Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
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’.
After performing stand up for over a decade, a stalking incident forced Anna into retirement for six years.
SCOTTISH PREMIERE The boundaries between reality and myth crumble in Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young’s major new dance work.
Who saw the Queen’s Bahookie? Which castle had an annual rent of one red rose? Which maiden was most feared by Scottish aristocrats? Which job is worse – turnbrochie or pigeon-…
Nuc (a Top Ten Contemporary Album of 2023 – The Guardian) was developed by frequent collaborators, Anna Meredith and Richard Jones (Ligeti Quartet’s viola player whose previous…
Well, hello there, Mary Queen of Scots and Bonnie Prince Charlie! With award-winning author, storyteller and drama teacher Barbara Henderson, the Stuarts leap from the page in this…
Get ready for mischief with this campatious event fuelled by three delicious wines, low tone, a scrumptious pairing and a big fat singalong.
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
Start each morning with this curated variety showcase, featuring the very best solo shows at the Fringe! Rotating daily line-ups include storytelling, theatre, clown, cabaret, spok…
Why toddle when you can dance? Join DJ Monski Mouse and her dancers for this award-winning, epic session of bopping, bonkers, beautiful fun.
After the successful debut of her comedy hour, I See Deadly People (available on YouTube), Anna is back with new jokes, a nearly there show, and you decide what stays and what goes…
Join us on these guided tours of the musical treasures on display at St Cecilia’s Hall, Scotland’s oldest concert hall and home to the University of Edinburgh’s Musical Instr…
You think you know the story of Mary, Queen of Scots? Think again.
Ventriloquist Queen: a true African Queen.
A tale of comedy, Covid, cancer and some complete and utter c*nts! Four years ago Simon went through a break up and decided to try comedy.
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
The only Empress Queen, a model for the modern monarchy, Victoria is a prism through which the entire Crown can be seen.
Romping through the feats, fiascos and fluids of her 30s from Melbourne to Berlin, Anna celebrates nasty sex with manners, German empathy and non-judgmental feminism.
We all know the fairy tales and their immortal final line: happily ever after… But that isn’t real life.
Self-realisation might include a bunch of dicks, drugs and aspirations to motherhood.
After performing stand-up for over a decade, a stalking incident forced Anna into retirement for six years.
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’.
Who’s your go to? Your ride or die? Your best friend? Your mum? Not David.
Enter the flamboyant depths of a Victorian Music Hall… When Albert Baggley, the founder of The Queen’s Head, mysteriously disappears, two burlesque numbers, devastated dames, a g…
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 …
Tina, The Queen of Rhythm brings you a showcase of Tina Turner’s incredible vocal journey from the early 1960s to the greatest hits of her solo career.
TONY winner and Grammy Nominee Lena Hall is set to bring her latest one woman show “Little Career of Horrors,” to London’s Cadogan Hall.
The award-winning DoDo DRAMATICS returns with its newest Iron Age adventure.
Fresh on the heels of his critically acclaimed memoirs, Nailing It, Montana’s transatlantic messenger returns with new rants, knife-edge observations, thrilling mu…
Fresh on the heels of his critically acclaimed memoirs, Nailing It, Montana’s transatlantic messenger returns with new rants, knife-edge observations, thrilling mu…
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.
Affectionate musical comedy tribute to the world’s longest-serving monarch - a thoroughly modern, fully empowered female role model who headed up a country & united a commonwealt…
The Queen is Mad is a musical psychodrama inspired by the true story of Joanna la Loca.
After crushing it opening for Russell Howard’s SOLD-OUT UK Tour, Steve Hall and Steve Williams are in town with a double dose of fantastic stand up.
After crushing it opening for Russell Howard’s SOLD-OUT UK Tour, Steve Hall and Steve Williams are in town with a double dose of fantastic stand up.
This new version sees Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairy tale transported to Scotland with a race against time covering the length of the land to vanquish the evil Snow Quee…
Join Chris on his (un)wellness journey of discovery (of procrastination methods), personal development (of his anxious thoughts) and self-help(lessness), as he wades sar…
Australian drag diva and cabaret legend Trevor Ashley makes his triumphant return to the Lyric, with a brand new show.
Direct from the West End, and the iconic London Palladium, Whitney – Queen of the Night is a celebration of the music and life of one of the greatest singers of all time: Whi…
A sincerely told story, a captivating performance and a wealth of humour make for a well-spent eighty minutes upstairs at The Lion & Unicorn Theatre with David Patterson, who makes…
A Festival of Elgar! Overture In the South (Alassio) opus 50.
Join Chris on his (un)wellness journey of discovery (of procrastination methods), personal development (of his anxious thoughts) and self-help(lessness), as he wades sarcastically …
The Freddie and Queen Experience is the UK’s premier Queen and Freddie Mercury tribute band.
The UK premiere of a new and uniquely contemporary American comedy for all of us searching for the essentials in life: adventure, friendship, and a boy who’s kind of like Hugh Gr…
Anna Vanosi and her ensemble bring you on a journey filled with tasteful jazz, early blues standards and some Italian tunes.
Romping through the joys, disappointments and semen of her 30s in Berlin, Anna stays surprisingly optimistic.
Get ready for mischief with this campatious event fuelled by quality wine, low tone, a scrumptious pairing and a big fat singalong.
Residents of Bristleburg, USA: Meet at the bus to begin our exploratory Fringe Festival tour.
Why toddle when you can dance? Join DJ Monski Mouse and her dancers for this multi award-nominated, epic session of bopping, bonkers, beautiful fun.
Let the Queen of the O-rings take you on an epic quest! In the face of mortal danger from repressive forces she must engage in a cosmic battle to fight for the survival & freedom o…
A raw and unfiltered musical comedy show, tackling difficult and often taboo subjects.
Comedian.
The tragicomic tale of two rhyming pirates scuttled on a desert island – sans captain, sans crew, lots of sand.
Alan doesn’t understand Carol after they met via a dating app which was organised by bestie Karen, but now Carol has met Tony to complicate matters as she becomes the Queen Of T…
Australia’s campest drag queen bares all in this chaotic cabaret about her double life as a drag queen accountant.
Will Hall: Mild Peril – Rising star Will Hall (seen on BBC Three and Channel 4) brings 45 minutes of his ‘electrically witty’ (BroadwayBaby.
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
Drag Queen Story Hour: the theatrical experience is here! (Oh no they aren’t?) Oh yes they are! What do you get when you cross fabulously inclusive stories and fabulously dressed d…
Join Chris on his (un)wellness journey of discovery (of procrastination methods), personal development (of his anxious thoughts) and self-help(lessness), as he wades sarcastically …
America’s most potty-mouthed and politically outspoken drag a cappella quartet escaped the morality police in the US.
From award-winning writer Raymond Friel, Me, Myself and Mary (Queen of Scots) is a one-woman play with a cast of thousands! Join citizen historian and proud Shetlander Mary Fraser …
There is just something so wholesome about Priya Hall’s Grandmother’s Daughter.
About the show The year is 32 BCE.
A Scottish Drag Queen and an Irish Sommelier walk into a bar in Leith.
Join the Queen of the O-rings on an epic quest to save her village from the tyranny of the Hateful Pistons of Thrust.
Welcome to the Court of Queen Mab: The witching hour has descended, ushering in a phantasmagorical feast for the senses as this musical monarch takes to the stage.
Elle Fire: Queen of the O-Rings.
Welcome to the Court of Queen Mab: The witching hour has descended, ushering in a phantasmagorical feast for the senses as this musical monarch takes to the stage.
Venue B hosts a monthly sell out gig of local young up and coming bands and DJs.
Venue B hosts a monthly sell out gig of local young up and coming bands and DJs.
The year is 32 BCE.
Join us for not 1, not 2, but 3 delicious glasses of carefully selected wines for a campatious evening at Redroaster Café on St James St; fuelled by low tone, audience interaction…
Wine tasting and drag queens go together like milk and cookies.
Affectionate musical comedy tribute to the world’s longest-serving monarch - a thoroughly modern, fully empowered female role model who headed up a country & united a commonwealt…
Two rival poets meet for the first time just as their country is being invaded by the largest military force in world history.
Two rival poets meet for the first time just as their country is being invaded by the largest military force in world history.
Queen of Roses is an immersive cabaret featuring majestic live performances, exquisite dining and quintessentially British cocktails.
One of the UK’s most exciting comedians, Fern Brady is adding extra tour dates of her fifth solo show Autistic Bikini Queen.
One of the UK’s most exciting comedians, Fern Brady is adding extra tour dates of her fifth solo show Autistic Bikini Queen.
TV’s Priya Hall brings you her new WIP all about her 2021 breakdown. Expect cats, breakdowns and BIG REALISATIONS.
We Wrote This Before She Died Disco Trolley Productions A story of two friends, two timelines, one all-powerful wizard, one magical trolley, six Anne Hathaways, and as m…
Nominated for Best Comedy at the 2019 Brighton Fringe, queer Australian comedian Henry Moss brings HENRY: QUEEN OF SQUATS to VAULT.
‘You look 15, but I like that.
A night of Drag from the sweetest Drag Queen in London the beautiful Topsie RedfernTicket price includes a complimentary glass of bubbles & line of white or black snuff.
Magic, glitter, snowflake fairies, Jack Frosts, snow wolves and innocent love winning out, what more could you want? Circus acts, Romani travellers? A revival of its 2019 productio…
Berk's Nest in association with United Agents presents Colin Hoult: The Death of Anna Mann Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2022, Best Comedy Show Nom…
ONE NIGHT OF QUEEN Performed by GARY MULLEN AND THE WORKS In 2000, Gary Mullen won ITV’s “Stars In Their Eyes” Live Grand Final, with the larges…
Anna Mann is back! The acclaimed actress, singer and welder (gotta have a back up) returns after five long years to tell the incredible story of her life in the arts in this, her f…
Fern Brady is here to speak for autistic women who happen to be hot – selflessly giving a voice to the voiceless (or just a very specific group that might not have thought to ide…
Nick had a bit of breakdown in 2021, but now he’s coming back strong! Hilarious and inventive stand-up, as seen and heard on BBC2, BBC3, and BBC Radio 4.
Nick had a bit of breakdown in 2021, but now he’s coming back strong! Hilarious and inventive stand-up, as seen and heard on BBC2, BBC3, and BBC Radio 4.
After my last Fringe appearance (August, 2016), I had to step away from Edinburgh and consider how to be less devastatingly funny.
Liz Lochhead’s slick modern take on a sadly relevant ancient tale is brought to life with intelligent staging and a ferociously powerful central performance from Adura Onashile.
Following her sell-out performance last year, singer/celtic harp player, Maggie MacInnes, returns to the Fringe at the AMC to sing Gaelic songs from her family tradition.
As I take my seat in Mono Restaurant for Drag Queen Wine Tasting, I’m immediately struck by how professional everything looks.
Always packed, this ‘fab lil cabaret party’ (Time Out) returns with Mister Meredith again in charge.
Why toddle when you can dance? Join DJ Monski Mouse and her dancers for an epic session of bonkers, bopping, beautiful fun.
A celebration of Queen songs performed by four of the UK’s most talented singers and dancers in a tribute to the musical We Will Rock You.
Princess Gayatri seeks to preserve her father’s legacy and the survival of her people.
A character comedy set in Philadelphia about struggling to maintain one’s authenticity while facing inevitable change.
Join us on these free guided tours of the musical treasures on display at St Cecilia’s Hall, Scotland’s oldest concert hall and home to the University of Edinburgh’s Musical …
France 1789.
Live! Laugh! Liquidate! is the message 8-year-old Charmian got from Hammer film She.
Award-winning character comedian Anna Morris (Channel 4’s Lee and Dean, BBC’s Outnumbered, The First Team, Count Arthur Strong) brings her BBC Radio 4 special to life in this debut…
Game changer of an act Sam Serrano showcases their trademark self-deprecating and dark style in their debut show, Make Me Your Queen.
One of the (many) great things about Fringe is that new comics, who don’t yet have an hour’s worth of material, can buddy up to put on a show — Chris Hall and Mark Bittleston…
Start your day with a campatious event fuelled by quality wine, a tasty snack and some low tone.
Anna Mann is back! The acclaimed actress, singer and welder (gotta have a back up) returns after five long years to tell the incredible story of her life in the arts in this, her f…
Facing an existential crisis Anna powered off her phone and dived head first into an Ayahuasca retreat in the Irish wilderness.
This is the funny and sad story store of one transgender woman’s journey through America from both sides of the gender line.
Six Players.
Award-winning actress and playwright Terra Taylor Knudson uses wit, anecdotes, and creative conjecture to weave Shakespeare’s works into her own coming-of-age story, and illustra…
Simon Hall brings his manic energy and style to Brighton Fringe in his new show Simon Hall is Completely Fine.
For Queen And Country tells the remarkable true story of Major Denis Rake MC, as seen on the BBC2 programme, “Secret Agent Selection: WW2”.
For Queen And Country tells the remarkable true story of Major Denis Rake MC, as seen on the BBC2 programme, “Secret Agent Selection: WW2”.
Killer Queen is a dark, psychological drama, set against a backdrop of political upheaval, civil unrest and the fight for equality in late twentieth-century Britain.
Killer Queen is a dark, psychological drama, set against a backdrop of political upheaval, civil unrest and the fight for equality in late twentieth-century Britain.
You’ve probably heard of Greta Garbo, Charlie Chaplin and Marlene Dietrich - but what about Anna May Wong? Wong fought against racism, societal expectations and stereotypes to be…
Anna May Wong, the pioneering Chinese-American actress who, despite the odds, became one of Hollywood’s best-loved stars.
We run comedy nights at this venue all year round but we have something special planned for the Fringe.
Following a sold out tour across Europe and Australia in 2019 and her most recent BBC stand up special Power & Chaos, Fern Brady brings her fifth solo show Brain o…
Following a sold out tour across Europe and Australia in 2019 and her most recent BBC stand up special Power & Chaos, Fern Brady brings her fifth solo show Brain o…
When Mark Twain said the only two certainties in life were death and taxes, he clearly hadn’t accounted for Andrew Pollard and the Greenwich team knocking out a cracking panto.
Writer/Director Paul Stone has unearthed a gem of World War II history and transformed it into a delightful monologue, now on stage at the King’s Head Theatre, Islington.
Queen’s County is the work on offer from Crooked House’s young Irish ensemble in Kildare Youth Theatre.
Maggie returns in her smash hit drag extravaganza! Following four sell-out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe, the Iron Lady is back and more fabulous than ever.
“ I can’t tell if I am being ghosted or that person is practising social distancing very well” Watch Irish comedian Anna Clifford dissect t…
“ I can’t tell if I am being ghosted or that person is practising social distancing very well” Watch Irish comedian Anna Clifford dissect t…
“ I can’t tell if I am being ghosted or that person is practising social distancing very well” Watch Irish comedian Anna Clifford's work in p…
“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…
SCOTTISH SINFONIA, Leader Michael Rigg, Conductor Neil Mantle.
International Festival favourite Anna Meredith returns to Edinburgh to perform her second album accompanied by her live band.
Nominated for Best Comedy at Brighton Fringe, renaissance man, “Mr Henry Moss takes you into his world of deluded celebrity and he does it with charm and talent” (The Latest �…
Nominated for Best Comedy at Brighton Fringe, renaissance man, “Mr Henry Moss takes you into his world of deluded celebrity and he does it with charm and talent” The Latest ★…
Lily Phillips has been seen on BBC Three, ITV2 and All4, Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year runner-up, Funny Women finalist and Pleasance Reserve comedian Lily Phillips …
James Seabright by arrangement with Áine Flanagan presents Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho.
Perfect for fans of disco, politics, and drag (this Venn diagram overlaps more than you'd think), Margaret Thatcher becomes transformed into a cabaret Soho star in this hilario…
The Queen’s Speech: Miranda’s revels now are ending, but island life looks such fun! 35 years after Miranda and her father Prospero left their island at the end of The Tempest, the…
With caller Ken Gourlay and ceilidh band.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
She’s baaaaack! Join Crayola, London’s Queen of Colour, for another turn in The Glorys Cabaret Lounge with an evening of feel good songs, lots of LOLs, and all that trademark Cray-…
Celebrate the return to live entertainment with an exciting evening of variety hosted by radio personality Mark McKenzie in the home of the Army.
Follow Princess Gayatri from the Singhasari Kingdom evolve and blossom as she strives to attain her youthful dreams alongside preserving the long-time legacy of her deceased father…
Celebrate the return to live entertainment with an exciting evening of variety hosted by radio personality Mark McKenzie in the home of the Army.
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.
France 1789.
Let’s get fabulous! An interactive and inclusive storytime like no other storytime you will ever be involved with! Are you sitting comfortably? Why? Get on your feet and let’s read…
Immersed in an addictive world of front-row fashion shows, private views, and endless parties, Anna and Ariel find themselves struggling to keep up with New York’s dazzling s…
Little girls are made of sugar and spice and all things NAUGHTY.
Little girls are made of sugar and spice and all things NAUGHTY.
Will Hall (as seen on BBC Three and Channel 4) and Sharlin Jahan (BBC Asian Network) present a brand new work in progress split bill.
Will Hall (as seen on BBC Three and Channel 4) and Sharlin Jahan (as heard on Union Jack Radio) present a brand new work in progress split bill.
Nine-time Edinburgh Fringe First Winner.
Nine-time Edinburgh Fringe First Winner.
Award-winning character comedian Anna Morris (Channel 4’s ‘Lee and Dean’) brings her BBC Radio 4 stand-up show to the stage.
Award-winning character comedian Anna Morris (Channel 4’s ‘Lee and Dean’) brings her BBC Radio 4 stand-up show to the stage.
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
How a Hammer Horror film became the biggest influence on young Charmian’s life with darkly hilarious consequences.
How a Hammer Horror film became the biggest influence on young Charmian’s life with darkly hilarious consequences.
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.
London, are you prepared? For one week only, experience the magic of Alyssa Edwards as she sashays her way into London’s glittering West End from 7 – 13 June! From youn…
Bingo to dream about & prizes from your worst nightmare with Wilma Ballsdrop, Topsie Redfern, Ruby Violet & Paul CosmicTicket link
The West End’s only sit down disco with London’s best drag diva DJs playing camp classics all nightTicket link
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
Crowd Crystal is a video-performative project conducted by Anna Jochymek.
Book here to join the free online public opening of Anna Jochymek's video-performative artwork Crowd Crystal. Find out more about the work here.
Westcliff High School for Boys’s troupe of players from all year groups brings the late 19th century tradition of Music Hall back to life with some wonderful old songs, glorious …
What is magic, really? Is it an evil enchantress who can freeze a person in ice? Is it a crow who can talk? Or is it seeing dozens of little faces light up with joy? The Snow Queen…
The programme features Vocalise, Piano Concerto No 4 in G (soloist Adam Davies) and Symphony No 2 in E minor.
France 1789.
With caller/dance teacher Ken Gourlay, ceilidh band and piper.
Are you sitting comfortably kids? It’s time for Drag Queen Story Hour – an interactive storytime like no other! Join in on the interactive fun with sing songs, stories and lots a…
A hilarious and ludicrous take on the masterpiece by Leo Tolstoy.
Colin Hoult’s critically acclaimed alter-ego Anna Mann, Actress, Singer, Welder (got to have a back up) returns in the workings of a brand new show,…
Based on the story of Grace O’Malley, the personification of Ireland, The Pirate Queen is a sweeping epic of love, honor, and piracy in Renaissance Ireland.
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
Tucked away in a long forgotten corner of the city is an orphanage.
A wintry tale of fire and ice where selfless love wins, The Snow Queen, choreographed by Christopher Hampson, is a dangerous journey encountering bandits and snow creatures.
A glittering, seasonal spectacle packed with epic adventure, spell-binding magic, action-packed excitement and heart-warming friendship.
Stage sensation Whitney - Queen of the Night will return to London’s Savoy Theatre for two festive special performances – following its sold out West End debut there this year.
The Edinburgh University Theatre Company Presents Liz Lochhead’s 'Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off'.
Martin McDonagh’s The Beauty Queen of Leenane is an intensely Irish play set in the wilds of Connemara, premiered locally by the Druid Theatre Company in Galway in 1996.
It’s a Wednesday night in Brighton and Komedia is packed.
Mercury - Queen The Legend Lives On.
Hits & Misses with his Electric Band The “Empty Pockets” After touring for the last year in the USA with his band the Empty Pockets, Al has decided to bring this s…
Geoff Norcott is a working class comedian with an (oven) chip on his shoulder.
Returning after three very successful years at Edinburgh Fringe (AMC sell-out award winners in 2016, 2017, 2018), The Boyds premiere their new show, Acoustic Queen, perhaps their m…
Award-winning, rising stars from QM Comedy Society and the London comedy circuit deliver an hour full of social commentary and silliness.
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Pint of Wine Theatre Company’s acclaimed production of Michael John LaChiusa’s Queen Of The Mist comes to the Charing Cross Theatre for a strictly limited seven-week se…
Three thousand years ago, the Queen of Sheba travelled with a huge entourage and wealthy gifts to listen to King Solomon’s wisdom.
Three of Scotland’s leading contemporary jazz groups each play a 40-minute set in one stunning concert with world-class musical guests from India and Shetland.
Follows one woman and her soul’s journey through cancer, two children and a chihuahua.
Join our curators, conservator and volunteers on special highlight tours of St Cecilia’s Hall, Scotland’s oldest concert hall and home of the University of Edinburgh’s world renown…
Free Fringe founder and Comedy Awards Panel Prize winner (2009) PBH returns after illness to serve up waffle, scrud, bilge, tosh and gibbering drivel.
This one time I got a pre-emptive divorce.
The evil queen usually gets bad press, but not in this show.
Why toddle when you can dance?! Selling out shows around the world; come find out why.
When he is attacked on the street, drag performer Anthony, aka Theresa Mayhem, has a choice to make; does he repress the trauma and become a reality TV star? Or listen to his best …
With caller Ken Gourlay, ceilidh band and piper.
Following her critically acclaimed debut show Woman of the Year, meet Anna’s brand-new characters and join some returning favourites all trying to Get Happy.
Join Captain Jake’s Crew as he takes you on a journey to the high seas in this historic adventure.
Kay is playing with Gerda when a tear from the Snow Queen’s mirror becomes lodged in his eye, forcing all the thoughts that make him sad to become magnified.
It’s the cocktail hour, its cabaret o’clock! Starring international showgirl Ivy Paige! ‘Real-life Jessica Rabbit’ (Sun), with legendary pianist Pete Saunders (Dexys), she celebrat…
Join the ultimate mistress of mayhem, JoJo Bellini, as she takes you from the salacious to the sublime.
As seen on BBC Three and Channel 4.
Drag sensation Glamrou battles to merge their queer identity and Islamic heritage.
‘Character comedy at its finest’ ***** (EdFestMag.
Andy Quirk, the UK’s premier rapper of first world problems and his surly lead backup dancer Anna J invite you to join their crew for their latest musical comedy show dealing wit…
Ever found yourself stuck in a rat? Unpleasant, isn’t it? Time marches on, but you’re on the spot.
The Saturday Night Live writer and former editor-at-large of online satirical women’s magazine Reductress comes to the Fringe for the first time with a show all about true crime, t…
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Somewhat new to the interactive theatre scene, and a little suspicious of what I would find, Adam Riches: The Beakington Town Hall Murders was an unexpected delight.
Following her critically acclaimed debut show 'Woman of the Year', meet Anna's brand-new characters and join some returning favourites all tryin…
Ever found yourself stuck in a rat? Unpleasant, isn't it.
Award-winning comedian returns to the Canal Cafe Theatre with a brand new character show all about finding happiness.
Ever found yourself stuck in a rat? Unpleasant, isn’t it.
Presented by Root Experience, Hidden Stories is back in its hometown of Brighton for an informative and uplifting day at the Jubilee Library.
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
A cabaret show that takes you from the salacious to the sublime.
An interesting addition to the Fringe schedule, The Hunters of Ghost Hall's paranormal premise, pitch-black stage and eerie soundtrack seems to lend itself more to a Halloween …
The Evil Queen usually gets a bad press, but not in this show.
Sarah Mann (BBC New Comedian finalist 2018, So You Think You’re Funny runner-up 2017) and Anna Dominey (Bath New Act semi-finalist 2018) are the opposite of party people.
One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018.
MAJESTY rose from the ashes of a professional touring Queen tribute band that came off the road in May 2011.
The Jerry Hall Show' is a bizarre narrative comedy, based loosely on the life of celebrity Jerry Hall.
Rich Hall’s critically acclaimed new show begins its second leg of touring.
China Blue Fish and Deborah Antoinette first met at Bristol artist’s collective Co-resist where they bonded over a love of feminism, the environment and clowning (the two are bot…
JESSICAIt's hard to get out Dancing QueenI'll choose happiness every damn time JESSICA - WENDY ALICE ROSE CO.
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
Mary, Queen of Scots” explores the turbulent life of the charismatic Mary Stuart.
Mary, Queen of Scots” explores the turbulent life of the charismatic Mary Stuart.
In Tchaikovsky’s intense opera of obsession and the supernatural, Gherman is caught between the woman he loves and a destructive fixation.
After delighting audiences at last years Kids Comedy Club event at Piece Hall, ComedySportz return to the Spiegeltent this Christmas for more all action, all improvised comedy fun!…
When Jo Clifford ("proud father and grandmother") first performed her play, The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven, at Glasgow's Tron Theatre, it attracted bo…
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved.
Mahler Symphony No 4 in G major.
Colin Hoult’s ‘masterclass in character comedy’ (Time Out).
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…
Combining Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with electronics and visual art, Anno is a year of music, performed across an hour; a sensory experience of the passing of time; a critically accla…
Anna Phylactic and Ruth Cockburn come together to bring you a cabaret show about love and friendship, with a few history lessons along the way.
Born in Kansas, home of the South Wind, in 1897, Amelia Earhart reigned as Queen of the Air until her mysterious disappearance over the Pacific in 1937.
Anna Meredith performs her debut album Varmints, in a specially expanded version for her band and the 30-piece Southbank Sinfonia orchestra.
Catalina Vicens presents keyboard music for and around women in 16th and 17th-century Italy and England – works by Cara, Tromboncino, Valente, Byrd, Bull, Gibbons and others, usi…
The Edinburgh Comedy Award winner, Live at the Apollo star, the Lidl Enya, the broken Bublé… DAVID O’DOHERTY headlines.
Former PM and cabaret superstar Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho is back.
Returning with a brand-new kick-ass sequel, Queen’s bass guitar dances across sexual politics.
The award-winning character comedian and star of Channel 4’s Lee and Dean celebrates four sell-out shows at the Voodoo Rooms with a mash-up of her favourite creations.
No man is an island.
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
The Monster in the Hall by David Greig follows a day in the life of Duck Macatarsney as she cares for her dope-smoking biker father who suffers from multiple sclerosis.
With caller Ken Gourlay, a ceilidh band and piper.
Come and visit Edinburgh’s Sistine Chapel and see the beautiful, scintillating mural scheme by celebrated arts and crafts artist Phoebe Anna Traquair.
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
Why toddle when you can dance!? Sell-out shows around the world, come find out why DJ Monski Mouse is a hit with under fives and their parents/carers.
Meet the nominees for Woman of the Year in Anna Nicholson’s debut character-comedy show.
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Forty-five minutes of free (or £5 guaranteed entry) stand-up from a comedian who’s fresh out of the Cambridge Footlights and hoping this isn’t all a terrible mistake.
Hope Theatre Company bring us this brutal and beautiful production exploring sexuality through the lens of two boxers.
Blending comedy, drag, song and the grotesque, with absurd character sketches.
Greta’s brother, Kay, has been acting strange.
Following four sell-out Fringe runs and marking 30 years of Section 28, the Iron Lady returns in her original 80s drag cabaret extravaganza! On the eve of a crucial vote, Maggie ge…
Spencer Percival has one claim to fame.
Making her UK debut, talented sand artist Irina Titova and her audience will travel Around the World in 80 Pictures in the spirit of Jules Verne.
Spencer Percival has one claim to fame.
Spencer Percival has one claim to fame.
Join us on a journey of music and dance telling the story of York's community Tang Hall.
The Welsh singing legend, who is known for hits such as Delilah and What New Pussycat is.
Meet the nominees for Woman of the Year.
The award-winning character comedian and star of Channel 4’s 'Lee and Dean' celebrates four sell-out shows with a mash-up of her favourite creations.
For Queen and Country is a comedy drama inspired by the recent BBC2 programme, Secret Agent Selection: WW2.
Broadway Actor and Streamy Award Winner Todrick Hall announces his new world tour Todrick Hall American: The Forbidden Tour.
Jerry Hall bursts her way into Brighton Fringe, in this riot of a cabaret developed at Soho Theatre.
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
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.
Rich Hall’s critically acclaimed new show begins its second leg of touring.
Character comedy inspired by every age of woman: from the teenager who wants to be Gandhi, to a bra saleswoman stirring up the next generation, to the empty-nester mum now filling …
Since the very first tales were told around a fire, it has been human nature to enjoy a good story - especially when the story is full of murder, gore and tabloid-friendly salaciou…
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…
Meet ‘Gorgeous’ George O’Connell (Rob Ward) and Dane ‘The Pain’ Samson (John Askew), two hard as nails boxers both raised by their traditionalist fathers to defend themse…
The past is littered with magnificent women who deserve to be remembered and Anna Brassey is one of them: curator, collector, philanthropist, photographer, founder member of St Joh…
Why toddle when you can dance? Join our resident dj-mumma, Monski Mouse and her Dancers for an hour of bopping family fun.
The critically acclaimed character comic and creator of the award winning international sell-out It's Got To Be Perfect presents Bitchelors.
Why toddle when you can dance! Parents and under-5s are let loose on the dance floor in the friendliest of discos.
This uplifting and heart-warming tale by Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott has it all – outrageous costumes, flamboyant choreography and plenty of sass.
Maggie returns in her smash hit drag extravaganza! Following four sell-out Edinburgh Fringe runs, the Iron Lady returns to mark the 30th anniversary of the passing of Section 28.
Winner: Barry Award Melbourne International Comedy Festival Everyone’s favourite sardonic straight shooter, Rich Hall, returns! After a sell-out Fringe season in 2016 the crank…
Why toddle when you can dance?! Selling out shows around the world, come find out why Adelaide’s own, DJ Monski Mouse is a hit with the under fives and their parents/carers.
Award Winning Adam Hall & the Velvet Playboys bring the dance Party! Bring your dancing shoes! 6 piece band with full horn section featuring the music of Prince, Bruno Mars, Marvin…
Having “hiccuped” his way to fame in 2015 with the Australian National Anthem at a baseball game, 9 year old Ethan Hall will perform a solo event to showcase his singing abilities …
An evolving participatory drawing project by artist-illustrator Anna Cherkasova (RUS-AUS) in which the gallery space is her canvas.
“Get around pres at Danni’s.
The Old Married Couple may be married but they’re certainly not old.
Blending music, comedy, drag, movement, dance, bouffon and the grotesque - Queen Cunt sees all power to the feminine, the wrathful, the sensual! A multi-character melange of opinio…
Blending music, comedy, drag, movement, dance, buffon and the grotesque - Queen Cunt sees all power to the feminine, the wrathful, the sensual! A multi-character melange of opinion…
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Russian Spectacular! Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture, Nutcracker Suite, Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor (Soloist Jill Morton) and Borodin Symphony No 3.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Former Prime Minister and global cabaret superstar Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho is back – and this time she’s hosting a club night! There’ll be non-stop 80s hits from a non-st…
Moisés Kaufman, recipient of the National Medal of Arts from President Obama, speaks about creating new work for the theatre.
“All I knew was the playground song Mary Queen of Scots got her head chopped off,” says opera singer Louise Macdonald, “until I started learning Schumann’s Maria Stuart Lie…
The Polis are Scotland’s number one Police tribute act.
Unleash your inner queen! Via Shakespeare, Chekhov to RuPaul, a kickass theatre-cum-cabaret tour de force exploring sexual politics and identity, revealing how an exotic dancer bec…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Anna Savory is a comedian & condemned woman.
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Come and visit Edinburgh’s Sistine Chapel and see the beautiful, scintillating mural scheme by celebrated arts and crafts artist Phoebe Anna Traquair.
Unleash your inner queen! Via Shakespeare, Chekhov to RuPaul, a kickass theatre-cum-cabaret tour de force exploring sexual politics and identity, revealing how an exotic dancer bec…
The critically acclaimed character comic and creator of last year’s award-winning sell-out wedding comedy It’s Got to be Perfect returns.
Spencer Percival has one claim to fame.
It’s impossible to miss the irony in the name of the production company behind Priscilla: Queen of the Desert – Car Crash Productions.
Why toddle when you can dance?! It’s time to get heads, shoulders, knees and toes bopping along to lashings of swing, pop, rock, latin and more! Selling out shows around the world,…
Whip out some dancing shoes and get ready to whirl around a dance floor at the fantastic event that is Ceilidhs in Lauriston Hall brought to the Fringe by Edinburgh Ceilidhs.
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
The Last Queen of Scotland is a bold and original new piece of writing by Jaimini Jethwa, commissioned by the National Theatre of Scotland and Dundee Rep, and produced by Stellar Q…
Blackbell House has a new governess: poor, plain, Frances Glass.
Despite Hope Theatre Company’s name, this production did not leave me very hopeful about the issue it was raising – that of discrimination against LGBT people in sport.
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…
‘Revell makes you laugh and think; a rare and cherishable combination these days’ (Scotsman).
The Mariinsky Ballet presents the highly anticipated revival of Alexei Ratmansky’s acclaimed Tolstoy adaptation.
Anna Mann is, according to herself, the greatest actress of her generation—a quote she can now legitimately edit for future Fringe posters with no fear of censor.
Originally opened in 1763, St Cecilia’s Hall is the oldest purpose-built concert hall in Scotland.
pencer Percival has one claim to fame.
A site specific, immersive play invites the audience into Danni’s student flat for pre-drinks and Ring of Fire with her best friend, Jack.
Following a critically acclaimed, sold-out season at the Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Queen Anne transfers to the Theatre Royal …
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.
A visually stunning and tender story about loss and fate, and the hope that great sadness can pass.
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 …
As seen in ‘Derek, Murder in Successville’ and ‘Being Human’, award-winning character comedian Colin Hoult brings his hit show ‘Anna Mann’s Sketch Show for Depressives’ to The Warr…
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, games and catchphrases as audien…
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Will and Heidi are two thoughtful, principled stand-ups who will do anything to get a laugh, including dropping all principles.
In 1812 Spencer Percival became the first, and only, British Prime Minister ever to be assassinated.
Why toddle when you can dance! Parents and under-5s are let loose on the dance floor in this friendliest of discos.
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…
Inspired by one of Britain's greatest ever comedy series, this 2 hour interactive production is set in a restaurant where you the audience are the diners.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Experience the thrill of hearing Saint-Saens’ exciting Organ Symphony live.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
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.
Two of Scotland’s most revered multi-instrumentalists, Mairearad (accordion, bagpipes, voice) and Anna (guitar, banjo, fiddle, voice) are a captivating duo, providing an energetic …
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
Freaky Family are back! Aki Remally, Jamie Graham and Allan Ferguson head this groundbreaking band traversing funk, jazz, hip hop beats and groove sensibility.
Come and visit Edinburgh’s Sistine Chapel and see the beautiful, scintillating mural scheme by celebrated arts and crafts artist Phoebe Anna Traquair.
A vaguely outrageous, psychedelic three-piece hip-hop folk funk outfit, hand-crafting screwball anthems deep in the Scottish Highlands.
Frantic, fun and frivolous, this fast-paced one-man show is an entertaining comic thriller of Cold War intrigue and Scrabble.
The critically acclaimed character comic and star of ITV2’s Bad Bridesmaid and BBC One’s Outnumbered returns with her smash hit, sell-out 2015 show.
Lower Swell is having its summer festival! Come and be a part of the village as character comedian Dave Lemkin brings to life all the guest speakers: Colin Jackson, a self-employed…
Why toddle when you can dance? Get glam and get dancing at this international hit, retro-fabulous vintage disco for under-5s (babies under 6 months can go free).
With caller Ken Gourlay, ceilidh bands Flaming Heather, HLI, Scott Leslie, Willie Fraser and piper.
Some stupid adults, having forgotten what it’s actually like to be children, are often surprised, disturbed and horrified by the serious issues lurking in the heart of the most s…
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…
When the polyrhythm is heard in Nzinga Warrior Queen’s opening, you know this isn’t a comedy of manners.
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
Just one glance at this year’s stuffed-to-bursting wedge of a programme is enough to see that there are bewildering array of performance disciplines represented at this year’s …
Queen Lear is a re-telling of Shakespeare’s Lear story from the perspective of his queen, confined in her chamber while pregnant with his expected male heir.
The queen who ruled a kingdom (and an empire) as you’ve never dared think of her before.
Theatre Anon’s production of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen is a heart-warming family show, complete with a bit of sing-song.
Queen has been the soundtrack to Funny Women Variety Award winner Sooz Kempner’s entire life.
There’s surely no better sign that mental health issues – and depression in particular – are becoming more openly discussed than for the likes of Colin Hoult to come along an…
Trundling into view as part of C Theatre’s 25th anniversary is The Snow Queen.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Nick Hall’s one-man cold war thriller is an active piece, darting through London, Amsterdam, and under the Iron Curtain to the heart of the Soviet Union, all in the pursuit of a …
Character comedian Nick Hall brings a one-man Cold War thriller to Brighton.
Lindsay, Kells, Maria and Lee have just got back from Nicky’s funeral.
Why toddle when you can dance! Parents and under 5s are let loose on the dance floor in this friendliest of discos.
The week’s most illustrious guest here is the German baritone Matthias Goerne, a powerfully dramatic Lied interpreter, who on Wednesday presents a recital of songs by Schuman…
A magnificent week at 57th and Seventh begins with *Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax giving a rare performance of all five Beethoven cello sonatas in the Stern Auditorium (Friday at 8 p.
Singers who are charismatic on the opera stage often find solo recitals a daunting prospect.
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…
Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky embarks on her quest to vocally conquer all three of Donizetti’s historic Tudor queen operas in the same season, here as a young royal grasping at powe…
Australia is home to many curious creatures; a place where men are macho, except when they put on a frock, heels and make-up to sing along to disco classics.
The Metropolitan Opera jumps on the Tudor bandwagon this season, giving Sondra Radvanovsky the chance to sing all three of Donizetti’s so-called “Tudor queens.
Strauss Don Juan; Faure Pavane; Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending (Danny Miller violin); Elgar Symphony No 1 in Ab major, Opus 55.
Margaret Thatcher truly is the Queen of Soho.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved.
For Queen and Country.
Written and performed by legendary trans playwright, performer and poet Jo Clifford, this unique and extraordinary show combines theatre with storytelling, spoken word and ritual i…
Enjoying the perks of self-imposed exile in England, the Haggis Queen finds herself suddenly adrift when the Independence Referendum hits and she must decide on which side of the b…
Bound by blood and only by bloody acts will they be free of one another.
Ian Hall and Bruce Edhouse (both former Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival award winners) present a daft but affectionate tribute to some of the great comedy double acts of our time.
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
Mairearad Green and Anna Massie know how to put on a show – they combine warmth, wit and banter with supreme musicianship to create an enjoyable, varied, and polished set.
I’ve always somewhat despised weddings.
Through her indecorous musical storytelling, Cabaret Roulette’s own petite Parisienne powerhouse teaches us everything she knows about love.
The Nursery together with Freestival is bringing an improv only venue to Edinburgh - a Fringe first! Every night for three weeks, the Holyrood Suite at the Thistle Hotel will trans…
Fraxi Queen of the Forest is a pageant for children about ash dieback.
No matter who you are, where you come from or if you’ve danced The Gay Gordon before, the Ceilidhs in Lauriston Hall will inject a traditional Scottish night into your Fringe exper…
There have been many books, films, documentaries, etc on Mary Stuart, giving us many perceptions of Mary, those involved with her, and incidents in her life.
NSDF darlings of 2014 Naughty Corner are back with their winning original play The Bastard Queen! Set at the end of the world, the play sees five young people fight for survival an…
It has been four years since Steve Hall last appeared at the Fringe.
Fringe sensation, Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho, returns after 2014’s total sell-out run (and at London’s Leicester Square Theatre) in the drag comedy musical extravaganza like…
Noun (Doh-dek-uh-hee-drun).
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…
Written and performed by legendary trans playwright, performer and poet Jo Clifford, this unique and extraordinary show combines theatre with storytelling, spoken word and ritual i…
Come and visit Edinburgh’s Sistine Chapel, and see the beautiful, scintillating mural scheme by celebrated arts and crafts artist Phoebe Anna Traquair.
Ding dong the witch is back and she has landed in the heart of York city centre.
Known for her caustic humor and unabashed insult comedy, Lisa Lampanelli talks with the comedian and radio host Ron Bennington about her new outlook on life and her forthcoming sta…
(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…
The Victorian Music Hall, vulgar, jingoistic, patriotic, slightly naughty to downright rude, with a mix of songs still sung and loved today.
See the best in live performance for and by young people (and open to everyone!) at Venue B, Brighton’s only dedicated venue for young people. Check our website for full details.
Built in 1766 as a glamourous Georgian Ballroom in the Old Steine, it was the place to be seen for Brighton’s fashionable crowd! The building later became the Chapel to the Royal P…
The Improverts are back for two Exam Specials in the Teviot Debating Hall! A different combination of players will take to the stage each night for a round of high-class, high-ener…
Star of ‘Derek’, ‘Being Human’ and ‘Carnival of Monsters’ returns to the Brighton Fringe with two entirely new shows: Sit on the Ledge and Jump Down to the Ground (7, 2…
To cap the season-long celebrations of her career’s 50th anniversary, the peerless Ms.
The critically acclaimed character comic and star of ITV2’s ‘Bad Bridesmaid’ and BBC1’s ‘Outnumbered, returns to Brighton with a work in progress of her new show.
Why toddle when you can dance! Parents and under 5s are let loose on the dance floor in this friendliest of discos.
All five original members of the influential Canadian sketch troupe reunite for a night of live sketch comedy.
Michael Ricigliano Jr.
Miller Theater’s last composer portrait of the season sketches the work of the London-born Anna Clyne, who is just completing her tenure as composer in residence at the Chica…
Jean-Luc Lagarce’s beautiful, incantatory play is about a company of three performers who cling to art and shredded dignity as they hoof from stage to ever more pathetic stag…
A festival for ‘new and unusual theatre’, Sprint - now in its 17th year - is famous for providing a platform for rising theatre-makers who have something urgent to say and a uniq…
This passionate, fiercely idiosyncratic singer returns to Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall for an ambitious immersion in the French repertory with the pianist Donald Sulzen.
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 show about two drag queens aboard a cruise ship, pretending to be real women, is a little “Some Like It Hot,” a little “Anything Goes” and a lot of goo…
This young German soprano makes her United States recital debut with an unusual program in the intimate Board of Officer’s Room — three concerts dedicated to the songs …
Wagner’s Flying Dutchman Overture.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved.
My appreciation for the acting in The Bastard Queen was matched by my strong distaste for the actual play.
The youthful Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble takes on Purcell’s affecting masque in a fully staged and choreographed production.
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
Here she comes again! The Delta Queen.
Every evening, the understated sacred space of St.
Join the gang as they sweep you down to the grand old days of London, packed full of extreme patriotism and purpose, The Music Hall Menagerie promises singing, dancing, comic caper…
The older-man-meets-younger-girl premise might have been done - and done well - with An Education, but with its delicate narrative, Nottingham New Theatre’s Queen B shows that …
Nick Hall: Helmet is a splice of easy going, bittersweet stand-up from a man in his early thirties re-evaluating his life.
Finding the Will in association with The Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham presents Bard Heads: The Queen’s Speech.
A powerful tale of resilience and overcoming great obstacles, this production has battled through in the spirit of its eponymous character.
See Edinburgh’s Sistine Chapel.
With caller Ken Gourlay and ceilidh bands Flaming Heather, HLI, Scott Leslie, Willie Fraser and piper.
In the appropriately multi-lingual halls of Espionage is this hidden gem of the Free Festival.
There have been many books, films, documentaries etc, on Mary Stuart giving us many perceptions of Mary, those involved with her and incidents in her life.
Ray Gunn and Luke Reel were expecting to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame but a misunderstanding about the eligibility criteria means that they’re going to have to f…
Seven years with Ray Charles, Barbara Morrison demonstrates her full range of musicality and fun.
Why toddle when you can dance, dance, dance! Parents and under fives are let loose on the dance floor in this friendliest of discos.
Outside, the queue is teeming.
This is character comedy at its best.
Produced by C theatre, The Snow Queen is a charming adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic tale by Karina Wilson.
The basketball court is as much a stage for life as any platform found in a theater.
With its heady mix of lyricism and rigor, Ms.
It’s New Year’s Eve 1968, and Jerry Wolfert, the “most hated man in the San Fernando Valley,” is celebrating his first night in Hollywood.
Having never been to a Drag King pageant before I was not entirely sure what to expect from King of the Fringe.
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
Florence Foster Jenkins was an American amateur opera singer under the impression that she was amazingly talented when actually she was really very bad.
Twenty to Something is a funny, moving and truthful show about student life, university culture and the deeper issues affecting today’s young people.
Ever thought about running your own Brighton Fringe venue? Then this panel discussion is for you! Hear about the practicalities, pleasures and pitfalls of running a venue from a va…
What kind of music do you like? We got it.
2 big days, several SECRET locations and a mash-up of live music and epic performance! Special guest stars, festival fever, dance off, skate jams and all the weird and wonderful�…
Taking place in the dark and historic Old Police Cells Museum, These Precious Hidden Things is a cleverly written and produced piece by The Barefoot Players.
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
Anna Emerson gives an entertaining performance in her latest show, An Evening with Patti DuPont.
A stand up comedy show with a unique twist.
So, Foil, Arms and Hog are my new favourite people.
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.
Feathers, glitter, gold lame and The Weather Girls.
This colourful, vibrant performance of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was well received by children and adults alike.
Why toddle when you can dance, dance, dance! DJ Monski Mouse and her team bring high energy smiling in a fabulous retro music and dance event for parents and children under 5.
If you’re looking for some light hearted comedy to pass the time, don’t go to see Sean McLoughlin.
Anna Morris’s new show might be a work in progress but it’s already pretty brilliant.
I love a bit of late night showbiz.
I can’t stop grinning as I leave the church.
The Ladyboys of Bangkok is all hyped up.
‘Everything is easier to explain if you use lots of fire.
For those not familiar with this Shakespearian classic, it opens with a shipwreck which leaves a brother and sister stranded on the coast of an island called Illyria.
Elgar concert overture, In the South (Alassio), Mozart Piano Concerto No.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be hugely rewarding, but is also a mammoth undertaking.
From the tremblingly loud intro to the wild medley of an ending, the Red Hot Chilli Pipers were magnificent.
The Blueswater is the 12-piece band behind award-winning show Blues!, and they will be performing a limited run of five shows at the enigmatic Venue 45.
Giulio is 31 and Choreographer.
ongs of Struggle sees a fine collection of Scottish folk singers gather together to celebrate Woody Guthrie’s centenary in an evening of inspiring and compelling music.
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
I’m trying to give up cake. Everything else is optional. Perhaps PBH’s final one-man show at the Fringe. Or not.
It always seems like a good idea to take a chance on the Free Fringe, to discover your new favourite comedian before they start charging a fortune for their tickets.
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
Anna is missing, but why, and what happened in the day leading up to her disappearance? This non-linear play cuts back and forth from evening to daytime to unveil the truth behind …
With caller Ken Gourlay and ceilidh bands Flaming Heather, HLI, Scott Leslie, Willie Fraser and piper.
In 1893 the Irish artist Phoebe Anna Traquair, a notable adherent of the Arts and Crafts movement, was asked to decorate the Catholic Apostolic Church on Mansfield Place.
Katerina Vrana’s multinational show is the kind of comedy gold that makes the Free Fringe all the more worthwhile.
Uninitiated to the world of sweaty, foot-stamping organised dance most of us would rather watch Scottish Highland music than participate in it.
Come and see ‘Edinburgh’s Sistine Chapel’.
Rich Hall becomes immeasurably funnier if you try not to laugh at him.
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.
A poignant adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s tale, The King and Queen of the Universe, produced by Slippers and Rum, tells a story of adulation and bereavement set in the depths of t…
We see a lot of Rich Hall on panel shows these days: QI, Have I Got News For You?, Eight out of Ten Cats, Never Mind The Buzzcocks.
Join Rich and his virtuoso musical mates, Ronnie Golden, Rob Childs, Nick Pynn, Antonio Forccionne (‘nuff said) for a mashup of music, comedy and gratuitous coloration.
In precisely the same manner as is the sumptuously propagandist portrait that opens it, this exhibition is one transparently motivated by an effort at pure populism.
La Clique Royale is possibly the least family friendly circus extravaganza you’ll find in Edinburgh and it’s not to be missed.
It’s an old cliché that there is nothing more boring than listening to someone talking about their dreams.
The highlight of the evening’s performance came as the inconspicuous Iain Mundy joined the orchestra to take the lead in Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto in E-flat.
Naked Homo Live! is set in a members’ only gay club, with an intimate audience of around twenty people, and one naked – completely hairless – performer.
According to Anna and Katy there are two things a comedy double act need: chemistry and jokes.
Jazz is a study of madness, perhaps.
Likely the most enjoyable corporate seminar you’ll see at the Fringe, Jack and Nikki: Killing Machines is warm and entertaining from the start.
An am-dram production in a church hall, this show comes from another world entirely to even the worst of fringe shows: a world where a serviceable witch’s hat can be made from a …
At the age of 18, Allegra Levy is already a considerably more compelling performer than handfuls of Parky regulars.
Songs For a New World is a perennially popular Fringe favourite, a revue of cabaret numbers by Jason Robert Brown loosely themed around the American experience.
I fell in love with somebody completely by accident, just by sitting beside them, is a great way to introduce a song.
The duo of Ian Millar on tenor and soprano saxes and Dominic Spencer on (electric) piano play a standards-based set at the Radisson Hotel every lunchtime (though, 12:30 is breakfas…
Based on Conrad’s novel, The Secret Agent, transplanting its protagonist to modern-day Soho, attaching the story to a real alleged bomb plot on the London Eye, incorporating so…
This is a wild and wacky experience of burlesque, cabaret and circus.
A terrible crime sends Leila and Lee running into the Scottish highlands.
In 1999, Anna Bagenholm became trapped under ice after a skiing accident.
If ever there was a lesson in the value of being patient, this show is it.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
On the whole, the show was quite amateur and left a lot to be desired.
The problems started right from the word go.
Ford and Akram are versatile and genuinely likable performers with an excellent character dynamic; Akram is confident and arrogant, walking all over the intelligent but overwhelmin…
Parents Evening promises an hour of character-based sketch comedy in a school setting, which is already an idea devoid of originality, but is handled particularly poorly.
It’s usually a good sign when a sketch group can make you smile before you even enter the venue.
A fun, eclectic group of amateur comedians took to the stage with an endearing, though not hilarious, improvised comedy set.
The GirlBand Improv was an entirely enjoyable experience but not quite what I expected.
Entering a room full of trays of sandwiches, scones, cakes and ‘tea’ which turned out to be minty cocktails in tea-cups (it is sponsored by Hendricks after all) held a whole lo…
Hunger Warrior Theatre, a group of young American Theatre professionals present this tale of lust and its dangers, written Andrew J Hungerford.
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…
The sweetness and innovation of this young children’s puppet show was overshadowed by some of the flaws in its production.
This stage adaption of the book and film was experimental, wacky and creative – a cocktail which at times proved highly successful and at other times fell completely flat.
Steve Hall, part of the sketch comedy show We are Klang, is an appealing comic.
Written, directed and performed by Gari Jones, Wretch is clearly a deeply personal project.
An ambient evening of harp music and vocals which was enjoyable, but not exceptional.
Matthew Highton will deceive you.
Less than a minute into the show and there’s a bomb, some sort of wizard and someone getting punched in the face.
Ionesco’s Rhinoceros depicts a sleepy French town where the inhabitants are slowly overcome by a strange phenomenon turning them into rampaging rhinos.
There are two possible reasons why Angela Barnes and Matt Richardson are sharing a stand-up show: a) they’re friends; or b) they both attribute a lot of material to their mums.
It is very hard to know how to describe Gareth Morinan’s show.
This was a weird and wacky take on the old Chaucerian tale which left itsaudience members altogether bemused.
Billed primarily as comedy, it’s only natural to spend the first few minutes of this show wondering where the jokes are.
Dream Pill is a tale of modern slavery.
The Brighton Beach Boys gave a fairly electric rendition of some of the greatest and most celebrated musical bangers from the year 1969, as well as the Beatles’ ‘Abbey Road’.
Stuart Goldsmith can win an audience over in seconds.
It’s a bit of a cliché to say, but Jarlath Regan oozes charm.
Rich Hall is familiar to most of us mainly through his work as a comedian on TV, particularly on panel shows.
Pam Ford presents a friendly and funny stand-up show focussing on her past career as a hairdresser.
Terry Alderton is a surrealist stand-up.
William (Josef Salvat) is about to perform for the first time in his one-man show and finds himself looking back at his life.
1912 is a fairly unsuccessful attempt to reinvent old magic shows from the early 20th Century.
James Christopher’s tactic of combining the show titles of award-winning comedians seems a strange choice.
It’s not immediately easy to find any correlation between Macbeth and the deputy Prime Minister, but this new satire from Oxford University creates one with great wit and a marve…
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.
Bluebird is the story of Jimmy, a London taxi driver the various people – ‘fares’ – he meets.
The show gets off to a slick and simple start by introducing each member of HyHo Productions to the stage.
Ladylike gets off to a rather standard start with an introduction to the double act’s caricatured personalities, which aren’t anything novel: Victoria Temple-Morris is arrogant…
Right from the word ‘go’ it appears this won’t be the most original sketch show ever to grace the Fringe – the Gubernaculum, a group of Oxbridge doctors, are just one in a …
‘I thought it was a magic show.
This was the event to wrap up all of the weird, wacky and wonderful treats that the Hendrick’s Carnival of Knowledge had put on over the past five days.
Would Like to Meet highlights in its description its daily change of acts which apparently brings ‘fresh appeal’ to the show every day.
Chris Kent managed to fill most of the room in the Turret of the Gilded Balloon, but there are many others comedians far more deserving of these bums on seats.
Broadway Baby doesn’t often get the chance to turn restaurant critic, but as Sam’s of Brighton have added their pre-show Supper Club at the Spiegeltent to the official Fringe p…
The set is nothing more than a small section of floor and two chairs.
If this show were a child, it might be described as a ‘late developer’.
Warnings about what not to do in the presence of Andrew O’Neill put you in mind of safety signs around zoos, which is apt given that his stand-up set is pretty wild and erratic.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
Theyre sold out until the end of time (well, the end of the run anyway) so its pretty academic if I say that this is the funniest, silliest, campest, rudest, coarsest, most pre…
‘I’ll keep you alive.
A man who is scared of women, a man in a long-term relationship, and a man who has seven women in one week - in Who’s Dorian Gray, we are introduced to all these characters.
An impressive and beautiful rendition of Tchaikovsky’s music, performed with great talent by the Sussex Symphony Orchestra.
Opening the show with some very impressive and fast-paced wordplay, Matt Rudge sets the bar high and despite occasional lulls in energy, manages to be consistently funny throughout…
The 27 Club is a club in which all members died at the age of 27, explains Jack Lukeman, having strutted onto the stage in sunglasses to a hefty round of applause.
Matt Forde is a chatty, friendly man who quickly gets an audience on board.
As the Phantom of the Opera music played a cloaked figure appeared, sang along for a few bars before ripping off the cloak to reveal he had a Henry Hoover for a head.
Hans Christian Andersen’s stories continue to enchant children and adults alike and ‘The Snow Queen’ remains a popular favourite on stage.
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…
Picture an intimate little room with white curtains all around you.
Three soldiers are hit by a mighty explosion.
By its very nature, the night is never going to be spectacular.
Durham University Light Opera Group’s (DULOG) show is an unexpectedly touching coming of age story juxtaposed with moments of raucous insanity.
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.
While not the slickest show this side of the Royal Mile, Sh!it Theatre’s Job Seekers Anonymous was definitely something extraordinary.
The Sexual Awakening of Peter Mayo is the story of a sexually repressed man accidentally stumbling onto the world of swinging and no-frills sex after a text goes awry.
If you weren’t lucky enough to venture to the wacky venue, Hendrick’s Carnival of Knowledge was situated in a gentleman’s beautiful seafront home – straddling the border be…
I have faint memories of being taken to a children’s dance and movement class when I was about two.
Anna Morris has crafted a wonderful hour of entertainment that I highly recommend.
Alongside an impressive collection of literature-referencing music, Robert Finn guides us through his attempt to follow Dan Brown down the literary garden path.
Peter Straker has one of those recognisable faces ‘off the telly’ having been a regular on the original Dr Who and the 1985 series Connie.
It’s rare to come out of a sketch show and have no problem recalling the premise of every sketch.
Ali Shahrukhi ‘s show Leaves on the Line is pretty much a very long series of one-liners.
Another Dip Your Toe show, another trip into a bizarre fictional world in a Victorian bathing machine.
Three for Free is a fun and friendly showcase of new acts, featuring Alex Kealy and Patrick Morris, plus a special guest every day.
Graham Woolnough’s lusciously bizarre backstage peek at the lives of royalty is a theatrical treat for those with any political disposition.
Her eponymous debut album, Anna Calvi, was a record of raw power that signalled the arrival of an ambitious and inventive songwriter, and was nominated for the Mercury Prize.
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.
Comedy Editor and Scotland Editor James Macfarlane sits down with RuPaul's Drag Race royalty Monét X Change to discuss her debut Fringe show Life Be Lifein', why audiences today a...
Simon Ximenez talks with Alistair Hall, whose success with his gripping one-man play Declan, was one of the few positive outcomes of lockdown.
Copstick is back at Surgeons' Hall chatting to Martha McBrier, Darcie Silver, Pope Lonergan and Lisa Frischemeier.
Kate Copstick chats to Paul Wady of Stealth Aspies about questioning labels on the topic of autism.
Kate Copstick presents episode 1 of Slaughtered at The Surgeon's Hall with President Obonjo and Zach Zucker.
Ditch the messy arts and crafts this half-term and entertain your little darlings with the best live family friendly performances Brighton and Hove have to offer instead.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year (apart from Brighton Fringe, of course) and there are plenty of delightful performances to entertain you this winter.
Welcome to our top 5 picks from the third year of Brighton HorrorFest, the spooktacular celebration from Sweet of all things that go bump in the night.
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The Scottish Storytelling Centre is, in its own words, ‘a vibrant arts venue with a seasonal programme of live storytelling, theatre, music, exhibitions, workshops, family events...
Greenwich Theatre is set to have an unprecedented profile at this year’s Brighton Fringe, with no less than eight productions heading for The Warren either co-produced or support...
With Easter on the horizon it’s time to turn attention to Brighton Fringe with a look at some shows that are likely to sell out. Book early – you have been warned.
Romola Garai will star as Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough alongside Emma Cunniffe as the eponymous monarch in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Queen Anne.
We talk to the kid-rocking, dance-loving DJ Monski Mouse about her disco-dancing extravaganza perfect for under fives (and their parents too)
Edinburgh venue St Stephen’s Stockbridge returns in 2016 as the latest addition to the C venues stable.
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
Matt Tedford’s drag incarnation as Margaret Thatcher started life as a simple Halloween joke but has since taken on a bit of a life of her own, winning him Best Male Performer at...
Anna Girvan is a director who loves the strange and the unique.