Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes. 

Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes. 

Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes. 

Rhys Nicholson: Huge Big Party Congratulations!

Rhys Nicholson: Huge Big Party Congratulations!

On this, the year of our Lord 2024, it’s a brand-new, hour-long, stand-up comedy concert from your ol’ pal Rhys Nicholson. 

Inverkeithing Community Big Band

Inverkeithing Community Big Band

Sassy swing and jumpin’ jazz from Scotland’s hugely popular and biggest amateur big band. 

The End of the Times?

The End of the Times?

A phantasmagorical imagining of our possible future, confronting the big problems facing the world in which we live: war, hunger, artificial intelligence. 

Big Band Bublé – Scotland's Number One Tribute Show

Big Band Bublé – Scotland's Number One Tribute Show

Michael Hastie, Scotland’s number one Michael Bublé tribute, with the world-record breaking big band Jon Ritchie and That Swing Sensation. 

No Strings Attached Community Wind Band

No Strings Attached Community Wind Band

A range of music from musical theatre, movie themes, popular music and swing. 

Sundown Swing

Sundown Swing

Fabulous 17-piece Sundown Swing invite you to a show packed with well-known big band instrumental and vocal favourites. 

What Matters in the End?

What Matters in the End?

Are you ready to ask yourself the hard questions we face within society, family, love and culture? If so, come and witness the journey of four troubled souls who unwittingly explor… 

Swing Heil

Swing Heil

Hamburg, 1943. 

Edinburgh Renaissance Band's Viol Rackett Show

Edinburgh Renaissance Band's Viol Rackett Show

The Edinburgh Renaissance Band return for 2024 with a live performance of their ever-popular Viol Rackett Show, our best-loved programme of music and dance from the Middle Ages to … 

Kieran Hodgson: Big in Scotland

Kieran Hodgson: Big in Scotland

For three performances only, the four-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and star of BBC’s Two Doors Down is back with 2023’s critically-acclaimed, sell-out show. 

Big Feelings

Big Feelings

From 2024 Sondheim/Jonathan Larson Grant Rooftop Writer and 10th-ranked woman poet in the world Gigi Bella, Big Feelings explores mental health, feminism and the gospel of Taco Bel… 

Hamlet's Journey to the West

Hamlet's Journey to the West

In the Wuji Kingdom, Tang Sanzang dreams of the old king’s soul complaining to him, accusing his sworn brother of murdering him in the royal garden, taking his form and usurping th… 

Dom Hutchins – The Big Issues

Dom Hutchins – The Big Issues

Dom Hutchins – The Big Issues. 

Underbelly's Big Brain Tumour Benefit

Underbelly's Big Brain Tumour Benefit

Join a massive line-up of comedy stars for a stupendous evening to fight against brain tumours. 

Cobin Millage: Big F*cking Cobin F*cking Millage F*cking H*ll Yeah It's Cobin (The Show)

Cobin Millage: Big F*cking Cobin F*cking Millage F*cking H*ll Yeah It's Cobin (The Show)

Cobin Millage is f*cking sick and tired of this f*cking sh*t. 

Dead End

Dead End

Bea visits her grieving friend Olivia in her ceramic studio. 

West End Workshop

West End Workshop

Looking for a fun, interactive activity for all the family? Come and join the UK’s No. 

Edinburgh Renaissance Band Goes Further Afield

Edinburgh Renaissance Band Goes Further Afield

Going further afield, we have added some real treasures from Eastern Europe and Central America. 

The Best of the West End and Broadway

The Best of the West End and Broadway

Cast ranging in age that give you the very best journey through the landscape of London’s West End hits and Broadway’s masterpieces. 

The Boys from Aboyne

The Boys from Aboyne

Tasteful, melodic, attractive and readily accessible new music for guitar and double bass. 

The Rising – The UK's No 1 Tribute to Springsteen and the E Street Band

The Rising – The UK's No 1 Tribute to Springsteen and the E Street Band

Once again, this nine-piece ensemble will deliver the music of Springsteen with precision and energy to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 

Seckou Keita – Homeland Band

Seckou Keita – Homeland Band

Nicknamed ‘the Hendrix of the Kora’, Seckou is celebrated for his ingenious tunings and virtuosity. 

200% and Bloody Will Be Thy End

200% and Bloody Will Be Thy End

Star-cross’d storytellers take you through multiple anarchic, humorous and contradictory re-enactments of a midsummer night they’d rather forget. 

Beach Boys Sounds

Beach Boys Sounds

The UK’s leading Beach Boys tribute act, The Beached Boys return to the Edinburgh Fringe by popular demand for a third successive year! Hear live hits including Surfin’ USA, I Get … 

Attila the Stockbroker: 14 Days, 14 Completely Different Shows

Attila the Stockbroker: 14 Days, 14 Completely Different Shows

Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far. 

One-Person Shows / Solo Shows: Daily Picks of the Fringe

One-Person Shows / Solo Shows: Daily Picks of the Fringe

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… 

Bulger Boys

Bulger Boys

Boston, 1984. 

Mark Grist's Big Box Bonanza

Mark Grist's Big Box Bonanza

26 boxes full of joy and fun. 

12th Year! John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

12th Year! John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

‘Fantastic!’ (Jools Holland). 

Sound of Seventeen Big Band Celebrates the Golden Era of Big Band Music

Sound of Seventeen Big Band Celebrates the Golden Era of Big Band Music

We’re delighted to be back with a new show featuring some of the greatest music from the big band era. 

Anarchy Cabaret Presents: West End New Act of the Year Showcase 2024

Anarchy Cabaret Presents: West End New Act of the Year Showcase 2024

Featuring winners of London’s premier new-act comedy competition. 

Big Gay Afterparty

Big Gay Afterparty

Queer, chic and outrageous – you’re invited to the biggest, gayest party at the Fringe (fun straights allowed). 

The Big Show: Monkey Barrel Comedy's Fringe Showcase!

The Big Show: Monkey Barrel Comedy's Fringe Showcase!

Scotland’s Best Comedy Venue, Chortle Awards 2023 and 2024, welcomes back its Fringe showcase for 2024! A new line-up every night presenting the very best acts from the Monkey Barr… 

Journey to the West

Journey to the West

Journey to the West is a new musical play, originating from the Chinese literary masterpiece by the same name. 

Best of Kids Comedy: The Big Show!

Best of Kids Comedy: The Big Show!

The biggest laughs from the biggest little-person-friendly comedy stars! We drove our clown car around town and picked up the funniest in family-friendly comedy to make one enormou… 

West End vs Broadway

West End vs Broadway

Enjoy an evening of musical theatre delivered by fantastic voices. 

Meaty Sue's Big Farma

Meaty Sue's Big Farma

Meaty Sue’s parents have gone to the big barbecue in the sky and her impending wedding day is missing her elusive estranged Big Brother Big Farma Phil. 

Big Scary Cat

Big Scary Cat

A group of stereotypically attractive and slightly dim young people trapped in a fun fair haunted house. 

Becky Umbers: Big Bad Beck and the Three Little Pigs

Becky Umbers: Big Bad Beck and the Three Little Pigs

Big Bad Beck is ready to huff and puff and blow the house down in this WIP show. 

The End of the World Show

The End of the World Show

This show will change your afterlife! How will the end of the world affect you? Is it nigh? Are pets allowed in heaven? Which religion guarantees unlimited free booze in the afterl… 

Sian Davies: Band of Gold

Sian Davies: Band of Gold

A brand new show from award-winning, working-class queer comedian Sian Davies. 

Soness: Big in Japan

Soness: Big in Japan

25 years ago, Soness swapped Florida for Tokyo to become the voice of many well-known animations. 

James Rowland Dies at the End of the Show

James Rowland Dies at the End of the Show

What would you do with an hour? What if it was your last hour ever? For James the answer is easy: he wants to tell you a story. 

Simon Hall: 4 Big Cs

Simon Hall: 4 Big Cs

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. 

Dragon Shows for Babies

Dragon Shows for Babies

The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons. 

11pm Live at the Big Cave

11pm Live at the Big Cave

End your day at the Festival in style at our iconic Edinburgh venue with the very best in stand-up talent. 

Ada Campe: Big Duck Energy

Ada Campe: Big Duck Energy

Ever felt down? Like you’re swimming upstream? Like life isn’t all its quacked up to be? You’re not alone! Join award-winning cabaret star Ada Campe for a few flights of fanc… 

Big Value Comedy Show

Big Value Comedy Show

Big Value Comedy Show is an established showcase of the best new comedic talent. 

(Ex) Bag Boys

(Ex) Bag Boys

Joe Liam GreenJacket and Joe Blair, the (ex)stoma boys, have got a brand-new bag! Their award-pending show brings you three fab comedians, a bag full of prizes and some stunning in… 

Ollie West: Discovery (WIP)

Ollie West: Discovery (WIP)

From one of the creators of Big Zeus Energy (nominated for Best Debut Show Leicester Comedy Festival 2023, sell-out Edinburgh Fringe 2023) and Nightwatchman (sell-out Edinburgh Fri… 

Sasha Ellen: My MILF-shake Brings all the Boys to the Yard

Sasha Ellen: My MILF-shake Brings all the Boys to the Yard

Sasha doesn’t need a child to be a MILF. 

Lauren Pattison: Big Girl Pants

Lauren Pattison: Big Girl Pants

Two-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Lauren Pattison is back with a brand-new show. 

At the End of Kaliyuga

At the End of Kaliyuga

This summer the mighty Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva will decide the fate of our planet as we come to the end of the fourth and the final cycle (Yuga) of the Universe. 

Wild West Rodeo

Wild West Rodeo

Anything goes at this late-night variety show hosted by Australia’s cult-favourite improv group Snake Pit featuring Edinburgh’s biggest acts of today and tomorrow. 

Gracie and the Start of the End of the World (Again)

Gracie and the Start of the End of the World (Again)

Gracie is looking for love, and it’s been tough. 

Rosie and Hugh's Great Big Adventure

Rosie and Hugh's Great Big Adventure

Rosie and Hugh the Hedgehog are best friends. 

Stephanie Bradshaw: Big Fish

Stephanie Bradshaw: Big Fish

Big Fish is Stephanie Bradshaw’s debut stand-up show, inspired by her life as an attention-seeking (anxious, delicate, shy) mega diva, based in the small rural town of Keswick, Cum… 

Shamilton! The Improvised Hip-Hop Musical

Shamilton! The Improvised Hip-Hop Musical

Baby Wants Candy’s total 2023 sell-out hip-hop hit returns! We improvise an epic musical based on a historical figure/celebrity of your choosing (Genghis Khan, Paul Hollywood, Kim … 

Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows

Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows

Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian. 

Shoot From The Hip

Shoot From The Hip

Shoot From The Hip bring their award-winning, TikTok-viral improv comedy back to Edinburgh Fringe, having sold out Fringe 2023! Featuring chaotic games, epic scenes, and ever-so-sl… 

John Meagher: Big Year

John Meagher: Big Year

After a sell-out run at Dublin Fringe, host of Radio 4’s The Divil’s Own John Meagher makes his debut at The Gilded Balloon with his debut show Big Year. 

Rhys Nicholson: Huge Big Party Congratulations!

Rhys Nicholson: Huge Big Party Congratulations!

On this, the year of our Lord 2024, it’s a brand-new, hour-long, stand-up comedy concert from your ol’ pal Rhys Nicholson. 

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show

Good morning Edinburgh! We’re back bringing you brand-new, delicious, rotating “menus” of 10-15 minute comedies, eccentricities and mini-dramas - all served up with complimentary t… 

Yoga with Jillian: The Guardian Top 50 Shows to See!

Yoga with Jillian: The Guardian Top 50 Shows to See!

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 … 

West End Fair

West End Fair

Since 1984, the West End Fair has offered an incredible offering of artists, designers and makers, each who sell only their own handmade work. 

Bluey's Big Play - Aberdeen

Bluey's Big Play - Aberdeen

Bluey’s Big Play is a brand-new theatrical adaptation of the Emmy® award-winning children’s television series, with an original story by Bluey creator Joe Brumm, and new music… 

Bluey's Big Play - Liverpool

Bluey's Big Play - Liverpool

Bluey’s Big Play is a brand-new theatrical adaptation of the Emmy® award-winning children’s television series, with an original story by Bluey creator Joe Brumm, and new music… 

Bluey's Big Play - Brighton

Bluey's Big Play - Brighton

Bluey’s Big Play is a brand-new theatrical adaptation of the Emmy® award-winning children’s television series, with an original story by Bluey creator Joe Brumm, and new music… 

Shoot From The Hip

Shoot From The Hip

Shoot From The Hip bring their award-winning, viral improvised comedy to the West End! Featuring chaotic games, epic scenes, and ever-so-slightly unhinged performan… 

Shoot From The Hip

Shoot From The Hip

Shoot From The Hip bring their award-winning, viral improvised comedy to the West End! Featuring chaotic games, epic scenes, and ever-so-slightly unhinged performan… 

Boys From The Blackstuff

Boys From The Blackstuff

Alan Bleasdale’s BOYS FROM THE BLACKSTUFF by James Graham Gizza job. 

Boys Gone Wild: Live Podcast

Boys Gone Wild: Live Podcast

They’re finally coming out! Of their bedrooms! After an excruciating wait, the Boys Gone Wild Podcast (Horatio Gould and Andrew Kirwan) is going live again. 

Wedding Band

Wedding Band

Set in the deep south of USA in 1918 when interracial marriage was illegal, Julia, a black seamstress, and Herman, a white baker, are defying all odds with their secret love. 

4 Big Cs

4 Big Cs

Simon Hall has had a hell of a few years. 

54 Minutes Until The End

54 Minutes Until The End

There is 54 minutes until the end When you sit down the show will begin. 

The Big Game

The Big Game

It is our great pleasure to invite you all to The Big Game on Sunday 26th May (bank holiday!!), a collaboration celebration, a psych-circus spectacle, and the biggest gig we’ve b… 

Martin J Dixon: Big Fat Gay

Martin J Dixon: Big Fat Gay

Martin J Dixon returns to the Fringe with his hilarious show BIG FAT GAY (he’s used the title before, it’s a good title). 

Boys from the Blackstuff

Boys from the Blackstuff

‘Gizza job. 

To What End?

To What End?

To What End? is a fun exploration of endings of all sorts: relationships, identities, jobs, even life. 

Taking a Love Pill at the End of the World

Taking a Love Pill at the End of the World

Taking A Love Pill at the End of the World is a play about existing at the end. 

Taking A Love Pill at the End of the World

Taking A Love Pill at the End of the World

There’s no future for Igg and Tom. 

Boy Band

Boy Band

Welcome to Boy Band. 

Big Lez is Back

Big Lez is Back

Prepare yourself for a night of laughter with Lily Starr otherwise known affectionately as Big Lez. 

Big Zeus Energy Present: Werewolves of London (Work in Progress)

Big Zeus Energy Present: Werewolves of London (Work in Progress)

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… 

Big Beach Bollywood Bonanza

Big Beach Bollywood Bonanza

A dance workshop full of sparkle and fun to make you smile, while learning easy-to-follow groovy moves to an eclectic mix of Bollywood beats and reimagined dance classics, interspe… 

BLINGO - Hip Hop Bingo

BLINGO - Hip Hop Bingo

Hosted by potty mouthed pensioner Grandma Flash and her 87 year old DJ & lover, Blingo Bingo is a non-stop mega-mix of bingo, beats and more bling than you can throw a Zimmer frame… 

Big Shoes to Fill

Big Shoes to Fill

Big shoes to fill. 

West End Does: Country

West End Does: Country

On its sixth birthday, West End Does: bring you a brand new show that is all things COUNTRY! The cast features Olivier Award-winner and a past assistant of Doctor Who, Arthur Dar… 

The Lady Boys of Bangkok

The Lady Boys of Bangkok

The big anniversary show, with a glamorous cast of 16, packed with the biggest floor fillers from your favourite music superstars, performed by the biggest showbiz divas in the wor… 

The Independent Socialist Republic Of The Upper End Of The Lower Breck Road

The Independent Socialist Republic Of The Upper End Of The Lower Breck Road

The Independent Socialist Republic Of The Upper End Of The Lower Breck Road“Change will only come through the barrel of a gun. 

Boys From The Blackstuff

Boys From The Blackstuff

Alan Bleasdale’s BOYS FROM THE BLACKSTUFF by James Graham Gizza job. 

West End Musical Love Songs

West End Musical Love Songs

LOVE IS IN THE. 

For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy

For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy

Ryan Calais Cameron’s For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy, is now in its fourth run and second West End transfer with a brand new cast, and it … 

West End Magic

West End Magic

London’s longest-running theatre magic show West End Magic presents some of the most exciting names in magic & variety in the UK. 

West End Sessions @ Brooks Mews Wine House

West End Sessions @ Brooks Mews Wine House

West End Sessions a captivating new live music show in an intimate, cabaret style setting located in the heart of Mayfair. 

The Big Life

The Big Life

It’s 1948 and on board the Windrush Empire, journeying over from the West Indies to England, Ferdy, Bernie, Dennis and Lennie are full of expectations and aspirations. 

West End Wilma Awards 2023

West End Wilma Awards 2023

Join us for the eighth West End Wilma Awards, celebrating the best of UK Theatre. 

West End Wilma Awards 2023

West End Wilma Awards 2023

Join us for the eighth West End Wilma Awards, celebrating the best of UK Theatre. 

Boys

Boys

De Beer Theatre presentBoys by Ella HicksonAs they battle the transition from university to adulthood, 4 boys experience the trials of career pressure, real-world responsibility an… 

Bluey's Big Play

Bluey's Big Play

Bluey’s Big Play is a brand-new theatrical adaptation of the Emmy® award-winning children’s television series, with an original story by Bluey creator Joe Brumm, and new music… 

West End Musical Christmas

West End Musical Christmas

The West End’s number one concert series is back with another feel good, all singing, all dancing Christmas extravaganza! Brought to you by an incredible cast of West End stars, … 

Chriskirkpatrickmas: A Boy Band Christmas Musical

Chriskirkpatrickmas: A Boy Band Christmas Musical

It’s Christmas Eve 2009: seven years into the world-famous boy band’s indefinite “hiatus”, *NSYNC’s Chris Kirkpatrick has until midnight to make a wish that could change his life f… 

Fisherman Jon: What's on the end of my rod?

Fisherman Jon: What's on the end of my rod?

Fisherman Jon invites you to embark on an epic voyage of self discovery, to find out what truly is on the end of his rod. 

The Barricade Boys - West End Party

The Barricade Boys - West End Party

Get ready to have your socks knocked off and your heart racing with The Barricade Boys! These four dazzling performers are taking the world by storm with their electrifying show th… 

West End Magic’s Late Show

West End Magic’s Late Show

A soiree of delights. 

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

From the imagination of Neil Gaiman, best-selling author of Good Omens, Coraline and The Sandman, the National Theatre’s smash-hit production The Ocean at the End of the Lane… 

Shoot From The Hip – West End Big Boys

Shoot From The Hip – West End Big Boys

Shoot From The Hip bring their award-winning, TikTok-viral improv comedy to the West End!  Fresh from the Fringe, their show features chaotic games, epic scenes, an… 

Shoot From The Hip: West End Big Boys

Shoot From The Hip: West End Big Boys

Fresh from a sold out run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Shoot From The Hip bring their award-winning, TikTok-viral improvised comedy to the West End! Featuring chaotic g… 

Kieran Hodgson - Big In Scotland

Kieran Hodgson - Big In Scotland

In 2020, the world changed forever, as three time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Kieran Hodgson moved to Scotland. 

Boys From The Blackstuff

Boys From The Blackstuff

Alan Bleasdale’s BOYS FROM THE BLACKSTUFF by James Graham Gizza job. 

Boys From The Blackstuff

Boys From The Blackstuff

The extent to which you appreciate James Graham’s adaptation of Boys from the Blackstuff might depend partly on how well you know Alan Bleasdale’s original television series. 

The Little Big Things

The Little Big Things

In October 2022, theatre impresario Nica Burns opened @sohoplace, the first new theatre to be built in London's West End for 50 years. 

Mrs Brown's Boys - Mrs Brown Rides Again

Mrs Brown's Boys - Mrs Brown Rides Again

The multi-award-winning Brendan O’Carroll and Mrs. 

An Evening with Bellshill Salvation Army Band

An Evening with Bellshill Salvation Army Band

The Bellshill Salvation Army Band was formed in 1921, its primary function being to support the worship and ministry of their church. 

Big Band Swing

Big Band Swing

Celebrating 18 years at the Edinburgh Fringe, Scotland’s record-breaking big swing band brings you a night of music and song from the golden age of Swing. 

Big Noise Raploch Rinconada Chamber Orchestra

Big Noise Raploch Rinconada Chamber Orchestra

Join the talented young musicians of Big Noise Raploch’s Rinconada Chamber Orchestra as they showcase their skills at this extraordinary concert. 

The Prov Johnstone Band

The Prov Johnstone Band

The Prov Johnstone Band is an eclectic mix of musicians and music. 

Lemma (The Band)

Lemma (The Band)

Imagine boarding a spaceship travelling at the speed of light with nothing but a guitar. 

No Strings Attached Wind Band

No Strings Attached Wind Band

Variety of music including musical theatre, movie themes, swing, and popular songs for all the family. 

The Barricade Boys West End Party

The Barricade Boys West End Party

Direct from London’s West End, The Barricade Boys are the UK’s most exciting theatrical vocal group. 

Sherlock Holmes: The Speckled Band

Sherlock Holmes: The Speckled Band

‘Oh my God. 

Ciaran Ryan Band

Ciaran Ryan Band

Already a veteran performer, having toured the world’s stages for a decade, predominantly as a founding member of world-folk band Dallahan and as a highly sought-after session mu… 

Does My Fanny Look Big in This?

Does My Fanny Look Big in This?

Have you ever been riding a homosapien and asked (internally): ‘OMG am I squashing this person like a double decker bus’? Or stumbled mentally upon ‘Please lord, let me have shaved… 

Danny Beard and Their Band

Danny Beard and Their Band

The winner of Drag Race hits the Fringe as part of their debut solo tour! Join Danny as they take to the stage with their live band in a show which promises to be bigger, better an… 

Frankie Mack: Swing and Rat Pack Showman

Frankie Mack: Swing and Rat Pack Showman

Based in Tenerife, Frankie Mack is a born showman who performs the swing and Rat-Pack genre, such as Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Michael Bublé and Robbie Williams. 

Soft Shoe Skiffle Band

Soft Shoe Skiffle Band

Back at the Fringe again after a gap of a few years for another trip down memory lane. 

Ali Affleck Celebrates the Queens of Swing – Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Dinah Washington and Anita O'Day

Ali Affleck Celebrates the Queens of Swing – Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Dinah Washington and Anita O'Day

Rediscover the golden age of swing jazz – Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Anita O’Day, Maxine Sullivan, Peggy Lee. 

Is This the End of Edward J Payne?

Is This the End of Edward J Payne?

His father died at 45. 

The Boys from Aboyne

The Boys from Aboyne

Tasteful, melodic, attractive and readily accessible new music for guitar and double bass. 

50 – End of the Road?

50 – End of the Road?

Steve Jackson – ‘guts and sincerity’ **** (Scotsman) – is returning to Surgeon’s Hall with a new show. 

Edinburgh Renaissance Band’s Viol Rackett Show

Edinburgh Renaissance Band’s Viol Rackett Show

The Edinburgh Renaissance Band is back for 2023 with a fresh programme of their ever-popular Viol Rackett Show, the much-loved programme of instrumental music, from the Middle Ages… 

Inverkeithing Community Big Band Showcase

Inverkeithing Community Big Band Showcase

Sassy swing and jumping jazz! Enjoy an evening with the classics and more, from Basie, Nestico and Fitzgerald to Earth, Wind and Fire. 

The Rising: The UK's No 1 Tribute to Springsteen and the E Street Band

The Rising: The UK's No 1 Tribute to Springsteen and the E Street Band

This dynamic seven-piece band return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the 12th year to play the back catalogue and the latest album! With the precision and energy of the E Stre… 

Quartet for the End of Time at The Hub

Quartet for the End of Time at The Hub

Principal musicians from the London Symphony Orchestra perform this 20th-century masterpiece. 

Pitchblenders Swing the Blues

Pitchblenders Swing the Blues

Pitchblenders swing quartet dishes up old-school blues and jazz. 

Sundown Swing

Sundown Swing

Yorkshire-based Sundown Swing are delighted to be returning to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with an exciting programme of instrumentals and vocals. 

Adventures of the Singing Acupuncturist 7: Big O Asks – What is Sexy?

Adventures of the Singing Acupuncturist 7: Big O Asks – What is Sexy?

Olivia aka Big O is delighted to present her second hour of comedy. 

Big Cuck, Little Cuck

Big Cuck, Little Cuck

Making their Edinburgh debut, Leeds based stand-up weirdos Kyle Bedder (tall, thin, unhinged) and Dan Powell (short, fat, depressed) present Big Cuck, Little Cuck: a 60-minute expl… 

4 Big Cs

4 Big Cs

Simon Hall started performing comedy in 2020, yeah, that 2020! Since then, performing has not got any easier and life has continually tried to block his progress. 

Big Smoke Comedy

Big Smoke Comedy

Big Smoke Comedy is stand-up comedy with a fully improvised finale and the only show of its kind. 

Underbelly's Big Brain-Tumour Benefit

Underbelly's Big Brain-Tumour Benefit

Join a massive line-up of the biggest names on the Fringe for a stupendous evening of comedy to help fight against brain tumours. 

Bumble's Big Adventure

Bumble's Big Adventure

This one-act educational outreach play for 5-10 year olds and their families follows Bumble, a honeybee, on an adventure to find a bee balm flower. 

All is Pink in West Berkshire County

All is Pink in West Berkshire County

‘What would it take for you to eat a real-life human being?’ It’s dinner time in the Abbey stately home. 

Edinburgh Renaissance Band’s New Frontiers

Edinburgh Renaissance Band’s New Frontiers

Edinburgh Renaissance Band’s New Frontiers. 

Dead End Job

Dead End Job

Ever wondered what would happen when Girl meets Ghoul? Aubury has the worst job in the underworld – training ghosts. 

Shoot From The Hip

Shoot From The Hip

The improvisational sketch group Shoot From The Hip bring their spontaneous hour of games and tomfoolery to the Fringe this year. 

Free – Concert Band Performance

Free – Concert Band Performance

A wonderful and varied selection of concert band music from 40 musicians featuring music from stage and screen! A free concert with donations to support Edinburgh Direct Aid. 

Stoney End. The Songs of Laura Nyro

Stoney End. The Songs of Laura Nyro

Hilary Jean Watts embodies the musical legacy of Laura Nyro in, Stoney End: The Songs of Laura Nyro. 

Stoney End: The Songs Of Laura Nyro

Stoney End: The Songs Of Laura Nyro

Hilary Jean Watts embodies the musical legacy of Laura Nyro in her London debut performance, Stoney End: The Songs of Laura Nyro. 

Kieran Hodgson: Big In Scotland

Kieran Hodgson: Big In Scotland

In 2020, the world changed forever, as Kieran Hodgson moved to Scotland. 

Big Foot

Big Foot

Sinéad Walsh has spent over 30 years of putting their big foot in it. 

Big Foot

Big Foot

Sinéad Walsh has spent over 30 years of putting their big foot in it. 

The Glenn Miller and Big Band Spectacular

The Glenn Miller and Big Band Spectacular

The music that filled the dance halls during the Big Band era is brought to life again by The Moonlight Serenade Orchestra UK with the Glenn Miller and Big Band Spectacular. 

BIG FAT GAY

BIG FAT GAY

Martin J Dixon brings his hilarious show Big Fat Gay to Camden Fringe. 

Sinead Walsh: Big Foot

Sinead Walsh: Big Foot

Sinéad Walsh has spent over 30 years of putting their big foot in it. 

BIG FAT GAY

BIG FAT GAY

Martin J Dixon brings his hilarious show Big Fat Gay to Camden Fringe. 

The Sensational David Bowie Tribute Band

The Sensational David Bowie Tribute Band

Witness first-hand all of the glamour, passion, excitement and sheer electric atmosphere of the archetypal 1970s Bowie experience. 

Brian Kellock and Dick Lee – Swing Sessions

Brian Kellock and Dick Lee – Swing Sessions

This award-winning piano and reeds duo play swing classics, telling the stories behind the music with plenty of banter along the way. ‘Fine playing’ (Scotsman). 

True West

True West

HOLD ON TO YOUR HORSES!!!! TRUE WEST is in town! SAM SHEPARD is a unique voice in contemporary theatre. 

Beach Boys Sounds

Beach Boys Sounds

The UK’s leading Beach Boys tribute act The Beached Boys returns by popular demand to the Edinburgh Fringe. 

A Shark Ate My Penis: A History of Boys Like Me

A Shark Ate My Penis: A History of Boys Like Me

It’s hard to imagine that any show called, in full, A Shark Ate My Penis: A History of Boys Like Me could be weirder or more fun than it sounds. 

True West

True West

HOLD ON TO YOUR HORSES!!!! TRUE WEST is in town! SAM SHEPARD is a unique voice in contemporary theatre. 

Small Town Boys

Small Town Boys

  • Listing
  • Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
  • Scotland

Shaper/Caper presents Small Town Boys - a captivating new immersive show, exploring the escapism of queer nightlife during the 80s AIDS crisis through contemporary dance and spoken… 

End of the World FM

End of the World FM

15 years after the apocalypse, a lone radio host struggles to keep his show on the air. 

Bluebell Swing

Bluebell Swing

Bringing gypsy jazz on the wing – sparkling manouche renditions of great American show tunes and much more. 

End of the World FM

End of the World FM

15 years after the apocalypse, a lone radio host struggles to keep his show on the air. 

Sound of Seventeen Big Band Celebrates the Golden Era of Big-Band Music

Sound of Seventeen Big Band Celebrates the Golden Era of Big-Band Music

We’re delighted to be back with a new show featuring some of the greatest music from the big-band era. 

Dick Denham: Big Dick Energy

Dick Denham: Big Dick Energy

Dick Denham is a non-binary thirtysomething comedian. 

Dick Denham: Big Dick Energy

Dick Denham: Big Dick Energy

Dick Denham is a non-binary thirtysomething comedian. 

Anarchy Cabaret Presents: West End New Act of the Year Showcase 2023

Anarchy Cabaret Presents: West End New Act of the Year Showcase 2023

Featuring winners of London’s premier new-act comedy competition. 

Journey to the West

Journey to the West

Physical theatre combines with original music as 7th century Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar Xuanzang embarks on a spiritual quest to India, seeking the answer to the question, �… 

The Lady Boys of Bangkok – Party Queens Tour 2023

The Lady Boys of Bangkok – Party Queens Tour 2023

Let’s take the party into 2023 and come join our Party Queens tour with 16 of the world’s most glamorous and beautiful showgirls. 

11th Year! John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

11th Year! John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

‘Fantastic!’ (Jools Holland). 

The Big Show: Monkey Barrel Comedy's Fringe Showcase 2023!

The Big Show: Monkey Barrel Comedy's Fringe Showcase 2023!

Scotland’s Best Comedy Venue (Chortle Awards 2023) welcomes back its Fringe showcase for 2023! A new line-up every night presenting the very best acts from the Monkey Barrel Comedy… 

Too Big For Her Britches

Too Big For Her Britches

A hilarious and heartbreaking dark comedy driven by 20 characters and 11 original songs, in which the heroine, Luna, endeavours to disentangle herself from bad decisions and an ove… 

West End vs Broadway

West End vs Broadway

Enjoy an afternoon of musical theatre delivered by fantastic voices. 

Sherlock Holmes: The Speckled Band

Sherlock Holmes: The Speckled Band

‘Oh my God. 

Big Fish

Big Fish

Edward Bloom’s larger-than-life stories delight everyone – much to the dismay of his pragmatic son, Will. 

End of the World

End of the World

A buddy comedy for an existential generation. 

The Big Show: Monkey Barrel Comedy's Fringe Showcase 2023!

The Big Show: Monkey Barrel Comedy's Fringe Showcase 2023!

Scotland’s Best Comedy Venue (Chortle Awards 2023) welcomes back its Fringe showcase for 2023! A new line-up every night presenting the very best acts from the Monkey Barrel Comedy… 

Journey to the West: In Search of the Way

Journey to the West: In Search of the Way

Join the adventure as we bring to life the classic, Journey to the West, in an interactive children’s show which is a part of Chinese Culture and Art Festival! With amazing visual … 

Sounds of St Cecilia's: Shackleton Memorial Concert, The Vauxhall Band Basset-Horn Trio

Sounds of St Cecilia's: Shackleton Memorial Concert, The Vauxhall Band Basset-Horn Trio

Come and revel in the earthy tones of this low member of the clarinet family. 

Big Zeus Energy

Big Zeus Energy

Nominated Best Debut Show Leicester Comedy Festival 2023. 

Stay Big and Go Get 'Em

Stay Big and Go Get 'Em

At times hard to follow and at others uniquely resonant, Maggie Widdoes’ one-woman show Stay Big and Go Get ‘Em is the perfect example of how the Fringe brings what you least e… 

24 Shows in 24 days: Live at the Big Cave

24 Shows in 24 days: Live at the Big Cave

24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings. 

Big Value Comedy Show

Big Value Comedy Show

Longest running mixed-bill, star-finding show on the Fringe. 

2023: The End Of The Beginning Of The End – Vladimir McTavish

2023: The End Of The Beginning Of The End – Vladimir McTavish

Following the sell-out success of his 2022 show The Beginning Of The End, McTavish, described as ‘one of the finest acts on the Scottish comedy circuit’ (Guardian), presents anothe… 

Creepy Boys

Creepy Boys

You’re invited: twin orphans, The Creepy Boys, are throwing their 13th birthday party. 

Chriskirkpatrickmas: A Boy Band Christmas Musical

Chriskirkpatrickmas: A Boy Band Christmas Musical

A Christmas Carol meets It’s A Wonderful Life meets. 

Tones: A Hip-Hop Opera

Tones: A Hip-Hop Opera

Uplifting and bold, Tones is one-man’s lyrical life story growing up in the ends, exploring black identity in a UK culture obsessed with class and race. 

Welcome to The Big Show

Welcome to The Big Show

This show is a love letter to unique families, queer self-discovery and devoted fathers. 

Shoot the Cameraman

Shoot the Cameraman

Shoot the Cameraman. 

Kieran Hodgson: Big In Scotland

Kieran Hodgson: Big In Scotland

He enters resplendent in his tartan jacket, setting in motion sixty minutes of stunningly acute comic observation laced with some telling introspection all delivered with totally e… 

Shamilton! The Improvised Hip Hop Musical

Shamilton! The Improvised Hip Hop Musical

Baby Wants Candy’s hip-hop Hamilton homage returns! Following sold-out runs in Chicago, NYC and LA. 

Tom Moran is a Big Fat Filthy Disgusting Liar

Tom Moran is a Big Fat Filthy Disgusting Liar

What’s the worst lie you’ve told? How far would you go to keep it a secret? Tom is a charismatic people-pleaser, an expert in empathy, but someone who struggles with the truth. 

Boys in the Buff

Boys in the Buff

Have you ever felt judged for not having the right body shape? Not eating the right foods or going to the gym? Our Photoshopped world is not always kind to our feelings of self-wor… 

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show

Good morning, Edinburgh! Following the hiatus since our triumphant run in 2019, we’re thrilled to be back for our 15th year! Bringing you three brand-new, delicious, rotating “menu… 

Indonesia Presents (Far) East Meets West

Indonesia Presents (Far) East Meets West

Indonesia’s leading English language stand-up comedians visit Edinburgh for the first time! The Indonesian stand-up comedy scene exploded 15 years ago and since then many performer… 

Big Kid Kindergarten

Big Kid Kindergarten

You played, you cried. 

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World is a 15-minute consultation delivered through a 1 on 1 phone call, in which the solo audience members’ responses through a yes or n… 

West End Fair

West End Fair

This year’s fair runs from 31st July to 27th August in the grounds of St John’s Church. 

4 Big Cs

4 Big Cs

Simon Hall is one of the freshest and most exciting voices on the comedy circuit, but his journey has not been plain sailing. 

4 Big Cs

4 Big Cs

Simon Hall is one of the freshest and most exciting voices on the comedy circuit, but his journey has not been plain sailing. 

Miss Jean & the Ragtime Rewind Swing Band

Miss Jean & the Ragtime Rewind Swing Band

Do you love all things 1940s & 1950s? Do you love swing dance and Lindy Hop music? Then you don’t want to miss Miss Jean & The Ragtime Rewind Vintage Swing Band! Taking you on a jo… 

Miss Jean & the Ragtime Rewind Swing Band

Miss Jean & the Ragtime Rewind Swing Band

Established in 2016, Ragtime Rewind Vintage Swing Band perform vintage music all over the country. 

BAB'S BIG SHOW

BAB'S BIG SHOW

Hailing from the midlands, Bab is a female sketch duo comprised of Amy Spinks and Lauren Soley. 

Milne Glendinning Band

Milne Glendinning Band

Milne Glendinning Band (MGB) is a cross genre trio featuring vocalist Debra Milne, with guitar maestro Stephen Glendinning, and Michael Clark on bass. 

Milne Glendinning Band

Milne Glendinning Band

A cross genre trio featuring vocalist Debra Milne, guitar maestro Stephen Glendinning, and Michael Clark on bass. 

End of the World FM

End of the World FM

This dark comedy, set on the 15-year anniversary of the Apocalypse tackles themes of isolation, late-stage capitalism and purpose. 

End of the World FM

End of the World FM

15 years after the apocalypse, a lone radio host struggles to keep his show on the air. He ponders the warning signs that spelled our doom. Is anyone listening? Have they ever…? 

1000 Ways The World Will End (& How It Starts Again)

1000 Ways The World Will End (& How It Starts Again)

A psychedelic, forest-core journey of discovery about the stubborn resilience of lesbian love in the face of adversity. 

The Puddle at the End of the World

The Puddle at the End of the World

Jamie and her Nanna have seen their home disappear under rising sea levels, and find themselves on a terrifying and exhilarating adventure to rebuild their lives and stop climate c… 

The Puddle at the End of the World

The Puddle at the End of the World

If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www. 

4 Big Cs

4 Big Cs

Simon Hall has had a hell of a few years. 

Big Zeus Energy (Work-in-Progress)

Big Zeus Energy (Work-in-Progress)

NOMINATED: BEST DEBUT SHOW at LEICESTER COMEDY FESTIVAL Masculinity is in crisis. 

Big Zeus Energy

Big Zeus Energy

NOMINATED: BEST DEBUT SHOW at LEICESTER COMEDY FESTIVAL If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www. 

Brighton Swing All-Stars

Brighton Swing All-Stars

The Brighton Swing Community are back for our annual Fringe afternoons of music and dancing, in one of the festival’s most iconic venues! Our All-Stars band features musicians fro… 

Brighton Swing All-Stars

Brighton Swing All-Stars

If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www. 

2023 The End Of The Beginning Of The End

2023 The End Of The Beginning Of The End

2023 - THE END OF THE BEGINNING OF THE END - VLADIMIR McTAVISH (Work In Progress) Following the critical and box office success at the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe of his show The Beginni… 

2023 The End Of The Beginning Of The End

2023 The End Of The Beginning Of The End

2023 - THE END OF THE BEGINNING OF THE END - VLADIMIR McTAVISH (Work In Progress) Following the critical and box office success at the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe of his show The Beginni… 

Jonny Woo's Big Summer Songbook

Jonny Woo's Big Summer Songbook

If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www. 

Jonny Woo's Big Summer Songbook

Jonny Woo's Big Summer Songbook

Jonny Woo (London drag legend and co-owner gay pub The Glory) returns to Brighton Fringe following hit appearances with Night at The Musicals (with Le Gateau Chocolat) and Transfor… 

Is this the end of Edward J. Payne?

Is this the end of Edward J. Payne?

His father died at 45. 

Fisherman Jon: What's on the End of My Rod?

Fisherman Jon: What's on the End of My Rod?

CORAL BEVAN IS “FISHERMAN JON: WHAT’S ON THE END OF MY ROD?” “Fisherman Jon is an icon!” - Rikki Beadle Blair. 

Is this the end of Edward J. Payne?

Is this the end of Edward J. Payne?

His father died at 45. 

Fisherman Jon: What's on the End of My Rod?

Fisherman Jon: What's on the End of My Rod?

CORAL BEVAN IS “FISHERMAN JON: WHAT’S ON THE END OF MY ROD?” “Fisherman Jon is an icon!” - Rikki Beadle Blair. 

Hip Crip Hooray Cabaret

Hip Crip Hooray Cabaret

This is not your typical cabaret. 

Hip Crip Hooray Cabaret

Hip Crip Hooray Cabaret

If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www. 

The Big O

The Big O

In a world full of distractions, survival mode and the crushing weight of “being a good feminist”, is the female orgasm ever going to be a priority? Join Lucy on her personal v… 

Boys DO Cry: Jokes Against Toxic Masculinity

Boys DO Cry: Jokes Against Toxic Masculinity

Boys don’t cry, they just drink beer, get fat, and then get hit by a truck. 

Big Cuck, Little Cuck

Big Cuck, Little Cuck

Making their Brighton Fringe debut, Leeds based stand up comedians Kyle Bedder (tall, thin, unhinged) and Dan Powell (short, fat, depressed) present Big Cuck, Little Cuck, a sixty-… 

Boys DO Cry: Jokes Against Toxic Masculinity

Boys DO Cry: Jokes Against Toxic Masculinity

Boys don’t cry, they just drink beer, get fat, and then get hit by a truck. 

Big Cuck, Little Cuck

Big Cuck, Little Cuck

Making their Brighton Fringe debut, Leeds based stand up comedians Kyle Bedder (tall, thin, unhinged) and Dan Powell (short, fat, depressed) present Big Cuck, Little Cuck, a sixty-… 

Eurovision Big Screen Party

Eurovision Big Screen Party

The biggest show on the continent is coming to Liverpool this May and we’re throwing a party! Come and watch the show on a big screen with food, fizz and frie… 

Robin & Dom: The Bigger Boys

Robin & Dom: The Bigger Boys

Comedians Robin Hodges and Dom Kerridge make their full length Brighton Fringe debut with ‘The Bigger Boys’, a split stand-up show/therapy session where two men work through their … 

Robin & Dom: The Bigger Boys

Robin & Dom: The Bigger Boys

We fed an AI all of the Brighton Fringe listings from 2022, and this is what we got: Robin Hodges is a human being. 

The Lovely Boys and Friends

The Lovely Boys and Friends

Leeds’ hottest alternative comedy cabaret comes to Brighton! Join award-winning sketch comedians, The Lovely Boys and Freddie Hayes, on the big night out of your lives! Present… 

The Lovely Boys and Friends

The Lovely Boys and Friends

Leeds’ hottest alternative comedy cabaret comes to Brighton! Join award-winning sketch comedians, The Lovely Boys and Freddie Hayes, on the big night out of your lives! Presenti… 

Brighton Big Drag Pageant 2023

Brighton Big Drag Pageant 2023

Kings, Queens, and everything in between Inclusive, radical and hella creative, it’s Brighton’s Big Drag Pageant! The hottest ticket of last year’s Fringe returns for the 2023 ed… 

Brighton Big Drag Pageant 2023

Brighton Big Drag Pageant 2023

Kings, Queens, and everything in between Talent, diversity, creativity, and nerve. 

BIG FAT GAY

BIG FAT GAY

Martin J Dixon returns to the Fringe with his hilarious show Big Fat Gay. 

BIG FAT GAY

BIG FAT GAY

Martin J Dixon returns to the Fringe with his hilarious show Big Fat Gay. 

Swing & Bass: Cirque Bizarre w/ Electric Swing Circus, Mista Trick Collective + More!

Swing & Bass: Cirque Bizarre w/ Electric Swing Circus, Mista Trick Collective + More!

Step right up, step right up! For one night only, the Cirque Bizarre comes to Brighton for opening night of The Fringe. 

Big Quiffy Bingo

Big Quiffy Bingo

Join the showbiz sensation Boogaloo Stu for bingo experience filled with frivolity, fun, filth and flashmob dances. 

Big Quiffy Bingo

Big Quiffy Bingo

If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www. 

The Lady Boys of Bangkok Party Queens Tour 2023

The Lady Boys of Bangkok Party Queens Tour 2023

The Lady Boys of Bangkok are back on VICTORIA GARDENS in 2023 with a glittering stunner of a show “PARTY QUEENS” Mondays 241 / Wednesday tickets £19. 

The Lady Boys of Bangkok Party Queens Tour 2023

The Lady Boys of Bangkok Party Queens Tour 2023

The Lady Boys of Bangkok are back in 2023 with a glittering stunner of a show “PARTY QUEENS” Mondays 241 / Wednesday tickets £19. 

Swing & Bass: Cirque Bizarre w/ Electric Swing Circus, Mista Trick Collective + More!

Swing & Bass: Cirque Bizarre w/ Electric Swing Circus, Mista Trick Collective + More!

Step right up, step right up! For one night only, the Cirque Bizarre comes to Brighton for opening night of The Fringe. 

West End Does: Hollywood The Sequel!

West End Does: Hollywood The Sequel!

West End Does is back for Hollywood: The Sequel! Join them for another fantastic mix of songs from the world of Hollywood including music from animated classics, musical movies, an… 

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

It’s not every day that you see your imagination augmented by the stage adaptation of a book. 

For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy

For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy

'I found a king in me and now I love you I found a king in you and now I love me' Father figures and fashion tips. 

Pickles, Peaches and the End  of the World

Pickles, Peaches and the End of the World

'How long has the earth been around for? Millions, billions who knows, I don’t know, I don’t care to find out. 

The End and Other Beginnings

The End and Other Beginnings

When hard times come, when hope is lost, when it seems like this really might be it, we tell stories. 

Carl Hutchinson - Watch Till The End

Carl Hutchinson - Watch Till The End

Hutchinson is back with a brand new show for 2023. 

West End Magic

West End Magic

London's longest-running theatre magic show celebrating 10 years at the Leicester Square theatre. 

The Big O

The Big O

The Big O is fast paced, intimate, hilarious and heartfelt exploration of 21st Century attitudes and experiences of female pleasure, orgasm and consent through the eyes of one woma… 

Don't Shoot the Albatross

Don't Shoot the Albatross

Pop music meets poetry in this new monologue about city lights, queer night life and large seafaring birds. 

Carl Hutchinson - Watch Till The End

Carl Hutchinson - Watch Till The End

Hutchinson is back with a brand new show for 2023. 

David's One-Man Band (F*ck You, Steven)

David's One-Man Band (F*ck You, Steven)

Fourteen-year-old David has just been punched in the face by his best friend. 

Big Top | Stars

Big Top | Stars

Big TopJoin the circus! Or don't. 

The Awkward Silence's Big Break

The Awkward Silence's Big Break

Louis Voler wants his dad, Mike, out of his life – which is difficult as Mike’s just got them sent to jail. 

The Great Big Cabaret F*ckabout

The Great Big Cabaret F*ckabout

Stars of the international cabaret scene as you’ve never seen them before, performing lesser-known routines, trialling ridiculous concepts they’ve never dared perform before or eve… 

The Boys Are Kissing

The Boys Are Kissing

When two 9-year-old boys kiss in the school playground of a small town, two sets of parents are told to ‘do something about it’ – but neither of them is entirely sure what. 

Revan and Fennell: The boys are back in town

Revan and Fennell: The boys are back in town

Award-winning and acclaimed sketch comedy double-act, Revan and Fennell, return to the Museum of Comedy for an evening of new and not-so-new material after a three year hiatus. 

‘Bysmal Boys

‘Bysmal Boys

It’s 1977 and for the first time in Fire Brigade history, a national strike threatens to bring the country to a stand still. 

West End Magic 2022

West End Magic 2022

London's longest running theatre magic show. 

Image China: East Meets West Concert

Image China: East Meets West Concert

Maestro Qian Junping leads the London Philharmonic Orchestra at this Image China Concert with featured prize-winning soloists Ning Feng and Yang Xuefei. 

Big Girls Don't Cry

Big Girls Don't Cry

It’s time to hang on to what we got and celebrate the iconic sounds of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. 

Big Band Swing

Big Band Swing

Celebrating 18 years at the Edinburgh Fringe, Scotland’s record breaking big swing band brings you a night of music and song from the golden age of Swing. 

Big Band Bublé

Big Band Bublé

Scotland’s number-one Bublé tribute act, Michael Hastie, and record-breaking Scottish Big Band Jon Ritchie and That Swing Sensation invite you to a night full of seductive songs… 

Kitti + Support From Hope City House Band

Kitti + Support From Hope City House Band

Glaswegian singer/songwriter with soaring vocals and unique lyrics. 

Big Boys and Friends

Big Boys and Friends

Big Boys and Friends is a silly lil’ mixed-bill comedy-cabaret from Channel 4’s critically acclaimed Big Boys, comedian Jack Rooke and character comic Jon Pointing. 

Miss Kiddy's Big Cover Up

Miss Kiddy's Big Cover Up

Rediscover your favourite songs as Miss Kiddy and the Cads steal the biggest contemporary hits and give them a musical makeover of style and sass. 

NASTY:

NASTY: "big" girls being gross, mean and sexy

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… 

Mr Big and Shady

Mr Big and Shady

‘Milkman Amongst Tulips’, possibly the most famous painting of the Baroque period, is the only surviving work by Dutch master Schmurt Veeglik. 

Edinburgh Renaissance Band’s Viol Rackett Show

Edinburgh Renaissance Band’s Viol Rackett Show

The Edinburgh Renaissance Band returns in 2022 with a live performance of their ever-popular Viol Rackett Show, our best-loved programme of instrumental music from the Middle Ages … 

Don't Shoot the Albatross

Don't Shoot the Albatross

Pop music meets poetry in this new monologue about city lights, queer night life and large seafaring birds. 

Boys Who Punch Holes in Walls

Boys Who Punch Holes in Walls

A heated argument and an all-night conversation leaves childhood friends Max and Kieran shaken, with suppressed emotions exploding to the surface. 

The Glenn Miller and Big Band Spectacular

The Glenn Miller and Big Band Spectacular

The music which filled dance halls during the big band era is brought to life again by The Moonlight Serenade Orchestra UK with the Glenn Miller and Big Band Spectacular. 

The Wild West of the Crypto Economy!

The Wild West of the Crypto Economy!

Want to try your hand at some creative accounting? Ready to get paid $$$ for your creative talents? Or get your Fringe tickets as an NFT? Welcome to the Wild West of the crypto-eco… 

The Rising: The UK's No 1 Tribute to Springsteen and the E Street Band

The Rising: The UK's No 1 Tribute to Springsteen and the E Street Band

Once more The Rising look forward to delivering the music of the Boss with passion and precision to Edinburgh Festival Fringe! Following previous festival sell-out shows, this seve… 

The End of Eddy

The End of Eddy

Exploring the complexities and intersections of family, poverty, politics and sexuality, this adaptation brings all the urgency and relevance of Édouard Louis’s novel to the stage… 

The Lovely Boys - Benny & Willy

The Lovely Boys - Benny & Willy

The Lovely Boys come to Camden Comedy Club. Do you like boys? Do you like lovely boys? We are doing 20mins of stand up about life and times of being Jewish and being short. 

The Lovely Boys - Benny & Willy

The Lovely Boys - Benny & Willy

You’ve seen them in their sketches now come and watch a double bill of stand up comedy as Benny and Willy give you their perspective on love life and parenting. 

Fisherman Jon: What's on the end of my rod? (Work in Progress)

Fisherman Jon: What's on the end of my rod? (Work in Progress)

Absurdist comedy character clown Coral Bevan presents Fisherman Jon: Whats on the end of my Rod? (Work in Progress). 

Sarah & Duck’s Big Top Birthday

Sarah & Duck’s Big Top Birthday

YOU’RE INVITED TO THE BIG TOP BIRTHDAY! Join Sarah and her best friend Duck as they plan the ultimate circus soiree to help Scarf Lady celebrate her birthday. 

Fisherman Jon: What's on the end of my rod? (Work in Progress)

Fisherman Jon: What's on the end of my rod? (Work in Progress)

Absurdist comedy character clown Coral Bevan presents Fisherman Jon: Whats on the end of my Rod? (Work in Progress). 

Fisherman Jon: What's on the end of my rod?

Fisherman Jon: What's on the end of my rod?

Absurdist comedy character clown Coral Bevan presents Fisherman Jon: Whats on the end of my Rod? (Work in Progress). 

Underbelly's Big Brain Tumour Benefit

Underbelly's Big Brain Tumour Benefit

Join a massive line-up of the biggest names on the Fringe for a raucous evening of comedy to help the fight against brain tumours. 

Simon Evans and His Big Ideas

Simon Evans and His Big Ideas

Does for politics, religion and philosophy what Simon Evans Goes to Market (BBC Radio 4) did for economics – makes it fresh, compelling and funny. 

The Fannies Big Night Out

The Fannies Big Night Out

The gals are back for one night only! Join The Fannies laughing at life from PMT to HRT, fuelled on G’n’T and B&H. 

Edinburgh Renaissance Band Returns to St Mark's

Edinburgh Renaissance Band Returns to St Mark's

Join us on a tour through medieval and renaissance Europe, playing period instruments of every kind: cornetts, sackbuts, serpents, viols, rebecs, fiddle, violins, shawms, curtals, … 

Inverkeithing Community Big Band

Inverkeithing Community Big Band

Sassy swing and jumping jazz! Enjoy an evening with the classics and more, from Basie, Miller and Nestico to Fitzgerald and Earth, Wind and Fire. 

NEHH Presents... Start to End

NEHH Presents... Start to End

A group of Scotland’s leading young musicians perform a selection of albums from Start to End. 

Creepy Boys

Creepy Boys

Twin orphans The Creepy Boys are throwing their very first birthday party. 

Tenement Jazz Band: Red Hot Roots of Jazz

Tenement Jazz Band: Red Hot Roots of Jazz

Returning after a sell-out 2018 show, Tenement Jazz Band continue their exploration of the roots of jazz, ragtime and blues. 

A Century of Swing

A Century of Swing

Red-hot originals and ice-cool classics as Scotland’s native guitar/vocal legend (‘Electrifying’ **** (ThreeWeeks)) presents unique acoustic arrangements from the 20th-century so… 

West End vs Broadway

West End vs Broadway

Enjoy an afternoon of musical theatre delivered by fantastic voices. 

Big Zeus Energy (WIP)

Big Zeus Energy (WIP)

Masculinity is in a state of flux. 

Big Zeus Energy

Big Zeus Energy

Masculinity is in a state of flux. 

Big Zeus Energy

Big Zeus Energy

Masculinity is in a state of flux. 

Ali Affleck Celebrates the Queens of Swing – Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Dinah Washington and Blossom Dearie

Ali Affleck Celebrates the Queens of Swing – Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Dinah Washington and Blossom Dearie

Rediscover the golden age of swing jazz – Ella Fitzgerald; Dinah Washington; Keely Smith; Maxine Sullivan; Peggy Lee. 

Big Zeus Energy (Work-in-Progress)

Big Zeus Energy (Work-in-Progress)

Masculinity is in a state of flux. 

10th Year! John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues And Swing

10th Year! John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues And Swing

‘Fantastic!’ (Jools Holland). 

Beach Boys Sounds

Beach Boys Sounds

The UK’s leading Beach Boys tribute act The Beached Boys comes to the Edinburgh Fringe. 

The Lady Boys of Bangkok – Summer of Fun Tour

The Lady Boys of Bangkok – Summer of Fun Tour

Bold, glamorous and sassy, your festival favourites are back with their most sensational show yet! A must-see new production for 2022 with plenty of fun-filled comedy and outrageou… 

Anarchy Cabaret Presents: The West End New Act of the Year Showcase

Anarchy Cabaret Presents: The West End New Act of the Year Showcase

The West End New Act of the Year was a comedy competition held between November and March to find the funniest emerging comedy talent. 

The West End Fair

The West End Fair

The West End Fair returns to the stunning grounds of St John’s Church. 

The Big Show: Monkey Barrel Comedy's Fringe Showcase 2022!

The Big Show: Monkey Barrel Comedy's Fringe Showcase 2022!

Edinburgh’s best-rated, award-winning comedy club welcomes back last year’s sold-out Fringe showcase for 2022! A new line-up every night showcasing the very best acts from the Monk… 

Paul Richards: My Function Band Hell

Paul Richards: My Function Band Hell

Paul Richards literally can’t stop drumming; he’s performed all over the world, from huge gigs in China to grotty working men’s clubs, posh corporate gigs to the whole of the UK to… 

Anarchy Cabaret Presents: The West End New Act of the Year Showcase

Anarchy Cabaret Presents: The West End New Act of the Year Showcase

The West End New Act of the Year was a comedy competition held between November and March to find the funniest emerging comedy talent. 

The Big Show: Monkey Barrel Comedy's Fringe Showcase 2022!

The Big Show: Monkey Barrel Comedy's Fringe Showcase 2022!

Edinburgh’s best-rated, award-winning comedy club welcomes back last year’s sold-out Fringe showcase for 2022! A new line-up every night showcasing the very best acts from the Monk… 

Beak: Cocktail Boys

Beak: Cocktail Boys

High-energy Australian sketch-meisters Beak are bringing their fast-paced silliness to Edinburgh (Scotland) but this time, they’re hot! Since touring Australia with our last show �… 

The Big Fat C

The Big Fat C

Jack Campbell did his first stand-up gig in 2010, aged 19. 

Hip-Hop Orchestra Experience

Hip-Hop Orchestra Experience

California based Hip-Hop Orchestra, Ensemble Mik Nawooj (EMN), presents music from their new album, Death Become Life, which seamlessly fuses hip-hop and classical. 

Milen Kirov – Between East and West

Milen Kirov – Between East and West

A pianist with superhuman coordination, Los Angeles-based Milen Kirov is an award-winning Bulgarian-American pianist and composer with an inimitable artistic voice and celebrated c… 

West End Magic

West End Magic

London’s longest-running theatre magic show, direct from the Leicester Square Theatre. 

Big Mick Energy

Big Mick Energy

Mick McNeill’s rapid climb up the Scottish comedy ladder has seen him become a weekend favourite at every weekend comedy club in the country. 

The Big Love Exhibition (Contemporary Street Art By Sleek)

The Big Love Exhibition (Contemporary Street Art By Sleek)

Young Scottish contemporary artist Sleek debuts an exhibition of work showcasing his street art. 

Best of the West End

Best of the West End

After sell-out performances and five-star reviews from 2016-2019, our performers are excited to return to Edinburgh for their fifth year with a new line-up of songs! Featuring worl… 

The Big Show: Monkey Barrel Comedy's Fringe Showcase 2022!

The Big Show: Monkey Barrel Comedy's Fringe Showcase 2022!

Edinburgh’s best-rated, award-winning comedy club welcomes back last year’s sold-out Fringe showcase for 2022! A new line-up every night showcasing the very best acts from the Monk… 

Big Band Does... Broadway

Big Band Does... Broadway

BBD Productions return to the Fringe with Big Band Does… Broadway after their five-star sell-out run in 2019. 

The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig

The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig

When the three little wolves go out into the world and build themselves a house, their mother warns them to beware the Big Bad Pig. 

End without Days

End without Days

Cool with underlying passion and deceptively simple choreography by New Yorker/San Franciscan Stephen Pelton, End Without Days gets under your skin. 

Little West End Theatre Cabaret

Little West End Theatre Cabaret

It’s time for us to play. 

The Sensational David Bowie Tribute Band

The Sensational David Bowie Tribute Band

Witness first–hand all of the glamour, passion, excitement and sheer electric atmosphere of the archetypal 1970s Bowie experience. 

Raymond Mearns' Big Red Bus Tour Around Edinburgh!

Raymond Mearns' Big Red Bus Tour Around Edinburgh!

Award-winning Red Bus Bistro and acclaimed comedian Raymond Mearns have teamed up for the duration of the Fringe to offer a unique comedy tour experience travelling round the wonde… 

Lucy Frederick's Big Fat Wedding

Lucy Frederick's Big Fat Wedding

Here comes the bride, forty-foot wide! It’s the wedding of the century and you’re invited as Lucy Frederick – ‘Eye wateringly honest’ (Scotsman) – walks down the aisle. 

Big Value Late

Big Value Late

Established as one of the best shows of the Fringe. 

Will Tell and the Big Bad Baron

Will Tell and the Big Bad Baron

Inspired by tales of Sir Lancelot and Robin Hood, plucky heroine Will Tell disguises herself as a knight and rides off on a chivalric quest to rescue her freedom-fighting dad from … 

Big Value Early

Big Value Early

Four of the best newer acts. 

Jarred and Hobbit: The Big Beatbox Comedy Mess Around Gameshow Show!

Jarred and Hobbit: The Big Beatbox Comedy Mess Around Gameshow Show!

A delightful mess of a show combining the electrifying skills of award-winning comedian Jarred Christmas and the vocal genius of world-champion beatboxer Hobbit. 

2022 The Beginning of the End – Vladimir McTavish

2022 The Beginning of the End – Vladimir McTavish

Are we nearing the end of the pandemic? Or are we on the brink of yet more global catastrophes? Are governments fiddling while the world burns? Following his total sell-out success… 

The Lovely Boys

The Lovely Boys

Joe and Mikey are Lovely Boys. 

The Lovely Boys

The Lovely Boys

Joe and Mikey are Lovely Boys. 

Carter Morgan: Dick Jokes for End Times

Carter Morgan: Dick Jokes for End Times

Climate change. 

Brown Boys Swim

Brown Boys Swim

Brown Boys Swim is Karim Khan’s hilarious, touching tale of best friends Kash and Mohsen learning how to swim for a pool party. 

The Big Free Festival Launch Show

The Big Free Festival Launch Show

Come and celebrate the start of this year’s Free Festival! See samples of all the top shows from this years Free Fest, the night before it begins – and party with the performers,… 

The Awkward Silence's Big Break

The Awkward Silence's Big Break

Louis Voler wants his dad, Mike, out of his life – which is difficult as Mike’s just got them sent to jail. 

Kylie Brakeman Presents: Linda Hollywood's Big Hollywood Night

Kylie Brakeman Presents: Linda Hollywood's Big Hollywood Night

Official Selection: New York Times Great Performers List (2020). 

West End Wilma Awards 2022

West End Wilma Awards 2022

Join us for the seventh West End Wilma Awards, celebrating the best of UK Theatre. 

Miss Jean & the Ragtime Rewind Swing Band

Miss Jean & the Ragtime Rewind Swing Band

Do you love all things 1940s & 1950s? Do you love swing dance and Lindy Hop music? Then you don’t want to miss Miss Jean & The Ragtime Rewind Vintage Swing Band! Taking you on a jo… 

Mills, Mintcake & (don't mention) Maggie! A North-West Comedy Showcase

Mills, Mintcake & (don't mention) Maggie! A North-West Comedy Showcase

Expect chips in gravy and on shoulders Fantastic stand up comedy from Jimmy Shirley, Percy Savage and Ant Grogan, 3 of the best comedians on the North West comedy scene. 

Mills, Mintcake & (don't mention) Maggie! A North-West Comedy Showcase

Mills, Mintcake & (don't mention) Maggie! A North-West Comedy Showcase

Expect chips in gravy and on shoulders Fantastic stand up comedy from Jimmy Shirley, Percy Savage and Ant Grogan, 3 of the best comedians on the North West comedy scene. 

The West

The West

From the critically acclaimed creators of Crooks 1926, ‘The Peak of Immersive,’ comes a whole new age of Bandits and Criminals. 

Will Tell and the Big Bad Baron

Will Tell and the Big Bad Baron

Fringe favourites Theatre Fideri Fidera are back with a hilarious comic reimagining of the tale of Wilhelm Tell. 

2022: THE BEGINNING OF THE END

2022: THE BEGINNING OF THE END

We’re already halfway through 2022. 

2022: THE BEGINNING OF THE END

2022: THE BEGINNING OF THE END

We’re already halfway through 2022. 

The Awkward Silence's Big Break

The Awkward Silence's Big Break

In prison, the only thing they can’t escape is each other. 

The Awkward Silence's Big Break

The Awkward Silence's Big Break

In prison, the only thing they can’t escape is each other. 

Big Band Burlesque

Big Band Burlesque

LET’S KEEP DANCING!Big Band Burlesque bring a show led by beautiful Belle de Beauvoir and belligerent Beatrix Valhalla. 

Big Band Burlesque

Big Band Burlesque

LET’S KEEP DANCING! Big Band Burlesque bring a show led by beautiful Belle de Beauvoir and belligerent Beatrix Valhalla. 

Big Band: Swingin' at the Spiegel

Big Band: Swingin' at the Spiegel

The big band is back at the Spiegeltent for their 6th season at the Fringe. 

Big Band: Swingin' at the Spiegel

Big Band: Swingin' at the Spiegel

Brighton Jazz Mafia big band combine with Swing Patrol dancers for a Lindy Hop dance spectacular. 

Bright Lights, Big City Impro!

Bright Lights, Big City Impro!

Six improvisers journey to Brighton in an attempt to break into the big time. 

Bright Lights, Big City Impro!

Bright Lights, Big City Impro!

Six improvisers journey to Brighton in an attempt to break into the big time. 

Track 96 Improvised Hip Hop

Track 96 Improvised Hip Hop

Track 96 is London’s premiere Hip Hop improv group. 

Track 96 Improvised Hip Hop

Track 96 Improvised Hip Hop

Track 96 is London’s premiere Hip Hop improv group. 

Boys Will Be Boys: A Rehearsed Reading

Boys Will Be Boys: A Rehearsed Reading

Please note: Boys Will Be Boys will be a rehearsed reading as part of the companies development process for the scriptA group of suburban teens grappling with the anxiety of youth … 

Brighton Swing All-Stars

Brighton Swing All-Stars

The Brighton Swing Community are back for our annual Fringe afternoons of music and dancing, in one of the festival’s most iconic venues! Our All-Stars band features musicians fro… 

Barbara Brownskirt's Big Night Out

Barbara Brownskirt's Big Night Out

BARBARA BROWNSKIRT’S BIG NIGHT OUT. 

Brighton Big Drag Pageant 2022

Brighton Big Drag Pageant 2022

Kings, Queens, and everything in between Talent, diversity, creativity, and nerve. 

Brighton Big Drag Pageant 2022

Brighton Big Drag Pageant 2022

Kings, Queens, and everything in between Talent, diversity, creativity, and nerve. 

Big Quiffy Bingo

Big Quiffy Bingo

Join the showbiz sensation Boogaloo Stu for bingo experience filled with frivolity, fun, filth and flashmob dances. 

NDT2: The Big Crying, Simple Things, Impasse

NDT2: The Big Crying, Simple Things, Impasse

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,… 

The Lady Boys of Bangkok - Summer of Fun Tour 2022

The Lady Boys of Bangkok - Summer of Fun Tour 2022

The Lady Boys of Bangkok are back at the Brighton Fringe Festival with their most sensational show yet, SUMMER OF FUN! Let’s make Brighton Fringe a “Summer of Fun” with 16 of t… 

The Lady Boys of Bangkok - Summer of Fun Tour 2022

The Lady Boys of Bangkok - Summer of Fun Tour 2022

The Lady Boys of Bangkok are back at the Brighton Fringe Festival with their most sensational show yet, SUMMER OF FUN! Let’s make Brighton Fringe a “Summer of Fun” with 16 of t… 

The End of the Night

The End of the Night

Dust-sheets cover what little furniture there is in the expansive room of Dr Felix Kersten (Michael Lumsden), trusted personal physiotherapist to Reichsfuehrer Heinrich Himmler (Ri… 

Big Girls Don't Cry

Big Girls Don't Cry

Step back in time, to the era of romance. 

Big Girls Don't Cry

Big Girls Don't Cry

Step back in time, to the era of romance. 

Howerd's End

Howerd's End

Frankie Howerd was one of Britain's most loved comedians for half a century. 

Howerd's End

Howerd's End

Frankie Howerd was one of Britain's most loved comedians for half a century. 

West End Magic

West End Magic

London’s premier magic show featuring the most exciting names in magic & variety in the UK. 

Howerd’s End

Howerd’s End

Frankie Howerd was one of Britain’s most loved comedians. 

We End Up Breathing Rust

We End Up Breathing Rust

Your one-way ticket to MarsLeaving planet Earth forever to colonise the Red Planet: Becca is thrilled by the idea. 

After The End

After The End

A city under attack from a nuclear blast. 

West Five Bar ''Got Talent''

West Five Bar ''Got Talent''

Join us!Join us for an evening of Talent at West Five Bar - You can just turn up on the night as this event is free entry! Want to be a contestant?If you wish to be a contesta… 

The Bootsy Boys

The Bootsy Boys

The Museum Of Yesterday, TomorrowDynamic indoor walking tour comedy theatre: A museum curator from the year 3022 needs your help to avoid the ultimate destruction of the… 

The Big Adele Songbook

The Big Adele Songbook

Join Rudi Douglas and Grace Shush as they delve into the one and only Adele’s catalogue of music to perform live their favourite songs from 19, 21, 25 & 30. 

West End Does: Christmas 2021

West End Does: Christmas 2021

A fantastic mix of traditional and contemporary Christmas carols and songs sung by the best in the West End. 

Howerd's End

Howerd's End

Frankie Howerd was one of Britain's most loved comedians for half a century. 

The Big Girls Aloud Songbook

The Big Girls Aloud Songbook

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… 

Hay Babes Pageant. London's Next BIG Thing

Hay Babes Pageant. London's Next BIG Thing

Hay Babes! Who will be London’s Next BIG Thing?Join Miss Taylor Trash for the most East London drag pageant you have ever seen in your lives!!!12 contestants will battle it ou… 

The Big Geek Quiz 3 - The Geek World

The Big Geek Quiz 3 - The Geek World

THE BIG GEEK QUIZ 3 - THE GEEK WORLDLondon’s favourite geek quiz is back at the iconic Royal Vauxhall Tavern for its third adventure. 

MSO - The Glenn Miller and Big Band Spectacular

MSO - The Glenn Miller and Big Band Spectacular

The music that filled the dancehalls during the Big Band era is brought to life again by The Moonlight Serenade Orchestra UK. 

RVT Big Quiz - Pop Pickers

RVT Big Quiz - Pop Pickers

THE RVT BIG QUIZ - POP PICKERS EDITIONHOSTED BY SIMON LE VANS AND DAVID ROBSON  Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the quiz, they’re back! Yep it’s our very … 

End of summer party @ electric watermelon

End of summer party @ electric watermelon

Come and join us for our monthly queer night @ ELECTRIC WATERMELON. 

Queer East 2021 - The End of the Track + Melt

Queer East 2021 - The End of the Track + Melt

Filmed during the martial law period and banned by the Kuomintang regime due to its homosexual undercurrents and likely for its political overtones, The End of the Track is a landm… 

Queer East 2021 - Shinjuku Boys + Shorts + Q&A

Queer East 2021 - Shinjuku Boys + Shorts + Q&A

A collection of documentaries that seeks to generate debate around popular conceptions of gender expression, challenging commonly-accepted standards of bodily beauty. 

'Bysmal Boys

'Bysmal Boys

A new play written by Laura Genders | directed by Holden Oak It’s 1977 and for the first time in Fire Brigade history, a national strike threatens to bring the country to a stand … 

'Bysmal Boys

'Bysmal Boys

A new play written by Laura Genders | directed by Holden Oak It’s 1977 and for the first time in Fire Brigade history, a national strike threatens to bring the country to a stand … 

'Bysmal Boys

'Bysmal Boys

A new play written by Laura Genders | directed by Holden Oak It’s 1977 and for the first time in Fire Brigade history, a national strike threatens to bring the country to a stand … 

'Bysmal Boys

'Bysmal Boys

A new play written by Laura Genders | directed by Holden Oak It’s 1977 and for the first time in Fire Brigade history, a national strike threatens to bring the country to a stand … 

Pearl's Goes West - a ballroom uprising

Pearl's Goes West - a ballroom uprising

Set to be a night to remember, BLKOUT will be taking over Brixton Villages iconic avenues in Market Row for a larger than life Queer Ball in partnership with Drelle West - the Inte… 

Big Night Out

Big Night Out

Big Night OutCreated & hosted by Grace n Mads Big Night Out is a night of queer performances. 

Big Band Bublé

Big Band Bublé

Scotland’s number one Bublé tribute act, Michael Hastie, invites you to a night full of seductive songs and big band classics in a fabulous tribute to the Canadian Crooner and t… 

Morgan & West Present: The Three Musketeers

Morgan & West Present: The Three Musketeers

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 … 

Cecily's Belly Laugh Picnic – Musical Balloon Band – Free Festival

Cecily's Belly Laugh Picnic – Musical Balloon Band – Free Festival

Hop, bounce, jump, wave and sing! Percussion, music, laughter and balloons with Verona’s Musical Balloon Band. 

Leah MacRae: My Big, Fat, Fabulous Diary – The Best Bits!

Leah MacRae: My Big, Fat, Fabulous Diary – The Best Bits!

After a sell-out Scottish tour, Leah MacRae (River City and Gary: Tank Commander) brings her hilarious, rip-roaring, uplifting show for it’s Fringe debut. 

Killer Queens Presents: Choke In The Big Smoke

Killer Queens Presents: Choke In The Big Smoke

WELCOME to Killer Queens Presents: Choke In The Big Smoke! This is the first London outing of our award winning sell out drag murder mystery shows, and in true Killer Queens fashio… 

The Flop: A Band of Idiots

The Flop: A Band of Idiots

60 minutes, 12 notes and three idiots. 

Sarah & Duck’s Big Top Birthday

Sarah & Duck’s Big Top Birthday

Meet Sarah and her best friend Duck! Join us for a magical adventure live on stage with a whole host of your favourite friends including The Ribbon Sisters, The Sha… 

Sacred Arts Festival at St Vincent's: Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time

Sacred Arts Festival at St Vincent's: Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time

Lunchtime recital: Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time. 

Track 96 Improvised Hip Hop

Track 96 Improvised Hip Hop

Track 96 is London’s premiere Hip Hop improv group. 

Track 96 Improvised Hip Hop

Track 96 Improvised Hip Hop

Track 96 is London’s premiere Hip Hop improv group. 

Track 96 Improvised Hip Hop

Track 96 Improvised Hip Hop

Track 96 is an improvised hip hop group. 

Better Than Sex: The Story of Mae West

Better Than Sex: The Story of Mae West

‘Better than Sex’ is a one-woman tantalising and timeless cabaret reflecting on the infamous 1930’s sex-symbol, Mae West. 

Better Than Sex: The Story of Mae West

Better Than Sex: The Story of Mae West

‘Better than Sex’ is a one-woman tantalising and timeless cabaret reflecting on the infamous 1930’s sex-symbol, Mae West. 

The Big Birthday Show With Magic Gareth

The Big Birthday Show With Magic Gareth

Did you have a birthday in the last year that was spoilt by COVID? Or an anniversary? Or a Christmas. 

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy. 

Nice Try and Clown Nipples (Two Comedy Solo Shows)

Nice Try and Clown Nipples (Two Comedy Solo Shows)

In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy. 

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy. 

West End Fair

West End Fair

This iconic fair is based on the grounds of the church, in clusters of marquees and open-air stalls, all linked together by an ingenious system of walkways. 

The End of the Line

The End of the Line

At the end of the line; a story of waiting for life to begin and the delays we experience to get there. 

Hip-Hop Orchestra Experience

Hip-Hop Orchestra Experience

Ensemble Mik Nawooj (EMN) is a hip-hop orchestra from Oakland, California (USA) comprised of an MC, soprano, winds, strings, piano, drums and a turf dancer. 

Ross Leslie: Guess Who's Back, Back Again, Big Lesbo's Back, Tell a Friend

Ross Leslie: Guess Who's Back, Back Again, Big Lesbo's Back, Tell a Friend

He’s back with a brand new comedy show for 2021! Mask off, mic on, laughs had! Four-time Scottish Comedian of the Year finalist. 

The End of the World Show

The End of the World Show

Edinburgh’s favourite topical comedy show. 

The Big Show from Monkey Barrel Comedy

The Big Show from Monkey Barrel Comedy

The Big Show returns to the Fringe! Monkey Barrel Comedy’s top-rated, sell-out weekend extravaganza is on every night at 22:15 (not 12th), with a top mixed-bill line-up each even… 

Sherlock's Secret Challenge – The Puzzle Solving Game That Shows You The City

Sherlock's Secret Challenge – The Puzzle Solving Game That Shows You The City

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. 

Edinburgh Renaissance Band – On Demand

Edinburgh Renaissance Band – On Demand

A unique opportunity to enjoy this award winning, ever popular Early Music group, who have performed at every Edinburgh Festival Fringe since 1973. 

I Am (Not) Kanye West

I Am (Not) Kanye West

Tash is a simple girl. 

The Lady Boys of Bangkok – Flight of Fantasy Tour

The Lady Boys of Bangkok – Flight of Fantasy Tour

Climb aboard for the trip of a lifetime as the world’s most glamorous showgirls (who just happen to be men!) send you soaring to spectacular diamante-dipped song and dance destin… 

West End In The Park

West End In The Park

A magical evening of songs from London’s greatest musicals sung by a host of West End performers, starring an incredible cast drawn from the most iconic West End and Broadway sho… 

Saucy Sophie's Big Camp Quiz

Saucy Sophie's Big Camp Quiz

Every Thursday at The Quebec Saucy Sophie brings you the campest quiz in town. 

Tuck Shop West End

Tuck Shop West End

TUCK SHOP WEST END is the first ever Drag season LIVE on the West End, brought to you by the producers of Death Drop, TuckShop. 

THE BLUES BAND: 40 Years & Back for More

THE BLUES BAND: 40 Years & Back for More

2020 sees The Blues Band Celebrate their 40th year together Paul Jones, Dave Kelly, Tom McGuinness, Rob Townsend and Gary Fletcher. 

Howerd's End

Howerd's End

Frankie Howerd was one of Britain’s most loved comedians. 

Big Band: Swingin' at the Spiegel

Big Band: Swingin' at the Spiegel

Straight No Chaser big band combine with Swing Patrol dancers for a Lindy Hop dance spectacular. 

Shelf: One Man Band (Work in Progress)

Shelf: One Man Band (Work in Progress)

Shelf are a musical comedy double act. 

Brighton Gay Men's Chorus Presents: The Boys From The Chorus

Brighton Gay Men's Chorus Presents: The Boys From The Chorus

SOLD OUT! Join us for the 8pm show live stream on YouTube for free: https://youtu. 

Brighton Gay Men's Chorus Presents: The Boys From The Chorus

Brighton Gay Men's Chorus Presents: The Boys From The Chorus

Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus members present a show of solos and duets under the direction of Joe Paxton. 

End of an Error: Stories from the Distant Present

End of an Error: Stories from the Distant Present

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… 

End of an Error: Stories from the Distant Present

End of an Error: Stories from the Distant Present

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… 

West End On-Sea

West End On-Sea

The West End comes to Brighton in this spectacular celebration of cabaret and theatre at The Warren performed by an ensemble of seasoned West End Stars and hosted by Brighton’s sta… 

Brighton Big Drag Pageant 2021

Brighton Big Drag Pageant 2021

Kings, Queens, and everything in between Talent, diversity, creativity, and nerve. 

The Big Albany Poetry  Picnic

The Big Albany Poetry Picnic

Come together. Write Now! A brand new event, the POETRY PICNIC! A snack heavy celebration of music and poetry, with poet Simon Mole and musician Gecko. 

Sara Segovia and Lachlan Werner are making shows (WORK IN PROGRESS)

Sara Segovia and Lachlan Werner are making shows (WORK IN PROGRESS)

Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade. 

The Lovely Boys

The Lovely Boys

Joe and Mikey are Lovely Boys. 

The Lovely Boys

The Lovely Boys

Joe and Mikey are Lovely Boys. 

Henry Churniavsky: Lockdown Diaries 2020-2021... Any End?

Henry Churniavsky: Lockdown Diaries 2020-2021... Any End?

Henry Churniavsky is a Jewish, scouse, stand-up comedian. 

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill. 

Henry Churniavsky: Lockdown Diaries 2020-2021... Any End?

Henry Churniavsky: Lockdown Diaries 2020-2021... Any End?

Let’s admit it – Zoom calls are not ideal for stand-up comedy. 

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy. 

The Lady Boys of Bangkok: Flight of Fantasy Tour

The Lady Boys of Bangkok: Flight of Fantasy Tour

The Lady Boys of Bangkok are back with their most sassy and outrageous show yet, ‘Flight of Fantasy’! Climb aboard for the holiday of a lifetime as the world’s most glamorous L… 

Big Quiffy Bingo

Big Quiffy Bingo

Big Quiffy Bingo was a show that was full of glitz and glamour, thanks to the host of the evening Boogaloo Stu. 

The Lady Boys of Bangkok: Flight of Fantasy Tour

The Lady Boys of Bangkok: Flight of Fantasy Tour

The Lady Boys of Bangkok are back with their most sassy and outrageous show yet, ‘Flight of Fantasy’! Climb aboard for the holiday of a lifetime as the world’s most glamorous L… 

Here Come The Boys

Here Come The Boys

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. 

Uncle Funk and the Boogie Wonder Band ‘Disco Inferno’ Charity Night

Uncle Funk and the Boogie Wonder Band ‘Disco Inferno’ Charity Night

Friday 14th May 2021, 8pm (doors open at 7. 

West End Magic

West End Magic

London’s premier and longest running theatre magic show featuring the most exciting names in magic & variety in the UK. 

Jersey Boys

Jersey Boys

The beloved Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning smash hit musical JERSEY BOYS is returning to London’s West End, opening at the new sparkling new Trafalgar Theatre on Wedn… 

West End in Blackpool

West End in Blackpool

It’s time to celebrate the rich history of the Winter Gardens Blackpool! Join stars of the West End as we delve into stories from the past and deliver simply stunning theatric… 

BIG BOBBY. Little BOBBY.

BIG BOBBY. Little BOBBY.

A deliciously twisted and tender comedy about inner gremlins and awkward romance. 

MORGAN & WEST : UNBELIEVABLE SCIENCE 2021

MORGAN & WEST : UNBELIEVABLE SCIENCE 2021

Morgan & West present captivating chemistry, phenomenal physics, and bonkers biology in this fun for all the family science extravaganza!   Expect explosive thr… 

Big Deal Drama

Big Deal Drama

Big Deal Drama will be joining forces with poets, a visual artist and beatboxer/sound artist for Crep Project. 

Here Come The Boys

Here Come The Boys

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… 

Hounslow Community Brass Band

Hounslow Community Brass Band

Please note due to recent Government guidance changes, all HCBB sessions this term starting Jan 2021 will be held online in a 1 to 1 format. 

West End Musical Christmas

West End Musical Christmas

Deck the halls with holly because Christmas has come early as the biggest stars from London’s West End celebrate the festive season in WEST END MUSICAL CHRISTMAS – LIVE… 

Howerd's End

Howerd's End

A lot of love has gone into this imagined duet between Frankie Howerd and his lover Dennis Heymer. 

The Ocean At The End Of The Lane

The Ocean At The End Of The Lane

“There’s nothing quite like the magic of theatre…” A commonly heard, if somewhat meaningless assertion. 

Noise Boys

Noise Boys

Nic Dodson Productions, Andrew Kay and Associates and Great Leap Forward presents…  An exhilarating tap dancing and beatboxing spectacular straight from a smash hit run… 

Big Girls Don't Cry

Big Girls Don't Cry

Step back in time, to the era of romance. 

Big Girls Don't Cry

Big Girls Don't Cry

Step back in time, to the era of romance. 

The Barricade Boys

The Barricade Boys

Direct from London’s West End, THE BARRICADE BOYS are theatre lands most exciting new vocal group. 

Big Band Swing!

Big Band Swing!

Two hours of big band hits to make your weekend go with a swing from Scotland’s record-breaking big band, Jon Ritchie and That Swing Sensation. 

British Army Musicians: More Than Just A Marching Band

British Army Musicians: More Than Just A Marching Band

A showcase of musical performances from British Army Musicians presented by Lance Sergeant (LSgt) Connor Deacon and Lance Corporal (LCpl) Andee Birkett, two current serving members… 

Big Ideas vs Limitations – Achieving Ambitious Designs at Edinburgh Fringe

Big Ideas vs Limitations – Achieving Ambitious Designs at Edinburgh Fringe

Learn the ins and outs of the logistics behind achieving ambitious designs at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with Anna Driftmier, designer of Army @ The Fringe 2019 show Dead E… 

West End vs Broadway

West End vs Broadway

Enjoy an afternoon of musical theatre delivered by fantastic voices. 

Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys Who Hate Girls

Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys Who Hate Girls

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. 

10th Year: John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

10th Year: John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

‘Fantastic’ (Jools Holland). 

Clowntown: Patty and Giggles Go to the Zoo, a Funtastic Day Out with Sphere Clown Band

Clowntown: Patty and Giggles Go to the Zoo, a Funtastic Day Out with Sphere Clown Band

‘Infectious fun’ ***** (FringeReview. 

Best of the West End

Best of the West End

After sold-out performances and five-star reviews the past four years, our performers are excited to return to Edinburgh for their fifth year with a new line-up of songs! Featuring… 

Boys in the Buff

Boys in the Buff

Diana Diamonte inspires her four boys to explore something we’re all interested in: bodies. 

Big Tops and Tiny Tots Circus Show

Big Tops and Tiny Tots Circus Show

‘Wonderful silliness’ ***** (GlamAdelaide. 

Track 96 Improvised Hip Hop

Track 96 Improvised Hip Hop

In proud association with Camden Fringe; Track 96 is an improvised hip hop group. 

Big Value Comedy Show – Early

Big Value Comedy Show – Early

Four of the best new acts on the circuit, selected by Just the Tonic. 

Big Value Comedy Show – Late

Big Value Comedy Show – Late

Established as one of the best shows of the Fringe. 

Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show

Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show

Good morning, Edinburgh! After many successful Fringe sell-outs, we’re back for our fabulous 15th anniversary! Three new, stimulating, delicious, rotating “menus” of 10-15-minute c… 

West End On-Sea

West End On-Sea

Jamie Kenna hosts a delightful evening of cabaret on Brighton seafront performed by an ensemble of seasoned West End Stars. 

Morgan & West: Unbelievable Science 2.0

Morgan & West: Unbelievable Science 2.0

Morgan and West present captivating chemistry, phenomenal physics, and bonkers biology in this fun-for-all-the-family science extravaganza! Expect explosive thrills, chemical spill… 

West End Goes Pink For Life

West End Goes Pink For Life

A night to remember our daughter, sister and friend Janine Benecke and all the other victims of drunk drivers. 

West End Magic

West End Magic

London’s premier & longest running theatre magic show features the most exciting names in magic & variety in the UK. 

Albert Lee & Band

Albert Lee & Band

Twice grammy award winner Albert Lee with his band  continues to delight audiences with his unique guitar style and soulful voice, delivering a great mixture of Roc… 

Albert Lee & Band

Albert Lee & Band

Twice grammy award winner Albert Lee with his band  continues to delight audiences with his unique guitar style and soulful voice, delivering a great mixture of Roc… 

North Coast Presents ANYBODY! An Improvised Historical Hip Hopera

North Coast Presents ANYBODY! An Improvised Historical Hip Hopera

North Coast, New York City’s premier hip-hop improv team, has long been known for their seamless melding of freestyle rapping and long form improv comedy. 

Arabella Weir: Does My Mum Loom Big In This?

Arabella Weir: Does My Mum Loom Big In This?

"Comedy gold" – Guardian The mother of all confessional shows from the bestselling author and star of The Fast Show and Two Doors Down. 

Arabella Weir: Does My Mum Loom Big In This?

Arabella Weir: Does My Mum Loom Big In This?

"Comedy gold" – Guardian The mother of all confessional shows from the bestselling author and star of The Fast Show and Two Doors Down. 

West End Sessions - Timmy Green

West End Sessions - Timmy Green

West End Sessions brings together the most exciting stars across from various mediums for intimate performances. 

West End Sessions - Scarlett Green

West End Sessions - Scarlett Green

West End Sessions brings together the most exciting stars across from various mediums for intimate performances. 

Big Bones

Big Bones

Big Bones. 

'Master Harold'... and the boys

'Master Harold'... and the boys

1950. 

Musicality - Songs from the West End

Musicality - Songs from the West End

A host of West End performers and recording artists join forces to bring you this night of musical theatre. 

ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company - Some Like It Hip Hop

ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company - Some Like It Hip Hop

ZooNation’s smash-hit sensation Some Like It Hip Hop thrilled audiences and critics when it opened in 2011, prompting five-star reviews and standing ovations with its infecti… 

Nick Elleray: Big Nick Energy

Nick Elleray: Big Nick Energy

Fresh from a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Nick brings the mellow thunder with a brand-new stand-up show with one of those zeitgeisty titles that kids love the… 

Big The Musical

Big The Musical

The heart-warming and hilarious Broadway show based on the classic movie starring Tom Hanks, comes to The Dominion Theatre for its West End Premier. 

*a great big sigh*

*a great big sigh*

Only a couple of weeks ago I, and some friends, were in an Escape Room. 

The Wendy Weatherby Band

The Wendy Weatherby Band

Wendy showcases new material from her forthcoming album, featuring her powerful, siren-like voice (the mystical creatures that lured sailors to their death, not a police siren!), c… 

Big Band Bublé

Big Band Bublé

Fresh from his recent successful tour, Scotland’s number one Bublé tribute act, Michael Hastie invites you to a night full of seductive songs and big band classics in a fabulous… 

Boys in Sync

Boys in Sync

The performance Boys in Sync presents three young men with different archives exploring the concept of masculinity. 

The Golden Era of the Big Band presented by The Sound of Seventeen Big Band

The Golden Era of the Big Band presented by The Sound of Seventeen Big Band

We will be picking the very best charts from our vast library to celebrate the golden age of the big bands. 

Inverkeithing Big Band

Inverkeithing Big Band

Returning to the Fringe for its fifth year, Inverkeithing Community Big Band promises an incredible evening of exciting jazz and toe-tapping swing from Ellington, Basie and many mo… 

Band From County Hell

Band From County Hell

Live, original band as seen at The London Palladium with seven critically acclaimed, original albums and over 2,000 live shows. 

Big Girls Don't Cry

Big Girls Don't Cry

Celebrating a decade of Big Girls Don’t Cry featuring The East Coast Boys. 

Questions for Quiz Shows

Questions for Quiz Shows

Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform. 

Big Swing Face

Big Swing Face

Back at the Fringe for a fourth sell-out year, the world’s biggest big band (probably!) bring you an all-new set featuring the finest swing, jazz and Latin from the golden era of b… 

Bessy Bass Band's Munchtime Music!

Bessy Bass Band's Munchtime Music!

Come and join Bessy and friends in their new lunchtime chamber music concerts for children! Bring along your own picnic and munch your lunch as Bessy and friends serenade you in ou… 

The End

The End

In this new piece, Bert and Nasi dance the end of their relationship, imagining what a future without each other might look like. 

Underbelly's Big Brain Tumour Benefit

Underbelly's Big Brain Tumour Benefit

Join a massive line-up of the biggest names on the Fringe for a raucous evening of comedy to help the fight against brain tumours. 

Big Band Does... Broadway

Big Band Does... Broadway

BBD Productions make their debut at the Fringe with Big Band Does… Broadway. 

Arabella Weir: Does My Mum Loom Big in This?

Arabella Weir: Does My Mum Loom Big in This?

The mother of all confessional shows from the bestselling author and star of The Fast Show and Two Doors Down. 

Jive Aces Big Beat Revue

Jive Aces Big Beat Revue

UK’s No 1 swing band, The Jive Aces, present their biggest theatre show to date The Big Beat Revue! Also featuring Kara Lane, Lottie B and Grazia Bevilacqua, this show features t… 

West End Producer – Free Willy

West End Producer – Free Willy

Join West End Producer as he auditions special guests for his Free Willy musical. 

Chameleon Lady (Band) with Special Guests!

Chameleon Lady (Band) with Special Guests!

Chameleon Lady are the latest big noise from Edinburgh with their exciting brand of semi-acoustic pop. 

West of Frances

West of Frances

Frances has decided to fly to Dublin to spit on Sister Ina Marsh’s grave. 

Edinburgh Renaissance Band's Minstrels and Monarchs

Edinburgh Renaissance Band's Minstrels and Monarchs

Music of great halls, cathedrals and servants’ quarters is brought to life by the group who have been delighting Fringe audiences since 1973. 

Homer to Hip Hop: A History of Spoken Word

Homer to Hip Hop: A History of Spoken Word

A fun and fascinating tour of the oral tradition and the poetic movements that have shaped history presented by a former National Poetry Slam Champion. 

Newtongrange Silver Band in Concert

Newtongrange Silver Band in Concert

Newtongrange Silver Band is a traditional mining village brass band based on the outskirts of Edinburgh, but their repertoire is far from traditional. 

Big Band Grand Slam

Big Band Grand Slam

An unmissable evening with Edinburgh’s incredible swing, jazz and blues big bands on rotation every Thursday night. 

Big Tops and Tiny Tots Circus Show

Big Tops and Tiny Tots Circus Show

Luth’s on an action-packed circus adventure – but she needs your help! She’s looking for giggle-ready three to seven-year-olds to help her solve a whole host of fun physical chal… 

Barnardo's Big Comedy Benefit

Barnardo's Big Comedy Benefit

Join us for an evening of stand-up comedy to raise funds for Barnardo’s. 

Ali Affleck's Queens of Swing

Ali Affleck's Queens of Swing

Rediscover the golden age of swing jazz: Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Nina Simone, Maxine Sullivan, Peggy Lee. 

Postcards from Crouch End – Piha

Postcards from Crouch End – Piha

Captivating and evocative guitar music. 

Soft Shoe Skiffle Band

Soft Shoe Skiffle Band

Back at the Fringe again after a gap of a few years for another trip down memory lane. 

Tenement Jazz Band: The Red Hot Roots of Jazz

Tenement Jazz Band: The Red Hot Roots of Jazz

Tenement Jazz Band return to continue their exploration of the roots of jazz, from ragtime through to the jazz age. 

Big Tam's Kilted Shindig

Big Tam's Kilted Shindig

Scotch pie push-ups, cludgie clenches, haggis swings anybody? You know you want to gie ‘em a go. 

Anthems – From West End to Broadway

Anthems – From West End to Broadway

An evening of musical theatre anthems from the shows you know and love, with songs from We Will Rock You, Matilda, Hairspray, Singing in the Rain and other classics. 

Colonel Mustard and the Big Bad Wolf

Colonel Mustard and the Big Bad Wolf

Is the Big Bad Wolf really bad, or just misunderstood and trying to trigger his muddled memory? Could music or something else beginning with M be the answer? Its a mystery that wil… 

The Big Bluesy Brunch

The Big Bluesy Brunch

Sundays are the day of rest, but Brewhemians don’t believe in this! We’ve got local blues bands, fantastic choirs and award-winning a cappella groups as well as showstopping silent… 

Youth Orchestra Los Angeles with Big Noise Raploch

Youth Orchestra Los Angeles with Big Noise Raploch

RehearsingTraditional (arr. 

What’s the Big Idea? Playwriting Workshop with Oliver Emanuel

What’s the Big Idea? Playwriting Workshop with Oliver Emanuel

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Rob Mulholland: Too Big To Fail

Rob Mulholland: Too Big To Fail

High-energy powerhouse standup for purists featuring big laughs from a road-hardened pro. 

Acoustic Swing

Acoustic Swing

Ice-cool classics and red-hot originals from Scotland’s native guitar-slinging troubadour. 

John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

‘Boogie-woogie, slide-guitar master’ **** (Scotsman). 

Bugle Boys

Bugle Boys

Bugle Boys wowed crowds at the 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and are back for more this year. 

Adam Flood and Blake AJ: Joke Boys

Adam Flood and Blake AJ: Joke Boys

A stand-up comedy show with two halves, by two comedians united by the powerful force of convenience. 

West End Fair

West End Fair

125 makers, artists and designers exhibiting their latest creations in a spectacular outdoor setting. 

The Next Next Big Thing

The Next Next Big Thing

Have you ever been into something before it was cool? An indie band or the latest fashion trend? The Next Next Big Thing is your chance to get in on the ground floor with two of th… 

The Big Show: Fringe Showcase!

The Big Show: Fringe Showcase!

Edinburgh’s #1 rated comedy club and three-time Scottish Comedy Award winner brings you its pick of the Fringe for the very first time! Showcasing the very best acts from the Mon… 

Paul Putner's Embarrassment – Me and Madness (The Band)

Paul Putner's Embarrassment – Me and Madness (The Band)

It’s the ruby anniversary of Madness and Paul Putner celebrates the past 40 years as a lifelong fan. 

Best of the West End

Best of the West End

After sold-out performances and five-star reviews at Fringe 2016, 2017 and 2018, our performers are excited to return to Edinburgh with a new line-up of songs! Featuring world-clas… 

Louise Young and Anja Atkinson: Big Div Energy

Louise Young and Anja Atkinson: Big Div Energy

Rising stars Louise Young and Anja Atkinson make their Fringe debut. 

The Lady Boys of Bangkok – The Greatest Showgirls Tour

The Lady Boys of Bangkok – The Greatest Showgirls Tour

Those dazzling divas are back, ready to party, celebrating being 21 with The Greatest Show Girls Tour! So let’s hear it for the boys as they transform into 16 of the world’s mo… 

Neil Delamere: End of Watch

Neil Delamere: End of Watch

Fresh from a sell-out tour, star of BBC’s The Blame Game, Fighting Talk and The News Quiz, Neil Delamere returns to Edinburgh with a brand-new show. 

Bad Boys

Bad Boys

Jamie ‘an engaging presence’ D’Souza and Chelsea ‘good gags’ Birkby (Chortle. 

Nick Elleray: Big Nick Energy

Nick Elleray: Big Nick Energy

Nick Elleray brings the mellow thunder to the Fringe with a brand-new stand-up show with a great new zeitgeisty title that the kids will love. 

Big Wendy

Big Wendy

2018 was going to be Emily’s year. 

Talk a Big Game

Talk a Big Game

After shows on gangs, golliwogs, racism and politics, James Nokise returns with last year’s hit show on… sports! Yep. 

Archie Maddocks: Big Dick Energy

Archie Maddocks: Big Dick Energy

Life’s getting a bit serious innit? Political instability, social politics making people less social – life now is guilt, followed by shame. 

Big Value Comedy Show – Early

Big Value Comedy Show – Early

Four of the best new acts on the circuit, selected by Just the Tonic. 

Big Value Comedy Show – Late

Big Value Comedy Show – Late

Established as one of the best shows of the Fringe. 

Valentine Boys: Because the Rent is Due

Valentine Boys: Because the Rent is Due

An hour of non-stop nonsense, original music and uncomfortable crowd work. 

The Sandy Brechin Band

The Sandy Brechin Band

Wild man of the accordion, Sandy Brechin, launches a brand new show of fast and funky traditional tune sets, featuring amazing new compositions from the long-awaited forthcoming th… 

Before the End

Before the End

April 2015, Michel Graindorge passed away. 

Manhunt 2: Big Mood

Manhunt 2: Big Mood

Best friends Emm and Leo have made the bold artistic decision to graduate without any skills or job prospects. 

Omid Singh: Beginning To End

Omid Singh: Beginning To End

Fresh from a one-star review in 2015, ‘there is a good comic entombed in this smug mess’ (Scotsman), LA’s ‘American-Indian-Iranian comic Omid Singh’ (Guardian) is back for anothe… 

Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show

Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show

Good morning, Edinburgh! After Fringe sell-outs in 2017 and 2018, we’re moving to a lovely new venue. 

Sleeping Trees: Silly Funny Boys

Sleeping Trees: Silly Funny Boys

Sleeping Trees are silly, funny boys. 

The Big Gay StorySlam

The Big Gay StorySlam

The biggest, gayest set of tales the Fringe has ever heard comes out to play in this theatrical performance-meets-storytelling competition. 

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical

Baby Wants Candy has become almost as much a staple of the Fringe as being slapped in the face with flyers on the Royal Mile. 

Morgan & West: Unbelievable Science

Morgan & West: Unbelievable Science

Unbelievable Science is an interactive science show for the whole family, where experiments take place right before your eyes! Captivating chemistry! Phenomenal physics! Bonkers bi… 

Noise Boys

Noise Boys

Noise Boys, playing at the Assembly at George Square, is an exhilarating evening of tap, beatbox and music that you and your entire circle of friends can’t miss. 

The Big Free Fringe Festival Launch Night

The Big Free Fringe Festival Launch Night

See a selection of performers from the very best of this year’s Free Fringe Festival shows, in the big gala launch night, party and general great start to this year’s Edinburgh Fri… 

Oud from East to West

Oud from East to West

Music is a journey: across countries, cultures, and time. 

Electric Swing Circus

Electric Swing Circus

The Electric Swing Circus is a six-piece live band fusion of classy 20s swing and stomping electro beats. 

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance. 

Matt Winning: It's the End of the World as We Know It

Matt Winning: It's the End of the World as We Know It

(And I feel fine (but not all the time)). 

The Lovely Boys £5 / PWYW

The Lovely Boys £5 / PWYW

Joe and Mikey are lovely boys, they want to show off their jumpers, and play with their toys. 

Louise Young and Neil Harris: Big Div Energy £5 / PWYW

Louise Young and Neil Harris: Big Div Energy £5 / PWYW

Rising stars Louise Young and Neil Harris make their Great Yorkshire Fringe debut. 

West End Magic

West End Magic

London’s longest running theatre magic show returns to York for the 5th year running delivering the most exciting names in magic & variety in the UK. 

Morgan & West’s Utterly Spiffing Spectacular Magic Show For Kids (and Childish Grown-ups!)

Morgan & West’s Utterly Spiffing Spectacular Magic Show For Kids (and Childish Grown-ups!)

Time travelling magicians Morgan & West return to the Great Yorkshire Fringe with their jaw-dropping, heart-stopping, brain-busting, opinion-adjusting, death-defying… 

Big Box Aliens

Big Box Aliens

Big Box Aliens is an alternative comedy experience like no other. 

*a great big sigh*

*a great big sigh*

The world outside is (probably) falling apart. 

West End Proms

West End Proms

Some of the world’s most talented musical theatre stars from Broadway and the West End will unite this summer in West End Proms – an evening of beautiful live music, co… 

The End of History

The End of History

“No talent at all when it comes to cooking – as you will discover – but when it comes to pissing off my children – immense talent – Olympian talent. 

The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys return to London for two nights at the Royal Albert Hall in 2019. 

Band of Horses

Band of Horses

Band Of Horses have been a mainstay of indie rock for a decade, with five studio albums, including the Grammy-nominated Infinite Arms, to their name. 

BOYS

BOYS

What do we feel, what do we show, what do you see? We are throwing ourselves headfirst into exploring this question; with a cast of young men of colour, sharing their stories, the… 

The Tulsa Time Band: A Tribute to Don Williams

The Tulsa Time Band: A Tribute to Don Williams

The first British tribute band performing the classic songs of Don Williams. 

Big Swing Face

Big Swing Face

SLJO are very excited to introduce their new conductor, James Keirle, to Brighton Fringe. 

Pirate Pearl and the Big Blue Monster!

Pirate Pearl and the Big Blue Monster!

Pirate Pearl lives aboard the good ship Mirabel with her crusty old Grandpa Bert. 

poH piH: Hip Hop, Backwards.

poH piH: Hip Hop, Backwards.

In 2003 Lewis bought an ‘old skool’ hip hop CD from a bargain bucket in a petrol station in Cornwall with a fiver his Nan gave him for pasties. 

Super Cumbia Party Band

Super Cumbia Party Band

We are SUPER CUMBIA PARTY BAND, a superhero ensemble with an important mission: to remove the sorrow from planet Earth. 

The Brighton Beach Boys perform Abbey Road and The 1969 Show.

The Brighton Beach Boys perform Abbey Road and The 1969 Show.

The Brighton Beach Boys and Psychedelic Love Orchestra recreate The Beatles classic of 1969, ‘Abbey Road’. 

Kakande West African Drummers

Kakande West African Drummers

Back for our 4th year, providing the best African music of the Festival. 

Big

Big

Society puts a lot of pressure on Fat Girl. 

Adam Flood and Blake AJ: Joke Boys

Adam Flood and Blake AJ: Joke Boys

Stand-up comics Blake AJ and Adam Flood unpack the funnies in an hour-long show split between them. 

Brighton's Big Fat Literary Olympics

Brighton's Big Fat Literary Olympics

Know your Austen from your Auster? Or couldn’t spot a novel from a shovel? You’re both welcome. 

Neil Delamere: End of Watch (Work in Progress)

Neil Delamere: End of Watch (Work in Progress)

Star of BBC’s the Blame Game, Fighting Talk and The News Quiz, Neil Delamere presents this work-in-progress show. 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts at GBMet. 

Music with Mike: The Big Gig

Music with Mike: The Big Gig

Join Brighton’s award-winning Music Mike in an action-packed musical adventure. 

Cat Loud: To The End of the World

Cat Loud: To The End of the World

Cat Loud is an award-winning cabaret performer and jazz singer from a remote Scottish island. 

Nick Elleray: Big Nick Energy (Work in Progress)

Nick Elleray: Big Nick Energy (Work in Progress)

Nick Elleray, “quality downbeat comedy” (Chortle), is known for his dry, bleak musings on the dark and squalid aspects of life. 

Mammy's Boys

Mammy's Boys

Mammy’s Boys are back in town. 

The Brighton Beach Boys perform The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.

The Brighton Beach Boys perform The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.

The Brighton Beach Boys turn their laser-sharp gaze towards this classic of 70s Rock. 

Big Brighton Fringe Festival Ceilidh

Big Brighton Fringe Festival Ceilidh

Join the irrepressible Brighton Ceilidh Collective for an evening of raucous nonsense and ceilidh dancing. 

Surviving A Millenial Jukebox (With West End Stars Patrick Sullivan and Georgia Carling)

Surviving A Millenial Jukebox (With West End Stars Patrick Sullivan and Georgia Carling)

Monsteers Artistry Presents:  Surviving A Millenial Jukebox (With West End Stars Patrick Sullivan and Georgia Carling) Patrick Sullivan and Georgia Carling perform … 

APAPAlypse Now: Childproofing for the End of Days

APAPAlypse Now: Childproofing for the End of Days

JB Carter, American, Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2017 finalist, shortlisted for BBC New Comedy Award 2018, as heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra, and Northern Irishman, Phili… 

Danny Dorling: Rule Britannia, Brexit and the End of Empire

Danny Dorling: Rule Britannia, Brexit and the End of Empire

How unusual and odd are we in Europe? For this we can blame the legacy of the British Empire, but we can’t blame anyone else for the Empire. 

End Times: An Immersive Adventure

End Times: An Immersive Adventure

Escape room meets theatre in this apocalyptic adventure. 

Boogers, Books and Big Bottom Burps

Boogers, Books and Big Bottom Burps

Award-winning, best-selling author Stuart Reid brings his hilarious blend of bums, bogies and big bottom burps to Brighton. 

Brighton Swing Thing

Brighton Swing Thing

An afternoon of live swing music and dancing with the friendly and welcoming Brighton Lindyhoppers. 

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018. 

SUCH GOOD BOYS!!

SUCH GOOD BOYS!!

Come and see James McDonnell; “A breath of fresh air” (We Love Brighton) and Ben Carter; “A force of Nature” (Chortle). 

The Lady Boys of Bangkok: The Greatest Showgirls Tour

The Lady Boys of Bangkok: The Greatest Showgirls Tour

There are some predictable events in Brighton and Hove; a seagull swooping down on your lunchtime sandwich, sequins on the beach after Pride, and the Ladyboys of Bangkok strutting … 

The Future Boys

The Future Boys

Bad Bat Productions presents ‘The Future Boys’ – a science fiction audio sitcom by Steve Jordan (Terror Tales, Doctor Who). 

The Massaoke Band

The Massaoke Band

For the uninitiated, Massaoke is a huge sing-along party with a brilliant live band, where everyone sings together guided by giant video lyrics, and the crowd is the star of the sh… 

Fleetwood Bac - Tribute Band

Fleetwood Bac - Tribute Band

Fleetwood Bac, the world’s first and best Fleetwood Mac Tribute Band, are bringing their authentic sound and look to the stage as they perform some of the band’s greate… 

Carlton Main Frickley Band

Carlton Main Frickley Band

Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band are well known in the brass band world. 

West End Magic

West End Magic

London’s premier magic show featuring the most exciting names in magic & variety in the UK. 

MORGAN & WEST : Non-Séance : A work in progress*

MORGAN & WEST : Non-Séance : A work in progress*

Thursday 7th March, 8pmFriday 8th March, 8pmTickets: £10Duration: 2hrs including an intervalSuitable for: ages 11+Other: This show takes place … 

A Night of Big Band Favourites

A Night of Big Band Favourites

A Larger than life show from a Larger than life Band. 

Introductory Youth Hip-Hop Workshop

Introductory Youth Hip-Hop Workshop

Led by some of the rising stars of the Irish urban music and spoken word scenes, this workshop will use perhaps some the most recognised cultural movements of the moment… 

Made | BIG GIRLS BLOUSE

Made | BIG GIRLS BLOUSE

MadeMusic takes him out of dullness BIG GIRLS BLOUSEWhen you assume. 

Rora Bolt - BOYS Single Launch

Rora Bolt - BOYS Single Launch

BOYS Single Launch Take It Or Leave It. 

The Jive Aces Big Beat Revue

The Jive Aces Big Beat Revue

The UK’s No. 

The Story's End

The Story's End

I didn’t actually see this performance; not by virtue of being absent, but rather because I had followed the request of actor and spoken word poet, Paul Daly, to blindfold myself… 

Big Fish Little Fish Family Rave

Big Fish Little Fish Family Rave

Big Fish Little Fish ‘We Can Be Heroes’ themed family rave with DJs Baker & Beale Come make merry again with the award winning, world famous Big Fish Lit… 

The Big Bad Fox And Other Tales (U) - Family Cinema

The Big Bad Fox And Other Tales (U) - Family Cinema

From the creators of the Academy Award®-nominated Ernest & Celestine comes another hilarious, heartwarming tale of animal misfits. 

Brainiac Live! - Big Burns Supper 2019

Brainiac Live! - Big Burns Supper 2019

Strap on your safety goggles boys and girls, due to popular demand Science’s greatest and most volatile live show is returning with a vengeance. 

Ed Byrne - Big Burns Supper 2019

Ed Byrne - Big Burns Supper 2019

Most recently seen on Dara and Ed’s Road To Mandalay and various Mock The Weeks, Ed has become a household name from his multiple BBC TV appearances. 

Smut Slam - Big Burns Supper 2019

Smut Slam - Big Burns Supper 2019

Smut Slam travels around the world spreading joy, laughs, and lots of education too! Now this community dirty-storytelling show—packed with stories of real life, real lust, real … 

Jock Tamson\'s Bairns - Big Burns Supper 2019

Jock Tamson\'s Bairns - Big Burns Supper 2019

Part drag, part cabaret and part theatre, Jock Tamson’s Bairns is an immersive show where the audience is transported to an after hours gay bar and invited to speak their mind. 

Carter School of Dance presents A Great Big Dance Show

Carter School of Dance presents A Great Big Dance Show

Tickets: £13. 

Hardeep Singh Kohli: You Topia - Big Burns Supper 2019

Hardeep Singh Kohli: You Topia - Big Burns Supper 2019

The BBC Radio 4 Sketchtopia host, Celebrity Big Brother star and Question Time & This Week regular, takes the follow up to his acclaimed 2017 hit on the road mixing his trademark �… 

Hans Like A German - Big Burns Supper 2019

Hans Like A German - Big Burns Supper 2019

International superstar Hans, the boy wonder of Berlin, serves up an all-singing, all-tap dancing, accordion-pumping, glittering blitzkrieg of cabaret backed by his three-piece ban… 

Queer Haggis - Big Burns Supper 2019

Queer Haggis - Big Burns Supper 2019

Roll out the glittery sparkle carpet, re-fill the party cannons and re-hang that big dirty disco ball – the most outrageous party of the year is back! Queer Haggis welcomes a br… 

Le Haggis - Big Burns Supper 2019

Le Haggis - Big Burns Supper 2019

More theatrical than ever, Le Haggis VI will explode into the centre of the Spiegeltent at high octane speed, shimmering like a tartan sporran hanging off the side of very chiselle… 

Big Burns Supper 2019

Big Burns Supper 2019

Celebrating the Bards' birthday in the town where he composed his famous works, the eighth year of Big Burns Supper features eleven days of comedy, cabaret, music, theatre and mor… 

Absolute Bowie - Tribute Band

Absolute Bowie - Tribute Band

With their brand new stage show 50 Years of Bowie, Absolute Bowie will take audiences on a musical journey through the iconic singer's ever changing personas. 

Disney On Ice: Dream Big - O2

Disney On Ice: Dream Big - O2

Courage leads the way, cutting the icy stage for Disney’s most adventurous dreamers at Disney On Ice presents Dream Big. 

Bugle Boys: Christmas Crackers

Bugle Boys: Christmas Crackers

BUGLE BOYS wowed crowds at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe and will be back to town with CHRISTMAS CRACKERS! Frocked up to the nines in faux military costumes, these three … 

The Band

The Band

Take That are proud to present their new musical with a beautiful story written by the Olivier Award winning writer Tim Firth, The Band which is for anyone who grew up with a boyba… 

The Billy Joel Songbook performed by Elio Pace and his band

The Billy Joel Songbook performed by Elio Pace and his band

Following on from his highly-acclaimed reunion concerts in the USA with Billy Joel’s original touring band and now in its fifth, hugely-successful year, Elio Pace … 

Wolves in the West End

Wolves in the West End

Join us for a fun evening of sketches, drama, song and comedy. 

True West

True West

‘Shepard's masterwork. 

Disney On Ice: Dream Big - Nottingham

Disney On Ice: Dream Big - Nottingham

Courage leads the way, cutting the icy stage for Disney’s most adventurous dreamers at Disney On Ice presents Dream Big. 

Nearly Dan - Tribute Band

Nearly Dan - Tribute Band

The Spirit & Sound of Steely Dan. 

Disney On Ice: Dream Big - Sheffield

Disney On Ice: Dream Big - Sheffield

Courage leads the way, cutting the icy stage for Disney’s most adventurous dreamers at Disney On Ice presents Dream Big. 

The Goon Show featuring Lance Ellington and his band

The Goon Show featuring Lance Ellington and his band

Apollo Theatre Company in association with Spike Milligan Productions Ltd presentsThe Goon Show featuring Lance Ellington and his BandBy Spike MilliganFrom the producers… 

Zac Brown Band

Zac Brown Band

Southern-rock phenomenon Zac Brown Band and Grammy-nominated Californian vocalist Beth Hart are the latest acts to be announced for this year’s BluesFest, which returns to Th… 

Nick Sharratt's Big Draw-Along

Nick Sharratt's Big Draw-Along

Join acclaimed children’s writer and illustrator Nick Sharratt to find out how he creates his picture books. 

Disney On Ice: Dream Big - Birmingham

Disney On Ice: Dream Big - Birmingham

Courage leads the way, cutting the icy stage for Disney’s most adventurous dreamers at Disney On Ice presents Dream Big. 

Disney On Ice: Dream Big - Manchester

Disney On Ice: Dream Big - Manchester

Courage leads the way, cutting the icy stage for Disney’s most adventurous dreamers at Disney On Ice presents Dream Big. 

To Have To Shoot Irishmen

To Have To Shoot Irishmen

To Have To Shoot Irishmen opens the Irish Theatre Season at the Omnibus Theatre, Clapham. 

Disney On Ice: Dream Big - Newcastle

Disney On Ice: Dream Big - Newcastle

Courage leads the way, cutting the icy stage for Disney’s most adventurous dreamers at Disney On Ice presents Dream Big. 

West End Magic Presents... Oliver Tabor

West End Magic Presents... Oliver Tabor

West End Magic presents: A series of one man monthly magic shows for all the family, featuring some of the best magicians including top members of the Magic Circle. 

Boys

Boys

It’s a matter of days before Benny, Mack, Timp and Cam have to move out of their student flat. 

Michael English and His Band

Michael English and His Band

Following the huge success of Michael’s previous visits to The U. 

Disney On Ice: Dream Big - Glasgow

Disney On Ice: Dream Big - Glasgow

Courage leads the way, cutting the icy stage for Disney’s most adventurous dreamers at Disney On Ice presents Dream Big. 

Michele Osten and the Not Just Jazz Band

Michele Osten and the Not Just Jazz Band

Michele Osten and the Not Just Jazz Band are delighted to be debuting at this year’s Fringe! The band, renowned for its vast repertoire covering everything from jazz standards to c… 

Inverkeithing Big Band

Inverkeithing Big Band

Returning to the Fringe for its fourth year, Inverkeithing Community Big Band promises an afternoon of exciting jazz and swing. 

Big Swing Face

Big Swing Face

Back at the Fringe for a third year, the SLJO bring you an all-new set featuring the finest swing, jazz and Latin from the golden era of big band and beyond. 

Big Band Swing! From Basie to Bublé

Big Band Swing! From Basie to Bublé

Relive the era when swing was king, with classic instrumentals and laid-back vocals from Scotland’s popular record-breaking big swing band – everything from Basie to Bublé. 

Big Girls Don’t Cry – Celebrating the Music of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

Big Girls Don’t Cry – Celebrating the Music of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

Tenth anniversary tour celebrating a decade of Big Girls Don’t Cry featuring The East Coast Boys. 

Big Boys Don't Cry

Big Boys Don't Cry

Toxic masculinity is blamed for everything from the #MeToo movement to rates of male suicide. 

The End of Eddy

The End of Eddy

The End of Eddy is a heartfelt, autobiographical play based on the book En Finir avec Eddy Bellegueule by Édouard Louis, in which the author shares experiences of his difficult yo… 

A Show About Shows About Show Biz

A Show About Shows About Show Biz

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… 

Eliza's Big Adventure!

Eliza's Big Adventure!

Oh no, Eliza the explorer has been kicked out of her kingdom! She needs to go on an adventure to prove she is the best explorer and make it back in time for the summer celebration. 

Newtongrange Silver Band In Concert

Newtongrange Silver Band In Concert

Newtongrange Silver Band (established 1892) is a traditional mining village brass band but their repertoire is far from traditional. 

Dodo Street Band - The Last Word in Celtic Gypsy Klezmer

Dodo Street Band - The Last Word in Celtic Gypsy Klezmer

The last word in Celtic Gypsy Klezmer. 

The Wendy Weatherby Band

The Wendy Weatherby Band

Beautiful heart-wrenching songs, lively cello tunes and lots of laughter from Edinburgh’s own bubbly queen of folk Wendy Weatherby and her all-star band, featuring Fiona Cuthill on… 

Soft Shoe Skiffle Band

Soft Shoe Skiffle Band

A bit of fun and a trip down memory lane. 

Adventures of the Singing Acupuncturist 6: Big O Makes It in New York... or, Does She? – Free

Adventures of the Singing Acupuncturist 6: Big O Makes It in New York... or, Does She? – Free

Do you not fit into a box? Olivia (Big O) knows all too well about not fitting in: when kimchi, AKA fire-breathing garlic dragon breath, is your culture’s most famous export, how… 

Big Man. Little Instruments

Big Man. Little Instruments

One man’s intimate story of escape from religion, to love, loss and triumph. 

Edinburgh Renaissance Band: Castle and Kirk

Edinburgh Renaissance Band: Castle and Kirk

The music of great halls, cathedrals and servants’ quarters is brought to life by the group who have been delighting Fringe audiences since 1973. 

Banana Boys

Banana Boys

Sports and sex. 

Big Love

Big Love

Big Love – Charles Mee’s adaption of Aeschylus’ The Suppliants is a modern reexamination of western norms regarding gender and sexuality. 

The Burnt Part Boys

The Burnt Part Boys

Pete wants to keep The Burnt Part a shrine. 

Underbelly's Big Brain Tumour Benefit

Underbelly's Big Brain Tumour Benefit

Hosted by Susan Calman in her only Fringe appearance this year. 

Edinburgh Renaissance Band's Viol Rackett Show

Edinburgh Renaissance Band's Viol Rackett Show

The Edinburgh Renaissance Band are joined by Polyhymnia Dancers in the ever-popular Viol Rackett Show, our best-loved programme of music, song and dance from the Middle Ages to the… 

Allman Brothers Band Appreciation

Allman Brothers Band Appreciation

Safe House are back for a fifth year playing their highly acclaimed Allmans Brothers set including classics from the Fillmore East album Whipping Post, In Memory of Elizabeth Reed,… 

The Golden Era of the Big Band Presented by The Sound of Seventeen Big Band

The Golden Era of the Big Band Presented by The Sound of Seventeen Big Band

Welcome to the big band era and beyond! The Sound of Seventeen is a jazz orchestra line-up of saxophones, trumpets, trombones and a four-piece rhythm section bringing you swing, ja… 

Blueswater Presents: The Big Blues Showcase

Blueswater Presents: The Big Blues Showcase

Every singer and member of our Blueswater Presents family, featuring 20 musicians, will be playing in a raucous showcase that presents the best blues music the Fringe has to offer. 

Sam Outlaw and Band

Sam Outlaw and Band

Lonesome Highway are delighted to bring Sam back to Edinburgh with his wonderful band for their only Scottish show of the year. 

NEHH Presents... Start to End – Solid Air by John Martyn

NEHH Presents... Start to End – Solid Air by John Martyn

Start to End return with a live band interpretation of John Martyn’s classic fourth solo studio album Solid Air, following a sold-out appearance at Celtic Connections 2018. 

Barnardo's Big Comedy Benefit

Barnardo's Big Comedy Benefit

Join us for a two-hour comedy extravaganza to help raise vital funds for Barnardo’s, whilst previewing a selection of this year’s top Fringe shows. 

Anthems – From West End to Broadway

Anthems – From West End to Broadway

The talented performers of Edinburgh Music Theatre return with an unmissable evening of musical theatre classics you will know and love. 

The Big Lie

The Big Lie

If the thought of watching a one woman play about a Kurdish refugee turned lawyer helping to broker a major arms deal for a Swedish law firm doesn’t thrill you then think again, … 

Swing to Bop! Fraser Urquhart Trio/Quintet

Swing to Bop! Fraser Urquhart Trio/Quintet

One of Scotland’s leading piano-led groups, The Fraser Urquhart Trio plays elegant, swinging jazz and bebop. 

West End Fair

West End Fair

125 makers, artists and designers will be exhibiting their latest creations. 

John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

‘Boogie-woogie, slide-guitar master’ **** (Scotsman). 

Lloyd Langford: Why the Big Face?

Lloyd Langford: Why the Big Face?

A brand-new and free stand-up show from one of the biggest faces in comedy. 

Chris Chopping's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Chris Chopping's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Last year, Chris was finally feeling happy and well-adjusted. 

Eleanor Westbrook: Big Berg

Eleanor Westbrook: Big Berg

Let the ‘Queen of silliness (***** BroadwayBaby. 

Universoul Circus: Hip Hop Under the Big Top

Universoul Circus: Hip Hop Under the Big Top

After electrifying US audiences for 25 years, America’s ‘coolest show on earth’ (Newsweek) comes to the UK for the first time. 

Stuart Goldsmith: End Of

Stuart Goldsmith: End Of

Stu’s back with some thoughts on how it all works out in the end and whether anyone cares. 

The Sandy Brechin Band

The Sandy Brechin Band

The wild man of Scottish accordion is back with his tip-top tunes, frighteningly fast fingering and hilarious hi-jinks and humour, accompanied by his groovin’ five-piece band. 

The Show Between Shows Show

The Show Between Shows Show

New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly. 

Acoustic Swing

Acoustic Swing

Ice-cool classics and red-hot originals from Scotland’s native guitar-slinging troubadour. 

Big Trouble in Little Monkey's Daycare

Big Trouble in Little Monkey's Daycare

Tommy is four-and-a-quarter years old, and a hard-boiled private investigator on the mean streets of Little Monkey’s Daycare. 

The Big Balloon Singalong

The Big Balloon Singalong

Caring for kids with a curious craze for karaoke? Then look no further than The Big Balloon Singalong! Fun for all the family and featuring all the greatest hits (. 

Gary Little: Big Mouth

Gary Little: Big Mouth

After headlining at some of the top comedy clubs around the UK and abroad, Gary returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with the sets, the stories and the jokes that have earned him the re… 

Best of the West End

Best of the West End

After sold-out performances and five-star reviews at Fringe 2016 and 2017, our performers are excited to return to Edinburgh with a new line-up of songs! Featuring world-class voic… 

Rob Kemp's Wheel of Shows

Rob Kemp's Wheel of Shows

Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel. 

Our Boys

Our Boys

Our Boys exquisitely showcases life on the battlefield from the setting of an army hospital. 

Clowntown: I Can Do Anything, the Funtastic Show by Sphere Clown Band

Clowntown: I Can Do Anything, the Funtastic Show by Sphere Clown Band

‘Five stars! Infectious fun’ (FringeReview. 

The West Port Bloodbath

The West Port Bloodbath

Daft Jamie invites you to his genteel house of assignation to witness deplorable acts of prostitution and destitution in Victorian Edinburgh. 

John Montgomery String Band

John Montgomery String Band

This is the five-piece band’s second consecutive appearance at the Fringe. 

The Lady Boys of Bangkok – Wonder Women Tour

The Lady Boys of Bangkok – Wonder Women Tour

Uncork the champagne! Dress to kill! Party like there’s no tomorrow! Celebrating 20 diamante-decorated years, The Lady Boys of Bangkok Wonder Women Tour will take the Fringe’s nu… 

The Next Big Thing

The Next Big Thing

John Lennon spent his Scottish boyhood holidays in Durness, Sutherland: not fake news! This thoughtful, comic fable of modern Scotland, adapted from the novel by Scottish Governmen… 

Phil Ellis Is Ready for the Big Time

Phil Ellis Is Ready for the Big Time

After winning the Edinburgh Panel Prize in 2014 with Funz and Gamez, Phil’s ready to bring his unique, anarchic and unreliable comedy to the masses. 

Bugle Boys – A Salute to the Andrews Sisters

Bugle Boys – A Salute to the Andrews Sisters

Before The Spice Girls, before The Supremes. 

Dirty White Boys: Manners

Dirty White Boys: Manners

The award-winning sketch duo is back to bring their trademark high-energy nonsense to a variety of news topics. 

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance. 

James Nokise: Talk a Big Game

James Nokise: Talk a Big Game

After two years of shows on gangs, golliwogs, racism and politics, James Nokise returns to The Stand with his new show on… sports! Yep. 

Big Value Comedy Show – Early

Big Value Comedy Show – Early

We’re offering the finest upcoming comedians on the UK circuit at a bargain price. Hand selected from our year-round auditions, this show is quality talent in its prime. 

Robin Clyfan: The Sea Is Big Enough to Take It

Robin Clyfan: The Sea Is Big Enough to Take It

At the centre of its big, warm heart, The Sea Is Big Enough to Take It is a story about a non-activist boy and his activist mother, and by extension a story about all of us and our… 

The Laird's Big Breaxit

The Laird's Big Breaxit

Scotland’s landowners were in retreat. 

Big Shop

Big Shop

It’s time for the Big Shop, not to be confused with your ‘bits shop’ (which you might do at the little Tesco) or your ‘big wash’ (which is like the Big Shop but that’s not what we’… 

Big Value Comedy Show – Late

Big Value Comedy Show – Late

We’re offering the finest upcoming comedians on the UK circuit at a bargain price. 

The Big Time

The Big Time

Jerry and Jacks want to be Big Time, but at what cost? They take on a job that they hope will shoot them up the ladder in the organisation. 

The Big Free Fringe Festival Launch Show 2018

The Big Free Fringe Festival Launch Show 2018

See a huge selection of this year’s big names, stand-out performers and many of the best free acts in Edinburgh at this one-off launch show and party for the 2018 Free Edinburgh Fr… 

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical

Total sell-out 2015, 2016 and 2017! One of the best-known, longest-running and most celebrated improv shows in the world. 

The FlyBoys: A Postmodern Swing Sensation!

The FlyBoys: A Postmodern Swing Sensation!

Imagine a night where Pharrell Williams croons with Judy Garland, Ricky Martin scats with Cab Calloway, and Maroon 5 groove with Ella Fitzgerald – that night is here! In a fusion… 

Big Aftermath of a Small Disclosure

Big Aftermath of a Small Disclosure

By Magne van den Berg, UK premiere. 

Boogers, Books and Big Bottom Burps!

Boogers, Books and Big Bottom Burps!

The latest Edinburgh Fringe fun from the award-winning and best-selling author Stuart Reid. 

Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show

Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show

Good morning, Edinburgh! Three funny, thought-provoking “menus” of ten-minute plays. 

Morgan & West: Parlour Tricks

Morgan & West: Parlour Tricks

Join time-travelling magic duo Morgan & West for an evening chock-full of jaw-dropping, brain-bursting, gasp-eliciting feats of magic. 

Morgan & West’s Magic Show For Kids (and Childish Grown-ups!)

Morgan & West’s Magic Show For Kids (and Childish Grown-ups!)

Time-travelling magicians Morgan & West present a jaw-dropping, heart-stopping, brain-busting, opinion-adjusting, death-defying, mind-frying, spirit-lifting, paradigm-shiftin… 

West End Magic

West End Magic

London’s premier magic show returns to York delivering the most exciting names in magic & variety in the UK. 

The Arts Barge Presents... The Great Yorkshire Swing!

The Arts Barge Presents... The Great Yorkshire Swing!

Celebrating collaboration, a sensational vintage night of swing music and dance - Rinkadon Jukeboy and his Blind Tiger Dance Band, the hottest sounds this side of the Pe… 

The Band: Take That's New Musical

The Band: Take That's New Musical

Written by award-winning writer Tim Firth, The Band is a beautiful story for anyone who grew up with a boyband and how those songs became the soundtrack of their lives. 

The Big Things

The Big Things

Grace is living to a different rhythm. 

Morgan & West's Utterly Spiffing Spectacular Magic Show for Kids

Morgan & West's Utterly Spiffing Spectacular Magic Show for Kids

Time travelling magicians Morgan & West present a jaw dropping, heart stopping, brain busting, opinion adjusting, death defying, mind frying, spirit lifting, paradigm shifting,… 

The Big Fat Running Show

The Big Fat Running Show

The Big Fat Running show is about . 

It Happened in Key West

It Happened in Key West

Richard Curtis meets Tim Burton. 

West End Does: Bond

West End Does: Bond

Join us for a chance to hear some of the West End’s premier Singers, supported by our masterful ‘Big Band’, perform all your favourite classic theme so… 

West End Magic Presents... Wayne Trice

West End Magic Presents... Wayne Trice

West End Magic presents: A series of one man monthly magic shows for all the family, featuring some of the best magicians including top members of the Magic Circle. 

The End of History

The End of History

The End of History is billed as “a moving and funny site-responsive play with music which uses a chance encounter to explore the impact of gentrification on two radically differe… 

Lloyd Langford: Big Face Strikes Again

Lloyd Langford: Big Face Strikes Again

Lloyd presents a sort of, work in progress, stand-up comedy show that he hopes to be rough but charming, like an old-timey hobo. 

Big Brighton Fringe Festival Ceilidh 2018

Big Brighton Fringe Festival Ceilidh 2018

Join the irrepressible Brighton Ceilidh Collective for an evening of raucous nonsense and ceilidh dancing. 

Brighton Big Drag Pageant

Brighton Big Drag Pageant

Spiegeltent presents: ‘Brighton Big Drag Pagent’ Kings, Queens, and Inbetweens! Talent, diversity, creativity, and nerve. 

A Really Really Big Modern Telly

A Really Really Big Modern Telly

Kate Stokes and Claudia Summers have their finger on the pulse with this delightful double bill of comedy plays, interspersed with a few shorter sketches. 

West End Magic Presents... Oliver Meech

West End Magic Presents... Oliver Meech

A series of one man monthly magic shows for all the family, featuring some of the best magicians including top members of the Magic Circle. 

The Handsome Weeping Boys & Friends

The Handsome Weeping Boys & Friends

Fired in the kiln of the Free Association’s long-form improv training, this band of reprobates have become regulars on the London improv circuit and have been 3-time champions at t… 

Cat Loud: To the End of the World

Cat Loud: To the End of the World

It’s the eve of the apocalypse and Cat is making her way home. 

Brighton Beach Boys perform The Beatles

Brighton Beach Boys perform The Beatles "White Album"

The Brighton Beach Boys perform The Beatles ‘White Album’. 

The Big Fat Running Show

The Big Fat Running Show

RUNNING CAN BE FUN[NY]. 

Big Band: Swingin' at the Spiegel

Big Band: Swingin' at the Spiegel

Straight No Chaser big band combine with Swing Patrol dancers for a Lindy Hop dance spectacular. 

My Big Fat Geeky Wedding

My Big Fat Geeky Wedding

Little do we know just what might emerge in this festivity of two hearts coming together as one. 

A Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton - and Other Shows

A Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton - and Other Shows

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. 

Swing Out! A Night of Live Swing Music and Dancing

Swing Out! A Night of Live Swing Music and Dancing

Rouge your knees, shine your shoes and prepare to enter a razzling dazzling world of Swing! From the decadent 20s Jazz age, the glamourous 30s, the spirit of the 40s, to the rebels… 

Big Dumb Cats

Big Dumb Cats

Two word texts, a cat with no name, blood where it shouldn’t be and a fashion show to die for. 

Brighton Swing Thing

Brighton Swing Thing

Join the Brighton Swing Community for a special Fringe afternoon of swing music and dancing with a live swing band, DJs, Lindy Hop beginners dance class, Charleston dancers and a d… 

Big Berg

Big Berg

Eleanor Westbrook embodies what I love about the Fringe. 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

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… 

BIG FAT GAY

BIG FAT GAY

For the first time at Brighton Fringe, Martin brings you ‘BIG FAT GAY’. 

The Lady Boys of Bangkok: Wonder Women Tour

The Lady Boys of Bangkok: Wonder Women Tour

Celebrating 20 diamante decorated years, the Lady boys ‘Wonder Women’ tour takes the UK’s number one cabaret show to a new level. 

Dirty White Boys: Manners

Dirty White Boys: Manners

The award-winning sketch comedy double act are back with a brand new hour! Expect loud fast nonsense. 

West End Magic Presents…

West End Magic Presents…

West End Magic presents:A series of one man monthly magic shows for all the family, featuring some of the best magicians including top members of the Magic Circle. 

Justin's Band

Justin's Band

Are you ready to be part of Justin’s Band? Because BAFTA Award-winning actor Justin Fletcher is going on a Musical Adventure and we would love you to come and play along wi… 

Swing with Laughter Tour 2018

Swing with Laughter Tour 2018

Variety is back with a capital V as these legendary entertainers swap their golf clubs for a unique night of comedy and music, in the company of talented friends. 

Morgan and West: More Magic for Kids

Morgan and West: More Magic for Kids

Time-travelling magicians Morgan & West’s marvellous magic show full of crazy capers for the young, old, and everyone in-between! Expect the unexpected, believe the unbelievable,… 

West End Magic

West End Magic

London's premier magic show kicks off 2018 with a packed show of top UK magic & variety acts including JAMIE RAVEN!    The exciting family friend… 

Big River Motel Closing Night Party ft. BOOKA SHADE

Big River Motel Closing Night Party ft. BOOKA SHADE

Send off Adelaide Fringe 2018 with RCC at Big River Motel with headline act Booka Shade Check in. Unpack & forget about a good nights sleep #BigRiverMotel 

#Swing

#Swing

The Publishers Hotel will be jumping to the sounds of MJ & The Blue Progression as they retro refit your favourite songs into modern #Swing and update jazz classics to the current … 

Bingo Jack's Big Book Magic Show

Bingo Jack's Big Book Magic Show

Don’t miss Bingo Jack this Fringe. 

Robbie Williams Swing

Robbie Williams Swing

A tribute to top-selling global artist, Robbie Williams, showcasing favourite songs from his albums Swing When You’re Winning and Swings Both Ways. 

Peter Helliar - Big Boy Pants

Peter Helliar - Big Boy Pants

As seen on The Project, CRAM & Have You Been Paying Attention? (Network TEN). 

Big River Motel Sat 17 Mar

Big River Motel Sat 17 Mar

RCC presents Big River Motel, a new immersive entertainment precinct of live music, interactive performances and late-night frivolities. 

Ripping Yarns for Boys (and Non-Boys)

Ripping Yarns for Boys (and Non-Boys)

Fun, goofs and sadness are all a part of life, and this fringe show written and performed especially for boys. And also people who are not boys. 

Damian Callinan: Swing Man

Damian Callinan: Swing Man

Damian Callinan, renowned character and stand-up comedian, suffers from OTTDS (Over The Top Dance Syndrome). 

Big River Motel Fri 16 Mar

Big River Motel Fri 16 Mar

RCC presents Big River Motel, a new immersive entertainment precinct of live music, interactive performances and late-night frivolities. 

Baby Wants Candy, The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical

Baby Wants Candy, The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical

The 2016 smash hit improv musical returns to Adelaide! Total sell-out Edinburgh Fringe 2015, 2016, 2017. 

Double Denim: Big Party for Little Humans   feat. Juan Vesuvius

Double Denim: Big Party for Little Humans feat. Juan Vesuvius

Michelle Brasier and Laura Frew (aka Double Denim) combine forces with DJ Juan Vesuvius to bring you a big party for little humans! Through games, sketches, and music your favourit… 

Sprint 2018: Big Bang #2 featuring Inauguration by Rhiannon Brace

Sprint 2018: Big Bang #2 featuring Inauguration by Rhiannon Brace

An explosive night of work-in-progress for the theatrically adventurous. 

James Nokise: Talk A Big Game

James Nokise: Talk A Big Game

★★★★★ The Scotsman James has spent the last few years performing biting political satire, then Brexit happened, then Trumpocalypse happened. 

Big Value Kids Cabaret

Big Value Kids Cabaret

Scotland’s largest comedy producer brings you multi award winning family friendly cabaret acts from Edinburgh. 

Peter Combe and the Juicy Juicy Green Band - Live It Up

Peter Combe and the Juicy Juicy Green Band - Live It Up

Peter Combe is back with the fast furious and fabulous Juicy Juicy Green Band with songs from his latest ARIA nominated LIve It Up album plus the old favs. 

Paces at Big River Motel

Paces at Big River Motel

RCC presents Big River Motel, a new immersive entertainment precinct of live music, interactive performances and late-night frivolities. 

Big River Motel Sat 10 Mar

Big River Motel Sat 10 Mar

RCC presents Big River Motel, a new immersive entertainment precinct of live music, interactive performances and late-night frivolities. 

Big River Motel Fri 9 Mar

Big River Motel Fri 9 Mar

RCC presents Big River Motel, a new immersive entertainment precinct of live music, interactive performances and late-night frivolities. 

Beginner Swing Dancing Class

Beginner Swing Dancing Class

This workshop will have you swinging out on the dance floor in no time! Swing dancing is a partner dance style all about rhythm, improvisation, and having a crazy good time. 

Jennifer DeGrassi Band with The Bacharach and Beehive Choir

Jennifer DeGrassi Band with The Bacharach and Beehive Choir

An evening of rapturous dark jazz alternative music from renown artist Jennifer DeGrassi and her band . 

The Inquisition of the Big Bad Wolf

The Inquisition of the Big Bad Wolf

Dance, theatre and comedy are fused into a great big hilarious wonderland that you can’t resist! Take a wild ride on this rollicking adventure that unleashes the untamed inner w… 

Flapjack Cadillac - Big Ol' Pile Of Trash

Flapjack Cadillac - Big Ol' Pile Of Trash

Born out of Montreal’s vibrant sketch comedy scene, two JUST FOR LAUGHS Award winning idiots; Al Lafrance (I Think I’m Dead) and Shane Adamczak (The Ballad Of Frank Allen, Sound & … 

Big River Motel Sat 3 Mar

Big River Motel Sat 3 Mar

RCC presents Big River Motel, a new immersive entertainment precinct of live music, interactive performances and late-night frivolities. 

Big River Motel Fri 2 Mar

Big River Motel Fri 2 Mar

RCC presents Big River Motel, a new immersive entertainment precinct of live music, interactive performances and late-night frivolities. 

Big Man. Little Instruments.

Big Man. Little Instruments.

An honest tale of one man’s modern escape from the prison of belief. 

Boogers, Books and Big Bottom Burps!

Boogers, Books and Big Bottom Burps!

The most awesome, exciting and inspirational author event EVER! as award-winning Scottish author Stuart Reid brings his best-selling books to life. 

At the End of the Garden

At the End of the Garden

A journey that follows a little caterpillar named Charlie through a magical garden. 

Big River Motel Sat 24 Feb

Big River Motel Sat 24 Feb

RCC presents Big River Motel, a new immersive entertainment precinct of live music, interactive performances and late-night frivolities. 

Big River Motel Feat. Justice (DJ Set)

Big River Motel Feat. Justice (DJ Set)

RCC presents Big River Motel, a new immersive entertainment precinct of live music, interactive performances and late-night frivolities. 

Swing Out Adelaide showcase!

Swing Out Adelaide showcase!

Join Adelaide’s premier swing dancing school for a night of dance through the 1920s, 30s and 40s! Students of the school of all levels will showcase the dances of the era including… 

SWING - The Beat That Shook The World

SWING - The Beat That Shook The World

Brendan Fitzgerald Jazz Ensemble trumpets the slip and slide dance rhythms and slinky melodies of the 30’s and 40’s Swing era in this suave, sophisticated cabaret. 

Big Tops & Tiny Tots Circus Show

Big Tops & Tiny Tots Circus Show

With seats at the back reserved for the adults, the children are encouraged to sit on the floor right up against the stage for this lovely show that aims to educate and entertain i… 

Big River Motel Feat. THUNDAMENTALS

Big River Motel Feat. THUNDAMENTALS

RCC presents Big River Motel, a new immersive entertainment precinct of live music, interactive performances and late-night frivolities. 

Big River Motel Opening Night feat. Hermitude

Big River Motel Opening Night feat. Hermitude

Open for good time, not a long time, we’re kicking off the opening night of Adelaide Fringe 2018 with our biggest party yet. 

Boys in the Buff the Concert

Boys in the Buff the Concert

Exploring subjects that affect us all: body image, bullying, photoshop, exercise, selfies, diets, weight, beauty treatments, photoshop. 

The Barricade Boys Christmas Cabaret

The Barricade Boys Christmas Cabaret

The Barricade Boys showcase some of the world’s finest male voices from the West End, International Tour and Hollywood movie of the world’s longest running musical - Le… 

Side Shows

Side Shows

Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows. 

The Maydays Present Happily Never After plus BIG NOW!

The Maydays Present Happily Never After plus BIG NOW!

Happily Never After - Created from a single audience suggestion, The Maydays weave a playful tale, full of black comedy and haunting songs. 

Big Fish

Big Fish

What is it to really know your own father? Meet Edward Bloom, played by Emmy, Tony and Golden Globe award-winner Kelsey Grammer. 

Pippa Evans Presents/BIG NOW

Pippa Evans Presents/BIG NOW

Pippa Evans Presents… – Join Pippa Evans (founder member of Showstoppers) and some of her favourite improvisers as they explore the world through your eyes and theirs. 

ANYBODY: An Improvised Historical Hip-Hopera

ANYBODY: An Improvised Historical Hip-Hopera

Inspired by the smash Broadway hit, Hamilton, North Coast’s ANYBODY takes an audience suggestion of any historical figure to create a full-length improvised hip-hopera. 

Inverkeithing Big Band

Inverkeithing Big Band

Returning after a second highly successful gig in 2016, the Inverkeithing Community Big Band promises an afternoon of riveting jazz and swing. 

G and Ste's Big Gay Wedding

G and Ste's Big Gay Wedding

G and Ste are Fringe fanatics who felt that becoming part of the Fringe was the perfect way to celebrate their nuptials. 

Big Band Swing

Big Band Swing

That Swing Sensation, Scotland’s record-breaking big swing band, with another night of toe-tapping music from the era when swing was king. 

David O'Doherty: Big Time

David O'Doherty: Big Time

David O’Doherty – the Ryanair Enya, the Aldi Bublé – returns to the Fringe with last year’s hit show Big Time, an hour of talking and songs in a haunted hall on a hill fille… 

David O'Doherty: Big Time

David O'Doherty: Big Time

O’Doherty is back with his mini-keyboard, flopping hair, and uninhibited attitude, but this time in one of the most prestigious venues that the Edinburgh Fringe Festival has to o… 

A Virus to End Humanity?

A Virus to End Humanity?

We’re constantly threatened by outbreaks of diseases like SARS and Ebola. 

Sustainable Shows: Emerging Trends

Sustainable Shows: Emerging Trends

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Edinburgh Renaissance Band: Passion and Manners – 16th Century Dance workshop

Edinburgh Renaissance Band: Passion and Manners – 16th Century Dance workshop

This workshop is suitable for anyone looking for a fun afternoon of unfamiliar dances, while still providing challenges for experienced dancers. 

Big Fringe Magic Gala

Big Fringe Magic Gala

Edinburgh Fringe’s biggest and best mixed bill magic night! The best illusion, magic and cabaret acts from the Fringe have assembled for one night only at Gilded Balloon’s biggest … 

The Music of The Incredible String Band

The Music of The Incredible String Band

Whimsical, surreal, truly inspirational: psychedelic pioneers The Incredible String Band entranced listeners in the late 1960s and early 1970s with their visionary, dream-like so… 

Soft Shoe Skiffle Band

Soft Shoe Skiffle Band

A trip down memory lane, hear again 50s to 70s pop and folk hits like Putting on the Style, Amazing Grace, My Old Man’s a Dustman, Wild Rover, Hello Mary Lou, Nobody’s Child, Singi… 

Edinburgh Renaissance Band: Musical Migrants

Edinburgh Renaissance Band: Musical Migrants

The contribution of travelling composers and performers to the music of Mediaeval and Renaissance Europe is brought to life by the city’s famous early music group in the vibrant … 

Swing from the Movies

Swing from the Movies

Bringing a playful twist and jazz treatment to classic movie songs from Breakfast at Tiffany’s to Star Wars, Jungle Book to La La Land, let Airlie Scott’s Pronto Swing get your… 

Big Cat Small Flap

Big Cat Small Flap

Big Cat Small Flap – the unique observations from a giant talking cat called Mr Nibbles on the state of humans and the world today, from Trump to Brexit to Instagram, and why the… 

Shakespeare's Big Brother

Shakespeare's Big Brother

Can Hamlet please come into the diary room? You’ve had regular Big Brother. 

Allman Brothers Band Appreciation

Allman Brothers Band Appreciation

Safehouse are back at the Edinburgh Festival for a third consecutive year playing their highly acclaimed Allman Brothers set including classics from the At Fillmore East album: Whi… 

Blueswater Presents: The Big Blues Showcase

Blueswater Presents: The Big Blues Showcase

Every member of our Blueswater Presents family will be playing a set in a raucous showcase that will present the best blues music the Fringe has to offer. 

US Tour Booking For Small And Independent Shows

US Tour Booking For Small And Independent Shows

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Barnardo's Big Comedy Benefit

Barnardo's Big Comedy Benefit

Join us for a bumper-length comedy extravaganza to help raise vital funds for Barnardo’s, while previewing a selection of this year’s top Fringe shows. 

Harri Soinila's a Big Finnish

Harri Soinila's a Big Finnish

Harri Soinila is a Laugh Factory’s Funniest Person in the World, 2016 semi-finalist, headliner of shows in a bunch of countries and the godfather (or baby daddy) of English comedy … 

Hip Hop Time Machine

Hip Hop Time Machine

If you don’t know your Grandmaster Flash from Public Enemy, then Hip Hop Time Machine is going to seem less like a nostalgic reminder of your childhood and more like you’ve act… 

The Sandy Brechin Band

The Sandy Brechin Band

The king of Celtic ‘ccordion, Sandy Brechin, brings his lightning-fast fingers to the Fringe once again, along with his mad-cap humour, featuring hits from his many albums plus som… 

Live Shows in an Internet Media Age

Live Shows in an Internet Media Age

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

The City – A Detective Hip Hop Opera

The City – A Detective Hip Hop Opera

A rap opera written entirely in rhyme, performed as one continuous song. 

The Show Between Shows Show

The Show Between Shows Show

New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly. 

Big Howard Little Howard: Man and Boy

Big Howard Little Howard: Man and Boy

The world’s first and only human/cartoon double-act return to the Fringe. 

John Hunt Sings Swing. Campbell Normand Piano, Ed Kelly Double Bass

John Hunt Sings Swing. Campbell Normand Piano, Ed Kelly Double Bass

There’s only two chances to see the Fringe’s favourite bluesman stand up and sing swing with Campbell Normand on piano and Ed Kelly on double bass. 

The Wendy Weatherby Band

The Wendy Weatherby Band

Beautiful heart-wrenching songs, lively cello tunes and lots of laughter from Edinburgh’s own bubbly queen of folk Wendy Weatherby and her all-star band, featuring Fiona Cuthill on… 

Acoustic Swing

Acoustic Swing

Ice-cool classics and red-hot originals from Scotland’s native guitar-slinging troubadour. 

Big Bite-Size Lunch Hour: Best Bites

Big Bite-Size Lunch Hour: Best Bites

With the overwhelming amount of options at the Fringe, Bite-Size allows one to see several short and sweet plays in the space of an hour. 

John Montgomery String Band

John Montgomery String Band

The band feature multi-stringed instrumentalists playing original music and songs in the folk/country rock genre. 

John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

‘Boogie-woogie. 

The End, the End, the End…

The End, the End, the End…

The amount a show takes liberties with narrative should be directly compensated by how much it has to say. 

Big Howard Little Howard: Man and Boy

Big Howard Little Howard: Man and Boy

The world’s first and only human/cartoon double-act return to the Fringe. 

Col Howarth: End to End

Col Howarth: End to End

In this assured and uplifting debut, Col Howarth plots a single journey from one end of a busy high street to the other, joining the dots of a story that arcs between a cast of str… 

Big Brother Hamlet: A Surveillance Adaptation

Big Brother Hamlet: A Surveillance Adaptation

Big Brother Hamlet takes the subjects of the all-powerful found in Shakespeare’s script – the King, the Ghost, the Church – and connects them with one of today’s most all-p… 

Galpals: Because at the End of the Day, That's What We'd Like to be Known as

Galpals: Because at the End of the Day, That's What We'd Like to be Known as

Colour coordinated galpals Emma Moran and Sarah King, explore the meaning of friendship through the mediums of poorly made hats and sketch comedy. 

Blueswater Presents: The Porch Band Audience Picks

Blueswater Presents: The Porch Band Audience Picks

A special stripped-down lineup of The Blueswater play an upbeat swampy set of blues songs decided in advance by fans on social media. 

Big Fat Gay

Big Fat Gay

It was an inauspicious beginning for Martin J Dixon’s new stand-up show, with only 11 audience members, some of whom were loud and rowdy throughout the show. 

Best of the West End

Best of the West End

theSpace at Symposium Hall is an ideal setting for music appreciation. 

Fancy Glitter Fanciulla on Tour Without the Band

Fancy Glitter Fanciulla on Tour Without the Band

Rock’n’roll in all its facets. 

The Cowgirl Mary Old West Puppet Theatre Show

The Cowgirl Mary Old West Puppet Theatre Show

All the way from Austin, Texas, it’s The Cowgirl Mary Old West Puppet Theatre Show. 

Someone Dies at the End

Someone Dies at the End

A small group of survivors huddle in a bunker, eating beans and reminiscing on their favourite foods. 

The Lady Boys of Bangkok – Who Runs the World Tour

The Lady Boys of Bangkok – Who Runs the World Tour

Glamour, glitter and girls - The Lady Boys of Bangkok is a fabulous collection of performers who lip sync and dance to feel good songs opening with Gloria Gaynor’s First Be A Wom… 

A Charlie Montague Mystery: The Man with the Twisted Hip

A Charlie Montague Mystery: The Man with the Twisted Hip

If you are in search of some polite 1930s garden-party-esque comedy mixed in with a hilariously self-aware performance, this is certainly a play to catch. 

The Great Big Beautiful Sky

The Great Big Beautiful Sky

Captain Zarg and Williamina Foxx are Guardians of the Universe. 

Madame Señorita: 25 Different Shows, Come Every Day!

Madame Señorita: 25 Different Shows, Come Every Day!

Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot. 

The St Andrews Revue presents: The Big Time

The St Andrews Revue presents: The Big Time

They say fame is a fickle friend, and the St Andrews Revue have been lonely for years. 

Dirty White Boys: Stupid

Dirty White Boys: Stupid

Imaginative, imbalanced and imbecilic sketch duo Dirty White Boys are proud to present a brand-new show for 2017! The boys bring their trademark fast-paced idiocy to a whole new se… 

Big Value Comedy Show – Early

Big Value Comedy Show – Early

The 23rd year as the recognised launch pad for future legends. 

Big Value Comedy Show – Late

Big Value Comedy Show – Late

Established as one of the best shows of the Fringe. Four comedians, different to the early show. Two hours with tomorrow’s comedy stars. ‘Top value, top comedy’ (List). 

It’s Better to Lie Than to Tell the Truth and End Up Alone in a Ditch Crying

It’s Better to Lie Than to Tell the Truth and End Up Alone in a Ditch Crying

We lie to our friends, family, lovers and bosses because it’s easier than telling the truth – we have no idea what we’re doing, and we might have genital warts. 

Chris Washington: Dream Big (Within Reason)

Chris Washington: Dream Big (Within Reason)

Chris Washington is an ordinary guy; he explains this to us from the very beginning. 

David Huntsberger: Big Nothingness

David Huntsberger: Big Nothingness

David Huntsberger’s stand-up show is problematic as a comedy show as it has very little resembling a joke. 

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

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… 

Boogers, Books and Big Bottom Burps!

Boogers, Books and Big Bottom Burps!

Award-winning author Stuart Reid will be sharing his books, including his latest release Gorgeous George and His Stupid Stinky Stories, and the audience will be expected to bring t… 

Stuart Black: It's the End of the World as We Know It

Stuart Black: It's the End of the World as We Know It

The worse the world gets the funnier Stuart Black gets. 

Boys & Girls

Boys & Girls

‘Men are from Earth. 

Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show

Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show

The cast and crew of The Big Bite-Size Breakfast Plays coax their audience into starting their day bright and early with coffee, croissants and strawberries. 

Aaaaaaaargh! It's the Big Free Fringe Festival Launch Night!

Aaaaaaaargh! It's the Big Free Fringe Festival Launch Night!

Be there at the launch of the massive 2017 Free Fringe Festival! See an almighty selection of performers! Mingle with the acts and VIP guests! Meet our mad Chicken mascot in person… 

Aunty Donna: Big Boys

Aunty Donna: Big Boys

This is Aunty Donna’s fourth Edinburgh Fringe, they have a huge following and return as popular as ever. 

Lists for the End of the World

Lists for the End of the World

A joyful and touching view of the world through other people’s eyes, Lists… is a show composed entirely of crowdsourced lists. 

Big Bite-Size Lunch Hour: Izzy's Manifestos

Big Bite-Size Lunch Hour: Izzy's Manifestos

It’s time to think outside the box, go crazy, go skydiving or just go to a different pub this Friday. 

Hell to Play: The End Times

Hell to Play: The End Times

A cult hit comedy game show set in Hell, hosted by the Devil. 

Morgan & West: More Magic for Kids!

Morgan & West: More Magic for Kids!

Bigger, bolder and more brilliant than before! Time travelling magicians Morgan & West return to the stage with a brand-new marvellous magic show full of crazy capers for the young… 

Tom Taylor: The Man with the Twisted Hip

Tom Taylor: The Man with the Twisted Hip

At the opening of a new art exhibition, rakish aristocrat and gentleman detective, Charlie Montague, is presented with a double-threat: murder and modern art. 

Edinburgh Preview: Pippa Evans' Joy Provision! Plus BIG NOW and The Committee

Edinburgh Preview: Pippa Evans' Joy Provision! Plus BIG NOW and The Committee

Prepare to have your joy levels optimised by “the finest female character comic around” (Time Out) as Pippa Evans presents Joy Provision! Plus BIG NOW and improvisers seen on B… 

Curtis Stigers and the Ronnie Scott’s Big Band Perform ‘Sinatra at the Sands’

Curtis Stigers and the Ronnie Scott’s Big Band Perform ‘Sinatra at the Sands’

In 1966, Frank Sinatra performed at the Las Vegas’ Sands Hotel & Casino, accompanied by Count Basie and his orchestra. 

Morgan & West: Return of the Time-Travelling Magicians!

Morgan & West: Return of the Time-Travelling Magicians!

Great Scott! Time-travelling magicians Morgan & West bring a magical extravaganza to a millennium near you! Not content with their lot as the nineteenth century’s greatest magic … 

Boys in the Buff - the Musical

Boys in the Buff - the Musical

Too fat? Too thin? Never exercise? Gym crazy? Addicted to diets? Hate how you look in the nude? Then this musical revue is for YOU! It’s a riotous evening of fun, flesh and f… 

Bright Lights, Big City Impro

Bright Lights, Big City Impro

Six improvisers barrel through the funnies in City Impro’s debut Edinburgh Fringe show where suggestions provided by you inspire an epic series of improvised comedy games, sketch… 

Edinburhg Fringe Preview: Bright Lights, Big City Impro

Edinburhg Fringe Preview: Bright Lights, Big City Impro

Six improvisers barrel through the funnies in a special Edinburgh Fringe preview show where suggestions provided by you inspire an epic series of improvised comedy games, sketches … 

The Warren End of Fringe Party

The Warren End of Fringe Party

A 90s-themed night to close Brighton Fringe 2017 in style. 

Big Wows for Small Wonders: Apples and Snakes and NWS present...

Big Wows for Small Wonders: Apples and Snakes and NWS present...

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… 

Strike Up The Band

Strike Up The Band

Following its 2016 sell-out Belgian tour, the SLJO is back with an all-new set featuring tunes from the golden era of Big Band. 

Little Meerkat's Big Panic

Little Meerkat's Big Panic

Go on an award-winning, magical, musical, multi-sensory adventure in the Kalahari desert with Little Meekat and her friends Elephant and Wise Monkey to find out all about Calm and … 

Fake Hip Gnosis

Fake Hip Gnosis

‘Fake Hip Gnosis’ speaks to that camp desire to believe in earnest in those things our intellect tells us are ridiculous. 

Morgan and West: More Magic For Kids

Morgan and West: More Magic For Kids

Time-travelling magicians Morgan & West return to the stage with a marvellous magic show full of crazy capers for the young, old, and everyone in-between! Expect the unexpected… 

Dirty White Boys: Stupid

Dirty White Boys: Stupid

Imaginative, imbalanced and imbecilic sketch duo, Dirty White Boys, are back in Brighton for their 3rd year running; presenting a brand new show for 2017! The **** pairing bring… 

Poetry and Jazz Layer Cake with John Harvey and the John Lake Band

Poetry and Jazz Layer Cake with John Harvey and the John Lake Band

Jazz and Poetry Layer Cake A delicious serving of modern original Jazz and poetry created by the award-winning author John Harvey (author of the bestselling Charlie Resnick series… 

Big Band: Jumpin' at the Spiegel

Big Band: Jumpin' at the Spiegel

Straight No Chaser Big Band combine with JATS swing dance aces Sam and Gabi for a Lindy Hop dance spectacular. 

Tricity Vogue's All Girl Swing Band

Tricity Vogue's All Girl Swing Band

“Anyone else a massive fan of the divine Miss Vogue and her ukulele? Thought so. 

Bom-Bane's Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton & Other Shows

Bom-Bane's Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton & Other Shows

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 Swing Thing

Brighton Swing Thing

Join the Brighton Swing Community for a special Fringe afternoon of swing music and dancing with a live swing band, DJs, beginners Lindy Hop dance class, Charleston dancers and a d… 

Big Brighton Fringe Festival Ceilidh

Big Brighton Fringe Festival Ceilidh

Join the irrepressible Brighton Ceilidh Collective for an evening of raucous nonsense and ceilidh dancing. 

94 Strings Harp Duo: From Bach to the Beach Boys

94 Strings Harp Duo: From Bach to the Beach Boys

Captivating harp duo, 94 Strings, is a collaboration between Sussex-based harpists Alexandra King and Fiona Hosford. 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

“The true mystery of the world is the visible . 

Good Grief: Stories at 207 West 88th

Good Grief: Stories at 207 West 88th

Terriane Falcome offers a tour de force of writing and comedy, playing at the Theatre Box this Brighton Fringe. 

FAT 45's Big Spiegel Spectacular

FAT 45's Big Spiegel Spectacular

Fat 45 is a blistering 11-piece big band bringing back the Jump Jive, Rock & Roll and Rhythm & Blues of the 1940s and 50s. 

Mrs H and the Sing-Along Band

Mrs H and the Sing-Along Band

Mrs H and the Sing-Along Band bring their unique family music to Brighton Fringe for the first time. 

The Lady Boys of Bangkok: Who Runs the World Tour

The Lady Boys of Bangkok: Who Runs the World Tour

Hotter, cheekier, funnier than ever: the country’s number one touring cabaret show The Ladyboys of Bangkok return with a Bang in 2017 with their lavish new production ‘Who Runs the… 

HIP Trip of Brighton: A Psychedelic Wander

HIP Trip of Brighton: A Psychedelic Wander

Award-nominated sell-out hit HIP returns as an immersive journey through the streets of 1970s Brighton. 

Kakande West African Drummers

Kakande West African Drummers

Nominated for best music at Brighton Fringe 2016. 

Renegade Brass Band

Renegade Brass Band

8 horns, 2 drummers, scratch-DJ and MC. 

Allan Stewart’s Big Big Variety Show

Allan Stewart’s Big Big Variety Show

There’s one deliciously unique—sadly never repeatable—moment during the opening night of Allan Stewart’s Big Big Variety Show, when Stewart introduces the singer Susan B… 

Chigger Foot Boys

Chigger Foot Boys

Chigger Foot Boys is an intoxicating cocktail of love, duty, death and dominoes. 

The Shoreditch Improv Festival Sunday Funday Shows

The Shoreditch Improv Festival Sunday Funday Shows

3pm-4pm The first show of the day will feature about as wide a variety of improvisation styles as one could ask for, with three groups that could not be more different from each o… 

The Boys in the Band

The Boys in the Band

Mark Gatiss stars in this strictly limited West End transfer of the first major revival of this iconic play in two decades. 

Kinetic Comedy - The Big Relaunch

Kinetic Comedy - The Big Relaunch

Multi award nominated comedian and BBC/Virgin Radio Star Inel Tomlinson is relaunching his sell out live roadshow Kinetic Comedy. 

Big Wow Small Wonder

Big Wow Small Wonder

Justin is the smallest boy in the whole town. 

Maddy and the Invisible Band...

Maddy and the Invisible Band...

Invisible Flash Theatre presents Maddy and the Invisible Band of Groovers Full of audience participation and using storytelling, puppetry and songs to celebrate difference and frie… 

Journey's End

Journey's End

R C Sherriff’s Journey’s End, inspired by his own experiences of life in the trenches during the First World War, stands as an authoritative exploration of men “in extremis… 

Inverkeithing Community Big Band

Inverkeithing Community Big Band

Returning after a sell-out gig in 2015, the Inverkeithing Community Big Band promises an afternoon of riveting jazz and swing. 

The Simon Kennedy Band Live!

The Simon Kennedy Band Live!

A guitar and organ driven blues trio, the band was formed in 2014 by Dundee-born guitarist Simon Kennedy. 

Swing

Swing

The exploration of the extreme consequences resulting from an attempt to escape a past that remains current and constant. 

Soft Shoe Skiffle Band

Soft Shoe Skiffle Band

Back at the Fringe again for another trip down memory lane. 

Hip

Hip

A bunch of semi-hip young squatters find a once hip woman’s long-forgotten possessions in an empty flat above the shops of Brighton. 

Sandy Brechin Band

Sandy Brechin Band

Wild man of the accordion and frontman of Burach and the Sensational Jimi Shandrix Experience, Sandy Brechin plays fast and funky favourites from his albums, Out of his Box and Out… 

Big Thumb

Big Thumb

Knowing Smirk return to the Fringe, where BroadwayBaby. 

Mrs Bruce's Boys

Mrs Bruce's Boys

Fraser and Ian Bruce (Mrs Bruce’s Boys) released three albums in the 1980s and appeared at festivals, clubs and concerts in many countries. 

Scenes from the End

Scenes from the End

Scenes From the End is a new show about grief and a tour de force showcase for soprano Héloïse Werner. 

The Silence at the Song's End

The Silence at the Song's End

Beautiful, funny and completely moving, Really Good Stories’ production of The Silence at the Song’s End is one of the best pieces of theatre you’ll see this Fringe. 

Bottomless Coffee Band – The Married Multi-Instrumentalists

Bottomless Coffee Band – The Married Multi-Instrumentalists

Married multi-instrumentalists from South Africa: that’s what this folk duo define themselves as and it describes them perfectly. 

West End Has Faith at the Fringe

West End Has Faith at the Fringe

West End Has Faith gathers professionals working within London’s West End and on tour who have a desire to share their journey and life experiences. 

BBC: Asian Network's Big Comedy Night

BBC: Asian Network's Big Comedy Night

The BBC Asian Network return to Edinburgh for a fourth year, hosting an evening of the best Asian talent from across the festivals. 

Big the Musical

Big the Musical

You’ve seen the film, now here’s the musical. 

The Alex MacDonald Band with Cailean Morison

The Alex MacDonald Band with Cailean Morison

The Alex MacDonald Band plays a unique brand of Scottish folk-rock that has been acclaimed in venues large and small across the country. 

Blueswater Presents: The Big Blues Party

Blueswater Presents: The Big Blues Party

Every single band and singer from our Blueswater Presents family will be part of a huge blues party taking place in a converted church. 

The Groove Band

The Groove Band

Steeped in the funk, soul and jazz traditions, The Groove Band have selected some great classic tunes and given them new life, injecting their own brand of groove, infused with exc… 

Hackney Colliery Band

Hackney Colliery Band

From sets at the Olympic Closing Ceremony and Brit, MOBO and Mercury awards to live sessions on BBC Two, Sky Arts, BBC Radio 2 and Jazz FM, from collaborations with the likes of Am… 

Sing Sing Swing: Singing With the Big Bands

Sing Sing Swing: Singing With the Big Bands

That Swing Sensation, Scotland’s record-breaking big swing band brings a night of music and song from the golden age of the crooners. 

Edinburgh Renaissance Band at St Mark's

Edinburgh Renaissance Band at St Mark's

The music, song and dance of the Medieval and Renaissance worlds is brought to life by the city’s famous early music group. 

Lunchtime Recitals – East Meets West Rainbow

Lunchtime Recitals – East Meets West Rainbow

A fantastic opportunity to hear Chinese classical music, played by professional musicians on Chinese and Western instruments, accompanied by a short performance by the talented Rai… 

The Big Stiffy

The Big Stiffy

Bob’s dead. 

South West Camerata from Corelli to Copland

South West Camerata from Corelli to Copland

South West Camerata, an outstanding youth string ensemble from the south west, return to the Fringe for their fourth visit. 

Shoot the Women First

Shoot the Women First

Shoot the Women First revolves around a mercenary company. 

West Side Story

West Side Story

This tragic romance has always been about the individual consequences of divisions in society. 

Jeeseok Kim East-West Quartet

Jeeseok Kim East-West Quartet

Acclaimed Korean/New Orleans saxophonist Jeeseok’s funky, melodic, energetic quartet brings Miles Davies, Coltrane and Ella up to date, with a sprinkle of Korean folk music too! … 

Simon Lukacs Shows His Range

Simon Lukacs Shows His Range

Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body. 

Let Big Brother Watch!

Let Big Brother Watch!

Satellite images now cover every inch of the world. 

Allman Brothers Band Appreciation

Allman Brothers Band Appreciation

Safehouse return to the festival playing their highly acclaimed Allman Brothers set, including classics from the At the Fillmore East album, Whipping Post, In Memory of Elizabeth R… 

Pesky Pirates: A Hip-Hop Adventure

Pesky Pirates: A Hip-Hop Adventure

After sell-out shows of The Princess and the Frog last year, Let’s All Dance is back with this high energy interactive show, full of action, giggles and fantastic hip-hop dancing… 

Medea: Greece Meets West

Medea: Greece Meets West

Billed as a “psychological drama conflating classical Greek mystery with jazzical profanity”, Medea: Greece Meets West contains very little Medea and not much more jazz. 

Big Shot The Musical

Big Shot The Musical

A story of ambition and love, Big Shot captivates with a blend of energy and poignance infused in its music and its characters. 

Big Angie

Big Angie

Glasgow’s big darling brings her distinct brand of magic to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 

Ms Fi & the Lost Head Band

Ms Fi & the Lost Head Band

Edinburgh singer/songwriter Fiona J Thom brings the Lost Head Band together for the fourth year in a row to perform her songs influenced by the songwriting traditions of the Americ… 

Daniel Sloss: So? (Late Shows)

Daniel Sloss: So? (Late Shows)

Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor. 

Alex Yellowlees Band

Alex Yellowlees Band

‘Simply outstanding jazz musicianship’ (Turin International Jazz Festival). 

John Hunt Sings Swing with Campbell Normand's Trio

John Hunt Sings Swing with Campbell Normand's Trio

Only two chances to see the Fringe’s favourite bluesman stand up and sing swing with Campbell Normand’s outstanding Trio. 

Fat Head and the Big Dog

Fat Head and the Big Dog

Fat Head and the Big Dog is a stand-up comedy show by Northern Ireland’s fast-rising comedians Aaron McCann and Dave Elliott. 

Yea Big

Yea Big

A mixed bill of northern dance theatre our kid (close sibling) would be proud of! Bit brassic (short of cash)? Fear not! Grab yourself a ticket and get two shows for the price of o… 

Ali McGregor Hosts the Big C

Ali McGregor Hosts the Big C

Fringe royalty Ali McGregor takes the helm of this reimagining of the Big Comedy Gala in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support, with special guest Hollywood and Broadway star Alan Cummin… 

Cycling from Land's End to John O'Groats With a Piano

Cycling from Land's End to John O'Groats With a Piano

From street musician to concert artist and back again, the man who was Marvin Hanglider is celebrating his 60th birthday by becoming a fundraiser for Children in Need. 

Little Boys

Little Boys

LITTLE BOYS are award-winning improviser Alexander Fox and Oxford Revue president Jack Chisnall in a new surreal double act. 

Big Fish Little Fish – Ravin' Fringe

Big Fish Little Fish – Ravin' Fringe

Real DJs, in real clubs playing real music, free glow sticks and transfer tattoos. 

Harmon Leon's Big Fat Racist Show

Harmon Leon's Big Fat Racist Show

VICE contributor/NY comedian, Harmon Leon has made a career infiltrating extremist hate groups in America. 

Big Bite-Size Lunch Hour: Best Bites

Big Bite-Size Lunch Hour: Best Bites

Big Bite is celebrating it’s 10-year Fringe anniversary with a ‘best of’ showcase: although an enjoyable selection of short pieces - effectively boiling down to long sketches… 

Putting the Band Back Together

Putting the Band Back Together

Why do we stop playing? What might make us start again? All those guitars propped up in bedrooms. 

Luke Benson's Big Night Out (In the Afternoon)

Luke Benson's Big Night Out (In the Afternoon)

Celebrate good times! Come on! The Geordie Giant brings an upbeat hour of observational and joke-filled stand-up about our drinking culture and nights out. 

John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

The Jazz Bar is packed for this one, and no wonder: this is music you can’t help but tap your feet to. 

The Lady Boys of Bangkok – Forever Yours Tour

The Lady Boys of Bangkok – Forever Yours Tour

Energetic, exotic, eclectic and completely unpredictable; those glamorous Lady Boys are ready with a dazzling new production of the country’s most popular cabaret show. 

Boys

Boys

The work of playwriting powerhouse Ella Hickson has always been connected to the Edinburgh Fringe, since her debut show Eight premiered there in 2008. 

Blueswater Presents: The Blueswater Porch Band

Blueswater Presents: The Blueswater Porch Band

A three-piece version of award-winning band The Blueswater plays a mix of original songs and arranged covers, with a raucous sound reminiscent of Mississippi Hill Country blues. 

Best of the West End

Best of the West End

Don’t miss this new musical review! Featuring world class voices and breathtaking harmonies, these professional performers showcase the very best songs from the West End. 

Pesky Pirates: A Hip-Hop Adventure

Pesky Pirates: A Hip-Hop Adventure

After sell-out shows of The Princess and the Frog last year, Let’s All Dance is back with this high energy interactive show, full of action, giggles and fantastic hip-hop dancing… 

The End

The End

Celebrated Scottish choreographer Jack Webb has brought his latest, typically idiosyncratic work, The End, for performance at this year’s Festival Fringe as part of the extensive… 

Moscow Boys

Moscow Boys

Combining clownesque joy with jaw-dropping skill, a quartet of multi-talented virtuosos escapes the critical eye of their instructor and embarks on a musical journey from Tchaikovs… 

Acoustic Swing

Acoustic Swing

Ice-cool classics and red-hot originals from Scotland’s native guitar-slinging troubadour. 

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

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… 

Big Value Comedy Show – Late

Big Value Comedy Show – Late

Established as one of the best shows on the Fringe. 

Big Value Comedy Show – Early

Big Value Comedy Show – Early

Twenty second year as the recognised launch pad for future legends. 

Bob Slayer: 24 Hour Shows

Bob Slayer: 24 Hour Shows

Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures. 

Dirty White Boys

Dirty White Boys

As yet undiscovered comedians, Chazz Redhead and Jack Robertson love making jokes almost as much as they hate each other. 

Gabriel Ebulue: Hip-Punk

Gabriel Ebulue: Hip-Punk

What’s your favourite music album? It’s something that not everybody puts a lot of thought into, but for Gabriel Ebulue it’s a make-or-break situation when making a first imp… 

David O'Doherty: Big Time

David O'Doherty: Big Time

Based on a gauge adapted from his previous call-centre telemarketing experience, David O’Doherty rates being a professional stand-up as an eight out of ten, with two points dropp… 

Shoot From The Hip: For a Laugh

Shoot From The Hip: For a Laugh

Shoot From The Hip are coming to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the first time ever! With five years running weekly residencies at two of London’s hottest comedy clubs, Top Se… 

Big Silly Mash-Up!

Big Silly Mash-Up!

Returning to a bigger room after last year’s sell-outs, MC Andy Stedman hosts a mash-up of some of the top comedians at the Fringe together with up-and-coming newer faces. 

Adventures of the Singing Acupuncturist Five: Big O Conquers the FOMO – Free

Adventures of the Singing Acupuncturist Five: Big O Conquers the FOMO – Free

Spread your wings of courage and join Big O as she explores the aspects of fear. 

My Big Dick is Making Me Thirsty

My Big Dick is Making Me Thirsty

Matty Finlayson, noun – A hard-hitting action-packed gigolo, not dissimilar to a high-class call girl. 

Morgan & West's Utterly Spiffing Spectacular Magic Show for Kids (and Childish Grown-Ups!)

Morgan & West's Utterly Spiffing Spectacular Magic Show for Kids (and Childish Grown-Ups!)

Time travelling Victorian magic duo Morgan & West return to unload another boxful of bafflement and impossibility. 

Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show

Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show

On top of the breakfast (croissant, coffee and strawberries), there is a handful of ten-minute theatre pieces that are eccentric, funny and outrageous. 

Kinsey Sicks: Lady Cocks of Bang Boys

Kinsey Sicks: Lady Cocks of Bang Boys

I have binge-watched six series of RuPaul’s Drag Race on Netflix and I love drag queens. 

Jules Verne’s Extraordinary Voyages: The Lighthouse at the End of the World

Jules Verne’s Extraordinary Voyages: The Lighthouse at the End of the World

When a remote lighthouse is attacked by a dangerous band of wreckers and vagabonds only one of the keepers escapes alive Joining forces with the sole survivor of a shipwreck, the p… 

Women of the West End and the Cathedral Collection

Women of the West End and the Cathedral Collection

An exhibition about some remarkable female pioneers who lived in Edinburgh’s West End. 

Boys Will Be Boys

Boys Will Be Boys

Astrid Wentworth is ruthless. 

History Boys

History Boys

A group of Sixth Form boys in a Comprehensive School in Sheffield set their sights on Oxford and Cambridge. 

Crouch End Festival

Crouch End Festival

Crouch End Festival is now the UK’s biggest community arts festival, with over 200 performers, over 160 events, over 10 days in over 70 venues, from cafes to pubs, open spaces to… 

One World Jazz Suite - Part 2: Paul Busby's Bigger Band

One World Jazz Suite - Part 2: Paul Busby's Bigger Band

A selection of pieces dealing with current day issues. 

End Times Steampunk Festival

End Times Steampunk Festival

A Steampunk fandazzle eruption. 

Marilyn Carino with band

Marilyn Carino with band

Marilyn Carino’s torchy, existential electro-soul has been likened to “Nina Simone coming back from the dead to front Morcheeba”; her latest album, ‘Leaves, Sadness, Science’ deeme… 

Now I'm a Big Boy!

Now I'm a Big Boy!

‘Now I’m a Big Boy!’ is written, produced and performed by young people, tackling issues of growing up and the problems surrounding sexual consent. 

A Really Really Big Modern Telly

A Really Really Big Modern Telly

A pair of comedic short plays simultaneously celebrating and condemning modern life, sandwiched in sketches: A re-imagining of the myth of Narcissus and Echo, and a contemporary fa… 

Morgan & West's Utterly Spiffing Spectacular Magic Show for Kids (and Childish Grown-Ups!)

Morgan & West's Utterly Spiffing Spectacular Magic Show for Kids (and Childish Grown-Ups!)

Time travelling Victorian magic duo Morgan & West unload another boxful of bafflement and impossibility. 

Brighton Beach Boys Present Pet Sounds vs Sgt Pepper

Brighton Beach Boys Present Pet Sounds vs Sgt Pepper

Brighton Beach Boys with the Psychedelic Love Orchestra present Pet Sounds vs Sgt Pepper. 

Kakande West African Drummers

Kakande West African Drummers

Ali Bangoura, from Guinea, with his troupe of Brighton-based drummers, are bringing the excitement and dynamic energy of Africa to Brighton. 

Dirty White Boys

Dirty White Boys

After having a splendid time in their debut year, Dirty White Boys have returned with a selection of brand-new material. 

Big Bobby, Little Bobby

Big Bobby, Little Bobby

A twisted, tender comedy about dealing with your dark side. 

Big Bobby, Little Bobby

Big Bobby, Little Bobby

If like me you find an Irish accent a wondrous tool capable, in a single crank, of spinning the very stars in the gutter, and if, like me also, you enjoy nothing better than a bi… 

Carnival Collective vs. Orkestra Del Sol: UK Street Band Sound Clash!

Carnival Collective vs. Orkestra Del Sol: UK Street Band Sound Clash!

Orkestra del Sol’s explosive reinvention of global brass band music has captured imaginations and left a trail of pummeled dance floors across continents. 

Big Brighton Fringe Festival Ceilidh

Big Brighton Fringe Festival Ceilidh

Join Brighton Ceilidh Collective for an evening of raucous nonsense and ceilidh dancing. 

Brighton Swing Thing

Brighton Swing Thing

Join the Brighton Swing Community for a special Fringe afternoon of swing music and dancing with a live swing band, DJs, beginners Lindy Hop dance class, Charleston dancers and a d… 

Little Howard's Big Show for Kids

Little Howard's Big Show for Kids

Following the success of their TV show ‘Little Howard’s Big Question’ (CBBC), real human Big Howard and animated six-year-old Little Howard are bringing their unique family comed… 

Brighton Swing Choir & The Close Shaves

Brighton Swing Choir & The Close Shaves

Brighton Swing Choir is a brand new community choir specialising in music from the swing era and beyond. 

Fake Hip Gnosis

Fake Hip Gnosis

Slash/Theatre presents - come into your own slice of life! The land of the free has never been so easy to hide from. 

HIP

HIP

Gathering the audience in the street and lining them up against a wall may be a slightly alarming start, but Jolie Booth proceeds to weave a visualisation so utterly convincing, … 

Matt Hutson & David McIver: Two Shy Boys

Matt Hutson & David McIver: Two Shy Boys

Free alternative comedy from Matt Hutson (Runner-up in Preston Comedian of the Year) and David McIver (Selected for the BBC New Comedy award 2015). 

The Big Stiffy

The Big Stiffy

Bob’s dead. 

Kings of the Jazz Trumpet with The SNC Big Band and Steve Waterman

Kings of the Jazz Trumpet with The SNC Big Band and Steve Waterman

The trumpet in the history of jazz featuring compositions and arrangements by the kings of jazz as well as new works. 

Naked Boys Reading: La Femme

Naked Boys Reading: La Femme

Ascending the back stairs of the Marlborough to be greeted by the towering and magnificently coiffed Dr Sharon Husbands, doesn’t quite give an accurate taste of what follows. 

The Lady Boys of Bangkok - Forever Yours... x Tour

The Lady Boys of Bangkok - Forever Yours... x Tour

This was my first close encounter with the Lady Boys; I’ve never been to Bangkok, but I’ve seen The Hangover II. 

'Who Sampled Who' presents 'Fallen Hip Hop Legends'

'Who Sampled Who' presents 'Fallen Hip Hop Legends'

An interactive, musical, play experience by Exploring Senses and One Brighton FM. 

Now I'm A Big Boy!

Now I'm A Big Boy!

If you believe ‘youth is wasted on the young’, then just for a second imagine it was lived by the not-so-young. 

End of the Rainbow

End of the Rainbow

After watching End Of The Rainbow, what I learnt most about Garland was the effect that she had on her audience. 

Jersey Boys

Jersey Boys

It’s a Wednesday night in March and the UK tour of Jersey Boys has reached its final destination: the Edinburgh Playhouse. 

Valentines Shows

Valentines Shows

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… 

The Way West

The Way West

(previews start on Thursday; opens on March 16) Mona Mansour, whose “Urge for Going” was seen at the Public Lab in 2011, returns with a new play about financial mismana… 

The End of Longing

The End of Longing

The End of Longing starring Matthew Perry Internationally acclaimed actor Matthew Perry (Friends, The Odd Couple) leads the cast in the world premiere of his playwriting deb… 

The Loud Boys

The Loud Boys

Mark Vigeant and Yoni Lotan take over this music space for their  high-energy monthly comedy show, during which they promise to “sing, dance, give out candy and loudly s… 

Jersey Boys NEW YORK

Jersey Boys NEW YORK

THE BEHIND-THE-SCENES BROADWAY MUSICAL ABOUT FRANKIE VALLI & THE FOUR SEASONS Now a Major Motion Picture! They were just four guys from Jersey, until they sang their very first not… 

An Evening with the Trumpet Boys

An Evening with the Trumpet Boys

Dan Fox, Ian Stroud and Mark Vigeant are the Trumpet Boys, three brass-playing comedians who work their instruments into this hilarious night of sketch comedy as the trio records a… 

Phalariss Bull: Solving the Riddle of the Great Big World

Phalariss Bull: Solving the Riddle of the Great Big World

In this idea-heavy one-man show, Steven Friedman, a Renaissance man whose areas of expertise include philosophy, seeks to weave a capsule history of philosophical thought with an a… 

Good Boys and True

Good Boys and True

It’s 1988 and Brandon is embarking on his Senior year at St. 

Big Apple Circus: The Grand Tour

Big Apple Circus: The Grand Tour

Friendly, beguiling and emphatically humane, this popular circus takes travel as its theme this year, with its performers cavorting as Jazz Age sailors, aviators and sightseers. 

The Loud Boys Show

The Loud Boys Show

Mark Vigeant and Yoni Lotan are hosts of this boisterous comedy show who promise to “sing, dance, give out candy and loudly shout at each other. 

Inverkeithing Community Big Band

Inverkeithing Community Big Band

Join Fife’s biggest, most fabulous big band for a sumptuous afternoon of classic tunes from Count Basie to Maynard Ferguson. 

Another Big Night in With the Silver Darlings

Another Big Night in With the Silver Darlings

Settle back and enjoy another big night in with the Silver Darlings. 

Big Band Swing

Big Band Swing

A toe-tapping evening of music from the era when swing was king with classic instrumentals and laid-back vocals – everything from Basie to Bublé. 

The MaineStreet Band

The MaineStreet Band

Rock’n’roll spectacle! What are you looking for in an American rock band? Energy? Passion? General shenanigans? TMSB is coming to EdFringe! Guitars, keys, harmonies, drums, bass, a… 

The Big Comedy Gala in Aid of Macmillan Cancer Support

The Big Comedy Gala in Aid of Macmillan Cancer Support

Back after a year off, Die Roten Punkte take the helm of this fundraiser for Macmillan. 

The Big Cabaret Gala in Aid of Macmillan Cancer Support

The Big Cabaret Gala in Aid of Macmillan Cancer Support

Lili la Scala (AFVS) hosts this family-friendly variety show in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. 

Big Girls Don't Cry

Big Girls Don't Cry

The iconic sound of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons recreated in this feel-good concert. 

Soft Shoe Skiffle Band

Soft Shoe Skiffle Band

Back at the Fringe again after a gap of a few years, for another trip down memory lane. 

Boys

Boys

Fledgling theatre company Open Letter were immediately onto a winner when they chose Ella Hickson’s recent hit Boys to bring to the Fringe. 

Hackney Colliery Band

Hackney Colliery Band

London’s brass juggernaut makes its Fringe debut for three shows only, fresh from floor-filling gigs across Europe. 

Dopeness: A Guide to Hip-Hop

Dopeness: A Guide to Hip-Hop

Sunil Patel (Chortle nominee, the Ice Cube of comedy) and Daryl Perry (the Nicki Minaj of comedy) will manhandle you through a rushed history of hip hop. 

Legend of the Fat Pack – The Chunkiest Swing Singers You’ve Never Heard of!

Legend of the Fat Pack – The Chunkiest Swing Singers You’ve Never Heard of!

In 2009, a crack vocal quartet was put on a diet for a crime they didn’t commit. 

BBC: Asian Network's Big Comedy Night

BBC: Asian Network's Big Comedy Night

The BBC Asian Network return to Edinburgh for a third year, hosting an evening of the best Asian talent from across the festivals. 

Big Swing Face

Big Swing Face

Following their 2014 sell-out Fringe performance, the SLJO are back with an all new set featuring the finest tunes from the golden era of Big Band. 

BBC: Sue Perkins' Big Night Out

BBC: Sue Perkins' Big Night Out

Join Sue Perkins for BBC Two’s Festival highlights show, with live music, discussions, performance and comedy.  

Bad Boys: Whisky Theatre

Bad Boys: Whisky Theatre

A romp through the bits of the whisky industry that didn’t quite go to plan. 

Edinburgh Renaissance Band at St Mark's

Edinburgh Renaissance Band at St Mark's

It isn’t just through watching the plays of the Bard that you can get a taste of culture here at the Fringe; the Edinburgh Renaissance Band are bards of a different sort. 

Barnardo's Big Comedy Benefit

Barnardo's Big Comedy Benefit

A bumper-length show giving you the chance to help raise vital funds for Barnardo’s while previewing a selection of this year’s top Fringe shows, courtesy of some of your favourite… 

Sandy Brechin Band

Sandy Brechin Band

Wild man of the accordion and front man of Burach and The Sensational Jimi Shandrix Experience, Sandy Brechin plays fast and funky favourites from his albums Out Of His Box and Out… 

Sundown Swing

Sundown Swing

Yorkshire-based Sundown Swing return to the Fringe following their successful debut last year with near capacity audiences. 

In Full Swing

In Full Swing

The Three Belles and their live swing band The Bevin Boys present In Full Swing! Let them take you back to the 1940s with the music of The Andrews Sisters, Vera Lynn, Ray Ellington… 

Sundown Swing

Sundown Swing

Yorkshire-based Sundown Swing return to the Fringe following their successful debut last year with near capacity audiences. 

Five Happy Dead Boys – the Lo-fi Musical

Five Happy Dead Boys – the Lo-fi Musical

Low fidelity musical based on the horror-romantic comic saga by Davide Toffolo with the songs of Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morti, the popular indie band with the skull masks. 

Lisa Scott With the Dave Swanson Band

Lisa Scott With the Dave Swanson Band

Twelfth year at the Fringe! From Billie Holiday to Ray Charles, Lisa sings with passion and humour, with ease and sophistication. 

The Rising – A Tribute to Springsteen and the E Street Band

The Rising – A Tribute to Springsteen and the E Street Band

The Rising – A Tribute to Springsteen and the E Street Band. 

The David Latto Band

The David Latto Band

The David Latto Band bring their brand of celtic-tinged Americana to AMC@St Bride’s and the Fringe for the first time. 

Dead End

Dead End

Dead End” is a two act stage play that takes place in post-apocalyptic America. 

Daniel Sloss: Dark: Extra Shows!

Daniel Sloss: Dark: Extra Shows!

Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox. 

Sundown Swing

Sundown Swing

Yorkshire-based Sundown Swing return to the Fringe following their successful debut last year with near capacity audiences. 

The BIG Sing-a-long!

The BIG Sing-a-long!

Fun for all the family – a hugely popular, inspirational hour. 

Boys Who Like to Play With Dolls

Boys Who Like to Play With Dolls

This two-person dance and physical piece is performed and choreographed by Tereza Ondrová and Peter Šavel, a male-female duo who have worked successfully both separately and toge… 

Sandbach School Big Band

Sandbach School Big Band

This acclaimed big band return to the Fringe for the third time, having previously sold out. 

Graeme Mearns: Acoustic Swing

Graeme Mearns: Acoustic Swing

Ice-cool classics and red-hot originals – not to mention ‘a certain roguish charm’ (Herald) from Scotland’s native guitar-slinging troubadour. 

Roaring Boys

Roaring Boys

Roaring Boys makes a welcome and very successful return to the Festival Fringe this year adding a further chapter to its interesting history. 

Big Bite-Size Lunch Hour: Lunch in Cairo

Big Bite-Size Lunch Hour: Lunch in Cairo

This double bill of new writing by Tom Coash brings us to Cairo, where we’re welcomed with dates and hookah pipes. 

West End Fair

West End Fair

One hundred makers, artists and designers exhibiting their latest creations in a spectacular outdoor setting. 

John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

‘Boogie-woogie. 

Swing Circus

Swing Circus

Swing Circus is a high-energy show that combines top-level swing dancers launching each other across the stage with traditional circus disciplines including acrobats, handbalancers… 

For Big Boys Only

For Big Boys Only

Uncover the linguistic layers of a Russian doll! Hear yourself in Nastya Rybachuk’s contemporary, provocative and witty verses. 

Big Silly Comedy: Midnight Mash-Up!

Big Silly Comedy: Midnight Mash-Up!

Big Silly Midnight Mash-Up: Hot prospects, special guests and host Andy Stedman. Laugh, drink and get your party hat on. 

A West Coast Experience from Oz

A West Coast Experience from Oz

Annie walks, talks, sings and dazzles! A Highland lass returning home with Aussie bassist John Wilson, The Inimitable Victor Brox on keys, a grab bag of West Coast Oz experiences a… 

Leapin' Louie's Wild West Spectacular

Leapin' Louie's Wild West Spectacular

‘Awesome’ is a terrible word, but there’s no shame using it – in the truest sense – to describe Leapin’ Louie and his lethal range of doohickeys. 

In the West

In the West

These comedic and heartfelt monologues were written by a group of playwrights from Austin, Texas in 1985. 

Jonny and the Baptists: The End Is Nigh

Jonny and the Baptists: The End Is Nigh

Johnny has accidentally told his niece that he can single-handedly stop climate change and so he embarks on a musical adventure with his bandmate Paddy to save the world. 

BBC: BBC Presents... The Next Big Thing

BBC: BBC Presents... The Next Big Thing

Our pick of the best new shows opening at the Edinburgh Festivals 2015. Line-up TBC. 

The Lady Boys of Bangkok – Beauties and the Beats Tour

The Lady Boys of Bangkok – Beauties and the Beats Tour

Now running for just over 17 years and seen by one million people, the Lady Boys are most certainly back in town and after all these years you would think it would be hard to keep … 

Cat Loud's Big Night In

Cat Loud's Big Night In

If you’re living right, this could happen to you. 

Little Thing, Big Thing

Little Thing, Big Thing

A nun and an ex-con find themselves on the run across Ireland, carrying two film rolls, identical in appearance but with very different sets of pictures on them. 

Not the End of the World

Not the End of the World

Not the End of the World is based on the novel by Geraldine McCaughrean which reimagines the story of Noah’s Ark from the point of view of Noah’s daughter, Timna, as she grappl… 

Morgan & West: Lying, Cheating Scoundrels

Morgan & West: Lying, Cheating Scoundrels

Morgan & West invite you to join them at the card table for an intimate evening of shams, scams and good old fashioned cheating. 

B-Boys, B-Girls and B-Bots

B-Boys, B-Girls and B-Bots

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 … 

Some Big Some Bang

Some Big Some Bang

Some Big Some Bang is set at the memorial of a mother’s death. 

Big Value Comedy Show – Lunchtime

Big Value Comedy Show – Lunchtime

Take a punt at lunchtime. 

Big Value Comedy Show – Early

Big Value Comedy Show – Early

Our 21st year as the recognised launch pad for future legends. 

Paul Ricketts: West End Story

Paul Ricketts: West End Story

Return of acclaimed and libellously funny storytelling show on how to find outrageous nightly adventure on a budget of £5. 

Mike Wozniak: One Man Dad Cat Band

Mike Wozniak: One Man Dad Cat Band

Mike Wozniak’s probably best known for playing moustachioed misfit Brian in Channel 4’s sitcom Man Down. 

Big Value Comedy Show – Late

Big Value Comedy Show – Late

Established as one of the best shows on the Fringe. Four different comedians to the earlier show. Two hours, four acts for £10 or less. ‘Top comedy, top value’ (List). 

Russell Hicks: Big Mouth Strikes Again

Russell Hicks: Big Mouth Strikes Again

American smart ass showcases the wit that got him described as ‘a mix between Jack Dee and Dennis Leary’ (BroadwayBaby. 

Morgan & West's Utterly Spiffing Spectacular Magic Show for Kids (and Childish Grown-ups!)

Morgan & West's Utterly Spiffing Spectacular Magic Show for Kids (and Childish Grown-ups!)

Time travelling Victorian magic duo Morgan & West unload another boxful of bafflement and impossibility. 

Swing By Around 8

Swing By Around 8

Ayckbourn fans will love this comedy of manners from Durham University’s Fourth Wall Theatre. 

Lloyd Griffith: Great Grimsby's Big Turn On

Lloyd Griffith: Great Grimsby's Big Turn On

There’s a very fine line between watching an actual, heart-in-mouth onstage breakdown and one that’s convincingly feigned. 

The Underbelly Radio Shows

The Underbelly Radio Shows

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… 

Big Bite Size Breakfast Show

Big Bite Size Breakfast Show

Only in Edinburgh could you start your morning off having breakfast while watching some theatre. 

This Will End Badly

This Will End Badly

After a rave reception for his controversially-named Fringe debut last year, Awkward Conversations With Animals I’ve F*cked, Rob Hayes has penned another one-man show. 

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical

If you’re planning on making the trip to see Baby Wants Candy, get your title suggestions ready now! The audience for his fully improvised musical comedy has barely taken their s… 

Hardeep Singh Kohli: Big Mouth Strikes Again

Hardeep Singh Kohli: Big Mouth Strikes Again

When you’ve a mouth this big, is it any wonder you get into trouble? The Fringe’s favourite comedian, broadcaster, journalist and chef explains all in a brand new show. 

Big Shot

Big Shot

Big Shot is subtitled, “This is not The Godfather”. 

Max and Ivan: The End

Max and Ivan: The End

In Max and Ivan: The End, the eponymous duo take you on a guided tour of the small town of Sudley-on-Sea, introducing you to all of the residents. 

The Frida Kahlo of Penge West

The Frida Kahlo of Penge West

As roommates, young London singletons Zoe and Ruth are as mismatched as Peep Show’s Mark and Jeremy. 

Morgan and West’s Utterly Spiffing Spectacular Magic Show – For Kids (and Childish Grown-ups!)

Morgan and West’s Utterly Spiffing Spectacular Magic Show – For Kids (and Childish Grown-ups!)

Kevin MacLeod’s Call To Adventure is entirely appropriate as the walk-in soundtrack to Morgan and West’s Utterly Spiffing Spectacular Magic Show – For Kids. 

West End Magic Presents – Magic Workshops for Children

West End Magic Presents – Magic Workshops for Children

Teaching children aged 7-13 the basics of magic. 

West End Magic

West End Magic

West End Magic, a monthly fixture at the Leicester Square Theatre, heads north for a limited engagement at The Great Yorkshire Fringe. 

The Arts Barge Project Presents…The Great Yorkshire Swing!

The Arts Barge Project Presents…The Great Yorkshire Swing!

The Arts Barge project knows how to turn a dreary, wet Sunday night into a fun filled extravaganza. 

Shows for Days

Shows for Days

(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… 

Max and Ivan: The End

Max and Ivan: The End

Welcome to Sudley-on-Sea. 

Mike Wozniak: One Man Dad Cat Band

Mike Wozniak: One Man Dad Cat Band

Work in progress. 

Brighton Swing Thing

Brighton Swing Thing

Join the Brighton Swing Community for a special Fringe afternoon of swing music and dancing with a live swing band, DJs, beginners Lindy Hop dance class, Charleston dancers and a d… 

The Improverts - Exam Shows

The Improverts - Exam Shows

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… 

Phil Buckley's Big Idea

Phil Buckley's Big Idea

Have you ever had an earth-shatteringly good idea? Phil Buckley hasn’t. 

Hip

Hip

On discovering a long-forgotten flat above the shops of Brighton clock tower, a bunch of semi-hip young squatters find a once hip woman’s long-forgotten possessions - including a b… 

Sensational Singing From the Big Smoke

Sensational Singing From the Big Smoke

Since 2007, award-winning a cappella sensation In the Smoke has been bringing the cream of London’s vocal talent to audiences across the UK. 

Big Girl's Blouse

Big Girl's Blouse

Sometimes it’s hard to be a woman… Who knew what being transgender was in the 1970s? Not Kate’s family. 

The Colin Hoult Shows

The Colin Hoult Shows

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… 

James McDonnell: End

James McDonnell: End

If you like loud musical comedy, this is the place to be Wednesday night, as James McDonnell stomps through an hour of high energy, surreal music and hilarity. 

Morgan & West’s Utterly Spiffing Spectacular Magic Show

Morgan & West’s Utterly Spiffing Spectacular Magic Show

Time-travelling Victorian duo Morgan & West unload another boxful of bafflement and impossibility. 

Dirty White Boys

Dirty White Boys

No quotes. 

Point & Shoot: a new musical

Point & Shoot: a new musical

It is the year 2042. 

The Lady Boys of Bangkok: Beauties and the Beats

The Lady Boys of Bangkok: Beauties and the Beats

The hottest, funniest show this side of Bangkok. 

Point and Shoot: A New Musical

Point and Shoot: A New Musical

The year is 2042: Hollywood is dead, the film industry buckled under the weight of hefty blockbuster films. 

Dinner With the Boys

Dinner With the Boys

This Mafia-themed comedy is best suited to small stages; here, most of its laughs are swallowed up by a large space, leading to a lackluster show (1:40). 

Boys

Boys

Even the greatest of parties end with the hangover of cleaning up afterwards. 

Ballet West

Ballet West

This troupe has a national profile partly because of its participation in the reality TV show “Breaking Pointe,” which chronicled the personalities and backstage antics… 

The History Boys

The History Boys

The History Boys – at least according to the programme notes accompanying this latest tour – is “generally regarded as Alan Bennett’s masterpiece”. 

Journey's End

Journey's End

With the death of the last surviving veterans a few years back, the so-called Great War of 1914-18 slipped from living memory, but some records remain preserved none-the-less, n… 

Big Love

Big Love

(previews start on Feb. 

The Improverts - London Shows

The Improverts - London Shows

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… 

Big Long Sets

Big Long Sets

Emmy Blotnick invites two headlining comics to perform 30-minute sets. This month’s guests are Adam Newman and Gary Gulman. 

The Hip Hop Nutcracker

The Hip Hop Nutcracker

The Tchaikovsky music remains but the ballet dancers are out. 

On a Stool at the End of the Bar

On a Stool at the End of the Bar

In Robert Callely’s overstuffed new drama, set in the 1980s, a family’s tranquility is blown to smithereens when Tony (Timothy John Smith) discovers that his longtime g… 

Benefit for West Africa Relief

Benefit for West Africa Relief

The comedians Jena Friedman and Greg Barris host a top-notch lineup of entertainers to raise money for Doctors Without Borders. 

The Band Wagon

The Band Wagon

(performances start on Nov. 

The Birthday Boys: Sneaks and Peeks

The Birthday Boys: Sneaks and Peeks

Members of this sketch group from Los Angeles present a live show, during which they’ll preview the second season of their IFC sketch show. 

Big Apple Circus

Big Apple Circus

“Metamorphosis” is the theme of the latest edition of the Big Apple Circus, now nested at Lincoln Center for the holidays. 

The West End Experience

The West End Experience

York Barbican Centre: 3rd Oct 7pm. 

East End Literary Salon

East End Literary Salon

The East End Literary Salon presents a night of new theatrical writing from the finest emerging playwrights. 

The Hardybutts Boys

The Hardybutts Boys

1914 - The dawn of the Great War. 

Boys and Girls

Boys and Girls

(previews start on Sept. 

Roddy Woomble and Band

Roddy Woomble and Band

Familiar to many thousands of music fans as the front man in the Scottish rock band Idlewild, Roddy Woomble is also a celebrated solo songwriter and performer. 

The Sound of Seventeen Big Band

The Sound of Seventeen Big Band

Come and join us for a show of classic big band music played by this popular band. 

I Am a Boys Choir

I Am a Boys Choir

In the 1993 family film “Free Willy,” a boy bonds with a captive whale before helping him escape to freedom. 

A Big Night in with the Silver Darlings

A Big Night in with the Silver Darlings

Settle back and enjoy ‘a big night in with the Silver Darlings’. 

The Really Big Diamond

The Really Big Diamond

An original musical based on F Scott Fitzgerald’s The Diamond as Big as the Ritz; a grotesque allegory of the American Dream. 

Bonny Boys are Few

Bonny Boys are Few

The true story of a father, reimagined by a son. 

Barnardo’s Big Comedy Benefit

Barnardo’s Big Comedy Benefit

We’re back with another bumper-length show for a fantastic cause! Hosted by Jo Caulfield, this comedy extravaganza gives you a chance to preview a selection of this year’s top … 

The Story of Swing

The Story of Swing

The story of how big band music became the first worldwide pop phenomenon, inspired the first ever youth culture revolution and became a byword for sexual liberation and teenage ex… 

Battlefield Band

Battlefield Band

One of the great institutions of Scottish traditional music. 

Big Band Swing

Big Band Swing

With Fringe sell-out show awards and an appearance in the Guinness Book of Records to their name, Jon Ritchie’s Swing Sensation Big Band makes a welcome return to the Edinburgh Fri… 

The Perch Creek Family Jug Band

The Perch Creek Family Jug Band

Direct from Melbourne, Australia, The Perch Creek Family Jugband are a band of five energetic multi-instrumentalists and vocalists, four of whom happen to be siblings. 

The End of Empire and the Fragmentation of Britain

The End of Empire and the Fragmentation of Britain

Dr Bryan Glass investigates how the Scots reacted to the end of the British Empire: specifically why decolonization coincided with the rise of Scottish nationalism and calls for Sc… 

West Side Story

West Side Story

Youth Music Theatre Scotland return for another successful year at the Fringe, this time with a remarkably professional and well-executed production of West Side Story, perhaps t… 

The Hardybutts Boys

The Hardybutts Boys

Little Giant Theatre Company presents a commemorative adaptation of true stories from the Great War in honour of the centenary. 

The Electric Swing Circus

The Electric Swing Circus

The Electric Swing Circus are a double female fronted six-piece bringing a mish-mash of art funk and ‘50s jive to the opulent halls of the Assembly Checkpoint. 

Sandy Brechin Band

Sandy Brechin Band

Wild man of the accordion and frontman of Burach and The Sensational Jimi Shandrix Experience, Sandy Brechin plays fast and funky favourites from his albums Out of His Box and Out … 

The Wind Road Boys

The Wind Road Boys

A historic mining village in the North East is under threat when Superco want to open an EnormaStore on land that has been inherited from an old miner, George. 

The After Party with Alex Rossi and the Rhythmic Circus Band

The After Party with Alex Rossi and the Rhythmic Circus Band

Alex Rossi and friends roll a mash-up of traditional blues, the swagger of hip-hop and the high energy of rock’n’roll into three funky hours of music. Special Fringe guests! 

Daniel Sloss – Really...?! Extra Shows

Daniel Sloss – Really...?! Extra Shows

Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox. 

Graeme Mearns: Acoustic Swing

Graeme Mearns: Acoustic Swing

Ice cool classics and red hot originals from guitar-slinging troubadour and Jazz Bar resident, Graeme Mearns. 

Club Spiegel Present The Loveboat Big Band

Club Spiegel Present The Loveboat Big Band

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 … 

Edinburgh Renaissance Band's Viol Rackett Show

Edinburgh Renaissance Band's Viol Rackett Show

Edinburgh Renaissance Band returns with its ever-popular Viol Rackett Show, our best-loved programme of music, song and dance from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. 

Anthems - West End Showstoppers

Anthems - West End Showstoppers

Local company Edinburgh Music Theatre present their second production in a double bill and achieve a true West End sound. 

Bad Boys: Whisky Theatre

Bad Boys: Whisky Theatre

A romp through the bits of the whisky industry that didn’t quite go to plan. 

Monster School Goes West

Monster School Goes West

It’s a school for monsters! Ms Bagatha, Mr Splunk and all the monster kids join in this time tunnel adventure as they celebrate differences while learning about America’s Wild West… 

Big Brother: Blitzkrieg

Big Brother: Blitzkrieg

In a world where World War Two never took place, an Austrian politician by the name of Adolf Hitler enters the Big Brother house. 

Funmbi Omotayo and Prince Abdi: East Meets West

Funmbi Omotayo and Prince Abdi: East Meets West

Mixing warm tales from their African origins with stories of everyday life in Britain, join these two circuit favourites for an unmissable two-hander show! Funmbi (Amused Moose Lau… 

B-Boys, B-Girls and B-Bots

B-Boys, B-Girls and B-Bots

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… 

Sundown Swing

Sundown Swing

Yorkshire-based Sundown Swing make their debut at the Fringe with an exciting mix of instrumentals and featured vocals in their programme of favourites from Glenn Miller and the sw… 

James Christopher - Partially Sighted in All the Big Venues

James Christopher - Partially Sighted in All the Big Venues

A celebration of human flaws. 

John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

‘Boogie-woogie. 

West End Fair

West End Fair

One hundred makers, artists and designers exhibiting their latest creations in a spectacular outdoor setting. 

Sundown Swing

Sundown Swing

Yorkshire-based Sundown Swing make their debut at the Fringe with an exciting mix of instrumentals and featured vocals in their programme of favourites from Glenn Miller and the sw… 

The Lady Boys of Bangkok - Red Hot Kisses Tour

The Lady Boys of Bangkok - Red Hot Kisses Tour

No Fringe is complete without the inclusion of the Lady Boys, who return to their Edinburgh home – for what could be the last time – under the Sabai Pavilion on The Meadows for… 

Adventures of the Singing Acupuncturist: Big O Finds Her Soul

Adventures of the Singing Acupuncturist: Big O Finds Her Soul

Thankfully, there was no combination of singing and acupuncture. 

Simply the West

Simply the West

We are promised an “epic tale of love, loyalty and logistics” and, with varying degrees of each, that is what we get. 

Big Society

Big Society

In coming to write this show I believed my job would be as easy as pie. 

The Next Big Thing

The Next Big Thing

The Next Big Thing is a show that deals with precisely that – and the young, ambitious writer who’s striving to attain it. 

Swing

Swing

Sometimes we’re too afraid of looking like an eejit to fully embrace life: whether it’s not standing up for something you believe in, or being too shy to ask out the handsome… 

BBC: BBC Presents… The Next Big Thing

BBC: BBC Presents… The Next Big Thing

Our pick of the best new shows and breakthrough performances from the Edinburgh Festivals 2014. 

Scot and Lucia and the Big Flamenco Adventure!

Scot and Lucia and the Big Flamenco Adventure!

Ole! Babies, toddlers and mummies gather together to tap, clap and shake to a delightful mixture of flamenco, puppets, storytelling and song. 

Paul Ricketts' West End Story

Paul Ricketts' West End Story

The award-winning comic’s libellously funny story-telling show on how to find outrageous adventure on a nightly budget of £5. 

Big Value Comedy Show - Early

Big Value Comedy Show - Early

Big Value Comedy Show (Early) promises two hours of comedy gold with four young stars of tomorrow. 

Big Value Comedy Show - Lunchtime

Big Value Comedy Show - Lunchtime

Come and join us for lunchtime laughs at a special Big Value bargain sized ticket price. 

Big Value Comedy Show - Late

Big Value Comedy Show - Late

Established as one of the most exciting shows at the Fringe, Big Value brings you the best of the breakthrough talent. 

Big Red Bath

Big Red Bath

Adapted from the popular children’s book of the same name, Big Red Bath is Full House’s offering for younger children at the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe (The Snow Dog is their show f… 

Going Out West

Going Out West

Four men and a duck make up AsaNisiMasa’s Going Out West. 

Baron Sternlook’s Big Naughty Improv Musical

Baron Sternlook’s Big Naughty Improv Musical

Kudos to any improv troupe for even attempting the month-long exercise in uphill walking and sleep-deprivation that is the Fringe. 

Four Screws Loose in The Big Screw Up

Four Screws Loose in The Big Screw Up

“Are you ready to party?!” blares the PA at the start of the show and the audience roars in the agreement. 

The Little Big Show

The Little Big Show

Little tent. 

Big Brass

Big Brass

For those who run at the mere mention of the phrase ‘musical comedy’, this sketch show is for you. 

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical

One of the best known, longest running and most celebrated improv shows in the world. 

Robin and Partridge: Robin Dies at the End of the Show

Robin and Partridge: Robin Dies at the End of the Show

I must immediately declare that I have always liked Robin and Partridge. 

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show

It is amazing what a coffee and a croissant can do to a bleary-eyed audience. 

Morgan & West: Parlour Tricks

Morgan & West: Parlour Tricks

Performed with delightful Victorian flair and charm, magic has never looked quite so dashing and debonair. 

Pump Boys and Dinettes

Pump Boys and Dinettes

(performances begin on Wednesday) As director of Public Works at the Public Theater, Lear de Bessonet has been known to corral more than 200 amateur actors for a musical version of… 

Morgan & West: Time Travelling Magicians

Morgan & West: Time Travelling Magicians

Great Scott! Victorian magic duo Morgan & West travel 100 years into the future presenting baffling magic, unparalleled precognitive powers and a totally genuine ability to travel … 

Children's Shows and Workshops

Children's Shows and Workshops

A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement. 

Patrick Hamilton's The West Pier

Patrick Hamilton's The West Pier

Literary Cocktail salon at the Sussex County Cricket Ground exploring a classic Brighton crime novel and the life and times of its author. 

Yiri Baa West African High-Life Afro Beat

Yiri Baa West African High-Life Afro Beat

Yiri Baa – West African Roots Manding AfroBeat Band brings you a performance of the wildest music from The Gambia, Senegal and Mali, West Africa. 

West End Eurovision - The Final Battle!

West End Eurovision - The Final Battle!

Dominion Theatre: 22nd May 11pm. 

Mr. Stampe: Kind of a BIG Deal

Mr. Stampe: Kind of a BIG Deal

Jason Stampe is Kind of a big deal. 

Art and the End of Life: A Symposium

Art and the End of Life: A Symposium

Inspired by the five-star production of ‘Killing Roger’, Sparkle and Dark invite you to join a dynamic panel to talk about how art can tackle challenging ethical issues. 

The Big Wordshare: For Writers & Readers

The Big Wordshare: For Writers & Readers

Love talking about books? Writing your own? For writers: come along to the morning session to seek advice and share experiences with fellow aspiring novelists and a panel of indust… 

The Greatest Shows on Earth

The Greatest Shows on Earth

A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals. 

The Big Tissue

The Big Tissue

Ben, aged 7, got upset one evening and drew dots on some kitchen towel instead of going to bed. 

Straight No Chaser Big Band: Navigation

Straight No Chaser Big Band: Navigation

Hear the thrilling big band sound of 18-piece jazz ensemble Straight No Chaser as they perform original music from their latest CD: Navigation alongside a new piece commissioned fo… 

Ronnie Rialto Sings Jazz, Swing & Blues

Ronnie Rialto Sings Jazz, Swing & Blues

Ronnie Rialto, Lounge Singer Extraordinaire, entertains at the Cubar Chill-Out Lounge Bar in Preston Street, Brighton. 

Bonny Boys are Few

Bonny Boys are Few

Bonny Boys are Few is a multimedia storytelling performance of wonderful depth and colour. 

The Colin Hoult Shows

The Colin Hoult Shows

Master character comedian and star of ‘Derek’ and ‘Being Human’ performs all his critically acclaimed, sell-out, weirdly wonderful comedy shows, fresh from his hit Radio 4 series. 

The Big Bite-Size Late Breakfast

The Big Bite-Size Late Breakfast

Join us for a Late Breakfast of international award-winning new plays. 

The Lady Boys of Bangkok

The Lady Boys of Bangkok

The Ladyboys of Bangkok is all hyped up. 

'The Lonesome West' by Martin McDonagh

'The Lonesome West' by Martin McDonagh

Sibling rivalry, alcoholism, a priest and death all link together in this darkly humorous piece by renowned Irish playwright Martin McDonough. 

Big Jay and Friends

Big Jay and Friends

Big Jay Oakerson brings his crowd-work show to the Comedy Cellar’s second room, with appearances by Dave Attell, Dan Soder, Luis J. Gomez and others. 

Take It Personal: The Hip Hop Improv Show

Take It Personal: The Hip Hop Improv Show

Hot 97’s DJ Cipha Sounds hosts this night of hip-hop and improv, where a rap song inspires an improv show from some of the Upright Citizens Brigade’s finest performers. 

Big Terrific

Big Terrific

Max Silvestri hosts this long-running and incredibly popular  stand-up show, which always has a well-curated mix of up-and-comers and established headliners. 

Swing and Beowulf: The Blockbuster

Swing and Beowulf: The Blockbuster

These Dublin Fringe Festival one-acts are profoundly different yet equally winning. 

West End Comedy Pub Crawl

West End Comedy Pub Crawl

A festival institution which always sells out fast! Get yer walkin’ boots on and join the mob as we navigate you through four bars. 

Jersey Boys

Jersey Boys

Jersey Boys, the internationally acclaimed hit musical, tells the remarkable rise to stardom of one of the most successful bands in pop music history. 

Bookshop Comedy Encore to the End of August

Bookshop Comedy Encore to the End of August

Fringe is not over yet! Your last chance to see the pick of the Fringe with the most outrageous fringe stories. 

Yianni in Think Big (The Big One)

Yianni in Think Big (The Big One)

In his hugely popular free show Think Big, Yianni sets out his ambition to sell-out the biggest venue at the Fringe, have Michael ‘HackIntyre’ open for him and to enter the stage ‘… 

Big Band Swing

Big Band Swing

Big band hits to make your weekend go with a swing. 

Sing Sing Swing

Sing Sing Swing

A toe-tapping hour of vocals from the era when big band swing was king, with Scotland’s Swing Sensation Big Band. 

The Rising: The UK's No.1 Tribute to Springsteen and the E Street Band

The Rising: The UK's No.1 Tribute to Springsteen and the E Street Band

The Rising: a dynamic group of talented musicians who play tribute to Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band. An absolute must for fans of the Boss. 

Two is the Beginning of the End

Two is the Beginning of the End

A fast-paced, brutally poignant coming of age story that explores the pain and adventure of growing up, the moment when innocence suddenly turns into experience and the fear of loo… 

Bruce Dingerdik's Top End Tour

Bruce Dingerdik's Top End Tour

If you thought that ‘Neighbours’ was about as mundane as Australian stereotypes got, then you were wrong. 

CGO Creativity Panel - End it with Fireworks

CGO Creativity Panel - End it with Fireworks

Mid-festival a chance to look post-festival, how to capitalise on success, how to heal critical wounds, what to do next if you are a new creative artist/emerging company. 

The Kirsty Law Band

The Kirsty Law Band

Accompanied by Rona Wilkie (fiddle), Marit Fält (Låtmandola), Kirsty brings Scots traditional material to life and performs her own thought-provoking songs. 

Nuala Kennedy Band with A. J. Roach

Nuala Kennedy Band with A. J. Roach

Nuala Kennedy has a beautiful lilting voice that suits her ‘cheerful-sounding murder ballad’ songs perfectly. 

The Singing Kettle Wild West Party

The Singing Kettle Wild West Party

Scotland’s favourite children’s entertainers, The Singing Kettle, bring you this special singalong show that is guaranteed to have the whole family dancing, laughing and singin… 

Story's End

Story's End

Even on paper, this ‘reconnaissance mission into the no-man’s land where death borders storytelling’ has the potential to be either really good or a recipe for self-indulgence; a… 

Big Boys Don't Cry

Big Boys Don't Cry

Bobby Bulloch takes us through his journey to parenthood in a one man show set in a living room written by Elizabeth R Davidson. 

Band on the Run

Band on the Run

Frontman and songwriter Sandy Brechin played traditional accordion from his albums ‘Out of his Head’ and ‘Out of his Tree’, with backing from cajon, guitar, bass guitar, an… 

Barry From Watford: Shooting from The (new) Hip

Barry From Watford: Shooting from The (new) Hip

The whirr of a granny-mobile jolts into action and within seconds Barry from Watford zooms onto stage, bleating a tuneless song to the utter (and somewhat surprising) delight of th… 

Barnardo’s Big Comedy Benefit

Barnardo’s Big Comedy Benefit

I just want to first make sure that we’re on level ground here: I think Barnardo’s is super. 

The Big Comedy Gala in Aid of Macmillan Cancer Support

The Big Comedy Gala in Aid of Macmillan Cancer Support

The Boy with Tape on his Face - ‘Amazing’ (Scotsman), hosts pick-of-the-fringe 2011 and 2012 show. 

The Big Comedy Gala in Aid of Macmillan Cancer Support

The Big Comedy Gala in Aid of Macmillan Cancer Support

Hosted by Roy Walker (ITV’s Catchphrase). 

The End: An Apocalypse Anthology

The End: An Apocalypse Anthology

The End is an apocalyptic comedy. 

Band On the Run

Band On the Run

Wild man of the accordion, Sandy Brechin, plays fast and funky sets from his albums Out of His Box and Out of His Tree, accompanied by bass, guitar and percussion. 

At Wit's End

At Wit's End

With sketches ranging from speed dating to a prostitute on Dragons Den and women talking at the toilet mirrors, At Wit’s End is a sketch comedy that covers lots of bases but fails … 

Daniel Sloss - Stand-Up (Extra Shows!)

Daniel Sloss - Stand-Up (Extra Shows!)

Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox. 

The End Is Nigh!

The End Is Nigh!

Hendrick’s Carnival of Knowledge presents itself as a place of knowledge and relaxation, of playfulness and learning. 

Edinburgh Renaissance Band: Thistles and Roses

Edinburgh Renaissance Band: Thistles and Roses

Music, alternately exhilarating and tender, by Edinburgh’s famous 13-strong early music group. 

The Les Clochards - The Boys are Back in Town

The Les Clochards - The Boys are Back in Town

The Les Clochards combine high-jinx, cheeky-chappy, faux-Francais, ‘Allo ‘Allo, theatrics with a level of musical inventiveness and professionalism that can only have come from… 

The Gramophone Jazz Band's Late Night Speakeasy

The Gramophone Jazz Band's Late Night Speakeasy

Edinburgh’s up and coming New Orleans Dixieland jazz band means business. 

The Blues Band

The Blues Band

The Blues Band are acknowledged throughout the world as being the finest and most entertaining purveyors of rhythm and blues. 

Medea: Greece Meets West

Medea: Greece Meets West

Cultures clash in this powerfully discordant retelling of the Medea story at the Jazz Bar. 

BiDiNG TiME - Various Shows

BiDiNG TiME - Various Shows

International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations. 

Beyond West

Beyond West

With a rich yet delicate voice Susanna performs original songs, ballads and Ragas. 

The Lady Boys of Bangkok - Glamorous Amorous Tour

The Lady Boys of Bangkok - Glamorous Amorous Tour

No Edinburgh Fringe is complete without the inclusion of the Lady Boys, who return to their Sabai Pavilion home on The Meadows for another season with a new production, Glamorous A… 

West End Fair

West End Fair

One hundred makers, artists and designers exhibiting their latest work in a spectacular outdoor setting. 

Yianni in Think Big

Yianni in Think Big

Yianni’s optimism and trademark nerdiness combine for a show that is refreshingly devoid of cynicism. 

The Horne Section Live in a Cow - Extra Shows

The Horne Section Live in a Cow - Extra Shows

Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem. 

John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

Ian Rankin once described a John Hunt blues set like ‘Seasick Steve in a science lab. 

Big Comedy Lunch

Big Comedy Lunch

Early afternoon gigs are generally seen as low-profile, low-quality slots in the hierarchy of festival scheduling, but sometimes they can hide events that definitely shouldn’t be… 

John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

In the bowels of The Jazz Bar, John Hunt perches on his stool clutching a guitar, his ageless face cast in red shadows. 

Wits End Comedy Club

Wits End Comedy Club

Our dashing hosts present a naughty nightcap of raucous comedy, cabaret and late night frivolity. 

The Loveboat Big Band Summer Love-In

The Loveboat Big Band Summer Love-In

It’s true: All the nice girls really do like a sailor. 

West End at the Fringe

West End at the Fringe

With a cast featuring London-based professionals, this show-stopping production is brilliant for lovers of classic and contemporary musicals. 

Big Spoon, Little Spoon

Big Spoon, Little Spoon

Are you a big spoon or more of a little spoon type of person? Come see this stand-up show from two spoon enthusiasts. 

I'm With the Band

I'm With the Band

The best allegories can stand on their own two feet. 

Tyke Rider: A Yorkshire Lass's Driving Adventure from the City of Angels to Graceland via the Big Easy

Tyke Rider: A Yorkshire Lass's Driving Adventure from the City of Angels to Graceland via the Big Easy

It was the 13th century Persian poet, Islamic jurist and theologian known to the English-speaking world as Rumi who said that ‘travel brings power and love back into your life’… 

Iain Stirling: At Home - Extra Shows

Iain Stirling: At Home - Extra Shows

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. 

Boys

Boys

Growing up. 

Big Value Comedy's Lunchtime Club

Big Value Comedy's Lunchtime Club

An early afternoon, discount show with another four of the hottest unknown acts on the first step of the ladder to success. 

Ellis & Rose: Big in Denmark

Ellis & Rose: Big in Denmark

Watching Ellis and Rose in the dank damp of the Bunker gives a moment of odd synchronicity. 

Big Value Comedy Show - Late

Big Value Comedy Show - Late

Let’s get the obvious joke out of the way first: this show is certainly value for money. 

Big Daddy vs Giant Haystacks

Big Daddy vs Giant Haystacks

At 4pm every Saturday, from 1976 to 1988, tens of millions of Britons and countless more world-wide were in the grip of an extraordinary sports phenomenon: watching two fat men - S… 

Big Value Comedy Show - Early

Big Value Comedy Show - Early

The first truly laugh-out-loud-funny show I have seen at The Fringe, The Big Value Comedy Show is definitely worth the ticket price. 

Big Value Comedy Show - Early

Big Value Comedy Show - Early

Our 18th year as the recognised launchpad for future legends, featuring four top comedians. 

Big Value Comedy Show - Late

Big Value Comedy Show - Late

Consisting of four different acts each night, Big Value Comedy Late seeks to bring its audience variety and humour in equal measure whilst also giving them a sample of some of the … 

Tanyalee Davis - Big Trouble in Little 'Gina

Tanyalee Davis - Big Trouble in Little 'Gina

If you are over 35 or simply want to hear how middle-aged life is a going to be a blood-stained nightmare, then this is the show for you; for anyone else, sit tight for an uncomfor… 

Helen O'Brien: Bronagh's Big Weekend

Helen O'Brien: Bronagh's Big Weekend

Most of us remember our early teenage years with a mixture of mortification and despair, but then again, most of us don’t have the ability to translate our stories into devilishl… 

Morgan and West: A Grand Adventure

Morgan and West: A Grand Adventure

Morgan and West’s ‘time-travelling magician’ show is a wonderful premise with the occasional funny moment and well-executed magic trick. 

Does My Face Look Big In This

Does My Face Look Big In This

Does My Face Look Big In This is a one-woman show with Caroline Hardie, a relatable, witty and energetic comedian. 

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical!

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical!

How long does it take to write, choreograph and rehearse a musical? For most musicals it’s a long, drawn-out process. 

Farce Noir Presents... The Big Sheep

Farce Noir Presents... The Big Sheep

This delightfully daft and silly send-up of ‘50s film noir is gleefully performed in one of the oddest venue spaces I’ve come across. 

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical!

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical!

Critics’ Pick (New York Times). 

Little Howard's Big Show for Kids

Little Howard's Big Show for Kids

Little Howard is a computer generated six year old interactive stand up comedian. 

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show

It is a rarity for a Fringe show to give away freebies, so being offered a coffee and a croissant at the Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show was a pleasant surprise. 

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show

Don’t come for the breakfast. 

The Big Bite-Size Play Factory's Family Creatures

The Big Bite-Size Play Factory's Family Creatures

The Big Bite-Size Play Factory’s Family Creatures may seem an impenetrable sort of name but early into watching this show it became apparent that this was a sketch show intended … 

Mostly West: Franz West and Artist Collaborations

Mostly West: Franz West and Artist Collaborations

The Austrian artist Franz West, who died last year, was eager to form partnerships with his contemporaries. 

Wild West End

Wild West End

With a massively deceptive poster, I didn’t know what to expect from Wild West End. 

Cubana Bop Play West Side Story

Cubana Bop Play West Side Story

Since West Side Story was my first ever pocket-money album purchase, I am unbelievably, unreasonably touchy about its treatment onstage and off. 

Mad North-North-West

Mad North-North-West

Mark Kavanagh’s new laugh-a-minute play, Mad North-North-West, has hit the Camden Fringe with a bang! Set in a rehearsal room for an up-coming production of Hamlet, ‘William H. 

Naked Boys Singing

Naked Boys Singing

I didn’t know what to expect from a show with the title ‘Naked Boys Singing’. 

The Big Bite Size Breakfast

The Big Bite Size Breakfast

There’s no better way to start a busy day at the Fringe than with coffee, a croissant, a strawberry and a host of well performed, highly amusing short plays. 

Take The Empire: The Great Big Marvellous Victorian Game Show

Take The Empire: The Great Big Marvellous Victorian Game Show

Here’s the pitch and don’t run away: a Victorian-themed Shooting Stars with two insane Victorian aristocrats in the roles of Vic and Bob. 

Lady Boys of Bangkok

Lady Boys of Bangkok

What is a Ladyboy exactly? How different the founding principle of The Ladyboys of Bangkok is from any old drag show you see in Brighton. 

East of the Sun, West of the Moon

East of the Sun, West of the Moon

‘There’s something for everyone,’ insists Homespun Theatre of their children’s yarn, East of the Sun, West of the Moon. 

True West

True West

Last year, Phil Nichol was awarded a Best Actor award for his performance in Edward Albee’s Zoo Story. 

End to End

End to End

End to End tells the story of three girls’ journey from Land’s End to John O’Groats using as many forms of transport along the way as possible. 

Boys' Life

Boys' Life

Three hapless 20 something men hang out in a bedroom, no longer at college but not yet ready for the world of grown-up relationships in ‘Boys’ Life’, Howard Korder’s Pulitz… 

Little Howard's Big Show

Little Howard's Big Show

It should be no surprise that I am not the only unaccompanied adult at Little Howard’s Big Show. 

Andi Neate Band & Guests

Andi Neate Band & Guests

“I fell in love with somebody completely by accident, just by sitting beside them,” is a great way to introduce a song. 

Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show

Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show

Who doesn’t want to wake up to a coffee, a croissant and five finely crafted short plays? Hangover theatre or simply one for the early-birds, The Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show is … 

Big Day for the Goldbergs

Big Day for the Goldbergs

‘Same old story,’ remarks Lucille Goldberg as she discusses her family’s past. 

West End Glee Club

West End Glee Club

The Sears Basset Glee Club is looking for a soloist for its London debut, and we - the audience - get to vote on who it will be. 

Painters

Painters

Set on a building site, Next On Theatre’s show is an acrobatic, exciting and occasionally funny trip into the world of three northern painters and decorators. 

Mile End

Mile End

From the program: Analogue is a multidisciplinary collective dedicated to producing challenging, visceral and exciting contemporary work, fusing mixed media on stage. 

Iron Brew

Iron Brew

A can of Iron Bru, a sugary gas-filled concoction known across the land as fizzy pop, is presented to theatre goers as they take their seats for Roar Productions’ Edinburgh offeri… 

True West

True West

This 1980 play by Sam Shepard begins naturalistically enough. 

Ha Ha Yum! Maeve Does Stand-up while Lilly makes Cakes

Ha Ha Yum! Maeve Does Stand-up while Lilly makes Cakes

This does largely what it says on the tin, though tinned goods would be beyond the pale for these two sisters as they long for the simple pleasures of the 1950’s: “baking and pr… 

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast /Matinee Shows

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast /Matinee Shows

The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title. 

To The End Of The World

To The End Of The World

From the moment you arrive at the top floor of C SoCo, be prepared to be whisked into the whirlwind of energy created by this tightly drilled ensemble. 

Journey's End

Journey's End

This play by R. 

Lucia and Scot and the Big Flamenco Adventure!

Lucia and Scot and the Big Flamenco Adventure!

Two puppets, Lucia and Scot, both love Flamenco dancing, but Scot just can’t find his flamenco rhythm. 

Big Boys Don't Dance

Big Boys Don't Dance

I approached “Big Boys Don’t Dance” with trepidation. 

Morgan & West: Lying, Cheating Scoundrels

Morgan & West: Lying, Cheating Scoundrels

Two self-confessed dirty rotten scoundrels did much more than waxen twist their moustaches when they lured the unsuspecting audience into their card den of delectable deception; li… 

Little Johnny's Big Gay Musical

Little Johnny's Big Gay Musical

If you are a first time visitor to this piece you may be forgiven expecting something different. 

Wedding Band: A Comedy by Charlie Baker

Wedding Band: A Comedy by Charlie Baker

For most people, their wedding is the happiest day of their life. 

Daniel Sloss - Extra Shows!

Daniel Sloss - Extra Shows!

Daniel Sloss delivers a supposedly darker, meaner show in his later slot but most of his material is relatively clean, geared towards an audience who can laugh at him as well as wi… 

The Andi Neate Band

The Andi Neate Band

In this one-off show, Andi Neate’s band was small and intimate. 

Richard Tyrone Jones's Big Heart

Richard Tyrone Jones's Big Heart

Two years ago Richard Tyrone Jones a healthy, gym-going, performance poet was diagnosed with chronic heart failure on the eve of his thirtieth birthday. 

Matthew Highton's End of the Road

Matthew Highton's End of the Road

Matthew Highton will deceive you. 

The Old Spice Boys

The Old Spice Boys

The Old Spice Boys make their debut on the Fringe with a fun show that will get your toes tapping to swing, jazz, reggae and blues rhythms. 

History Boys

History Boys

There are three productions of Alan Bennett’s wonderful play in Edinburgh this year. 

The Sensational Alex Salmond Gastric Band presents Oliver Pissed

The Sensational Alex Salmond Gastric Band presents Oliver Pissed

In the second floor of a pub off Grassmarket, a sweaty singer belts out peculiar variations on show tunes from Oliver! This is Oliver Pissed, as presented by The Sensational Alex S… 

Tiffin Swing Band

Tiffin Swing Band

Reminiscent of a Rihanna concert, the Tiffin Swing Band starts their set late. 

History Boys

History Boys

Alan Bennett’s play, The History Boys, is about a group of eight history pupils in a Sheffield grammar school who are preparing to take their Oxbridge entrance examinations. 

The Fabulous Chopin Boys

The Fabulous Chopin Boys

This show marks the 164th anniversary of the visit Chopin made, beleaguered by illness, to Edinburgh in 1848. 

Big in Japan (or Three Steves and a Bob)

Big in Japan (or Three Steves and a Bob)

There is much to commend in Bob Karper’s new one-man show at Zoo. 

The Lady Boys of Bangkok

The Lady Boys of Bangkok

As the Lady Boys left the stage in a flurry of flashing feathers I questioned whether I may have accidentally taken some kind of hallucinogen. 

What Are Little Boys Made of?

What Are Little Boys Made of?

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have Peter Pan as your friend? Have you ever questioned what made the witch in Hansel and Gretel so inconsiderate? If you have, this… 

Swing A Midsummer Night's Dream

Swing A Midsummer Night's Dream

Courage Performers, a youth performing arts club from Wiltshire, presents a very strong rendition of the Shakespeare classic ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ with a Second World W… 

End of the Line

End of the Line

The last year has not been a good time to live in Ireland. 

Battlefield Band

Battlefield Band

‘An oasis in the Fringe… with bagpipes’ is how piper and most talkative Battlefield Band member Alasdair White described their show. 

Hamlet, the End of a Childhood

Hamlet, the End of a Childhood

Fancy seeing a French version of Hamlet? How about a badly translated French version of Hamlet with worse translations back into English flickering intermittently on the back wall?… 

Custard Boys

Custard Boys

Away from the battlefield, one of the most challenging aspects of war is displacement. 

Dolly West’s Kitchen

Dolly West’s Kitchen

This gentle comedy is set in Buncrana, County Donegal, just across the border from Northern Ireland, between 1943 and 1945, the last two years of what the Irish called “The Emerge… 

Edinburgh Renaissance Band's Treasure Chest

Edinburgh Renaissance Band's Treasure Chest

An evening of music, song and dance from the early Middle Ages to the Renaissance period is probably unlikely to set the pulse racing for most and yet while not exhilarating, the e… 

The Big Bite-Size Vintage Tea Party

The Big Bite-Size Vintage Tea Party

A gloriously British summer afternoon, sipping tea and eating scones; the perfect setting for The Big Bite-Size Vintage Tea Party. 

New Rope String Band

New Rope String Band

Musical comedy is a risky business. 

East End Boy West End Girl - Free

East End Boy West End Girl - Free

Returning to the Edinburgh Fringe after their Australian sojourn is EastEnd Cabaret. 

The Lady Boys of Bangkok - Carnival Queens Tour

The Lady Boys of Bangkok - Carnival Queens Tour

I’m not convinced there’s still a place for The Lady Boys of Bangkok anymore. 

Big Band Swing

Big Band Swing

26-song set divided into two parts in the tall St Cuthbert’s church (which included tea and biscuits at the interval) provided a nostalgic throwback to the 1920s, 30s and early … 

Morgan & West: Clockwork Miracles

Morgan & West: Clockwork Miracles

Magicians, time travellers, and all-round spiffing chaps, Morgan and West are two fellows of the Victorian era who have somehow landed up in the Komedia Studio for the next few nig… 

Big In Dubai!

Big In Dubai!

Two Brits, one Yank, one Arab and few laughs. 

The Rainbows' End

The Rainbows' End

What kind of child do you own/have you had dumped on you for the Edinburgh Festival? A boy? A girl? Not sure because it’s hard to tell under that fringe it’s got? Perhaps you’ve go… 

Night of the Big Wind

Night of the Big Wind

The Night of the Big Wind is an innovative puppetry performance inspired by the book of the same title, written by Peter Carr. 

Fairy Liquid And The Burst Bubble ... And Other Science Shows

Fairy Liquid And The Burst Bubble ... And Other Science Shows

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. 

My Big Gay Italian Wedding

My Big Gay Italian Wedding

This is the European debut of Anthony J. 

Faith Brown and Her Boys in the Buff

Faith Brown and Her Boys in the Buff

In a story that’s somewhere between Mrs Henderson Presents and The Full Monty, Boys In The Buff tells the story of Diane Diamante (Faith Brown), the owner of a failing seaside thea… 

The Blanks' Big Break

The Blanks' Big Break

This comedy a cappella troupe is fast becoming one of the biggest sellers of this year’s festival. 

Seriously. Pet Shop Boys. Reinterpreted.

Seriously. Pet Shop Boys. Reinterpreted.

For this production the songs of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe are stripped of their high-energy content and reinvented as cabaret or musical theatre. 

Alistair Ogilvy and Band

Alistair Ogilvy and Band

For those of us with a palette for traditional and contemporary Scottish folk music, Alistair Ogilvy and Band are here with a special treat. 

Morgan & West: Clockwork Miracles

Morgan & West: Clockwork Miracles

It certainly is a paradox: is the ball of tissue paper in the magician’s pocket, or is it under the cup? Or is it in both places? Neither? With nods to quantum theories developed… 

Sex, Lies & An 80s Tribute Band

Sex, Lies & An 80s Tribute Band

A travel writer returns to Scotland after twenty years travelling the world. 

The Red Bus Puppet Shows

The Red Bus Puppet Shows

It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows. 

The BIG Sing-a-long!

The BIG Sing-a-long!

The Big Project’s children’s choir returns for its third year at the Fringe, and if you’ve got children who love nothing more than to sing-a-long to chart toppers this is the… 

End of the World Show 2012

End of the World Show 2012

The End of the World Show is an entertaining whirl through the world’s major religions and their approaches to the eponymous End-Times, written and performed by comedian Mark Spe… 

The End of the Golden Weather

The End of the Golden Weather

Bruce Mason’s coming-of-age tale is of a bygone day of innocence, where through a child’s eyes even the village idiot’s tall stories are to be believed. 

They Shoot Horses Don't They

They Shoot Horses Don't They

This is adaptation of a short novel by Horace McCoy, presented by the Italia Conti Ensemble, recalls the Depression in America in 1935 when poverty drove young people to take part … 

Big Mac

Big Mac

Macbeth is a bloody good play. 

Big Sean, Mikey and Me

Big Sean, Mikey and Me

Packed into a crowded, stuffy room in the turrets of Teviot, Ruaraidh Murray gives a schizophrenic performance in a production that’s somewhere between a play and stand-up comedy. 

Music of Les Misérables and West End Musicals

Music of Les Misérables and West End Musicals

Dysart Productions return to the Fringe with an updated version of their 2011 show and really wows the crowds with their peerless vocal performances of some of the great songs from… 

The End

The End

Very occasionally we might have an original idea, and when we do we like to tell others about it; however nothing can be compared to the smugness of Michael Pinchbeck and Ollie Smi… 

Dan Nightingale: The 11 and a 1/2 Ill-conceived Edinburgh Shows of Dan Nightingale

Dan Nightingale: The 11 and a 1/2 Ill-conceived Edinburgh Shows of Dan Nightingale

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… 

Davey Connor, Lucy Beaumont and Ed Patrick - The Big Comedy Showcase Show

Davey Connor, Lucy Beaumont and Ed Patrick - The Big Comedy Showcase Show

When your lineup is three unheard-of comedians, and your venue is the Gilded Balloon’s tiny “Wee Room”, calling your show ‘The Big Comedy Showcase’ is actually a pretty s… 

The Lady Boys of Bangkok

The Lady Boys of Bangkok

I’ve lived in or near Brighton for decades now. 

The Lady Boys of Bangkok - Fur Coats and French Knickers Tour

The Lady Boys of Bangkok - Fur Coats and French Knickers Tour

Somewhere in this show there is a turning point. 

How I Invented Hip-Hop... and Other Faux Pas

How I Invented Hip-Hop... and Other Faux Pas

Mr B is the all-singing, all-rapping chap from Surrey who wants to bring gentlemanly etiquette into hip hop. 

End to End

End to End

This surprisingly inspiring and uplifting true story is told by the people who lived it. 

The Dick Gaughan Band (feat The Bevvy Sisters)

The Dick Gaughan Band (feat The Bevvy Sisters)

Sometimes music does more than simply entertain you – sometimes it grabs you by the scruff of the neck and makes you sit up and listen. 

Swing!

Swing!

A wonderful farsical musical romp in the tradition of Mapp and Lucia, Glee and The Stepford Wives, Swing! is the story of a lower-class family who move to wealthy suburban Wafthead… 

Hip Hop Time Machine

Hip Hop Time Machine

The world-famous Hip Hop Time Machine lands in Edinburgh for a special one-off Fringe show! Prepare to be transported in a complete audio/visual, interactive journey through the gr… 

CANCELLED - Marvellous and the Sunshine City Boys

CANCELLED - Marvellous and the Sunshine City Boys

All Marvellous can hear are the sounds in his head and the music in his heart. 

West Side Story

West Side Story

A timeless love story; an electrifying spectacle. 

Amadou & Mariam + Blind Boys of Alabama

Amadou & Mariam + Blind Boys of Alabama

American gospel voyages back to its African roots in this compelling collaboration between two of today’s greatest world music groups. 

Shooglenifty: East West

Shooglenifty: East West

Formed in Edinburgh in 1990, Shooglenifty has always embraced a wide church of influences. 

Five outstanding EdFringe shows scoop a Broadway Baby Bobby in 2023

Five outstanding EdFringe shows scoop a Broadway Baby Bobby in 2023

A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year. 

Finally, The Best West End Musicals

Finally, The Best West End Musicals

If you've ever wondered what are the best musicals in London's West End , we might finally have the answer for you. 

Romeo & Juliet Tours East-End Parks

Romeo & Juliet Tours East-End Parks

The East London Shakespeare Festival (16 June - 13 Aug) promises a ‘summer of partying and love’ and a production of Romeo and Juliet that is ‘riotous and atmospheric’.  

4 Family Friendly Shows in Brighton This Half Term

4 Family Friendly Shows in Brighton This Half Term

Ditch the messy arts and crafts this half-term and entertain your little darlings with the best live family friendly performances Brighton and Hove have to offer instead. 

5 Brighton Shows To Entertain You This Christmas

5 Brighton Shows To Entertain You This Christmas

It’s the most wonderful time of the year (apart from Brighton Fringe, of course) and there are plenty of delightful performances to entertain you this winter. 

5 Brighton HorrorFest Shows To Sink Your Teeth Into This October

5 Brighton HorrorFest Shows To Sink Your Teeth Into This October

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.  

Chicago returns to the West End in March 2018. Tickets onsale tomorrow.

Chicago returns to the West End in March 2018. Tickets onsale tomorrow.

The world’s longest running American musical, the multi award-winning Chicago, returns to London’s West End after a 5½ year absence. 

Black Friday Deals on West End Shows

Black Friday Deals on West End Shows

All this week we've got some fantastic offers on your favourite West End shows. Check back daily for the latest offers. 

Murder in the West End!

Murder in the West End!

There’s Murder in the West End this Halloween as an ancient curse turns cast members of London’s leading shows into method-acting murderers! The curtain has fallen on unsuspect... 

Clique’s Milly Thomas Dives in at the Deep End with Two Plays this Fringe

Clique’s Milly Thomas Dives in at the Deep End with Two Plays this Fringe

Writer and actor Milly Thomas is best known in the theatre world for her 2016 play Clickbait and for writing an episode of Clique on BBC Three. 

What Would Kanye Do?’s Clare Marcie on Connecting with Kanye West

What Would Kanye Do?’s Clare Marcie on Connecting with Kanye West

Broadway Baby’s Gordon Douglas is joined by Scotland-based theatre-maker Clare Marcie to talk about her new show What Would Kanye Do?, part of the programme at theSpace @ Jury’... 

Cherry pops the question: ‘What’s the big deal about virginity?’

Cherry pops the question: ‘What’s the big deal about virginity?’

‘There are very few things that are universal. 

West End and Broadway sensation Rachel Tucker announces two intimate concerts

West End and Broadway sensation Rachel Tucker announces two intimate concerts

West End and Broadway sensation Rachel Tucker makes her debut at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe in two intimate concerts at the Pleasance. 

Eight shows heading to Brighton Fringe with the support of Greenwich Theatre

Eight shows heading to Brighton Fringe with the support of Greenwich Theatre

Greenwich Theatre is set to have an unprecedented profile at this year’s Brighton Fringe, with no less than eight productions heading for The Warren either co-produced or support... 

Brighton Fringe: 10 Shows to Book Before They Sell-Out

Brighton Fringe: 10 Shows to Book Before They Sell-Out

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. 

Annie starring Miranda Hart in the West End now On Sale

Annie starring Miranda Hart in the West End now On Sale

The world’s favourite family musical Annie makes its long-awaited return to London this May, starring comedy superstar Miranda Hart – and it's on sale now. 

Edward Fox returns to the West End in Sand In The Sandwiches

Edward Fox returns to the West End in Sand In The Sandwiches

Fresh from a sell-out 2016 UK Tour, Edward Fox is to return to the West End in the celebrated one-man play exploring the life and work of John Betjeman, Sand in the Sandwiches, f... 

Romola Garai And Emma Cunniffe To Star In The West End Transfer Of Queen Anne

Romola Garai And Emma Cunniffe To Star In The West End Transfer Of Queen Anne

Romola Garai will star as Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough alongside Emma Cunniffe as the eponymous monarch in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Queen Anne. 

Balletboyz join The Big Give Christmas Challenge in aid of Parkinson’s CAN Dance

Balletboyz join The Big Give Christmas Challenge in aid of Parkinson’s CAN Dance

The internationally celebrated dance company BalletBoyz have announced that they will be taking part in ‘The Big Give Christmas Challenge’ from noon on Tuesday 29 November to n... 

Hip-hop Cabaret Hot Brown Honey on Making Diverse Spaces

Hip-hop Cabaret Hot Brown Honey on Making Diverse Spaces

Hot Brown Honey is loud, proud, in your face, and at the Fringe for the first time. 

Interview: ​Natasha Granger & Kerrie Thompson from 90s Girl-band Musical ​2 Become 1

Interview: ​Natasha Granger & Kerrie Thompson from 90s Girl-band Musical ​2 Become 1

Natasha Granger and Kerrie Thompson wrote, produced and star in 90s girl-band musical 2 Become 1, a story about romance, speed dating and the ideal post-night-out meal. 

Thriller Live Moonwalks past 3,000 West End standing ovations

Thriller Live Moonwalks past 3,000 West End standing ovations

The cast of Thriller Live celebrated in style last night as the show marked its 3,000th performance in the West End with a spectacular cake and an American-themed party at Planet H... 

Hairspray will return at the end of summer 2017 to once again tour the UK

Hairspray will return at the end of summer 2017 to once again tour the UK

Producer Mark Goucher has confirmed that following the phenomenal success of the current UK tour, the new production of Hairspray will return at the end of summer 2017 to once agai... 

Unmissable shows at Brighton Fringe this year

Unmissable shows at Brighton Fringe this year

Brighton Fringe has officially launched. 

West End Transfer for Show Boat

West End Transfer for Show Boat

Daniel Evans’ five star production of Show Boat will transfer from Sheffield to the West End in the spring of 2016. 

Five Christmas Shows You Shouldn’t Miss In London This Year

Five Christmas Shows You Shouldn’t Miss In London This Year

Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre. 

Going To Space: The Jäger Maestros Oompah Band

Going To Space: The Jäger Maestros Oompah Band

Broadway Baby is talking to Chris Haigh of the The Jäger Maestros, an oompah band that promises to have crowds laughing, drinking and bouncing.  

Into The Woods makes the big screen

Into The Woods makes the big screen

Broadway Baby doesn't often discuss movies, but when the film in question is one of the most hotly anticipated stage musical adaptations of all time (and when the good folk at Disn...