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.
Ireland's Queens of Comedy are back with their brand new show, Girls World Tour.
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’.
Shane Todd is about to hit the road with his biggest ever tour.
The five star musical that shook 2019 is back! “One of the strongest shows the Royal Court has produced” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Liverpool Echo &…
The five star musical that shook 2019 is back! “One of the strongest shows the Royal Court has produced” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Liverpool Echo &…
“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.
Step into the uproarious world of Pitch It Good, where laughter meets lunacy in a show unlike any other.
SCOTTISH PREMIERE The boundaries between reality and myth crumble in Crystal Pite and Jonathan Young’s imaginative new dance work.
The Glass House, where beauty thrives, where night ends and light begins.
It’s the early 80s at Cambridge.
When it comes to relationships, Shinanne is all about the D.
June Tuesday and Maria Pollard are the best unstable, hot, bi stand-up comedians to come out of Wales and possibly the world.
Welcome to Hackton! Cyclists can’t get to Hackton library, literacy rates are dropping, cyclists can barely name a single book, library membership is dwindling and Hackton counci…
At Come to Mommy nothing is off the table! Having a problem at work? A tiff with your spouse? Did you commit arson? No matter the problem, you can always Come to Mommy, hosted by G…
Mariah Girouard is not a Good Girl.
Take a strobe down memory lane with the UK’s premier rave raconteur.
Salam, y’all! Arsalan Akhavan’s funny and uplifting one-man show interweaves myths from the Persian Book of Kings (Shahnameh) with true-life stories about growing up Iranian in the…
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…
A compelling, humorous and poignant play that explores the intimate and often complex relationship between girls and their shared experiences in the bathroom.
The long walk home.
A collage style devised work exploring the (potential) collapse of the Anthropocene, this personal meditation on the climate crisis explores the beauty and inevitability of imperma…
In 2012, two girls stabbed their friend 19 times at Slenderman’s instruction.
Her husband’s affair changed everything.
Rhiannon has always been a good girl: obliging, pretty, and eager to please.
War! What’s it good for? Lesbians, apparently… This tragi-comedy follows the relationships between four queer women anticipating the end of the war in a bomb shelter turned bac…
Endeavour Chorus plus Go Forth.
In 1926, radium was a miracle cure and luminous watches the latest rage – until the girls that painted them began to fall desperately ill with a mysterious disease.
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.
The Grumpy Magicians present: Now You See It, Now You Don’t.
A funeral you can’t keep your inappropriate self from laughing through: this one-person show is a love letter to the humiliating experience of becoming a grown up, and the way gr…
The award-winning comedy trio Bad Clowns are putting on a night of the best comedy acts from this year’s festival every Friday and Saturday of the Fringe, and you’re invited!
A celebration of the enduring friendship between the brilliant and tragic composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and Marion Scott, writer and trailblazer of women musicians, written a…
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…
Herstory, ancestry and f*ckupery - it’s all in the making of show.
‘Who is this who is coming?’ When the rational and skeptical scholar Professor Parkins takes a trip from home, he stumbles upon a mysterious whistle.
The best of the best of the best of the best of the best of the best of the Scottish comedy circuit, plus guests.
What do you do when you hate the guy you’re dating, but he only has one eye? What do you stare at when sitting across from an old person whose eyes are constantly dripping in a way…
After the success of last year’s inaugural event, we return, bigger and better.
An Alice in Wonderland parody magic show! Come be part of the magic! Las Vegas magician Jordan Rooks combines magic, comedy and storytelling into an unforgettable time! Jordan’s un…
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.
Lifelong goody-two-shoes Titi Lee is breaking all the rules, and you are invited.
The Good the Bad and the Irish has been performing at the Fringe for the last 14 years! We’re the original Irish comedy show with regular weekly clubs in Edinburgh and many sellout…
Catherine Cohen is back.
After 18 years as a teacher, Mark Row has had enough of the endless carousel of uninspiring lessons, inane questions and kids with attitudes that stink worse than their PE kits.
Skins actress Megan Prescott – aka Katie F*cking Fitch – writes and stars in her debut solo show.
Join us for a drink and another hour of non-stop inebriated laughter! The same spirited show hosted by Kyle Legacy but with all-new faces sharing their best drunken comedic tales! …
Chapman’s debut play isn’t just genuine; it is brutally real.
Madeleine is pretty much the worst sixteen year old you can meet.
Fifth year on the Fringe! Join our comics as they battle it out, creating comedy from any thought you have.
We all know the fairy tales and their immortal final line: happily ever after… But that isn’t real life.
House of Life is a place of worship with one goal: happiness for all, at any cost.
Shiny Things is a comedy variety show hosted by a delightful and mischievous duo, presenting guest acts performing improv, character and stand-up, as well as audience prizes, and a…
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…
After a seven-year hiatus from the Fringe, Trygve Wakenshaw returns with his new hilarious mime-clown-comedy show.
Sophie and Leigh are Daddy’s Girls on the loose.
Sixty minutes of hilarious fast-paced interactive science theatre for the whole family featuring real robots, AI, and laughs.
The 2023 Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show Nominee and winner of the Malcom Hardee Award for Comic Originality returns with a brand new show! After the huge success of his 2023 Phil…
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
Have you ever seen a ghost? Comedian Eleanor Morton hasn’t.
Social media sensation Christopher tells of his life, as a ‘boy who’s a bit girly really’.
Armed with a dry charm, Bronwyn brings her solo debut to Edinburgh.
Smash-hit, one-woman show from the award-winning Det Andre Teatret is coming to Edinburgh! Nominated for Best Theatre Play by the prestigious Hedda award.
This feral equine fantasia follows 11-year-old Audrey who is telepathically linked to all the other horse-girls in the world.
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.
Take a bunch of tuneful strangers.
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 …
Best Show Nominee, Edinburgh Comedy Awards and Melbourne Comedy Festival.
Get ready for an unmissable show that pulses with the soaring adrenaline of a first crush and feels like the best pop concert you’ve never been to…Meet Edna: she’s 14, she’…
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!Get your dobbers out because THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocal…
Songs for Slutty Girls explores the ecstasy, pain, and hilarity of sex through a year in the life of one woman, represented by four aspects of her personality: Heart, Gut, Head and…
Nick Helm – the man with the golden larynx and greatest living all-round entertainer – is BACK! After years and years of therapy, pills, personal growth…
Nick Helm – the man with the golden larynx and greatest living all-round entertainer – is BACK! After years and years of therapy, pills, personal growth…
It’s gonna be a little bit dramatic… Get in, loser, Mean Girls is going to London.
After a sold-out UK and Ireland tour, “The Good Women” returns to London for Pridemonth.
Join AFLO.
Sophie (So You Think You’re Funny 2023 - Finalist Funny Women 2023 - Semi-Finalist) and Leigh (BBC New Comedy Regional Showcase & Live at the Queer Comedy Club for FrootTV) are Dad…
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.
Staying true to yourself and your beliefs in a complex world can be tricky.
JERRY’S GIRLS celebrates the life and legacy of legendary award-winning Broadway composer Jerry Herman.
In a small town in America the Wrights reside.
Ten years after a horrible crime tore them apart, two lovers reunite at the worst time.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!Get your dobbers out because THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocal…
Madeleine is pretty much the worst sixteen year old you can meet.
The 2023 Brighton Fringe award-winning show returns! Disability in society: fairytale or pigging nightmare? It seems the Big Bad Wolf’s blown your house down: with two life-cha…
EEEEEEeeek! Experimental Performance Cabaret ‘Things That Go Eeek in The Night’ is coming from London to Brighton Fringe !!!!!!! A night of risky silly stupid sexy performance by…
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…
Emma was having the time of her life.
We’re all a little haunted, aren’t we? Being a woman is complicated.
From the creators of Big Zeus Energy (nominated for Best Debut Show Leicester Comedy Festival 2023, sellout Edinburgh Fringe 2023) a new work in progress show that may or may not b…
Triple Threat is a split bill divided by 3 with Monica, Aisha and Anais making jokes about their experiences living in London as hot immigrant girlies.
Solo again, Britain’s most celebrated clairvoyant medium psychic from Peter Kay’s ‘Phoenix Nights’ returns with his brand new hilarious one-man s…
Award-winning Irish comedians, Marty Gleeson and Roger O’ Sullivan (BBC New Comedy Awards nominees, Leicester Square New Comedian Finalist & Unexplained Legends Podcast) invite you…
Solo again, Britain’s most celebrated clairvoyant medium psychic from Peter Kay’s ‘Phoenix Nights’ returns with his brand new hilarious…
Just turned 40, sober as a judge, with a new baby.
You don’t get many second chances in life.
It’s the 1960s, the world is changing.
The award-winning The Bridge House Theatre is delighted to invite you to a Three Year Anniversary Celebration this April.
The delightful wit with its dark undertow of Murial Spark’s The Girls of Slender Means is caught brilliantly in this adaptation by Gabriel Quigley, directed by Roxana Silbert.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!Get your dobbers out because THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocal…
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!Get your dobbers out because THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocal…
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!Get your dobbers out because THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocal…
Galton & Simpson ‘Godfathers of Comedy’ Award Winners 2023 tear-up the script as they return to Londons West end in their anarchic, two man long-form Impro Show!
Join us for an unforgettable evening of the music of John Lennon and Paul McCartney in this stunning concert performance.
Join us for an unforgettable evening of the music of John Lennon and Paul McCartney in this stunning concert performance.
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.
An Introduction to Astrophysics for Very Good Dogs Dogs in space! Earthman Bob + the Daisie chain A positive post-apocalyptic one man show.
West End Sessions a captivating new live music show in an intimate, cabaret style setting located in the heart of Mayfair.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!Get your dobbers out because THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocal…
Step into the dazzling world of dance as the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour sashays its way across the UK in January and February! Get ready for an electrifying spectacle full of …
It’s New Year’s Eve and most of the party guests are in the kitchen admiring photos of their babies.
Step into the dazzling world of dance as the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour sashays its way across the UK in January and February! Get ready for an electrifying spectacle full of …
It’s New Year’s Eve and most of the party guests are in the kitchen admiring photos of their babies.
Before digital TV made it a thing, “watching on catch-up” used to mean spending your Sunday afternoon in front of the EastEnders omnibus.
Step into the dazzling world of dance as the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour sashays its way across the UK in January and February! Get ready for an electrifying spectacle full of …
Step into the dazzling world of dance as the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour sashays its way across the UK in January and February! Get ready for an electrifying spectacle full of …
Step into the dazzling world of dance as the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour sashays its way across the UK in January and February! Get ready for an electrifying spectacle full of …
Step into the dazzling world of dance as the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour sashays its way across the UK in January and February! Get ready for an electrifying spectacle full of …
Step into the dazzling world of dance as the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour sashays its way across the UK in January and February! Get ready for an electrifying spectacle full of …
CHRISTMAS DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE with a FESTIVE SPECIAL!!! THAT GIRL is ready to show you her baubles!! Bingo baubles! Alright balls, fine…
CHRISTMAS DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE with a FESTIVE SPECIAL!!! THAT GIRL is ready to show you her baubles!! Bingo baubles! Alright balls, fine…
A great family opera sung in English – Antony McDonald’s exquisite production of Humperdinck’s fairytale masterpiece returns in time for Christmas.
There’s a famous quote by Winston Churchill that says that Russia “is a riddle wrapped in a mystery wrapped in an enigma”.
For one day only on 12 December 2023, Theatre Royal Drury Lane plays host to My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert, featuring a 40-piece orchestra …
Looking out at you from the poster for the National Theatre’s latest version of Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba, Harriet Walter cuts an imperious figure.
A Brixton House Production.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocals, lip syncs and PRIZES! Host…
BEFORE THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN… Hawkins, 1959: a regular town with regular worries.
"I was amazed at the effect a wedding ring had upon my entire existence" Bessie, Alice, and Margaret have two things in common: they are married to George Joseph Smith an…
The show is a candid look into what life is like as a young woman in the world today consisting of silly stories and anecdotes covering topics such as growing up with a priest for …
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…
Littered with poems, stories and anecdotes, award-winning poet Inua Ellams tells his ridiculous, fantastic immigrant-story of looking for a country to belong to and a place to call…
The Working Girls of Soho, takes you on a captivating journey of discovery, meeting the women who made Soho happen.
What happened last night? The girls turn up to perform their show as usual, but something is wrong.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocals, lip syncs and PRIZES! Host…
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocals, lip syncs and PRIZES! Host…
What if the Big Bad Wolf blew your house down? What if you had to start building your life all over again? Award-winning show about family disability and being an accidental carer…
Improvising a whole rom com style comedy show around audience suggestions is not for the faint hearted, and this group’s approach is relaxed and confident.
In October 2022, theatre impresario Nica Burns opened @sohoplace, the first new theatre to be built in London's West End for 50 years.
Bill Kenwright Ltd presents a brand-new production of the award-winning Calendar Girls the Musical, written by Gary Barlow and Tim Firth, featuring a re-imagined book and new music…
One of the magpie people is here. Though there’s no point in searching for him. He’s going to tell you stories. But he won’t tell you if they’re true.
Welcome to Microsteria.
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 …
An Americana-soul acoustic group from California, Linda Stonestreet – a honeyed voice full of grace and fire – lends beautiful melodies with intelligent heartfelt lyrics and is…
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocals, lip syncs and PRIZES! Host…
Catherine McCafferty (Crush on Hulu) and Ellory Smith (3x Emmy Nominated) will perform at Edinburgh’s Free Fringe crafting two separate, equally bizarre, half hours of comedy.
Impeccably written theatre with a biting comedic edge; SLT is an intimate hour of storytelling from your most charming, albeit dysfunctional, friend.
Two of the comedy circuit’s loveliest boys, Joseph Parsons (‘one to watch’ (Times), shortlisted for BBC New Comedy Award) and Joseph Emslie (Runner Up Leicester Mercury Comedian 20…
This group of friends wanted a normal night out, but life is never straightforward.
Good and Gaslit.
2023 finally sees the return of Danny Bhoy to the Edinburgh Fringe for the world premiere of his brand-new show.
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…
Serving you up a big warm slice of comedy pie every month, the Dinner Daddies delight with their trademark wit and banter (so far, these trademarks have failed to hold water in cou…
“Serving you up a big warm slice of comedy pie, the Dinner Daddies delight with their trademark wit (so far this trademark has failed to hold water in court).
Eigg-based independent label Lost Map celebrates its 10th year with full band performances from Pictish Trail, L T Leif.
Molly Martian has always been different.
Molly Martian has always been different.
Asian Girls In Therapy is a K-pop and Bollywood fusion of joy, heartbreak, humour and depression.
It’s Come Dine With Me with a twist, and that twist is murder because apparently that’s what it takes to spice up a dinner party these days.
The Good, the Bad and the Irish! has been performing all over the UK, Ireland and Europe for the last 14 years, showcasing only the best in Irish comedy! We’re all about the craic!…
Following double Fringe First winners (The Believers Are But Brothers; Rich Kids – A History of Shopping Malls In Tehran), the final piece of Javaad Alipoor’s trilogy is an inves…
After her critically acclaimed Netflix special The Twist.
Creating an effective vehicle for performers, be it musical, play, comedy set or improv format, is arguably the most challenging task a creative artist can undertake.
This firecracker of a comedy explores the relationships between four young women embarking on a disastrous camping trip.
Conservation and comedy collide in this hour-long improvised play about endangered species.
Exeter’s award-winning all-female a cappella group take to the stage with sensational singing, dancing and an enticing murder mystery.
Two clowns, Anna and Felix, set out on a quest for home.
The hilariously depressing tug-of-war with yourself and.
The hilariously depressing tug-of-war with yourself and.
Fin, a jaded musician, has been invited to his old high school to talk to the students about pursuing their dreams.
If I went through your internet history, what would I find? Join Rhiannon on an immersive, interactive clown adventure as she plays with male fantasies, female sexuality, and how w…
If I went through your internet history, what would I find? Join Rhiannon on an immersive, interactive clown adventure as she plays with male fantasies, female sexuality, and how w…
Fin, a jaded musician, has been invited to his old high school to talk to the students about pursuing their dreams.
Behind every addict is someone traumatised by loving them.
Acclaimed double-act The Electric Head (Al Ronald & Cy Henty) are taking London by storm and reality by surprise with their brand new, critically acclaimed long-form improv show.
Acclaimed double-act The Electric Head (Al Ronald & Cy Henty) are taking London by storm and reality by surprise with their brand new, critically acclaimed long-form improv show.
Residents of Bristleburg, USA: Meet at the bus to begin our exploratory Fringe Festival tour.
Returning to Edinburgh following his successful tribute show, Frank & Dean, at last year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Pete Sinclair returns with a full-hour show celebrating the hi…
Howard Blake’s delightful settings of Robert Louis Stevenson’s poem The Land of Counterpane form the centrepiece of this concert by the critically acclaimed NYCOS National Girls Ch…
A new take on old words, Auld Lang Sing is a new show written by Siobhan Argyle and performed by students of Glasgow Acting Academy.
The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is famous for glitz, glitter and glamour, but it started with megaphones and violence.
Leith Makes Good.
Janusz is embarking on a trip to Mull, where he hopes to leave behind all his distractions.
The Grumpy Magicians present: If All Else Fails, Read the Instructions.
How do you act at work? How do you act at home? How do you act when everything goes wrong? Nine Lives is a long-form improvised comedy show exploring the different masks we all wea…
The Good, the Bad and the Irish! has been performing all over the UK, Ireland and Europe for the last 14 years, showcasing only the best in Irish comedy! We’re all about the craic!…
Leitheatre’s 39th year on the Fringe features a brand-new adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, set firmly in downtown Edinburgh with a cast of locals taking you through the…
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.
David nails losing parents, so you don’t have to.
When shy Aaron joins the hotel’s ramshackle team, he encounters volatile guests, inept management and even rumours of singing ghosts stalking the corridors.
The smash-hit, gig-theatre show returns, charting the true story of Cora Bissett’s rollercoaster journey from 90s indie-kid to wised-up woman.
A cocksure and impassioned performance.
The poignant tale of a writer and musician, Jon Lawrence, who walked 500km over five deserts on five continents to grieve for his father and raise money for a cancer charity.
When Ruva experiences street harassment, her entire world is thrown into chaos and turmoil.
The Merchants Hall will be open for the complete whisky experience with open tastings and talks about this wonderful industry.
Opening with a voice note of the artist’s mother reflecting on overwork, xenophobia and cultural invisibility through the semiotics of the snake and the ingrained tendency of Hek…
The whole family knew he was a good dad.
Queer feminist and bloody lefty Kathleen has fallen into a settled life with a nice boy who can do maths.
It’s time.
WPB are six rising comedy stars who’ve been performing in prisons across Scotland since November 2022.
In what could be crowned the most uplifting show of the Fringe, The House of Life aka Ben Welch and Laurence Cole from Sheep Soup combine preaching, live music, comedy and all roun…
After 17 years teaching, Mark Row longs to escape the barrage of inane questions, the endless carousel of uninspiring lessons and the attitudes of kids that stinks worse than their…
Will Hall: Mild Peril – Rising star Will Hall (seen on BBC Three and Channel 4) brings 45 minutes of his ‘electrically witty’ (BroadwayBaby.
Ty juggles a double life between being a respectable teacher during the week, and a fun-loving party animal on the weekend.
Join us for a drink and another hour of non-stop inebriated laughter! Same spirited show but hosted by Kyle Legacy and with all new faces performing stand-up and sharing their best…
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
Jamie – ‘Constantly amusing’ **** (One4Review.
Did Cerys cause their parents’ divorce? Did they just make that interaction really awkward? Is a new year’s resolution ever going to be enough to fix their personality? In this sur…
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 …
An uproarious and uplifting improv party, with prizes, songs, a clown and plenty of chaotic hilarity, not to mention the UK’s top improv talent making it up as they go along.
The premise of Gillian Cosgriff's show Actually, Good is both simple and elegant, revolving around celebrating life's small pleasures.
50% Bristolian.
In 1886, following the death of her husband and child, Sarah Winchester purchased an unfinished farmhouse near San Francisco.
The Chatham House Rule is an agreement which allows those in power to share ideas with impunity: the discussion itself can be reported upon, but names are protected.
According to Google, Eva’s boobs weigh the same as: two and a half bottles of tequila; two bricks; or the average newborn baby.
I’m sick of everyone moaning all the time, so I’ve written a show about how bloody great everything is.
Nathan wants to live in the moment but the past has a way of finding him.
Multi award-winning Ad Infinitum (Odyssey, Translunar Paradise, Ballad of the Burning Star) returns with a breathtaking retelling of the Trojan War.
What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done? I don’t mean skipping-church-because-you’re-too-hungover bad.
PAY THE JEWS BACK with love, laughter and fresh blood.
Good Morning, Faggi is a vulnerable and hilarious autobiographical musical where a gay actor in his prime tries to understand why he suffered a sudden nervous breakdown.
It is a triple-bill of three Hong Kong female choreographer-dancers: PK Wong, Alice Ma and Justyne Li.
This is a wickedly fun idea for a production, a retelling of 80s favourite, Die Hard, as a pantomime/musical parody.
PAY THE JEWS BACK with love, laughter and fresh blood.
There are things that are visible and invisible in this world.
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.
There is just something so wholesome about Priya Hall’s Grandmother’s Daughter.
Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Durham.
Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Durham.
The whole family knew he was a good dad.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bingo…
About the show A Creative Youth special performance in association with the Korean British Cultural Exchange 'We have all experienced the feeling of anxiety that co…
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bingo…
Before the plague and WW3 I was a chortling, apple-cheeked blacksmith and now I am a scowling wretch in a tattered cloak.
In Liverpool in the 1950s more than 6,000 women are working in Vernons, checking the pools coupons and enjoying singing in the choir.
School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play 1986.
The one and only King Tafari Love Muzic Sound System bring the Island feels with their authentic sound system.
In PRESENT/TENSE comedian Nathan D’Arcy Roberts (Horrible Histories, The Emily Atack Show, The Lenny Henry Show, winner of BBC’s prestigious Felix Dexter bursary) takes an analytic…
The one and only King Tafari Love Muzic Sound System bring the Island feels with their authentic sound system.
In PRESENT/TENSE comedian Nathan D’Arcy Roberts (Horrible Histories, The Emily Atack Show, The Lenny Henry Show, winner of BBC’s prestigious Felix Dexter bursary) takes an analytic…
If I went through your internet history, what would I find? Join Rhiannon on an immersive, interactive clown adventure as she plays with male fantasies, female sexuality, and how w…
If I went through your internet history, what would I find? Join Rhiannon on an immersive, interactive clown adventure as she plays with male fantasies, female sexuality, and how w…
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.
Tomfoolery Dance Theatre present So-fa, So Good.
Tomfoolery Dance Theatre present So-fa, So Good.
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.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
An Accumulation of Thoughts, Things and Circumstance (Work In Progress) For the first time, internationally acclaimed clown Ella The Great (‘lights up the stage’ -The Scotsman) br…
“Don’t touch that dial, it’s time to tune into Talk Radio!” Inspired by a vast library of tunes that have never existed before (and will never be heard again), DJs Bird and …
“Don’t touch that dial, it’s time to tune into Talk Radio!” Inspired by a vast library of tunes that have never existed before (and will never be heard again), DJs Bird and …
How far would you go for love? What would you be willing to change?A fast-moving and thrilling piece of theatre set on a college campus in small-town America.
Fierce, funny, and wonderfully frank, Poppy and Rubina have sex and they aren’t ashamed to talk about it.
A fantastic 10 piece band dedicated to the Quiet Beatle’s work.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bingo…
A fantastic 10 piece band dedicated to the Quiet Beatle’s work.
A 1990’s teen lesbian explores history and reckons with the power of femininity in this solo dance/theatre performance.
A 1990’s teen lesbian explores history and reckons with the power of femininity in this solo dance/theatre performance.
Welcome to the world of STAY SICK! Welcome to the world of SICKSVILLE CARAVANSERAI! ⚡️ For one night only and to celebrate 15 years of ‘staying sick’, Brighton’s infamou…
Welcome to the world of STAY SICK! Welcome to the world of SICKSVILLE CARAVANSERAI! ⚡️ For one night only and to celebrate 15 years of ‘staying sick’, Brighton’s infamou…
Dragons Den meets Whose Line is it Anyway! We ask three stand-ups to give presentations on companies that we’ve made up that make products that don’t exist.
Dragons Den meets Whose Line is it Anyway! We ask three stand-ups to give presentations on companies that we’ve made up that make products that don’t exist.
1918.
Brighton Fringe seems to be going through an interesting trend at the moment giving characters from well known plays a voice, so they can finally have their say.
Jody Kamali: Things we do for love 50% Bristolian.
Cerys is not mean enough to be funny, apparently.
50% Bristolian.
Cerys is not mean enough to be funny, apparently.
The Big Bad Wolf’s destroyed everything.
The Big Bad Wolf’s destroyed everything.
Aideen McQueen: Sugar Baby The tale of how a day-drinking primary school teacher changed her life.
Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Brighton.
Aideen McQueen: Sugar Baby The tale of how a day-drinking primary school teacher changed her life.
Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Brighton.
Classic whodunnit meets contemporary burlesque, in its original satirical style.
Mark Row has had enough! After 17 years of teaching, he longs to escape the barrage of inane questions, the endless carousel of uninspiring classes, and the attitude of kids that s…
Mark Row has had enough! After 17 years of teaching, he longs to escape the barrage of inane questions, the endless carousel of uninspiring classes, and the attitude of kids that s…
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Six time Fringe Award winner Alfie Ordinary welcomes you to the House Of Fun! Opening the iconic Brighton Spiegeltent with a conga line of the UK’s most outrageous acts, Alfie retu…
It’s 1931 and variety is the spice of life.
In Liverpool in the 1950s more than 6,000 women are working in Vernons, checking the pools coupons and enjoying singing in the choir.
It was just another day in Szechwan with people going about their daily business until three wandering gods in disguise turned up in the city in need of a place to stay while they …
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bingo…
“What is the cost of being good?”Three gods search for just one honest person on earth to justify humanity’s existence.
If I went through your internet history, what would I find? Join Rhiannon on an interactive comedy adventure as she plays with male fantasies, female sexuality, and how we navigate…
Notting Hill.
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.
On the Irish border town of Newry, Chrissy promises her sister Claire that after one final drink she will go to The Dry House to get sober.
Masters Of Comedy Come Mek We Larf promises a night of funtastic entertainment, featuring the Best in Stand-Up Comedy.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bingo…
The dilemma of settling for Mr Average in order to fulfill the dream of being a mother is something that so many women face.
Behold - It’s time for the Rise of the Feminine Divine.
A dying man’s last wish: for his friends to create a show about death.
Zara lives in a perfect world.
Tamina was from Pakistan but living in London’s Notting Hill area during the 1950s, in the times before the decriminalisation of homosexuality came in 1967.
‘Asian Girls in Therapy’ is a dark comedy that follows the therapy journey of Kiran and Cheon making them face their deepest demons, desires and depressive episodes in the form of …
TV’s Priya Hall brings you her new WIP all about her 2021 breakdown. Expect cats, breakdowns and BIG REALISATIONS.
Myths, mystical music and a magpie.
The Buzztones are back! Following smash-hit shows in 2019 and 2020, the pop-comedy maestros return to VAULT with a brand new, feel-good set of tracks and nonsense.
This striking reimaging of Ibsen’s classic play is set in Calcutta during British colonialist rule.
Ghost stories are shorthand for questions of memory, inheritance, and generations.
Come and party with the UK’s top burlesque diva’s in an epic carnival of costumes, cocktails, glitter encrusted chaos.
You're accepted.
Holding up a glitter encrusted mirror to the crazy times we are currently living in, top UK trailblaizers House of Burlesque bring you PoliTITs - a sizzling, showgirl satire of con…
Professor Slug’s House of Bugs is a show all about bugs.
What’s Good Cabaret is coming to VAULT Festival to bring you the Loud, Live & Luscious cabaret mixtape for the booty-shakin’ generation! What’s Good Cabaret is here, and we are pr…
In NAKEDpresents hedonistic utopia expect a cabaret that fuses drag icons, cabaret greats & circus legends into one queer spellbinding show.
In PRESENT/TENSE comedian Nathan D’Arcy Roberts (twice nominated for the BBC New Comedy Award, writer for Horrible Histories & The Emily Atack Show) takes an analytic look at his…
According to google Eva’s boobs weigh the same as an average newborn baby and that’s quite a weight to have on your back, metaphorically, and physically.
Writing a positive review is quite difficult without using hyperbole, and in the spirit of Pierre Novellie’s Why Can’t I Just Enjoy Things, it is prudent to at least attempt to…
It’s the 1960s, the world is changing.
What do you do when Ms Alzheimer’s – a hideous and befanged monster – comes to live with you? Local author and journalist, Susan Elkin, talks about her new book, …
You know that we are celebrating because there is a countdown.
Featuring South African artist and theatre maker Jemma Kahn and directed by Lindiwe Matshikiza, We Didn’t Come to Hell for the Croissants is a unique solo performance of seven st…
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bingo…
FESTIVE DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her baubles!! Bingo baubles! And they drop at 8!(I’ve tried make it festive, basically we’re pl…
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bingo…
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 7:30!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bi…
Are you a writer who is interested in having your work produced? Join us for Stage Write Open House where producers, writers and course participants will be giving …
Dominic Cooke’s new production of Good was due to arrive in October 2020 but was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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…
Helen Bauer’s Madam Good Tit is a not-so-wholesome coming-of-age set that provides a deep dive into everything from Bauer’s various high school personalities to deeply problema…
House of Flamenka is lavish, extravagant and sexy.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 7:30!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bi…
On A House Like A Fire is a powerful story told through fragments and glimpses - an immersive experience about the nature of memory and the way we remember.
Real reviews for Tom Little: ‘He’s the real deal.
It’s time to hang on to what we got and celebrate the iconic sounds of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.
Glaswegian singer/songwriter with soaring vocals and unique lyrics.
In her fabulous new show The Working Girls of Soho, Josephine Pembroke, creator of Pussies Galore, the infamous club act of the 1990s and darling of the iconic Café de Paris, Heav…
What if your favourite characters didn’t quite like the way they were written? What if they decided enough was enough? When an unnamed author is found dead, his characters are br…
Edinburgh-based dark comedy collective The Counterminers are back for their third Fringe, putting on a new-writing piece by Florence Carr-Jones – Cheeky Girls.
Remember that time you pooed yourself in public? Or when you swore at your mum for asking you to tidy your pigsty of a room? Maybe you’re still blushing over the time someone poi…
Do you want to be desirable? Do pretty people have better friends? Let’s look at research on attraction and inspect the Carl Rogers’ famous quote, ‘What is most personal is most ge…
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.
In PRESENT/TENSE comedian Nathan D’Arcy Roberts (written for The Emily Atack Show, The Lenny Henry Show, twice nominated for the BBC New Comedy Award) takes an analytic look at h…
In PRESENT/TENSE comedian Nathan D’Arcy Roberts (written for The Emily Atack Show, The Lenny Henry Show, twice nominated for the BBC New Comedy Award) takes an analytic look at h…
Four terrible actors star in an obscure children’s theatre show that quickly intermingles with their failed careers and their profound hatred with one another, with fatal consequen…
Four terrible actors star in an obscure children’s theatre show that quickly intermingles with their failed careers and their profound hatred with one another, with fatal consequen…
Real reviews for Tom Little: ‘He’s the real deal.
Spend a relaxed hour with Australian living legend John Bell, as he rummages through his swag of favourite things, fishing out poems, stories, backstage gossip: things he finds ins…
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 7:30!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bi…
Cinema’s greatest hits performed by an award-winning a cappella group! From international competitions to sell-out shows, singing powerhouses Sweet Nothings have done it all.
Have you ever noticed how all female leads in historical fiction are.
A tragicomedy combining clowning and physical theatre, Boat! follows two friends at sea as they navigate companionship, solitude and altering states of reality.
After my last Fringe appearance (August, 2016), I had to step away from Edinburgh and consider how to be less devastatingly funny.
Edinburgh vocalist Victoria Bennett spins delicate, moving tales of love and heartbreak, accompanied by a jazz quartet of top instrumentalists.
In 1983 schoolboy Michael delivered a petition on a homemade cruise missile to Mrs Thatcher.
Serving you up a big warm slice of comedy pie every month, the Dinner Daddies delight with their trademark wit and banter (so far, these trademarks have failed to hold water in cou…
Wing It Musical Theatre, by arrangement with Nick Hern Books, presents the following amateur performances: Georgia Christou’s Bright.
Traditional Scottish song with guitar, harmonicas, harmony and heart.
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.
Pitchblenders celebrate the slyly humorous, girlish-sounding jazz singer and pianist.
The hilarious and profound emotional roller-coaster true story of renowned storyteller, Ted McGrath.
What’s just happened in the corridor? A comedy inspired by childhood dreams and final goodbyes.
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…
Based on the hit film, this award-winning musical by Gary Barlow and Tim Firth tells the story of an ordinary group of women in a Yorkshire Women’s Institute who create an artist…
Stop horsing around, grab your wellies and get moo-vin’ and groovin’ as Funbox welcome you to their Funky Farm! Join Anya and Kevin as they escape to the countryside for songs, sil…
Escape from the House of Mercy is a dance/theatre work which looks at institutions which have compromised the rights of women in the past and the present through the buried stories…
The Grumpy Magicians have been successfully entertaining Edinburgh Fringe audiences for over eight years and this year are presenting their new show titled Trust Us, We’re Magician…
Real reviews for Tom Little: ‘He’s the real deal.
Full-time comedians, part-time teachers Alex Kitson and Julia Stenton talk the good, the bad and the ugliness of shaping minds.
Fringe legend David Alnwick performs his favourite tricks.
Why toddle when you can dance? Join DJ Monski Mouse and her dancers for an epic session of bonkers, bopping, beautiful fun.
Let’s talk about sex, maybe? Or, maybe not? After having radically different experiences with Sex Ed, Lindsay and Lea try to figure out exactly what they were supposed to learn, …
A mysterious broadcast from the future causes 85% of the world to abandon their friends and family forever.
After a fully sold-out run at last year’s festival we’re back for the show’s 10th year at the Fringe! Recommended as the best late-night Irish show by the Edinburgh Evening News in…
Have you ever wondered where the divas go, in between getting married or getting killed, night after night at the opera house? Madame Chandelier’s Opera House Party, of course.
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 …
Top academics, dangerous ideas and your host comedian Susan Morrison.
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…
Between Good and Evil is a play that uses superheroes and aliens to comedically tell us the truth about ourselves.
“The dramatic tension is palpable in this intriguing narrative that cleverly underlines the old adage that money doesn’t buy happiness.
Watch the German Comedy Ambassador give everything a good rinse and witness him wring sense out of the nonsensical.
After experimental Zoom gigs where he got muted by 639 people and a drive-in gig where Omid witnessed an audience member get out his car, attach a hose pipe to his exhaust and feed…
We all love a good story.
Come See.
The new award-nominated show from the lively double act – Kieran and Tom bring you the most unimportant hour of your life.
When Leanne buys herself a magic wand massager, the sensations are so nice, she stops leaving the house.
Come Sit on the Couch With Me: is this a therapy couch or a casting couch, and is there a difference? The show is a cocktail of a comical – but true – look at communication in …
Winner of Underbelly, New Diorama and Methuen Drama’s hit-making Untapped Award 2022.
When Leanne buys herself a magic wand massager, the sensations are so nice, she stops leaving the house.
David nails losing parents, so you don’t have to (NB you’ll still have to).
Fab-u-lous! A new high-energy physical comedy about a lonely old man and a homeless dog who become friends and enter the world of ballroom dancing.
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…
Join us for a drink and another hour of non-stop inebriated laughter! Same spirited show but with all new faces performing stand-up and sharing their best drunken comedic tales! If…
Shared hour of comedy examining the people we pretend to be when we’re trying to convince the world we’re doing just fine, thank you very much! Luke Healy is an author and come…
A twisted stand-up comedy quest to understand fatherhood.
“The dramatic tension is palpable in this intriguing narrative that cleverly underlines the old adage that money doesn’t buy happiness.
Tired of all the scripted “reality” TV? Keeping Up With the Kimprov is your daily dose of reality TV, but actually unscripted! What minor inconvenience could lead to drama for this…
Welcome to Sad Girls Club, where girls are allowed to be.
Amit Patel discovered a secret hidden in our data that made Google $1.
A one-man performance spoken directly to the audience.
Amit Patel discovered a secret hidden our data that made Google $1.
Helen Bauer is basic, well, basic-plus, because she is aware of it.
Catriona has a history of making stuff up.
2019’s Best Newcomer nominee and your favourite self-aware stand-up returns with an hour about self-confidence, self-esteem and self-care.
Before the plague and WW3 I was a chortling, apple-cheeked blacksmith and now I am a scowling wretch in a tattered cloak.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 7:30!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bi…
A man confronts his notions of masculinity and fatherhood as he decides to record a video message to his estranged son, who is competing in a reality TV show… for drag queens! In…
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…
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 7:30!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bi…
By Lucas Hnath There's a knock at the door.
“Have you ever felt so sad you thought you’d never be happy again?” Charles, Billie and Alex live in the same house but they never see each other.
A work-in-progress story from “smart character comic” (The Scotsman), Funny Women Awards Finalist, and star of BBC’s ‘Socially Awkward Situations.
On his wedding anniversary, Yusef and his young daughter set out in the West Bank to buy his wife a gift.
On his wedding anniversary, Yusef and his young daughter set out in the West Bank to buy his wife a gift.
A work-in-progress story from “smart character comic” (The Scotsman), Funny Women Awards Finalist, and star of BBC’s ‘Socially Awkward Situations.
Simon Hall brings his manic energy and style to Brighton Fringe in his new show Simon Hall is Completely Fine.
Fab-u-lous! A new high-energy physical comedy about a lonely old man and a homeless dog who become friends and enter the world of ballroom dancing.
Fab-u-lous! A new high-energy physical comedy about a lonely old man and a homeless dog who become friends and enter the world of ballroom dancing.
Nominated for Best Newcomer at Edinburgh Fringe 2019, sweet angel stand-up comedian Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty much eve…
Nominated for Best Newcomer at Edinburgh Fringe 2019, sweet angel stand-up comedian Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty much eve…
“Legendary cock lobster.
“Legendary cock lobster.
Ivor B Gurney and Marion M Scott had a very special friendship.
A celebration of the friendship between the First World War poet and composer, Ivor Gurney, and violinist, musicologist and champion of women musicians, Marion Scott.
Quirky, dark, and delightfully saucy.
Quirky, dark, and delightfully saucy.
What next? If you’re thinking about developing your show, or setting up your own company after the Fringe, but don’t know where to begin, sign up to talk to Jackie Elliman, Leg…
We’d like to invite you to come along to our ‘Good Grief’ event on Wednesday 18 May 2022, 11:00 –17:00.
We’d like to invite you to come along to our ‘Good Grief’ event on Wednesday 18 May 2022, 11:00 –17:00.
What next? If you’re thinking about developing your show, or setting up your own company after the Fringe, but don’t know where to begin, sign up to talk to Jackie Elliman, Leg…
Leanne likes nice things like instant noodles, personal massagers and Adam Rickitt from Coronation Street.
Leanne likes nice things like instant noodles, personal massagers and Adam Rickitt from Coronation Street.
After witnessing my son’s terrible squalid journey into a craven addiction, I wanted to work with addicts and those like me, who love them, to paint them and ask: what is happening…
After witnessing my son’s terrible squalid journey into a craven addiction, I wanted to work with addicts and those like me, who love them, to paint them and ask: what is happening…
Alex Franklin (Brighton Comedy Award Finalist/ BBC New Comedy Award Nominee) and Andy Watts (Max Turner Prize Winner/ So You Think You’re Funny Runner-Up) have landed, and are re…
Alex Franklin (Brighton Comedy Award Finalist/ BBC New Comedy Award Nominee) and Andy Watts (Max Turner Prize Winner/ So You Think You’re Funny Runner-Up) have landed, and are re…
Is this a therapy couch or a casting couch and is there a difference? The show is a cocktail of a comical but true look at communication in the western world today, with a good do…
Is this a therapy couch or a casting couch and is there a difference? The show is a cocktail of a comical but true look at communication in the western world today, with a good do…
Get out of the opera house and into the ‘Opera House Party’ with Madame Chandelier! She’s got jokes, party games, and she’s invited all her favourite opera characters.
Is it original, or has it been done before? Who knows! The live show by Godden & Barnes.
Get out of the opera house and into the ‘Opera House Party’ with Madame Chandelier! She’s got jokes, party games, and she’s invited all her favourite opera characters.
Is it original, or has it been done before? Who knows! The live show by Godden & Barnes.
We run comedy nights at this venue all year round but we have something special planned for the Fringe.
Brighton’s award winning Drag Prince Alfie Ordinary presents a night of glittering chaos as he welcomes the silliest Spiegeltent stage.
The convulsive pain of grief, a languorous classical quartet and an exuberant party piece undercut with darkness; these three pieces superbly contrast each other in mood and style,…
he Good Enough Mums Club is a new musical, produced, written, directed and performed by mums, featuring songs such as “Only My Nose Is The Same”, “The Price To Be Paid” and…
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 7:30!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bi…
Step back in time, to the era of romance.
Step back in time, to the era of romance.
NOT PERFECT? SEE THE SHOW! The Good Enough Mums Club is a poignant and hilarious musical toddle through the highs, lows and sleep deprivation of mummyhood.
With mum Sue across the road at the neighbour’s 70s themed soiree, rebellious teenage daughter Abi is left to host a party of her own.
A group of university friends reunites over dinner with lots to catch up on.
Things Fell Apart Strange Tales from the Culture Wars Jon Ronson LIVE Things Fell Apart is the live version of Jon’s hit BBC Radio 4 podcast.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 7:30!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bi…
An absurdity of love and laughterEmbracing the natural comedic elements of our friendship, we have curated an evening of music and magic.
PLEASE COME TALK TO ME Let us not remain strangers Aidan Greene: Stutter Bug (Work In Progress)A Stuttering Comedy Show in Development PLEASE COME TALK TO ME -&nbs…
Space Girls You.
Juanita's Talk Time to clean up our act Nice Girls Don’t.
After experimenting with a Zoom gig where he got muted by 639 people and a Drive-in gig where Omid witnessed an audience member get out his car, attach a hose pipe to hi…
In his new show 50 Things About Us, Mark Thomas combines his trademark mix of storytelling, standup, mischief and really, really well researched material to examine how…
Can you believe it’s been 18 years since we first saw the Girls on Popstars The Rivals!? To celebrate their birthday and of course mourn the loss of our favourite wild child o…
PICTURE IT!MANCHESTER 2021!After 5 years of award-winning, sell-out shows in London, Golden Girls: A Musical is finally on TOUR!We’ll thank you for being a friend for two nights on…
BITTER SOUR IS BACK!!!!!After a much longer then anticipated hiatus through the pandemic, Bitter Sour is back with a BANG!!!!!We will be hosting some of the best in alternative dra…
Welcome to the Museum of Marvellous Things, where the impossible can happen! Make stars in jars, catch moons like balloons, dance with Doo-Dahs in cages, sing with Noo-Nahs on sta…
Australian playwright Alana Valentine makes her UK debut at the Finborough Theatre with The Sugar House, in its first production outside of her home country, where it was nominat…
Huns, we are coming back for another one, presenting to you THE loud, live & brand new cabaret mixtape for the booty-shakin’ generation!What’s Good is BACK, pressing play…
Romancero Books with the support of the Office for Cultural and Scientific Affairs of the Spanish Embassy in London presents the Festival of Queer Spanish Literature in London…
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…
Whether you love opera, or need to know more so you can pretend you do, Madame Chandelier’s OPERA HOUSE PARTY is the place for you.
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.
PICTURE IT! BRIGHTON 2021!After 5 years of award-winning, sell-out shows in London, Golden Girls: A Musical is finally off on it’s long anticipated tour to Brighton!This September …
“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…
RM Events is proud to announce our new collaboration with Aquum Bar Clapham! Do you like house? Do you like garage? Or do you just want an excuse to party before pride?RM Even…
WE’RE LIVE, WE’RE HERE AND WE’RE SO READDDDDY.
WE’RE LIVE, WE’RE HERE AND WE’RE SO READDDDDY.
PICTURE IT! LONDON 2021!Following the announcement of our Brighton shows, due to popular demand we have decided to add a one night only London Preview, exclusively at The Two Brewe…
The whole family knew he was a good dad.
Sharpen your swords, lace up your boots, and stick a great big feather in your hat! Morgan & West present a fun for all the family retelling of Alexadre Dumas’ The Three …
A series of quick-fire sketches riffing on ten years’ worth of observations on the bizarre quirks that make the Edinburgh Festival Fringe the collection of misfits and mishaps that…
A unique take on the transition from the Ottoman Empire’s period to the Republican era through the story of an old mansion and its demolition.
Join Barrie Kosky and Katharine Mehrling in an intimate soirée and discover the songs of German composer Kurt Weill.
Edinburgh’s community radio station EHFM celebrates three years on the airwaves with a special live show from local legend Other Lands.
Are Your Ready for Round three.
What secret did the Chaplins, Carole Lombard, William Powell and a host of other film stars from the last century share? Witness the mystery unravel in one of the most notorious ho…
A female driven two hander tragi-comedy, the play presents itself as a series of interactions between a grieving mother and the girlfriend of the son she lost to a hered…
Nominated for Best Newcomer at Edinburgh Fringe 2019, sweet angel stand-up comedian Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty much eve…
Nominated for Best Newcomer at Edinburgh Fringe 2019, sweet angel stand-up comedian Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty much eve…
Neu! Reekie! presents a one-off happening in their distinct avant-garde style.
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.
Celebrate the return to live entertainment with an exciting evening of variety hosted by radio personality Mark McKenzie in the home of the Army.
We’ve been entertaining audiences all over Europe and Ireland since 2012, with sell-out shows in Holland, Germany, Belgium, Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Moscow and many mo…
Celebrate the return to live entertainment with an exciting evening of variety hosted by radio personality Mark McKenzie in the home of the Army.
Trapped in a manor house, two hapless Glaswegian detectives must investigate the deaths of each family member, but try not to become victims themselves… A time-warp murder myster…
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.
Those People: A Play About QAnon is based on interviews with young people from the UK, conducted online and from accounts written on the subreddit: r/QAnoncasualties.
With Sistas Before Mistas as their rally cry, the girls of St.
What secret did the Chaplins, Carole Lombard, William Powell and a host of other film stars from the last century share? Witness the mystery unravel in one of the most notorious ho…
Watch German Comedy Ambassador give everything a good rinse and witness him wring sense out of the nonsensical.
Pierre Novellie: Why Can’t I Just Enjoy Things? Award-winning comedian Pierre Novellie looks into why he can’t just enjoy things.
Pierre Novellie: Why Can’t I Just Enjoy Things? Award-winning comedian Pierre Novellie looks into why he can’t just enjoy things.
Ruby Carr (Amused Moose New Act of the Year 2019 Finalist) and Alice-India (Leicester Square Theatre New Act of the Year 2019 Finalist) are looking for a person or persons to join …
Ruby Carr (Amused Moose New Act of the Year 2019 Finalist) and Alice-India (Leicester Square Theatre New Act of the Year 2019 Finalist) are looking for a person or persons to join …
Saturday 17th July 2021, 8pmTickets: £26.
The MDs are a group of UCL medical students, whose sketch comedy and stand-up routines reveal a side of medicine that the public has never seen before.
“The child screamed on the inside knowing the universe must have made a mistake.
“The child screamed on the inside knowing the universe must have made a mistake.
Join the bloody funny Elf Lyons for an evening of ghouls, ghosts and gruesome tales of terror as we celebrate all things terrifying, Comedians, drag artists, poets, live artists.
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.
What would Alan Sugar do if he were the last man alive? What if people stopped reproducing as a form of mass protest? And when are those killer African wasps that the tabloids keep…
What would Alan Sugar do if he were the last man alive? What if people stopped reproducing as a form of mass protest? And when are those killer African wasps that the tabloids keep…
Join the bloody funny Elf Lyons for an evening of ghouls, ghosts and gruesome tales of terror as we celebrate all things terrifying, Comedians, drag artists, poets, live artists.
Brighton’s award winning Drag Prince Alfie Ordinary presents an hour of glittering chaos as he welcomes the silliest Spiegeltent stage.
Good Grief - Due to unforeseen personal circumstances Good Grief has to be cancelled for Sunday 20th of June and will be replaced by Pocket-Sized Revolution.
There are 7 stages of grief: Shock, denial, guilt, anger, depression, reconstruction, & really bad haircuts.
Brighton’s award winning Drag Prince Alfie Ordinary presents an hour of glittering chaos as he welcomes the silliest Spiegeltent stage.
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
After witnessing my son’s terrible squalid journey into a craven addiction, I wanted to work with addicts and those like me, who love them, to paint them and ask: what is happening…
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.
Memory, loss, mother-daughter relationships and the hokey-cokey.
In this mockumentary, we follow the trials and tribulations of 00s boyband 3hree as they attempt a reunion and a comeback gig.
A journey into the broken heart of a young boy, who, through creativity, imagination, and determination, teaches us that the rehabilitation of things broken and discarded gets to i…
In this mockumentary, we follow the trials and tribulations of 00s boyband 3hree as they attempt a reunion and a comeback gig.
Memory, loss, mother-daughter relationships and the hokey-cokey.
A journey into the broken heart of a young boy, who, through creativity, imagination, and determination, teaches us that the rehabilitation of things broken and discarded gets to i…
TV paranormal shows are misleading at best, fake at worst.
Reality and fiction fuse in this interesting piece focusing on the paranormal world, as a TV editor called Sam struggles to accept where the lines of reality lie when asked to chan…
Quiet Little Things OddHouse are an emerging feminist theatre company who will be debuting at Brighton Fringe this year.
Quiet Little Things Will You Be A Quiet Little Thing? OddHouse are an emerging radical feminist theatre company who will be debuting at Brighton Fringe this year.
Here Come The Boys features four superstar ‘Kings of Dance’ in a dazzling new production that includes special guest star, Strictly’s stunning Nadiya Bychkova.
On A House Like a Fire by Michelle Read and Brian Keegan, presented by Age & Opportunity/BEALTAINE in association with Smock Alley Theatre and Droichead Arts Centre…
Coming to you in 2021 Neil Sands and his wonderful cast will be back with a brand new show which will be spreading enough happiness and joy to lift the sp…
Ron, Rosetta, Ivy, Charlie, Gloria, Sarah, Sioned and George.
A digital installation inspired by BS Johnson’s celebrated novel, directed by Tim Crouch.
Ron, Rosetta, Ivy, Charlie, Sioned and George.
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
£7510am-3pmSuitable for ages 18+This workshop is all about signage onto rustic wooden planks that will be prepared for you.
We could all do with a distraction.
Kill The Cat Theatre invites you to play what seems to be a simple game of blackjack in the “The House”.
Kicking off at the end of a particularly boozy and pizza-fuelled wake, then time-skipping over the months of post-funeral aftermath, Good Grief charts the stuttering relationship o…
This event has been rescheduled from Tue 17 November 2020.
Following a sold-out UK national tour, Here Come The Boys, featuring the four superstar ‘Kings of Dance’, is set to transfer to the West End in a dazzling new productio…
This film is a socially distanced film.
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 …
John Halder is a good man.
Step back in time, to the era of romance.
Step back in time, to the era of romance.
Make a good impression is a stand up and impression show with Clare Harrison McCartney and Daniel Benisty.
It’s 2086.
Sugar and spice / partners in crime / he-said-she-said / not talking / can’t believe / only joking / why did I / hate you / forgive you / miss you.
PTC Productions are proud to present Girls Like That by Evan Placey; a hard-hitting, explosive play targeting gender inequality and the challenges that people now face growing up i…
Philomusica of Edinburgh presents a programme of classic theme music and signature tunes from the golden age of radio.
Brand-new show from star of Live At The Apollo, 8 Out of 10 cats, Celebrity Mastermind and regular on The News Quiz and Fighting Talk.
Tristan’s grandfather is dead, Molly and Katie are hiding something, Laura is off the rails.
A showcase exhibition from the 70+ residents of the buzzing Coburg House studio complex.
With caller/dance teacher Ken Gourlay, ceilidh band and piper.
One traveler is catapulted on a journey through space-time, only to find himself on a desperate hunt to reconnect with those he left back home.
The legendary dark prince of comedy-cabaret has brought his new show to the Edinburgh Fringe.
A NEW INTERACTIVE GAME THEATRE PIECE THAT YOU CAN PLAY FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME.
Award-winning journalist and radio presenter Ira Glass, storyteller extraordinaire, has announced two UK dates for 2020.
PLUMMETING INSECT NUMBERS.
In his new show 50 Things About Us, Mark Thomas combines his trademark mix of storytelling, standup, mischief and really, really well researched material to examine how …
Mark uses his trademark style of storytelling, stand-up, subversion and really, really well-researched material to try and find out how the hell we ended up in the middle of this s…
An outstanding, quietly feminist comedy set in a Hooters-style US bar, which screened to acclaim as one of the hidden cinematic gems of 2019.
A comedy show by Andrea Hubert, in which she’ll mostly bitch about the people in her group therapy, while attempting to make a point about ageing and being Jewish …
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
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…
Clear the floor and whip out your score cards, because the Strictly Come Dancing The Live Tour is back for 2020 and will waltz its way around the country from January next year for…
A charming New Year’s night of music, mischief, tall tales and magic from around the country, brought to life here at Lauriston Castle.
The post-Election post-mortem.
Edinburgh Comedy Award and double BAFTA-nominated professional idiot Spencer Jones is back with his brand-new show.
London is one of the most diverse cities in the world, a place where people of different generations class, ethnicity, faith and sexual orientation co-exist.
The mission of the Cervantes Theatre “to showcase the best Spanish and Latin American plays in London” is strikingly realised in its closing play of the 2019 season that featur…
Comedian and Impressionist Luke Kempner hosts an ultimate reality show where no one is off limits.
Comedian and Impressionist Luke Kempner hosts an ultimate reality show where no one is off limits.
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…
Calcutta.
Rhys Nicholson is a nice man who is doing his best.
A remarkably vivid picture of one merciless family and three desperate lives.
Reality TV lurches onto the stage, with four familiar Shakespearean characters competing to win a thousand gold crowns.
A One Woman Comedy show, with a dark twist.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Celebrating a decade of Big Girls Don’t Cry featuring The East Coast Boys.
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Nominated for Best New Show at this year’s Leicester Comedy Festival.
BBC Radio 4’s magazine programme broadcasts about arts, literature, film, media and music from the festivals.
When so many songs written by men are condescending (Wake Up Little Susie), dangerously demeaning (Blurred Lines) or darn right creepy (Every Breath You Take) towards women, it is …
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.
The Songsmiths are pitching you the honest truth of what it’s really like to be in an a cappella group.
Follows one woman and her soul’s journey through cancer, two children and a chihuahua.
Verbatim stories of “love” in all its magnificence and monstrousness.
A stripped back, thrilling and edgy contemporary dance work.
After directing ungrateful clown duo Zach & Viggo, starring in an award-winning funk opera with Thumpasaurus, and touring the world three times over, Jonny Woolley (AKA Mr X) rolls…
A man and a woman are living in a refugee camp.
Peri is fifteen when her adopted mother dies.
A honky-tonk opera by Jo Carol Pierce, ‘the greatest Texas songwriter you’ve never heard of’ (Texas Monthly).
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.
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…
Social media, tech addiction, online gaming and its impact on mental health is the focus of this new, visceral and provocative piece.
I feel ripped off, and frankly you should too.
If you’re looking for a fun & overall solid start to your day, this is your show.
Please help. I am trapped in a cardboard supermarket.
People who walk too slow.
Number eight will have you totally whelmed! 10 things I Hate About Taming of the Shrew will take you back the good old days, when we worried about Y2K, wore butterfly clips in our …
The pioneers of slapdash magic are back with another mishmash of magical mayhem! Join them in a world where the jokes come thick and fast, anything is possible and nothing is quite…
When a package bound for Good Good Island is mistakenly delivered to Bad Bad Island, the Bad Bads find something frighteningly horrible inside: a little girl named Rosa! Unable to …
Awkward jokesmith Peter Brush returns to the Fringe with his hot takes on meditation, sexist babies, robot wives and why he’ll be donating his eyeballs to criminals after he dies…
‘Settle in girls, it’s story time!’ Golden Delicious is no ordinary queen, and this far-from-ordinary one-woman show joins the Fringe hot off a streak of sold-out performance…
Why toddle when you can dance?! Selling out shows around the world; come find out why.
Whether you bought a ticket for the slightly unnerving image design or for the sheer length of the title, you would be forgiven for rethinking your choice once you notice a dauntin…
Louise recently received two reviews.
From early Celtic tradition, through Shakespearean superstition to modern high fantasy, everyone has heard of fairies.
With caller Ken Gourlay, ceilidh band and piper.
Chess and Cristina are multi award-winning duo, The Hiccup Project, often introduced as ‘the lovely hiccup girls’.
Brexit, eh? Depending on your point of view and when you are reading this, Brexit is a triumph/success/step forward/minor improvement/non-event/problem/mess/shambles/disaster.
In the house on the corner of our street lived an old man.
A murder mystery exploring relationships where anyone could be the perpetrator! Will Inspector LeFevre, through his love of music, apprehend the villain? Are you the next Miss Marp…
Written/performed by John McCann and directed by Erasmus Mackenna, who brought you last year’s Scotsman Fringe First Award-winning play DUPed.
You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown! 1946: Charlie Brown is born in the mind of his creator, Charles Schulz.
The Good Scout treads an extraordinarily fine line as a play.
Do you sometimes think about your actions? Do your actions make you feel like a sociopath? Does feeling like a sociopath hurt your self-esteem? Well this show was specifically writ…
Nominated for Best Comedy at Fringe World 2016 and sold out all 23 Edinburgh shows in 2016-18.
Scruffy indie kids have inherited the world and Cora Bissett rules supreme.
Stop right now! Thank you very much.
Flora and Nic have been friends for years, for pretty much the whole of history.
Shh! If you’re reading this, then you’ve been invited to Ladylikes Top Secret House Party! With all our friends getting engaged, promoted, pregnant and the odd OBE award, we fe…
As seen on BBC Three and Channel 4.
Following a sell-out 2018 Fringe and debut UK tour, the ‘utterly hilarious’ **** (BroadwayBaby.
Welcome to Good Morning Nation – the semi-improvised (late) breakfast show that brings you the day’s news by the purveyors of the day’s views.
Dracula can return to his crypt.
As might be expected, the environment – specifically, the “environmental emergency” we currently face – is one of the more notable themes running through this year’s Frin…
Award-winning comedian Samantha Baines (Lee Nelson’s Well Funny People) brings you a supersized cup of comedy with TV names, the very best new comedians and brilliant guest MCs.
This multimedia theatrical experience explores an old Istanbul mansion’s transition from Ottoman to modern eras, through video art and traditional Turkish music, live looping and…
Sam (Australia), nominated for Best Comedy at Fringe World 2016.
Best Newcomer Nominee Darren considers himself a good person.
Join the quickest wits in comedy for a side-splitting, jaw-dropping, time-travelling adventure that’s fun for literally everyone.
Two girls go on a journey.
From the maker of sell-out Fringe hit: The Charlie Montague Mysteries; tour support for Ed Sheeran’s tour support, Tom Taylor, stars in his debut stand-up show packed full of jokes…
This is the first year that 4 Brown Girls Who Write have showcased at Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and they better keep coming back.
We’ve been entertaining audiences all over Europe and Ireland since 2012, with sell-out shows in Holland, Germany, Belgium, Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary and many more.
Spencer Jones took last year’s Edinburgh Fringe off, but did he waste his time idling? Not a chance.
When the children of Bow-on-Tie start mysteriously disappearing, Abigail decides to investigate further.
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.
Join the quickest whites in comedy for a side-splitting, jaw-dropping, time-travelling adventure that’s fun for literally everyone.
Friends are often made under unusual circumstances.
From the maker of sell-out Fringe hit: The Charlie Montague Mysteries; tour support for Ed Sheeran's tour support, Tom Taylor, stars in his debut stand-up show pack…
Do you sometimes think about your actions? Do your actions make you feel like a sociopath? Does feeling like a sociopath hurt your self-esteem? Well this show was specif…
Kaminari UK taiko drummers present their new show Shiki – four seasons.
Gillian English (creator of SHEWOLF) returns to Edinburgh.
I knew how deep your longing must be to have someone really to love you, to be with you, when I saw that dreadful prostitute come out of the spare room.
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…
Do you sometimes think about your actions? Do your actions make you feel like a sociopath? Does feeling like a sociopath hurt your self-esteem? Well this show was specif…
As part of Nomad Festival @ Greenwich pop-up Rotunda Theatre.
Now hiring: top girls wanted for prestige positions.
Roller derby is a fast-paced, hard-hitting sport where two teams of badass women compete for points by being the strongest, fastest, and most agile as they race around the track on…
When the children of Bow-on-Tie start mysteriously disappearing, Abigail decides to investigate further.
The pioneers of slapdash magic are back with another mishmash of magical mayhem! Join them in a world where the jokes come thick and fast, anything is possible, and nothing is quit…
Brighton favourites The Electric Cabaret Company are back by popular demand! Join the jet set when you book with Electric Cabaret Airlines.
Actor Andrew Byron devised his one-man show, The Good Russian, in response to the many bad Russians he’s played across his career.
The Good Grief event is for anyone who has ever experienced loss or for those who would simply like to understand more about grief.
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
Good Grief tells the story of a family who are moving through the motions of grief and bereavement after the loss of their youngest son in an accident at Saltdean Lido.
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 …
Award-winning comedian, writer and co-creator of Comedy Central’s Modern Horror Stories, Daniel Audritt brings a work in progress of his debut hour, to the Brighton Fringe.
‘Top Secret House Party!’ is the debut comedy hour from LADYLIKES, the hottest new sketch duo in town.
A raucous, two-woman comedy of idiots! Following sold-out shows in New York, this Gaulier-trained clown duo will guide you through their version of a sacred ritual for spiritual en…
A comedy about an honest Siberian, navigating his way through modern Britain on the hunt for acting fame.
Limited run! A Head First inside-out, up-and-down-under, mish-mash variety of circus stars, Spiegel legends and the hottest Fringe acts.
Irish comedian Keith Farnan (Michael Mcintyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Showtime’s Live from Amsterdam) brings us a stand-up show that celebrates failure and loss and incompetence and…
An intriguing tale made more interesting by the telling, Those Magnificent Men is both delightful and funny from beginning to end.
In 2014, Eastern Ukraine sits on a knife edge.
Amused Moose National New Comic finalist and So You Think You’re Funny? semi-finalist 2018 comes to Brighton.
Gillian English hates The Taming Of The Shrew.
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…
Showman, story teller and clown, London cabaret star, Andrew Pepper (“barnstorming, no-holds barred, grab the audience by the goolies and give them everything you’ve got”, Ca…
Come and see James McDonnell; “A breath of fresh air” (We Love Brighton) and Ben Carter; “A force of Nature” (Chortle).
There are many versions of the story of Faust, who trades his soul with the Devil for youth and power, but Gounod’s opera remains one of the most constantly enthra…
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.
After diving into the world of romance and heartbreak in critically acclaimed multi-award winning May-We-Go-Round?, Cristina and Chess explore what it means to be a young woman in …
Chess and Cristina are The Hiccup Project, a comedic dance-theatre company.
Using their powerful blend of comedy, energetic dance and theatre, they imagine a world where women can be, and do, whatever they want, breaking free of the boxes and letting go of…
Join Mark Thomas for one night only in the Museum of Stolen Things, the first ever pop museum of the nicked.
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…
A brand new nostalgia show, taking you back to the good old days of variety entertainment.
A brand new show from 'The Outright King of Live Comedy’ - The Times.
The play follows a young prostitute, Shen Teh, as she struggles to lead a life that is "good" according to the terms of the morality taught by the gods and to …
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
Sex! Fantasies! Voyeurism! Vacuuming!In the cosy atmosphere of London’s living rooms and untraditional spaces, Ethan is Coming Clean.
MadeMusic takes him out of dullness BIG GIRLS BLOUSEWhen you assume.
All Good GuysIrish Men.
Performed in a unique dome structure, The Lost Things is about losing things and finding things you didn’t even know you were looking for.
A boy falls and finds himself in a dark and terrifying new world.
Three wayward women are on a hunt for liturgical dance stardom.
A Small House at the Edge of the World is the story of how one location captures and distills two lifetimes worth of love, joy and sorrow.
A Small House at the Edge of the World is the story of how one location captures and distills two lifetimes worth of love, joy and sorrow.
Something between two refugees gradually changes the shape of their relationship.
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…
The Strictly Come Dancing UK Arena Tour is waltzing back on the road from January 2019 for 29 supersized sequin-filled shows across the country.
Discover the remarkable true story of a small town that welcomed the world.
In Tchaikovsky’s intense opera of obsession and the supernatural, Gherman is caught between the woman he loves and a destructive fixation.
The Strictly Come Dancing UK Arena Tour is waltzing back on the road from January 2019 for 29 supersized sequin-filled shows across the country.
Multi-platinum selling, hard rock legends Skid Row are back in 2019 following sold out shows across the UK earlier this year.
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!…
In the late 1980s The Wedding Present were one of the most famous British indie bands.
Join us for an evening of live music, improvisation around new theatrical texts, redirecting in front of the audience's eyes, delicious uncertainties, nibbles, drinks and good com…
House of Jack is excited to present the first House of Jack Christmas Show! This street and urban dance show is jam-packed with dynamic performances from students of House of Jack...
The ‘Outright King of Live Comedy’ (The Times) Jason Byrne is back at the Leicester Square Theatre for more comedy chaos.
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…
In ten years’ time, we discover a way to record, store and replay memories at will.
Following on from their sell-out production of Oliver last year, BOST Musicals return to present Sweeney Todd this October.
Stand-up comedian and star of Arrested Development and Mr.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved.
Would you lie to the government about who you are? How about to your doctor? Maybe to big companies? Whilst online shopping? How about on your Facebook profile? Do they need your r…
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Tenth anniversary tour celebrating a decade of Big Girls Don’t Cry featuring The East Coast Boys.
Beira – Alison Bell and Heather Yule – weave songs and harp music into a rich fabric combined with traditional stories of the land, the sea and the people of Scotland.
Good Things Come to Those Who explores our generation’s relationship with work, debt, big data, surveillance and public/private space: when everything you have can be an asset, wha…
Good grief is full of sarcasm, laughter and the occasional tear as we try to show that there is no “correct” thing to say to someone who is grieving.
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…
Having only been in existence for three years, both Academy and Pitch Fight have already shaken up the UK a cappella scene.
Join a couple of Aussies on this off-beat excursion of naughty and ridiculous tales and oddly familiar tunes.
East meets West in this wild mash-up of comedy, electric violin, characters, spoken word and songs from legendary AmerAsian duo Slanty Eyed Mama.
Things Live! A variety cabaret of Dragtime’s most unusual and magical drag performances yet.
‘Wizards, as you know, may not love.
Join us for a postmodern take on popular songs from the past decade as well as standards by the likes of Gershwin, Berlin, and Ellington.
Auld Reekie Roller Girls are back once again for 2018! Watch full-contact rollerskating in an incredible showcase of one of the world’s fastest-growing sports.
Recapture the sounds of a bygone era with this unmissable evening of classic big band of the 1940s and 1950s, including: In the Mood, Moonlight Serenade, New York, New York.
The second of two specially curated lineups see much loved local arts collective Neu! Reekie! assemble some mighty cult icons for one glorious evening.
Sell-out AMC2017! Bringing back the wonderfully singable songs of yesteryear and rekindling the atmosphere of those folksong clubs.
Ever wanted a lock-in with the cream of the UK’s comedy circuit in a cool cabaret bar late at night at the Edinburgh Fringe? Hell yeah! Well your dreams have just come true.
Meursault presents Crow Hill, a series of urban horror story vignettes, set in the titular, fictional, Scottish town.
An unconventional love story set in Denmark during WWII.
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.
Edinburgh multi-arts festival Hidden Door was instrumental in getting the long out-of-action Leith Theatre open to the public again, after years of being used as a council storage …
The Spice Girls lied right to our faces.
Bendy House – an improv duo.
Elspeth McVeigh, soprano, ‘voice.
Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang navigate the joys and pitfalls of childhood. Humorous, full of fun and fabulous musical numbers.
Pining for the Southern Cross? Spend a five-star night with The Girls From Oz! Full of sass and armed with killer harmonies, these Sheilas can sing, joke and put on one helluva sho…
The Bluebelles are bringing midnight snacks and jazzy tracks to the Edinburgh Fringe with a fantastic a cappella night in! Returning to Edinburgh for their fourth year, following s…
Fringe Herald Angel Award winner for music returns with a cherry-picked selection from his extensive repertoire of over 100 songs.
Roses are red, violets are blue, The Bristol Suspensions have a show to do – but what happens when Cupid shoots his arrow into the rehearsal room? Fresh from their US tour, join …
Avant-garde collective Neu! Reekie! have been busy feeding and nurturing an exciting grassroots scene in Edinburgh since 2011, and they’re bringing a typically delicious, eclecti…
The Edinburgh Comedy Award winner, Live at the Apollo star, the Lidl Enya, the broken Bublé… DAVID O’DOHERTY headlines.
Because he’s an idiot, in thrall to his own imagined past, Daniel Kitson (41) has decided to perform an unfinished show that starts at midnight in a room that gets debilitatingly h…
A sad and lonely cockroach climbs out from a cardboard box; she doesn’t know where she is and there in front of her is a group of furry blurry fluffy things.
No man is an island.
The Bristol Revunions return to the free Fringe with their show Hoops.
Welcome to the Good Life! A split-bill stand-up comedy show from two fun-loving, good-time-having, honest to goodness proper cute comedy lads.
Visual theatre company Tortoise in a Nutshell aim to inspire the imagination of their audiences with their creations.
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
The nation has never been healthier.
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.
Take songs that stop conversations, a voice that could stop wars and a fiddle that stops at nothing, and you have the icon Elsa McTaggart.
With caller Ken Gourlay, a ceilidh band and piper.
Visit the magnificent Parliament Hall, once the seat of Scotland’s politics, and gain a fascinating insight into the history, traditions and ceremonies of the home of Scotland’s Su…
The Traverse One stage looks more ready for a gig than a piece of theatre, but while music undoubtedly runs through the heart of Cora Bissett's latest, most autobiographical wo…
After last year’s sell-out show, Pete Sinclair returns with his cool crooners and a new mix of hits from The Great American Songbook: numbers like Can’t Take My Eyes Off You, S…
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
‘The children grabbed him (the father) and put him on the table.
There’s no such thing as vanilla, boring or prudish.
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.
‘There’s two kinds of blues, happy blues and then sad blues.
‘My favourite DJ on the planet.
Present and Correct, the University of York’s very own homegrown sketch troupe, are heading back up to the Fringe once again.
Present and Correct, the University of York’s superb sketch troupe are heading back to the Fringe with an all new smash show.
Returning for its fifth year, the smash-hit, sell-out show returns to Edinburgh! Written and directed by award-winning playwright Liam Rudden and featuring the hit Bay City Rollers…
Edgar Allan Poe is dead.
Bare Productions are a new, fresh Edinburgh-based company comprising of some of the best local talent who have all performed in multiple five-star sell-out shows at the Fringe.
A naked photo goes viral.
Back with a new troupe and 100% new material, come and see the renowned Durham Revue perform their own brand of ‘masterful’ (ThreeWeeks) sketch comedy! Known for their irreverent s…
Fringe legend and ‘outright king of live comedy’ (Times), Jason Byrne, is opening the doors again for more comedy chaos.
Some people plan their murders meticulously.
Sam (Australia) was nominated for Best Comedy at Fringe World 2016.
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.
Award-winning comedian Samantha Baines (Lee Nelson’s Well Funny People) brings you a selection of the best comedians at the Fringe.
It’s 2025 - a world of mystery, spies and secret missions.
Multi award-winning Welsh comedian, Jenny Collier, is back and gooder than ever.
Award-winning comedian, TV and radio writer and co-creator of Comedy Central’s Modern Horror Stories, Daniel Audritt asks – ‘what really makes us good?’, in his new punchli…
A blissfully domestic sitting room in a nameless American suburb is the setting for Brian Parks’ riotous comedy The House.
If you like pina coladas, and deep emotional pain.
In 1988 the treasurer of the Bristol Revunions emptied the comedy troupe’s bank account and fled to Paraguay, leaving the society bankrupt and forcing the group to disband.
If you’re wandering around Edinburgh this August looking for a glimpse into year-round Scottish culture, it might be worth popping into the Scottish Storytelling Centre on the Ro…
Three wayward women on a hunt for international liturgical dance stardom.
In association with Bar Brig, and after four sold out tours in Europe, The Good The Bad and The Irish return to the festival for our eighth year! Join host Michael Porter as we sho…
What if you didn’t know you were dead? A dark new comedy.
Nominated for Best Comedy at Fringe World 2016 and sold out all 23 Edinburgh shows in 2016 and 2017.
Writer/comedian David Head and singer/songwriter Matt Glover of Sincere Deceivers present a performance of silly love stories and melancholy folk pop.
The back room at Dragonfly is unassuming.
A beatboxing and storytelling comedy show.
It’s Fringe time again and I’m back at The Beehive.
Christy Coysh (as seen on BBC Three) and Kat Sadler (selected for BBC New Comedy Award 2017) debut their first work-in-progress show.
The 10-time sell-out comedy sensation returns to Edinburgh with an epic new show for just about everyone.
Celebrating the friendship between composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and musician and first woman music critic, Marion Scott; written and performed by Jan Carey.
Returning after their award-winning, sell-out 2015 show, Beard (‘one of the best kept secrets in comedy-town’ (List)) are back with their genre-defying comedy.
A late night slot at the Pleasance Dome perfectly suits the latest offering from The Lampoons, a raucous, defiantly silly parody of the creaky well-loved William Castle classic, de…
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…
Comedian and impressionist Luke Kempner and his multiple personalities host an ultimate reality show where no one is off limits.
Spencer Percival has one claim to fame.
Charles ‘One-Man Star Wars’ Ross and Canadian Fringe legend, TJ Dawe, parody the Netflix smash series, Stranger Things.
‘My neighbours leave their flat one morning but don’t return.
Fran, Jo and Ger live in isolation.
Inspired by our sister production of Phil Porter's Blink, Squabbling House Theatre are delighted to present the company’s first collection of new writing shor…
Brought together by a voyeuristic relationship that teeters on the verge of stalking, introverted Sophie and eccentric Esther relive the story of how they met.
Present & Correct, the University of York Comedy Societies hit Sketch Troupe, is back and ready to go with an all new show written & performed by students at the…
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.
Multi-award winning comedians the Fringe Wives Club are here to bring lols, power and feminist-flavoured fun to the kids of London! Come join the dance floor as we sing songs, play…
The Welsh singing legend, who is known for hits such as Delilah and What New Pussycat is.
New Year’s Eve.
Grace is living to a different rhythm.
Imagine the love-child of Saved by the Bell and Art Attack! That’s Lead Pencil and they've made a sketch show, by literally sketching it.
Critically acclaimed and award winning Stand Up comedian, host of his own TV entertainment show and Stand Up show on Comedy Central, Celebrity Juice regular and the only…
Fringe legend and 'Outright King of Live Comedy' (The Times) Jason Byrne is opening the doors again for more comedy chaos.
Dennis, 32, is perfect according to his best friend and Nan, Elsie.
Join multi award-winner and Britain's Got Talent 2017 semi-finalist Jess Robinson for an evening of spot-on celebrity impressions, musical comedy and stunning vocal gymnastics.
Award-winning improvisers, The Maydays, present ‘Happily Never After’; a twisted musical tale inspired by Tim Burton and The Brothers Grimm.
Cult sketch-comedy cowboys ‘Good Kids’ descend on Brighton Fringe for another hour of wicked-ass mayhem.
Broadway Actor and Streamy Award Winner Todrick Hall announces his new world tour Todrick Hall American: The Forbidden Tour.
If you’re looking for a thought-provoking Fringe Show, White Girls, by Madeleine Accalia, could fit the bill.
Benjamin and Shiva have lived in a refugee camp for two years whilst they work towards completing their citizenship applications.
Catch-up with Beatrice, Betty, Rue and Estelle as you’ve never seen them before, in the highlights of the iconic 80s sitcom The Golden Girls.
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.
After a successful run of ‘Sweet Things’ at the Edinburgh Fringe 2017, Helen Bauer (BBC3 and Comedy Central) and Micky Overman (Funny Women and Leicester Square Finalist 2016) are …
Enjoy a night of rhyming, rice and peas with Dean Atta and Deanna Rodger alongside a menu of performers chosen for their wit, wisdom and ability to move you.
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.
‘Good Grief.
Pop the champagne.
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…
Why toddle when you can dance? Join our resident dj-mumma, Monski Mouse and her Dancers for an hour of bopping family fun.
Experience the extraordinary atmosphere of the Sussex home of Surrealists Lee Miller and Roland Penrose, whose guests included Picasso, Man Ray and Miró.
Why toddle when you can dance! Parents and under-5s are let loose on the dance floor in the friendliest of discos.
Discover roller derby: a fast-paced, full-contact sport played on roller skates.
The Maydays invite you to tear up the Fringe in the name of comedy! You choose performances or events from the Fringe Guide and then delight as these award-winning improvisers give…
Featuring a Game of Thrones themed homoerotic adagio, a gyrating hula hooper and even a flash of full-frontal nudity, Circus’sission is the definition of a circus stripped.
LNT is made up of Luke (one half of The Marvellous Dorians) and Tim (lead from Real Life Charm).
Mullets, single Mums, Holdens, home done tatts.
Nominated for Best Comedy at Fringe World 2016 & selling out all 23 shows at Edinburgh Fringe 2016 & 2017.
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…
Join Cabaret’s riot girl Carla Lippis at her pop-up club for a series of raucous late night after-parties.
The Andrews Sisters were America’s most popular singing trio - Patty, Maxine and LaVerne burst onto the entertainment scene in the 1940’s and were known for their close three part …
Hands-on Cocktail Masterclass Series! Shake, muddle and stir your way through time, mastering the techniques and discovering the science that is mixology.
I’m not entirely sure of the point of Naked Girls Reading.
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…
Start your Tuesday mornings with laughter in the comfort of your favourite cinema.
Fowler sisters, Erin and Tess from local group Sitara, celebrate the Finn Brothers with a tribute to Crowded House and their catalogue of much loved songs.
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.
Join actress Amanda Trapp as she portrays — in addition to 18 other characters! — three Saskatchewan gals who played in Philip K.
We’re bringing all the eye popping, sugar rushing, heart racing fun to The Garden.
It’s been a big year for Amelia Ryan (Storm In A D Cup, Lady Liberty, Livvy & Pete).
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…
Tutti Arts in collaboration with the WCH Foundation presents Wild Things.
Get your old-school 50s gear on and make like Greased Lightning to the ARC Campbelltown for some hard-hitting roller derby action! The T Birds will be taking on the Pink Ladies i…
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 …
Alex is a Melbourne based stand-up comedian currently achieving her life long dream of being brave enough to live outside her home state of QLD.
Canada’s reigning “Queen troubadour of intelligent black-comic sex balladry” (Edmonton Journal) returns to Adelaide for four nights only with a collection of songs and covers from …
Dr Ahmed, the loveable GP, returns to Adelaide Fringe! After making a totally sold out debut in 2016, he is back with more titillating tales from the consulting room.
From the House of the Dead is Janáček’s final work and arguably his most powerful.
Winner of Voice’s Pick of the Fringe Award, Naomi Sheldon’s exceptional debut play comes to London’s West End following a critically acclaimed smash hit run at th…
Sydney’s Tom Cashman is debuting his show Good at the 2018 Adelaide Fringe Festival.
A tiny ‘pop-up’ institute which invites you into a playful and poetic reflection on reality.
Sean and Darren went to the same primary school in Ireland and now they’re both tellin’ jokes in Australia.
The King and Queen of Adelaide Comedy reunite to bring you one of the hottest stand-up comedy shows at this year’s festival.
There’s good effort, bad effort and times when you just need to say “eff’ it”.
No one likes to be judged.
Marla tries to get The Red Forge Publishing House team to promote the concept of Brenda’s story about Max, an information agent from the Maxden Libary, and his twin sister Charlott…
Pretending Things are a Cock is the product of Bennett’s three years of global wandering, and combines the artistic, phallic-filled photographic display with hilarious and surpr…
Born beneath the storm clouds of Sydney’s recently introduced “lockout laws” (currently draining the magic from a once-vibrant nightlife), this continually shifting mobile street a…
The show that’s Rocking Aus comes to Adelaide Fringe.
Faith I Branko Serbias No1 Roma viollinist and UK accordionist perform high energy original Roma/jazz influenced music with an International quartet.
The Old Married Couple may be married but they’re certainly not old.
The Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour is back to keep you dancing into 2018! Pure dancing pleasure awaits as this supersized Strictly Live show comes to an arena near you in January …
The Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour is back to keep you dancing into 2018! Pure dancing pleasure awaits as this supersized Strictly Live show comes to an arena near you in Janua…
The Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour is back to keep you dancing into 2018! Pure dancing pleasure awaits as this supersized Strictly Live show comes to an arena near you in Janua…
“When you send me away, where do I go?” Grief takes people in different ways.
The Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour is back to keep you dancing into 2018! Pure dancing pleasure awaits as this supersized Strictly Live show comes to an arena near you in Janua…
Sedos presents a new production of A Doll’s House, by Henrik Ibsen with an English language version by Simon Stephens, at the Bridewell Theatre, off Fleet Street, from 23 to 27 Jan…
The Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour is back to keep you dancing into 2018! Pure dancing pleasure awaits as this supersized Strictly Live show comes to an arena near you…
Frantic Assembly and State Theatre Company of South Australia present, Things I Know To Be True, a new play by Andrew Bovell.
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
2017 officially marks a decade since the release of Scouting For Girls’ unstoppable million-selling self-titled debut album and to celebrate the 10th anniversary, SFG returns…
Happily Never After - Created from a single audience suggestion, The Maydays weave a playful tale, full of black comedy and haunting songs.
EPIC is a theater troupe for actors living with (and without) developmental disabilities such as autism.
The revolution will be crystallised… This innovative and bold show show is like nothing you have seen before.
When twin sisters inherit the house where Poe composed The Raven, their lives take twisted turns that affect the future of mankind.
A comedy verging on farce, by Brian Parks.
Award-winning improvisers The Maydays present this skin-prickling tale full of black comedy and haunting music, inspired by Tim Burton.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
10 years.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Electronic artist from the UK and one half of F*ck Buttons.
Deeply political, magnificently performed and filled with tense action and witty dialogue, Girls manages to grip and amaze the audience with its characters and powerful message fro…
A father’s horrifying sacrifice of his daughter sets in motion a cycle of bloody revenge.
Bunker Girls shows us two women who worked as secretaries documenting the German perspective on WWII.
Sad Girls is a play about three girls: Miley, Lottie and Flo.
If you like profanity, women and very catchy tunes then Meat Market is for you.
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…
Scotland’s dark and mysterious past is hidden deep in its songs and legends.
The notorious space-pirate troubadours are back in orbit, bringing you a heady mix of story and song, leaving a trail of destruction and madness in their wake.
A man collects stories of lost keys and dreams gone astray, wayward wallets and absent loved ones, abandoned playthings and misplaced memories.
Musical gems from the Great American and British Songbooks.
A live eclectic ballad of works from pioneers of the contemporary Scottish music scene.
Raise a glass with us at a brand-new Fringe venue and celebrate the life of Ronald, who died slowly, painfully and fully aware.
Attention all shoppers! Make your way down to the Pear Tree to see best friends in the whole wide world ever in this show stopping coming of age story.
Moisés Kaufman, recipient of the National Medal of Arts from President Obama, speaks about creating new work for the theatre.
The girls are back in town.
Let Bendy House take you on a journey – maybe to a Romford kitchen sink or perhaps the weather control arm of the civil service on the planet Zarg.
Musical adaptations of other works often struggle to either make themselves distinct or justify their existence.
‘The vocals are fantastic’ (Palatinate.
Bee, Dee, Jay and Vee – will they ever do lunch? Dee’s a bitch, Jay’s in love (but who with?), Dee’s got Harry’s mother’s dodgy wheelchair to deal with, and Bee worries about eve…
‘A new label on an old tin of beans won’t change the flavour.
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 …
(*A real-life quote from a real-life reviewer.
Coates and Cooper have 60 minutes fully clothed to find the comedy in a “kidnap”.
Spend a five-star evening with the most dinky-die singing sheilas this side of the black stump.
The Polis are Scotland’s number one Police tribute act.
Auld Reekie Roller Girls are back once again for 2017! Showcasing a Triple Header for the Roller Derby British Championships Tier 3 North.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Quilarious: A new exciting comedy format.
Exploring themes of life and death, wealth and poverty and what it means to be ‘good’, Bertolt Brecht’s The Good Person of Sichuan is innovatively and creatively brought to lif…
Where there is Fringe, there is Shakespeare, and Rolling In The Aisle Productions have returned to Edinburgh with a fresh faced, family friendly adaptation of Shakespeare’s Twelf…
Sink is a poignant and fascinating drama about one of China’s greatest playwrights, Lao She; a man who wrote for his country and was once honoured as an ‘Artist of the peo…
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Walk the historic and dramatic Royal Mile with poet Ken Cockburn.
Spencer Percival has one claim to fame.
Returning to the Fringe, Stephen invites you to enter the world of the hustler and enjoy an evening of card tricks, cheats and scams in this intimate and interactive show.
When a man and a woman… or a woman and a woman… or a man and a man… or any combination really, love each other very much, they come together – well, not always together.
Navigating the intricacies of a one-night stand can be a tricky social and biological journey.
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,…
Finished just two months before the author’s murder on 18 August 1936 by a gang of Franco’s supporters, The House of Bernarda Alba is now accepted as Lorca’s great masterpiece of l…
Josh finds the outside world a fascinating and frightening place.
Mediterraneo is bringing Africa, southern Italy and Scotland crashing into Summerhall for a huge festival opening party.
Following last year’s successful run of ‘Made in Cumbria’, Jane’s back to Cumbria in The House where you’re invited to meet some new characters and get involved in some sinister …
A tight-knit group of school friends are learning about the struggles of the Suffragette movement, but none of them are really listening.
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.
Sam is scared of the dark.
Direct from a sold-out appearance in Toronto, the 2014/15/16 smash-hit sell-out show returns.
Bells gained national prominence in its first year as a fully mixed ensemble after winning the 2016 Scottish A Cappella Championships.
Finished just two months before the author’s murder on 18 August 1936 by a gang of Franco’s supporters, The House of Bernarda Alba is now accepted as Lorca’s great masterpiece of l…
An hour of comedy from two up-and-comers, Micky Overman – ‘a keen comic mind’ (Chortle.
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
With over 10 million video views online, internet sensation Rodney delivers a one-hour extravaganza filled with silly one-liners, magic, props and music. Fun for all the family!
Present and Correct are back once again for another hilarious run at the Edinburgh Fringe! We return with an all-new show packed full of this year’s latest and greatest sketches …
Nominated for Best Comedy 2016 by Fringe World, with 23 sell-out shows at the Edinburgh Fringe.
The desire to please is instilled into children from an early age, but the side-effects that this can have on their development is often not felt until it’s too late.
Grab a morning coffee and start your (Fringe) day with a life-changing symposium (terms and conditions apply).
With over 10 million video views online, internet sensation Rodney delivers a one-hour extravaganza filled with silly one-liners, magic, props and music. Fun for all the family!
Hello there! I’m back at the Fringe and back in The Beehive.
Hurt and Anderson are on the edge.
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…
Heather Shaw and Olga Koch present a high-octane hour of one-liners, personal anecdotes and, most importantly, good vibes! Many people like to party but only the chosen few really …
Hello, I’m doing a solo show where I play a synth for a while and read some comedic short stories that I’ve written.
Present and Correct are back once again for another hilarious run at the Edinburgh Fringe! We return with an all-new show packed full of this year’s latest and greatest sketches …
‘Men are from Earth.
Siren Theatre Co’s Good With Maps is a multi-faceted story masterfully guided by Jane Phegan who takes us through this one woman show.
The Noise Next Door’s Really, Really Good Afternoon Show is what it says on the ticket.
Being a millennial in the modern world is hard.
You are cordially invited to The House of Pigs.
This ‘highly energetic laugh-a-minute show’ (TheTab.
The last stand in not-growing-up, Nath Valvo is holding the frontline for all those amongst us who are done shelling out for their brother’s baby monitor, done giving up every we…
CBeebies’ favourites (Justin’s House, Spot Bots) swashbuckle their way through a hilarious, new adventure of chivalry, swordplay and slips.
If you love Donald Trump, you’ll hate this show! Get ready for a hilarious, thought-provoking, heartbreaking yet inspiring experience – in glorious four-part harmony and over-the…
Originally opened in 1763, St Cecilia’s Hall is the oldest purpose-built concert hall in Scotland.
The smash hit comedy musical comes to the Edinburgh Playhouse for the very first time! Join the girls on a hen night you wont forget, with fantastic songs from 1960s - today! Gua…
pencer Percival has one claim to fame.
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 concert of words and music focusing on the relationship between Felix Mendelssohn and his sister Fanny.
Children’s poet and spoken word theatre maker Justin Coe (‘Big Wow’, ‘Small Wonder’, ‘The Dictionary of Dads’, ‘The Jumble Book’) leads a workshop for adult writers/performers inte…
One entertaining community.
With a coffin full of sympathy snacks, Jack Rooke and his 85-year-old Nan, Sicely, invite you to the happiest town in Britain, where Dad’s dead and the only thing to eat is lasag…
Brighton’s Storyland Press is a place where the story comes first, regardless of genre or where it sits on the commercial/literary spectrum.
Funny. Political. Ends with a hanging.
A preview performance of a new jukebox musical is due to take place.
Join burlesque artist and naked stand-up, Miss Glory Pearl, for an intimate, innovative show combining powerful stories, beautiful women and beautiful words.
Do you lack basic skills? Do you want to be good at everything? Then you should watch ‘How to be Good at Everything’.
Forget lovable rogues and artful dodgers, this uncomfortable monologue tells the true story of a London awash with criminal gangs in the interwar years.
Being inspired by fairy tales, Gothic themes and the warped imagination of Tim Burton was all-too-clear in the wide and undeniably impressive range of sketches, theatre troupe The …
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 …
Brighton comics Vicky Gould and Joe McCarthy join forces to bring you an hour of quirky off-beat humour.
A day offering people the opportunity to step into our experiences of living with loss and bereavement.
“Imagine if Derren Brown was funny” Evening Standard.
How do you like your Burlesque – sweet, dirty or perfect? In year four of their wildly successful Wonderground residency, multi sell-out House of Burlesque are back with a do…
Jane Postlethwaite (Funny Women and Squawker Award finalist 2015) brings her multi-character, one-woman show, ‘The House’, to Brighton.
Coming Clean: Life As A Naked House Cleaner is an immersive theatre show about sexual fantasy- it’s also funny and true and asks us to look at our own vulnerabilities.
A week long exhibition of visionary art and imaginative Realism in central Brighton.
“There’s some pain you can’t grit your teeth through”, is something said by the sole performer in Scorched as he reflects on his time during WWII.
‘Tree House’ is an original idea devised by Bloody Nora Theatre exploring the relationship between two sisters estranged after their parents’ death.
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Terriane Falcome offers a tour de force of writing and comedy, playing at the Theatre Box this Brighton Fringe.
Everyone has experienced the dreaded ‘bad day’ where nothing seems to work out.
Experience the extraordinary atmosphere of the Sussex home of Surrealists Lee Miller and Roland Penrose, whose guests included Picasso, Man Ray and Miró.
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.
An exhibition of works that explore disrupted space: cultural, political, emotional and physical, selected from Phoenix Brighton studio artists and curated by Lucy Day.
Fresh from a hugely successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe 2016, Beasts bring their critically acclaimed comedy extravaganza to Brighton.
A variety mash-up of circus superstars, Spiegeltent legends and the hottest acts of this year's Brighton Fringe.
Turn up, tear out and laugh lots as we give other fringe shows a unique makeover! Taking the Brighton Fringe brochure as their inspiration, The Maydays create an entirely new show …
Tony Award-winner Duncan Sheik brings his latest musical to the newly rebranded The Other Palace – formerly the St James Theatre for a limited season.
An eerie lighthouse stands on the sleepy East Coast of America.
Based on the novel by Leonora Carrington.
Whilst it never quite delivers the climax you expect from a show with such a title, The Guide To Good Orgasms offers a certain charm that makes it impossible not to smile throughou…
Evan Placey’s Girls Like That (first performed at London’s Unicorn Theatre three years ago) came to Edinburgh’s Traverse Theatre—courtesy of the neighbouring Lyceum Thea…
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…
Celebrating 10 FAB-U-LOUS years, the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour extravaganza is back on the road in January 2017 for 30 spectacular super-sized shows across the c…
Celebrating 10 FAB-U-LOUS years, the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour extravaganza is back on the road in January 2017 for 30 spectacular super-sized shows across the c…
Celebrating 10 FAB-U-LOUS years, the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour extravaganza is back on the road in January 2017 for 30 spectacular super-sized shows across the c…
If politics is about people—specifically the ever-fluctuating power imbalances between people in different situations—then Federico García Lorca was right to focus his “po…
Celebrating 10 FAB-U-LOUS years, the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour extravaganza is back on the road in January 2017 for 30 spectacular super-sized shows across the c…
Celebrating 10 FAB-U-LOUS years, the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour extravaganza is back on the road in January 2017 for 30 spectacular super-sized shows across the c…
Gary Barlow and Tim Firth's musical adaptation of Calendar Girls is transferring to the West End's Phoenix Theatre from February 2017.
Celebrating 10 FAB-U-LOUS years, the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour extravaganza is back on the road in January 2017 for 30 spectacular super-sized shows across the c…
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.
Celebrating 10 FAB-U-LOUS years, the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour extravaganza is back on the road in January 2017 for 30 spectacular super-sized shows across the c…
Celebrating 10 FAB-U-LOUS years, the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour extravaganza is back on the road in January 2017 for 30 spectacular super-sized shows across the c…
The Nutcracker is classical ballet at its most approachable and visually entrancing – Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without it! A young girl’s enchanted present…
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!&…
This Christmas Chiswick House plays host to a remarkable event – within a Big Top in the beautiful walled garden will be a spectacular new stage production of Cinderella.
Taking place over the five years in the seventies that turned out to be the last Labour Government for nearly 20 years and that led to the Thatcher era, the politics being manage…
Children are often said to be the most “difficult”—or, to put it another way, most honest—theatre audience performers are ever likely to face: they’re not “adult” …
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Four of Scotland’s most experienced folk performers singing and playing Scottish folk songs which were popular in the early days of the folk revival of the 1960s and 70s, but are…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Attention all shoppers! Make your way down to Southside Social to see best friends in the whole wide world (ever) in this show stopping coming of age story.
Up-and-coming sketch troupes Massive Dad, Lazy Susan and Birthday Girls join forces for a hilarious hour of high-energy comedy.
Take songs that stop conversations, a voice that could stop wars and a fiddle that stops at nothing, and you have the icon Elsa McTaggart.
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…
Edinburgh’s Little Jazz Bird, vocalist Victoria Bennett, sings beautiful ballads as she spins delicate, moving tales of love and heartbreak.
A masked figure, all in white, carries the biggest drumstick you’ve ever seen and drops it on the biggest drum you’ve ever seen.
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…
A three-man band from Adelaide, Australia, tell an odd and very random story of one man’s travels through spoken word and song.
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
Featuring the music of Madness.
To be fair to the Hummingbirds, I’m not really the right demographic for their show.
One-man shows are no easy thing to pull off, especially when the subject matter is like something out of Wes Anderson’s daydreams, but Keenan Hurley does just that in The Man Who…
Aberdeen Performing Arts Youth Theatre presents The Life to Come by Timothy Mason.
Award-winning comedy duo Noah & Jordan will debut their sketch show, ‘INSERT TITLE HERE’. A series of fast paced and energised sketches, each with their own caption or title.
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
The Confederate States of America lost its quest for political independence in 1865, but its symbol, the Confederate flag, lived on, long after the nation it represented cease to e…
A crisis-stricken Southern family within a house “in the eye of the storm” employing a semi-realist dramatic structure.
Thunderstorm is an award-winning modern opera about family, society and corruption in Old Shanghai.
Freaky Family are back! Aki Remally, Jamie Graham and Allan Ferguson head this groundbreaking band traversing funk, jazz, hip hop beats and groove sensibility.
Waldorf Wayfarers – Directed by Australian composer Judith Clingan, 20 students and teachers from Waldorf or Steiner schools in Australia and Taiwan will give an hour’s program…
Sometime in between Jak Soroka cracking eggs on her naked body and Sam Reynolds dry humping someone in the audience, you realise nights at Dive’s C U Next Tuesday cabaret can get…
Strictly Come Trancing, the only hypnosis cabaret show at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 returns bigger and better than ever.
Join Gaulier graduates Georgia Murphy and Evie Fehilly for an hour of surreal comic madness.
A vaguely outrageous, psychedelic three-piece hip-hop folk funk outfit, hand-crafting screwball anthems deep in the Scottish Highlands.
Award-winning comedian Samantha Baines (Lee Nelson’s Well Funny People, Call the Midwife, Radio 4) brings you a selection of the best comedians at the Fringe.
Returning to the Fringe for the fourth year, Stephen invites you to enter the world of the hustler and enjoy an evening of card tricks, cheats and scams in this intimate and intera…
Frantic, fun and frivolous, this fast-paced one-man show is an entertaining comic thriller of Cold War intrigue and Scrabble.
Ben Dali’s Strictly Come Trancing has a flashy presentation as he enters to Eye Of The Tiger in a glittering jacket and pop-star headset.
A Free Fringe double bill of stand-up with no particular theme, Irish comedians Keith Fox and Ger Staunton underwhelm with their unassuming stage presence and only mildly amusing h…
Joe Wells believes that you should treat all people with love and respect, but does that include UKIP voters? Follow up to the critically acclaimed **** (Chortle.
Auld Reekie Roller Girls are back once again for 2016! Expect hard-hitting body slams whilst you watch full contact roller skating in an incredible showcase of the world’s fastest …
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…
Have you been mistaken for a pervert? Are you awkward in a sex shop? Do you try to disguise your farts with a cough? Have you ever wondered how scissoring works? Do you enjoy havin…
Walk the historic and dramatic Royal Mile with poet Ken Cockburn, weaving through narrow closes, open squares and secret gardens to discover how this city has been inspiring writer…
Now in its third year at the Fringe, I Ran With The Gang written by Liam Rudden for his company LR Stageworks returns this year to the cosy yet lavish surroundings of Le Monde in u…
Responding to phenomenal demand, Russian Standard are bringing PingTron, a unique and exceptional take on ping pong, to Edinburgh for the very first time.
Morningside Malcolm’s daughter has married into a family of Glasgow gangsters.
This exhibition within the magnificent Parliament Hall gives a fascinating insight into the history, traditions and ceremonies of the home of Scotland’s Supreme Courts.
Seemingly wholesome island lass Cat Loud is still on the prowl for her next big adventure.
To make The Auld Alliance, start with a nice big helping of Jane Austen.
You can tell a lot about a show from its audience.
It’s apt, if a little predictable, that the pre-show music Doug Segal selects for his latest Fringe show is the classic James Brown track I Feel Good.
Take songs that stop conversations, a voice that could stop wars and a fiddle that stops at nothing, and you have the icon Elsa McTaggart.
Leo Kearse, in his guise as Pun-Man, has a simple mission: to save the world of comedy from banal observational stand-up and self-righteous, long-winded anecdotes.
Ever wondered what takes a girl so long to get ready on a night out? This girl will tell you! Written and performed by Eme Essien, this hilarious new one-woman show invites viewers…
Often, the expectation brought to mind by the genre “Musical” means that successfully producing a new and original one at the Fringe Festival is no mean feat.
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.
Lying seems to be getting more and more fashionable.
Your best friend from school has been arrested for having a collection of child pornography on his laptop.
Pete Sinclair returns with a brand new show titled after an Andy Williams hit.
Step into an interstellar kosmische zone the likes the capital has never seen to launch Summerhall’s amazing musical programme this August.
In a desperate attempt to get some Edinburgh nookie, Jiggle & Hyde present a sketch show to woo, amaze and amuse.
Blueswater go from strength to strength with their all new show, Queens of the Blues, focusing entirely on the often overlooked heroines of Blues music and taking us on an incredib…
Present and Correct returns for their fourth year at the Fringe, following a five-star show in 2015! Have you ever wondered what life is like for the stripper inside a cake? Ever w…
An actual baby, just.
There are many children’s shows at the Fringe that seem to follow the formula of throwing a couple of popular franchises together with whatever kids currently like, before adding…
Evan Desmarais explores the concepts of good and bad, and right and wrong.
Moving and funny, Maria Ferguson’s one-woman show, Fat Girls Don’t Dance, deals with issues relevant to today’s young women.
Good People is a light-hearted exploration of what should be a natural journey towards being a better person.
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.
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…
Nominated for Best Comedy at Fringe World 2016.
Join multiple award-winning comedians Swedish-Chinese Evelyn Mok and Canadian-Brummie Katharine Ferns for an hour of stand-up from two of the most promising new talents on the UK s…
25-30 minutes of funny things, said in a Hungarian accent, (because that’s the accent I have and I’m not good at changing it).
Three top-line comics bring their fast-paced comedy showcase to the world’s most famous comedy festival.
Perhaps one of the most entertaining shows I have seen on the Free Fringe, Lovehard consists of comedians Jacob Lovick and Tyler Harding (see what they did there?), who in what is …
This is the forgotten story of a controversial gang that robbed the streets of London for over a hundred years.
25-30 minutes of funny things, said in a Hungarian accent, (because that’s the accent I have and I’m not good at changing it).
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
A comedy show with pictures, and probably not what Fox Talbot had in mind.
Ed Caruana and Tamar Broadbent can’t pronounce their own names (so don’t feel bad).
Gillian Cosgriff is an absolute sweetheart with the pipes of a jazz singer and a wicked sense of humour to match.
A magical showcase of the funniest, fiercest female comics at the Fringe, curated by Funny Women 2015 finalist Sophie Duker and hotshot Texan improviser Erin Bimmons.
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 …
Spend an intimate evening of insightful and intelligent comedy with this British doctor.
London-based Clean Break fit two plays into one show: House, a tight family drama set in a British-Nigerian household, and Amongst the Reeds, a nondescript tale of homelessness, fr…
Chef: Come Dine With Us! should not in a way be confused with the TV series Come Dine With Me.
It may be difficult to believe that something as uncommon as bilingual theatre could work.
Picture the scene: two women in letterbox face paint — a pair of punkish, postmodern clowns — sit on a couple of threadbare armchairs underneath an enormous screen, sipping bee…
Jamali Maddix creates a buzz when he enters the stage, and why not? He’s a cool guy.
Four strangers survive the end of the world and end up stranded in a swan pedalo.
Birthday Girls blast party anthems as the crowd files in.
Good Kids are back, and this time they’ve had a few.
The eight time sell-out comedy sensation returns to Edinburgh with an anarchic afternoon show for just about everyone.
Helen Duff has gone from strength to strength, after her hilarious yet heart-breaking Vanity Bites Back show last year.
Joining the ranks of slightly nerdy comedians who primarily joke about their non-existent sex lives, So You Think You’re Funny finalist Alex Kealy is a safe bet for some well-tho…
The eight time sell-out comedy sensation returns to Edinburgh with an anarchic afternoon show for just about everyone.
Come Get Some! is a rather energetic title, as titles go, but its excitement about Nick Cody is absolutely justified.
The self-empowerment of interesting American women from history is a dramatic premise that instantly arrests your attention.
I’m a lover of musical theatre but I’m prepared to be really honest here: the genre is crammed with suitable material for a hilarious and even brutal send-up.
Sketch troupe BEASTS are not here to perform sketches.
During thirty years of exhibitions programming Inverleith House has originated and presented some of the most memorable exhibitions ever staged in the UK, and achieved an internati…
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.
Delighting London audiences since 2013, The Science of Living Things bring their trademark show to Brighton.
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 Beach Boys with the Psychedelic Love Orchestra present Pet Sounds vs Sgt Pepper.
“Imagine if Derren Brown was funny” (Evening Standard) Doug Segal (Winner: Best Cabaret Act, Brighton Fringe) is back in Brighton to preview his new show which is designed to make…
A tender and ridiculous show that clambers up your drainpipe with a rose between its teeth.
Playful pink lighting, red velvet drapes, glittery fixtures and wooden circus seats - entering the Brighton Spiegeltent screams ‘Showtime!’ Come Fly With Me is a charming, c…
A fast-paced, high-octane sport played on roller skates.
Joe Wells believes that you should treat everyone with kindness, but that’s not easy when some of them vote UKIP.
Having left the UK for sunny Australia, Dr Ahmed returns to share the comical aspects of being a modern day GP.
Fast-paced, hilarious sketch comedy from Making Faces.
Your quick wits and sharp tongue are all that stand between Earth and total destruction.
A day offering people the opportunity to consider living with loss and bereavement.
Rising star and general idiot stand-up Harriet Kemsley returns with her new show ‘Good Girl’.
Fascinating, touching and truly enlightening, this lesbian musical romance tells the story of forgotten Variety stars Gwen Farrar and Norah Blaney.
Why toddle when you can dance! Parents and under 5s are let loose on the dance floor in this friendliest of discos.
Storytelling feast of foolish kings, tree-climbing princesses, and one revolting woman, woven together by chief mischief-maker Damian BB Wood.
Join burlesque performer and naked stand-up, Miss Glory Pearl, for an intimate show where beautiful women read naked.
Award-winning comedy troupe, The Maydays, pitch ideas for a new improvised show every night, inspired by the audience.
Frankfurt 1938: Jewish pianist Sol and Aryan violinist Hilda are lovers.
Experience the extraordinary atmosphere of the Sussex home of Surrealists Lee Miller and Roland Penrose, whose guests included Picasso, Man Ray and Miró.
A completely improvised date night with amazing comedy guests, games and buckets of silliness.
Theatrical serendipity currently means that, after some masculine brutality set during the latter stages of the ancient siege of Troy (in the Royal Lyceum’s new adaptation of H…
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…
Ethan Beach hosts this stacked variety show, with comedy from Michelle Wolf, Brett Davis, Seaton Smith, Mary Houlihan, Mike Kelton and Harry Gensemer, as well as a musical performa…
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.
Addiction and theatre may seem good bedfellows as they have often made for a spectacular combination.
Britain’s Got Talent winners, Attraction, bring their production of The Box to the London Palladium, for one night only on 10 March 2016.
Drawing on contemporary sources, unsullied by Tudor propaganda, ‘Good King Richard’ dramatises for the very first time, the true events which propelled Richard III onto the thr…
Strictly Come Dancing The Live Tour! 2015 is finally here Actress Georgia May Foote, Celebrity chef Ainsley Harriott and TV presenter Anita Rani are the next celebrity contestan…
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…
As Arab-spring style revolution rages in Zitounia, the puppet news crew of a heavily censored morning news show scrambles to air the usual spate of propaganda, fluff pieces and pae…
We Grew Up in the Back of a Van is a fun and energetic show with a big heart.
It’s 1988 and Brandon is embarking on his Senior year at St.
The Crick Crack Club’s Gilgamesh is a tour de force piece of storytelling.
A brand new show stuffed full with highly skilled cabaret stunts and orchestrated madness.
Beauty & the Beast at Polka is a fun and vibrant production of a classic fairytale that boasts a beautiful set, wonderful costumes and some lovely effects delivering a visual treat…
The Good Adoptee, written by Award-winning playwright Suzanne Bachner, is the true story of her lifelong search for the truth of her origins.
Beasty Baby at Polka Theatre is great fun for all the family and a fantastic show to introduce the little ones to the world of theatre.
Will Hutton examines how Britain could create an economy, society and democracy in which the mass of citizens flourish – reinventing and repurposing core institutions like the co…
The iconic sound of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons recreated in this feel-good concert.
Comic and tragic.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved.
Edinburgh’s Little Jazz Bird, vocalist Victoria Bennett, sings beautiful ballads as she spins delicate, moving tales of love and heartbreak.
Author Tessa Dunlop hosts a one-off, revelatory session with three of the extraordinary women who were involved in Britain’s most secret wartime operation and feature in her book…
Rich Batsford’s Classically Chilled Piano is exactly that.
Acclaimed sketch troupe Birthday Girls return to the Fringe for one week only with their smash-hit sold out 2014 show! A comedy party of odd characters, offbeat sketches and try-ha…
From the creators of Vampire Hospital Waiting Room and GhostCop comes another cult pop culture theatre comedy show that once again gets its audience in hysterics.
Angie Darcy returns to the fringe with her stellar tribute to and exploration of Janis Joplin.
Acclaimed sketch troupe Birthday Girls return to the Fringe for one week only with their smash-hit sold out 2014 show! A comedy party of odd characters, offbeat sketches and try-ha…
This is the first year of the ‘iF Platform’ – a new showcase featuring the UK’s top disabled artists and integrated arts companies.
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.
Caroline Horton enters laden with suitcases against a pastel French tricolour.
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.
In this exciting collaboration, award-winning vocalist and performer, Jungr, and Grammy and Emmy Award winner McDaniel investigate The Beatles; celebrating Paul, John, George and R…
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 moment Jack Lukeman enters the stage, it’s clear this is going to be a fantastic show.
This is a show I really wanted to enjoy; each part of the production tries very hard to achieve an ambitious vision, but don’t quite make it.
Dorothy, part of the Wendy House Trilogy, is a humour-infused adaptation of The Wizard of Oz written by Greg and Joe Allen and directed by Joe Allen.
It’s been a big year for Kids With Beards.
Radio 4’s daily arts show with the hits, misses, debates and talking points of the festivals and Fringe so far, along with writers, artists and live performances.
Richard is plotting his escape to art college, just as lecturer Graham settles in.
Peter is the first show in The Wendy House Trilogy produced by Jealous Whale Theatre.
Teen sex, lies and gossip.
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.
The best skaters in Scotland will pit their wits and hits against each other as Edinburgh showcases full-contact, all-female roller derby.
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
Stephen Duffy presents The Jazz House live from Edinburgh. Join us for two hours of jazz performances from some of the best names in Scottish jazz and beyond.
Stunning open-air theatre in beautiful gardens by one of Scotland’s oldest professional theatre companies.
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Hula House, created by Permanently Visible Productions, is an immersive, semi-interactive look at the life of sex workers.
‘As long as it looks okay, it doesn’t matter if it’s broken.
This show is wondrously delightful.
Brashly comic and acutely emotional, bravely exploring a woman’s intrinsic role in life’s creation.
Imagine Karen Matheson singing Japanese-Ainu traditional songs at Royal Opera House in a Scottish soundscape, backed by Pink Floyd and Martha Argerich.
A haunting and powerful adaptation of Madame Butterfly, Ramesh Meyyappen’s silent movement piece about love, lust and loss is hauntingly powerful and will stay with you long a…
Some cabaret performers attempt to lull you into a false sense of security about what they do, but thankfully any audience finds out quickly enough what they’re going to get from…
Lunchtime is perhaps not the right time for a hypnosis show for adults.
A tragicomic spoken word show that dives into the paradoxical nature of goodness.
A probably funny show featuring more than one sketch.
Christine Bovill has returned to the Fringe once again to grace us with her incredibly heartfelt renditions of some of Piaf’s greatest songs, on the centenary of the icon’s bir…
A daily challenge to realise the best marketing scheme on the Fringe.
Bold Girls is a dark comedy about the friendship of four women living in the midst of war-torn Belfast.
Fans of big hits and speedy whips can get their fill of roller derby at Auld Reekie Roller Girls’ first festival game.
Winner of the 2003 Olivier award for Best New Musical.
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…
In an attempt to prove that Aesop was history’s greatest fabulist, a group of storytellers crack the spine of a massive edition of Aesop’s Fables, releasing the old man’s most memo…
Based on the American Emmy Award-winning children’s series, School House uses a wide array of musical styles to teach grammar, math, science and American history while telling the …
Damo had his phone stolen.
The 2014 smash-hit sell-out show returns, starring Alan Longmuir.
Ostensibly, Worbey and Farrell’s show is a piano recital.
Dan Haynes and Pete Richards of Bookends have returned to the Fringe to once again give us their mesmerising renditions of some of Simon and Garfunkel’s most beloved songs.
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…
This exhibition in the stunning 17th century Parliament Hall offers insight into the life, history and traditions of Scotland’s Supreme Courts.
Stephen is leaving his little Steph, to go to university and refuses to give her any of his time.
Theorising that new episodes are possible within their own lifetime, the Maydays step into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanish.
A feast of classic jazz and blues flavoured with iconic jazz-femme legends including Ella, Billie, Sarah, Bessie, Peggy, Eartha, highlighted by acclaimed, internationally touring B…
From award-winning and internationally acclaimed Irish theatre company Fishamble: The New Play Company, comes this extravagant one-man show.
Prosumer aka Achim Brandenburg has a fever for Chicago’s Jack flavour with a vision, passion and knowledge which makes Prosumer a guardian of house music history and one of the f…
Dead Duck Productions brings you another hilarious and original sketch show from the Present and Correct series! We need one more member for our cast to be complete and we’re wai…
Sometimes love comes to you and sometimes you have to make it happen.
Act One’s Things Can Only Get Bitter takes its name (with a slight twist) from the now infamous campaign song used by New Labour in the 1997 election campaign.
The breakdancing robots (B-bots) have landed in Edinburgh and they’re being chased all over town! Can the B-boys and B-girls of Edinburgh use their breakdancing skills to help the …
Last year I used the word Schadenfreude in my description, and it seemed to frighten off dumb people as I had lovely audiences.
I wanted to write you a heart-breaking song so epic it would get her back.
It has been four years since Steve Hall last appeared at the Fringe.
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…
Last year Chris Davis performed brilliantly in Drunk Lion and garnered great reviews.
Nicola Wren’s one-woman show describes the hundreds of modern-day anxieties we all face in the dating world due to social media and technology.
There’s something refreshing about seeing a stand-up show with a title that accurately reflects the content of the act.
Libby Northedge begins Twisted Loaf: Stale Mate on her hands and knees, crawling onto the darkened stage, starkers but for her underwear, smudged make-up, and a pair of glittery hi…
A dirty afternoon party hosted by the king of alternative cabaret, Tomás Ford.
If life gives you lemons you stuff them in a German’s face and make a joke about sauerkraut.
Jack Rooke: Good Grief could probably win a prize for ‘comedy show with the least likely to be funny subject matter ever that actually turns out to be absolutely hilarious�…
Tom Dowling and Kieran Ahern are current members of the Oxford Revue, but they’re also bloody good kids.
Mick is a good bloke.
Scott Redmond had a fun 2014; kidnapped, arrested, threatened at gun and knife point, disowned, broken up and dealing with bereavement.
Funny Women Finalists 2014: Sam Baines and Helen Sorren bring you a selection of the best comedians at the Fringe.
Sad Faces challenge themselves and you with their adaptation of JR Chapterhouse’s devastatingly heartbreaking novel.
‘Scripted comedy of the highest quality’ (Buxton Fringe).
Set in a West End theatre, the acclaimed hit new musical comes to Edinburgh! Following the lives of the stagiest people in theatre – the Front of House staff – and portraying t…
Noun (Doh-dek-uh-hee-drun).
The seven-time sell-out comedy sensation returns to Edinburgh with an anarchic afternoon show for just about everyone.
Will Seaward Has a Really Good Go at Alchemy is probably unlike anything you will have ever seen.
In a small, bare room in Pleasance Courtyard, armed with a projector screen and a pack of makeup wipes, Angela Barnes is ready to change your view on beauty standards - and make yo…
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…
Set in a West End theatre, the acclaimed hit new musical comes to Edinburgh! Following the lives of the stagiest people in theatre – the Front of House staff – and portraying t…
Millerick returns with his most acerbic and painfully funny hour yet.
Bebe van der Belt (a glamorous American) and Miss Luna Peach (a cheeky Brit) conspire to host the most divinely decadent evening Edinburgh has ever seen.
An unmissable evening of traditional Scottish music and performance.
What a cracking show this is! What an utterly hilarious, ridiculous and relentlessly energetic show this is.
Five men are trapped in a West Virginia mine in this visceral play, whose lighting comes only from the actors’ headlamps.
Orson’s shadow looms heavily in Austin Pendleton’s play about the prolific director; not only over the protagonist but over the entire play which whilst fascinating and fait…
John Early and Cole Escola team up with the author Isaac Oliver and the drag queen Hamm Samwich to host this benefit for SAGE, a group that provides care for L.
(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…
(previews start on Thursday; opens on June 30) A family weekend at the shore might be relaxing to some people, but rarely to the sort of people you find onstage.
Joe Wells believes that you should treat all people with love and compassion, but that’s not easy when a quarter of them voted for UKIP.
What title could be more succinct? Cars and Girls is the story of a young man’s freewheeling adventures in life – looking for excitement, for love and for meaning.
An observational, tragi-comic and absurd stand-up comedy show.
The Victorian Music Hall, vulgar, jingoistic, patriotic, slightly naughty to downright rude, with a mix of songs still sung and loved today.
I didn’t know what to expect upon my arrival at the Dolphin Leisure Centre.
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A guest house sits precariously on the coast keeping watch over a cruel and tumultuous sea.
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…
Nora has a secret that she needs to keep from her perfect family life, only one person can help her but they want something in return.
Swithin Fry dramatically tells the story of his visit to a draughty Death Row cell block in Ohio to meet inmate A328139, his penpal Tim Coleman; and how that meeting led him to unc…
House, location, value, location, perceptions, location.
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…
Have you ever looked through a window into someone else’s world? The house is for sale but after the move, what is left behind? Staged by twelve actors in a Victorian town house …
Alex Eberhard presents a sublime 10-piece electric orchestra.
Experience the extraordinary atmosphere of the Sussex home of Surrealists Lee Miller and Roland Penrose, whose guests included Picasso, Man Ray and Miró.
A tribute to pioneering performers in Music Hall, Variety and Revue.
An exhibition of work that depicts what visitors enjoy in Brighton - the eccentric, comic, delightful or strange.
They met at Greenham.
Taking the Brighton Fringe brochure as their inspiration, The Maydays create an entirely new show every night.
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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.
The tireless star violinist Itzhak Perlman headlines the centennial gala of the National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene in a musical extravaganza that features stars from the klezmer s…
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…
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.
Short, sweet and still sort of nebulous, William Burke’s play centers on therapy dogs and the people who find solace in their wet-nosed company.
After a near sell-out run at the London Horror Festival, award-winning performer Mary Beth Morossa returns with her second solo show, in which she intertwines dark storytelling, po…
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 writer for “Saturday Night Live” performs a show of stand-up, sketch, short stories and silly experimentation.
If gore and gratuitous, giggle-laced meanness is your thing, Jenny Rachel Weiner’s mad, dark comedy about girls gone wild (for horses) isn’t a bad way to spend an hour.
“What might happen if a performing arts center temporarily reimagined itself as an art museum?” That question is a starting point for this enticing series of installati…
Award-winning performer Mary Beth Morossa presents her second solo show at the London Horror Festival, in which she intertwines dark storytelling, cabaret and theatrical performanc…
Most people know at least the odd line from Samuel Taylor’s epic poem from 1798, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
Tom Papa records an episode of his old-timey radio show, which features sketches, stand-up and music.
Told through a journey into the comparable worlds of beauty pageants and dog shows, Victoria Melody’s Major Tom explores how easy it is to become obsessed with personal image and…
In addition to free classes and workshops, this all-day event at the Mark Morris Dance Center features performances by members of Mr.
(previews start on Sept.
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.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved.
‘I took him to pumpin’ school, for the guys who are not so good with the chicas’ says Cuban Brothers’ frontman Miguel Mantovani of his newest and shyest member of the team,…
He’s not Nick Grimshaw! Russell Kane is a superstar entertainer who often gets confused for the Radio 1 DJ.
Come and play.
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.
Different is Dangerous is a production from double team Nyla Levy and Fadia Qaraman’s group Two’s Company.
An incredibly ambitious production, House of Tragic She combines dance, physical theatre, song, electronic music and projection with the words of literary characters and writers.
Campy am-dram with a pre-school aesthetic, Edinburgh theatre company, Cat-Like Tread’s The Pirates of Penzance is likely to have you humming the Gilbert and Sullivan Songs but …
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown is a Broadway musical based on the Peanuts comic strip, featuring familiar characters like Lucy, Snoopy and Schroeder.
Jeremy Hunt and Other Spelling Mistakes is a new comedy sketch show from St.
Middlesbrough sketch-pros Heavy Petting put on a wacky and fast-paced comedy sketch show complete with a weird fetish for Batman, hitting people with hammers and totally authentic …
Replaceable Things features John De Simone’s Panic Diary and Thomas Butler’s Replaceable Parts for the Irreplaceable You, performed by Scottish contemporary music company Ensem…
Radio 4’s daily arts show with the hits, misses, debates and talking points of the Festivals and Fringe so far, along with writers, artists and live performances.
Good Timin’ is Ian Mclaughlin’s personal story about his search to find a connection with his long-lost father.
Jenan Younis is a surgeon with anger management issues.
The New Zealand Music Showcase is a great way to see some of New Zealand’s greatest artists here at the fringe.
In the Pink are a young all female 10-piece a capella group who perform variations of hit pop and hip hop.
Bridge Over Troubled Lager (Volume 2) from Rory McGrath and Philip Pope is an evening of easy listening funny tunes and mild jokes.
Agatha Christie has been working with critically-acclaimed improvised comedy ‘living legends’ (ThreeWeeks, 2013) in order to adapt her latest detective novel into an interactiv…
You really, really want to like this little musical.
In Napoli Mia!, Scottish performer and Naples familiar Phillip Contini sings Italian songs from and about Naples and its people.
Dressed for the part, Melissa Western welcomes you in a friendly and feisty manner as she takes you through a journey into the realms of jazz and the great female vocalists of a no…
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
Sumptuously celebrating the golden age of shipboard romance, while forging full steam into the future, Scotland’s premier swing sensation The Loveboat Big Band invite you aboard …
1 or 2 Things About Us is a community production from Mixit Days, an inclusive theatre company who work with disabled people and give them a chance to perform on the stage.
Need more media coverage? Can’t afford a publicist? (Not happy with the one you have?) Learn to generate positive publicity in print, online - everywhere! - with easy steps from me…
Mike Maran in a consummate storyteller; in this show he’s accompanied by the wonderful Rona Wilkie or Morag Brown on Scottish fiddle.
Stephen Duffy presents The Jazz House live from the Fringe.
In Cat Stevens Reconstructed, New York vocalist Jess Abrams performs her own interpretations of Stevens’ classic songs, providing a mellow alto tone and interesting variations on…
Dean Friedman shot to fame in the late 70’s with the American hit Ariel in ‘77 and then Lucky Stars which made it to no.
First things first.
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…
A strange uplifting new comedy from a master storyteller about sleep problems, past, family and featuring a haunted doll.
The St Andrews Revue’s offering to this year’s Fringeis everything student comedy should be.
Whisky for Dafties is a mostly derisive overview of Scotch whisky history and appreciation from whisky-swigging Scottish stand up Alan Anderson, complete with whisky tasting, non…
Susie Sillett has always disliked women, she explains.
University of Exeter’s all-girl a cappella group proudly presents our first show at the Fringe.
The break-dancing robots (B-bots) have arrived in Edinburgh and they’re being chased all over town! Can the B-boys and B-girls of Edinburgh use their break-dancing skills to help t…
This comedy workshop will get your kids writing their own jokes and performing them onstage - all within an hour! Course leader Paul B Edwards is a hugely experienced professional …
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.
Fleeced is an original comedy musical that tells the story of the made-up ancient Greek hero Jersephules; a simple farm boy doted on by his parents.
Gary Colman (no not that one) has been a strong force at the free fringe for some time now and he certainly hasn’t dropped the ball this year round.
Nick Hall: Helmet is a splice of easy going, bittersweet stand-up from a man in his early thirties re-evaluating his life.
It’s four minutes in and I find myself clapping harder than ever while singing “Auld Reeke you’re so fine, you’re so fine you blow my mind.
Stephen invites you to enter the world of the hustler and enjoy an evening of card tricks, cheats and scams in this intimate and interactive show.
‘I do say, give us another!’ is the tragic cry of mediocrity from an improv show that is several decades too late for salvation.
“Do we not all spend the greater part of our lives under the shadow of an event that has not yet come to pass?” Maurice Maeterlinck published his play in this intriguing perspe…
This young and energetic company have tried to create a sketch show with a storyline.
Tina’s always wanted to be top of the class.
Irritating stand up from an irritating man.
New York, New York: A Toe-Tapping Journey through the Great American Song Book is just that; a fun night of swing and brass band favourites from Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Gle…
An afternoon of Jazz from the Jazz Bar’s very own Jazz Trio; Ed Kelly on double bass, David Patrick on piano and Bob Kyle on drums.
It’s the Late Night Dark Show - take that title as a hint.
The Midnight Comedy Club features different comedians each night showcasing their talents.
Birthday Girls, made up of members of the now disbanded sketch group Lady Garden, is a three-woman group delivering excellently pitched long and short scenes.
This tour is a brilliant way to explore the history of Edinburgh’s famous Royal Mile.
With caller Ken Gourlay and ceilidh bands Flaming Heather, HLI, Scott Leslie, Willie Fraser and piper.
Seeking to explore the idea that you are your experiences, this positive and inspiring show details how these two up-and-coming comics are not Over It.
With hilarious outfits, original music and a few custard pies thrown in, this two-hander follows the further adventures of Cinderella’s naughty Ugly Sisters as they travel in sea…
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.
It’s July 1st, 2017, precisely twenty years after China took back Hong Kong from the British.
After the success of her previous show, What Would Beyoncé Do?! Luisa Omielan has returned to Edinburgh with a brand new stand-up act, Am I Right Ladies? It’s a loud and crude t…
A high energy romp through Amanda’s psyche will produce songs such as Childhood: What a Load of Shit, Too Tall Blues and the VPL Blues.
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…
All quirky and endearing romcoms would do well to learn a thing or two from A History of Falling Things.
Sophie Willian: Novice Detective is a stand up show homage to daytime TV detective programmes like Murder She Wrote and Poirot and when focused on these it’s about as good as you…
Spain during the 1930s.
Short Stories - True Song Tales from the American Edge is an acoustic solo show from Kiya Heartwood, an award-winning American singer-songwriter.
Why toddle when you can dance, dance, dance! Parents and under fives are let loose on the dance floor in this friendliest of discos.
Part choral performance, part spoken word, Dreams of Peace and Freedom charts the development of the European Convention of Human Rights, reciting passages from one of its main c…
Jim Holland is an introvert who likes hats and two-toned shoes.
Bill Clinton was one of America’s glowing presidents, a shining democrat in the fashion of Jimmy Carter and even America’s beloved JFK.
An Irish showcase, bringing you the best in Irish comedy!
Al Donegan is a terrible human being who should be alone forever.
A festival goers guide to this show: Have a few drinks; prepare some funny questions - keep it light and fluffy; attend the show; ask Jesus a question.
The John Conway Tonight show is an oddball comedy night that could be called A Comedian’s Descent into Madness.
Henry is a verbal magician, creating an atmosphere of bold sincerity on stage that will force you out of your comfort zone and into his hilarious domain.
You’ve got to have a bit of a thick skin to go to Russell Hicks: Unprepared.
The idea of a comedy play that’s centred around something we are all really familiar with at the moment - ‘listicles’ - is quite intriguing.
Peter Straker’s arrived in Edinburgh ladies and gentlemen.
Twins Jack and Annie McGrath have put on a sketch show at the Edinburgh Fringe in a desperate bid to find their third, long lost brother.
The premise of the show is simple; Mars has abandoned self-doubt and concluded he is a good comedian; he’s decided that this one is on us; the audience, to enjoy the show or not.
The beloved Internet comedy duo Jeffery Self and Cole Escola return with a sketch show inspired by the intertwined lives of Carrie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds and the costume designer …
The Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show at the Cabaret Bar in the Pleasance Courtyard claims to be the longest running and most successful lunchtime show at the Edinburgh Fringe.
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.
After critically acclaimed performances to sell-out audiences in festivals around the world, and a legion of Facebook fans, Australian Jon Bennett brings his cult-hit show of 2012 …
As the title may suggest, Cars and Girls concerns Dubus’ geographical and emotional journeys through life, from nude bike rides to broken down cars, in England, Madagascar and th…
One of the founding members of the Sex Pistols and co-writer of most of their iconic songs, Glen Matlock has arrived at the Edinburgh Festival for one week only for an evening that…
Gooood Morning! Breakfast Baps with Witty Chaps starts at 9am.
The Comedy Store King Gong winner and Comedy Cafe New Act winner explains why his dad says things like: ‘Now that we own Afghanistan why can’t we get them in the Commonwealth Games…
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.
Alex Williamson is energetic.
Dan Jones: New Kid is a character-based stand up show in which Jones’ hopeless characters try desperately to entertain and showcase their talents.
Following a sell-out 2013 Annuale, Deirdre Robertson’s debut Fringe show is a playful collaboration with Inflatablemonster (sculptor Andrew MacVicar).
Shellshock! Improv Live! features a daring band of young performers improvising sketches entirely from audience suggestion.
Dream Girls is a masterful collection of comedy mixed with surprisingly (even for McCullough) emotional moments that had the audience in awe.
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.
“What is it that frightens you?” Tom Neenan asks at the start of this one-man pastiche of an Edwardian ghost story.
Being visually impaired, Glaswegian stand-up Jamie MacDonald definitely brings a new meaning to “observational humour”.
To celebrate the completion of a five year redevelopment project, this exhibition, within the splendid Parliament Hall, gives an insight into the life, history and traditions of th…
Welcome to Edinburgh’s dark and dirty side.
Ross Leslie and Chris Griffin are joined by Gareth Mutch for an hour of solid observational stand-up as part of the Free Fringe at the Beehive Inn.
Creator Tom Ward-Thomas has written a two-act comedy that peers into the lives of passengers commuting to Cornwall.
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…
Follow the adventures and mis-adventures of Sally Bowles in this raucous and risqué musical comedy, set in the seedy underworld of 1930’s Berlin.
(previews start on July 24; opens on Aug.
One of the brightest young comics in New York, Mr. Lane welcomes three other comedians for a stand-up show and a sit-down of “gossip, drinking and laughs.”
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
Come and watch The Origin of Apples, a documentary which explores the extraordinary political, personal and scientific challenges which lay in the path of visionary biologists in K…
In a blend of physical theatre and contemporary dance, four women explore the effects of loneliness on emotional wellbeing and literature’s constant re-interpretations of madness…
Featuring re-enactments of your favourite scenes from Moulin Rouge.
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…
Birthday Girls are a sketch group that leave you laughing and at times utterly confused.
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�…
Winner: Mervyn Stutter’s Spirit of the Fringe Award 2013, Edinburgh Fringe.
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.
The Brighton based John Lake Trio will be performing an evening of original melodic modern jazz composed by John Lake along with some covers of modern standards from bands such as …
Simon Feilder is a comedian.
Simon Feilder is a comedian.
Unfortunately, the likeability of these two ladies wasn’t enough to reject the notion that they should have, to quote an age old cliché, ‘stuck to the day job.
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
A house reverberating with the sounds of different generations; different times – joined together by the walls around them.
‘Upgraded’ since last year, this improvised comedy show from Brighton favourites The Hee Ha’s uses audience members’ iPods to create hilarious, fun and quirky scenes, “I si…
Come Rhyme With Me provided a warm atmosphere, shared food and most importantly, some truly talented poets.
The Brooklyn favorite Eugene Mirman revives his long-running variety show for a mini-tour with the adored British comedy genius Daniel Kitson.
“Flawed but Fearless dissection of the absurd” (The List) from a comedian who is unapologetically flawed and fearless.
Discover roller derby: a fast-paced, full-contact sport played on roller skates.
Two Dutch Girls and an Aussie decided to dream and become London-based stand-up comedians.
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.
Experience the extraordinary atmosphere of the Sussex home of Surrealists Lee Miller and Roland Penrose, whose guests included Picasso, Man Ray and Miró.
‘Sweet Dreams are made of Cheese’, ‘7 Nation Salami’ these are but 2 hits of the mighty pun slinging Food Fighters.
Auld Acquaintance follows two couples through an extremely rocky Christmas – a dying mother, a newborn child and a kindling romance between two wives – a recipe for rising tens…
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.
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…
Electro-comedy minor internet stars, Eccentronic reprise their hit 2013 Brighton & Edinburgh Fringe show and fight for the right to party in Copenhagen by writing a sure fire hit f…
Serve time with electro comedy duo Eccentronic, imprisoned for musical crimes they (probably) didn’t commit: mashing up incompatible music (like Kraftwerk, Pulp, Nine Inch Nails an…
I love a bit of late night showbiz.
This trio’s cutesy introduction, complete with Velcro and cardboard cut-out numbers, was charming.
Welcome to Alice and Harry’s house party.
This smart, heartfelt and emotionally exhausting work by the devised-theater company CollaborationTown heaves you into the most intimate moments of family life.
Things Unsaid is an evening of three one-act plays revolving around the theme of words that have been left unspoken.
South Boston, the place of ‘cahs’ instead of ‘cars’, is the all-encompassing setting for Good People, David Lindsay-Abaire’s fascinating story of pride, poverty and the p…
Lisa Tierney-Keogh’s sensitive, static drama set on an Irish farm comprises three intertwined monologues.
The Good, The Bad and The Unexpected is a comedy panel game where the audience helps decide who’s good, who’s bad and who’s unexpected.
“No one dreams of becoming an Usher!” Cry the desperate stars of Ushers: The Front Of House Musical, as they face up to yet another night of flogging ice creams and programmes …
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.
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.
Women were created so that men would take showers.
Death is the topic that the performance of For Their Own Good tackles head on.
Neil LaBute’s 2001 play has big themes: the morality of art; the morality of love.
Mark Lawson presents BBC Radio 4’s daily arts show with the hits, misses, debates and talking points of the Festivals and Fringe so far, along with interviews with writers and perf…
BBC Radio 4’s daily arts show with the hits, misses, debates and talking points of the Festivals and Fringe so far, along with interviews with writers and performers, and live perf…
Nervous performer Florence Minder introduces an American version of herself to talk about those moments when shit happens.
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.
Page to stage adaptations are nothing new but a sixty-three year old comic strip developing into a stage musical is certainly unconventional.
Wester Hailes, a suburb of Edinburgh, is about as much of a potential tourist destination as the moon.
Join LIP Theatre Company for a journey through times past, present and future in the streets of Auld Reekie as they return for their 17th year with another exciting original play.
Come and see some live, full-contact roller derby action! Watch the all-star team, the Twisted Thistles, battle it out against Stockholm, and the Cannon Belles taking on Helsinki�…
Richard Wiseman hosts an evening of ectoplasm and uncanny spectacle as we cross to the other side and communicate with the deceased. Tickets include one delightful cocktail.
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
One of the Guardian’s top sketch writers at Westminster, will give a hilarious talk about the politicians, prime ministers, poseurs, poltroons and pratfalls he has seen.
Buddy Baker, an obedient and hardworking son, moves in with his playboy bachelor brother Alan, in 1960s New York City, turning both their lives upside down in this classic Neil Sim…
Stephen Duffy presents The Jazz House on BBC Radio Scotland.
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
Jamie Hamilton is an energetic and inventive sketch writer, with an unusual ability to take conventions from other genres and spin them until they become surreal.
Completing a hat trick of free Fringe shows, confusingly-named trio Rory and Tim return with a new hour of sketch comedy.
Tackling real contemporary issues, this poignant, hilarious play says a lot about finding love the second (or third or fourth) time.
Get ready for a plethora of original and hilarious sketches, in a universe populated by futile superheroes, Loki, and some guy with hams for fists - who just doesn’t get the joke.
Can you be just as happy without kids? Child-free Radio 4 Saturday Live regular, Kate Fox takes a hilarious and thought-provoking look at one of society’s last taboos.
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.
I first saw Alexis Dubus perform in 2008, when his ‘A R*ddy Brief History Of Swearing’ provided an interesting spine on which to hang some very funny material – and a justificati…
There were many moments in this show where I really wanted to enjoy it.
Split between two comedians, Over It aims to lift the curtain on the taboo subjects of death and anorexia through the medium of laughter - and it kind of works.
‘The Canty Hole’ might sound a bit rude to modern ears but it’s actually the title of a Robert Fergusson poem about Edinburgh.
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
With caller Ken Gourlay and ceilidh bands Flaming Heather, HLI, Scott Leslie, Willie Fraser and piper.
Uninitiated to the world of sweaty, foot-stamping organised dance most of us would rather watch Scottish Highland music than participate in it.
Comedy debut of a small town little Welsh lady … who isn’t everything she seems.
Free stand-up show from 21-year-old rising star, Patrick Morris.
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.
The Real MacGuffins are a hilariously funny sketch group that had the audience roaring with laughter.
After 35 stitches, two brain scans and returning from the dead, Tommy stopped drinking and started living.
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 a new adaptation of Luigi Pirandello’s disturbing masterpiece, Cambridge ADC chop, change and miss the point entirely.
Meet the birthday girls Rose Johnson, Camille Ucan and Beattie Edmondson.
Fresh from the Namat Theatre in Cairo, Human and Other Things offers a select glimpse of Egypt, albeit in a rather frustrating manner.
What do you do when you realise that the life you have lived up until now isn’t the life you wanted to live? Who are you now and where are you going? How far will you go in searc…
Edgar Allan Poe is dead.
It is one month before Federico Garcia Lorcas death and he has just completed his latest play, The House of Bernarda Alba.
Part of the American High School Theatre Festival, Scarlett High School from Canada present Platus’ 200 B.
The Hill Street venue has a great find in their ‘Master’s Room’ space and Hinge Theatre has installed itself there to present Ordinary Things: a two-actor, four character pla…
From Manchester’s Monkeywood Theatre comes a drama set in 1970s-80s Manchester.
At the beginning of the The Consort of Voices, the Edinburgh-based choir providing the music for this concert, strode in dramatically from the back of the church led by their bashf…
The title of this show is a rather misleading one.
It’s an old cliché that there is nothing more boring than listening to someone talking about their dreams.
I have to admit, I had no idea what to expect upon entering Barabbas production of Hairdresser in the House.
Fun Bags are four very funny women.
Forget reimaginings and modernisations - Hamlet House of Horror takes the bad Quarto in a vicelike grip and shakes it until there’s nothing left but life, noise, and fun.
Jazz is a study of madness, perhaps.
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…
David Longley’s opening skit is enough to put you off children’s television for life.
A terrible crime sends Leila and Lee running into the Scottish highlands.
In 1999, Anna Bagenholm became trapped under ice after a skiing accident.
Within the House of Shadows, there is an explanation for cultural popularity that I found rather endearing.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
As a recent ex-Catholic, I know there’s a lot of material to be got from the Catholic Church, whether you’re a member or not.
Luke Milford is a likeable chap who seems to like people, so much so they form a major part of his show.
The two performers Kevin McMahon and Alan Hudson take as their starting point their discovery of a book Tricks 4 Chicks: How to Pull Girls with Magic.
Assisted suicide, euthanasia, murder.
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 scream offstage and Laura enters covered in blood.
Lisa Tierney-Keogh’s Four Last Things is an evocative, but turbid, journey through the Irish country landscape and all unspoken things.
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…
Five stars only go to a show that is to all intents perfect, that wakens something inside you and keeps you utterly captivated for an entire hour.
James Acaster claims to be very excitable, but this claim is not borne out by his laid back delivery and mundane choice of topics.
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 exploration of modern society and our responses to it, Life Is Too Good To Be True is a one-man show presented by the Netherlands’ Het Geluid (The Noise).
This is Lucy Porter’s 5th visit to the Fringe and at last she’s managing to fake sincerity.
This award-winning play by Timberlake Wertenbaker was first performed at Londons Royal Court in 1988 and has lost none of its power.
It’s hard to know how to judge Rare Notions Theatre Company’s first contribution to the Edinburgh Fringe.
In this world premiere from Rachael Coopes, Daniel Goldman’s superb direction reveals a taut piece of drama that is utterly captivating to watch.
This is a play about love and art, and the lengths someone will go to reach out and take hold of something real and tangible from each, or both, of these two abstract concepts.
Michael Redmond seems like a perfectly happy chap.
The surreal, imaginative landscape of Chris Harrison’s Last Night Things Happened is a journey to the implausible, back-flipping through the nonsensical, spiraling into the whims…
Traverse has presented the most elegant of double bills for the Fringe by showcasing two of Scotland’s prized playwrights, David Greig and David Harrower.
It is very hard to know how to describe Gareth Morinan’s show.
It may not surprise you to learn that Those Magnificent Men shares a framing device with the film that shares half of its name.
Dream Pill is a tale of modern slavery.
It’s impossible not to like Sam Fletcher.
Stuart Goldsmith can win an audience over in seconds.
The stag night: one of the last remaining bastions of masculinity.
In this collaboration between American and Hungarian theatre companies, a poignant story unfolds about the turning points and decisive moments that can change a life forever.
In his own words, Tom Goodliffe is a big, friendly nerd.
There’s much to commend in Red Ladder Theatre’s ‘Forgotten Things’, written by Emma Adams.
Abi wants a baby.
An author, two actors and an audience member discuss Tim Crouchs last play, an unnamed and violence-filled two-person production whose effects on the actors and writer are slowly…
Deep in the cellars of the Café Voltaire a science experiment is taking place.
Rich Hall is familiar to most of us mainly through his work as a comedian on TV, particularly on panel shows.
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.
The wacky trio from The Thistle Creek Thespian Society roll into the old saloon at Cactus Gulch, New Mexico, in 1889 to entertain Mayor Maynot and the apparently simple folk of the…
Brecht’s famous parable about living a good life in a world ruled by money is here performed admirably by students from the Chinese International School of Hong Kong.
So we all know the premise for a rom com: girl meets boy, some sort of complication, girl and boy fall in love.
Two women, one food queue and one unlikely friendship.
A series of five very short plays penned by American playwright Will Eno, Oh, the Humanity and Other Good Intentions is a collection of character-driven glimpses into the human con…
Marc Burrows borrows from the 90s genre of Britpop all he needs to know about sex and girls.
This play is set in a penal colony in eighteenth century Australia.
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.
There are no tickets for The Good, The Bad and The Extra-terrestrials but every audience member is presented with a cowboy hat and a toy revolver to get into the spirit of things.
Bluebird is the story of Jimmy, a London taxi driver the various people – ‘fares’ – he meets.
It will come as no surprise that this is a controversial play.
Bouncing on stage with a declaration that he’s always wanted to play the smallest gig at the Festival, Luke Toulson is quick to establish a rapport with his small but perfectly for…
The key to the ‘The Girls of Slender Means’ is a poem.
Ivor Novello and Noel Coward have both been celebrated countless times in musical biopics, but this could be the first time that their respective careers and lives have been combin…
Having just won ITV’s Show Me the Funny the previous night, Patrick Monahan’s mood was one of pure ecstasy as he was pushed past a queuing audience into the venue two minutes b…
Choc-a-block with catchy tunes and feel-good fun, The Picture House tells the story of Penny and Oscar, a sweet couple torn apart by the Second World War.
The set is nothing more than a small section of floor and two chairs.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
‘I’ll keep you alive.
John Irving is a unique modern storyteller who creates rich plots inhabited with vivid characters, much in the same style as Dickens.
Hailing from Switzerland, Tom Lauri (and his fingers) is attending to all our magic needs at the Sweet Grassmarket with his deadpan offering of comedy/cabaret magic.
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…
Hide and Seek Theatre certainly didn’t shy away from difficult subject matter in Radha is Looking Good, which expresses the interior thoughts of a severely autistic woman – Rad…
Matt Forde is a chatty, friendly man who quickly gets an audience on board.
A fear of the unknown is at the heart of ‘Is It Really Good to Talk?’ and it’s a fear that most of us know well, one way or another.
So sexy that 70% of the room would leave pregnant with very hairy babies (and that’s not just the women) was the warning we received, as we sat ourselves down and prepared for th…
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…
Theatre Corsair opens its doors to a space that is transformed seamlessly into an apartment where the lives of three women collide in this site-specific performance of The Dead Mem…
A funeral sees the coming together of three siblings for their estranged father’s send-off, but this new musical is not really about death - it is about life and the suppressed t…
While not the slickest show this side of the Royal Mile, Sh!it Theatre’s Job Seekers Anonymous was definitely something extraordinary.
Musicals bring me out in a rash.
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.
Four Screws Loose blow preconceptions of the Free Fringe wide apart with their dazzling debut show, Latecomers Will Be Shot.
I have faint memories of being taken to a children’s dance and movement class when I was about two.
With their smart suits and elaborate PowerPoint presentation, the Gentlemen of Leisure have the air of two eager-to-please, newly qualified teachers trying to pep up an A-level Eng…
It occurred to me watching Neil LaBute’s 90-minute four-hander, that he is the nearest thing America has to George Bernard Shaw.
Looking at people’s holiday pictures can be a downright dull experience.
Alexis Dubus opened his show by telling us that what we were going to watch was a stand up comedy act that is built around a storytelling structure.
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.
The entrance of Patrick Monahan is an explosive one; the comedian subverts self-introduction by making sure everyone is comfortable with his touchy-feely comedy.
What secret did the Chaplins, Carole Lombard, William Powell and a host of other film stars from the last century share? Witness the mystery unravel in one of the most notorious ho…
An immersive experience by emerging Adelaide artists and musicians, focusing on retrospection through personal memory and experience.
Music Theatre International (MTI) has announced a fantastic competition for secondary schools and sixth form colleges throughout the UK.
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 talks with Alistair Hall, whose success with his gripping one-man play Declan, was one of the few positive outcomes of lockdown.
We take a look at the intriguing and slightly macabre story of Wendy Weiner's Mystery House at the Edinburgh Fringe.
James Macfarlane chats with comedian Robin Tran about her Fringe debut, how she deals with praise from big comedy names and her favourite way to control her audiences.
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.
You've probably walked the circumference of the globe the amount of times you've been up and down the pier.
All this week we've got some fantastic offers on your favourite West End shows. Check back daily for the latest offers.
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.
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...
Former Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls, sports presenter Ore Oduba and actress Lesley Joseph are the latest celebrities announced to appear on the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour, wh...
Silver Lining’s Throwback is an aerial and acrobatic circus caper about the power of nostalgia and collective memory.
We talk to the kid-rocking, dance-loving DJ Monski Mouse about her disco-dancing extravaganza perfect for under fives (and their parents too)
Broadway Baby has a little chat with sultry songstress Cat Loud, who is bringing Cat Loud's Wayward Girls to Edinburgh '16 alongside The Bluewater.
Edinburgh venue St Stephen’s Stockbridge returns in 2016 as the latest addition to the C venues stable.
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
One of the Free Festival’s flagship Edinburgh venues, The Counting House, will be operated by The Gilded Balloon at this year’s Fringe it was revealed today.
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
In Brite Theatre's production of Shakespeare’s Richard III, Emily Carding stars as Richard but all the world’s a stage and the audience literally players in it - taking on the ...
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...
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 ...
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.
John Conway is a wacky comedian all the way from Australia.
Kiya Heartwood is an award-winning American singer-songwriter who writes smart, funny and poignant songs about the famous and not-so-famous legends of America.
Cathy SK Lam is a writer, actor and director from Hong Kong.