to his GP to find out why his right ball seemed to be growing bigger.
In 2021 Richard Herring went to his GP to find out why his right ball seemed to be growing bigger.
Step into the dystopian world of The Moral Women – a gripping tale of societal regression and feminist resilience.
Beach Box presents an exciting line up of Sauna Rituals & events, featuring special guests to expertly guide you in a thermal journey.
From some of Britain’s first women doctors to suffragettes, entrepreneurs to entertainers, artists, music-hall stars, and campaigners, Brighton and Hove has always attracted women …
After decades of procrastination, comedy writer Steve Parry (8 Out Of 10 Cats, Live At The Apollo, Gladiators, I’m A Celebrity, Love Island) has finally turned his back on the gl…
Billy no-mates Britain doesn’t get on with Europe, with the other continents, or even with itself.
The Hove version of the Brighton tour! An animal rights champion, a rogue policewoman, a doctor who changed the way we thought about mental health are just a few of the woman who h…
Join hairy Indians Tharun Chelley and Hitz Unadkat as they join forces to provide you with pure laughter for an hour! They’re a bit like the Hairy Bikers but they’re not allowe…
Hosted by Hannah Brackenbury and Anna Free, this event showcases funny women doing their thing at the wonderful Cliffe Hall in Lewes.
Lost to the Sea is an exploration of grief after losing a child to an accident at sea and how the power of words can be a huge part of the healing process going forwards.
Best Stand-up Winner Brighton Fringe 2022/23 (The Brighton Seagull) with the first of his two new stand-up shows for 2024.
Louisa May Alcott’s 1868 classic and moving ‘coming of age’ story is accepted as ‘revolutionary’ and for many years has been one of the most widely read novels.
Fresh from a sell-out Edinburgh Fringe run, one of the country’s top new stand-ups brings their “impressive debut” (The Guardian) to Brighton.
Thought Eurovision couldn’t get any camper? Join Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus as they whisk you away on an exploration of the past, present and future of everyone’s favourite so…
It’s the 1960s, the world is changing.
As we sit in the Camden People’s Theatre, a performance of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly is taking place at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, at least for the purposes this pl…
Christopher Sainton-Clark, the sole actor in A Year and a Day, founded Raising Cain Productions in 2021 ‘with the aim of producing bold, innovative and cinematic small-scale thea…
This festival concert is a highlight of the year.
Returning for a third year, Peckham Fringe are back for 2024! This inclusive and dynamic performing arts festival will take place at Theatre Peckham, showcasing a lineup of over 20…
Jamie Osman and Tom Hollings are two old friends who after over thirty combined years in the music industry decided to challenge their relationships with alcohol and dru…
Do you ever get déjà vu? Dylan’s last show ended with him deciding to have children.
Jamie Osman and Tom Hollings are two old friends who after over thirty combined years in the music industry decided to challenge their relationships with alcohol and dru…
Growing up in 1980’s rural Wiltshire requires more than a little patience, especially when you’re gay and trying to be a good Christian, with a love for George Michael.
Two London street performers take you on a rockin’ comedy drama through the crossroads of grief and letting go.
Grand Junction has announced its programme for Elixir Festival taking place from 12th April, celebrating Arabic artworks culturally resonant for local communities and wider London …
A West End Gala at the Adelphi Theatre will celebrate over 75 years of the NHS.
Ian McKellen - ‘one of the world’s greatest actors’ (Times) - plays Falstaff in a new version of Shakespeare’s Henry IV, adapted by the award-winning writer and director Robert I…
Witty, fierce and fearless.
‘The Greatest Play Of All Time’ tells the story of 1&2, characters in the mind of a Writer trying to create a career defining play.
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.
The ultimate showcase of new talent you have to see before they break into the mainstream.
Ryan Calais Cameron’s For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy, is now in its fourth run and second West End transfer with a brand new cast, and it …
The Pretty Pill What's the real cost of beauty? Close All Tabs These are my emotional support tabs The Pretty Pill - Kate Devaney Naomi navigates fitting int…
Do you ever get Deja vu? Dylan’s last show ended with him deciding to have children.
Prepare to be swept away as We’ll Have Nun of It emerges as a poignant, genre-defying coming-of-age musical that fearlessly tackles the profound struggles of Irish emigration, sexu…
Malignant Humour A death-defying circus act A Tale Of Two Chickens A Boy's Platonic Love For Chicken Malignant Humour - Hannah GumbrielleHannah found a lump.
The Lost Bride A journey through heartbreak and grief.
Come join us for a night of pure gold at Piano Smithfield! Get ready for an unforgettable event filled with music and laughter as we shine a spotlight on the Golden Age of Hollywoo…
Men Eating Dinner Take, eat; this is my body.
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres all over the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, the popular worldwide hit comedy show Shaggers returns to its beloved Leicester…
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres all over the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, the popular worldwide hit comedy show Shaggers returns to its belove…
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres all over the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, the popular worldwide hit comedy show Shaggers returns to its belove…
Evie is on a quest to find the meaning of life and leave behind a legacy before she turns twenty-three.
‘We can be us, just for one day’ Relive the day music brought the world together.
Being a woman! Being over 40! Sex! Kath has found the solution to all three of these problems.
Nollaig na mBan or Women’s Christmas is celebrated on January 6th.
In recent years, Irish women have taken to the sea for the physical and mental health benefits of open water swimming.
In 2019, a Women’s Health Taskforce was established by the Department of Health to improve women’s health outcomes and experiences of healthca…
Nollaig na mBan or Women’s Christmas is celebrated on January 6th.
In recent years, Irish women have taken to the sea for the physical and mental health benefits of open water swimming.
In 2019, a Women’s Health Taskforce was established by the Department of Health to improve women’s health outcomes and experiences of healthca…
'Remember our second class together, when we had to describe our Political Utopias? This is mine.
Peppa Pig is back in her oinktastic brand new live show, Fun Day Out! Join Peppa, along with her family and friends as they go to the zoo and also the beach for a special party- it…
Immerse yourself in belly dance as world-class performers take the stage.
Politics as you have never seen it before.
Being a woman.
Beware Sinners, Judgement Day is upon us! Yes, Father Frenchy is back for another ridiculous comedy show & nothing is off limits.
Beware Sinners, Judgement Day is upon us! Yes, Father Frenchy is back for another ridiculous comedy show & nothing is off limits.
The final days of a sixty-year marriage are turned into a domestic comedy in the latest offering from playwright Richard Bean, of One Man, Two Guvnors fame, in To Have and To Hold,…
“He talks about going to Switzerland, to that place where you pay them to kill you… And I say “go! It’ll do you good.
The Working Girls of Soho, takes you on a captivating journey of discovery, meeting the women who made Soho happen.
Touring the UK in Black History Month and into November is Philip Okwedy’s The Gods Are All Here, a one-man show about the performer's distant relationship with his parents a…
Three works celebrating classical, contemporary and neo-classical dance – this programme is not to be missed.
This year, ‘the most renowned sketch troupe of them all’ (Independent) will again be embarking on an exceptional world tour, performing to over 20,000 across two continents.
William Keohane reads from Boxing Day, a 52-poem sequence detailing the poet’s experience of gender transition, one poem written per week over the course of a year…
This year, ‘the most renowned sketch troupe of them all’ (Independent) will again be embarking on an exceptional world tour, performing to over 20,000 across two continents.
“If you not give elephant proper burial he’ll haunt you forever.
‘Sea Song Sessions’ is a collection of British maritime folk songs and sea shanties, performed by Jon Boden, Seth Lakeman, Ben Nicholls, Emily Portman & Jack Rutter
The traditional direction of migrants seeking a better life is turned on its head in Emanuele Aldrovandi’s Sorry We Didn’t Die At Sea (translated by Marco Young) at the Park Th…
This year, ‘the most renowned sketch troupe of them all’ (Independent) will again be embarking on an exceptional world tour, performing to over 20,000 across two continents.
With a curriculum drawn from the seminal ghost hunting manual Ghost Hunting for Dummies, the International Ghost Appreciation Academy is a 45-minute introduction to ghost hunting, …
The foul-mouthed prophet of Australian comedy is back in Edinburgh with a new show and a newer tracksuit.
We all have a broken part of us that longs to belong and be healed.
Sam and Rosie are off on their holidays.
Hot off the back of huge sold-out shows in Manchester, Birmingham and London, stellar comedians Rachel Fairburn and Kiri Pritchard-McLean once again bring their smash-hit true crim…
Perthshire farmer and comedian Jim Smith dons the checked shirt again as he returns with his 2022 smash-hit stand-up show telling tales of Scottish rural life.
Nightpiece Media, the production company of filmmaker Al Carretta, have been filmmaking disruptors since 2010.
The Edinburgh Traditional Building Forum presents the 11th annual Scottish Traditional Building Festival by bringing you 12 information-packed shows for those who love, care for, o…
Comedian Matt Storrs (San Francisco SketchFest) makes his Edinburgh Fringe debut with his critically acclaimed solo show Portly Lutheran Know-It-All.
Rediscover the golden age of swing jazz – Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Anita O’Day, Maxine Sullivan, Peggy Lee.
This interactive, nail-biting tail about bravery, curiosity and familial love is created by teachers to inspire young minds in creative writing.
Brooklyn comedians Nate and Ed vent their obsession with early 2010s masculine archetypes (but also some other stuff).
Alice can’t find herself but she is certain she wants to help.
A comedy told by mad people, for mad people.
5 monologues.
Sir Andrew Davis conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the Edinburgh Festival Chorus in this profound exploration of human nature and our collective search for light i…
The Robin Chapel, built in 1950 at the centre of a unique Edinburgh housing complex, The Thistle Foundation, is a memorial to Robin Tudsbury and well known for its excellent choir.
The Art of Ecclesiastical Heraldry.
Join Deaf Action as we celebrate the end of our second annual Edinburgh Deaf Festival! Get into the groove with renowned deaf DJ John McDevitt (Def Beatz) as he guides you through …
Every show starts by asking the audience: Why can’t we have nice things? What are the little everyday niggles that irritate you? Does your flatmate squeeze the toothpaste from th…
Duruflé Requiem: Life and Death in Music with Poetry.
Strafed by Splendour: Under Paolozzi’s Window.
Basia Mindewicz, Director of the Edinburgh School of Icon Painting, explains the artistic techniques and spiritual inspiration behind one of the most venerated forms of sacred art.
God’s Craftsmen.
The Art of the Icon.
Catch top comedians from the US, UK, China, Japan, Germany, Russia, Australia and Canada in this packed showcase, hosted by stand-up comedian Leah Renee.
The Desert in the Heart of the World is a filmic study of the impact of the Carthusian monastic movement on the French landscape.
Michael Dillon, Mary Read, Bayard Rustin, Vesta Tilley, Hatshepsut.
Returning after two sell-out runs at Soho Theatre, global sensation Jazz Emu is back with his virtuoso musical spectacular.
Michael Dillon, Mary Read, Bayard Rustin, Vesta Tilley, Hatshepsut.
A fun, interactive and educational show for babies and toddlers.
Composing Sacred Music: A New Generation.
Come and watch the hottest and most unique African traditional acrobatics and cultural show from Ghana, west Africa.
Sanctified Royalty: Jacobite Relics and the Divine Right of Kings.
Spirituality, Faith and Belief: Voyages of Discovery.
An explosion of nostalgia, joy and love releases itself on the stage, in the form of a poetic love letter.
In the Steps of the Master: Jesus and Landscape.
Don’t be put off by the topic - this dance show about death is far from gloomy.
Do Rhinos Feel Their Horns or Can They Not See Them Like How We Can't See Our Noses may be in the running for the Fringe’s wackiest title and the show itself is an equally pl…
Rising to the Life Immortal: Organ Music for Easter and Ascension.
After searching far and wide, Barcelona’s hottest new comedians have Found their Funny, packed it in a bag and brought it all the way to the Fringe for your amusement! Barcelona is…
‘What would it take for you to eat a real-life human being?’ It’s dinner time in the Abbey stately home.
Where there is charity and love: Schola Cantorum sings the music of Paul Mealor.
In Robes of White.
The Art of Vestment.
The climate emergency, Net-Zero and soaring energy prices are the driving factors behind the Green Home Festival.
Two clowns, Anna and Felix, set out on a quest for home.
Bare Productions return following a string of five-star, sell-out Fringe runs with the rousing and heartfelt musical, Little Women.
This completely original chamber musical by Shaye Poulton Richards is a darkly charming piece of new writing.
Following their sell-out shows in 2022, Scotland’s acclaimed band Main Street Blues return with their fabulous Kings of the Blues show.
Join guests from the worlds of comedy, literature, music and faith for a series of live recordings of the popular All Terrain Podcast.
Gilbert Scott’s dramatic architectural landmark, with its three spires prominent in Edinburgh’s distinctive skyline, provides a magnificent setting for the Opening Service of t…
The Mysteries – Reimagined.
Songs of Displacement.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Once again North Sea Gas will take to the stage at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Following the success of her hit show Careering, Samantha Day is back at the Fringe with The Booby Trap! Breasts loom large in our culture – but why? Samantha gets her tit jokes …
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Great selection of collectable vinyl! LPs, 12” and 7” singles, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s 90s, 00s to present day.
One night only! Leith Comedy Festival showcases the funniest comedians at the legendary Biscuit Factory in Leith.
The Bareback Kings are a drag-king comedy group.
The Bareback Kings are a drag-king comedy group.
An exclusive event for members and supporters of Edinburgh International Festival.
Discover an evening bursting with drama, mysticism and irresistible folk melodies from three great early 19th-century Romantics.
The Bareback Kings are a drag-king comedy group.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
John Cambo Cambridge lived with David Bowie at Haddon Hall when he had his first hit-record Space Oddity and toured Scotland with him in Junior’s Eyes.
Euripides’ classic Greek tragedy is breathtakingly reimagined by 25 singers, actors and musicians in this epic production from the National Changgeuk Company of Korea.
Pianist Sir András Schiff and NYCOS National Girls Choir join the orchestra for a folk-influenced, all-Hungarian programme.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Immerse yourself in Dvořák’s lively Eighth Symphony in this evening of music and conversation, presented in the round.
Join Festival Director Nicola Benedetti in conversation with orchestra founder-conductor Iván Fischer, before a special performance showcasing the orchestra’s warmth, versatilit…
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Come to the Merchants Hall to see The Soul Kings performing a set of the biggest soul, Motown and disco hits from the 60s and 70s.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
When the flints of the old strike with the new, what story can be lit from the sparks? The ancient ballad of Tam Lin is reimagined in a near-future dystopian Scotland, exploring th…
Hip words, cool jazz, hot bebop.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
The 70+ artists/makers of the buzzing Coburg House open their studios to the public.
Just Festival is Edinburgh’s human rights and social justice festival.
The Grumpy Magicians present: If All Else Fails, Read the Instructions.
Emotional balladry, lyrical wizardry, and musical husbandry are the cornerstones of Men With Coconuts, at PBH's Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse.
In their last show, Hair, Shelf joked about being mistaken for teenage boys.
A song cycle inspired by the photographs of Matthew Murphy, 35MM: A Musical Exhibition is a unique concept and the perfect choice for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Iain Dale’s ALL TALK political interviews have in recent years become something of a regular fixture of the Fringe circuit.
An all-American line-up show, featuring the very best comedians from across the pond! Discover the freshest comedy talent on the Fringe as they make their Pleasance debuts this sum…
The World Press Photo Exhibition showcases the best photojournalism and documentary photography of the last year.
Join three friends as they embark on a Victorian boating holiday filled with mayhem and mishaps.
Measurements give power to research and understanding, but how do they fare against human anxiety? No metric is safe in Dean Tsang’s exploration of expectations placed on us and th…
One hour of stand-up comedy from three comedians.
Join me as I put the fun back into searching for meaning in a chaotic universe, if we agree to spell universe as ‘fun-iverse’ which I believe we agreed to.
This small-yet-unmissable jewellery exhibition features over 300 unique and original jewellery designs from 30 independent designers across the globe including local emerging talen…
Marlon’s a Jew.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
When Edinburgh’s iconic One o’Clock Gun is stolen by shady Glaswegians only our hero Morningside Malcolm, quiet resident of the douce suburbs, can prevent strife and aggro between …
Quality Yard brings you a free outdoor 360° wrap-around exhibition of creative street art and graffiti by nationally and internationally exhibited artists.
Edinburgh Photographic Society held its first international exhibition in 1861.
As seen on Man Like Mobeen, Big Boys and Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back! Dr Silcox offer official apology on behalf of weak men to women for all the historical misconducts caused by po…
18 nights of the best in folk and acoustic music entertainment showcasing a different act each night. Seating is limited so book early to save disappointment.
The Quest to Save Neverland: Peter Pan and the Lost Souls Epic Tale.
Our unique tour sets out to inform and entertain as we take you into both Old and New Town, giving you a real sense of the two sides of Edinburgh and revealing some of the secrets …
The true-crime podcast with a twist.
After last year’s sell-out run, they’re back and still the best in the business! Stephen Frost (Who’s Line Is It Anyway), Ian Coppinger (Dublin Comedy Improv), Sally Hodgkiss (Who’…
Direct from a sold-out NYC run, 4/4/4 is a radical new play that features 4 real Asian actors playing 4 White men playing 4 fake Asians.
Dazzle at Dovecot Studios is a curated selling show with over 50 contemporary jewellers showing over 2,000 pieces in a variety of materials – from precious metals to 3D printed n…
The dog’s gone! Jen plays six sinful characters who seek him.
Brooklyn comedians Nate and Ed vent their obsession with early 2010s masculine archetypes (but also some other stuff).
The Macbeths have killed King Duncan and taken over his kingdom.
The Merchants Hall will be open for the complete whisky experience with open tastings and talks about this wonderful industry.
Ever fancied telling the crew in the House of Commons a thing or two, or giving the gang in the Scottish Parliament a piece of your mind? This is your best-ever opportunity to play…
A curse causes Nathan to skip into the future whenever he falls asleep.
Introducing Men in Quilts, the side-splitting show that puts a hilarious twist on the iconic Men in Kilts.
Janitor/Manager: Inspired by the expression ‘If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere’, Sean Conrad booked a one-way flight to NYC to become a stand-up comedian and quickl…
Our Father unpacks the embodied, generational consequences of absent-present F/fathers being, human.
You’re invited! Renowned for their slick choreography, tight harmonies and unique arrangements, Durham University’s top a cappella group is back at the Edinburgh Fringe to celebr…
Award-winning storytelling.
Two native singer/songwriters return to the Fringe with their five-star, sell-out show featuring original and traditional songs of Edinburgh and Scotland.
It’s Naomi Paul’s (mostly) Jewish show! From the Baltic to Birmingham, from shamash to shellfish, from Hendon and beyond.
Jo March really thinks she could be the voice of her generation, or at least, a voice of a generation.
Elsa McTaggart, a true folk musician and singer/songwriter in every sense of the word, has waited a long time to finally present this stunning show.
Have you ever wanted to visit a mosque? Do you have any burning questions about Islam? Would you like to discover more about a faith which is often misunderstood? Every year at Fri…
Our Father unpacks the embodied, generational consequences of absent-present F/fathers being, human.
It’s time.
Celebrate the arrival of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in style at Valvona & Crolla (established 1934), with this relaxed tasting of delicious Italian sparkling wines, tutored by F…
Alice-India – 2Northdown New Comedian of the Year finalist, Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian finalist – is just like a regular person.
The foul-mouthed prophet of Australian comedy is back in Edinburgh with a new show and a newer tracksuit.
In Greek mythology, the Muses were the daughters of Mnemosyne, goddess of memory, by her nephew, Zeus.
The ultimate international burlesque extravaganza has arrived! A celebration of bodies, tradition and inclusivity by award-winning world-class artists and rising stars on the scene…
As seen on BBC’s Live at the Apollo, American transplant Spring Day provides dark comedy for nice people.
It’s Sunday.
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
85% of executed witches were women! Why? The brutal truth of the witch hunts in Scotland, told with humour and empathy.
Dynamic one woman show written and presented by Theresa Cole of Yellow Poppy Theatre wants you to see some personal stories through the eyes of her different characters.
Ahoy! Sail away with cabaret legend and variety artiste Ada Campe for an adventure on the high seas – and a show that puts the merry in maritime, the naughty in nautical and the …
Hello, asalaam alaikum, bienvenido and welcome to RVG’s International Comedy Club! Resident MC of Malaysia’s first comedy cub Rizal Van Geyzel (as seen on Comedy Central) introduce…
In a world where one man can be one character, Alexander Richmond dares to be twelve of them.
Singer-songwriter and self-obsessed internet addict Connor Morel fronts a live three-piece band in this original gig-theatre show that asks: are we doing the internet right? Is the…
These three rising stars of the London comedy circuit have come to Edinburgh to do two things: blow their life savings on an Airbnb and perform an hour of mind-melting stand-up com…
What happens when a philosopher and a comedian come into a bar? In this case, a long night of drinking alone.
A unique new musical with a fully actor-muso cast, this Charlie Hartill Award finalist blends contemporary pop, soul, and folk music in a dynamic story of convent school life.
Irish madman John Spillane is back with the return of his 100% improvised stand-up show.
Sure, Britain’s got talent, but has it got any friends? We don’t get on with Europe, with the other continents, or even with each other.
Mixing documentary footage, storytelling, and live music, The Death & Life of All of Us is a funny and poignant exploration of family secrets, shame, and embracing our imperfection…
Returning with a work in progress after a sell-out Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated run in 2022.
America’s most potty-mouthed and politically outspoken drag a cappella quartet escaped the morality police in the US.
This is the Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut from performer, writer and creative activist Lilly Burton.
For anyone who knows the first thing about the history of Edinburgh Fringe, and indeed, comedy itself, you should already be familiar with Cambridge Footlights and its roster of al…
A faded Britannia sits alone in her bedsit, remembering.
Jive along to jazz, party to punk rock, cavort to classics and experience electropop with our cherry-picked musical assortment.
A show about the times*.
One of the country’s top new stand-ups presents their debut hour.
Chris and Christine are a seasoned seaside double act.
You might reasonably assume a fairy tale to be set long ago and far away, but master storyteller Niall Moorjiani returns to the genre’s roots.
If you do meal prep and watch Ted Lasso you’re typical.
“If you fall off the stage: leg extended, boobs up.
This cabaret-style show features musical, fun and comedic life lessons based on Pulitzer-nominated memoir by celebrity entrepreneur Clint Arthur.
Finlay and Joe are tired.
From the creators of Moon Dragon, Sea Dragon is the most fun for under 5s.
CHOO CHOO! (Or.
A fly-on-the-padded-wall account of the mental health world that also busts some myths (there are no padded walls).
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…
From the creators of Moon Dragon, Sea Dragon is the most perfect experience for babies under one at the Fringe in 2023.
A vital new comedy play by Glaswegian playwright Mikael Philippos about the real struggles, judgement and most importantly, laughs, a family affected by the incarceration of a love…
“If you fall off the stage: leg extended, boobs up.
The Scottish Gallery presents Wonder Women featuring three exceptional artists who have each had outstanding careers, including a major memorial celebration to the late Dame Elizab…
Offering a fresh history of Scottish art since 1750, this exhibition spotlights key artists, all of whom are women.
This split-bill of comedy will showcase the best and brightest material Maddie and Serena have to offer.
This split-bill of comedy will showcase the best and brightest material Maddie and Serena have to offer.
You’re invited! Renowned for their slick choreography, tight harmonies and unique arrangements, Durham University’s top a cappella group debuts at the Durham Fringe Festival to c…
You’re invited! Renowned for their slick choreography, tight harmonies and unique arrangements, Durham University’s top a cappella group debuts at the Durham Fringe Festival to c…
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM by William Shakespeare Shakespeare’s best-lived comedy presented in a magical new production by award-winning Durham-based Elysium Theatre Company.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM by William Shakespeare Shakespeare’s best-lived comedy presented in a magical new production by award-winning Durham-based Elysium Theatre Company.
MACBETH by William Shakespeare Shakespeare’s thrilling drama of the power of evil presented by award-winning Durham-based Elysium Theatre Company.
MACBETH by William Shakespeare Shakespeare’s thrilling drama of the power of evil presented by award-winning Durham-based Elysium Theatre Company.
Star of Mock the Week, QI and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, Olga Koch, got a master’s degree and she won’t shut up about it.
A sticky, spooky horror comedy about gender reveal parties, demons from hell, and above all, a Gay Witch Sex Cult (a sex cult for gay witches)As Kaelan Trough and his husband celeb…
You sense the presence of an Extravaganza.
How to achieve a powerful and radiant sexual allure.
If any staff or patrons see Comedian Sean Morley on the premises of festival grounds please go to red alert.
What is confidence? Can it be obtained if you don't have any? Is 36 too late to start being assertive? I've almost made my mind up, but I'm more interested in what you …
An absurdist menagerie of clown, characters and non- sequiturs.
Michael Brunström is a surrealist comedian based in London, a member of Weirdos Comedy Collective and winner of the Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality.
Lulu Popplewell is a recovering addict, failed 'Love Actually' child actor, and hilarious comedian.
Adam has set off for the wilderness, determined to find meaning in solitude, embracing a new life of nothing but moss-covered rocks and the sound of crickets.
Work in progress show from BBC NCA Finalist Hannah Platt.
Monopoly is a terrible game.
Widely regarded as one of the hottest comedy nights among the Arab community and beyond! Arabs Are Not Funny sees comedians with roots in the Arab world attempt to prove…
After last year’s ENFIN EN SCENE festival succesful edition, which stands as the BIG return to the stage of our Workshop amdram participants, Exchange Theatre re-invites you to dis…
About the show Join Whole Lotta Comedy where the comedians of the future perform for you today.
We are absolutely thrilled that we have some brilliant line up of local, national and international artists coming to be part of FUSE International this year, …
About the show Ever wondered what would happen if you got your divorced parents back together again for a day? BóNJ is a “bitofalaugh,” “intri…
About the show Celebrate the opening of the 15th festival with an exhilarating night of music and dance including two special guest performances from companies AXIOM and…
A Scottish Drag Queen and an Irish Sommelier walk into a bar in Leith.
Ten Men is a gritty, funny, one man play based on the infamous life story of the actor, gangster, ladies’ man and alleged lover of Princess Margaret - John ‘Biffo’ Bindon.
Ten Men - The Lives of John Bindon by Franklyn McCabe “London’s nothing more than a million doors, the trick is to walk through the right one.
An inexplicable curse causes Nathan to skip a year and a day into the future, every-time he falls asleep, only existing for twenty-four hours, once a year before being thrown forwa…
A curse causes Nathan to skip a year and a day into the future, every-time he falls asleep.
It’s another Sunday at the sleepy parish for Father Pete, until he meets James, an oversensitive priest with a penchant for tofu.
Following the highly successful all-male tours of H.
The universal love story. Where you fall in love with someone for the first time but also for the last. Four Actors, cast live, whose story will you see?
An opportunity to explore Buddhism, meditation and also Buddhism’s relationship to the arts.
An opportunity to explore Buddhism, meditation and also Buddhism’s relationship to the arts.
Stick It On returns for the first time in almost a decade to give anyone the chance to get behind the decks and spin 15 minutes of their favourite tunes to rock the dance floor.
Stick It On returns for the first time in almost a decade to give anyone the chance to get behind the decks and spin 15 minutes of their favourite tunes to rock the dance floor.
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 …
Building International Cultural Relationships & The Artist as Cultural Diplomat Join this Masterclass led by Nike Jonah and Erwin Maas, the co-Executive directors of the Pan-Afric…
Reflecting the politics of the African continent in the 60s/70s, in this seminal documentary William Klein captures the radical atmosphere of the first Pan-African Cultural Festiva…
Building International Cultural Relationships & The Artist as Cultural Diplomat Join this Masterclass led by Nike Jonah and Erwin Maas, the co-Executive directors of the Pan-Afric…
Reflecting the politics of the African continent in the 60s/70s, in this seminal documentary William Klein captures the radical atmosphere of the first Pan-African Cultural Festiva…
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 …
Leonard and Violet, young, restless and in love, spend their first night together knowing it may also be their last.
A comedy about the passing of time.
Project Female Dance Company presents: ‘WARRIOR WOMEN: Past, Present and Future’ an exploration of how female protest shapes our world.
Project Female Dance Company presents: ‘WARRIOR WOMEN: Past, Present and Future’ an exploration of how female protest shapes our world.
A comedy about the passing of time.
Sew Fabulous - Sustainable Community Education Join us to celebrate our work and find out more about what we do at Sew Fabulous.
The Brighton Swing Community are back for our annual Fringe afternoons of music and dancing, in one of the festival’s most iconic venues! Our All-Stars band features musicians fro…
The wild hunt raced through the sky, taking its monstrous regiment of women, led by the goddess Diana, the Lady, to terrorise the world.
Sew Fabulous - Sustainable Community Education Join us to celebrate our work and find out more about what we do at Sew Fabulous.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
The wild hunt raced through the sky, taking its monstrous regiment of women, led by the goddess Diana, the Lady, to terrorise the world.
Celebrating 50 years of Rocky Horror and one wild ride of a life.
Phil Connors is a pretty awful guy.
A fantastic 10 piece band dedicated to the Quiet Beatle’s work.
Come and enjoy a night of great comedy to help support women, children, mothers, and babies in some of the world’s most rural, remote communities.
In 2022 Charlie Phillips and Eddie Otchere, two of Britain’s leading photographers were commissioned by the University of Sussex to photograph Black alumni as the starting point …
An international collaboration welcoming visiting artist Odirile Khune Motsiri from University of Free State in South Africa for a residency at Blast Theory and an exhibition at Pl…
In 2022 Charlie Phillips and Eddie Otchere, two of Britain’s leading photographers were commissioned by the University of Sussex to photograph Black alumni as the starting point …
A fantastic 10 piece band dedicated to the Quiet Beatle’s work.
An international collaboration welcoming visiting artist Odirile Khune Motsiri from University of The Free State in South Africa for a residency at Blast Theory alongside an exhibi…
From the outset, Danny Rubin and Tim Minchin’s Groundhog Day appears to be part of the trend to turn classic films into musicals.
‘Fearless comedian on the rise’ (Daniel Kaluuya).
‘Fearless comedian on the rise’ (Daniel Kaluuya).
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Your chance this season to keep the faith with Northern Soul, returning to the beautiful Brighton Spiegeltent for its sixth year! Sells out well in advance every year so don’t miss…
GLOBAL LOCAL FESTIVAL – FREE ENTRYGlobal and UK Artists from all corners of the Global Local Project, and the people behind Shangri La Glastonbury, Caravanserai at Camp Bestival,…
What is confidence? Can it be obtained if you don’t have any? Is 36 too late to start being assertive? I’ve almost made my mind up, but I’m more interested in what you have to say.
Idle Women - scenes and songs exploring the lives of women on the waterways in WWII.
As seen on Live at the Apollo, Spring Day provides dark comedy for nice people.
What is confidence? Can it be obtained if you don’t have any? Is 36 too late to start being assertive? I’ve almost made my mind up, but I’m more interested in what you have to say.
Idle Women - scenes and songs exploring the lives of women on the waterways in WWII.
As seen on Live at the Apollo, Spring Day provides dark comedy for nice people.
GLOBAL LOCAL FESTIVAL – FREE ENTRY Global and UK Artists from all corners of the Global Local Project, and the people behind Shangri La Glastonbury, Caravanserai at Camp Bestiva…
Aideen McQueen: Sugar Baby The tale of how a day-drinking primary school teacher changed her life.
ICONIC LAGOS is about celebrating everyday life in Lagos, honouring its inhabitants and exploring what makes the city unique.
ICONIC LAGOS is about celebrating everyday life in Lagos, honouring its inhabitants and exploring what makes the city unique.
Aideen McQueen: Sugar Baby The tale of how a day-drinking primary school teacher changed her life.
Come and warm yourself by our festival fire at Caravanserai, Under The Archway.
Festival of Europe presents: Vocal Explosion & Friends Featuring the Ukrainian Voices Brighton Choir and award winning guitarist Geoff Robb! An afternoon of music and song to lif…
Would you like to spend a day in our shrews? We only have one shrew, so you’ll have to share with us.
Come and warm yourself by our festival fire at Caravanserai, Under The Archway.
Festival of Europe presents: Vocal Explosion & Friends Featuring the Ukrainian Voices Brighton Choir and award winning guitarist Geoff Robb! An afternoon of music and song to lif…
Would you like to spend a day in our shrews? We only have one shrew, so you’ll have to share with us.
Geoff Steel is bringing his premier solo show to the Brighton Fringe in 2023.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus present their annual Fringe Festival show - After Dark.
Geoff Steel is bringing his premier solo show to the Brighton Fringe in 2023.
This festival concert is a highlight of the year and truly encapsulates Roedean’s community spirit and love of music.
Kings & Queens is an immersive cabaret experience celebrating King Charles’s Coronation.
UPDATE: Tickets for tonight’s performance are no longer available through the Fringe Box Office.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
The current production of Joe DiPietro’s F**king Men at Waterloo East Theatre is an updated version of his original 2009 script that successfully takes note of developments on th…
The hit play F**king Men returns to London this Spring for a strictly limited engagement.
Onsale Friday 14th OctoberTaylor Tomlinson exploded onto the international stage when her hour-long special, “Quarter-Life Crisis,” debuted on Netflix just a…
Onsale Friday 14th OctoberTaylor Tomlinson exploded onto the international stage when her hour-long special, “Quarter-Life Crisis,” debuted on Netflix just a…
Named to Forbes’ 2021 class of 30 Under 30, Tomlinson exploded onto the international stage with her first-ever, hour-long special, Quarter-Life Crisis, named “Best of 2020” …
Watch German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn give everything a good rinse and witness him wring sense out of the nonsensical.
Watch German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn give everything a good rinse and witness him wring sense out of the nonsensical.
'I found a king in me and now I love you I found a king in you and now I love me' Father figures and fashion tips.
Bola Agbaje’s Olivier Award-winning remarkable debut GONE TOO FAR! returns to the London stage in 2023 for the first time since becoming a GCSE set text.
Sort Sol presents their third original theatre production, created by Artistic Director, Elizabeth Huskisson.
Imagine being in a new relationship.
We find Lila alone in a hospital for the criminally insane in 1928.
What do Mother Teresa, Napoleon and Hitler have in common? Well, they all have what Hedda Gabler wants most of all.
There is something peculiar about Polly Tips.
VIRGIN-ia is a one-woman play about a sexually motivated virgin.
The dilemma of settling for Mr Average in order to fulfill the dream of being a mother is something that so many women face.
ToskaToska is a new piece of political physical theatre created by Elizabeth Huskisson, based on the true story of the Khachaturyan sisters who murdered their father; a case that p…
Bill’s been feeling more and more like a ghost these days.
Zara lives in a perfect world.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones shares highlights from his forthcoming book.
Fresh from packed runs at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Scottish International Storytelling Festival, Niall Moorjani’s ‘A Fairie Tale’ comes to Vault Festival in all its sexy q…
A new devised play that examines themes of power, friendship, and the environment.
Alone in her shabby bedsit, a forgotten Britannia sits, haunted by tunes on the radio and memories of a faded past, singing grief and lost glory.
How it began, where it is now and plans for Scene + Heard's Future.
A COMEDY SHOW ABOUT THE NEWSCan a small writers' room with limited resources put out a quality product in less than 24 hours? Of course they can.
it’s not the sea to drink is a one-person-hyper-pop-extended-technique opera, using mistranslated idioms as its verbal matter.
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres all over the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, the popular worldwide hit comedy show Shaggers returns to its beloved Leicester…
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres all over the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, the popular worldwide hit comedy show Shaggers returns to …
Join me, Pauline Daniels, for an evening of laughter and song.
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres all over the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, the popular worldwide hit comedy show Shaggers returns to …
Celebrate Valentine's Day with an evening of comedy and music in the Royal Court Studio.
“This may be the biggestBut it is far from the first sacrifice I’ve made for this houseAnd I’m sure it won’t be the lastBut don’t fret.
if all the times i cared had names.
For the first time ever, experience both our iconic spaces in one unforgettable event.
The Kaleidoscope Festival returns for its second year at the Golden Goose Theatre, showcasing five nights of new writing from recent graduates of the Mountview MA in Acting course.
Fears, Phobias and F**K ups.
It’s the 1960s, the world is changing.
Join the ONCOMM nominated Women’s Writes for three bold short plays written by female playwrights.
Join us for our big brash birthday bash to kick off VAULT Festival 2023 and celebrate a decade of bold and original live performance! This is our chance to raise a toast (and the r…
In April 2015, four (hopeless) hopefuls met in the basement of a theatre for a comedy course.
Dance piece Grown Men Keep Breaking My Heart follows two best friends who rekindle their relationship over an evening of partying and drinking, leading to revisiting pivotal moment…
All Falls Down is an interactive and improvised storytelling show about a group of friends trying to make contact with civilisation, and survive in the wilderness, after a plane cr…
Described by its author as a ‘tragi-farce’, Edward Bond’s Have I None at the Golden Goose Theatre is a blunt dystopian nightmare packed into an energetically angry fifty-five…
You know that we are celebrating because there is a countdown.
Literally what it says on the tin: ‘Six Plays One Day’ offers a wide variety in a short space of time.
The Mill at Sonning is a quaint venue that provides all the amenities for a great theatre trip.
Oi! Men! Yes, You.
Oi! Men! Yes, You.
Stand up comedy at St Elmos, the next hub of music and arts, located just a stones throwaway from Kings cross station.
A group of friends try to reach civilisation after a plane crash in an improvised, interactive show.
On the back of their Edinburgh Festival run and double British Podcast Award nominations, the true crime podcast with a twist of lime takes to the road for its first ful…
The creative team behind Wickies: The Vanishing Men of Eilean Mor at the Park Theatre have done an outstanding job on this production.
WE’RE BACK BABY! All You Can Eat Cabaret is back for the new year and we”re bringing you more fat joy, beauty and excellence.
Rachel Fairburn and Kiri Pritchard Mclean bring their hit true crime podcast, All Killa no Filla to the Royal Court in a special, one off small experimental show lookin…
Dennis and Gina Woodman, a long-married couple, reflect on their lives together in two interwoven monologues.
A festival celebrating the connections we make throughout our life, an ode to family, friends, and lovers alike.
A performed reading of new plays by Citadel Arts Group.
Kick off is at 2.
Plosive Live presents… Nick Helm: What Have We Become? As the survivors of a global pandemic crawl from their fortified boltholes and begin to rebu…
London based Eastern European theatre company Xameleon Theatre performs gripping and timely anti-authoritarian play ANTI GONE.
An interactive exhibition with an exciting mix of science and creativity at Senate House for three days at the heart of the festival.
The Bloomsbury Festival Art Competition exhibition this year features three winners selected by our panel of judges.
Join us on Alfred Place Gardens and Store St as we celebrate the opening of the Bloomsbury Festival 2022.
Jessica Strang’s images of Kings Cross taken during 1987 are a reminder of how Kings Cross looked before being given a new lease of life with its redevelopment around the turn of…
The Bloomsbury Festival has announced the initial lineup of shows, exhibitions, events, concerts, walks and talks in the 2022 programme with the theme ‘Breathe’ encouraging us …
Alice is drowning under misguided medical advice, chirpy Insta-announcements and yet another fucking miscarriage.
The sea is blue, so blue.
On the 100th anniversary of the classic horror film’s original release, Theatre Non Grata are bringing Nosferatu both to the stage and back from the dead.
All The Fraudulent Horse Girls is a premiere one-act play with surreal monologues, music, and drag for anyone who has ever been a Horse Girl, Train Boy, or weird kid defined by the…
Typecasting and a theatre career drove our heroine to insanity.
'The perfect play for our age of disagreement.
Bringing you the very best music from global stars to local heroes, from grassroots to international, we are building a festival for you to discover and enjoy.
Newtongrange Silver Band is a traditional mining village brass band from the outskirts of Edinburgh, but their repertoire is far from traditional.
The Beyond Borders International Festival is a weekend of discussion, debate, music, art, food and drink with Scottish and international artists, authors, broadcasters, politicians…
Learn dances from around the world with our fantastic presenters.
Peter Rabbit and his naughty cousin Benjamin know very well that they are not to go into Mr McGregor’s garden, but they cannot resist and soon they find themselves face to face w…
Bringing you the very best music from global stars to local heroes, from grassroots to international, we are building a festival for you to discover and enjoy.
Aberdeen Chorus proudly presents this re-imagined tale for all to enjoy! Having pulled the sword from the stone, King Arthur must assemble his knights and find the legendary Camelo…
Emmy and two-time Olivier Award-winning actor Brian Cox arrives in Edinburgh to discuss his life and work, from Dundee Rep and Hannibal Lecktor, via cheeseburger tycoon Bob Servant…
Bringing you the very best music from global stars to local heroes, from grassroots to international, we are building a festival for you to discover and enjoy.
Scottish singer/songwriter Gill Bowman shares a collection of songs, mostly self-penned, looking at the many aspects of love we encounter through life and set to her unique pared-b…
Estranged mother and daughter Ruth and Laura haven’t spoken in years.
Estranged mother and daughter Ruth and Laura haven’t spoken in years.
Alpha’s All Stars – We live in interesting times.
Now in its ninth consecutive season, Nightpiece continues to platform exciting filmmakers from across the globe.
A selection of music of all styles performed by the best musicians in Scotland.
‘In my dream, there were cows in a field.
The morning after a drunken rendezvous with an old boyfriend, a woman and her friend discuss autonomy, identity and bad sex.
Set to excerpts of Glenn Gould’s rendition of Bach’s Two and Three Part Inventions, and accompanied by a luminous sound design by John Gzowski, A Perfect Day speaks to Laurence L…
A lawyer sits in a strong room.
Immerse yourself in the beauty and romance of Scotland’s old buildings as we celebrate the Festival of Traditional Buildings! To mark our landmark 10th year, we’re bringing you a w…
Set to the last tour of the Tragically Hip, They’ve All Gone and We’ll Go Too explores what it means to be Canadian in an American world, how music can save your life and how the u…
This is a one-man play about the infamous life of the actor, criminal, alleged lover of Princess Margaret and possessor of a 12-inch appendage, John Bindon.
Come to the Merchants Hall to see the Soul Kings performing a set of the biggest soul, Motown and disco hits from the 60s and 70s.
Come! Welcome to the inaugural Book Festival Fringe.
Apradhini is a collection of stories about women who have been incarcerated for life for crimes including armed robbery, dacoity and murder.
A chance meeting changes Annika’s life forever.
After sell-out seasons for the last two years, The One Fell Swoop Project returns for its third slightly shorter three-week run this summer.
Les Shankland directs the Chapter House Singers in Choral Evensong.
In Every Corner Sing: The Choir of Old St Paul’s with Director of Music John Kitchen MBE, Edinburgh City Organist.
The Art of Illumination.
Love of Creation: Poetry’s power for the present.
Àirigh Orchestra celebrates the amazing depth and variety of the classical piano concerto genre: Bach D minor (BWV1052), Koželuch concerto for piano duet and a recently composed …
Henry Purcell’s Sacred and Secular.
Exhibition: The Art of Illumination.
See The Main Street Blues band perform a special two-hour show featuring an expanded line up to their usual four-piece set up for one night only at The Brunton.
A woman embarks on a quest through time, travelling for hundreds of years through distant lands to discover how she came to be.
Americans are fat, find out why.
A woman embarks on a quest through time, travelling for hundreds of years through distant lands to discover how she came to be.
The accomplished and versatile team of McDonald and Kitchen are joined by gifted young violinist Lydia Kirschenbaum* to present an all Handel programme of virtuoso works featuring …
European project Beyond Signs premiers at Edinburgh’s first ever International Deaf Fringe with a daring triple-bill show performed by a Deaf-curated International cast of Deaf p…
Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time for clarinet, violin, cello and piano was written when Messiaen was a prisoner of war in German captivity and first performed in 19…
Comedians Rachel Fairburn and Kiri Pritchard-McLean bring their smash-hit true crime podcast, All Killa no Filla, to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Cutting Edge Theatre: Hope Rises.
Human physicality is utterly captivating – it’s why we go to the circus or the cabaret, where narrative and plot take a backseat to simple bodies, and the complex and incredibl…
Spending well over half his life as a much-loved stand-up comic, the award-winning star of Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake returns to Edinburgh for one last time with the show he’s alw…
After searching far and wide, Barcelona’s finest comedic talents have Found their Funny, packed it in a bag and brought it all the way to the Edinburgh Fringe for your amusement! B…
Hopefully hopeful, The Rest of Our Lives is a joyful morning dose of dance, theatre, circus and games.
Painting Heaven on Earth.
In a room of questionable hygiene.
When faced with the drama and indignities of growing up, five toes must contend with smelly socks, ballet injuries and a dose of existential dread in their journey to discover what…
Made using hand-dyed linen and quilted with hand embroidery, Christina Rose Brown’s textile works feature drawings of the artist in bed with her two young children, in a liminal …
Schola Cantorum sings MacMillan.
Hot off the heels of his critically acclaimed Netflix special, Phil’s bringing his highly infective British-Malaysian variant of comedy to the Edinburgh Fringe once more.
All About the Drama is an insight to the worrying mind of Jovis Hart.
The Riverside Theatre Company returns to Edinburgh to take on this Euripides classic.
Our biggest problem is one we don’t know we have.
Performances of Highland bagpipes and small pipes by the Royal Scottish Pipers’ Society and guests. Featuring light music and piobaireachd.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Divine Dance presents John the Baptist and the Bees.
Sacred Arts Festival 2022 Opening Service High Mass for the Feast of the Assumption, celebrated in accordance with the Scottish Liturgy of 1970 in the beautiful setting of the hist…
Painting the Way of the Cross.
Gavin Lilley is a deaf comedian who’s performed his signed shows to audiences across Europe.
An Electric Blues tribute to the masters, BB King, Albert King and Freddy King, including classics such as The Thrill is Gone, Born Under a Bad Sign, Hideaway and many many more.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
An afternoon of live painting by contemporary Spanish artist David Escarabajal, offering a unique insight into his bold, expressive, and experimental fine art techniques.
North Sea Gas are a much-travelled professional trio.
It’s time to get your head in the game: Bristol’s best trans/non-binary/female comedy night is taking Edinburgh by storm for one night only.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews.
Gavin Lilley is a deaf comedian who’s performed his signed shows to audiences across Europe.
After his last sell-out tour, Perthshire farmer and comedian Jim Smith returns with a brand-new show telling tales of Scottish rural life.
Great selection of collectable vinyl! LPs, 12” and 7” singles – 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s to present day.
BAFTA-nominated comedian, Rachel Parris, is back with a brand-new show about big life changes.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Kathputli Colony is India’s biggest community of traditional artists, home to thousands of musicians, dancers, puppeteers and street-performers.
Award-winning LBC presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with an in-depth interview featuring audience questions.
After a sold out preview at the Etcetera Theatre, the Sea Between is coming to the Cockpit Theatre as part of the Camden Fringe Festival.
An intimate, no holds barred look at the life of an everyday couple between early adulthood and their 30s.
Women are constantly measuring one another by ideals of thinness/beauty, best mommy practices and keeping a home with a happy partner.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Dance-Forms Productions celebrates 19 years of brilliant performances at the Fringe, presenting the cream of the crop of ritual and modern dance.
Winners of Cleveland’s Best Sketch Comedy Group in 2020 (Cleveland Comedy Awards), Flamingo City is hot off their 2022 US Midwest tour! Joe and Greg are willing to do anything sh…
Low on leads and all out of whiskey, a down-on-his-luck Detective has no choice but to team up with unlikely allies and old enemies to solve a cold missing persons case with deeply…
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
STAGE NOIR AND CANAL CAFÉ THEATRE PRESENT A new musical comedy about neurodiversity, belonging, and reclaiming one’s narrative.
Two terrible twins with a talent for turmoil rule their school and are delighted to have reduced their head teacher to a nervous wreck.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
You’re only a missing person if someone misses you.
First run in 1861, this exhibition is one of the oldest and longest running photographic salons in the world.
Have you ever considered how much easier it would be to stop trying to be a nice person and just be a dick to everyone? You will after watching this show.
The longest journey is the journey within.
The Loving Earth Project, started by a few Quakers in 2019, now comprises over 400 textile panels exploring responses to climate change and environmental breakdown.
POV: you’re a vlogger.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
A poetic, subtle and witty dance performance on conventions, expectations and perception.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Work, love and life are just one long, hard slog for the fish-filleting foursome Pearl, Jan, Shelley and Linda.
After last year’s comeback concert extravaganza came to a screeching halt, pop diva Yasmine Day has returned to launch her fifth debut album.
A journey of 1000 miles begins with a single drink.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Islam Festival Edinburgh.
Marrano, a Tale From the Inquisition is a tragedy based on two historical events: the expulsion of the Sephardic Jews at the end of the 15th century and, consequentially, the murde…
It’s Dad’s turn to tell his three rambunctious kids their bedtime stories, but when he gets fuzzy on the details, the classics get creative: a prince with a snoring problem spices …
The 70+ artists/makers of the buzzing Coburg House open their studios to the public.
Andrew O’Neill, non-binary whirlwind and star of BBC Radio 4’s Damned Andrew brings back the best show they’ve ever done.
Art27’s First Hand: Women Artists combines the work of four award-winning artists who have had residencies at Art27 scotland.
A Romantic Comedy.
A shameless ode to desolate puppy-love in all its mundane, absurdist glory, featuring toads, sperm-banks and carrots.
Broadway, here we come! The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s production of Little Women is astonishingly professional, from the high quality costumes and stage setting to the ph…
A night of comedy featuring top acts from the Fringe, curated and programmed by London’s premier comedy venue Leicester Square Theatre.
A Roots Mbili Theatre and Sheffield Theatres co-production.
From now on, I have to do some works with this guitar.
Once upon a time, there was a Princess born to a King and Queen who were banished from the island of Ériu and forced to flee to America in a coffin ship.
Award-winning storytelling.
My show is about growing up, getting old and having an 88-year-old Jewish mother (now with no filter) who is making me ‘Jewrotic’ (neurotic and Jewish.
This small yet yet unmissable jewellery exhibition features over 300 unique and original jewellery designs from 30 independent designers across the globe including local emerging t…
A college student offers a scattered recollection of her childhood, her perceived trauma and the chaos leading up to her mother’s recent disappearance.
This timeless and enduring classic is about the March sisters’ journey from childhood to maturity during the American Civil War.
Young Scottish contemporary artist Sleek debuts an exhibition of work showcasing his street art.
This is the 39th year for Dazzle at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
He is Danish and a prince.
Festival Folk at the Oak.
Some of the monologues are shorter than others and vary in length and topic but all of the women have some form or variation of anger inside them.
The All Stars have toured the world, playing New York’s Webster Hall (with Eddie Izzard and Mike Myers), Prague, Sydney, Paris, Shanghai, Beirut and Baku.
Set to excerpts of Glenn Gould’s rendition of Bach’s Two and Three Part Inventions, and accompanied by a luminous sound design by John Gzowski, A Perfect Day speaks to Laurence L…
We all know the story of Medusa… What if we didn’t? Watch the Muses tell a number of stories based on a number of outcomes, where the Gorgon is a woman and the real hero of her s…
Our unique tour sets out to inform and entertain as we take you into both the Old and New towns, giving you a real sense of the two sides of Edinburgh; revealing some of the secret…
Three Women and Shakespeare’s Will is is a nice little premise for a play.
Two native singer-songwriters return to the Fringe with their five-star, sell-out show featuring original and traditional songs of Edinburgh and Scotland.
The award-winning Irish comic has stayed busier than ever over the last two years! From making one of the highest-viewed stand-up specials in Irish television history to somehow sp…
Contemporary arts in a historic setting.
Returning to the Fringe following a sell-out debut run in 2019, this is a true crime podcast with a twist.
Chris Bush, Miranda Cooper and Jennifer Decilveo’s Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World is in one word, a celebration.
Top leaders, love bombing, results driven expectations, endless tasks – is your family a cult? Is society a cult? Is the lollipop lady the benign face of cultism? Are we all in t…
Watch the German Comedy Ambassador give everything a good rinse and witness him wring sense out of the nonsensical.
Celebrate the return of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe at V&C with this relaxed, tutored tasting of delicious Italian sparkling wines: Prosecco, Metodo Classico, Spumante and more.
The Just Us League of Javier Jarquin and Gary Tro return with an update of their whistlestop tour of the first 3 Marvel Cinematic Universe phases (somewhat contradicting their titl…
Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2020, Eric Rushton brings his highly anticipated debut hour to the festival.
Ted Hill is incredibly brave for putting on his show, All The Presidents Man, which in itself is a very clever title.
Jon Pearson – crowned Best MC in the Midlands, 2022 – presents his unscripted, unfiltered and unplanned award-winning Leicester Comedy Festival performance plus his brand-new S…
Discover new artists from around the world! Come and enjoy the warmth of the world through a hand-picked selection of of bands, singers and instrumentalists, and soak up their soun…
Cameron Cook pushes character work to incredible new heights in his debut solo show, previously performed to sold-out audiences at Soho Theatre.
Not ready for the night to end? Neither are we! So head on over to The All Irish After Party, where the craic is only just beginning!! A true late night show, this show is always b…
What if men could really understand what women want? Is it even possible? And if it was, would their heads implode? Join comics Kimberley Datnow and Peter Bazely this summer, as th…
Shetland comedian Marjolein is back with her brand-new hour.
Whilst other comedians fret and fuss about finding a theme for their shows, award-winning international comedian Rich Wilson puts all of his focus on one thing and that’s being r…
Disney villain.
You never know who Tehran Von Ghasri’s bringing to his stage.
Comedian Tom GK has decided to record the greatest album of all time and he has just 50 minutes to prove he’s up to the job.
Award-winning comedian, NHS psychiatrist and author Benji Waterstones shares highlights from his forthcoming book.
One small step for man, one giant pile of rubbish left behind! Man’s dream to reach the stars leaves the world in ruins and disturbs the sleeping dinosaurs.
All of Us is an attack on welfare state reform.
As the survivors of a global pandemic crawl from their fortified boltholes and begin to rebuild society, what is left of them and who amongst them dares to lead them to the light? …
Debut hour from one of the most exciting acts on the UK comedy circuit and one of the most pathetic cringing worms (as seen on The Mash Report (BBC2), BBC3 and Channel 4 Online.
Award-winning actor and cabaret artist, Keith Ramsay, blends live music and and spoken word to deconstruct the concepts of camp and queer mythology for a post-Stonewall generation.
Come and celebrate the start of this year’s Free Festival! See samples of all the top shows from this years Free Fest, the night before it begins – and party with the performers,…
Clara Darcy is fit! She’s also (almost) carefree, (kind of) happily single and joyously dancing through life but, little does she know, her world is about to be turned upside down …
Two men.
The multi award-winning Scottish improv troupe are back! Men With Coconuts use audience suggestions to create an hour of emotional balladry, lyrical wizardry and musical husbandry.
Ten years (well, now twelve…) after losing most of his sight, ‘deliciously talented’ (Guardian) Tom looks back, sees the funny side and wonders what might’ve been.
Theatre has proved one of the greatest allies of those seeking to speak to truth to power throughout the ages.
All aboard The Cambridge Footlights International Tour Show 2022: Are We There Yet? Buckle up as we hit the road for a tour of life itself, visiting more sketch-shaped destinations…
Change is always hard and what better person to lead the men selflessly by the hand into the new world than TV’s Jayde Adams in her brand-new show.
A family show filled with singing, dancing, comedy and even a sea monster.
A humorous and sometimes shocking insight into the untold stories of women in Scotland and the fine line they had to walk in an ever-changing climate of politics, religion and magi…
The biggest-titted Edinburgh Best Show nominees return in their darkest-ever adventure.
John Hastings has had to deal with the shit life has thrown at him since 2019… He got a divorce during Covid, his best friend got a terminal diagnosis, he got bed bugs, he nearly…
Braving the smells and humidity of the Niddry Street Hive, Alex Kealy’s The Winner Takes All explains the inner workings and purpose of Silicon Valley and tech monopolies better …
There’s a world just like our own, but there isn’t a word for sand.
We bring the work of pioneering design studio, Universal Everything, to Inspace to stimulate discussion about how the body is shaped through AI and the city.
The World Press Photo exhibition connects people to the stories that matter.
Join Liverpool’s Royal Court Youth Theatre for an evening of great music as they showcase their stunning musical talents.
Out of the Wings returns to the Omnibus for its annual festival of theatre from the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking worlds.
A rip-roaring ride through the plagues of history! From swarms of locusts to vine-destroying bugs, from the Black Death to Covid.
Celebrate the closing of the 2022 Penge Festival with the Heatwave House Party at The Bridge House!An all day party downstairs in the pub with special live music sets in our theatr…
Harun Musho’d is an Arabic name. Good news is I can’t drive. Bad news is I have a rucksack. If you don’t like that joke, don’t come to this show.
A brand new kickass-pirational pop musical bursts into life as the Fantastically Great Women take to the stage to tell their stories.
Provocative, crude and iconic, Fat Rascal Theatre’s production of Unfortunate is nothing short of a showstopper.
Comedian and silly boy Ted Hill’s debut stand-up show about every single US President, and one man’s recovery from a mental breakdown.
BE FESTIVAL exists to challenge and turn the notion of theatre upside down, crossing borders, creative disciplines and blurring boundaries between audiences and artists.
Comedian and silly boy Ted Hill’s debut stand-up show about every single US President, and one man’s recovery from a mental breakdown.
Introducing the INTERNATIONAL BASS STATION.
Introducing the INTERNATIONAL BASS STATION.
In Between Spaces centres on five characters who perambulate in a world outside of time.
In Between Spaces centres on five characters who perambulate in a world outside of time.
Come and hear about the woman who was instrumental in shaping the sound of the big band era; the woman from south London who became one of the only three women immortalised in Art …
Come and hear about the woman who was instrumental in shaping the sound of the big band era; the woman from south London who became one of the only three women immortalised in Art …
Igor Stravinsky’s First World War music theatre piece tells the dark Faustian fable of a soldier who makes a trade with the devil on the promise of untold wealth a…
A MINI FESTIVAL IN SUPPORT OF DEMOCRACY AND PEACE chaired by Caroline Lucas.
A MINI FESTIVAL IN SUPPORT OF DEMOCRACY AND PEACE chaired by Caroline Lucas at 3pm at Unitarian Church, New Road, Brighton, BN1 1UF Featuring live music, debate, and poetry on the…
“This Is What The Menopause Looks Like” is an exhibition of portraits and interviews of 70 people from across the UK, funded by Arts Council England.
“This Is What The Menopause Looks Like” is an exhibition of portraits and interviews of 70 people from across the UK, funded by Arts Council England.
Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2020 Eric Rushton brings his highly-anticipated debut hour to the Brighton Fringe.
Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2020 Eric Rushton brings his highly-anticipated debut hour to the Brighton Fringe.
An opportunity to explore Buddhism, meditation and also Buddhism’s relationship to the arts.
An opportunity to explore Buddhism, meditation and also Buddhism’s relationship to the arts.
Funny Women return to Brighton Komedia with a fabulous line-up.
Now in its 20th year, Funny Women return to Brighton Komedia with a fabulous line-up.
Exhibition and performances from learners at Downsview Life Skills College.
Exhibition and performances from learners at Downsview Life Skills College.
A mixed bill show featuring stand-up and sketch from the people who brought you wacky conversations on the comedy driven life, here comes an hour of stand up and sketch from Toby a…
A mixed bill show featuring stand-up and sketch from the people who brought you wacky conversations on the comedy driven life, here comes an hour of stand up and sketch from Toby a…
Come and enjoy a night of great comedy to help support women, children, mothers, and babies in the world’s poorest communities.
Your chance this season to keep the faith with Northern Soul, returning to the beautiful Brighton Spiegeltent for its sixth year! Sells out well in advance every year so don’t miss…
Led by Vanessa (MA, CE, PDD Ceramics), we will be making pots on the wheel for you to take away.
Led by Vanessa Cox Pendray (MA, CE, PDD Ceramics), we will be making pots on the wheel for you to take away.
All You Can Beat Workshop.
All You Can Beat Workshop.
Rural Northern Ireland, the passing of Phelim McKenna brings estranged cousins Donal and Padraig back together for his wake.
Rural Northern Ireland, the passing of Phelim McKenna brings estranged cousins Donal and Padraig back together for his wake.
A Trans Fairy Tale at the Latest Music Bar was a fairytale that focused on the most unsuspecting of characters - the Fairy Godmother.
Think you know the truth about Fairy Tales? Meet.
Are you thinking about bringing a show to the Edinburgh Fringe this year, either in person or online? Come along and virtually meet the team from the Fringe Society and find out wh…
Are you thinking about bringing a show to the Edinburgh Fringe this year or in the future? Maybe it’s on your bucket list, or a new year’s resolution; perhaps you’ve been bef…
The Brighton Swing Community are back for our annual Fringe afternoons of music and dancing, in one of the festival’s most iconic venues! Our All-Stars band features musicians fro…
What if men could really understand what women want.
What if men could really understand what women want.
Welcome to the Greatest Silent Disco Party in Brighton! Mainly about the dance and movement but singing encouraged! Super social, fun, immersive, stress releasing and euphoric! Qu…
Welcome to the Greatest Silent Disco Party in Brighton! Mainly about the dance and movement but singing encouraged! Super social, fun, immersive, stress releasing and euphoric! Qu…
Red Dragonfly’s New Writing Festival and nationwide Competition is back! In the fourth season Taking Flight will help new and emerging BESEA playwrights develop their exciting id…
‘Taking Flight’ is Red Dragonfly Productions successful New Writing Programme, where we showcase new work by up and coming writers.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
From some of Britain’s first women doctors to suffragettes, entrepreneurs to entertainers, racing drivers, artists, music-hall stars, and campaigners, Brighton & Hove has always at…
From some of Britain’s first women doctors to suffragettes, entrepreneurs to entertainers, racing drivers, artists, music-hall stars, and campaigners, Brighton & Hove has always at…
Three siblings are in isolation having had contact with a Covid victim.
Three siblings are in isolation having had contact with a Covid victim.
Hove has been home to women who have shaken our world.
Hove has been home to women who have shaken our world.
Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus presents the mother of all reality shows – ‘Divas!’.
An immersive theatrical dining experience.
This festival concert is a highlight of the year and truly encapsulates Roedean’s community spirit and love of music.
This festival concert is a highlight of the year and truly encapsulates Roedean’s community spirit and love of music.
5 Weeks of Exciting Artist Shows @ ART5 Gallery during the Brighton Fringe Festival 2022! ART5 Gallery is delighted to be hosting 5 weeks of exciting artist shows as part of the B…
After last year’s comeback concert extravaganza came to a blinding halt, power ballad diva Yasmine Day is back with her fifth debut album.
5 Weeks of Exciting Artist Shows @ ART5 Gallery during the Brighton Fringe Festival 2022 https://art5galleryshop.
After last year’s comeback concert extravaganza came to a blinding halt, power ballad diva Yasmine Day is back with her fifth debut album.
Alice is bored and loves to daydream.
Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus presents the mother of all reality shows – ‘Divas!’.
An immersive theatrical dining experience.
Alice is bored and loves to daydream.
CAN I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE?!! The world premiere of a brand new kick-asspirational pop musical bursts to life as the Fantastically Great Women take to the stage to …
A roller coaster comedy full of colourful characters and uplifting Cuban-inspired songs.
At the funeral of lifelong Dublin docker Patrick, his wife Hester recounts previously untold stories spanning 100 years of their family’s history in Dublin, to the…
A group of university friends reunites over dinner with lots to catch up on.
Modern opera is difficult to execute well, because no matter how good it is it will always be judged against the classics.
Based on Margaret Atwood’s seminal novel, Poul Ruders’s The Handmaid’s Tale plunges us into the Republic of Gilead, where women have been entirely stripped of the…
Monday, March 28th 7:30pm The Revival: Women & The Word + Q&A Trailer1: https://www.
Wilton’s Music Hall has come a long way since 1885 when Nelly Power sang The Boy I Love Is Up in the Gallery.
Have you always wanted to go to a presentation about ADHD that veers off into the wacky and wonderful world of Neuroscience, Julie Andrews, Cher and Dolly Parton? Well n…
Tim Walker's brand new play sees the tumultuous political events of recent years played out in a power struggle between two determined women.
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres all over the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, the popular worldwide hit comedy show Shaggers…
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres all over the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, the popular worldwide hit comedy show Shaggers…
Calling all Rebel Girls and VioletsOn Friday 4th February 2022, XS POP will be tearing up Aatma in the heart of Manchester’s Northern Quarter, to celebrate all of the best women wh…
When Ginny meets Mike, it’s fireworks.
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The hit comedy podcast takes to the stage with a very special, live christmas show! Drunk Women Solving Crime is a true crime podcast with a twist…of lime.
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South London’s dedicated drag king night at The Royal Vauxhall TavernHosted by one of the legendary Rebel Dykes, King Frankie Sinatra, with a stunning line-up of Drag King talent i…
Dublin, 1742.
Dublin, 1742.
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Meet some of the shortlisted authors from the An Post Irish Book Awards 2021 at this year’s Dublin Book Festival.
As Ed, a widower, prepares to celebrate Christmas, he calls his three grown sons back to the family home.
AN EVENING OF CELEBRATED INTERNATIONAL LGBTQ+ SHORT FILMS AND Q&A.
Ventriloquism as you’ve never seen it! The Exorcist… with puppets!Lachlan Werner (ventriloquist, clown) presents an hour of frights, where demonic voices come from every corner…
Bafta-nominated comedian, Rachel Parris, is back with a brand-new show about big life changes.
Winner of Britain’s Got Talent 2020 Comedian and musician Jon Courtenay is the first ever Golden Buzzer act to win Britain’s Got Talent.
Winner of Britain’s Got Talent 2020 Comedian and musician Jon Courtenay is the first ever Golden Buzzer act to win Britain’s Got Talent.
Winner of Britain’s Got Talent 2020 Comedian and musician Jon Courtenay is the first ever Golden Buzzer act to win Britain’s Got…
Juliet is about to kill herself.
Bloomsbury Festival is an annual celebration of the area’s pioneering creativity, presenting an inspiring programme of arts, science, literature, performance, discussion and refl…
Our War tells the compelling story of Ola, Tommy and Christian, as they travel from their native Nigeria to war-torn Britain during the height of World War II.
“SOMETIMES YOU NEED TODISCONNECT TO RECONNECT” My Mindset Retreat teaches proven mindfulness techniques that will help you improve your overall physical and emotional we…
Romancero Books con el apoyo de la Oficina de Asuntos Culturales y Cintificos de la Embajada de Espaa en Londres presenta el Festival de Literatura Queer Espaola en Londres - FLQEL…
The day has finally arrived for us to produce our dirty undies and have a ruddy good scrub! The sixth part of Robyn & Margarets spin-cycle pulls on the rubber gloves and contem…
Learn how to make a lino-cut print from start to finish in a friendly in-person workshop with LGBT+ women, trans and non-binary people, led by Wild Water Art Store’s Gemma Curtis.
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Shut Up & King together with the generous support of AXM Glasgow presents Scotland’s New Kings On The Block - a night of drag lip syncs, live singing, comedy and more, hosted b…
Watch German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn give everything a good rinse and witness him wring sense out of the nonsensical.
Watch German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn give everything a good rinse and witness him wring sense out of the nonsensical.
KINGS OF CLUBS - SEPTEMBERSouth Londons dedicated drag king night at The Royal Vauxhall TavernHosted by one of the legendary Rebel Dykes, King Frankie Sinatra, with a stunning line…
Come and enjoy a night of great comedy to help support women, children, mothers and babies in the world’s poorest communities.
Surreys genderless drag artist SemiColon is coming to South London with a BANG with their Alt Pride Festival! Featuring a queer arts fair, live entertainment and food in the commun…
This panel will explore how female filmmakers in East Asia have fought to promote equality both onscreen and behind the camera, advocating for the importance of diverse representat…
Josh Widdicombe has become one of the most in demand and highly regarded comedians in the UK for both his live stand-up and TV work since his debut gig in 2008.
As the country unlocks and live performance returns to London, Korean dancers will once again make the journey to the UK and take to the stage at The Place.
Join Jerome, Harris, George and Montmorency from Kingston-upon-Thames to Oxford as they encounter a variety of people, places and peculiar maladies and discuss various important to…
How do you find your tribe, locate your logical family, detect your ride or die BFF, when your meets with other Black queer men all seem to start with,Pic?You firstBut you’re the o…
JOY Festival is a celebration of local disabled artists, produced by Turtle Key Arts in partnership with HF ArtsFest and the Lyric.
Hey Gents,Here are details of the long waiting Massage Exchange Workshop on Tuesday 14th September.
Chaos reigns in this brand-new farce of mistaken identities and disastrous decisions from the witty pen of star of stage and screen, Nigel Planer (The Young Ones, The Comic Strip P…
Chaos reigns in this brand-new farce of mistaken identities and disastrous decisions from the witty pen of star of stage and screen, Nigel Planer (The Young Ones, The Comic Strip P…
Chaos reigns in this brand-new farce of mistaken identities and disastrous decisions from the witty pen of star of stage and screen, Nigel Planer (The Young Ones, The Comic Strip P…
Chaos reigns in this brand-new farce of mistaken identities and disastrous decisions from the witty pen of star of stage and screen, Nigel Planer (The Young Ones, The Comic Strip P…
3 (Not So)Wise Men from Liverpool with 3 different acts - Musical, Character and Observational combine into a comedy treat for all.
Learn to bring consciousness to your most hardcore sexual impulsesOVERVIEWWhat about those days when we wake up with strong, animalistic, sexual urges?In those moments, slow and co…
“Miss Polly had a dolly and its head popped off” On a rainy afternoon, at a fly tip in the woods, an eclectic group of teenagers are catapulted head first into the unknown te…
“Miss Polly had a dolly and its head popped off” On a rainy afternoon, at a fly tip in the woods, an eclectic group of teenagers are catapulted head first into the unknown te…
“Miss Polly had a dolly and its head popped off” On a rainy afternoon, at a fly tip in the woods, an eclectic group of teenagers are catapulted head first into the unknown te…
“Miss Polly had a dolly and its head popped off” On a rainy afternoon, at a fly tip in the woods, an eclectic group of teenagers are catapulted head first into the unknown te…
This is the fourth retreat we have run from this venue, Gayles Retreat as we all love it so much and keep coming back!It’s nestled deep in the Sussex countryside, a haven…
Join TuckShop, the creators of Death Drop and Gals Aloud, for a hilarious and raucous variety night of drag campery like no other.
The inaugural Kings Arms Camden Comedy Competition will take place this September.
The inaugural Kings Arms Camden Comedy Competition will take place this September.
The inaugural Kings Arms Camden Comedy Competition will take place this September.
The inaugural Kings Arms Camden Comedy Competition will take place this September.
The Tale of Maggoty Johnson is a theatrical performance that blurs the line between a biography and a fantasy fable, following the life of the last working jester in Britain, Samue…
Starring Maisey Bawden, Anna-Jane Casey, Janie Dee, Nicole Raquel Dennis, Hiba Elchikhe, Kerry Ellis, Gabriela García, Cassidy Janson, Linda John-Pierre, Sophia Nomvete and …
Are you ready to get your 5-a-day!? Carrot (“everyone’s favourite drag vegetable” - TimeOut London) is here to bring you a lineup of organic produce that will give you all the…
It’s been a long year.
A dark dramedy, both poignant and absurd, that reflects humanity.
The Edinburgh Festival Chorus return in smaller form, with a concert as wide-ranging as in previous years.
Award winning comedians Hannah Fairweather and Freya Mallard have decided that most people are trying too hard to see positivity in the world.
A darkly humorous musical storytelling filmed performance combining dance, theatre and International Festival resident artist Nicola Benedetti’s superb violin playing.
Award winning comedians Hannah Fairweather and Freya Mallard have decided that most people are trying too hard to see positivity in the world.
Hop, bounce, jump, wave and sing! Percussion, music, laughter and balloons with Verona’s Musical Balloon Band.
The Coming Out team at Pride in London have teamed up with an amazing LGBTQ+ friendly venue in the heart of Brick Lane .
The Coming Out team at Pride in London have teamed up with an amazing LGBTQ+ friendly venue in the heart of Brick Lane .
Cameron Cook pushes character work to incredible new heights in his debut solo show, previously performed to sold-out audiences at Soho Theatre.
The All Stars have toured the world playing in Prague, New York’s Webster Hall (with Eddie Izzard and Mike Myers), Dubai, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Beirut and Baku, Azerbaija…
One night in a dimly lit alley way Molly meets a sinister stranger with a terrifying secret called J.
Learn how to make a lino-cut print from start to finish in a friendly in-person workshop with LGBT+ women, trans and non-binary people, led by Wild Water Art Store’s Gemma Curtis.
A dark dramedy, both poignant and absurd, that reflects humanity.
This Edinburgh Fringe, Clarissa Maycock will explain it all (briefly.
Now in its 8th consecutive season, Nightpiece continues to platform exciting filmmakers from across the globe.
Multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter and stand-up, Paul Dennis brings his music and comedy together for the first time.
Celebrating 40 years on the road, North Sea Gas are back at the AMC again.
We Do Good Disco PresentsThe All Out Dynasty Extravaganza Party!To celebrate all things Dynasty we are having a super glam party upstairs in the Carrington Lounge at Ninth Life in …
Elly spent the last year at a prestigious performing arts school in France.
The 2021 Festival of the Sacred Arts concludes with a service of Choral Evensong.
Elly spent the last year at a prestigious performing arts school in France.
A darkly humorous musical storytelling performance combining dance, theatre and International Festival resident artist Nicola Benedetti’s superb violin playing.
Come and join us as we discuss photography!Bring your favourite photo to talk about or talk about any photographers you enjoyOr even bring personal photography!Ticket link
Abbey the bridesmaid never the bride.
The All Stars have toured the world playing in Prague, New York’s Webster Hall (with Eddie Izzard and Mike Myers), Dubai, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Beirut and Baku, Azerbaija…
Lunchtime lecture: Scottish Religious Art in Paint and Glass: Robert Scott Lauder’s Christ Teacheth Humility.
Abbey the bridesmaid never the bride.
Lunchtime lecture: Theology in Stone – Faith and Art in Edinburgh’s Church Architecture.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has landed a book deal! Is he sitting on a 'modern classic' or are his publishers as deluded as h…
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterhouse has got a book deal! Is he sitting on a ‘modern classic’ or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your mi…
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterhouse has got a book deal! Is he sitting on a ‘modern classic’ or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your mi…
One-day exhibition: Faith in Fabrics Church Vestments and Ecclesiastical.
Two women on a mission is a full an engaging hour with stand up sets from both Clare Harrison McCartney and Sara Louise Aston.
Two women on a mission is a full and engaging hour with sets from both Clare and Sara.
Witch Kings Rum are taking over Tribeca for the evening as part of their exciting new Witch Kings-curated cocktail menu!We will be working closely with the wonderful Tribeca team t…
Lunchtime talk: Ms Zoe van Zwanenberg, embroiderer, discusses the art of embroidery. Tickets can be purchased at the door or from the Fringe Box Office.
Two women on a mission is a full an engaging hour with stand up sets from both Clare Harrison McCartney and Sara Louise Aston.
Lunchtime lecture: The Art of Hymns.
Lemon Squeeze Productions are presenting a new adaptation of Rossetti’s Women at the Space@Surgeons’ Hall, written and directed by Joan Greening, award-winning writer of ITV si…
Lunchtime recital: Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time.
For All the Love You Lost is presented by Morosophy at theSpace@Surgeon’s Hall.
Mass setting: Lassus’ Missa Bell ‘Amfitrit’ altera.
Evening concert: one of Scotland’s most renowned string ensembles, The Edinburgh Quartet, plays Haydn’s Seven Last Words from the Cross, with the movements interspersed by poet…
Experience Quality Yard’s unique 360° outdoor street art painted courtyard exhibition of new artworks by Scottish street art and contemporary artists in the heart of Leith’s old t…
After their successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe, the stars of The Football Show on Yahoo Sport, Jim Daly (50+million views online, “Very, very funny” - Kevin Day) and Dave Bib…
After their successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe, the stars of The Football Show on Yahoo Sport, Jim Daly (50+million views online, “Very, very funny” - Kevin Day) and Dave Bib…
Stars of The Football Show on YahooSport, Jim Daly (50+million views online, "Very, very funny” - Kevin Day) and Dave Bibby (Comedy Central, BBC Radio 4, &ldq…
Great selection of collectable vinyl! LPs, 12” and 7” singles, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s 90s and 00s to present day.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
Turning 33, Brian quit his job, packed his beard and took off on a 6-month round-the-world adventure.
A conversation about the past, present and future of women’s playwriting in Scotland.
This panel will explore dance, theatre and performance delivered both live and digitally.
The #1 Best All-American Comedy Show is the best (and only) comedy show of its kind (in London)! These Americans were smart enough to leave the United States and are in the UK to d…
The #1 Best All-American Comedy Show is the best (and only) comedy show of its kind (in London)! These Americans were smart enough to leave the United States and are in the UK to d…
Comedian and silly boy Ted Hill's debut stand-up show covers every single US President, and one man's recovery from a mental breakdown.
Glenn has burned his party lifestyle to the ground and from the ashes emerged a phoenix of personal responsibility that includes a wife, two kids and a nice little house in the cou…
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.
Comedian and silly boy Ted Hill’s debut stand-up show about every single US President, and one man’s recovery from a mental breakdown.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Comedian and silly boy Ted Hill’s debut stand-up show about every single US President, and one man’s recovery from a mental breakdown.
Choral services sung by St Mary’s Cathedral Choir, the only choral foundation in Scotland with the tradition of daily services. Full details of music at cathedral.net.
The Scottish Gallery presents their Festival Exhibition Programme featuring a major exhibition of Joan Eardley to mark the centenary of her birth alongside further exhibitions; The…
This small yet unmissable jewellery exhibition features over 300 unique and original jewellery designs from 30 independent designers across the globe including local emerging talen…
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has landed a book deal! Is he sitting on a 'modern classic' or are his publishers as deluded as h…
Puppetry, shadow theatre, mime and music all contribute to this charming oddity, which Caravan Theatre do indeed perform in a caravan.
It’s time to walk the plank! With a twinkle in our eye, we pay tribute to men who wear sandals, as we celebrate the right to be yourself.
What! Art Collective explore the beautiful inner landscape of the church as a contemplative yet dynamic exhibition space through pictures, projections, sound and words.
Ronald Forbes RSA RGI festival exhibition, The Dreamweaver’s Puzzles at the Scottish Arts Club (28th July to 29th August).
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.
Winner of Best Ensemble at a Tucson Fringe Festival 2021.
In 1936 Spanish Republican troops disembarked on the shores of Majorca to recover the island, which had been taken over by the military.
Our unique tour sets out to inform and entertain as we take you into both the Old and New Towns, giving you a real sense of the two sides of Edinburgh; revealing some of the secret…
Three flatmates are in their final year of university, working through the aftermath of the death of one of their best friends.
At the start of 2020 Patrick was blindly working on a fun new comedy show, when he was personally attacked by something that rhymes with hamdemic.
Watch German Comedy Ambassador give everything a good rinse and witness him wring sense out of the nonsensical.
After the rip-roaring success of Twelfth Night, Troubadour Stageworks is back and bigger than ever with this summer’s outdoor tribute to the bard! All’s Well That Ends Well …
Is there a ‘right’ way to be in a gay relationship in the modern world? In this play, written by BAFTA Racliffe-winning, Offie-nominated writer Shaun Kitchener, two gay couples…
Come and see the Drunk Women Solving Crime record their chart-topping true-crime podcast in front of an intimate audience for their new London residency at the…
Russel Brand takes some life lessons from William Shakespeare.
The gentle gathering of a personal fairytale moment, through a friendly chat about stories and how they connect with us.
Pass the lemonade! Join our two lovable clowns as they weeble and wobble their way through a chaotic picnic.
Pass the lemonade! Join our two lovable clowns as they weeble and wobble their way through a chaotic picnic.
Miss McSkimming takes to the high seas in her second adventure, presented by Blackshaw Theatre.
Led by Vanessa Cox Pendray (MA, CE, PDD Ceramics), we will be making pots on the wheel for you to take away.
Your chance this season to keep the faith and polish up our dance floor with Northern Soul dancing, returning to the beautiful Brighton Spiegeltent for its sixth year! Sells out we…
SOLD OUT! Join us for the 8pm show live stream on YouTube for free: https://youtu.
Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus members present a show of solos and duets under the direction of Joe Paxton.
The West End comes to Brighton in this spectacular celebration of cabaret and theatre at The Warren performed by an ensemble of seasoned West End Stars and hosted by Brighton’s sta…
Juliet is about to kill herself.
Come and enjoy live, classical music in a relaxed, lunchtime performance with City of London Sinfonia.
Four local ‘Sing Out’ community choirs are singing together to celebrate Make Music Day 2021. As part of the Albany’s Summer in the Garden.
Juliet is about to kill herself.
Funny Women return to Brighton Komedia with a fabulous line-up.
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
Inspired by the world’s most fearsome female pirates, two modern-day political mutineers join forces to take down an all-powerful tech billionaire and inspire a lost generation.
Whether we care to admit it or not, in some way, shape or form, we are all intrigued by pirates.
A free, four-day festival celebrating the work of the newly-formed School of Media, Arts and Humanities and local partners.
A free, four-day festival celebrating the work of the newly-formed School of Media, Arts and Humanities and local partners.
Time has a habit of taking its revenges.
After All These Years is a trilogy of plays courtesy of Close Quarter Productions and Theatre Reviva! in association with Holofcener Ltd.
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.
History is brought to life, and the man behind one of the most famous speeches in British history is revealed in this delightful two-hander, Chamberlain: Peace in our Time, from Se…
Chamberlain in the run-up to his declaration of war includes popular songs of WW2.
“A great little fringe experience that I can highly recommend” (The Scotsman) ‘Lucky Maclean’s Festival in the Bin’ premiered at Edinburgh Fringe 2019 to delighted audie…
“A great little fringe experience that I can highly recommend” (The Scotsman) ‘Lucky Maclean’s Festival in the Bin’ premiered at Edinburgh Fringe 2019 to delighted audie…
Thinking about putting on a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, or already in the process for 2021? Book a one-to-one slot with Alan Gordon (Registration Manager) and Katie Quee…
Thinking about putting on a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, or already in the process for 2021? Book a one-to-one slot with Alan Gordon (Registration Manager) and Katie Quee…
Are you thinking about bringing a show to the Edinburgh Fringe this year, either in person or online? Come along and virtually meet the team from the Fringe Society and find out wh…
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has landed a book deal! Is he sitting on a ‘modern classic’ or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make you…
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has landed a book deal! Is he sitting on a ‘modern classic’ or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make you…
Discover some of the best current British LGBT+ filmmaking.
Losers are funny! Come and laugh with the losers! Anti-heroes Arna Spek, Clive Coopman and James OD will perform stand-up routines about finding funny in the sadder end of life.
How does it feel to grow up believing you’re different to everyone else around you? Suitable for the whole family, these LGBT+ short films explore friendship, crushes and feeling…
Losers are funny! Come and laugh with the losers! Anti-heroes Arna Spek, Clive Coopman and James OD will perform stand-up routines about finding funny in the sadder end of life.
From Ladies to ladies, scientists to sportswomen, Kemptown has inspired some incredible women.
From Ladies to ladies, scientists to sportswomen, Kemptown has inspired some incredible women.
Exploring gender in a variety of ways, these LGBT+ short films tell moving stories of self-acceptance, family and discovering the person inside you’ve always dreamed of.
These award-winning films from Iris 2020 tell LGBT+ stories from around the world with humour, heart and honesty.
Need a laugh? Expect comedy of all kinds - from dark and surreal to laugh out loud joy – in this selection of LGBT+ short films guaranteed to get you giggling.
There’s something for everyone in this diverse mix of crowd-pleasers from Iris 2020.
Did you know that Hove has been home to women who have shaken our world? From some of Britain’s first women doctors, to suffragettes, to social campaigners, to boundary-shifting en…
Alan and Ron are sweaty.
Did you know that Hove has been home to women who have shaken our world? From some of Britain’s first women doctors, to suffragettes, to social campaigners, to boundary-shifting en…
Alan and Ron are sweaty.
‘Out! Why, what could have taken you out on Tuesday? What did you have to do?’ ‘Nothing.
‘Women Hold Up the Sky’ tells the story of how women activists affected by mining and other forms of large-scale extractives in South Africa, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of …
Moral obligations? Masked men? Ah, the story of Edna and Sarah’s lives.
5 Weeks of Exciting Artist Group Shows @ ART5 Gallery during the Brighton Fringe Festival 2021! ART5 Gallery is delighted to be hosting 5 weeks of exciting group shows as part of …
Five spectacular Art5 Gallery artists will exhibit fabulous art pieces during Brighton Fringe 2021! ART5 Gallery is delighted to be showcasing five fabulous contemporary artists d…
Hitcher Encounters brings you a quarantine friendly show designed to be experienced from the comfort of your home and in your own time.
Hitcher Encounters brings you a quarantine friendly show designed to be experienced from the comfort of your home and in your own time.
‘Women Hold Up the Sky’ tells the story of how women activists affected by mining and other forms of large-scale extractives in South Africa, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of …
Love the skin you’re in, for it’s home to a beautiful force that was made to dance, play, give and thrive.
The beloved children’s author joins us for an online event to talk about past work and her latest novel, The Runaway GirlsJoin the much-loved author Dame Jacqueline Wilson online…
Hot in the heels of the debut Living Record Festival in January-February 2021, the Living Roots Festival launches this April.
All ticket bookers will have access to the performance ‘on demand’ for a period after the premiere.
Presenting the Edinburgh University Theatre Company’s latest project: The Scottish Online Student Drama Festival, in aid of Acting For Others.
£130 for 2 days10am - 4pmSuitable for ages 14+A two-day course to give plenty of time to make a decent sized basket whether that be a wastepaper basket, shopper, f…
Award-winning genre explorers Encompass Productions return to the White Bear Theatre with Homecoming: A New Theatre Festival.
Welcome to the first season of Make It Beautiful Theatre Company’s festival of new-writing: SHORTS.
Please note that Tier 2 regulations mean that only members of the same household or support bubble may meet together indoors.
A Christmas school holiday special to watch on demand, when you like, as many times as you like.
Henry Churniavsky is a Jewish, Scouse Stand-Up Comedian.
HOME is currently on display at Cranford Library.
The works of WS Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan are jewels in the English theatrical treasury and I, generally, have scant patience (no pun intended) with 'reimaginings'.
Is there anything more complex than the female mind? In this 21st-century world, every action is just so difficult for people to understand! They’ve liked my photo, do they fancy m…
Ever thought about what you’d do if the world was going to end? Six friends living on the outskirts of London are caught up in the shenanigans that ensue when a solar flare is anno…
Broadway / West End veteran Timothy Quinlan exposes the humbling truth about life in musical theatre.
A story told through movement and voice, To Have and to Hold explores how one makes decisions, forms relationships and chooses to live based on the notion of influence.
A woman tries to reconcile her identity as a Canadian-born child of British parents living in the United States while she desperately tries to score a ticket to the final show of C…
Following a sold-out UK tour, the smash-hit, true crime podcast All Killa no Filla is back for a limited run of huge shows including a one-off special at the Edinburgh Fringe.
2020 marked the 50th Anniversary of the Gay Liberation Front in the UK, the movement that was born out of the Stonewall Uprising in New York and radically shifted the narrative aro…
It shouldn’t be controversial to assume that one’s ability to enjoy this particular interchange may well rest ultimately on personal politics and the level of individual anger …
A small theatre company are performing their murder mystery play, Death at Sea, but during the show, everything goes wrong.
Over the last 40 years, North Sea Gas have travelled the world taking their very own distinctive blend of Scottish music far and wide.
It’s 1964 and brilliant young writer Dennis Potter (future author of Pennies From Heaven and The Singing Detective) becomes entangled in the life of a troubled young woman when t…
A romantic Greek comedy.
An electric blues tribute to the masters, BB King, Albert King and Freddie King, including classics The Thrill Is Gone and Born Under a Bad Sign.
A showcase exhibition from the 70+ residents of the buzzing Coburg House studio complex.
An exhibition of art and calligraphy during the festival in one of Edinburgh’s very beautifully decorated Victorian episcopal churches (high Anglican).
A series of four afternoon concerts, featuring soloists Chris Black (organ), Sarah Moore (soprano) and Sophie Horrocks (mezzo-soprano) and sacred choral music from Eastern Europe, …
This small yet unmissable jewellery exhibition features over 300 unique pieces from 30 independent designers across the globe including local, emerging and established talents.
‘Infectious fun’ ***** (FringeReview.
Elsa and sister Irenie (The McTaggart Sisters) showcase a rare opportunity to hear these two highly acclaimed singers/songwriters/multi-instrumentalists come together in a fusion o…
Our unique tour sets out to inform and entertain as we take you into both the Old and New Towns, giving you a real sense of the two sides of Edinburgh; revealing some of the secret…
Come along to this fun, fast-moving, creative and joyous production of an original take on the story of Blackbeard.
The very best burlesque performers at the Fringe come together for more glamour and risqué late-night entertainment.
Join Francesco Cardinale for an informative, informal relaxed tutored tasting of delicious sparkling Prosecco, Metodo Classico and other fine fizz.
Cameron Cook’s debut solo show, previously performed to full houses at Soho Theatre, offers up that rare and sought-after Fringe experience – you see a show, you know next to not…
The multi award-winning Scottish improv troupe are back! Men With Coconuts use audience suggestions to create an hour of emotional balladry, lyrical wizardry and musical husbandry.
Disney villain.
Jamie Kenna hosts a delightful evening of cabaret on Brighton seafront performed by an ensemble of seasoned West End Stars.
August 2nd-30th.
Bafta-nominated comedian, Rachel Parris, is back with a brand-new show about big life changes.
“Café Named Desire” is a musical about love, sexuality, and self discovery.
The lockdown goes on and theatre will likely not return anytime soon.
Come and enjoy a night of great comedy to help support women, children, mothers and babies in the world’s poorest communities.
Ireland in the 1930s.
BAFTA-nominated comedian, Rachel Parris, is back with a brand-new show about big life changes.
Following their smash-hit run of the Pirates of Penzance last year, the award-winning All-Male Company invites landlubbers below deck for a bold re-imagining of W.
Focusing on the work and lives of older women - both in front and behind the camera - this year’s line-up includes Japanese animation Mix, eco-comedy The Last Mermaid starring Jane…
Alan and Ron are sweaty.
Prepare to see 6 short plays by female identifying playwrights with none of those boring archetypal forms.
Performed at Soho Theatre to standing ovations, IT ALL returns to VAULT Festival for one night only.
All the King's Men are a world-renowned, award-winning all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
All the King's Men are a world-renowned, award-winning all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
We’re back! This time with 3 new short plays by female identifying playwrights. Prepare to see plays with female driven narrative and none of those boring archetypal forms!
Laquaya (15 - hip-hop, feminism, Peperami) has broken into Elyot’s house.
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres all over the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, the popular worldwide hit comedy show Shaggers retu…
Threedumb Theatre returns to the Tristan Bates Theatre for another whole day of one-act plays, showcasing a wide variety of new writing.
It’s 2006, and a case of child neglect has hit the German Press.
We’re kicking off this year’s Reigning Women with a huge night of live music.
From the city that gave you Billy Connolly, Kevin Bridges and Frankie Boyle, celebrate Burns Night with a line-up of the top names showcasing the Whyte & Mackay Glas…
From the city that gave you Billy Connolly, Kevin Bridges and Frankie Boyle, celebrate Burns Night with a line-up of the top names showcasing the Whyte & Mackay Glas…
Get yourselves down to The Girls From Oz - the most dinky-di singing Sheila’s this side of the black stump - for a bonza night of entertainment that’ll take you on a journey 16…
Shirley & Shirley went forth and multiplied.
One of the years most talked about and chart-topping comedy podcasts takes to the stage with a very special festive live recording, following a sell out fringe run and s…
“We’re leaving the EU!” “OH NO, WE AREN’T.
Peppa Pig is excited to be going on a special day out with George, Mummy Pig and Daddy Pig - it’s going to be her best day ever! Get ready for a road-trip full of fun adventu…
Acţiunea gravitează în jurul familiei formate din Maurice (Marius Manole), Margaret (Medeea Marinescu) şi fiica lor Adele (Diana Roman).
Definitely Oasis are regarded by many Oasis fans and promoters alike as the best Oasis tribute band there is.
‘Be bold, be bold, but not too bold, lest that your heart’s blood should run cold.
In a country on the verge of doom and murderous clowns on the loose on our cinema screens, Join Awk this October and allow it to show you there’s more to life than work.
‘Mercy’ is a dark comedy with a spiritual twist, centring on a headstrong matriarch of a Persian family and her unyielding decision to break tradition.
In 1981 at Kibeho College in Rwanda, a young girl claimed to have seen a vision of the Virgin Mary who warned her of the unimaginable: Rwanda becoming hell on earth.
Playwright Peter Nichols died only last month at the age of 92.
Anti Nowhere League released their debut single "Streets of London" b/w "So What" in 1981.
Star Shaped Festival returns for its fourth year! Having become known by fans and artists of the Britpop era as the must-see event of the year, it’s back for another all-day …
Back by ever-growing popular demand, get ready to party as the UK’s favourite Rock & Roll variety production returns with another BRAND NEW SHOW! Featu…
You are warmly invited to integrate with our residents and have the most fun you’ll have had for a long time at our Open Afternoon.
One of the world's greatest storytellers, telling the world's greatest stories.
Four iconic acts will appear on the smoothest line-up of the year at The O2 on Saturday 7 September 2019, in what will be THE key date in the calendar for funk and soul fans, the i…
Join the star of Parks and Recreation and Fargo for an evening of deliberative talking and light dance that will compel you to chuckle whilst enjoining you to brandish a better sid…
Beyond Borders International Festival returns to the tranquil setting of Traquair House for its 10th year, bringing together world-renowned broadcasters, writers, thinkers, artists…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The semi-final of the 2019 Funny Women Awards.
Legendary singer-songwriter Donovan performs an acoustic set in this very special event showcasing the documentary film Donovan and The Beatles in India.
Wind down and immerse yourself in an intimate, candlelit performance in this evocative location.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Too many of us are obese.
The creator of Freaks and Geeks and director of Bridesmaids brings his perspective on the global television and film landscape in this special one-off event.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
The Annual General Meeting of the Fringe Society where activity is reviewed, accounts are presented and directors elected. If you’re passionate about the Fringe, come and be heard.
The RSA was founded during the Enlightenment by William Shipley in 1754 with the first meeting being held at Rawthmell’s Coffee House, Covent Garden, London.
Russell T Davies is the man behind classic and acclaimed TV series Doctor Who, Queer As Folk, Torchwood and Cucumber, among many others.
Charlotte was a legendary Hollywood props mistress who disappeared from public view decades ago.
If you were starting out as a producer, what would you like to be taught? If you are starting out as a producer, what do you need to know and how would you like to be taught? If En…
Wait.
This award-winning writer’s powerful one-man show tears through the curtain of manners to reveal the wildlife of neo-liberal Britain.
The Scots Musical Museum, an enormous pop-song survey produced by enterprising publisher James Johnson with Robert Burns, who, enlisted as editor, became crazed with compiling, fix…
After a showstopping visit in 2017, The Knitted Bible Stories Exhibition returns with extra stories, all beautifully handcrafted from wool by members of the knitting group at the S…
Join Funny Women for a sparkling mix of comedy featuring the brightest new, emerging and established talent at the Fringe.
All the way from the land of sun, sea and Mexican* sombreros (*not Spanish!) these intrepid comedians have made their way to Edinburgh by sea, air and Megabus, to show the world th…
Hosted by director Al Carretta and now in its sixth year, if you love independent film, then Nightpiece is the event to attend.
Comedian & silly boy Ted Hill’s debut stand-up show is about every single U.
This is your chance to bring the whole family and sing along with the fantastic and versatile Massaoke Band, guided by giant video lyrics, as they raise the curtains on your favour…
Islam Festival Edinburgh is open to everyone, old or young, with any faith or none.
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
For the seventh year at this wonderful venue, William Alexander again gives a recital of Chopin’s piano music and performs a selection of preludes, waltzes, nocturnes, polonaises a…
Come and hear a lunchtime recital with music written by strong women as well as arias about the power of women.
‘You’ll have to go a long way to hear finer choral singing than this’ (International Record review).
Jessie and Bebe Cave. Sisters. Working out a new show.
In a world where we see some form of video footage every day – on small and big screens, down on our phones, around us on animated billboards – and where we can tumble headfirs…
After last year’s sell-out shows, Scotland’s foremost folk entertainers are back.
Be a passenger on our cliche-free poem/song journey tonight: relationships, nature, places and much more! It’s alternative.
Directed by Les Shankland, Director of Music, St Vincent’s Chapel, composed in 1680, this rarely performed work is regarded as the very first Lutheran oratorio, and was intended …
Estonian epic tale Kalevipoeg is written in songs, and NUKU choir is performing these old runic songs mixed with contemporary jazz, adding an ancient storytelling touch to the perf…
I’m 55.
A well-loved family favourite.
A riotous romp through the history of the female body, the patriarchy and the bad science behind the titular gender myth.
Festival Strings is a unique collaboration between two outstanding youth music string organisations.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
A verbatim play about ordinary young men in extraordinary times.
Lilian, Catherine, Mary and Tam all have one thing in common, they risk their lives to serve their country and save the lives of others.
Two terrible twins with a talent for turmoil rule their school with terror and tyranny – until the arrival of a new head teacher with green scaly skin, sharp gnarly fangs and a l…
Joanne and Lisa were like sisters.
Why is it when we think of the piano it is always men at the forefront? ‘Sing us a song, you’re the piano man.
Award-winning comedian, ex-bus driver, young father and gay sauna worker Rich Wilson sits down with funny and interesting people to talk about men’s mental health.
The story of Emmeline and Richard Pankhurst and the suffragette movement.
Best of magic, dance, comedy, singing and more.
Beth Vyse returns as Olive Hands in this work in progress show: The Hands Have It! where she finds herself running for leader of the Western world.
Verbatim stories of “love” in all its magnificence and monstrousness.
Two girls take on the world of app store dating.
The special group from this Rhineland choir brings an exuberant repertoire of Gospel, contemporary, folk and pop classics to the lovely Crichton Valley with its medieval church and…
Our Walk Through The World is a collection of six short plays examining the absurdities, tragedies and small triumphs of modern life.
Traditional choral evensong and benediction with the renowned choir and organ of this historic Anglican Catholic church directed by Dr John Kitchen.
Our Walk Through The World is a collection of six short plays examining the absurdities, tragedies and small triumphs of modern life.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Hilarious hour of stand up comedy.
Can olives and gravy ever be mixed? The story of a working-class northern girl bringing up three middle-class children in London is told in this very funny, warm hearted and livel…
Morning: coffee concert of informal music-making.
Staging The Winter’s Tale in the middle of the summer might seem to be an unusual choice, but as we huddled in the wind blasted Brighton Open Air Theatre it seemed pathetic falla…
Join Amy and a panel of her more famous comedian friends at the recording of a live comedy conversation show.
Back for a second year, Augusta Maclean, a young, contemporary Scottish artist, is holding a solo exhibition of original paintings and photography.
After a decade of sharing stages and crafting collaborations in the studio, real-life rap BFFs Sage Francis and B Dolan have finally caved to years of fan pressure to form an offic…
A songwriter’s journey through life and art, its hits and misses.
Enjoy visions of tomorrow with a glass of wine.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Showcase includes: In Mist and Rain by Arts of China, Letter from An Unknown Woman by The National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts, Hear of The Lights by Ningbo Municipal Culture &…
One person’s rubbish is another person’s treasure.
One person’s rubbish is another person’s treasure.
An exciting and engaging art workshop that children really enjoy.
Rory returns to York with a brand spanking new title for a show that could, in many respects, be quite similar to the one he did last year i.
Rory returns to York with a brand spanking new title for a show that could, in many respects, be quite similar to the one he did last year i.
A hearty meal with a helping of folk.
Since 1999, ROSL has brought together young classical musicians from across the Commonwealth to perform at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Carole King, Amy Lee, Nina Simone, Judith Weir, Clara Schumann… Historically, it was believed women did not have the required strength to really play the piano and that it was no…
Great selection of collectable vinyl! LPs, 12” and 7” singles, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s 90s, 00s to present day.
Women are constantly measuring one another by ideals of thinness, beauty, best mummy practices and keeping a happy home with a happy partner.
The 2010s.
The 2010s.
To the uninitiated, a first glance at a cryptic crossword can be daunting, but here Rory promises to unveil its mysteries in a 90 minute workshop that is intended to be …
To the uninitiated, a first glance at a cryptic crossword can be daunting, but here Rory promises to unveil its mysteries in a 90 minute workshop that is intended to be …
Main Street Blues present an hour of blues from the trio of blues icons known as The Three Kings.
"A Float Tank is a lightless, soundproof tank filled with water at skin temperature, in which individuals float in isolation, used to test the effects of sensory de…
We are very excited and privileged to welcome Raphael to The Arts Barge - He has been extremely generous in donating proceeds of this performance to progressing the conv…
We are very excited and privileged to welcome Raphael to The Arts Barge - He has been extremely generous in donating proceeds of this performance to progressing the conv…
"A Float Tank is a lightless, soundproof tank filled with water at skin temperature, in which individuals float in isolation, used to test the effects of sensory de…
Therapists from our treatment rooms will show you how to stay healthy during the Fringe using herbs, with a series of free evening workshops mixing herbal teas and essential oil bl…
What makes Shakespeare funny after 400 years? Theatre OCU (Bad Shakespeare, Fringe 2016 and 2018) explores, answers and celebrates the giddy mysteries of love and romance in scenes…
After the success of 2018 Brewhemia is returning with our platter of showstopping acts from this year’s festival favourites and our very own Creative Clique.
River Voices: Robert Powell & FriendsA lively reading by York-based poet Robert Powell and other writers - of work inspired by the Ouse and Foss, rivers, streams, ca…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Ghosts! Murder! Betrayal! Revenge! A treacherous uncle and mad son.
River Voices: Robert Powell & FriendsA lively reading by York-based poet Robert Powell and other writers - of work inspired by the Ouse and Foss, rivers, streams, ca…
Exploring an unlimited range of creative ideas, Dance-Forms’ 76th International Choreographers’ Showcase delivers a solid line-up of superb choreography.
Come to the Merchants Hall to see the Soul Kings performing a set of the biggest soul, Motown and disco hits from the 60s and 70s.
Interactive story telling, plus an all day Riddling Competition! Mums, dads, teenagers, juniors and little ones over 5.
Traditional Catholic Anglican liturgy in this historic church with renowned choir and organ directed by John Kitchen.
Who hasn’t had a problem they’ve struggled to solve? You struggle, I struggle, and the world struggles.
Choral services sung by St Mary’s Cathedral Choir, the only choral foundation in Scotland with a tradition of daily services. Full details of music at cathedral.net.
Interactive story telling, plus Riddling Competition! Tom Wayfinder’s Arctic Adventure.
Tom signs up as a driver for Eduardo Dorado, gold-hunter, on a trek that takes him up a ziggurat and a volcano, where he encounters an Aztec god of fire called Xiuhtecuh…
Tom signs on as a ships cook on the good ship Sinkfast, bound from Japan to Mexico, falls foul of the Genie of Chilli Sauce, El Roja The Sweat-head, meets a mermaid call…
A sensory experience, teaching you how to nose and taste whisky, helping to discover the perfect dram for your palate.
Cinema Arts presents a rare screening of the last silent film ever made by Charlie Chaplin.
Ben likes Al, but Al says he’s straight.
A ridiculously surreal celebration of human existence, journeying from the womb to above and beyond.
A hilarious street cleaner sweeps you off on an outdoor journey into the unknown festival, uncovering its secrets and making an ingenious show out of rubbish with his extraordinary…
Crichton Kirk welcomes internationally renowned ensemble The Marian Consort, whose dynamic, fresh approach to Portuguese polyphony entranced audiences in 2017.
A taste of the Fringe comes to Bruntsfield in true Black Ivy style.
Join us for a huge selection of free acoustic music, duos, bands, singers and more through the day and night on this launch day of Fringe Music on the Grassmarket.
Beatboxing.
A creative guided walk along the Ouse & Foss in York led by poet Robert Powell - combined with a chance to write, discuss, and share ideas and impressions about York…
As part of celebrations all around the world in honour of International Scottish Gin Day, we’ll be having our own celebrations in the heart of Edinburgh.
A creative guided walk along the Ouse & Foss in York led by poet Robert Powell - combined with a chance to write, discuss, and share ideas and impressions about York…
One of the most talked about new comedy podcasts of the last year makes its Fringe debut on the back of its sell-out London residency.
Bea’s vagina can narrate, DJ, and dance, but she can’t have sex.
Afternoons: organ concert by Christopher Black; Sarah Moore sings Rachmaninoff/Mozart; Roxburgh Quartet playing Barber/Schostakovich; Hadley Court Singers/SMAS choir/orchestra musi…
A creative guided walk along the Ouse & Foss in York led by poet Robert Powell - combined with a chance to write, discuss, and share ideas and impressions about York…
Stars of The Football Show on YahooSport, Jim and Dave perform a comedy show about the beautiful game.
Paul Currie is bringing his sell out 2014/2015 award-winning masterpiece back to Edinburgh.
Experience Quality Yard’s unique 360° street art courtyard and exhibition space featuring new works by Scottish street art and contemporary artists in the heart of Leith’s old tow…
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…
A showcase from the 70+ residents of the buzzing Coburg House art studio complex.
After the apocalypse, hope.
‘A Scottish talent on the rise’ (Scotsman).
To some, Reverend Sheen is a walking miracle.
This small yet unmissable jewellery exhibition features over 300 unique pieces from 30 independent designers across the globe, including local emerging and established talents.
Two native singer/songwriters return to the Fringe for the seventh consecutive year.
The Strut Club Cabaret presents.
Our unique tour sets out to inform and entertain as we take you into both the Old and New towns, giving you a real sense of the two sides of Edinburgh; revealing some of the secret…
The Strut Club Cabaret presents.
The Strut Club Cabaret presents.
Bambino Beats are back to take you on a Summertime Boogie.
In Shakespeare’s romance, led by women’s sagacity and the vitality of youth, we are guided out of the breach of things dying to a rebirth into the miracle of art and nature, lo…
Come on a journey of discovery across the globe, in search of the essence of flamenco.
Showcase opportunity for artists and creatives using film and projection to express their ideas and engage socially with others in this sphere of artistic activity.
Star of Scot Squad, Darren Connell comes to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for one night only! Nominated for a BAFTA, Darren is best known for portraying the lovable Bobby Muir on B…
Already stocking nearly 60 local and UK artists, illustrators and makers, Resident Asperger Artist, blogger and local character Garry Mckenzie has curated a unique collection of ar…
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society will be bringing a true taste of Scotland to the Fringe, with an all-encompassing sensory feast that celebrates the best of our culture.
Based on Robert Fulghum’s best-selling books, this musical takes a funny, insightful, heart-warming look at what is profound in everyday life.
This crowd-pleasing musical is inspired by and features the songs of Elvis Presley.
Get ready for word-bending, thought-provoking, side-splitting comedy.
These three comedians have caused their mothers endless stress and worry, and you will be in no doubt as to why once you’ve seen their show.
Fresh from his recent roles in Channel 4’s comedy Ministry of Justice and numerous BBC Three Quickies, loveable Cockney geezer Lenny Sherman brings his barrel of laughs to the Edin…
In 2016, in a quiet stable complex in the Australian Perth hills, a project now known as Darkness to Light did its principal photography.
The night is young and some of the best stand-up comedians at the Fringe are ready to make you laugh, stay up late and definitely have one more drink.
Edinburgh Fringe sell-out show 2018! ‘Absolutely phenomenal, sensitively portrayed with painstaking accuracy’ (BroadwayBaby.
Ten strangers visit the same park bench on the same day.
From the absurd to the moving, magical, funny and intriguing.
Three goddesses are summoned to Earth through an ancient ritual; instead, the heavens send the women your mother hoped you would never become.
A spectacular mixed bill variety show bursting with the best stand-ups, character comedians, musical acts and the most original performers at the Fringe.
Award-winning storytelling.
Suren Jayemanne (Aus) has made a splash on the Australian scene, with his debut TV stand-up special featured as part of ABC’s Comedy Next Gen series.
Join your favourite Mr.
The Bristolian bumbling ex-darts champ is back.
Famous adventurer and posh idiot Jasper Cromwell Jones (played by award-winning comedian Joe Bor) presents an Alternative Book Festival with other weird and wonderful authors.
You never know what’ll change your life.
Steve’s dad died of Alzheimer’s.
Expect a fun night of sharp, well-crafted and mischievous stand-up that will tickle your fancy and your heart if you have one.
Hooray! ‘Bob is an Architect of the hilarious.
Acclaimed stand-up (and the UK’s foremost gilet apologist) Stuart Laws reflects on the day his life changed forever when he risked everything in a Vegas poker tournament.
Freddie Folkston takes a whimsical look at three decades and the generations which helped shape a brave new world for millennials.
OUROBOROS PRESENTS THE LATEST IN CUTTING EDGE JAZZ… Jasmine is a saxophone-led from Leeds, performing music composed by saxophonist Jasmine Whalley.
We all have to work.
The Girl Guide Promise, an oath taken by all Guides and Brownies, highlights how a girl guide member must always do their best, be true to themselves and develop their beliefs.
The world is going to sh*t! Or so it seems.
Dracula can return to his crypt.
Searching through the Fringe guide for a show worth seeing is a job that could perhaps be likened to archaeology – you spend hours carefully probing, sorting the dross from the d…
Raul Kohli grew up with many heroes.
Retired children’s TV pioneer Peter Fleming needs your help.
Escape from stress, forget about your failures and let Sam and Horatio indulge you in a world of well-being, rejuvenation and harrowing anecdotes about stress and failures.
Possibly the best musical comedy show with live piano and a Romanian performer! It is a 50-minute journey through life.
Fiona Ridgewell is the epitome of positivity.
London Bermondsey’s beloved local comedy show comes to Edinburgh! Hosted by a podgy gay comic from the remote island of Taiwan, this comedy show has, for month after month, enterta…
Following last year’s sell-out run, All Together Irish returns with a daily selection of Ireland’s top comics plus guests from other countries.
Join Jake for a work in progress of his new stand-up show.
Conspiracy theories can sometimes be reduced to light hearted niche interests only fully embraced by weirdos on the fringes of society.
‘I reiterate my request for a full refund and look forward to your theatre’s explanation [for] why you chose to market this show as suitable for 16-year-olds’ (Audience review).
Enjoy a glorious summer exhibition of paintings by Scottish Artists.
Double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Carl Donnelly (‘Observational genius’ (Guardian)) returns with a new show about how difficult it is to be a good person in the modern age.
We are living through a renaissance of plays in verse, and if you need proof I can furnish few better than Fires Our Shoes Have Made by Fringe newcomers Pound of Flesh Theatre.
We are the top-rated walking tour company for English tours in Edinburgh on TripAdvisor and we have put together a special festival friendly walking tour of the Old Town for you to…
Join Francesco Cardinale for an informative, relaxed tutored tasting of delicious sparkling Prosecco, Metodo Classico and fine fizz.
Carol Cates sits on a tall stool strumming away on her ukulele and chatting with the audience as they arrive.
Sea Sick is a beautifully simple and affecting piece of storytelling about climate breakdown and the oceans - and about one woman's mission to understand the damage that's …
Living in Kent - Maxwell tells us – he is surrounded by the sort of puce-faced, fake WWII heroes who seem to think that having once watched a film with John Mills in it automatic…
No one ever said that life was easy, but it’s what you make of it which defines who you are.
Join ‘the most renowned sketch troupe of them all’ (Independent) as they embark on another exceptional world tour, performing to over 20,000 people across two continents.
Who’s rocking the boat and why? Join York’s creatives on-board the Arts Barge for a fascinating, eclectic insight into the current projects and passions of Y…
Award-winning LBC radio presenter, CNN political commentator and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs to the Fringe for the first tim…
Dilruk Jayasinha has quickly become one of Australia’s favourite comedians.
An abandoned party; a neglected bedroom; a cluttered AV desk.
‘Their versions of the Marvel films might even be better’ ****½ (fb.
Who’s rocking the boat and why? Join York’s creatives on-board the Arts Barge for a fascinating, eclectic insight into the current projects and passions of Y…
Steinbeck’s famous novella captures and comments on the daily despair faced by the migrant workers in the Great Depression of the 1930’s, as they aimlessly drift from job to jo…
If character comedy tickles your funny bone then look no further than An Audience With Yasmine Day at Pleasance Courtyard.
For All I Care is, first and foremost, the story of two women.
See a selection of performers from the very best of this year’s Free Fringe Festival shows, in the big gala launch night, party and general great start to this year’s Edinburgh Fri…
Showcase opportunity for artists and creatives using film and projection to express their ideas and engage socially with others in this sphere of artistic activity.
During this two hour sketching workshop, you will have the opportunity to be supported to explore your surroundings and views from the arts barge with artist Pennie Lord…
Another chance to see the films by Italian artist Marinella Senatore for her York Symphony piece, created through a series of workshops and conversations, collecting ind…
Returning for its 14th season, C’s critically acclaimed curated programme showcases silver screen shorts and contemporary filmmakers all day, every day.
Catapulting Dickens into the 21st century, this masterstroke genius of spin-offs introduces Emily Halloran, live streaming to us from her penthouse honeymoon suite.
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Move aside Maleficent, Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch is the new anti-hero tale in town.
Star of BBC Radio 4’s Chinese Comedian and co-host of E4’s The Hangover Games, Ken Cheng is back with a complete treatise on racism.
78,801 photos and 4,738 photographers from 129 countries.
Tinder, TGI Friday’s and haunted houses; Men with Coconuts throws the witty and the wild into a wonderful hour of improv comedy.
Join this lively and entertaining guided walking tour and enjoy decades of thrilling Fringe stories from today to Edinburgh’s first festivals in 1947.
Family Yoga on the Arts Barge! This is an informal yoga session that brings together elements of traditional yoga practice, play and discovery.
All the King’s Men are a world-renowned, award-winning all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
Written and performed by David JarmanDirected by Ruby Clarke After scraping together his last few pounds, Jarman packs a borrowed tent into an old, torn rucksack and hit…
Say Owt is York's loveable and raucous poetry organisation, hosting some of the noisiest spoken word events in the UK.
Written and performed by David JarmanDirected by Ruby Clarke After scraping together his last few pounds, Jarman packs a borrowed tent into an old, torn rucksack and hit…
Say Owt is York's loveable and raucous poetry organisation, hosting some of the noisiest spoken word events in the UK.
Out of the Wings presents its fourth annual festival, exploring untapped theatre from the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking world.
Twenty-nine nights of the best local and international folk music showcasing a different artist each night. There are only 30 seats so book early to save disappointment.
The renowned Edinburgh International Exhibition of Photography, now in its 157th year, showcases the very best of modern photography from entrants worldwide.
Rahul Kohli grew up with many heroes.
This is not a musical nor is it instructions on how to beat up your dad.
A magical multi-media tale of a life saved by music.
Rahul Kohli grew up with many heroes.
In this, the 60th Anniversary of one of the world’s most iconic music venues, the Ronnie Scott’s All Stars take to the road to celebrate the ‘Ronnie Sc…
Rahul Kohli grew up with many heroes.
Star of Radio 4’s Chinese Comedian, E4’s The Hangover Games and winner of Dave’s Joke of the Fringe, Ken returns with a love-letter to all the Twitter …
Fenist the Falcon is an old much loved Russian Fairytale in which seven female characters appear.
Fenist the Falcon is an old much loved Russian Fairytale in which seven female characters appear.
Four cups of Apple Sauce.
Four cups of Apple Sauce.
Direct from London’s world-famous jazz club, The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars presents a tribute to perhaps the most significant and popular composer of all time…
Tim Eriksen: Hardcore Americana Tim Eriksen is acclaimed for transforming American tradition with his startling interpretations of old ballads, love songs, shapenote gos…
Tim Eriksen: Hardcore Americana Tim Eriksen is acclaimed for transforming American tradition with his startling interpretations of old ballads, love songs, shapenote gos…
Come and learn shape note singing with Tim Eriksen! We are delighted to welcome Tim to York to lead a workshop and a singing on the Arts Barge in advance of his evening …
Two days of Jazz and Manouche as part of The Arts Barge Riverside Festival.
OUROBOROS PRESENTS THE LATEST IN CUTTING EDGE JAZZ… Award-winning saxophonist Alex Hitchcock returns to York, with his powerhouse quintet that combines a compelli…
A two day Jazz and Manouche Festival of performances, workshops and open sessions.
Award winning jazz vocalist and Radio 2 presenter Clare Teal and her All Stars will traverse a rich landscape of timeless and sparkling material as they celebrate the Gr…
Rust Immersive spoken word show performed on-board the barge Selby Tony Join us for a mesmerising tale of love, loss and live music on-board the former working barge Sel…
Rust Immersive spoken word show performed on-board the barge Selby Tony Join us for a mesmerising tale of love, loss and live music on-board the former working barge Sel…
We are very excited and privileged to welcome Alistair to play for the opening of York’s Arts Barge.
Famous adventurer and posh idiot Jasper Cromwell Jones (played by award-winning comedian Joe Bor) presents an Alternative Book Festival with other weird and wonderful au…
The Queen's of Lovers Rock announce an exclusive London concert as part of the 2019 Innervisions Festival.
After sell out shows at the Electric Ballroom, 229 and The British Library, the Innervisions Festival is Saluting the Black President himself, Fela Kuti, tonight with the Dele Sosi…
Iconic American funk and soul jazz saxophonist, Maceo Parker is best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960’s as well as George Clinton's&nbs…
Rare Groove Legends RAMP announce an exclusive European Concert.
Mavis Staples' recording career spans from the 1950s to the current day.
American rapper, singer-songwriter, poet, actor Saul Williams is coming to London to appear as part of the breath-taking Innervisions Festival line up between 3…
Aloe Blacc is best known for his UK No.
Join comedians Rachel Fairburn and Kiri Pritchard-McLean as they explore a shared passion, serial killers.
Stand up comedy show as part of the Greater Manchester Fringe.
Tuesday 18th June, 7pmTickets: £15 or £11 for school groupsDuration: 165minsSuitable for: no age guide has been given about this screening yet…
As part of Nomad Festival @ Greenwich pop-up Rotunda Theatre.
Enter the darkness, take a seat and prepare as your master of ceremonies ‘Jen’ guides you through this chilling theatrical experience.
Jim Brown's Sea Changes is a play that delightfully and unashamedly embraces the info-dump, to the extent of having most of its characters directly introduce themselves to the …
Writer/comedian David Head and singer/songwriter Matt Glover of Sincere Deceivers are proud to present their critically acclaimed story and song show “A Good Service on All Other…
As part of Nomad Festival @ Greenwich pop-up Rotunda Theatre.
As part of Nomad Festival @ Greenwich pop-up Rotunda Theatre.
After it’s sell-out debut, Stripped is back and more revealing than ever!!! Succour Punch Theatre are proud to be baring all once again for this ‘stripped back’ performance o…
VAN GOGH & JAPAN "I envy the Japanese" Van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo.
All My Sonsby Arthur Millerdirected by Jeremy Herrin Broadcast live from The Old Vic in London, Academy Award-winner Sally Field (Steel Magnolias, Brothers & Sisters…
50 years on from the release of Rod’s first album, Some Guys Have All The Luck is back in theatres in 2019 with a brand new show, bringing to the stage a…
Following an inaugural year enjoyed by audiences and critics alike, A Festival of Korean Dance will return in 2019.
Main Men of Musicals is a celebration of all the best male songs in musical theatre history.
Rachel will never forget Mary Day, the damaged local legend.
Monsteers Artistry Presents: All The Ladies Mic Night! All the Ladies Mic Night Includes Live Performances from Sarah Dorsett, Pippa Lea, Lauren Garnder, Christine Maia …
Full-time idiot Jack Stark hasn’t written this show.
One woman, Fiona Clift, presents many women.
A comedy cabaret (or summin’ like that) that asks the question: Have you ever just closed your eyes and hoped that it’ll all just go away? This is a bracing, booming and brash…
“Bodies on the move: on screen and in the street” This event will involve responding collectively to a variety of audio-visual material, exploring movement and migration, shift…
“Refugees and migration in anthropological cinema” ‘Travel’ (63 mins).
It’s back! Horatio Productions’ Science Fiction Theatre Festival returns for a stellar second edition.
“Wait, what was that whole last part about copyright? I don’t feel like I got that.
Lee Miller witnessed with her camera events of WWII, the battles and the lives destroyed in the hope that this horror will not be forgotten.
Fiona Ridgewell is the epitome of positivity.
Toucan: Have a Party.
We’ve curated a showcase featuring some of the best new female comedy talent in the UK today.
Brighton’s much-loved, resident satirists with their legendary mix of bang up to date topical sketches and songs, all wrapped up in Brighton Fringe award-winner Mark Brailsford’s f…
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
We all have to work.
Yesterday: A winter’s tale, a story to wile along the long cold hours.
The Greatest Love of All is a critically acclaimed live concert honouring the talent, music and memory of Whitney Houston.
Join Vanessa Cox Pendray (MA, CE, PDD Ceramics).
A free two day interactive arts festival suitable for all ages.
Birth; marriage; death.
Set in a dingy two-bed flat in London, ‘Have You Heard About Guy?’ is the story of Frank and George, two struggling actresses living in a pre-#MeToo world.
Musicians appearing in the 8th Lewes Chamber Music Festival in June 2019 will perform chamber music by Mozart, Faure and the little-known Lekeu in this special Festival Launch conc…
Broadcast live from The Old Vic in London, Academy Award-winner Sally Field (Steel Magnolias, Brothers & Sisters) and Bill Pullman (The Sinner, Independence Day) sta…
Ensemble Dance Co, topped off by Sarah Blanc.
Come and enjoy a night of great comedy to help support women, children, mothers and babies in the world’s poorest communities.
An intriguing tale made more interesting by the telling, Those Magnificent Men is both delightful and funny from beginning to end.
The Brighton Buddhist Centre Open Day is a great opportunity to explore Buddhism and meditation in the heart of Brighton.
Parry ‘I was Glad’.
In this, the 60th Anniversary of one of the worlds most iconic music venues, the Ronnie Scotts All Stars take to the road to celebrate the Ronnie Scotts Story.
The 2019 exhibition is a 20th anniversary celebration, showcasing works by both established and up-and-coming artists.
Join the irrepressible Brighton Ceilidh Collective for an evening of raucous nonsense and ceilidh dancing.
Graham Day – legendary vocalist, guitarist and songwriter for garage/psychedelic icons, The Prisoners.
Smoke and Mirrors Theatre explores the idea of life and loss, light and dark and the people that pop up to save you when you feel like you’re drowning.
Styling itself as a 'heartfelt and hilarious musical tribute' to the city of Brighton, All Things Brighton Beautiful utterly triumphs as a celebration of everything we love…
The son of a Saturday night favourite.
World premiere of this fresh, funny, fantastical story starring award-winning comedian, singer and dancer Charlie Baker (‘Harry Hill’; Sky1, ‘Dog Ate My Homework’; CBBC, ‘Doctor Wh…
Bobby works on Woolies’ record counter.
A festival oasis in the heart of Kemptown, an atmospheric bar stocked by the best local suppliers where you can discover experimental art, unusual performances and out of the ordin…
One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018.
Art5 Gallery is situated in the heart of Brighton, in the famous Lanes, and over the past fifteen years has established itself as one of Sussex’s leading contemporary galleries.
“At Last, the Muppet Men”, a show many said would never happen and a few feared would.
‘Birthing a Better Future Art and Science Exhibition’ raises awareness about the crucial time from conception, birth and the first 1001 days in the healthy development of children.
The Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus return to the Brighton Fringe festival with their customary wry look at life.
The University of Brighton opens its Edward Street Gallery doors to Brighton Fringe this year so you can see a spectrum of fascinating research images produced from the workshops, …
180! Jody Kamali is hapless Mike Daly.
Iris Prize brings outstanding LGBT+ film from around the world to Brighton.
Frenetically comic dystopian drama.
All About EveBy Joseph L MankiewiczAdapted and directed for the stage by Ivo van Hove Gillian Anderson (X-Files, NT Live: A Streetcar Named Desire) and Lily James (Mamma…
REMBRANDTFrom the National Gallery, London and Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamBACK BY POPULAR DEMAND Every Rembrandt exhibition is eagerly anticipated but this major show hosted …
Saturday 20th April, 5pm Tickets: £22, £20 concessions or £79 for a Family Ticket (4 people, including at least 1 child)Duration: 2 hour…
You don’t realise how people can hate, Chris, they can hate so much they’ll tear the world to pieces…’ America, 1947.
Performed by The Liberties, the songs and tunes of Luke Kelly, Ronnie Drew, Barney McKenna, Ciaran Burke and John Sheehan is brought to life using the exact same instrum…
This warm and nostalgic show is based around a Bric-a-Brac market stall where Mr Shabby and Mrs Chic try to teach a new dog old tricks in an attempt to solve the Mystery…
Once upon a time there was a fairy godmother.
In the wake of the 2017 #MeToo movement and Brexit Day, Aulos makes its London debut – two powerful plays, both timelier than ever before.
50 years on from the release of Rod’s first album, Some Guys Have All The Luck – The Rod Stewart Story is back in theatres in 2019 with a bran…
On 23rd May 2015, Ireland made history by becoming the first nation in the world to introduce marriage equality by popular vote.
Watermans welcomes back the ever popular Comedy Club 4 Kids, featuring the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the comedy circuit.
A World Premiere from Curious Seed and Lung Ha Theatre Company, in association with Lyra.
Farnham Festival 2019: Infants Schools’ Starship Concert II The second of two performances involving pupils from the local Infant schools, this musi…
Farnham Festival 2019: Madrigals to Musicals This concert opens with students from Farnham Music and Drama performing excerpts from their upcoming show Our House, f…
Farnham Festival 2019: Ensembles Together Our KS2 choir will recount the story of the first lunar landings, through song and narration, followed by performances from a v…
Farnham Festival 2019: Infants Schools’ Starship Concert I The first of two performances involving pupils from the local Infant schools, this musical adventur…
Tuesday 26th March, 7.
Farnham Festival 2019: Rock and Pop A new inclusion in this year’s Festival; Tuesday’s concert will involve rock and pop groups, as well as singer-songwriter…
Farnham Festival 2019: Symphony and Song Our second concert of the day will feature musicians from More House School and Lord Wandsworth College, as well as a full orche…
Farnham Festival 2019: Young Voices This exciting concert will include performances from pupils at the Ridgeway School, plus Surrey Arts’ Just So Singers and the A…
Farnham Festival 2019: Jazz Café The exciting opening to this year’s Festival is an informal late afternoon concert, featuring jazz groups from the local ar…
OOPS is a movement to be different, to stand up and make bold choices.
The Noise Next Door are the U.
This month Jon Davies presents the latest film by Marselle-based Robert Guédugyuabm The House By The Sea, and looks at how French cinema has celebrated France&apo…
YOUNG PICASSO Pablo Picasso is one of the greatest artists of all time - and right up until his death in 1973 he was the most prolific of artists.
Second ChanceAn experiment on a different sort of love story Our Wee Gerry Gerry and Arlene, cross-communitied lovers Second Chance - Idir Mná / LakedaemonThey sa…
Mark Thomas is 54, the NHS is 70, UK national average life expectancy is 84.
Bringing the true spirit of the wartime era alive, The D-Day Darlings sing the heartfelt harmonies that kept Britain smiling through its darkest times with popular WW2 songs such a…
Paul McCaffrey has recently appeared on major UK tours with two of Britain’s foremost stand ups, Sean Lock and Kevin Bridges – playing to more than half…
Bold GirlDying Is No Excuse, Ma.
New Year's SeaA woman’s battle with the unknown HavenThe Contestant will now awaken New Year's Sea - Commons Collective in partnership with Firedoor Thea…
OOPS is a movement to be different, to stand up and make bold choices.
Since its launch in 2009, unravel has become one of the leading independent events for knitting and crochet enthusiasts.
Featuring an all-star cast, All Is True is a theatrical drama that sees Branagh portray the famous playwright, William Shakespeare in his retirement years.
Get ready to start a fancy brioche project tonight! You have never or hardly ever tried brioche but you're a confident knitter, and this fancy brioche shawl caught …
GraveDeath is his living GONE FULL HAVISHAMWeddings make everyone a little crazy Grave - Tommy CreaghAn eccentric gravedigger recounts stories from beyond the gra…
All Good GuysIrish Men.
£1410am - 12pmChildren age 8-16 For all young photographers, a chance to create awesome images with resident photographer Angela Walker.
A hilarious, poignant play about falling out, making up, and the joy of true friendship.
ManologueA one-woman show about masculinity Have You Seen This Girl?One Small Town.
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres all over the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, the worldwide hit returns to its beloved Leicester Square Theatre fo…
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres all over the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, the worldwide hit returns to its beloved Leicester Square Theatre fo…
Unhook your mindbras.
All the King’s Men are a world-renowned, award-winning, all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
All the King’s Men are a world-renowned, award-winning, all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
Three wayward women are on a hunt for liturgical dance stardom.
Classic Hollywood film All About Eve comes to the West End in a new stage adaptation starring Gillian Anderson and Lily James.
Don’t miss this brand knew exciting 2 hour action packed family event starting its 2019 UK tour here in Catfords Broadway Theatre, the venue ASW featured on …
Nominated for César Awards, France 2018 – Best Supporting Actress Winner of two Venice Film Festival Awards 2017 By a little bay near Marseilles lies a pict…
Friday 1st February, 7.
Three characters flee the shores of Libya; each on their own personal journey, whilst a tabloid reporter awaits them on the beaches of Greece, seeking stories to fit a cynical narr…
It was only towards the very end of last year that it was announced – or rather whispered, hidden away as it was somewhere in the list of actors always included in the National T…
Whyte & Mackay Glasgow International Comedy Festival Burns Night Comedy Gala 2019 From the city that gave you Billy Connolly, Kevin Bridges and Frankie Boyle, celebr…
From the city that gave you Billy Connolly, Kevin Bridges and Frankie Boyle, celebrate Burns Night with a line-up of the top names showcasing the Whyte & Mackay Glas…
The smash hit, sell out, sketch show that squeezes a decade of the Marvel Cinema Universe into one action packed hour of comedy.
It’s Christmas Eve.
A Christmas revue show parodying all things festive and topical.
“Have you ever seen such a night as this? So many stars, so many stories, which one is yours?” Three weary travellers from far off lands meet by chance as night approaches, …
Join comedians Rachel Fairburn and Kiri Pritchard-McLean as they explore a shared passion, serial killers.
Why did the gay man cross the road? For attention.
Join us to celebrate the NHS turning 70 years of age all in aid of Young Minds charity.
Mikhail Lermentov’s novel A Hero of Our Time has been newly adapted for the stage by Oliver Bennett, who also plays the lead - Pechorin, and Vladimir Shcherban.
Are female writers deadlier than the male? What do they think of violence in crime fiction and how do they handle it in their books? Do crime novel have to be bloody? Ou…
Shakespeare Schools Foundation is proud to present the world’s largest youth drama festival at Greenwich Theatre.
Comedian & cartoonist Mike Capozzola's LIVE, multimedia/stand-up comedy show about superheroes, sci-fi and monsters (AND secret agents.
Thirty years on from its premiere at the Royal Court, Our Country’s Good is a modern classic, exploring themes of crime, punishment and the unifying and civilising power of theatre…
A night of sparkling wit and humour featuring James Cary, Paul Kerensa and Simon Jenkins that lovingly looks at the flaws, foibles and funniest parts of faith and religi…
Join musical maniac Katie Pritchard & a whole heap of her favourite comedy pals for a night of entertainment.
The son of a Saturday night favourite, a father who performed with Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Andy Williams; the son who ended up with nothing, penniless and in care.
To Have To Shoot Irishmen opens the Irish Theatre Season at the Omnibus Theatre, Clapham.
It is time to laugh out loud as Winchester Comedy Festival rolls back in to Winchester with a stellar line-up of homegrown talent performing at various venues across the city from …
“Comedy’s own Leonard Cohen” - ★★★★★ FringePigAshley Haden is back with the eagerly-awaited final chapter of the C*nting Trilogy.
Doors 2 pm, Show live at 5 pm.
Join authors, politicians, artists, diplomats and international cultural leaders for a weekend of panel debates, music, performing and visual arts, storytelling, poetry, walks and …
Myths of Our Own is a two-part event celebrating street fashion and fables all as one.
The Guilty Feminist joins forces with Amnesty International UK to bring The Secret Policeman back to life for 2018! Following the magnificent Secret Policeman’s tradition of presen…
Nick Keir, the Edinburgh folksinger and songwriter, left us too early in 2013.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Returning for their third Fringe – after a decade of sharing stages and crafting collaborations in the studio, real-life rap BFFs Sage Francis and B Dolan have finally caved to y…
We’re desperately short of organs for transplant, so the possibility of transplanting from pigs to humans (xenotransplantation) has many people excited.
The Annual General Meeting of the Fringe Society where activity is reviewed, accounts are presented and directors elected.
Original and collected songs and stories from father-daughter duo: with Margaret drawing from her album Brigid’s Birds and Russell sharing some of his very favourite stories.
COMMON is an arts organisation which exists to support the UK theatre industry in achieving greater socio-economic diversity, and help working-class artists build sustainable caree…
All That Remains is a moving reflection on loss and memory based on true stories from the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Not All Men wash their hands after going to the toilet, not all men brush their teeth twice daily.
The widely acclaimed ex-Young Pleasance physical theatre ensemble Spies Like Us returned to the Festival Fringe this year with not only one show but two brilliant shows in an adapt…
How many shows have you seen that combine sock puppets and animal noises with drum and bass? How about R’n’B songs about bad housemates? Maybe folk music about being drunk? James H…
Since 2014 we’ve platformed over 200 films giving premieres to shorts that have gone onto much bigger things in festivals across the world.
Join Funny Women for a sparkling mix of comedy including performances by special guests and the brightest new talent at the Fringe.
Sing us a song, you’re the piano man.
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…
David Corkhill and the Edinburgh Festival Ensemble reunite for a special centenary performance of Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale.
Part of the Fringe Central Programme for Fringe participants.
Join a couple of Aussies on this off-beat excursion of naughty and ridiculous tales and oddly familiar tunes.
Meet Leah and Chris: raised on Harry Potter, New Labour and a belief that one day they would be as special as their parents promised.
The Other Guys are an all-male all-student a cappella ensemble from St Andrews, with a balanced programme of medleys, mashups and straight songs, as well as plenty of dad dancing, …
Pechorin is a superfluous man.
Two shows only! Award-winning Ali, Scotland’s ‘queen of vintage jazz’ (OCWeekly.
Edinburgh International Marketing Festival.
An opportunity to apply for East 15 Acting School’s MA/MFA Acting International programme.
Fresh new band from London bring their summer 2018 tour to Edinburgh, with members having performed at Love Supreme Festival, Secret Garden Party, and Cambridge Folk Festival.
Childhood friends Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher are back after their smash-hit Fringe debut, serving up their dirtiest, most disturbing and patently misguided VHS finds from 25 year…
And we can learn from them.
Virtuoso pianist Stefan Warzycki returns to St Andrew’s and St George’s West in two recitals centred on favourite works by Bach and Chopin.
Join Amy and a panel of her far more famous comedian friends in comic conversation.
COMMON: GROUND is an initiative developed by COMMON, an arts organisation who exist to support the UK theatre industry in achieving greater socio-economic diversity, delivered with…
Another AMC Fringe sell-out in 2017.
Flower arranging is a superb, but neglected art.
For one day only! Live Art Bistro take on ZOO Southside, doing what they do best: presenting 12 hours of transgressive and experimental performance by world-renowned artists.
We’re all brainwashed, biased and influenced by personal experience, even scientists.
A verbatim play created from interviews conducted across America in late 2016, Women for Trump explores why five women were, or were not, persuaded to vote for Donald Trump.
Who hasn’t had a problem they’ve struggled to solve? We struggle, and the world struggles.
Vocal Force returns to the Fringe with an all-new line-up of songs! These young, enthusiastic performers from the USA harmonise their way through beloved hits that will inspire and…
A new musical adaptation of the classic tale of Cinderella, by Charles Perrault.
We’re hosting drop-in screenings of Festival in Edinburgh (1955) and Edinburgh on Parade (1970).
Given how many inhabited his life, Picasso’s Women is but a mere glimpse from one side of the bed into what they endured.
Vox: A Fairy Tale for a New Age is a new work inspired by real-life occurrences in the life of Rowlett High School students.
The Edinburgh School of Icon Painting, under its Director Basia Mindewicz was established in 2013.
When the government declares slaying legal to reignite a sense of self responsibility and respect, James has the urge to pay his ex-wife a visit.
The Skits, Cornell University’s original sketch comedy troupe, has crossed the Atlantic to deliver some cold, hard jokes.
Fringe newcomers all the way from Canada, Yonge Guns packed their bags full of all that influences them as musicians, teachers and accountants.
Traditional choral evensong and benediction with the renowned choir and organ of this historic Anglican Catholic church directed by Dr John Kitchen.
The Voice Festival UK once again returns to the Fringe with an evening of a cappella for all the family to enjoy.
Traditional Catholic Anglican liturgy in this historic church with renowned choir and organ directed by John Kitchen.
With the theme ‘the starting point of love, silk road and art’, our festival has a variety of performances and art from countries on the One Belt One Road.
After sold-out shows, rave reviews and standing ovations at Adelaide Fringe and Edinburgh Fringe, Lord of the Strings! – the ultimate one-man guitar show, first created for touri…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Oxford’s award-winning, all-female a cappella group is back to take you on a musical journey through time.
Bill Alexander returns to the Fringe to give a piano recital of a favourite selection of rondos, nocturnes, waltzes, études and the sonata in B minor Op 58.
Trump, Putin and Kim Jong-un live on tour! King of the modern protest song Beldon Haigh and Mother Of All Bands bring a weird and wonderful live band performance.
A solo exhibition of original paintings and sketches by Augusta Maclean, an up-and-coming Scottish artist who splits her time between Edinburgh and the Highlands.
This art exhibition highlights one of the world’s most pressing environmental problems: the inability of humankind to effectively cope with the disposal of the vast amounts of ho…
This time, the art troupe will present a performance featuring lots of Chinese ethnic arts at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
The history of mental disorder is full of instances of labels of mental disorders being used to control what was deemed as unacceptable or dangerous.
The Oxford Medical Students’ Tingewick Society come fresh from a sell-out slapstick pantomime to bring an insider’s view of medical life to the Edinburgh Fringe.
‘Leeson in the title role is absolutely phenomenal.
Parker has only ever dreamt of being a stand-up comedian.
BBC Scottish Symphony OrchestraMartyn Brabbins Conductor Edinburgh Festival ChorusChristopher Bell Chorus Director Elizabeth Watts SopranoChristopher Maltman Baritone Thea Musgrave…
Django Reinhardt was a musical genius and his influence on generations of guitarists has been immense.
Allander Record Fairs bring a great selection of collectable vinyl! LPs, 12” and 7” singles from the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s to present day (even the odd 78).
All Change is a new bittersweet comedy about growing old.
Scotland’s own Soul Nation Rock Choir are back again with a sizzling hot show to lift you even higher and higher.
This small yet unmissable jewellery exhibition features over 300 unique and original jewellery designs from 30 independent designers across the globe including local emerging talen…
Brewhemia are presenting some of the finest acts of this year’s festival.
Come to the Merchant’s Hall to see the Soul Kings performing a set of the biggest soul, Motown and disco hits from the 60s and 70s.
‘Grief is a guest who stays too long.
The multi award-winning political agitators are back at the Traverse with a morning of outstanding new writing and fiery debate.
A converted 1960s caravan hosting installations both insightful and absurd, poetry, puppets and music.
The National Cycle Network (NCN) is a series of traffic-free paths and quiet, on-road cycling and walking routes that connect to every major town and city in Scotland.
Inspired by Waiting for Godot, this original piece performed by two women of colour brings new meaning to issues of violence and war, poverty, food, deserts, hopelessness and those…
Dance-Forms Productions is celebrating the International Choreographers’ Showcase’s 24th Anniversary and 17 years of brilliant performances at the Fringe.
All Killa No Filla Live.
Bucket Men takes place in a small basement studio at C Royale where two men coincidentally have jobs in a small basement of a faceless government building.
Choral services sung by the Cathedral choir, the only choral foundation in Scotland with a tradition of daily services.
Join the Cathedral’s choir and congregation for uplifting Choral Eucharists with the finest cathedral music, featuring mass settings by Gabriel Jackson, William Byrd and Antonín D…
Fringe hit! A different daily bill of global stand-up comedy stars.
Come and listen to uplifting music performed in its liturgical context by one of Edinburgh’s best church choirs in the glorious setting of this church.
There’s a better universe next door. Let’s go! Award-winning Fringe veteran brings all the feels. ‘An incantatory state of near-constant laughter’ **** (List).
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…
In a fantastical world where weather is rigidly controlled by the Shipping Forecast, an individual weather pattern dares to question their assigned role.
Edinburgh Central Mosque opens its doors and warmly invites you to Islam Festival Edinburgh.
This worldwide hit show for geeks and non-geeks everywhere returns with a changing line-up of hilarious comedians with a mixture of stand-up comedy and interactive debate to find o…
Award-winning silliness for all the family from one of the nation’s most successful spoken word artists.
Mark Thomas regales us with a peppy portrayal of his health-check on the NHS, in commemoration of 70 years since its inception.
The Edinburgh Revue – the Titanic of comedy.
Alistair Barrie headlines comedy clubs all over the world and is a BBC Scotland Breaking the News regular.
Colleen is angry at her peers, angry at her teachers and angry at her brother, Parker, who imagines himself as an undersea explorer in a one-man submersible.
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
All About Her — Feminism in Chinese Traditional Opera creatively combines traditional Chinese Opera with contemporary ideas, exploring feminism in the traditional opera repertoir…
One of the UK’s leading improv troupes, the award-winning Men With Coconuts are back! An hour of improvised comedy sketches and songs, culminating in a showstopping finale – an e…
Seventy contemporary artists/makers open their studios to the public.
Join us for a huge selection of acoustic music, duos, bands, rock, folk music, singers and more every day and night of the Fringe.
‘I think it’s high time women let themselves just be women for a change.
Romina Puma comes back and is darker than ever! It’s a show about love, or the lack of it, a show about a child longing to be cared for by her mother while having to care for her…
This jukebox musical, based on Twelfth Night and Elvis music, is a fantastic, foot-tapping show.
After a sell-out, five-star run in 2016, One Musical to Rule Them All returns to parody everyone’s favourite trilogy about wizards, hobbits and a quest to destroy some magical je…
A truly unique exhibition inspired by the historic Silk Road connecting East and West, featuring an array of paintings by 200 talented children and young people from over 20 Chines…
In the May 1979 issue of Sounds magazine the term ‘New Wave of British Heavy Metal’ was used to describe a second wave of heavy metal bands that emerged in the late 1970’s.
Returning for the 35th year.
Award-winning storytelling.
On the bloodied knuckle and tender belly of contemporary theatre, this showcase of original work introduces emerging theatre companies from one of the country’s leading contempor…
Three wise men followed a star to Edinburgh to bring you frankincense, myrrh and comedy gold.
In an alt-reality Brexit Britain, the Government has outsourced democracy to a TV voting show, pizza is banned for its foreign origins and a visa to France now costs €30 (£300).
Beyond Beauty – Our Country Taiwan.
A remarkable solo Hamlet from Horatio’s POV! Shakespeare’s classic tale of madness, murder and betrayal with incredible performance, brilliant original music and Sir Derek Jaco…
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
Typecasting and a theatre career drove our heroine to insanity.
Our Boys exquisitely showcases life on the battlefield from the setting of an army hospital.
Have you ever kicked a potato into the sea? Lee Kyle has.
Touch and feel Chinese arts and culture by attending CACF 2018.
A raucous late night show offering a fabulous selection of the most outrageous queer performers from across the Fringe.
When Edinburgh’s famous One O’Clock Gun goes missing the city is outraged.
Two intertwined monologues about womanhood and immigration merge, coalesce and diverge.
November 22nd 1963.
Two native singer/songwriters return to the Fringe for the sixth consecutive year.
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten shows you don’t have to use a chalkboard to teach what we’ve known all along.
Uncork the champagne! Dress to kill! Party like there’s no tomorrow! Celebrating 20 diamante-decorated years, The Lady Boys of Bangkok Wonder Women Tour will take the Fringe’s nu…
On our tour we will reveal some of the secrets hidden within a city rich in culture and ancient history, and blessed with beauty.
Take well-known Elvis songs, some less known, mix in a boy from Tupelo’s story, add a quartet of musicians and gently shake, rattle and roll.
Some people plan their murders meticulously.
From ITV2’s Safeword and CelebAbility, ITV’s Weekend with Aled, Comedy Central’s Live at the Comedy Store, Channel 5’s Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side and having supported …
Toned.
Trump.
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Steve’s dad has Alzheimers.
‘In my view, best new show at Leicester Comedy Festival’ (Tony Booth, Leicester Comedy Festival Judge).
Drag Superstar, Jonny Woo and Olivier Award-winning composer, Richard Thomas (Jerry Springer The Opera) bring you this sequin-spangled musical ripped straight from the headlines.
More perverted, more depressed, more jokes.
An American-Scottish duo performs wild long-form improv developed at the renowned iO Theater in Chicago! Jack and Claire is Chicago-based improv comedy duo Claire McFadden and Jack…
Stuart Bowden has been doing this for a long time.
At the centre of its big, warm heart, The Sea Is Big Enough to Take It is a story about a non-activist boy and his activist mother, and by extension a story about all of us and our…
A large pond separates us but drinking in the afternoon brings us together. A grab bag of up-and-coming stand-up comics from the US and Canada.
Tom and Ollie are ‘creative, witty, sketchsmiths’ with ‘a sackful of promise’ (Chortle.
Following last year’s sell-out run, All Together Irish returns with a daily selection of Ireland’s top comics plus guests from other countries.
Something’s up with Lewis Schaffer.
Leaving the theatre with no idea what you have just seen but having enjoyed it immensely is perhaps an appropriate response to a production of Antonin Artaud’s To Have Done With …
Three wayward women on a hunt for international liturgical dance stardom.
Showcasing underrepresented working-class comedy voices.
Ashley Haden is back with the eagerly awaited final chapter of the C*nting Trilogy.
World premiere of this fresh, funny, fantastical story starring award-winning comedian, singer and dancer Charlie Baker (Harry Hill’s Tea Time, Dog Ate My Homework, Doctor Who) and…
Who runs the world? Not this bitch.
Writer/comedian David Head and singer/songwriter Matt Glover of Sincere Deceivers present a performance of silly love stories and melancholy folk pop.
In the hotly tipped debut hour from Scottish comedian and podcaster Struan Logan, he regales his tales of 18 months living out of a backpack through Australia, New Zealand and Sout…
Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres worldwide, this hit show returns with a changing line-up of various comedians with hilarious material based on sex and relat…
In 1966, Joe Welch, a skipper, sails into dingle harbour with a very unusual catch.
Millennial anxieties are unpacked and explored in devised comedy I’ll Have What She’s Having.
Doomsday preppers: people who ready themselves and their homes for survival in the event of an apocalypse.
When you step into the venue for Dandy Darkly’s All Aboard, you don’t expect much.
Hailing from the Isle of Skye, the legendary Scottish trailblazers have created a glorious mixture of traditional sounds and dance floor grooves that have been embraced worldwide.
‘Brilliant’ ***** (Sydney Morning Herald).
Rahul Kohli was unperturbed by the small audience on the evening this reviewer attended, likening it to ‘a Theresa May cabinet meeting’.
The 10-time sell-out comedy sensation returns to Edinburgh with an epic new show for just about everyone.
Join a local guide for a fun and informative introduction to Edinburgh’s Old Town.
Returning to Edinburgh for their eighth year, All the King’s Men are the voices that are defining a genre.
What happens to the women that men can’t write? In this showcase of strong female characters, a group of Cambridge’s finest lady and non-binary comics will endeavour to find out.
In fair Venice where we lay our scene, but unlike Verona it’s not blood that’s making civil hands unclean.
Scottish rising star and oddball, Eleanor Morton tries to reinvent herself as the sexy, confident comedian she has always secretly probably been.
See a huge selection of this year’s big names, stand-out performers and many of the best free acts in Edinburgh at this one-off launch show and party for the 2018 Free Edinburgh Fr…
Scottish comedy award winner Gary Meikle premieres his debut hour and lays bare his remarkable life story and how he’s defeated the odds set against him from surviving children’s h…
‘A striking dream world.
Ever wondered what happens when nice manners go head to head with a Russian gangster? In a fusion between theatre, comedy and cabaret, James McLean is a one-man theatre company and…
Marking the centenary of women getting the vote, this exhibition displays together for the first time records of the Scottish authorities and their dealings with the Suffragettes.
Join award-winning comedian Benet Brandreth for a comic tale of love, loss, redemption and ramekins.
Returning for its 13th season, C’s critically-acclaimed curated programme showcases silver screen shorts and contemporary filmmakers all day, every day.
New York’s cosmic comedian Myq (Mike) Kaplan takes you (and himself, and the universe) on a journey of kindness in his Edinburgh debut.
Direct from a standing room only season at Edinburgh Fringe last year, and a critically acclaimed tour of Australia this, the world's premier nerd-culture double-act, The Just Us …
Fresh from filming the fifth series of hit BBC One show Scot Squad, Edinburgh’s Jack Docherty returns to the Fringe for the first time in 25 years.
This summer, the World Press Photo Exhibition returns to the Scottish Parliament.
Award-winning comedian Rob Carter’s cult-hit creation, Christopher Bliss, is back.
Maisey Mata, a filmmaker, is invited by the Women’s Refuge to document their clients in order to raise awareness about domestic violence.
Typical Emmy, to turn brain cancer into a game! Her husband attempts to care for her, even as the illness eats away the woman he knows and loves, and her mother holds faith with in…
John-Luke Roberts is, for a certaint quotient, one of the staples of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Unhook your mindbras.
Join ‘the most renowned sketch troupe of them all’ (Independent) as they embark on another world tour.
Alan Ledger didn’t want the limelight and he didn’t want the praise.
Come support some brave new writers while they investigate our fears!The list of our fears is rather long, and some of these accounts are actually based in true events b…
Come support some brave new writers while they investigate our fears!The list of our fears is rather long, and some of these accounts are actually based in true events b…
Thirty nights of the best local and international folk music showcasing a different artist each night. There’s only 30 seats, so book early to save disappointment.
See the extraordinary world of the Fringe through the eyes of schoolchildren from across Scotland at this free exhibition of entries in the 2018 Fringe Schools Poster Competition, …
The renowned Edinburgh International Exhibition of Photography, now in its 156th year, showcases the very best of modern photography from entrants worldwide.
Following more successful shows at festivals worldwide, the popular show returns with a revolving line-up of acts selected from the best comedians, cabaret acts, children’s ente…
A ghost tour like no other! With 3D immersive sound (a virtual reality for the ears) our headphones will teleport you into a mixed reality, where companions from the past, revealin…
Have you ever kicked a potato into the sea? Lee Kyle has.
Fame is everything nowadays.
Rahul Kohli grew up with many heroes.
Trump.
Hotly tipped Scottish comedian and podcaster Struan Logan brings his debut solo show down south where he regales his tales of living out of a backpack for 18 months trav…
Rahul Kohli grew up with many heroes.
My Bottom did a burp in classA big one, really loudEverybody heard it tooIt made me really proud… Everyone experiences an unexpected Bottom Burp at some point or …
Ashley Haden is back with the eagerly awaited final chapter of the ‘C*nting Trilogy’.
Ealing Comedy Festival is back for its 25th consecutive year with a stellar line up of internationally renowned comedians and homegrown talent to keep you entertained throughout Ju…
Dublin Youth Dance Company are thrilled to present an evening of dance at the Smock Alley Theatre as part of the 18th Irish Youth Dance Festival.
A spectacular musical celebration of the West End to close the Arts Festival, featuring the very best of musicianship from across the College and concluding with a masse…
This is a new collaboration with a local drama company that will see an external director working collaboratively with members of the local community and our own student…
Good morning, Baltimore! It’s 1962 and change is in the air.
Tom and Ollie are ‘creative, witty, sketchsmiths’ with a ‘sackful of promise’ (Chortle).
The Junior School pupils of St Dunstan’s College invite you to attend their annual Summer concert.
Led by Drama Prefect, Beatrice Swordy, and her team, Black Box devising is an improvisation work created by Year 7 - 9 students over the last two terms, drawing inspirat…
This time-limited devising project welcomes the return of Briony O’Callaghan, a professional director, who, working with a select number of Year 10 - 13 student…
Vibe Arts are delighted to be working with the St Dunstan's College Dance Company for their first appearance in this year’s Arts Festival.
Based in Dresden, the Semperoper Ballett has conquered the world with its now acclaimed blend of fierce ballet technique with both classical and contemporary repertoire.
In celebration of its 200th Birthday, the acclaimed Paines Plough production of Sea Wall, by Simon Stephens and performed by Andrew Scott, will play at The Old Vic from Mon 18 unti…
South London’s dedicated Drag King NightKings of Clubs returns featuring more luminaries of the ground breaking Drag King scene.
The Nursery Presents a night of improvised theatre in conjunction with The City of London’s Women: Work And Power programme!We’re excited to present The Maydays Laydays (AKA th…
Is a musical comedy show with live piano.
Sketch comedy hat-trick PÖJJ bring you their debut show.
Join the irrepressible Brighton Ceilidh Collective for an evening of raucous nonsense and ceilidh dancing.
It’s the scandalous drinking game that reveals all the dark secrets about you and your friends.
Two little cripples sitting in a tree k-i-s-s—Wait! How did two cripples get up a tree? Come see Spring Day, voted Brooklyn’s Best Comedian, tell true tales of a spastic Sid and …
Mumblecrust Theatre return with their Brighton Fringe 2017 double award-winning show! Deep in the vaults of an ancient priory, a hideous creature awakens.
At the crossroads between Chopin, Pink Floyd and Explosions In The Sky, We Stood Like Kings plays instrumental progressive rock tinted with neoclassical influences thanks to the ce…
Some Guys Have All The Luck is a fantastic theatrical production celebrating the career of one of rocks greatest icons, Rod Stewart – from street busker through to…
Edinburgh Comedy Award winners Max & Ivan (as seen on BBC2’s ‘W1A’ and heard on Radio 4’s ‘The Casebook of Max & Ivan’) bring their critically acclaimed origin story to Brighton, a…
The UK’s leading female comedy community ‘Funny Women’ host a night of fabulous female comedy talent in Brighton’s best comedy venue, Komedia Brighton, featuring a mix of establi…
Brighton has long been a home for artists, creators and the alternative.
Romina Puma comes back and is darker than ever! It’s a show about love, or the lack of it, a show about a child longing to be cared for by her mother while having to care for her…
Your chance this season to keep the faith and polish up our dance floor with Northern Soul dancing, returning for the second time at Brighton Spiegeltent.
Come stretch, unwind, strengthen and get to know your body more during a day of yoga, meditation and celebration at Brighton’s newest and most attractive studio.
A rip-roaring rollercoaster of laughter, where six improvisers race from one game to another at a thousand smiles an hour making everything up as they go along.
A celebration of Brighton’s diversity, Connecting Places: Our Untold Stories, organised by the Brighton and Hove BME Heritage Network, is an opportunity for everyone to hear the …
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.
A new piece of devised work making its debut at this year’s Brighton Fringe.
Joann Condon, Ayshea Bravo and Leonie Rachel are alpha-mums gone wrong.
Join ‘The Fairy Tale Fair’ at Brighton Open Market for a special Saturday market takeover.
‘The Boo Hoo Baby’ Inspired by the board book by Cressida Cowell Boo is a baby who needs something but what it is nobody knows.
‘Space Girl’ written & performed by Helen Stanley Mary Moon is 9 years old.
Plus come and see Chase from Paw Patrol - book your free ticket fwith sessions at 11am, 12 noon, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm.
Plus come and see Marshall from Paw Patrol - book your free ticket fwith sessions at 11.
This is a terrific workshop for children and young people of all ages.
DJ skills workshops are great for children who want to learn to DJing.
Street Dance workshops in a small group. Admission by ticket only.
Rarely do we get a chance to change someone else’s life, be it for a moment or forever.
Come and enjoy the benefits of yoga, open to all.
‘My Apple Dumpling Girl’ is a powerful small-scale play featuring a beautiful set and puppets (evening).
Experience the sights, sounds, smells and characters of the Edwardian seaside in this musical multi-sensory interactive show from award-winning company, Collar & Cuffs Co.
Eva Peel grew up in Sussex and finds this landscape beautiful.
Brighton’s much-loved resident satirists with their unique brand of topical comedy, all wrapped up in Brighton Fringe award-winner Mark Brailsford’s festival package.
A brand new show from the creator of award-winning wedding comedy ‘It’s Got to be Perfect’.
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…
An outspoken politician.
A grotesque, darkly comic Victorian story of obsessive love, murder, and confectionery.
This is a jam-packed musical comedy performance of fun storytelling rhymes set to an original soundtrack.
People of a certain age will remember Ted Rogers hosting the quiz show 3-2-1 on Saturday nights.
For so long the history books have been written by men and about men, and Royal Pavilion guide Louise Preskett aims to correct this imbalance with a 90 minute amble through Brighto…
We’re opening the doors of the Brighton Buddhist Centre! If you’ve ever wondered what goes on here, come along to one of our taster sessions which will give you a flavour of some…
A new writing comedy exploring what happens when the ‘mad’ women of Shakespeare find themselves dead, together, and angry.
Hove has been home to women whose ideas have shaken up our world - from some of Britain’s first women doctors to suffragettes, from social campaigners to boundary shifting entert…
In the hotly tipped debut hour from Scottish comedian and podcaster Struan Logan, he regales his tales of 18 months living out of a backpack through Australia, New Zealand and Sout…
A fictional fantasy about the realities of hope and survival in collaboration with Music Action International.
‘Back from the Dead I Wish.
15 years at Brighton Fringe! MJ Paranzino’s choirs will be performing the ‘Best of the Best’ from the last 15 years at Brighton Fringe; from new choral music as well as jazz,…
Every Saturday during the month we will be providing you with incredible, outstanding and inspiring musicians delivering an energetic array of jazz for all ears.
The UK's biggest Foodies Festival returned to Hove Lawns this sunny bank holiday weekend.
Step into Brighton’s most atmospheric bar.
Who are history’s most powerful women? And how can their stories empower us all today? The brilliant Professor Mary Beard shows us who and how, and the wise and witty Natalie Hay…
What challenges are refugees facing? And what can we do about it all? MARS is organising a series of events on refugeedom in and out of the UK today.
Celebrating 20 diamante decorated years, the Lady boys ‘Wonder Women’ tour takes the UK’s number one cabaret show to a new level.
A long time ago in a venue far, far away.
‘All City Movement’ is series of street paintings which indicate motion.
Exclusive after hours tours of Brighton’s aquarium! A unique opportunity to go off the public route to learn about the remarkable history of the world’s oldest operating aquarium.
When Camille transfers to London, she finds herself following a well-travelled road.
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Two muddle-headed storytellers use breath-taking puppetry, boisterous and beautiful live music, and general tomfoolery to create this dark, winding fable for monster lovers young a…
All the King’s Men bring their five star, sellout tour to London’s West End… AtKM’s astonishing vocal colour and arresting, creative choreograp…
Alongside his interviewing and writing Sir Michael Parkinson has spent much of his career promoting the appreciation of the music of the Great American Songbook and encouraging t…
For two days and nights, the Ada Ryan Gardens will come alive with circus, music, cabaret and more for the City of Whyalla’s uneARTh Festival.
1965.
From around the world, to the streets of Adelaide.
Part of a four day festival of unique and inspiring work from young artists based in London.
Think you know everything about the feminist Latin art movement of urban Puerto Rico in the 1970s?!?! Well think again as Sam Simmons turns this world inside out and upside down.
Come down to 55ml to celebrate the fun and frivolity of St.
The Mosaic Cat (UK) & Emma Knights Productions (SA) Celebrating the life and loves of one of the great jazz singers of the 20th century.
Mullets, single Mums, Holdens, home done tatts.
The Lyric Ensemble is a group of 15 actors led by international director Anne Louise Sarks.
Part of a four day festival of unique and inspiring work from young artists based in London.
Award-winning storytelling.
All I Really Want - A show dedicated to the music and lyrics of Alanis and Etheridge.
Girls just want to have fun! And that’s why The Adeladies are back for another year at the Fringe! Enjoy the Fringe’s premier selection of the very best in female comedy, with…
Who, What, Where, When? There’s so much to choose from at the Adelaide Fringe! And if you can’t decide which international comedians to see at the Fringe, then this is the show…
Part of a four day festival of unique and inspiring work from young artists based in London.
Lauren and Alicia, hosts of Deviant Women: The Podcast, are set to take you on an eye-opening romp through the lives of two of history’s most outrageous women.
Running with Scissors is the theatre company of Adelaide High School committed to the creation of returns to the Fringe after a [near] sell out season in 2017 with a brand new show…
Lexicon - An exhibition of retro pop culture Are you a fan of TV, film and radio.
Inspired by Port Adelaide and the sea that surrounds it, SEA me features seascapes and the bizarre and intriguing creatures that live in its deep blue depths.
Direct from a standing room only season at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the world’s premier nerd double act The Just Us League present MARVELus: the sketch show that squeezes alm…
When Katy, an autistic teenager, meets lonely Ryan, they make a connection that will shake their worlds forever.
Often we say a lot without actually saying anything at all, but is it possible to express much in fewer words? Laconic is a selection of short films and animations for you to ex…
This is the inaugural event in the Adelaide Fringe by Campbelltown Arthouse.
hit107’s Amos Gill remains one of Australia’s most prolific young comedians.
Returning to Adelaide for the first time since 2012, Dominique Schmidt presents a curated selling exhibition of exquisite medieval illuminated manuscripts on vellum, including leav…
The Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition brings together the best and brightest graduate visual artists from Adelaide College of the Arts (TAFE SA) / Flinders University and Univer…
A reflection on our obsession to ‘heal’ what cannot be cured; manage what is none of our business and ignore what makes us uncomfortable.
The Scottish “Globetrotting Comedian” (Broadway Baby) returns to Perth after previously living in the country on a working holiday visa for a year and a week.
Showcasing the work of African and South Australian street and visual artists.
Marden Senior College is proud to present a selection of Marden student work celebrating the achievements and learning of our Stage 1, Stage 2, Vet Network students .
In a world of synergy and leverage, a shining beacon of resilience remains - the unpicked cherry of the Papercorp empire.
British comedian Terry North introduces the very best in International Comedy with this rotating line-up of top-notch comedians who are visiting Adelaide.
A day to celebrate and share stories of women and how we contribute to the world we live in.
1952 When Hester Collyer is found by her neighbours in the aftermath of a failed suicide attempt, the story of her tempestuous affair with a former RAF pilot &the breakdown of her …
Have you ever watched a comedy show and thought to yourself, “Cathy, I hate how these theatre types are just so written and rehearsed! And when do I get to talk?!” Well then, Cathy…
A fun filled afternoon with so much for the whole family.
Based on Robert Fulghum’s best-selling books, Kindergarten takes a funny, insightful, heartwarming look at what is profound in everyday life.
This exhibition at Gallery J, proudly shows the diverse nature of clay in the hands of 3 leading contemporary Australian ceramic artists.
Following tours through the United States and Europe, come see the Australian premiere of “Years to the Day.
It’s their world now – what will they do with it? The bomb’s gone off, & this rabble of young “leaders” are the only ones left.
Across 3 emotionally-charged vignettes adapted from ‘MacBeth’, ‘Henry V’ & ‘As You Like It’ we strip-back the traditional and present some of the strong women of Shakespeare famous…
The Greenstate Summer Garden Festival will be a celebration of art, music, comedy, and amazing physical feats.
If you like wine, food, and dancing then this is the event for you! Day Dance is an annual winery party in the beautiful McLaren Vale - only 30 minutes from the CBD.
After the sucess of Fort Dreamland, Flip Side Up (FSU) is officially launching in 2018 with some quirky events planned for the year.
Soorya India Festival 2018 ” (An Indian Classical Dance event) - Another Soorya team is all ready to mesmerise you with their breathtaking performance.
Diverse Screens is a series of short films and artist profiles by culturally diverse artists and filmmakers commissioned by Diversity Arts Australia (NSW), nested within the Farrag…
An eclectic collection and exhibition of Port Community Arts Centre Members artworks - fabrics, mosaics, printmaking, drawing, woodwork, watercolour, ceramics, oils - explore our m…
The Sanctuary Festival invites you to a day of music, yoga and good vibrations! Held at The National Wine Centre as a part of the Adelaide Fringe Festival, prepare to be inspired b…
A family friendly event including Cool 4 Kids entertainment and shows, face painting, balloon sculpting, outdoor games plus lunch and a drink provided for every guest.
Laziza are hosting a Multicultural Street Festival! Laziza promotes a fantastic day out to enjoy a culturally enriching day for the entire family.
The Dingbats are flag favourites, unbeaten and today is Grand Final Day.
Flamenco and the lives of female artists from the Spanish Golden Age combine in this show inspired by the hidden voices of Teresa de Jesús, María de Zayas, Marí…
The Thebarton Theatre once again plays host to consistently one of the best show’s at The Adelaide Fringe.
Oh yeah, it’s on.
Family Fun Day hosted by the 1st Kilkenny Scout Group.
Niccy and Bahija join together to present a feast of Morocco inspired drawings, paintings, leather & brass embossed artefacts, handcrafted jewellery and much more.
Former dancer with Ballet Nacional de España, Jesús Carmona is a pioneer in flamenco’s evolution.
Back to SA by popular demand for ONE SHOW ONLY! Featuring one of Australia’s most sort after entertainers, Paul Hogan.
Traditional Aboriginal Culture Festival at a spectacular waterfront location on the Coorong S.
Four champions of flamenco puro come together in a homage to La Chana.
In an extraordinary collaboration, avant-garde choreographer and dancer Israel Galván directs classical dancer Isabel Bayón as she reinvents herself, exploring the de…
The Symbolist painter Julio Romero de Torres is famous for his portrayals of the archetypal ‘Spanish woman’.
María Pagés searches for the woman behind the femme fatale of Prosper Mérimée’s novel, a character appropriated by so many generations of men.
Featuring the leading voices in Spain today, revered singer Carmen Linares and brilliant rising stars Arcangel and Marina Heredia perform with Miguel A.
King Leontes, possessed by a mad jealousy, believes his pregnant wife Hermione to be having an affair with his childhood friend King Polixenes.
From a great passion for film, the 3rd FLEURIEU FILM FESTIVAL celebrates Australian filmmaking encouraging filmmakers to interpret the #FFF18 theme, “FIRE”.
A HILARIOUSLY HONEST AND FAST PACED COMEDY ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH ‘A glorious, farcical conglomeration of a show made up of jokes, hilarious characters, song, science experiments a…
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…
Oolik is an ordinary girl who goes on an extraordinary Arctic adventure to save her igloo home.
Join performance poet Joseph Coelho, winner of the 2015 Centre for Literacy in Primary Poetry Award, as he unwinds the true stories behind the happily ever afters and discover they…
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
A night of celebration – whether it’s cheering or your team or the whole of mankind! United is an improvisation show played with the energy of a sports match.
Men in Motion, first presented at Sadler’s Wells, has since been performed with great success in Moscow and at the Ravenna Festival, Italy.
Acclaimed American choreographer, Meg Stuart's work is constantly shifting, developing a language and set of rules for every piece.
A rare chance to see two internationally acclaimed dance artists.
Launching their 2017-18 concert season, the Reid Consort performs Rachmaninov’s serene All Night Vigil (Vespers) on Saturday 11 November, 7.
A triple bill of dynamic new talents with international star of bharatanatyam, Mythili Prakash and noted kathak performer Dheerandra Tiwari, plus a music concert by a remarkable …
Akram Khan performs an excerpt from his upcoming solo.
Lovers of scary stories, unite.
“It is a pitch perfect performance and a beautifully-written, perfectly-paced comedy script.
Whose bodies were used to create the monster of Frankenstein? No Exit meets Saw in this squirm-inducing twist on a horror classic.
It’s mildly amusing to see two grown men briefly falling into a childish bragging-match about their fathers—one a retired Church of Scotland minister, the other a former Bis…
Mad Women in my Attic! is a fantastic romp through showtunes, folk and cabaret songs, celebrating the mentally unstable women that populate music and theatre.
Hershey Felder’s Our Great Tchaikovsky is a time-bending tale of music, politics and one of the world’s most beloved composers.
9 days & 42 shows of the finest live comedians in Britain.
Returning for your delight, our unique evening of storytelling improv brought to you by Shanti-Chi.
Three elegant women musicians from Suzhou, costumed in Whispering Lotus Chi-pao will give us a concert on Chinese guqin, zheng, dizi and xiao (bamboo flute and end-blown bamboo flu…
Playing an instrument with over 2,500 years of recorded history, after some 100 public recitals in the UK, international classical Zheng performer Yi Dong, a soloist with five albu…
Penetrating Europe, or Migrants Have Talent is a mix of verbatim theatre and talent show based on real-life stories of undocumented migration to the UK.
Join politicians, authors, artists and international cultural leaders for a weekend of panel debates, tête-à-tête discussions, music and art in the grounds of Scotland’s oldest …
The latest performance project from leading site-specific dance theatre company Oceanallover.
Support indie film! Now entering its fourth year and including the premiere of event director Al Carretta’s 10th indie feature Precious Little Things, we present a curated selectio…
One of Scotland’s most respected musicians and a versatile keyboard improviser in all styles, Richard Michael BEM brings his dazzling fingers and presentation skills to the fore in…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Dino Wiand plays the Yorkshire Ripper, who has been allowed out of prison on a rehab program to perform a stand-up comedy routine, which he uses to discuss his plans for orchestrat…
America’s Got Talent winner, ventriloquist Paul Zerdin, heads to Fringe for three nights only, fresh from headline shows in Las Vegas, with a sparkling new show featuring his all-s…
The formal meeting where accounts are presented, activity reviewed and directors elected. If you’re passionate about the Fringe, come and be heard.
A sensory experience transforming dancers into sleek, androgynous, nocturnal beings guided through shadows by a futuristic techno soundtrack.
The latest performance project from leading site-specific dance theatre company Oceanallover.
Dino Wiand plays the Yorkshire Ripper, who has been allowed out of prison on a rehab program to perform a stand-up comedy routine, which he uses to discuss his plans for orchestrat…
Peter Gill”s Certain Young Men was first performed at the Almeida Theatre in 1999.
A fun, yet breathtaking and moving display of thirteen stories chosen from the Bible and reproduced by hand in wool.
The Accidentals are so excited to be back in Edinburgh performing at the Festival Fringe for their sixth consecutive year! In the past they’ve had three sell-out, five-star runs an…
The Other Guys from the University of St Andrews return to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the third time, with more energy and excitement than ever before.
This play, set against the historically accurate backdrop of the first day of the Somme, features fictitious soldiers from the Durham Pals regiment, preparing for the big push.
When Camille transfers to London, she finds herself blissfully following a well-travelled road.
Reactivists bring you a new show each week, based on the news of the week before.
Chicago meets all-female A Cappella! An original work by The Accidentals, this contemporary A Cappella show brings together the Cell Block Tango and The Barden Bellas in an extrava…
The Other Guys return to the Fringe with their show All Night Long with more charm, energy and dulcet tones than you can shake a stanky leg at.
Farce has a proud place in British theatre history.
The show follows up on No Redemption Songs (Fringe sell-out 2014 and 2015) and tells the story of the former mining village of Horden, Co Durham, in the years since the miner’s str…
It was the race they said Clinton couldn’t lose.
Brahma (Sanskrit Brahama) was founded in early 2011 in Beijing, China.
A selection of favourite variations, nocturnes, fantasias, waltzes, mazurkas and polonaises played by William Alexander (piano).
Sir James MacMillan has a long and fruitful relationship with both the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the Edinburgh International Festival.
Talented young string players perform together in a series of concerts at St Giles Cathedral.
Marlon’s a Jew.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
A panel of comedians discuss everyone’s favourite topic – women.
Watch an almighty golfing battle for festival bragging rights and a trophy! Teams representing promoters, venues, the press and locals play nine holes of golf to discover who the g…
East 15 is holding auditions for both these creative and challenging courses, exploring global performance and acting for overseas students.
One million people on all sides were killed in Italy in WW2.
In 1875, a group of first and second generation immigrants, from the greatest refugee crisis of the age, fed up with their lack of opportunity, founded a football team called Hiber…
Mark Watson asked a range of top comedians: ‘what is your bad idea? What show would you like to put on, but never dare?’ Now, one a night, they attempt these projects.
Fanti Acrobats International from Ghana, West Africa.
Our Carnal Hearts is a wicked and totally absorbing cathartic purging experience, exalting the darker shades of humanity that dwell within us all.
The life of Elvis Presley told through 17 women: some enthralled, some appalled, all obsessed! From Tupelo, Mississippi where 12-year-old Elvis wanted a BB gun instead of a guitar,…
New writer Priscilla Berringer collaborates with Joanna Faith Habershon (2016’s Soft, the Moon Rose), taking a fresh look at old time classic Jane Eyre through the eyes of a fail…
A topical and popular theme for this year’s Fringe – mental health – is explored and fleshed out in this beautiful, bittersweet tale of two childhood friends that battle to f…
Reactivists bring you a new show each week, based on the news of the week before.
The Voice Festival UK once again return to the Fringe with an evening of a cappella for all the family to enjoy.
Do you love singing? Would you like the chance to sing some of classical music’s most iconic choral pieces, led by a wonderfully expressive conductor? If so, come along and sing …
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Join us for traditional Catholic Anglican liturgy with the renowned choir, organ and congregation of this historic church, directed by City and University Organist Dr John Kitchen.
Join us for traditional Choral Evensong and Benediction with the renowned choir, organ and congregation of this historic Anglican Catholic Church.
This small yet yet unmissable jewellery exhibition features over 300 unique and original jewellery designs from 30 independent designers across the globe including local emerging t…
SCCC will carry on the splendid programme during the second day of the event.
Marlon’s a Jew.
‘Four dangerously good singers, with a hilarious MC and pianist’ (ThreeWeeks) – All That Malarkey return to the Fringe with an all-new, outrageous music show, flaunting their…
SCCC is proud to present splendid programme for audiences.
In this post-truth era, we desperately need more scientists to critically evaluate evidence for political and corporate claims; we can’t afford to keep losing many of our best wo…
With the combination of classic melody and innovative performing methodology, the concert will demonstrate the charms of traditional Chinese music and dance with the spirits of the…
Join us at our new venue in Leith! Great selection of collectable vinyl! LPs, 12” and 7” singles and a gaggle of 78s.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Powerful, poetic, effortlessly charismatic, Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti is one of today’s most admired and cherished performers.
Edinburgh International Youth Orchestra performs two concerts at Greyfriars Kirk with players from the Palestine Youth Orchestra.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
We love ‘A’s! ‘A’s in Alphabetti Spaghetti! ‘A’s in the Alphabet and the ‘A’s at the start of something… Something big! Like a programme… Be here at the start of something!
The future of classical piano is here! With cutting-edge virtuosity and sleek elegance, this four piano, eight hands ensemble from South Korea blends Beethoven and Chopin seamlessl…
Enter a Bedouin tent, enjoy Druze cookery, practice Hebrew and Arabic, attend the film theatre, view original art, try on Maskit fashion, learn Sufi dancing and hear from Jewish an…
Over two recitals, Stefan Warzycki performs all Chopin’s Op 10 études as recast for the left hand by Leopold Godowsky.
Everyone has secrets.
A child is born.
Dance-Forms Productions is celebrating 16 years of brilliant performances at the Fringe, presenting the cream of the crop of postmodern creations.
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Choral services sung by the Cathedral choir, the only choral foundation in Scotland with a tradition of daily services.
Just how low can reality TV go? When sinister American cult leader Chuck pitches a gruesome dating show with death as the ultimate prize, a couple of desperate television producers…
Come and listen to beautiful sacred music in the liturgical context for which it was written in the setting of one of Edinburgh’s finest churches.
Join the Cathedral’s choir and congregation for uplifting Choral Eucharists with the finest cathedral music, featuring mass settings by Jonathan Dove, Vaughan Williams and Mozart.
A hypnotic, tongue-in-cheek antidote to the glittering circus world.
One of the UK’s leading improv comedy shows and Fringe favourites Men With Coconuts are back! 60 minutes of improvised games, sketches and songs, culminating in a showstopping fi…
Marlon’s a Jew.
Come watch and be part of this interactive, fun mixture of stand-up and interactive comedy debate as a compere and a number of the best comedians from around the Fringe converge in…
Colour coordinated galpals Emma Moran and Sarah King, explore the meaning of friendship through the mediums of poorly made hats and sketch comedy.
Seventy contemporary artists/makers open their studios to the public.
Marlon’s a Jew.
Edinburgh Central Mosque opens its doors and warmly invites you to Islam Festival Edinburgh.
Deep in the vaults of an ancient priory a deadly creature awakens… Bold knights flee in terror! Can a humble nun defeat the beast? Two muddle-headed storytellers use puppetry, li…
From Memphis to Folsom Prison to… Glasgow? This unusual story unfolds with the familiar calm bass baritone, crooning Walk the Line.
Energetic, disturbing and just a bit confusing, Fourth Monkey’s latest offering of physical theatre crashes onto the festival stage in this entertaining if messy and uneven reworki…
Detailed, charismatic and humorous, State High Thespian Troupe’s take on the classic Grimm’s fairy tale is an accessible musical for all the family.
After last year’s successful fringe event, celebrity chef, Tommy Miah is running another Street Food Festival experience.
Gallery 23’s Queer Pop Exhibition showcases fourteen contemporary Edinburgh-based artists, with an aim to ‘explore some of the many diverse issues surrounding the LGBT+ communi…
Alpha Art Gallery presents a collection of the latest original paintings and prints by Ron Lawson, an artist widely regarded as Scotland’s most distinctive contemporary painter.
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It’s the launch day of the Free Fringe Festival music stages at Biddy Mulligan’s and the Wee Pub featuring a selection of our favourite musical maestros all day.
It’s the launch day of the Free Fringe Festival music stages at Biddy Mulligan’s and the Wee Pub featuring a selection of our favourite musical maestros all day.
Award-winning show.
The worldwide touring exhibition of award-winning photos will come to the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.
Two of Edinburgh’s finest resident songwriters Nicholson and Gore perform songs of freedom and social justice.
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On our tour we will reveal some of the secrets hidden within a city rich in culture and ancient history and blessed with beauty.
When a double murder reunites the classmates of St Elizabeth’s Primary School, scores are settled, debts repaid and alliances forged.
In any amateur production, the most significant moments are those where one forgets that the performers are not professional.
The Old Men, Rod Hunter and Les Sinclair return for a 6th year, joined again by the fantastic and slightly more youthful Raymond Mearns.
We are all Going to Die is a devised piece by Dead Person Productions.
Chamberlain has been relegated to history as one of life’s wishful thinkers.
Each evening we welcome a top comedian to perform their full Edinburgh show on board Audrey, the most unique venue at the festival.
From four time Canadian Comedy Award nominee and creator of Fringe Hit ONEymoon (***** Victoria Times Colonist ).
What if the extreme Christian right in the USA got everything they wanted? Emmy winner Joe Janes’s play, featuring 10 Chicago actors performing 40 characters, shows us the absurdit…
As the friend with whom I went to see the show so emphatically said, All We Ever Wanted Was Everything is ‘everything’.
The hugely popular show at comedy festivals and theatres worldwide returns for its 10th anniversary year.
Daniel Piper’s Day Off is a one man comedy show that goes through the different anxieties one feels when calling in sick to work.
This show is so much more than a tale of two gays: it is a tale of success.
To mark its 10th Anniversary, the worldwide hit show puts on an extra afternoon special.
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
Dino Wiand plays the Yorkshire Ripper, who has been allowed out of prison on a rehab program to perform a stand-up comedy routine, which he uses to discuss his plans for orchestrat…
One dimwit comedian’s every dumb decision presented in list form.
Did you support the #WomensMarch? The only place to march this August is down to this female-led show! A rotating line-up of talented, award-winning, critically acclaimed guests, t…
What happens when we struggle to do anything? A series of in-development clown and theatre pieces. Themes will include difficulty, struggle, Ludwig Wittgenstein and snakes.
The UK-based comedian returns with new and hilarious anecdotes and jokes from his many comedy journeys around the world.
All the movies in the Marvel cinematic universe in one hour.
Interrupt the Routine returns as 1940s radio group The Misfits of London for another highly enjoyable adventure of The Gin Chronicles.
While the world grips onto its safe space with progressively whitened knuckles, We Are Still All C*nts will be a haven where the left, the right, the old, the young, the rise of fa…
Deliciously dark re-workings, told through stand-up and live art.
‘This great big, funny, friendly, hairy bear of an Irishman wrapped us in his irresistible mix of spontaneous humour, hilarious storytelling and total irreverence, and it was a s…
A near-immersive theatre show encompassing and delving into the lives of six recovering addicts.
Beta-males Nathan D’Arcy Roberts (shortlisted for BBC Radio New Comedy Award, 2016) and Ross Smith (So You Think You’re Funny? Semi-Finalist, 2015) explore identity, nostalgia …
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…
Women at War is an interesting piece which explores the gendered dimensions of warfare through a monologue by a female American soldier serving in Afghanistan.
To mark its 10th Anniversary, the worldwide hit show puts on an extra afternoon special.
Family physical theatre.
This idiot’s back.
From two former students of Philippe Gaulier.
A vibrational revolution of being, channeled by a goddess.
Delightful and expressionistic one-woman show; Above the Mealy-Mouthed Sea is spoken-word theatre play about the self we present to the world and the self we try to hide.
Peter E Davidson is a wine drinking man adrift in a sea of beer drinkers.
To accompany Dyad’s premiere of The Time Machine, thirteen of Jane Austen’s most celebrated heroines return in Dyad’s acclaimed revisiting of some of literature’s most celebrated w…
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 cult-favourite alternative comic humbly invites you to his brand-new, absolutely brilliant hour of extraordinary-absurdist-character-comedy-nonsense-sort-of-stand-up and hubris…
A show about being the only remaining singleton in a world full of weddings, mortgages, children, security and a lack thereof.
One dimwit comedian’s every dumb decision presented in list form.
A daily selection of Ireland’s top comics plus guests from other countries. One of the best comedy shows at the festival, all for the low, low price of free!
Curating a collection of the most bizarre instances of human behaviour recorded on esoteric VHS tapes, Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher do little more throughout the evening than brief…
The traditional Korean tale of Princess Bari comes to life in this touching and inspiring production.
Incognito Theatre’s adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front is a solid, if predictable, production which ticks all of the necessary First World War boxes.
It’s difficult to know when Phoebe Walsh is being ironic, and when she is simply revelling in being a stereotypical millennial.
First Prize winner (Gilded Balloon Sitcom Trials 2016) Kate Bowes Renna brings her new satirical comedy to the fringe.
‘Who thinks they are perfect?’ Is the question Danyah Miller poses to the audience at the onset of the performance.
Half a String Theatre’s new show is a delightfully charming and immaculately produced tale of triumph, travel and terrific adventure told through innovative puppetry and wonderfull…
Single father Mark Forward has decided the time has come for him to be appreciated as a comedian.
Tony Award winner Joe DiPietro’s play reimagines La Ronde in today’s gay scene.
Spies Like Us Theatre’s adaptation of Graham Greene’s classic novel is, quite simply, a joy.
Gloria and Padraic are best friends whose relationship changes forever.
Be there at the launch of the massive 2017 Free Fringe Festival! See an almighty selection of performers! Mingle with the acts and VIP guests! Meet our mad Chicken mascot in person…
The dance world can sometimes take itself a little too seriously, it often seems to be too caught up in technical comparisons to just enjoy itself, however, Chicos Mambo is the opp…
Two cultures have thrived, one on each side of an impenetrable wall.
Funny Women takes over your lunch hour with a feast of comedy, interviews and highlights from the very best of the Fringe.
All Genius All Idiot is a quirky and outrageous piece that explores the animalistic side of human nature using contemporary circus, performance art and live music.
Australian comic Lauren Bok has a joke toward the beginning of her show about Australia being a country stuck a few years in the past; what she doesn’t achieve in her hour-long s…
Perhaps you’ve heard of The Midnight Beast? Their blend of comic indie-pop-rap began on a humble Youtube channel and moved to Channel Four just a few years later.
When an Edinburgh Fringe virgin asks a seasoned Fringe-lover (that’s me, by the way) for show recommendations there are a number of shows I always highlight before reviews have e…
The monster gods of comedy and 2016’s winners of Mervyn Stutter’s Spirit of the Fringe award return to Edinburgh.
Burly Glaswegian stand-up Scott Agnew has for many years joked about “blow-job knee”—wear and tear arising from too much time on his knees providing oral sex.
Returning to Edinburgh for a 7th year, All The King’s Men are the voices that are defining a genre.
The greatest comeback concert ever! Featuring all your favorite groups you’ve never heard of from the 80s to the present day, including Familiar County, Simon Never Said and The …
From the moment you enter – greeted by several songs in multiple genres, all with the lyrics ‘chops not ham’ – you have already begun to tumble down the rabbit hole into th…
Resting from the outdoor evening plays this utterly charming take on the Three Kings is indoors mid-afternoon.
The children’s play this year is based on a compilation of the many folk tales from around the world that were the origins of the tale of Cinderella.
Join a local guide for this fun and informative walk through 900 years of Edinburgh’s history.
See the extraordinary world of the Fringe through the eyes of schoolchildren from across Scotland at this free exhibition of entries in the 2017 Fringe Schools Poster Competition.
The hugely popular show at comedy festivals and theatres worldwide returns for its 10th anniversary year.
An exhibition of the best in modern art photography from photographers, both amateur and professional, worldwide.
Returning for its 12th season, this critically acclaimed curated programme showcases silver screen shorts and contemporary filmmakers all day, every day.
With comedy, cabaret and fun for all the family to enjoy, the Huggers show returns to Edinburgh.
Present concerts of all kinds of music.
The wildly successful One Man Comedy Men are from Mars Women are from Venus Live! starring Amadeo Fusca.
A father returns home with a magical cloak.
Our closing night extravaganza features PHIL LUNN IS.
A new play by MATTHEW DUNSTER Adapted from the novel by CHARLES DICKENS “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of fool…
THURSDAY NIGHT LIGHTS features PAPER PLANES with Imaginarium, an improvised musical, plus THE LEMONADE BRIGADE, an all-gay group assembled for the festival, and RITA SUSZEK with Pa…
Improv legends Maria Peters and Lauren Shearing are BREAKING AND ENTERING a two-person tour-de-force of improvisation! Plus QI: QUEER IMPROV, all-female 20% LESS, IMOGENE and a MIX…
THE BAREBACK KINGS is a new drag king show from Lynsey Bonell, Abbey Kos, Juliet Morrish, Fran Reid, Alice Sanders, Rebecca Schuster and Anne Zander.
MUSIC BOX creates a one-act improvised musical inspired by a title and location from the audience! Plus CITY IMPRO, JESUS LOPEZ, BEYOND THE RIDICULOUS, “RAINBOW SOMETHING” and a M…
Naughty compare LUKE MEREDITH hops into the jacuzzi at The Free Association as their guest monologist! Prepare for a fast-paced and witty evening of titillating banter and scenes! …
“Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
Friday 23 June, 16:00 - 20:30, Z-arts Our Refugee Week programme culminates with a celebratory event organised in conjunction with Manchester Refugee Support Network.
Events series bringing together local communities and new incomers through the medium of arts.
Six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald makes her West End debut as legendary jazz icon, Billie Holiday.
Join us for the first program of Orchestra of St.
Following her success of last year’s Edinburgh Fringe, Penelope brings her unique combination of stand-up, character comedy and songs in this nationwide tour of ‘I was a penis.
Following the story of ‘The Liar’, a broken down, two-bit mentalist act who has reached the end of his tether and threatens to finish it all.
Kids these days! No one knows what they’re up to.
An umbrella for a sword, a lamp as a tree and a wooden spoon as a nun, are just a few examples for the smart and innovative use of objects in The Tale of the Cockatrice.
‘The Funny Women Awards’ are back at Brighton Fringe! ‘The Funny Women Awards’ has left a massive impression on the UK comedy map, with previous winners and finalists including …
Talking about Birth Matters.
‘Daddy Day’ is a perfectly pitched, meticulously performed work that stretches the limits of theatre and leaves one reeling.
Apples and Snakes and New Writing South team up to present a programme of poetry, spoken word and live literature.
The science comedy phenomenon returns , and this time they're off the chart.
The latest production by Embolon Theatre, All In is such a hybrid of genres that I am unsure on whether to refer to it as a play, a stand-up comedy show, or a mind-bendin…
A theatre company taking a reimagining of Shakespeare to a Fringe festival is like your Nan getting tipsy at Christmas.
I’m always interested in the extent to which the publicity for a performance matches the reality of the production; how the promise materialises on the stage.
Your chance this season to keep the faith and polish up our dance floor with Northern Soul dancing, returning for the third time at Brighton Spiegeltent.
An evening of the incredibly powerful music of Tchaikovsky.
Join The Fairy Tale Fair at Brighton Open Market for a special Saturday market takeover.
“Anyone else a massive fan of the divine Miss Vogue and her ukulele? Thought so.
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 …
Three remarkable short plays about modern male homosexuality: a farce about stereotypes and unrequited love; a drama about a date going very wrong; a transcontinental love story ab…
Does the perfect man exist, and at age 83, does Lynn Ruth Miller need to find him? Her 70 minute show, autobiographical, takes us on a journey from 1943-2017 (11 years old - 83yea…
What happens when your life seems to mirror that of your musical hero? Greg Moncur is convinced his obsession with Johnny Cash is influencing what happens in his life.
A rip-roaring rollercoaster of laughter where six improvisers make everything up on the spot as they race from one game to another.
Art projections, feature films, documentaries and accompanying talks including film-makers exploring the experiences of refugees.
Join the irrepressible Brighton Ceilidh Collective for an evening of raucous nonsense and ceilidh dancing.
Our 2017 sculpture exhibition showcases work by both established and up-and-coming artists.
At thirty-six, David is still unable to function in society.
No one does satire quite like Brighton’s very own ‘The Treason Show’.
“Stories can conquer fear, you know.
Plunge into tales of the legendary Welsh bard Taliesin.
Following sold out seasons at the National Theatre, Edinburgh Festival Fringe and UK Tour, the smash hit, award-winning new musical from the National Theatre of Scotland and Live T…
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Celebrate the arrival of the Brighton & Hove Property Consortium’s Charity Cycle Ride with the Mayor of Brighton & Hove as they cross the finish line in New Road to mark the end of…
Everyone has experienced the dreaded ‘bad day’ where nothing seems to work out.
It could not have been a better day to go on a stroll around Brighton.
Exclusive after hours tours, just on offer as part of the Brighton Fringe in May.
Guided tours of this magnificent Grade I* listed church - one of the finest Victorian churches in the country.
This is an exhibition of abstract sculpture situated on and around a farmyard in a mid-Sussex rural setting.
Hove has been home to women whose ideas have shaken up our world - from some of Britain’s first women doctors to suffragettes, from social campaigners to boundary shifting entert…
The 306: Day is the second of a three play trilogy instigated by the National Theatre of Scotland, inspired by the stories of the 306 British soldiers that we know were executed…
We’re opening the doors of Brighton Buddhist Centre! If you’ve ever wondered what goes on, come along and have a look around.
Charly N’doumbe, student at the Beaux-Arts Biarritz, validated his curriculum by obtaining a DNAP (National Diploma of Visual Arts) with a special congratulations and accreditation…
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They move among you unseen.
Benjamin and William are waiting, but as time progresses, so do their differences of opinion, from ‘Doctor Who’ to Brighton seagulls.
In a garden far away, in a world a lot like this one, in a conversation that has already happened, Eddie asks Garland: “What’s it all about?” And Garland answers, “I don’t know.
Join us at Foodies Festival, the largest food and drink festival in the UK, returning to Hove Lawns this summer on the bank holiday weekend of April 29th - May 1st.
"I used to be scared of them.
The second instalment this Spring of hit theatre festival, Women Redressed.
All Cried Out is an intimate, interactive immersive encounter.
Women Redressed: Act I presents eight short plays from some of the UK’s up and coming playwrights.
The division in our post-Brexit, post-truth Britain stems from the difference between people who can accept dramatic change, and those who cannot.
A world premiere from ENO’s composer-in-residence Ryan Wigglesworth, The Winter‘s Tale a compelling new interpretation of Shakespeare’s tale of love, lo…
Choreographer, director, and multi award-winning dancer Manuel Liñán returns to Sadler’s Wells with an emotional voyage back to the memories and instincts of ch…
Let me dance for you – this is the caption of this night.
Want to learn the basics of improv comedy in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere? Join Naomi Petersen an actor, comedian, writer and singer, who will introduce participants to the jo…
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…
Closing-off the 2017 Shoreditch Improv Festivals will be Left Foot First (“I laughed so hard I had to apologise to the guy next to me for accidentally hitting him” ***** - Get Re…
Enrol in Balderdash Academy and join your improv professors on a tour de force of this century’s best street art focused in its natural home: Shoreditch.
The Water Poet was easy to spot on Saturday afternoon.
7pm-8pm Kicking-off the evening’s shenanigans will be… Comedy Shenanigans, who are Irish comedians Aislinn (Best Female Improviser – Improvaganza 2015) and Noel (Best Improv…
Across three days, thirty of London’s best comedy improv and sketch groups will be amazing audiences (and themselves) with their spontaneous, quick witted and absurdly funny scen…
Across three days, thirty of London’s best improvised comedy and sketch groups will be amazing audiences with their spontaneous, quick witted and absurdly funny scenes, sketches,…
Flamenco superstar Eva Yerbabuena is renowned internationally as being one of Spain’s leading dancers.
Opening the festival will be City Impro (“Incredibly Good” ****– Arts Award Voice), who make up crazy characters and silly scenes all based on suggestions provided by the aud…
Israel Galván likes nothing more than pushing boundaries and surprising with a know-how fed by the best Flamenco tradition.
Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale has all the characteristics of a Tragedy, as we speedily witness the horrendous consequences of King Leontes’ groundless jealousy for pregnant …
As Sara Pascoe explains, the peculiarities of a ‘job’ as a comedian, that is more ‘craft’ than job equally applies to describing whether something is funny or not.
The Fresh Grind Festival will showcase ten staged readings of plays/ musicals.
Sneak a glimpse of the real drama going on back stage as three stage hands at an Italian opera house are brought to life by the mask theatre masters of Berlin.
Join Celine Dion, Adele, Barbra Streisand, Shirley Bassey, Britney Spears & more of your favorite female vocalists, on stage together in the singular form of Christina Bianco!&…
Join Celine Dion, Adele, Barbra Streisand, Shirley Bassey, Britney Spears & more of your favorite female vocalists, on stage together in the singular form of Christina Bianco!&…
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Calling all fishy friends to the dance floor! Disco Kids presents an underwater adventure for your little sea monsters.
Written entirely in rhyming iambic pentameter, Ryan J-W Smith’s ‘MacDeth!’ lovingly parodies Shakespeare’s MacBeth while asserting itself as a modern verse comedy classic in its ow…
A lack of antibiotics to treat infection could soon bring us to a post-apocalyptic era where people die from minor injuries, or following routine operations.
Rab’s Videogame Empty is coming to Edinburgh! Come and join Rab Florence for a night of videogame weirdness, music, and entertainment.
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Something for the entire family! Come along and learn about the science of medieval construction, try stone carving and join our expert guided tours! See website for details: histo…
Mediterraneo is bringing Africa, Cuba and southern Italy to Summerhall for a huge festival edition of their world music concert.
Coming to Edinburgh after shows at Latitude and Machynlleth Comedy Festival, join Amy Annette in a talk show with her far more famous comedy friends; James Acaster, Lolly Adefope, …
Sell-out show 2015! Award-winning vocalist Ali (Scottish Jazz Awards) is back with a two-hour performance and an all-star band – Graeme Stephen (guitar), Chris Greive (trombone) …
This event is an opportunity to apply for East 15 Acting School’s MA in Acting and for the MA/MFA Acting International programme.
The formal meeting where accounts are presented, activity reviewed and directors elected. If you’re passionate about the Fringe, come and be heard.
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The shape-shifting comedy double act return with their live, comic existential meltdown that takes place as two comedians attempt to stage an epic, historical, romance novel in und…
Molodyi Teatre combine verbatim accounts of migration from the Ukraine to the UK with a Britain’s Got Talent pastiche in a bizarre satire of modern-day xenophobia.
Five woman poets, five unique performances of new writing, one Sunday in one beautiful venue. Please see bowdykitebooks.com for full details on line-up.
We’re All Mad in Here follows the story of Alasdair Carroll, a young gay man living in Edinburgh who comes across an elusive drag club called Curious Appetites.
Drawing from the likes of renowned theatre company DV8, All Might Seem Good mixes verbatim accounts of fate with physical theatre: mixing the highly natural with the highly stylise…
Within the heart of an urban ghetto is a sanctuary, a space where guns, grievances and gang allegiances are left at the door.
Do zoos still have a place in society? If so, what is it? asks esteemed biologist Mary Bownes.
Once again the band take the stage at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with great songs taken from their latest album, Fire in the Glen, and material from previous albums.
Two ladies who like tea, cake, gin and playing ukulele.
LuckyMe Records return with the best party of Edinburgh Festival once again.
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DON GNU are decked out in hand-knit socks and worn-out sandals and on the hunt for that dang thing called self.
The Life of St Margaret provides a unique insight into late 11th-century Scotland and her profound influence on her husband and his kingdom.
The International Shalom Festival is a celebration of the diverse culture, music, art, dance and food of Israel aiming to build cultural bridges and develop international friendsh…
A tribute to Half Man Half Biscuit’s 30+ years in music.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, specifically for Fringe participants.
Acclaimed violin and piano duo Sophia Bartlette and Amoret Abis celebrate women composers in an exciting, eclectic mix of genres and great works.
Shoot the Women First revolves around a mercenary company.
Older, wiser, funnier.
The Terrestrial Sea highlights the ever-changing environments of Cromarty Firth through music and film.
Join award-winning comedian Des Clarke at the recording of a brand new stand-up TV show featuring the comedy stars of today and tomorrow.
Join Sarah Millican and special guests as they celebrate the longest-running comedy festival in England.
Reacting to political turmoil, class struggles and bothersome intrusive thoughts, Neary attempts escapist talent show Opportunity Knockers.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Here’s what happens in order: A parody of bourgeois conversation by actors in black morphsuits; a light show to the gaiety of the Ode To Joy; unembellished description of said pi…
With stand-up, character comedy and a sprinkling of original songs, BBC Radio 4 TV critic Penelope (BBC’s Goodnight Sweetheart and Fist of Fun and BBC Radio 2’s Sony nominated King…
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
Featuring the music of Madness.
‘When it’s working, you won’t even pay attention to the time; there is no time, there is just that win.
What happens when admiration becomes obsession? When Greg Moncur discovers the music of Johnny Cash, he vows to become his biggest fan.
To be fair to the Hummingbirds, I’m not really the right demographic for their show.
Celebrating the 22nd anniversary of the International Choreographers’ Showcase and 15 years with powerful performances at the Fringe.
Acclaimed violin and piano duo Sophia Bartlette and Amoret Abis celebrate women composers in an exciting, eclectic mix of genres and great works.
The Funny Women Awards have left a massive impression on the UK comedy map, with previous winners and finalists including Bridget Christie, Sara Pascoe, Katherine Ryan, Kerry Godli…
Chinese Women’s Whispers provides an oasis of calm for weary festival goers.
The Women of the Hebrides were famed for their spinning and weaving of fine linen.
Join us for traditional choral evensong and benediction with the renowned choir, organ and congregation of this historic Anglican Catholic Church.
Scotland and China Chamber of Commerce is proud to present to you the second Edinburgh Chinese Arts and Culture Festival.
Dance, paint, build and design at our fun-filled family day.
Scotland and China Chamber of Commerce is proud to present to you the second Edinburgh Chinese Arts and Culture Festival.
Join us for traditional Catholic Anglican liturgy with the renowned choir, organ and congregation of this historic church, directed by City and University Organist Dr John Kitchen.
The Voice Festival returns to Edinburgh with another stellar a cappella showcase featuring groups of all ages.
AGAP Theatre’s acclaimed production from Lentfest.
The children’s show on an actual bus: with a bonkers bus driver, a clueless conductor, a double-decker bus and you.
The show follows up on No Redemption Songs (Fringe sell-out 2014 and 2015) and tells the story of the former mining village of Horden, Co Durham in the years since the miner’s stri…
A selection of favourite ballades, nocturnes, scherzos, waltzes, mazurkas, etudes and polonaises played by William Alexander (piano).
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
Combining the bawdy naughtiness of St Trinian’s, the desire to escape sobriety, language and depiction of true Scottishness of Trainspotting, with beautiful choral harmonies and …
Great selection of collectable vinyl! LPs 12” and 7” singles and a gaggle of 78s.
Doris has been making music from the big-band era of the 1940s to her latest album in 2011.
This is what happens when you ask a four-year-old to name the show while he’s busy playing with an empty yoghurt pot.
Immer City’s intriguing audio-immersive take on an oft-forgotten part of the tale of Macbeth is a wonderfully atmospheric and unique experience, if one that still feels rough aro…
This celebrated international soloist returns to Edinburgh to ‘indulge us with a rich spa of the spirits and mind’ (Xinhua, China).
Kids love to be involved when watching a show and we provide you with such a chance! Dance and sing together and even try on traditional ethnic costumes with this group of young da…
Join Gaulier graduates Georgia Murphy and Evie Fehilly for an hour of surreal comic madness.
Come and listen to one of Edinburgh’s best amateur choirs sing uplifting music in the liturgical context it was written for.
Choral services sung by the Cathedral choir, the only choral foundation in Scotland with a tradition of daily services.
Join the Cathedral’s choir and congregation for uplifting Choral Eucharists with the finest cathedral music, featuring mass settings by Schubert, Victoria and Kodàly.
Hong Kong-born artist Ms TK Chan lived and worked in Scotland for 10 years and returned to Hong Kong in 2010.
A comedy, sketch and game show for football fans that hate the word ‘banter’ and find Alan Shearer boring.
A sensational, original rock-opera experience set in the 34th century, this show brings together live rock music, dramatic performance and a spectacular movie created by award-winn…
The show begins with a strikingly visual movement piece, then a discovery of the characters in the story, revealed through various musical instruments.
The show begins with a strikingly visual movement piece, then a discovery of the characters in the story, revealed through various musical instruments.
Kids love to be involved when watching a show and we provide you with such a chance! Dance and sing together and even try on traditional ethnic costumes with this group of young da…
Where Do All The Dead Pigeons Go? This is a production that doesn’t try to answer any of your questions - or refer to pigeons, for that matter, even as a metaphor, throughout the…
Sexual Fears of A Modern Day Virgin.
Amused Moose Best Show nominee TT returns, with a devastatingly funny show.
Edinburgh Central Mosque opens its doors and warmly invites you to Islam Festival Edinburgh.
Seventy artists/makers open their studios to the public.
Enjoy a rare glimpse into Chinese contemporary design with this exhibition featuring the best new work by graduates of Shanghai’s most innovative art and design schools, curated …
Let’s just appreciate that title for a moment.
Following last year’s five-star smash-hit Some Like It Thea-Skot, ‘comic monster’ (Chortle.
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…
Inspired by the power of dreams, mythology and the collective unconscious, Alice uses textures, vivid colours, shapes and symbols to stimulate the senses, both consciously and subc…
Rod Hunter and Les Sinclair, two of Scotland’s more mature stand-up comedians return for the fifth year in a row with their successful Old Men show.
Cinema screening of live performance.
An “Original Lord of the Rings Parody” One Musical to Rule them All is full of puns, mocks the bits of Lord of the Rings that we all thought were a bit ridiculous and illogical…
Vocal Force is making their Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut! These young, enthusiastic performers from the USA harmonize their way through the past 60 years of chart-topping hits!
This is a tale about dogs: specifically Johnny the young puppy piano player in a shady speakeasy in 1920s New York City.
Top ratings aren’t always just about putting on a remarkable production, although 5 Out of 10 Men is that.
Experience the delights of India with a blend of delicious Indian street food and traditional dance.
The world of social media is beguiling, engrossing, enriching and deeply disturbing, as was Alice’s famous adventure.
In a world of increasing crime, someone has to fight back against villainy, someone with abilities beyond comprehension: fire breathing, super strength, or the power to produce pot…
Award-winning show.
Vesna Tominac Matacic’s adaptation of the works of Croatian poet Vesna Parun is an impassioned and beautiful spectacle that somehow still manages to feel lacking in substance.
The Royal Oak, an all year round folk music venue, again hosts Festival Folk at the Oak during August, when the Downstairs Lounge becomes the intimate Fringe hub for folk, acoustic…
Lying seems to be getting more and more fashionable.
Gone Native is made up of two Scottish musicians, Kevin Gore and Bobby Nicholson, who decided that there wasn’t enough of a local presence at the Fringe.
Anybody who finds themselves rooting for a couple in a film or show will love the responsibility handed out by Ae-Ja Kim in Our Man.
On average, 12 men take their own life every single day.
This tour covers both the Old Town and the New Town, and includes a wide breadth of history about Edinburgh.
Often, first-time Festival goers arriving in Edinburgh can be paralysed by choice as a result of the sheer volume of shows on offer.
On the white frontier in mid-nineteenth century Australia, a lone, bloodied woman arrives at a traveller’s rest in the midst of a violent desert storm with a shocking story to tell…
All Square is a collection of original photographs taken by Ewan Barry and Audrey Pinard of Téte-a-Téte Foto.
Beth Vyse’s sassy, leopard print clad alter ego: Olive Hands (Britain’s number 2 in the morning!), daytime TV wannabe resurrects her career on a cruise ship.
Witness the inner workings of the idiot as Omar & Lee invite you on an anarchic voyage through their minds, pushing their sanity and friendship to the limits.
Hi, Lee here.
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 wonderful 10-year relationship (yep, there’s no ex hating in this show) watch a 33-year-old man embarrass himself, trying to beat his sexual record of.
If you think you have seen and done it all, try John Pendal on for size.
Italian comic Giacinto Palmieri, in this hour of comedy, tries to draw comparisons between himself and renowned misogynist and philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche in their approach to…
Put your out of office on, divert all calls to your PA Karen and come along to a character comedy show from duo Lola and Jo.
This Is Our Summer Holiday: Saskia Preston and Sophie Henderson are using up every day of their annual holiday allowance to do their jokes for you.
It’s a stand-up comedy show from a stand-up gal about confidence and self-sabotage.
She’s been described as the best African-Czechoslovakian comic on earth.
What you see is what you get with Ashley Haden’s notoriously dark humour in this aptly-named free show.
A new stand-up and sketch show by Sarah Bennetto.
For those who don’t know, the Grimm brothers are the authors of the famous book Grimm’s Fairy Tales, a huge source of inspiration for all kinds of modern myths and fables.
Doris Day is one of the most loved singers and actresses of the 1950s and 60s.
This is the way the world ends.
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
Gillian Cosgriff is an absolute sweetheart with the pipes of a jazz singer and a wicked sense of humour to match.
Conor lost another friend last year, now he’s on his own.
What to expect from a show called F*cking Men? Yes, it is ostensibly about sex, specifically gay sex, and as you’d expect it’s ripe for memorable one-liners like “I’m not g…
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After more than 40 years, mummy’s boy Frankie Abbott’s memory is fading while in a care home, still fantasising about guns, girls and gangsters.
If you want to see comedy that is a little different, this is for you.
Christine Khandjian presents a Celtic musical inspired by Irish migration.
Filled with humour and sorrow, Every Day I Wake Up Hopeful is a play about a man who is considering throwing in the towel.
Romania, Russia, Ukraine and Malta are the countries represented in the first international stand-up comedy show where learning isn’t a purpose.
In Our Hands tells the story of Alf — trawler fisherman, boat captain, father — as he struggles with a changing industry, big business rivals, and his estranged son.
Twisted Edge Comedy presents the participants of their newly founded stand-up workshops.
Through a series of devised monologues, pieces of physical theatre and slam poetry, Lies.
Following sell-out shows in Adelaide, Melbourne, Darwin, Singapore, Germany and all over the UK, the hugely popular and hilarious show returns for its ninth successive year at the …
Fresh from London, Boston, New York performances, returning to Edinburgh for a sixth year.
Every night of the Festival, Edinburgh’s famous Monkey Barrel Comedy Club (Winner, Best Small Comedy Club, Scottish Comedy Awards 2016), brings you a cracking showcase of premier s…
Last year’s Top Free Show on the Fringe (Daily Record) is back for a limited run only! Improvised comedy games and sketches culminating in an entirely improvised musical.
The Cambridge Footlights have such a reputation that their name is practically synonymous with the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
This is a show that anyone who has ever been single – and that means everyone – needs to see.
The woman wants to marry, the man does not.
We know more about the Moon than we do about the ocean floor.
‘It’s a bit weird when I talk to you, eh?’ says Tim Carlsen’s Moko, the vulnerable and homeless protagonist of this curious one-man-show from New Zealand.
This is a bold and ambitious production, brought to life by three very talented young actors: Sam Ducane, Jack Gordon, and Jessica Sian.
The self-empowerment of interesting American women from history is a dramatic premise that instantly arrests your attention.
A Tale of Two Cities: Blood for Blood is neither the best of times, nor the worst of times, but over a ninety-minute running time it is a something of an odd construction.
In the centenary year of the Battle of the Somme, Incognito theatre revives Erich Maria Remarque’s classic tale that exposes the mental and physical strain of trench warfare, All Q…
There is a theory in literary circles that, at some point in the writing process, the characters will take on a life of their own and as such, will dictate their journey to the wri…
Australian musical trio Doug Anthony All-Stars were the anarchic kings of the alternative comedy scene in the late 80s and early 90s, achieving considerable success with such sleep…
Max & Ivan are celebrating the anniversary of when they met – and having in recent years become a staple of the Fringe, it’s easy to understand why.
We Live by the Sea is a feel-good tale, exploring the day-to-day life of an autistic teenager in Filey.
This long-established international art photography exhibition features over 200 prints from all over the world.
The hugely enjoyable and popular show returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for its sixth successive year.
See the vibrant world of the Fringe through the eyes of schoolchildren from across Scotland at this free exhibition of entries in the 2016 Fringe Schools Poster Competition, includ…
Step into an oasis of calm, and escape the hustle and bustle of the festival.
Following sell-out shows in Adelaide, Melbourne, Darwin, Singapore, Germany and all over the UK, the hugely popular and hilarious show returns for its ninth successive year at the …
An exhibition about some remarkable female pioneers who lived in Edinburgh’s West End.
Returning for its 12th season, the critically acclaimed curated programme showcases silver screen shorts and contemporary filmmakers all day, every day.
The hugely enjoyable and popular show returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for its sixth successive year.
Join a fun and informative small group tour through Edinburgh’s historic city centre, led by a knowledgeable and experienced local guide.
Hit theatre festival Women Redressed is back, running for two nights at Park Theatre.
Spending a full day (11 hours from first curtain up to last curtain call) watching three of Chekhov’s early plays (hence the ‘Young’ of the title) may not sound like the most fun…
‘On a day when the UK government have declared slaying legal, James has the urge to pay his ex wife a visit.
With its clipped accents, simmering tension, undulating music and themes of mental anguish and sexual tension, Terence Rattigan’s The Deep Blue Sea is quintessentially old-school…
The Sketch Men are returning to Manchester with their own particular brand of dry and self-deprecating humour.
1959, in a small, intimate bar in Philadelphia, Holiday puts on a show that unbeknownst to the audience, will leave them witnesses to one of the last performances of her lifetime.
This ground-breaking stand-up comedy show is the true story of how a shy Baptist boy from Watford became an unlikely international sex ambassador when he won the 25th annual ‘Inter…
Crouch End Festival is now the UK’s biggest community arts festival, with over 200 performers, over 160 events, over 10 days in over 70 venues, from cafes to pubs, open spaces to…
An ultra-black five star comedy.
A Steampunk fandazzle eruption.
Does anyone ever read these blurbs? Here’s an experiment: if you are actually reading this right now, text your favourite animal to Alex at 07450 846 211.
An insight into the weird worlds of three up-and-coming local comics, with three very distinct voices: Joe Foster, Graeme Collard and Dave Fensome.
Brighton’s biggest monthly performance poetry and open slam event presents a clash of the titans of spoken word: Three-times World Slam Champion Buddy Wakefield v European Slam Cha…
From the creators of ‘Three Excellent Little Pigs’ and ‘Gorrid the Horrid’ comes another spell-binding musical puppet show.
Treason Show: Festival Special.
Hot on the heels of their sell-out Club Tropicana events and Funk The Family festivals, Funk The Format curates a magical, musical shindig.
Our Flower Festival, entitled “LOVE IS .
Funk The Family returns for another magical instalment of fantastical fun for all the family.
The Funny Women Awards have been scouring the UK and Ireland for the best new female comic talent! Come along and spot the next big thing, help raise funds for domestic violence…
Preston Manor opens its doors and gardens for a pick-and-mix day showcasing the wider attractions of one of Brighton’s uniquely historic and picturesque city villages.
Join Tommy as he battles wolves, ghosts and monsters in pursuit of treasure.
After Banquo’s murder, his son Fleance is adrift in Macbeth’s brutal new Scotland.
Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour is a highly entertaining, song-packed show with plenty of heart.
This character-driven play from Moving On Theatre had something for everyone.
Your chance this season to keep the faith and polish up our dance floor with Northern Soul dancing, returning for the second time at Brighton Spiegeltent.
Funny Women’s share and gig night is perfect for comedy lovers and beginners.
Launching Edana Minghella’s new album, ‘All or Nothing’, a tribute to Billie Holiday.
Watch a fuzzy gentlemen do his best to convince you that he’s not a brain floating in a jar, whilst working out precisely how humanity has managed to get this far without totally d…
In this lecture, Danny Dorling considers how the UK, one of the 25 richest countries in the world, has become one of the most unequal and is on course to win the ‘global race’ to b…
Cheekykita, a ridiculous comedian like “no one else out there” (The Alarmist).
‘Gods Are Fallen.
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.
Join Brighton Ceilidh Collective for an evening of raucous nonsense and ceilidh dancing.
Acclaimed violin and piano duo Sophia Bartlette and Amoret Abis return for their third Brighton Fringe recital to celebrate women composers.
This solo stand-up comedy show is the true story of how a shy Baptist boy from Watford became an unlikely international sex ambassador when he won the 25th annual ‘International …
A unique opportunity to go off the public route and learn about the remarkable history of the world’s oldest operating aquarium.
The award-winning comic returns with twenty farcical characters including men and an inanimate object.
“You go to women? Do not forget the whip!”, wrote the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.
Fascinating, touching and truly enlightening, this lesbian musical romance tells the story of forgotten Variety stars Gwen Farrar and Norah Blaney.
A choir meets to rehearse a song to make things better.
Please ensure you use the right quote: “an imaginative wit that earmarks him as one to watch” with “cracking gags that turn on a smart use of language” (Chortle).
A show inspired by Hetty King (an emblematic, early 20th century drag king), which embraces the possibility of women making connections across stages, in time.
A show inspired by Hetty King (an emblematic early 20th-century drag king), which embraces the possibility of women making connections across stages, in time.
London comedian Heather Jordan brings her debut show to Brighton Fringe.
Work-in-progress from multi-award-winner celebrating the kick-ass women in our families who stood the test of time despite obstacles via faith, family, culture or the time they liv…
A cabaret piece about what happens when women are given just one hour a day to think about what it is to be a woman.
Award-winning short films from the internationally acclaimed ‘Iris Prize Film Festival’: a collection of the winners and runners-up from the 2015 prize.
The trumpet in the history of jazz featuring compositions and arrangements by the kings of jazz as well as new works.
Celebrating women in the brewing industry, we’re dedicating three days to the finest brewster stouts, saisons, pilsners and pales.
Join Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus as they explore their dark side.
During the 2008 Spring Season of “A Play, A Pie and A Pint” at Glasgow’s Òran Mór, writer and director Selma Dimitrijevic presented audiences with a delicate, poignant e…
Wilful princesses, Music Hall stars, headstrong courtesans, acrobats, entrepreneurs - Brighton has always attracted women who dare to do things differently.
By popular demand! Hove has been home to women whose ideas have shaken up our world - from some of Britain’s first women doctors to suffragettes; campaigners to boundary-shifting e…
Our sculpture exhibition is a celebration of art and sculpture, showcasing works by both established and up-and-coming artists.
Enjoy a taste-bud-tickling day out at the UK’s biggest celebration of food and drink.
A classic piece of American literature and a popular text for study in education, Of Mice and Men was John Steinbeck’s first venture into writing a novella aimed for the stage.
In this show Rebecca Vigil and Evan Kaufman interview a couple in the audience about their relationship, then spin an impromptu musical about the couple’s love story.
Take an extraordinary journey in the dark.
In one delightful scene of In Our Hands, miniature boats on sticks floating on a sea of netting are used to show us the ship-to-ship gossip of trawlermen, Cornish vowels lilting ov…
On 10 January 1992, the container ship Ever Laurel, several days out from Hong Kong en route to Tacoma, Washington, hit a storm in the North Pacific Ocean.
A love-triangle comedy with a supernatural streak, this excellently cast new play by J.
David Leddy’s apocalyptic fable International Waters certainly starts as it means to go on; loud and bold, with the memorable image of four gas-masked figures performing a tab…
After a sell-out run in November, Women Redressed returns.
The satirical women’s magazine Reductress presents this night of comedy and relaxation in honor of St.
Griffin Newman and Joe Garden return with another holiday-themed show, this one to celebrate “this most sacred Irish holiday.
Modern-day deadbeat Simon (Eli Kent) would rather natter to his mum, objectify his girlfriend, and play video-games with a pothead gorilla than think about the recent death of hi…
(performances begin on Thursday) It’s a royal spring at the Brooklyn Academy of Music when the Royal Shakespeare Company arrives with a quartet of celebrated productions: …
This March, Sprint returns: London’s biggest and best festival of new, adventurous theatre from across the UK and beyond.
Families eh? You can’t live with them, you can’t legally murder them for feeling that you have no more in common than a bloodline.
The 13th iteration of this festival celebrating all things flamenco brings a bright lineup of music and dance to locations throughout the city.
“Micro-operas” and monster drone epics share billings in this ambitious new-music festival.
This five-hour percussion marathon curated by Andy Akiho and Ian Rosenbaum features works by Steve Reich, Jason Treuting, Mark Applebaum, Paul Lansky and a premiere by Mr.
Dedicated to bringing you the BIGGEST variety in comedy.
Indie-pop band Sky-Pony’s lush sound and cheeky style will surround and seduce you into a world of prophecies and forbidden temptations.
This ground-breaking debut solo stand-up comedy show is the true story of how a shy Baptist boy from Watford became an unlikely international sex ambassador when he won the 25th an…
All Time Low and Dinner at Gordon Ramsay's Union Street Café - A 5-hour experience! Pop punk darlings All Time Low are thrilled to announce their return to the…
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…
Day of the Innocents takes place on the same set as the first James play, but it feels somewhat different thanks to subtle changes of dressing and lighting.
Mr.
This festival of new music, run by VisionIntoArt, is now in its third season.
DAZZLING DANCES! SPECTACULAR SONGS! DELIGHTFUL DAMES! DAMES AT SEA is a tap-happy celebration of the golden era of movie musicals with a heart as big as the ocean! Directed and cho…
HARLEQUINADE By Terence Rattigan 24 October 2015 - 13 January 2016 In this rarely seen comic gem, a classical theatre company attempts to produce The Winter's Tale and Rom…
This worthy festival showcases an eclectic range of composers, including Steve Mackey, beginning on Jan.
(previews start on Jan.
The centenary of the composer Milton Babbitt (1916-2011) is celebrated in the Juilliard School’s annual Focus! Festival.
(performances start on Wednesday) A collaboration among a quartet of performance spots — the Silent Barn, the Brick, the Bushwick Starr and Cloud City — this new festiv…
This Brooklyn-based festival alternates between mixed-bill programs featuring the three participating companies, and programs where each gets the stage all to itself.
The annual performance jubilee from Performance Space 122 has always been a boundary buster, but at this year’s festival, borders are an explicit theme: question them, cross …
This annual festival celebrates dance of the past, promotes dance of today and honors those making significant contributions to the field.
(previews start on Dec.
Trinity Church’s annual festival gets under way after Christmas.
Jaamil Olawale Kosoko begins this festival on Monday at Judson Memorial Church, a dance venue that for him raises questions about history, memory and space.
This show says it’s based on John Gray’s pop-culture best seller from the 1990s, and he even appears in two video segments, but it’s mostly a monologue by Peter S…
Come along and join in the mayhem of our fourth brilliant instalment of Variety of Kings!!! Wednesday 11th November at 7.
Comedy Central hosts this annual event, which showcases some of the finest up-and-coming stand-up talent in the country.
Emerging feminist theatre company, Sheer Height, present Women Redressed - a brand new theatre festival showcasing 14 pieces of writing – new and old – that put female characte…
Beneath St George’s Church, Bloomsbury, on Remembrance Day, a man named Aatif Nawaz is performing a show about Muslims.
This annual event — now in its 12th year — showcases the talents of Arab-American comedians, actors, playwrights and filmmakers.
A night of comedy, music and horror to celebrate Halloween, this show advertises to “test the extreme horizons of your mind ocean.
In the past year, Misty Copeland has graced the cover of Time magazine, became a popular face of the athletic brand Under Armour and, most significantly, became the first African-A…
Celebrate the 25th anniversary – and impending rebirth – of the cult television series as the Twin Peaks UK Festival returns to the Genesis Cinema in London’s East End in a f…
This adventurous festival of new sounds spreads its wings wide across the city with a presentation on Friday at Brookfield Place in Battery Park City by the American Composer…
The Footlights, Cambridge University’s theatrical club, has long produced some of Britain’s finest comedians, from Stephen Fry to John Oliver.
Reflecting the nation’s changing demographics, America elects its first female, atheist, openly gay president, who cancels Christmas and institutes Darwin’s birthday as the new…
This series, organized by the Austrian Cultural Forum, continues on Friday with Michel Galante conducting the Argento Ensemble and the violinist Hanna Hurwitz in the Violin Concert…
(performances start on Wednesday) The Emerald Isle meets the Big Apple in this festival devoted to work from Irish artists.
This festival — now in it’s second year — gathers some of the city’s finest free stand-up shows under one banner for a week of top-notch comedy at venues in…
Having won the Comics’ Choice Award at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, multi award-winning comedian Sarah Kendall is back with a hilarious new hour of storytelling.
Activities for all the family – learn how castles were built, see stone masons in action and hear about the area’s geology.
Marhaba! We invite you to experience the beauty, diversity and richness of the Arab world, right here in Edinburgh! This vibrant two-day cultural festival will provide visitors wit…
Like independent film? You’ll love Nightpiece.
I went into Tim Drain’s show fully prepared for some offensive stuff.
This award-winning devised piece from Two Destination Language clearly deserves its second festival run.
The formal meeting where accounts are presented, activity reviewed and directors elected.
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men could be seen as a dark comedy or as just dark.
A surprisingly funny show made up of a series of bizarre vignettes including film, speeches, dance (there is some dancing in clogs, but nowhere near as you expect from the title), …
Mediating Conversations about Conflict: The Church, the Constitution and the Climate.
Heartfelt jazz, blues and Americana, Lorna and her musicians perform beautiful standards from the great American songbook.
The Spooky Men’s Chorale, from the Blue Mountains in Australia, employ a devastating combination of immaculate musical sensibilities, cavernous vocal chords and extreme silliness t…
During its lifespan the average £10 note passes through 594 transactions.
Straight from USA’s Rocky Mountains and season one of NBC’s The Sing-Off, Face creates a high-octane vocal rock phenomenon punctuated by an endearing love of performance.
Twelve Palestinian artists come to Scotland for storytelling, poetry, stand up comedy, performance art, music and dance, a short film showing, photography, and discussion.
On Sunday afternoon, myself and around fifteen other people – most of them women – perch ourselves on armchairs in a cosy room in Appletree Writers at The Whole Works, on a qu…
Laughing Horse New Act of the Year finalist, Mo Gilligan and BBC Radio 1Xtra’s Kae Kurd join forces for their highly anticipated Edinburgh debut.
Edinburgh’s award-winning band return to the AMC for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with songs and stories from their latest album, Fire in the Glen and from previous recordings.
Carol Grimes, the Piaf singer/songwriter of British music.
Laughing Horse New Act of the Year finalist, Mo Gilligan and BBC Radio 1Xtra’s Kae Kurd join forces for their highly anticipated Edinburgh debut.
The Big V comedy competition is the search for a new star across Asia, sponsored by Magners cider. The search is over and Matthew Giffen is here to present the winner, Jim Brewsky.
The renaissance of vinyl continues! Great selection of collectable vinyl! LPs and singles from the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s to the present day.
Edinburgh’s first ever Chinese Arts and Cultural Festival featuring a traditional opera, authentic singers, a spectacular troupe of young drummers and more all set alongside a thre…
Critically acclaimed stand-up comedian, Celebrity Juice regular and the man who once got pizza delivered to a moving train returns to Edinburgh with a brand new show.
Stella Hall is an agent of social and artistic change.
Mrs Tobit Tells All – Blazing Grannies return with a classic quest to claim the treasure, defeat the monster, marry the girl, and achieve health and happiness for all, aided by a…
Join the Inflatable Colonel for a night of top-notch comedy from three of London’s most exciting up-and-coming performers.
Stella Hall is an agent of social and artistic change.
Join the Inflatable Colonel for a night of top-notch comedy from three of London’s most exciting up-and-coming performers.
Classical zheng performer, Yi Dong, is one of the only five soloists who has given a recital in China’s Great Hall of the People, and the soloist with the biggest number of public …
Sandy Nelson’s comic play examines the intriguing events of the 2010 Reykjavik Municipal elections, in which comedian and actor, Jon Gnarr, became the Mayor of Iceland’s capital, d…
The Sea Child, adapted by Carolyn Sloan from her novel of the same name, is a tender and evocative play.
‘You know what the cruellest thing I ever did to anybody was? I’ll tell you’.
Did Scotland vote the wrong way on independence? Predicting the future is hard, but if we carry on the path we’re on what becomes of our grandchildren? There is no way that every…
Swearing more than a band of sailors, the cast of Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour present an entirely candid portrait of female teenage sexuality and lives.
With loose and dishevelled hair, streaks of cat-like make-up and bulging veins, the chorus prowls across the stage, furiously chanting lines adapted from fairy tales.
A sweet, beguiling Shakespearean romance is skilfully reimagined against the backdrop of the Second World War in Youth Action Theatre (YAT)’s appealing production of All’s Well…
Free For All is a very clever verse play with a strong political slant, exploring the ideas of choice and social responsibility.
I have returned.
Award-winning Fringe favourite musical improvisers present an evening of spontaneous music, monologues, mayhem and hilariously insane fun.
The Day Before the Fair Album Launch – an arsenal of eclectic instruments.
Four people are onstage at the start of this play: Sean Campion and Scott Turnbull, the actors playing a mother/daughter pair, and a real-life mother/daughter pair.
‘Every now and then something happens.
Is it ok to Febreze your child? To go to school dressing-up day as a tequila shot girl? Does going to The Lego Movie classify as a good night out? Is your child getting enough Cath…
Traditional Catholic Anglican liturgy in this historic church close to Edinburgh’s Royal Mile with renowned choir and organ.
‘An invaluable body of work that traverses genres and captures untold stories of Kiwi pioneer women’ (NZ Herald, September 2014).
The Day Before the Fair Album Launch – an arsenal of eclectic instruments.
Traditional choral evensong and benediction in the catholic Anglican style with the renowned choir and organ of this historic church close to Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.
Before the lights go down and the show begins, a voiceover warns us to expect ‘scenes of extreme horror’ as this retelling of Edgar Allan Poe’s gothic tale begins.
Make Some Noize is Edinburgh’s most anticipated all day music festival featuring some of the world’s biggest music artists.
A selection of favourite ballades, nocturnes, scherzos, waltzes, mazurkas, etudes and polonaises played by William Alexander (piano).
Two staves (and all the leger lines!) become one under Stefan Warzycki’s dextrous left hand, in two virtuoso piano recitals including works by Bach, Chopin (arrangement by Godowsky…
Perfect way for under sixes to burn off energy at this fun, musical and sea animal filled session.
Like independent film? You’ll love Nightpiece.
Drawing on their huge catalogue of classic bits, always introducing new material and lacing it all together with bizarre improvised tangents, the Pajama Men create an anarchic nigh…
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
The Funny Women Awards have been promoting female comic talent for over a decade, and witnessed some fantastic acts who are now major names on the comedy circuit.
A look at new and original ways of presenting and producing theatre.
The UK desperately needs more scientists and engineers, yet highly qualified, talented and ambitious women are still deserting science.
Rory Lewis Photographer has made an outstanding contribution to photography and the visual arts, creating consistently imaginative and thought-provoking portraits.
Award-winning vocalist Ali presents a heartfelt homage to Lady Day with a selection of both rare and familiar songs.
This is the seventh year that producer and curator of dance Jodi Kaplan has brought the variety of American dance to the Fringe with this “festival within a festival”.
An hour of storytelling that will begin by transporting the audience around the British Isles through fairy stories provided by Taffy Thomas, first Laureate for Storytelling, and m…
Set against the dramatic and hauntingly beautiful backdrop of the South African landscape, these 15 works by Meyer offer a personal and compelling look into how war affects individ…
Fusion Theatre return to Greenside with a Poe-faced and incoherent piece of physical theatre that often makes even less sense than its overwrought title.
This dark comedy uses physical theatre to modernise the themes and settings of this famous Shakespearean play.
Dance-Forms Productions will celebrate the 21st anniversary of the International Choreographers’ Showcase and 14 years presenting exciting performances at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Mixed media paintings exploring cityscape, countryside and coastline: colours, textures and changing light of the seasons.
Choral services sung by the Cathedral choir, the only choral foundation in Scotland with a tradition of daily services.
The Voice Festival returns to Edinburgh with another stellar a cappella showcase featuring groups of all ages, plus a special collaborative number created at our earlier daytime wo…
Join the Cathedral’s choir and congregation for uplifting choral eucharists with the finest cathedral music, featuring mass settings by Stravinsky, Schubert and Martin.
Fairy Tale Theatre: 18 and Over is a collection of original fairy tales with morals and lessons for adults (ie.
Celebrate the 25th birthday of the magnificent Peter Collins organ at Greyfriars Kirk with festival Sunday worship and a series of classic lunchtime organ recitals, featuring some …
Come and listen to one of Edinburgh’s finest church choirs perform sacred music in the liturgical context for which it was written, in the beautiful setting of this stunning church…
See how radio is made.
Edinburgh-based Men With Coconuts are back with their five-star improv comedy show! Sixty minutes of improvised games and scenes culminating in an entirely improvised Broadway-styl…
This is a play for fans of Greek tragedy and theatre nerds.
Double bill from these award-winning (non boy) comedians.
Join West Country comedian Cerys Nelmes as she entertains you and your children for 45 minutes of onesie fun! Wear your onesie, and have some funsie! There will be music, dancing, …
Seventy contemporary artists/makers open their studios to the public.
The only things that will survive Armageddon are bacteria, cockroaches, and sketch comedy.
25 years ago a tragedy struck Montreal that brought the city to its knees and shocked the world.
Dutch worship collective, The Psalm Project, famed for their powerful contemporary reworking of the Genevan Psalter, are joined by Scottish band, Satellite, for this worship gig ro…
Download this audio walking tour – any day, any time – and become intimate with Fringe history, even perform yourself if you choose.
KINGS! is the brand new sketch duo of Adam Blampied and Lydia King.
Dave Pickering takes us on a personal journey through gender as he tries to explain masculinity both to you and to himself.
Join comedians Rachel Fairburn (NATYS finalist 2015) and Kiri Pritchard-McLean (Leicester Mercury finalist 2015) as they explore a shared passion, serial killers.
Fun workshop delivered by experienced media professionals.
Islam Festival Edinburgh invites you to gain a genuine insight into Islam.
Fun workshop delivered by experienced facilitators and media professionals.
Happy-go-lucky nihilism from a man in a powder blue suit. ‘Many moments of absolute brilliance’ (Scotsman). As heard on Josie Long’s Lost Treasures podcast.
Winner of the 2003 Olivier award for Best New Musical.
The Celtic Mystery Festival will take place at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange.
Can comedy change Western misconceptions about Islam? Join Aatif as he makes his Edinburgh Fringe debut with a show that drew critical acclaim and packed houses to the Leicester Sq…
Damo had his phone stolen.
One-woman comedy character show, written and performed by Abbie Murphy.
Charmingly anarchic breakthrough duo LetLuce were wholly responsible for 2014 word of mouth hit Show Pony.
Stand-up comic Ben Clover was a local newspaper reporter for six years.
We May Have To Choose is a one-person show performed by Emma Hall.
Since 1983 Dazzle has been showing up to 50 leading contemporary jewellery designers from all over the world.
From now until August 31st, visitors can soak in the buzzing atmosphere at Edinburgh’s premiere music venue.
Double bill from these award-winning (non boy) comedians.
Can comedy change Western misconceptions about Islam? Join Aatif as he makes his Edinburgh Fringe debut with a show that drew critical acclaim and packed houses to the Leicester Sq…
Two of Edinburgh’s finest resident songwriters perform a showcase of original and traditional Celtic music.
Foodies Festival attendees are welcomed with some free cider, ice-cream, and a range of other delicious freebies to try.
Eric is a friendly, unassuming man whose Tales of the Sea take you through his time spent on submarines in the Royal Navy.
Rod Hunter and Les Sinclair, two of Scotland’s more mature comedians, return for a fourth year with their Old Men show, for a longer run after last year’s full houses.
Join a woman – and her multiple personalities – on a journey through the twisted corridors of her mind, where you’ll meet some of the mad and quirky women of musical theatre …
KINGS! is the brand new sketch duo of Adam Blampied and Lydia King.
Shenoah Allen and Mark Chavez have once again brought their surreal blend of comedy and physical theatre to Edinburgh, and this time they’re taking on a classic of world literatu…
Join comedians Rachel Fairburn (NATYS finalist 2015) and Kiri Pritchard-McLean (Leicester Mercury finalist 2015) as they explore a shared passion, serial killers.
Stand-up comic Ben Clover was a local newspaper reporter for six years.
Tommy hates his life of poverty and grime.
On our tour we will reveal some of the secrets hidden within a city rich in culture and ancient history and blessed with beauty.
Sid Singh isn’t the first guy you think of when you think ‘America’, but so what? What’re you, an expert? No? Then chill out dude.
His name might feature prominently in the title, but prolific Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti takes a back seat in this new production written by award-winning playwr…
No women present would allow a middle-aged supply teacher and other men who are repeatedly ignored, to weep in peace.
The title of Steve Budeja’s show is misleading.
Like or hate Facebook, you’re guaranteed to love this all-female social media inspired comedy improv show.
For 30 years Ewins has been the top sales rep at the Plymouth Pie Factory.
Nick Payne’s bittersweet love story One Day When We Were Young charts Leonard and Violet’s tangled relationship across five decades of love and longing.
In 1920s London, Gwen Farrar and Norah Blaney have an on and off stage partnership, singing popular love songs of the day to each other in West End revues and living together openl…
Captain Morgan is back – and now he is armed with the Sands of Time.
Charmingly anarchic breakthrough duo LetLuce were wholly responsible for 2014 word of mouth hit Show Pony.
Cynical Sunshine.
Doris Day is one of the most loved singers and actresses of the 1950s and 60s.
One of Korea’s most celebrated contemporary dance companies, who have toured to over 30 countries, make their UK debut with a double bill of two of their most acclaimed works.
A man who’s recently had a heart transplant thinks that his new heart is talking to him.
‘Yes, 30 may be the new 20 but no one’s told that to my south-facing tits.
It’s amazing how much you can get out of the word ‘Ak’ – the only word in the troll language.
When Norris – one half of the outstanding comedy duo Norris and Parker (Katie Norris and Sinead Parker, directed by Lucia Fox) – learns that she was lured here labouring under …
Sid Singh isn’t the first guy you think of when you think ‘America’, but so what? What’re you, an expert? No? Then chill out dude.
Despite the fact that it’s 2015, there’s still much debate and handwringing about cross-gender casting in Shakespeare.
Acclaimed double act LetLuce (Lucy Pearman and Letty Butler) offer an entertaining hour of very silly, loosely connected sketches on a nautical theme.
‘Demitris Deech is a great story-teller’ (BroadwayBaby.
Have you ever been surprised to receive a phonecall from a friend that you were just thinking about? How many times have you felt so in tune with a person that you knew what they w…
Originally a one-act play consisting of five scenes, The International Stud premiered Off-Off-Broadway in 1978 and later became the first part of Harvey Fierstein’s landmark work, …
I am not entirely sure why comedians Ben Shannon and Mike Reed decided their set should be forty-eight minutes long, rather than a full hour, but it actually doesn’t really matte…
A Day in October centres around Kendall’s teenage years at a rough high-school in Newcastle, Australia.
Adapting Romeo and Juliet for a younger audience is by no means an easy feat.
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…
Like every other animal on the planet, humans need to eat in order to survive, but arguably no other species has developed such complicated social etiquettes around the consumption…
Brought up by his Egyptian mummy in deepest Wales, Omar’s childhood was full of mysteries: How did men ruin everything? What’s love? Why’s depression such a downer? Almost entirely…
A series of personal portraits of extraordinary men.
One-man sketch show Will Franken serves up another smorgasbord of multi-voiced madness.
Smooth Faced Gentlemen have subverted the original performance conditions of Shakespeare’s plays, which were all-male productions, and have tackled his bloodiest tragedy, Titus A…
The weird, wacky and wonderful all come together in this fantastically strange new show.
There are some terrible things happening in the world that only comedy can resolve.
There’s a whole lot going on in Derby Day.
Critically acclaimed off-Broadway and Vegas runs, two feature films, and now a long-awaited Fringe debut! An unforgettable hour of ‘dragapella’, a unique take on a cappella: stunni…
This time next year, the Assembly George Square Theatre will not be big enough to contain David O’Doherty.
“Doesn’t she look lovely?” Louise Mothersole and Rebecca Biscuit coo again and again, spitting irony.
Summerhall’s Meadow Galleries hosts the first Unlimited Exhibition: a collection of ambitious visual and mixed media installations by outstanding disabled artists.
John Steinbeck’s classic novella Of Mice and Men chronicles the unlikely and touching friendship between two ranch workers in pursuit of the American Dream during the Great Depre…
Festival of the Spoken Nerd present a variety of comedy stylings on maths, physics, and all things ‘nerdy’.
I’m not entirely sure where the title of the show came from, as love handles are never mentioned or a part of any of the sketches that The Cambridge Footlights perform but, frank…
Collegiate a cappella has become a major trend in recent years at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
‘One-man Titus Andronicus for Kids’ sounds like one of those joke titles you suggest to late-night improv troupes.
Established in 1995, and set in the historical former All Saints Parsonage, Cloisters has been a stalwart of the Edinburgh real ale scene for 20 years.
See the very best of modern photography from many worldwide contributors at one of the longest running photography exhibitions in the world.
The Royal Oak is one of the most famous hubs of folk music in Edinburgh; the 30-seater downstairs lounge has been dubbed the ‘folk living room’ of Scotland’s capital.
New in town? Start your day with a fun and informative walking tour, following a scenic route through Edinburgh’s city centre.
See the vibrant world of the Fringe through the eyes of schoolchildren from across Scotland at this free exhibition of entries in the 2015 Fringe Schools Poster Competition, includ…
C’s Fringe Film Festival is a smorgasbord of productions shuffled neatly into one come-and-go styled theatre.
Stories, photographs and tapestries about men in the Arctic Convoys in WW2 who received the Ushakov Medal in 2014.
(previews start on Tuesday; opens on Aug.
Direct from London’s world-famous jazz club, Ronnie Scott’s musical director and his ‘All Stars’, take to the stage to celebrate ‘The Ronnie Scott’s Story’.
Before the podcast officially begins, we’re invited to watch a clip of Yorkshire born and bred actor Mark Addy in action.
On the water’s edge at the southern tip of Manhattan, this free and popular annual event begins with the Erasing Borders Festival of Indian Dance to commemorate India’s…
In the first Robert Ross Requests the Pleasure.
This new indie festival takes over a Southern-style biscuit shop for three nights of stand-up comedy.
The Joyce Theater celebrates the diversity of ballet with a two-week buffet of companies and choreographers who are molding the form in interesting ways.
It’s your last chance to check out some of Britain’s best performers in London before they head north for Edinburgh at the new Barnes Fringe, 28 July - 1 August.
A man walks slowly onto the stage with his back to the audience, he holds himself in a wide stance and begins to strike the taiko drum.
Over 20 plays, some well known pieces, some new writing, some one person plays, some with a massive cast but all performed in 1 hour or less by numerous theatre companies
Stuyvesant Cove Park, which abuts the East River, is home to over 100 native plants and dozens of native birds.
This lively summer festival offers free concerts on Tuesdays on the main stage of Washington Square Park.
We have the best of the Edinburgh Fringe Under One Roof in South London for one special week 6th - 11th July.
The slaughter of Muslims by Bosnian Serb forces 20 years ago was a catalyst for Tim Ruddy’s play, though the setting of its war is never specified.
(performances start on Thursday) All the world’s onstage when this internationally engaged summer festival encamps at Lincoln Center.
(performances start on July 7) Villainous ice skaters, superhero pontiffs, a purple platypus and Napoleon congregate at this summer’s incarnation of the New York Musical Thea…
This weeklong celebration by the American Tap Dance Association returns for its 15th year to celebrate the form’s pioneers and innovators with award shows, master classes and…
Each summer this ambitious institute and festival, founded and directed by the pianist Marc Ponthus, brings together exceptional student performers with established artists and com…
WAR HAS COME.
With ever more sophisticated technology at their fingertips, composers of electronic music are producing a dizzying array of works that often draw on video and performance art, too…
(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…
Sunday Night: Nerd Night! Two geek/comedy shows for the price of one: [1] Festival of the spoken nerd: Just for graphs.
As part of what Vulture calls its city-wide “pop culture extravaganza,” it presents this jam-packed night of comedy, with performances from Kevin Barnett, Wyatt Cenac, …
One last chance this season to polish up our dance floor, Northern Soul dancing for the first time at Brighton Spiegeltent.
Following 2014’s debut, sell-out family festival, FTF return bigger and better! Hove Park is transformed into a musical wonderland.
The Funny Women Awards have been promoting female comic talent for over a decade and have witnessed some fantastic acts who are now major names on the comedy circuit.
A stand-up show of three up-and-coming comedians from the Soho Theatre Young Company.
An intimate solo performance made of dance, song, found objects, torchlight, and all things low-fi, inviting you to experience small acts of reinvention, a watery mapping of multip…
A poor and lonely old couple, desperate to have a child, adopt a piglet.
Benjamin and William are waiting, but as time progresses, so do their differences of opinion, from Doctor Who to Brighton Seagulls.
A short festival of four fantastic plays for young people performed by young actors over three nights.
Be part of a national project and keep a diary of your day on May 12, then bring your family along to our event on 23 May at The Keep and add your diaries to the Mass Observation A…
Whatever the election results, with no real economic recovery under austerity, what will Labour do for us? Join Jeremy Corbyn MP, Nancy Platts (hopefully Labour’s new MP for Brig…
Look how we’ve evolved! Learn about women in policing.
Austerity has devastated public services and increased inequality.
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…
“Women Who Wank” : A Fool’s attempt to untwist Herstory.
All Change is a short, minimalistic play about old age, dementia and father-daughter relationships.
A play about family, tradition and love.
Music, magic, burlesque, piñata smashing, sticker workshops, nacho hats, body-doodling, art battles, and loads more brilliant Brighton kookiness! Check www.
BBC Young Musician of the Year 2014 pianist Martin James Bartlett plays Mozart Concerto No.
‘Our Perfect Child’ explores the development of a Criminal Psychopath; we entice you through the looking glass as you experience the evolution of a psychopathic mind.
This enterprising new-music festival offers a focus on experimental performance and multi-disciplinary works.
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…
Alex Eberhard presents a sublime 10-piece electric orchestra.
Set in the gay community of liberal 1920s Spain, José is the central character in this all-male reworking of Bizet’s Carmen.
“In a small little town on Ireland’s west coast, lived Tommy O’Quire under an upturned boat.
Wilful princesses, music-hall stars, headstrong courtesans, acrobats and entrepreneurs.
A tribute to pioneering performers in Music Hall, Variety and Revue.
Foodies Festival returns to Brighton’s Hove Lawns for another fun Bank Holiday weekend.
From Ladies to ladies, scientists to sportswomen, Kemptown has inspired some incredible women.
Funny Women, the UK’s leading female comedy community, curates a weekend to give women a helping hand to find their funny.
A Brighton Fringe debut! This busy, central studio will be showing lovingly crafted works by active, Brighton printmakers from a range of practices.
New-music royalty including the violinist Miranda Cuckson, So Percussion, and the cellist Jeffrey Zeigler take to art venues in Brooklyn and Manhattan for this wide-ranging festiva…
An absolutely wonderful exhibition presented by Ink_d Gallery, on North Road, of Graham Carter’s “Alphamals” is family friendly and a highlight of this Fringe’s visual ar…
Annual exhibition on display at 7 North Road of the arts and craft work of Sanctuary’s residents. Now in its eleventh year.
Join our friendly team of eclectic instrument experts in an Aladdins cave of musical instruments! We have a whole range of FREE musical events planned throughout the month of May …
Guns! Gags! Gizmos! Be shaken, stirred and seduced by the heady cocktail that is the Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus as they go back to the Bond Age.
Join a woman – and her multiple personalities – on an unusual journey along the twisted corridors of her mind, where you shall meet the mad women of musical theatre, and celebr…
Michael Ricigliano Jr.
Spanish verse is the inspiration for this program, which features music by Shostakovich, Schumann, William Bolcom, Taneyev, Wolf, Peter Lieberson, Xavier Montsalvage and Granados, …
Borde Hill Garden is transformed into an outdoor gallery, enabling visitors to enjoy unique works of art set in “one of the country’s truly great gardens” (Sussex Life).
The erotically charged music of Monteverdi’s “L’Incoronazione di Poppea” and glittering arias by Handel are the focus of this concert presented by this cele…
This one-night-only affair offers a sampling of 10 dance companies representing a broad swath of contemporary dance in the city.
Matteo Lane fronts this LGBT-friendly alternative to the St. Patrick’s Day parade, with an excellent lineup including Sabrina Jalees, Julio Torres, and Emma Willmann.
A selection of the Upright Citizens Brigade’s best improvisers will be drinking all day long, then taking the stage for a night of improv mayhem, with team names like “…
After a very strong debut with Squash in last season’s A Play, A Pie and a Pint, playwright Martin McCormick returns with his second play, The Day the Pope Emptied Croy.
Shaina Stigler and Natalie Wall have assembled this weekend conference in Brooklyn to address underlying sexism in the comedy industry, with panels and many excellent lineups for s…
The Peoples Improv Theater plays host to this annual event, which features teams from around the country performing over five days.
A highlight of the Ecstatic Music Festival is Bang on a Can’s annual People’s Commissioning Fund Concert, which highlights imaginative new works by a range of composers…
Shannon O’Neill, artistic director of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater New York, and the veteran improviser Tami Sagher invite some of their improv friends for a night of…
The musical improvisers Rebecca Vigil and Evan Kaufman interview a couple in the audience about their relationship, then spin an impromptu musical about the couple’s love sto…
Jon Friedman hosts this storytelling show dedicated to breakups and blues.
To attend this festival, simply tune in on your device of choice.
Hooray for all Kind of Things tells the true story of Icelandic stand-up comedian Jòn Gnarr’s decision to run for office in the Reykjavík mayoral elections of 2010.
(previews start on Tuesday; opens on March 1) If you could compare theaters to clothing boutiques, then think of the Mint as a treasure trove of vintage looks.
(performances are Thursday through Saturday) The Skirball Center for the Performing Arts has a single stage rather than three rings and its supply of cotton candy is scant.
As an ongoing celebration of –and opportunity for –new playwriting talent, A Play, a Pie and a Pint – originated at the Òran Mór in Glasgow’s West End – has decided to m…
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…
This annual Juilliard School festival, organized by Joel Sachs, is an opportunity to focus, as it were, on a particular place and time, and this year, the theme is “Nippon Ge…
Dave Hill, a suave local favorite, hosts this top-notch night of comedy and music with a Christmas-themed show.
The superb organist Paul Jacobs won acclaim early on when in 2000, at 23, he played the complete organ works of Bach in a marathon to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the compose…
Five-star, darkly funny sequel to Pinocchio: the real story behind his infamous origins.
This popular festival opens its season with an intriguing program, “Art Song on the Couch: Lieder in Freud’s Vienna.
A favorite of the NPR crowd for her regular appearances on “Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me,” Ms.
Carolines again hosts this competition of young local comedians.
This host of Adult Swim’s “The Eric Andre Show” is a fearless, energetic performer known for his unpredictable antics and surreal bits.
At 77, Mr. Cosby continues to perform stand-up, and his clean-cut storytelling is dominated by tales of married and family life.
This rare gem of a comedian is beloved within the comedy community for her heart-wrenchingly honest stand-up and precise, carefully constructed bits.
A bright young comedian seen regularly on TBS’s “Ground Floor,” Ms. Heller was named one of Comedy Central’s Comics to Watch in 2011.
Mr. Morin, known to some for his turn on the NBC summer sitcom “Undateable,” is a rising star in the Los Angeles comedy scene and an always charming stand-up.
(Friday) A 25-year veteran of the stand-up scene, Ms.
This comedy and music extravaganza is a fund-raiser for the Ally Coalition and New Alternatives, which works to protect and support L.
One of the cleverest young comedians in New York, Mr. Rabinowitz performs an hour of material at Stand Up NY.
Ms. Notaro, whose strikingly candid and piercingly funny “Live” album was nominated for a Grammy, performs her new show, “Boyish Girl Interrupted.”
After supporting Jimmy Fallon on his “Clean Cut Comedy Tour,” Mr.
Mr.
Ari Shaffir hosts this popular storytelling show, which is set to debut on Comedy Central next year.
Robin Montague hosts these stand-up shows featuring some of the top female talents in the business, including Sasheer Zamata, Michelle Wolf, Sara Schaefer, Emmy Blotnick, Aparna Na…
An annual tradition in the New York comedy world, this show, hosted by Matt Ruby and Mark Normand, invites dozens of comedians to perform (in costume) as their favorite comics, fro…
Now in its eighth year, this megastar comedy and music show benefits the Bob Woodruff Foundation, which supports wounded veterans and their families.
Kevin Barnett, Jen Bartels, Lil Rel Howery and Josh Rabinowitz, stars of the new TruTV sketch show of the same name, perform a night of sketch and improv.
Cristina Cote hosts this variety show, a fund-raiser for the cancer support charity Gilda’s Club.
The Happiest Day of Brendan Smillie’s Life opens on sweet, strange Brendan (Ross Allan) who, with the aid of labelled paper plates, is attempting to design the optimal buffet ar…
(previews start on Nov.
Join a woman -and her multiple personalities - on an unusual journey along the twisted corridors of her mind, where you shall meet some of the mad and quirky women of musical theat…
For 20 years, Dancers Responding to AIDS has been producing a popular potpourri of dance on Fire Island to raise money for its myriad services.
This innovative festival, which explores themes of spirituality, continues on Friday with a performance by the Radio Choir Berlin of Rachmaninoff’s “Vespers” at t…
(previews start on Oct.
The first program of this frequently sold-out festival features, on Wednesday and Thursday, the San Francisco Ballet; the New Zealand company Black Grace; a premiere by the Mark Mo…
The satirical women’s magazine Reductress presents this all-lady lineup, hosted by Anna Drezen.
The harpsichordist Avi Stein directs this festival, which features some of New York’s top period instrument players.
Think of it as speed-dating for dance: Over four nights, 40 different artists each get five minutes on Joe’s Pub’s sliver of a stage to win over audiences.
During what is usually a slow week in the classical music season, the New York Chamber Music Festival has been stepping up for several years with an ambitious series of programs.
Jen Kirkman, a performer based in Los Angeles, brings a show of brand new stories and jokes to Brooklyn.
The Brooklyn Museum is once again the epicenter of this exuberant festival, which inserts dance, theater and music into alternative spaces throughout the borough, including a farme…
Eugene Mirman, a Brooklyn favorite, brings his eponymous festival back to Gowanus and Park Slope for another eclectic weekend of stand-up, music and a bit of science, as Mr.
“Queer” has gained mainstream momentum as an umbrella to capture the ever-shifting terrain of gender identity and sexuality.
As the Met concludes its free screenings of recent HD movie-theater broadcasts in Lincoln Center Plaza, the focus is on the star soprano Anna Netrebko.
Ever fancied a tasty taco, or a nibble on a noodle? Try some free tasters with more to buy from a range of international cuisine - with opportunities to make your own.
The Free Fringe invites all Fringe performers, wherever they’ve been performing, to its end of Fringe event. Mingle, wind down, dance, drink and reflect. Second annual event.
Beyond the Veil and Amina Muslim Women’s Resource Centre host an evening of short films highlighting issues around forced marriage and violence against women.
This will be the most talked about event in Edinburgh history.
The EClub, the active networking club based at the University of Edinburgh Business School, is delighted to host Simon as part of our Fringe series.
The formal meeting where accounts are presented, activity reviewed and directors elected.
A quartet of fifty-something women hit the gym to tone up - but when they look in the mirror they each see what they want to see - their twenty-year-old selves.
After three previous Edinburgh shows and supporting Alun Cochrane on two UK Tours, Mike Newall performs an hour of stand up.
Nightpiece Film Festival is attempting to do something quite lovely.
I gave up studying all forms of science at the age of 15, so on the surface, I would not be the natural choice for Jim Al-Khalili’s Quantum – Still Crazy After All These Yea…
What happens when you make the Fringe’s best sketch groups of the last decade trade a member for one show? This.
Japanese pianist Waka Hasegawa performs widely in concert and on radio, both as a soloist and in a duo partnership, in Europe, USA and Japan.
Moving On Theatre Piaf: Love Conquers All by Roger Peace is an inspiring roller coaster of a show around Piaf’s life, music, breakdowns and addictions.
Lynn Ruth Miller, age 80 reprises her 2013 Time Out and Soho Theatre award-winning extravaganza featuring outrageous comedy and songs, offering inspiration for living life to the f…
Traditional choral evensong and benediction in the Catholic Anglican style with the renowned choir and organ of this historic church close to Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.
Does the Fringe work for women? What images and messages do we see and hear? Are women fairly represented? Join us for a conversation about where women stand in the world’s large…
See two amazing dance companies captivate through rhythm! The Bang Group bangs it full force and (very) out loud with smiles in tow while Antara elegantly counterbalances the hypno…
Come and enjoy a relaxing lunchtime recital of a selection of favourite ballades, nocturnes, polonaises, waltzes, scherzos and other works by Poland’s most famous romantic compos…
“I never went to school,” Richard Fordham tells us.
The choir was founded by Arthur Sutton in 1994 and has performed in Scotland and Germany and we are proud to perform in Edinburgh as a testimony to his vision of two decades ago.
Club show with special guest DJs.
The Funny Women Awards have been promoting female comics for over a decade, and we’ve seen some fantastic acts pass through our doors who are now major names on the comedy circui…
The Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival celebrates Edinburgh’s traditional buildings and offers everyone an opportunity to learn about the skills and materials used to build an…
The Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival celebrates Edinburgh’s traditional buildings and offers everyone an opportunity to learn about the skills and materials used to build an…
The Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival celebrates Edinburgh’s traditional buildings and offers everyone an opportunity to learn about the skills and materials used to build an…
Why are women deserting sciences in droves? Is it unconscious bias, a lack of aspiration, lack of confidence - or just lack of ability? Are we failing our daughters, or is this jus…
One of the best things about dance is that it can transcend the boundaries of language or culture.
The Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival celebrates Edinburgh’s traditional buildings and offers everyone an opportunity to learn about the skills and materials used to build an…
Nevin of Edinburgh and MacKay Decorators Perth Ltd.
The Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival celebrates Edinburgh’s traditional buildings and offers everyone an opportunity to learn about the skills and materials used to build an…
The Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival celebrates Edinburgh’s traditional buildings and offers everyone an opportunity to learn about the skills and materials used to build an…
The Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival celebrates Edinburgh’s traditional buildings, offering everyone an opportunity to learn about the skills and materials used to build and…
Performed by the award-winning Side by Side Theatre Company for actors with learning disabilities, Illyria on Sea takes Twelfth Night to a 1950s seaside resort in this refreshing a…
If you think the Fringe is just about theatrical performances then think again.
Drew Wright AKA Wounded Knee and Daniel Padden present a striking new song cycle celebrating the seasons, inspired by Edinburgh and the Pentland Hills.
Autistic, severely depressed and with inadequate provision for her, Tess Humphrey left school at the age of thirteen.
Showcasing the breathtaking natural beauty of Scotland, from the Borders to the Northern Highlands; spectacular, original and contemporary images by Scottish landscape photographer…
The Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival celebrates Edinburgh’s traditional buildings and offers everyone an opportunity to learn about the skills and materials used to build an…
We don’t see one of the most important events in the life of James II, just its immediate consequences; a hurried, chaotic, almost dream-like explosion of fear and movement fo…
Updating Greek myths and tinkering with texts is a finicky process; how to maintain the spirit of the original while providing an audience with something new? Yet this new produc…
This celebrated international classical zheng performer makes her annual return to Edinburgh to ‘indulge us with a rich spa of the spirits and mind’ (Xinhuanet.
Come and hear one of Edinburgh’s best church choirs perform beautiful music in the liturgical setting it was written for.
Gilbert and Sullivan musicals aren’t to everyone’s taste, and could most definitely do with an injection of a more modern approach.
Traditional Catholic Anglican liturgy in this historic church close to Edinburgh’s Royal Mile with renowned choir and organ.
The penultimate weekend of this first-rate chamber music festival features works by Beethoven (the Quintet for Piano and Winds), Bartok, and Tchaikovsky (“Souvenir de Florenc…
Join the Cathedral’s choir and congregation for an uplifting service with the finest cathedral music, featuring mass settings by Rheinberger, Stravinsky and Mozart.
Choral services sung by the Cathedral Choir, the only choral foundation in Scotland with a tradition of daily services.
Famed for their obsession with brains zombies have long been part of the mainstream.
An immersive morning dance experience for those who dare to start their day in style! Nothing wakes you up more than a soul-shaking dance, electrifying music, yoga, massage and a m…
Join us for the launch of Rewire: For 60+ years art has adorned the sleeves of records, a visual expression of what’s inside.
The Voice Festival UK returns to Edinburgh Fringe, with a jam-packed a cappella showcase featuring groups of all ages, plus a special collaborative number created at our workshop h…
Rod Hunter, John Purves and Les Sinclair, three of Scotland’s more mature comedians, return to the Fringe for the third time with their popular Old Men show.
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
“Schubert and His World” is the most ambitious undertaking of the Bard Music Festival in its 25th anniversary summer season.
Collectors and discerning listeners have long realised the unique quality of music recorded on vinyl; the sleeve, the art, and yes, even the hisses, crackles and pops.
NYC - A Subway Tale is the story of a young girl who runs away from home and spends the day learning about herself and her city all from the New York City Subway.
A mixed show of contemporary paintings, textiles and jewellery produced by artists and makers based at Coburg House Art Studios in Leith.
This piece of surrealist theatre successfully dramatises the issues it sets out to explore and uses neat theatrical devices to do it.
Ohio based jazz guitarist Tom Davis returns to his adopted home in Edinburgh with swinging Italian drummer Davide Rinaldi and friends, playing straight-ahead standards and original…
WHYS is the BBC’s global conversation show – tapping into the most talked about news stories each day and getting the people involved to discuss them across radio and social me…
Thornton Wilder’s Our Town is a beautiful evocation of small town Americana in the first half of the century as well as a rumination on life, death and everything in between.
Celebrating 13 years at the Fringe, Dance-Forms Productions will rock the house presenting Andrey Merkuriev, Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation and leading soloist of the Bo…
If you have 10 minutes to spare and your busy festival schedule has taken you near the Royal Mile, have a look at this exhibition.
Shirley Lauro’s drama All Through the Night opens badly, but it gets better.
A new play by Rob Brannen set on Crosby beach.
A devised theatre piece exploring the humour, pathos and culture of Louisville, Kentucky, using the structure of Thornton Wilder’s quintessential American play as inspiration.
See the very best of modern photography from many worldwide contributors at one of the longest running photography exhibitions in the world.
Jason Patterson in All About The Pattersons! Jason entertains us with affable tales of growing up in a house and moving to a rough council estate, having a popular older brother, h…
A Sunday more like Saturday! The comedy version of a Mexican stand-off featuring a smorgasbord of classic international Fringe Comedy, with a selection of the very best acts from …
A pushy broad, a smart Jew and a Harvard mouth team up to form a defence for two Marines who are on trial for murdering a fellow Marine.
Seventy contemporary artists/makers open their studios to the public.
Join comedian and activist Chris Coltrane for an hour of uplifting, Tory-smashing political comedy! The world is corrupt, politicians are garbage, but we are awesome! Let Coltrane …
A celebration of human flaws.
Fringe favourites Impro FX are back! Some grown men perform an hour of improvised comedy sketches based on audience suggestions and life stories.
It’s time to bring improv comedy bang up to date.
About the relationships human beings create: love, hate, conflict and reconciliation.
Two terrible twins with a talent for turmoil rule their school with terror and tyranny - until the arrival of a new head teacher with green scaly skin, sharp gnarly fangs and a lon…
Having written for BBC Radio 4, NewsRevue and the award-winning TinCanPodcast, Mike takes on the baffling history of the Westminster parliament with wit, rage and twisted logic, ju…
The first weekend of the festival kicks off with the pianist Joyce Yang performing in Schumann’s Piano Quartet for a benefit concert on Saturday.
October, 1460 in the Lothians of Scotland.
Strap in, it’s joke time.
Free fringe festival comedy Men With Nectar Points starts off the night with Phil Mitchell’s look-alike Jethro Bradley with a pair of tights over his head warming up t…
This stunning exhibition demonstrates the photographic achievement of a group of people who are living with HIV or Hepatitis C.
If you’re in the mood for some bawdy, laddish comedy then this is the show for you.
Katy Schutte (Maydays, Who Ya Gonna Call) has an idea for a film that she would like to share with you.
This show will be a Fringe Favourite! When Glasgow gangsters mysteriously acquire the pandas from Edinburgh Zoo Malcolm gets the blame.
A unique, musically diverse orchestra which aims to nurture musical collaboration between international, culturally diverse Manchester based musicians, including refugees, and Roya…
See the vibrant world of the Fringe through the eyes of Scotland’s schoolchildren at this free exhibition of entries in the 2014 Fringe Schools Poster Competition, including the …
In this retelling of Euripides’ tragedy, the Trojan War has ended but the women of Troy are still to discover their fates and more tragedies.
A two-hour and fifteen minute walk through Edinburgh’s city centre, with a good coverage of the history of Edinburgh’s Old and New towns.
Eric is a sailor and performs his Tales of the Sea in an appropriately dark and dank venue; Just the Wee One at The Caves is, impressively packed out for this Submariner’s Yarn.
The Edinburgh premiere of this exciting new work from InterAct (Wales).
This is right royal performance from a talented young troupe hailing mainly from Central School of Speech and Drama.
The Royal Oak is one of the most famous hubs of folk music in Edinburgh.
David Bowie said ‘Scotland, stay with us’.
Tamar Broadbent’s All by my Selfie seamlessly combines quick wit with a beautiful voice.
Kenneth Lonergan, no longer so young, has waited a long time for his Broadway debut.
The dedicated, hard-working and committed cast of six actors worked hard to bring this piece alive on a cramped stage.
“This is a difficult story to tell,” performer Katherina Radeva warns us in Bulgarian through her translator and fellow performer, Alister Lownie, at the start of Near Gone.
Seriously funny nonsense and painfully revealing true stories as Jack, ‘slightly quirky’ (Chortle.
Tiger Tale is an effective culmination for all the senses; an exquisitely beautiful story for all ages.
Launching a season of outdoor performances in the courtyard at the Pear Tree with buskers, musicians, cabaret, comedy and much, much more. And it’s all free! www.freefestival.co.uk
Live and let die blares from the speakers as Marc Burrows circles the room, high-fiving everyone in sight.
The centrally-located art gallery, Dovecot Studios, has provided a lovely break from the madness of fringe with its current offering of exhibitions.
Natasia Demetriou is new to solo shows.
There perhaps could not have been a more timely play than We Have Fallen.
Rachel Fairburn is melancholy, she can’t help it.
University College London’s premier comedy group, the UCL Graters, present a brand new comic play, Our Jackie.
The award-winning sketch group, as heard on their own BBC Radio 4 series, present brand new sketches and old favourites packed into a fun-filled free-for-all show.
We begin early in the morning, when several men are getting out of bed.
Step into Working Men’s Club - the best bits of that unique type of entertainment.
This raucous romp with a proclivity for puns and a lot of alliterative ardour flails ferociously to amuse.
In 1914 George joined the war.
Steve Day was witness to a crime.
Even though this isn’t Baby Wants Candy’s headline show at the Fringe, you would still expect much more from such a highly regarded group.
Absurd theatre troupe Intuitive Creatures, ‘deity of comedic genius’ ***** (PerformanceReviewed.
As featured on BBC Radio Scotland! The number one film event at the Fringe is celebrating its fifth year! Join CineFringe as we proudly present four days of exceptional screenings.
Gregory Akerman explores the history of war to find out once and for all if it’s good for absolutely nothing or good for very little, however there are a couple of exceptions.
Are you sure you’ve been to the toilet? Then take your place in this hilarious road trip of a show about the endurance tests that were traditional family holidays.
The Birmingham Footnotes Have A Plan provided ample entertainment for a student sketch group.
The intimate feel of the basement studio at the Caves adds to the atmosphere of the performance of Planet Earth and All Who Sailed in Her.
Join the One-Eyed Men’s new cult today! They’ve dedicated their lives to the worship of the great prophet Barry Ashworth, inventor of long-life milk! It’s just a matter of time unt…
It is possible to do feminist comedy very, very well.
Two men in their forties meet for a coffee to catch up after four years of not meeting up in person.
A visceral performance, The Time of Our Lies benefits greatly from the impassioned commitment of its five-strong cast.
A Mary Poppins bag of hilarious characters from a misunderstood Rumplestiltskin, to a yoga instructor who can’t stand the sound of breathing.
Kiwi comedian Cal Wilson invites us to imagine what her life would have been like if she’d made different choices (or if she’d been born a man).
Ranganathan’s instant rapport with his audience is clear from the start, as he manages to tell us ‘Fuck you’ and still have everyone laugh hysterically.
Stepping into some pretty big comedy shoes, Cambridge Footlights have brought a fast-paced sketch and improv show to this year’s Fringe.
Seriously.
In his first full Edinburgh show, Jonny Leonard takes issue with stand-up comedians’ perennial bugbear – children’s literature.
Their world has gone into meltdown.
One of a stampede of comedians making the London-Edinburgh journey for the festival, Feilder knows his Fringe conventions well and isn’t afraid to use them to meta-comic effect.
Kevin Day begins his act with a long, cautious introduction, letting us know what is to come.
Familia de la Noche take the story of Pinocchio and turn it on its head, with the former puppet boy as the titular “greatest liar in the world.
The big launch night for this years’ Free Festival! See a show with the best of this years’ free Fringe performers, mingle with the acts and VIPs and dance the night away.
Returning for its tenth season, the critically acclaimed curated programme showcases silver screen shorts and contemporary filmmakers all day, everyday.
Step into an oasis of calm at Neal’s Yard Remedies Edinburgh, for a cup of herbal tea and a hand massage (subject to availability).
The festivities kick off this year with the premiere of John Luther Adams’s “Sila: The Breath of the World,” a site-specific work inspired by Inuit traditions.
This festival enlightens audiences to the Mediterranean region’s growing contemporary arts scene.
Like many men of his generation, Simon Feilder talks about his insecurities about being a single man, but unlike a lot of them he spices his show up with multi-media presentation…
Outrageous, shocking and disgusting that women over a certain age should even attempt to create a comedy sketch show?Not at all.
The 23rd edition of this festival celebrates and explores sexuality and gender identity in all forms with humor and compassion.
Rising stars perform with prominent musicians at this prestigious festival, directed by Richard Goode and Mitsuko Uchida, who will perform in Brahms’s Piano Quartet in G mino…
In 1995, the Fire Island Dance Festival began as a way to raise funds for those suffering from H.
Located in the heart of the city centre at East Princes Street Gardens, the newest addition to Edinburgh’s Festival season provides unrivalled views of Edinburgh’s Old and New Town…
Suppressed when it was written in Soviet Russia in the late 1960s, Mieczyslaw Weinberg’s unsparing Holocaust opera, based on a radio play by Zofia Posmysz and with a libretto…
Dozens of independent improv teams, including favorites like GUS and Austen Family, celebrate the Fourth of July with 12 hours of long-form improvised comedy and a barbecue.
For 30 years, the Urban Bush Women have blazed a trail, combining spirited dance, probing text and a special sense of community that makes audience members feel like one of the tri…
For those who love piano music, this institute and festival at Mannes, now in its 16th season, is a highlight of the summer.
It is always worth the four-hour drive to Cooperstown from New York to attend the summer Glimmerglass Festival.
Last fall, the renowned Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s Belgian company was in New York with a pair of new, starkly minimalist works that bore little resem…
(performances start on July 7) The Japanese kabuki company Heisei Nakamura-za can trace its roots to the 17th century.
“A season of romance, war, and other human follies” is the theme this year of this prominent period-instrument festival.
This contest, organized by the Stecher and Horowitz Foundation, prides itself on its reasonable, ethical rules: there is no elimination until the final round, and jurors are not al…
In collaboration with IdeasTap, General Gough’s Speakeasy at Earl Haig Hall pub will be showcasing an array of new and exciting work to kick off the Edinburgh Fringe Preview Season…
This international music festival at the bucolic Caramoor Center opens with a gala program featuring, as so many gala festival do, the violinist Joshua Bell, who is appearing with …
Lifeline is a highly entertaining portrayal of people from all areas of society facing difficulties in their own way.
Dave Hill and his band Valley Lodge host this impressive lineup of comedy and music, with performances from David Cross, Juliana Hatfield, Michael Che, Jean Grae, Kate Berlant, Mar…
Ben has been told he committed high treason.
This smorgasbord of performance, with a different lineup each night, features 32 artists from New York, Montreal, San Francisco, Salt Lake City and beyond.
Featuring some of the best music evoking the 1940s including ‘The Dambusters March’, ‘We’ll Meet Again’ plus many more popular pieces to commemorate the events of 6 June 1944, in t…
There’s something uniquely compelling about all-male dances, as the eclectic compilation of artists in this all-male series will surely attest.
The New York Philharmonic had success in 2011 with H.
One of the most dependable conductor-ensemble pairings in classical music is Ivan Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra.
(previews start on June 14; opens on June 26) Ah, the high school reunion.
Jolle Greenleaf and Donald Meineke are at the helm of the inaugural Early Music Festival: NYC, which will present 16 concerts featuring first-rate soloists and ensembles at churche…
Each summer, a lush 220-acre swath of the Berkshires transforms into a hotbed of dance.
8 hours of funky fun for all the family! Keep the kids happy and the grownups smiling at this seaside festival.
Brazil and bratwurst, Bach and potatoes are among the unlikely pairings in this festival, which sparkles with invention.
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
The Funny Women Awards have been promoting female comics for over a decade, and we’ve seen some fantastic acts pass through our doors who are now major names on the comedy circui…
Brighton University are proud to present their final year product designers in this years Brighton Fringe.
A co-hosted event between the Institute of Development Studies and Pathways of Women’s Empowerment (an international research and communications programme), What if Women Ruled t…
Join ‘LetLuce’ for more surreal, anarchic joy.
This Land of our Fathers was built on coal, its rivers of mingled blood and sweat have forever darkened it, relieved only by death.
A touching one woman show about Piaf’s life, loves & loss.
Metro Chamber Orchestra presents the American premiere of Nancy Van de Vate’s 1 “All Quiet on the Western Front,” based on Erich Maria Remarque’s novel.
This excellent new-music ensemble contributes to the Whitney Biennial with a program dedicated to Pauline Oliveros, whose works explore the sonic possibilities of noise and sound &…
This new-music festival founded in Iceland in 2012 has since spread internationally.
Come join our club.
The title of Luke Benson and David Hardcastle’s show can easily give rise to the fear that it will be a rather patronising pastiche of working class culture for the benefit of a …
Lucy Teather is missing, last seen on Brighton beach.
The Accidental Festival returns from Thursday 22nd to Sunday 25th May at the Roundhouse, Camden, with an eclectic mix of dance, puppetry, physical theatre, cabaret, film, live musi…
Portraits from the end of life.
Simon Feilder is a comedian.
Simon Feilder is a comedian.
A Beautiful Day in November on The Banks of The Greatest of The Great Lakes (written by Kate Benson, directed by Lee Sunday Evans) is one of three world premieres in rep at The N…
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
Fun for all ages.
Community festival for all the family with live music stage,roller disco,skate park,arts and crafts market,samba band,children’s craft workshops,peaceful retreat,concert band,food …
Join the Big Energy Debate with Michael Meacher MP, Professor Steve Thomas (Greenwich University) & Alan Rew (Balcombe campaigner).
Energetic, dynamic and refreshingly unique, King Porter Stomp celebrate the release of their new single ‘pocketfulofrocketfuel’ with an intimate and very special performance.
Always rich in young composers, this series has taken on venerable status by this, its 13th season.
The composers’ collective Random Access Music presents a vibrant offering of new music.
Join the One-Eyed Men’s new cult today! They’ve dedicated their lives to the worship of the great prophet Barry Ashworth, inventor of long-life milk! It’s just a matter of time unt…
Sea Fever fuses poetic text and original songs to tell a modern, neo-folk, sea faring tale that combines adventure and magical realism.
Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp host this night of music and comedy with performances from Sasheer Zamata, Eliot Glazer, Justin Sayre and Jason Michael Snow.
Loose moraled, skintight cabaret-comedy-performance-mash up featuring the most audacious women of Brighton Fringe.
From Ladies to ladies, scientists to sportswomen, Kemp Town has inspired some incredible women.
Understand the fundamentals of the Meisner Technique.
Laughing Horse’s Festival of Oddity is a platform for new work heading to the Edinburgh Fringe by clowns in the ascendant, Cheekykita and Jody Kamali.
Produced and presented casually with a simple setting, this agitprop community play about fishing laws is one of the first times I’ve heard a coherent argument against EU legisla…
Spoken Word Poet, Tommy Sissons presents a one-man poetry performance exploring the themes of urban lifestyles, working class values and the impact of politics in a coarse and inte…
Wilful princesses, Music Hall stars, headstrong courtesans, entrepreneurs, Brighton has always attracted women who dare do things differently.
Master character comedian and star of ‘Derek’ and ‘Being Human’ performs all his critically acclaimed, sell-out, weirdly wonderful comedy shows, fresh from his hit Radio 4 series.
The pirate captain tells lots of pirate jokes and sings lots of pirate songs! He might also teach you how to be a real pirate…
May 1914.
Heroes of performance poetry Hammer and Tongue and rap warriors Slip Jam proudly present a spiralling twist on their annual battle (‘A legendary fixture’ Latest 7) Gauntlets thrown…
Annual exhibition of art work by residents of Sanctuary Supported Living. Work viewable all day in the window. Pieces available to buy.
Inspired by national campaign ‘We Own It’, Caroline Lucas MP and a panel of high profile speakers will explore why public services should be brought back into public hands.
Paul Grifiths is an artist, not because he spent a lifetime studying the grand masters or painting portraits and landscapes from a young age, but because of something primal that d…
Foodies Festival returns to Brighton’s Hove Lawns this May Bank Holiday bringing with it the very best in fine food and drink.
I can’t stop grinning as I leave the church.
The producers of last year’s inaugural Brooklyn Comedy Festival continue their cultivation of the city’s best comedy.
(previews start on Wednesday; opens on June 10) It’s unlikely that even Mary Poppins could sort out a home as unhappy as the one at the center of Nancy Harris’s drama.
It was a dark and stormy night in Brighton.
Art & nature unite at Borde Hill Garden’s Sculpture Exhibition.
These two accomplished singer/songwriters return after last years’ four star sell-out Fringe debut with a showcase of original and traditional Celtic music.
Brimming with bold ideas, this festival continues with performances that range from fiercely political to poetically formal.
April’s edition of this monthly storytelling show, hosted by Dave Martin, focuses on the theme “most cowardly,” with stories from the Moth champion Adam Wade, Dav…
Jim Rodde conducts this choir and the New York City Chamber Orchestra in Vaughan Williams’s 1936 cantata “Dona Nobis Pacem,” in which the composer uses texts by W…
This adventurous series, organized by the composer Victoria Bond, continues with the New York debut of the Blue Streak Ensemble, a chamber group founded by the composer Margaret Br…
The storied festival offers a tantalizing program of teasers from its two-month season, including appearances by the soprano Dawn Upshaw and the conductor-pianist Robert Spano, in …
‘Everything is easier to explain if you use lots of fire.
This popular Off Broadway play brilliantly melds HBO’s “Girls” with Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women.”
The Yale School of Music and Yale School of Drama come together for a performance of Stravinsky’s jittery fable, in a new translation by Liz Diamond.
(in previews; opens on May 5) Remote Irish islands may be great places to fish, but they’re lousy locales for dating.
‘Brand New 2009 Christmas Show’Prepare for a party this Christmas as the legendary That’ll Be The Day, the UK’s mostsuccessful touring rock ‘n’ roll production ret…
(in previews; opens on April 13) This late addition to the Broadway season provides an enticing opportunity to hear the incomparable Audra McDonald interpret the songs of Billie Ho…
With an apology for being faithful to Steinbeck’s racist language both written in the programme and announced at the start, the team behind Of Mice and Men are clearly concerned …
(in previews; opens on April 3) The “Avenue Q” veteran Stephanie D’Abruzzo heads the cast of this new show, written by Michael Roberts and directed by Christopher…
(in previews; opens on April 16) James Franco adds Broadway actor to his Renaissance-man résumé, playing George, the drifter chasing a dream of new opportunity in Depress…
Bryan Cranston makes a commanding Broadway debut as Lyndon B.
Close of Fringe event for all performers no matter what venue or organisation. Come to famous Jam House: mingle, drink, celebrate, wind down, live music. First annual event.
With soaring mellifluous vocals and a vibrant and emotional depth of feeling, Scottish singer/songwriter Jennifer Andrew invites you to enjoy a gentle hour of original compositions…
A modern twist on an ancient tale.
This was really quite a wonderful event, although not one I would have necessarily picked for purely entertainment purposes.
New date, time and location.
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.
Karl Marx, Abraham Lincoln, Brian Blessed.
Based on Haruki Murakami’s bestselling novel Norwegian Wood, There We Have Been explores the relationship of the novel’s main character and his late best friend’s girlfriend,…
Manchester’s top improv troupe is back for its fifth Edinburgh outing.
American song and dance man Movin’ Melvin Brown is not content to have just one show at the Fringe (The Ray Charles Experience), or two (an interactive workshop Tap into Health -…
A driving mix of celtic, jazz, folk and blues.
Exquisite, enticing, exhilarating dance from two top USA companies.
Veterans of the folk music scene, North Sea Gas, return to the fringe after four previous sell-out runs.
Author Robert Fulghum lists lessons learned in kindergarten and explains how the world would be improved if adults adhered to the same rules as children.
CineFringe is a small affair, yet its efforts to fly the filmic flag at the Fringe are admirable.
Exquisite, extraordinary, captivating dance from two top USA companies.
Gentle, charming, heart-warming stories about what it means to be truly human.
Frances Cooper (soprano) and Anne Lewis (mezzo-soprano) guide you through the Elements of Etiquette, the courtesy and decorum of a bygone era, aided by Mozart, MacMillan and Bernst…
Middlesbrough’s second-tallest sketch group are back with their spookiest show yet.
Unfortunately, it still seems remarkable enough for a comedy show’s bill to be entirely populated by women that the Funny Women Pop-Up Fringe marketed their lineup as such.
Booking Dance Festival’s annual Fringe show always promises a high-octane hybrid of dance styles, with seven companies participating in one enticing show.
Come and enjoy a selection of popular preludes, waltzes, nocturnes, ballades, scherzos and larger scale pieces performed to delight you in this lunchtime concert.
The Booking Dance Festival is a self-titled ‘dance festival within a festival,’ and their annual Fringe showcase certainly offers the opportunity to experience a smorgasbord of…
Honesty’s important in stand-up; so’s making stuff up, obviously, but audiences can generally sniff out if the person on stage doesn’t – at least for that moment – believe in …
Classical zheng performer Yi Dong makes her annual return to Edinburgh to give us a concert of music on the love stories of China.
Wester Hailes, a suburb of Edinburgh, is about as much of a potential tourist destination as the moon.
Playwright Idgie Beau sets out the parameters of A Hundred Minus One Day quickly and economically; 20 year old Jen, who has lived away from home for many years, has returned to her…
A capella group All the King’s Men return to the Fringe for their fourth consecutive year with Knight Fever! It is a professional, well presented and well executed performance, t…
Perhaps I’m experiencing a cappella fatigue, but the singers at this show did nothing to wow me particularly.
This is a story about brotherly love and filial duty, complete with puppets, paintings, prose and even some Korean mysticism thrown in.
Luna tackles love, loss, marriage, what it means to be an American woman.
Word Alive is an interactive exhibition, cafe and bookshop about a global bestseller, the Bible.
Traditional choral evensong and benediction with the renowned choir and organ of this historic church.
Join the Cathedral’s choir and congregation for an uplifting Sunday service with the finest cathedral music, featuring mass settings by Palestrina (11), Mozart (18) and Kenneth L…
Organs.
Choral services sung by the Cathedral choir, the only choral foundation in Scotland with a tradition of daily services.
It is barely a week since I reviewed Cathedral Festival Evensongs at St Mary’s Cathedral in Palmerston Place but these two services are listed separately in the Fringe Programme …
Traditional Catholic Anglican liturgy in this historic church with its renowned choir and organ.
Traditional Catholic Anglican liturgy in this historic church with its renowned choir and organ.
Since building began, architects have tried to build the future through the creation of visionary architecture.
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
The Foodies Festival largely delivers what it promises: ‘Artisan producers’ - check; ‘Michelin-starred chefs cooking live’ - check; ‘the best in fine food and drink’ �…
The renaissance of vinyl continues! This year’s event contains an even greater selection of collectible LPs and singles.
Great selection of collectable vinyl! LPs and singles from the 50s to present day.
Foodies Festival moves to Inverleith Park this year, opposite the Botanical Gardens, bringing you the best in fine food and drink.
The affably natured Rod Hunter, John Purves and Les Sinclair bring their charming stand-up routine of one-liners galore and light observation to the Bee Hive Inn.
Just because a show is intended for children is no excuse for bad acting.
Cutting down plays to fit the narrow constraints of most fringe slots is always a challenge.
In this musical adaptation of the Canterbury Tales, a family go on a pilgrimage with Father Geoffrey in order to restore their unity after months of tiresome quarrelling.
From the moment they step on stage, there’s no denying that Katie Norris and Sinead Parker have talent.
Despite promising an hour’s worth of entertainment, displaying different styles of dance, and highlighting work from various international choreographers, this showcase lacked va…
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.
Manhattan has The Carlyle, London has Ronnie’s, Edinburgh has Le Monde playing host to the finest jazz singers - Carol Kidd, Gwyneth Herbert, Clare Teal, Joe Stilgoe, Niki King, To…
Pam Lawson’s tribute to Doris Day takes the audiences on a chronological journey through Doris Day’s movies.
It’s Magic. Take a sentimental journey with Pam Lawson, as she celebrates her not-so-Secret Love for Doris Day on voice, bass and piano. You’ll be Shakin’ the Blues Away!
Campaigning MP Tom Watson talks about taking on the Murdochs and the all-powerful, corrupt media.
[Life] - An Everyman’s Tale.
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.
Austen reconstructed! Jane Austen, a woman ahead of her time, created some of literature’s most celebrated characters and defined her era.
Tread The Boards theatre company’s retelling of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale begins in World War II-era Britain, featuring Leontes as a military general with a stiff upper…
Dazzlingly versatile, All That Malarkey’s repertoire spans operatic classics to R&B, musical theatre to cheesy pop, jazz standards to their own original material and much more! A…
I’m trying to give up cake. Everything else is optional. Perhaps PBH’s final one-man show at the Fringe. Or not.
It’s the worst kept secret at this year’s Fringe that the UK debut of little-known alternative 80s comedian Baconface is in fact enormously well-known alternative comedian Stew…
The plethora of shows promising a ‘fresh take’ on a much lauded classic has reached fever pitch and it wouldn’t be surprising if a new Adaptation category was inserted into t…
With their bold colours, fresh prints, improvisational piecing and minimalism, modern quilters are updating classic quilt designs for contemporary interiors and utilising the inter…
Comedian Robin Cairns is famous throughout Scotland.
Jane Austen’s stories speak to every generation, everyone can identify with at least one of her enthralling characters.
What happens to the innocent when a war is lost? Troy has fallen, the wooden horse has unleashed its deadly cargo, the men lie slaughtered and the Greek army stands triumphant.
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
Popular culture often gets derided by critics because, unlike many of the so-called ‘great’ works of art (you know, the ones that allegedly make you look good when ‘appreciat…
Award-winning Kevin Short’s new play about the perverse realities of life.
Prepare to fill a bucket with mighty treasures as four strapping yet amusing Midlands men crack open a case of vintage silliness in a greatest hits show that’s been refined just fo…
This show is something of a smorgasbord of family entertainment.
As Told By productions in collaboration with Greenwich Theatre have brought a new piece of musical theatre to Fringe this year.
It’s been a strong festival for one-woman shows and this less talked-about piece by PenKnife Productions certainly makes the cut.
Bold and innovative, pushing boundaries ‘beyond the edge of what we know.
The premise of this play was promising – it is based on the Occupy movement in Oakland, taking inspiration from actual signs displayed in the protest.
Idle Motion is a theatre group that specialises in physical theatre.
The real star of this show sits outside throughout the performance.
Rachel Maclean’s I Heart Scotland transforms Edinburgh Printmakers into a nationalist jewellery box.
The relationship between child and father is creatively a well-trodden path, so kudos to Babakas for not only finding original angles to explore in their fact-meets-fabrication pro…
The events surrounding the Christmas truce - which took place in 1914, during the first world war, on the Western Front - have long served as one of the most poignant reminders of …
‘Good artists copy, great artists steal’ (Pablo Picasso). Arrested in connection with the theft of the Mona Lisa, absorbed by excess, a young Picasso adapts to life in Paris.
If you’re dealing in absolutes, you’d better make sure your show delivers.
Styling themselves as variety performers, The Drama boys - an all male company hailing from Cornwall - say on their flyers that they cover everything ‘From Shakespeare to slapsti…
The hit show returns after more sell-out shows around the world.
Alistair Greaves ‘moments of comedy genius’ (Skinny) and Si Beckwith don’t need no heavy trips.
The Jennifer Thomson exhibition, located in the Bonkers Original Gifts shop on Hanover Street, is a delightful array of colourful Edinburgh scenes.
Ruby Heart Entertainment presents an all-star diva tribute show each night of the week, including world famous divas Adele, Leona Lewis, Mariah Carey, Lady Gaga and Jessie J.
Explicitly funny from the first chord, Phil Kay and Cameron St.
Seventy contemporary artists/makers open their studios to the public.
An hour long comedy show featuring five different acts talking about sex? After a few pints this starts to seem like a great idea and I would recommend the show to any finding them…
Exhibition of limited edition prints and cards.
Rhys will tell some brilliant jokes, do some incredible poems and then leave.
Watching Three Women is immensely frustrating.
Award-winning Fringe favourite (6th year) insider’s view of life on a nuclear submarine.
Charlie and Kate have one night to save their failing nightclub.
Comedy debut of a small town little Welsh lady … who isn’t everything she seems.
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…
Smooth Faced Gentlemen have put together a production of Titus Andronicus that rather beautifully captures the double-edged nature of George Peele and William Shakespeare’s play …
Two of Edinburgh’s finest resident songwriters perform a showcase of original and traditional Celtic music.
The Greatest Liar in All the World is an extension/parallel exploration of children’s favourite Pinocchio.
‘Why is it easier to speak to a stranger than it is to my own daughter?’ Rosa, an elderly woman approaching the end of her life, asks Stella, a Nigerian immigrant reluctantly i…
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.
The funniest show (with a saucepan).
For his second solo show, Silky sweetly sings and softly swears.
As refreshing and witty as ever, Spring Day returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a new show which takes some of the best bits of her 2011 Fringe appearance whilst offering…
‘Wicked punch lines have the audience falling over themselves with laughter, thinking: “I can’t believe she said that!” They absolutely loved her, no doubt you will too.
This inventive piece of devised physical theatre is the rousing story of a group of female workers in 1910 who went on strike from their jobs as chain-makers, demanding higher pay …
Luke Benson and David Hardcastle are bringing back the Working Men’s Club; pints and pork scratchings at the ready.
If you like Tommy Tiernan, Dylan Moran, Dara O’Briain, Jason Byrne, but can’t afford to see them; then come see this show. Worth every penny of the free entry.
A mad mish-mash of absurdism and warped nostalgia, encountering the Bob Blackman Appreciation Society felt more akin to my psyche bleeding out into the back room of an old boozer t…
Addressing race related issues for an hour can potentially be very uncomfortable.
Nobody knows where he is. Three characters will be filling in for him instead. There’s a crap superhero and a spider with ADHD and a boy in leggings with delusions of grandeur.
Edinburgh is a city of beauty, history and incredible inspiration.
Fiedlen Cannon is one of the founders of Dublin based theatre company Brokentalkers.
Accompany us to discover the organic medieval Old Town and the planned Georgian New Town.
Heard of screenwriter William Goldman’s rule about Hollywood? ‘Nobody knows anything.
Inveterate gagster Ivor Dembina **** (Guardian) chaperones you through an hour of comedy, music, guest and surprises, news and reviews all in collusion with the Orchestra of An…
The ‘office comedy’: mastered in ‘The Office’ and storming the Fringe this year in Blam!; here that well-loved genre takes on a new guise in the first theatre adaptation of Danish …
Been to a load of shows already? Tired of sitting back as the passive audience member? Want to have your say? Then Britain’s Got F*ck All Talent is for you.
They may have the charm of a boy band but The Magnets are certainly all men.
Based on Ettore Scola’s 1977 film Una Giornata Particolare, Working on a Special Day succinctly adapts a historical story of repressed feeling for the stage.
Often the sexiest stories are ones you don’t quite finish. Join the sometimes sweet girls of Sugar & Vice for songs, stories and laughs. From the writer/cast of Princess Cabaret.
Middle-aged women: an endangered species.
Warning: Do not attend this show if you do not want to learn something new.
At a time when high-profile comedy seems frequently to constitute pointing out things that people do, Richard Herring’s satirical wit and eye for originality – not to mention h…
Jack of All Trades is full of energy and will sometimes entertain its audience, but it doesn’t really have enough wit to qualify as comedy.
Carl Hutchinson has a problem: his on-stage persona has been let loose and is taking over his everyday life.
Lynn Ruth’s approaching 80, and she’s pulled out all the stops.
A tender and enthralling dark comedy about the unthinkable things we do for the people we love.
As the audience enters the theatre, we are greeted by the enthusiastic performers who tell us that they want to make friends.
Jamie Demetriou has come up with and employed a great and original idea for his Pleasance comedy set.
The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra is a charming ensemble of ten ukulele players and one double bass player.
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 …
David Trent has labelled each of his possessions: ‘This is a screen’, ‘This is a laptop’, ‘This is a projector’, etc.
Mime and physical theatre can be risky aspects of a comedy show.
Halfway through this likeable but ill-conceived show, Gráinne Maguire recounts an anecdote of her short-lived stint as a primary school teacher.
The Fringe doesn’t offer many opportunities for a bit of a breather, which is why Neal’s Yard Remedies have created a Festival Chill-Out Zone for the duration of the festival.
See the vibrant world of the Fringe through the eyes of schoolchildren from across Scotland at this free exhibition of entries in the 2013 Fringe Schools Poster Competition, includ…
Edinburgh’s famous hub for folk music presents 35 nights of acoustic folk and traditional music, featuring a different singer, musician or group every night, including some of th…
Returning for its ninth season, critically acclaimed curated programme showcases silver screen shorts and contemporary filmmakers all day, every day.
Tonight was an evening of two plays, one short, one less short, but the action started before the audience were seated with characters roaming into the foyer.
(performances start on July 7) Summer will become just that much more harmonious when this festival opens its 11th season.
A soggy Sunday afternoon spent in a cosy tent with the rain pitter-pattering on the roof felt much better than the battle of brollies it took to get there.
In the packed venue an announcement hushes the audience and a video projection introduces the trio: the Ginge, the Geordie and the Geek.
Eat $h*t has a strong environmental presence and the message is clear: our excrement could save the world if we could just leave behind the taboo and get over our poo phobia.
On the strength of All My Friends, Danny O’Brien’s first solo show at the fringe, the Irish born comedian is not one for those who like their comedy witty or sophisticated.
I was thrilled to experience a piece of theatre performed in its traditional style but with a fair number of contemporary tweaks to keep the audience on its toes.
I have reviewed a number of services in ordinary churches and I am comfortable reviewing them as performances while not covering the worship aspects that are between God and the wo…
Join three performers in the surreal, interactive and totally mad ritual of Uniformation Day.
We are in the American Deep South.
Im beginning to think that Musical Theatre @ George Square are like some dodgy wartime butcher, whos keeping all the good stuff round the back.
Ged Manns apocalyptic comedy has some nice ideas and a few smile-worthy gags, but the plot is obvious and its actualisation painful.
Tom (Howard Thompson) and Lucy (Amy Newman) live a Desperate Housewives kind of life.
Paul Browde and Murray Nossel have been friends since they were young boys in South Africa.
Dames At Sea is a parody of the 1930 Hollywood movie musicals.
Are our lives ruled by fate or chance? It’s hard to decide most of the time but even harder when a stage magician is making the seemingly impossible happen before your eyes.
Based on the Strauss-Kahn case in New York 2011, a small and talented cast enact the possible events that might have followed after the initial alleged assault and before the start…
Staged by Word Alive and hosted by the congregation at Charlotte Chapel, this exhibition tells you everything you need to know about the Good Book and its influence on Christianity…
The posse return to the Fringe for yet another healthy dose of good old fashioned entertainment.
Dong Yi is a celebrated classical Chinese zheng soloist.
At some point in the creation of this production, somebody decided that they were better at writing than Euripides.
Zipping through all of Greek mythology in an hour and a half is quite a lot of fun when it is presented by a company of student actors who tackle the task with enthusiasm; it is ra…
Singapore company I Theatre and UK company Kipper Tie Theatre team up for Our Island, a lovely children’s theatre piece about working together to overcome differences.
“I am hungry!” declares Fat, shortly after the play begins.
This venue has just one entry in the Fringe Festival programme and this covers 11 different events.
Same old story, remarks Lucille Goldberg as she discusses her familys past.
Byrne’s material tonight takes in a range of styles and moods, but is mostly taken from poetry written in Scots dialect traditions, and there were clearly a number of jokes that I …
Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales is often cited as the beginning, not only of ‘modern’ English Literature and as the legitimation of the vernacular language.
Since the Free Fringe is so often dominated by comedy, a little free theatre can come as a pleasant surprise, especially when it’s good.
On paper, it looks like a dream team.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
Based on the best-selling book by John Gray, this one-man educational show starring Ian Houghton is like a much funnier (and much cheaper) relationship counseling session.
On entering the space the audience is presented with four-coloured globes set upon four shiny bar stools.
We get two tales for the price of one here.
Panto usually involves a cast of thousands, huge sets and the theatrical magic supplied by trap doors, smoke machines and flying apparatus.
This theatre/dance offering from the University of South Florida lacks subtlety and feels overly affronting in its clumsy and somewhat confused form.
John Godber is generally a safe bet in terms of production.
Covering a range of singer/songwriter greats, Juliet Nisbet and Bruce Birrell, collectively known as Spirit of Love, take us on a musical journey across Scotland, Ireland, France a…
The audience looks into a living room where a wife has just demanded of her husband Lets have sex! Her stale spouse remains unconvinced, insisting that sex for pleasure is in…
Funny Women is a very respectable and enjoyable competition, highlighting the best up-and-coming female comedy acts from around the UK.
Fools Play is a young physical theatre collective reworking the Macbeth plot with a mixture of movement and script.
A Brighton debut of Spiegeltent regulars Mikelangelo and the Black Sea Gentlemen.
Looking for emotional charge? If so, this new musical blows everything else out of the water.
Mae Martin gave an enchanting performance.
Daniel Sloss delivers a supposedly darker, meaner show in his later slot but most of his material is relatively clean, geared towards an audience who can laugh at him as well as wi…
Diane Spencer or ‘Lady Di’ as she is sometimes known, bounces onto stage.
Ladies Day charts the lives of four women working in a fish-filleting factory.
35MM is subtitled ‘a musical exhibition’.
Through the ages war has often been defined by physical conflict and soldiers on the battlefield, however the true impact is of course far more encompassing.
‘You’ve come on a weird night.
The Black sea gentlemen return to the Fringe with a cabaret noir of mournful music, strange characters and stunning visual theatre.
Before you venture out, be aware that this venue is just that little bit far out of town.
Im pretty sure that if you decoded the earliest cave paintings they would be about the differences between men and women.
Marga Gomez is one quirky lady.
The question on my lips for the first few minutes: what on God’s earth is he doing? In very few words, Greg is telling Doris Day to take a running jump.
All In The Timing is a collection of one act plays by David Ives, each lasting around ten minutes.
Holding the attention of an audience for an hour of dance, especially with a mish-mash of different styles, can be a challenge.
Stand-up works best in a small space.
This award-winning play by Timberlake Wertenbaker was first performed at Londons Royal Court in 1988 and has lost none of its power.
The last twenty minutes of Eric’s Tales of the Sea are heart-wrenchingly powerful.
Part of a four day festival of unique and inspiring work from young artists based in London.
I love Ontoerend Goed; whether it’s their audience-dividing masterpiece that was Audience last year or something life changing and unique like A Game Of You, I have been a massiv…
The highest tribute I can pay to this one man play about the notorious Robert Maxwell is that I really felt I had spent ninety minutes in the media tycoons presence.
The Birdies Film Festival at the Odeon in Kingston left everyone with a chippering sensation of delight.
To get to the point, this play is woefully average.
The Fringe has always been a breeding ground for new writing especially in the musical category.
If given the chance to spend an evening with any individual beyond the grave most would be reluctant to pick the obnoxious, multi-millionaire newspaper tycoon Robert Maxwell unl…
Talented Welsh comedian Lloyd Langford has the infectious ability to find hilarity and absurdity in the banality of his everyday routine.
A comedy sketch show, promising 32 new and hilarious sketches in under an hour.
The Pajama Men are impossible to describe, or do justice do, in a review.
This was a weird and wacky take on the old Chaucerian tale which left itsaudience members altogether bemused.
It may not surprise you to learn that Those Magnificent Men shares a framing device with the film that shares half of its name.
Mario Morris presents his comedy magic show, the All Human One Magic Show at Zoo Southside.
I have a confession to make: until recently, I’d never been to the circus.
Comic and self-confessed ‘try-too-hard’ Gráinne Maguire visits Edinburgh this year with her latest show Where Are All the Fun Places and Are Lots of People There Having Better…
The Spooky Men’s Chorale are perhaps the world’s least famous international superstars.
Previous reviewers have compared Lach to Woody Allen and Woody Guthrie, and while these two are good reference points I’d like to start by pointing out just how much he looks, and …
In his own words, Tom Goodliffe is a big, friendly nerd.
Ava Vidal was first on my list for this years Fringe.
Reginald D Hunter is back at the Fringe this year with his latest show No Country for Grown Men.
This show was put together by comedian, composer & filmmaker Lauren Maul.
Hayley Shillito and Laura Taylor spend the whole of this piece from Horizon Arts dressed in black and joined together by a piece of long elastic.
Sometimes a gig feels like visiting an old friend - the audience have never seen the comedian before, but we have seen comics like him and he’s had audiences like us.
It always helps a performance when the audience is packed, in tune with the performers and ready for a good laugh.
Sugar & Vice are Courtney Powell and Brydie Lee-Kennedy, who get up on stage and bare all.
Callow has a strong and long relationship with Dickens including a hugely successful performance as the author himself in The Mystery of Charles Dickens, and appearing as the m…
In three short years, All the King’s Men have gone from a little-known university a cappella group to the third best collegiate group in the world, and from the simply phenomenal…
It is much to Miles Jupps credit that, at no stage in this terrific show, does he venture a pun on the Wankhede Stadium.
As the younger members of the audience ran around the room chasing bubbles before the show began it was immediately apparent that Ricochet Theatre understood their audience.
The Trojan Woman was the final part of the Eurpides Trilogy for the City Dionysia festival in 415BC in an Athens giddy on the extremes of democracy and empire shortly after she utt…
The lights go up on a run-down flat with a couple, Pat and Susan, that look like they’re in the middle of one hell of a row.
From Richard Lloyd’s first movements onto the stage as the recently bankrupted and homeless Samuel Thwaites, I knew this would be an exceptional performance.
I must start with two clear statements.
An amnesiac is being interrogated.
The Oxford Belles are a small set of seven, performing upon a dauntingly massive black stage but as soon as they burst into song they fill the entire space with life.
Chaucer: That one famed name can be enough to induce fear into the hearts of so many people - inaccessible language combined with the fact that the man himself died over six hundre…
A Real Humane Person Who Cares And All That by Adam Brace is the best piece of new writing that I have seen on the Fringe.
Susan Murray’s Photo Booth has a promising concept: comedy spun around her collection of passport photos – her own, her friends’, her family’s and those of complete strangers tha…
This play is set in a penal colony in eighteenth century Australia.
Lynn Ruth Miller is approaching eighty-years old and she’s on a mission to prove to us all that aging is amazing through a series of real-life stories and a mix of classic pop so…
Dim, dingy lighting barely illuminates this musty Edinburgh bar, its vague seafaring theme embodied by scale wooden models of old sailing boats, naval pencil sketches suspended fro…
Bluebeard sets out to challenge the conventions of the standard fairly tale, and the values and desires it represents that have become our cultural norm.
Combine the Tellytubbies with a political agenda and you wouldnt be too far off this exuberant adaption of the story of the double-helix hypothesis.
Deja Vu, according to a very quick Google search I just did, means ‘a feeling of having already experienced the present situation.
Men of Character describes itself as two one-man sketch shows that overlap with one another with an overarching plot line.
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.
Andi Osho, the rising female comedian famous for her appearances on Mock the Week and Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, is taking to pieces what it means to be a single lady in…
If you want to see one of the best and most entertaining shows at the Fringe, look no further than Up & Over It, a fantastic subversive reinvention of Irish step dancing to electro…
This is the story of the women of Troy, the day after the Greeks have captured the city using their Trojan horse.
We All Love Llamas is a great free poetry event to take your kids to while in Edinburgh.
James and Craig - the comedy duo behind Best Days of Our Lives - earn their stars as much through likeability as humour.
This bracingly innovative festival of music theater is only in its third season, but it has already become a point of reference.
Now making its third appearance on Hove Lawns, the Foodies Festival is steadily becoming an established name on the Fringe circuit.
Mae Martin entered the stage and began by standing with her right leg on a chair ‘for confidence.
If one ignores the grating scene-change muzak, this was a rather good production – four short comic plays from David Ives’ All In The Timing, plus another from Mere Mortals.
What a lovely, original and unpredictable show this is.
Take six social misfits with relationship worries, throw them into group therapy, and then you have the basis for Conor Mitchell’s brilliant musical Have A Nice Life.
Do you ever wonder what lies beneath the red nose and big shoes? All an Act gives the audience a peek behind the scenes of the circus to see the people behind the make-up, because …
Dance Theater of Harlem is back with its annual block party.
I got pulled into this pure wee gem of a show at almost the last minute.
One song short of a Spice Girls Tribute band, the boys from King’s have smashed another year at the Fringe.
Disembodied voices are not what you need to hear in a venue that’s already as spooky as the Old Town’s Underbelly, but that what you get at the start of Ed Aczel’s comedy set as he…
Despite the simplicity of their formula - a slapstick two person comedy playing out a traditional British heist gone wrong - Halo Theatre’s The Tale of Nada succeeds neither in f…
Edoardo Okamoto has played this piece for seven years now and it has become part of his identity.
A large, colourful advert is projected across the stone wallin front of us, ‘these women are doing their bit - learn to make munitions’.
Coming under a banner of ‘edutainment’ (please remember to shoot whoever came up with that), John and Dan are a pair of real, genuine scientists from London’s Science Museum, who a…
A one-man show is a terrifying prospect for any actor.
One problem that I find with comedy is making sure that everyone’s tastes are catered to.
It’s sentimental, it’s a journey, it’s the story of Doris Day’s life.
I imagine as a children’s performer you’re probably prepared for a great deal.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
In these increasingly cash-strapped times putting on any musical on the Fringe is worthy of praise, even if — with a cast of six accompanied by electric piano and drums — the d…
Returning for a second year, this excellent festival showcases the best of New York’s comedy scene in several of Brooklyn’s comedy-friendly venues.
Thick, black curtains mark the entrance to pre-war Poland, set out in the ACT studio.
A Bogan is an Antipodean term for a somewhat uneducated, mullet-wearing, hard-rock loving man.
I am sat looking at a white plastic cup.
Take a liberal helping of Ayckbourn, add a sprinkling of Sondheimesque songs, stir well with a cupful of Joe Orton, and what do you get? A unique show which pulls the rug from unde…
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The perplexingly named One-Eyed Men are the very genial trio of Alex, Sam and Ben.
In these financially straitened times, Pappys are no longer a Fun Club this year they are All Business, and the show takes the form of a corporate pitch to us, the shareholder…
This summer’s outdoor arts festival in Lower Manhattan continues on June 20 at 7:30 p.
The Scottish National Gallery’s Festival Fun Ceilidh Dinner lives up to its claim of being a ‘truly Scottish experience’.
Sticking with the name that they have made famous over the last 20 years but going for what they described as ‘more casual’ jeans and shirt attire, The Pajama Men’s Improv Sh…
Even by the standards of the Fringe, the Zoo has long since been established for pushing the boundaries of modern theatre and displaying provocative, no-holds-barred action in thei…
A two man show by charismatic performers Aideen Wylde and Tadhg Hickey promises fast paced farce within the context of an 1870’s period setting, interestingly established at the …
A Day In November is a beautifully controlled and tenderly delivered reflection on the mind’s descent towards death.
Ill admit that a cappella isnt usually a genre that fills me with ebullience.
Established in 1973, the Edinburgh Folk Club was represented at the Fringe for the first time this year with a showcase at the Acoustic Music Centre at St Bride’s that displayed …
I am not the first and certainly won’t be the last reviewer to write about Six Women Standing Against A White Wall at this year’s Fringe.
One of the top stand-ups at the Fringe, Stephen K Amos crafts a fine hour of comedy based on some deep self-contemplation.
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…
Pieces of metal scaffolding partially decorated the walls while the old, grand chandelier cast a soft yellow light over the surrounding stone pillars.
As you enter the bar you are encouraged to take a drink; do, you’ll need it.
Making their Fringe debut under a year since their foundation, All the Kings Men is comprised of twelve charming, charismatic, but, unfortunately, not musically satisfying chaps …
Thanks to the vagaries of Lothian Buses I missed the first number in this multi-company showcase of short dance items.
With stand up variety shows the aim is always to showcase a variation of comedic talent in order to provide ‘something for everyone’.
To Have Done With The Judgement Of Artaud.
This young company have taken on a huge and emotive subject here; the plight of young children who arrive in this country as refugees, unaccompanied by adults.
You have to hand it to this motley crew of Ottawa teenagers - feminism is a tough topic to broach in youth theatre.
Jamie Demetriou was in the Bristol Review last year at the Fringe and now returns to go solo in ‘Jamie Demetriou’s Peoples Day’, his new show in which he showcases just some …
The story of Helena and her faithless husband, Bertram, has puzzled theatregoers for centuries.
This one-woman comedy show takes you to the frustrated post apocalypse world where woman has inherited the Earth.
When history looks back at the greatness of famous Tims, it will not be particularly favourable.
Josie Longs effervescent cheeriness and excitement at all this world has to offer turns geeky, untouched topics in comedy goldmines.
Pierrepoint tells the story of Albert Pierrepoint, an official state hangman.
Ed O’Meara has some of the scariest flyers on the Fringe, with a teasing tag, ‘Follow Your Nightmares’.
I live in Edinburgh and choose to go to this throughout the year because it is so good week after week.
There are some shows where you have to wonder ‘what is this person doing here, and more importantly why?’ Simon Lilley and Asli Akby have entered this show in the Fringe, payin…
I hated history lessons at school - all those dates and names of Kings and Queens, so long ago that they seemed totally irrelevant.
You may recognise these two from TV.
This multi-award winning show returns to the Fringe retelling a stream of real life stories from a handful of survivors of the 2009 Australian bush fires that claimed 173 lives.
Meet Robert Swann, the talentless writer, director and star of what is possibly the trippiest travesty of a play ever to be seen at a Fringe.
This new musical, by award winning composer Laurence Mark Wythe and writer Roberto Trippini, is about an illegal immigrant who fled his country of political turmoil.
Qoya is a women’s movement practice that combines yoga, free dance and sensual movement to bring women back into their bodies, to remember our essence is wise, wild and free.
What makes Brighton so special? It’s not just its funky shops and the beach.
Australian comedian and tracksuit enthusiast Daniel Muggleton’s just woke enough to know he’s an asshole.
Achtung! Achtung! Comedian Al Murray and historian James Holland are bringing their highly acclaimed World War II podcast to the Edinburgh Festival.
Comedian, actor, broadcaster, writer and raconteur Stephen Fry cordially invites you to a rip-roaring romp through Greek mythology.
FESTIVAL HELLENIKA Adelaide’s oldest festival celebrating Hellenic connections in the arts.
Celia Pacquola returns to the Adelaide Fringe Festival with a brand new show.
VAULT, the creators of VAULT Festival have found their new London home which will open in Spring 2024 with VAULT Festival returning in the Autumn.
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
Simon Ximenez talked to the coordinator of this year’s Edinburgh Deaf Festival, Jamie Rea.
Four women.
theSpaceUK Unveils Spectacular 2023 Programme: Over 360 Exciting Shows Await Theatre Enthusiasts at the Edinburgh Fringe
The sixth pub crawl in our series takes place in Leith.
The fifth in our festival pub crawls traverses the New Town.
Unlike its sister crawl, Old Town North, Old Town South traverses more of the South Side’s bars that lie adjacent to many Fringe venues.
The third of our pub crawls, the Old Town North trail has an extensive list of both core and optional bars to choose from.
The first in our series of Fringe Festival pub crawls 2019 takes us from Morningside to the Meadows.
The second crawl in our festival pub crawls 2019 takes you through Newington.
The Old Market are excited to announce that they have managed to raise £1,057 for Brighton Women’s Centre throughout their Reigning Women season.
This week culminates in International Women’s Day on Friday 8th March and The Old Market’s fiery mini-season, Reigning Women, has never seemed so relevant.
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.
The Museum of Ordinary People (MOOP) is a pop-up museum, running for one week only, as part of The Spire’s secret Fringe programme.
Do you ever find yourself singing The Bare Necessities? Or breathily repeating David Attenborough’s iconic narration? If so, the Ensonglopedia of Animals is the show for you.
All this week we've got some fantastic offers on your favourite West End shows. Check back daily for the latest offers.
The final day! Richard's alcohol-fueled quest to find Edinburgh's best bar staff ends up at WestRoom, where he found Sam Leishman, a 20 year old Guinness drinker with a passion for...
Ever since their debut in 2015 with Weekend Rockstars Middle Child Theatre have been rewriting what musical theatre can be with their distinctive gig-theatre genre.
Richard didn't stumble far from yesterday's bar, Foundry 39, as just a few yards up Charlotte Lane he fell into Sygn, a trendy retro-style cocktail bar & diner where Edinburgh Bars...
The second Bobby of EdFringe 2017 has been scooped by Middle Child for All We Ever Wanted Was Everything.
Tucked on the corner of Queensferry Street and Charlotte Lane you'll find the ultra-hip bar and eatery, Foundry 39.
Warm and welcoming, and always entertaining, 99 Hanover Street is at the heart of Edinburgh's bar scene.
In 2005 it was revealed that author JT LeRoy was in fact a hoax – written by Laura Albert but played in person by her sister in law Savannah Knoop.
In the heart of the Old Town, Cabaret Voltaire is a legendary live music venue in the vaults beneath North Bridge.
Back in 1947 the founders of the Edinburgh International Festival could hardly have imagined what their legacy would be.
The Three Sisters – renamed the Free Sisters during the Fringe – has long been a festival hub and a jewel in the crown of the Free Festival.
Just around the corner from the iconic Greyfriar's Bobby you'll find the Oz Bar, and that's also where Richard found today's Edinburgh Barstar, Erik Stenersen.
Edinburgh is Festival City for good reason, and amongst all the theatre, comedy, books and arts there's even a Scottish Gin Festival.
Formerly a parsonage, Cloisters Bar is a uniquely traditional Edinburgh pub.
Just off the Royal Mile and Cowgate you'll find a craft beer shop and bar called the Salt Horse.
The Heads & Tales bar is the home of Edinburgh Gin, and it's also where Richard found today's Edinburgh Barstar, Tomas Germanavicius, a Lithuanian who's a dab hand at mixing up a c...
Richard's headed over to Leith to the eclectic bar that is The Mousetrap where he finds today's Edinburgh Barstar, Jay Weeks.
Richard is exploring Edinburgh's East End today to discover the Barstar of the Day at The Newsroom, where Glaswegian Molly McCluskey is making plans on photography while sipping a ...
Richard's headed south to Clerk Street where at the unique Dog House bar he's discovered today's Edinburgh Barstar, Montse Pearce, a Spanish-born artist with good taste in whisky.
Just off George Street you'll find the Thistle Street Bar (the TSB as it's affectionally known).
An authentic Tiki bar in the New Town? Richard popped on his hula skirt and hotfooted over to the Auld Reekie Tiki Bar to meet today's Edinburgh Barstar - Donald McGhie, former ban...
Hidden away in the Old Town on Advocates Close you'll find The Devil's Advocate, and if you're lucky today's Edinburgh Barstar will also be on shift.
It's only open from July to the end of September, but Richard's sought out pop-up bar Whisky Or Death to find today's Edinburgh Barstar Of The Day, Alan Mulvihill.
Richard's in one of Edinburgh's most unique bars today to meet Ross Bryant, co-owner of Bryant & Mack Private Detectives on Rose Street North Lane.
Richard is still in New Town, but with great bar staff like Robbie Johnston at Nightcap - why would you want to leave? Nightcap might be a relatively new addition to the Edinburgh...
Could virtual reality and interactive media become a staple of the Fringe programme? Housed in Assembly Rooms on George Street, FuturePlay is an artist-led technology festival that...
Richard's in New Town today to meet our Edinburgh Barstar of the Day, the fabulously hirsute Kyle Jamieson who takes care of his punters at Panda and Sons on Queen Street.
Richard takes us just a few steps from Princes Street today for the discovery of Hoot The Redeemer and the wonderful Sarah Urwin serving cocktails.
Richard ventures over to Broughton Street Lane to the Outhouse where today's EdFringe Barstar is Cordelia Toennies from Germany, who studied drama in Scotland and wants to move to ...
In a sea of celebrities, we chat to the people who really matter - the people serving us a drink. Today we find out a little more about Ben Howard at the Abattoir Bar.
When it was first staged in 2012, Phyllida Lloyd’s prison-set Julius Caesar was called “gimmicky, humourless and slow” by the Telegraph and “witty, liberating and inventive...
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...
Karen and Katy Koren are thrilled to announce that Gilded Balloon will expand into the heart of Edinburgh’s New Town, as they embark upon an exciting new partnership with the Ros...
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.
In the last two years, improv comedy has experienced a surge of popularity around London with great new groups popping up on the scene.
For the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe free shows will return to The Counting House venue on West Nicolson Street, following a one year hiatus with the venue being programmed under a paid s...
Large Mojito at Pollyanna's... And then bed!
A delicious Fringe First cocktail at Brookes Bar with the super funny and talented Naomi Petersen! Go see her show I Am Telling You I'm Not Going... and tonight she didn't!
I'm on a Lady Garden, the fellas are on White Russians... How is this going to end?! Only the staff and clientele of Polyannas will know...
Salty Margarita at the Abattoir... Definitely not one of my five a day.
A capella is something of a phenomenon at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Sharing what we can only describe as a Backwards Trevor with Nick Hall at the Pleasance. Go see Nick in Szcrabble - he's super good! Then have a Backwards Trevor.
Mojitos at The Abattoir with my improv team The 838. Just after this pic we sent the cocktails back as it was essentially just soda water and got a margarita instead.
Sinking a Venetian Spritz with Tom from Tom and Will's Open Swim – Go see them – they are funnnnnnyyyyy.
Enjoying a Gancia Manhattan at the Italian Escape Bar, Pleasance. Getting a bit of heart burn.
Knocking back a Bellini at La Locanda on Cockburn Street. It's 10am.
Keeping it classy with a Prosecco Gold Rush at La Piazza - Prosecco, Archers and Vodka. Nice.
Forcing down a Bottega Bellini at the Pleasance. I'm a picture of health today.
One Day Moko is a devised solo show following the life of a homeless busker and the characters he meets in his daily life.
It all started with a Delicious Fizz at Spoon then everything got a bit blurred. I blame Emma Jerrold. Go see her show Broken Fanny and tell her off for me.
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Having a Jessica Rabbit at The Whistle Stop with my mum. It's her Birthday today. She's 70!! 70!!! Look at her skin!!! She looks younger than me.
Spreading my wings and trying an 80 Days Daiquiri at the IBIS Southbridge. Delish!!
Sharing a surprisingly refreshing Peach Appletini in the Pleasance with the writers and star of Channel 5's new comedy Borderline.
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Sipping on a sickly sweet Raspberry Cosmo in a jar at the Pleasance Courtyard. I'm sandwiched between two fellow players of the Free Association - go see Jacuzzi - it's HOT improv.
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An exploration of modern sexual moralities, F*cking Men reimagines Arthur Schnitzler’s 1897 La Ronde in the modern world of dating apps and open marriages.
The Tumanishvili Film Actors Theatre has been bringing Georgian theatre to Edinburgh for nearly 20 years, filling theatres and getting critical acclaim for foreign-language theatre...
Knocking back a Russian Collins in the Loft Bar, Gilded Balloon with all the celebs – including this one – one of my oldest friends in showbiz, Jody Kamali.
Clare Plested is still smiling as she continues her quest to bring us the Cocktail of the Day.
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It's time once again for Cocktail of the Day with increasingly alcoholic comic Clare Plested.
Join Adrian Bradley for the inaugural Fringe Diary, your bulletin on the news, views and schmooze at the Edinburgh Fringe. How far will some performers go to promote their shows?
Follow comic Clare Plested on an adventure in alcoholism as this year's she's agreed to bring us Cocktail of the Day. For the debut, it's a specially invented tipple at Ciao Roma.
A comedy about German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and his troubled relationship with women wowed audiences at the Leicester Comedy Festival.
A theatre company nominated for an Olivier Award will open the ninth annual Greenwich Children’s Theatre Festival at Greenwich Theatre on Good Friday, March 26.
Expectantly waiting for the Brighton Fringe? Then we’ve got the perfect antidote.
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Summer Days – the UK’s newest boutique music and food festival – has unveiled a trio of post-punk legends to bolster an already incredible and eclectic line-up.
It’s been nearly two years since The James Plays made their considerable impression at the 2014 Edinburgh International Festival and today audiences have the opportunity to spend...
Rona Munro is an award-winning Scottish writer for theatre, television and radio.
Since its inception in 2012 VAULT has hosted over 250 productions, from outrageous comedy acts to hard-hitting political theatre and experimental new work from Britain’s most exc...
Shona McCarthy has been named as Chief Executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, filling the post Kath Mainland will vacate in March.
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
Stand Up Steffan Alun has a fair few things to say about stepping up to stand up at the Free Fringe.
On a sunny day there's nothing better than enjoying a cup of tea and a fruity tart in the sun while enjoying the world, and a lovely place to do that is The Richmond Cafe.
For the sweet-toothed among you there's a special joy in today's daily delicacy.
Richard O'Brien is the author of several plays and four books of poetry.
During our Pie of the Day journey we've visited some amazing places and sampled some delicious pies We've brought you everything from fruit pies to steak.
If you're like me and don't get a lot of time to sit and enjoy a home-cooked meal but hanker for some comfort food from time to time, head on over to George Street and grab a bite ...
At the end of a long week you may find your reserves are running low and you're in need of a refueling.
Where pie is concerned I would almost always disregard the 'less is more' philosophy.
Today's fabulous feast is a must for all seafood fans and can be fished up at Cafe 1505 - the new addition to Surgeon's Hall.
Smack bang in the middle of town is the sought-after Edinburgh pie-ery with a huge selection of choices, Piemaker.
There's never a moment with pie that doubling up is a bad thing and so today we are returning to Mums for a wonderful vegetarian delight and who better to sample it than my own oth...
Everyone loves home cooking and in Edinburgh you can't get better than Mum's.
If you're feeling a little sedate this Sunday and fancy spicing things up somewhat, saunter sexily down the Newington Road to seek out the seductively simple Edinburgh Bakehouse.
In the middle of the Fringe it seems appropriate to spend some time at The Shakespeare, especially with their great menu and extensive drinks list.
We've devoured our dinners, scoffed our snacks, and tested our tastebuds with some perfect pies, but there's something missing.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch, John Cameron Mitchell’s rock opera, has passionate, protective fans.
It’s the iconic Edinburgh film and book - and now nearly 21 years since the film opened - a young theatre company brings Trainspotting to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Traversing the infamous Royal Mile can certainly be daunting during Fringe time, but there are hidden rewards if you stay the course.
You couldn't get more traditional than today's Pie Of The Day – it's Haggis! From the First Class Butchers on Nicolson Street, and for less than a quid too, it's a tasty treat th...
Four-handed piano duo Worbey and Farrell (that’s two hands each, silly) have been wowing audiences with their unique blend of pianistic skill and peerless patter for nearly a dec...
When in Rome the old adage says and today I'm taking that advice and seeking out a true local star with the help of some well informed Edinburghians.
Deputy Features Editor Grace Knight interviews two artists from opposite ends of the Jane Austen-adaptation spectrum.
Mix ‘N’ Pick Theatre is reinventing the rooftops of Princes Mall this summer with the Boxsmall Festival, providing fun-packed interactive theatre shows for children every half ...
If you're pottering around Edinburgh and fancy a few of your five a day then rest a spell at The Elephant House.
If you're looking for a late night bite then take a trip to the small but perfectly formed Storries Bakery on Leith Walk.
There's a hidden gem in Nicolson Square, tucked away in a green and pleasant corner, and it's called The Well Cafe.
If you're looking for a beast of a pie then look no further than the massive beauty that is Mums' Venison and Red Currant - Today's Pie of the Day.
Today's sumptuous serving needs no real introduction.
So here it is, Tasty Monster's inaugural EdFringe Pie of the Day! And where better to start than Auld Jock's Pie Shoppe, named for the master of Greyfriar's Bobby, a gem hidden in ...
Sophia Walker posted a message to Facebook as encouragement to her fellow Fringe performers. We liked it, and with her permission are re-publishing it here.
All's Well That Ends Well shows strong women winning the battle of the sexes set against the backdrop of World War II.
Have a thing for iambic pentameter and ghosts of politician's past? Then this might be the show for you! Broadway Baby finds out more.
Arches LIVE, the annual festival of new performances and artwork by some of Scotland’s most exciting creative talent returns to Glasgow’s The Arches this October.
If you're taking a show to Brighton Fringe this year you want some free advertising, don't you? Sure you do.