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Only Fools and Horses The Musical
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Apollo Hammersmith
- 17th Dec 2024 - 5th Jan 2025
Stick a pony in your pocket – The Trotters are back and coming to a town near you! The smash hit show Only Fools and Horses The Musical - direct from a record-breaking four-y…
Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 1st Dec 2024
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
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 1st Dec 2024
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
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 1st Dec 2024
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Big Band Bublé – Scotland's Number One Tribute Show
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh New Town Church
- 24th Aug 2024
Michael Hastie, Scotland’s number one Michael Bublé tribute, with the world-record breaking big band Jon Ritchie and That Swing Sensation.
101 Ways to Annoy Your Parents and Other Really Old People – The Christmas Special
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
- 19th - 25th Aug 2024
It’s all in the title (hahahahahahahaha).
Edinburgh Renaissance Band's Viol Rackett Show
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Cecilia’s Hall
- 18th Aug 2024
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 …
Mamas' Boy – Lesbian Son Comedy Hour
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 18th - 25th Aug 2024
Patrick Moore is a total Mamas’ Boy.
Raag Rang: A Journey Through Indian Musical Traditions
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Arthur Conan Doyle Centre
- 16th - 23rd Aug 2024
Join Delhi maestro Manmohan Dogra for a journey through soulful Hindustani classical music, featuring vocal ragas and a tabla solo in Banares style.
Beowulf the Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greyfriars Kirk
- 15th Aug 2024
‘What is my story? Will you remember me?’ In an ancient land full of legendary heroes and the monsters they fight, how do regular folk live? Beowulf the Musical presents two mediev…
Three of a Kind – A New Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 12th - 17th Aug 2024
Three of a Kind follows Sam as she juggles her responsibilities as a daughter in modern-day America.
Edinburgh Renaissance Band Goes Further Afield
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 12th - 14th Aug 2024
Going further afield, we have added some real treasures from Eastern Europe and Central America.
Fringe – The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall
- 12th - 17th Aug 2024
A hilarious musical comedy about a cherished family-run hairdressing salon in Essex.
Gilbert and Sullivan's Improbable New Musical: ...and Helen
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 12th - 17th Aug 2024
In an afterlife, Gilbert and Sullivan decide to acknowledge Helen Carte’s contribution to their legacy.
Shapiro: A Pop Star Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ George Street
- 12th - 17th Aug 2024
Shapiro is a new musical based on the early life of UK singer Helen Shapiro.
Legally Blonde – The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 12th - 17th Aug 2024
Omigod You Guys! Viva Arts are back with their usual brand of high-quality, energetic musical theatre – this time with this all-singing, all-dancing, feel-good comedy.
The Gardening Club: A New Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Venue45
- 12th - 17th Aug 2024
The Gardening Club is a new musical that takes place in 1960, Georgia, USA.
The Rising – The UK's No 1 Tribute to Springsteen and the E Street Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Liquid Room
- 10th - 23rd Aug 2024
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
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Queen’s Hall
- 9th Aug 2024
Nicknamed ‘the Hendrix of the Kora’, Seckou is celebrated for his ingenious tunings and virtuosity.
George Cassidy: Piano Boy
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 6th - 7th Aug 2024
16-year-old Brit School pianist, guitarist and singer.
Attila the Stockbroker: 14 Days, 14 Completely Different Shows
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans
- 5th - 18th Aug 2024
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
- Listing Spoken Word / Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Doghouse Hotel
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2024
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…
Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical Junior
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Edinburgh Academy
- 2nd - 17th Aug 2024
Captivate Theatre’s Matilda is back after a sell-out run in 2023.
Wait, Why Don't We Just Build a Boy?
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Riddles Court
- 2nd - 17th Aug 2024
Dolly’s forlorn.
Pete Carson: Merry Christmas, Mr Carson
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hootanannies @ Home Street
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2024
One of Scotland’s rising comedy stars, Pete Carson brings his debut show to the festival to find out what it means to be an alcoholic, embittered Poundland Santa Claus every year…
BANNED the Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Riddles Court
- 2nd - 10th Aug 2024
BANNED is a modern-day musical that follows a group of gender misfits through the events leading up to their debut at a local performing arts festival.
The Bronze Boy
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Riddles Court
- 2nd - 24th Aug 2024
A powerful, provocative and funny new play by Nancy Hamada about love, loss and America’s twisted obsession with guns.
1000% Musical Comedy from David Hoare
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hill Street Theatre
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2024
Award-winning David Hoare returns with another bumper show, brimming with silliness.
I Wish My Life Were Like a Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at the Museum
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2024
The award-winning musical comedy revue revealing all about musicals and the people who love them – on both sides of the curtain.
Sian Davies: Band of Gold
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
A brand new show from award-winning, working-class queer comedian Sian Davies.
Dragon Shows for Babies
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- LifeCare Centre
- 1st - 20th Aug 2024
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
You & It: The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
After losing wife Mina to a sudden accident, Gyujin suffers from memories of his wife that remain throughout the house.
The Totally Improvised Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
- 1st - 18th Aug 2024
Unmissable live music, mayhem and laughter! Every night is opening night as this team of top improvisers compose brand-new comedy musicals from your title suggestions.
Christian Dart: Bigger Than The Christmas Turkey
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter House
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024
Bigger Than The Christmas Turkey is a laugh-out-loud musical hour spent inside the whimsical world of Christian Dart, you’ll hear about his birth weight, less-than-successful love …
Kafka's Metamorphosis: The Musical! With Puppets!
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024
One morning, Gregor Samsa awoke to discover he’d caught the musical theatre bug.
The Emu War: A New Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2024
Inspired by the true events of The Great Emu War of 1932, this new comedy musical tells the story of WW1 veterans trying to grow wheat in the Australian outback.
Boy in Da Korma
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024
Tupac never died.
Our Little Secret: The 23andMe Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter House
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024
Winner: Best of Fringe Toronto 2023! What does a 31-year-old theatre kid do when a DNA test reveals that his biological parents aren’t quite who he thought they were? Write a music…
The Improv Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter House
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024
Returning to Fringe for our ninth year, smash-hit production The Improv Musical is coming back to take the Fringe by storm.
Fringe! The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter House
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024
Chantelle Duprée always dreamed of becoming a star! From her “humble” upbringing in an American mid-western town, she decides to travel across the pond to perform a one-woman show…
A Jaffa Cake Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024
Time to decide once and for all.
Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2024
The Olivier Award–winning West End hit is back for a 15th year! Every night is opening night for the hottest new musical in town; there’s just one problem – the writer hasn’t w…
Shrek The Musical
- Listing
- West End
- Apollo Hammersmith
- 19th Jul - 31st Aug 2024
You don’t have to go Far Far Away to find an unforgettable experience at London’s legendary Eventim Apollo; Shrek the Musical – a Shrektacular stage adaptation of the blockbu…
Frozen the Musical Celebrates Pride in London
- Listing
- West End
- Theatre Royal Drury Lane
- 28th Jun 2024
__Love is An Open Door With You!__ Kick off Pride in London weekend with an exhilarating night at Disney’s Frozen The Musical.
The Finellis Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Wonderville
- 3rd - 16th Jun 2024
It's like "Mrs.
Marie Curie the Musical
- Listing
- West End
- Charing Cross Theatre
- 1st Jun - 28th Jul 2024
Marie Curie is certain that she can make a name for herself and change the course of science in the progress as she arrives from her native Poland to study at Sorbonne University i…
Wedding Band
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Lyric Hammersmith
- 1st - 29th Jun 2024
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.
Your Flaws: The Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Junk Poets / Komedia Studio
- 27th May 2023 - 2nd Jun 2024
What’s wrong with you? Self-described shortcomings inspire darkly hilarious and surprisingly heartfelt new musicals every show from the co-creator of five star, multiple Fringe se…
Acaprov: The Improvised A Cappella Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 6th May 2023 - 27th May 2024
‘Hamilton’ meets ‘Pitch Perfect’: spontaneously Improvised! Imagine a new kind of musical: beatboxers, rappers, actors, singers, dancers and body percussionists - coming together …
Heathers The Musical
- Listing
- West End
- Soho Place
- 22nd May - 6th Jul 2024
Greetings and salutations! Following smash hit runs in London’s West End, two record-breaking national tours and sell out seasons at London’s The Other Palace, the WhatsOnStag…
Sour Grapes: The Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 19th - 24th May 2024
Sour Grapes: The Musical is a compelling and emotionally charged musical theatre production that delves into the complexities of societal and social challenges, particularly focusi…
B*ST*RDS: A New Musical Comedy
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Actors - Theatre
- 18th - 19th May 2024
B*ST*RDS is a new two-hander musical comedy.
MUSICAL MAYHEM UNLEASHED
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Ironworks Studios
- 12th May 2024
Musical Mayhem Unleashed : Silent Disco, Showdance & Line Dance Extravaganza.
Call Me Daddy: The Musical!
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Brighton Fringe
- The Bunker @ Fool’s Paradise / The Rotunda Theatre: Bubble
- 7th - 27th May 2024
Step into the glittering yet tyrannical world of Crown Cabaret this May with the extended premiere of Call Me Daddy - The Musical!This dark comedy musical follows the staff of a bu…
Lewes Curious - Musical Bites
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Lewes Depot - Outdoors
- 5th May 2024
A feast of Music Bites at Depot, Lewes, under their Dalliance event.
Bla Bla Land: the Improvised Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Bleach (up stairs at the Hare and Hounds) / Caravanserai Brighton: Junk Poets
- 30th May 2023 - 10th May 2024
Brighton improv troupe Tea & Toast presents a warm and witty musical comedy, made up before your eyes.
Laughing Boy
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Jermyn Street Theatre
- 25th Apr - 25th May 2024
Connor is, well, Connor.
Your Lie in April - The Musical in Concert
- Listing
- West End
- Theatre Royal Drury Lane
- 8th - 9th Apr 2024
After 10 sold-out West End performances of ‘Death Note the Musical in Concert’, its producers are to stage the European premiere of one of the most popular romantic stories and…
An Officer and a Gentleman The Musical
- Listing
- West End
- New Wimbledon Theatre
- 1st - 6th Apr 2024
Be part of the emotional journey of Zack Mayo, a fearless young officer candidate, and the captivating Paula Pokrifki, whose fiery spirit matches his own.
Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase - Musical Theatre (BA Hons) 2024
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 28th Mar 2024
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase - Musical Theatre (BA Hons) 2024
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 28th Mar 2024
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Made in Dagenham: The Musical - 10th Anniversary Concert
- Listing
- West End
- London Palladium
- 16th Mar 2024
“If you want something done, ask a busy woman…” Inspired by a true story and based on the hit film, MADE IN DAGENHAM is a powerhouse musical comedy about friendship, love an…
MJ The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Prince Edward Theatre
- 6th Mar - 7th Dec 2024
He is one of the greatest entertainers of all time.
MJ The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
He is one of the greatest entertainers of all time.
Space Deli: The Musical
- Listing
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 2nd Mar 2024
A new-wave comedy musical in space!Work is normally boring for best friends Thordan and Fourdee, until a new co-worker shakes things up at Ralph’s Space Deli!Writt…
DeV De Musical
- Listing
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 23rd Feb 2024
DeValera - Republican? Jazz loving spy! Is DeValera a Republican hero? We reveal the REAL Eamon, jazz lover, Reich spy, transformed with his Himmler glasses.
Bum Notes: The Improvised Musical
- Listing
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 15th Feb 2024
A spot-on musical done on-the-spotEver seen an improv show where everything is made up on the spot? Or a musical? NO!? Whelp, 2 birds, 1 stone, all that jazz.
A Heart Full of Song - a musical theatre concert
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 5th - 5th Feb 2024
A HEART FULL OF SONG, is a musical theatre concert featuring lifelong musical favourites, but mixed together with real life stories.
A Heart Full of Song - a musical theatre concert
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 5th - 5th Feb 2024
A HEART FULL OF SONG, is a musical theatre concert featuring lifelong musical favourites, but mixed together with real life stories.
ROMY AND MICHELE The Musical
- Listing
- West End
- Turbine Theatre
- 30th Jan - 1st Feb 2024
Written by the film’s screenwriter Robin Schiff Score: Gwendolyn Sanford and Brandon Jay Director: Kristin Hanggi Musical Director: Emily Marshall Based on the Touchstone fi…
9 to 5 The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom Shortland
- UK Regional & Tours
- Cambridge Arts Theatre
- 19th Jan, 2024
Before the titular, double-Grammy-awarded opening number begins, we are exposed to a soundscape of cheesy 80s commercials for domestic products that serve to highlight some of the …
Rehab the Musical
A wildly-funny musical about a very serious issue, Rehab the Musical deals with the subject of mental health, fame and addiction, with warmth, compassion, humour and heart.
Cruel Intentions: The '90s Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- The Other Palace
- 11th Jan - 19th May 2024
From the producers of smash-hit Heathers the Musical… A must-see experience in New York and Los Angeles and following a sold-out, critically-acclaimed production in the Asse…
Alan Turing - A Musical Biography
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Riverside Studios
- 8th - 26th Jan 2024
This musical, composed by Joel Goodman and Jan Osborne, with a script by Joan Greening is a journey through the extraordinary life of Alan Turing.
A String Quartet Christmas
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- Union Chapel
- 22nd - 22nd Dec 2023
A String Quartet Christmas invites you to sit back, relax and experience the most beloved festive compositions performed by a live string quartet in the heart of Islington.
The Showstoppers’ Christmas Kids Show
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- The Other Palace
- 21st - 23rd Dec 2023
A festive improvised musical show for kids of all ages, from Olivier Award-winning West End improvisers, The Showstoppers.
London Community Gospel Choir at Christmas
- Listing
- West End
- Royal Albert Hall
- 19th Dec 2023
Join the London Community Gospel Choir for an evening of uplifting festive tunes and seasonal fun with special guests! After a dazzling 40th anniversary concert in 2022, the choir…
The Benedict Brothers: A Christmas Songbook
- Listing Music
- London Fringe
- Toulouse Lautrec
- 17th - 17th Dec 2023
Toulouse Lautrec regulars Freddie and Leo Benedict are teaming up as brothers and best friends for a one-off special event, performing a hand picked selection of their favourite Ch…
A Christmas Concert
- Listing Music
- London Fringe
- St John’s Smith Square
- 16th Dec 2023
A host of West End rising stars have been announced to join the National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT) A Christmas Celebration at the iconic St Johns Smith Square, all alumni of this …
Christmas by Candlelight - Actors' Church
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- The Actors Church
- 16th - 23rd Dec 2023
Christmas by Candlelight invites you to sit back, relax and experience the most beloved festive compositions performed by a live string quartet in the heart of London’s West …
The Extras Strike Back: A Musical Tribute to the Forgotten Heroes of Star Wars
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- The Courtyard Theatre
- 15th - 16th Dec 2023
For too long the supporting characters of Star Wars have been overshadowed by the popularity of the beloved heroes.
The Christmas Lobster
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Farnham Maltings
- 13th - 23rd Dec 2023
An expert team of festive detectives seek out the elusive Christmas Lobster in a quirky comedy adventure.
West End Musical Christmas
- Listing
- West End
- Adelphi Theatre
- 12th Dec 2023
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, …
ORGANOKE: The Alternative Christmas Carol Service
- Listing Nightlife
- London Fringe
- St. Giles Church, Camberwell
- 9th - 10th Dec 2023
ORGANOKEKARAOKE Vs THE MIGHTY ORGANJoin us for the most bonkers Christmas Carol Service you will ever see.
Christmas Actually
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Festival Hall
- 7th - 11th Dec 2023
A feast for all the senses, this witty and enchanting evening captures all of the fun and laughter of Christmas through a treasure trove of entertainment, as a starry line-up perfo…
Holly Stars' Perfect Christmas
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 7th Dec 2023
Christmas is just around the corner and Holly Stars' husband Gary is finally getting out of prison.
Holly Stars Perfect Christmas
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 7th Dec 2023
Christmas is just around the corner and Holly Stars husband Gary is finally getting out of prison.
A Christmas Carol - As told by Jacob Marley (deceased)
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Blake Theatre / Ffwrnes / The White Bear
- 5th - 23rd Dec 2023
Told from the perspective of Scrooge’s deceased business partner, this award-winning stage adaptation has been hailed as the “definitive telling of A Christmas Carol” (Redditch Sta…
Chriskirkpatrickmas: A Boy Band Christmas Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Seven Dials Playhouse
- 1st - 30th Dec 2023
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…
Christmas By Candlelight - St Giles-in-the-Fields
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- St Giles-in-the-Fields
- 1st - 19th Dec 2023
Christmas by Candlelight invites you to sit back, relax and experience the most beloved festive compositions performed by a live string quartet in the heart of London’s West …
GOLDA: A Musical Story of Love, Loss and Resilience
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Tabernacle
- 28th - 29th Nov 2023
GOLDA is the remarkable true story of Jewish Ukrainian musician, Golda Amirova, who fled Ukraine following the Russian invasion.
CHRISTMAS IS CANCELLED
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 26th Nov - 24th Dec 2023
Kate Ghotti is one of the most successful TV personalities in the UK, apparently living a perfect life of wealth, success and popularity.
A Christmas Carol - Alexandra Palace
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Alexandra Palace
- 24th Nov 2023 - 7th Jan 2024
Marley was dead: to begin with.
Titanic: The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- Bridewell Theatre
- 23rd Nov - 2nd Dec 2023
Epic and yet intimate, Titanic: The Musical captures the triumph and tragedy of the hopeful passengers on the ill-fated Ship of Dreams In the final hours of 14 April 1912 the RM…
Pauline Daniels: Get Me Before The Crematorium Does! Christmas Jolly-Up!
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 21st Nov 2023
Join me, Pauline Daniels, for an evening of laughter and song to kick off our festive celebrations! With 43 years in the business I thought it about time I put a bi…
SuperYou Musical in Concert
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Lyric Theatre
- 15th Nov 2023
SuperYou Musical, starring Lucie Jones, is an uplifting musical, written and composed by Lourds Lane, that centers around the transformative journey of a comic book artist who disc…
Boy Parts
- Listing
- West End
- Soho Theatre
- 15th - 25th Nov 2023
Irina takes erotic photos of average looking men.
Wishmas: A Fantastical Christmas Adventure
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- The Old Bauble Factory
- 14th Nov 2023 - 7th Jan 2024
Ever wondered where all of your wishes go? For as long as there have been wishes, there has been Wishmas, an enchanted world where wishes take flight.
Treason - the Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Alexandra Palace
- 13th Nov, 2023
The brief descriptor of Treason the Musical as “a historic tale of division, religious persecution, and brutality” reads like a modern-day newspaper headline.
Bat Boy The Musical In Concert
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- London Palladium
- 31st Oct 2023
The cult classic Bat Boy: The Musical descends on the London Palladium for a Halloween concert with Jordan Luke Gage (Bonnie and Clyde, Heathers) appearing as fans have never seen …
The Billy Joel Albums Show: Elio Pace Band with Rhys Clark & Don Evans
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 19th Oct 2023
The ALBUMS SHOW is BACK.
Antisemitism: a (((musical)))
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- Camden People’s Theatre
- 17th - 28th Oct 2023
Antisemitism: (((a musical))) is an outrageous new show by writer Uri Agnon in his UK theatre debut.
Boy Out The City
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Lyric Theatre
- 27th - 30th Sep 2023
This is the electric, funny and raw autobiographical debut by Declan Bennett.
Close Up: The Twiggy Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Menier Chocolate Factory
- 18th Sep - 18th Nov 2023
The story of a skinny kid from Neasden who became the most famous teenager on the planet and the ‘face of the 1960’s may seem like the stuff of fairy tales, but there i…
Police Cops: The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Southwark Playhouse / Southwark Playhouse Elephant
- 12th Sep 2023 - 20th Apr 2024
USA, 1985: Rookie Police Cop Jimmy Johnson joined the force to protect and serve… But now Jimmy’s in deep, partnered up with a renegade Police Cop and leaned on by a r…
Death Note The Musical In Concert
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Lyric Theatre
- 7th - 10th Sep 2023
Based on the best-selling Japanese manga series of the same name by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, this ground breaking musical (Winner Best Musical, Korea Musical Awards) has a s…
A Christmas Carol
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- Hoxton Hall
- 3rd Sep - 3rd Dec 2023
Join Dickens Theatre Company as they perform A Christmas Carol at Hoxton Hall Sat 2nd and Sun 3rd December 2023.
Dead Dad Dog and Sunny Boy
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Finborough Theatre
- 9th Oct, 2023
It was a low turnout at the intimate Finborough Theatre for John McKay’s Dead Dad Dog, but we were all clearly in the mood for a fun night out.
Calendar Girls the Musical 2023 Tour
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- UK Regional & Tours
- Theatre Royal Windsor
- 30th Aug - 16th Sep 2023
Bill Kenwright Ltd presents a brand-new production of the award-winning Calendar Girls the Musical, written by Gary Barlow and Tim Firth, featuring a re-imagined book and new music…
I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical
James Seabright presents I WISH MY LIFE WERE LIKE A MUSICAL by Alexander S.
An Evening with Bellshill Salvation Army Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Salvation Army Edinburgh City Corps
- 27th Aug 2023
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
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 26th Aug 2023
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.
The Prov Johnstone Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The A Club at the Merchants Hall
- 25th Aug 2023
The Prov Johnstone Band is an eclectic mix of musicians and music.
Lemma (The Band)
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Kafe Kweer
- 25th - 26th Aug 2023
Imagine boarding a spaceship travelling at the speed of light with nothing but a guitar.
No Strings Attached Wind Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Broughton St Mary’s Parish Church
- 24th Aug 2023
Variety of music including musical theatre, movie themes, swing, and popular songs for all the family.
Sherlock Holmes: The Speckled Band
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 22nd Aug 2023
‘Oh my God.
Ciaran Ryan Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Rose Theatre
- 21st Aug 2023
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…
The Canterville Ghost: The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 21st - 26th Aug 2023
A musical reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s beloved story, The Canterville Ghost: The Musical features an original score and soundtrack.
It's Christmas Time
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 21st - 22nd Aug 2023
Ho ho ho ho! Come celebrate that special time of the year with Santa (Ray Badran) and his Elf (Josh Glanc).
Danny Beard and Their Band
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 21st - 25th Aug 2023
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…
Aca-Villa: The Love Island Musical
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 21st - 26th Aug 2023
When our young hopefuls enter the villa looking for love, they are faced with a whirlwind journey of romance.
Soft Shoe Skiffle Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Stockbridge Church
- 21st - 22nd Aug 2023
Back at the Fringe again after a gap of a few years for another trip down memory lane.
Love Never Dies - The Musical in Concert
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Theatre Royal Drury Lane
- 21st - 22nd Aug 2023
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s iconic Love Never Dies returns to London’s West End this August in a star-studded concert at Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
The Finger Show – An Adultish Musical Comedy Smorgasbord
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9 Queen Street
- 21st - 25th Aug 2023
A ridiculous interactive combination of musical comedy, ventriloquism and fingering.
Pippin (2013 Broadway Revival Musical)
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom Rolph
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 24th Aug, 2023
An exceptionally enthusiastic and talented youth theatre put on a revival of the 2013 version of Pippin.
Edinburgh Renaissance Band’s Viol Rackett Show
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Cecilia’s Hall
- 20th Aug 2023
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
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 19th Aug 2023
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
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Liquid Room
- 19th Aug 2023
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…
how to live a jellicle life: life lessons from the 2019 hit musical 'cats'
- Review
- ★★★★
- Katerina Partolina Schwartz
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 28th Aug, 2023
How to live a jellicle life: life lessons from the 2019 hit musical ‘cats’ is as bonkers as it sounds, whilst still adding to the philosophical debate on how to live a good lif…
Come Die with Me: The Murder Mystery Musical Parody
- Review
- ★★★
- Katerina Partolina Schwartz
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre
- 23rd Aug, 2023
It’s Come Dine With Me with a twist, and that twist is murder because apparently that’s what it takes to spice up a dinner party these days.
2020 The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jessica Leanne
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 20th Aug, 2023
2020 the musical follows main characters Emily Goodhand and Adam Pictor, two musical theatre performers who have faced a lot of rejection, finally get their big break in a show tha…
Elf the Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 14th - 19th Aug 2023
The Talentz Musical Theatre Company are bringing all the sparklejinglejolly magic of Elf The Musical.
Musical Medicine with Adam Holmes and Friends
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 14th - 17th Aug 2023
Twice nominated for Young Musician of the Year, acclaimed Edinburgh singer-songwriter Adam Holmes is one of the brightest stars on the UK roots music scene.
Made for This! A Musical Theatre Showcase
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 14th - 19th Aug 2023
Northbrook is excited to present Made for This! A contemporary musical theatre and dance showcase filled with gripping, comedic and upbeat numbers.
Chrissie and the Skiddle Witch: A Climate Change Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Riddles Court
- 14th - 19th Aug 2023
Thirteen-year-old Chrissie is a budding climate-change campaigner, but her family just don’t get it! When a huge storm hits her seaside town of Skiddle, Chrissie reluctantly gets…
Palindrome: The Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Katerina Partolina Schwartz
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 3rd Sep, 2023
Palindrome is Cambridge University Musical Theatres Society’s latest Edinburgh Fringe offering.
Edinburgh Renaissance Band’s New Frontiers
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 14th - 16th Aug 2023
Edinburgh Renaissance Band’s New Frontiers.
Cola Boy
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 14th - 19th Aug 2023
The 1990s, when house music exploded! This is a gripping and immersive stage adaptation of excerpts from the cult book Cola Boy.
Goldsmiths University of London: Musical Theatre Summer Camp Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Venue45
- 14th Aug 2023
This evening’s performance will include an eclectic mix of solo and ensemble song and dance pieces from some of the West End’s best-loved musicals.
Lies All The Way Down: A New Chamber Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom Rolph
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 28th Aug, 2023
This completely original chamber musical by Shaye Poulton Richards is a darkly charming piece of new writing.
Free – Concert Band Performance
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Stockbridge Church
- 13th Aug 2023
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.
The Glenn Miller and Big Band Spectacular
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Musselburgh Grammar School
- 11th Aug 2023
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.
The Sensational David Bowie Tribute Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The A Club at the Merchants Hall
- 10th - 26th Aug 2023
Witness first-hand all of the glamour, passion, excitement and sheer electric atmosphere of the archetypal 1970s Bowie experience.
Anthems – New Generation Musical Hits
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 9th - 12th Aug 2023
Edinburgh Music Theatre is delighted to present a selection of wonderful songs from newer and lesser-known musicals that have broken out and broken new ground within the last two d…
Show Up The Improvised Comedy Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club / Etcetera Theatre
- 9th - 25th Aug 2023
Show Up will make up a brand new, toe tapping, hilarious improvised musical based on your suggestions.
Show Up The Improvised Comedy Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club / Etcetera Theatre
- 9th - 25th Aug 2023
Show Up will make up a brand new, toe tapping, hilarious improvised musical based on your suggestions.
Musical Comedy Guide Showcase
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Tang Dynasty
- 8th - 17th Aug 2023
The online guide to musical comedy returns with its daily showcase of the best acts at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023.
Bright Blue Sky: The 9/11 Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Riddles Court
- 7th - 12th Aug 2023
A new dramatic musical with music by Tim Nelson and lyrics by Vincent Aniceto tells the story of a group of everyday people working on the 104th floor of the World Trade Center on …
Alice in Wonderland Musical
- Review
- ★★
- Katerina Partolina Schwartz
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Riddles Court
- 10th Aug, 2023
Lewis Carroll is turning in his grave at Tim Nelson’s Alice in Wonderland.
Super Sexy Mister Blobbie Musical Hour
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 6th Aug 2023
A collaborative Work-In-Progress with an exploding star of the UK musical comedy circuit and a newcomer Canadian comedian.
Sound of Seventeen Big Band Celebrates the Golden Era of Big-Band Music
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 6th - 26th Aug 2023
We’re delighted to be back with a new show featuring some of the greatest music from the big-band era.
Super Sexy Mister Blobbie Musical Hour
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 6th Aug 2023
A collaborative Work-In-Progress with an exploding star of the UK musical comedy circuit and a newcomer Canadian comedian.
Pandemonium – The Musical
- Review
- ★★
- Katerina Partolina Schwartz
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 15th Aug, 2023
Written and composed by Bethany, Cameron and Natasha Lythgoe, Pandemonium is a biblical musical of mundane proportions built upon a confusing amalgamation and re-telling of stories…
35MM: A Musical Exhibition
- Review
- ★★★
- Kate Nora
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 13th Aug, 2023
A song cycle inspired by the photographs of Matthew Murphy, 35MM: A Musical Exhibition is a unique concept and the perfect choice for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Alan Turing – A Musical Biography
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 5th - 19th Aug 2023
This musical, composed by Joel Goodman and Jan Osborne, with a new script by Joan Greening is a journey through the extraordinary life of Alan Turing.
David McIver: Small Boy Trapped in a Wellness Retreat
- Review
- ★★★★
- Katerina Partolina Schwartz
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth
- 20th Aug, 2023
It is genuinely difficult to keep track of all the wellness tips that you’re supposed to follow to have a healthy body and mind.
Dune! The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Slow Progress
- 5th - 27th Aug 2023
A memoir in song by the Earl of Caladan, trusted adviser to the Padisha Emperor and beloved troubadour-warrior, the bard Gurney Halleck.
The Addams Family – A New Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Broughton High School
- 5th - 12th Aug 2023
Award-winning FCT return for their 42nd Fringe with their spooky, kooky production of The Addams Family.
A Musical Celebration with Classical Chorus
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greyfriars Kirk
- 5th Aug 2023
Hertfordshire-based choir, Classical Chorus look forward to performing a short concert in the beautiful setting of Greyfriars Kirk.
The Birds, a New Musical Comedy!
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Central Hall
- 5th - 9th Aug 2023
Aristophanes’ wild fantasy, The Birds, has been reimagined as a contemporary musical comedy complete with cuckoo characters and a happy ending that soars above the footlights!
The Extras Strike Back: A Musical Tribute to the Forgotten Heroes of Star Wars
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Riddles Court
- 4th - 19th Aug 2023
For too long the supporting characters of Star Wars have been overshadowed by the popularity of the beloved heroes.
DARLING BOY
- Review
- ★★★
- Mel Evans
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 16th Aug, 2023
On the surface, this is yet another 'coming out' story.
Whisky & Witches Presents Mythical Beasts: An Immersive, Mystical, Musical Whisky Tasting
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Stuart Mckenzie
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Mother Superior
- 6th Aug, 2023
Whisky and Witches sees the combination of Danish-born Christine Kammerer’s musical forte with the whimsical storytelling of Jane Ross.
Topless: The One Woman Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Big Bus Betty
- 4th - 27th Aug 2023
An exciting new version of Miles Tredinnick’s original 1999 show.
The Addams Family The Musical School Edition
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Central Hall
- 4th - 8th Aug 2023
The Addams Family, a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story and it’s every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princes…
Eigg the Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Riddles Court
- 4th - 12th Aug 2023
Situated in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides, the Isle of Eigg has a fascinating history of sovereignty.
Mine: A New Solo Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 4th - 12th Aug 2023
On a whim, a young businessman buys the deed to a ghost town in the California desert, hoping to turn it into a tourist attraction.
Bad Blood: A One-Man Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 4th - 26th Aug 2023
A young man visits his dying father in the ICU and uncovers a shocking revelation: his father’s secret second family.
Sherlock Holmes: The Speckled Band
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 4th - 26th Aug 2023
‘Oh my God.
The Little Iceberg Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 4th - 19th Aug 2023
The little iceberg holds a secret.
Sheila's Sister and Her Musical Cousins
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 4th - 19th Aug 2023
Chicago duo, ‘true masters of improvised comedy’ (List), ‘work effortlessly in the straight man/funny woman comic pairing using their unrivaled familiarity to brilliant comedic eff…
Shrek the Musical Jr
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 4th - 13th Aug 2023
Set in a mythical once-upon-a-time sort of land, Shrek the Musical Jr is the story of a hulking green ogre who, after being mocked and feared his entire life by anything that cross…
Lights Up! The Improvised Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 4th - 19th Aug 2023
It’s Lights Up! on this Fringe debut: a completely improvised musical comedy! Unforgettable characters sing, dance, rap, and harmonise their way through action-packed stories in …
A Musical Journey: Through the Decades
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 4th - 6th Aug 2023
Everybody Sing are delighted to present a musical journey through the decades.
Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical Jr
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Edinburgh Academy
- 4th - 15th Aug 2023
The story of a girl dreaming of a better life and the children she inspires will have audiences rooting for the “revolting children” who are out to teach the grown-ups a lesson.
Ben Hodge: It's a Boy? (WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
- 4th - 27th Aug 2023
It’s a Boy? is from the wildly creative comic mind of Ben Hodge, Liverpool Echo’s Top 30 under 30 and winner of Into Film Documentary of the Year 2020.
An American Christmas with the BXG DXG
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hootenannies @ The Apex
- 4th - 28th Aug 2023
Join the BXG DXG Mark Henely in this summertime holiday celebration.
Nunsense – The Mega Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Venue45
- 4th - 9th Aug 2023
Nunsense is a hilarious talent show staged by the Little Sisters of Hoboken nunnery, the rest of the sisterhood having succumbed to botulism after eating vichyssoise prepared by Si…
David Baddiel – Fame: Not the Musical (WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 4th Aug 2023
David Baddiel presents work-in-progress revivals of his smash-hit stand-up trilogy of ‘Not the.
Sounds of St Cecilia's: Shackleton Memorial Concert, The Vauxhall Band Basset-Horn Trio
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Cecilia’s Hall
- 4th Aug 2023
Come and revel in the earthy tones of this low member of the clarinet family.
Julius Caesar: The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 4th - 12th Aug 2023
‘He was a traitor boy, he killed a dictator boy.
Meat Boy
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 4th - 19th Aug 2023
Welcome to the world of Meat Boy, a tale of mayhem, mystery and meat.
Godfather Death: A Grimm's Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Katerina Partolina Schwartz
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 8th Aug, 2023
Based on one of Grimm’s lesser known fairytales, Godfather Death is a hidden gem and a must-see this Fringe.
Bed: The Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Isabella Thompson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 9th Aug, 2023
We spend a third of our lives in bed.
Boy Out The City
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
Surviving the streets of Coventry in his NAF NAF jacket, discovering the gay scene in 90s Soho, exploring the lonely aisles of Hobbycraft, Declan Bennett’s electric, funny and raw …
Jarred Christmas: Silly Billy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ 32 Below
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
Award-winning New Zealand comedian; master of interaction, consummate raconteur.
One's a Musical Comedian and One Isn't
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
Do you like musical comedy? Do you like non-musical comedy? Do you not care, as long as it’s good? Then come enjoy either the first half, the second half, or even all of this show,…
The Totally Improvised Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
- 3rd - 16th Aug 2023
Join this talented team of award-winning improvisers for an hour of live music and laughter! Every show is opening – and closing! – night as these top comics compose brand new …
American Boy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Bar 50
- 3rd - 14th Aug 2023
American Boy is a stand-up comedy show about immigrant guilt, gentrified Middle Eastern food, and Barbie.
24 Shows in 24 days: Live at the Big Cave
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
After The Act (A Section 28 Musical)
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jessica Leanne
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Traverse Theatre
- 22nd Aug, 2023
After The Act (A Section 28 Musical) is an eye-opening performance about Section 28 a series of laws introduced to the UK in the 1980s that prohibited the “promotion of homosexua…
Luisa Omielan: God is a Woman The Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
I gave you Politics for Bitches and What Would Beyonce Do?! Now brace yourself for my female Book of Mormon.
I Wish My Life Were Like a Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Tom Rolph
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at the Museum
- 27th Aug, 2023
This is the definitive piece of musical theatre for musical theatre lovers.
Glom Glom and the Musical Monster Millipede
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 2nd - 14th Aug 2023
Step, if you dare, through the portal of metamorphosis and into this curious kids quest! A quest, around the entire room! Together we scale the majestic bean-bag mountains.
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2023
The must-see, Olivier Award-winning West End hit is back! Watch the masters of musical improv create a brand-new musical comedy from scratch at every single performance of this mul…
The Improv Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Isabella Thompson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 6th Aug, 2023
The Improv Musical returns to Fringe as strong as ever with a silly, fun, toe-tapping show.
Luke Kempner in Gritty Police Drama: A One-Man Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 2nd - 28th Aug 2023
Star of Spitting Image (Britbox), Steph’s Packed Lunch (Channel 4) impressionist Luke Kempner brings his one-man British Police Drama to Edinburgh.
Dom Chambers: A Boy and His Deck
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2023
Dom Chambers’ unconventional magic has made him an online sensation, garnered fans around the world and landed him on a Broadway stage.
Burns The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance at EICC
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2023
‘You have to look back to see the way forward.
Chriskirkpatrickmas: A Boy Band Christmas Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 2nd - 28th Aug 2023
A Christmas Carol meets It’s A Wonderful Life meets.
Public – The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Tom Rolph
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 29th Aug, 2023
Public looks like it could be the next big musical phenomenon to have passed through the Fringe.
Shamilton! The Improvised Hip Hop Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2023
Baby Wants Candy’s hip-hop Hamilton homage returns! Following sold-out runs in Chicago, NYC and LA.
Police Cops: The Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 2nd - 28th Aug 2023
USA, 1985: Rookie Police Cop Jimmy Johnson joined the force to protect and serve.
INVASION! An Alien Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Camden Fringe
- Camden People’s Theatre
- 31st Jul - 3rd Aug 2023
From the award-winning company behind SiX comes INVASION! An Alien Musical.
Evita - The Musical in Concert
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Theatre Royal Drury Lane
- 31st Jul - 1st Aug 2023
Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony Award-winning Evita returns to the West End this summer in an all-star concert at the iconic Theatre Royal Drury Lane, accompanied by …
INVASION! An Alien Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Camden Fringe
- Camden People’s Theatre
- 31st Jul - 3rd Aug 2023
From the award-winning company behind SiX, On Your Bike and The Man Who Wouldn’t be Murdered comes INVASION! An Alien Musical.
The Marvellous Snake Boy
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 31st Jul - 1st Aug 2023
Snake Boy was raised for 18 years by a family of red-bellies in the Australian Outback.
The Marvellous Snake Boy
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 31st Jul - 1st Aug 2023
Snake Boy was raised for 18 years by a family of red-bellies in the Australian Outback.
Miss Jean & the Ragtime Rewind Swing Band
- Listing Music
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Palace Green Stretch Tent / The Town Hall
- 31st Jul 2022 - 30th Jul 2023
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
- Listing Music
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Palace Green Stretch Tent
- 29th - 30th Jul 2023
Established in 2016, Ragtime Rewind Vintage Swing Band perform vintage music all over the country.
The SpongeBob Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Katerina Partolina Schwartz
- London Fringe
- Queen Elizabeth Hall
- 4th Aug, 2023
Who lives in a pineapple on a tour of the UK? Well it’s Nickelodeon’s The SpongeBob Musical based on the cartoon series by Stephen Hillenberg.
The SpongeBob Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Queen Elizabeth Hall
- 26th Jul - 27th Aug 2023
SpongeBob and his friends in Bikini Bottom face the total destruction of their undersea world.
Milne Glendinning Band
- Listing Music
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Cafédral
- 26th - 29th Jul 2023
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
- Listing Music
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Cafédral
- 26th - 29th Jul 2023
A cross genre trio featuring vocalist Debra Milne, guitar maestro Stephen Glendinning, and Michael Clark on bass.
JULIE: The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- St James Theatre Studio
- 25th - 30th Jul 2023
Worshipped Opera Singer.
Masquerade… A Musical Theatre Concert Celebration
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- The Actors Church
- 23rd Jul 2023
Join us for an evening celebrating songs from the musical The Phantom Of The Opera and much more! Mark Robert Petty Mark has been producing the successful concert series The Crazy…
Run to the Nuns - The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Riverside Studios
- 13th - 16th Jul 2023
‘Run to the Nuns’ is a new, queer musical set in a fictional, modern ‘Nunnery’.
Christian Dart: Bigger Than The Christmas Turkey
- Listing Theatre
- FUSE International
- Rose Theatre
- 9th Jul 2023
About the show Christian Dart: Bigger Than The Christmas Turkey is an hour long look at the vibrantly mundane life of a vibrantly mundane man.
WILD (The Musical)
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- FUSE International
- Rose Theatre
- 6th - 7th Jul 2023
About the showTHE JUNGLE COMES TO LIFE IN THIS NEW AND SENSATIONAL MUSICAL EXTRAVAGANZA!WILD (The Musical) is an award-winning Broadway-style musical set in the jungle, with story …
Roald Dahl’s Charlie and The Chocolate Factory – The Musical
- Review
- ★★
- Katerina Partolina Schwartz
- London Fringe
- New Wimbledon Theatre
- 25th Jun, 2023
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is one of Roald Dahl’s best known books, which is why the expectations are high for James Brining’s tour.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- New Wimbledon Theatre
- 21st Jun - 1st Jul 2023
Escape to a world of pure imagination with ROALD DAHL’S Charlie and The Chocolate Factory – The Musical.
Scouts! The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Katerina Partolina Schwartz
- West End
- The Other Palace
- 25th Jun, 2023
The Scouting movement is an established and respected institution, that hangs on the edge of our cultural understanding, even if we were never a Scout ourselves.
Scouts! The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- St James Theatre Studio
- 20th Jun - 9th Jul 2023
Welcome to the annual Scout Games! Scouts from around the world have gathered to compete but when an intruder threatens to sabotage the competition, it is up to Joe and Ayesha to p…
Julie: the Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Katerina Partolina Schwartz
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 9th Jun, 2023
Five microphones and music stands, a coat rack and assorted instruments.
Sing-a-Long-a-Musical
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 4th - 4th Jun 2023
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Sing-a-Long-a-Musical
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 5th Jun 2022 - 4th Jun 2023
We are back to lead you in a sing-a-long of hits from all the best musical shows, with a live band of West End theatre musicians backing you.
Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image The Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Katerina Partolina Schwartz
- London Fringe
- Phoenix Theatre
- 17th Jun, 2023
Comedy is very subjective, and despite reviewing predominantly Birtish comedians who occasionally test the limits of my sensibilities, I have never felt particularly excluded by B…
Bla Bla Land the Improvised Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Junk Poets
- 30th May - 3rd Jun 2023
Brighton improv troupe Tea & Toast presents a warm and witty musical comedy, made up before your eyes.
Your Flaws: The Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Junk Poets / Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 15th May 2022 - 28th May 2023
Scared of commitment? Drink too much coffee? Own an NFT? Audience problems become a unique and oddly uplifting musical on the spot.
David McIver: Small Boy Trapped in a Wellness Retreat (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 25th - 28th May 2023
David McIver (Chortle Student Comedy Award Entrant 2013) celebrates a decade of crushing gigs and raising the roof off of commercial venue spaces with a new hour of mildly mannered…
David McIver: Small Boy Trapped in a Wellness Retreat (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 25th - 28th May 2023
David McIver (Chortle Student Comedy Award Entrant 2013) celebrates a decade of crushing gigs and raising the roof off of commercial venue spaces with a new hour of mildly mannered…
Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Phoenix Theatre
- 24th May - 26th Aug 2023
Witness the greatest cast ever assembled live on stage, as the world-famous Spitting Image puppets tread the boards of London’s theatreland for the first time ever in IDIOT…
It's a Boy?
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 22nd - 29th May 2023
Ben Hodge winner of INTO film best documentary 2020 debuts his first live one-man stage show exploring themes of gender expression and trans masculinity in relation to growing up i…
The Marvellous Snake Boy
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Presuming Ed’s
- 22nd - 25th May 2023
Snake Boy was raised for 18 years by a family of red-bellies in the Australian Outback.
Call Me Daddy - The Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Ironworks Studios
- 22nd - 23rd May 2023
Step right up to the glamorous and chaotic world of Crown Cabaret! Although the cabaret and burlesque shows are exciting and salacious, ruling the underbelly of the exotic nightcl…
Call Me Daddy - The Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Ironworks Studios
- 22nd - 23rd May 2023
Step right up to the glamorous and chaotic world of Crown Cabaret! Although the cabaret and burlesque shows are exciting and salacious, ruling the underbelly of the exotic nightcl…
It's a Boy?
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 22nd - 29th May 2023
Ben Hodge winner of INTO film best documentary 2020 debuts his first live one-man stage show exploring themes of gender expression and trans masculinity in relation to growing up i…
The Marvellous Snake Boy
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Presuming Ed’s
- 22nd - 25th May 2023
Snake Boy was raised for 18 years by a family of red-bellies in the Australian Outback.
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- Cambridge Theatre
- 25th May, 2023
Making the move from its seven-year residency at the Lyric Theatre, Showstopper! The Improvised Musical has opened at the Cambridge Theatre, its new home, where the team will be do…
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Cambridge Theatre
- 22nd May 2023 - 16th Dec 2024
Spontaneous musical comedy at its absolute finest returns to the West End.
Lorry Boy
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Under The Archway
- 8th - 21st May 2023
Lorry Boy is a live interactive installation performance piece.
Lorry Boy
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Under The Archway
- 8th - 21st May 2023
Lorry Boy is a live interactive installation performance piece.
Acaprov: The Improvised A Cappella Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 4th Jun 2022 - 8th May 2023
‘Hamilton’ meets ‘Pitch Perfect’: spontaneously Improvised! Imagine a new kind of musical: beatboxers, rappers, actors, singers, dancers and body percussionists, come together as …
Winnie The Pooh - The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Riverside Studios
- 4th Apr - 19th May 2023
Disney's iconic Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin and their best friends Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, Rabbit, and Owl (oh… and don't forget Tigger too!) have come to…
Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase - Musical Theatre (BA Hons)
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 30th Mar 2023
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase - Musical Theatre (BA Hons)
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 30th Mar 2023
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Katerina Partolina Schwartz
- West End
- The Fortune Theatre
- 11th May, 2023
Two main questions flit through your mind as you watch SpitLip’s Operation Mincemeat - firstly ‘God it’s brilliant,’ followed quickly by, ‘how are they allowed to do that…
Berlusconi A New Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Southwark Playhouse Elephant
- 27th Mar - 29th Apr 2023
“I am the Jesus Christ of politics.
PUBLIC The Musical
- Listing
- Vault Festival
- Crescent
- 17th - 18th Mar 2023
Usually avoid public bathrooms? Here’s one you won’t want to miss! PUBLIC is a pop/rock musical by new and exciting theatre collective, Stroud & Notes.
Reply Guys, The Musical (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 2nd Mar 2023
In 2022, Olga Koch wrote a master’s thesis about reply guys. This is a work-in-progress of a musical based on that thesis. ★★★★ The Guardian ★★★★ The Telegraph
David's One-Man Band (F*ck You, Steven)
- Listing Theatre
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 28th Feb - 1st Mar 2023
Fourteen-year-old David has just been punched in the face by his best friend.
After the Act - A Section 28 Musical.
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- New Diorama Theatre
- 28th Feb - 1st Apr 2023
Abseiling lesbians! Queers in classrooms! Perverts panicking parents! And an act of oppression that inspired a generational riot.
The Great British Bake Off Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Noel Coward Theatre
- 25th Feb - 13th May 2023
On 25th February 2023, a remarkable event will begin in London’s West End.
Tweedy - Musical Mayhem
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 21st - 21st Feb 2023
Tweedy’s Musical Mayhem! TWEEDY - the comedy and slapstick legend and star of Gifford’s Circus, Cirque Berserk and the Cheltenham Everyman pantomime returns…
Tweedy - Musical Mayhem
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 21st - 21st Feb 2023
Tweedy’s Musical Mayhem! TWEEDY - the comedy and slapstick legend and star of Gifford’s Circus, Cirque Berserk and the Cheltenham Everyman pantomime returns…
Owen Roberts: The Boy With The Backwards Heart (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 19th Feb 2023
What is love? It’s a mystery.
Orlando Gibbs: Finch Boy (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Basement at Vaulty Towers
- 14th Feb 2023
Musical comedian Orlando Gibbs (MCA Finals 2021, 2022, 2Northdown Semi-Finalist 2021) sings and chats about the little things in life.
The Bean Spillers: The Improvised Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Network Theatre
- 11th - 18th Feb 2023
Farting at a funeral.
MANIC PIXIE DREAM REN | Sentimental: A New Gig Musical
- Listing
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 9th - 10th Feb 2023
MANIC PIXIE DREAM REN A Film School Dissertation-Induced Meltdown Sentimental: A New Gig Musical Speaking of break-ups, the world’s ending.
Smalltown Boy: The Remix (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 2nd - 24th Feb 2023
Comedian Harry Wright develops their hour Smalltown Boy, which was due to appear at VAULT Festival last year.
A Christmas Carol - As told by Jacob Marley (deceased)
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Old Red Lion Theatre Pub
- 23rd - 24th Dec 2022
Jacob Marley is dead and condemned to an eternity of carrying a heavy chain, forged in life; a life to which he can no longer return except to recount the tale of his miserly busin…
Kylie at Christmas in Clapham
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Two Brewers
- 20th Dec 2022
A Fabulous night out with Jodie Doody, In tribute to Kylie Minogue, her show has the costumes, the voice & mannerismsthat have made the Pop Princess loved by so many, Jodie tru…
Dragprov's Nutflix Christmas Special: An Improvised Festive Musical
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- The Karaoke Hole
- 19th Dec 2022
Bells are ringing, dreidels are spinning, the holidays are here again! Leave the remote at home and get your fix of festive film hilarity at the Karaoke Hole with Dragprov’s Nutfli…
The Showstoppers’ Christmas Kids Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- London Fringe
- Woolwich Works
- 17th - 18th Dec 2022
The award-winning musical improvisers will make all your kids’ Christmas stories come to life!
Christmas by Candlelight
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
Christmas by Candlelight invites you to sit back, relax and experience the most beloved festive compositions performed by a live string quartet in the heart of London’s West End.
Christmas with Kim Wilde
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Royal Vauxhall Tavern
- 15th Dec 2022
CHRISTMAS WITH KIM WILDE LIVE AT THE RVTEXCLUSIVE ACOUSTIC SHOWWe are thrilled to confirm that the one and only Kim Wilde, pop icon and one of the most successful British female ac…
Love Goddess, The Rita Hayworth Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- The Cockpit Theatre
- 16th - 23rd Dec 2022
“A tantalising look at the world of Rita Hayworth” The Times Considered by many to be the most beautiful woman of her day, Fred Astaire’s all-time favourite dance…
OH HOLEY NIGHT - Mark T Cox - A Very Homosexual Christmas Cabaret
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- The Glory
- 13th Dec 2022
Come spend one special winters evening in East Londons favourite hole, The Glory.
The Actors' Church Christmas Sing-Along
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- The Actors Church
- 13th Dec 2022
The Actors' Church is delighted to present its first Christmas Sing Along! Bring the whole family to join in the festivities with some rousing Christmas singing.
A Christmas Carol
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Jack Studio Theatre
- 13th - 30th Dec 2022
It’s Christmas Eve and Ebenezer Scrooge determines to turn his back on the world, and on Christmas.
Myra DuBois: We Wish You A Myra Christmas
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Royal Vauxhall Tavern
- 12th Dec 2022
MYRA DUBOIS: WE WISH YOU A MYRA CHRISTMASMYRA DUBOIS presents her cracker of a seasonal spectacular for one tinsel-strewn night yule never forget!Myras now legendary Christmas show…
A Christmas Carol
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- London Welsh Centre / The Playground Theatre
- 12th - 17th Dec 2022
Olivier Award winner, Guy Masterson, veteran of many smash hit solo works such as Under Milk Wood, Animal Farm and Shylock, now presents Dickens’ classic festive fable.
Bloo Christmas
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- The Glory
- 11th Dec 2022
From the artists of the sell out show Other Worlds, we now introduce Bloo Christmas Christmas is always blue when i’m not with you.
Dolly Parton's Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol
- Review
- ★★★
- Gareth Williams
- West End
- Queen Elizabeth Hall
- 16th Dec, 2022
Charles Dickens' beloved classic A Christmas Carol takes on a musical country twist as it line dances its way into the Southbank Centre with Dolly Parton’s rendition: Smoky M…
A Christmas Carol
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Barons Court Theatre
- 7th - 24th Dec 2022
Join Ebenezer Scrooge and a whole host of characters from the past, present and yet to come on this supernatural journey to redemption.
Blippi The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Alexandra Palace / Lyric Theatre
- 7th Dec 2022 - 6th Aug 2023
Blippi The Musical brings the curious and fun character Blippi off the screen and onto the stage with world-class production, audience engagement and amazing music.
Harry's Christmas
- Review
- ★★★★
- Gareth Williams
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 9th Dec, 2022
For many, Christmas is a time of togetherness and a celebration with loved ones, friends and family; yet for others it can be a seriously un-comforting occasion.
Harry's Christmas
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- King’s Head Theatre
- 6th - 24th Dec 2022
Harry sits alone in his London flat, counting his cards, waiting for anyone to call him; perhaps for an old friend to knock on the door, or for an old lover to appear or just for s…
Orson Welles' Christmas Carol
- Listing Theatre
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 6th - 17th Dec 2022
AboutFACE’s much-loved festive “radio-play-within-a-play” for the whole family returns by popular demand this December! In this fast-moving, heart…
A Christmas Carol - The Bridge
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- The Bridge Theatre
- 6th - 31st Dec 2022
A Christmas Carol didn’t just invent Christmas as we know it.
21 Round For Christmas
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 5th - 16th Dec 2022
How does Christmas Day end?With the letter "Y".
Christmas with Blake
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 4th Dec 2022
Come and Celebrate Christmas with Blake Christmas is a magical time for friends and family.
A Musical Theatre Christmas
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- The Actors Church
- 4th Dec 2022
“A Musical Theatre Christmas” returns to The Actors’ Church, presented by Mark Robert Petty.
Father Christmas Needs a Wee!
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Arts Theatre
- 3rd Dec 2022 - 23rd Dec 2023
Father Christmas is on his rounds.
Bugsy Malone The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Gareth Williams
- London Fringe
- Alexandra Palace
- 12th Dec, 2022
Bugsy Malone, the 1976 film by Alan Parker charlestons into Alexandra Palace theatre with a tremendous firing of custard pies! The cult classic of the spoof gangster movie reminds …
A Christmas Gaiety
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Royal Albert Hall
- 3rd Dec 2022 - 12th Dec 2023
Christmas is a little queer this year… Join drag sensation Peaches Christ and conductor Edwin Outwater as they turn the Hall into the camp Christmas party you didn’t k…
A Christmas Carol - Rose Theatre
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Rose Theatre Kingston
- 2nd Dec 2022 - 2nd Jan 2023
From Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, writer of the Olivier Award-winning Emilia, comes a brand-new retelling of Charles Dickens’ timeless classic.
Cultural Comedy Tours at the Grant museum: The Christmas Special
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- Grant Museum of Zoology
- 2nd - 2nd Dec 2022
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GHOSTED – Another F***ing Christmas Carol
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Gareth Williams
- London Fringe
- The Other Palace
- 5th Dec, 2022
When Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol, I am sure he didn’t realise the power his novel would have in the centuries that followed.
Ghosted - Another F***ing Christmas Carol
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- St James Theatre Studio
- 1st - 24th Dec 2022
Eloisa Scrooge is the world’s worst boss, until she’s nominated for a Christmas Eve makeover from an exuberant trio of queer ghosts.
ELF the Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Gareth Williams
- West End
- Dominion Theatre
- 1st Dec, 2022
Buddy the Elf discovers he is an adopted 'human' baby from New York City and sets off on an adventure to find his biological father who has no idea of his son’s existence…
A Christmas Carol - Old Vic
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Old Vic Theatre
- 18th Nov 2022 - 6th Jan 2024
Old Vic Artistic Director Matthew Warchus’ big-hearted, smash hit production of Charles Dickens’ immortal classic returns to The Old Vic, joyously adapted for the stage…
Grease the Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Katerina Partolina Schwartz
- West End
- Dominion Theatre
- 19th May, 2022
From hand-jiving to slicked hair, Nikolai Foster’s Grease at the Dominion Theatre is a sprint down memory lane with extra twists.
Cashy C's: The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- UK Regional & Tours
- 31 John St / Keighley Creative
- 30th Sep - 23rd Oct 2022
Kirsty Taylor’s politically charged rap musical about the cost of living crisis in broken Britain opens in a recreated pawnbroker shop in Bradford.
Bugsy Malone - Musical Youth London
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- The Courtyard Theatre
- 23rd - 24th Sep 2022
1929, New York.
My Kind of Musical : Too Fat for Theatre
Following on from the success of the first event, My Kind of Musical is back with more fat, more songs, more revenge, and more spiralling over whether or not you should feed the bi…
Rehab: The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Katerina Partolina Schwartz
- London Fringe
- The Playground Theatre
- 13th Sep, 2022
Grant Black and Murray Lachlan Young’s Rehab is an entertaining musical that is full of potential.
Big Band Swing
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 27th Aug 2022
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.
The Bean Spillers: The Improvised Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 27th Aug 2022
Farting at a funeral.
Big Band Bublé
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Brunton
- 26th Aug 2022
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
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hope City
- 25th Aug 2022
Glaswegian singer/songwriter with soaring vocals and unique lyrics.
Benny Bonanza: Blue Brisbane Boy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BlundaGardens: BlundaBus
- 24th - 28th Aug 2022
Benny Bonanza: Blue Brisbane Boy is the debut Fringe show for Australia’s best poet you’ve never heard of! From the creator of the Fringe gem Doo Wop Art Flop – Pay what you want…
Guilty: A Legal Musical Comedy
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 22nd - 27th Aug 2022
Fiction’s greatest villains, from Hannibal Lecter to Cruella de Vil, are in court for their crimes in a rip-roaring musical comedy that will challenge everything you know about l…
Lighthouse: An Immersive Drinking Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 22nd - 27th Aug 2022
Lighthouse is an upbeat Irish-American musical full of original drinking songs and step dancing numbers.
Gatsby: A New Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 22nd - 27th Aug 2022
The year is 1925; the place is New York City.
Treason - The Musical In Concert
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Drury Lane Theatre Royal
- 22nd - 23rd Aug 2022
Treason is the explosive new musical about the gunpowder plot, set to completely blow you away, featuring stunning music by Ricky Allan and book & lyrics by Ricky Allan & K…
Antigone: The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 22nd - 27th Aug 2022
Ancient Greece.
Edinburgh Renaissance Band’s Viol Rackett Show
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Cecilia’s Hall
- 21st Aug 2022
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 …
The Glenn Miller and Big Band Spectacular
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Brunton
- 20th Aug 2022
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 Rising: The UK's No 1 Tribute to Springsteen and the E Street Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Liquid Room
- 20th Aug 2022
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…
Some Boy You Are
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- The Cockpit
- 19th - 20th Aug 2022
It’s the summer of 2017.
Some Boy You Are
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- The Cockpit
- 19th - 20th Aug 2022
It’s the summer of 2017.
Edy Hurst's Comedy Version of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of HG Wells' Literary Version (Via Orson Welles' Radio Version and Steven Spielberg's Film Version) of the War of the Worlds
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 16th - 23rd Aug 2022
If you’re not convinced by the title I have no idea what this is going to do.
Blippi The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Rose Theatre Kingston
- 29th Aug - 9th Sep 2023
Blippi The Musical brings the curious and fun character Blippi off the screen and onto the stage with world-class production, audience engagement and amazing music.
Julie: The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 15th - 27th Aug 2022
Worshipped opera singer.
Elf the Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 15th - 20th Aug 2022
Award-winning musical theatre company The Talentz are bringing festive sparkle to you for our eighth year at the Fringe.
The Canterville Ghost: The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 15th - 20th Aug 2022
A musical reimagining of one of Oscar Wilde’s most beloved stories, The Canterville Ghost: The Musical features an original score and soundtrack.
Matilda Jr the Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Frodo Allan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 22nd Aug, 2022
Based on Roald Dahl’s beloved children’s novel, Matilda tells the story of a precocious five-year-old girl who loves books, hates bullies, and is revealed to have telekinetic p…
Kelty Clippie: The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 15th - 27th Aug 2022
Based on the popular Scottish folk song, we follow the comic adventures of Maggie played by Jacqueline Hannan, a bus conductress in Fife in her new job.
The Boy With a Thousand Faces
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 15th - 20th Aug 2022
In this one-person show, Clive does everything to impress people.
How to Live a Jellicle Life: Life Lessons from the 2019 Hit Movie Musical CATS
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Riddles Court
- 15th - 27th Aug 2022
A show that provides a jellicle discussion about the jellicle aspects of the jellicle cats in CATS and how you can apply them to your life in order to make it truly jellicle.
Medea the Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 15th - 28th Aug 2022
A rock concert in a courtroom.
Last Night a Musical Saved My Life!
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 15th - 20th Aug 2022
We live in a crazy world of fear and anxiety! But don’t worry, Dr Theatre is here to solve your problems in a show packed full of fabulous musical theatre songs with all the answ…
Antigone: The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 15th - 20th Aug 2022
Ancient Greece.
The Bean Spillers: The Improvised Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 15th Aug 2022
Farting at a funeral.
Edinburgh Renaissance Band Returns to St Mark's
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 15th - 17th Aug 2022
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
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 15th Aug 2022
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.
Musical Comedy Guide Showcase
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 14th - 28th Aug 2022
Daily hour of the best musical comedy at this year’s Fringe, produced by the Musical Comedy Guide website (check for daily listings).
Little Drummer Boy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ 32 Below
- 12th - 20th Aug 2022
Imagine having a passion, a calling, being so good and in love with something you wanted to do it forever – that was me as a child when it came to drumming but sadly it wasn’t th…
Shrek the Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Rose Theatre
- 12th - 27th Aug 2022
Dare to be different.
Shona the Musical Choir
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance at EICC
- 10th - 14th Aug 2022
A Scottish/African group presenting original songs by composer/playwright, Neo Vilakazi, based in Edinburgh.
Billy Boy
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 9th - 28th Aug 2022
A new solo performer show by acclaimed playwright Rosemary Jenkinson, about young bonfire builders in East Belfast.
Tenement Jazz Band: Red Hot Roots of Jazz
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 9th - 24th Aug 2022
Returning after a sell-out 2018 show, Tenement Jazz Band continue their exploration of the roots of jazz, ragtime and blues.
Kinky Boots - The Musical In Concert
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Drury Lane Theatre Royal
- 8th - 9th Aug 2022
Returning to the West End for the first time since 2019, Kinky Boots is the exhilarating true story about a struggling shoe factory that will lift you higher than any platform boot…
The Addams Family: A New Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Riddles Court
- 8th - 13th Aug 2022
A comical feast that features an original story that is every father’s nightmare; Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a swee…
Calendar Girls the Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Riddles Court
- 8th - 13th Aug 2022
Based on the hit film, this award-winning musical by Gary Barlow and Tim Firth tells the story of an ordinary group of women in a Yorkshire Women’s Institute who create an artist…
Sounds Impossible: A Musical Magic Show by Neil Kelso
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Fingers Piano Bar
- 6th - 28th Aug 2022
Music is magic.
Alan Turing – A Musical Biography
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 6th - 20th Aug 2022
Alan Turing – A Musical Biography.
The Little Iceberg Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Charney
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 11th Aug, 2022
Before audiences step foot into the SpaceUK’s Annexe, a tune from a nearby keyboard drifts out of the theatre and floats down the hall to greet the audience.
Paul Richards: My Function Band Hell
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth
- 6th - 28th Aug 2022
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…
Phil Green: 90s Boy – Blair, the Lovegun and Me
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth
- 6th - 28th Aug 2022
Remember the 90s or want to find out what the hell was going on then? Do you have a non-typical brain or know someone who does? Then you’ll want to join South East New Comedian fin…
Boy Ant
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Online
- 5th Aug 2022
On the sand of his seaside home town, Myles Wheeler monologues about home, hospitals and let’s say hope for the alliteration.
You're on Mute! (A Musical Walk Down Lockdown Memory Lane)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 5th - 12th Aug 2022
Having written over 200 songs during lockdown exploring some of the more comical aspects of the pandemic, Siobhan Argyle is bringing her sold-out show from Glasgow to the Edinburgh…
Macbeth: The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 5th - 13th Aug 2022
Is this a real knife? Is this just fantasy? Enjoy Shakespeare’s spooky tragedy like never before, as six actors deploy wittily rewritten pop classics, uproariously silly comedy and…
Domitius – An Original Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Online
- 5th - 8th Aug 2022
Love, song, dance and murder – Domitius retells the tale from an unbiased viewpoint paving the way for audiences to experience that particular reign in Ancient Rome.
Gethsemane – The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Online
- 5th Aug 2022 - 4th Aug 2023
Gethsemane has a wide selection of new, fresh, and contemporary music with rock, acoustic and classical themes.
Boy Crazy Psycho Slut
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C digital
- 5th Aug 2022
Like all women, Jo has been called her fair share of things, many not so flattering.
Big Band Does... Broadway
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Rose Theatre
- 5th - 14th Aug 2022
BBD Productions return to the Fringe with Big Band Does… Broadway after their five-star sell-out run in 2019.
The Addams Family – A New Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Rose Theatre
- 5th - 24th Aug 2022
From the company that brought you the sell-out Fringe smash, Sunshine on Leith, Captivate Theatre presents a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family.
The Sensational David Bowie Tribute Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The A Club at the Merchants Hall
- 5th - 27th Aug 2022
Witness first–hand all of the glamour, passion, excitement and sheer electric atmosphere of the archetypal 1970s Bowie experience.
Soho Boy
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 5th - 27th Aug 2022
Young, trendy Spencer leaves home and hits Soho like a whirlwind in a journey of love, laughter, heartbreak and happiness.
Bloody Elle – A Gig Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Traverse Theatre
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
Eve’s eyes are green like guacamole, she has posh hair and a freckle on her chin and when she puts her hand on Elle’s arm… This heart-warming and belly-achingly funny story i…
90s Boy: Blair, the Lovegun and Me
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights / Etcetera Theatre
- 2nd Aug 2021 - 4th Aug 2022
A work-in-progress stand up comedy show from Max Turner Prize 2021 & East New Comedian 2019 finalist Phil Green.
Shannon Matthews the Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 4th - 27th Aug 2022
A potty-mouthed romp through this bizarre-but-true story, from cult internet phenomenon and two-hit-wonder Kunt and the Gang.
What's Wrong With Me? - The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Camden Fringe
- Lion & Unicorn Theatre
- 4th - 6th Aug 2022
An original, comedy musical set in a 5 day self-help retreat following a group of people with all sorts of first world problems; such as Paul, a man with severe toxic masculinity, …
90s Boy: Blair, the Lovegun and Me
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 4th Aug 2022
Remember the 90s or want to find out what the hell was going on then? Do you have a non-typical brain or know someone who has? Then you’ll want to join South East New Comedian fina…
Phil Green - 90s Boy: Blair, the Lovegun and Me
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 4th Aug 2022
Remember the 90s or want to find out what the hell was going on then? Do you have a non-typical brain or know someone who has? Then you’ll want to join South East New Comedian fina…
Boy: Looking for Friends
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Rebecca Vines
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Bar 50
- 28th Aug, 2022
Award-winning Polish performer Piotr Sikora has created a beautiful hour of family storytelling which uses clowning, mime, ukulele and audience participation to paint the journey o…
What's Wrong With Me? - The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Camden Fringe
- Lion & Unicorn Theatre
- 4th - 6th Aug 2022
An original, comedy musical set in a 5 day self-help retreat following a group of people with all sorts of first world problems; such as Paul, a man with severe toxic masculinity, …
Police Cops: The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Kate Nora
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 23rd Aug, 2022
Sometimes you’ve just got to listen to your balls.
Fladam's Musical Comedy Hootennany!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance at EICC
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2022
Fladam (Florence Poskitt and Adam Sowter) are ‘the most amazing hilarious musical comedy duo’ (Harry Whittaker, BBC Radio York).
Rich Hardisty: Silly Boy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
In his intimate and highly anticipated debut hour, Rich Hardisty (Channel 4, Netflix, BBC) takes us on a journey through the highs and lows of his unusual life.
The Improv Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
Now in our 10th year! Smash-hit production, The Improv Musical returns to take the Fringe by storm.
Blodlina: The Viking Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Ben Ludlow
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 12th Aug, 2022
Where do you start if your ultimate goal is a West End and Broadway musical? Revivals often start at Chichester and new concepts here at the Fringe.
Sarah Keyworth: Lost Boy
- Review
- ★★★★
- Katerina Partolina Schwartz
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 25th Aug, 2022
Sarah Keyworth’s Lost Boy is very difficult to fully describe.
My (unauthorized) Hallmark Movie Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Kate Nora
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues
- 14th Aug, 2022
Are you a love warrior? Turns out, I am!Hallmark movies might be cheesy and predictable, but they’re the kind of films that help people escape their lives, and during the pandemi…
Boy
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
After the highly successful Us/Them, Carly Wijs returns to Summerhall with Boy.
Making a Murderer: The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Eleanor Sumner
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 18th Aug, 2022
Making A Murderer: The Musical is created by Phil Meaney, and tells the heart-wrenching story of the Avery family and the injustice they suffered at the hands of the American legal…
I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
From voice-straining high notes to limb-spraining high kicks, via on-stage smooches and offstage feuds, award-winning musical revue I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical reveals ever…
Daniel Cainer: More Jewish Chronicles (and Other Musical Stories)
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
Join this multi award-winning musical storyteller for another collection of story-songs.
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Frodo Allan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 9th Aug, 2022
Some shows are Fringe standards, you can’t help but think that they’re like the ravens at the Tower of London; that if they weren’t here, everything would come tumbling down.
I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Ian Billings
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 5th Aug, 2022
Alexander S.
Land – A Scottish Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
This new folk musical seeks to explore our heritage and legacy, weaving two parallel stories; one of a crofter and a wandering soldier in the 18th Century, and one of an old pensio…
Lizard Boy
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
During a bizarre childhood accident, Trevor was drenched head to toe in dragon’s blood.
JULIE: The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Camden Fringe
- Upstairs at the Gatehouse
- 2nd - 5th Aug 2022
WORSHIPPED OPERA SINGER.
Chris Cantrill: The Bad Boy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy (Niddry St)
- 2nd - 28th Aug 2022
Chris Cantrill (half of 2019 Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Show nominees, The Delightful Sausage) is The Defendant.
JULIE: The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Camden Fringe
- Upstairs at the Gatehouse
- 2nd - 5th Aug 2022
WORSHIPPED OPERA SINGER.
Domitius - An Original Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Fringe Digital programme
- 1st - 5th Aug 2022
PLEASE NOTE THIS SHOW WILL BE AVAILABLE TO STREAM FROM 8th AUGUST.
Domitius - An Original Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Fringe Digital programme
- 1st - 5th Aug 2022
Thrust into power, Nero, a young Roman Emperor, seeks life as a musician and performer, but a series of threats against his life may prove to be his final act.
Chess - The Musical In Concert
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Drury Lane Theatre Royal
- 1st - 2nd Aug 2022
With music by ABBA legends Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, and lyrics by the incomparable Sir Tim Rice, the iconic musical Chess returns to the West End for the first time …
Miss Jean & the Ragtime Rewind Swing Band
- Listing Music
- Durham Fringe Festival
- The Town Hall
- 31st Jul 2022
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…
The Addams Family Musical in Concert
- Listing Theatre
- Durham Fringe Festival
- The Assembly Rooms Theatre
- 30th - 31st Jul 2022
MTS presents: The Addams Family Musical in Concert! The elite young performers of Musical Theatre Studio Ltd give you an exciting performance of The Addams Family.
My Kind of Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Glasgow
- Room 2, 69 Nelson Mandela Place
- 29th Jul 2022
‘My Kind of Musical’ is a collection of original songs and comedy on being a chunky, musical-loving hoe in a world of perfection and exclusivity.
SONGBIRDS -A CELEBRATION OF FEMALE MUSICAL ICONS OF THE 60S-90S
- Listing Music
- Durham Fringe Festival
- The Drunken Duck / The Town Hall
- 26th - 29th Jul 2022
A wonderful journey of song, celebrating some of the most iconic female singers and songwriters of the 60s-90s.
Sun Boy (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Fabio’s Bar
- 26th - 28th Jul 2022
At 18, single AND pregnant, Bryan’s Mam read a book on how to raise a confident child.
SONGBIRDS -A CELEBRATION OF FEMALE MUSICAL ICONS OF THE 60S-90S
- Listing Music
- Durham Fringe Festival
- The Town Hall
- 26th - 29th Jul 2022
A wonderful journey of song, celebrating some of the most iconic female singers and songwriters of the 60s-90s.
Sun Boy (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Fabio’s Bar
- 26th - 28th Jul 2022
At 18, single AND pregnant, Bryan’s Mam read a book on how to raise a confident child.
A Letter to Harvey Milk - The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Christopher James
- London Fringe
- Waterloo East Theatre
- 16th Jun, 2022
There has been much said in books and films about the life and times of Harvey Milk.
Sing-a-Long-a-Musical
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 3rd Jul 2021 - 5th Jun 2022
We are back to lead you in a sing-a-long of hits from all the best musical shows, with a live band of West End theatre musicians backing you.
Acaprov: The Improvised A Cappella Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 4th - 5th Jun 2022
‘Hamilton’ meets ‘Pitch Perfect’: spontaneously Improvised! Imagine a new kind of musical: beatboxers, rappers, actors, singers, dancers and body percussionists, come together as …
Macbeth: The Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Lantern @ ACT
- 2nd - 5th Jun 2022
“Is this a real knife? Is this just fantasy?” Enjoy Shakespeare’s spooky tragedy like never before, as six actors deploy wittily rewritten pop classics, uproariously silly com…
Macbeth: The Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Lantern @ ACT
- 2nd - 5th Jun 2022
“Is this a real knife? Is this just fantasy?” Enjoy Shakespeare’s spooky tragedy like never before, as six actors deploy wittily rewritten pop classics, uproariously silly com…
Brussels Sprouts, Christmas Pudding and Arts?
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 30th May 2022
Copy to follow…
Brussels Sprouts, Christmas Pudding and Arts?
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 30th May 2022
Brighton Spiegeltent is hosting another of our occasional vital conversations about the state of the arts in in Brighton and Hove.
Every Young Adult Novel Ever: The Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Crown Kemptown
- 29th May - 2nd Jun 2022
‘Did you grow up loving Young Adult Fantasy novels (and do you maybe still love young adult fantasy novels)? Are you a ride or die Team Edward or Team Jacob fan? Then this may be t…
Every Young Adult Novel Ever: The Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Crown Kemptown
- 29th May - 2nd Jun 2022
‘Did you grow up loving Young Adult Fantasy novels (and do you maybe still love young adult fantasy novels)? Are you a ride or die Team Edward or Team Jacob fan? Then this may be t…
Big Band Burlesque
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Rialto Theatre
- 27th - 29th May 2022
LET’S KEEP DANCING!Big Band Burlesque bring a show led by beautiful Belle de Beauvoir and belligerent Beatrix Valhalla.
Big Band Burlesque
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Rialto Theatre
- 27th - 29th May 2022
LET’S KEEP DANCING! Big Band Burlesque bring a show led by beautiful Belle de Beauvoir and belligerent Beatrix Valhalla.
Soho Boy
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Drayton Arms Theatre
- 28th May, 2022
Soho Boy, at the Drayton Arms Theatre, is a new musical, written and composed by Paul Emelion Daly.
Multiverse Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 22nd - 22nd May 2022
One decision creates two wildly different lives in this hilarious, uplifting and 100% improvised musical from top UK performers.
Multiverse Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus / The Warren: The McElderry
- 3rd Jul 2021 - 22nd May 2022
How much can one choice change your life? One decision creates two wildly different lives in this hilarious, uplifting and 100% improvised musical.
Big Band: Swingin' at the Spiegel
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 21st May 2022
The big band is back at the Spiegeltent for their 6th season at the Fringe.
Big Band: Swingin' at the Spiegel
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 11th Jul 2021 - 21st May 2022
Brighton Jazz Mafia big band combine with Swing Patrol dancers for a Lindy Hop dance spectacular.
Clean! The Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- One Church Brighton
- 20th - 22nd May 2022
An award-winning musical, ‘Clean!’ is a rousing play about the women of laundry hill, Brighton.
90s Boy: Blair, the Lovegun and Me
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges / Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 25th Jun 2021 - 22nd May 2022
A work-in-progress stand up comedy show from South East New Comedian 2019 and Max Turner Prize 2021 finalist Phil Green.
Clean! The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Lois Zoppi
- Brighton Fringe
- One Church Brighton
- 21st May, 2022
Clean! The Musical is as unique a musical as you'll find at the Fringe.
Phil Green - 90s Boy: Blair, the Lovegun and Me
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 20th - 22nd May 2022
Remember the 90s or want to find out what the hell was going on then? Do you have a non-typical brain or know someone who has? Then you’ll want to join South East New Comedian fina…
90s Boy: Blair, the Lovegun and Me
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 20th - 22nd May 2022
Remember the 90s or want to find out what the hell was going on then? Do you have a non-typical brain or know someone who has? Then you’ll want to join South East New Comedian fina…
Harry Wright: Smalltown Boy
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 15th - 18th May 2022
Gay boy with autism explores a lifetime of trying to fit in with other men, with mixed results.
Harry Wright: Smalltown Boy
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 15th - 18th May 2022
Gay boy with autism explores a lifetime of trying to fit in with other men, with mixed results.
Your Flaws: The Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 15th - 29th May 2022
Scared of commitment? Drink too much coffee? Own an NFT? Audience problems become a unique and oddly uplifting musical on the spot.
Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase – Musical Theatre (BA Hons)
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 31st Mar 2022
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase
Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase – Musical Theatre (BA Hons)
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 31st Mar 2022
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase
The Bean Spillers: The Improvised Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Katerina Partolina Schwartz
- London Fringe
- Hen and Chickens Theatre Pub
- 30th Mar, 2022
High energy, fun and witty, The Bean Spillers’ Improvised Musical showcases a wide range of talent, musical knowledge and general mischief.
ADHD The Musical: Can I have your attention please?
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 9th Mar 2022
Have you always wanted to go to a presentation about ADHD that veers off into the wacky and wonderful world of Neuroscience, Julie Andrews, Cher and Dolly Parton? Well n…
This or That Musical Gameshow with Chris Hide
- Listing
- Brighton
- Bar Broadway
- 23rd Feb 2022
The musical gameshow sensation with Chris Hide - spin the wheel to pick a theme or win a big prize!Wednesdays from 9pmTicket link
Slobberchops - A Musical
- Listing
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 20th Feb 2022
A farmer, singing cabbages and magicHow do you teach cabbages to sing? Why is magic so dangerous? How did a group of strangers find their way onto a hidden farm? Find ou…
Christmas Eve with Robby Dee
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- West Five Bar
- 24th Dec 2021
Ho Ho Ho! Happy ChristmasWell, its that time of year again when hopefully we can spend time with the family and receive this years and last years presents! DJ Robby Dee will b…
People’s Players Christmas Cracker
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 20th Dec 2021
It’s time to celebrate everything that is good about Christmas with our very own People’s Players!Liverpool’s Royal Court’s amateur dramatic grou…
Christmas with Blake
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 19th Dec 2021
Come and Celebrate Christmas with Blake Christmas is a magical time for friends and family.
West End Does: Christmas 2021
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
A fantastic mix of traditional and contemporary Christmas carols and songs sung by the best in the West End.
Twisted Christmas Tales
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 16th - 18th Dec 2021
After creating the hugely successful The Unlikely Candidate (“a fantastic blend of buffoonery and horseplay”Writebase) Liverpool’s Royal Court Youth Th…
Another Christmas
- Review
- ★★★★
- Johanna Makelainen
- Online & Broadcast
- Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival
- 26th Dec, 2021
Losing your wits and your Christmas spirit? Feel hollow and need a break? Drop everything for half an hour and watch Another Christmas, a musical short film celebrating otherness a…
The Bingo Ball with That’s Drag – Christmas Edition
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Brixton Jamm
- 16th Dec 2021
We are BACK and more fabulous than ever! Looking for something exciting to do on a Thursday? Introducing Thats Drag bingo - a hilarious and unique experience right in the heart of …
The Dina Martina Christmas Show
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Soho Theatre
- 14th - 30th Dec 2021
Miss Martina (a.
Fall for Mr Christmas
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Phoenix Arts Club
- 11th - 19th Dec 2021
It’s time to fall in love again with “Mr Christmas” – Andy Williams – in this family-friendly spectacular featuring Andy (Colin Savage) and legendary special guests as he…
Christmas Screening of Miracle on 34th Street
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- All Saints Church
- 10th Dec 2021
Join us for a special screening of the classic Christmas movie ‘Miracle on 34th Street’ (the 1947 version).
Christmas Screening of Miracle on 34th Street
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- All Saints Church
- 10th Dec 2021
Join us for a special screening of the classic Christmas movie ‘Miracle on 34th Street’ (the 1947 version).
A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- Alexandra Palace
- 11th Dec 2021 - 9th Jan 2022
Mark Gatiss (The Madness of George III, Dracula, The League of Gentlemen, Doctor Who) stars in his own retelling of Dickens' classic winter ghost story.
Oh God, What Now?: Remoanin’ Around The Christmas Tree
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 8th Dec 2021
Deck the halls with Customs Manifest Forms and don’t expect any turkey – it’s the end of year festive live special from Oh God, What Now?, the hi…
Drunk Women Solving Crime: Christmas Show 2021
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 7th Dec 2021
The hit comedy podcast takes to the stage with a very special, live christmas show! Drunk Women Solving Crime is a true crime podcast with a twist…of lime.
A Christmas Carol
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- London Welsh Centre
- 6th Dec 2021
Olivier Award winner, Guy Masterson, veteran of many smash hit solo works such as Under Milk Wood, Animal Farm and Shylock, now presents Dickens’ classic fest…
Christmas Dinner
- Review
- ★★★★
- Stephanie Green
- Scotland
- Royal Lyceum Theatre
- 9th Dec, 2021
A heart-warming show of joy and magic at Christmas time, Catherine Wheels’ Christmas Dinner, written by Robert Alan Evans and directed by Gill Robertson, is particularly welcome …
Moulin Rouge! The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Katerina Partolina Schwartz
- West End
- Piccadilly Theatre
- 24th Jan, 2023
Based on Baz Luhrmann’s epic love story, Moulin Rouge is a larger-than-life electrifying musical.
Boy Out The City
- Review
- ★★★
- Mel Evans
- London Fringe
- Turbine Theatre
- 12th Nov, 2021
Boy out the City at Battersea’s Turbine Theatre is a solo piece performed by Declan Bennett.
Golden Girls: A Musical - Manchester!
- Listing Film
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Cockatoo Cklub
- 1st - 2nd Nov 2021
PICTURE IT!MANCHESTER 2021!After 5 years of award-winning, sell-out shows in London, Golden Girls: A Musical is finally on TOUR!We’ll thank you for being a friend for two nights on…
Working: a musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- Bridewell Theatre
- 26th - 30th Oct 2021
A delightfully funny and touching musical
MSO - The Glenn Miller and Big Band Spectacular
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Civic Theatre
- 10th Oct 2021
The music that filled the dancehalls during the Big Band era is brought to life again by The Moonlight Serenade Orchestra UK.
Sisyphus: A Rock 'n' Roll Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- Canal Cafe Theatre
- 6th - 9th Oct 2021
Corinthian King Sisyphus is tired of the holy powers-that-be controlling his humdrum and repetitive life.
90s Boy: Blair, the Lovegun and Me
- Listing Comedy
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- TriBeCa Manchester
- 25th Sep 2021
A work-in-progress stand up comedy show from Max Turner Prize 2021 finalist Phil Green.
Phil Green - 90s Boy: Blair, the Lovegun and Me
- Listing Comedy
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- TriBeCa Manchester
- 25th Sep 2021
A work-in-progress stand up comedy show from Max Turner Prize 2021 finalist Phil Green.
90s Boy: Blair, the Lovegun and Me
- Listing Comedy
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- TriBeCa Manchester
- 25th Sep 2021
A work-in-progress stand up comedy show from Max Turner Prize 2021 finalist Phil Green.
90s Boy: Blair, the Lovegun and Me
- Listing Comedy
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- TriBeCa Manchester
- 25th Sep 2021
A work-in-progress stand up comedy show from Max Turner Prize 2021 finalist Phil Green.
Phil Green - 90s Boy: Blair, the Lovegun and Me
- Listing Comedy
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- TriBeCa Manchester
- 25th Sep 2021
A work-in-progress stand up comedy show from Max Turner Prize 2021 finalist Phil Green.
Homebaked The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 24th Sep - 23rd Oct 2021
Out of hard times, something magical can rise.
Communism The Musical! (A Story About Growing Up)
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- TriBeCa Manchester
- 20th - 23rd Sep 2021
Capitalism has the city of Dollaropolis in its grasp, and only The Chosen One can extinguish its smog: Karl Kommufist, boy wonder! Can Karl, aided by his best friends Emily and Max…
Golden Girls: A Musical - Brighton!
- Listing Film
- Brighton
- The Curzon
- 20th - 24th Sep 2021
PICTURE IT! BRIGHTON 2021!After 5 years of award-winning, sell-out shows in London, Golden Girls: A Musical is finally off on it’s long anticipated tour to Brighton!This September …
Communism The Musical! (A Story About Growing Up)
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- TriBeCa Manchester
- 20th - 23rd Sep 2021
Capitalism has the city of Dollaropolis in its grasp, and only The Chosen One can extinguish its smog: Karl Kommufist, boy wonder! Can Karl, aided by his best friends Emily and Max…
Communism The Musical! (A Story About Growing Up)
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- TriBeCa Manchester
- 20th - 23rd Sep 2021
Capitalism has the city of Dollaropolis in its grasp, and only The Chosen One can extinguish its smog: Karl Kommufist, boy wonder! Can Karl, aided by his best friends Emily and Max…
Communism The Musical! (A Story About Growing Up)
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- TriBeCa Manchester
- 20th - 23rd Sep 2021
Capitalism has the city of Dollaropolis in its grasp, and only The Chosen One can extinguish its smog: Karl Kommufist, boy wonder! Can Karl, aided by his best friends Emily and Max…
Golden Girls: A Musical - London Preview
- Listing Film
- London Fringe
- Two Brewers
- 7th Sep 2021
PICTURE IT! LONDON 2021!Following the announcement of our Brighton shows, due to popular demand we have decided to add a one night only London Preview, exclusively at The Two Brewe…
Big Band Bublé
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Brunton
- 29th Aug 2021
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…
Chansons: Musical Intercultural French Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C digital
- 29th - 29th Aug 2021
Bienvenue to Chansons, the musical intercultural cabaret.
Bicycle Boy
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- MultiStory
- 27th - 29th Aug 2021
An outdoor, bicycle-powered, eco-musical for children and their families.
The Bean Spillers: The Improvised Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 26th - 29th Aug 2021
Farting at a funeral.
Cecily's Belly Laugh Picnic – Musical Balloon Band – Free Festival
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 26th - 29th Aug 2021
Hop, bounce, jump, wave and sing! Percussion, music, laughter and balloons with Verona’s Musical Balloon Band.
Black Snow The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 25th - 27th Aug 2021
A musical adaptation of the masterfully satirical novel Black Snow by Mikhail Bulgakov: When Sergei Leontievich’s bid to take his own life fails, they dramatises their novel whose …
Black Snow The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 25th - 27th Aug 2021
A musical adaptation of the masterfully satirical novel Black Snow by Mikhail Bulgakov: When Sergei Leontievich’s bid to take his own life fails, they dramatises their novel whose …
Eddy Brimson NAUGHTY BOY
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- The Hope Theatre
- 23rd - 27th Aug 2021
Naughty Boy is a thrillingly provocative exploration of mental health, politics and morality.
My Boy Danny
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Fringe Digital programme
- 23rd - 28th Aug 2021
**** (4-Stars) “Satisfying, enjoyable, emotive and intriguing” (Broadwaybaby.
Frozen the Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Theatre Royal Drury Lane
- 19th Nov 2021 - 8th Sep 2024
Prepare to fall in love with Disney’s FROZEN all over again, as a brand-new theatrical experience arrives in London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane this August.
Eddy Brimson NAUGHTY BOY
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- The Hope Theatre
- 23rd - 27th Aug 2021
Naughty Boy is a thrillingly provocative exploration of mental health, politics and morality.
My Boy Danny
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Fringe Digital programme
- 23rd - 28th Aug 2021
**** (4-Stars) “Satisfying, enjoyable, emotive and intriguing” (Broadwaybaby.
Back to the Future - The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Adelphi Theatre
- 20th Aug 2021 - 22nd Dec 2024
Welcome to Hill Valley! Take an electrifying ride back in time as the 1985 blockbuster film and pop culture phenomenon arrives in London’s West End as a groundbreaking new musical …
Rich Hardisty SILLY BOY (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 19th Aug 2021
In his intimate debut hour “SILLY BOY” Rich Hardisty takes us on a journey through the highs and the lows of his unusual life.
Rich Hardisty SILLY BOY (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 19th Aug 2021
In his intimate debut hour “SILLY BOY” Rich Hardisty takes us on a journey through the highs and the lows of his unusual life.
90s Boy: Blair, the Lovegun and Me
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth
- 18th - 20th Aug 2021
A work-in-progress stand-up comedy show from South East New Comedian 2019 and Max Turner Prize 2021 finalist Phil Green.
The Flop: A Band of Idiots
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth
- 17th - 21st Aug 2021
60 minutes, 12 notes and three idiots.
Shona the Musical Choir
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Edinburgh Park
- 16th Aug 2021
The Scottish-African choir present upbeat, vibrant songs from a new musical set in Scotland and Zimbabwe.
Tadiwa Mahlunge: Golden Boy (WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 15th - 18th Aug 2021
Tad is one of comedy’s most exciting new acts; already scoring a multitude of award including winning the London and Manchester King Gong, The Frog and Bucket’s Beat The Frog, The …
Tadiwa Mahlunge: Golden Boy (WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Comedy Club
- 15th - 18th Aug 2021
Tad is one of comedy’s most exciting new acts; already scoring a multitude of award including winning the London and Manchester King Gong, The Frog and Bucket’s Beat The Frog, The …
Mario: A Super Musical!
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Camden Fringe
- The Cockpit
- 9th - 21st Aug 2021
When the red-suited moustachioed plumber goes missing, the Princess realises she has to break the cycle of her role as “damsel in distress”, turn the tables and go on an advent…
Mario: A Super Musical!
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Camden Fringe
- The Cockpit
- 9th - 21st Aug 2021
When the red-suited moustachioed plumber goes missing, the Princess realises she has to break the cycle of her role as “damsel in distress”, turn the tables and go on an advent…
Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 8th - 15th Aug 2021
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)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 8th - 15th Aug 2021
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)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 8th - 15th Aug 2021
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
East Belfast Boy by Fintan Brady
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall Online
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
Meet Davy.
Sherlock's Secret Challenge – The Puzzle Solving Game That Shows You The City
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside The Conan Doyle Pub
- 6th - 30th Aug 2021
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
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Player
- 6th - 9th Aug 2021
A unique opportunity to enjoy this award winning, ever popular Early Music group, who have performed at every Edinburgh Festival Fringe since 1973.
Harry Wright - Smalltown Boy
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 4th Aug 2021
Gay boy with autism explores a lifetime of trying to fit in with other men, with mixed results.
Harry Wright: Smalltown Boy
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- 2Northdown
- 4th Aug 2021
Gay boy with autism explores a lifetime of trying to fit in with other men, with mixed results.
Améliore: A New Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Camden Fringe
- Upstairs at the Gatehouse
- 2nd - 6th Aug 2021
Améliore: A New Musical is a tale for the modern age, inverting traditional Broadway stereotypes and prioritising the Black, queer, female voice.
Améliore: A New Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Camden Fringe
- Upstairs at the Gatehouse
- 2nd - 6th Aug 2021
Améliore: A New Musical is a tale for the modern age, inverting traditional Broadway stereotypes and prioritising the Black, queer, female voice.
90s Boy: Blair, the Lovegun and Me
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 2nd - 3rd Aug 2021
A work-in-progress stand up comedy show from Max Turner Prize 2021 & East New Comedian 2019 finalist Phil Green.
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Stage In The Park
- 26th Jul 2021
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical has been a rip-roaring success since the show started in 2008.
Do the Thing: The Made Up Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton
- The Warren on the Beach
- 26th Jul - 25th Aug 2021
After selling out their 2018 and 2019 Brighton Fringe shows and lighting up The Warren’s Summer Season, Do the Thing are here for you in 2021.
THE BLUES BAND: 40 Years & Back for More
- Listing Music
- World Tours
- De La Warr Pavilion
- 23rd Jul 2021
2020 sees The Blues Band Celebrate their 40th year together Paul Jones, Dave Kelly, Tom McGuinness, Rob Townsend and Gary Fletcher.
Big Band: Swingin' at the Spiegel
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 11th Jul 2021
Straight No Chaser big band combine with Swing Patrol dancers for a Lindy Hop dance spectacular.
Do the Thing: The Made Up Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton
- The Warren
- 11th Jul 2021
After selling out their 2018 and 2019 Brighton Fringe shows and lighting up The Warren’s Summer Season, Do the Thing are here for you in 2021.
Sing-a-Long-a-Musical
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 3rd - 3rd Jul 2021
We are back to lead you in a sing-a-long of hits from all the best musical shows, with a live band of West End theatre musicians backing you.
Multiverse Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sascha Cooper
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The McElderry
- 5th Jul, 2021
Multiverse Musical is a show with a twist.
Shelf: One Man Band (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Oil Shed
- 3rd - 4th Jul 2021
Shelf are a musical comedy double act.
The Bean Spillers: The Improvised Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Oil Shed
- 26th - 27th Jun 2021
Farting at a funeral.
The Way Old Friends Do: A Musical Celebration of ABBA
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Brunswick
- 25th - 26th Jun 2021
I was five when I first heard them.
Cinderella The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Gillian Lynne Theatre
- 25th Jun 2021 - 19th Feb 2023
A TOTAL REIMAGINING OF THE CLASSIC STORY.
The Way Old Friends Do: A Musical Celebration of ABBA
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Brunswick
- 25th - 26th Jun 2021
I was five when I first heard them.
90s Boy: Blair, the Lovegun and Me
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs at The Round Georges
- 25th - 27th Jun 2021
A stand-up comedy show from South East New Comedian 2019 and Max Turner Prize 2021 finalist Phil Green.
Sara Segovia and Lachlan Werner are making shows (WORK IN PROGRESS)
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Miller
- 15th Jun 2021
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
Aidan Goatley: 12 Films Of Christmas
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Old Steine: Steine Main
- 14th - 20th Jun 2021
Last Christmas we gave it our heart, but the very next day, Boris took it away.
Aidan Goatley: 12 Films Of Christmas
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sascha Cooper
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Old Steine: Steine Main
- 17th Jun, 2021
If you're looking for a show that could make Scrooge himself engage with Christmas spirit in June, then Aiden Goatley: 12 Films of Christmas is for you.
Clean: The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sascha Cooper
- Brighton Fringe
- One Church Brighton
- 17th Jun, 2021
Running through different eras of history, Clean - The Musical wiped the floor with its heartfelt, touching overlapping of stories of seven women who lived in Roundhill, Brighton.
Matt Roseblade : A Jumped Up Country Boy
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 10th - 12th Jun 2021
My last show was all about my family and almost nothing about me.
Matt Roseblade : A Jumped Up Country Boy
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 10th - 12th Jun 2021
My last show was all about my family and almost nothing about me.
Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 7th - 27th Jun 2021
Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill.
Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 7th - 27th Jun 2021
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Judy & Liza Musical
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The McElderry
- 6th - 8th Jun 2021
Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli are back together again thanks to a sensational musical experience, Judy and Liza.
Judy & Liza Musical
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The McElderry
- 6th - 8th Jun 2021
Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli are back together again thanks to a sensational musical experience, Judy and Liza.
Bicycle Boy
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Wagner Hall & Fig Tree Garden
- 2nd - 3rd Jun 2021
A bicycle-powered eco-musical for children aged 6-10 and their families.
Bicycle Boy
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Wagner Hall & Fig Tree Garden
- 2nd - 3rd Jun 2021
A bicycle-powered eco-musical for children aged 6-10 and their families.
Gilbert and Sullivan's Improbable New Musical... and Helen
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- theSpaceUK
- 29th May - 12th Jul 2021
This new comedy musical is based upon the little told story of the life of Helen Carte.
The Book of Snorin' - Sleep Apnea the Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Streaming
- 29th May - 12th Jul 2021
After a sold-out debut season at the 2019 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the world’s first comedy show about sleep apnea is here.
Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Lyric Theatre
- 28th May 2021 - 18th Sep 2022
‘It’s not all that glitters is gold, half the story has never been told’ - Bob Marley Lively up yourself and celebrate the story of Jamaica’s global superst…
Do the Thing: The Made Up Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The McElderry / The Warren: The Oil Shed
- 28th May - 11th Jul 2021
After selling out their 2018 and 2019 Brighton Fringe shows and lighting up The Warren’s Summer Season, Do the Thing are here for you in 2021.
Clean: The Musical Online
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Streaming
- 28th May - 27th Jun 2021
Based on the winner of Brighton Fringe 2019’s Best New Play, ‘Clean: The Musical’ tells the tales of women of laundry hill area, Brighton since 1870 and is a rousing celebration …
Clean: The Musical Online
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Streaming
- 28th May - 27th Jun 2021
Based on the winner of Brighton Fringe 2019’s Best New Play, ‘Clean: The Musical’ tells the tales of women of laundry hill area, Brighton since 1870 and is a rousing celebration …
Gilbert and Sullivan's Improbable New Musical... and Helen
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- theSpaceUK
- 28th May - 27th Jun 2021
Following two previous Edinburgh Fringe sell-out shows, Coily Dart Theatre present another brand-new comedy musical, based upon the little told story of the life of Helen Carte.
The Book of Snorin': Sleep Apnea the Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Streaming
- 28th May - 27th Jun 2021
After a sold-out debut season at the 2019 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the world’s first comedy show about sleep apnea is here.
Uncle Funk and the Boogie Wonder Band ‘Disco Inferno’ Charity Night
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Hertford Theatre
- 14th May 2021
Friday 14th May 2021, 8pm (doors open at 7.
The Fantastical Tale of the Boy on the Run
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Space
- 12th Mar 2021
All ticket bookers will have access to the performance ‘on demand’ for a period after the premiere.
Hounslow Community Brass Band
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Watermans Art Centre
- 5th Jan 2021
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.
THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR AT CHRISTMAS
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Hertford Theatre
- 29th Dec 2020 - 3rd Jan 2021
12th December 2020 - 3rd January 2021Tickets: £16.
Dame Terry's Very Merry Christmas
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- Watford Palace Theatre
- 23rd - 27th Dec 2020
Dame Terry thought she was in for a quiet Christmas at home alone - a packet of mince pies, a little bit of Gogglebox and a sherry trifle for one - BUT oh no she isn’t! Join her…
The Littlest Christmas Elf
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton
- The Werks Group
- 22nd - 23rd Dec 2020
Pip isn’t like the other elves.
Adam Kay - Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas Live
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Palace Theatre
- 21st Dec 2020 - 3rd Jan 2021
Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat… but 1.
Christmas with Blake
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 20th Dec 2020
Come and Celebrate Christmas with Blake Christmas is a magical time for friends and family.
Aidan Goatley: Twelve Films of Christmas
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton
- Werks Central
- 19th - 20th Dec 2020
Quit your job at Nakatomi Tower, move to Bedford Falls and get ready to save Christmas with the 12 films that make comedian Aidan Goatley’s festive season.
West End Musical Christmas
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Palace Theatre
- 17th Dec 2020 - 13th Jun 2021
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…
Imaginary Porno Charades Christmas Special
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton
- Werks Central
- 17th - 18th Dec 2020
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and the smash hit Edinburgh and Brighton Fringe comedy game show is bringing you all the action that Hallmark always let you down on - the…
A Christmas Carol
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Elanor Parker
- Brighton
- The Spire
- 17th Dec, 2020
When I first heard that TrueStory Theatre would be back with a one man production of A Christmas Carol I felt in parts excited and uneasy.
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton
- Brighton Dome
- 12th - 12th Dec 2020
Christmas arrives early with two live performances of Charles Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol, narrated by the celebrated actor Harriet Walter (RSC, The Crown, Ki…
A Christmas Carol
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- 637 Holloway Road
- 12th - 19th Dec 2020
Hark! The Royale Dickens Company invites you to experience the classic Christmas ghost story by Charles Dickens.
Christmas Allsorts
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch
- 11th Dec 2020 - 3rd Jan 2021
This year’s seasonal special from the Queen’s is a delightfully traditional family variety show, wrapped up in tinsel, with a bit of everything we love about the very best time…
Oh Yes It Is - A Family Christmas Adventure
- Listing Pantomime
- Brighton
- Ropetackle Arts Centre
- 11th - 31st Dec 2020
‘Widow Twankey’ and ‘Wishy Washy’ are in a spin! They hear rumours of a cancelled pantomime in Old Peking and can feel that their Christmas ‘Mother Goose’ might well be…
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Garrick Theatre / Lyric Theatre
- 7th Dec 2020 - 18th Jul 2022
There’s no stopping The Showstoppers! With twelve years as an Edinburgh Festival must-see phenomenon, a critically acclaimed West End run and an Olivier Award to their name, …
A Christmas Carol
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Brunel Pub
- 2nd - 24th Dec 2020
An enchanting pocket-sized retelling.
A Christmas Carol
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Theatre Chipping Norton
- 2nd Oct - 24th Dec 2020
David Bradley stars in Simon Callow’s acclaimed one-man adaptation of the ultimate classic Christmas tale.
Big Band Swing!
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 29th Aug 2020
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
- Listing Events
- Online & Broadcast
- A Company 6 Scots
- 25th - 30th Aug 2020
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…
Bookends: A Musical Journey
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court
- 17th - 31st Aug 2020
Through song and improvisation, Bookends follows two people’s relationship as it changes over time, delving into life and the intricacies of human connection.
Once Lost: A New Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 17th - 23rd Aug 2020
A powerful musical about living with dementia.
Double Date! The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 17th - 27th Aug 2020
When exes Claire and Niamh bump into each other for the first time in years while out with their current partners, they have no idea just what they’ve gotten themselves into.
Clowntown: Patty and Giggles Go to the Zoo, a Funtastic Day Out with Sphere Clown Band
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 7th - 22nd Aug 2020
‘Infectious fun’ ***** (FringeReview.
Trump the Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 7th - 29th Aug 2020
The Edinburgh satirical smash hit returns newly revised and updated! Election 2020.
Boy Toy
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 7th - 29th Aug 2020
Inspired by the ballet Coppelia, with music adapted from Delibes.
Tickle – the Musical
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 7th - 29th Aug 2020
Two fit guys discover they can earn big bucks from tickling.
Bathhouse the Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 7th - 29th Aug 2020
This show is a musical comedy with adult themes and scantily clad men! It contains steam and lots of bubbles! Billy is a young man, looking for love.
Jarred Christmas and Hobbit: The Mighty Kids Beatbox Comedy Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 6th - 29th Aug 2020
Are you a kid? Do you like music, laughing and whack-a-doodle-noodle craziness? Grab your pet adult and join us! Direct from a UK tour and last year’s sell-out run; we’re back …
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 5th - 30th Aug 2020
The Edinburgh must-see, Olivier Award-winning (Best Entertainment and Family Show) West End hit returns for an incredible 13th consecutive year! A brand-new musical comedy is creat…
Scaredy Kat: Pussy Boy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 5th - 31st Aug 2020
Cute! Sexy! Seriously unhinged! The baby queen of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK has decided it’s time Edinburgh found out what it means to be a pussy boy.
Voldemort and the Teenage Hogwarts Musical Parody
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 5th - 31st Aug 2020
Fresh from sell-out performances in London and Los Angeles, two of the co-creators of Fringe sell-out smash-hit Thrones! The Musical bring you a Harry Potter parody musical that is…
Sister Act The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Apollo Hammersmith
- 19th Jul - 28th Aug 2022
Academy Award winning actress Whoopi Goldberg is back as Deloris Van Cartier with BAFTA Award winner Jennifer Saunders in the role of Mother Superior as the newly adapted product…
Sammy - The Sammy Davis Jr Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Lyric Hammersmith
- 29th Jul - 19th Sep 2020
Olivier Award-Winner Giles Terera (Hamilton) leads the cast of Sammy, the major new musical based on the life and career of legendary entertainer Sammy Davis Jr.
My Boy Danny
- Review
- ★★★★
- Monica Yell
- Online & Broadcast
- London, England
- 11th Sep, 2020
It’s worth noting first off that My Boy Danny was never originally intended to appear as an MP3 available for streaming on YouTube, with that compromise being a happy result of l…
When You Believe: The Musical World of Stephen Schwartz
- Listing Events
- West End
- London Coliseum
- 29th Mar 2020
Stephen Schwartz is the multi-award winning creator of an extraordinary catalogue of songs for stage and screen.
The Totally Improvised Musical!
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Peer Hat
- 28th Apr - 19th May 2020
A team of top improv comedians are bringing a new monthly show to Manchester this month with The Totally Improvised Musical.
One Jewish Boy
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Trafalgar Studio 2
- 10th Mar - 4th Apr 2020
Jesse is paranoid and he's frightened and it's messing up his relationship, his job, his daughter and his life… In a bittersweet comedy fuelled by anti-Semitis…
Albert Lee & Band
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 8th Mar 2020
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
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 8th Mar 2020
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…
Guy: A New Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Turbine Theatre
- 4th - 7th Mar 2020
Winner: Best New Writing, Buxton Fringe.
RIDE - a new musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Vault Festival
- The Vaults
- 3rd - 8th Mar 2020
It’s 1895 and 24 year old Annie Londonderry has returned victorious to America, hailed as the first woman ever to cycle around the world.
Musical of Musicals (the Musical!)
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- Bridewell Theatre
- 25th - 29th Feb 2020
A comic valentine to musical theatre.
Pretty Woman: The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Piccadilly Theatre / Savoy Theatre
- 8th Jul 2021 - 18th Jun 2023
One of Hollywood’s most beloved romantic stories of all time is now coming to the West End! Pretty Woman: The Musical features direction and choreography by two-time To…
MagicFest - Tricky Ricky's Christmas Madness
- Listing Magic
- Edinburgh
- Scottish Storytelling Centre
- 28th - 28th Dec 2019
oin The Trickster, Jingles the Reindeer and Sonny the Bunny on the nutty train to Magical Christmas Madness! The four-times winner of Scottish ‘Children’s Entertainer of the Ye…
MagicFest - Opening Night Christmas Gala
- Listing Magic
- Edinburgh
- Traverse Theatre
- 27th Dec 2019
Be swept off your feet and experience real wonder at Christmas with the best from the world of magic & mind-reading and the most amazing up and coming local talent.
Miss Hope Springs: Christmas Agogo!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 21st - 22nd Dec 2019
Miss Hope Springs: Christmas Agogo!Music and lyrics by, written and performed by Ty Jeffries Revisiting her lost 1972 Granada TV special Christmas Agogo! (to this day co…
Elf - A Christmas Spectacular
- Listing Children’s Shows
- West End
- Wembley Arena
- 21st - 23rd Dec 2019
ELF, the Broadway musical based on the hit Will Ferrell movie, is supersized into a huge Christmas spectacular this December.
Nick Kroll: Middle-Aged Boy Tour
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 19th - 20th Dec 2019
Nick Kroll has established himself as one of today’s most sought-after creators, writers, producers, and actors in film and television.
Christmas with Steptoe and Son
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 19th - 20th Dec 2019
Christmas simply wouldn’t be Christmas without a visit to 23 Oil Drum Lane to catch up with the nation’s favourite rag-and-bone-men and indulge in some class…
A Classic Christmas With Blake
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 15th Dec 2019
Back by popular demand, Brit-Award-winning vocalists Blake celebrate Christmas in style, with a unique show featuring over twenty festive anthems and guaranteed snow-sto…
Billionaire Boy
- Listing Children’s Shows
- West End
- Bloomsbury Theatre / Garrick Theatre
- 14th Dec 2019 - 22nd Aug 2021
Joe Spud is twelve years old and the richest boy in the country! He has his own sports car, two crocodiles as pets and £100,000 a week pocket money! But what Joe doesn't …
Sleepless: A Musical Romance
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Troubadour Theatre - Wembley
- 13th Dec 2019 - 3rd Oct 2020
Don’t miss the exclusive world premiere of Sleepless, the enchanting romantic musical comedy based on the original screenplay Sleepless in Seattle.
The Coach Of Christmas Past
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Bread & Roses Theatre
- 10th - 11th Dec 2019
Ebenezer McScroogeCoach has it all - fame, money, a great sports bra and a ruthless desire to win no matter what the cost.
Miss Kiddy and the Cads presents: A Vintage Christmas
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 8th Dec 2019
Miss Kiddy and the Cads - the UK’s hottest vintage show, for one night only presents 'A Vintage Christmas’.
CSI: Crime Scene Improvisation - the Christmas Charity Special
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 8th Dec 2019
CSI: Crime Scene Improvisation return for their annual Christmas charity special in aid of Age UK.
Remainiacs Live Christmas Special: All We Want For Brexmas Is EU
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 2nd Dec 2019
“We’re leaving the EU!” “OH NO, WE AREN’T.
Christmas Tales
- Listing Children’s Shows
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 30th Nov - 22nd Dec 2019
Tales from the Shed are feeling incredibly festive as they head to the Museum of Comedy this December.
An Edinburgh Christmas Carol
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Stephanie Green
- Edinburgh
- Royal Lyceum Theatre
- 30th Nov, 2019
Full of good cheer, fun and jokes, carols under falling snow, spooky ghosts and glitter, what better way to get into the Christmas spirit than go to An Edinburgh Christmas Carol, D…
A Christmas Carol - Immersive Experience
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Immersive LDN
- 27th Nov 2019 - 5th Jan 2020
An Immersive Dining Experience of A Christmas Carol.
Buddy Holly & The Cricketers - Holly at Christmas
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Civic Theatre
- 22nd Nov 2019
Buddy Holly and the Cricketers once again herald in the Yuletide festivities with Holly at Christmas, the show that is now as traditional as mulled wine and mince pies! …
White Christmas
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Dominion Theatre
- 16th Nov 2019 - 4th Jan 2020
Make it a magical Christmas with this spectacular brand-new production of Irving Berlin’s WHITE CHRISTMAS.
Daryl Griffith's Zombies: The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- The Other Palace
- 16th - 19th Oct 2019
Get into the Hallowe’en spirit and be the first to see Zombies: The Musical, a homegrown comedy in development about star-crossed lovers trying to find each other even in death.
TICKLE the Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Christopher James
- London Fringe
- King's Head Theatre Pub
- 21st Oct, 2019
While browsing some of the more risqué websites you may discover some titillating videos of various people trying to get each other to laugh, moan and groan simply by tickling.
Brooklyn The Musical
- Review
- ★★
- Pete Shaw
- London Fringe
- Greenwich Theatre
- 5th Oct, 2019
Set in the shadow of Brooklyn Bridge on a shabby corner, Brooklyn The Musical is a play-within-a-play staged by a rag-tag bunch of street performers who call themselves the Ci…
Old Boy (work in progress)
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Broadway Theatre
- 22nd Sep 2019
See a scratch performance about the unique bond between real life grandfathers and grandsons that explores male family relationships and the legacy that is passed down through gene…
Musical Direction: An evening with Jon Robyns
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 22nd Sep 2019
Jon Robyns returns to the Leicester Square Theatre to celebrate the release of his new album, Musical Direction.
Big The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Dominion Theatre
- 6th Sep - 2nd Nov 2019
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.
Sleeping Trees: Christmas Special... in August
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 24th Aug 2019
Fringe favourites the Sleeping Trees are doing Christmas in Edinburgh! Offering their surreal take on the most Christmassy story of all time; The Nativity.
Best of Musical Comedy Awards
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 24th - 25th Aug 2019
Join us for a riotous celebration of the Fringe’s best musical comedians! Since 2009, the MCAs have helped to launch the likes of Abandoman, Rachel Parris, Mae Martin, Jay Foreman …
The Wendy Weatherby Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The A Club at the Merchants Hall
- 24th Aug 2019
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…
A Musical Tour of Scotland
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Leith St Andrew’s Church
- 24th Aug 2019
Be spellbound by our magical musical tour conducted by Edinburgh’s very own Capital Concert Band.
Big Band Bublé
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 24th Aug 2019
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…
The Golden Era of the Big Band presented by The Sound of Seventeen Big Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 21st Aug 2019
We will be picking the very best charts from our vast library to celebrate the golden age of the big bands.
Monsters: A New Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court
- 21st - 26th Aug 2019
A contemporary reimagining of classic horror characters.
Inverkeithing Big Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 20th Aug 2019
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…
The Scots Musical Museum: Sea Shanty Sing-Along Concert
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 19th - 23rd Aug 2019
The Scots Musical Museum, an enormous pop-song survey produced by enterprising publisher James Johnson with Robert Burns, who, enlisted as editor, became crazed with compiling, fix…
Itinerary of an EU Migrant Worker – A Bittersweet Anglo-French Musical Comedy
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 19th - 24th Aug 2019
French-born Marianne has spent most of her adult life in the UK.
Band From County Hell
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Stramash
- 18th Aug 2019
Live, original band as seen at The London Palladium with seven critically acclaimed, original albums and over 2,000 live shows.
Questions for Quiz Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 17th Aug 2019
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Bessy Bass Band's Munchtime Music!
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Stockbridge Church
- 17th - 24th Aug 2019
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…
Summer School Showcase – A Musical Medley
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Royal Terrace
- 16th Aug 2019
Experience a slice of West End in Edinburgh, with a musical theatre showcase presented by Goldsmiths, University of London’s Musical Theatre Summer School students! Featuring new a…
Bicycle Boy
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 16th - 18th Aug 2019
Bicycle Boy: an interactive, bike-powered eco-musical for children aged five to ten and their families.
Synesthesia the Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Golf Tavern
- 15th - 25th Aug 2019
You see a person, she sees the colour blue.
Wallace & Gromit's Musical Marvels
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance at EICC
- 15th - 16th Aug 2019
Join everyone’s favourite dynamic duo as Wallace prepares to perform his musical masterpiece My Concerto in Ee Lad with help from his faithful canine companion Gromit.
Starry, a New Musical in Concert
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse / PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
- 12th - 14th Aug 2019
Coming off their sold out shows at Feinstein’s/54 Below in New York City and Rockwell Table and Stage in Los Angeles, this concert version of Dahan and D’Angelo’s emotional and exp…
Big Band Does... Broadway
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 12th - 17th Aug 2019
BBD Productions make their debut at the Fringe with Big Band Does… Broadway.
Robert Burns the Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 13th - 17th Aug 2019
Based upon an idea by David Gest and Michael Jackson, Robert Burns the Musical by Tish Tindall is the story of love, Scotland and one man’s struggle to redefine his pride of worth.
Noser: The Startup Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Royal Terrace
- 12th - 24th Aug 2019
Smelling: there’s an app for that.
Chameleon Lady (Band) with Special Guests!
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Mash House
- 12th Aug 2019
Chameleon Lady are the latest big noise from Edinburgh with their exciting brand of semi-acoustic pop.
Edinburgh Renaissance Band's Minstrels and Monarchs
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 12th - 14th Aug 2019
Music of great halls, cathedrals and servants’ quarters is brought to life by the group who have been delighting Fringe audiences since 1973.
Uppercut: A New Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 12th - 17th Aug 2019
Talented but troubled Clio has three months to go until the biggest boxing match of her life.
Newtongrange Silver Band in Concert
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Salvation Army Edinburgh City Corps
- 11th Aug 2019
Newtongrange Silver Band is a traditional mining village brass band based on the outskirts of Edinburgh, but their repertoire is far from traditional.
Devon Knows How They Make It So Musical! (Free)
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Canongate Kirk / St Cuthbert’s Church / Stockbridge Church
- 10th - 12th Aug 2019
Join us for a magical, marvellous hour of songs from your favourite movie musicals including Les Misérables, The Greatest Showman and some Disney classics.
Shreds – The Jack the Ripper Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue 13
- 10th - 17th Aug 2019
Whitechapel, 1888.
New Musical Development
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 9th Aug 2019
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Opportunities for New Musical Theatre After the Fringe
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 9th Aug 2019
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Kelty Clippie the Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 9th - 17th Aug 2019
Based on the classic Scottish folk song, Kelty Clippie follows the comic adventures of a bus conductress in Fife.
Big Band Grand Slam
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Brewhemia
- 8th - 22nd Aug 2019
An unmissable evening with Edinburgh’s incredible swing, jazz and blues big bands on rotation every Thursday night.
Soft Shoe Skiffle Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Stockbridge Church
- 6th - 7th Aug 2019
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
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 6th - 26th Aug 2019
Tenement Jazz Band return to continue their exploration of the roots of jazz, from ragtime through to the jazz age.
Markus Birdman – Last White Christmas
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2019
Amused Moose Award nominee: Best Show, Edinburgh Fringe 2015.
Early Mornings – The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2019
Early Mornings – The Musical is a show about writing a show.
Josh Baulf: Boy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2019
As a boy, Josh Baulf aspired to be a lad.
The Hollywood Summer Christmas Show
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 3rd - 10th Aug 2019
An original play inspired by a child’s love of Christmas; with song, dance and traditional Christmas offerings.
Arnab Chanda: Boy From Earth
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2019
The debut stand-up hour from Arnab Chanda (Russell Howard’s Good News, BBC’s Pls Like, 2018 Writers Guild nominee) who was born in Yorkshire, but grew up abroad, but lives in Londo…
Best Boy in Ireland
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Subway
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2019
Michael Rice takes you on a hilariously raw and honest journey from a farm in rural Ireland to the big city lights of Chicago and back again.
The Musical of Musicals
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 3rd - 17th Aug 2019
In this hilarious satire of musical theatre, one story becomes five delightful musicals, each written in the distinctive style of a different master of the form, from Rodgers and H…
Space Junk: A Soviet Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 2nd - 17th Aug 2019
The first man in space is back on Earth and facing new temptations.
Legally Blonde the Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Millie Bayswater
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 5th Aug, 2019
Always a source of top-quality musical theatre at the Fringe, The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, brings us perhaps one of the best ways to spend a morning at Fringe.
A Boy and His Magic Pen
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 2nd - 3rd Aug 2019
A young boy with an enormous gift. Follow Ma Liang as he discovers a very special skill that could help his whole village as long as it doesn’t fall into the wrong hands…
Rap Club the Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 2nd - 16th Aug 2019
The true story of how a group of Croydon kids.
I'll Be Broken Home for Christmas with Jeffrey Baldinger
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Bar 50
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2019
I’ll Be Broken Home for Christmas is a dark comedy musical written by Jeffrey Baldinger and Jessica Michelle Singleton.
Cold Blooded Witch: The Sex Musical!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 2nd - 10th Aug 2019
Maggie Lalley’s one-woman musical comedy tells the true story of her demented stint as a teen witch.
Urinetown: The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Central Hall
- 2nd - 7th Aug 2019
Scathing satire and winner of three Tony Awards, Urinetown takes us to a time of permanent drought.
Courage Calls to Courage: The Suffragist Musical!
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court
- 2nd - 9th Aug 2019
A powerful drama interspersed with original songs, looking at the lives of the main protagonists involved in the struggle for the vote between Emmeline Pankhurst’s Suffragettes a…
Paul Putner's Embarrassment – Me and Madness (The Band)
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Frankenstein Pub
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2019
It’s the ruby anniversary of Madness and Paul Putner celebrates the past 40 years as a lifelong fan.
Gilbert and Sullivan's Improbable New Musical: Less Miserable
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 2nd - 10th Aug 2019
In an afterlife, Gilbert brags to Sullivan that, as fathers of the modern musical, all new musicals are basically just variations on their own plots! Sullivan challenges him to tel…
Romeo & Juliet: One-Man Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Kate Nora
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 12th Aug, 2019
One man, a guitar, and the most venerated love story of all time.
The Official Edinburgh Fringe Christmas Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Champions of Festival @ The Scotsman
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2019
Richard Duffy’s been celebrating Christmas every day since the day he was born.
Heathers the Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Royal Terrace
- 2nd - 6th Aug 2019
At Westerberg High everyone worships the Heathers, the exclusive clique, including misfit member Veronica.
Adventures of Butt Boy and Tigger
- Review
- ★★★
- Kay Tee
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 14th Aug, 2019
It is often a challenge to take a piece of original writing that has already achieved success at the Fringe and do something new with it.
Musical Comedy Guide Showcase
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
Free daily hour-long showcase of the best musical comedy at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, courtesy of the Musical Comedy Guide website (check for full listings).
Jarred Christmas and Hobbit: The Mighty Kids Beatbox Comedy Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 1st - 24th Aug 2019
Calling kids aged 5 to 100, join our mighty gang! A sensational interactive show, where the worlds of comedy and beatboxing collide with electrifying results.
Cruel Intentions: The '90s Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Kate Nora
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 7th Aug, 2019
With millennial nostalgia at its peak, there can be no better time to head to the Edinburgh Fringe and experience Cruel Intentions: The ‘90s Musical.
Jarred Christmas: A Funny Hour
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 1st - 24th Aug 2019
Comedy.
The Lost Musical Works of Willy Shakes
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Amy Macrae
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 8th Aug, 2019
What do you get when you blend the works of William Shakespeare, with an all singing and dancing musical extravaganza? You get the Elizabethan’s answer to Flight of the Conchords…
Friendsical: A Parody Musical About Friends
- Review
- ★★
- Jodie McVicar
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 11th Aug, 2019
Friendsical is billed as a ‘musical parody’ of Friends and unfortunately it fails to hit the mark on both counts.
Tom Toal in Mediocre Boy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at Marlin’s Wynd
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
One of the brains behind the AATTA Podcast returns with his brand-new show in which TT comes to terms with his place in the world, asking some tough questions.
Jenny Bede: The Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
Classically trained in musical theatre, comedian, writer and actor Jenny Bede is tired of waiting around for her perfect role.
The Sandy Brechin Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The A Club at the Merchants Hall
- 1st - 17th Aug 2019
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…
Thrones! The Musical Parody
- Review
- ★★★★
- Millie Bayswater
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square
- 4th Aug, 2019
Returning to the Fringe for another year Thrones! The Musical Parody is exactly what it says on the tin.
Piramania! The Swashbuckling Pirate Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2019
Ahoy! Join John Silverman and the crew of The Maiden’s Ruin on their quest for pirate booty in a bawdy tale of love, betrayal, murder and incest! This five-star adult musical-comed…
Tom GK's Hearing Loss: The Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2019
‘There’s no humour in having so many tumours’.
You and I: A New Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 18th Aug, 2019
Drawing the line between the exaggerated and the tender is no easy feat.
Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Millie Bayswater
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 4th Aug, 2019
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.
Schalk Bezuidenhout: South African White Boy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2019
Two-time SA Comic’s Choice Award winner, South African comedian Schalk Bezuidenhout is back in the UK with his Edinburgh debut.
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2019
The Edinburgh must-see, Olivier Award-winning (Best Entertainment and Family Show) West End hit returns for its 12th consecutive year! A brand-new musical comedy is created from sc…
Trump the Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2019
Edinburgh’s 2018 smash hit returns! 2020.
Islander: A New Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Miles Hurley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Roundabout @ Summerhall
- 20th Aug, 2019
One island, split in two with a thundering crack: half for the fishermen and half for the farmers.
I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Kate Nora
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 6th Aug, 2019
When critiquing a musical about the difficulties of being a performer, there’s nothing to do but write a review about the difficulties of being a critic.
Naughty Boy
- Review
- ★★★★
- Beverly Sproats
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 19th Aug, 2019
Eddy Brimson hasn’t been on his best behaviour.
Got a Text: A Musical Parody
- Review
- ★★★
- Isla Whateley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 19th Aug, 2019
Ahh, Love Island.
The Improv Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C viva
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2019
Ready to take the Edinburgh Fringe by storm for the fifth year running, hit show The Improv Musical returns! Guaranteed to leave you roaring with laughter with musical mayhem and e…
Voldemort and the Teenage Hogwarts Musical Parody
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2019
Before Voldemort was He Who Must Not Be Named, he was just Tom Riddle, another moody teen that couldn’t talk to girls.
Vulvarine: A New Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Will Breden
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 20th Aug, 2019
Fat Rascal Theatre should be pleased with their Fringe so far.
The Lost Musical Works of Willy Shakes
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Above the Stag Theatre
- 29th Jul 2019
EDINBURGH PREVIEW It's 1616.
How To Beat Up Your Dad (The Musical): Arts Barge Riverside Festival
- Listing
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 27th Jul 2019
This is not a musical nor is it instructions on how to beat up your dad.
NOTFLIX: The Improvised Musical
- Listing Music
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 19th Jul 2019
Five-star sell-out show Edinburgh Fringe 2017-2018 and VAULT Festival 2017-2019 NETFLIX combines the taste profiles of 98 million users to create a perfectly ideal viewi…
Mad Hatter The Musical
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 15th - 16th Jul 2019
A prequel, vivid unveiling, of the story of the Mad Hatter from the classic tale, Alice in Wonderland.
Vulvarine: A New Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- King’s Head Theatre
- 29th Jun - 6th Jul 2019
The critically-acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe hit.
Boy Toy
- Review
- ★★★★
- Christopher James
- London Fringe
- Above the Stag Theatre
- 30th Jun, 2019
Above the Stag is – now that has two separate performance spaces – able to put on a dance production for the first time in its history.
Band of Horses
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- O2 Forum Kentish Town
- 21st Jun 2019
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.
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole - The Musical
- Listing Children’s Shows
- West End
- Ambassadors Theatre.
- 15th Jun - 12th Oct 2019
Move over Cats - It's time for a mole! This joyous new musical adaptation of Sue Townsend‘s best-selling book The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ -The Music…
Only Fools and Horses The Musical - The Cushty VIP package
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Theatre Royal Haymarket
- 3rd Jun - 28th Sep 2019
Mange Tout, Mange Tout, my esteemed and honoured guests! For the first time ever, Trotters Independent Trading Company are unveiling their latest venture – The Cushty Pre-Sho…
The Tulsa Time Band: A Tribute to Don Williams
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- The Brunswick
- 1st Jun 2019
The first British tribute band performing the classic songs of Don Williams.
Super Cumbia Party Band
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 29th May 2019
We are SUPER CUMBIA PARTY BAND, a superhero ensemble with an important mission: to remove the sorrow from planet Earth.
Boris the Musical 2: Brexit Harder
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- King's Head Theatre Pub
- 29th May - 8th Jun 2019
In 2016, Blowfish Theatre made a musical about Boris Johnson and Brexit.
MET Musical Theatre Showcase 2019
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Hat
- 29th May - 1st Jun 2019
An energy-packed performance by the Musical Theatre Degree students at Northbrook MET.
Myra DuBois: We Wish You A Myra Christmas
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Soho Theatre
- 28th May - 1st Jun 2019
The self-declared siren of South Yorkshire presents a festive spectacular in what is undoubtably the best Christmas show you’ll see this summer.
Trump the Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- King's Head Theatre Pub
- 28th May - 7th Jun 2019
2020.
The Bakewell Bake Off: A New Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Blockhouse
- 28th - 30th May 2019
The small English village of Bakewell, Derbyshire is holding its annual baking competition.
Vulvarine: A New Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Beth Watson
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Main Space
- 1st Jun, 2019
Vulvarine is the superhero movie that all teenage girls were missing when they grew up.
#BeMoreMartyn: The Boy with the Deirdre Tattoo
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- Multiple Venues
- 21st May - 22nd Jun 2019
#BeMoreMartyn trended on Twitter in the hours after the announcement of Martyn Hett's death at the Manchester Arena bombing in May 2017 – but what does it mean?Hope asked eight …
BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Blockhouse
- 20th - 21st May 2019
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
Neb - Musical Mindreader
- Listing Magic
- London Fringe
- Canal Cafe Theatre
- 20th May - 1st Jul 2019
Join Psychological Magician Neb in one final bid to resurrect his past career as a musician, combining music with powerful mindreading!
High School Musical - Young Idea
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Hertford Theatre
- 15th - 18th May 2019
Wednesday 15th May, 7.
The Adventures of Butt Boy and Tigger
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 13th - 16th May 2019
The filthiest love story on the Fringe: Butt Boy and Tigger meet in a chatroom late one night.
Timpson: The Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Blockhouse
- 11th - 12th May 2019
Two warring houses.
Sunday Encounters: Dame Patricia Routledge: Facing the Music - A Life in Musical Theatre
- Listing Events
- West End
- Theatre Royal Haymarket
- 5th May 2019
It is still one of the best kept secrets in show business that Patricia Routledge trained not only as an actress but also as a singer and had considerable experience and success in…
Home, A Musical Revue
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- Canal Cafe Theatre
- 4th May 2019
A collection of new musical theatre writing telling stories of love, life, adventure and, most importantly, what ‘home’ means to every one of us.
Do the Thing: The Made Up Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Burrow
- 3rd May - 2nd Jun 2019
The 2018 critically-acclaimed Brighton Fringe sell-outs return! Join ‘Do the Thing’ for an unmissable high-risk, high-lunacy, highly (well, entirely) improvised musical.
Summer Street: The Hilarious, Aussie Soap Opera, Musical Comedy
- Review
- ★★★
- Lois Zoppi
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Blockhouse
- 9th May, 2019
New British musicals are few and far between nowadays, but the Brighton Fringe is the one place where they are bound to be found.
Notflix - The Improvised Musical
- Listing Events
- West End
- Udderbelly
- 19th - 20th Apr 2019
Five-star sell-out show Edinburgh Fringe 2017-2018 and VAULT Festival 2017-2018.
Market Boy
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Union Theatre
- 25th Apr, 2019
A rollicking romp around the stalls of Romford fills the Union Theatre, Southwark, in a joyous revival of David Eldridge’s Market Boy.
David Baddiel’s ANiMALCOLM the Musical
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 15th Apr 2019
Following on from their successful visits with The Nutcracker and Storyteller Storyteller, StoryPocket return with David Baddiel’s ANiMALCOLM the Musical.
The Massaoke Band
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Spiegeltent at Southbank Centre
- 12th Apr - 20th Sep 2019
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
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- O2 Islington2
- 12th Apr 2019
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…
Matilda The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- UK Regional & Tours
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 11th Apr, 2019
When Noel Coward warned a certain Mrs Worthington against putting her daughter on the stage, it's highly likely that he didn't have Matilda The Musical in mind at the time.
Dogfight The Musical (Age 16+)
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Civic Theatre
- 22nd - 23rd Mar 2019
On the back of last year’s highly acclaimed production of Fame, Funky Studios return to the Palace stage this year with their next company musical, Dogfight.
The Addams Family Musical
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Civic Theatre
- 19th - 20th Mar 2019
It's a dismal day at the Addams family's manse, with the ever-approaching storm clouds reflecting the gloomy atmosphere that has beset the household.
Carlton Main Frickley Band
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Civic Theatre
- 17th Mar 2019
Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band are well known in the brass band world.
SINGEASY does Musical Theatre
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 17th Mar 2019
MAD Trust in association with Pianoworks West End present SINGEASY does Musical Theatre.
Pinot! The Musical
- Listing Children’s Shows
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 8th - 9th Mar 2019
Have fun learning French! Set in Paris, 'Pinot! The Musical' follows the adventures of Petrov, a young Russian cyclist who dreams of winnng the Tour de France!…
A Night of Big Band Favourites
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Dublin
- Civic Theatre
- 6th Mar 2019
A Larger than life show from a Larger than life Band.
The Boy and The Mermaid
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton
- Brighton Dome
- 20th - 20th Feb 2019
On the farthest edge of a wind-battered rock there sits a small fishing town.
Beautiful Boy (15) - Parent and Baby
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Watermans Art Centre
- 20th Feb 2019
Based on the memoir "Beautiful Boy" by David Sheff and "Tweak" by his son, Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experi…
Only Fools and Horses - The Musical
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Theatre Royal Haymarket
- 20th Feb 2019 - 29th Apr 2023
The landmark, record-breaking and top-rated television series Only Fools and Horses, written by the late, great John Sullivan becomes a brand-new, home-grown British Musical specta…
Beautiful Boy (15)
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Watermans Art Centre
- 15th - 21st Feb 2019
Based on the memoir "Beautiful Boy" by David Sheff and "Tweak" by his son, Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experi…
140 Characters | Dog Boy
- Listing Theatre
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 13th - 14th Feb 2019
140 Characters#ItsAMatterOfPerspectiveDog BoyGrow up? Woof off 140 Characters - Firefly Theatre140 Characters is a One Man Show that delves into t…
9 to 5 the Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Savoy Theatre
- 28th Jan 2019 - 23rd May 2020
Pour yourself a cup of ambition, and head on down to Dolly Parton’s rollicking West End musical!9 TO 5 THE MUSICALis clocking in to the West End - with a strictly limited West En…
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- The Other Palace
- 5th Feb - 16th Mar 2019
‘If this is what improv can do, you wonder why anyone bothers writing anything down.
Absolute Bowie - Tribute Band
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- O2 Islington2
- 11th Jan 2019
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.
Our Bev's Christmas Cracker
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 19th - 22nd Dec 2018
It’s Christmas Eve.
Christmas with Steptoe and Son
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 18th - 23rd Dec 2018
Christmas simply wouldn’t be Christmas without a visit to 26 Oil Drum Lane to catch up with the nation’s favourite rag-and-bone-men and indulge in some class…
Christmas Spectacular
- Listing Music
- West End
- Theatre Royal Drury Lane
- 16th Dec 2018
Christmas Spectacular is a cracker of show with music, dance, lights, spectacle and a snow-filled finale.
Will Seaward presents: The Exotic Adventure of Michael the Christmas Pudding
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 16th Dec 2018
Booming surrealist storytelling comedian Will Seaward (“part Brian Blessed, part Oscar Wilde” - the Telegraph, “genuinely, terrifyingly chari…
Museum of Magic! - Christmas Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 15th Dec 2018
A festive feast of magical entertainment for the whole family.
Five Little Christmas Monkeys
- Listing Children’s Shows
- London Fringe
- Half Moon Theatre
- 15th - 15th Dec 2018
Join Zoo Keeper Sue and mischievous Little Monkey on Christmas Eve, and discover numbers are all around us.
Alfie Ordinary's Christmas Special
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton
- Rialto Theatre
- 13th Dec 2018
Alfie Ordinary’s Christmas Special is back! For one night only, get fizzy and festive and sing along to all your favourite Christmas songs, performed live! With extra special guest…
Bugle Boys: Christmas Crackers
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh
- Assembly Roxy
- 12th - 30th Dec 2018
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 …
Al Murray Presents the Twelve Days of Christmas
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 11th - 23rd Dec 2018
♫On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, some dodgy meat off the back of a lorr-ry♫ The nation’s favourite publican, Al Murray – The …
Camp As Christmas
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- UK Regional & Tours
- Pizza Express
- 10th Dec 2018
Four dangerously good singers and a hilarious MC/ Pianist” (Three Weeks) deliver an evening rich in glorious vocals, cheeky humour and festive feeling.
The Elvis Years at Christmas
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 9th Dec 2018
It’s time to get well and truly in the Christmas spirit as smash-hit musical production The Elvis Years brings its very special seasonal twist to theatres across t…
CSI: Crime Scene Improvisation - Christmas Special!
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 9th Dec 2018
Crime Scene Improvisation return to the Museum of Comedy for their popular charity Christmas special.
A Weimar Christmas with William Ludwig & Dean Austin
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Phoenix Artist Club
- 9th Dec 2018
Join “Cabaret Kings” (The Londonist) William Ludwig and Dean Austin for a pine tree of songs from Weimar Berlin and beyond – Jennys, Johnnys and Killer Queens.
Adam Kay’s Smutty Christmas Songs
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 8th Dec 2018
A sell-out event every December for a decade, Adam Kay presents a night of festive filth – his antidote to the pantomime horrors in every other theatre this time o…
BS: Oh Holy Shite! (The 12 Steps of Christmas!)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 7th Dec 2018
WINNERS Boomtish! Best New Comedy Act; FINALISTS Leicester Square Sketch Off 2017; ‘A master class in character comedy!’ BS bring you their debut seasonal sh…
Crimes of the Christmas Pudding
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- Lichfield Garrick Theatre
- 5th Dec 2018 - 5th Jan 2019
Lady detective Artemis Arinae finds herself in the midst of a steamy seasonal crime caper set in high society.
Douglas Walker presents: Of Christmas Past
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 4th Dec 2018
Christmas is a time for joy and happiness, but there is a sinister secret wrapped in the stories we tell.
House of Jack Christmas Show
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh
- The Studio
- 4th Dec 2018
House of Jack is excited to present the first House of Jack Christmas Show! This street and urban dance show is jam-packed with dynamic performances from students of House of Jack...
Horrible Christmas
- Listing Children’s Shows
- West End
- Alexandra Palace
- 4th - 30th Dec 2018
Horrible Histories proudly presents the terrific tale of Christmas in the triumphant re-opening of Alexandra Palace.
The Band
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Theatre Royal Haymarket
- 1st Dec 2018 - 12th Jan 2019
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…
A Christmas Story, The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- Waterloo East Theatre
- 28th Nov - 22nd Dec 2018
From the songwriting team behind the smash-hit Tony Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen and the Academy Award-winning films La La Land and The Greatest Showman, - A Christmas St…
A Christmas Carol
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- Studio, Crescent Theatre
- 27th Nov - 1st Dec 2018
On Christmas Eve, Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come.
The Billy Joel Songbook performed by Elio Pace and his band
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 25th Nov 2018
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 …
The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Above the Stag Theatre
- 21st Nov - 22nd Dec 2018
by Joanne Bogart and Eric Rockwell One story - five mini musicals! This affectionate and hilarious send-up tells one story in five distinctive musi…
Urinetown, The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- Bridewell Centre
- 21st Nov - 1st Dec 2018
Urinetown is a hilarious send-up of greed, love, revolution (and musicals!), in a time when water is worth its weight in gold.
Nearly Dan - Tribute Band
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Jazz Cafe
- 18th Nov 2018
The Spirit & Sound of Steely Dan.
The Goon Show featuring Lance Ellington and his band
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 11th Nov 2018
Apollo Theatre Company in association with Spike Milligan Productions Ltd presentsThe Goon Show featuring Lance Ellington and his BandBy Spike MilliganFrom the producers…
BRASS, an Award-winning Musical by Benjamin Till
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Union Theatre
- 8th Nov, 2018
Brass, Benjamin Till’s winner of the ‘Best Musical’ in the 2014 UK Theatre Awards, fills the stage at the Union Theatre, Southwark, in its professional London première.
FLOP! Hit Songs from Musical Misfires!
- Listing Music
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 28th Oct 2018
A host of West End performers present the greatest songs from shows that bombed, by Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lionel Bart, Stephen Schwartz, Stiles & Dr…
Zac Brown Band
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- The O2 Arena
- 27th Oct 2018
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…
Michael English and His Band
- Listing Events
- West End
- Islington Assembly Hall
- 22nd Sep 2018
Following the huge success of Michael’s previous visits to The U.
Heathers The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Theatre Royal Haymarket
- 3rd Sep 2018 - 11th Sep 2021
“She’s my best friend.
Michele Osten and the Not Just Jazz Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 27th Aug 2018
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
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 26th Aug 2018
Returning to the Fringe for its fourth year, Inverkeithing Community Big Band promises an afternoon of exciting jazz and swing.
Big Band Swing! From Basie to Bublé
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 24th - 25th Aug 2018
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.
Rachel Parris' Musical Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 14th - 23rd Aug 2018
For three nights only, award-winning musical comedian and star of BBC Two’s The Mash Report, Rachel Parris, presents a late-night jamboree of tunes intended to tickle, including so…
Opportunities for New Musical Theatre After the Fringe
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 22nd Aug 2018
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Sunshine Boy
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Dance Base
- 21st - 26th Aug 2018
Leigh Bowery was born in Sunshine, Australia (west of Melbourne) in March 1961.
A Show About Shows About Show Biz
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 20th - 25th Aug 2018
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…
Newtongrange Silver Band In Concert
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Salvation Army Edinburgh City Corps
- 19th Aug 2018
Newtongrange Silver Band (established 1892) is a traditional mining village brass band but their repertoire is far from traditional.
The Quest: A Fantasy Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Venue45
- 19th - 25th Aug 2018
Questing Voles – All’s Well That Ends As You Like It, 2017: ‘a pretty anarchic hour of fun and frolics’ (FringeReview.
Dodo Street Band - The Last Word in Celtic Gypsy Klezmer
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Stockbridge Church
- 18th Aug 2018
The last word in Celtic Gypsy Klezmer.
Old Boy
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Storytelling Centre
- 18th - 26th Aug 2018
Do you remember when we used to go camping? And when you helped me make an ATM out of cardboard for my school project? Do you realise what a big impact you’ve had on who I am? Fr…
The Wendy Weatherby Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Merchant’s Hall
- 18th Aug 2018
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…
Journeys in Hand – A Musical Fusion from Scotland and Rajasthan
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 17th - 18th Aug 2018
This unique collaboration between two outstanding groups, Glasgow’s Brian Molley Quartet and the Asin Langa Ensemble from Jodhpur, combines music from Scotland and India to create …
Soft Shoe Skiffle Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Edinburgh Academy
- 16th - 17th Aug 2018
A bit of fun and a trip down memory lane.
Orwell That Ends Well: The Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at La Belle Angele
- 14th - 26th Aug 2018
Orwell That Ends Well is a comedy musical, combining characters and stories from 1984 and Animal Farm.
East Belfast Boy
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 14th - 26th Aug 2018
Prime Cut Productions: East Belfast Boy by Fintan Brady.
Alice in Wonderland – The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 14th - 18th Aug 2018
With recent workshops around the world, this delightful new musical by California composer Tim Nelson is now at the Fringe! Alice’s magical, musical journey with a true Broadway …
13: The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C
- 14th - 18th Aug 2018
13 is a hilarious, coming-of-age musical about discovering that cool is sometimes where we least expect it.
Make It as a Musical Director
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 14th Aug 2018
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Edinburgh Renaissance Band: Castle and Kirk
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 14th - 18th Aug 2018
The music of great halls, cathedrals and servants’ quarters is brought to life by the group who have been delighting Fringe audiences since 1973.
A Romantic's Guide to the Apocalypse: A New Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 13th - 18th Aug 2018
What happens if you find the love of your life at the end of the world? This hilarious and moving new musical follows Jack who discovers that the world will end in one week.
Tenacious D: The Musical of Destiny
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 13th - 18th Aug 2018
This epic rock comedy tells the story of a young rocker JB, from Kickapoo, journeying to find his counterpart in rock KG, and together they form the band… Tenacious D! Once forme…
Robert Burns the Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 13th - 18th Aug 2018
A new musical by Tish Tindall based upon an idea by David Gest, Michael Jackson, and the life and works of Robert Burns.
Edinburgh Renaissance Band's Viol Rackett Show
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Cecilia’s Hall
- 12th Aug 2018
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
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Stramash
- 12th - 19th Aug 2018
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
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 12th Aug 2018
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…
Kelty Clippie the Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 10th - 25th Aug 2018
Based on the popular traditional folk song, Kelty Clippie follows the comic adventures of a bus conductress in Fife.
Sam Outlaw and Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Liquid Room
- 10th Aug 2018
Lonesome Highway are delighted to bring Sam back to Edinburgh with his wonderful band for their only Scottish show of the year.
Playing Django – The Musical Tale of a Guitar Legend
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Argyle Cellar Bar
- 9th - 17th Aug 2018
Django Reinhardt was a musical genius and his influence on generations of guitarists has been immense.
Kill the Boy
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 6th - 9th Aug 2018
It starts like this.
Musical Comedy Guide Showcase
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Globe Bar
- 5th - 26th Aug 2018
Free daily hour-long showcase of the best musical comedy at this year’s Edinburgh Festival, courtesy of the Musical Comedy Guide website (check for full listings).
Chris Chopping's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Dr Livingstone’s / The Clootie Dumpling / Three Broomsticks
- 4th - 25th Aug 2018
Last year, Chris was finally feeling happy and well-adjusted.
The Sandy Brechin Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Merchant’s Hall
- 4th Aug 2018
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
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BrewDog Lothian Rd
- 4th - 25th Aug 2018
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
A Christmas Carol
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 4th - 27th Aug 2018
Olivier Award-winning Guy Masterson, (Under Milk Wood, Animal Farm, Shylock), now brings Dickens’ festive fable to vivid life.
One Musical to Rule Them All
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 3rd - 11th Aug 2018
After a sell-out, five-star run in 2016, One Musical to Rule Them All returns to parody everyone’s favourite trilogy about wizards, hobbits and a quest to destroy some magical je…
Bon the Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2018
Born in Scotland, Bon Scott emigrated to Australia and joined rock band AC/DC to become a legend.
The Boy With the Pearl Necklace
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Street Bar
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2018
From the creator of Will He Bonk You in the Chocolate Factory and Fridged Moan’s Diary comes a new stand-up comedy spectacular! An evening of music and comedy about being young and…
Sing-a-Long a Musical
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hill Street Theatre
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2018
Come along and enjoy a fantastic sing-along to the musical classics.
10 Years MCA – The Musical Comedy Awards Showcase
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 3rd - 4th Aug 2018
Join us for a riotous celebration of the Fringe’s best musical comedians! Since 2009, the MCA have helped to launch the likes of Abandoman, Rachel Parris, Mae Martin, Jay Foreman a…
Rob Kemp's Wheel of Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel / Monkey Barrel Comedy Club
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2018
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
Clowntown: I Can Do Anything, the Funtastic Show by Sphere Clown Band
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2018
‘Five stars! Infectious fun’ (FringeReview.
John Montgomery String Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 3rd - 11th Aug 2018
This is the five-piece band’s second consecutive appearance at the Fringe.
Ed Fringe: The Musical Revue
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C too
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2018
Fun and frenetic cabaret revue combining songs, sketches and observations in a hilarious celebration of the world’s biggest arts festival.
A Very Brexit Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at La Belle Angele
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
A newly qualified journalist gets his first big break writing for the Maily Dail just as the biggest upset in British politics is about to occur.
Tom GK – Hearing Loss: The Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Are you, or someone you love, pretending you’re not losing your hearing? Well at 31, Tom GK is losing his.
Henry Box Brown – A Musical Journey
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Tony Award winner Ben Harney (Broadway's Dreamgirls), and writer Mehr Mansuri, lead this musical about an 1850s Virginia slave who ships himself to freedom in a box.
A Monster Musical!
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C too
- 2nd - 18th Aug 2018
A brand new wacky comedy musical for all ages! How do you keep life exciting when you live forever? Dracula needs to find something to do now that his arch nemesis has been defeate…
89 Nights: An Original Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Carla van der Sluijs
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C too
- 13th Aug, 2018
The magic of New York is effectively captured in 89 Nights, a new musical from Troubadour Stageworks.
Terry Alderton: The Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 1st - 26th Aug 2018
It’s the musical they said would never happen! After last year’s award-winning show, he’s back with stories from his life set to music.
My Left / Right Foot – The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Joseph McAulay
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 10th Aug, 2018
Birds of Paradise’s new musical is a hysterical and at times incredibly thoughtful production that takes a wry and insightful poke at the state of inclusion in modern theatre and…
Gareth Waugh: Oh Boy...!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 1st - 27th Aug 2018
Sequel to 2017’s smash-hit sell-out debut about honesty, this one’s all about the law of the playground, traveling companions from hell and accidentally fulfilling your teenage buc…
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 1st - 26th Aug 2018
The Edinburgh must-see, Olivier Award-winning (Best Entertainment and Family Show 2016) West End hit returns for its 11th consecutive year! A brand-new musical comedy is created fr…
Myra Dubois: We Wish You a Myra Christmas
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sue Denham
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 23rd Aug, 2018
It has often been said that Myra DuBois is an act way ahead of her time.
Jarred Christmas: Remarkably Average
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 1st - 26th Aug 2018
Hey team! So, I had a DNA test and the results were very disappointing.
Trump the Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C
- 1st - 27th Aug 2018
2020: Time to make Donald Great Again! But can King Nigel Farage the First of England get his trade deal? When will Kim Jong Un stop messing about with missiles? And why has Vladim…
The Improv Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Joseph McAulay
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C
- 2nd Aug, 2018
Music Theatre Warwick returns to the festival with their long-form, entirely improvised musical that is a rollicking good time, even if there are a few kinks that need ironing out.
Buried: A New Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- William Heraghty
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 8th Aug, 2018
Buried certainly made a splash at the Fringe last year, winning awards left, right, and centre, and deservedly so – Tom Williams and Cordelia O’Driscoll’s new musical is quir…
Nele Needs a Holiday: The Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 1st - 26th Aug 2018
A Belgian pop star moves to London to steal the job of British pop stars.
Thrones! The Musical Parody
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Theatre
- 1st - 26th Aug 2018
Total sell-out in 2015, 2016 and 2017! Updated with new deaths and sexcapades from seventh series.
AnimAlphabet: The Musical
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 1st - 27th Aug 2018
High-energy actors, colourful puppets, amazing characters and fantastic songs combine to create AnimAlphabet: The Musical.
Douglas Walker Presents: Of Christmas Past
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 1st - 26th Aug 2018
Christmas is a time for joy and happiness, but there’s a sinister secret wrapped in the stories we tell.
BARK! The Musical... How the Little Dog Found His Voice
- Review
- ★★
- Carla van der Sluijs
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C
- 16th Aug, 2018
The secret life of man’s best friend is pondered in BARK: The Musical.
Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 1st - 26th Aug 2018
Total sell-out 2015, 2016 and 2017! One of the best-known, longest-running and most celebrated improv shows in the world.
Voldemort and the Teenage Hogwarts Musical Parody
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 1st - 27th Aug 2018
Before Voldemort was He Who Must Not Be Named, he was just Tom Riddle, another moody teen at Hogwarts.
Scientology the Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Joseph McAulay
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre
- 5th Aug, 2018
Deciding to take on Scientology, the notoriously thin skinned and litigation happy “religion”, as the central subject matter of a comedy rock musical is certainly a brave choic…
Vulvarine: A New Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 1st - 26th Aug 2018
From the creators of the sell-out hit Buzz: A New Musical.
Half-Dozen Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C royale
- 4th - 27th Aug 2018
While Henry the 8th fights for his life, his daughter Mary Tudor has a battle of her own: she wants to claim his soon-to-be-empty throne.
Timpson: The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Miles Hurley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C
- 18th Aug, 2018
I sat through an hour long fever dream yesterday entitled Timpson the Musical, and to get the recommendation out of the way, I would easily go again.
Douglas Walker: Of Christmas Past
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Tea Pot
- 29th Jul 2018
From Trotsky to Elvis to Osama Bin Laden, history is littered with those who seemed to die or disappear in suspicious circumstances.
Jarred Christmas & Hobbit: The Mighty Kids Beatbox Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Tea Pot
- 21st Jul 2018
Blue Jeans Management Proudly Presents - Jarred Christmas & Hobbit: The Mighty Kids Beatbox Show Hey kids, grab your parents, parents grab your cash and come do…
Jarred Christmas: Remarkably Average (Preview)
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Turn Pot
- 21st Jul 2018
Blue Jeans Management Proudly Presents - Jarred Christmas: Remarkably Average (Preview) Hey, team! So, I had a DNA test and the results were extremely disappointing…
Madagascar - A Musical Adventure
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- UK Regional & Tours
- Multiple Venues
- 21st Jul 2018 - 1st Jun 2019
Based on the smash DreamWorks animated motion picture, Madagascar - The Musical follows all of your favourite crack-a-lackin’ friends as they escape from their home in New York’s C…
The Band: Take That's New Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- UK Regional & Tours
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 10th - 14th Jul 2018
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.
A Musical Celebration of Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- The Royal Chelsea Hospital
- 17th Jun 2018
Andrew Lloyd Webber is the most successful composer of musicals in history and professional productions of his shows have sold more than 33o million tickets worldwide.
Heathers The Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Katerina Partolina Schwartz
- West End
- The Other Palace
- 8th Apr, 2022
Homecoming is the word that comes to mind when watching this musical.
BOY
- Review
- ★★★★
- Simon Lovat
- Brighton Fringe
- The Old Courtroom
- 2nd Jun, 2018
There is a bit of a buzz around BOY.
Mad About the Boy
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Rialto Theatre
- 27th May - 3rd Jun 2018
‘Mad About the Boy’ is a new play with musical interludes by local playwright Edwin Preece.
Sing-A-Long-A-Musical
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 27th - 27th May 2018
We are back to lead you in a sing-a-long of hits from all the best musical shows, with a live band of West End theatre musicians backing you.
Bus Boy
- Review
- ★★★★
- Kat ODougherty
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Blockhouse
- 28th May, 2018
Set on an island best known for its adorable marsupial inhabitants, Bus Boy is a sweet play about two very different people becoming friends.
Hammond Graduate BA Musical Theatre Showcase
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 23rd May 2018
An opportunity to see the culmination of three years’ work produced by The Hammond Graduate Musical Theatre Students, in a unique showcase performance for industry…
The MET Musical Theatre Showcase 2018
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Hat
- 23rd - 26th May 2018
An energy packed performance by the Musical Theatre Degree students at Northbrook MET.
Big Band: Swingin' at the Spiegel
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 19th May 2018
Straight No Chaser big band combine with Swing Patrol dancers for a Lindy Hop dance spectacular.
Tom and Bunny Save the World: The Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Lois Zoppi
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Blockhouse
- 23rd May, 2018
Tom and Bunny Save the World is a folk musical.
A Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton - and Other Shows
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Bom-Bane’s Music Cafe
- 18th May - 3rd Jun 2018
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.
Barbecue: The Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Werks 1
- 12th - 26th May 2018
Britain is on the brink of nuclear war - how would you spend what might be your last afternoon on Earth? Somewhere in middle-class suburbia, a small group has decided to press on …
The Boy Who Gave His Heart Away by Cole Moreton
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jane Beeston
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Werks 1
- 14th May, 2018
"Make a fist with your hand and place it roughly where you think your heart should be," Cole Moreton instructs us at the start of his set, The Boy Who Gave His Heart Away…
BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows
- Review
- ★★★★
- Carmen Dupre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 9th May, 2018
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…
Do The Thing: The Two Man Made-Up Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 7th May - 2nd Jun 2018
From the minds behind Brighton improv titans Off the Cuff and Blanket Fort comes a full-throttle fully-improvised musical performed in full by only two men (plus one on guitar).
What's it all about, eh? The Musical (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery / The Caxton Arms
- 7th - 27th May 2018
This is a jam-packed musical comedy performance of fun storytelling rhymes set to an original soundtrack.
Soul Circus The Musical (Buried Treasure)
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Ralli Hall
- 6th - 13th May 2018
Following our 2016 sell-out, smash-hit show, come with us on our next adventure: pirates, mermaids and the search for buried treasure told through original live music, poetry and s…
The Twelve Days Of Christmas
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 6th May - 3rd Jun 2018
‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’ is an unseasonal romp through the gifts of a generous but impractical lover.
This Boy Tom
- Review
- ★★★★
- Susanne Crosby
- Brighton Fringe
- The Old Courtroom
- 3rd Jun, 2018
An original musical about school bullying with only children in the cast might not seem a first choice for top Fringe viewing, but it absolutely is.
Of Christmas Past
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Burrow
- 6th May - 3rd Jun 2018
Christmas is a time for joy and happiness, but there is a sinister secret at the heart of the stories we tell.
Quiz Night: The Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Julia French
- Brighton Fringe
- Latest Music Bar
- 20th May, 2018
There comes an awkward point in some friendships when going to the pub is no longer quite enough entertainment.
Justin's Band
- Listing Music
- West End
- Theatre Royal Drury Lane
- 15th Apr 2018
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…
I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Live At Zédel
- 9th - 17th Apr 2018
I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical sets out to present everything that you could possibly want to know about being a musical theatre performer.
Musical Marathon
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- The Other Palace
- 1st Apr 2018
Paul Taylor-Mills, Artistic Director of The Other Palace, will host The Musical Marathon on Sunday 1 April 2018 at 6pm.
All or Nothing The Mod Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Ambassadors Theatre
- 29th Mar - 2nd Jun 2018
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Tina - The Tina Turner Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Aldwych Theatre
- 21st Mar 2018 - 31st May 2025
From humble beginnings in Nutbush, Tennessee, to her transformation into the global Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Tina Turner didn’t just break the rules, she rewrote them.
MESSiAH The Rock Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Adelaide Fringe
- Vogue Theatre
- 17th Mar 2018
MESSIAH The Rock Musical makes its Adelaide Fringe return at the iconic Vogue Theatre featuring an exciting and original score, together with stunning visual projections, to hook y…
Peter Helliar - Big Boy Pants
- Listing Comedy
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Garden of Unearthly Delights
- 16th - 18th Mar 2018
As seen on The Project, CRAM & Have You Been Paying Attention? (Network TEN).
Elevate! The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Adelaide Fringe
- Tuxedo Cat at broadcast bar
- 14th - 17th Mar 2018
Claire is growing into the woman she always dreamed of.
Ruthless! The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Arts Theatre
- 16th Mar - 23rd Jun 2018
HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO GET WHAT YOU WANT? The all-female camp KILLER cult classic finally makes its way to London following its critical acclaim off-Broadway.
Baby Wants Candy, The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Garden of Unearthly Delights
- 8th - 18th Mar 2018
The 2016 smash hit improv musical returns to Adelaide! Total sell-out Edinburgh Fringe 2015, 2016, 2017.
Manchild...The Lost Aussie Rock Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Adelaide Fringe
- National Wine Centre
- 21st Feb - 16th Mar 2018
‘It’s about the randomness of life … of how you’re here one minute and gone the next, and how you’d better get relationships established because there’s not much else tha…
The Winslow Boy
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- Oxford Playhouse
- 12th - 17th Mar 2018
A major new revival of Terence Rattigan’s astonishingly involving classic family drama comes to Oxford Playhouse with Tessa Peake-Jones and Aden Gillett.
The Velveteen Rabbit Musical Show
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Adelaide Fringe
- Gluttony
- 10th - 12th Mar 2018
We can all recall that one special toy which, even in adulthood, puts a smile on our face when we think of it, and ‘The Velveteen Rabbit Musical Show’ is about such a toy.
Stephanie Laing: Mad About the Boy
- Listing Comedy
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Producers
- 9th - 18th Mar 2018
Making her Australian debut: Stephanie’s love life has been a rollercoaster, if rollercoasters involve a lot of awkward sex, self-sabotage and therapy.
Peter Combe and the Juicy Juicy Green Band - Live It Up
- Listing Music
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Garden of Unearthly Delights
- 11th Mar 2018
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.
Boy Overboard
- Listing Theatre
- Adelaide Fringe
- Mount Barker Waldorf Living Arts Centre
- 10th Mar 2018
Jamal and Bibi have a dream: to lead Afghanistan to soccer glory in the next World Cup.
Thrones! The Musical Parody
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Garden of Unearthly Delights
- 9th - 18th Mar 2018
Total sell-out Edinburgh Fringe 2015, 2016, 2017! The hilarious, razor-sharp audience and critical smash hit send-up of HBO’s phenomenally successful Game of Thrones makes its A…
Jennifer DeGrassi Band with The Bacharach and Beehive Choir
- Listing Music
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Gov
- 7th Mar 2018
An evening of rapturous dark jazz alternative music from renown artist Jennifer DeGrassi and her band .
Musical Moments
- Listing Music
- Adelaide Fringe
- South Australian Jockey Club - Morphettville Racecourse
- 5th Mar 2018
Following two SOLD OUT Fringe Seasons, Promise Adelaide is delighted to bring you more ‘Musical Moments’.
Abandoman's Rob Broderick – The Musical in My Mind
- Listing Comedy
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Garden of Unearthly Delights
- 4th Mar 2018
Rob Broderick, Abandoman’s freestyling frontman, is bringing his new solo show to the Fringe.
Scientology The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Adelaide Fringe
- Gluttony
- 4th Mar 2018
Writers of Abbott! The Musical, George Glass invite you to discover the inner workings of the world’s most controversial religion.
The History of the Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Adelaide Fringe
- La Bohème
- 4th Mar 2018
Prepare to be taken on a musical journey through time.
Ivy + Bean the Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Adelaide Fringe
- Bakehouse Theatre
- 3rd - 3rd Mar 2018
Come meet quiet Ivy, who has amazing ideas, and outgoing Bean, who loves to put ideas into action.
The Colour Orange: The Pauline Hanson Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Adelaide Fringe
- RAJOPOLIS at Raj House
- 3rd Mar 2018
Guess who’s back? From the ashes of early 2000’s Australian politics rises Senator Hanson - one woman, one party, one nation, one dream.
A Boy Named Cash: Johnny Cash Experience
- Listing Music
- Adelaide Fringe
- THE GC at The German Club
- 2nd Mar 2018
A Boy Named Cash: Johnny Cash Experience showcases the greatest hits of The Man In Black as performed by renowned impersonator Monty Cotton as seen on ‘The Voice’, as a one-man-ban…
It's Only Life - A New Musical Revue featuring John Bucchino
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Parks Theatres
- 25th - 25th Feb 2018
Awarded Broadway composer & pianist, John Bucchino, will be performing for the S.
HEATHERS THE MUSICAL
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Adelaide Fringe
- Goodwood Institute Theatre
- 24th - 24th Feb 2018
HEATHERS THE MUSICAL is the darkly delicious story of Veronica Sawyer, a brainy, beautiful teenage misfit who hustles her way into the most powerful and ruthless clique at Westerbe…
Flashdance - The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Joseph Travers
- Edinburgh
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 19th Jan, 2018
Selladoor’s touring production of Flashdance continues to shine light and pizzazz with a strong fusion of two worlds moulded into 80s’ pop glitz and grit.
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- UK Regional & Tours
- Oxford Playhouse
- 10th Jan 2018
The 2016 Olivier Award-winners for Best Entertainment and Family Show return to Oxford.
Counterfeit Sixties Christmas Show
- Listing Music
- Scotland
- Rothes Halls
- 16th Dec 2017
Re-live the sounds of the swinging sixties, as Britain’s No.
The Showstoppers' Christmas kids Show!
- Listing Children’s Shows
- West End
- Christmas in Leicester Square
- 16th - 30th Dec 2017
The Showstoppers are here to make your kids’ Christmas story wishes come true! Welcome to our Christmas grotto where the The Showstoppers are here to make your kids’ Ch…
Christmas With The Rat Pack
- Review
- ★★★
- George Meixner
- West End
- Theatre Royal Haymarket
- 23rd Dec, 2017
In the early 1960s the Rat Pack quintet (then including Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop) performed in the Sands Casino in Las Vegas.
Nativity! The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- Apollo Hammersmith / Eventim Apollo
- 13th Dec 2017 - 29th Dec 2019
Your favourite festive film is now a major new musical adapted for the stage by Debbie Isitt, the creator of the much-loved films.
London Musical Theatre Orchestra presents A Christmas Carol
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- London Coliseum / Lyceum Theatre
- 11th Dec 2017 - 6th Dec 2020
London Musical Theatre Orchestra presents A Christmas Carol.
A Christmas Carol - The Fitzrovia Radio Hour
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Christmas in Leicester Square
- 8th - 30th Dec 2017
Dickens’ classic reimagined as a 1940s Christmas special.
The Barricade Boys Christmas Cabaret
- Listing Music
- West End
- St James Theatre Studio
- 5th - 23rd Dec 2017
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…
Trapped In The Closet: A Musical Comedy Show
- Listing Theatre
- USA Regional & Tours
- Feinstein’s/54 Below
- 2nd Dec 2017
The raucous & uproarious musical that reveals inner secrets & truths of recording audiobooks by star Sarah Naughton incorporates stand-up comedy, dance, immersive theater, and trad…
A Christmas Carol - Shoreditch
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- 3 Scrooges Parlour
- 1st - 31st Dec 2017
You are cordially invited to the parlour of Mr Ebeneezer Scrooge for a rousing rendition of this timeless classic.
Side Shows
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Sadler’s Wells Theatre
- 25th - 26th Nov 2017
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
Urinetown: The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- Stockwell Playhouse
- 1st - 4th Nov 2017
ROLLERS THEATRE COMPANY are delighted to present Tony Award-winning Urinetown: a hilarious satire of bureaucracy, big business and musical theatre itself.
Urinetown: the Musical
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Stockwell Playhouse
- 1st - 4th Nov 2017
ROLLERS THEATRE COMPANY are delighted to present Tony Award-winning Urinetown: a hilarious satire of bureaucracy, big business and musical theatre itself.
Cilla – The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- UK Regional & Tours
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 21st Sep, 2017
Given that she’s such a much-loved public entertainer, an all-too-obvious challenge in creating a musical based on the early life of the late Cilla Black—born Priscilla Mari…
Inverkeithing Big Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 27th Aug 2017
Returning after a second highly successful gig in 2016, the Inverkeithing Community Big Band promises an afternoon of riveting jazz and swing.
Big Band Swing
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 25th - 26th Aug 2017
That Swing Sensation, Scotland’s record-breaking big swing band, with another night of toe-tapping music from the era when swing was king.
Sustainable Shows: Emerging Trends
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 23rd Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Assisted Suicide the Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 22nd - 26th Aug 2017
Following sell-out UK shows and a recent stint at Melbourne International Comedy Festival, disability rights activist and actor Liz Carr (BBC’s Silent Witness) brings you her TED t…
Little Shop of Horrors – The Musical!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Katie Daniel
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 23rd Aug, 2017
Ethereal Theatre Company’s Little Shop of Horrors is a powerhouse of zany energy.
Edinburgh Renaissance Band: Passion and Manners – 16th Century Dance workshop
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Cecilia’s Hall
- 20th Aug 2017
This workshop is suitable for anyone looking for a fun afternoon of unfamiliar dances, while still providing challenges for experienced dancers.
Opportunities for new Musical Theatre after the Fringe
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 17th - 18th Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Aliens Coming: A Musical
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- The Peoples Improv Theater - Striker Mainstage
- 17th Aug - 18th Sep 2017
The unique & uproarious musical returns to The PIT after a sold out run for ten upcoming performances from August 17th to September 18th.
The Music of The Incredible String Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 17th Aug 2017
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…
Make it as a Musical Director
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 16th Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Soft Shoe Skiffle Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Edinburgh Academy
- 16th - 18th Aug 2017
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
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 16th - 18th Aug 2017
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 …
13 the Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- George Meixner
- West End
- The Ambassadors Theatre
- 18th Aug, 2017
The greatest assets of 13 are also the greatest pitfalls.
Scientology: The Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 15th - 27th Aug 2017
‘Catchy riffs and rapid-fire word play’ ***** (Kryztoff.
Stimela: The Musical
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 14th - 28th Aug 2017
A celebration of song and dance, this is an international phenomenon that has swept across the globe like a tidal wave of soaring voices and stomping feet.
A Boy Named Cash: Johnny Cash Experience
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on Niddry St
- 14th - 26th Aug 2017
A one-man band greatest hits tribute to the legend Johnny Cash featuring Monty Cotton, as seen on The Voice.
The Addams Family: A New Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Central Hall
- 14th - 17th Aug 2017
The spooky and kooky Addams Family comes to life in this outrageous musical comedy.
2016 the Musical
- Review
- ★★
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 17th Aug, 2017
The idea of taking a serious topic and turning it into a musical is not a new to the Fringe.
Emerald Boy
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 14th - 19th Aug 2017
Emerald Boy – three friends, a police officer and an alien walk into a bar.
Allman Brothers Band Appreciation
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Stramash
- 13th - 18th Aug 2017
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…
Father Christmas Comes Up Trumps
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Venue45
- 11th - 26th Aug 2017
Father Christmas is back, and this time he’s had three helpings of sprouts! As he tries to deliver the presents, his tummy rumbles, gurgles and groans, but Father Christmas knows h…
US Tour Booking For Small And Independent Shows
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 10th - 21st Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The Sandy Brechin Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Merchant’s Hall
- 9th Aug 2017
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
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 9th Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The Edinburgh Musical Society
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- St Cecilia’s Hall
- 8th Aug 2017
Vibrant Scottish early music group Ensemble Marsyas under dynamic director Peter Whelan has fast made its name with thrilling, captivating music making since its founding in 2011.
Boy in a Bottle
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 7th - 12th Aug 2017
A boy washed up on the tide.
The Show Between Shows Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 52 Canoes (Grassmarket)
- 6th - 26th Aug 2017
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Doig the Musical, With No Singing, No Dancing and Very Little Music
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 6th - 26th Aug 2017
Doig, a disgraced businessmen, has fallen into despair.
Bat Boy: The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Matthew Sedman
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 8th Aug, 2017
Billed as a uniquely grotesque combination of satire, horror and comedy, Bat Boy: The Musical has a small but dedicated cult following.
Big Howard Little Howard: Man and Boy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- La Belle Angèle
- 6th - 25th Aug 2017
The world’s first and only human/cartoon double-act return to the Fringe.
Suicide the Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Disa Andersen
- Edinburgh Fringe
- SpaceTriplex
- 15th Aug, 2017
Suicide: The Musical is a one-man show that discusses male depression and disconnection due to social media.
Ouija the Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue 13
- 6th - 11th Aug 2017
Once you open the door there’s no going back… A late night band rehearsal in Aberlladd goes badly wrong with deadly consequences in this spine-tingling horror musical.
Pinkalicious the Musical
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Central Hall
- 5th - 9th Aug 2017
Based on the international bestseller, Pinkalicious the Musical is a delicious romp for children of all ages.
The Wendy Weatherby Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Merchant’s Hall
- 5th Aug 2017
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…
Songs of Praise and Thanksgiving: A Musical Celebration of the Reformation
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greyfriars Kirk
- 5th Aug 2017
Join the former King’s singer and renowned choral director Simon Carrington and the Reformation Festival Chorus as they present an hour-long programme of inspirational choral music…
John Montgomery String Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Stockbridge Church
- 5th Aug 2017
The band feature multi-stringed instrumentalists playing original music and songs in the folk/country rock genre.
Big Howard Little Howard: Man and Boy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Banshee Labyrinth
- 5th - 27th Aug 2017
The world’s first and only human/cartoon double-act return to the Fringe.
Jarred Christmas and the Hobbit: The Mighty Kids Beatbox Game Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre
- 5th - 9th Aug 2017
Hey kids, grab your parents, parents grab your cash and get on down to the best game show in town.
Blueswater Presents: The Porch Band Audience Picks
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 5th - 25th Aug 2017
A special stripped-down lineup of The Blueswater play an upbeat swampy set of blues songs decided in advance by fans on social media.
Gilbert and Sullivan's Improbable New Musical: The Fringe Lozenge
- Review
- ★★★
- Naoise Murphy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 12th Aug, 2017
Gilbert and Sullivan’s Improbable New Musical: The Fringe Lozenge has, as you might expect from the title, a very specific target audience.
Man and Boy
- Review
- ★★★
- Laura Pujos
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Jury’s Inn
- 9th Aug, 2017
Man And Boy is a perfectly poetic way to punctuate an otherwise hectic day at the Fringe.
Fancy Glitter Fanciulla on Tour Without the Band
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo
- 4th - 15th Aug 2017
Rock’n’roll in all its facets.
Communism: The Musical!
- Review
- ★★★
- Disa Andersen
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 5th Aug, 2017
If you are hoping to find your comrades in arms and chant the internationale alongside like-minded people I regret to inform you that you will be disappointed.
Frigid: A Musical Worth Melting For
- Review
- ★★★★
- John Murray
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 15th Aug, 2017
Napier University Drama Society returns to the musical stage after selling out last year.
X The Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Edinburgh Fringe
- SpaceTriplex
- 17th Aug, 2017
Robert S J Lucas’ new show, X The Musical is set in a vaguely sketched-out dystopian future where politics are the most important thing in the world and everyone is required to v…
Madame Señorita: 25 Different Shows, Come Every Day!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
Luke McQueen: The Boy With Tape on His Face
- Review
- ★★★
- Matthew Sedman
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Monkey Barrel
- 21st Aug, 2017
Meet Luke McQueen: The Boy With Tape on His Face, not Tape Face.
Stimela: The Musical
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- New Town Theatre
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
Named after a brand of gumboot, this terrific show is loosely linked by an old man’s memories of his days in the mines, where many men were drawn from the townships.
Stephanie Laing: Mad About the Boy
- Review
- ★★
- Daisy McConnel
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Nightcap
- 16th Aug, 2017
Fellacio, faecal ‘docking’ and physical abuse.
Twonkey's Christmas in the Jungle
- Review
- ★★★★
- Frodo Allan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Dragonfly
- 20th Aug, 2017
Twonkey is lost in the jungle.
Buried: A New Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sarah Virgo
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C too
- 8th Aug, 2017
“A musical about two serial killers,” is how Buried: A New Musical by Colla Voce Theatre describes itself.
The Great American Trailer Park Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C too
- 9th Aug, 2017
This little-known musical is tremendous fun in its own right, but the extremely talented and energetic cast of The Great American Trailer Park Musical make it engaging for a full 9…
Joey Page: Pretty Boy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2017
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Abandoman's Rob Broderick – The Musical in My Mind
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Emily Jane Kerr
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 16th Aug, 2017
Rob Broderick is a one of a kind performer.
Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
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…
Oyster Boy
- Review
- ★★★
- Matthew Sedman
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Theatre
- 18th Aug, 2017
Oyster Boy is a comic telling of the fictional relationship between two young lovers on Coney Island and their subsequent journey into marriage.
Normal Boy Presents: Normal Boy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Holyrood
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
‘Hysterical… Terrifyingly brilliant commitment to everything’ (TheEdgeSUSU.
Monkey Dance: The Rockappella Musical!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Kay Tee
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C
- 8th Aug, 2017
Korean performance company GGIRIPROJECT aims to create the perfect collaboration between music and martial arts, a pursuit that has resulted in the catchily-titled Monkey Dance: Th…
The Improv Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C
- 8th Aug, 2017
Within the last few years, the improvised musical has become a standard of the Fringe, with at least four in Edinburgh this summer.
Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Millie Bayswater
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 20th Aug, 2017
A pure and exhilarating romp of a good time.
Michelle McManus’s Reality: The Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2017
Michelle returns to the Festival with her debut one-woman show, which received five-star reviews across the board on its first sell-out run.
Little Boy
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C royale
- 2nd - 28th Aug 2017
‘Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.
Buzz: A New Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 2nd - 28th Aug 2017
Winner of the 2016 Eddies Award, the sell-out hit Buzz returns; a hilarious musical journey through the history of the vibrator and a brutally honest story of a singleton’s quest t…
Josh Pugh: A Boy Named Pugh
- Review
- ★★★
- Caitlin Rebecca
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 8th Aug, 2017
Having recently won English Comedian of the Year, Josh Pugh has the air of a rising star.
Wall! A Thinly Veiled Metaphor for Our Current Political Landscape Disguised as a New American Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C
- 2nd - 15th Aug 2017
Two cultures have thrived, one on each side of an impenetrable wall.
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Millie Bayswater
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 12th Aug, 2017
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical seems to have become synonymous with the Fringe; their billboards plastering every major walkway across Edinburgh.
AnimAlphabet the Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Frodo Allan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 13th Aug, 2017
Colin the Country Cockatoo is on a mission to reunite all the notes of the stave and save his friends from the dastardly plans of Calando the duck who wants to bring eternal silenc…
Adriano Cappelletta: This Boy's in Love
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2017
It’s time to paint the rainbow and unleash the world’s first one-man gay rom-com cabaret! Hilarious and heartfelt songs meet physical comedy and candid storytelling in one man’s fi…
Thrones! The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Caitlin Powell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 16th Aug, 2017
Warning: Spoilers, swearing and a hilarious combination of incest and sex jokes.
Brexit the Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sarah Virgo
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C
- 6th Aug, 2017
How many times in the past year can you say that you felt genuinely sorry for Michael Gove? Or that you felt goose-bumps (the good kind!) when you heard Theresa May speak? Or perha…
Curtis Stigers and the Ronnie Scott’s Big Band Perform ‘Sinatra at the Sands’
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Beth Prior
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- York Barbican
- 3rd Aug, 2017
In 1966, Frank Sinatra performed at the Las Vegas’ Sands Hotel & Casino, accompanied by Count Basie and his orchestra.
A Boy Named Sue
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 31st Jul, 2017
Sid, struggling to become Sue, proclaims, “The great barrier between myself and the outside world is my appearance”.
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The White Rose Rotunda
- 25th - 25th Jul 2017
2016 Olivier Award Winners – Best Entertainment and Family Show With nine years as an Edinburgh Fringe must-see phenomenon, a BBC Radio 4 series, a critically acclaimed West End…
Stones n Roses (USA) live mashups/musical comedy
- Listing Music
- West End
- The Dublin Castle
- 20th Jul 2017
One-of-a-kind act’s debut British tour.
Stones n Roses (USA) live mashups/musical comedy
- Listing Music
- Glasgow
- Nice N Sleazy
- 18th Jul 2017
One-of-a-kind act’s debut British tour.
Stones n Roses (USA) live mashups/musical comedy
- Listing Music
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Diamond
- 16th Jul 2017
One-of-a-kind act’s debut British tour.
Stones n Roses (USA) live mashups/musical comedy
- Listing Music
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Kings Arms
- 15th Jul 2017
One-of-a-kind act’s debut British tour.
Stones n Roses (USA) live mashups/musical comedy
- Listing Music
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Zombie Shack
- 14th Jul 2017
One-of-a-kind act’s debut British tour.
Boys in the Buff - the Musical
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Lost Theatre
- 11th - 29th Jul 2017
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…
Little Women, The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- The Bridewell Theatre
- 27th Jun - 1st Jul 2017
“Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
Strike Up The Band
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- St Mary’s Church
- 3rd Jun 2017
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.
STAC @ Northbrook Musical Theatre Showcase 2017
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lois Zoppi
- Brighton Fringe
- The Old Market
- 7th Jun, 2017
The STAC @ Northbrook Showcase featured 14 Musical Theatre Degree students, advertising their many performance talents in just over an hour of song and dance.
Twonkey's Christmas in the Jungle
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Dukebox
- 3rd - 4th Jun 2017
His conniving manager, Mr.
Mad About the Boy
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 1st - 4th Jun 2017
Stephanie talks about mental health problems and boys for an hour, but it’s totally funny, she promises, and won’t be as awkward as you think it will.
Sing-A-Long-A-Musical
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 28th - 28th May 2017
We are back to lead you in a sing-a-long of hits from all the best musical shows, with a live band of West End theatre musicians backing you.
Margo Piano Musical Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Studio
- 27th - 28th May 2017
A musical story for children where each character is a musical instrument .
Jack and I: The Jack the Ripper Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Johanna Makelainen
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Studio 2
- 29th May, 2017
On the hottest day of the year, the Warren was worlds apart from the shady alleyways of Victorian London.
Ushers: The Front of House Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Broadway Lounge
- 25th May - 3rd Jun 2017
A preview performance of a new jukebox musical is due to take place.
Poetry and Jazz Layer Cake with John Harvey and the John Lake Band
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Latest Music Bar
- 25th May 2017
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…
Wayward: a Surreal Musical Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 23rd - 25th May 2017
In this slightly surreal, politically-charged musical cabaret, seemingly wholesome Scottish lass Cat Loud is still on the prowl for her next big adventure.
Big Band: Jumpin' at the Spiegel
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 20th May 2017
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
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Gem Electric
- 20th May 2017
“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
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Bom-Bane’s Music Cafe
- 18th May - 3rd Jun 2017
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 …
Footloose the Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Jules Sanderson
- UK Regional & Tours
- Richmond Theatre
- 17th May, 2017
It’s hard to attend a performance of Footloose without bringing pre-conceived notions with you.
Urinetown: The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Lois Zoppi
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Little Theatre
- 15th May, 2017
Two decades of drought result in a ban on the use of private toilets, and citizens are forced to pay through the roof to use public amenities, a privilege we currently enjoy in the…
Buzz: A New Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Studio 2
- 13th - 16th May 2017
Winner of the 2016 Stella Wilkie Award and the 2016 Eddies Award, BUZZ is a hilarious musical journey through the history of the vibrator and a brutally honest story of a singleton…
Quiz Night: The Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Verdict Cafe & Club
- 10th - 31st May 2017
Every Wednesday night is ‘Quiz Night’ at Brighton Fringe this year! An intimate, original musical portrait of two friends (with benefits) as they try to avoid discussing real life,…
This Boy Tom
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Ralli Hall
- 10th May - 2nd Jun 2017
A brand-new musical by BBC Bursary winner Natalie Sexton.
BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Studio 3
- 8th - 9th May 2017
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Musical Bingo
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Studio
- 6th May - 1st Jun 2017
It’s just like regular bingo, but instead of shouting out numbers we play songs! Each round takes on a different theme of song choices, these could be based on either a decade, g…
Mrs H and the Sing-Along Band
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Main House
- 6th - 7th May 2017
Mrs H and the Sing-Along Band bring their unique family music to Brighton Fringe for the first time.
Oyster Boy
- Review
- ★★★★
- Rosie Blackwell-Sutton
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Studio 2
- 11th May, 2017
Inspired by Tim Burton’s poem, The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy, Haste Theatre transport us to Coney Island where Mr Gelati (Valeria Compagnoni) and the future Mrs Gelati (Lexi…
Renegade Brass Band
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Gem Electric
- 5th May 2017
8 horns, 2 drummers, scratch-DJ and MC.
WeGotTickets Musical Comedy Awards
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Lyric Theatre
- 10th Apr 2017
Who will be crowned this year's winner of the prestigious WeGotTickets Musical Comedy Awards? 'Wonderfully entertaining' (Chortle.
Miss Nightingale the musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Vault Festival
- The Vaults Theatre
- 31st Mar - 20th May 2017
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Honeymoon in Vegas the Musical in Concert
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- London Palladium
- 12th Mar 2017
The 30-strong London Musical Theatre Orchestra and a host of West End stars will take to the London Palladium stage under the baton of its first guest conductor, the show’s c…
Boy Stroke Girl
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 20th Feb - 12th Mar 2017
Can you fall in love with someone if you don’t know their gender? Peter is about to find out when he falls for the sexually ambiguous ‘Blue’.
The Shoreditch Improv Festival Sunday Funday Shows
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Water Poet
- 19th Feb 2017
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…
Harry Potter: Boy.Wizard.Hero
- Listing Children’s Shows
- London Fringe
- Hampstead Theatre
- 12th Feb 2017
Have you ever wanted to explore the magical world of the Harry Potter books? Join the Professor of Potter’s brand new assistant for a fun, interactive hour with spells, potio…
The Boys in the Band
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Vaudeville Theatre
- 7th - 18th Feb 2017
Mark Gatiss stars in this strictly limited West End transfer of the first major revival of this iconic play in two decades.
Edinburgh University Footlights Presents: Urinetown The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh
- Church Hill Theatre
- 7th - 11th Feb 2017
Urinetown is set in a town that is desperately suffering a water shortage following a 20 year drought.
A Christmas Carol
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Lyric Theatre
- 19th Dec 2016
London Musical Theatre Orchestra presents Alan Menken and Lynn Ahrens' A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens' classic gets the full Broadway treatment buy the Broadway t…
A Christmas Carol with London Musical Theatre Orchestra
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- Dominion Theatre / Lyceum Theatre / Old Vic Theatre
- 19th Dec 2016 - 2nd Jan 2021
Charles Dickens' classic gets the full Broadway treatment buy the Broadway team of Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Little Mermaid), Lynn Ahrens (Ragtime, Seussical) and Mike…
Last Christmas
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh
- Traverse Theatre
- 18th Dec, 2016
“I can be pretty dim, sometimes,” says Sion Pritchard as Tom, an office-working film school graduate who doesn’t, initially, come across as particularly sympathetic.
A Christmas Carol with Simon Callow
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Arts Theatre
- 10th Dec 2016 - 12th Jan 2019
Following sell-out seasons in 2011/12 and critical and audience acclaim, Simon Callow returns in this much-lauded production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL, playing at the Arts Theatre for a…
A Christmas Carol at the Arts
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Arts Theatre
- 8th Dec 2016 - 7th Jan 2017
You are cordially invited to the parlour of Mr Ebeneezer Scrooge for a rousing rendition of this timeless classic served over a two-course Christmas feast.
The Twelve Days of Christmas
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- Diss Corn Hall / The Old Joint Stock
- 7th - 10th Dec 2016
The Twelve Days of Christmas follows Miss Elizabeth Fairfax and her rather unusual Christmas of 1895.
A Christmas Carol
- Listing Children’s Shows
- London Fringe
- Canada Water Culture Space
- 6th - 17th Dec 2016
‘There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.
Maddy and the Invisible Band...
- Listing Children’s Shows
- London Fringe
- Half Moon Theatre
- 19th - 19th Nov 2016
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…
Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes™
- Listing Events
- Broadway
- Radio City Music Hall
- 11th Nov 2016 - 2nd Jan 2017
The Radio City Christmas Spectacular stars the world famous Radio City Rockettes in an unparalleled show featuring the Rockettes’ signature eye high kicks, precision choreography a…
BUZZ: A New Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- The Drayton Arms
- 11th - 29th Oct 2016
A hilarious musical journey through the history of the vibrator and a brutally honest story of a singleton’s quest to fall back in love with herself.
Perfect for Christmas: Faulty Towers The Dining Experience
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Amba Hotel Charing Cross / Radisson Blu Edwardian / Torquay Suite Theatre
- 6th Oct 2016 - 18th Dec 2021
Great for Christmas gifts and parties, this fabulous show in London’s West End is now booking until 30 April 2017.
Floyd Collins: The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- Wilton’s
- 21st Sep - 15th Oct 2016
Adam Guettel's hauntingly beautiful musical, based on a true story It’s 1925 in Kentucky and fearless cave explorer Floyd Collins dreams of finding fame and fortune de…
Vanities: The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- Trafalgar Studios 2
- 1st Sep - 1st Oct 2016
Inverkeithing Community Big Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 27th Aug 2016
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!
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Buccleuch Free Church
- 26th Aug 2016
A guitar and organ driven blues trio, the band was formed in 2014 by Dundee-born guitarist Simon Kennedy.
Musical Theatre Workshop With the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central@Infirmary Street
- 24th Aug 2016
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Soft Shoe Skiffle Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Edinburgh Academy
- 24th - 27th Aug 2016
Back at the Fringe again for another trip down memory lane.
Sandy Brechin Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ St Bride’s
- 23rd Aug 2016
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…
Elf the Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 22nd - 27th Aug 2016
Fancy a bit of festive sparkle? Then join Buddy and our cast as we whisk you away to Christmas in New York! Featuring a live band, this promises to be a Sparklejollytwinklejingley …
Bottomless Coffee Band – The Married Multi-Instrumentalists
- Review
- ★★★★
- Megan Atkins
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 24th Aug, 2016
Married multi-instrumentalists from South Africa: that’s what this folk duo define themselves as and it describes them perfectly.
Big the Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C
- 21st - 28th Aug 2016
You’ve seen the film, now here’s the musical.
The Alex MacDonald Band with Cailean Morison
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Buccleuch Free Church
- 20th Aug 2016
The Alex MacDonald Band plays a unique brand of Scottish folk-rock that has been acclaimed in venues large and small across the country.
The Groove Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Merchant’s Hall
- 20th - 27th Aug 2016
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…
Teardrops & Tiaras - A Celebration of the World's Greatest Musical Divas
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre / The London Irish Centre
- 20th Aug - 2nd Oct 2016
LondonTheatre1 says ★★★★★ “Appropriately camp and stagey, but warm and good-humoured, I would happily sit through all of it again.
Hackney Colliery Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 19th - 21st Aug 2016
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…
Edinburgh Renaissance Band at St Mark's
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 18th - 20th Aug 2016
The music, song and dance of the Medieval and Renaissance worlds is brought to life by the city’s famous early music group.
Scooby Doo Live - Musical Mysteries
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- London Palladium
- 18th - 21st Aug 2016
Scooby-Doo is the only dog that makes scary fun, loves solving a good mystery and is totally cool.
The History of the Musical
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Edinburgh Academy
- 18th Aug 2016
Bel Canto Voices, Fife’s premier youth choir presents The History of The Musical, featuring highlights from shows by Offenbach to Rodgers and Gershwin to Schoenberg, and showcasi…
Alice in Wonderland – The Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Megan Atkins
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 17th Aug, 2016
Following various elements from the classic book by C.
Stop the Train (The Musical)
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 15th - 28th Aug 2016
An explosive, brand new musical from platinum selling songwriters Guard and Rice.
Simon Lukacs Shows His Range
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Southside Social
- 15th - 23rd Aug 2016
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
- Review
- ★★★
- Timothy Leonine Tsang
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 21st Aug, 2016
The Dean Martin Christmas Show aims to explore the warm relationship between Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra as they appear on the titular Christmas special.
Allman Brothers Band Appreciation
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- SpaceTriplex
- 15th - 20th Aug 2016
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…
Big Shot The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Camden Fringe
- The London Irish Centre
- 15th - 20th Aug 2016
A story of ambition and love, Big Shot captivates with a blend of energy and poignance infused in its music and its characters.
Techies: The Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- John Murray
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 25th Aug, 2016
The descriptor for this Fringe production should appeal to anyone involved in theatre.
Ms Fi & the Lost Head Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ St Bride’s
- 14th Aug 2016
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)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150 at EICC
- 12th - 27th Aug 2016
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
Alex Yellowlees Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ St Bride’s
- 12th Aug 2016
‘Simply outstanding jazz musicianship’ (Turin International Jazz Festival).
A Musical Journey: Black Barocco Tango
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Italian Cultural Institute
- 12th Aug 2016
Luca Villani – Guitar. Isabel Panè – Soprano. Music by Giordani, Monteverdi, Murray, Pergolesi, Piazzolla, Scarlatti, Tansman, Troup and Villani.
Musical Comedy Awards
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 12th - 13th Aug 2016
Music + comedy x outstanding talent = Musical Comedy Awards! Fresh from our sold-out final at the iconic Udderbelly on Southbank, ‘wonderfully entertaining’ (Chortle.
Father Christmas Needs a Wee!
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Venue45
- 12th - 27th Aug 2016
Father Christmas is back on his rounds… And he still needs a wee! At every house Father Christmas eats and drinks the tasty treats that have been left for him.
Summer Rock a new musical
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- The Davenport Theatre
- 11th - 14th Aug 2016
SUMMER ROCK a new musical will make its world premiere at the Davenport Black Box Theatre, playing for a limited run from August 11th through August 14th.
Anthems – POP Goes the Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 10th - 12th Aug 2016
With live music and stunning harmonies, join some of Edinburgh’s finest vocal talent and enjoy a selection of hits from the jukebox musical.
Puddles, the Posh School Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on Niddry St
- 8th - 13th Aug 2016
What’s a boy to do? Puddlescombe Prep, the poshest school in Britain (and therefore, or course, the world), is going to the dogs.
Made in Dagenham the Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Ellie Coote
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Royal Terrace
- 10th Aug, 2016
Following its woefully short-lived run at the Adelphi Theatre in 2015, the only opportunity to catch this upbeat musical is now in the hands of amateur theatre companies.
Dog! The Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Royal Scots Club
- 8th - 27th Aug 2016
What would your dog say if she could talk? Furry angel philosophers Trinny and Kato share their insights on the travails and foibles of the (not always wonderful) humans they love,…
Drink! The Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Hannah Lucy Baker
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 17th Aug, 2016
It didn’t take me long into this show to realise two things: that this as clearly a piece of community theatre and should be recognised as such and that there is clearly somethin…
The African Dream Musical
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C scala
- 8th - 29th Aug 2016
South African sensations return.
Freckleface Strawberry the Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Edinburgh Academy
- 6th - 11th Aug 2016
Freckleface Strawberry will do anything to get rid of her freckles – from scrubbing them with soap, to caking on makeup and even wearing a ski mask to school! Will her schoolmate…
Putting the Band Back Together
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Northern Stage at Summerhall
- 6th - 27th Aug 2016
Why do we stop playing? What might make us start again? All those guitars propped up in bedrooms.
Boy Girl Brain
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Banshee Labyrinth
- 6th - 28th Aug 2016
English Comedian of the Year 2014 Jack Campbell brings you his second stand-up show.
Musical Lunchtime
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Giles’ Cathedral
- 5th - 29th Aug 2016
St Giles’ Cathedral presents a diverse series of musical performances for all tastes, be it choral, sacred, secular, instrumental or folk.
Buzz: A New Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dixon Baskerville
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 26th Aug, 2016
Buzz is a new musical from writer Robyn Grant.
Musical Anthology
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greyfriars Kirk
- 5th Aug 2016
Musical Anthology is a performance of sacred, secular, classical, contemporary and world music with organ, trumpets and voice – Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Purcell, Galuppi, Boëllman…
One Musical to Rule Them All
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sarah Virgo
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 20th Aug, 2016
An “Original Lord of the Rings Parody” One Musical to Rule them All is full of puns, mocks the bits of Lord of the Rings that we all thought were a bit ridiculous and illogical…
The Addams Family – A New Musical Comedy
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Church Hill Theatre
- 5th - 9th Aug 2016
A musical based on the iconic family of classic television fame.
Blueswater Presents: The Blueswater Porch Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Crags Bar
- 5th - 26th Aug 2016
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.
Shrek the Musical: TYA
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Church Hill Theatre
- 5th - 10th Aug 2016
The King School from Stamford, Connecticut is proud to present Shrek The Musical: TYA.
RENT! The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Joseph McAulay
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 27th Aug, 2016
Like many musical theatre fans, I have a love-hate relationship with Rent.
Best Boy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
Double act Best Boy present an hour of sketch comedy.
The African Dream Musical
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C south
- 4th - 29th Aug 2016
South African sensations return.
Promise and Promiscuity: A New Musical by Jane Austen and Penny Ashton
- Review
- ★★★
- Joshua Clarke
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 20th Aug, 2016
In the latest theatrical offering of a Jane Austen themed adaptation, this piece, which is billed as a new musical by Penny Ashton, interweaves thirty-three direct passages from Au…
Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows
- Review
- ★★★★★
- William Heraghty
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 8th Aug, 2016
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…
Bob Slayer: 24 Hour Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus
- 4th - 29th Aug 2016
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
Wilde Without the Boy
- Review
- ★★★★
- Oliver Simmonds
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Hall
- 10th Aug, 2016
It’s indefatigably Wilde.
Martha McBrier: Japanese Boy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake
- 4th - 27th Aug 2016
Martha ‘Pigeon Puncher’ McBrier, (‘a glorious hour’ ***** Scotsman), returns with more true stories.
Bully Boy
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Spotlites
- 4th - 27th Aug 2016
Major Oscar Hadley is flown to the Middle East front line to probe allegations of severe misconduct within a self-styled Bully Boy unit of the British army.
A Boy Named Cash
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Spotlites
- 4th - 8th Aug 2016
Monty Cotton, a seasoned performer and musician woke up one day and realised he could imitate Johnny Cash.
Paper Hearts the Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Hannah Lucy Baker
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly Med Quad
- 10th Aug, 2016
It’s always exciting to witness the world premiere of new writing, especially when it’s a British born production.
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 8th Aug, 2016
Showstoppers! have a strong reputation preceding them, made evident by the number of people in the packed auditorium murmuring excitedly before the lights go down.
Impromptunes – The Completely Improvised Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Timothy Leonine Tsang
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly Med Quad
- 24th Aug, 2016
The Impromptunes take the first suggestion by the audience and make a musical out of it.
Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Hayley Sophie Scott
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 19th Aug, 2016
Incredible, hilarious, infectious, amazing.
Thrones! The Musical Parody
- Review
- ★★★★
- Molly Stacey
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 11th Aug, 2016
‘Musical’? Check.
The Improv Musical
- Review
- ★
- Millie Bayswater
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C
- 20th Aug, 2016
The Improv Musical from the University of Warwick return for their third stint at the Fringe, and while providing some light and silly entertainment, fails to land any punches eith…
When You Improv on a Star: an Improvised Disney-Style Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2016
Be Prepared for a Disney-style musical like you’ve never seen before! We’ll take you to A Whole New World full of princesses, witches, and talking animals, starring in an improvise…
A Boy Named Sue
- Review
- ★★★
- William Heraghty
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C nova
- 8th Aug, 2016
A Boy Named Sue written by Bertie Darrell provides an interesting insight into the experiences of members of the LGBT+ community, played with great energy by the cast of three.
Ushers: The Front of House Musical
- Review
- ★★
- Hannah Lucy Baker
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C
- 9th Aug, 2016
I’m a lover of musical theatre but I’m prepared to be really honest here: the genre is crammed with suitable material for a hilarious and even brutal send-up.
David Elms: Goody Boy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2016
Lucky pup Elms is back chasing his tail again; he’s learning about sacrifice, guilt, and, as always, love.
A Boy Named Cash
- Listing Music
- UK Regional & Tours
- Salford Arts Theatre
- 24th - 26th Jul 2016
A Boy Named Cash - Johnny Cash Tribute Show showcases the greatest hits of The Man In Black as performed by Monty Cotton as a one-man-band alongside a variety of pedals and instrum…
Exposure The Musical
- Review
- ★★
- Henry St Leger
- London Fringe
- St James Theatre
- 30th Jul, 2016
Jumping from ravaged warzones to recording studios and London’s VIP clubs, Exposure: The Musical sheds a light on the limelight, dissecting the nature of fame and cost of succes…
One World Jazz Suite - Part 2: Paul Busby's Bigger Band
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- The Brunswick
- 5th Jun 2016
A selection of pieces dealing with current day issues.
Marilyn Carino with band
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Latest Music Bar
- 2nd Jun 2016
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!
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Studio 2
- 1st - 3rd Jun 2016
‘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.
Sing-A-Long-A-Musical
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 29th May 2016
It’s back! Once again we’re ready to lead you in a sing-along of hits from shows such as Wicked, Mamma Mia, Grease and Oliver and so much more! With a live band backing you and fun…
Pluckley: the Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Wagner Hall
- 25th - 28th May 2016
In the heart of the Garden of England, in the small parish of Pluckley, all is not as it seems.
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical NEW YORK
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Broadway
- Stephen Sondheim Theatre
- 24th May 2016 - 12th Mar 2017
She fought her way into the record business as a teenager and, by the time she reached her twenties, had the husband of her dreams and a flourishing career writing hits for the big…
Sistas: The Musical NEW YORK
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Broadway
- St. Luke’s Theatre
- 22nd May - 25th Sep 2016
Sistas is an uplifting musical journey, of a multi-generational African-American Family.
Carnival Collective vs. Orkestra Del Sol: UK Street Band Sound Clash!
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Main Space
- 18th May 2016
Orkestra del Sol’s explosive reinvention of global brass band music has captured imaginations and left a trail of pummeled dance floors across continents.
Best Boy
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Studio 3
- 13th - 15th May 2016
Double act Best Boy return to Brighton Fringe with an hour of side-splitting sketches.
Boy Stroke Girl
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Studio 2
- 13th - 17th May 2016
Is it possible to fall in love with someone if you don’t know their gender? An unconventional love story in which Peter, a previously heterosexual young man, faces a challenge to h…
Boy Stroke Girl
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton
- The Warren
- 13th - 17th May 2016
Is it possible to fall in love with someone if you don’t know their gender? An unconventional love story in which Peter, a previously heterosexual young man faces a challenge to hi…
Sy Thomas: Poster Boy
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 12th - 26th May 2016
Sy Thomas serves-up the best bits from his 2015 Edinburgh show ‘Jumper’ and some brand spanking new stuff for 2016.
Soul Circus The Musical (Be in Your Feet!)
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Ralli Hall
- 8th - 29th May 2016
This original musical tells a fairytale about everyday life - the many voices telling us what to do and who to be.
Musical Refuge: A Choral Concert of Gospel, Classics & New Music
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- The Old Market
- 7th May 2016
We all know the refuge that music and singing can bring.
Kings of the Jazz Trumpet with The SNC Big Band and Steve Waterman
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Unitarian Church
- 6th May 2016
The trumpet in the history of jazz featuring compositions and arrangements by the kings of jazz as well as new works.
Your Love, Our Musical
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- Littlefield
- 15th Apr 2016
In this show Rebecca Vigil and Evan Kaufman interview a couple in the audience about their relationship, then spin an impromptu musical about the couple’s love story.
Boy
- Review
- ★★★★
- Simon Ximenez
- London Fringe
- Almeida Theatre
- 14th Apr, 2016
For all we may use the platitude that “life is too short”, the harsh reality is that for most of us, it is anything but – and we fill the many minutes, hours and days bemoa…
Jackie! The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Bronte Nicoll
- UK Regional & Tours
- Multiple Venues
- 7th Apr, 2016
The atmosphere on New Road was buzzing.
Now I'm A Big Boy!
- Review
- ★★
- Charley Ville
- Brighton
- Sweet Dukebox
- 11th Apr, 2016
If you believe ‘youth is wasted on the young’, then just for a second imagine it was lived by the not-so-young.
Dumb Luck - a tru-ish musical comedy
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Off Off Broadway
- TADA! Youth Theater
- 19th Mar 2016
The true story of small-time Old West outlaw Elmer McCurdy, whose body was mummified and became a fixture on carnival sideshows, movies, road races and the TV show, “The Six Mill…
TOM, the Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sarah McIntosh
- UK Regional & Tours
- King’s Theatre
- 17th Mar, 2016
Everyone has a story about Tom, says the narrator.
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Lyric Theatre
- 14th Mar 2016 - 20th Apr 2020
Eighty new musicals will have their West End premiere this Autumn, each created on the spot by the incredible, multi award-winning musical comedians The Showstoppers.
Motown: The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Shaftesbury Theatre
- 11th Feb 2016 - 20th Apr 2019
It began as one man’s story… became everyone’s music…and is now Broadway’s musical.
Valentines Shows
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- Littlefield / Magnet Theater / The Stand
- 9th - 14th Feb 2016
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…
Boy
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- Clurman Theater at Theater Row
- 2nd Feb 2016
(previews start on Tuesday; opens on March 10) Gender trouble abounds in Anna Ziegler’s fictionalized treatment of the famous John/Joan case, about a boy who was raised as a …
Close To You: The Bacharach Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Criterion Theatre
- 6th Jan - 14th Feb 2016
CLOSE TO YOU, a new musical featuring Burt Bacharach’s songbook, makes its highly anticipated West End transfer to the Criterion Theatre from 3rd October.
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Aldwych Theatre
- 5th Jan 2016 - 4th Nov 2017
Carole King, the chart-topping music legend, was an ordinary girl with an extraordinary talent.
A Christmas Carol
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Noel Coward Theatre
- 5th - 30th Jan 2016
EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED.
The Grouch Who Couldn't Steal Christmas
- Review
- ★★★
- Oliver Lugg
- UK Regional & Tours
- Rialto Theatre
- 18th Jan, 2016
The lean, green, Christmas-hating machine runs wild in this year’s holiday season production from The Fertile Theatre Company.
Sheila Simmonds - Christmas Cracker 2015
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 17th - 30th Dec 2015
Looking for something a bit different this year to help get you into the Christmas Spirit? Then dust off your sparkly baubles and join the darling of Woolloomooloo & West End Wilm…
Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sarah McIntosh
- Edinburgh
- Greenside Lane
- 17th Dec, 2015
Australia is home to many curious creatures; a place where men are macho, except when they put on a frock, heels and make-up to sing along to disco classics.
A Wilder Christmas
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- Theater at St. Clement’s
- 1st Dec 2015
Peccadillo Theater Company presents a pair of haunted one-acts by Thornton Wilder, directed by Dan Wackerman.
A Childs Christmas in Wales
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- DR2 Theater
- 30th Nov 2015
I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down, and I knocked my brother down and then we had tea.
The Alcoholic Movie Musical!
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- The Bushwick Starr
- 30th Sep 2015
(performances start on Oct.
Miss Nightingale - the musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- UK Regional & Tours
- Multiple Venues
- 30th Sep 2015 - 20th Feb 2016
Sex, scandal & showbiz 1940’s style.
Inverkeithing Community Big Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 29th Aug 2015
Join Fife’s biggest, most fabulous big band for a sumptuous afternoon of classic tunes from Count Basie to Maynard Ferguson.
Big Band Swing
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 28th - 29th Aug 2015
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
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Spotlites
- 28th - 31st Aug 2015
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…
Abi Roberts' Musical CID
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 27th - 30th Aug 2015
Abi Roberts’ Musical CID is the cult comedy confessional show delving into what big names in comedy have on their iPods! Funny, raucous and revealing, for four nights only! Which f…
Soft Shoe Skiffle Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Edinburgh Academy
- 26th - 28th Aug 2015
Back at the Fringe again after a gap of a few years, for another trip down memory lane.
Musical Theatre: In Conversation With…
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 25th Aug 2015
The Fringe Society chats with musical theatre practitioners at the top of their game about making it in the business.
Hackney Colliery Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 24th - 26th Aug 2015
London’s brass juggernaut makes its Fringe debut for three shows only, fresh from floor-filling gigs across Europe.
Mountains and Seas – A Chinese Rock Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Spotlites
- 23rd - 31st Aug 2015
Based on the script Mountains and Seas by Gao Xing-Jian, the play premiered at the National Theatre in Taipei, 2013.
Musical Comedy Awards Showcase
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly Potterrow
- 20th - 21st Aug 2015
Music + comedy x outstanding talent = MCA Showcase! Now in its seventh year, the MCA has provided a launch pad to superstar acts like Frisky and Mannish (2009 finalists), Abandoman…
Father Christmas Needs a Wee!
- Review
- ★★★★
- M Johnson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Venue45
- 30th Aug, 2015
An entertaining pantomime-esque show that is great fun for both adults and children.
Jarred Christmas is Hotfoot Papa
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 19th - 23rd Aug 2015
Jarred Christmas is laying his comedy smack down in the form of energetic storytelling, pumped full of jokes and banter.
Edinburgh Renaissance Band at St Mark's
- Review
- ★★★★
- Catriona Scott
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 20th Aug, 2015
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.
Jarred Christmas and Hobbit: The Great Comedy Beat Box Party
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 19th - 23rd Aug 2015
A stand-up comedy and beat box collaboration.
Sandy Brechin Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ St Bride’s
- 18th - 24th Aug 2015
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…
The Storybook Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- SpaceTriplex
- 17th - 29th Aug 2015
Based loosely around Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Storybook Musical follows two best friends, two boys and a sadistic narrator intent on ruining their lives.
Five Happy Dead Boys – the Lo-fi Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C too
- 16th - 31st Aug 2015
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
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Lebowskis Bar
- 15th Aug 2015
Twelfth year at the Fringe! From Billie Holiday to Ray Charles, Lisa sings with passion and humour, with ease and sophistication.
The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or The Survival of (R)Evolutionary Theories in the Face of Scientific and Ecclesiastical Objections: Being a Musical Comedy About Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
- Review
- ★★★★
- J W Close
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 19th Aug, 2015
You can always tell a show is going to be good when its name takes up most of the free space on a ticket.
A Boy and a Bear in a Boat
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- National Library of Scotland
- 15th - 22nd Aug 2015
A boy and a bear go to sea, equipped with a suitcase, a comic book and a ukulele.
The Rising – A Tribute to Springsteen and the E Street Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Citrus Club
- 15th - 22nd Aug 2015
The Rising – A Tribute to Springsteen and the E Street Band.
The David Latto Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ St Bride’s
- 14th - 15th Aug 2015
The David Latto Band bring their brand of celtic-tinged Americana to AMC@St Bride’s and the Fringe for the first time.
Daniel Sloss: Dark: Extra Shows!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150@EICC
- 14th - 29th Aug 2015
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
Drink! The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 13th - 16th Aug 2015
Join Just Bee Drama as they take you on a fun, emotional journey through the twists and turns of life living with alcoholism.
Bhundu Boy Rise Kagona
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 12th - 23rd Aug 2015
Rise Kagona is a guitar hero to many on two continents! In Zimbabwe, Rise transferred traditional jiti rhythms to guitar, and his band The Bhundu Boys toured the world extensively.
Iolite the Musical
- Review
- ★★
- Joshua Clarke
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 16th Aug, 2015
First things first, a notable mention must be awarded to the sterling efforts of the two-piece band.
Sandbach School Big Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Te Kore
- 10th - 14th Aug 2015
This acclaimed big band return to the Fringe for the third time, having previously sold out.
The Boy With the Moomin Tattoo
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Electric Circus
- 10th - 28th Aug 2015
In his last summer before graduation, James (of Utter! Spoken Word) had a Snufkin tattooed on his arm – 20 years on, and things have got steadily more Moomin ever since.
Best Boy: Bested
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Cowgatehead
- 8th - 29th Aug 2015
Best Boy thought fame beckoned when the BBC broadcast their sketch – unfortunately, they’d sent in the wrong one.
Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)
- Review
- ★★★★
- Hannah Lucy Baker
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Church Hill Theatre
- 13th Aug, 2015
Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) is being presented by The Kinkaid School of Houston, Texas, as part of The American High School Theatre Festival.
Horseplay – The Troy Musical
- Review
- ★★
- James Beagon
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 9th Aug, 2015
Napier University Drama Society presents a musical retelling of the Trojan War as their offering to the gods this festival.
Peter Pan – The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- SpaceTriplex
- 7th - 12th Aug 2015
California to Scotland.
Baron Sternlook's Improvised Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on Niddry St
- 7th - 29th Aug 2015
James Lovelock (Showstopper, Music Box) and his herd of musical improvisers bring you the silliest musicals ever never written, all improvised from your suggestions.
The Room: The Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 7th - 31st Aug 2015
Oh, hai audience! We’ve got something for youuu! An original parody musical of the funniest disaster in cinematic history, Tommy Wiseau’s The Room, adapted by a BBC-award nomin…
Dean Martin and Friends (Christmas Special)
- Review
- ★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 20th Aug, 2015
The Fringe is a place for new discoveries – the freshest, young talent rubbing shoulders with the world’s best at their craft.
ABC of Musical Comedy – Luc Valvona – Free Show!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 7th - 31st Aug 2015
Luc Valvona returns to the Fringe with his third full show, featuring multiple instruments and musical technology, and this time his stand-up and funny songs will be based on all t…
I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday...
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom
- 7th - 29th Aug 2015
Improvised stories, with a big heart.
Zorro the Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera / Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Church Hill Theatre
- 7th - 11th Aug 2015
Chadwick School is proud to have been selected by Zorro Productions to be the first American school to present Zorro, The Musical.
Best Boy: Bested
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Cowgatehead
- 7th - 31st Aug 2015
Best Boy thought fame beckoned when the BBC broadcast their sketch – unfortunately, they’d sent in the wrong one.
The Maydays Present: Oh Boy! The Quantum Leap Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 7th - 30th Aug 2015
Theorising that new episodes are possible within their own lifetime, the Maydays step into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanish.
UKIP! The Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Hannah Lucy Baker
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 13th Aug, 2015
Deciding to paint Ukip leader Nigel Farage as a troubled “anti hero” in a cleverly sarcastic musical romp was always going to be a bit of a treat.
Untold Wars: A New Verbatim Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Joe Christie
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 16th Aug, 2015
Working within the rather large shadow of the National Theatre’s verbatim triumph London Road, new Leeds-based company 203 Theatre have hopped on this particular niche musical ba…
All American Boy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The White Horse
- 6th - 14th Aug 2015
Sid Singh isn’t the first guy you think of when you think ‘America’, but so what? What’re you, an expert? No? Then chill out dude.
Mata Hari - The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Spotlites
- 6th - 27th Aug 2015
‘They’ve done it again! The champions of the parody musical genre are back!’ (TheatreBlogOnline.
Jane Austen's Persuasion: A New Musical Drama
- Review
- ★★★★
- Joshua Clarke
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Assembly Rooms
- 8th Aug, 2015
Though Jane Austen is undoubtedly one of Britain’s most prominent literary names, Persuasion is perhaps her least widely read work.
Belfast Boy
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jake A Ellamen
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Spotlites
- 17th Aug, 2015
This stifling performance by young talent Greg Fossard will make you uneasy as the traumas of a troubled Belfast man’s life unravel.
Wilde Without the Boy
- Review
- ★★★★
- M Johnson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Hall
- 17th Aug, 2015
This is a haunting and powerful solo show that lingers with you long after leaving the theatre, sticking closely to Oscar Wilde’s signature style: simultaneously intellectual and…
Jesus Camp: The Musical Comedy
- Review
- ★★★
- Joshua Clarke
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom
- 22nd Aug, 2015
British Exist Theatre Company admit that they sometimes embrace challenging and provocative subjects.
Promise and Promiscuity: A New Musical by Jane Austen and Penny Ashton
- Review
- ★★★
- Francesca Street
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 21st Aug, 2015
One woman, one show, one hour ten minutes and the entire works of Jane Austen to affectionately satirise: New Zealand comedian Penny Ashton’s Promise and Promiscuity is no mean f…
All American Boy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Cowgatehead
- 6th - 15th Aug 2015
Sid Singh isn’t the first guy you think of when you think ‘America’, but so what? What’re you, an expert? No? Then chill out dude.
Don't Tell Him Pike: Part 2. More Tales from the Not So Stupid Boy...
- Review
- ★★★
- Lettie Mckie
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Assembly Rooms
- 15th Aug, 2015
Die-hard fans of classic BBC Sitcom Dad’s Army will particularly enjoy this panel discussion, Q&A and selection of nostalgic clips from Ian Lavender, aka Private Pike, and fellow…
Mike Wozniak: One Man Dad Cat Band
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dawn Kofie
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 9th Aug, 2015
Mike Wozniak’s probably best known for playing moustachioed misfit Brian in Channel 4’s sitcom Man Down.
Matt Price: The Boy with Cake on His Face
- Review
- ★★★★★
- A George
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake
- 18th Aug, 2015
One of Matt Price’s ambitions is to be one of the nicest people in comedy, and man, he’s succeeding.
Shout! The Mod Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Hannah Lucy Baker
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Momentum Venues @ St Stephens
- 10th Aug, 2015
“Shout! The Mod Musical” has an exclamation mark in the title, which inevitably garners a certain level of expectation: you want explosive energy and a load of volume.
Ushers: The Front of House Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Momentum Venues @ St Stephens
- 5th - 30th Aug 2015
Set in a West End theatre, the acclaimed hit new musical comes to Edinburgh! Following the lives of the stagiest people in theatre – the Front of House staff – and portraying t…
David Elms: Mister Boy
- Review
- ★★★★
- Louise Jones
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 17th Aug, 2015
David Elms brings his muted comedic style in the form of musical vignettes.
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 5th - 30th Aug 2015
A brand new musical is created from scratch at every performance of this multi award-winning show.
The Element in the Room: A Radioactive Musical Comedy about the Death and Life of Marie Curie
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Louise Jones
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 14th Aug, 2015
I think I’ve found my new favourite musical, thanks to Tangram Theatre and their amazing piece on one of the 20th century’s most important scientists.
The Underbelly Radio Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly Med Quad
- 5th - 28th Aug 2015
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…
Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ryan O’Connor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 13th Aug, 2015
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…
USHERS: The Front Of House Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Momentum Venues @ St Stephen’s Centre
- 5th - 30th Aug 2015
Set in a West End theatre, the acclaimed hit new musical comes to Edinburgh! Following the lives of the stagiest people in theatre – the Front of House staff – and portraying t…
Thrones! The Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Larry Bartleet
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 10th Aug, 2015
The opening salvo of this musical Game of Thrones pastiche has such brazen, devilish promise that for a while I entertained the possibility of being blown away by it.
The Bakewell Bake Off: A New Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Dan Parker
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C
- 9th Aug, 2015
The Great British Bake Off – what’s not to love? Cake, puns galore and HRH Mary Berry showing her soft spot for gin.
The Improv Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Max Falkenberg
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C
- 9th Aug, 2015
In its second year at the Fringe, The Improv Musical is a fun, heart-warming comedy by Music Theatre Warwick, despite failing to live up to its improvised appearance.
Steve: A Docu-Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Off Off Broadway
- Fourth Street Theater
- 31st Jul 2015
(closes on Saturday) Presented by the New York Neo-Futurists, this is Colin Summers’s cheerful, affecting, sometimes uncomfortable solo show about an Australian man he’…
The Room : The Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Sue Denham
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- Tea Pot
- 31st Jul, 2015
The Room is widely acknowledged to be one of the worst movies ever made.
The New York Musical Theater Festival
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- various locations
- 30th Jun 2015
(performances start on July 7) Villainous ice skaters, superhero pontiffs, a purple platypus and Napoleon congregate at this summer’s incarnation of the New York Musical Thea…
Shows for Days
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Lincoln Center
- 31st May 2015
(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…
Musical Theatre Showcase
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Main House
- 27th - 28th May 2015
An eclectic mix of songs, scenes and ensemble numbers from the world of musical theatre accompanied by a live band.
Boj's Musical Storytime with Dave Benson-Philips
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Unitarian Church
- 27th - 27th May 2015
Join us for an hour of Boj-a-boom fun with Dave Benson-Philips! Read, make and play in this musical themed family event featuring Boj (as seen on CBeebies)!
Mike Wozniak: One Man Dad Cat Band
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 22nd - 24th May 2015
Work in progress.
Best Boy: Not As Imagined
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Otherplace at the Basement: The Pit
- 22nd - 24th May 2015
Best Boy are on a mission: their greatest sketch made the BBC’s airwaves, but wasn’t done justice.
The Improverts - Exam Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh
- Teviot Debating Hall, Teviot Row House
- 14th - 15th May 2015
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…
Sing-a-Long-a-Musical
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 9th May 2015
West End On Sea bring London’s theatre stars to Brighton.
The Colin Hoult Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 7th - 25th May 2015
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…
Vote for Me: A Musical Debate by Drew Fornarola & Scott Elmegreene
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- London Theatre Workshop (above the Eel Brook pub)
- 5th - 23rd May 2015
VOTE FOR ME is a musicalized Presidential debate where you pick the winner.
Jason & the Argonauts: A Musical Retelling
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 2nd May 2015
The epic of Greek Mythology performed by Herbie and 7-piece band MUSIC BOX, two solo vocalists, 20-piece choir and narrator.
Musical Babble: a Choral Concert of Gospel, Classics & New Music
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- The Old Market
- 2nd May 2015
MUSICAL BABBLE For twelve years, MJ Paranzino, composer and director has commissioned New Choral Music for Brighton Fringe.
Point & Shoot: a new musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Main House
- 1st - 4th May 2015
It is the year 2042.
Point and Shoot: A New Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lois Zoppi
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Main House
- 5th May, 2015
The year is 2042: Hollywood is dead, the film industry buckled under the weight of hefty blockbuster films.
Hobgoblin's Musical Festival!
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Hobgoblin Music Brighton
- 1st - 29th May 2015
Join our friendly team of eclectic instrument experts in an Aladdins cave of musical instruments! We have a whole range of FREE musical events planned throughout the month of May …
Dusty "O"s Musical Menagerie
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Pete Shaw
- London Fringe
- New Bloomsbury Set
- 6th Apr, 2015
Thirty years ago there was a late-night drinking spot in Soho called The Piano Bar.
Chess - The Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh
- Church Hill Theatre
- 12th Mar, 2015
There’s one thing I hate about musical theatre, which is especially common with “amateur” productions – there’s seemingly no way of stopping audiences full of family an…
Clinton: The Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- New World Stages
- 2nd Mar 2015
(in previews; opens on Thursday) Hillary Rodham Clinton has yet to declare a presidential bid, but the Australian brothers Paul and Michael Hodge have announced the candidacy of th…
Best Boy - Not As Imagined (work in progress)
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Hen & Chickens Theatre Bar
- 15th Feb 2015
Best Boy are on a mission: their best sketch made the BBC’s airwaves but wasn’t done justice.
Rebecca and Evan: Your Love, Our Musical
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- Peoples Improv Theater
- 14th Feb 2015
The musical improvisers Rebecca Vigil and Evan Kaufman interview a couple in the audience about their relationship, then spin an impromptu musical about the couple’s love sto…
Bat Boy: The Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- K D C Lewin
- London Fringe
- Southwark Playhouse
- 16th Jan, 2015
As the cast of Bat Boy: The Musical bowed and smiled at the audience, I tried to ask myself what I had just seen.
Freud The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- The Space
- 10th - 17th Jan 2015
Sigmund is drowning in debt, crippled by cocaine addiction and surrounded by madness.
The Improverts - London Shows
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Hen & Chickens Theatre Bar
- 9th - 10th Jan 2015
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…
Bayside! The Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- Theater 80
- 31st Dec 2014
Attending this bawdy, ridiculous, unauthorized parody of the harebrained sitcom “Saved by the Bell” is a bit like going to a midnight screening of “The Rocky Horr…
Ham: A Musical Memoir
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- Ars Nova Theater
- 31st Dec 2014
The long-ago “Star Search” champion Sam Harris proves again, in his solo show, that he’s a winner, singing and talking about showbiz, outsider angst, suicide atte…
Christmas Storms and Sunshine
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- White Bear Theatre
- 29th Dec 2014 - 3rd Jan 2015
TRAUM gives a new twist to Elizabeth Gaskell’s classic tale of Christmas rivalries.
Christmas Misfits
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- The Creek and the Cave
- 24th Dec 2014
Mike Lawrence celebrates the best of TV Christmas specials by inviting friends to watch and mock three favorites — “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” “How the Gri…
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Broadway
- Stephen Sondheim Theater
- 22nd Dec 2014 - 22nd Dec 2015
This friendly, formulaic jukebox show about the New York-born singer-songwriter might as well be called “Brooklyn Girl,” so closely does it adhere to the template of th…
Dan St. Germains Christmas Spooktacular
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- Union Hall
- 16th Dec 2014
Mr. St. Germain hosts this vaguely seasonal show, with performances from Brooks Wheelan, Jared Logan, Kevin Barnett, Jacqueline Novak and the comedy duo Team Submarine.
Christmas in Vienna
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall
- 14th Dec 2014
The storied Vienna Boys Choir rings in the season with a program of holiday classics, Austrian folk songs and popular tunes.
Christmas With The Crawfords
- Listing Comedy
- Off Off Broadway
- Abrons Arts Center
- 10th - 27th Dec 2014
This riotous camp classic is based on the actual Christmas Eve live radio broadcast from Joan Crawford’s Brentwood mansion in 1949.
The Asphalt Christmas
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- Lion Theater at Theater Row
- 30th Nov 2014
The good news for audiences at Todd Michael’s satirical mash-up of old Hollywood movies, Christmas-related and otherwise, is that an exorcism is performed onstage.
A Christmas Carol, Oy! Hannukkah, Merry Kwanzaa
- Listing Theatre
- Off Off Broadway
- La MaMa
- 30th Nov 2014
The Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theater has done enchanting work in the past, but this marionette show has too many pointed anachronisms and not enough warmth (1:00).
Dr. Seuss How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- Theater at Madison Square Garden
- 30th Nov 2014
The strapping man inside the shaggy green suit is the Tony winner Shuler Hensley, and his Grinch is magnificent, a charismatic showman of a menace who will never truly frighten the…
The Stevie Wonder Musical: A Hastily Written Masterpiece Starring the Audience
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- Friends and Lovers
- 24th Nov 2014
The writers Jo Firestone, Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson return with another quickly assembled jukebox musical for their audience to perform.
Fabulous! the Queen of New Musical Comedies
- Listing Theatre
- Off Off Broadway
- New Write Act Repertory Theater / Times Square Arts Center
- 2nd Nov 2014 - 1st Feb 2015
This show about two drag queens aboard a cruise ship, pretending to be real women, is a little “Some Like It Hot,” a little “Anything Goes” and a lot of goo…
Radio City Christmas Spectacular
- Listing Theatre
- USA Regional & Tours
- Radio City Music Hall
- 1st Nov 2014
Rockettes, angels and magi, dancing teddy bears and a 3-D aerial tour in Santa’s sleigh — this show is as much a celebration of the city as of the holidays (1:30).
Blank! The Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- New World Stages
- 1st Nov 2014
This on-target revue applies the time-honored principles of improv sketch comedy to the creation of instant song-and-dance shows.
Shrek The Musical - Matinee Show
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Dublin
- Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
- 22nd Oct - 9th Nov 2014
Starring Dean Chisnall as Shrek, Richard Blackwood as Donkey, Neil McDermott as Lord Farquaad and Carley Stenson as Princess Fiona; Shrek The Musical brings the charac…
Shrek the Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Dublin
- Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
- 21st Oct - 8th Nov 2014
Starring Dean Chisnall as Shrek, Richard Blackwood as Donkey, Neil McDermott as Lord Farquaad and Carley Stenson as Princess Fiona; Shrek The Musical brings the charac…
The Oldest Boy
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Lincoln Center
- 30th Sep 2014
(previews start on Oct.
Mighty Real: A Fabulous Sylvester Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- Theater at St. Clement’s
- 31st Aug 2014
(previews start on Sept.
Roddy Woomble and Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ St Bride’s
- 24th Aug 2014
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
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 23rd Aug 2014
Come and join us for a show of classic big band music played by this popular band.
Kindred Spirits The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 20th - 23rd Aug 2014
Kindred Spirits is an endearing story about the trials and tribulations of two boys who pledged a lifelong friendship that takes them through into adulthood, only to be torn apart …
Musical Theatre: In Conversation With…
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 19th Aug 2014
The Fringe Society chats with musical theatre practitioners at the top of their game about making it in the business.
merry christmas, Ms Meadows
- Review
- ★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 20th Aug, 2014
During the last few years, the Belarus Free Theatre company has built a strong reputation in issue-based theatre, utilising a wide range of performance techniques to frame and ex…
Jarred Christmas and Jack Hobbs: The Christmas and The Hobbit -A Beat Box and Stand-Up Collaboration
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 18th - 20th Aug 2014
Hobbit is an acclaimed beat boxer.
Kindred Spirits The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 18th - 23rd Aug 2014
Kindred Spirits is an endearing story about the trials and tribulations of two boys who pledged a lifelong friendship that takes them through into adulthood, only to be torn apart …
Battlefield Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Queen’s Hall
- 16th Aug 2014
One of the great institutions of Scottish traditional music.
Shrek the Musical
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Church Hill Theatre
- 15th - 18th Aug 2014
Set in a mythical once upon a time land, Shrek the Musical is the story of a hulking green ogre who, after being mocked and feared, retreats to an ugly swamp to exist in happy isol…
Big Band Swing
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 15th - 16th Aug 2014
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
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Famous Spiegeltent
- 14th - 17th Aug 2014
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.
Shout! The Mod Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C too
- 14th - 25th Aug 2014
This smashing revue tracks five groovy gals as they come of age during those liberating days that made England swing! Join this non-stop journey through the infectious and soulful …
From Blackpool to California: A Musical Journey with Barbara Allen and Friends
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Salvation Army Edinburgh City Corps
- 13th - 16th Aug 2014
Barbara Allen, along with her husband Steve and friends take the audience on a musical tour that showcases Barbara’s experience as a Christian vocalist.
Dead in the Water - A Musical Tragicomedy
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Jen Payne
- Camden Fringe
- The Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 3rd Sep, 2014
Dead in the Water takes the odd story of Operation Mincemeat - where Welsh vagrant Glyndwr Michael’s body was dumped by MI5 off the coast of Spain, complete with documents iden…
Bambino Beats Presents Inside the Musical Zoo
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pilrig Studio
- 12th - 17th Aug 2014
Perfect way for under sixes to burn off energy at this fun musical and animal filled session. Bang the drums, sing the retro songs and dance the dances inside the musical zoo.
The Boy in Blue
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Quaker Meeting House
- 13th Aug, 2014
Bringing a show to the Fringe is a daunting prospect even for established theatre companies.
Michelle McManus’ Reality: The Musical
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Stand in the Square
- 11th - 25th Aug 2014
Michelle McManus returns to the Festival, after her sell-out show last year which received five-star reviews across the board.
Alba - A New Scottish Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Brett Herriot
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 12th Aug, 2014
Roddy swaps his designer suit and expensive shoes for waterproofs and walking boots and takes off on an unexpected and life-changing journey.
Sandy Brechin Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ St Bride’s
- 11th - 18th Aug 2014
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 …
6 - a new musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 11th - 23rd Aug 2014
6 people.
The Oxford Imps Present: The Curious Case of the Improvised Musical
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 10th - 24th Aug 2014
Agatha Christie has been working with critically-acclaimed improvised comedy ‘living legends’ (ThreeWeeks, 2013) in order to adapt her latest detective novel into an interactiv…
The Sheriff of Nottingham: A Musical Musing on Middle Management
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hotel Ibis Edinburgh Centre South Bridge
- 10th - 16th Aug 2014
Robin Hood, revered as the people’s champion, stole from the rich to give to the poor and thwarted Nottingham’s tyrannical Sheriff.
The After Party with Alex Rossi and the Rhythmic Circus Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 10th - 24th Aug 2014
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!
Musical Comedy Awards Showcase
- Review
- ★★★★
- Vyvyan Almond
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 13th Aug, 2014
The acts chosen from the London competition earlier this year are as varied as they are talented, representing the old and well-loved to the new and exciting.
Bhundu Boy Rise Kagona
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 9th - 13th Aug 2014
Rise Kagona is a guitar hero to many on two continents! In Zimbabwe, Rise transferred traditional Jiti rhythms to guitar, and his band The Bhundu Boys toured the world extensively …
Daniel Sloss – Really...?! Extra Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150@EICC
- 8th - 23rd Aug 2014
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
The Greene Card: The Unbelievable, Yet Completely True, Story of a Brown Boy in a White World
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- The Hen & Chickens Theatre Bar
- 8th - 10th Aug 2014
From the gospel parlors of black Florida to the racist salons of white NYC, Sevan learns that it takes more than an NKOTB t-shirt to become a white American.
Club Spiegel Present The Loveboat Big Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Famous Spiegeltent
- 7th - 25th Aug 2014
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
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Cecilia’s Hall
- 7th - 10th Aug 2014
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.
SHOUT! The Mod Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Edinburgh Academy
- 19th Aug, 2014
Bored with Berkoff? Choking on Chekhov? Fed-up with Feydeau? “Don’t sleep in the subway, darlin’, don’t stand in the pouring rain.
Musical Bingo
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 6th - 24th Aug 2014
‘London’s ultimate interactive club night’ (Time Out).
Yearbook: The High School Musical
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Church Hill Theatre
- 5th - 9th Aug 2014
There is no time more funny, moving and awkward than high school.
Seussical the Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Emily Dunford
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pilrig Studio
- 6th Aug, 2014
I’m not a particularly sentimental person when it comes to plays.
Riptide: The Slasher Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 16th Aug, 2014
Fringe musicals are often incredibly hard to get right but with a score as sizzling as the sun on the beach and some incredibly skilled performers, Riptide: The Slasher Musical hit…
Waiting for the Call: The Improvised Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C
- 2nd - 9th Aug 2014
Using a fiendishly elaborate (and highly unnecessary) system of generating audience suggestion, Waiting for the Call invent an improvised musical based on ideas from the peculiar m…
Nando's and Nandon'ts: A Musical
- Review
- ★★
- Hannah Lucy Baker
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Phones 4U
- 4th Aug, 2014
“A girl.
Oh Boy! The Quantum Leap Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Cowgatehead
- 1st - 24th Aug 2014
Theorising that new episodes are possible within their own lifetime, the Maydays step into the Quantum Leap accelerator .
No Strings! An Improvised Comedy Musical...with Puppets!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 1st - 16th Aug 2014
When improvisers from critically-acclaimed hits Showstoppers and Austentatious find themselves entangled on the improv stage, only their puppet friends can unravel the tales gaggin…
A Midsummer Night's Dream: The Rock Musical
- Review
- ★★
- Alice Quine
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C
- 17th Aug, 2014
Infinity Repertory Theatre update Shakespeare’s comedy to the 21st century as a musical with a rollicking rock’n’roll aim in mind.
Stay Awake For Now– The Musical
- Review
- ★★
- Alice Hodgson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 6th Aug, 2014
Luke Speirs’ new musical presents a love triangle between three best friends and the fallout of their relationships as a result of Tom’s (Sam Rich) unrequited love for Drew (Luke S…
The Outback Games: A New Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Will Jackson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Venue45
- 11th Aug, 2014
Dingos and wombats and kookaburras, oh my! The Olympics are coming to Oz! The year, 1939.
Scottie Road the Musical - From Primark to Prison
- Review
- ★★★★
- Rivkah Brown
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 9th Aug, 2014
Gillian Hardie and Keddy Sutton are living proof of the versatility and sheer hilarity of female comedians.
Magadi -The Bride Price - Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Community Project
- 31st Jul - 24th Aug 2014
Through drama, music and dance Magadi - The Bride Price takes the audience on a celebratory tour of the beauty of African customs.
Siddhartha, the Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lauren Moreau
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Assembly Rooms
- 11th Aug, 2014
You’ve probably seen the posters featuring a half-naked man covered in oil- exactly what Herman Hesse had in mind when he wrote his classic philosophical novel.
Last Christmas
- Review
- ★★★★
- Larry Bartleet
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 31st Aug, 2014
When seeing a piece of new writing it can be best to have no expectations, to let the play lead you where it will.
Baron Sternlook’s Big Naughty Improv Musical
- Review
- ★★
- Rivkah Brown
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Spotlites @ The Merchants’ Hall
- 7th Aug, 2014
Kudos to any improv troupe for even attempting the month-long exercise in uphill walking and sleep-deprivation that is the Fringe.
Ben Hart - The Vanishing Boy
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Kayleigh Blair
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 6th Aug, 2014
Ben Hart is the kind of magician that makes sceptics become believers.
50 Shades! The Musical. The Original Parody
- Review
- ★★★
- Natalie Blow
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Hall
- 21st Aug, 2014
Who needs a man when you have 50 Shades of Grey? This certainly became the chain of thought for millions of women across the UK as they sheepishly dashed out to stores to grab a…
My Damage is My Gift! - The Dysfunctional Family Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 31st Jul - 23rd Aug 2014
Is your family nuts like mine? Ever wondered what’s really going on in your family? Through exuberant, poignant songs and stories, New York Times and BBC featured comedian/singer…
Snakes! The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 31st Jul - 24th Aug 2014
Last year’s cult hit is back! A director has written a musical about some snakes on a plane.
Belfast Boy
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Maria Hagan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Spotlites @ The Merchants’ Hall
- 19th Aug, 2014
One man is all it takes.
Abi Roberts' Musical CID
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 30th Jul - 24th Aug 2014
Abi Roberts’ Musical CID is a new comedy confessional show that delves into what the biggest names in comedy have in their record collections and on their iPods.
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jake A Ellamen
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 2nd Aug, 2014
No one expects to watch a musical set in a dog parlour with a canine duel – or, more precisely, ‘The Amazing New York State Poodle Fighting Championship’ – as its climax.
Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 30th Jul - 25th Aug 2014
One of the best known, longest running and most celebrated improv shows in the world.
Connected the Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 30th Jul - 25th Aug 2014
Emma arrives at a new school and runs the gauntlet of finding out how friendships are made and the game of cliques is played.
Musical Mornings with Mil's Trills
- Review
- ★★★★
- Will Jackson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 12th Aug, 2014
I arrived at the Pleasance courtyard a little after 10am and I admit I was a little reluctant to wake up so early while on Fringe time.
The Odyssey: An Epic Musical Epic!
- Review
- ★★★★★
- James Beagon
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C
- 4th Aug, 2014
Triumphantly sailing into Edinburgh come Audacious Productions with their frankly magnificent production The Odyssey: An Epic Musical Epic.
The Improv Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lyndsey Bakewell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C
- 13th Aug, 2014
The students from Music Theatre Warwick join a hoard of performers hoping to entertain at the Fringe with an improvised musical.
David Elms: Nurture Boy
- Review
- ★★★★
- Robert McGowan Stuart
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 12th Aug, 2014
During this peculiar hour, David Elms takes a different approach to the usual bravado of musical comedy in a consciously quiet, ungainly performance.
Mr Swallow – The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Robert McGowan Stuart
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 14th Aug, 2014
In Mr.
City Academy Musical Theatre Company Present Cabaret
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Shaw Theatre
- 19th - 20th Jul 2014
Follow the adventures and mis-adventures of Sally Bowles in this raucous and risqué musical comedy, set in the seedy underworld of 1930’s Berlin.
Bugle Boy - The Life Story of Glenn Miller
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 30th Jun - 20th Jul 2014
Leicester Square Theatre: 30th Jun 7pm.
Backstage Pass: A Musical Journey
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- UK Regional & Tours
- Alhambra Theatre
- 26th - 27th Jun 2014
Alhambra Theatre: 26th Jun 7pm.
Children's Shows and Workshops
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Academy of Creative Training / The Old Market
- 31st May - 1st Jun 2014
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
The Greatest Shows on Earth
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 17th May 2014
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
Dead in the Water: A Musical Tragicomedy
- Review
- ★★★
- Felicity Harris
- Brighton Fringe
- The Old Courtroom
- 4th Jun, 2014
This is one of the oddest true stories you will ever hear.
Straight No Chaser Big Band: Navigation
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- The Brunswick
- 11th May 2014
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…
The Colin Hoult Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Burrow at The Warren
- 5th - 25th May 2014
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 Improv Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- UK Regional & Tours
- Warwick Arts Centre
- 1st May 2014
Following sell out shows, The Improv Musical returns to Warwick Arts Centre for what promises to be another fantastic performance.
Fly by Night: A New Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- Playwrights Horizons
- 1st May 2014
(previews start on May 16; opens on June 10) On Nov.
20th Century Boy
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- UK Regional & Tours
- Multiple Venues
- 18th Apr - 19th Jul 2014
Eden Court Theatre: 18th Apr 5pm.
Joe Orton: The Musical
- Review
- ★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- UK Regional & Tours
- Above the Stag Theatre
- 15th Apr, 2014
‘Above the Stag’ (ATS) is one of the most distinctive and necessary production houses in London.
Cool Rider : the Cult Musical Sequel
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Duchess Theatre
- 15th - 19th Apr 2014
Perhaps the greatest sequel ever told, COOL RIDER, the cult musical sequel is BACK and in the West End for one week only.
Urinetown: The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Carys Evans
- West End
- St James Theatre
- 17th Apr, 2014
Urinetown is both bleak and brilliant.
Hot Flush The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- UK Regional & Tours
- Doncaster Dome
- 4th Apr 2014
The ultimate girls night out!Hot Flush! The MusicalThe outrageous new musical! or The outrageous musical returns! (if it’s been before).
Once - A New Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Phoenix Theatre
- 3rd Apr 2014 - 4th Jul 2015
Based on the much-loved Oscar-winning film, Once is an extraordinary, original and irresistibly joyous celebration of love, friendship and music.
Matilda the Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Cambridge Theatre
- 3rd Apr 2014 - 15th Dec 2024
Adapted from the ever-popular children’s book by Roald Dahl, Matilda the Musical has been a spectacular since it first opened to packed audiences at the Cambridge Theatre, London…
I Can't Sing! The X Factor Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- London Palladium
- 27th Mar - 25th Oct 2014
Irreverent, mischievous, packed full of side‑splittingly funny songs and eye‑popping sets, I CAN’T SING! is the irrepressible new musical comedy that goes behi…
Ushers: The Front Of House Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jules Sanderson
- London Fringe
- The Players Theatre
- 9th Apr, 2014
“No one dreams of becoming an Usher!” Cry the desperate stars of Ushers: The Front Of House Musical, as they face up to yet another night of flogging ice creams and programmes …
Greed: A Musical for Our Times
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- New World Stages
- 1st Mar 2014
(in previews; opens on April 3) The “Avenue Q” veteran Stephanie D’Abruzzo heads the cast of this new show, written by Michael Roberts and directed by Christopher…
Heathers: The Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- New World Stages
- 1st Mar 2014
Kevin Murphy and Laurence O’Keefe’s rowdy guilty-pleasure musical isn’t as mordant as the 1988 cult movie that inspired it.
Cuff Me: The Fifty Shades of Grey Musical Parody
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- Actors Temple Theater
- 1st Mar 2014
What can I possibly say that isn’t said by the title of this production? Here’s one thing: It’s not exactly great theater, but I’d still rather see “C…
Billy Elliot the Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Duchess Theatre / Victoria Palace Theatre
- 24th Feb 2014 - 16th May 2015
One of the most award-winning shows on stage today, Billy Elliot the Musical has won the hearts of millions since it opened in London’s West End and has gone on to c…
50 Shades! The Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- Elektra Theater
- 2nd Feb 2014
When it comes to potential for satire, E.
Til Divorce Do Us Part: The Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- DR2 Theater
- 1st Feb 2014
This revue, considering its provenance (its lyricist and choreographer, Ruthe Ponturo, conceived it after being dumped by her husband), is surprisingly spry, ni…
Big Band Swing
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Aug 2013
Big band hits to make your weekend go with a swing.
The Rising: The UK's No.1 Tribute to Springsteen and the E Street Band
- Listing Music / Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Aug 2013
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.
Musical Comedy Awards Showcase
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 23rd - 24th Aug 2013
The WeGotTickets MCA return to the Cowbarn for two showcases of the UK’s best emerging and established musical comedy acts.
Musical Comedy Awards Showcase
- Review
- ★★★★
- Adam Bloodworth
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2012
The MCA promotes five acts in one evening with the intention of increasing their exposure in a lively environment, with a healthy sense of competition to aid the fun.
Timeless: The Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Margaret Sessa-Hawkins
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 23rd Aug, 2013
It’s hard to go wrong with a musical that combines time travel, romance, and two best friends seeking adventure.
Scott of the Antarctic: The Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Margaret Sessa-Hawkins
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2013
Robert Scott’s trek through the Antarctic would seem a fairly improbable subject for a comedic musical.
The Kirsty Law Band
- Listing Music / Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th - 19th Aug 2013
Accompanied by Rona Wilkie (fiddle), Marit Fält (Låtmandola), Kirsty brings Scots traditional material to life and performs her own thought-provoking songs.
Miserable Lesbians: The Parody Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera / Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug 2013
Winner of a record eight Toscar short film awards, hilarious musical parody Miserable Lesbians now comes to the stage in an expanded, outrageous version direct from New York.
Nuala Kennedy Band with A. J. Roach
- Review
- ★★★
- Lily Blacksell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2013
Nuala Kennedy has a beautiful lilting voice that suits her ‘cheerful-sounding murder ballad’ songs perfectly.
Snoopy the Musical
- Review
- ★★
- Sarah McIntosh
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2013
As part of the American High School Theatre Festival at Church Hill Studio Theatre in Bruntsfield, Van Buren High School brought to life the colourful and well-loved characters fro…
Band on the Run
- Review
- ★★★
- Cai Trefor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2012
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…
The Boy and the Bunnet
- Review
- ★★★
- Hannah Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2012
Scotland’s version of Peter and the Wolf is an enchanting tale with a lot of heart.
Band On the Run
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th - 13th Aug 2013
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.
Gobsmell: The Musical
- Review
- ★★
- Andy Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2013
With an admittedly clever pun for a title, this misplaced family comedy misses the mark in its attempt to entertain, both musically and humorously.
The Boy and the Bunnet
- Review
- ★★★★
- Stewart McLaren
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2013
Big Sky productions have returned to the festival with this distinctively Scottish storytelling performance for families.
Bhundu Boy Rise Kagona
- Review
- ★★★
- Charlie Hanks
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2012
The Jazz Bar is not what first comes to mind as a Fringe hotspot but this small, classy venue continues to offer the eclectic, high quality gigs it programmes throughout the year.
Bhundu Boy Rise Kagona
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th - 14th Aug 2013
A rare chance to see this legendary Zimbabwean guitarist perform songs from his forthcoming album.
Daniel Sloss - Stand-Up (Extra Shows!)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th - 24th Aug 2013
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
Edinburgh Renaissance Band: Thistles and Roses
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th - 9th Aug 2013
Music, alternately exhilarating and tender, by Edinburgh’s famous 13-strong early music group.
Alaska's King Island Christmas
- Review
- ★★
- Agnes Chambre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2013
Straight from Alaska comes a new piece of musical theatre from a 40-strong cast.
The Gramophone Jazz Band's Late Night Speakeasy
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ella Moran-Jones
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2013
Edinburgh’s up and coming New Orleans Dixieland jazz band means business.
Spring Awakening: The Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Lene Korseberg
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2013
When the German playright Frank Wedekind completed his expressionist play in 1891, it sparked controversy, censorship and rage.
The Blues Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug 2013
The Blues Band are acknowledged throughout the world as being the finest and most entertaining purveyors of rhythm and blues.
BiDiNG TiME - Various Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th - 24th Aug 2013
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
Gilbert and Sullivan: The Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Margaret Sessa-Hawkins
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2013
From the first number, it’s clear that the cast of Gilbert & Sullivan The Musical are talented.
This Life Chose Me: A Ninja Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th - 17th Aug 2013
This Life Chose Me: A Ninja Musical written/performed by Katie Wilbert.
The Boy With Tape On His Face: More Tape
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2013
Back by popular demand.
The Boy With Tape On His Face - More Tape
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Kirsty Allen
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 4th Aug, 2012
Before the curtain goes up on one of the most whispered about shows at the Fringe, The Boy with Tape on His Face looks at his already delighted audience with wide eyes and what mus…
A Boy Who Cried Wolf
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Lia Sanders
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2013
Ren is performing before the show begins, making up a silly version of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star with the audience’s help.
Damaged! - The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2013
Ever wondered what’s really going on in your family?! Through exuberant songs, sketches and stories NYTimes/BBC-featured comedian/singer/songwriter Jonathan Prager celebrates th…
Patrick Turpin: Just a Girl, Standing in Front of a Boy, Asking Him to Love Her
- Review
- ★★★
- Neil Ballinger
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2013
Fringe debutant Patrick Turpin takes his audience on a trip down memory lane, as he bids for their approval.
The Horne Section Live in a Cow - Extra Shows
- Listing Comedy / Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2013
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
King Kong the Musical!
- Review
- ★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
It’s the 1930’s and a few years have passed since Carl Dunham, the fabled showman brought King Kong from the jungle to New York.
35MM: A Musical Exhibition
- Review
- ★★★★
- Brett Herriot
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
As Told By productions in collaboration with Greenwich Theatre have brought a new piece of musical theatre to Fringe this year.
Arthur's Quest: A Medieval Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Nicole Adam
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2013
Expertly treading the line between cheese and charm is this new musical from Augment Productions.
Martin Mor - How Do You Like Your Blue-eyed Boy Mister Death?
- Review
- ★★★
- Justin McCarthy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2013
An entertaining yet highly prurient act, Martin Mor’s How Do You Like Your Blue-eyed Boy Mister Death? offers a reinvigorated, revitalised and thoroughly welcome attitude towards…
The Showstoppers' Improvised Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lene Korseberg
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Southbank Centre Pop-up Festival Area
- 5th Aug, 2013
Often, the key to a good improvised comedy show is making sure that the audience forgets that what’s happening on stage is in fact improvised.
The Loveboat Big Band Summer Love-In
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sarah McIntosh
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2013
It’s true: All the nice girls really do like a sailor.
Chris Henry Isn't Musical!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2013
After 20 years of trying to sing and dance, Chris finally realised how ridiculous he’d been.
Father Christmas Needs a Wee! The Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Kathleen Sargeant
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2013
TaleGate Theatre have adapted Nicholas Allan’s beloved children’s book into a new funny and energetic musical, which ticks all the boxes for a children’s show, apart from the fact …
I'm With the Band
- Review
- ★★
- James Fennemore
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2013
The best allegories can stand on their own two feet.
Superhero Snail Boy
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2013
I’m not a morning person at the best of times.
Snakes! The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Neil Ballinger
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2013
Writing a review for Quite Nice Theatre’s Snakes the Musical is an interesting concept, as the musical hasn’t actually happened yet.
Forest Boy
- Review
- ★★★★
- Brett Herriot
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2013
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland return to the Fringe with an outstanding 50 minute musical from the absorbing pens of Scott Gilmour and Claire McKenzie.
Iain Stirling: At Home - Extra Shows
- Listing Comedy / Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 23rd Aug 2013
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.
Henning Wehn's Authentic German Christmas Do
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 25th Aug 2013
Christmas comes early! Celebrate the jolliest time of the year with the German Comedy Ambassador.
Bad Boy Eddie
- Review
- ★★★★
- Carolyn Mckerracher
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
The strains of, ‘Ali Bali, Ali Bali Bee’, belt out from the PA as the cast tap their feet along with the rhythm.
Adam Caslin: Nobody's Boy
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 25th Aug 2013
Nobody’s Boy is a tapestry of songs by well-known songwriters woven together to narrate an emotional tale of childhood, identity and belonging.
Ant Dewson: Now That’s What I Call Musical Comedy - Free
- Review
- ★★
- Clara Plackett
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
At the beginning of his show Ant Dewson delivers a short warning to those who don’t appreciate overtly crude humour: leave now.
Robert Taylor is The Musical Misfit
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 15th Aug 2013
‘Somewhere between Flight of the Conchords’ parody and Tim Minchin’s witty word-play lies home-grown talent Robert Taylor’ (Theatre Press).
The Boy Who Lost Christmas
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Lauren Moreau
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 2nd Aug, 2013
The Boy Who Lost Christmas, by The Young Actors Company/Engineerium, is an absolutely lovely piece of children’s theatre.
David Baddiel - Fame: Not the Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Joe Talbot
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2013
‘Fame is a mask that eats into the face’.
The Boy Who Kicked Pigs
- Review
- ★★★★
- James Dolton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
‘New writing? New wronging!’ proudly exclaims production company Kill The Beast’s website.
Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Rebecca Brown
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2012
How long does it take to write, choreograph and rehearse a musical? For most musicals it’s a long, drawn-out process.
A Theory of Justice: the Musical!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lene Korseberg
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 2nd Aug, 2013
In an attempt to answer the question, ‘What is justice?’, Professor of Philosophy, John Rawls (Alexander Wickens), travels back in time to ask the great philosophers of the las…
Adam and Eve: The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2013
It’s the morning after the fall of man.
Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical!
- Listing Comedy / Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2013
Critics’ Pick (New York Times).
Lysistrata: The Disco Vaudeville Rock'n'Roll Musical
- Review
- ★★
- James Beagon
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 2nd Aug, 2013
The title is probably the most interesting thing about this adaptation of Lysistrata, but any potential that it implies is sadly missed by the show itself.
Motown: The Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Broadway
- Lunt-Fontanne Theater
- 1st Mar 2013 - 30th Aug 2014
A dramatically slapdash but musically vibrant joy ride through the glory days of the Detroit music label founded by Berry Gordy.
The Boy Under The Christmas Tree
- Review
- ★★★★
- Christopher James
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 17th Dec, 2018
The Kings Head Theatre is once again offering multiple seasonal shows for their audiences to enjoy.
Do the Thing: The Made Up Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
After selling out their 2018 and 2019 Brighton Fringe shows and lighting up The Warren’s Summer Season, Do the Thing are here for you in 2021.
Streets the Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Brett Herriot
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2012
A modern Scotland where for many of today’s youth the problem of knife and drug crime is rife is the basis for this potent musical by writer/director/producer Finn Anderson which i…
New York Musical Theater Festival
- Listing Theatre
- Off Off Broadway
(performances start on July 7) Summer will become just that much more harmonious when this festival opens its 11th season.
Apocalypse The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Natasha Long
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2008
Heather Newton and Ernest Merrys critically acclaimed 2005 Fringe hit returns to bring you more holy milk, Hellish whores and stitch-inducing laughs.
Aida the Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Adam Bloodworth
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2012
A melting pot of youthful talent all wrestle for attention in this production, which features heavy emphasis on individual players with some standout solo performances.
Halo Boy and the Village of Death
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sue Denham
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st Aug, 2005
If you were to somehow strap Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas on the front of an Express Train going in one direction, and Sondheim’s Into The Woods on a similar train headi…
One Night Stand: An Improvised Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Natasha Long
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2008
Returning after their 2007 sell-out Fringe hit, One Night Stand are back and better than ever.
The Improvised Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Emily Priestnall
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2011
This was the title of the only performance kindly suggested by a witty member of tonight’s audience.
LHO: Lee Harvey Oswald - The Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Sue Denham
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st Aug, 2005
When someone tells you their new musical is about the life of Kennedy’s killer, Lee Harvey Oswald, it’s practically impossible not to draw comparisons with Sondheim’s Assassins.
The Tempest - A Musical Enchantment
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jay Hobday
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2009
I entered this show tentatively.
Evil - The Musical
- Review
- ★★
- Nicole Adam
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2011
Evil - The Musical details the lives of seven evil villains as they battle Guy Super and endeavor to become the most evil of all.
The Boy With Tape On His Face
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Hannah Clark
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2011
We are warned at the beginning of this show that audience interaction is imminent.
Payback: The Musical
- Review
- ★★
- James Robert Ball
- London Fringe
- 17th Jun, 2013
Who am I? What price, fame? What is reality? These are just some of the inane issues dredged up to validate this otherwise empty narrative.
Hitler! The Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2011
Satirical portraits of Adolf Hitler have been around since Charlie Chaplin’s ‘The Great Dictator’, through ‘The Producers’, to the Mr T Experience’s ‘Even Hitler Had A Girlfriend’.
Bereavement: the Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Ed Frankl
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2012
Woody Allen’s words that “it is impossible to experience one’s death objectively and still carry a tune,” leapt into my head after Bereavement: the Musical.
The Loveboat Big Band Album Launch Extravaganza
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2012
Hello Sailor.
The Boy From Centreville
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Robin T. Barton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2008
On April 16 2007 a young student at Virginia Polytechnic carried out two separate shootings approximately two hours apart.
Andi Neate Band & Guests
- Review
- ★★★★
- David Walter Hall
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2008
I fell in love with somebody completely by accident, just by sitting beside them, is a great way to introduce a song.
The Adventures of Butt Boy and Tigger
- Review
- ★★★★★
- David Scott
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2008
Jamie and Matt are two young men indulging in the exchange of sexual fantasies over the internet.
The Big Bite-Size Breakfast /Matinee Shows
- Review
- ★★★★
- Pete Shaw
- Brighton Fringe
- 3rd May, 2009
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
A Good Catholic Boy
- Review
- ★
- Frankie Goodway
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2012
As a recent ex-Catholic, I know there’s a lot of material to be got from the Catholic Church, whether you’re a member or not.
Bob Slayer: He's A Very Naughty Boy
- Review
- ★★★
- Lynne Marie Martens
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2012
Bob Slayer treats his audience like a classroom full of unruly students - he is the erratic alcoholic headmaster to lord over them all.
FRESHER the Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- James T. Harding
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2011
Five new students arrive at university for a year of alcohol-fueled partying.
Mary - A Musical Play
- Review
- ★
- Mike Wilkinson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2012
There could be an incredible musical story in the tragic rise and fall of Mary, Queen of Scots, leading from her ascension to the throne to her eventual abdication, imprisonment fo…
The Boy Who Was Woody Allen
- Review
- ★★
- Laura Cress
- London Fringe
- 12th Feb, 2013
The problem with starting a play with a man dressed in a moose costume explaining his life story to the audience is that, other than being a little odd, a high level of weird has a…
Little Johnny's Big Gay Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Robin T. Barton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2009
If you are a first time visitor to this piece you may be forgiven expecting something different.
Borstal Boy
- Review
- ★★★★
- Robin T. Barton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2007
This autobiographical account tells the story of the Irish playwright and poet Brendan Behans true-life arrest at the age of sixteen when he was caught in Liverpool carrying expl…
Musical Gems for Violin and Piano
- Review
- ★★★
- Lexie Wilson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2012
On first reading, the show’s title may sound almost childlike, reading like the name of a children’s music book.
Wedding Band: A Comedy by Charlie Baker
- Review
- ★★★
- Beth Kahn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 26th Aug, 2011
For most people, their wedding is the happiest day of their life.
Daniel Sloss - Extra Shows!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Frankie Goodway
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2012
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
- Review
- ★★★★
- Larry Bartleet
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2012
In this one-off show, Andi Neate’s band was small and intimate.
35MM: A Musical Exhibition
- Review
- ★★
- James Robert Ball
- London Fringe
- 1st Feb, 2013
35MM is subtitled ‘a musical exhibition’.
Cheese-Badger presents... Midge (a Two-Man Musical) - Free
- Review
- ★★★
- Mark Gregory
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2012
Budding musical thespians aim to be what is called a ‘triple-threat’, developing extreme talent in the three areas of musical theatre - acting, singing and dancing.
Time for the Good Looking Boy
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2011
Five stars only go to a show that is to all intents perfect, that wakens something inside you and keeps you utterly captivated for an entire hour.
Musical Much Ado
- Review
- ★★★★
- Josie Humber
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2011
Shakespeare’s plays have been reinterpreted again and again throughout the years; from ballet to Bollywood, I’ve seen my fair share.
Chav! Its a Musical Innit
- Review
- ★★★★
- Robin T. Barton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2007
Edinburgh show titles are fascinating.
Clinton the Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Virides
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2012
How many US Presidents does it take to run a country? Three, apparently - and in the late 90s that was Bill, Billy and Hillary Clinton.
The Sensational Alex Salmond Gastric Band presents Oliver Pissed
- Review
- ★★★
- Hannah Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2012
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
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Katie Elmore
- FUSE International
- 16th Jul, 2013
Reminiscent of a Rihanna concert, the Tiffin Swing Band starts their set late.
Revolution! The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Brett Herriot
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2012
In 1993 Bosnia broke free from Yugoslavia during the war that raged there, destroying some of the country’s best known architecture and costing many lives.
Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)
- Review
- ★★★★
- James T. Harding
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st Sep, 2010
Dont let the Edinburgh Academy theatre and the audience of grandmas put you off the scent: this is a professional production of an off-Broadway show.
Scott Mills The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2009
With only three months from concept to stage (not even enough time to make the official printed Fringe programme), and just ten days in rehearsals to put it together, Scott Mills T…
JFK The Musical
- Review
- ★★
- Robin T. Barton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2006
Z Theatre company are a bunch of schoolgirls who sing very nicely and try to put a new spin on the Kennedy assassination.
Belt Up's The Boy James
- Review
- ★★★
- Ben Blyth
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2011
For all the excellent performances and wonderfully controlled aesthetic, this production amounts to nothing more than average; because it’s Belt Up, that’s disappointing.
A Team - The Musical
- Review
- ★
- Rob Marks
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2009
Another year, another series of words that shouldnt be followed by the musical: The Musical.
Spring Awakening (A New Musical)
- Review
- ★★★
- Abigail Lewis
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2012
The youth of Captivate Drama’s front of house staff and their venue at the Edinburgh Academy led me to expect a school play.
Chat! The Internet Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Damian Sandys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2009
Trapped by an inability to communicate properly in the real world, the six characters of Chat seek refuge and a place to unveil their deepest secrets in the anonymous world of an i…
Christmas With The Supreme Fabulettes
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Clarissa Widya
- London Fringe
- 20th Dec, 2012
Christmas: like the proverbial row of tents, there was never a holiday more camp.
Boy in a Dress
- Review
- ★★★
- Lynsey Martenstyn
- London Fringe
- 23rd Feb, 2012
La JohnJospeh is the Boy in a Dress in this flamboyant autobiographical performance.
Boy Meets Boy
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 5th Dec, 2012
Dear Noel and Cole,Put down that celestial martini and stop fondling those cherubs.
Toulouse-Lautrec: The Musical
- Review
- ★★
- James Robert Ball
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2011
Call me strange, but watching this show twice (in English and in Japanese) has been my most fascinating theatre experience in a long time.
A Christmas Carol
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- London Fringe
- 8th Dec, 2012
There’s a reason Charles Dickens’ stories endures in popularity.
Andy and the Prostitutes - The Musical
- Review
- ★★
- Kirsty Allen
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 4th Aug, 2012
Andy and The Prostitutes play one dirty trick by billing their foul-mouthed ditties as a musical but Andy and co.
Albert’s Boy
- Review
- ★★
- Kat Pope
- Brighton Fringe
- 27th May, 2013
Playwrights do seem to love Albert Eistein.
Battlefield Band
- Review
- ★★★★
- James Dolton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2012
‘An oasis in the Fringe… with bagpipes’ is how piper and most talkative Battlefield Band member Alasdair White described their show.
Hamlet! The Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Alan Chorley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2010
Hamlet! The Musical has been around for a few years now, since being first introduced to the Fringe in 2001.
Re-Animator The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2012
You know something’s different about a show when the people in the first three rows - also known as the slosh pit - are issued with cheap Scotland-branded ponchos.
Letter to the Man (from the Boy)
- Review
- ★★★
- Charlotte Kelly
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2012
It’s an intriguing concept, though not a new one: if you could write a letter to your future self what would you want to tell them? Henry Raby, poet and performer, uses the idea …
Clockheart Boy
- Review
- ★★★
- Rebecca Jones
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug, 2011
A Professor tries to find his daughter, Sophie, after the first failed attempt of making a double of her left haunting consequences.
ASBO! The Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Jessica King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2007
A stellar performance from an all-singing, all-dancing cast of miscreants and their formidable opponents from the local neighbourhood watch, Asbo: the Musical is the story of Darre…
Edinburgh Renaissance Band's Treasure Chest
- Review
- ★★★
- Bryony Clarke
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2012
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…
A Musical Journey with Euna Park: Springtime in Korea
- Review
- ★★★
- Michael Tansini
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2012
Euna Park produced an excellent performance in St.
In Musical Company
- Review
- ★★★
- Kirsty Allen
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2012
In the shadow of Edinburgh Castle lies a very beautiful St Cuthbert’s Parish Church.
Hamlet! the Musical
- Review
- ★★
- Michael Wilkinson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2012
The classic tale that is Hamlet has been reborn into a contemporary musical and it tries to be a lively fun-filled show.
The Improvised Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Alexander Boughton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2012
What a fantastic premise for a show; based on your suggestions the cast will serve up a brand new, fresh musical in front of your eyes.
Pluck: Musical Arson Reignited!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Amy Crothers
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 27th Aug, 2010
Anyone who has ever played in an orchestra in the presence of a violin diva, I guarantee that you will love this show.
Gutted. A Revenger's Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Robin T. Barton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 23rd Aug, 2010
At the age of seven, Sorrow (Helen George), saw her parents brutally murdered by members of the Bewley family.
Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Musical - Free
- Review
- ★
- Stephanie Bartlett
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2012
The title of this particular show may lead you to expect certain things that the final product fails to deliver in every way.
New Rope String Band
- Review
- ★★
- Michael Tansini
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2012
Musical comedy is a risky business.
East End Boy West End Girl - Free
- Review
- ★★★★
- Nicole Adam
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2013
Returning to the Edinburgh Fringe after their Australian sojourn is EastEnd Cabaret.
The Boy Friend
- Review
- ★★★★
- Alan Chorley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2007
This musical was first performed in 1954 but is set in the late 1920s or early 1930s.
The Boy Friend
- Review
- ★★★★
- Alan Chorley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2007
This musical was first performed in 1954 but is set in the late 1920s or early 1930s.
Big Band Swing
- Review
- ★★★
- Cai Trefor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2012
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 …
Batman! Holy Spoof Musical Batstravaganza!
- Review
- ★★
- Hannah Clark
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 28th Aug, 2011
This full house was eager to be entertained by a certain caped crusader.
Christmas For Two: Friends With You
- Review
- ★★★
- William Summerlin
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2011
Just Up The Stairs at The Caves is packed to the rafters for this mid-afternoon hour of sketch comedy.
Confessions of a Mormon Boy
- Review
- ★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2011
I’ve a confession of my own to make; when I chose to review this show I thought it was something entirely different.
Glasvegas – The Original 1977 Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Brett Herriot
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Aug, 2012
Welcome to the fabulous Glasvegas is a musical which originally debut in 1977 from the pen of legendary film composer Patrick Doyle.
Hanover the Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Alex Jose
- Brighton Fringe
- 8th May, 2013
Having lived in Brighton for less than a year, Hanover the musical seemed like a wildly foreign affair for an outsider to the small community above Kemp town, let alone for a relat…
Plague! The Musical
- Review
- ★★
- Ian Billings
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2008
This is fast-moving musical treatment of the bubonic plague of London performed by a bouyant cast of young actor/singers, but the strong and vibrant performances all round are let …
Super Crazy Fun Fun (Christmas Specials) - Free
- Review
- ★★★
- Hannah Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd Aug, 2012
This show is comedy flying by the seat of its pants: not exactly improvised, but certainly thrown together.
Tony! The Blair Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2007
It’s impossible to review a musical about Tony Blair without acknowledging that there are two competing productions about his leadership tenure in town.
Boy & His Axe
- Review
- ★★★★
- Alan Chorley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2007
The play is set entirely in the middle of the night in the caretakers storeroom of a school in the North of England.
An Indie Boy's Guide to Sex and Girls
- Review
- ★★
- Wayne Cleworth
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2012
Marc Burrows borrows from the 90s genre of Britpop all he needs to know about sex and girls.
Monkey Boy Saves The Planet
- Review
- ★★★
- Alan Chorley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2007
This play, written and directed by Kevin Holladay, makes broad fun of politicians, reporters, TV presenters and others.
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Adam Harwood
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2010
The idea of performing an improvised musical is not a new one, and is always likely to enthrall a late-night audience who can never quite comprehend how skillfully their new ideas …
Fat Club: The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Theo Barnes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2009
Five people are compelled to join a fat club due to self deprecation and the search for a sex life.
Belt Up Theatre's The Boy James
- Review
- ★★★
- Fred Maynard
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2012
Fringe favourites Belt Up return with their highly acclaimed The Boy James, now transferred to the entirely new venue of C Nova, where up several flights of stairs the audience is …
Jihad: The Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 4th Aug, 2007
There’s something of a dichotomy going on in Jihad The Musical, and I’m not sure whether I should be deeply offended, or laughing my socks off.
Riot! The Musical
- Review
- ★★
- Paul Virides
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2012
Fringe regulars may remember the moment towards the beginning of last year’s Festival, when performers, media and audiences alike slowly caught wind of the London riots, followin…
Showchoir! The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Virides
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2011
I’m one of those people.
Fairy Liquid And The Burst Bubble ... And Other Science Shows
- Review
- ★★★★
- Kathryn Mack
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2009
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.
By Grace: A New Musical
- Review
- ★★
- Jay Hobday
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2009
The epitome of Hollywood glamour, Grace Kelly’s perfect face beams at you from a screen as you enter the space.
Facebook: The Musical
- Review
- ★★
- James T. Harding
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2009
Its easy to lie into a computer keyboard, isnt it? Its also frighteningly easy to tell the truth more of the truth that perhaps you should.
Debbie Does Dallas the Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2007
Based on the famous 1970’s porn flick of the same name (but with less sex and more satire), small-town girl Debbie Benton dreams of making it as a cheerleader (and marine biologist…
Alzheimer's the Musical: A Night to Remember!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Nicole Adam
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2011
Alzheimer’s The Musical is a peek into the lives of those who might be getting slightly older in body but who are most definitely young at heart.
Xenu is Loose! Cower puny Humans as the Dark Prince of the Galactic Federation rains Atomic Death once more upon your Pitiful Planet - The Musical!
- Review
- ★
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2007
I lowered my expectations dramatically during the opening scene of Xenu is Loose when the smoke effect obliterated the audience’s view of the action for at least a couple of minute…
Burke And Hare - A Musical Play
- Review
- ★★★
- Alan Chorley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2009
Burke and Hare A Musical Play is based on the true story of Edinburghs notorious murderers William Burke and William Hare.
Tony Blair the Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2007
Io Theatre’s take on the Tony Blair years is a satirical view of his leadership, set to a bitingly funny score.
The Smoking Boy
- Review
- ★★
- Stephanie Bartlett
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2012
Written by (and starring) Jenn Robbins, The Smoking Boy is the story of an upper middle class family from New Haven, Connecticut, in 1917 amidst America’s entry into the Great Wa…
Hanover the Musical!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Joel Stagg
- Brighton Fringe
- 6th May, 2012
There can surely be no more fitting venue for the Hanover the Musical! than the Hanover Community Centre, with community and the surrounding area the ideas at the heart of this wil…
Alistair Ogilvy and Band
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sujana Upadhyay
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2011
For those of us with a palette for traditional and contemporary Scottish folk music, Alistair Ogilvy and Band are here with a special treat.
Musical Of Musicals (The Musical!)
- Review
- ★★★★
- Alan Chorley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2009
Musical Of Musicals (The Musical) is performed by the Woodlands High School Theatre, Texas, as part of the American High Schools Theatre Festival.
The IT Boy
- Review
- ★★★
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 23rd Aug, 2006
Sprinkling a little Cinderella magic into the plot, Castoffs Youth Theatre have chosen a worthy subject for their musical The IT Boy, which tells the tale of Chris, a sixteen y…
Grim: A New Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Asja Dally
- FUSE International
- 24th Jul, 2014
It’s a breath of fresh air to watch something as ambitious – perhaps too ambitious – as The Untold Theatre Company’s brand-new full-length original musical, Grim.
Grandma! The Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Oliver Lugg
- Brighton
- 19th Feb, 2016
Felix Zschieschow and Megan Clifton return to the stage as comedy duo ‘Grandma’, and given the evening of continuously bizarre situations that the pair find themselves in, i…
The Boy Friend
- Review
- ★★★
- James Robert Ball
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2012
The A-level drama students of St Marylebone CE School in London give this frothy oldie a new lease of life.
Murder Mystery Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2009
Set on the private island of recently deceased music mogul Morgan Tremain, where all the people he had a grudge with in his life have been assembled for the reading of his will, Mu…
Boy In Darkness
- Review
- ★★★★
- Leon Conrad
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2009
Titus Groan, heir to the great crumbling kingdom of Gormenghast is fourteen.
Sex, Lies & An 80s Tribute Band
- Review
- ★★★
- Alan Chorley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2006
A travel writer returns to Scotland after twenty years travelling the world.
Lysistrata the Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Hannah Clark
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Aug, 2011
According to the women of Greenham, sex is power, sex gives women leverage and sex makes men vulnerable.
Sara Pascoe - The Musical!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Nancy Napper-Canter
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2012
In her white shirt, grey knee length skirt and black brogues, Sara Pascoe looks like a schoolgirl.
Troy Boy
- Review
- ★★★★
- David Scott
- London Fringe
- 17th Feb, 2011
The show begins in a Greek restaurant.
Boy In a Dress
- Review
- ★★★
- James Beagon
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2012
What happened in this hour long show is still not quite clear; there was singing, nudity, drag, and a large cupboard to be sure.
The Red Bus Puppet Shows
- Review
- ★★★
- Kai Sedgwick
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2012
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
The Boy Friend
- Review
- ★★★★
- Amy Holtz
- Brighton Fringe
- 16th May, 2013
Ah, I always enjoy watching the English parody the French.
Ben Elton - The Musical
- Review
- ★
- Alan Chorley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2006
The show is set entirely to parodies of songs from well-known musicals and classic 80s pop hits.
Blow Up - The Credit Crunch Musical!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Theo Barnes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2009
This show will make you leave the theatre trembling.
Bloodbath - The Musical
- Review
- ★
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2009
I had high expectations of Bloodbath The Musical - everything from their high-profile casting to glossy programme gives the impression they’ve spent some money on this show, and th…
Ed: The Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- David Scott
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2009
I was just about getting weary of anything with The Musical after it when I went in to see this show by StoppedClock.
Matt Tiller's Musical Messaround
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- Camden Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2012
Few talents serve a stand-up better than audience rapport and I’m happy to say that Matt Tiller has it in spades.
The Selfish Gene: The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Leila Battison
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2011
I wish all science lectures could be musical.
Yearbook: The High School Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Alan Chorley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2006
This musical does not have a linear narrative, but presents a series of scenes and songs showing events that take place during the last year of high school.
All I Want For Christmas
- Review
- ★★★★
- David Scott
- London Fringe
- 29th Nov, 2010
Take a liberal helping of Ayckbourn, add a sprinkling of Sondheimesque songs, stir well with a cupful of Joe Orton, and what do you get? A unique show which pulls the rug from unde…
Bad Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Michael Tansini
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2012
When in the first ten minutes of the show there have already been several jokes about vaginas and a song essentially about paedophilia, it quickly dawns that few sacred cows are go…
A Boy Growing Up - Starring Rodney Bewes as Dylan Thomas
- Review
- ★★
- Katherine Burr
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2012
Star of the 1960s TV series The Likely Lads, Rodney Bewes shares some of Dylan Thomas’ short stories about his childhood.
Apocalypse - The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st Aug, 2005
Ok, let’s get this out of the way at the start.
Sex Ed: The Musical!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Michael Tansini
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2012
I went into Sex Ed! a little wary.
Cannibal! The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Adam Harwood
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2008
Hillbilly hilarity can prove difficult to digest at the best of times, but this musical feast, based on the cult film by South Park creator Trey Parker, offers a light-hearted appr…
Alice The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Clarissa Widya
- London Fringe
- 24th Jun, 2014
Cambridge Touring Theatre’s Alice the Musical is a great example of children’s fringe theatre, with simple set designs embellished by the high enthusiasm of the actors.
Fresher. The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- James T. Harding
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2010
Five students meet for the first time in the flat they are to share for their first year of university.
Dan Nightingale: The 11 and a 1/2 Ill-conceived Edinburgh Shows of Dan Nightingale
- Review
- ★★★★
- Wayne Cleworth
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2012
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…
Nine - The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Nicole Adam
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2011
Nine - The Musical tells the story of Guido Contini, a fictional movie director in 1960s Italy, as he goes through a mid-life crisis.
Mad About the Boy
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom Moyser
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Aug, 2011
Mad About the Boy, the new play from Gbolahan Obisesan, could not have come along at a better time.
Bat Boy
- Review
- ★★★★
- Anna Reid
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2012
Durham University Light Opera Group’s (DULOG) show is an unexpectedly touching coming of age story juxtaposed with moments of raucous insanity.
The Boy with the Cuckoo Clock Heart
- Review
- ★★★★
- Stewart McLaren
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2012
A richly textured atmosphere enlivens this bittersweet tale of a young boy who has a very unusual means of keeping his heart ticking.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland The Musical!
- Review
- ★★★
- Ashby Lennard
- Brighton Fringe
- 13th May, 2009
“Alice in Wonderland,” by Lewis Carroll, has the potential to be turned into a musical for all the family.
Lost Boy
- Review
- ★★★
- Jennifer Williams
- London Fringe
- 17th Jan, 2014
What would happen if the beloved characters of Neverland - Wendy, Tinkerbell, the Lost Boys and Peter Pan - had grown-up and confronted the horrors of World War I? This is the ques…
Cinderella: The Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Kai Sedgwick
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2012
One of the best things about the Fringe is its ability to throw up unexpected surprises; ducking into a pub to escape the worst ravages of the Scottish summer, it’s not uncommon …
The Dick Gaughan Band (feat The Bevvy Sisters)
- Review
- ★★★
- Rebecca Brown
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 27th Aug, 2012
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.
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- James Robert Ball
- London Fringe
- 25th Apr, 2012
What can a reviewer say about a musical that’s different every night? By extension, what can a reviewer say about any show, since surely no two performances are the same? If you�…
Mr Braithwaite Has a New Boy
- Review
- ★★
- Stewart McLaren
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2012
This droll play follows the life of an elderly gay man and the relationship he develops with a male prostitute.
(The Boy with) Green Hair Poems
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Online
- 30th Nov -0001
A light broadcasts from Mars. At first it falters, is interfered with, then it becomes clear. It is The Boy with Green Hair, anti-war. A short film.
Win the rights to present the full-length version of Disney’s FROZEN the Musical
- Feature
- Pete Shaw
- UK Regional & Tours
- 12th Mar, 2024
Music Theatre International (MTI) has announced a fantastic competition for secondary schools and sixth form colleges throughout the UK.
Five outstanding EdFringe shows scoop a Broadway Baby Bobby in 2023
- Feature
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug, 2023
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
An Interview With The Cast And Composer Of Bed: The Musical
- Feature
- Isabella Thompson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2023
Isabella Thompson enjoyed meeting the cast of Bed: The Musical and chatting to them about their rehearsal process. Here are some extracts from the interview.
What to Watch in Brighton this Christmas
- Feature
- Elanor Parker
- Brighton
- 7th Dec, 2020
As Brighton and Hove leaves lockdown and enters Tier 2, socially distanced live performances are back on the cards.
4 Family Friendly Shows in Brighton This Half Term
- Feature
- Elanor Parker
- Brighton
- 16th Feb, 2019
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
- Feature
- Elanor Parker
- Brighton
- 11th Dec, 2018
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
- Feature
- Elanor Parker
- Brighton
- 17th Oct, 2018
Welcome to our top 5 picks from the third year of Brighton HorrorFest, the spooktacular celebration from Sweet of all things that go bump in the night.
The Five Most Surprising Things About Brighton By Brighton Newbie & Bus Boy Writer Izzy McDonald
- Feature
- Elanor Parker
- Brighton Fringe
- 25th May, 2018
You've probably walked the circumference of the globe the amount of times you've been up and down the pier.
Black Friday Deals on West End Shows
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- West End
- 23rd Nov, 2017
All this week we've got some fantastic offers on your favourite West End shows. Check back daily for the latest offers.
Matilda the Musical announces extension until February 2019
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- West End
- 15th Nov, 2017
Booking for Matilda has been extended until 19th February 2019.
TINA - The Tina Turner Musical tickets on sale from 12pm today
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- West End
- 22nd Sep, 2017
Tickets go on sale at 12pm today for the world premiere of TINA - The Tina Turner Musical, which opens at London's Aldwych next Spring.
Bobby Winners All We Ever Wanted Was Everything on Reinventing the Musical
- Feature
- Liam Rees
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 28th Aug, 2017
Ever since their debut in 2015 with Weekend Rockstars Middle Child Theatre have been rewriting what musical theatre can be with their distinctive gig-theatre genre.
Eight shows heading to Brighton Fringe with the support of Greenwich Theatre
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- Brighton Fringe
- 27th Apr, 2017
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
- Feature
- Nicholas Abrams
- Brighton Fringe
- 11th Apr, 2017
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.
Winter Theatre Seat Sale - Amazing deals & offers this Christmas
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- West End
- 1st Dec, 2016
Our Winter Sale promotion is now live and we have a number of amazing deals & offers.
Balletboyz join The Big Give Christmas Challenge in aid of Parkinson’s CAN Dance
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- London Fringe
- 29th Nov, 2016
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...
How to Win a Bobby: Queer Musical How to Win Against History Scoops Award
- Feature
- James T. Harding
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Aug, 2016
How To Win Against History has been awarded the prestigious Bobby Award, Broadway Baby’s sixth star awarded to the very cream of Fringe performances.
How to Win Against History's Seiriol Davies on Making a Musical
- Feature
- James T. Harding
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2016
How to Win Against History is a new musical about Henry Cyril Paget, an eccentric, cross-dressing marquis who was written out of history by his family.
A Boy Named Sue's Bertie Darrell on LGBT Erasure
- Feature
- Adrian Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2016
When safe spaces for LGBT people are shut down, what does that mean for the communities left behind? Bertie Darrell talks to Adrian Bradley about his new play A Boy Named Sue, and ...
Interview: Natasha Granger & Kerrie Thompson from 90s Girl-band Musical 2 Become 1
- Feature
- Adrian Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2016
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.
Unmissable shows at Brighton Fringe this year
- Feature
- Nicholas Abrams
- Brighton Fringe
- 7th Mar, 2016
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
The night Princess Diana went to a gay bar. New musical opens tonight.
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- London Fringe
- 17th Feb, 2016
The night Freddie Mercury and Kenny Everett smuggled Princess Diana into an iconic gay venue is the stuff of legend.
200,000 tickets released for Motown The Musical
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- West End
- 13th Feb, 2016
Following Thursday’s first preview of the West End production of Motown the Musical, due to public demand, a further 200,000 tickets are released for sale taking bookings at the ...
Bananaman The Musical marks the live action debut of the Man-of-Peel
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- West End
- 14th Jan, 2016
Bananaman the Musical will mark the live action debut of the Man-of-Peel.
Five Christmas Shows You Shouldn’t Miss In London This Year
- Feature
- Pete Shaw
- London Fringe
- 20th Dec, 2015
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
James Plays Playwright Rona Munro does Christmas at the Traverse
- Feature
- Paul F Cockburn
- Edinburgh
- 11th Dec, 2015
Rona Munro, writer of the three James Plays – critically acclaimed and popular with audiences at the 2014 Edinburgh International Festival – has a new collaboration with Stephe...
Going To Space: Baron Sternlook's Improvised Musical
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Jul, 2015
Intending to improvise over 20 back-to-back on-the-spot musicals this year, Baron Sternlook's Improvised Musical returns - with an enormous cast and full ensemble! Broadway Baby ch...
Going To Space: Father Christmas needs a WEE!
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Jun, 2015
Father Christmas has a problem! After a few mince pies, a glass or two of milk and a little eggnog he finds himself in dire need of a bathroom!
LOST & Found: A Musical Revue
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- London Fringe
- 28th Apr, 2015
LOST & Found: A Musical Revue at LOST Theatre promises to be a one-night-only mash up of gender stereotypes in musical theatre.
Going To Space: The Jäger Maestros Oompah Band
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 26th Feb, 2015
Broadway Baby is talking to Chris Haigh of the The Jäger Maestros, an oompah band that promises to have crowds laughing, drinking and bouncing.
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