Brighton Academy Performing Arts Showcase

Brighton Academy Performing Arts Showcase

The Brighton Academy (TBA) Performing Arts Degree Showcase.  

Brighton Academy Musical Theatre Showcase

Brighton Academy Musical Theatre Showcase

The Brighton Academy (TBA) Musical Theatre Degree Showcase.  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels in Concert

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels in Concert

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is coming to The London Palladium in concert for a night where wit and charm collide with scandalous deception!Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is set to sizzle … 

Ghostbusters in Concert

Ghostbusters in Concert

‘Who you gonna call?’ The beloved ‘80s sci-fi comedy, Ghostbusters, will join the Royal Albert Hall’s Films in Concert series to celebrate the movie’s 40th anniversary. 

Christopher Hall: Girl For All Seasons

Christopher Hall: Girl For All Seasons

Social media sensation Christopher Hall tells of his life, as a ‘boy who’s a bit girly really’. 

Christopher Hall: A Girl For All Seasons

Christopher Hall: A Girl For All Seasons

Social media sensation Christopher Hall tells of his life, as a ‘boy who’s a bit girly really’. 

Land of the Free

Land of the Free

“The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty, and the American people, just now, are much in want of one” Abraham Lincoln1865. 

Alex Newell in Concert

Alex Newell in Concert

Alex Newell first garnered attention on screen in FOX’s critically acclaimed series GLEE as transgender student, Wade “Unique” Adams. 

Inverkeithing Community Big Band

Inverkeithing Community Big Band

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

Philharmonia Orchestra Residency: Family Concert

Philharmonia Orchestra Residency: Family Concert

Festival Director Nicola Benedetti performs a mesmerising violin solo in a classical programme that explores the animal kingdomSome of the world’s best classical music pieces are… 

Closing Concert: Capriccio

Closing Concert: Capriccio

Malin Byström leads superb cast for Richard Strauss’ final opera. 

Mrs Weatherby's Concert Party

Mrs Weatherby's Concert Party

An evening of good, old-fashioned Scottish entertainment, featuring some of Edinburgh’s best-known performers. 

Big Band Bublé – Scotland's Number One Tribute Show

Big Band Bublé – Scotland's Number One Tribute Show

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

Perth Youth Orchestra Concert

Perth Youth Orchestra Concert

Treasure Planet – James Newton Howard; Mendelssohn – Concerto No. 

No Strings Attached Community Wind Band

No Strings Attached Community Wind Band

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

Concert Couture: Fashion of the 18th Century

Concert Couture: Fashion of the 18th Century

Interested in fashion? Loved Bridgerton’s Queen Charlotte? Then we have the talk for you! Frances Burney (1752-1830) once said of a concert ‘though everybody seems to admire, hardl… 

800 Pound Gorilla Alumni Showcase

800 Pound Gorilla Alumni Showcase

US/UK Comedy Label 800 Pound Gorilla proudly presents this silly showcase celebrating some of its finest alumni. 

Nightpiece Film Festival

Nightpiece Film Festival

Now in our 11th season, Nightpiece has screened over 335+ short films from the UK and across the world since 2014. 

You Heard Me: Here & Now Showcase

You Heard Me: Here & Now Showcase

You Heard Me is for anyone who has been underestimated, or told to shut up. 

All This Must Pass

All This Must Pass

A woman embarks on an epic quest through time, travelling for hundreds of years through distant lands to discover how she came to be. 

Akiko Okamoto in Concert

Akiko Okamoto in Concert

Japanese pianist Akiko Okamoto returns to the Fringe after some years’ absence to give a solo recital of music by Chopin, Debussy, Beethoven and others. 

Wild 'n' Free

Wild 'n' Free

A poignant journey, through chequered showbiz career of Eddie Garrity, interspersed with songs from the new album Wild ‘n’ Free and anecdotes from early glam rock, punk to cabaret. 

Edinburgh Renaissance Band's Viol Rackett Show

Edinburgh Renaissance Band's Viol Rackett Show

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

North Sea Gas: In Concert

North Sea Gas: In Concert

You don’t know North Sea Gas?! Where have you been? Over four decades touring around the world with their unique blend of traditional and contemporary folk music. 

Sacred Arts Festival Visual Art at St Vincent's Chapel

Sacred Arts Festival Visual Art at St Vincent's Chapel

Nil penna sed usus – not the pen itself, but the skill in using it. 

Sacred Arts Festival Music at Old Saint Paul’s Church

Sacred Arts Festival Music at Old Saint Paul’s Church

Ave Maria: Centuries of Prayer and Praise. 

Sacred Arts Festival Film at St Vincent's Chapel

Sacred Arts Festival Film at St Vincent's Chapel

La Vie et la Passion de Jésus Christ. 

PPAS Street Dance Summer School Showcase

PPAS Street Dance Summer School Showcase

The show is a celebration of the students of the PPAS Street Dance Summer School and the choreography they have learned during the course. 

ABBA Gold The Concert

ABBA Gold The Concert

Calling all Dancing Queens! Featuring an all-star cast of the UK’s finest musicians and vocalists, ABBA Gold The Concert is packed with all of ABBA’s greatest hits, stunningly auth… 

Paul Black: All Sorts

Paul Black: All Sorts

After three consecutive sold-out runs, Paul Black returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with a brand-new hour. 

Edinburgh Festival Chorus

Edinburgh Festival Chorus

BEANBAG CONCERT SERIES Find a beanbag and lose yourself in the hypnotic sound of Alexander Grechaninov’s Passion Week. 

Sacred Arts Festival Music at St Vincent's Chapel

Sacred Arts Festival Music at St Vincent's Chapel

The Lord is my Shepherd: Sacred song of the English musical renaissance. 

Leith Comedy Festival Presents... The Edinburgh Fringe Edition

Leith Comedy Festival Presents... The Edinburgh Fringe Edition

Leith Comedy Festival showcases the funniest comedians on the Fringe at the iconic Biscuit Factory in Leith. 

Absolutely (not) Free – An Evening of Zappa

Absolutely (not) Free – An Evening of Zappa

A smorgasbord of Frank Zappa classics hand-delivered by those finest purveyors of conceptual continuity, Pygmy Twylyte! Expect pickles, poodles, dental floss, snowballs and stinky … 

The Outrun - Relaxed Performance

The Outrun - Relaxed Performance

WORLD PREMIERE A relaxed performance of Amy Liptrot’s bestselling memoir brought to life in an epic and elemental world premiere. 

Sacred Arts Festival Music at Canongate Kirk

Sacred Arts Festival Music at Canongate Kirk

Composing Sacred Music: The Next Generation. 

Sacred Arts Festival Music at the Church of the Sacred Heart

Sacred Arts Festival Music at the Church of the Sacred Heart

Faure’s Requiem and Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms – The Howe Street Singers, directed by Les Shankland, perform Faure’s much loved Requiem and equally beautiful Cantique de Jea… 

20 Years of the Free Fringe Festival – Charity Gala Show

20 Years of the Free Fringe Festival – Charity Gala Show

A huge gala show with all proceeds going to the Sepsis Trust, celebrating 20 years of the Laughing Horse’s Free Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 

Sacred Arts Festival Poetry at Canongate Kirk

Sacred Arts Festival Poetry at Canongate Kirk

Refuge and the road home. 

All, Here & Now

All, Here & Now

Unearthed Dance Company bring a newly developed contemporary dance work to the stage. 

Wet Hot American Stand-Ups

Wet Hot American Stand-Ups

We know in the UK you like your humour dry, but ours is sopping wet. 

Sacred Arts Festival Exhibition at St Vincent's Chapel: Triptych of the Book of Revelation

Sacred Arts Festival Exhibition at St Vincent's Chapel: Triptych of the Book of Revelation

A three-panel painting depicting 122 texts from the last book in the Bible. 

L’Addition – Here & Now Showcase

L’Addition – Here & Now Showcase

Two performers armed with a single scene – a customer orders a drink from a waiter. 

Michelin Star

Michelin Star

Michelin Star: two couples, three affairs, four courses. 

Sacred Arts Festival Dance at Old Saint Paul’s Church: Dancing Ash Wednesday

Sacred Arts Festival Dance at Old Saint Paul’s Church: Dancing Ash Wednesday

TS Eliot’s poem Ash Wednesday is widely regarded as a work of great spiritual depth. 

Bristol Revunions Presents: All You Can Eat!

Bristol Revunions Presents: All You Can Eat!

The Bristol Revunions are back at the Edinburgh Fringe for 2024, and we’ve got some incredible new recipes! We’ll be chopping, stirring, kneading and boiling to serve you some deli… 

Karl Porter and Ben Silver: 2 Sick Guyz (Doing Stand-Up)

Karl Porter and Ben Silver: 2 Sick Guyz (Doing Stand-Up)

Featuring the slow-mo guy and viral sensation Karl Porter and Hot Water Comedy Club’s Breakthrough Act of the Year Ben Silver, 2 Sick Guyz (Doing Stand-Up) will present each act’s … 

Vox Stars Presents Star Inspirations

Vox Stars Presents Star Inspirations

Vox Stars, winners of the Spirit Of The Fringe Award (2022) present a new show for 2024, celebrating aspiring singers through the music of their idols. 

Stuart Goldsmith: Spoilers (A Climate Crisis Stand-Up Show)

Stuart Goldsmith: Spoilers (A Climate Crisis Stand-Up Show)

Stuart’s terrified of the climate crisis, but no-one he knows ever mentions it, so it must be fine. 

All Things Considered

All Things Considered

Reeling in the midst of a family tragedy, Cleo Harris sits in a hospital waiting room recounting the key events and core relationships in her life that led to such a lonely and aim… 

Sacred Arts Festival Music at St Mary’s Catholic Cathedral: Sacred Jazz

Sacred Arts Festival Music at St Mary’s Catholic Cathedral: Sacred Jazz

Swing with the Spirit! In this innovative performance of sacred Jazz Schola Cantorum, the Catholic Cathedral’s celebrated choir directed by Michael Ferguson, is joined by Scottish … 

Edinburgh Renaissance Band Goes Further Afield

Edinburgh Renaissance Band Goes Further Afield

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

Sacred Arts Festival Exhibitions at St Columba's by the Castle: Re-imagining the Ruthwell Cross

Sacred Arts Festival Exhibitions at St Columba's by the Castle: Re-imagining the Ruthwell Cross

The Ruthwell Cross is Scotland’s oldest Anglo-Saxon Christian monument. 

Green Home Festival

Green Home Festival

The climate emergency, net zero and soaring energy prices are the driving factors behind the Green Home Festival. 

The Fannies One Night Stand!

The Fannies One Night Stand!

It’s a one-night stand for the Fannies’ ‘hilarious stream-of-consciousness double act’ (Entertainment-Focus. 

Shapiro: A Pop Star Musical

Shapiro: A Pop Star Musical

Shapiro is a new musical based on the early life of UK singer Helen Shapiro. 

With All My Fondest Love

With All My Fondest Love

How well can you know your own family? A grandson discovers the hidden secrets behind his grandparents’ ordinary yet curious marriage. 

All Statistics Are Wrong!

All Statistics Are Wrong!

But some are useful. 

Sacred Arts Festival Poetry at Church of the Sacred Heart

Sacred Arts Festival Poetry at Church of the Sacred Heart

Live performance of selections chosen by the editors from the new edition of Scottish Religious Poetry. 

Festival

Festival

Festival at the Fringe 2024. 

Sacred Arts Festival Church Service at Canongate Kirk

Sacred Arts Festival Church Service at Canongate Kirk

Edinburgh Festival of the Sacred Arts 2024 opening service, Sunday worship. 

Testo – Here & Now Showcase

Testo – Here & Now Showcase

Wet Mess Wet Messifies the messiness of life; exploring transitions, testosterone, edges of drag, blur between performance and reality, magical in the mundane. 

Iain Dale: All Talk with Kate Garraway

Iain Dale: All Talk with Kate Garraway

Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions. 

Iain Dale: All Talk Election Hustings with Andrew Bowie MP, Stephen Flynn MP, Christine Jardine MP and Ian Murray MP

Iain Dale: All Talk Election Hustings with Andrew Bowie MP, Stephen Flynn MP, Christine Jardine MP and Ian Murray MP

Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with in-depth interviews featuring audience questions. 

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

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

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

Lady Chatterley's Liver / PBH Free Fringe

Lady Chatterley's Liver / PBH Free Fringe

Chaos Theory specialises in sketch, character and general off-the-wall comedy. 

Barbra Streisand, A Star Was Born

Barbra Streisand, A Star Was Born

Barbra – singer, actress, songwriter, producer, philanthropist, superstar – has a story that takes you from Brooklyn, New York City to glitzy Hollywood awards ceremonies. 

The Alternative Black Comedy Showcase

The Alternative Black Comedy Showcase

Six years in, bigger, better and blacker! Back with top black international comedy acts, prize games, cabaret and giving a token straight white male comic a chance they rarely get. 

Iain Dale: All Talk with Jess Phillips MP

Iain Dale: All Talk with Jess Phillips MP

Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featuring audience questions. 

Iain Dale: All Talk Election Review with Michael Crick, Sir John Curtice and Brian Taylor

Iain Dale: All Talk Election Review with Michael Crick, Sir John Curtice and Brian Taylor

Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with in-depth interviews featuring audi… 

Seckou Keita – Homeland Band

Seckou Keita – Homeland Band

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

PPAS Dance Intensive Summer School Showcase

PPAS Dance Intensive Summer School Showcase

The show is a celebration of the students of the PPAS Dance Intensive Summer School and the choreography they have learned during the course. 

Fever Pitch Academy Showcase 2024

Fever Pitch Academy Showcase 2024

A musical revue, featuring music from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, SpongeBob, Legally Blonde, Grease and loads more! For the students at FPA, it’s our Edinburgh Fringe debut … 

Iain Dale: All Talk with Anas Sarwar MSP

Iain Dale: All Talk with Anas Sarwar MSP

Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featuring audience questions. 

Iain Dale: All Talk with Miriam Margolyes

Iain Dale: All Talk with Miriam Margolyes

Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featuring audience questions. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Kind Of...!

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Kind Of...!

Edinburgh Youth Theatre’s version of Shakespeare’s most performed play is a unique take on a story you know well. 

Festival CD and Record Fair

Festival CD and Record Fair

Great selection of collectable vinyl! LPs 12” and 7” singles. 

Iain Dale: All Talk with Humza Yousaf MSP

Iain Dale: All Talk with Humza Yousaf MSP

Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin… 

Dance-Forms' 79th International Choreographers' Showcase

Dance-Forms' 79th International Choreographers' Showcase

Dance-Forms Productions proudly celebrates 20 years of brilliant performances at the Fringe, presenting the cream of the crop of ritual and contemporary dance-theatre from five-sta… 

All the Hits of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons

All the Hits of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons

The hits of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons performed by UK tribute act The False Seasons. 

Iain Dale: All Talk with Ben Shephard and Chris Kamara

Iain Dale: All Talk with Ben Shephard and Chris Kamara

Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin… 

The Dream of Being a Madame

The Dream of Being a Madame

The Dream of Being a Madame weaves a tale of two young women, disparate in their origins and desires, yet bound by their shared quest for self-definition in an unforgiving world. 

Iain Dale: All Talk with Wes Streeting MP

Iain Dale: All Talk with Wes Streeting MP

Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featuring audience questions. 

To Free a Mockingbird

To Free a Mockingbird

Written and performed by comedian Grace Aki, the award-winning solo show makes its international debut at the Edinburgh Fringe! She weaves a blend of storytelling and stand-up for … 

Dreams of Life and Love: A Take Note Concert

Dreams of Life and Love: A Take Note Concert

Take Note Choir returns to the Fringe for a second year with a performance celebrating life, love, dreams and fantasies. 

Attila the Stockbroker: 14 Days, 14 Completely Different Shows

Attila the Stockbroker: 14 Days, 14 Completely Different Shows

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

Iain Dale: All Talk with Liz Truss MP

Iain Dale: All Talk with Liz Truss MP

Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin… 

Iain Dale: All Talk with Gina Miller

Iain Dale: All Talk with Gina Miller

Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin… 

Modern Love Is Not a Dream

Modern Love Is Not a Dream

‘When I started this thesis, I had no idea I’d end up where I have. 

Iain Dale: All Talk with Rachel Reeves MP

Iain Dale: All Talk with Rachel Reeves MP

Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featuring audience questions. 

Opening Concert: St Matthew Passion

Opening Concert: St Matthew Passion

Edinburgh Festival Chorus revives Mendelssohn’s arrangement of Johann Sebastian Bach’s sublime piece about Christ’s last days on earth before his resurrection. 

Free Royal Mile Tours

Free Royal Mile Tours

Come and join us for the original free walking tour of Edinburgh’s historic Old Town and enjoy the stories of the many colourful characters who lived here. 

The Best Stand Ups of Edinburgh

The Best Stand Ups of Edinburgh

Produced by NYC comedian Sean Conrad, this mixed-bill stand-up comedy show features Edinburgh’s best stand-up comedians every night. 

Iain Dale: All Talk with Ruth Davidson

Iain Dale: All Talk with Ruth Davidson

Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions. 

Ukrainian Festival

Ukrainian Festival

The Ukrainian community has left its cultural mark on Scotland for generations, none more so than the displaced families who have settled temporarily in Scotland since 2022 after R… 

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

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

Start each morning with this curated variety showcase, featuring the very best solo shows at the Fringe! Rotating daily line-ups include storytelling, theatre, clown, cabaret, spok… 

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Course

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Course

Learn the skills and art of performing stand-up comedy on this two-day intensive comedy course. 

Opening Concert: La Pasión según San Marcos

Opening Concert: La Pasión según San Marcos

SCOTTISH PREMIERE Latin American music meets Afro-Cuban and contemporary classical in this bold interpretation of Christ’s Crucifixion. 

1 Date: The 18+ Game Show (Free!)

1 Date: The 18+ Game Show (Free!)

Not for the easily offended, this hilarious brand-new dating show sees the audience play naughty games, five guys compete for a date, and overall chaos. 

Try Not to Worry About It, Death Comes to Us All

Try Not to Worry About It, Death Comes to Us All

In the last few years, poet, performer and slam champion Jonathan Kinsman has lost two grandfathers, a great aunt, a cat and his sanity. 

Iain Dale: All Talk with Alex Salmond

Iain Dale: All Talk with Alex Salmond

Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featuring audience questions. 

Markus Birdman – We Are All in the Gutter, but Some of Us Are Looking at the Gutter

Markus Birdman – We Are All in the Gutter, but Some of Us Are Looking at the Gutter

Candid and hilarious new stand-up hour, talking about who I am, in an era where people are really keen to hear about who you are, so long as who you are is something they want to h… 

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

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

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

Topical Comedian (2024) They Think It's All Over

Topical Comedian (2024) They Think It's All Over

Following last year’s debut Topical Comedian Show at the Fringe, Peter Merrett is back with more news, in fact new news; same venue, earlier time. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

All Made Up Podcast Live

All Made Up Podcast Live

Step into the electrifying atmosphere of the All Made Up Podcast live show, where storytelling takes centre stage! Join our charismatic hosts Harry Stachini, Ben Hart and Lewis Col… 

All Shook Up

All Shook Up

Elvis-inspired musical that will have you dancing in your seats! When a strange biker shows up in small-town USA all hell breaks loose! Brilliant show from the New York-based cast … 

The Stand Late Club

The Stand Late Club

‘This is late-night comedy at its finest’ **** (BroadwayBaby. 

Drop Dead Gorgeous: A New Musical (Work-in-Progress Concert Series)

Drop Dead Gorgeous: A New Musical (Work-in-Progress Concert Series)

Get a sneak peek of the upcoming new musical based on the cult-classic film, featuring an original score written by Riki Lindhome (Netflix’s Wednesday). 

Altitude Comedy Festival: The Late Show

Altitude Comedy Festival: The Late Show

The world’s best late show comes to the Fringe for the first time! Altitude Comedy Festival (Winner of Best Overseas Festival) boasts previous performers that include. 

All Shook Up Young@Part

All Shook Up Young@Part

This crowd-pleasing musical is inspired by and features the songs of Elvis Presley. 

Devon Drew: Pop Star

Devon Drew: Pop Star

One teenage girl’s dream of being a pop star was shattered by the dark realities of the music industry: scams, lies, perverts and pedophiles. 

A Little Inquest Into What We Are All Doing Here

A Little Inquest Into What We Are All Doing Here

Things have gotten a little bit harder lately. 

A Dram Good Whisky Festival

A Dram Good Whisky Festival

After the success of last year’s inaugural event, we return, bigger and better. 

The Impro All Stars

The Impro All Stars

After last year’s sell-out run, they’re back and still the best in the business! Ian Coppinger (Dublin Comedy Improv), Stuart Murphy (Stu and Garry’s Improv Show), Stephen Frost an… 

Late Bite – Mixed-Bill Late Night Stand-Up

Late Bite – Mixed-Bill Late Night Stand-Up

A stunning mixed-bill of new and established acts. 

Dima Watermelon: Ukrainian Dream

Dima Watermelon: Ukrainian Dream

Wild and unapologetically hilarious comedy show about dreams, quirks of our diverse society, and the absurdity of life. 

Irish Comedy Showcase

Irish Comedy Showcase

Irish Comedy Showcase is going lunchtime! We’ve been rocking Edinburgh since 2014, so we’re celebrating our 10th anniversary. 

Award-Winning Little Smash Comedy: Best in Stand-Up

Award-Winning Little Smash Comedy: Best in Stand-Up

Little Smash Comedy brings its multi award-winning show to the Fringe after a sell-out run in 2023. 

Stand-Up Science

Stand-Up Science

Love science? Love comedy? Want to laugh and feel smart? Come to Stand-Up Science, a compilation of fantastic science-based comedy from across the Fringe. 

All We Need Is... Radio Ha Ha!

All We Need Is... Radio Ha Ha!

Be the first to see two new radio sitcoms performed by a cast of top comedians and recorded live for podcast. 

Sian Davies: Band of Gold

Sian Davies: Band of Gold

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

H&M: A Split Hour of Stand-Up

H&M: A Split Hour of Stand-Up

Experience the outrageous humour of the brilliant Matt Adlington – ‘barrels full of Essex boy charm’ (Chortle) – with support from comedy friends, including rising comedy star … 

V&C Festival Sparkling Wine Tasting

V&C Festival Sparkling Wine Tasting

Celebrate the arrival of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in style at Valvona & Crolla with this relaxed tasting of delicious Italian sparkling wines, tutored by Francesco Cardina… 

All-Stars Burlesque

All-Stars Burlesque

The ultimate international burlesque extravaganza has returned due to high demand! Sold-out run 2023. 

Dragon Shows for Babies

Dragon Shows for Babies

The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons. 

The Bite – Mixed-Bill Stand-Up

The Bite – Mixed-Bill Stand-Up

A fabulous mixed-bill of new and established acts in a daily changing line-up throughout the Fringe. 

Kitty and Shirley’s Teen Dream Magazine Comedy Sleepover

Kitty and Shirley’s Teen Dream Magazine Comedy Sleepover

A stand-up split bill with a difference: It’s set in the teen-magazine sleepover dream world. 

All-New Crazy Puppet Magic Show

All-New Crazy Puppet Magic Show

Last year’s sell-out show returns with more magic, more puppets and even more laughter! A great show for all the family to start your festival day! Advance booking advised! Featuri… 

Rik Carranza Presents: Star Trek vs Star Wars

Rik Carranza Presents: Star Trek vs Star Wars

Join host Rik Carranza as comedians from across the Fringe battle it out to discover which is the best franchise, Star Trek or Star Wars, the ultimate clash of fandoms. 

Stand-Up Philosophy

Stand-Up Philosophy

Comedians explore big ideas through stand-up comedy. 

Cyclopath – Stand-Up and Songs

Cyclopath – Stand-Up and Songs

‘Dion Owen is undoubtedly a comedian on the cusp of greatness’ (National Post). 

Not My Audience! The Stand-up Panel Show You Control With an App!

Not My Audience! The Stand-up Panel Show You Control With an App!

Comedy panel show where top comics answer the daft questions you choose on our exclusive app, and take on stand-up challenges that test their comedy muscles. 

Angel Comedy Showcase

Angel Comedy Showcase

Award-winning Angel Comedy (Repeat Best Venue in UK Award winner) brings a 2024 showcase of new acts to Edinburgh for the eighth year – after seven sell-out years! Award-winning … 

4 Comedy Masterminds: Stand-Up Comedy and Game Show

4 Comedy Masterminds: Stand-Up Comedy and Game Show

The Comedy Connection: A Stand-up Comedy Game Show. 

Off the Cuff: Stand-Up Comedy Magic

Off the Cuff: Stand-Up Comedy Magic

Chris Dinwoodie is a five-time Scottish magic champion. 

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

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

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

PG Hits! The Best in Family-Friendly Stand-Up Comedy!

PG Hits! The Best in Family-Friendly Stand-Up Comedy!

Three top stand-ups perform their very best routines just as they do in comedy clubs up and down the country and abroad, just without the swearing! PG Hits is a professional stand-… 

All in the Name of the Father the Mother and Holy Ghosting

All in the Name of the Father the Mother and Holy Ghosting

This show is autobiographical, about growing up as a vicar’s daughter and being a student at Gordonstoun, where our King Charles went. 

Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show 2024

Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show 2024

Great value lunchtime comedy showcase featuring the best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics. 

TBC: A Stand-Up Experiment

TBC: A Stand-Up Experiment

The customer is always right, right? So Rob Alderson wants the audience to write his show, two minutes at a time. 

0 AD – After Dairy: A Split Bill Stand-Up Show

0 AD – After Dairy: A Split Bill Stand-Up Show

An hour of wall-to-wall laughs from two of Scotland’s most exciting new comedians – Liam Jackson and Grant Barr! Liam dissects his mishaps in the job market, travels and Scottish… 

Festival Exhibitions 2024

Festival Exhibitions 2024

Beyond the Clouds features new work from Geoff Uglow’s ongoing series inspired by Edinburgh alongside his evocative Italian landscapes, serene seascapes, and lush rose garden. 

The Asian Comedy Showcase

The Asian Comedy Showcase

From the East to Edinburgh, it’s The Asian Comedy Showcase! Back for a second year, catch some of the best Asian acts (and one token white person) from all over the world! Our acts… 

Ronnie Neville: All Irish Comedy

Ronnie Neville: All Irish Comedy

Come and experience the globe-trotting international Irish storyteller, Ronnie Neville! From Cork to Edinburgh via New York and Melbourne with a suitcase full of stories. 

101 Comedy Club – Free

101 Comedy Club – Free

‘Funny. 

100 Things You are Overthinking – An Improv Stand-up Comedy Game Show!

100 Things You are Overthinking – An Improv Stand-up Comedy Game Show!

Fifth year on the Fringe! Join our comics as they battle it out, creating comedy from any thought you have. 

Celya AB: Of All People

Celya AB: Of All People

Celya is good in a crisis but cries at flashmob videos. 

All These Pretty Things

All These Pretty Things

An emotionally raw blend of memoir and song, Tracey Yarad’s All These Pretty Things is a phoenix rising from the ashes story, taking the audience from Australia and the fallout o… 

Amy Mason: Free Mason

Amy Mason: Free Mason

After an encounter with a wildlife enthusiast, the Funny Women Award finalist explores what it means to be a human animal (nightmare, tbh). 

Justin Moorhouse: The Greatest Performance of My Life

Justin Moorhouse: The Greatest Performance of My Life

A poignant exploration of comedy intertwined with the essence of life’s ups and downs. 

Festival Music Nights

Festival Music Nights

Jive along to jazz, party to punk rock, cavort to classics and experience electropop with our cherry-picked musical assortment. 

I am Claire Parry (very funny stand-up)

I am Claire Parry (very funny stand-up)

I am Claire Parry (very funny stand-up). 

Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows

Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows

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

Christopher Hall: Girl For All Seasons

Christopher Hall: Girl For All Seasons

Social media sensation Christopher tells of his life, as a ‘boy who’s a bit girly really’. 

Danny Clives: Danny Explains It All

Danny Clives: Danny Explains It All

Fresh off the back of his triumphant sold-out Leicester Comedy Festival show and supporting Nigel Ng (Uncle Roger) on his world tour performing at Hammersmith Apollo, Dublin’s 3Oly… 

All the Fraudulent Horse Girls

All the Fraudulent Horse Girls

This feral equine fantasia follows 11-year-old Audrey who is telepathically linked to all the other horse-girls in the world. 

Guy Williams: This Glass House Makes It Easy to See All the Cowards I'm Throwing Stones At

Guy Williams: This Glass House Makes It Easy to See All the Cowards I'm Throwing Stones At

Star of New Zealand Today and last-place finisher on Taskmaster NZ, Guy Williams makes his Edinburgh debut! Nominated for Best Show, Melbourne Comedy Festival 2023. 

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

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

The Guardian’s Top 50 shows to see! Jillian is back at the Fringe with her yoga mat and blender after a hit premiere at last year’s Fringe and subsequent sell-out runs in New York … 

Table Reads: New Comedy Script Showcase

Table Reads: New Comedy Script Showcase

Watch comedy scripts come to life, live on stage! This exciting new show, from the company behind My Family, gives audiences a rare glimpse behind the TV development curtain, as or… 

C digital performance and film

C digital performance and film

Hand-picked shows from our digital performance programme and highlights from our critically-acclaimed short film programme. 

South London Previews Festival: Battle Counters!

South London Previews Festival: Battle Counters!

Inspired by noughties cartoons such as Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh and Dragonball-Z, Battle Counters! is a sugar rush of a two-hander. 

Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: a Concert

Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: a Concert

The tale of hope, redemption and the power of love comes to the Royal Festival Hall for one night only. 

Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® A Midsummer Night's Dream

Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® A Midsummer Night's Dream

This year, Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® are pouring their legendary cock-eyed chaos into the Bard-shaped vessel that is A Midsummer Night’s Dream. 

Sh!t-faced Shakespeare®: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Sh!t-faced Shakespeare®: A Midsummer Night's Dream

This year, Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® are pouring their legendary cock-eyed chaos into the Bard-shaped vessel that is A Midsummer Night’s Dream. 

Sh!t-faced Showtime®: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Sh!t-faced Showtime®: A Midsummer Night's Dream

This year, Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® are pouring their legendary cock-eyed chaos into the Bard- shaped vessel that is A Midsummer Night’s Dream. 

Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® A Midsummer Night's Dream

Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® A Midsummer Night's Dream

This year, Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® are pouring their legendary cock-eyed chaos into the Bard-shaped vessel that is A Midsummer Night’s Dream. 

Irish Youth Dance Festival

Irish Youth Dance Festival

The Irish Youth Dance Festival (IYDF), produced by Dublin Youth Dance Company, offers a national platform to showcase young emerging dancers performing works of leading … 

The Lion King in Concert

The Lion King in Concert

Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of The Lion King with this Film in Concert spectacular. 

Stand-Up for Refugees: A Night of Stand-Up Comedy in Support of Refugee Action

Stand-Up for Refugees: A Night of Stand-Up Comedy in Support of Refugee Action

In the lead up to Refugee Week, Refugee Action are bringing together some of the UK’s top comics for an evening of stand-up comedy, raising money to support the im… 

ICTheatre, Brighton Performing Arts Graduate Showcase 2024

ICTheatre, Brighton Performing Arts Graduate Showcase 2024

The Institute for Contemporary Theatre, Brighton is proud to introduce the BA (Hons) Performing Arts graduating class of 2024. 

Spring Awakening - 15th Anniversary Concert

Spring Awakening - 15th Anniversary Concert

SPRING AWAKENING, the Tony, Olivier and Grammy award-winning musical returns to London for one night only on Sunday 2nd June at the Victoria Palace Theatre. 

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Course

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Course

Learn the skills and art of performing stand-up comedy on this two-day intensive comedy course. 

Wedding Band

Wedding Band

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

Jára Cimrman's The Stand-In

Jára Cimrman's The Stand-In

Who’s the most famous Czech of all time ? Dvořák, Smetana, Navratilova, Kafka, Havel? But the greatest – it surely must be Jára Cimrman. 

The Stand-Up Horror Show

The Stand-Up Horror Show

In a stunning twist, the Ha Ha Horror Show sees the iconic Great Mortar emerging from retirement, promising a spectacle that transcends the realms of comedy and horror. 

Maria Telnikoff: All The Men Are Going To Hate Me

Maria Telnikoff: All The Men Are Going To Hate Me

For millennia, men have written about sex and their work has been called Great Literature. 

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark Live in Concert

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark Live in Concert

Experience the first on-screen adventure of everyone’s favourite archaeologist/action hero, with live orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall. 

Create A Performance Workshop

Create A Performance Workshop

Coppice Theatre will be running a 1hr workshop for children aged 7+ based on their new show How to Catch a Book Witch. 

KOMEDIA Brighton Fringe Comedy Showcase

KOMEDIA Brighton Fringe Comedy Showcase

A showcase of the best new comedians performing at the 2023 Brighton Fringe. 

Where Do All The Quiet Gays Go?

Where Do All The Quiet Gays Go?

Gay culture. 

The Queer Comedy Showcase

The Queer Comedy Showcase

In May 2023, a group of strangers took part in Brighton and Hove’s first stand-up comedy course for LGBTQ+ women and non-binary/gender non-conforming people. 

Extra Topping Comedy Showcase

Extra Topping Comedy Showcase

Expect funny sets from diverse comedic genres, lovingly introduced by your genial compere, giving you a tantalising taste of the breadth and depth of the city’s comedy scene. 

The Asian Comedy Showcase

The Asian Comedy Showcase

From the East to Brighton, it’s The Asian Comedy Showcase! Catch some of the best Asian acts (and one token white person) from all over the world! Our acts have been seen on the BB… 

Philipp Kostelecky: A Work-in-Progress (Aren't We All?)

Philipp Kostelecky: A Work-in-Progress (Aren't We All?)

After a critically acclaimed and award-nominated debut hour Daddy’s Home, Philipp returns to Brighton to work out jokes for his new show. 

Festival of Korean Dance

Festival of Korean Dance

  • Listing
  • Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
  • UK Regional & Tours
  • Multiple Venues
  • 16th - 24th May 2024

A Festival of Korean Dance will return to The Place for its seventh year, and for the first time will tour to Scotland followed by its UK tour in Newcastle, London and Bournemouth … 

Missing Link Touring Theatre Showcase 3

Missing Link Touring Theatre Showcase 3

Following critical success from Burnt Lavender, Missing Link Theatre Company has re-emerged with a thought-provoking showcase guaranteed to leave you pondering: Is this where we’… 

Missing Link Touring Theatre Showcase 2

Missing Link Touring Theatre Showcase 2

This original post-dramatic showcase is united with trauma, twisted humour, and a cardinal sense of unease. 

Fringe Academy: Life After Fringe with Chichester Festival Theatre

Fringe Academy: Life After Fringe with Chichester Festival Theatre

Join Chichester Festival Theatre as part of our Life After Fringe series, highlighting development opportunities post-Fringe. 

Missing Link Touring Theatre Showcase 1

Missing Link Touring Theatre Showcase 1

An unnerving triple bill showcase for anyone seeking quality discomfort, full of absurdist, post-modern theatricality. 

Boy Band

Boy Band

Welcome to Boy Band. 

Amy Mason: Free Mason

Amy Mason: Free Mason

‘A born comic. 

Sexy Rude Harp Concert

Sexy Rude Harp Concert

Have you ever been on several failed dates and lived to tell the tale? Sexy Rude Harp Concert explores the idea of trying to find the perfect match and a happy ever after in an hon… 

Beach Box returns to the Fringe: Where Brighton's love of sauna all began

Beach Box returns to the Fringe: Where Brighton's love of sauna all began

Beach Box presents an exciting line up of Sauna Rituals & events, featuring special guests to expertly guide you in a thermal journey. 

Tales in the Key of Terror: Spooky Storytelling Performance

Tales in the Key of Terror: Spooky Storytelling Performance

You are cordially invited to a spooky storytelling performance by author C. 

A Midsummer's Night Dream

A Midsummer's Night Dream

A queer retelling of A Midsummers Night’s Dream set in the 1970’s is set to hit the Debating Chamber on the 3rd, 4th and 5th of May. 

Roedean Festival Fringe Concert

Roedean Festival Fringe Concert

This festival concert is a highlight of the year. 

Peckham Fringe Festival

Peckham Fringe Festival

Returning for a third year, Peckham Fringe are back for 2024! This inclusive and dynamic performing arts festival will take place at Theatre Peckham, showcasing a lineup of over 20… 

They Think It’s All Sober – LIVE!

They Think It’s All Sober – LIVE!

Jamie Osman and Tom Hollings are two old friends who after over thirty combined years in the music industry decided to challenge their relationships with alcohol and dru… 

They Think It’s All Sober – LIVE!

They Think It’s All Sober – LIVE!

Jamie Osman and Tom Hollings are two old friends who after over thirty combined years in the music industry decided to challenge their relationships with alcohol and dru… 

Made in Sussex Showcase

Made in Sussex Showcase

Join Brighton Fringe as we celebrate the outstanding local artists who make up our inaugural Made in Sussex programme. 

Elixir Festival

Elixir Festival

Grand Junction has announced its programme for Elixir Festival taking place from 12th April, celebrating Arabic artworks culturally resonant for local communities and wider London … 

With All Our Hearts

With All Our Hearts

A West End Gala at the Adelphi Theatre will celebrate over 75 years of the NHS. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Award-winning Flabbergast Theatre bring a rambunctious approach to Shakespeare’s much-loved comedy, an exhilarating and hilarious show in which Goblins run amok, the King and Que… 

Your Lie in April - The Musical in Concert

Your Lie in April - The Musical in Concert

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… 

Pippin - 50th Anniversary Concert

Pippin - 50th Anniversary Concert

There’s magic to do in the 50th anniversary concert production of PIPPIN at the iconic London Palladium starring Tony Award-winning Broadway star of Shucked, Grammy nominated Ale… 

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase - Musical Theatre (BA Hons) 2024

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase - Musical Theatre (BA Hons) 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

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase - Musical Theatre (BA Hons) 2024

Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.  

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase - Performing Arts (BA Hons) 2024

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase - Performing Arts (BA Hons) 2024

Come and watch our Performing Arts (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.  

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase - Performing Arts (BA Hons) 2024

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase - Performing Arts (BA Hons) 2024

Come and watch our Performing Arts (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.  

The Dream Machine

The Dream Machine

Making your dreams come true. 

The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

A man about to kill himself falls asleep and dreams of a beautiful, future earth, where people live in harmony with each other and nature. 

 The Dream of A Ridiculous Man

The Dream of A Ridiculous Man

An one-man adaptation of the Fyodor Dostoevsky short story of the same name, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man comes to the Marylebone Theatre stage with all the pertinent of its day: … 

The Greatest Play Of All Time

The Greatest Play Of All Time

‘The Greatest Play Of All Time’ tells the story of 1&2, characters in the mind of a Writer trying to create a career defining play. 

Made in Dagenham: The Musical - 10th Anniversary Concert

Made in Dagenham: The Musical - 10th Anniversary Concert

“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… 

Side Show in Concert

Side Show in Concert

SIDE SHOW comes to the London Palladium in a special, one-night-only concert spectacular on Sunday 3 March 2024. 

The Pretty Pill | Close All Tabs

The Pretty Pill | Close All Tabs

The Pretty Pill What's the real cost of beauty? Close All Tabs These are my emotional support tabs The Pretty Pill - Kate Devaney Naomi navigates fitting int… 

You Got It, Boss! | Stand up, Smack down!

You Got It, Boss! | Stand up, Smack down!

You Got It, Boss! Life at #2: A Henchman's Tale Stand up, Smack down! Where comedy and wrestling collide You Got It, Boss! - Charisma CheckWhat's a goon su… 

The Lost Bride | In Praise of Me, You, and All We're Going Through

The Lost Bride | In Praise of Me, You, and All We're Going Through

The Lost Bride A journey through heartbreak and grief. 

All That Is Gold

All That Is Gold

Come join us for a night of pure gold at Piano Smithfield! Get ready for an unforgettable event filled with music and laughter as we shine a spotlight on the Golden Age of Hollywoo… 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Eleanor Rhode’s new production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the RSC is a child’s-eye Shakespeare; a tale told in either the boring black and white of adult discourse or a … 

Alternative Black Cabaret Showcase

Alternative Black Cabaret Showcase

The Black is back! The Alternative Black Cabaret Showcase in partnership with Boisterous Theatre Co. 

A Heart Full of Song - a musical theatre concert

A Heart Full of Song - a musical theatre concert

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

A Heart Full of Song - a musical theatre concert

A HEART FULL OF SONG, is a musical theatre concert featuring lifelong musical favourites, but mixed together with real life stories. 

La La Land in Concert

La La Land in Concert

Experience the award-winning La La Land projected in HD with the film’s original composer Justin Hurwitz conducting the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra live-to-picture. 

PERFORMING MONOLOGUES WORKSHOP, WITH CAMERON RAASDAL-MUNRO

PERFORMING MONOLOGUES WORKSHOP, WITH CAMERON RAASDAL-MUNRO

Join us at The Hope Theatre for a transformative series of workshops and talks designed to unite and uplift working-class and queer individuals. 

A Christmas Concert

A Christmas Concert

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 … 

The Extras Strike Back: A Musical Tribute to the Forgotten Heroes of Star Wars

The Extras Strike Back: A Musical Tribute to the Forgotten Heroes of Star Wars

For too long the supporting characters of Star Wars have been overshadowed by the popularity of the beloved heroes. 

My Favorite Things – The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert

My Favorite Things – The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert

For one day only on 12 December 2023, Theatre Royal Drury Lane plays host to My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert, featuring a 40-piece orchestra … 

Chriskirkpatrickmas: A Boy Band Christmas Musical

Chriskirkpatrickmas: A Boy Band Christmas Musical

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

Stand Up For Pakistan II

Stand Up For Pakistan II

Tez Ilyas hosts a special night of stand-up comedy in aid of re-building Pakistan. 

Shimmy & Shine Festival

Shimmy & Shine Festival

Immerse yourself in belly dance as world-class performers take the stage. 

SuperYou Musical in Concert

SuperYou Musical in Concert

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… 

Stick Man Relaxed Performance

Stick Man Relaxed Performance

Relaxed performances are specifically adapted for families with children with an Autistic Spectrum Condition, individuals with sensory and communication disorders and th… 

Mandy Patinkin - Live in Concert

Mandy Patinkin - Live in Concert

To some fans, he’s the Tony Award-winning revolutionary from Evita who grew into a bonafide Broadway star in Sunday in the Park with George. 

Rachel Tucker in Concert

Rachel Tucker in Concert

An Olivier Nominated and multi-award-winning performer, Rachel Tucker will present a concert celebrating her most iconic roles, some of her favourite tunes in musical theatre and s… 

Bat Boy The Musical In Concert

Bat Boy The Musical In Concert

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 … 

Jurassic Park in Concert

Jurassic Park in Concert

What better way to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Jurassic Park than seeing the film projected in HD, with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra performing John Williams&rsqu… 

The Life of Meena Kumari, Bollywood Star

The Life of Meena Kumari, Bollywood Star

Mukul and Ghetto TigersExploring the dark inner life of one of India’s most loved Bollywood icons, Meena Kumari and how it contrasted with the glamour the public saw on the silve… 

The Gods Are All Here

The Gods Are All Here

Touring the UK in Black History Month and into November is Philip Okwedy’s The Gods Are All Here, a one-man show about the performer's distant relationship with his parents a… 

I Dream In Colour  by Jasmin Thien, Extant

I Dream In Colour by Jasmin Thien, Extant

This one woman play explores memory, loss, and the intersection between disability and culture, drawn from experiences growing up fighting eye cancer and eventually blindness as a … 

Stand-Up Comedy Meets Classical Piano

Stand-Up Comedy Meets Classical Piano

Aïda Lahlou presents Stand-Up Comedy Meets Classical Piano. 

FEET PICS AREN'T FREE!

FEET PICS AREN'T FREE!

For sale: feet pics, freshly painted. 

Schwartz at 75 (A 75th Birthday Concert)

Schwartz at 75 (A 75th Birthday Concert)

A celebration of the music and lyrics of legendary American composer -Stephen Schwartz, by stars of the West End. 

A Midsummer Night’s Dream - The Actors’ Church

A Midsummer Night’s Dream - The Actors’ Church

Join the HandleBards at the Actors Church for a hilarious, high-octane production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. 

Death Note The Musical In Concert

Death Note The Musical In Concert

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… 

Dream Team

Dream Team

The Sandman is missing and children aren’t going to sleep. 

The Closing Concert

The Closing Concert

The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the Edinburgh Festival Chorus are joined by three vocal soloists for this powerful finale to the Usher Hall programme. 

An Evening with Bellshill Salvation Army Band

An Evening with Bellshill Salvation Army Band

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

Big Band Swing

Big Band Swing

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

Battersea Park in Concert - A Night at the Musicals

Battersea Park in Concert - A Night at the Musicals

Four of the West End’s leading names join the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra in Battersea Park for an evening of showtunes like no other. 

The Prov Johnstone Band

The Prov Johnstone Band

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

Lemma (The Band)

Lemma (The Band)

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

Tannhäuser: Concert Performance

Tannhäuser: Concert Performance

Richard Wagner’s Tannhäuser is a masterful exploration of the many aspects of love, and of the struggle to reconcile the sensual and the spiritual. 

Do iPhones Dream of Electric Sheeple?

Do iPhones Dream of Electric Sheeple?

A darkly comic look at the threats posed by anticipated advances in Artificial Intelligence. 

Do iPhones Dream of Electric Sheeple?

Do iPhones Dream of Electric Sheeple?

A new play by Neil Weatherall Do iPhones Dream of Electric Sheeple? is a darkly comic look at the threats posed by anticipated advances in Artificial Intelligence. 

All Killa No Filla

All Killa No Filla

Hot off the back of huge sold-out shows in Manchester, Birmingham and London, stellar comedians Rachel Fairburn and Kiri Pritchard-McLean once again bring their smash-hit true crim… 

Artist Conversation: Life is a Dream at The Hub

Artist Conversation: Life is a Dream at The Hub

The creatives behind this year’s production of Life is a Dream discuss working across different languages and cultures. 

No Strings Attached Wind Band

No Strings Attached Wind Band

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

Perth Youth Orchestra – Autumn Concert

Perth Youth Orchestra – Autumn Concert

The orchestra rehearses each Monday evening from October to April, and is well-supported by Perth and Kinross Council. 

Stephanie Staples in Concert – Record Release Show

Stephanie Staples in Concert – Record Release Show

Nashville-based international singer-songwriter Stephanie Staples has shared her passionate and contemplative music for over two decades, performing all over the world. 

Acoustic Guitar Showcase

Acoustic Guitar Showcase

Returning to the Fringe for the third time with a new show, please join guitarist Tony Randle on a journey through the different shades and flavours of the acoustic guitar, with a … 

Horizon Showcase: FORGE

Horizon Showcase: FORGE

In 2014 the 100kg iron “welcome” gate was stolen from Dachau concentration camp. 

Life is a Dream

Life is a Dream

There’s a great, restless energy in Director Declan Donnellan’s production of Pedro Calderón de la Barca’s seventeenth century Spanish classic Life is a Dream. 

Horizon Showcase: Always Already

Horizon Showcase: Always Already

An eight-hour performance installation, using materials, text, song, sound, and movement to bring together plant, human and machine. 

Nightpiece Film Festival

Nightpiece Film Festival

Nightpiece Media, the production company of filmmaker Al Carretta, have been filmmaking disruptors since 2010. 

Horizon Showcase: The Trauma Show

Horizon Showcase: The Trauma Show

“Have you ever trauma dumped? TikTok says this show might do that but don’t worry we can just trauma bond. 

Horizon Showcase: The Talent

Horizon Showcase: The Talent

On stage is a small sound booth; inside sits a woman, alone. 

Zach Zucker: Spectacular Industry Showcase

Zach Zucker: Spectacular Industry Showcase

Winner: Comedian’s Comedian Award, Chortle 2020. 

Stand-Up For Raymond with Frankie Boyle, Susie McCabe and more

Stand-Up For Raymond with Frankie Boyle, Susie McCabe and more

Man down! Celebrated Scottish comedy legend Raymond Mearns has only gone and had a stroke and had to cancel his Fringe run…. 

BBC New Comedy Showcase

BBC New Comedy Showcase

Hosted by Mark Olver, this is a showcase of some of the best new acts on the Scottish circuit! Catch them while you can! 

Sherlock Holmes: The Speckled Band

Sherlock Holmes: The Speckled Band

‘Oh my God. 

Ciaran Ryan Band

Ciaran Ryan Band

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

Danny Beard and Their Band

Danny Beard and Their Band

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

Scottish Traditional Building Festival

Scottish Traditional Building Festival

The Edinburgh Traditional Building Forum presents the 11th annual Scottish Traditional Building Festival by bringing you 12 information-packed shows for those who love, care for, o… 

Matt Storrs: Portly Lutheran Know-It-All

Matt Storrs: Portly Lutheran Know-It-All

Comedian Matt Storrs (San Francisco SketchFest) makes his Edinburgh Fringe debut with his critically acclaimed solo show Portly Lutheran Know-It-All. 

Soft Shoe Skiffle Band

Soft Shoe Skiffle Band

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

Love Never Dies - The Musical in Concert

Love Never Dies - The Musical in Concert

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. 

Horizon Showcase: TOM

Horizon Showcase: TOM

In a holding room, participants wait. 

Horizon Showcase: Little Wimmin

Horizon Showcase: Little Wimmin

Figs in Wigs are back and this time they’ve got their period (dresses). 

Free Medical Advice

Free Medical Advice

An NHS staff room. 

We're All Mad Here

We're All Mad Here

Alice can’t find herself but she is certain she wants to help. 

We're All Mad Here

We're All Mad Here

A comedy told by mad people, for mad people. 

Horizon Showcase: Bodies

Horizon Showcase: Bodies

Young and collaborators transform a swimming pool into a unique immersive environment in which to explore the essential character of water, its universal presence, and the importan… 

Edinburgh Renaissance Band’s Viol Rackett Show

Edinburgh Renaissance Band’s Viol Rackett Show

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

Kirsty MacColl: My Tribute

Kirsty MacColl: My Tribute

Existing Kirsty fans know she could take her audience on an emotional rollercoaster from happy to sad, betrayed to raunchy. 

Inverkeithing Community Big Band Showcase

Inverkeithing Community Big Band Showcase

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

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

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

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

Sacred Arts Festival Church Service at St Vincent's Stockbridge

Sacred Arts Festival Church Service at St Vincent's Stockbridge

The Robin Chapel, built in 1950 at the centre of a unique Edinburgh housing complex, The Thistle Foundation, is a memorial to Robin Tudsbury and well known for its excellent choir. 

Sacred Arts Festival Visual Art at St Vincent's Stockbridge 3

Sacred Arts Festival Visual Art at St Vincent's Stockbridge 3

The Art of Ecclesiastical Heraldry. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Join The HandleBards for their cycle-powered, four-hander, high-octane version of Shakespeare’s classic comedy. 

Mrs Weatherby's Concert Party

Mrs Weatherby's Concert Party

An evening of good, old-fashioned Scottish entertainment, featuring some of Edinburgh’s best-known performers. 

Deaf Festival Party

Deaf Festival Party

Join Deaf Action as we celebrate the end of our second annual Edinburgh Deaf Festival! Get into the groove with renowned deaf DJ John McDevitt (Def Beatz) as he guides you through … 

The 5th Alternative Black Comedy Showcase

The 5th Alternative Black Comedy Showcase

Our fifth year! Back with top Black international comedy acts, prize games, cabaret and giving a token straight white male comic a chance they rarely get. 

Sacred Arts Festival Music at Old Saint Paul's Church

Sacred Arts Festival Music at Old Saint Paul's Church

Duruflé Requiem: Life and Death in Music with Poetry. 

Cathedral Choir Concert: Music for Royal Occasions

Cathedral Choir Concert: Music for Royal Occasions

The internationally renowned Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral sings music from coronations and royal occasions past and present. 

Sacred Arts Festival Poetry at St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral

Sacred Arts Festival Poetry at St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral

Strafed by Splendour: Under Paolozzi’s Window. 

Sacred Arts Festival Visual Art at St Vincent's Stockbridge 2

Sacred Arts Festival Visual Art at St Vincent's Stockbridge 2

Basia Mindewicz, Director of the Edinburgh School of Icon Painting, explains the artistic techniques and spiritual inspiration behind one of the most venerated forms of sacred art. 

Sacred Arts Festival Visual Art at St Vincent's Stockbridge 1

Sacred Arts Festival Visual Art at St Vincent's Stockbridge 1

The Art of the Icon. 

Mixed Bills: An International Comedy Showcase

Mixed Bills: An International Comedy Showcase

Catch top comedians from the US, UK, China, Japan, Germany, Russia, Australia and Canada in this packed showcase, hosted by stand-up comedian Leah Renee. 

Sacred Arts Festival Film at St Vincent's Undercroft

Sacred Arts Festival Film at St Vincent's Undercroft

The Desert in the Heart of the World is a filmic study of the impact of the Carthusian monastic movement on the French landscape. 

Absolutely (not) Free – An Evening of Zappa

Absolutely (not) Free – An Evening of Zappa

A smorgasbord of Frank Zappa classics hand-delivered by those finest purveyors of conceptual continuity, Pygmy Twylyte! Expect pickles, poodles, dental floss, snowballs and stinky … 

Sacred Arts Festival Music at Canongate Kirk

Sacred Arts Festival Music at Canongate Kirk

Composing Sacred Music: A New Generation. 

Sacred Arts Festival Visual Art at Church of the Sacred Heart

Sacred Arts Festival Visual Art at Church of the Sacred Heart

Sanctified Royalty: Jacobite Relics and the Divine Right of Kings. 

Sacred Arts Festival Poetry at Greyfriars Kirk

Sacred Arts Festival Poetry at Greyfriars Kirk

Spirituality, Faith and Belief: Voyages of Discovery. 

All the Glorious Moments In Between

All the Glorious Moments In Between

An explosion of nostalgia, joy and love releases itself on the stage, in the form of a poetic love letter. 

Sacred Arts Festival Visual Art at Old Saint Paul's Church

Sacred Arts Festival Visual Art at Old Saint Paul's Church

In the Steps of the Master: Jesus and Landscape. 

AFTER ALL

AFTER ALL

Don’t be put off by the topic - this dance show about death is far from gloomy. 

Genesis Performance Nights

Genesis Performance Nights

The Genesis Studio Edinburgh will showcase local musical talent with up to three musical performances on 15th, 17th, 19th and 20th August. 

Horizon Showcase: Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World

Horizon Showcase: Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World

Following double Fringe First winners (The Believers Are But Brothers; Rich Kids – A History of Shopping Malls In Tehran), the final piece of Javaad Alipoor’s trilogy is an inves… 

Sacred Arts Festival Music at Old Saint Paul's

Sacred Arts Festival Music at Old Saint Paul's

Rising to the Life Immortal: Organ Music for Easter and Ascension. 

The Fannies One Night Stand!

The Fannies One Night Stand!

It’s a one night stand for the Fannies (‘hilarious stream-of-consciousness double act’ (Entertainment-Focus. 

All is Pink in West Berkshire County

All is Pink in West Berkshire County

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

Sacred Arts Festival Music at St Mary's Catholic Cathedral

Sacred Arts Festival Music at St Mary's Catholic Cathedral

Where there is charity and love: Schola Cantorum sings the music of Paul Mealor. 

Made for This! A Musical Theatre Showcase

Made for This! A Musical Theatre Showcase

Northbrook is excited to present Made for This! A contemporary musical theatre and dance showcase filled with gripping, comedic and upbeat numbers. 

Green Home Festival

Green Home Festival

The climate emergency, Net-Zero and soaring energy prices are the driving factors behind the Green Home Festival. 

Vox Stars Presents Star Inspirations

Vox Stars Presents Star Inspirations

Vox Stars, winners of the Spirit of the Fringe Award 2022, present a new show for 2023, celebrating aspiring singers through the music of their idols. 

Edinburgh Renaissance Band’s New Frontiers

Edinburgh Renaissance Band’s New Frontiers

Edinburgh Renaissance Band’s New Frontiers. 

Broads Abroad: New York Stand-Up Showcase

Broads Abroad: New York Stand-Up Showcase

They say if you can make it in NYC, you can make it anywhere! Well, hello, Edinburgh! This showcase show features a line-up of NYC’s premier comics: Stef Dag (@stefdagz), Gabby Bry… 

Follies! A Showcase of Bits and Bobs 2

Follies! A Showcase of Bits and Bobs 2

Comedy! Music! Fractured classics! Drama! And more! Do you like to be surprised? Is variety what you crave? We have just the ticket for you. 

Lies All The Way Down: A New Chamber Musical

Lies All The Way Down: A New Chamber Musical

This completely original chamber musical by Shaye Poulton Richards is a darkly charming piece of new writing. 

Free – Concert Band Performance

Free – Concert Band Performance

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

Jack Tucker: Comedy Stand-Up Hour

Jack Tucker: Comedy Stand-Up Hour

Winner: Comedian’s Comedian, Chortle Awards (2020). 

The All-Terrain Podcast Live

The All-Terrain Podcast Live

Join guests from the worlds of comedy, literature, music and faith for a series of live recordings of the popular All Terrain Podcast. 

Sacred Arts Festival Church Service at St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral

Sacred Arts Festival Church Service at St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral

Gilbert Scott’s dramatic architectural landmark, with its three spires prominent in Edinburgh’s distinctive skyline, provides a magnificent setting for the Opening Service of t… 

Sacred Arts Festival Drama at St Vincent's Chapel Undercroft

Sacred Arts Festival Drama at St Vincent's Chapel Undercroft

The Mysteries – Reimagined. 

Iain Dale: All Talk with Sir John Curtice and Brian Taylor

Iain Dale: All Talk with Sir John Curtice and Brian Taylor

Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions. 

ABBA Gold: The Concert

ABBA Gold: The Concert

Featuring an all-star cast comprised of some of the UK’s finest musicians, dancers and vocalists. 

The Magic Flute: Concert Performance

The Magic Flute: Concert Performance

Join a cast of exciting singers and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus, led by their Principal Conductor Maxim Emelyanychev, for a concert performance of Mozart’s enchanti… 

Iain Dale: All Talk with Jess Phillips MP

Iain Dale: All Talk with Jess Phillips MP

Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions. 

The Glenn Miller and Big Band Spectacular

The Glenn Miller and Big Band Spectacular

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

David Sands Stand-Up Comedy

David Sands Stand-Up Comedy

A stand-up comedy show in BSL by the funniest deaf actor in the world, David Sands (aka Chris Baker from Small World). Come and laugh with… or at… David Sands. 

The Lowland and Border Pipers' Society's 40th Anniversary Concert

The Lowland and Border Pipers' Society's 40th Anniversary Concert

Formed in 1983 to revive and promote the playing of Scotland’s ‘other’ bagpipes, the LBPS achieved this aim. 

Iain Dale: All Talk with Humza Yousaf MSP

Iain Dale: All Talk with Humza Yousaf MSP

Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions. 

Festival CD and Record Fair

Festival CD and Record Fair

Great selection of collectable vinyl! LPs, 12” and 7” singles, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s 90s, 00s to present day. 

Leith Comedy Festival Presents...

Leith Comedy Festival Presents...

One night only! Leith Comedy Festival showcases the funniest comedians at the legendary Biscuit Factory in Leith. 

Supporter Event: Budapest Festival Orchestra Open Rehearsal

Supporter Event: Budapest Festival Orchestra Open Rehearsal

An exclusive event for members and supporters of Edinburgh International Festival. 

Budapest Festival Orchestra: Weber & Mendelssohn

Budapest Festival Orchestra: Weber & Mendelssohn

Discover an evening bursting with drama, mysticism and irresistible folk melodies from three great early 19th-century Romantics. 

The Sensational David Bowie Tribute Band

The Sensational David Bowie Tribute Band

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

Iain Dale: All Talk with Nicola Sturgeon MSP

Iain Dale: All Talk with Nicola Sturgeon MSP

Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions. 

Bowie, Cambo & All the Hype – An Evening with John Cambridge

Bowie, Cambo & All the Hype – An Evening with John Cambridge

John Cambo Cambridge lived with David Bowie at Haddon Hall when he had his first hit-record Space Oddity and toured Scotland with him in Junior’s Eyes. 

Budapest Festival Orchestra: Bartók & Kodály

Budapest Festival Orchestra: Bartók & Kodály

Pianist Sir András Schiff and NYCOS National Girls Choir join the orchestra for a folk-influenced, all-Hungarian programme. 

Iain Dale: All Talk with Sir Vince Cable

Iain Dale: All Talk with Sir Vince Cable

Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions. 

Iain Dale: All Talk with Peter Hitchens and Polly Toynbee

Iain Dale: All Talk with Peter Hitchens and Polly Toynbee

Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions. 

Budapest Festival Orchestra: Dvořák Inside Out

Budapest Festival Orchestra: Dvořák Inside Out

Immerse yourself in Dvořák’s lively Eighth Symphony in this evening of music and conversation, presented in the round. 

Musical Comedy Guide Showcase

Musical Comedy Guide Showcase

The online guide to musical comedy returns with its daily showcase of the best acts at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023. 

Budapest Festival Orchestra: A Model for the Future

Budapest Festival Orchestra: A Model for the Future

Join Festival Director Nicola Benedetti in conversation with orchestra founder-conductor Iván Fischer, before a special performance showcasing the orchestra’s warmth, versatilit… 

Iain Dale: All Talk with Alex Salmond and David Davis MP

Iain Dale: All Talk with Alex Salmond and David Davis MP

Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions. 

Cécile McLorin Salvant in Concert

Cécile McLorin Salvant in Concert

The multi-Grammy® Award-winning singer gives a solo performance at the Usher Hall. 

Iain Dale: All Talk with Harriet Harman MP

Iain Dale: All Talk with Harriet Harman MP

Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions. 

Iain Dale: All Talk with Wes Streeting MP

Iain Dale: All Talk with Wes Streeting MP

Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions. 

Kerouac: And All That Jazz

Kerouac: And All That Jazz

Hip words, cool jazz, hot bebop. 

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

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

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

BBC New Comedy Showcase

BBC New Comedy Showcase

Hosted by Mark Olver, this is a showcase of some of the best new acts on the Scottish circuit! Catch them while you can! 

Free Royal Mile Tours

Free Royal Mile Tours

Come and join us for the original free walking tour, packed with the rich historical sites and tales of the many colourful characters around the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town. 

Iain Dale: All Talk with Penny Mordaunt MP

Iain Dale: All Talk with Penny Mordaunt MP

Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions. 

Iain Dale: All Talk with Chris Mullin and Sasha Swire

Iain Dale: All Talk with Chris Mullin and Sasha Swire

Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions. 

Just Festival

Just Festival

Just Festival is Edinburgh’s human rights and social justice festival. 

The Grumpy Magicians Present: If All Else Fails, Read the Instructions

The Grumpy Magicians Present: If All Else Fails, Read the Instructions

The Grumpy Magicians present: If All Else Fails, Read the Instructions. 

Iain Dale: All Talk with Jeremy Corbyn and Len McCluskey

Iain Dale: All Talk with Jeremy Corbyn and Len McCluskey

Iain Dale’s ALL TALK political interviews have in recent years become something of a regular fixture of the Fringe circuit. 

Pleasance All-American Newcomer Comedy Gala

Pleasance All-American Newcomer Comedy Gala

An all-American line-up show, featuring the very best comedians from across the pond! Discover the freshest comedy talent on the Fringe as they make their Pleasance debuts this sum… 

Chris Cook Asked a Robot to Write Him a Five-Star Show and This Is What It Said

Chris Cook Asked a Robot to Write Him a Five-Star Show and This Is What It Said

Over 10 years, Chris Cook has brought magical, thought-provoking comedy shows to the Fringe. 

The Opening Concert: Buddha Passion

The Opening Concert: Buddha Passion

Tan Dun conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Edinburgh Festival Chorus in the Scottish premiere of his own Buddha Passion. 

0 Plans: A Crowd Work Comedy Stand-up Show

0 Plans: A Crowd Work Comedy Stand-up Show

A crowd-work and stand-up comedy show with zero plans. 

Heidi Regan: Finding an Inner Peace That All Your Friends Will Envy

Heidi Regan: Finding an Inner Peace That All Your Friends Will Envy

Join me as I put the fun back into searching for meaning in a chaotic universe, if we agree to spell universe as ‘fun-iverse’ which I believe we agreed to. 

A Midsummer Dream in Auld Reekie

A Midsummer Dream in Auld Reekie

Leitheatre’s 39th year on the Fringe features a brand-new adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, set firmly in downtown Edinburgh with a cast of locals taking you through the… 

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

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

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

Markus Birdman: Platinum – Free

Markus Birdman: Platinum – Free

June 2021, I had a stroke. 

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Courses

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Courses

Learn the skills and art of performing stand-up comedy on this two-day intensive comedy course. 

Iain Dale: All Talk with Mick Lynch

Iain Dale: All Talk with Mick Lynch

Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions. 

Festival Folk at the Oak

Festival Folk at the Oak

18 nights of the best in folk and acoustic music entertainment showcasing a different act each night. Seating is limited so book early to save disappointment. 

The Extras Strike Back: A Musical Tribute to the Forgotten Heroes of Star Wars

The Extras Strike Back: A Musical Tribute to the Forgotten Heroes of Star Wars

For too long the supporting characters of Star Wars have been overshadowed by the popularity of the beloved heroes. 

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

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

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

Pineapple Performing Arts School Summer School Showcase

Pineapple Performing Arts School Summer School Showcase

A showcase performance featuring the students from Pineapple Performing Arts School’s Dance Intensive Summer School 2023.  

The Impro All Stars

The Impro All Stars

After last year’s sell-out run, they’re back and still the best in the business! Stephen Frost (Who’s Line Is It Anyway), Ian Coppinger (Dublin Comedy Improv), Sally Hodgkiss (Who’… 

Pineapple Performing Arts School Summer School Showcase

Pineapple Performing Arts School Summer School Showcase

A showcase performance featuring the students from Pineapple Performing Arts School’s Dance Intensive Summer School 2023.  

Sherlock Holmes: The Speckled Band

Sherlock Holmes: The Speckled Band

‘Oh my God. 

Wet Hot American Stand-Ups

Wet Hot American Stand-Ups

We know in the UK you like your humour dry, but ours is sopping wet. 

The Dram Good Whisky Festival

The Dram Good Whisky Festival

The Merchants Hall will be open for the complete whisky experience with open tastings and talks about this wonderful industry. 

Aaron Wood: Living The Dream

Aaron Wood: Living The Dream

‘Living The Dream’ – Every Brits answer to the question ‘how you doing?’ regardless of how completely tragic their life is. 

The Stand's Pick of the Fringe

The Stand's Pick of the Fringe

The Stand’s Pick of the Fringe – The Stand’s hand-picked selection of great comedy from across the Fringe at The Stand’s New Town Theatre every Friday and Saturday night. 

Star Stripe Skyscape

Star Stripe Skyscape

An exhibition of past paintings, prints and drawings refreshed by the new series, Star Stripe Skyscape, ethereal skies brought under control by the symbols of army and power. 

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

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

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

Irish Comedy Showcase

Irish Comedy Showcase

We’re bringing the best Irish comedians to this late-night show for some non-pre-watershed comedy. 

The Stand Late Club

The Stand Late Club

‘This is late-night comedy at its finest’ **** (BroadwayBaby. 

A Star Is Born – The Rise and Fall of Judy Garland

A Star Is Born – The Rise and Fall of Judy Garland

In this multi award-winning show, Kerry Hiles – accompanied by Germaine Gamiet – shines the light on Judy Garland, the undisputed queen of cabaret. 

Canadian Comedy Showcase

Canadian Comedy Showcase

Canada produces some of the best comedians in the world. 

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

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

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

Siren Songs: Jacqui Dankworth in Concert

Siren Songs: Jacqui Dankworth in Concert

Join renowned vocalist Jacqui Dankworth for an unforgettable evening of music, with classic songs by Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein, Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman, … 

Stuck in Free Fall

Stuck in Free Fall

Stuck in Free Fall is a show about Nothing. 

The Ocean And The Star

The Ocean And The Star

A writer urges a star to come down to earth and collaborate with him on a play. 

Islam Festival Edinburgh

Islam Festival Edinburgh

Have you ever wanted to visit a mosque? Do you have any burning questions about Islam? Would you like to discover more about a faith which is often misunderstood? Every year at Fri… 

101 Comedy – Club Free

101 Comedy – Club Free

‘Funny. 

AAA Stand-Up at Underbelly

AAA Stand-Up at Underbelly

The total sell-out show 2005-2022 returns with a brand-new line-up. 

V&C Festival Sparkling Wine Tasting

V&C Festival Sparkling Wine Tasting

Celebrate the arrival of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in style at Valvona & Crolla (established 1934), with this relaxed tasting of delicious Italian sparkling wines, tutored by F… 

Aaaargh! It's the Monster Stand-Up Show!

Aaaargh! It's the Monster Stand-Up Show!

Enjoy an hour of the tastiest comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe this year. 

Alice-India: And in a Way, Aren’t We All?

Alice-India: And in a Way, Aren’t We All?

Alice-India – 2Northdown New Comedian of the Year finalist, Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian finalist – is just like a regular person. 

Angel Comedy Showcase

Angel Comedy Showcase

Award-winning Angel Comedy (Repeat Best Venue in UK Award winner) brings a whole new showcase of acts to Edinburgh. 

Stand-Up Philosophy

Stand-Up Philosophy

Comedians explore big ideas through stand-up comedy. 

All-Stars Burlesque

All-Stars Burlesque

The ultimate international burlesque extravaganza has arrived! A celebration of bodies, tradition and inclusivity by award-winning world-class artists and rising stars on the scene… 

The Stand-Up Horror Show

The Stand-Up Horror Show

Occult cabaret-horror stand-up show but none of the booked acts have shown up! Therefore, it falls on our host, the spectral Tom Short (2019 Chortle Student Comedian runner-up, 201… 

Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show

Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show

Great value lunchtime comedy showcase featuring the best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics. 

Stand-Up Science

Stand-Up Science

Love science? Love comedy? Want to laugh and feel smart? Come to Stand-up Science, a compilation of fantastic scientific comedians from across the Fringe. 

It's All Gravy

It's All Gravy

It’s Sunday. 

Free Footlights

Free Footlights

Returning for another year, Free Footlights brings the group for an hour of stand-up, songs, sketches and more. 

2 Slut Drops and a Chicken Burger – Kirsty Munro

2 Slut Drops and a Chicken Burger – Kirsty Munro

Slut drop it like it’s hot! Join award-winning comedian Kirsty Munro, as she chats about sexy times, nights out and prosecco-fuelled confidence. 

Horizon Showcase: Birthmarked

Horizon Showcase: Birthmarked

A young Jehovah’s Witness comes to terms with his sexuality and finds his feet (and high heels. 

24 Shows in 24 days: Live at the Big Cave

24 Shows in 24 days: Live at the Big Cave

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

Jamie Primrose: Visions of Edinburgh – 20th Anniversary Showcase

Jamie Primrose: Visions of Edinburgh – 20th Anniversary Showcase

The best-selling contemporary Scottish artist’s eagerly anticipated retrospective of over 50 stunning oil paintings, inks and prints. 

Deage Paxton: Impersonable – Free

Deage Paxton: Impersonable – Free

A debut show from an established act on the UK circuit. 

Glass Crumpet's Stand-Up Show

Glass Crumpet's Stand-Up Show

Glass Crumpet presents a triple bill of brand new stand-up from comedy graduates Will Rice, Tom Roberts and James Tangye. 

AAA Stand-Up Late

AAA Stand-Up Late

The total sell-out show 2005-2022 returns with a brand-new line-up. 

Amelia Bayler: I Work in Customer Service but I’m Actually a Pop Star

Amelia Bayler: I Work in Customer Service but I’m Actually a Pop Star

The Blundabus is absolutely packed for Amelia Bayler’s I Work in Customer Service but I’m Actually a Pop Star. 

All About Philosophy in 100 Jokes

All About Philosophy in 100 Jokes

What happens when a philosopher and a comedian come into a bar? In this case, a long night of drinking alone. 

AAA Stand-Up

AAA Stand-Up

Total sell-out show 2005-2022 returns with a brand new line-up. 

The All Irish After Party

The All Irish After Party

Irish madman John Spillane is back with the return of his 100% improvised stand-up show. 

Alexis Dubus: 3-Star Show

Alexis Dubus: 3-Star Show

After 20 years on the circuit, Alexis Dubus, easily one of the comedians of his generation, is ready to deliver the greatest 3-star comedy experience ever staged. 

A Star is Re-born!

A Star is Re-born!

He was a household name. 

The Asian Comedy Showcase!

The Asian Comedy Showcase!

From the East to Edinburgh, it’s The Asian Comedy Showcase! Catch some of the best Asian acts (and one token white person) from all over the world! Our acts have been seen on the B… 

Laura Davis: Well Don't Just Stand There Dancing

Laura Davis: Well Don't Just Stand There Dancing

With the brash vocals of an Australian zookeeper addressing an unruly tour group, Davis commands the room, immediately taking charge with her distinct brand of offbeat comedy. 

Robin Ince – MELONS: A Love Letter to Stand-Up Comedy

Robin Ince – MELONS: A Love Letter to Stand-Up Comedy

Robin’s first solo show was a disaster, but a disaster that ended with him punching a melon with Vernon Kay’s face drawn on it before singing Mustang Sally (still no cruise shi… 

The Death & Life of All of Us

The Death & Life of All of Us

Mixing documentary footage, storytelling, and live music, The Death & Life of All of Us is a funny and poignant exploration of family secrets, shame, and embracing our imperfection… 

Last Stand on Honey Hill

Last Stand on Honey Hill

Following the success of last year’s show, comic songwriter Liz Cotton is back. 

All Aboard! at Termination Station

All Aboard! at Termination Station

This is the Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut from performer, writer and creative activist Lilly Burton. 

Alexander Bennett: I Can't Stand the Man, Myself

Alexander Bennett: I Can't Stand the Man, Myself

Do you have a critical inner voice? Join Alexander as he interrogates his own, tries to kill it, then comes for yours. 

Festival Music Nights

Festival Music Nights

Jive along to jazz, party to punk rock, cavort to classics and experience electropop with our cherry-picked musical assortment. 

Robbie McShane: It's All This These Days

Robbie McShane: It's All This These Days

A show about the times*. 

SHOWCASE FROM THE FRINGE

SHOWCASE FROM THE FRINGE

Kym Nash hosts 70 Minutes of some of Reckless Comedy’s favourite up and coming acts on the circuit. 

Chriskirkpatrickmas: A Boy Band Christmas Musical

Chriskirkpatrickmas: A Boy Band Christmas Musical

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

Dan Rath: All Quiet Carriage Along the Inner Western Line

Dan Rath: All Quiet Carriage Along the Inner Western Line

If you do meal prep and watch Ted Lasso you’re typical. 

All That Glitters

All That Glitters

“If you fall off the stage: leg extended, boobs up. 

SHOWCASE FROM THE FRINGE

SHOWCASE FROM THE FRINGE

Kym Nash hosts 70 Minutes of some of Reckless Comedy’s favourite up and coming acts on the circuit. 

Kirsty Mann: Skeletons

Kirsty Mann: Skeletons

Kirsty Mann (Funny Women Awards finalist) has a secret, and this is a confession: she’s a doctor. 

AAA Stand-Up

AAA Stand-Up

Total sell-out show 2005-2022 returns with a brand-new line-up. 

All That Glitters

All That Glitters

“If you fall off the stage: leg extended, boobs up. 

Evita - The Musical in Concert

Evita - The Musical in Concert

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 … 

Alexander Bennett: I Can't Stand The Man, Myself

Alexander Bennett: I Can't Stand The Man, Myself

Do you have a critical inner voice? Join Alexander as he interrogates his own, tries to kill it, then comes for yours. 

Alexander Bennett: I Can't Stand The Man, Myself

Alexander Bennett: I Can't Stand The Man, Myself

Do you have a critical inner voice? Join Alexander as he interrogates his own, tries to kill it, then comes for yours. 

North East Stand-Up Showcase

North East Stand-Up Showcase

Alex Knipe (Chortle Student Finalist 2023) and Ben Lycett (Felt Nowt New Act Finalist 2022) present a night of some of the best up-and-coming stand-up comedians that the North East… 

Miss Jean & the Ragtime Rewind Swing Band

Miss Jean & the Ragtime Rewind Swing Band

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

Miss Jean & the Ragtime Rewind Swing Band

Miss Jean & the Ragtime Rewind Swing Band

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

C digital performance and film

C digital performance and film

Hand-picked shows from our digital performance programme and highlights from our critically acclaimed short-film programme. 

North East Stand-Up Showcase

North East Stand-Up Showcase

Alex Knipe (Chortle Student Finalist 2023) and Ben Lycett (Felt Nowt New Act Finalist 2022) present a night of some of the best up-and-coming stand-up comedians that the North East… 

Kirsty Mann: Skeletons (WIP)

Kirsty Mann: Skeletons (WIP)

Kirsty has a secret, and this is a confession. 

Kirsty Mann: Skeletons (WIP)

Kirsty Mann: Skeletons (WIP)

Kirsty has a secret, and this is a confession. 

Durham Shakespeare Festival - A Midsummer Night's Dream

Durham Shakespeare Festival - A Midsummer Night's Dream

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM by William Shakespeare Shakespeare’s best-lived comedy presented in a magical new production by award-winning Durham-based Elysium Theatre Company. 

Durham Shakespeare Festival - A Midsummer Night's Dream

Durham Shakespeare Festival - A Midsummer Night's Dream

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM by William Shakespeare Shakespeare’s best-lived comedy presented in a magical new production by award-winning Durham-based Elysium Theatre Company. 

Durham Shakespeare Festival - MACBETH

Durham Shakespeare Festival - MACBETH

MACBETH by William Shakespeare Shakespeare’s thrilling drama of the power of evil presented by award-winning Durham-based Elysium Theatre Company. 

Milne Glendinning Band

Milne Glendinning Band

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

Durham Shakespeare Festival - MACBETH

Durham Shakespeare Festival - MACBETH

MACBETH by William Shakespeare Shakespeare’s thrilling drama of the power of evil presented by award-winning Durham-based Elysium Theatre Company. 

Milne Glendinning Band

Milne Glendinning Band

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

Masquerade… A Musical Theatre Concert Celebration

Masquerade… A Musical Theatre Concert Celebration

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… 

Olga Koch: Prawn Cocktail (WIP)  - Penge Comedy Festival

Olga Koch: Prawn Cocktail (WIP) - Penge Comedy Festival

Star of Mock the Week, QI and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, Olga Koch, got a master’s degree and she won’t shut up about it. 

Gay Witch Sex Cult  - Penge Comedy Festival

Gay Witch Sex Cult - Penge Comedy Festival

A sticky, spooky horror comedy about gender reveal parties, demons from hell, and above all, a Gay Witch Sex Cult (a sex cult for gay witches)As Kaelan Trough and his husband celeb… 

Andy Barr's Ill Defined Extravaganza - Penge Comedy Festival

Andy Barr's Ill Defined Extravaganza - Penge Comedy Festival

You sense the presence of an Extravaganza. 

Footface: How To Radiate Sexual Allure - Penge Comedy Festival

Footface: How To Radiate Sexual Allure - Penge Comedy Festival

How to achieve a powerful and radiant sexual allure. 

Polite Notice: Comedian Sean Morley Has Been Banned From Penge Comedy Festival

Polite Notice: Comedian Sean Morley Has Been Banned From Penge Comedy Festival

If any staff or patrons see Comedian Sean Morley on the premises of festival grounds please go to red alert. 

Ali Brice: I'm More Interested In What You Have To Say - Penge Comedy Festival

Ali Brice: I'm More Interested In What You Have To Say - Penge Comedy Festival

What is confidence? Can it be obtained if you don't have any? Is 36 too late to start being assertive? I've almost made my mind up, but I'm more interested in what you … 

Shyma: Threats & Violence (WIP) - Penge Comedy Festival

Shyma: Threats & Violence (WIP) - Penge Comedy Festival

An absurdist menagerie of clown, characters and non- sequiturs. 

Michael Brunström: A Sequence of Baffling Enclaves - Penge Comedy Festival

Michael Brunström: A Sequence of Baffling Enclaves - Penge Comedy Festival

Michael Brunström is a surrealist comedian based in London, a member of Weirdos Comedy Collective and winner of the Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality. 

Lulu Popplewell: Actually Actually - Penge Comedy Festival

Lulu Popplewell: Actually Actually - Penge Comedy Festival

Lulu Popplewell is a recovering addict, failed 'Love Actually' child actor, and hilarious comedian. 

Adam Larter: *Cricket Noises* - Penge Comedy Festival

Adam Larter: *Cricket Noises* - Penge Comedy Festival

Adam has set off for the wilderness, determined to find meaning in solitude, embracing a new life of nothing but moss-covered rocks and the sound of crickets. 

Hannah Platt: Work in Progress - Penge Comedy Festival

Hannah Platt: Work in Progress - Penge Comedy Festival

Work in progress show from BBC NCA Finalist Hannah Platt. 

NYMT In Concert - When I Grow Up

NYMT In Concert - When I Grow Up

About the show Featuring a large cast and orchestra of young people, NYMT IN CONCERT showcases outstanding UK youth talent in vibrant, staged performances of extracts fr… 

Arabs Are Not Funny - Liverpool Arab Arts Festival

Arabs Are Not Funny - Liverpool Arab Arts Festival

Widely regarded as one of the hottest comedy nights among the Arab community and beyond! Arabs Are Not Funny sees comedians with roots in the Arab world attempt to prove… 

Enfin en scène 2 ! festival

Enfin en scène 2 ! festival

After last year’s ENFIN EN SCENE festival succesful edition, which stands as the BIG return to the stage of our Workshop amdram participants, Exchange Theatre re-invites you to dis… 

Don’t Tell The Bishops: An After-Pride Concert at The Actors’ Church

Don’t Tell The Bishops: An After-Pride Concert at The Actors’ Church

Mark Robert Petty presents Don’t Tell The Bishops! The After-Pride Concert at The Actors’ Church on Sunday 2nd July at 7. 

Dance Showcase

Dance Showcase

About the showAn unforgettable evening of dance, combining several different styles with extraordinary young talent for all audiences to enjoy. 

Do iPhones Dream of Electric Sheeple by Neil Weatherrall

Do iPhones Dream of Electric Sheeple by Neil Weatherrall

Do iPhones Dream of Electric Sheeple? is a darkly comic look at the threats posed by anticipated advances in Artificial Intelligence. 

Drag Queen Wine Tasting @ Leith Festival

Drag Queen Wine Tasting @ Leith Festival

A Scottish Drag Queen and an Irish Sommelier walk into a bar in Leith. 

Sasha Regan’s All-Male The Mikado

Sasha Regan’s All-Male The Mikado

Following the highly successful all-male tours of H. 

High Top Circus Showcase

High Top Circus Showcase

If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www. 

Brighton Fringe Comedy Showcase

Brighton Fringe Comedy Showcase

A showcase of the best new comedians performing at the 2023 Brighton Fringe. 

Buzzbox Collective Touring Theatre Showcase (University of Worcester)

Buzzbox Collective Touring Theatre Showcase (University of Worcester)

Buzzbox Collective presents 2 contemporary theatre double bills. 

Buzzbox Collective Touring Theatre Showcase (University of Worcester)

Buzzbox Collective Touring Theatre Showcase (University of Worcester)

Buzzbox Collective presents 2 contemporary theatre double bills. 

ICTheatre Showcase

ICTheatre Showcase

The Institute For Contemporary Theatre (ICTheatre) is a performing arts institution here in Brighton. 

ICTheatre Showcase

ICTheatre Showcase

The Institute For Contemporary Theatre (ICTheatre) is a performing arts institution here in Brighton. 

ALGERIAN PERSPECTIVES: Film Screening ‘The Pan-African Festival of Algiers’

ALGERIAN PERSPECTIVES: Film Screening ‘The Pan-African Festival of Algiers’

Reflecting the politics of the African continent in the 60s/70s, in this seminal documentary William Klein captures the radical atmosphere of the first Pan-African Cultural Festiva… 

ALGERIAN PERSPECTIVES: Film Screening ‘The Pan-African Festival of Algiers’

ALGERIAN PERSPECTIVES: Film Screening ‘The Pan-African Festival of Algiers’

Reflecting the politics of the African continent in the 60s/70s, in this seminal documentary William Klein captures the radical atmosphere of the first Pan-African Cultural Festiva… 

Alexander Bennett: I Can't Stand The Man, Myself

Alexander Bennett: I Can't Stand The Man, Myself

A show about hating yourself and, amongst other things, choosing not to. 

Alexander Bennett: I Can't Stand The Man, Myself

Alexander Bennett: I Can't Stand The Man, Myself

A show about hating yourself and, amongst other things, choosing not to. 

Ben Miller's Stand-Up Science

Ben Miller's Stand-Up Science

A show that’s equal measures hilarious, educational, and deeply personal. 

After All These Years

After All These Years

A comedy about the passing of time. 

Ben Miller's Stand-Up Science

Ben Miller's Stand-Up Science

A show that’s equal measures hilarious, educational, and deeply personal. 

After All These Years

After All These Years

A comedy about the passing of time. 

Brighton Swing All-Stars

Brighton Swing All-Stars

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

Black Panther in Concert

Black Panther in Concert

Experience the European Premiere of Black Panther in Concert as part of the Royal Albert Hall’s Films in Concert series. 

Brighton Swing All-Stars

Brighton Swing All-Stars

If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www. 

Kirsty Mann: Skeletons (WIP)

Kirsty Mann: Skeletons (WIP)

Kirsty has a secret, and this is a confession. 

Aaargh its the Monster Stand Up Show

Aaargh its the Monster Stand Up Show

Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comedians on the circuit in this stand-up comedy showcase, including your award-winning host, Masai Graham (UK Pun Champion 2016, Joke o… 

Aaargh its the Monster Stand Up Show

Aaargh its the Monster Stand Up Show

Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comedians on the circuit in this stand-up comedy showcase including your award-winning host, Masai Graham (UK Pun Champion 2016, Joke of… 

Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) Graduating Actors Showcase 2023

Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) Graduating Actors Showcase 2023

Showcase Start Time - 13:00 To attend this Industry Showcase please email actingshowcase@lipa. 

All's Nell That Ends Nell

All's Nell That Ends Nell

Celebrating 50 years of Rocky Horror and one wild ride of a life. 

The Music Of George Harrison - Live! The All Things Must Pass Orchestra

The Music Of George Harrison - Live! The All Things Must Pass Orchestra

A fantastic 10 piece band dedicated to the Quiet Beatle’s work. 

The Music Of George Harrison - Live! The All Things Must Pass Orchestra

The Music Of George Harrison - Live! The All Things Must Pass Orchestra

A fantastic 10 piece band dedicated to the Quiet Beatle’s work. 

No Penis, No Knowledge: Kaisa Pylkkänen Stand Up Special

No Penis, No Knowledge: Kaisa Pylkkänen Stand Up Special

‘“Phenomenal!” - (Woman, 31, Helsinki) “Funny as fuck” - (Man, 65, New York) “Better than a real penis!” - (Gay man, 44, Helsinki) “I didn’t even have to be ashamed” -(Kaisa’s mum)… 

No Penis, No Knowledge: Kaisa Pylkkänen Stand Up Special

No Penis, No Knowledge: Kaisa Pylkkänen Stand Up Special

‘“Phenomenal!” - (Woman, 31, Helsinki) “Funny as fuck” - (Man, 65, New York) “Better than a real penis!” - (Gay man, 44, Helsinki) “I didn’t even have to be ashamed” -(Kaisa’s mum)… 

DREAM SCHOOL

DREAM SCHOOL

When is a story ready to tell? Inspired by the ongoing real events of a college cult, DREAM SCHOOL is a thriller about who wins and who loses when we cash in on trauma. 

Pitch Night: Stand-Ups Present Your Startup Ideas

Pitch Night: Stand-Ups Present Your Startup Ideas

Dragons Den meets Whose Line is it Anyway! We ask three stand-ups to give presentations on companies that we’ve made up that make products that don’t exist. 

Pitch Night: Stand-Ups Present Your Startup Ideas

Pitch Night: Stand-Ups Present Your Startup Ideas

Dragons Den meets Whose Line is it Anyway! We ask three stand-ups to give presentations on companies that we’ve made up that make products that don’t exist. 

Misfit // Performance Review

Misfit // Performance Review

A split-bill debut show from two of Brighton’s freshest and bestest comedians. 

Misfit // Performance Review

Misfit // Performance Review

A split-bill debut show from two of Brighton’s freshest and bestest comedians. 

Northern Soul All-Afternooner

Northern Soul All-Afternooner

If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www. 

Northern Soul All-Afternooner

Northern Soul All-Afternooner

Your chance this season to keep the faith with Northern Soul, returning to the beautiful Brighton Spiegeltent for its sixth year! Sells out well in advance every year so don’t miss… 

Global Local Festival

Global Local Festival

GLOBAL LOCAL FESTIVAL – FREE ENTRYGlobal and UK Artists from all corners of the Global Local Project, and the people behind Shangri La Glastonbury, Caravanserai at Camp Bestival,… 

Global Local Festival

Global Local Festival

GLOBAL LOCAL FESTIVAL – FREE ENTRY Global and UK Artists from all corners of the Global Local Project, and the people behind Shangri La Glastonbury, Caravanserai at Camp Bestiva… 

IT'S A TRAP! The Improvised Star Wars Show

IT'S A TRAP! The Improvised Star Wars Show

Hello there! Dropping out of hyperspace, for one night only, IT’S A TRAP! The Improvised Star Wars Show comes to Brighton Fringe for the first time ever. 

IT'S A TRAP! The Improvised Star Wars Show

IT'S A TRAP! The Improvised Star Wars Show

Ladies and gentlemen, droids and aliens, gather round for a special Star Wars themed improv show taking us to comedic depths of a galaxy far, far away! But did Leia, Luke, Boba and… 

Doctor Zhivago In Concert

Doctor Zhivago In Concert

Returning after the spectacular success of the 2019 concert, Doctor Zhivago will play The London Palladium for one-night-only in May 2023. 

Stand-Up Comedy Workshop

Stand-Up Comedy Workshop

Have you ever laughed? Learn how to use some practical stand-up comedy basics in your writing, performing, stand-up, work presentations, public speaking or - just for fun. 

Festival of Europe Presents: Vocal Explosion & Friends

Festival of Europe Presents: Vocal Explosion & Friends

Festival of Europe presents: Vocal Explosion & Friends Featuring the Ukrainian Voices Brighton Choir and award winning guitarist Geoff Robb! An afternoon of music and song to lif… 

Eddie Volondo: Wild And Free

Eddie Volondo: Wild And Free

Meet Eddie, a successful failed actor, now a rap star in the making - except maybe he’s not as talented as he thinks he is. 

The Dream Come True Revue

The Dream Come True Revue

Classic whodunnit meets contemporary burlesque, in its original satirical style. 

Stand-Up Comedy Workshop

Stand-Up Comedy Workshop

Have you ever laughed? Learn how to use some practical stand-up comedy basics in your writing, performing, stand-up, work presentations, public speaking or - just for fun. 

Festival of Europe Presents: Vocal Explosion & Friends

Festival of Europe Presents: Vocal Explosion & Friends

Festival of Europe presents: Vocal Explosion & Friends Featuring the Ukrainian Voices Brighton Choir and award winning guitarist Geoff Robb! An afternoon of music and song to lif… 

Eddie Volondo: Wild And Free

Eddie Volondo: Wild And Free

Meet Eddie, a successful failed actor, now a rap star in the making - except maybe he’s not as talented as he thinks he is. 

All In! Geoff Steel

All In! Geoff Steel

Geoff Steel is bringing his premier solo show to the Brighton Fringe in 2023. 

Extra Topping Comedy Showcase

Extra Topping Comedy Showcase

Simon Topping showcases the best Fringe comedy, three acts at a time. 

Breathing and Health: The Classical Buteyko Method's Drug-Free Approach to Reversing Chronic Disorders

Breathing and Health: The Classical Buteyko Method's Drug-Free Approach to Reversing Chronic Disorders

Do you suffer from allergies, anaemia, asthma, bronchitis, cough, fatigue, hypo-/hyper-glycemia, emphysema, COPD, digestive disorders, headaches, high/low blood pressure, insomnia … 

All In! Geoff Steel

All In! Geoff Steel

Geoff Steel is bringing his premier solo show to the Brighton Fringe in 2023. 

Roedean Festival Fringe Concert

Roedean Festival Fringe Concert

This festival concert is a highlight of the year and truly encapsulates Roedean’s community spirit and love of music. 

Breathing and Health: The Classical Buteyko Method's Drug-Free Approach to Reversing Chronic Disorders

Breathing and Health: The Classical Buteyko Method's Drug-Free Approach to Reversing Chronic Disorders

Do you suffer from allergies, anaemia, asthma, bronchitis, cough, fatigue, hypo-/hyper-glycemia, emphysema, COPD, digestive disorders, headaches, high/low blood pressure, insomnia … 

Extra Topping Comedy Showcase

Extra Topping Comedy Showcase

In its second Festival year, Extra Topping Showcases the best Fringe comedy, three acts at a time. 

Stand up for Sikh Your Mind

Stand up for Sikh Your Mind

A night of stand up comedy in aid of Mental Health Charity Sikh Your Mind. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Globe

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Globe

Join the revellers as mother nature envelops the Globe Theatre for Shakespeare’s deliciously disruptive and intoxicating comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream. 

Taylor Tomlinson – The Have It All Tour

Taylor Tomlinson – The Have It All Tour

Onsale Friday 14th OctoberTaylor Tomlinson exploded onto the international stage when her hour-long special, “Quarter-Life Crisis,” debuted on Netflix just a… 

Taylor Tomlinson – The Have It All Tour

Taylor Tomlinson – The Have It All Tour

Onsale Friday 14th OctoberTaylor Tomlinson exploded onto the international stage when her hour-long special, “Quarter-Life Crisis,” debuted on Netflix just a… 

Carmen in Concert

Carmen in Concert

Join us for an unmissable full-length concert performance of Bizet’s most celebrated opera, Carmen. 

Annie Get Your Gun in Concert

Annie Get Your Gun in Concert

Smash hit musical Annie Get Your Gun is to be celebrated with a special one-night only concert production at The London Palladium. 

Taylor Tomlinson - The Have it All Tour

Taylor Tomlinson - The Have it All Tour

Named to Forbes’ 2021 class of 30 Under 30, Tomlinson exploded onto the international stage with her first-ever, hour-long special, Quarter-Life Crisis, named “Best of 2020” … 

Henning Wehn – It’ll All Come Out In The Wash

Henning Wehn – It’ll All Come Out In The Wash

Watch German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn give everything a good rinse and witness him wring sense out of the nonsensical. 

Henning Wehn – It’ll All Come Out In The Wash

Henning Wehn – It’ll All Come Out In The Wash

Watch German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn give everything a good rinse and witness him wring sense out of the nonsensical. 

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase - Musical Theatre (BA Hons)

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase - Musical Theatre (BA Hons)

Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.  

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase - Musical Theatre (BA Hons)

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase - Musical Theatre (BA Hons)

Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.  

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase - Performing Arts (BA Hons)

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase - Performing Arts (BA Hons)

Come and watch our Performing Arts (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.  

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase - Performing Arts (BA Hons)

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase - Performing Arts (BA Hons)

Come and watch our Performing Arts (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.  

Where have all our women gone? (International Women's Day Festival)

Where have all our women gone? (International Women's Day Festival)

Sort Sol presents their third original theatre production, created by Artistic Director, Elizabeth Huskisson. 

Going Straight to Gay (International Women's Day Festival)

Going Straight to Gay (International Women's Day Festival)

Imagine being in a new relationship. 

By The Light Of The Moon (International Women's Day Festival)

By The Light Of The Moon (International Women's Day Festival)

We find Lila alone in a hospital for the criminally insane in 1928. 

Cheers to you, Jenny! (International Women's Day Festival)

Cheers to you, Jenny! (International Women's Day Festival)

What do Mother Teresa, Napoleon and Hitler have in common? Well, they all have what Hedda Gabler wants most of all. 

Polly Peculiar (International Women's Day Festival)

Polly Peculiar (International Women's Day Festival)

There is something peculiar about Polly Tips. 

VIRGIN-ia (International Women's Day Festival)

VIRGIN-ia (International Women's Day Festival)

VIRGIN-ia is a one-woman play about a sexually motivated virgin. 

All of the things I should’ve said, (but didn’t).

All of the things I should’ve said, (but didn’t).

The dilemma of settling for Mr Average in order to fulfill the dream of being a mother is something that so many women face. 

Toska & Where Have All Our Women Gone: Double Bill

Toska & Where Have All Our Women Gone: Double Bill

ToskaToska is a new piece of political physical theatre created by Elizabeth Huskisson, based on the true story of the Khachaturyan sisters who murdered their father; a case that p… 

Once In Concert

Once In Concert

Carrie Hope Fletcher and Jamie Muscato reunite in a one-night-only concert of this achingly beautiful musical. 

When It All Turns To Dust

When It All Turns To Dust

Bill’s been feeling more and more like a ghost these days. 

Bingo Star

Bingo Star

Eyes down and look in for a Royal Court comedy with a big difference. 

Bingo Star

Bingo Star

Eyes down and look in for a Royal Court comedy with a big difference. 

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

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

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

CREATIVES IN CONVERSATION Scene + Heard festival Directors, Caoimhe Connolly + Clíona Dukes

CREATIVES IN CONVERSATION Scene + Heard festival Directors, Caoimhe Connolly + Clíona Dukes

How it began, where it is now and plans for Scene + Heard's Future. 

Adventures of an Old C*** or Living My Dream

Adventures of an Old C*** or Living My Dream

In her solo show Adventure of an Old CxNT or Living my Dream Helen Prior tells a hilarious story of life with the help of her own curated gallery of art masterpieces. 

FEET PICS AREN'T FREE! | The Bag of Cats 9 Lives Show

FEET PICS AREN'T FREE! | The Bag of Cats 9 Lives Show

FEET PICS AREN'T FREE! For sale: feet pics, freshly painted. 

if all the times i cared had names. (i'd name you all the time)

if all the times i cared had names. (i'd name you all the time)

if all the times i cared had names. 

Alternative Black Cabaret Showcase

Alternative Black Cabaret Showcase

The Black is back! The Alternative Black Cabaret Showcase in partnership with Boisterous Theatre Co. 

endings. | All The Moments

endings. | All The Moments

endings. 

MANIC PIXIE DREAM REN | Sentimental: A New Gig Musical

MANIC PIXIE DREAM REN | Sentimental: A New Gig Musical

MANIC PIXIE DREAM REN A Film School Dissertation-Induced Meltdown Sentimental: A New Gig Musical Speaking of break-ups, the world’s ending. 

The Free Association: Jacuzii

The Free Association: Jacuzii

Come on in, the water’s fine. 

All By Myself

All By Myself

POV: you’re a vlogger. 

Kaleidoscope Festival

Kaleidoscope Festival

The Kaleidoscope Festival returns for its second year at the Golden Goose Theatre, showcasing five nights of new writing from recent graduates of the Mountview MA in Acting course. 

Stand Up For Ukraine

Stand Up For Ukraine

Join us for another evening of stand up to raise money for the people of Ukraine. 

VAULT Festival Birthday Bash

VAULT Festival Birthday Bash

Join us for our big brash birthday bash to kick off VAULT Festival 2023 and celebrate a decade of bold and original live performance! This is our chance to raise a toast (and the r… 

All Falls Down

All Falls Down

All Falls Down is an interactive and improvised storytelling show about a group of friends trying to make contact with civilisation, and survive in the wilderness, after a plane cr… 

All in Good Time

All in Good Time

You know that we are celebrating because there is a countdown. 

Concert de Crăciun

Concert de Crăciun

Sunteţi aşteptaţi la un concert extraordinar de Crăciun, organizat de Diaspora Events. 

Concert de Crăciun

Concert de Crăciun

Sunteţi aşteptaţi la un concert extraordinar de Crăciun, organizat de Diaspora Events. 

Stand up comedy in Kings Cross

Stand up comedy in Kings Cross

Stand up comedy at St Elmos, the next hub of music and arts, located just a stones throwaway from Kings cross station. 

All Falls Down

All Falls Down

A group of friends try to reach civilisation after a plane crash in an improvised, interactive show. 

The Dream Machine

The Dream Machine

The Dream Machine is a long-form improv show, based around audience suggestions. 

All You Can Eat Cabaret: New Year, Same Fat Ass

All You Can Eat Cabaret: New Year, Same Fat Ass

WE’RE BACK BABY! All You Can Eat Cabaret is back for the new year and we”re bringing you more fat joy, beauty and excellence. 

All Killa, No Filla - Anomalies

All Killa, No Filla - Anomalies

Rachel Fairburn and Kiri Pritchard Mclean bring their hit true crime podcast, All Killa no Filla to the Royal Court in a special, one off small experimental show lookin… 

Connections – The One-Acts Festival

Connections – The One-Acts Festival

A festival celebrating the connections we make throughout our life, an ode to family, friends, and lovers alike. 

A Mannequin for All Seasons

A Mannequin for All Seasons

A performed reading of new plays by Citadel Arts Group. 

Spectre in Concert

Spectre in Concert

Film Concerts Live! proudly presents the third instalment in the James Bond Concert Series, the world premiere of Spectre in Concert, produced in association with EON Productions a… 

Skyfall in Concert

Skyfall in Concert

Film Concerts Live! proudly presents the second instalment in the James Bond Concert Series, Skyfall in Concert. 

Casino Royale in Concert

Casino Royale in Concert

The James Bond Concert Series is back. 

Stick Man Relaxed Performance

Stick Man Relaxed Performance

Freckle Productions presentSTICK MANTouching, funny and utterly original, Freckle Productions’ delightful adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s&… 

The Killik Cup - Barbarians V All Blacks XV

The Killik Cup - Barbarians V All Blacks XV

Kick off is at 2. 

 Bloomsbury Art Festival: Discovery Hub

Bloomsbury Art Festival: Discovery Hub

An interactive exhibition with an exciting mix of science and creativity at Senate House for three days at the heart of the festival. 

Bloomsbury Art Festival: Store Street Global Garden Party

Bloomsbury Art Festival: Store Street Global Garden Party

Join us on Alfred Place Gardens and Store St as we celebrate the opening of the Bloomsbury Festival 2022. 

Bloomsbury Art Festival: Remembering the Streets of the Past

Bloomsbury Art Festival: Remembering the Streets of the Past

Jessica Strang’s images of Kings Cross taken during 1987 are a reminder of how Kings Cross looked before being given a new lease of life with its redevelopment around the turn of… 

Bloomsbury Festival 2022

Bloomsbury Festival 2022

The Bloomsbury Festival has announced the initial lineup of shows, exhibitions, events, concerts, walks and talks in the 2022 programme with the theme ‘Breathe’ encouraging us … 

Nosferatu … A Symphony of Spookiness but, Like, it’s Also Funny and There’s Bits Set to Music – Wait, why are you Still Writing? That’s not all the Title! Nooooooooooooooo!

Nosferatu … A Symphony of Spookiness but, Like, it’s Also Funny and There’s Bits Set to Music – Wait, why are you Still Writing? That’s not all the Title! Nooooooooooooooo!

On the 100th anniversary of the classic horror film’s original release, Theatre Non Grata are bringing Nosferatu both to the stage and back from the dead. 

All the Fraudulent Horse Girls

All the Fraudulent Horse Girls

All The Fraudulent Horse Girls is a premiere one-act play with surreal monologues, music, and drag for anyone who has ever been a Horse Girl, Train Boy, or weird kid defined by the… 

Image China: East Meets West Concert

Image China: East Meets West Concert

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

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School MFA Graduate Acting Showcase 2022

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School MFA Graduate Acting Showcase 2022

The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (BOVTS) is pleased to present its 2022 MFA Graduate Showcase. 

A Midsummer Nights Dream | A queer retelling

A Midsummer Nights Dream | A queer retelling

A queer re-telling. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Take a trip into one of Shakespeare’s classic comedies, in this version 12 actors will play over 20 roles. Set in a modern Britain, tackling love in many sources.  

The MTA Showcase 2022

The MTA Showcase 2022

The MTA’s final showcase, featuring the classes of 2022 and 2023. 

The Closing Concert

The Closing Concert

Join Sir Andrew Davis and the RSNO for the finale of the 2022 International Festival with music to exhilarate, invigorate, calm and console. 

Connect Music Festival – Sunday

Connect Music Festival – Sunday

Bringing you the very best music from global stars to local heroes, from grassroots to international, we are building a festival for you to discover and enjoy. 

Music for the Festival

Music for the Festival

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

The Secret Garden - In Concert

The Secret Garden - In Concert

This stunning masterpiece and Tony award-winning musical, based on the 1911 novel of the same name, returns to the West End for a one-night-only concert celebration. 

Beyond Borders International Festival 2022

Beyond Borders International Festival 2022

The Beyond Borders International Festival is a weekend of discussion, debate, music, art, food and drink with Scottish and international artists, authors, broadcasters, politicians… 

Big Band Swing

Big Band Swing

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

Ben Miller's Stand-Up Science

Ben Miller's Stand-Up Science

A show that’s equal measures hilarious, educational and deeply personal. 

Connect Music Festival – Saturday

Connect Music Festival – Saturday

Bringing you the very best music from global stars to local heroes, from grassroots to international, we are building a festival for you to discover and enjoy. 

Healthy Harmonies in Concert

Healthy Harmonies in Concert

Healthy Harmonies, NHS Fife staff choir, is delighted to be returning to the Edinburgh Fringe following a two-year break. 

Cathedral Concert: Maximiliano Martin

Cathedral Concert: Maximiliano Martin

Principal Clarinettist of the SCO and international soloist Maximiliano Martin accompanied by Scott Mitchell comes to St Mary’s Cathedral to perform works by Poulenc, Saint-Saens, … 

Edinburgh TV Festival Presents: Brian Cox In Conversation

Edinburgh TV Festival Presents: Brian Cox In Conversation

Emmy and two-time Olivier Award-winning actor Brian Cox arrives in Edinburgh to discuss his life and work, from Dundee Rep and Hannibal Lecktor, via cheeseburger tycoon Bob Servant… 

Connect Music Festival – Friday

Connect Music Festival – Friday

Bringing you the very best music from global stars to local heroes, from grassroots to international, we are building a festival for you to discover and enjoy. 

Viva GlasVegas Burlesque Showcase

Viva GlasVegas Burlesque Showcase

Join Glasgow’s very own GlasVegas Showgirl Roxy Stardust, fresh from her explosive tour of the Isle of Mingulay, as she presents an hour of burlesque performance featuring a host… 

Big Band Bublé

Big Band Bublé

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

Kitti + Support From Hope City House Band

Kitti + Support From Hope City House Band

Glaswegian singer/songwriter with soaring vocals and unique lyrics. 

Young Classical Artists Trust Showcase Concerts

Young Classical Artists Trust Showcase Concerts

Three future stars, committed and passionate chamber musicians, Irène Duval, Jean-Selim Abdelmoula and Maciej Kulakowski, met at The Kronberg Academy. 

All About the Love

All About the Love

Scottish singer/songwriter Gill Bowman shares a collection of songs, mostly self-penned, looking at the many aspects of love we encounter through life and set to her unique pared-b… 

High Performance Sport?

High Performance Sport?

Despite the concerted efforts to deter athletes from taking illegal substances to enhance performance, doping in sport remains a problem. 

Young Classical Artists Trust Showcase Concerts

Young Classical Artists Trust Showcase Concerts

Three future stars, committed and passionate chamber musicians, Irène Duval, Jean-Selim Abdelmoula and Maciej Kulakowski, met at The Kronberg Academy. 

Alpha's All Stars

Alpha's All Stars

Alpha’s All Stars – We live in interesting times. 

New Comedy Showcase

New Comedy Showcase

A quality line-up of the hottest new acts in town. 

Nightpiece Film Festival

Nightpiece Film Festival

Now in its ninth consecutive season, Nightpiece continues to platform exciting filmmakers from across the globe. 

SONIC and All Stars

SONIC and All Stars

A selection of music of all styles performed by the best musicians in Scotland. 

Orchestral Showcase

Orchestral Showcase

A musical journey through film and dance featuring music by Mendelssohn, Arnold, Bernstein, Elgar and Toner. 

Stand Up for Your Planet

Stand Up for Your Planet

The comedy fundraiser extravaganza is back! Following a sell-out, all-star line-up in 2019, join us for a night of laughter to show your support for our planet. 

Treason - The Musical In Concert

Treason - The Musical In Concert

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… 

10th Annual Festival of Traditional Buildings

10th Annual Festival of Traditional Buildings

Immerse yourself in the beauty and romance of Scotland’s old buildings as we celebrate the Festival of Traditional Buildings! To mark our landmark 10th year, we’re bringing you a w… 

They've All Gone and We'll Go Too

They've All Gone and We'll Go Too

Set to the last tour of the Tragically Hip, They’ve All Gone and We’ll Go Too explores what it means to be Canadian in an American world, how music can save your life and how the u… 

Phil Kay & Stacey Clare: Book Festival Fringe Launch Show

Phil Kay & Stacey Clare: Book Festival Fringe Launch Show

Come! Welcome to the inaugural Book Festival Fringe. 

PG Hits! Stand-Up Comedy That's Everyone's Cup of Tea!

PG Hits! Stand-Up Comedy That's Everyone's Cup of Tea!

A hilarious stand-up comedy compilation show that leaves out the really rude bits so the whole family can enjoy the show. 

Durham University's Stand Society Presents: Dungaree

Durham University's Stand Society Presents: Dungaree

Straight from the mean, cobbled streets of Durham comes a troupe of student comics with a mission: making you laugh so hard you forget the overwhelming futility of life. 

The Late Shift: New York City Stand-Up Comedy Show

The Late Shift: New York City Stand-Up Comedy Show

The Late Shift is the one Fringe stand-up comedy show you do not want to miss! New York City is the stand-up comedy capital of the world. 

Do Androids Dream of Electric Friends?

Do Androids Dream of Electric Friends?

When a struggling actor can’t pay rent, she signs herself and her roommate (she won’t mind) up for a fun robot friend in order to receive a big paycheck. 

Mrs Weatherby's Concert Party

Mrs Weatherby's Concert Party

An evening of good old-fashioned Scottish entertainment featuring some of Edinburgh’s best-known performers. 

Edinburgh Renaissance Band’s Viol Rackett Show

Edinburgh Renaissance Band’s Viol Rackett Show

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

Shakespeare Festival 2022

Shakespeare Festival 2022

After sell-out seasons for the last two years, The One Fell Swoop Project returns for its third slightly shorter three-week run this summer. 

The Glenn Miller and Big Band Spectacular

The Glenn Miller and Big Band Spectacular

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

Sounds of St Cecilia's – Shackleton Concert

Sounds of St Cecilia's – Shackleton Concert

In the 2022 Nicolas Shackleton concert supported by University of Edinburgh, Calum Robertson, Sally Carr and Juliette Philogene present an exciting programme of music for clarinet,… 

CFG Online Celtic Fiddle School and Friends Concert

CFG Online Celtic Fiddle School and Friends Concert

Join Colin MacLeod and friends for an hour’s musical journey through the centre of Edinburgh to discover some of the Celtic music delights, tunes, their stories and the musicians… 

Dream

Dream

‘Everything starts with a dream’. 

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

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

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

Sacred Arts Festival Church Service at St Vincent’s Chapel Stockbridge

Sacred Arts Festival Church Service at St Vincent’s Chapel Stockbridge

Les Shankland directs the Chapter House Singers in Choral Evensong. 

Sacred Arts Festival Music at Old St Paul’s Episcopal Church

Sacred Arts Festival Music at Old St Paul’s Episcopal Church

In Every Corner Sing: The Choir of Old St Paul’s with Director of Music John Kitchen MBE, Edinburgh City Organist. 

Sacred Arts Festival Poetry at St Vincent’s Chapel Stockbridge

Sacred Arts Festival Poetry at St Vincent’s Chapel Stockbridge

Love of Creation: Poetry’s power for the present. 

Àirigh Orchestra – Piano Concerto Festival

Àirigh Orchestra – Piano Concerto Festival

Àirigh Orchestra celebrates the amazing depth and variety of the classical piano concerto genre: Bach D minor (BWV1052), Koželuch concerto for piano duet and a recently composed … 

Cathedral Concert: Music for Royal Occasions with the Choir of St Mary's Cathedral

Cathedral Concert: Music for Royal Occasions with the Choir of St Mary's Cathedral

Music from across the ages marking important royal events from deaths and funerals to weddings and coronations, sung by ‘one of Scotland’s (indeed the UK’s) musical jewels’… 

Sacred Arts Festival Music at St Vincent’s Chapel Stockbridge

Sacred Arts Festival Music at St Vincent’s Chapel Stockbridge

Henry Purcell’s Sacred and Secular. 

Sacred Arts Festival Visual Art at St Vincent’s Chapel Stockbridge (Exhibition)

Sacred Arts Festival Visual Art at St Vincent’s Chapel Stockbridge (Exhibition)

Exhibition: The Art of Illumination. 

The Azure Sky in Oz, Yellow and Special – Free

The Azure Sky in Oz, Yellow and Special – Free

This powerful, funny and unflinching drama is about two real-life Florida women whose lives are profoundly changed by their immersion in the world of the other-abled. 

All This Must Pass

All This Must Pass

A woman embarks on a quest through time, travelling for hundreds of years through distant lands to discover how she came to be. 

All-American Snack Attack

All-American Snack Attack

Americans are fat, find out why. 

All This Must Pass

All This Must Pass

A woman embarks on a quest through time, travelling for hundreds of years through distant lands to discover how she came to be. 

Sacred Arts Festival Music at Canongate Kirk

Sacred Arts Festival Music at Canongate Kirk

Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time for clarinet, violin, cello and piano was written when Messiaen was a prisoner of war in German captivity and first performed in 19… 

Stand Up At Seven With Ella Al-Shamahi and Suse Steed

Stand Up At Seven With Ella Al-Shamahi and Suse Steed

Join Ella Al-Shamahi (BBC, Channel 4 and National Geographic presenter, ‘erudite and funny’ (Times)) and Suse Steed (NATYS finalist 2019, Funny Women Regional Finalist 2018) for an… 

All Killa No Filla Live

All Killa No Filla Live

Comedians Rachel Fairburn and Kiri Pritchard-McLean bring their smash-hit true crime podcast, All Killa no Filla, to the Edinburgh Fringe. 

Sacred Arts Festival Drama at Old St Paul’s Church

Sacred Arts Festival Drama at Old St Paul’s Church

Cutting Edge Theatre: Hope Rises. 

KC Finn: Free Agent

KC Finn: Free Agent

Life is filled with the queerest things, none more so than the machinations of a mind like KC Finn’s. 

Sacred Arts Festival Visual Art at Mansfield Traquair

Sacred Arts Festival Visual Art at Mansfield Traquair

Painting Heaven on Earth. 

 Bloomsbury Art Festival: Linen and Mindfulness

Bloomsbury Art Festival: Linen and Mindfulness

Made using hand-dyed linen and quilted with hand embroidery, Christina Rose Brown’s textile works feature drawings of the artist in bed with her two young children, in a liminal … 

Stand Up, Weather Girl!

Stand Up, Weather Girl!

The role of the weather girl is one of the most iconic in the TV landscape. 

Phil Wang: The Real Hero in All This

Phil Wang: The Real Hero in All This

Hot off the heels of his critically acclaimed Netflix special, Phil’s bringing his highly infective British-Malaysian variant of comedy to the Edinburgh Fringe once more. 

All About the Drama

All About the Drama

All About the Drama is an insight to the worrying mind of Jovis Hart. 

Edinburgh Renaissance Band Returns to St Mark's

Edinburgh Renaissance Band Returns to St Mark's

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

Royal Scottish Pipers' Society Festival Fringe Performance

Royal Scottish Pipers' Society Festival Fringe Performance

Performances of Highland bagpipes and small pipes by the Royal Scottish Pipers’ Society and guests. Featuring light music and piobaireachd. 

Inverkeithing Community Big Band

Inverkeithing Community Big Band

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

Iain Dale: All Talk with Jess Phillips MP

Iain Dale: All Talk with Jess Phillips MP

Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin… 

Sacred Arts Festival Dance at St Michael and All Saints

Sacred Arts Festival Dance at St Michael and All Saints

Divine Dance presents John the Baptist and the Bees. 

Musical Comedy Guide Showcase

Musical Comedy Guide Showcase

Daily hour of the best musical comedy at this year’s Fringe, produced by the Musical Comedy Guide website (check for daily listings). 

Sacred Arts Festival Church Service at Old St Paul’s Episcopal Church

Sacred Arts Festival Church Service at Old St Paul’s Episcopal Church

Sacred Arts Festival 2022 Opening Service High Mass for the Feast of the Assumption, celebrated in accordance with the Scottish Liturgy of 1970 in the beautiful setting of the hist… 

Sacred Arts Festival Visual Art at Church of the Sacred Heart

Sacred Arts Festival Visual Art at Church of the Sacred Heart

Painting the Way of the Cross. 

Edinburgh Deaf Festival Presents Perspectives with Gavin Lilley

Edinburgh Deaf Festival Presents Perspectives with Gavin Lilley

Gavin Lilley is a deaf comedian who’s performed his signed shows to audiences across Europe. 

I Dreamed a Dream: The Hunt for a Husband

I Dreamed a Dream: The Hunt for a Husband

Desperate to fulfil her mother’s wish of finding a husband, Rebecca Anderson explores love and a whole bunch of other stuff in her debut at the Edinburgh Fringe. 

Star Spangled Stand-Up

Star Spangled Stand-Up

Free comedy showcase hosted by American stand-up comedian Leah Renee. 

Iain Dale: All Talk with David Starkey

Iain Dale: All Talk with David Starkey

Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin… 

Wordz Makez Jokez – Free

Wordz Makez Jokez – Free

Comedians Nigel Lovell (twice UK Pun Championship finalist) and Pete Merre (talkSport, SoccerAM) love Wordle and Leyton Orient and so are used to comedy, tragedy and heartbreak. 

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Five couples – three human, one fairy, and one mythical – find their relationships sorely tested, intimately probed and indecently exposed when a troupe of amateur theatricals … 

North Sea Gas: In Concert

North Sea Gas: In Concert

North Sea Gas are a much-travelled professional trio. 

Party: All-Stars

Party: All-Stars

It’s time to get your head in the game: Bristol’s best trans/non-binary/female comedy night is taking Edinburgh by storm for one night only. 

Iain Dale: All Talk with Keir Starmer MP

Iain Dale: All Talk with Keir Starmer MP

Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews. 

Iain Dale: All Talk with Keir Starmer MP

Iain Dale: All Talk with Keir Starmer MP

Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews. 

Edinburgh Deaf Festival Presents Perspectives with Gavin Lilley

Edinburgh Deaf Festival Presents Perspectives with Gavin Lilley

Gavin Lilley is a deaf comedian who’s performed his signed shows to audiences across Europe. 

Korean Yeonhee Concert

Korean Yeonhee Concert

Variety E-Seo is a young company taking the Korean traditional performing arts in a new direction: this concert takes the form of four pieces of yeonhee music and dance, with rhyth… 

Vox Stars Presents Star Inspirations

Vox Stars Presents Star Inspirations

Vox Stars Presents Star Inspirations. 

Cathedral Concert: Calum Huggan

Cathedral Concert: Calum Huggan

Award-winning Scottish marimbist and percussionist Calum Huggan performs a captivating and eclectic programme in St Mary’s Cathedral, including works by French composers Séjourné… 

Absolutely (Not) Free – An Evening of Zappa

Absolutely (Not) Free – An Evening of Zappa

A smorgasbord of Frank Zappa classics hand-delivered by those finest purveyors of conceptual continuity, Pygmy Twylyte! Expect pickles, poodles, dental floss, muffins, snowballs an… 

Festival CD and Record Fair

Festival CD and Record Fair

Great selection of collectable vinyl! LPs, 12” and 7” singles – 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s to present day. 

Paul Zerdin: Hands Free

Paul Zerdin: Hands Free

The America’s Got Talent winner brings his latest smash-hit show to Edinburgh for the first time. 

Rachel Parris: All Change Please

Rachel Parris: All Change Please

BAFTA-nominated comedian, Rachel Parris, is back with a brand-new show about big life changes. 

Follies: A Showcase of Bits and Bobs

Follies: A Showcase of Bits and Bobs

Comedy! Music! Fractured classics! Drama! And more! Do you like to be surprised? Is variety what you crave? We have just the ticket for you. 

KC Finn: Free Agent

KC Finn: Free Agent

Life is filled with the queerest things, none more so than the machinations of a mind like KC Finn’s. 

Iain Dale: All Talk with Jeremy Corbyn MP

Iain Dale: All Talk with Jeremy Corbyn MP

Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin… 

Iain Dale: All Talk with Nicola Sturgeon

Iain Dale: All Talk with Nicola Sturgeon

Award-winning LBC presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with an in-depth interview featuring audience questions. 

Dream of a King

Dream of a King

On April 3rd 1968, Martin famously gave a speech that was a premonition of his own death. 

Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha in Concert

Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha in Concert

Join the South African soprano and winner of the Song Prize at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition 2021, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, with Simon Lepper at the piano in… 

Iain Dale: All Talk with Mary Beard

Iain Dale: All Talk with Mary Beard

Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin… 

Cocktails and Concert with Edinburgh Gin

Cocktails and Concert with Edinburgh Gin

Enjoy an hour of classical music performed live by the talented ensemble Classical. 

Mystic Chorale in Concert

Mystic Chorale in Concert

The Mystic Chorale have interactively brought their audiences into the singing experience, creating living communities of world song for more than 30 years. 

Dance-Forms' 78th International Choreographers Showcase

Dance-Forms' 78th International Choreographers Showcase

Dance-Forms Productions celebrates 19 years of brilliant performances at the Fringe, presenting the cream of the crop of ritual and modern dance. 

Flamingo City Comedy: We're All Equally Good Looking

Flamingo City Comedy: We're All Equally Good Looking

Winners of Cleveland’s Best Sketch Comedy Group in 2020 (Cleveland Comedy Awards), Flamingo City is hot off their 2022 US Midwest tour! Joe and Greg are willing to do anything sh… 

Tenement Jazz Band: Red Hot Roots of Jazz

Tenement Jazz Band: Red Hot Roots of Jazz

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

Iain Dale: All Talk with Angela Rayner MP

Iain Dale: All Talk with Angela Rayner MP

Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin… 

Iain Dale: All Talk with Rory Bremner

Iain Dale: All Talk with Rory Bremner

Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin… 

All That's Left

All That's Left

You’re only a missing person if someone misses you. 

Kinky Boots - The Musical In Concert

Kinky Boots - The Musical In Concert

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… 

All By Myself

All By Myself

POV: you’re a vlogger. 

Iain Dale: All Talk with Ruth Davidson

Iain Dale: All Talk with Ruth Davidson

Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin… 

Iain Dale: All Talk with Nadine Dorries MP

Iain Dale: All Talk with Nadine Dorries MP

Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin… 

All Over

All Over

A poetic, subtle and witty dance performance on conventions, expectations and perception. 

The Azure Sky in Oz, Yellow and Special – Free

The Azure Sky in Oz, Yellow and Special – Free

This powerful, funny and unflinching drama is about two real-life Florida women whose lives are profoundly changed by their immersion in the world of the other-abled. 

Free Royal Mile Tours

Free Royal Mile Tours

Come join us for the original free walking tour around the heart of Edinburgh’s historic Old Town. 

The Opening Concert

The Opening Concert

Sir Donald Runnicles and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra launch the 2022 Festival with the spectacular Carmina Burana. 

Iain Dale: All Talk with Diane Abbott MP

Iain Dale: All Talk with Diane Abbott MP

Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin… 

Adventures of an Old C*** or Living My Dream

Adventures of an Old C*** or Living My Dream

Work in progress - a debut solo comedy show. 

Flamenco Guitar Concert

Flamenco Guitar Concert

Award-winning flamenco guitarist and composer Daniel Martinez presents a beautifully intimate flamenco guitar concert. 

Worst Show on the Fringe – Free

Worst Show on the Fringe – Free

Russell Howard, Miranda Hart, Tim Minchin. 

Adventures of an Old C*nt Living my Dream

Adventures of an Old C*nt Living my Dream

Work in progress - a debut solo comedy show. 

Free Fringe Music – Live at The Grand Cafe

Free Fringe Music – Live at The Grand Cafe

Join us for an afternoon of free jazz every Saturday and Sunday during the Fringe at The Grand Cafe. 

Adventures of an Old C*** or Living My Dream (Work in Progress)

Adventures of an Old C*** or Living My Dream (Work in Progress)

Work in progress - a debut solo comedy show. 

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Courses

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Courses

Learn the skills and art of performing stand-up comedy on this two-day intensive comedy course. 

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

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

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

Angel Comedy Showcase

Angel Comedy Showcase

Award-winning Angel Comedy (Repeat Best Venue in UK Award winner) brings a whole new showcase of acts to Edinburgh for the sixth consecutive year – after five sell-out years! Awa… 

Free Fringe Music – Live at Southpour

Free Fringe Music – Live at Southpour

Join us for free music every Saturday night during the Fringe at Southpour with great acoustic artists playing great pop covers.  

The Future of Free Stand-Up: Steffan Alun + Support

The Future of Free Stand-Up: Steffan Alun + Support

The Welsh optimist returns to the festival, and this year he’s been thinking about the future. 

Iain Dale: All Talk with Rory Stewart

Iain Dale: All Talk with Rory Stewart

Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin… 

Islam Festival Edinburgh

Islam Festival Edinburgh

Islam Festival Edinburgh. 

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

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

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

Paul Richards: My Function Band Hell

Paul Richards: My Function Band Hell

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wordz Makez Jokez – Free

Wordz Makez Jokez – Free

Comedians Nigel Lovell (twice UK Pun Championship finalist) and Pete Merre (talkSport, SoccerAM) love Wordle and Leyton Orient and so are used to comedy, tragedy and heartbreak. 

Kirsty Mann: Mess

Kirsty Mann: Mess

‘Smart character comic’ (Scotsman) and Funny Women Awards finalist, Kirsty has a secret, and this is a confession. 

The Fourth Annual Black Comedy Showcase

The Fourth Annual Black Comedy Showcase

The only place to see top Black comedians and cabaret acts from around the globe (who are still able to get in the country or afford travel). 

Free Fringe Music – Live at The Golf Tavern

Free Fringe Music – Live at The Golf Tavern

Join us for a huge selection of free music every Friday and Saturday night during the Fringe at The Golf Tavern with different rock/pop cover bands with a great selection of music … 

Pianodrome Free Lunchtime Concerts

Pianodrome Free Lunchtime Concerts

Drop in daily to enjoy emerging and established artists playing for free at our specially curated lunchtime concerts. 

Leicester Square Theatre All-Star Show

Leicester Square Theatre All-Star Show

A night of comedy featuring top acts from the Fringe, curated and programmed by London’s premier comedy venue Leicester Square Theatre. 

The Stand Late Club

The Stand Late Club

‘This is late-night comedy at its finest’ **** (BroadwayBaby. 

PPAS Dance Intensive Summer School Showcase

PPAS Dance Intensive Summer School Showcase

PPAS (Pineapple Performing Arts School) is thrilled to present a spectacular showcase of dance featuring the students from our 2022 Dance Intensive Summer School. 

With All Jew Respect

With All Jew Respect

My show is about growing up, getting old and having an 88-year-old Jewish mother (now with no filter) who is making me ‘Jewrotic’ (neurotic and Jewish. 

Fab: Funny Stand-Up for Sad People, Sad Songs for Funny People

Fab: Funny Stand-Up for Sad People, Sad Songs for Funny People

Comedian Fab La Roche-Francoeur loves the feeling of being surrounded by an audience laughing at his jokes. 

Platonic Love Triangle – A New York Stand-up Comedy Show

Platonic Love Triangle – A New York Stand-up Comedy Show

New York comedians Wyatt Feegrado (Bettor Days on Hulu, Amazon Prime), Lukas Arnold (2 million+ followers on Tiktok) and Otter Lee (Fairview on Comedy Central) present an afternoon… 

A Spiegeltent Showcase

A Spiegeltent Showcase

A series of shows each containing a variety of excerpts from across the Fringe. Treat yourself… you never know what is inside until you try! 

A HipSummerNight's Dream

A HipSummerNight's Dream

What happens in the forest, stays in the forest. 

Rhythms of India – Free

Rhythms of India – Free

Rhythms of India by Dr Radha Krishnan, Arabhi Krishnan and students. Storytelling using complex footwork set to rhythmic music along with facial expressions. 

Free Fringe Music – Live at The Granary

Free Fringe Music – Live at The Granary

Join us for free music every Friday night during the Fringe at The Granary with our house musician playing great acoustic pop covers.  

Star Quest: The Next Improvisation

Star Quest: The Next Improvisation

These are the voyages of Shellshock! improvised comedy. 

North Star (What I Listened to Instead of My Intuition)

North Star (What I Listened to Instead of My Intuition)

Lori Hamilton's retelling of her eventful life is touching and amusing, despite the whirlwind pacing. 

Stand Up for the People

Stand Up for the People

Since his first sell-out Edinburgh show That Bloke Who Does Voices, Danny Posthill, has decided to put the world to rights with a brand-new show Stand Up for the People, where he t… 

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

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

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

Festival Folk at the Oak

Festival Folk at the Oak

Festival Folk at the Oak. 

The Impro All Stars

The Impro All Stars

The All Stars have toured the world, playing New York’s Webster Hall (with Eddie Izzard and Mike Myers), Prague, Sydney, Paris, Shanghai, Beirut and Baku. 

Big Band Does... Broadway

Big Band Does... Broadway

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

Freestyle Comedy: Improvised Stand-Up

Freestyle Comedy: Improvised Stand-Up

It’s stand-up, but not as you know it; no rules, no backup, no script, no set list. 

The Sensational David Bowie Tribute Band

The Sensational David Bowie Tribute Band

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

Danny O'Brien: The God of All Things Bad

Danny O'Brien: The God of All Things Bad

The award-winning Irish comic has stayed busier than ever over the last two years! From making one of the highest-viewed stand-up specials in Irish television history to somehow sp… 

Dream Logos

Dream Logos

We solve our greatest problems through dreaming while our deepest fears are revealed in them as well. 

Stand Up and Thrive

Stand Up and Thrive

An award-winning blend of coaching and comedy from Harriet Beveridge. 

Bomb and Get Bombed: A Stand-Up Comedy Show

Bomb and Get Bombed: A Stand-Up Comedy Show

The only comedy show in town with actual consequences for bad jokes. 

Are We All in a Cult?

Are We All in a Cult?

Top leaders, love bombing, results driven expectations, endless tasks – is your family a cult? Is society a cult? Is the lollipop lady the benign face of cultism? Are we all in t… 

Henning Wehn: It’ll All Come Out In The Wash

Henning Wehn: It’ll All Come Out In The Wash

Watch the German Comedy Ambassador give everything a good rinse and witness him wring sense out of the nonsensical. 

PG Hits! Stand-Up Comedy That's Everyone's Cup of Tea!

PG Hits! Stand-Up Comedy That's Everyone's Cup of Tea!

A hilarious stand-up comedy compilation show that leaves out the really rude bits so the whole family can enjoy the show. 

Aaaaaaaaaargh! It's the Monster Stand-Up Show

Aaaaaaaaaargh! It's the Monster Stand-Up Show

Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comedians on the circuit in this stand-up comedy showcase including your award-winning host, Kirsty Munro. 

Stand-Up Science

Stand-Up Science

Love science? Love comedy? Want to laugh and feel smart? Come to Stand-Up Science, a compilation of excellent comedy about science from across the Fringe. 

Festival Celebration V&C Sparkling Wine Tasting

Festival Celebration V&C Sparkling Wine Tasting

Celebrate the return of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe at V&C with this relaxed, tutored tasting of delicious Italian sparkling wines: Prosecco, Metodo Classico, Spumante and more. 

A Rush of Laughter Showcase

A Rush of Laughter Showcase

A Rush of Laughter Showcase is a chance for you to see a wide selection of the incredible roster of talent at A Rush of Laughter Comedy Management. 

101 Comedy Club – Free

101 Comedy Club – Free

‘Funny. 

Stand-Up Philosophy – Free!

Stand-Up Philosophy – Free!

Stand-up philosophy is like stand-up comedy – except it’s philosophical. 

MARVELus: All the MARVEL Movies... Kind Of!

MARVELus: All the MARVEL Movies... Kind Of!

The Just Us League of Javier Jarquin and Gary Tro return with an update of their whistlestop tour of the first 3 Marvel Cinematic Universe phases (somewhat contradicting their titl… 

Eric Rushton: I Had a Dream and You Were All in It

Eric Rushton: I Had a Dream and You Were All in It

Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2020, Eric Rushton brings his highly anticipated debut hour to the festival. 

One-Man Star Wars™ Trilogy

One-Man Star Wars™ Trilogy

Since Charles Ross first brought his hilarious show to Edinburgh in 2006, it has established itself as a Fringe favourite. 

Eh! Comedy Showcase

Eh! Comedy Showcase

Canadians are easy to get a long with and most importantly, funny. 

Peppa Pig – My First Concert

Peppa Pig – My First Concert

From Mozart to Muddy Puddles! Peppa Pig – My First Concert is a fun interactive introduction to a live orchestra with everyone’s favourite Pig family! Join Peppa as she discovers… 

Ted Hill: All the Presidents Man

Ted Hill: All the Presidents Man

Ted Hill is incredibly brave for putting on his show, All The Presidents Man, which in itself is a very clever title. 

Festival Music Nights

Festival Music Nights

Discover new artists from around the world! Come and enjoy the warmth of the world through a hand-picked selection of of bands, singers and instrumentalists, and soak up their soun… 

It All

It All

Cameron Cook pushes character work to incredible new heights in his debut solo show, previously performed to sold-out audiences at Soho Theatre. 

Set List: Stand-up Without a Net

Set List: Stand-up Without a Net

It’s back! ‘For anyone genuinely interested in comedy and comedians, this is the must-see show of the festival’ ***** (Scotsman). 

Laugh Train Home Comedy Showcase

Laugh Train Home Comedy Showcase

In its seventh year, the best comics of the Fringe are brought together for this premier comedy showcase. 

Ben Miller's Stand-Up Science

Ben Miller's Stand-Up Science

A show that’s equal measures hilarious, educational and deeply personal. 

Darkest Thoughts – Stand-Up from Your Thoughts

Darkest Thoughts – Stand-Up from Your Thoughts

Finally, something Netflix can’t match! Darkest Thoughts offers you the audience a chance to get immediate comedy based on any topic you can think of. 

The All Irish After Party

The All Irish After Party

Not ready for the night to end? Neither are we! So head on over to The All Irish After Party, where the craic is only just beginning!! A true late night show, this show is always b… 

Kirsty Munro: Sexcapades

Kirsty Munro: Sexcapades

Kirsty overshares her funny bits. 

Free Fringe Music – Live at Biddy Mulligans

Free Fringe Music – Live at Biddy Mulligans

Join us for a huge selection of free music every night of the Fringe at Biddy’s with different rock/folk cover bands and a big selection of music right through the festival.  

An American Comedy Showcase. Free!

An American Comedy Showcase. Free!

Gabe Mollica brings New York-style comedy line-ups every night to Bar 50. 

Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show

Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show

Great value lunchtime comedy showcase featuring the best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics. 

Set List: Stand-up Without a Net

Set List: Stand-up Without a Net

It’s back! ‘For anyone genuinely interested in comedy and comedians, this is the must-see show of the festival’ ***** (Scotsman). 

Banana Split: A Stand-Up Comedy Show

Banana Split: A Stand-Up Comedy Show

Fresh, off-beat comedy from two former Cambridge Footlights. 

Irish Comedy Showcase

Irish Comedy Showcase

Irish Comedy Showcase – The best Irish comedians at the Fringe will be starting your morning with some belly laughs, hopefully before breakfast. 

How to Record the Greatest Album of All Time

How to Record the Greatest Album of All Time

Comedian Tom GK has decided to record the greatest album of all time and he has just 50 minutes to prove he’s up to the job. 

Free Footlights

Free Footlights

Join ‘the most renowned sketch troupe of them all’ (Independent) for an hour of stand-up, sketch, song and much more. 

AAA Stand-Up at Underbelly

AAA Stand-Up at Underbelly

Total sell-out 2005-2019 returns with a brand-new line-up. 

Dinosaurs and All That Rubbish

Dinosaurs and All That Rubbish

One small step for man, one giant pile of rubbish left behind! Man’s dream to reach the stars leaves the world in ruins and disturbs the sleeping dinosaurs. 

All of Us

All of Us

All of Us is an attack on welfare state reform. 

AAA Stand-Up Late

AAA Stand-Up Late

Total sell-out 2005-2019 returns with a brand new line-up. 

AAA Stand-Up

AAA Stand-Up

Total sell-out 2005-2019 returns with a brand new line-up. 

Patrick Spicer: Who's This All of a Sudden?

Patrick Spicer: Who's This All of a Sudden?

Debut hour from one of the most exciting acts on the UK comedy circuit and one of the most pathetic cringing worms (as seen on The Mash Report (BBC2), BBC3 and Channel 4 Online. 

Free Fringe Music – Live at Ghillie Dhu

Free Fringe Music – Live at Ghillie Dhu

Join us for free live music every Wednesday to Sunday during the Fringe at Ghillie Dhu with different indie and rock/pop artists with a great selection of music. 

Please, Feel Free to Share

Please, Feel Free to Share

Alex Dawson (Róisin Bevan) is a successful social media guru. 

Eve: All About Her

Eve: All About Her

Award-winning actor and cabaret artist, Keith Ramsay, blends live music and and spoken word to deconstruct the concepts of camp and queer mythology for a post-Stonewall generation. 

The Big Free Festival Launch Show

The Big Free Festival Launch Show

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

Epic Film Music Concert

Epic Film Music Concert

The most iconic film soundtracks (Pirates of the Caribbeans, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, The Lord of the Rings, Interstellar and many more) played live in a unique, e… 

Epic Film Music Concert

Epic Film Music Concert

The best film soundtracks (Pirates of the Caribbeans, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Game of Thrones and more) played live in a unique classical-electronic performance featuring violin, … 

Zach Zucker: Spectacular Industry Showcase

Zach Zucker: Spectacular Industry Showcase

Winner: Comedian’s Comedian Award, Chortle Awards (2020). 

AAA Stand-Up Late at Gilded Balloon

AAA Stand-Up Late at Gilded Balloon

Total sell-out 2005 - 2019 returns with a brand-new line-up. 

Sweater Worthy – Free

Sweater Worthy – Free

A one-woman performance about knitting through grief, heartache and depression. All in a pandemic. Knitting or crocheting is encouraged. 

Alex Kealy: Winner Takes All

Alex Kealy: Winner Takes All

Braving the smells and humidity of the Niddry Street Hive, Alex Kealy’s The Winner Takes All explains the inner workings and purpose of Silicon Valley and tech monopolies better … 

Chess - The Musical In Concert

Chess - The Musical In Concert

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

Miss Jean & the Ragtime Rewind Swing Band

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

The Addams Family Musical in Concert

The Addams Family Musical in Concert

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. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

Music Access All Areas Gig

Music Access All Areas Gig

Join Liverpool’s Royal Court Youth Theatre for an evening of great music as they showcase their stunning musical talents. 

Out of the Wings Festival 2022

Out of the Wings Festival 2022

Out of the Wings returns to the Omnibus for its annual festival of theatre from the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking worlds. 

Charity showcase of film-ballet «Vodurudu»

Charity showcase of film-ballet «Vodurudu»

Vodurudu (meaning: Will, Thought, Movement, Spirit) is a folk-improvisational film-ballet, the origins of which are environment and time. 

A Plague On All Your Houses

A Plague On All Your Houses

A rip-roaring ride through the plagues of history! From swarms of locusts to vine-destroying bugs, from the Black Death to Covid. 

HEATWAVE HOUSE PARTY: Penge Festival Closing Event

HEATWAVE HOUSE PARTY: Penge Festival Closing Event

Celebrate the closing of the 2022 Penge Festival with the Heatwave House Party at The Bridge House!An all day party downstairs in the pub with special live music sets in our theatr… 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Experience Shakespeare’s best-loved comedy in the heart of Covent Garden with the award-winning Iris Theatre. 

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

“THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE NEVER DID RUN SMOOTH. 

The Witches of Eastwick in Concert

The Witches of Eastwick in Concert

When three desperate housewives in small town America wish for the man of their dreams, they get more than they bargain for in this bewitching musical comedy returning to the West … 

Harun Musho'd: Why I Don’t Talk To People About Terrorism (Ludlow Fringe Festival)

Harun Musho'd: Why I Don’t Talk To People About Terrorism (Ludlow Fringe Festival)

Harun Musho’d is an Arabic name. Good news is I can’t drive. Bad news is I have a rucksack. If you don’t like that joke, don’t come to this show. 

Adventures of an Old C*** or Living My Dream

Adventures of an Old C*** or Living My Dream

Work in progress - a debut solo show. 

High Top Circus Showcase

High Top Circus Showcase

You’re late, you’re late, for a very important date! Returning for the 5th year with an all-new show, let our talented young performers take you on an exciting trip down the rabbi… 

Adventures of an Old C*nt Living my Dream

Adventures of an Old C*nt Living my Dream

Work in progress - a debut solo show. 

Ted Hill: All the Presidents Man

Ted Hill: All the Presidents Man

Comedian and silly boy Ted Hill’s debut stand-up show about every single US President, and one man’s recovery from a mental breakdown. 

High Top Circus Showcase

High Top Circus Showcase

You’re late, you’re late, for a very important date! Returning for the 5th year with all-new acts, let our talented young performers take you on an exciting trip down the rabbit h… 

BE Festival

BE Festival

BE FESTIVAL exists to challenge and turn the notion of theatre upside down, crossing borders, creative disciplines and blurring boundaries between audiences and artists. 

Ted Hill: All the Presidents Man

Ted Hill: All the Presidents Man

Comedian and silly boy Ted Hill’s debut stand-up show about every single US President, and one man’s recovery from a mental breakdown. 

Brighton Fringe Comedy Showcase

Brighton Fringe Comedy Showcase

A showcase of the best new comedians performing at the 2022 Brighton Fringe. 

Festival of Europe presents...

Festival of Europe presents...

A MINI FESTIVAL IN SUPPORT OF DEMOCRACY AND PEACE chaired by Caroline Lucas. 

Festival of Europe presents...

Festival of Europe presents...

A MINI FESTIVAL IN SUPPORT OF DEMOCRACY AND PEACE chaired by Caroline Lucas at 3pm at Unitarian Church, New Road, Brighton, BN1 1UF Featuring live music, debate, and poetry on the… 

Eric Rushton: I Had A Dream And You Were All In It

Eric Rushton: I Had A Dream And You Were All In It

Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2020 Eric Rushton brings his highly-anticipated debut hour to the Brighton Fringe. 

Eric Rushton: I Had A Dream And You Were All In It

Eric Rushton: I Had A Dream And You Were All In It

Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2020 Eric Rushton brings his highly-anticipated debut hour to the Brighton Fringe. 

Big Band Burlesque

Big Band Burlesque

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

Big Band Burlesque

Big Band Burlesque

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

The Waste Land (TS Eliot) performance Audrey Lee, soundscape Robert Lee

The Waste Land (TS Eliot) performance Audrey Lee, soundscape Robert Lee

Reportedly T S Eliot carried a pocket version of Dante around, and although he could not understand Italian explained that he simply listened to the music of the words. 

The Waste Land (TS Eliot) performance Audrey Lee, soundscape Robert Lee

The Waste Land (TS Eliot) performance Audrey Lee, soundscape Robert Lee

Reportedly T S Eliot carried a pocket version of Dante around, and although he could not understand Italian explained that he simply listened to the music of the words. 

All Around the World

All Around the World

Exhibition and performances from learners at Downsview Life Skills College. 

All Around the World

All Around the World

Exhibition and performances from learners at Downsview Life Skills College. 

Psychic Stu's Comedy Stand Up Show

Psychic Stu's Comedy Stand Up Show

Come along to see Psychic Stu in his Phenomenal Stand Up Show! You may be lucky and get your fortune told by the man himself. 

Northern Soul All-Afternooner

Northern Soul All-Afternooner

Your chance this season to keep the faith with Northern Soul, returning to the beautiful Brighton Spiegeltent for its sixth year! Sells out well in advance every year so don’t miss… 

Psychic Stu's Comedy Stand Up Show

Psychic Stu's Comedy Stand Up Show

Psychic Stu takes on the world of fake mediums and not only stands up for the holistic world, but unwittingly educates others on what to look for so as not to get conned. 

Children's Pottery Festival at the Patch

Children's Pottery Festival at the Patch

Led by Vanessa (MA, CE, PDD Ceramics), we will be making pots on the wheel for you to take away. 

Fire & Fury: Gala Concert

Fire & Fury: Gala Concert

Join the Sussex Symphony Orchestra for a truly rousing evening full of inspiring and evocative music. 

Kirsty Munro: A Naughty Show

Kirsty Munro: A Naughty Show

Kirsty Munro talks about naughty stuff, overshares and gets saucy. 

Kirsty Munro: A Naughty Show

Kirsty Munro: A Naughty Show

Kirsty Munro talks about naughty stuff, overshares and gets saucy. 

Children's Pottery Festival at the Patch

Children's Pottery Festival at the Patch

Led by Vanessa Cox Pendray (MA, CE, PDD Ceramics), we will be making pots on the wheel for you to take away. 

Big Band: Swingin' at the Spiegel

Big Band: Swingin' at the Spiegel

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

Big Band: Swingin' at the Spiegel

Big Band: Swingin' at the Spiegel

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

Fire & Fury: Gala Concert

Fire & Fury: Gala Concert

Join the Sussex Symphony Orchestra for a truly rousing evening full of inspiring and evocative music. 

All You Can Beat Workshop

All You Can Beat Workshop

All You Can Beat Workshop. 

Aaargh its the Monster Stand Up Show

Aaargh its the Monster Stand Up Show

Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comedians on the circuit in this stand-up comedy showcase including your award-winning host, Masai Graham (UK Pun Champion 2016, Joke of… 

All You Can Beat Workshop

All You Can Beat Workshop

All You Can Beat Workshop. 

Dirty Dancing in Concert

Dirty Dancing in Concert

Enjoy the digitally remastered hit film like never before on a full-size cinema screen, with a live band and singers performing the film’s iconic songs. 

Marcus Megastar's

Marcus Megastar's "The Music Of The Night" Fringe '22 Showcase

Out to cause absolute pandemonium, Marcus Megastar’s bringing the party to Brighton with “The Music Of The Night” ’22 Fringe Showcase. 

Marcus Megastar's

Marcus Megastar's "The Music Of The Night" Fringe '22 Showcase

Out to cause absolute pandemonium, Marcus Megastar’s bringing the party to Brighton with “The Music Of The Night” ’22 Fringe Showcase. 

Fringe Academy: Edinburgh Festival Fringe: What to Expect

Fringe Academy: Edinburgh Festival Fringe: What to Expect

Are you thinking about bringing a show to the Edinburgh Fringe this year, either in person or online? Come along and virtually meet the team from the Fringe Society and find out wh… 

A Little Bit Neurotic: A Stand-up Show

A Little Bit Neurotic: A Stand-up Show

Alex Bertulis-Fernandes is a stand-up and writer. 

A Little Bit Neurotic: A Stand-up Show

A Little Bit Neurotic: A Stand-up Show

Alex Bertulis-Fernandes is a stand-up and writer. 

Fringe Academy: Edinburgh Festival Fringe: What to Expect

Fringe Academy: Edinburgh Festival Fringe: What to Expect

Are you thinking about bringing a show to the Edinburgh Fringe this year or in the future? Maybe it’s on your bucket list, or a new year’s resolution; perhaps you’ve been bef… 

Brighton Swing All-Stars

Brighton Swing All-Stars

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

Tom Little Makes a Triumphant Return To Stand-Up

Tom Little Makes a Triumphant Return To Stand-Up

Tom Little won the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year, was a BBC Radio New Comedy Award finalist and his 2018 Edinburgh show was nominated for the Amused Moose Comedy Award. 

Tom Little Makes a Triumphant Return To Stand-Up

Tom Little Makes a Triumphant Return To Stand-Up

Tom Little won the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year, was a BBC Radio New Comedy Award finalist and his 2018 Edinburgh show was nominated for the Amused Moose Comedy Award. 

DMSA Showcase

DMSA Showcase

The Digital Music and Sound Arts Course at the University of Brighton presents an evening of live music from our students. 

DMSA Showcase

DMSA Showcase

The Digital Music and Sound Arts Course at the University of Brighton presents an evening of live music from our students. 

Taking Flight New Writing Festival

Taking Flight New Writing Festival

Red Dragonfly’s New Writing Festival and nationwide Competition is back! In the fourth season Taking Flight will help new and emerging BESEA playwrights develop their exciting id… 

Taking Flight New Writing Festival

Taking Flight New Writing Festival

‘Taking Flight’ is Red Dragonfly Productions successful New Writing Programme, where we showcase new work by up and coming writers. 

Stand-Up Comedy Workshop

Stand-Up Comedy Workshop

Have you ever laughed? Learn how to use some practical stand-up comedy basics in your writing, performing, stand-up, work presentations, public speaking or - just for fun. 

Sian Philipps: Violin Concert

Sian Philipps: Violin Concert

Violin and piano concert with discussion 

All Together Now

All Together Now

Three siblings are in isolation having had contact with a Covid victim. 

All Together Now

All Together Now

Three siblings are in isolation having had contact with a Covid victim. 

Sian Philipps: Violin Concert

Sian Philipps: Violin Concert

Violin and piano concert with discussion 

Extra Topping Comedy Showcase

Extra Topping Comedy Showcase

Simon Topping showcases the best Fringe comedy, three acts at a time. 

Roedean Festival Fringe Concert

Roedean Festival Fringe Concert

This festival concert is a highlight of the year and truly encapsulates Roedean’s community spirit and love of music. 

Roedean Festival Fringe Concert

Roedean Festival Fringe Concert

This festival concert is a highlight of the year and truly encapsulates Roedean’s community spirit and love of music. 

Mad Ron's Character Comedy Showcase

Mad Ron's Character Comedy Showcase

Mad Ron – Uxbridge’s third hardest man introduces a handpicked selection of character comedians - each show will feature short sets by some of the best up and coming character … 

Ay Up It's Stand Up: Paddy Young & Adam Flood

Ay Up It's Stand Up: Paddy Young & Adam Flood

Ay Up Ducks! Following a sell-out run at Edinburgh Fringe, we’re bringing our stand-up show to Brighton. 

Ay Up It's Stand Up: Paddy Young & Adam Flood

Ay Up It's Stand Up: Paddy Young & Adam Flood

Ay Up Ducks! Following a sell-out run at Edinburgh Fringe, we’re bringing our stand-up show to Brighton. 

Mad Ron's Character Comedy Showcase

Mad Ron's Character Comedy Showcase

Mad Ron – Uxbridge’s third hardest man introduces a handpicked selection of character comedians - each show will feature short sets by some of the best up and coming character … 

A Good Time Was Had By All

A Good Time Was Had By All

A group of university friends reunites over dinner with lots to catch up on. 

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase – Musical Theatre (BA Hons)

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase – Musical Theatre (BA Hons)

Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase  

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase – Musical Theatre (BA Hons)

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase – Musical Theatre (BA Hons)

Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase  

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase – Performing Arts (BA Hons)

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase – Performing Arts (BA Hons)

Come and watch our Performing Arts (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.  

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase – Performing Arts (BA Hons)

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase – Performing Arts (BA Hons)

Come and watch our Performing Arts (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.  

Plumbing the Death Star

Plumbing the Death Star

Three rude boys ruin pop culture through dumb questions. 

Stand Up For Ukraine

Stand Up For Ukraine

Join us for an evening of stand up to raise money for the people of Ukraine. 

Cabaret Star(t)lets at The Matchstick Piehouse, Deptford

Cabaret Star(t)lets at The Matchstick Piehouse, Deptford

Come and join us for an evening of burlesque from new-on-the-scene performers. 

Sasha Regan's All Male H.M.S. Pinafore

Sasha Regan's All Male H.M.S. Pinafore

Wilton’s Music Hall has come a long way since 1885 when Nelly Power sang The Boy I Love Is Up in the Gallery. 

Alternative Black Cabaret Showcase

Alternative Black Cabaret Showcase

The Black is back! The Alternative Black Cabaret Showcase in partnership with Boisterous Theatre Co. 

Stand up comedy in Epsom

Stand up comedy in Epsom

Stand up comedy At the Dia y Noche lounge, a popular, family run cafe, music and sports bar in Epsom. 

Stick Man - Relaxed Performance

Stick Man - Relaxed Performance

Freckle Productions presentSTICK MAN - Relaxed PerformanceTouching, funny and utterly original, Freckle Productions’ delightful adaptation of Julia Donaldson and A… 

Stand up comedy in Kingston

Stand up comedy in Kingston

Stand up comedy at the Willoughby arms, a popular local pub in the heart of Kingston. 

Very Special Guest Star

Very Special Guest Star

In a desperate attempt to bring some spark back to their all-too-cosy married life, professional millennials Michael and Phil switch a sherry on the couch for a night on the town. 

Logan Murray's Stand Up Course: Mondays, November 2021

Logan Murray's Stand Up Course: Mondays, November 2021

‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

All The Angels, Handel And The First Messiah

All The Angels, Handel And The First Messiah

Dublin, 1742. 

All The Angels: Handel And The First Messiah

All The Angels: Handel And The First Messiah

Dublin, 1742. 

Stand up comedy in Kingston

Stand up comedy in Kingston

Stand up comedy at the Willoughby arms, a popular local pub in the heart of Kingston. 

An Post Irish Book Awards Shortlist at Dublin Book Festival | In-person Tickets

An Post Irish Book Awards Shortlist at Dublin Book Festival | In-person Tickets

Meet some of the shortlisted authors from the An Post Irish Book Awards 2021 at this year’s Dublin Book Festival. 

Cabaret Playroom: The  Showcase

Cabaret Playroom: The Showcase

The pick of the Cabaret Playroom season. 

Stand up comedy in Kingston

Stand up comedy in Kingston

Stand up comedy at the Willoughby arms, a popular local pub in the heart of Kingston. 

Performance Workshop with Jade Anouka

Performance Workshop with Jade Anouka

After wowing audiences at A Lovely Word at Homotopia Festival 2020, weve invited Jade Anouka to share the secrets behind her incredible performance poetry with … 

Stand up comedy in Kingston

Stand up comedy in Kingston

Stand up comedy at the Willoughby arms, a popular local pub in the heart of Kingston. 

Alternative Black Cabaret Showcase

Alternative Black Cabaret Showcase

The Black is back! The Alternative Black Cabaret Showcase in partnership with Boisterous Theatre Co. 

Stand up comedy in Kingston

Stand up comedy in Kingston

Stand up comedy at the Willoughby arms, a popular local pub in the heart of Kingston. 

Lachlan Werner's Voices Of Evil - London Horror Festival

Lachlan Werner's Voices Of Evil - London Horror Festival

Ventriloquism as you’ve never seen it! The Exorcist… with puppets!Lachlan Werner (ventriloquist, clown) presents an hour of frights, where demonic voices come from every corner… 

The (Steve) Royle Variety Performance

The (Steve) Royle Variety Performance

Britain’s Got Talent 2020 top three finalist, comedian, juggler and variety star Steve Royle takes his Royle Variety Performance on the road for a fun-filled eveni… 

The (Steve) Royle Variety Performance

The (Steve) Royle Variety Performance

Britain’s Got Talent 2020 top three finalist, comedian, juggler and variety star Steve Royle takes his Royle Variety Performance on the road for a fun-filled eveni… 

Logan Murray's Stand Up Course: Sundays October 2021

Logan Murray's Stand Up Course: Sundays October 2021

"Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

Rachel Parris: All Change Please

Rachel Parris: All Change Please

Bafta-nominated comedian, Rachel Parris, is back with a brand-new show about big life changes. 

Jon Courtenay: What's It All About?

Jon Courtenay: What's It All About?

Winner of Britain’s Got Talent 2020 Comedian and musician Jon Courtenay is the first ever Golden Buzzer act to win Britain’s Got Talent. 

Jon Courtenay: What’s It All About?

Jon Courtenay: What’s It All About?

Winner of Britain’s Got Talent 2020 Comedian and musician Jon Courtenay is the first ever Golden Buzzer act to win Britain’s Got Talent. 

Jon Courtenay: What’s It All About?

Jon Courtenay: What’s It All About?

Winner of Britain’s Got Talent 2020  Comedian and musician Jon Courtenay is the first ever Golden Buzzer act to win Britain’s Got… 

Stand up comedy in Epsom

Stand up comedy in Epsom

Stand up comedy At the Dia y Noche lounge, a popular, family run cafe, music and sports bar in Epsom. 

Stand up comedy in Kingston

Stand up comedy in Kingston

Stand up comedy at the Willoughby arms, a popular local pub in the heart of Kingston. 

Royalty in Concert

Royalty in Concert

For the first time in the UK you can now celebrate the music from three of the most iconic artists of all time. 

Bloomsbury Festival 2021

Bloomsbury Festival 2021

Bloomsbury Festival is an annual celebration of the area’s pioneering creativity, presenting an inspiring programme of arts, science, literature, performance, discussion and refl… 

Stand up comedy in Kingston

Stand up comedy in Kingston

Stand up comedy at the Willoughby arms, a popular local pub in the heart of Kingston. 

MSO - The Glenn Miller and Big Band Spectacular

MSO - The Glenn Miller and Big Band Spectacular

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

Stand up comedy in Epsom

Stand up comedy in Epsom

Stand up comedy At the Dia y Noche lounge, a popular, family run cafe, music and sports bar in Epsom. 

Stand up comedy in Kingston

Stand up comedy in Kingston

Stand up comedy at the Willoughby arms, a popular local pub in the heart of Kingston. 

Lectura en directo del Cadáver Exquisito escrito por les participantes del festival

Lectura en directo del Cadáver Exquisito escrito por les participantes del festival

Romancero Books con el apoyo de la Oficina de Asuntos Culturales y Cintificos de la Embajada de Espaa en Londres presenta el Festival de Literatura Queer Espaola en Londres - FLQEL… 

Stand up comedy in Kingston

Stand up comedy in Kingston

Stand up comedy at the Willoughby arms, a popular local pub in the heart of Kingston. 

Henning Wehn - It'll All Come Out In The Wash

Henning Wehn - It'll All Come Out In The Wash

Watch German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn give everything a good rinse and witness him wring sense out of the nonsensical. 

Anna Clifford’s Stand Up Special “Ghosted”

Anna Clifford’s Stand Up Special “Ghosted”

“ I can’t tell if I am being ghosted or that person is practising social distancing very well” Watch Irish comedian Anna Clifford dissect t… 

Henning Wehn - It'll All Come Out In The Wash

Henning Wehn - It'll All Come Out In The Wash

Watch German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn give everything a good rinse and witness him wring sense out of the nonsensical. 

Anna Clifford’s Stand Up Special “Ghosted”

Anna Clifford’s Stand Up Special “Ghosted”

“ I can’t tell if I am being ghosted or that person is practising social distancing very well” Watch Irish comedian Anna Clifford dissect t… 

Stand up comedy in Kingston

Stand up comedy in Kingston

Stand up comedy at the Willoughby arms, a popular local pub in the heart of Kingston. 

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Graduating MFA Acting Showcase

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Graduating MFA Acting Showcase

Please join us for the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Graduating MFA Actors London Showcase where there will be a selection of monologues and duologues delivered by our … 

Opportunity Knock Knocks - Showcase

Opportunity Knock Knocks - Showcase

3 funny, entertaining and some say even life enriching artists compered by the direct and unrepentant Wesley Mallin. 

Opportunity Knock Knocks - Showcase

Opportunity Knock Knocks - Showcase

3 funny, entertaining and some say even life enriching artists compered by the direct and unrepentant Wesley Mallin. 

Opportunity Knock Knocks - Showcase

Opportunity Knock Knocks - Showcase

3 funny, entertaining and some say even life enriching artists compered by the direct and unrepentant Wesley Mallin. 

Opportunity Knock Knocks - Showcase

Opportunity Knock Knocks - Showcase

3 funny, entertaining and some say even life enriching artists compered by the direct and unrepentant Wesley Mallin. 

Alt Pride Festival

Alt Pride Festival

Surreys genderless drag artist SemiColon is coming to South London with a BANG with their Alt Pride Festival! Featuring a queer arts fair, live entertainment and food in the commun… 

Logan Murray's Stand Up Course: Saturdays, Sept 2021

Logan Murray's Stand Up Course: Saturdays, Sept 2021

"Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

A Festival of Korean Dance

A Festival of Korean Dance

As the country unlocks and live performance returns to London, Korean dancers will once again make the journey to the UK and take to the stage at The Place.  

Stand up comedy in Epsom

Stand up comedy in Epsom

Stand up comedy At the Dia y Noche lounge, a popular, family run cafe, music and sports bar in Epsom. 

JOY Festival

JOY Festival

JOY Festival is a celebration of local disabled artists, produced by Turtle Key Arts in partnership with HF ArtsFest and the Lyric. 

STAR AT THE TWO BREWERS

STAR AT THE TWO BREWERS

By James ColeBen battles to overcome his addiction while a ghost of his past seeks to destroy his future. 

Star Man by James Cole @ The Two Brewers

Star Man by James Cole @ The Two Brewers

By James ColeBen battles to overcome his addiction while a ghost of his past seeks to destroy his future. 

All Above Board

All Above Board

Chaos reigns in this brand-new farce of mistaken identities and disastrous decisions from the witty pen of star of stage and screen, Nigel Planer (The Young Ones, The Comic Strip P… 

All Above Board

All Above Board

Chaos reigns in this brand-new farce of mistaken identities and disastrous decisions from the witty pen of star of stage and screen, Nigel Planer (The Young Ones, The Comic Strip P… 

All Above Board

All Above Board

Chaos reigns in this brand-new farce of mistaken identities and disastrous decisions from the witty pen of star of stage and screen, Nigel Planer (The Young Ones, The Comic Strip P… 

All Above Board

All Above Board

Chaos reigns in this brand-new farce of mistaken identities and disastrous decisions from the witty pen of star of stage and screen, Nigel Planer (The Young Ones, The Comic Strip P… 

Logan Murray's Stand Up Course: Mondays, Sept 2021

Logan Murray's Stand Up Course: Mondays, Sept 2021

‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

Princess: The Promenade Performance

Princess: The Promenade Performance

Duckie presentsPrincess: The Promenade PerformanceSocially Distanced Time Travel of the ImaginationPrincess is a promenade theatre show where audiences travel around the Vauxhall P… 

Stand up comedy in Epsom

Stand up comedy in Epsom

Stand up comedy At the Dia y Noche lounge, a popular, family run cafe, music and sports bar in Epsom. 

Big Band Bublé

Big Band Bublé

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

Members of the Edinburgh Festival Chorus

Members of the Edinburgh Festival Chorus

The Edinburgh Festival Chorus return in smaller form, with a concert as wide-ranging as in previous years. 

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

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

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

A Rubbish Midsummer Night's Dream

A Rubbish Midsummer Night's Dream

Fairies. 

Lesbian Speed Dating @ The Penthouse All Star Lanes (24-36)

Lesbian Speed Dating @ The Penthouse All Star Lanes (24-36)

The Coming Out team at Pride in London have teamed up with an amazing LGBTQ+ friendly venue in the heart of Brick Lane . 

Gay Speed Dating @ The Penthouse All Star Lanes (24-36)

Gay Speed Dating @ The Penthouse All Star Lanes (24-36)

The Coming Out team at Pride in London have teamed up with an amazing LGBTQ+ friendly venue in the heart of Brick Lane . 

It All

It All

Cameron Cook pushes character work to incredible new heights in his debut solo show, previously performed to sold-out audiences at Soho Theatre. 

The Impro All Stars

The Impro All Stars

The All Stars have toured the world playing in Prague, New York’s Webster Hall (with Eddie Izzard and Mike Myers), Dubai, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Beirut and Baku, Azerbaija… 

Norris & Parker / Fever Dream Work in Progress

Norris & Parker / Fever Dream Work in Progress

Step into Piscean comedy duo, Norris & Parker’s fever dream for a surreal hour of wild, watery madness. 

Clarissa Explains It All (Briefly)

Clarissa Explains It All (Briefly)

This Edinburgh Fringe, Clarissa Maycock will explain it all (briefly. 

Nightpiece Film Festival

Nightpiece Film Festival

Now in its 8th consecutive season, Nightpiece continues to platform exciting filmmakers from across the globe. 

Paul Dennis: Imashination (Free Festival)

Paul Dennis: Imashination (Free Festival)

Multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter and stand-up, Paul Dennis brings his music and comedy together for the first time. 

Norris & Parker / Fever Dream Work in Progress

Norris & Parker / Fever Dream Work in Progress

Step into Piscean comedy duo, Norris & Parker’s fever dream for a surreal hour of wild, watery madness. 

Tom Little Makes a Triumphant Return to Stand-Up

Tom Little Makes a Triumphant Return to Stand-Up

Tom Little won the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year, was a BBC Radio New Comedy Award finalist and his 2018 Edinburgh show was nominated for the Amused Moose Comedy Award. 

Ay Up, It's Stand-Up: Paddy Young and Adam Flood

Ay Up, It's Stand-Up: Paddy Young and Adam Flood

Two 30-minute sets of stand-up from up-and-coming comedians from the north of England, Paddy Young (as seen on ITV2, Sky, Channel 4) and Adam Flood (BBC New Comedian 2019 nominee, … 

North Sea Gas: In Concert

North Sea Gas: In Concert

Celebrating 40 years on the road, North Sea Gas are back at the AMC again. 

The All Out Dynasty Extravaganza Party!

The All Out Dynasty Extravaganza Party!

We Do Good Disco PresentsThe All Out Dynasty Extravaganza Party!To celebrate all things Dynasty we are having a super glam party upstairs in the Carrington Lounge at Ninth Life in … 

Sacred Arts Festival at St Vincent's: Choral Evensong

Sacred Arts Festival at St Vincent's: Choral Evensong

The 2021 Festival of the Sacred Arts concludes with a service of Choral Evensong. 

We Exist Artist Showcase

We Exist Artist Showcase

We Exist present their second performance artist showcase at The Karaoke Hole, featuring the best trans and non-binary talent from across the city! All proceeds go to the We Exist … 

Cathedral Choir Concert: Fauré Requiem

Cathedral Choir Concert: Fauré Requiem

The Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral sings Fauré’s moving and famous work. 

The Impro All Stars

The Impro All Stars

The All Stars have toured the world playing in Prague, New York’s Webster Hall (with Eddie Izzard and Mike Myers), Dubai, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Beirut and Baku, Azerbaija… 

Sacred Arts Festival at St Vincent's: Scottish Religious Art in Paint and Glass: Robert Scott Lauder’s Christ Teacheth Humility

Sacred Arts Festival at St Vincent's: Scottish Religious Art in Paint and Glass: Robert Scott Lauder’s Christ Teacheth Humility

Lunchtime lecture: Scottish Religious Art in Paint and Glass: Robert Scott Lauder’s Christ Teacheth Humility. 

Sacred Arts Festival at St Vincent's: Theology in Stone – Faith and Art in Edinburgh’s Church Architecture

Sacred Arts Festival at St Vincent's: Theology in Stone – Faith and Art in Edinburgh’s Church Architecture

Lunchtime lecture: Theology in Stone – Faith and Art in Edinburgh’s Church Architecture. 

Let Us Raze You - Artist Showcase

Let Us Raze You - Artist Showcase

LET US RAZE YOU - Artist ShowcaseA night of Queer Cabaret Debuts!  New talent, New ideas & New perspectives. 

Stand up comedy in Epsom

Stand up comedy in Epsom

Stand up comedy At the Dia y Noche lounge, a popular, family run cafe, music and sports bar in Epsom. 

Sacred Arts Festival at St Vincent's: Faith in Fabrics Church Vestments and Ecclesiastical Embroidery

Sacred Arts Festival at St Vincent's: Faith in Fabrics Church Vestments and Ecclesiastical Embroidery

One-day exhibition: Faith in Fabrics Church Vestments and Ecclesiastical. 

The Art Of Drag Showcase - Summer 2021

The Art Of Drag Showcase - Summer 2021

It may be a 10 week course, but this graduation has been nearly two years in the making! The climax of The Art Of Drag Course at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern. 

Sacred Arts Festival at St Vincent's: The Art of Embroidery

Sacred Arts Festival at St Vincent's: The Art of Embroidery

Lunchtime talk: Ms Zoe van Zwanenberg, embroiderer, discusses the art of embroidery. Tickets can be purchased at the door or from the Fringe Box Office.  

XXS Com-Dons Comedy Showcase

XXS Com-Dons Comedy Showcase

The XXS Com-Dons Comedy Showcase brings you seven brand-new, barely-seen-before and very excited stand-up comedians. 

The Flop: A Band of Idiots

The Flop: A Band of Idiots

60 minutes, 12 notes and three idiots. 

Best of Fringe Stand-Up

Best of Fringe Stand-Up

It’s been a long time since we could go see live comedy, but it’s back! Award-winning comic Ben Clover presents a different bill of top stand-ups each evening. 

Aaaaaaargh It’s the Monster Stand-Up Show!

Aaaaaaargh It’s the Monster Stand-Up Show!

Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comedians on the circuit in this stand-up comedy showcase including your award-winning host, Masai Graham (UK Pun Champion 2016). 

XXS Com-Dons Comedy Showcase

XXS Com-Dons Comedy Showcase

The XXS Com-Dons Comedy Showcase brings you seven brand-new, barely-seen-before and very excited stand-up comedians. 

Sacred Arts Festival at St Vincent's: The Art of Hymns

Sacred Arts Festival at St Vincent's: The Art of Hymns

Lunchtime lecture: The Art of Hymns. 

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

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

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

Late Stage Edinburgh Showcase

Late Stage Edinburgh Showcase

Join Late Stage Comedy as we put on five evenings featuring some of the best up-and-coming comics from across the East Midlands and beyond! Each night will be full of laughs and fe… 

For All The Love You Lost

For All The Love You Lost

For All the Love You Lost is presented by Morosophy at theSpace@Surgeon’s Hall. 

Sacred Arts Festival at St Vincent's: Festival Opening Service

Sacred Arts Festival at St Vincent's: Festival Opening Service

Mass setting: Lassus’ Missa Bell ‘Amfitrit’ altera. 

Queer meditation (free). Sunday 15th August 1pm Finsbury Park

Queer meditation (free). Sunday 15th August 1pm Finsbury Park

IRL Queer Meditation Sunday 15th August 1pm Finsbury Park. 

Sacred Arts Festival at St Vincent's: Haydn’s Seven Last Words from the Cross

Sacred Arts Festival at St Vincent's: Haydn’s Seven Last Words from the Cross

Evening concert: one of Scotland’s most renowned string ensembles, The Edinburgh Quartet, plays Haydn’s Seven Last Words from the Cross, with the movements interspersed by poet… 

Being of Influence | Free Workshop | 14 Aug 2021

Being of Influence | Free Workshop | 14 Aug 2021

Workshop : Being of InfluenceDate : Saturday 14th AugustTime : 15:00 - 18:00 UKT / 10am - 1pm ESTLocation : VirtualAudience : LGBTQ+Cost : FREE  (Donations accepted) ‘Bei… 

Taiwan Hengchun Folk Songs Singing Club – Sing To the World (Free)

Taiwan Hengchun Folk Songs Singing Club – Sing To the World (Free)

The grannies in the show will tell you their life stories through singing and playing the moon guitar. 

Dougie MacLean in Concert

Dougie MacLean in Concert

‘Dougie MacLean is Scotland’s pre-eminent singer-songwriter and a national musical treasure’ (SingOut USA), who has developed a unique blend of lyrical, roots-based songwriting and… 

Festival CD and Record Fair

Festival CD and Record Fair

Great selection of collectable vinyl! LPs, 12” and 7” singles, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s 90s and 00s to present day. 

#1 Best All-American Comedy Show in London

#1 Best All-American Comedy Show in London

The #1 Best All-American Comedy Show is the best (and only) comedy show of its kind (in London)! These Americans were smart enough to leave the United States and are in the UK to d… 

Tom Little Makes a Triumphant Return to Stand-Up

Tom Little Makes a Triumphant Return to Stand-Up

Tom Little won the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year, was a BBC Radio New Comedy Award finalist and his 2018 Edinburgh show was nominated for the Amused Moose Comedy Award. 

#1 Best All-American Comedy Show in London

#1 Best All-American Comedy Show in London

The #1 Best All-American Comedy Show is the best (and only) comedy show of its kind (in London)! These Americans were smart enough to leave the United States and are in the UK to d… 

Ted Hill: All The Presidents Man

Ted Hill: All The Presidents Man

Comedian and silly boy Ted Hill's debut stand-up show covers every single US President, and one man's recovery from a mental breakdown. 

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

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

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

Nice Try and Clown Nipples (Two Comedy Solo Shows)

Nice Try and Clown Nipples (Two Comedy Solo Shows)

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

Ted Hill: All the Presidents Man

Ted Hill: All the Presidents Man

Comedian and silly boy Ted Hill’s debut stand-up show about every single US President, and one man’s recovery from a mental breakdown. 

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

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

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

Ted Hill: All the Presidents Man

Ted Hill: All the Presidents Man

Comedian and silly boy Ted Hill’s debut stand-up show about every single US President, and one man’s recovery from a mental breakdown. 

Sounds Proper Comedy Showcase

Sounds Proper Comedy Showcase

Hosted by Colin Etches and Rachel Morton-Young, the Sounds Proper Comedy Showcase presents a variety of high-quality stand-up comedians every Sunday. 

Cathedral Festival Evensong

Cathedral Festival Evensong

Choral services sung by St Mary’s Cathedral Choir, the only choral foundation in Scotland with the tradition of daily services. Full details of music at cathedral.net. 

The Scottish Gallery Festival Exhibition Programme

The Scottish Gallery Festival Exhibition Programme

The Scottish Gallery presents their Festival Exhibition Programme featuring a major exhibition of Joan Eardley to mark the centenary of her birth alongside further exhibitions; The… 

The Violin Orchestra: Summer Concert 2021

The Violin Orchestra: Summer Concert 2021

Join the Violin Orchestra and the violinists of ViolinSchool for a summer extravaganza of wonderful violin music, including: The Blue Danube, Largo from Xerxes (Handel), the Weller… 

Stand-Up Philosophy

Stand-Up Philosophy

Comedians look at the hilarious side of philosophy. 

Tubular Bells Live in Concert

Tubular Bells Live in Concert

The spectacle marks the 50th anniversary of Tubular Bells, the debut studio album by English multi-instrumentalist, composer and songwriter Mike Oldfield. 

Best of Fringe Stand-Up

Best of Fringe Stand-Up

It’s been a long time since we could go see live comedy, but it’s back! Award-winning comic Ben Clover presents a different bill of top stand-ups each evening. 

The Opening Concert

The Opening Concert

Dalia Stasevska conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a colourful concert that features PIVOT, a new work by New York-based composer Anna Clyne. 

Aaaaaaargh It’s the Monster Stand-Up Show!

Aaaaaaargh It’s the Monster Stand-Up Show!

Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comedians on the circuit in this stand-up comedy showcase including your award-winning host, Masai Graham (UK Pun Champion 2016). 

Free Shot On Entry!

Free Shot On Entry!

The Manchester Revue are proud to present their new sketch show, Free Shot On Entry! Bringing you the best comedy The University of Manchester has to offer, prepare to question eve… 

Gareth Mutch and Joe McTernan: Stand-Up

Gareth Mutch and Joe McTernan: Stand-Up

Join two of Scotland’s finest comedians for an hour of energetic stand-up with unique observations and hilarious stories. 

PPAS Dance Intensive Showcase

PPAS Dance Intensive Showcase

PPAS presents a showcase of dance featuring the students of our Dance Intensive Summer School.  

Tania Lacy: Catch a Falling Star

Tania Lacy: Catch a Falling Star

In the early 90s, Australian comedian Tania Lacy was so famous she couldn’t walk down the street without being mobbed. 

Flamenco Guitar Concert

Flamenco Guitar Concert

Award-winning flamenco guitarist and composer Daniel Martinez presents a truly special guitar concert. 

Carnegie – The Star-Spangled Scotchman

Carnegie – The Star-Spangled Scotchman

As Andrew Carnegie, the richest man in the world, lies on his death bed, Peterson, the embodiment of St Peter, brings John, a steelworker killed in the infamous Carnegie Steel Home… 

Wallace & Gromit: In Concert

Wallace & Gromit: In Concert

Wallace & Gromit: In Concert. 

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

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

You will need a group of 2-5 detectives, internet access on your phone, your brain and your legs! We’ll provide the specialist kit. 

Glorieta Pines in Concert

Glorieta Pines in Concert

The original folk music of Glorieta Pines is inspired by the mysticism of the American Southwest. 

Edinburgh Renaissance Band – On Demand

Edinburgh Renaissance Band – On Demand

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

Freestyle Comedy: Improvised Stand-Up

Freestyle Comedy: Improvised Stand-Up

It’s stand-up, but not as you know it; no rules, no backup, no script and no set list. 

The Dream Project 3.0

The Dream Project 3.0

A collaboration between North American artists from Mexico, United States and Canada. 

Wallace & Gromit: In Concert (BSL-Interpreted)

Wallace & Gromit: In Concert (BSL-Interpreted)

Including The Wrong Trousers. 

The Dream Train by Tom McGrath

The Dream Train by Tom McGrath

The Dream Train weaves together a quartet of characters with JS Bach’s Goldberg Variations in a play that has the clarity and strangeness of a particularly convincing dream. 

Patrick Spicer: Who's This All of a Sudden (Work in Progress)

Patrick Spicer: Who's This All of a Sudden (Work in Progress)

At the start of 2020 Patrick was blindly working on a fun new comedy show, when he was personally attacked by something that rhymes with hamdemic. 

Henning Wehn: It'll All Come Out in the Wash

Henning Wehn: It'll All Come Out in the Wash

Watch German Comedy Ambassador give everything a good rinse and witness him wring sense out of the nonsensical. 

Cathedral Lunchtime Concerts – Free

Cathedral Lunchtime Concerts – Free

Free concerts every lunchtime, Monday to Saturday throughout August. 

Shakespeare's

Shakespeare's "All's Well That Ends Well"

After the rip-roaring success of Twelfth Night, Troubadour Stageworks is back and bigger than ever with this summer’s outdoor tribute to the bard! All’s Well That Ends Well … 

All That

All That

Is there a ‘right’ way to be in a gay relationship in the modern world? In this play, written by BAFTA Racliffe-winning, Offie-nominated writer Shaun Kitchener, two gay couples… 

THE BLUES BAND: 40 Years & Back for More

THE BLUES BAND: 40 Years & Back for More

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

Siân Docksey: We Live in a Human Dream

Siân Docksey: We Live in a Human Dream

Tired of living for other people’s approval, Siân decides to impress an octopus instead. 

Big Band: Swingin' at the Spiegel

Big Band: Swingin' at the Spiegel

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

Midsummer's Dream: Bike Ride 2021

Midsummer's Dream: Bike Ride 2021

Enter a dreamlike world where the ordinary appears extraordinary. 

Arthur's Dream Boat

Arthur's Dream Boat

Long Nose Puppets present ‘Arthur’s Dream Boat’, based on the book by Polly Dunbar It is the story about a little boy who has a dream. 

Arthur's Dream Boat

Arthur's Dream Boat

Long Nose Puppets present ‘Arthur’s Dream Boat’, based on the book by Polly Dunbar It is the story about a little boy who has a dream. 

We All Wobble

We All Wobble

Pass the lemonade! Join our two lovable clowns as they weeble and wobble their way through a chaotic picnic. 

We All Wobble

We All Wobble

Pass the lemonade! Join our two lovable clowns as they weeble and wobble their way through a chaotic picnic. 

Shelf: One Man Band (Work in Progress)

Shelf: One Man Band (Work in Progress)

Shelf are a musical comedy double act. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Get ready for a fiesta like no other as our ★★★★ (The Times, The Stage)raucous 2019 production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream returns with piñ… 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

New festival East London Shakespeare Festival launches this summer with an outdoor production of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, July 1st - August 1st in Waltham Forest & Wanstead. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

  • Listing
  • Theatre
  • London Fringe
  • Multiple Venues
  • 1st Jul - 1st Aug 2021

New festival East London Shakespeare Festival launches this summer with an outdoor production of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, July 1st - August 1st in Waltham Forest & Wanstead. 

Children's Pottery Festival at the Patch Picnic

Children's Pottery Festival at the Patch Picnic

Led by Vanessa Cox Pendray (MA, CE, PDD Ceramics), we will be making pots on the wheel for you to take away. 

Northern Soul All-Afternooner

Northern Soul All-Afternooner

Your chance this season to keep the faith and polish up our dance floor with Northern Soul dancing, returning to the beautiful Brighton Spiegeltent for its sixth year! Sells out we… 

Vaughan Williams Midsummer concert

Vaughan Williams Midsummer concert

With funding from the RVW Trust on the Summer solstice, violinist Sian Philipps will perform “The Lark Ascending” as well as a solo violin work by Sally Beamish, a premiere of “Noc… 

Vox Stars Presents Star Inspirations Brighton Edition

Vox Stars Presents Star Inspirations Brighton Edition

‘Vox Stars Presents Star Inspirations-Brighton Edition’ celebrates aspiring singers as they take you on their singing journey through the music of their idols. 

Vox Stars Presents Star Inspirations Brighton Edition

Vox Stars Presents Star Inspirations Brighton Edition

‘Vox Stars Presents Star Inspirations-Brighton Edition’ celebrates aspiring singers as they take you on their singing journey through the music of their idols. 

Vaughan Williams Midsummer concert

Vaughan Williams Midsummer concert

With funding from the RVW Trust on the Summer solstice, violinist Sian Philipps will perform “The Lark Ascending” as well as a solo violin work by Sally Beamish, a premiere of “Noc… 

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

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

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

Sussex Festival of Ideas

Sussex Festival of Ideas

A free, four-day festival celebrating the work of the newly-formed School of Media, Arts and Humanities and local partners. 

Sussex Festival of Ideas

Sussex Festival of Ideas

A free, four-day festival celebrating the work of the newly-formed School of Media, Arts and Humanities and local partners. 

After All These Years

After All These Years

Time has a habit of taking its revenges. 

After All These Years

After All These Years

After All These Years is a trilogy of plays courtesy of Close Quarter Productions and Theatre Reviva! in association with Holofcener Ltd. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lucky Maclean's Festival in the Bin

Lucky Maclean's Festival in the Bin

“A great little fringe experience that I can highly recommend” (The Scotsman) ‘Lucky Maclean’s Festival in the Bin’ premiered at Edinburgh Fringe 2019 to delighted audie… 

Lucky Maclean's Festival in the Bin

Lucky Maclean's Festival in the Bin

“A great little fringe experience that I can highly recommend” (The Scotsman) ‘Lucky Maclean’s Festival in the Bin’ premiered at Edinburgh Fringe 2019 to delighted audie… 

Fringe Academy: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 1-2-1 Sessions

Fringe Academy: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 1-2-1 Sessions

Thinking about putting on a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, or already in the process for 2021? Book a one-to-one slot with Alan Gordon (Registration Manager) and Katie Quee… 

Fringe Academy: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 1-2-1 Sessions

Fringe Academy: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 1-2-1 Sessions

Thinking about putting on a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, or already in the process for 2021? Book a one-to-one slot with Alan Gordon (Registration Manager) and Katie Quee… 

Fringe Academy: Edinburgh Festival Fringe: What to Expect

Fringe Academy: Edinburgh Festival Fringe: What to Expect

Are you thinking about bringing a show to the Edinburgh Fringe this year, either in person or online? Come along and virtually meet the team from the Fringe Society and find out wh… 

Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival: British Shorts

Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival: British Shorts

Discover some of the best current British LGBT+ filmmaking. 

All is Fair in Love and Life

All is Fair in Love and Life

Losers are funny! Come and laugh with the losers! Anti-heroes Arna Spek, Clive Coopman and James OD will perform stand-up routines about finding funny in the sadder end of life. 

Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival: Youth Shorts

Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival: Youth Shorts

How does it feel to grow up believing you’re different to everyone else around you? Suitable for the whole family, these LGBT+ short films explore friendship, crushes and feeling… 

All is Fair in Love and Life

All is Fair in Love and Life

Losers are funny! Come and laugh with the losers! Anti-heroes Arna Spek, Clive Coopman and James OD will perform stand-up routines about finding funny in the sadder end of life. 

Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival: Becoming

Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival: Becoming

Exploring gender in a variety of ways, these LGBT+ short films tell moving stories of self-acceptance, family and discovering the person inside you’ve always dreamed of. 

Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival: Best of Iris

Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival: Best of Iris

These award-winning films from Iris 2020 tell LGBT+ stories from around the world with humour, heart and honesty. 

Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival: Joy

Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival: Joy

Need a laugh? Expect comedy of all kinds - from dark and surreal to laugh out loud joy – in this selection of LGBT+ short films guaranteed to get you giggling. 

Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival: Audience Favourites

Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival: Audience Favourites

There’s something for everyone in this diverse mix of crowd-pleasers from Iris 2020. 

Tania Lacy: Catch a Falling Star

Tania Lacy: Catch a Falling Star

In the early 90s, Australian comedian Tania Lacy was so famous she couldn’t walk down the street without being mobbed. 

The Dream: Radio Play Written by Nnenna Samson Abosi

The Dream: Radio Play Written by Nnenna Samson Abosi

The story follows Delvin, a black British teenager as he discovers the wrath of police brutality at the same time as the rise of the Black Power Movement in London in the late 1960… 

Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical

Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical

‘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… 

The Dream: Radio Play Written by Nnenna Samson Abosi

The Dream: Radio Play Written by Nnenna Samson Abosi

The story follows Delvin, a black British teenager as he discovers the wrath of police brutality at the same time as the rise of the Black Power Movement in London in the late 1960… 

North Star

North Star

Known by her Mum as “the child who ruined my life”, Lori Hamilton was forced to find her own way to happiness . 

North Star

North Star

Known by her Mum as “the child who ruined my life”, Lori Hamilton was forced to find her own way to happiness . 

We're All Strangers Here

We're All Strangers Here

Hitcher Encounters brings you a quarantine friendly show designed to be experienced from the comfort of your home and in your own time. 

We're All Strangers Here

We're All Strangers Here

Hitcher Encounters brings you a quarantine friendly show designed to be experienced from the comfort of your home and in your own time. 

Tania Lacy: Catch a Falling Star

Tania Lacy: Catch a Falling Star

In the early 90s, Australian comedian Tania Lacy was so famous she couldn’t walk down the street without being mobbed. 

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Sundays May 2021

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Sundays May 2021

"Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Saturdays, May 2021

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Saturdays, May 2021

"Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

The Stars of Tomorrow, TODAY! (A Comedy Course Showcase)

The Stars of Tomorrow, TODAY! (A Comedy Course Showcase)

The Final Show of Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course. 

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Sunday's May 2021

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Sunday's May 2021

"Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Sunday's May 2021

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Sunday's May 2021

"Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

Jacqueline Wilson at Brighton Festival

Jacqueline Wilson at Brighton Festival

The beloved children’s author joins us for an online event to talk about past work and her latest novel, The Runaway GirlsJoin the much-loved author Dame Jacqueline Wilson online… 

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

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

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

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Mondays, May 2021

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Mondays, May 2021

‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Mondays, April 2021

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Mondays, April 2021

‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Mondays, April 2021

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Mondays, April 2021

‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Saturdays, April 2021

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Saturdays, April 2021

"Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

We Live in a Human Dream

We Live in a Human Dream

Tired of living for other people’s approval, Siân decides to impress an octopus instead. 

We Live in a Human Dream

We Live in a Human Dream

Tired of living for other people’s approval, Siân decides to impress an octopus instead. 

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Saturdays, April 2021

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Saturdays, April 2021

"Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

Brighton Academy Showcase 2021

Brighton Academy Showcase 2021

Come and watch our 3rd year Musical Theatre & Performing Arts students perform in their graduating showcase  

Brighton Academy Showcase 2021

Brighton Academy Showcase 2021

Come and watch our 3rd year Musical Theatre & Performing Arts students perform in their graduating showcase  

Dream of Hamlet

Dream of Hamlet

Hamlet Isn’t Dead, in association with the US Karagöz Theatre, presents a modern shadow puppetry play in a classical style. 

Living Roots Festival

Living Roots Festival

Hot in the heels of the debut Living Record Festival in January-February 2021, the Living Roots Festival launches this April. 

Soldiers’ Arts Academy Showcase

Soldiers’ Arts Academy Showcase

This Showcase is the culmination of the first International 10-Minute Play Competition organised by the Soldiers’ Arts Academy which attracted submissions from across the UK, Eur… 

The Scottish Online Student Drama Festival

The Scottish Online Student Drama Festival

Presenting the Edinburgh University Theatre Company’s latest project: The Scottish Online Student Drama Festival, in aid of Acting For Others. 

Homecoming: A New Theatre Festival

Homecoming: A New Theatre Festival

Award-winning genre explorers Encompass Productions return to the White Bear Theatre with Homecoming: A New Theatre Festival. 

Stand Up Comedy Club

Stand Up Comedy Club

Please note that Tier 2 regulations mean that only members of the same household or support bubble may meet together indoors. 

SHORTS: A Festival of New Writing

SHORTS: A Festival of New Writing

Welcome to the first season of Make It Beautiful Theatre Company’s festival of new-writing: SHORTS. 

Hounslow Community Brass Band

Hounslow Community Brass Band

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

Lone Star Diner

Lone Star Diner

On an empty stretch of road in Texas sits the Lone Star Diner, where people end up when they’re lost or unlucky. 

Henry Churniavsky - With All Jew Respect  Parts 1, 2 and 3

Henry Churniavsky - With All Jew Respect Parts 1, 2 and 3

Henry Churniavsky is a Jewish, Scouse Stand-Up Comedian. 

Sasha Regan's All Male The Pirates of Penzance

Sasha Regan's All Male The Pirates of Penzance

The works of WS Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan are jewels in the English theatrical treasury and I, generally, have scant patience (no pun intended) with 'reimaginings'. 

The Dream Machine

The Dream Machine

The Dream Machine: ‘Making your dreams come true’. 

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Mondays, Winter 2020

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Mondays, Winter 2020

‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Sundays, Winter 2020

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Sundays, Winter 2020

‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Saturdays, Autumn 2020

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Saturdays, Autumn 2020

‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Mondays, Autumn 2020

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Mondays, Autumn 2020

‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

Big Band Swing!

Big Band Swing!

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

British Army Musicians: More Than Just A Marching Band

British Army Musicians: More Than Just A Marching Band

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

All My Stupid Jobs

All My Stupid Jobs

Broadway / West End veteran Timothy Quinlan exposes the humbling truth about life in musical theatre. 

They’ve All Gone and We’ll Go Too

They’ve All Gone and We’ll Go Too

A woman tries to reconcile her identity as a Canadian-born child of British parents living in the United States while she desperately tries to score a ticket to the final show of C… 

All Killa No Filla

All Killa No Filla

Following a sold-out UK tour, the smash-hit, true crime podcast All Killa no Filla is back for a limited run of huge shows including a one-off special at the Edinburgh Fringe. 

Mrs Weatherby's Concert Party

Mrs Weatherby's Concert Party

An evening of good, old-fashioned Scottish entertainment, featuring some of Edinburgh’s best-known performers. 

Iain Dale: All Talk with Alastair Campbell

Iain Dale: All Talk with Alastair Campbell

It shouldn’t be controversial to assume that one’s ability to enjoy this particular interchange may well rest ultimately on personal politics and the level of individual anger … 

Whirlwind Introduction To The Basics Of Clown Performance

Whirlwind Introduction To The Basics Of Clown Performance

A two-part workshop series encouraging participants to discover their own ridiculous eccentricities and lay the foundation for their own unique performance language. 

North Sea Gas: In Concert

North Sea Gas: In Concert

Over the last 40 years, North Sea Gas have travelled the world taking their very own distinctive blend of Scottish music far and wide. 

Beethoven-2-Boogie! Amy Abler and Daniel Smith in Concert

Beethoven-2-Boogie! Amy Abler and Daniel Smith in Concert

What would happen if Ludwig van Beethoven met Albert Ammons!? They might play classical and boogie-woogie piano for each other, exchange anecdotes and musical facts, or perhaps eve… 

Angus Munro: Amateur Piano Wrestler

Angus Munro: Amateur Piano Wrestler

A ridiculous four-octave vocal range, tear-jerking songs, stage acrobatics and trademark wit; all of these helped propel Angus Munro into one of Scotland’s most exciting singer/s… 

Photography & Performance

Photography & Performance

Learn about promotional imagery for theatre, from the initial poster concept to production photography. 

Coburg House Festival Exhibition

Coburg House Festival Exhibition

A showcase exhibition from the 70+ residents of the buzzing Coburg House studio complex. 

St Michael and All Saints Concerts

St Michael and All Saints Concerts

A series of four afternoon concerts, featuring soloists Chris Black (organ), Sarah Moore (soprano) and Sophie Horrocks (mezzo-soprano) and sacred choral music from Eastern Europe, … 

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

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

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

North Star (or What I Listened to Instead of My Intuition)

North Star (or What I Listened to Instead of My Intuition)

Ever met someone with a great intuition for everyone but themselves? Meet Lori Hamilton. 

Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show 2020

Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show 2020

Great value lunchtime comedy compilation showcase featuring the best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics. 

All Stars Burlesque

All Stars Burlesque

The very best burlesque performers at the Fringe come together for more glamour and risqué late-night entertainment. 

Shitfaced Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Shitfaced Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream

The genius combination of a one hour long Shakespeare play with a single drunken cast member hurled into the mix for the audience’s delight and delectation. 

Festival Celebration V&C Sparkling Wine Tasting

Festival Celebration V&C Sparkling Wine Tasting

Join Francesco Cardinale for an informative, informal relaxed tutored tasting of delicious sparkling Prosecco, Metodo Classico and other fine fizz. 

It All

It All

Cameron Cook’s debut solo show, previously performed to full houses at Soho Theatre, offers up that rare and sought-after Fringe experience – you see a show, you know next to not… 

Festival Folk at the Oak

Festival Folk at the Oak

August 2nd-30th. 

Tomatito In Concert

Tomatito In Concert

Five-time Latin Grammy Award-winner, Tomatito is recognised as one of the leading guitarists in contemporary flamenco. 

Rachel Parris: All Change Please

Rachel Parris: All Change Please

Bafta-nominated comedian, Rachel Parris, is back with a brand-new show about big life changes. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

“Are you sure that we are awake? It seems to me that yet we sleep, we dream. 

Café Named Desire at the Online Fringe Festival

Café Named Desire at the Online Fringe Festival

“Café Named Desire” is a musical about love, sexuality, and self discovery. 

Rachel Parris: All Change Please

Rachel Parris: All Change Please

BAFTA-nominated comedian, Rachel Parris, is back with a brand-new show about big life changes.  

Sasha Regan's All-Male H.M.S. Pinafore

Sasha Regan's All-Male H.M.S. Pinafore

Following their smash-hit run of the Pirates of Penzance last year, the award-winning All-Male Company invites landlubbers below deck for a bold re-imagining of W. 

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Mondays, Spring 2020

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Mondays, Spring 2020

"Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Mondays, Spring 2020

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Mondays, Spring 2020

"Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

The Brighton Academy: Showcase

The Brighton Academy: Showcase

Owned by 4 west end performers and with patrons including Sir Matthew Bourne, Stephen Mear, Bill Deamer, Carole Tood and Pearson Casting, The Brighton Academy has now be… 

Women Over 50 Film Festival: Best of the Fest

Women Over 50 Film Festival: Best of the Fest

Focusing on the work and lives of older women - both in front and behind the camera - this year’s line-up includes Japanese animation Mix, eco-comedy The Last Mermaid starring Jane… 

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course

‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Weekends, Summer 2020

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Weekends, Summer 2020

‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

The Stars of Tomorrow, TODAY! (A Comedy Course Showcase)

The Stars of Tomorrow, TODAY! (A Comedy Course Showcase)

The Final Show of Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course. 

John Meagher’s Irish Comedy Showcase

John Meagher’s Irish Comedy Showcase

Rising Irish stand up star John Meagher presents a showcase of the top Irish Stand-up comedians working today. 

John Meagher’s Irish Comedy Showcase

John Meagher’s Irish Comedy Showcase

Rising Irish stand up star John Meagher presents a showcase of the top Irish Stand-up comedians working today. 

Albert Lee & Band

Albert Lee & Band

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

Albert Lee & Band

Albert Lee & Band

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

Q The Music's James Bond Concert Spectacular

Q The Music's James Bond Concert Spectacular

Q The Music Show James Bond Concert Spectacular has been a huge success all around the world with its energetic and exciting performance by some of the UK’s leading musicians. 

IT ALL

IT ALL

Performed at Soho Theatre to standing ovations, IT ALL returns to VAULT Festival for one night only. 

All The King’s Men

All The King’s Men

All the King's Men are a world-renowned, award-winning all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London. 

All the King’s Men

All the King’s Men

All the King's Men are a world-renowned, award-winning all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London. 

Women's Writes at VAULT Festival

Women's Writes at VAULT Festival

We’re back! This time with 3 new short plays by female identifying playwrights. Prepare to see plays with female driven narrative and none of those boring archetypal forms! 

Boublil and Schonberg's The Pirate Queen - A Charity Concert

Boublil and Schonberg's The Pirate Queen - A Charity Concert

Based on the story of Grace O’Malley, the personification of Ireland, The Pirate Queen is a sweeping epic of love, honor, and piracy in Renaissance Ireland. 

Essence at VAULT Festival

Essence at VAULT Festival

Laquaya (15 - hip-hop, feminism, Peperami) has broken into Elyot’s house. 

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Weekends, Spring 2020

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Weekends, Spring 2020

"Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Weekends, Spring 2020

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Weekends, Spring 2020

"Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

Whyte & Mackay Glasgow International Comedy Festival Burns Night Comedy Gala

Whyte & Mackay Glasgow International Comedy Festival Burns Night Comedy Gala

From the city that gave you Billy Connolly, Kevin Bridges and Frankie Boyle, celebrate Burns Night with a line-up of the top names showcasing the Whyte & Mackay Glas… 

Whyte & Mackay Glasgow International Comedy Festival Burns Night Comedy Gala

Whyte & Mackay Glasgow International Comedy Festival Burns Night Comedy Gala

From the city that gave you Billy Connolly, Kevin Bridges and Frankie Boyle, celebrate Burns Night with a line-up of the top names showcasing the Whyte & Mackay Glas… 

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Mondays, January 2020

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Mondays, January 2020

‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Mondays, January 2020

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Mondays, January 2020

‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

Rod Stewart - Live in Concert

Rod Stewart - Live in Concert

Rod Stewart is extending his 2019 UK summer tour into a winter arena tour, which will culminate in two massive shows at The O2 on Tuesday 17 and Thursday 19 December. 

Remainiacs Live Christmas Special: All We Want For Brexmas Is EU

Remainiacs Live Christmas Special: All We Want For Brexmas Is EU

“We’re leaving the EU!” “OH NO, WE AREN’T. 

All Inclusive

All Inclusive

Acţiunea gravitează în jurul familiei formate din Maurice (Marius Manole), Margaret (Medeea Marinescu) şi fiica lor Adele (Diana Roman). 

Live Forever - Britpop Tribute Festival feat Definitely Oasis + Blur2 + Pulp'd + Lucky Man (Verve)

Live Forever - Britpop Tribute Festival feat Definitely Oasis + Blur2 + Pulp'd + Lucky Man (Verve)

Definitely Oasis are regarded by many Oasis fans and promoters alike as the best Oasis tribute band there is. 

Free Screening: Hocus Pocus

Free Screening: Hocus Pocus

After three centuries, three witch sisters are resurrected in Salem Massachusetts on Halloween night, and it is up to two teen-agers, a young girl, and an immortal cat … 

Free Screening: The Birdcage

Free Screening: The Birdcage

Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane and Dianne Wiest lead the laughs in this wild comedy that insists you don't have to be a woman to be a mother.  

The ADC Actor’s Showcase – hosted by Maddy Anholt

The ADC Actor’s Showcase – hosted by Maddy Anholt

The ADC – a brand new evening acting academy for adults, celebrates its first showcase. 

Mr Fox (London Horror Festival)

Mr Fox (London Horror Festival)

‘Be bold, be bold, but not too bold, lest that your heart’s blood should run cold. 

All Work No Play

All Work No Play

In a country on the verge of doom and murderous clowns on the loose on our cinema screens, Join Awk this October and allow it to show you there’s more to life than work. 

Black Star Riders

Black Star Riders

Black Star Riders are a recognised power force in the modern day rock world and they’ll bring plenty of the high-energy, full-throttle sound to cities on their autumn tour. 

Sh*t-faced Shakespeare®: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Sh*t-faced Shakespeare®: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Sh*t-faced Shakespeare®: A Midsummer Night's Dream. 

Gură de rai - Concert Adrian Naidin

Gură de rai - Concert Adrian Naidin

Adrian Naidin revine la Leicester Square Theatre, duminică, 29 septembrie, de la ora 19:00, cu un concert extraordinar, pentru publicul român și nu numai. 

MERCY @ Clapham Fringe Festival

MERCY @ Clapham Fringe Festival

‘Mercy’ is a dark comedy with a spiritual twist, centring on a headstrong matriarch of a Persian family and her unyielding decision to break tradition. 

London Punk Festival 2019

London Punk Festival 2019

Anti Nowhere League released their debut single "Streets of London" b/w "So What" in 1981. 

Star Shaped Festival 2019

Star Shaped Festival 2019

Star Shaped Festival returns for its fourth year! Having become known by fans and artists of the Britpop era as the must-see event of the year, it’s back for another all-day … 

"Call Me Diana" (A Showcase)

This is a Showcase, presenting excerpts from the full show. 

SHOWCASE 2019

SHOWCASE 2019

Showcase is back with some of the greatest hits from rock, pop, musicals and the movies this September in the Church Hill Theatre. 

Logan Murray's Stand Up Course: Mondays, Autumn 2019

Logan Murray's Stand Up Course: Mondays, Autumn 2019

‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

Electric Soul Festival

Electric Soul Festival

Four iconic acts will appear on the smoothest line-up of the year at The O2 on Saturday 7 September 2019, in what will be THE key date in the calendar for funk and soul fans, the i… 

Luna Cinema Presents A Star is Born

Luna Cinema Presents A Star is Born

"The new A Star is Born is a total emotional knockout…rapturous and swooning, but also delicate and intimate and luminous. 

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Weekends, Autumn 2019

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Weekends, Autumn 2019

"Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

Stand Up Nights Competition Final

Stand Up Nights Competition Final

12 Finalists will compete for a cash prize of £500. Each act is 5 - 7 minutes long. Interval after 6th act  

Eric Andre: The Stand Up Tour

Eric Andre: The Stand Up Tour

Comedian, actor and host of Adult Swim’s top-rated and most anarchic programme The Eric Andre Show comes to the (true) final night of Fringe to tear sh*t the f*ck up. 

Alasdair in Concert

Alasdair in Concert

Alasdair Cameron ‘the Master’ (EdinburghGuide. 

Nick Offerman: All Rise

Nick Offerman: All Rise

Join the star of Parks and Recreation and Fargo for an evening of deliberative talking and light dance that will compel you to chuckle whilst enjoining you to brandish a better sid… 

Beyond Borders International Festival 2019

Beyond Borders International Festival 2019

Beyond Borders International Festival returns to the tranquil setting of Traquair House for its 10th year, bringing together world-renowned broadcasters, writers, thinkers, artists… 

Travelling Troubadour: A Rare Concert of Original Songs

Travelling Troubadour: A Rare Concert of Original Songs

Insightful compositions from ‘One of Scotland’s best singers’ (Tom Paxton). 

The Wendy Weatherby Band

The Wendy Weatherby Band

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

Peppa Pig - My First Concert

Peppa Pig - My First Concert

Everyone’s favourite Pig family is back, leading an interactive introduction to live orchestra. 

Big Band Bublé

Big Band Bublé

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

'Edinburgh TV Festival Presents: Donovan in conversation with Eddi Reader

'Edinburgh TV Festival Presents: Donovan in conversation with Eddi Reader

Legendary singer-songwriter Donovan performs an acoustic set in this very special event showcasing the documentary film Donovan and The Beatles in India. 

All Because of Love

All Because of Love

Wind down and immerse yourself in an intimate, candlelit performance in this evocative location. 

Free Spirits

Free Spirits

The cruelties of social media could have broken a girl’s spirit. 

Edinburgh TV Festival Presents: Paul Feig

Edinburgh TV Festival Presents: Paul Feig

The creator of Freaks and Geeks and director of Bridesmaids brings his perspective on the global television and film landscape in this special one-off event. 

Cathedral Concert: An Evening of Classical Guitar by Candlelight

Cathedral Concert: An Evening of Classical Guitar by Candlelight

Acknowledged as ‘a forerunner in the new generation of classical guitarists’ (BBC Radio 3) and a graduate of the Royal College of Music, Michael Christian Durrant presents a progra… 

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

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

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

Sounds of St Cecilia's – Pamela Jackson Concert

Sounds of St Cecilia's – Pamela Jackson Concert

At the turn of the 16th century, the first music ever to be printed was published by Ottaviano Petrucci in Venice. 

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society AGM

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society AGM

The Annual General Meeting of the Fringe Society where activity is reviewed, accounts are presented and directors elected. If you’re passionate about the Fringe, come and be heard. 

Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Showcase

Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Showcase

From the management of Micky Flanagan, Mark Watson, Zoe Lyons, Gary Delaney and Hal Cruttenden, don’t miss the chance to see some of the hottest up-and-coming comedy acts of the mo… 

Stand Up to Stand Out

Stand Up to Stand Out

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Edinburgh TV Festival Presents: Russell T Davies

Edinburgh TV Festival Presents: Russell T Davies

Russell T Davies is the man behind classic and acclaimed TV series Doctor Who, Queer As Folk, Torchwood and Cucumber, among many others. 

Mother and the Monster / Free Festival

Mother and the Monster / Free Festival

Charlotte was a legendary Hollywood props mistress who disappeared from public view decades ago. 

Inverkeithing Big Band

Inverkeithing Big Band

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

Angus Munro – One Night Only

Angus Munro – One Night Only

‘The best artist we’ve ever had in session’ (BBC Radio Scotland). 

Our Man – Free

Our Man – Free

This award-winning writer’s powerful one-man show tears through the curtain of manners to reveal the wildlife of neo-liberal Britain. 

The Scots Musical Museum: Sea Shanty Sing-Along Concert

The Scots Musical Museum: Sea Shanty Sing-Along Concert

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… 

Stand Up for Your Planet

Stand Up for Your Planet

Join us for a one-off comedy extravaganza, raising awareness for one of the most pressing issues of our time – protecting our planet. 

Vox Stars Presents Star Inspirations

Vox Stars Presents Star Inspirations

This show celebrates aspiring singers as they take you on their singing journey and development, through the music of their idols. 

Managing Performance Anxiety

Managing Performance Anxiety

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Cathedral Concert: Sound Collective Scotland

Cathedral Concert: Sound Collective Scotland

We are a professional, Scotland-based classical music ensemble – a flexible group that explores and performs a variety of pieces from solo to chamber orchestra repertoire. 

I Went to Barcelona and All I Got Was This Lousy Comedy Show

I Went to Barcelona and All I Got Was This Lousy Comedy Show

All the way from the land of sun, sea and Mexican* sombreros (*not Spanish!) these intrepid comedians have made their way to Edinburgh by sea, air and Megabus, to show the world th… 

Goodbye Charles – Free

Goodbye Charles – Free

‘I ate the divorce papers, Charles. 

The American's Dream

The American's Dream

Ketchikan, Alaska and New York City: island towns at opposite ends of the American continent. 

Free Money from the Government: A Play About a Squid

Free Money from the Government: A Play About a Squid

This show follows the journey of a team of podcasters setting out to investigate the disappearance of an iconic infomercial grifter. 

Nightpiece Film Festival

Nightpiece Film Festival

Hosted by director Al Carretta and now in its sixth year, if you love independent film, then Nightpiece is the event to attend. 

Ted Hill: All the Presidents Man (Camden Fringe)

Ted Hill: All the Presidents Man (Camden Fringe)

Comedian & silly boy Ted Hill’s debut stand-up show is about every single U. 

Band From County Hell

Band From County Hell

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

A Massaoke Night at the Musicals (All Ages)

A Massaoke Night at the Musicals (All Ages)

This is your chance to bring the whole family and sing along with the fantastic and versatile Massaoke Band, guided by giant video lyrics, as they raise the curtains on your favour… 

Islam Festival Edinburgh

Islam Festival Edinburgh

Islam Festival Edinburgh is open to everyone, old or young, with any faith or none. 

Questions for Quiz Shows

Questions for Quiz Shows

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

Healthy Harmonies in Concert

Healthy Harmonies in Concert

Healthy Harmonies, NHS Fife’s staff choir, grew out of the conviction that singing is good for the soul. 

Bessy Bass Band's Munchtime Music!

Bessy Bass Band's Munchtime Music!

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

Curmudgeon in Concert

Curmudgeon in Concert

Two Scotsmen and an Englishman welcome you to a concert of mostly Scottish traditional music and songs played on guitar, mandola, Scottish small pipes, fiddle and whistle. 

All Chopin Recital

All Chopin Recital

For the seventh year at this wonderful venue, William Alexander again gives a recital of Chopin’s piano music and performs a selection of preludes, waltzes, nocturnes, polonaises a… 

Summer School Showcase – A Musical Medley

Summer School Showcase – A Musical Medley

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… 

Ayman Jarjour in Concert with John Coutts

Ayman Jarjour in Concert with John Coutts

An evening of poetry and music given by John Coutts and Ayman Jarjour. 

Cathedral Choir Festival Concert

Cathedral Choir Festival Concert

‘You’ll have to go a long way to hear finer choral singing than this’ (International Record review). 

Dougie MacLean in Concert

Dougie MacLean in Concert

‘Dougie MacLean is Scotland’s pre-eminent singer/songwriter and a national musical treasure’ (Sing Out!, USA) who’s developed a unique blend of lyrical, roots-based songwriting and… 

Found Footage Festival: Volume 9

Found Footage Festival: Volume 9

In a world where we see some form of video footage every day – on small and big screens, down on our phones, around us on animated billboards – and where we can tumble headfirs… 

North Sea Gas: In Concert

North Sea Gas: In Concert

After last year’s sell-out shows, Scotland’s foremost folk entertainers are back. 

Happiness for All

Happiness for All

Be a passenger on our cliche-free poem/song journey tonight: relationships, nature, places and much more! It’s alternative. 

The Scarecrows' Wedding - Relaxed Performance

The Scarecrows' Wedding - Relaxed Performance

Relaxed performances are specifically adapted for families with children with an Autistic Spectrum Condition, individuals with sensory and communication disorders and th… 

'The Köln Concert' Concert

'The Köln Concert' Concert

Dorian Ford, internationally acclaimed jazz pianist, performs Keith Jarrett’s brilliant 1975 iconic improvisation. 

Oxford Revue – Free

Oxford Revue – Free

The Oxford Revue returns with its celebrated Free Fringe variety bill. 

Jane Hill: All I Want

Jane Hill: All I Want

I’m 55. 

Geeks, Stand Up!

Geeks, Stand Up!

This show brings you some of the funniest comedians from around the Fringe to laugh, joke and talk passionately about their favourite geek passions. 

Festival Strings 2019

Festival Strings 2019

Festival Strings is a unique collaboration between two outstanding youth music string organisations. 

Stand Up for Shelter

Stand Up for Shelter

Stand Up for Shelter returns for another year at the Fringe bringing you a fantastic showcase of comedy, all in aid of Shelter. 

Kirsty Law: Young Night Thought

Kirsty Law: Young Night Thought

How do you climb a tree without worrying about the fall? Why do you dream up the monsters in the shadows? Kirsty Law’s Young Night Thought binds Scots folklore, song, film, artwork… 

Starry, a New Musical in Concert

Starry, a New Musical in Concert

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… 

Absolutely (Not) Free – An Evening of Zappa

Absolutely (Not) Free – An Evening of Zappa

A smorgasbord of Frank Zappa classics hand-delivered by those finest purveyors of conceptual continuity, Pygmy Twylyte! Expect pickles, poodles, dental floss, muffins, snowballs an… 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Six actors, neon tutus and the unmistakable lyrics of Agadoo. 

Big Band Does... Broadway

Big Band Does... Broadway

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

Dream Machine

Dream Machine

This year’s hottest product has just hit the city. 

Galway Comedy Carnival Showcase

Galway Comedy Carnival Showcase

Official launch of Ireland’s premier comedy festival, featuring top acts from the 2019 programme, including Andrew Maxwell, Terry Alderton and Danny O’Brien. 

Les Misérables: The Staged Concert

Les Misérables: The Staged Concert

Les Miserables – The Staged Concert opened to critical acclaim at the Sondheim Theatre in December 2020 and was extended twice by public demand. 

West End Producer – Free Willy

West End Producer – Free Willy

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

Chameleon Lady (Band) with Special Guests!

Chameleon Lady (Band) with Special Guests!

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

All the Little Lights

All the Little Lights

Joanne and Lisa were like sisters. 

Edinburgh Renaissance Band's Minstrels and Monarchs

Edinburgh Renaissance Band's Minstrels and Monarchs

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

Concert with Ciara Harvie

Concert with Ciara Harvie

Ciara Harvie is an impressively talented mezzo-soprano from Edinburgh. 

All-Star Cabaret: The Free Fringe Gala

All-Star Cabaret: The Free Fringe Gala

Best of magic, dance, comedy, singing and more. 

Love and Sex and All Things In-Between

Love and Sex and All Things In-Between

Verbatim stories of “love” in all its magnificence and monstrousness. 

Old Saint Paul's Festival Evensongs

Old Saint Paul's Festival Evensongs

Traditional choral evensong and benediction with the renowned choir and organ of this historic Anglican Catholic church directed by Dr John Kitchen. 

Newtongrange Silver Band in Concert

Newtongrange Silver Band in Concert

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

Kimchi: Life is a Happy Dream

Kimchi: Life is a Happy Dream

Kimjang is a Korean foodie tradition, where families and friends come together to make kimchi. 

Dinner Party Debates: The Case for a Deaf Festival in The Festival City

Dinner Party Debates: The Case for a Deaf Festival in The Festival City

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Devon Knows How They Make It So Musical! (Free)

Devon Knows How They Make It So Musical! (Free)

Join us for a magical, marvellous hour of songs from your favourite movie musicals including Les Misérables, The Greatest Showman and some Disney classics. 

Nicola Houghton: It's All Gravy

Nicola Houghton: It's All Gravy

Hilarious hour of stand up comedy. 

A Cappella Showcase

A Cappella Showcase

Join seven of the UK’s top a cappella groups as we come together to share a selection of our best repertoire for one night only at Greyfriars Kirk in the heart of Edinburgh! Feat… 

Nicola Houghton: It's All Gravy

Nicola Houghton: It's All Gravy

Can olives and gravy ever be mixed? The story of a working-class northern girl bringing up three middle-class children in London is told in this very funny, warm hearted and livel… 

An Excellent Cleanser of the Liver – Free

An Excellent Cleanser of the Liver – Free

Behold, beware, behave! A brand-new sketch show from some comedians you don’t know! Join the Sheffield Revue in an adventure in time and sketch comedy. 

Sets in the City – Free

Sets in the City – Free

Hey, you! Don’t watch that! Watch this! Another stand-up show from some comedians you don’t know! Featuring an amalgam of stand-ups from diverse backgrounds and influences and an M… 

Chinese Dream

Chinese Dream

An exceptional opportunity to be immersed in classical and Tai Chi contemporary dances performed by talented young dancers. 

Music-Making at St Michael and All Saints

Music-Making at St Michael and All Saints

Morning: coffee concert of informal music-making. 

Sounds of St Cecilia's – Sir Nicholas Shackleton Concert

Sounds of St Cecilia's – Sir Nicholas Shackleton Concert

This year’s Shackleton memorial concert, featuring horn player Andy Saunders playing the Courtois horn from circa 1840. 

Chinese Arts and Culture Festival

Chinese Arts and Culture Festival

Showcase includes: In Mist and Rain by Arts of China, Letter from An Unknown Woman by The National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts, Hear of The Lights by Ningbo Municipal Culture &… 

Basque Showcase

Basque Showcase

The beautiful eclecticism of the Basque Country is showcased in this bill of dazzling hip hop and witty, lyrical contemporary dance. 

Arts Barge Riverside Festival: Bits & Bots

Arts Barge Riverside Festival: Bits & Bots

One person’s rubbish is another person’s treasure. 

Bits & Bots: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Bits & Bots: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

One person’s rubbish is another person’s treasure. 

Children’s Large-Scale Painting Workshop: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Children’s Large-Scale Painting Workshop: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

An exciting and engaging art workshop that children really enjoy. 

Rory Motion - All Manner of Things Shall be Well Good: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Rory Motion - All Manner of Things Shall be Well Good: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Rory returns to York with a brand spanking new title for a show that could, in many respects, be quite similar to the one he did last year i. 

Rory Motion - All Manner of Thing Shall be Well Good: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Rory Motion - All Manner of Thing Shall be Well Good: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Rory returns to York with a brand spanking new title for a show that could, in many respects, be quite similar to the one he did last year i. 

Food & Folk with Iona Lane: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Food & Folk with Iona Lane: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

A hearty meal with a helping of folk. 

Big Band Grand Slam

Big Band Grand Slam

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

ROSL Recitals: 20 Years of Music at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

ROSL Recitals: 20 Years of Music at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Since 1999, ROSL has brought together young classical musicians from across the Commonwealth to perform at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 

Festival CD and Record Fair

Festival CD and Record Fair

Great selection of collectable vinyl! LPs, 12” and 7” singles, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s 90s, 00s to present day. 

Tim Vine Presents: Plastic Elvis Live in Concert!

Tim Vine Presents: Plastic Elvis Live in Concert!

In this special one-off event, Plastic Elvis will thrill you with an evening of full throttle charisma, unstoppable rock’n’roll and jaw-dropping excitement. 

Solving the Mystery of Cryptic Crosswords: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Solving the Mystery of Cryptic Crosswords: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

To the uninitiated, a first glance at a cryptic crossword can be daunting, but here Rory promises to unveil its mysteries in a 90 minute workshop that is intended to be … 

Solving the Mystery of Cryptic Crosswords with Rory Motion: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Solving the Mystery of Cryptic Crosswords with Rory Motion: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

To the uninitiated, a first glance at a cryptic crossword can be daunting, but here Rory promises to unveil its mysteries in a 90 minute workshop that is intended to be … 

Float Tank #5: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Float Tank #5: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

"A Float Tank is a lightless, soundproof tank filled with water at skin temperature, in which individuals float in isolation, used to test the effects of sensory de… 

Cathedral Concert: Langonet String Quartet – Travellers and Turmoil

Cathedral Concert: Langonet String Quartet – Travellers and Turmoil

The Langonet String Quartet plays a programme contrasting a late work by Haydn, the inventor of the string quartet; an early quartet by Beethoven, the great revolutionary; and Dvor… 

Arts Barge Riverside Festival: Raphael Wallfisch: Solo Cello Performance

Arts Barge Riverside Festival: Raphael Wallfisch: Solo Cello Performance

We are very excited and privileged to welcome Raphael to The Arts Barge - He has been extremely generous in donating proceeds of this performance to progressing the conv… 

Raphael Wallfisch: Solo Cello Performance: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Raphael Wallfisch: Solo Cello Performance: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

We are very excited and privileged to welcome Raphael to The Arts Barge - He has been extremely generous in donating proceeds of this performance to progressing the conv… 

Soft Shoe Skiffle Band

Soft Shoe Skiffle Band

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

Tenement Jazz Band: The Red Hot Roots of Jazz

Tenement Jazz Band: The Red Hot Roots of Jazz

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

Highlight Tours of St Cecilia's Hall: Concert Room and Music Museum

Highlight Tours of St Cecilia's Hall: Concert Room and Music Museum

Join our curators, conservator and volunteers on special highlight tours of St Cecilia’s Hall, Scotland’s oldest concert hall and home of the University of Edinburgh’s world renown… 

Float Tank #4: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Float Tank #4: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

"A Float Tank is a lightless, soundproof tank filled with water at skin temperature, in which individuals float in isolation, used to test the effects of sensory de… 

Nathan and Ida’s Hot Dog Stand

Nathan and Ida’s Hot Dog Stand

Nathan and Ida Hardwerker leave the old country to build a better life for themselves in the New World: With nothing but a will to succeed and a secret recipe for sauce, they disco… 

Akiko Okamoto in Concert

Akiko Okamoto in Concert

This International Japanese pianist gives two recitals of music mainly by Chopin, to include his second Piano Concerto with the Fyrish String Quartet. 

Festival Well-Being Workshops

Festival Well-Being Workshops

Therapists from our treatment rooms will show you how to stay healthy during the Fringe using herbs, with a series of free evening workshops mixing herbal teas and essential oil bl… 

Craig and Darren Give Away Free Nachos

Craig and Darren Give Away Free Nachos

Craig and Darren are some nice boys who hit the jackpot when their venue agreed to let them give away free nachos at every performance they do. 

Cathedral Coffee Concerts – Free

Cathedral Coffee Concerts – Free

Pianist John Bryden, joined for one of the performances by St Mary’s Cathedral Assistant Master of the Music Joseph Beech, plays music by Liszt, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Bach, Mozart… 

Cathedral Concert: Musica Callada by Federico Mompou

Cathedral Concert: Musica Callada by Federico Mompou

Stephen Hough wrote: ‘The music of Federico Mompou is the music of evaporation. 

Brewhemia's Festival Showcase

Brewhemia's Festival Showcase

After the success of 2018 Brewhemia is returning with our platter of showstopping acts from this year’s festival favourites and our very own Creative Clique. 

River Voices: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

River Voices: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

River Voices: Robert Powell & FriendsA lively reading by York-based poet Robert Powell and other writers - of work inspired by the Ouse and Foss, rivers, streams, ca… 

Festival Sustainability: A Practical Skills Workshop

Festival Sustainability: A Practical Skills Workshop

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

River Voices - Poetry: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

River Voices - Poetry: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

River Voices: Robert Powell & FriendsA lively reading by York-based poet Robert Powell and other writers - of work inspired by the Ouse and Foss, rivers, streams, ca… 

Dance-Forms' 76th International Choreographers' Showcase

Dance-Forms' 76th International Choreographers' Showcase

Exploring an unlimited range of creative ideas, Dance-Forms’ 76th International Choreographers’ Showcase delivers a solid line-up of superb choreography. 

The Left-Handed Piano: A Concert in Mirror-Image

The Left-Handed Piano: A Concert in Mirror-Image

Left-handed international pianist Christopher Seed performs Beethoven’s Sonata Op 109 and Schubert’s Drei Klavierstücke D 946 on his unique backwards fortepiano (high notes to the… 

The Wild and Crazy Adventures of Tom Wayfinder: Story time Spectacular: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

The Wild and Crazy Adventures of Tom Wayfinder: Story time Spectacular: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Interactive story telling, plus an all day Riddling Competition! Mums, dads, teenagers, juniors and little ones over 5. 

We're Sorry (Canadian Comedy Showcase)

We're Sorry (Canadian Comedy Showcase)

Back in Edinburgh for its fifth year, We’re Sorry! A rotating showcase of Canadian comedians in town for the Fringe. 

Old Saint Paul's Festival High Masses

Old Saint Paul's Festival High Masses

Traditional Catholic Anglican liturgy in this historic church with renowned choir and organ directed by John Kitchen. 

Arts Barge Riverside Festival: Mischief

Arts Barge Riverside Festival: Mischief

Mischief Night. 

Choral Festival Evensongs

Choral Festival Evensongs

Choral services sung by St Mary’s Cathedral Choir, the only choral foundation in Scotland with a tradition of daily services. Full details of music at cathedral.net. 

Mischief: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Mischief: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Mischief Night. 

Tom Wayfinder’s Arctic Adventure: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Tom Wayfinder’s Arctic Adventure: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Interactive story telling, plus Riddling Competition! Tom Wayfinder’s Arctic Adventure. 

Tom Wayfinder’s Mexican Adventure: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Tom Wayfinder’s Mexican Adventure: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Tom signs up as a driver for Eduardo Dorado, gold-hunter, on a trek that takes him up a ziggurat and a volcano, where he encounters an Aztec god of fire called Xiuhtecuh… 

Tom Wayfinder’s Pacific Adventure: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Tom Wayfinder’s Pacific Adventure: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Tom signs on as a ships cook on the good ship Sinkfast, bound from Japan to Mexico, falls foul of the Genie of Chilli Sauce, El Roja The Sweat-head, meets a mermaid call… 

A Taste of Scotland (Whisky Tasting and Three-Course Meal) at Edinburgh Festival Fringe

A Taste of Scotland (Whisky Tasting and Three-Course Meal) at Edinburgh Festival Fringe

A sensory experience, teaching you how to nose and taste whisky, helping to discover the perfect dram for your palate. 

Modern Times - Charlie Chaplin: Open air Cinema: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Modern Times - Charlie Chaplin: Open air Cinema: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Cinema Arts presents a rare screening of the last silent film ever made by Charlie Chaplin. 

Epic Film Music Concert

Epic Film Music Concert

Venture into a magic land of epicness with this film music concert. 

Cathedral Celebrity Organ Recitals – Free

Cathedral Celebrity Organ Recitals – Free

Organists Duncan Ferguson, Joseph Beech and John Kitchen perform popular organ works on the Cathedral’s mighty ‘Father’ Willis organ. 

Chords to Dream of Love With!

Chords to Dream of Love With!

Brought to you by the folk orchestra of Hangzhou Jiangnan Experimental School of Zhejiang. 

ALL THE BENS

ALL THE BENS

Ben likes Al, but Al says he’s straight. 

Lucky Maclean: Festival in the Bin – Walking Tour/Show

Lucky Maclean: Festival in the Bin – Walking Tour/Show

A hilarious street cleaner sweeps you off on an outdoor journey into the unknown festival, uncovering its secrets and making an ingenious show out of rubbish with his extraordinary… 

The Festival Showcase at Black Ivy

The Festival Showcase at Black Ivy

A taste of the Fringe comes to Bruntsfield in true Black Ivy style. 

Howl Comedy Club Free Showcase

Howl Comedy Club Free Showcase

Ever been to a really well-run comedy club? Watch an hour of pro comedy for free instead of the £10 charge outside of the Fringe. 

Free Fringe Festival Music: Live on the Grassmarket

Free Fringe Festival Music: Live on the Grassmarket

Join us for a huge selection of free acoustic music, duos, bands, singers and more through the day and night on this launch day of Fringe Music on the Grassmarket. 

Angel Comedy Showcase

Angel Comedy Showcase

Award-winning Angel Comedy (Best Venue in the UK 2015, 2017 Chortle Awards) brings a whole new showcase of acts to Edinburgh for the fourth consecutive year – after four sell-out… 

Arts Barge Riverside Festival: 'The Creative River' - River Walk & Writing Workshop

Arts Barge Riverside Festival: 'The Creative River' - River Walk & Writing Workshop

A creative guided walk along the Ouse & Foss in York led by poet Robert Powell - combined with a chance to write, discuss, and share ideas and impressions about York… 

'The Creative River' - River Walk & Writing Workshop: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

'The Creative River' - River Walk & Writing Workshop: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

A creative guided walk along the Ouse & Foss in York led by poet Robert Powell - combined with a chance to write, discuss, and share ideas and impressions about York… 

Afternoon Concerts at St Michael and All Saints

Afternoon Concerts at St Michael and All Saints

Afternoons: organ concert by Christopher Black; Sarah Moore sings Rachmaninoff/Mozart; Roxburgh Quartet playing Barber/Schostakovich; Hadley Court Singers/SMAS choir/orchestra musi… 

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Summer School

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Summer School

‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

Steffan Alun and Support: You Can't Escape Free Stand-Up

Steffan Alun and Support: You Can't Escape Free Stand-Up

The Welsh optimist returns to the festival – and this year, he’s been trying to escape. 

The Third Annual Black Comedy Showcase

The Third Annual Black Comedy Showcase

After sell-out shows last year with The Second Annual Black Comedy Showcase, we’re back once again and the third times a charm. 

Robert Powell 'The Creative River' - River Walk & Writing Workshop: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Robert Powell 'The Creative River' - River Walk & Writing Workshop: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

A creative guided walk along the Ouse & Foss in York led by poet Robert Powell - combined with a chance to write, discuss, and share ideas and impressions about York… 

Alcohol-Free Craic

Alcohol-Free Craic

What’s better than one stand-up comedian for free? That’s right, two stand-up comedians for free. 

Paul Currie: Release the Baboons (All Ages)

Paul Currie: Release the Baboons (All Ages)

Paul Currie is bringing his sell out 2014/2015 award-winning masterpiece back to Edinburgh. 

Man of Mischief Presents... Living the Dream

Man of Mischief Presents... Living the Dream

Magic. 

Free Fringe Music

Free Fringe Music

Free Fringe Music. 

Daniel Cook and Rose Johnson: Two Gorgeous Stand-Ups

Daniel Cook and Rose Johnson: Two Gorgeous Stand-Ups

An hour of gorgeous stand-up from two gorgeous comedians. 

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Courses

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Courses

Learn the skills and art of stand-up comedy performance on this two-day intensive comedy training course. 

Afternoon Concert Series

Afternoon Concert Series

Afternoon concerts have long been a feature of our day-to-day activities at St Giles’ Cathedral, and each year we continue to welcome artists from all over the world to perform in … 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Boy meets girl, they fall in love, and everyone lives happily ever after. If only it were that simple. Hold on to your heart. Cupid is armed and dangerous! 

Worst Show on the Fringe – Free

Worst Show on the Fringe – Free

Russell Howard, Miranda Hart, Tim Minchin. 

The Stand Late Club

The Stand Late Club

‘This is late-night comedy at its finest’ **** (BroadwayBaby. 

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Actors from around the world rehearsed via Skype for four months and then met here in Scotland to put on Shakespeare’s romantic comedy: A Midsummer Night’s Dream! Come join us for … 

The Stand's Pick of the Fringe

The Stand's Pick of the Fringe

The Stand Comedy Club’s hand-picked selection of great comedy at the Fringe at The Stand’s New Town Theatre almost every Friday and Saturday night. 

Stand-Up Poet

Stand-Up Poet

‘Excellent show’ (FringeReview. 

Arts Barge Riverside Festival: Strut Club Presents…Hello Sailor!

Arts Barge Riverside Festival: Strut Club Presents…Hello Sailor!

The Strut Club Cabaret presents. 

Free Love

Free Love

Free Love is the latest manifestation of the Scottish experimental pop duo formerly known as Happy Meals, known for their extraordinary sensual live ceremonies. 

Strut Club Presents…Hello Sailor!: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Strut Club Presents…Hello Sailor!: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

The Strut Club Cabaret presents. 

The Big Show: Fringe Showcase!

The Big Show: Fringe Showcase!

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

FreeStyle Comedy: Improvised Stand-Up

FreeStyle Comedy: Improvised Stand-Up

It’s stand-up, but not as you know it. 

Short Film Open Screen: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Short Film Open Screen: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Showcase opportunity for artists and creatives using film and projection to express their ideas and engage socially with others in this sphere of artistic activity. 

Darren Connell: Abandon All Hope

Darren Connell: Abandon All Hope

Star of Scot Squad, Darren Connell comes to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for one night only! Nominated for a BAFTA, Darren is best known for portraying the lovable Bobby Muir on B… 

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

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

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

All Senses Ahead!

All Senses Ahead!

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society will be bringing a true taste of Scotland to the Fringe, with an all-encompassing sensory feast that celebrates the best of our culture. 

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

Based on Robert Fulghum’s best-selling books, this musical takes a funny, insightful, heart-warming look at what is profound in everyday life. 

Stand-Up Edinburgh

Stand-Up Edinburgh

You’re at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the biggest arts festival in the world – come see a showcase of the comedians that perform in Edinburgh year round. 

Laughing Horse Free Best in Comedy Chat Show

Laughing Horse Free Best in Comedy Chat Show

This chat show is the perfect guide to what comedy you should see at the Fringe as host Vladimir McTavish, one of Scotland’s finest stand-ups, introduces this intimate and hilariou… 

All Shook Up

All Shook Up

This crowd-pleasing musical is inspired by and features the songs of Elvis Presley. 

Dream of a King

Dream of a King

Actor/writer Christopher Tajah of Resistance Theatre Company gives an impassioned performance in Dream Of A King at theSpace Triplex, as he reimagines the hours leading up to the a… 

All in the Timing

All in the Timing

Get ready for word-bending, thought-provoking, side-splitting comedy. 

Grow Up in the Sun – Shanghai Huangpu Student Art Troupe’s Chinese National Cultural Performance

Grow Up in the Sun – Shanghai Huangpu Student Art Troupe’s Chinese National Cultural Performance

The Chinese Orchestra of Shanghai Huangpu Youngster Art Activity Centre has been established for more than 20 years. 

Trevor Lewis Presents: A Stand-Up for the Mystery Hour

Trevor Lewis Presents: A Stand-Up for the Mystery Hour

Direct from great success in Australia, A Stand-Up for the Mystery Hour is a show like no other. 

Right in the Eye – Live Movie-Concert of Georges Méliès' Films

Right in the Eye – Live Movie-Concert of Georges Méliès' Films

Georges Méliès is often described as the inventor of cinema. 

Late Show Great Show / Free Festival

Late Show Great Show / Free Festival

The night is young and some of the best stand-up comedians at the Fringe are ready to make you laugh, stay up late and definitely have one more drink. 

Funny Cluckers: Best of the Fest – Free

Funny Cluckers: Best of the Fest – Free

Four top-quality, fowl-mouthed acts, hand-plucked from around the festival. 

All-Star Comedy Cabaret

All-Star Comedy Cabaret

A spectacular mixed bill variety show bursting with the best stand-ups, character comedians, musical acts and the most original performers at the Fringe. 

Laughing Horse Free and Family Friendly Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Free and Family Friendly Pick of the Fringe

See the very best comedians selected from around the Fringe, with different line-ups every day in this brand-new family friendly lunchtime stand-up showcase, from the people behind… 

Tai Chi and Qigong Performance and Taster Session

Tai Chi and Qigong Performance and Taster Session

Join Grandmaster Liming Yue and the students of Chen Style Tai Chi Centre Edinburgh for a complete look at Tai Chi. 

The Edinburgh Revue Stand-Up Show

The Edinburgh Revue Stand-Up Show

The Edinburgh Revue returns for its 10th Fringe, bringing you 50 minutes of ‘brave, intelligent, and inventive’ (BroadwayBaby. 

Potential: A Canadian Comedy Showcase

Potential: A Canadian Comedy Showcase

You’ve been craving Canadian comedy. 

I'm Here, All Weak

I'm Here, All Weak

Suren Jayemanne (Aus) has made a splash on the Australian scene, with his debut TV stand-up special featured as part of ABC’s Comedy Next Gen series. 

Musical Comedy Guide Showcase

Musical Comedy Guide Showcase

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). 

Ahab; or What If Moby Dick Were Stand-Up Comedy

Ahab; or What If Moby Dick Were Stand-Up Comedy

Moby Dick: a book, a play, an episode of Star Trek, 12 movies and a fish. 

Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show

Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show

Great value, great venue and great fun! Lunchtime compilation showcasing comedians you must not miss with new line-ups every day hand-picked from across the Fringe. 

Jody Kamali Is Mike Daly – Darts and All

Jody Kamali Is Mike Daly – Darts and All

The Bristolian bumbling ex-darts champ is back. 

Jasper Cromwell Jones' Alternative Book Festival

Jasper Cromwell Jones' Alternative Book Festival

Famous adventurer and posh idiot Jasper Cromwell Jones (played by award-winning comedian Joe Bor) presents an Alternative Book Festival with other weird and wonderful authors. 

Laughing Horse Free Pick of The Fringe

Laughing Horse Free Pick of The Fringe

See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe, with a different line-up of top comedians at every show. 

Free Live Music at Ghillie Dhu

Free Live Music at Ghillie Dhu

The Ghillie Dhu’s very own local artists performing every night of the week with a mixture of traditional and popular classics. Come and join us for drams, jigs and reels! 

Andrew Sim’s Midnight Showcase

Andrew Sim’s Midnight Showcase

Bringing you some of the best and brightest acts of the festival for a fantastic midnight showcase hosted by Andrew Sim. 

The Afterlife of a Soap Star

The Afterlife of a Soap Star

The Afterlife of a Soap Star is a semi-autobiographical one-woman show depicting the madness of the media, maddening politics and madness itself. 

Phoebe Traquair Song School Murals Tours – Free

Phoebe Traquair Song School Murals Tours – Free

Phoebe Traquair’s vivid arts and crafts murals (painted 1888-1892) include allegorical and religious images, portraits of leading figures, choir and clergy of the day and images of… 

Wil Greenway: The Ocean After All

Wil Greenway: The Ocean After All

You never know what’ll change your life. 

Spring Day: When Push Comes to Shove – Free

Spring Day: When Push Comes to Shove – Free

Expect a fun night of sharp, well-crafted and mischievous stand-up that will tickle your fancy and your heart if you have one. 

Southampton Stand-Up Showcase

Southampton Stand-Up Showcase

Rotating bill stand-up! Come and see the finest stand-ups the University of Southampton Comedy Society and the Fringe has to offer! Featuring experienced student performers, both n… 

Stuart Laws Is All In

Stuart Laws Is All In

Acclaimed stand-up (and the UK’s foremost gilet apologist) Stuart Laws reflects on the day his life changed forever when he risked everything in a Vegas poker tournament. 

Skydive to Stand-Up

Skydive to Stand-Up

From forgetting to pull your ripcord at 12,000 feet to finding your feet as a comedian: ex-skydiver Mat reveals all in an amusing yet absurd journey from living above the clouds to… 

All That 50s, 60s and 70s Stuff

All That 50s, 60s and 70s Stuff

Freddie Folkston takes a whimsical look at three decades and the generations which helped shape a brave new world for millennials. 

Jasmine: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Jasmine: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

OUROBOROS PRESENTS THE LATEST IN CUTTING EDGE JAZZ… Jasmine is a saxophone-led from Leeds, performing music composed by saxophonist Jasmine Whalley. 

Laugh Train Home Comedy Showcase

Laugh Train Home Comedy Showcase

In its seventh year, the best comics of the Fringe are brought together for this premier comedy showcase. 

All Work, No Play

All Work, No Play

We all have to work. 

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh, It’s the Monster Stand-Up Show!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh, It’s the Monster Stand-Up Show!

Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comedians on the circuit in this stand-up comedy showcase, including your award-winning host Wes Dalton, featuring a different line-up e… 

It's All Going To Be OK – Free Festival

It's All Going To Be OK – Free Festival

The world is going to sh*t! Or so it seems. 

Sean Morley: Soon I Will Be Dead and My Bones Will Be Free to Wreak Havoc Upon the Earth Once More

Sean Morley: Soon I Will Be Dead and My Bones Will Be Free to Wreak Havoc Upon the Earth Once More

Inside my skin is a rattling beast and when I breathe my last it will emerge. 

Matt Jones: Pandora's Box – Free

Matt Jones: Pandora's Box – Free

What would you do if you could go back in time and hand-pick who you would become? One day a man encounters a strange spirit and is offered the opportunity to become someone else, … 

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

See the very best comedians at the Fringe, alongside some of the UK’s best comedy newcomers, at this top-rated comedy selection show. 

All Aboard!

All Aboard!

Possibly the best musical comedy show with live piano and a Romanian performer! It is a 50-minute journey through life. 

Rod Shepherd: Slacktivist – Free

Rod Shepherd: Slacktivist – Free

Croydon’s sixth leading conspiracy theorist attempts to debunk the big myths: JFK, Twin Towers, why British Bake Off went to Channel 4. 

Free Footlights

Free Footlights

An hour of stand-up, songs, sketches and much more, from the Cambridge Footlights – alumni include Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, David Mitchell, Emma Thompson, Richard Ayoade, the ca… 

Comedy Gobbledygook Showcase / Free Festival

Comedy Gobbledygook Showcase / Free Festival

London Bermondsey’s beloved local comedy show comes to Edinburgh! Hosted by a podgy gay comic from the remote island of Taiwan, this comedy show has, for month after month, enterta… 

All Together Irish

All Together Irish

Following last year’s sell-out run, All Together Irish returns with a daily selection of Ireland’s top comics plus guests from other countries. 

Jack Tucker: Comedy Stand-Up Hour

Jack Tucker: Comedy Stand-Up Hour

Following sell-out shows in New York, London and LA, award-winning comedian Zach Zucker returns with a new hour of absurdist stand-up! Important: Jack Tucker is a very funny stand-… 

The Human Show / Free Fringe

The Human Show / Free Fringe

Join Those Big Bois for the award-submitted, The Human Show – a journey inside the mind of one confused specimen and the two voices in his head as they navigate a day in this wei… 

99 Club Stand-Up Selection – Free

99 Club Stand-Up Selection – Free

Proudly supporting the Free Festival with a selection of four different comics daily. 

AAA Stand-Up at Underbelly

AAA Stand-Up at Underbelly

Total sell-out 2005-2018 returns with a brand-new line-up. 

Carl Donnelly: Shall We All Just Kill Ourselves?

Carl Donnelly: Shall We All Just Kill Ourselves?

Double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Carl Donnelly (‘Observational genius’ (Guardian)) returns with a new show about how difficult it is to be a good person in the modern age. 

A Free Festival Friendly Walking Tour

A Free Festival Friendly Walking Tour

We are the top-rated walking tour company for English tours in Edinburgh on TripAdvisor and we have put together a special festival friendly walking tour of the Old Town for you to… 

The Sandy Brechin Band

The Sandy Brechin Band

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

Stand-Up Philosophy – Free

Stand-Up Philosophy – Free

Bored of mindless comedy shows? Then come to Stand-Up Philosophy. 

Stand-Up Nomad: Backpacking Comedy

Stand-Up Nomad: Backpacking Comedy

Backpackers and travelling comedians have a similar lifestyle: exploring new cultures, travelling light and relying on booze to socialise. 

Festival Celebration V&C Sparkling Wine Tasting

Festival Celebration V&C Sparkling Wine Tasting

Join Francesco Cardinale for an informative, relaxed tutored tasting of delicious sparkling Prosecco, Metodo Classico and fine fizz. 

Cathedral Lunchtime Concerts – Free

Cathedral Lunchtime Concerts – Free

Free concerts every lunchtime, Monday to Saturday throughout August. Wide range of music from classical to contemporary, traditional Scots and jazz. Full details at cathedral.net 

CeilidhKids at the Fringe – Free!

CeilidhKids at the Fringe – Free!

Family workshop suitable for children aged 3-7 years with parents or carers, but everyone welcome, regardless of age or ability. 

Lewis Schaffer is Mr Diabetes – Free

Lewis Schaffer is Mr Diabetes – Free

Lewis Schaffer is a New York Jewish comic. 

101 Comedy Club – Free

101 Comedy Club – Free

‘Funny. 

Andrew Maxwell: All Talk

Andrew Maxwell: All Talk

Living in Kent - Maxwell tells us – he is surrounded by the sort of puce-faced, fake WWII heroes who seem to think that having once watched a film with John Mills in it automatic… 

Rubbish Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Rubbish Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Runaways. 

Arts Barge Riverside Festival: PechaKucha York Vol.19: Making Waves

Arts Barge Riverside Festival: PechaKucha York Vol.19: Making Waves

Who’s rocking the boat and why? Join York’s creatives on-board the Arts Barge for a fascinating, eclectic insight into the current projects and passions of Y… 

Iain Dale: All Talk

Iain Dale: All Talk

Award-winning LBC radio presenter, CNN political commentator and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs to the Fringe for the first tim… 

All of Me

All of Me

An abandoned party; a neglected bedroom; a cluttered AV desk. 

MARVELus: All the Marvel Movies… Kind of. 2019

MARVELus: All the Marvel Movies… Kind of. 2019

‘Their versions of the Marvel films might even be better’ ****½ (fb. 

PechaKucha York Vol.19: Making Waves: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

PechaKucha York Vol.19: Making Waves: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Who’s rocking the boat and why? Join York’s creatives on-board the Arts Barge for a fascinating, eclectic insight into the current projects and passions of Y… 

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical

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

For All I Care

For All I Care

For All I Care is, first and foremost, the story of two women. 

The Big Free Fringe Festival Launch Night

The Big Free Fringe Festival Launch Night

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

C for Free

C for Free

Daily diet of live highlights from across the festivals. 

Short Film Showcase: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Short Film Showcase: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Showcase opportunity for artists and creatives using film and projection to express their ideas and engage socially with others in this sphere of artistic activity. 

Sketching Workshop with Pennie Lordan: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Sketching Workshop with Pennie Lordan: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

During this two hour sketching workshop, you will have the opportunity to be supported to explore your surroundings and views from the arts barge with artist Pennie Lord… 

York Symphony: Marinella Senatore: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

York Symphony: Marinella Senatore: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Another chance to see the films by Italian artist Marinella Senatore for her York Symphony piece, created through a series of workshops and conversations, collecting ind… 

Fringe Film Festival

Fringe Film Festival

Returning for its 14th season, C’s critically acclaimed curated programme showcases silver screen shorts and contemporary filmmakers all day, every day. 

AAA Stand-Up Late at Gilded Balloon

AAA Stand-Up Late at Gilded Balloon

Total sell-out 2010-2018 returns with a brand-new line-up. 

Ken Cheng: To All the Racists I've Blocked Before

Ken Cheng: To All the Racists I've Blocked Before

Star of BBC Radio 4’s Chinese Comedian and co-host of E4’s The Hangover Games, Ken Cheng is back with a complete treatise on racism. 

Edinburgh Festival Tales Tour

Edinburgh Festival Tales Tour

Join this lively and entertaining guided walking tour and enjoy decades of thrilling Fringe stories from today to Edinburgh’s first festivals in 1947. 

Family Yoga: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Family Yoga: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Family Yoga on the Arts Barge! This is an informal yoga session that brings together elements of traditional yoga practice, play and discovery. 

Stand Up with Janine Harouni (Please Remain Seated)

Stand Up with Janine Harouni (Please Remain Seated)

When will Joanne Harouni get to do the Ted Talk she deserves?In an unusual standup routine, Harouni devotes her hour-long performance to stories about her multifaceted father and l… 

AAA Stand-Up

AAA Stand-Up

Total sell-out 2005-2018 returns with a brand-new line-up. 

All the King's Men

All the King's Men

All the King’s Men are a world-renowned, award-winning all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London. 

AAA Stand-Up Late

AAA Stand-Up Late

Total sell-out 2010-2018 returns with a brand-new line-up. 

Arts Barge Riverside Festival: Made of Nowhere

Arts Barge Riverside Festival: Made of Nowhere

Written and performed by David JarmanDirected by Ruby Clarke After scraping together his last few pounds, Jarman packs a borrowed tent into an old, torn rucksack and hit… 

Arts Barge Riverside Festival: Say Owt Showcase

Arts Barge Riverside Festival: Say Owt Showcase

Say Owt is York's loveable and raucous poetry organisation, hosting some of the noisiest spoken word events in the UK. 

Made of Nowhere: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Made of Nowhere: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Written and performed by David JarmanDirected by Ruby Clarke After scraping together his last few pounds, Jarman packs a borrowed tent into an old, torn rucksack and hit… 

Say Owt Showcase: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Say Owt Showcase: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Say Owt is York's loveable and raucous poetry organisation, hosting some of the noisiest spoken word events in the UK. 

Out of the Wings Festival 2019

Out of the Wings Festival 2019

Out of the Wings presents its fourth annual festival, exploring untapped theatre from the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking world. 

Festival Folk at the Oak

Festival Folk at the Oak

Twenty-nine nights of the best local and international folk music showcasing a different artist each night. There are only 30 seats so book early to save disappointment. 

Sean Morley: Soon I Will Be Dead and My Bones Will Be Free to Wreak Havoc Upon the Earth Once More £5 / PWYW

Sean Morley: Soon I Will Be Dead and My Bones Will Be Free to Wreak Havoc Upon the Earth Once More £5 / PWYW

Inside my skin is a rattling beast and when I breathe my last it will emerge. 

Free Fall

Free Fall

Theatre @DraperHall and Founding Fall Theatre kindly invite you to the Summer edition of their fantastic and unique scratch Theatre evening: Free FallLive music, improvisation arou… 

Raul Kohli: All My Heroes are Dead, in Jail or Touched Up Your Nan

Raul Kohli: All My Heroes are Dead, in Jail or Touched Up Your Nan

Rahul Kohli grew up with many heroes. 

How To Beat Up Your Dad (The Musical): Arts Barge Riverside Festival

How To Beat Up Your Dad (The Musical): Arts Barge Riverside Festival

This is not a musical nor is it instructions on how to beat up your dad. 

Tommy Foggo, Superhero!: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Tommy Foggo, Superhero!: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

A magical multi-media tale of a life saved by music. 

Rahul Kohli: All My Heroes are Dead, in Jail or Touched Up Your Nan

Rahul Kohli: All My Heroes are Dead, in Jail or Touched Up Your Nan

Rahul Kohli grew up with many heroes. 

Stand Up with Janine Harouni (Please Remain Seated)

Stand Up with Janine Harouni (Please Remain Seated)

Janine's father is a lifelong New Yorker and son of Middle-Eastern immigrants. 

The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars: The Ronnie Scott’s Story - 60th Anniversary Concert

The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars: The Ronnie Scott’s Story - 60th Anniversary Concert

In this, the 60th Anniversary of one of the world’s most iconic music venues, the Ronnie Scott’s All Stars take to the road to celebrate the ‘Ronnie Sc… 

Raul Kohli: All My Heroes are Dead, in Jail or Touched Up Your Nan,

Raul Kohli: All My Heroes are Dead, in Jail or Touched Up Your Nan,

Rahul Kohli grew up with many heroes. 

The Burning Duck Comedy Club £5 / PWYW Showcase

The Burning Duck Comedy Club £5 / PWYW Showcase

York’s alternative comedy sensation the Burning Duck Comedy Club returns to the Great Yorkshire Fringe, presenting the best ‘up-and-coming’ musical, ch… 

Weirdo: A Lois Mills Showcase

Weirdo: A Lois Mills Showcase

Weirdo -A Lois Mills Showcase brings you the best of her weird and wonderful sketch comedy. 

Ken Cheng: To All The Racists I’ve Blocked Before (Edinburgh Preview)

Ken Cheng: To All The Racists I’ve Blocked Before (Edinburgh Preview)

Star of Radio 4’s Chinese Comedian, E4’s The Hangover Games and winner of Dave’s Joke of the Fringe, Ken returns with a love-letter to all the Twitter … 

Arts Barge Riverside Festival: Fenist the Falcon - Phoenix Puppets

Arts Barge Riverside Festival: Fenist the Falcon - Phoenix Puppets

Fenist the Falcon is an old much loved Russian Fairytale in which seven female characters appear. 

Fenist the Falcon - Phoenix Puppets: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Fenist the Falcon - Phoenix Puppets: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Fenist the Falcon is an old much loved Russian Fairytale in which seven female characters appear. 

Arts Barge Riverside Festival: Heaven's Gate

Arts Barge Riverside Festival: Heaven's Gate

Four cups of Apple Sauce. 

Heaven's Gate: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Heaven's Gate: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Four cups of Apple Sauce. 

The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars: A Celebration of Gershwin

The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars: A Celebration of Gershwin

Direct from London’s world-famous jazz club, The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars presents a tribute to perhaps the most significant and popular composer of all time… 

Arts Barge Riverside Festival: Tim Eriksen

Arts Barge Riverside Festival: Tim Eriksen

Tim Eriksen: Hardcore Americana Tim Eriksen is acclaimed for transforming American tradition with his startling interpretations of old ballads, love songs, shapenote gos… 

The Great Yorkshire Comedy Fringe Workshop Showcase

The Great Yorkshire Comedy Fringe Workshop Showcase

A bunch of comedy virgins  have spent the weekend with Logan Murray, the man who taught Greg Davies, Rhod Gilbert, Josh Widdecombe, Andi Osho, Luisa Omielan, Diane … 

Tim Eriksen - Hardcore Americana: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Tim Eriksen - Hardcore Americana: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Tim Eriksen: Hardcore Americana Tim Eriksen is acclaimed for transforming American tradition with his startling interpretations of old ballads, love songs, shapenote gos… 

Shape Note Singing Workshop with Tim Eriksen: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Shape Note Singing Workshop with Tim Eriksen: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Come and learn shape note singing with Tim Eriksen! We are delighted to welcome Tim to York to lead a workshop and a singing on the Arts Barge in advance of his evening … 

Arts Barge Jazz & Manouche Festival: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Arts Barge Jazz & Manouche Festival: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Two days of Jazz and Manouche as part of The Arts Barge Riverside Festival. 

Alex Hitchcock Quintet: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Alex Hitchcock Quintet: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

OUROBOROS PRESENTS THE LATEST IN CUTTING EDGE JAZZ… Award-winning saxophonist Alex Hitchcock returns to York, with his powerhouse quintet that combines a compelli… 

Arts Barge Jazz & Manouche Festival

Arts Barge Jazz & Manouche Festival

A two day Jazz and Manouche Festival of performances, workshops and open sessions. 

Clare Teal and her All Stars

Clare Teal and her All Stars

Award winning jazz vocalist and Radio 2 presenter Clare Teal and her All Stars will traverse a rich landscape of timeless and sparkling material as they celebrate the Gr… 

Arts Barge Riverside Festival: Northern Electric - Rust

Arts Barge Riverside Festival: Northern Electric - Rust

Rust Immersive spoken word show performed on-board the barge Selby Tony Join us for a mesmerising tale of love, loss and live music on-board the former working barge Sel… 

Rust: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Rust: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Rust Immersive spoken word show performed on-board the barge Selby Tony Join us for a mesmerising tale of love, loss and live music on-board the former working barge Sel… 

Opening Night at The Arts Barge with Alistair Anderson: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Opening Night at The Arts Barge with Alistair Anderson: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

We are very excited and privileged to welcome Alistair to play for the opening of York’s Arts Barge. 

Wingspan Stand-Up Special

Wingspan Stand-Up Special

A night of Stand-up comedy for our charity partner BIRD featuring the best up-and-coming comedians from the open-mic circuit. 

Jasper Cromwell Jones’ Alternative Book Festival

Jasper Cromwell Jones’ Alternative Book Festival

Famous adventurer and posh idiot Jasper Cromwell Jones (played by award-winning comedian Joe Bor) presents an Alternative Book Festival with other weird and wonderful au… 

Innervisions Festival Presents - Janet Kay & Carroll Thompson

Innervisions Festival Presents - Janet Kay & Carroll Thompson

The Queen's of Lovers Rock announce an exclusive London concert as part of the 2019 Innervisions Festival. 

Alexei Sayle: Stand Up WIP

Alexei Sayle: Stand Up WIP

Hot on the heels of his Radio 4 success and sell out Edinburgh show, Alexei returns to the Museum of Comedy with new material.  

Innervisions Festival Presents - Fela Kuti - Saluting the Black President

Innervisions Festival Presents - Fela Kuti - Saluting the Black President

After sell out shows at the Electric Ballroom, 229 and The British Library, the Innervisions Festival is Saluting the Black President himself, Fela Kuti, tonight with the Dele Sosi… 

Innervisions Festival Presents - Maceo Parker

Innervisions Festival Presents - Maceo Parker

Iconic American funk and soul jazz saxophonist, Maceo Parker is best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960’s as well as George Clinton's&nbs… 

Innervisions Festival Presents - RAMP (Roy Ayers Music Production)

Innervisions Festival Presents - RAMP (Roy Ayers Music Production)

Rare Groove Legends RAMP announce an exclusive European Concert. 

Innervisions Festival Presents - Mavis Staples

Innervisions Festival Presents - Mavis Staples

Mavis Staples' recording career spans from the 1950s to the current day. 

Innervisions Festival Presents - Saul Williams

Innervisions Festival Presents - Saul Williams

American rapper, singer-songwriter, poet, actor Saul Williams is coming to London to appear as part of the breath-taking Innervisions Festival line up between 3… 

Innervisions Festival Presents - Aloe Blacc

Innervisions Festival Presents - Aloe Blacc

Aloe Blacc is best known for his UK No. 

John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett – The Nearly Free Tour

John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett – The Nearly Free Tour

  This magnetic bond still holds after more than 40 years of attempted escapes and still loved for their total in-yer-face originality, the contrast between the dea… 

All Killa No Filla

All Killa No Filla

Join comedians Rachel Fairburn and Kiri Pritchard-McLean as they explore a shared passion, serial killers. 

HSO Summer Concert

HSO Summer Concert

 

Band of Horses

Band of Horses

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

Somnium - A Dancers Dream

Somnium - A Dancers Dream

SOMNIUM: A Dancer’s Dream, is the explosive dance show starring World Latin Showdance Champions and Strictly professionals Neil and Katya Jones. 

Nicola Houghton: It\'s All Gravy

Nicola Houghton: It\'s All Gravy

Stand up comedy show as part of the Greater Manchester Fringe. 

NT ENCORE: ALL MY SONS

NT ENCORE: ALL MY SONS

Tuesday 18th June, 7pmTickets: £15 or £11 for school groupsDuration: 165minsSuitable for: no age guide has been given about this screening yet… 

Nomad Short Film Festival

Nomad Short Film Festival

As part of Nomad Festival @ Greenwich pop-up Rotunda Theatre. 

Funky Studios Summer Showcase 2019

Funky Studios Summer Showcase 2019

The Funky Studios annual Showcase is back!! Bursting with talent the Funky students promise to bring something different, exciting and fresh to the Palace stage once aga… 

Death And All His Friends

Death And All His Friends

Enter the darkness, take a seat and prepare as your master of ceremonies ‘Jen’ guides you through this chilling theatrical experience. 

A Good Service On All Other Lines

A Good Service On All Other Lines

Writer/comedian David Head and singer/songwriter Matt Glover of Sincere Deceivers are proud to present their critically acclaimed story and song show “A Good Service on All Other… 

Q The Music – James Bond Concert Spectacular

Q The Music – James Bond Concert Spectacular

The popular Q The Music Show is coming to Lighthouse and they will be bringing the fabulous and iconic music of James Bond to you in a stunning concert. 

Taking Flight New Writing Festival

Taking Flight New Writing Festival

As part of Nomad Festival @ Greenwich pop-up Rotunda Theatre. 

World renowned music sensation Q The Music – James Bond Concert Spectacular

World renowned music sensation Q The Music – James Bond Concert Spectacular

COMPERED BY MADELAINE SMITH - LIVE AND LET DIE The spectacular Q The Music was launched in 2004 by the incredibly talented Warren Ringham. 

Stand Up With Janine Harouni (Please Remain Seated)

Stand Up With Janine Harouni (Please Remain Seated)

Janine's father is a lifelong New Yorker and son of Middle-Eastern immigrants. 

Tom Jones: All Girls Love A Bastard

Tom Jones: All Girls Love A Bastard

As part of Nomad Festival @ Greenwich pop-up Rotunda Theatre. 

Stripped - Liverpool Fringe Festival

Stripped - Liverpool Fringe Festival

After it’s sell-out debut, Stripped is back and more revealing than ever!!! Succour Punch Theatre are proud to be baring all once again for this ‘stripped back’ performance o… 

NT Live: All My Sons

NT Live: All My Sons

All My Sonsby Arthur Millerdirected by Jeremy Herrin Broadcast live from The Old Vic in London, Academy Award-winner Sally Field (Steel Magnolias, Brothers & Sisters… 

Some Guys Have All The Luck – The Rod Stewart Story

Some Guys Have All The Luck – The Rod Stewart Story

50 years on from the release of Rod’s first album, Some Guys Have All The Luck is back in theatres in 2019 with a brand new show, bringing to the stage a… 

The Tulsa Time Band: A Tribute to Don Williams

The Tulsa Time Band: A Tribute to Don Williams

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

A Festival of Korean Dance

A Festival of Korean Dance

Following an inaugural year enjoyed by audiences and critics alike, A Festival of Korean Dance will return in 2019. 

All The Ladies Mic Night!

All The Ladies Mic Night!

Monsteers Artistry Presents: All The Ladies Mic Night! All the Ladies Mic Night Includes Live Performances from Sarah Dorsett, Pippa Lea, Lauren Garnder, Christine Maia … 

All Aboard! At Termination Station.

All Aboard! At Termination Station.

A comedy cabaret (or summin’ like that) that asks the question: Have you ever just closed your eyes and hoped that it’ll all just go away? This is a bracing, booming and brash… 

Super Cumbia Party Band

Super Cumbia Party Band

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

University of Brighton Refugee and Migration Film Festival, Part 2

University of Brighton Refugee and Migration Film Festival, Part 2

“Bodies on the move: on screen and in the street” This event will involve responding collectively to a variety of audio-visual material, exploring movement and migration, shift… 

MET Musical Theatre Showcase 2019

MET Musical Theatre Showcase 2019

An energy-packed performance by the Musical Theatre Degree students at Northbrook MET. 

University of Brighton Refugee and Migration Film Festival, Part 1

University of Brighton Refugee and Migration Film Festival, Part 1

“Refugees and migration in anthropological cinema” ‘Travel’ (63 mins). 

Science Fiction Theatre Festival

Science Fiction Theatre Festival

It’s back! Horatio Productions’ Science Fiction Theatre Festival returns for a stellar second edition. 

All Men Must Sing: A Parody of Ice & Fire

All Men Must Sing: A Parody of Ice & Fire

“Wait, what was that whole last part about copyright? I don’t feel like I got that. 

Funny Women Showcase

Funny Women Showcase

We’ve curated a showcase featuring some of the best new female comedy talent in the UK today. 

The Treason Show Festival Special

The Treason Show Festival Special

Brighton’s much-loved, resident satirists with their legendary mix of bang up to date topical sketches and songs, all wrapped up in Brighton Fringe award-winner Mark Brailsford’s f… 

Andy Stedman - Confessions Of A Failed Rock Star (Work in Progress)

Andy Stedman - Confessions Of A Failed Rock Star (Work in Progress)

“Stedman’s voice is sure to melt hearts. 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts at GBMet. 

All Work, No Play

All Work, No Play

We all have to work. 

French Music Showcase

French Music Showcase

What’s happening on the French live music scene Right Now? Come and check out a selection of fine French bands playing a rich mix of originals and covers. 

Dream of a King

Dream of a King

4 April 1968. 

Peace by the Beach: Free Meditation on Brighton Beach

Peace by the Beach: Free Meditation on Brighton Beach

Bodhisattva Kadampa Meditation Centre is offering a free meditation on the beach with Buddhist monk, Gen Thekchen. 

The Greatest Love of All

The Greatest Love of All

The Greatest Love of All is a critically acclaimed live concert honouring the talent, music and memory of Whitney Houston. 

The Naked Stand Up: Naked Truth

The Naked Stand Up: Naked Truth

Join ‘The Naked Stand Up’, Miss Glory Pearl, for a provocative and hilarious night of stand-up, comic verse and other nonsense as she appraises the human body; its joys, its frustr… 

Strode's College Final Performance

Strode's College Final Performance

Strode’s College Performing Arts students will be performing Extremism by Anders Lustgarten. 

Hey Clay Children's Pottery Festival

Hey Clay Children's Pottery Festival

Join Vanessa Cox Pendray (MA, CE, PDD Ceramics). 

Hove Park Community Festival

Hove Park Community Festival

A free two day interactive arts festival suitable for all ages. 

Heroes & Heroines - Opera Gala Concert

Heroes & Heroines - Opera Gala Concert

In their Opera Gala Concert, the Sussex Symphony Orchestra is celebrating some of opera’s most iconic heroes and heroines and their wicked stories of lust, passion, death and betra… 

Lewes Chamber Music Festival Launch Concert

Lewes Chamber Music Festival Launch Concert

Musicians appearing in the 8th Lewes Chamber Music Festival in June 2019 will perform chamber music by Mozart, Faure and the little-known Lekeu in this special Festival Launch conc… 

Stand Up Yours

Stand Up Yours

Entering The Old Market on a Thursday night, to view a 'prize-winning feministic and queer Swedish comedy' was soon to be met with disappointment. 

All My Sons (12A cert tbc) - National Theatre Live

All My Sons (12A cert tbc) - National Theatre Live

Broadcast live from The Old Vic in London, Academy Award-winner Sally Field (Steel Magnolias, Brothers & Sisters) and Bill Pullman (The Sinner, Independence Day) sta… 

Laterland (Performance/Workshop)

Laterland (Performance/Workshop)

Laterland is a physical performance created specifically for every site and occasion, inviting participants to collaborate. 

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Mondays, Spring/Summer 2019

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Mondays, Spring/Summer 2019

"Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Mondays, Summer 2019

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Mondays, Summer 2019

‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Weekends, Spring/Summer 2019

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Weekends, Spring/Summer 2019

"Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Weekends, Summer 2019

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Weekends, Summer 2019

‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

Ed Gamble: Stand-Up Special

Ed Gamble: Stand-Up Special

Following on from 4 sell-out dates at the Leicester Square Theatre, Ed Gamble is back for one day only (and he’s filming something special)!Live at The Apollo… 

Festival Classics

Festival Classics

Parry ‘I was Glad’. 

The Ronnie Scotts All Stars: 60th Anniversary Tour

The Ronnie Scotts All Stars: 60th Anniversary Tour

In this, the 60th Anniversary of one of the worlds most iconic music venues, the Ronnie Scotts All Stars take to the road to celebrate the Ronnie Scotts Story. 

Big Brighton Fringe Festival Ceilidh

Big Brighton Fringe Festival Ceilidh

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

Stand-up with Janine Harouni (Please Remain Seated)

Stand-up with Janine Harouni (Please Remain Seated)

Winner of the 2018 Laughing Horse New Act of the Year, Janine Harouni brings you a hilarious hour of stand-up comedy about standing up for what you believe in, even if you have to … 

ArtsEd MA Acting Showcase

ArtsEd MA Acting Showcase

ArtsEd MA Acting students perform their graduate showcase - a series of short scenes from contemporary plays.  

All Things Brighton Beautiful

All Things Brighton Beautiful

Styling itself as a 'heartfelt and hilarious musical tribute' to the city of Brighton, All Things Brighton Beautiful utterly triumphs as a celebration of everything we love… 

Work Makes You Free by Michael Ross

Work Makes You Free by Michael Ross

Adam is loving being Employment Minister. 

MyMiniDisco: Star Wars and Superheroes

MyMiniDisco: Star Wars and Superheroes

MyMiniDisco: 6th May - ‘Star Wars’ fancy dress - DJ Soul of Man (Finger Lickin’) 27th May - ‘Superheroes’ - DJs Elle ‘J’ Small & Molly Pop (Funk the Format) Brighton’s No. 

Vladimir McTavish: 25 Years of Stand-up

Vladimir McTavish: 25 Years of Stand-up

“One of the finest acts on the Scottish comedy circuit” (Guardian), Vladimir McTavish became a full-time comedian in 1993, since then he has performed to audiences across the g… 

Stand-up Comedy Workshop

Stand-up Comedy Workshop

Have you ever laughed? Have fun learning how to use some friendly comedy basics to boost your writing, performing, work presentations, public speaking or just for fun! Jill Edwards… 

A Shakespeare Showcase

A Shakespeare Showcase

Aspire’s youth performers present an energetic, dynamic adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s most loved comedies: ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. 

Charlie Baker Presents: The Greatest Goat of All Time

Charlie Baker Presents: The Greatest Goat of All Time

World premiere of this fresh, funny, fantastical story starring award-winning comedian, singer and dancer Charlie Baker (‘Harry Hill’; Sky1, ‘Dog Ate My Homework’; CBBC, ‘Doctor Wh… 

Geeks, Stand Up!

Geeks, Stand Up!

It’s 2019 and the geeks have inherited the earth! Geek culture is emerging from TV and movies, but there was a time you’d be ashamed to be one. 

All I See Is You

All I See Is You

Bobby works on Woolies’ record counter. 

The Spire Festival Bar

The Spire Festival Bar

A festival oasis in the heart of Kemptown, an atmospheric bar stocked by the best local suppliers where you can discover experimental art, unusual performances and out of the ordin… 

Ahab; or What if Moby Dick Were Stand-up Comedy

Ahab; or What if Moby Dick Were Stand-up Comedy

Moby Dick: a book, a play, an episode of Star Trek, 12 movies, and a fish. 

Star Wars: May the 4th be with You!

Star Wars: May the 4th be with You!

In a galaxy far, far away. 

The Art of Printmaking at North Star Studios

The Art of Printmaking at North Star Studios

Established over 40 years ago North Star Studios, a Fine Art Printmaking and Photography Cooperative, will once again be open to the public, exhibiting members’ work amid the tools… 

Best in Comedy Chat and Stand-up

Best in Comedy Chat and Stand-up

This chat show is the perfect way to start your Fringe evening, as you spend an hour in the company of one of Scotland’s finest comedians, Vladimir McTavish, and his guests in this… 

Dancing with The Star! Movin' with Melvin!

Dancing with The Star! Movin' with Melvin!

An interactive tap dance and workout workshop, fun for all ages and levels. 

Jody Kamali is Mike Daly: Darts and All

Jody Kamali is Mike Daly: Darts and All

180! Jody Kamali is hapless Mike Daly. 

Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival

Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival

Iris Prize brings outstanding LGBT+ film from around the world to Brighton. 

NT Live: All About Eve

NT Live: All About Eve

All About EveBy Joseph L MankiewiczAdapted and directed for the stage by Ivo van Hove Gillian Anderson (X-Files, NT Live: A Streetcar Named Desire) and Lily James (Mamma… 

Ebdon Management presents: A Showcase

Ebdon Management presents: A Showcase

Ebdon Management presents a tremendous selection of up and coming talent for your delectation. 

COPPELIA - Vienna Festival Ballet 2019

COPPELIA - Vienna Festival Ballet 2019

Saturday 20th April, 5pm Tickets: £22, £20 concessions or £79 for a Family Ticket (4 people, including at least 1 child)Duration: 2 hour… 

All My Sons

All My Sons

You don’t realise how people can hate, Chris, they can hate so much they’ll tear the world to pieces…’ America, 1947. 

All For Me Grog - The Songs & Story of The Dubliners

All For Me Grog - The Songs & Story of The Dubliners

Performed by The Liberties, the songs and tunes of Luke Kelly, Ronnie Drew, Barney McKenna, Ciaran Burke and John Sheehan is brought to life using the exact same instrum… 

Stand-Up Comedy Club (April)

Stand-Up Comedy Club (April)

Farnham Maltings and Off the Kerb Productions present their popular Stand-Up Comedy Club, your chance to catch up-and-coming comedy talent in a club environment. 

Some Guys Have All The Luck

Some Guys Have All The Luck

50 years on from the release of Rod’s first album, Some Guys Have All The Luck – The Rod Stewart Story is back in theatres in 2019 with a bran… 

The Massaoke Band

The Massaoke Band

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

Fleetwood Bac - Tribute Band

Fleetwood Bac - Tribute Band

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

The Star Seekers

The Star Seekers

The Star Seekers by The Wardrobe Ensemble Do you want to fly to outer space? Visit a space station? Become a Star Seeker? Star Seekers Alph, Betty and Gammo need your he… 

Dance Re-Ignite  (Performance and Workshop)

Dance Re-Ignite (Performance and Workshop)

Tickets: £5Suitable for: Older adults (guide age 55+ years old)Duration: 1hr, 30minsOther: This takes place in our Studio, with a maximum capac… 

The Brighton Academy: Showcase

The Brighton Academy: Showcase

Now in its 8th year and offering BA courses in Musical Theatre and Performing Arts, in collaboration with Bath Spa University. 

We Are All Just Little Creatures

We Are All Just Little Creatures

A World Premiere from Curious Seed and Lung Ha Theatre Company, in association with Lyra. 

Farnham Festival 2019: Infants Schools’ Starship Concert II

Farnham Festival 2019: Infants Schools’ Starship Concert II

Farnham Festival 2019: Infants Schools’ Starship Concert II The second of two performances involving pupils from the local Infant schools, this musi… 

Farnham Festival 2019: Madrigals to Musicals

Farnham Festival 2019: Madrigals to Musicals

Farnham Festival 2019: Madrigals to Musicals This concert opens with students from Farnham Music and Drama performing excerpts from their upcoming show Our House, f… 

The Brighton Academy: Showcase

The Brighton Academy: Showcase

Now in its 8th year and offering BA courses in Musical Theatre and Performing Arts, in collaboration with Bath Spa University. 

Farnham Festival 2019: Ensembles Together

Farnham Festival 2019: Ensembles Together

Farnham Festival 2019: Ensembles Together Our KS2 choir will recount the story of the first lunar landings, through song and narration, followed by performances from a v… 

Farnham Festival 2019: Infants Schools’ Starship Concert I

Farnham Festival 2019: Infants Schools’ Starship Concert I

Farnham Festival 2019: Infants Schools’ Starship Concert I The first of two performances involving pupils from the local Infant schools, this musical adventur… 

Farnham Festival 2019: Rock and Pop

Farnham Festival 2019: Rock and Pop

Farnham Festival 2019: Rock and Pop A new inclusion in this year’s Festival; Tuesday’s concert will involve rock and pop groups, as well as singer-songwriter… 

Farnham Festival 2019: Symphony and Song

Farnham Festival 2019: Symphony and Song

Farnham Festival 2019: Symphony and Song Our second concert of the day will feature musicians from More House School and Lord Wandsworth College, as well as a full orche… 

Farnham Festival 2019: Young Voices

Farnham Festival 2019: Young Voices

Farnham Festival 2019: Young Voices This exciting concert will include performances from pupils at the Ridgeway School, plus Surrey Arts’ Just So Singers and the A… 

Farnham Festival 2019: Jazz Café

Farnham Festival 2019: Jazz Café

Farnham Festival 2019: Jazz Café The exciting opening to this year’s Festival is an informal late afternoon concert, featuring jazz groups from the local ar… 

The Swallowsfeet Collective: OOPS Festival

The Swallowsfeet Collective: OOPS Festival

OOPS is a movement to be different, to stand up and make bold choices. 

Martin Angolo & Keith Fox: A Night Of Stand Up Comedy

Martin Angolo & Keith Fox: A Night Of Stand Up Comedy

A night of stand up comedy from two of the country’s best up and coming comedians. 

Fego Showcase

Fego Showcase

Fancy a night with a serial killer, thieves by a river, a frumpy sibling, nosey know-it-all mama and more? Come see a showcase of scenes we’ve been rehearsing in a café from … 

Carlton Main Frickley Band

Carlton Main Frickley Band

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

Logan Murray's Stand Up Course

Logan Murray's Stand Up Course

Course times: 12pm until 5. 

The James Bond Concert Spectacular

The James Bond Concert Spectacular

The popular Q The Music Orchestra is bringing its James Bond Concert Spectacular to the Adelphi Theatre. 

GEORGIE FAME IN CONCERT 2019

GEORGIE FAME IN CONCERT 2019

Friday 15th March, 8pmTickets: £22Duration: 2hrs including an intervalSuitable for: all ages, but aimed at an adult audience   One of a very se… 

The Searchers Farewell Concert 2019

The Searchers Farewell Concert 2019

Duration: Approx 2hrs 30mins There is no doubt that the swinging 60’s was a very special time and will go down in history as being the most imaginative period of m… 

Stand-Up Comedy Club (March)

Stand-Up Comedy Club (March)

Farnham Maltings and Off the Kerb Productions present their popular Stand-Up Comedy Club, your chance to catch up-and-coming comedy talent in a club environment. 

Platinum Dream

Platinum Dream

Hip-hop dance-based production with some added variety to celebrate our twenty-year anniversary and showcase our talented students, which range from the age of 4 upwards… 

Museum of Magic! - Professional Magician Showcase

Museum of Magic! - Professional Magician Showcase

Magicians from the prestigious London Magic Circle and West End Magic congregate to present an unforgettable afternoon of magic for children and families alike! Fea… 

A Night of Big Band Favourites

A Night of Big Band Favourites

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

Diverse Performing Arts - Showcase 2019

Diverse Performing Arts - Showcase 2019

Saturday 2nd March, 7pm Tickets: £13. 

OOPS Festival

OOPS Festival

OOPS is a movement to be different, to stand up and make bold choices. 

unravel... a festival of knitting 2019

unravel... a festival of knitting 2019

Since its launch in 2009, unravel has become one of the leading independent events for knitting and crochet enthusiasts. 

All Is True (12A)

All Is True (12A)

Featuring an all-star cast, All Is True is a theatrical drama that sees Branagh portray the famous playwright, William Shakespeare in his retirement years. 

unravel 2019: Brioche: I want it all and I want it now!

unravel 2019: Brioche: I want it all and I want it now!

Get ready to start a fancy brioche project tonight! You have never or hardly ever tried brioche but you're a confident knitter, and this fancy brioche shawl caught … 

All Good Guys | GirlPlay

All Good Guys | GirlPlay

All Good GuysIrish Men. 

Half Term Special - If All The World Were Paper (3-8 yrs)

Half Term Special - If All The World Were Paper (3-8 yrs)

A hilarious, poignant play about falling out, making up, and the joy of true friendship. 

WRITE HERE, WRITE NOW SHOWCASE 2019

WRITE HERE, WRITE NOW SHOWCASE 2019

Shortlisted Showcase on Tuesday 19th February, 7. 

Steve Steinman’s Vampires Rock with special guest star Sam Bailey 2019

Steve Steinman’s Vampires Rock with special guest star Sam Bailey 2019

Steve Steinman’s Vampires Rock with special guest star Sam Bailey. 

Stand-Up Comedy Club (February)

Stand-Up Comedy Club (February)

Farnham Maltings and Off the Kerb Productions present their popular Stand-Up Comedy Club, your chance to catch up-and-coming comedy talent in a club environment. 

The Stars of Tomorrow, TODAY! (A Comedy Course Showcase)

The Stars of Tomorrow, TODAY! (A Comedy Course Showcase)

The Final Show of Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course. 

All the King's Men

All the King's Men

All the King’s Men are a world-renowned, award-winning, all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London. 

All the King's Men

All the King's Men

All the King’s Men are a world-renowned, award-winning, all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London. 

HSO Robert Kiln Concert - Machines!

HSO Robert Kiln Concert - Machines!

Sunday 3rd February, 2. 

All About Eve

All About Eve

Classic Hollywood film All About Eve comes to the West End in a new stage adaptation starring Gillian Anderson and Lily James. 

All Star Superslam Wrestling

All Star Superslam Wrestling

Don’t miss this brand knew exciting 2 hour action packed family event starting its 2019 UK tour here in  Catfords Broadway Theatre, the venue ASW featured on … 

SHOWADDYWADDY IN CONCERT: LET'S ROCK 'N' ROLL

SHOWADDYWADDY IN CONCERT: LET'S ROCK 'N' ROLL

Tickets: £26Duration: tbcSuitable for: ages 12+ ‘The Greatest Rock & Roll Band In The World’ is a bold statement but Showaddywaddy h… 

Whyte & Mackay Glasgow International Comedy Festival Burns Night Comedy Gala 2019

Whyte & Mackay Glasgow International Comedy Festival Burns Night Comedy Gala 2019

Whyte & Mackay Glasgow International Comedy Festival Burns Night Comedy Gala 2019 From the city that gave you Billy Connolly, Kevin Bridges and Frankie Boyle, celebr… 

Tenderfoot New Writing Showcase

Tenderfoot New Writing Showcase

Tenderfoot is The Civic’s apprentice theatre programme for transition year students in South County Dublin. 

Whyte & Mackay Glasgow International Comedy Festival Burns Night Comedy Gala 2019

Whyte & Mackay Glasgow International Comedy Festival Burns Night Comedy Gala 2019

From the city that gave you Billy Connolly, Kevin Bridges and Frankie Boyle, celebrate Burns Night with a line-up of the top names showcasing the Whyte & Mackay Glas… 

A STAR IS BORN (15)

A STAR IS BORN (15)

Saturday 5th January, 7. 

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course

‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

MARVELus: All the Marvel Movies...Kind of.

MARVELus: All the Marvel Movies...Kind of.

The smash hit, sell out, sketch show that squeezes a decade of the Marvel Cinema Universe into one action packed hour of comedy. 

Absolute Bowie - Tribute Band

Absolute Bowie - Tribute Band

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

Disney On Ice: Dream Big - O2

Disney On Ice: Dream Big - O2

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

Jingle All The Way

Jingle All The Way

A Christmas revue show parodying all things festive and topical. 

BOLSTOFF: A Modern Actor’s Introduction to Advanced Contemporary Performance

BOLSTOFF: A Modern Actor’s Introduction to Advanced Contemporary Performance

In BOLSTOFF: A Modern Actor’s Introduction to Advanced Contemporary Performance the lads from Wicker Socks (Fionn Foley, Michael-David McKernan and Ronan Carey) help guide us thr… 

The Band

The Band

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

All Killa No Filla

All Killa No Filla

Join comedians Rachel Fairburn and Kiri Pritchard-McLean as they explore a shared passion, serial killers. 

Stick Man - Relaxed Performance

Stick Man - Relaxed Performance

Freckle Productions presentSTICK MAN Touching, funny and utterly original, this delightful adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s Stick Man is back!Wha… 

Loud & Queer: Free Improv Comedy Night!

Loud & Queer: Free Improv Comedy Night!

From the people behind the sell-out Pride Improv Festival comes another Loud And Queer: Free Improv Comedy Night showcasing the most exciting improvised comedy from the city's top… 

Dystopian Dream - Nitin Sawhney, Sebastien Ramirez and Honji Wang

Dystopian Dream - Nitin Sawhney, Sebastien Ramirez and Honji Wang

Dystopian Dream is the brand new production created from a concept originated by Nitin Sawhney and co-devised with Honji Wang and Sebastien Ramirez. 

The Billy Joel Songbook performed by Elio Pace and his band

The Billy Joel Songbook performed by Elio Pace and his band

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

Stand-Up Comedy Khichidi

Stand-Up Comedy Khichidi

Hindi-English stand up comedy show by Jagdish Chaturvedi THE ONLY INDIAN DOCTOR STAND-UP COMEDIAN IN THE WORLD * *Who is performing on the 24th November at 8 30 PM at th… 

Disney On Ice: Dream Big - Nottingham

Disney On Ice: Dream Big - Nottingham

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

Nearly Dan - Tribute Band

Nearly Dan - Tribute Band

The Spirit & Sound of Steely Dan. 

Disney On Ice: Dream Big - Sheffield

Disney On Ice: Dream Big - Sheffield

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

The Goon Show featuring Lance Ellington and his band

The Goon Show featuring Lance Ellington and his band

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

Star Of Strait Street

Star Of Strait Street

The new hit musical - based on a true love story from WW2 Malta. 

Mr. Joshua Plummer\'s Comedy Showcase

Mr. Joshua Plummer\'s Comedy Showcase

Back by popular demand and with new material! The hilarious and sometimes unfortunate results of wrong or mangled messages and mistaken identity, all mixed up in some very human s… 

Wardrobe In Concert

Wardrobe In Concert

Trapped and powerless to escape, Patrick Fowler is cut off from his regiment and must fight his own war of endurance. 

Frances Farmer: Zombie Movie Star

Frances Farmer: Zombie Movie Star

Glamour? Glitz? Graveyard dust? Frances Farmer has it all. 

Shakespeare Schools Festival

Shakespeare Schools Festival

Shakespeare Schools Foundation is proud to present the world’s largest youth drama festival at Greenwich Theatre. 

Weirdo: A Lois Mills Showcase

Weirdo: A Lois Mills Showcase

Weirdo - A performance showcasing Lois Mills’ weird and wonderful sketch comedy. 

Zac Brown Band

Zac Brown Band

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

Disney On Ice: Dream Big - Birmingham

Disney On Ice: Dream Big - Birmingham

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

My Mates' Jokes Bring All The Folks To The Yard

My Mates' Jokes Bring All The Folks To The Yard

Join musical maniac Katie Pritchard & a whole heap of her favourite comedy pals for a night of entertainment. 

Paddington in Concert

Paddington in Concert

For the first time ever, Studio Canal and Heyday Films will celebrate the 60th Anniversary of Paddington with a performance of their charming and ground-breaking film Paddington in… 

One Life Stand

One Life Stand

When we can have sex whenever we want, with whomever we want, why settle for a normal relationship? 

Pam Ann's Flight Attendant Star

Pam Ann's Flight Attendant Star

Have you ever dreamed of becoming a flight attendant, traveling the world and telling passengers to f**k off? Then this is the show for you! Pam Ann, the world’s m… 

Disney On Ice: Dream Big - Manchester

Disney On Ice: Dream Big - Manchester

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

Disney On Ice: Dream Big - Newcastle

Disney On Ice: Dream Big - Newcastle

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

Winchester Comedy Festival

Winchester Comedy Festival

It is time to laugh out loud as Winchester Comedy Festival rolls back in to Winchester with a stellar line-up of homegrown talent performing at various venues across the city from … 

Michael English and His Band

Michael English and His Band

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

Ashley Haden: We all Die C*nts

Ashley Haden: We all Die C*nts

“Comedy’s own Leonard Cohen” - ★★★★★ FringePigAshley Haden is back with the eagerly-awaited final chapter of the C*nting Trilogy. 

Disney On Ice: Dream Big - Glasgow

Disney On Ice: Dream Big - Glasgow

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

Hamlet & A Midsummer Night's Dream

Hamlet & A Midsummer Night's Dream

The Three Inch Fools bring their innovative productions of two of Shakespeare’s most infamous and iconic plays to The George Inn on the South Bank, London’s Shakespearean heart. 

Cathedral Concert – Music of Mystery and Devotion

Cathedral Concert – Music of Mystery and Devotion

The captivating sound-world of medieval music, featuring Scottish chant from Inchcolm Abbey, music by Hildegard of Bingen and Thomas, Jewel of Canterbury – an eight-part work by … 

Michele Osten and the Not Just Jazz Band

Michele Osten and the Not Just Jazz Band

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

Virgin Money Fireworks Concert

Virgin Money Fireworks Concert

Concert starts at 9. 

Inverkeithing Big Band

Inverkeithing Big Band

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

Healthy Harmonies in Concert

Healthy Harmonies in Concert

Healthy Harmonies, NHS Fife’s staff choir, together with specially invited guest soloists, is delighted to be returning to the Fringe with a programme of show tunes and popular m… 

Plumbing the Death Star Live

Plumbing the Death Star Live

Sanspants Radio present Plumbing the Death Star Live. 

Beyond Borders International Festival 2018

Beyond Borders International Festival 2018

Join authors, politicians, artists, diplomats and international cultural leaders for a weekend of panel debates, music, performing and visual arts, storytelling, poetry, walks and … 

Hatty's Last Stand

Hatty's Last Stand

Harriet Stand (Hatty to her friends) is auditioning for a part in the critically acclaimed play Life. 

Big Band Swing! From Basie to Bublé

Big Band Swing! From Basie to Bublé

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

Festival Lights – The Songs of Nick Keir

Festival Lights – The Songs of Nick Keir

Nick Keir, the Edinburgh folksinger and songwriter, left us too early in 2013. 

Access All Areas: Creative Work Backstage

Access All Areas: Creative Work Backstage

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Mr Joshua Plummer's Comedy Showcase

Mr Joshua Plummer's Comedy Showcase

A series of sketches and vignettes exploring misunderstanding and mistaken identity, miscommunication, sexuality and people’s fantasies. 

Perth Youth Orchestra – Fringe Concert

Perth Youth Orchestra – Fringe Concert

Perth Youth Orchestra will perform works by Holst (The Planets Suite), Khachaturian, and Weber conducted by Mr Allan Young – with soloists Shona Rae (bassoon), Sophie Chisholm (x… 

Absolutely (Not) Free – An Evening of Zappa – Special Extra Show

Absolutely (Not) Free – An Evening of Zappa – Special Extra Show

Special additional show featuring former Zappa Plays Zappa vocalist/instrumentalist Ben Thomas, who will be opening the show with his own material and then joining the band for. 

Dream Recall

Dream Recall

The link between imaginary and existing worlds is explored by 23 visionaries in a range of media. 

Fagin and the Star City Rebels

Fagin and the Star City Rebels

Fagin and the Star City Rebels welcome you to the stargate, a portal to strange and mysterious worlds. 

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society AGM

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society AGM

The Annual General Meeting of the Fringe Society where activity is reviewed, accounts are presented and directors elected. 

COMMON: Networking Event for Working-Class Artists at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

COMMON: Networking Event for Working-Class Artists at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

COMMON is an arts organisation which exists to support the UK theatre industry in achieving greater socio-economic diversity, and help working-class artists build sustainable caree… 

All That Remains

All That Remains

All That Remains is a moving reflection on loss and memory based on true stories from the ongoing war in Ukraine. 

Not All Men

Not All Men

Not All Men wash their hands after going to the toilet, not all men brush their teeth twice daily. 

Nightpiece Film Festival

Nightpiece Film Festival

Since 2014 we’ve platformed over 200 films giving premieres to shorts that have gone onto much bigger things in festivals across the world. 

A Show About Shows About Show Biz

A Show About Shows About Show Biz

From Show Boat to Showman, there’s always Another Op’nin, Another Show about the sparkling self-obsessed world of musical theatre! And why not? Some of the best shows are all a… 

Academy and Pitch Fight Present: Buy One, Get One Free

Academy and Pitch Fight Present: Buy One, Get One Free

Having only been in existence for three years, both Academy and Pitch Fight have already shaken up the UK a cappella scene. 

Devoted and Disgruntled: What Can We All Do to Build a More Sustainable Fringe for Everyone?

Devoted and Disgruntled: What Can We All Do to Build a More Sustainable Fringe for Everyone?

Part of the Fringe Central Programme for Fringe participants. 

All the Dumb Things

All the Dumb Things

Join a couple of Aussies on this off-beat excursion of naughty and ridiculous tales and oddly familiar tunes. 

Conquering Performance Anxiety

Conquering Performance Anxiety

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

All We Ever Wanted Was Everything

All We Ever Wanted Was Everything

Meet Leah and Chris: raised on Harry Potter, New Labour and a belief that one day they would be as special as their parents promised. 

Newtongrange Silver Band In Concert

Newtongrange Silver Band In Concert

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

Al Murray's Three Night Stand (Definitely Not a Preview)

Al Murray's Three Night Stand (Definitely Not a Preview)

The nation’s favourite pub philosopher turned pop-up publican, brings his unique comedy genius to the Edinburgh Fringe, serving up his satirical brew of no-nonsense banter for thre… 

Dodo Street Band - The Last Word in Celtic Gypsy Klezmer

Dodo Street Band - The Last Word in Celtic Gypsy Klezmer

The last word in Celtic Gypsy Klezmer. 

The Wendy Weatherby Band

The Wendy Weatherby Band

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

Edinburgh International Marketing Festival

Edinburgh International Marketing Festival

Edinburgh International Marketing Festival. 

Lunafruit / Free Festival

Lunafruit / Free Festival

Fresh new band from London bring their summer 2018 tour to Edinburgh, with members having performed at Love Supreme Festival, Secret Garden Party, and Cambridge Folk Festival. 

Found Footage Festival: After Dark

Found Footage Festival: After Dark

Childhood friends Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher are back after their smash-hit Fringe debut, serving up their dirtiest, most disturbing and patently misguided VHS finds from 25 year… 

Cathedral Choir Concert: Coronation Anthems and Music for Royalty

Cathedral Choir Concert: Coronation Anthems and Music for Royalty

‘You’ll have to go a long way to hear finer choral singing than this’ (International Record Review). 

Soft Shoe Skiffle Band

Soft Shoe Skiffle Band

A bit of fun and a trip down memory lane. 

All(most) Bach and Chopin

All(most) Bach and Chopin

Virtuoso pianist Stefan Warzycki returns to St Andrew’s and St George’s West in two recitals centred on favourite works by Bach and Chopin. 

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

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

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

A Gay and a NonGay Live! – Free

A Gay and a NonGay Live! – Free

Prepare for the gay and straight worlds to come together, as unlikely friends James Barr and Dan Hudson bring their hugely successful podcast to Edinburgh – live! James will expl… 

COMMON: GROUND – Barriers to Staging Work at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as a Working-Class Artist

COMMON: GROUND – Barriers to Staging Work at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as a Working-Class Artist

COMMON: GROUND is an initiative developed by COMMON, an arts organisation who exist to support the UK theatre industry in achieving greater socio-economic diversity, delivered with… 

North Sea Gas: In Concert

North Sea Gas: In Concert

Another AMC Fringe sell-out in 2017. 

Phil Zimmerman – Sixty-Seven Arseholes (Free)

Phil Zimmerman – Sixty-Seven Arseholes (Free)

Off-the-wall stand-up with sausage. 

Stand Up for Shelter

Stand Up for Shelter

Stand Up for Shelter returns for its fifth year at the Fringe, bringing you a fantastic showcase of comedy, all in aid of Shelter. 

Why Performance?

Why Performance?

Why Performance? is a series of panel discussions exploring the contributions that performance makes to human life and development. 

All These Things

All These Things

For one day only! Live Art Bistro take on ZOO Southside, doing what they do best: presenting 12 hours of transgressive and experimental performance by world-renowned artists. 

All News Is Fake News!

All News Is Fake News!

We’re all brainwashed, biased and influenced by personal experience, even scientists. 

Trevor Feelgood's Weird Surreal Alternative Showcase

Trevor Feelgood's Weird Surreal Alternative Showcase

Back once again for the renegade master. 

Mis(s)treated – Free

Mis(s)treated – Free

Mis(s)treated – a dark and twisted comedy about human trafficking and prostitution. 

Edinburgh Renaissance Band: Castle and Kirk

Edinburgh Renaissance Band: Castle and Kirk

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

Absolutely (Not) Free – An Evening of Zappa

Absolutely (Not) Free – An Evening of Zappa

A smorgasbord of Frank Zappa classics hand-delivered by those finest purveyors of conceptual continuity, Pygmy Twylyte! Expect pickles, poodles, dental floss, muffins, snowballs an… 

All Time Greatest Hits

All Time Greatest Hits

Vocal Force returns to the Fringe with an all-new line-up of songs! These young, enthusiastic performers from the USA harmonise their way through beloved hits that will inspire and… 

Malones Free Fringe

Malones Free Fringe

Malones Irish Bars Edinburgh hosts a large variety of live musical acts all day every day throughout the fringe. This begins at 12pm and continues until late at night! 

The Edinburgh Festival on Film

The Edinburgh Festival on Film

We’re hosting drop-in screenings of Festival in Edinburgh (1955) and Edinburgh on Parade (1970). 

All Hail the Rat King!

All Hail the Rat King!

The Skits, Cornell University’s original sketch comedy troupe, has crossed the Atlantic to deliver some cold, hard jokes. 

All In: Sing Like Nobody's Listening

All In: Sing Like Nobody's Listening

Fringe newcomers all the way from Canada, Yonge Guns packed their bags full of all that influences them as musicians, teachers and accountants. 

Old Saint Paul's Festival Evensongs

Old Saint Paul's Festival Evensongs

Traditional choral evensong and benediction with the renowned choir and organ of this historic Anglican Catholic church directed by Dr John Kitchen. 

Voice Festival UK – An A Cappella Extravaganza

Voice Festival UK – An A Cappella Extravaganza

The Voice Festival UK once again returns to the Fringe with an evening of a cappella for all the family to enjoy. 

Old Saint Paul's Festival High Masses

Old Saint Paul's Festival High Masses

Traditional Catholic Anglican liturgy in this historic church with renowned choir and organ directed by John Kitchen. 

One Belt One Road: Chinese Culture and Art Festival

One Belt One Road: Chinese Culture and Art Festival

With the theme ‘the starting point of love, silk road and art’, our festival has a variety of performances and art from countries on the One Belt One Road. 

Edinburgh Renaissance Band's Viol Rackett Show

Edinburgh Renaissance Band's Viol Rackett Show

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

Allman Brothers Band Appreciation

Allman Brothers Band Appreciation

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

Lord of the Strings Plays the 20 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time

Lord of the Strings Plays the 20 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time

After sold-out shows, rave reviews and standing ovations at Adelaide Fringe and Edinburgh Fringe, Lord of the Strings! – the ultimate one-man guitar show, first created for touri… 

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

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

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

You're a Star!

You're a Star!

‘Zoe. 

Dougie MacLean in Concert

Dougie MacLean in Concert

‘Scotland’s pre-eminent singer/songwriter and a national musical treasure’ (Sing Out!, USA) with a unique blend of lyrical, roots-based song writing and instrumental composition. 

Missing Hypnos / Free Frestival

Missing Hypnos / Free Frestival

Ollie has chronic insomnia, a mental and physical illness that affects 10% of people in the UK. 

TwentyTwelve – Free

TwentyTwelve – Free

Colin’s life has been a series of well-meaning mishaps and misunderstandings. 

All Chopin Programme

All Chopin Programme

Bill Alexander returns to the Fringe to give a piano recital of a favourite selection of rondos, nocturnes, waltzes, études and the sonata in B minor Op 58. 

Stand Up to Stand Out

Stand Up to Stand Out

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Beldon Haigh and the Mother of All Bands (MOAB)

Beldon Haigh and the Mother of All Bands (MOAB)

Trump, Putin and Kim Jong-un live on tour! King of the modern protest song Beldon Haigh and Mother Of All Bands bring a weird and wonderful live band performance. 

Blueswater Presents: The Big Blues Showcase

Blueswater Presents: The Big Blues Showcase

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

Sam Outlaw and Band

Sam Outlaw and Band

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

Dream Weaving and Art Forwarding – Shanghai Baoshan Little Ginkgo Students’ Art Troupe’s Performance at Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Dream Weaving and Art Forwarding – Shanghai Baoshan Little Ginkgo Students’ Art Troupe’s Performance at Edinburgh Festival Fringe

This time, the art troupe will present a performance featuring lots of Chinese ethnic arts at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 

Nathan & Ida's Hot Dog Stand

Nathan & Ida's Hot Dog Stand

Nathan and Ida Hardwerker left the old country to build a better life for themselves in the new world. 

We're All Mental!

We're All Mental!

The history of mental disorder is full of instances of labels of mental disorders being used to control what was deemed as unacceptable or dangerous. 

Auditions: BA (Hons) Contemporary Performance Practice

Auditions: BA (Hons) Contemporary Performance Practice

RCS is holding auditions for this programme for aspiring performance makers wishing to develop their skills as innovative and socially engaged performers, directors, teachers and c… 

Festival CD and Record Fair

Festival CD and Record Fair

Allander Record Fairs bring a great selection of collectable vinyl! LPs, 12” and 7” singles from the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s to present day (even the odd 78). 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

‘I simply cannot wait to see more of their magic’ ***** (Tribe). 

All Change

All Change

All Change is a new bittersweet comedy about growing old. 

Sounds of St Cecilia's – Pamela Jackson Memorial Concert

Sounds of St Cecilia's – Pamela Jackson Memorial Concert

David Gerrard, the soloist and doctoral student, plays music by JS Bach, favourite composer of the late chairman of the Friends, and by his French contemporary Antoine Forqueray, o… 

Soul Nation Choir: All Fired Up

Soul Nation Choir: All Fired Up

Scotland’s own Soul Nation Rock Choir are back again with a sizzling hot show to lift you even higher and higher. 

Drew Crichton in Concert

Drew Crichton in Concert

This young organ scholar at St Andrew’s and St George’s West returns to the Fringe to perform a programme of works by composers including Bach, Widor and Karg-Elert. 

Fellswater Celtic Ensemble in Concert

Fellswater Celtic Ensemble in Concert

Fellswater Celtic music ensemble from Boston, Massachusetts, USA will perform tunes and songs from all the Celtic nations and beyond. 

Curmudgeon in Concert

Curmudgeon in Concert

Join Edinburgh trio Curmudgeon for an uplifting evening of songs on the old familiar topics of deception, drunkenness (and dangers thereof), disappointment and lost ways of life in… 

Cathedral Coffee Concerts – Free

Cathedral Coffee Concerts – Free

Pianist John Bryden plays music by Ravel, Scriabin, Bach and Schubert on the Cathedral Steinway. 

Brewhemia's Festival Showcase

Brewhemia's Festival Showcase

Brewhemia are presenting some of the finest acts of this year’s festival. 

Dream Gardens

Dream Gardens

Julia Krone Oliver, a local Edinburgh artist originally from Cape Town, paints life-affirming dreamlike landscapes. 

Dance-Forms' 75th International Choreographers' Showcase

Dance-Forms' 75th International Choreographers' Showcase

Dance-Forms Productions is celebrating the International Choreographers’ Showcase’s 24th Anniversary and 17 years of brilliant performances at the Fringe. 

All Killa No Filla Live

All Killa No Filla Live

All Killa No Filla Live. 

Creating Contemporary Performance

Creating Contemporary Performance

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Cathedral Festival Evensongs

Cathedral Festival Evensongs

Choral services sung by the Cathedral choir, the only choral foundation in Scotland with a tradition of daily services. 

Cathedral Festival Eucharists

Cathedral Festival Eucharists

Join the Cathedral’s choir and congregation for uplifting Choral Eucharists with the finest cathedral music, featuring mass settings by Gabriel Jackson, William Byrd and Antonín D… 

Spatz & Co in Concert

Spatz & Co in Concert

Spatz & Co Showband interrupt their theatre roadshow tour to perform music from the 30s to the 90s. 

Cathedral Celebrity Organ Recitals – Free

Cathedral Celebrity Organ Recitals – Free

Organists Daniel Cook (Durham Cathedral), Duncan Ferguson (St Mary’s Cathedral) and Joseph Beech (St Mary’s Cathedral) perform popular organ works on the Cathedral’s mighty ‘Father… 

Musical Comedy Guide Showcase

Musical Comedy Guide Showcase

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). 

Confessions of a Child Star

Confessions of a Child Star

One woman’s embarrassing journey from child star dreams to inadequate adulthood. 

Festival Masses

Festival Masses

Come and listen to uplifting music performed in its liturgical context by one of Edinburgh’s best church choirs in the glorious setting of this church. 

Chris Chopping's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Chris Chopping's Lonely Hearts Club Band

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

Islam Festival Edinburgh 2018

Islam Festival Edinburgh 2018

Edinburgh Central Mosque opens its doors and warmly invites you to Islam Festival Edinburgh. 

Free Stand-Up Will Never Die

Free Stand-Up Will Never Die

The hilarious Welsh optimist returns to the Fringe, working through his latest identity crisis the only way he knows how – with 40 minutes of excellent free comedy. 

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Courses

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Courses

Learn the skill and art of stand-up comedy performance on this two-day intensive comedy training course. 

Free Fringe Music

Free Fringe Music

Experience the joy of live music at the museum as the best young contemporary music talents perform an exciting blend of Scottish pop, traditional Scottish songs and instrumental s… 

Battle of the Superheroes – The Great Superhero Debate (Free Festival)

Battle of the Superheroes – The Great Superhero Debate (Free Festival)

This worldwide hit show for geeks and non-geeks everywhere returns with a changing line-up of hilarious comedians with a mixture of stand-up comedy and interactive debate to find o… 

Opening Concert

Opening Concert

Scottish Chamber OrchestraEdward Gardner Conductor National Youth Choir of ScotlandChristopher Bell Chorus Director Sarah Tynan SopranoRobert Murray TenorNeal Davies Bass Haydn The… 

All Hail the Poetry King!

All Hail the Poetry King!

Award-winning silliness for all the family from one of the nation’s most successful spoken word artists. 

The Edinburgh Revue Is All at Sea

The Edinburgh Revue Is All at Sea

The Edinburgh Revue – the Titanic of comedy. 

Chris Laker is Dead – Free

Chris Laker is Dead – Free

Hi! I’m American comedian Chris Laker. 

Well, It's Woody – Free

Well, It's Woody – Free

In association with PBH’s Free Fringe, veteran chanteuse Woodstock Taylor and her band of aging gits, Dai Lowe, Bev Wright and Max Scratchmann, bring their mixed bag of songs, poem… 

The Second Annual Black Comedy Showcase

The Second Annual Black Comedy Showcase

After the success of the First Annual Black Comedy Showcase, we’re back – bigger, better and blacker. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

‘If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended. 

The Sandy Brechin Band

The Sandy Brechin Band

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

Stand Up and Slam

Stand Up and Slam

The battle is on! Six outstanding Fringe acts, one epic fight night. 

The Show Between Shows Show

The Show Between Shows Show

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

Sounds of St Cecilia's – Sir Nicholas Shackleton Memorial Concert

Sounds of St Cecilia's – Sir Nicholas Shackleton Memorial Concert

Emily Worthington, clarinettist and musicologist, presents 19th-century chamber music on historical clarinets from the world-class Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection,* accompanied … 

Worst Show on the Fringe – Free!

Worst Show on the Fringe – Free!

Russell Howard, Miranda Hart, Tim Minchin. 

Me Plus One – Improv with Two People – Free

Me Plus One – Improv with Two People – Free

Improviser Mara Joy (TBC Improv, The Spontaneous Players) is joined by a different special guest every day to create an entirely unique two-person show based off one word from the … 

All About Her – Feminism in Chinese Traditional Opera

All About Her – Feminism in Chinese Traditional Opera

All About Her — Feminism in Chinese Traditional Opera creatively combines traditional Chinese Opera with contemporary ideas, exploring feminism in the traditional opera repertoir… 

The Five Star Revue (A Title Not A Lie)

The Five Star Revue (A Title Not A Lie)

Posturous Productions and the writer of the critically acclaimed Glass Slippers and Silver Bullets and the sell out shows The Haunted Hunt and Build-Up And Climax pr… 

Free Fringe Festival Music: Live on the Grassmarket

Free Fringe Festival Music: Live on the Grassmarket

Join us for a huge selection of acoustic music, duos, bands, rock, folk music, singers and more every day and night of the Fringe. 

Edinburgh Youth Orchestra Summer Concert

Edinburgh Youth Orchestra Summer Concert

After two sell-out performances in last year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh Youth Orchestra return once again to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with an exciting and varied… 

It's All My Mother's Fault!

It's All My Mother's Fault!

Romina Puma comes back and is darker than ever! It’s a show about love, or the lack of it, a show about a child longing to be cared for by her mother while having to care for her… 

All Shook Up

All Shook Up

This jukebox musical, based on Twelfth Night and Elvis music, is a fantastic, foot-tapping show. 

One Musical to Rule Them All

One Musical to Rule Them All

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… 

Tygers Of Pan Tang – Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Tygers Of Pan Tang – Edinburgh Festival Fringe

In the May 1979 issue of Sounds magazine the term ‘New Wave of British Heavy Metal’ was used to describe a second wave of heavy metal bands that emerged in the late 1970’s. 

Oxford Revue: Free

Oxford Revue: Free

The Oxford Revue returns with its celebrated Free Fringe variety bill. 

The Edinburgh Revue's Stand-Up Show 2018

The Edinburgh Revue's Stand-Up Show 2018

The Edinburgh Revue returns to the Fringe with a collection of its best and brightest local talents from throughout the year in this stand-up showcase.  

The Stand Late Club

The Stand Late Club

‘This is late-night comedy at its finest’ **** (BroadwayBaby. 

Funny Cluckers – Best of the Fest – Free

Funny Cluckers – Best of the Fest – Free

Four top-quality fowl-mouthed acts, hand-plucked from around the festival. For the poultry sum of a bucket contribution on eggsit. Guaranteed to be clucking funny. 

10 Years MCA – The Musical Comedy Awards Showcase

10 Years MCA – The Musical Comedy Awards Showcase

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

Rob Kemp's Wheel of Shows

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

Stand Up, Weather Girl!

Stand Up, Weather Girl!

Sam Fraser has been a stand-by BBC local weather presenter since 2012. 

Angel Comedy Showcase

Angel Comedy Showcase

Award-winning Angel Comedy (Best Club in UK 2015, 2017, 2018 – Chortle Awards) brings a showcase to Edinburgh for the first time. 

Chinese Arts and Culture Festival

Chinese Arts and Culture Festival

Touch and feel Chinese arts and culture by attending CACF 2018. 

Comedy Queers / Free Festival

Comedy Queers / Free Festival

A raucous late night show offering a fabulous selection of the most outrageous queer performers from across the Fringe. 

Kirk Smith's Stand-up Showcase

Kirk Smith's Stand-up Showcase

Stand-up comedy showcase produced by Los Angeles based stand-up comic Kirk Smith. 

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

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

‘Five stars! Infectious fun’ (FringeReview. 

You All Know Me, I'm Jack Ruby!

You All Know Me, I'm Jack Ruby!

November 22nd 1963. 

The Stand's Pick of the Fringe

The Stand's Pick of the Fringe

The Stand Comedy Club celebrates its 21st anniversary at the Edinburgh Fringe with the best of 20 years visiting the stage at New Town Theatre. Different line-up nightly! 

Mystery Meat (Showcase)

Mystery Meat (Showcase)

Mystery Meat is a monthly cult stand-up show regularly performing to sell-out audiences in Brighton. This is no accident. Get involved. 

John Montgomery String Band

John Montgomery String Band

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

Starting Now: Youth Showcase 2018

Starting Now: Youth Showcase 2018

Celebrating the enthusiasm and fresh talent of new dancers from across Scotland. 

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten shows you don’t have to use a chalkboard to teach what we’ve known all along. 

Piaf and Brel: The Impossible Concert

Piaf and Brel: The Impossible Concert

Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel: two French musical icons. 

Freestyle Comedy: Improvised Stand-Up

Freestyle Comedy: Improvised Stand-Up

It’s stand-up, but not as you know it. 

Elvis Presley All Shook Up

Elvis Presley All Shook Up

Take well-known Elvis songs, some less known, mix in a boy from Tupelo’s story, add a quartet of musicians and gently shake, rattle and roll. 

Set List: Stand-Up Without a Net

Set List: Stand-Up Without a Net

Every comedian has their set-list: jokes which are tried and true, presented in a timely fashion to showcase their best zingers, punchlines and their best dick joke. 

Ali Brice's Lemonade Stand

Ali Brice's Lemonade Stand

You are cordially invited to the grand reopening of Ali Brice’s Lemonade Stand. 

101 Comedy Club – Free

101 Comedy Club – Free

‘Funny. 

Mind the Gap Stand-Up

Mind the Gap Stand-Up

A 23-year-old blind theoretical physicist turned local radio news broadcaster, a late-night TV casino host and a well-meaning woman called Glynis join forces for a laugh-packed sho… 

99 Club Stand-Up Selection – Free

99 Club Stand-Up Selection – Free

Proudly supporting the Free Festival with a different selection each day of four of the best comics at the Fringe. 

Laughterthoughts: A Comedy Showcase

Laughterthoughts: A Comedy Showcase

An hour long stand-up show from future legends Ben Behrens, Jessie Johnson, Rob Cooper and Jessie Nixon that promises to redefine your perceptions of comedy and launch western civi… 

Laughing Horse Free Best in Comedy Chat Show

Laughing Horse Free Best in Comedy Chat Show

This chat show is the perfect way to start your Fringe day, as you spend an hour in the company of one of the finest stand-ups on the Scottish comedy circuit. 

Stand-Up Philosophy – Free

Stand-Up Philosophy – Free

Bored of mindless comedy shows? Then come to Stand-Up Philosophy. 

Revill's Selection – Free

Revill's Selection – Free

“Get your afternoon off to the perfect start with Revill’s Selection. 

Getting Away Scott Free

Getting Away Scott Free

After touring the world with internationally-received show, Getting Away Scott Free. 

Laugh Train Home Comedy Showcase

Laugh Train Home Comedy Showcase

In its sixth year, the best comics of the Fringe are brought together for this premier comedy showcase. 

Dream On – Kirsty Munro / Free Festival

Dream On – Kirsty Munro / Free Festival

‘In my view, best new show at Leicester Comedy Festival’ (Tony Booth, Leicester Comedy Festival Judge). 

Abstract Stand-Up Art

Abstract Stand-Up Art

A one-person comedy show with art and passion. 

Jonny Woo's All Star Brexit Cabaret

Jonny Woo's All Star Brexit Cabaret

Drag Superstar, Jonny Woo and Olivier Award-winning composer, Richard Thomas (Jerry Springer The Opera) bring you this sequin-spangled musical ripped straight from the headlines. 

Dream Logos

Dream Logos

Dream Logos is the divine logic of dreams in the backdrop of the known universe in projected image, dance, aerial, and theatre. 

Ahab; or What If Moby Dick Were Stand-Up Comedy

Ahab; or What If Moby Dick Were Stand-Up Comedy

Moby Dick: a book, a play, an episode of Star Trek, 12 movies, and a fish. 

Jack and Claire / Free Festival

Jack and Claire / Free Festival

An American-Scottish duo performs wild long-form improv developed at the renowned iO Theater in Chicago! Jack and Claire is Chicago-based improv comedy duo Claire McFadden and Jack… 

Aaaaaaaaaargh, It's the Monster Stand-Up Show – Free Entry

Aaaaaaaaaargh, It's the Monster Stand-Up Show – Free Entry

Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comedians on the circuit in this stand-up comedy showcase including your award-winning host, Masai Graham (UK Pun Champion 2016). 

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with different line-ups at every show and four performances daily. 

We're Sorry Canadian Comedy Showcase

We're Sorry Canadian Comedy Showcase

This is the fourth year of We’re Sorry. 

Aaaaaaaaaaaaargh, It's the One-Liner Show – Free Entry

Aaaaaaaaaaaaargh, It's the One-Liner Show – Free Entry

Enjoy an hour of the best up-and-coming one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay. 

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside hot new talent and Fringe newcomers from around the UK, with a different comedy line-up at each show, every day. 

All Together Irish

All Together Irish

Following last year’s sell-out run, All Together Irish returns with a daily selection of Ireland’s top comics plus guests from other countries. 

Stand-Up Showdown: Improv Apocalypse!

Stand-Up Showdown: Improv Apocalypse!

Teams of improvisers take on stand-ups on stage, and you get to choose who is funnier. Loser dies. Even better? The show is free. 

The Travellin' Man Comedy Showcase

The Travellin' Man Comedy Showcase

In six years of stand-up, Aidan ‘Taco’ Jones has met great comedians from every continent (except Antartica, they’re rubbish). 

Best in Class / Free Festival

Best in Class / Free Festival

Showcasing underrepresented working-class comedy voices. 

Ashley Haden: We All Die C*nts

Ashley Haden: We All Die C*nts

Ashley Haden is back with the eagerly awaited final chapter of the C*nting Trilogy. 

Charlie Baker Presents: The Greatest Goat of All Time

Charlie Baker Presents: The Greatest Goat of All Time

World premiere of this fresh, funny, fantastical story starring award-winning comedian, singer and dancer Charlie Baker (Harry Hill’s Tea Time, Dog Ate My Homework, Doctor Who) and… 

AAA Stand-Up at Underbelly

AAA Stand-Up at Underbelly

Total sell-out 2005-2017 returns with a brand new line-up. 

CeilidhKids at the Fringe – Free!

CeilidhKids at the Fringe – Free!

Family workshop suitable for children aged three to seven years with parents or carers. 

Stand-Up Nomad: Backpacking Comedy

Stand-Up Nomad: Backpacking Comedy

Backpackers and travelling comedians have a similar lifestyle: exploring new cultures, travelling light and relying on booze to socialise. 

Spring Day: Strong Codependent Woman – Free

Spring Day: Strong Codependent Woman – Free

Who runs the world? Not this bitch. 

Eau de Munro

Eau de Munro

Golden Jester award winner Bob Munro presents Eau de Munro. 

Stand-Up Power Hour

Stand-Up Power Hour

The hottest free ticket in town. A selection of the best acts at the Edinburgh Fringe showcased in this hour of power. 

Aaaaaaaaaaaah, It's 101 Clean Jokes – Free Entry

Aaaaaaaaaaaah, It's 101 Clean Jokes – Free Entry

Award-winning gag merchant and UK Pun Champion 2016, Masai Graham, delivers over 100 clean jokes in just half an hour. 

A Good Service on All Other Lines

A Good Service on All Other Lines

Writer/comedian David Head and singer/songwriter Matt Glover of Sincere Deceivers present a performance of silly love stories and melancholy folk pop. 

Aaaaaaaaaaargh, It's 101 Naughty Jokes in 30 minutes – Free

Aaaaaaaaaaargh, It's 101 Naughty Jokes in 30 minutes – Free

Award-winning gag merchant and UK Pun Champion 2016, Masai Graham delivers over 100 naughty jokes in just half an hour. 

Struan Logan: Struan All Over the World

Struan Logan: Struan All Over the World

In the hotly tipped debut hour from Scottish comedian and podcaster Struan Logan, he regales his tales of 18 months living out of a backpack through Australia, New Zealand and Sout… 

Shaggers (Free Festival)

Shaggers (Free Festival)

Following more sell-out shows at festivals and theatres worldwide, this hit show returns with a changing line-up of various comedians with hilarious material based on sex and relat… 

Free and Proud

Free and Proud

Perhaps it is because of the multi-show venue, or just the financial realities of bringing any production to the Edinburgh Fringe nowadays, but Peter Darney’s production of Charl… 

Free Footlights

Free Footlights

The Cambridge Footlights present an hour of stand-up, songs, sketches and much more. 

Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show

Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show

Great value lunchtime compilation showcase featuring the best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics. 

Dandy Darkly's All Aboard!

Dandy Darkly's All Aboard!

When you step into the venue for Dandy Darkly’s All Aboard, you don’t expect much. 

Bronston Jones: God Bless 'Merica 4 – Free

Bronston Jones: God Bless 'Merica 4 – Free

For the 4th year, American atheist Bronston Jones reacts to the chaos of his country with a prayer: God Bless ‘Merica, because it’ll take a miracle to fix it. 

James Barr: Thirst Trap! – Free

James Barr: Thirst Trap! – Free

Wonderfully unexpected opportunities can occur at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe; even more so at the 'Free' variety. 

Gavin Webster: I Am Stand-Up Comedy

Gavin Webster: I Am Stand-Up Comedy

What type of comedian are you Gav? Hard-hitting? Are you one of these edgy types that says the unsayable or a modern consumer complaints comedian? Maybe you’re surreal and are on… 

Bronston Jones: Spilt Milk – Free

Bronston Jones: Spilt Milk – Free

They say ‘don’t cry over spilt milk’. 

Peatbog Faeries – Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Peatbog Faeries – Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Hailing from the Isle of Skye, the legendary Scottish trailblazers have created a glorious mixture of traditional sounds and dance floor grooves that have been embraced worldwide. 

Not My Audience! The Stand-Up Showcase with a Twist: You Decide the Material!

Not My Audience! The Stand-Up Showcase with a Twist: You Decide the Material!

Which comic belongs in your bubble? Send your suggestions through our app: comedy gold or utter crap? Three top comedians compete to impress with tailor-made jokes based on the dem… 

Dom O'Keefe: Free Willy from the Perspective of the Whale

Dom O'Keefe: Free Willy from the Perspective of the Whale

A massive whale escapes from prison with the help of a small child. 

Rahul Kohli: All My Heroes Are Dead, in Jail or Touched Up Your Gran

Rahul Kohli: All My Heroes Are Dead, in Jail or Touched Up Your Gran

Rahul Kohli was unperturbed by the small audience on the evening this reviewer attended, likening it to ‘a Theresa May cabinet meeting’. 

25 Years of Stand-Up: Vladimir McTavish

25 Years of Stand-Up: Vladimir McTavish

Vladimir McTavish became a full-time stand-up comedian in 1993, since then he has performed to audiences worldwide and gigged with some of the biggest names in the business. 

Edinburgh – Festival City Explorer Tours

Edinburgh – Festival City Explorer Tours

Join a local guide for a fun and informative introduction to Edinburgh’s Old Town. 

All the King's Men

All the King's Men

Returning to Edinburgh for their eighth year, All the King’s Men are the voices that are defining a genre. 

The Free Association: Jacuzii

The Free Association: Jacuzii

The Free Association – London’s leading improv comedy theatre and school – returns with their smash-hit show Jacuzii. 

The Big Free Fringe Festival Launch Show 2018

The Big Free Fringe Festival Launch Show 2018

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

Break Free

Break Free

Wasabeats Crew present the European premiere of Break Free featuring champion break dancers, each with world titles, who are ready to carve up the floor to reach dizzying new heigh… 

Gary Meikle – Before All This

Gary Meikle – Before All This

Scottish comedy award winner Gary Meikle premieres his debut hour and lays bare his remarkable life story and how he’s defeated the odds set against him from surviving children’s h… 

AAA Stand-Up Late

AAA Stand-Up Late

Total sell-out 2010-2017 returns with a brand-new line-up. 

Paddington Bear's First Concert

Paddington Bear's First Concert

Join Paddington Bear on his adventures as he leaves home, meets his new family and enjoys his first concert – not without causing his fair share of mayhem, of course! The charmin… 

Little Fish Free Walking Tour

Little Fish Free Walking Tour

For the first time Little Fish Tours is running our Festival Friendly Tour. 

Fringe Film Festival

Fringe Film Festival

Returning for its 13th season, C’s critically-acclaimed curated programme showcases silver screen shorts and contemporary filmmakers all day, every day. 

Myq Kaplan: All Killing Aside

Myq Kaplan: All Killing Aside

New York’s cosmic comedian Myq (Mike) Kaplan takes you (and himself, and the universe) on a journey of kindness in his Edinburgh debut. 

Phoebe Traquair Song School Murals – Free

Phoebe Traquair Song School Murals – Free

Traquair’s vivid murals (painted 1888-1892) include religious and allegorical images, portraits of leading figures, the choir and clergy of the day, and images of the natural world… 

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical

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

MARVELus: All the Marvel Movies. Kind of. 2018

MARVELus: All the Marvel Movies. Kind of. 2018

Direct from a standing room only season at Edinburgh Fringe last year, and a critically acclaimed tour of Australia this, the world's premier nerd-culture double-act, The Just Us … 

Twenty Minutes to Nine / Free Fringe

Twenty Minutes to Nine / Free Fringe

Nominated Best Performance, Melbourne Fringe. 

C for Free

C for Free

Daily diet of live highlights from across the festivals. 

Cathedral Lunchtime Concerts – Free

Cathedral Lunchtime Concerts – Free

A former Times Critics’ Choice. 

Rik Carranza presents: Star Trek vs Star Wars

Rik Carranza presents: Star Trek vs Star Wars

The hit show of 2016 and 2017 returns! The ultimate comedy panel show that boldly goes to a galaxy far far away. 

Stand and Deliver

Stand and Deliver

There is something sad about leaving Stand and Deliver, accompanied by the sound of the Adam Ant song referenced in the title of the show. 

All the Lights Are On

All the Lights Are On

Typical Emmy, to turn brain cancer into a game! Her husband attempts to care for her, even as the illness eats away the woman he knows and loves, and her mother holds faith with in… 

AAA Stand-Up Late at Gilded Balloon

AAA Stand-Up Late at Gilded Balloon

Total sell-out 2010-2017 returns with a brand-new line-up. 

One Life Stand

One Life Stand

After their five star runaway success with All We Ever Wanted Was Everything, Middle Child were always going to suffer from difficult second album syndrome and it’s a real shame … 

AAA Stand-Up

AAA Stand-Up

Total sell-out 2005-2017 returns with a brand-new line-up. 

Stand Up with Janine & Andrew (Please Remain Seated)

Stand Up with Janine & Andrew (Please Remain Seated)

BBC New Comedy Award nominees and real-life couple Andrew Nolan and Janine Harouni bring you an hour of standup comedy, unless they have already broken up. 

Festival Folk at the Oak

Festival Folk at the Oak

Thirty nights of the best local and international folk music showcasing a different artist each night. There’s only 30 seats, so book early to save disappointment. 

Edinburgh Shoreline – Free

Edinburgh Shoreline – Free

During the Shoreline project, locals have been exploring the heritage of Edinburgh’s coast. 

Huggers (Free Festival)

Huggers (Free Festival)

Following more successful shows at festivals worldwide, the popular show returns with a revolving line-up of acts selected from the best comedians, cabaret acts, children’s ente… 

Rahul Kohli: All My Heroes Are Dead, in Jail or Touched Up Your Gran

Rahul Kohli: All My Heroes Are Dead, in Jail or Touched Up Your Gran

Rahul Kohli grew up with many heroes. 

Struan All Over the World

Struan All Over the World

Hotly tipped Scottish comedian and podcaster Struan Logan brings his debut solo show down south where he regales his tales of living out of a backpack for 18 months trav… 

Say Owt Showcase

Say Owt Showcase

One of York’s liveliest live nights, Say Owt is a raw melting pot of poets delivering rapid fire, heartfelt, energetic and exciting spoken word. 

Stand Up Soldier

Stand Up Soldier

Ex soldier and now comedian Martin Semple turns terrifying situations from his time in the British Army into hilarious material, marking Martin out to be a unique and talented me… 

Rahul Kohli: All My Heroes are Racist, Homophobes, or Touched Up Your Gran

Rahul Kohli: All My Heroes are Racist, Homophobes, or Touched Up Your Gran

Rahul Kohli grew up with many heroes. 

The Burning Duck Comedy Club £5/PWYW Showcase

The Burning Duck Comedy Club £5/PWYW Showcase

York’s alternative comedy sensation the Burning Duck Comedy Club returns to the Great Yorkshire Fringe, presenting another handcrafted artisanal smorgasbang of the… 

The GYF Comedy Workshop Showcase

The GYF Comedy Workshop Showcase

A bunch of comedy virgins have spent the weekend with Logan Murray, the the man who taught Greg Davies, Rhod Gilbert, Josh Widdecombe, Andi Osho, Luisa Omielan, Diane Mo… 

Museum of Magic! - Professional Magician Showcase

Museum of Magic! - Professional Magician Showcase

Once a month the Museum of Comedy is transformed into the Museum of Magic! Magicians from the prestigious London Magic Circle and West End Magic cong… 

Thespianage: Improv Comedy Showcase

Thespianage: Improv Comedy Showcase

Fresh from their regular performances in the drizzly urban wilderness of central Manchester, the “talented performers with an eye for the absurd” (RemoteGoat… 

Ashley Haden: We All Die C*nts Preview

Ashley Haden: We All Die C*nts Preview

Ashley Haden is back with the eagerly awaited final chapter of the ‘C*nting Trilogy’. 

Ealing Comedy Festival 2018

Ealing Comedy Festival 2018

Ealing Comedy Festival is back for its 25th consecutive year with a stellar line up of internationally renowned comedians and homegrown talent to keep you entertained throughout Ju… 

Zeal: Queer Improv & Stand-Up Night

Zeal: Queer Improv & Stand-Up Night

A night of queer improvised comedy with Zeal at the Chateau, South London’s brand new queer arts space opening in July! FREE ENTRY. 

The Band: Take That's New Musical

The Band: Take That's New Musical

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

The XLP Arts South London Showcase Final

The XLP Arts South London Showcase Final

The XLP Arts South London Showcase Final is the culmination of a series of youth arts showcases held this year within Greenwich, Lewisham, Southwark and Lambeth, hosted … 

Irish Youth Dance Festival

Irish Youth Dance Festival

Dublin Youth Dance Company are thrilled to present an evening of dance at the Smock Alley Theatre as part of the 18th Irish Youth Dance Festival. 

Thespianage Live Comedy Showcase

Thespianage Live Comedy Showcase

Thespianage Productions are cultivating a reputation in Manchester for being far too suggestible! From Gregorian chanting life advice, to miming how an amorous dragon made a slight… 

Festival Concert – St Dunstan’s College Arts Festival 18

Festival Concert – St Dunstan’s College Arts Festival 18

A spectacular musical celebration of the West End to close the Arts Festival, featuring the very best of musicianship from across the College and concluding with a masse… 

Collaborative Community Drama Project - St Dunstan's College Arts Festival 18

Collaborative Community Drama Project - St Dunstan's College Arts Festival 18

This is a new collaboration with a local drama company that will see an external director working collaboratively with members of the local community and our own student… 

Hairspray - St Dunstan's College Arts Festival 18

Hairspray - St Dunstan's College Arts Festival 18

Good morning, Baltimore! It’s 1962 and change is in the air. 

The Great Yorkshire Fringe Launch Showcase

The Great Yorkshire Fringe Launch Showcase

Don your flat cap, grab your whippet and come and join us for the launch of 2018’s Great Yorkshire Fringe! Lineup to include Tony Slattery, Harry & Chris, Thin… 

Junior School Concert - St Dunstan's College Arts Festival 18

Junior School Concert - St Dunstan's College Arts Festival 18

The Junior School pupils of St Dunstan’s College invite you to attend their annual Summer concert. 

Black Box Devising – St Dunstan’s College Arts Festival 18

Black Box Devising – St Dunstan’s College Arts Festival 18

Led by Drama Prefect, Beatrice Swordy, and her team, Black Box devising is an improvisation work created by Year 7 - 9 students over the last two terms, drawing inspirat… 

The Stars of Tomorrow, TODAY! (A Comedy Course Showcase)

The Stars of Tomorrow, TODAY! (A Comedy Course Showcase)

 The Final Show of Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course. 

Briony Show - St Dunstan's College Arts Festival

Briony Show - St Dunstan's College Arts Festival

This time-limited devising project welcomes the return of Briony O’Callaghan, a professional director, who, working with a select number of Year 10 - 13 student… 

Vibe Dance show - St Dunstan's College Arts Festival 18

Vibe Dance show - St Dunstan's College Arts Festival 18

Vibe Arts are delighted to be working with the St Dunstan's College Dance Company for their first appearance in this year’s Arts Festival. 

Semperoper Ballett - All Forsythe

Semperoper Ballett - All Forsythe

Based in Dresden, the Semperoper Ballett has conquered the world with its now acclaimed blend of fierce ballet technique with both classical and contemporary repertoire. 

All Aboard!

All Aboard!

Is a musical comedy show with live piano. 

Big Brighton Fringe Festival Ceilidh 2018

Big Brighton Fringe Festival Ceilidh 2018

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

Dancing with The Star! Movin' with Melvin!

Dancing with The Star! Movin' with Melvin!

Tap into health! Legendary Song and Dance Man, Movin’ Melvin Brown brings health and happiness to Brighton. 

High Top Circus Showcase

High Top Circus Showcase

Join us in the jungle for our hit annual ‘High Top Circus Student Showcase’. 

Stand Up, Weather Girl!

Stand Up, Weather Girl!

Sam Fraser has been a stand-by BBC local weather presenter since 2012. 

Some Guys Have All The Luck – The Rod Stewart Story

Some Guys Have All The Luck – The Rod Stewart Story

Some Guys Have All The Luck is a fantastic theatrical production celebrating the career of one of rocks greatest icons, Rod Stewart – from street busker through to… 

La La Land in Concert

La La Land in Concert

It has been described as the film of its generation, capturing the hearts of everyone whilst breaking records around the world. 

25 Years of Stand-Up

25 Years of Stand-Up

Scottish comedy-award-winner and BAFTA nominee Vladimir McTavish celebrates a quarter-century in the business with an hour-long show featuring some brand-new topical gags, some old… 

Getting Away Scott Free

Getting Away Scott Free

Coming off the back of an international tour of Europe, Australia and New Zealand. 

Brighton Rocks Film Festival

Brighton Rocks Film Festival

Brighton has long been a home for artists, creators and the alternative. 

Stand and Deliver

Stand and Deliver

It's 1736, George II is on the throne, witchcraft laws are being appealed and the British Empire was starting to take shape. 

Hammond Graduate BA Musical Theatre Showcase

Hammond Graduate BA Musical Theatre Showcase

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

The MET Musical Theatre Showcase 2018

An energy packed performance by the Musical Theatre Degree students at Northbrook MET. 

Rambert - Life is a Dream

Rambert - Life is a Dream

Following on from the phenomenal success of Transfigured Night, Danish choreographer and two time Olivier Award-winner Kim Brandstrup creates a new work for Rambert. 

Autobiographical Storytelling: A Performance Art Form

Autobiographical Storytelling: A Performance Art Form

A playful and dynamic workshop that starts by provoking a memory from your life. 

It's All My Mother's Fault! (Work in Progress)

It's All My Mother's Fault! (Work in Progress)

Romina Puma comes back and is darker than ever! It’s a show about love, or the lack of it, a show about a child longing to be cared for by her mother while having to care for her… 

Northern Soul All-Afternooner

Northern Soul All-Afternooner

Your chance this season to keep the faith and polish up our dance floor with Northern Soul dancing, returning for the second time at Brighton Spiegeltent. 

Children’s Concert

Children’s Concert

What an afternoon we have in store for younger people, along with their parents. 

Rob Deb: A Stand Up Guy

Rob Deb: A Stand Up Guy

Bi-cultural, demi-sexual, 42 year old Londoner WLTM varied audience with GSOH to tell jokes of a politically irreverent nature. 

Free Yoga All Day at Space Yoga Studio

Free Yoga All Day at Space Yoga Studio

Come stretch, unwind, strengthen and get to know your body more during a day of yoga, meditation and celebration at Brighton’s newest and most attractive studio. 

Big Band: Swingin' at the Spiegel

Big Band: Swingin' at the Spiegel

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

Bach: Goldberg Variations Rachel Fryer Piano + pre-concert talk

Bach: Goldberg Variations Rachel Fryer Piano + pre-concert talk

Pianist Rachel Fryer plays the Aria and 30 Variations that make up J. 

Human Sized Mario Karts V's Star Wars

Human Sized Mario Karts V's Star Wars

Ready are you? This May the force will be strong as Playastation brings you Human Sized Mario Karts V Star Wars The pedal grand prix where Jedi’s and Sith Lords compete alongside… 

A Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton - and Other Shows

A Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton - and Other Shows

By popular demand! Original musical journey from 400 AD Boerthelm’s Tun to present day Bom-Bane’s, with portraits of all the colourful inhabitants along the way. 

Bloom: Emerging Talent Showcase

Bloom: Emerging Talent Showcase

After the first SOLD OUT production, we are back at The Hen & Chickens for 4 more nights this month. 

Nathan & Ida's Hot Dog Stand

Nathan & Ida's Hot Dog Stand

Nathan and Ida Hardwerker leave the old country to build a better life for themselves in the New World: taking with them nothing but a will to succeed and a secret recipe for sauce… 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

The Lyric and Filter’s riotous reinterpretation of one of Shakespeare’s best loved plays comes to Oxford after its critically-acclaimed London and international festival runs. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

The intention of Shakespeare’s plays is writ large under the titles. 

All Work, No Play

All Work, No Play

A new piece of devised work making its debut at this year’s Brighton Fringe. 

Stand-Up-Comedy Workshop

Stand-Up-Comedy Workshop

Have you ever laughed? Have fun learning how to use some friendly stand-up-comedy basics to boost your writing, performing, stand-up, work presentations, public speaking or - just … 

Yoga for all!

Yoga for all!

Come and enjoy the benefits of yoga, open to all. 

My Apple Dumpling Girl (Evening), We Are All Stories (Daytime)

My Apple Dumpling Girl (Evening), We Are All Stories (Daytime)

‘My Apple Dumpling Girl’ is a powerful small-scale play featuring a beautiful set and puppets (evening). 

Oliver Coleman: Variations on a Dream

Oliver Coleman: Variations on a Dream

In music, variation is a formal technique where material is repeated in an altered form. 

The Treason Show: Festival Special

The Treason Show: Festival Special

Brighton’s much-loved resident satirists with their unique brand of topical comedy, all wrapped up in Brighton Fringe award-winner Mark Brailsford’s festival package. 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

Bringing us four short scenes, Puck’s Players – consisting of Bill Poulton, Phillip Lee and Aaron Thaddeus Lee – were able to exhibit outstanding versatility as performers, d… 

Tight 5 Showcase

Tight 5 Showcase

Fast-paced, club-style stand-up comedy, featuring four of the best new stand-up talents from the South East. 

What's it all about, eh? The Musical (Work in Progress)

What's it all about, eh? The Musical (Work in Progress)

This is a jam-packed musical comedy performance of fun storytelling rhymes set to an original soundtrack. 

Jon Mcleod Music Showcase at Artista

Jon Mcleod Music Showcase at Artista

Singer/songwriter, Jon McLeod, brings his original acoustic compositions to Artista Cafe & Gallery. 

Robot vs Hurricane: An hour of alternative stand-up from Nicholas Everritt and Pete Nash

Robot vs Hurricane: An hour of alternative stand-up from Nicholas Everritt and Pete Nash

Strap in for a strikingly alternative show from two of the most original acts rising through the UK stand-up scene: ‘The Robot’ Nicholas Everritt and Pete ‘The Hurricane’ Nash. 

Struan Logan: Struan All Over the World

Struan Logan: Struan All Over the World

In the hotly tipped debut hour from Scottish comedian and podcaster Struan Logan, he regales his tales of 18 months living out of a backpack through Australia, New Zealand and Sout… 

All About Us

All About Us

15 years at Brighton Fringe! MJ Paranzino’s choirs will be performing the ‘Best of the Best’ from the last 15 years at Brighton Fringe; from new choral music as well as jazz,… 

Round Georges Jazz Festival

Round Georges Jazz Festival

Every Saturday during the month we will be providing you with incredible, outstanding and inspiring musicians delivering an energetic array of jazz for all ears. 

Foodies Festival Brighton

Foodies Festival Brighton

The UK's biggest Foodies Festival returned to Hove Lawns this sunny bank holiday weekend. 

Psychedelic Dream Temple at Point One Coffee

Psychedelic Dream Temple at Point One Coffee

Born from the desire to bring visionary art into greater awareness, the ‘Psychedelic Dream Temple’ is not just a showcase of some of the worlds most talented artists but also a pla… 

The Spire Festival Bar

The Spire Festival Bar

Step into Brighton’s most atmospheric bar. 

Refugee Festival

Refugee Festival

What challenges are refugees facing? And what can we do about it all? MARS is organising a series of events on refugeedom in and out of the UK today. 

All City Movement

All City Movement

‘All City Movement’ is series of street paintings which indicate motion. 

FEM.ALE Brewster Beer Festival

FEM.ALE Brewster Beer Festival

FEM. 

All The King’s Men

All The King’s Men

All the King’s Men bring their five star, sellout tour to London’s West End… AtKM’s astonishing vocal colour and arresting, creative choreograp… 

Antonio Pappano Concert

Antonio Pappano Concert

Music Director Antonio Pappano conducts the internationally renowned Orchestra of the Royal Opera House in a concert of orchestral works on the main stage. 

Stacey Kent – I Know I Dream

Stacey Kent – I Know I Dream

The internationally acclaimed, Grammy-nominated vocalist, Stacey Kent, returns to the UK for a very limited number of 2017/18 dates, featuring music from her latest albu… 

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course

‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

Justin's Band

Justin's Band

Are you ready to be part of Justin’s Band? Because BAFTA Award-winning actor Justin Fletcher is going on a Musical Adventure and we would love you to come and play along wi… 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

  • Listing
  • Theatre
  • West End
  • Multiple Venues
  • 13th Apr 2018 - 5th Sep 2021

The Lyric and Filter’s riotous reinterpretation of one of Shakespeare’s best loved plays, A Midsummer Night’s Dream returns to the Lyric for two performances only… 

The Wizard of Oz in Concert

The Wizard of Oz in Concert

It is a movie that has touched millions around the world, and has become one of the most iconic films in history. 

uneARTh Festival

uneARTh Festival

For two days and nights, the Ada Ryan Gardens will come alive with circus, music, cabaret and more for the City of Whyalla’s uneARTh Festival. 

The Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase

The Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase

The Brighton Academy Of Performing Arts presents its 5th MT Graduating year Showcase  

All or Nothing The Mod Musical

All or Nothing The Mod Musical

1965. 

headspace Stand Up For Youth Mental Health

headspace Stand Up For Youth Mental Health

headspace hosts a riotous afternoon of laughs and entertainment starring some of Australia and the world’s hottest comedic and artistic performers. 

Sanaa Street Festival

Sanaa Street Festival

From around the world, to the streets of Adelaide. 

Evolution Festival: Journeys

Evolution Festival: Journeys

Part of a four day festival of unique and inspiring work from young artists based in London. 

BEST OF FRINGE: Early Show: FREE!

BEST OF FRINGE: Early Show: FREE!

The Original and still the BEST “Best of Fringe”. 

Peggy Lee

Peggy Lee "Is that all there Is?"

The Mosaic Cat (UK) & Emma Knights Productions (SA) Celebrating the life and loves of one of the great jazz singers of the 20th century. 

Pauly Fenech: The Bible of all things Bogan

Pauly Fenech: The Bible of all things Bogan

Mullets, single Mums, Holdens, home done tatts. 

Evolution Festival: Lyric Ensemble: Work in Progress

Evolution Festival: Lyric Ensemble: Work in Progress

The Lyric Ensemble is a group of 15 actors led by international director Anne Louise Sarks. 

Evolution Festival: The Blind Truth

Evolution Festival: The Blind Truth

Part of a four day festival of unique and inspiring work from young artists based in London. 

All I Really Want - Alanis and Etheridge

All I Really Want - Alanis and Etheridge

All I Really Want - A show dedicated to the music and lyrics of Alanis and Etheridge. 

Best of Adelaide Fringe: International Comedy Showcase

Best of Adelaide Fringe: International Comedy Showcase

Who, What, Where, When? There’s so much to choose from at the Adelaide Fringe! And if you can’t decide which international comedians to see at the Fringe, then this is the show… 

Baby Wants Candy, The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical

Baby Wants Candy, The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical

The 2016 smash hit improv musical returns to Adelaide! Total sell-out Edinburgh Fringe 2015, 2016, 2017. 

Getting Away Scott Free

Getting Away Scott Free

Fresh from his successful 2017 debut solo performance at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. 

Randy Newman In Concert

Randy Newman In Concert

Randy Newman announces London Palladium show following the release of his new album Dark Matter, his first album of new material in nine years. 

Evolution Festival: Express Yourself

Evolution Festival: Express Yourself

Part of a four day festival of unique and inspiring work from young artists based in London. 

MARVELus: All the MARVEL Movies. Kind of.

MARVELus: All the MARVEL Movies. Kind of.

Direct from a standing room only season at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the world’s premier nerd double act The Just Us League present MARVELus: the sketch show that squeezes alm… 

Zach & Viggo: Dream Team

Zach & Viggo: Dream Team

Best Comedy Award - Brighton Fringe 2016 Best Comedy Weekly Award - Adelaide Fringe 2017 Internationally-renowned, Norwegian-American comedy duo Zach & Viggo returns to Adela… 

What a Dream!

What a Dream!

Access Denied are a group of 18 talented performers ranging in ages from 12-18 years. 

Laconic: A Short Film Festival

Laconic: A Short Film Festival

Often we say a lot without actually saying anything at all, but is it possible to express much in fewer words? Laconic is a selection of short films and animations for you to ex… 

Peter Combe and the Juicy Juicy Green Band - Live It Up

Peter Combe and the Juicy Juicy Green Band - Live It Up

Peter Combe is back with the fast furious and fabulous Juicy Juicy Green Band with songs from his latest ARIA nominated LIve It Up album plus the old favs. 

Amos Gill: Where Have I Been All Your Life

Amos Gill: Where Have I Been All Your Life

hit107’s Amos Gill remains one of Australia’s most prolific young comedians. 

Adelaide Fringe Comedy Showcase

Adelaide Fringe Comedy Showcase

Adelaide Fringe Comedy Showcase returns chock full of some of the best comedians from across the Fringe, both local & International. 

Dancing with The Star - Movin' with Melvin!

Dancing with The Star - Movin' with Melvin!

Tap into Health (TIH)! Legendary Song & Dance Man, Movin’ Melvin brings health and happiness to Australia! An interactive tap dance and workout workshop, huge fun for all ages and … 

The Stand Up Show

The Stand Up Show

The Stand Up Show is back! For the fourth year in a row the Stand Up Show will be bringing the best comedians in town together in one place. 

Struan All Over the World

Struan All Over the World

The Scottish “Globetrotting Comedian” (Broadway Baby) returns to Perth after previously living in the country on a working holiday visa for a year and a week. 

USC Showcase

USC Showcase

The USC Showcase is a musical exhibition of Year 11 and Year 12 University Senior College Music and Drama students. 

International Women's Day Festival

International Women's Day Festival

A day to celebrate and share stories of women and how we contribute to the world we live in. 

Jennifer DeGrassi Band with The Bacharach and Beehive Choir

Jennifer DeGrassi Band with The Bacharach and Beehive Choir

An evening of rapturous dark jazz alternative music from renown artist Jennifer DeGrassi and her band . 

All Made Up

All Made Up

Have you ever watched a comedy show and thought to yourself, “Cathy, I hate how these theatre types are just so written and rehearsed! And when do I get to talk?!” Well then, Cathy… 

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

Based on Robert Fulghum’s best-selling books, Kindergarten takes a funny, insightful, heartwarming look at what is profound in everyday life. 

Dave & Kate's Multicultural Kids Concert

Dave & Kate's Multicultural Kids Concert

Dave & Kate love to sing for children. 

Koto Music Concert -

Koto Music Concert - "10 Years in Adelaide"

2018 is Etsuko Kawaguchi’s 10th year in the Adelaide Fringe. 

Country Gospel Concert

Country Gospel Concert

The Sherrahs Present - Country Gospel Concert Performing soulful tunes such as Amazing Grace - How Great Thou Art - Bluegrass Keep on the Sunny Side to Hank Williams I Saw the … 

Greenstate Summer Garden Festival

Greenstate Summer Garden Festival

The Greenstate Summer Garden Festival will be a celebration of art, music, comedy, and amazing physical feats. 

Flip Side Festival

Flip Side Festival

After the sucess of Fort Dreamland, Flip Side Up (FSU) is officially launching in 2018 with some quirky events planned for the year. 

Salisbury Secret Garden - Showcase

Salisbury Secret Garden - Showcase

A fun filled evening with so much for the family. 

Soorya India Festival 2018

Soorya India Festival 2018

Soorya India Festival 2018 ” (An Indian Classical Dance event) - Another Soorya team is all ready to mesmerise you with their breathtaking performance. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Based on Shakespeare’s popular comedy, Britten’s opera follows the consequences of a falling-out between the fairy-king Oberon and his queen, Tytania. 

Sanctuary Festival

Sanctuary Festival

The Sanctuary Festival invites you to a day of music, yoga and good vibrations! Held at The National Wine Centre as a part of the Adelaide Fringe Festival, prepare to be inspired b… 

Laziza Multicultural Festival

Laziza Multicultural Festival

Laziza are hosting a Multicultural Street Festival! Laziza promotes a fantastic day out to enjoy a culturally enriching day for the entire family. 

Guilt Free Comedy Roadshow

Guilt Free Comedy Roadshow

Guilt Free Comedy Roadshow! Featuring Clare Morgan, Richo, Shad Wicka, Caleb Day, Lachlan Gordon and Peter James! A riot of comedic talent from Far North Queensland rolls into Adel… 

Born a Shadow, Comapania Rafaela Carrasco, Flamenco Festival 2018

Born a Shadow, Comapania Rafaela Carrasco, Flamenco Festival 2018

Flamenco and the lives of female artists from the Spanish Golden Age combine in this show inspired by the hidden voices of Teresa de Jesús, María de Zayas, Marí… 

Ballet Flamenco Jesus Carmona, Impetus, Flamenco Festival 2018

Ballet Flamenco Jesus Carmona, Impetus, Flamenco Festival 2018

Former dancer with Ballet Nacional de España, Jesús Carmona is a pioneer in flamenco’s evolution. 

Dupang Festival

Dupang Festival

Traditional Aboriginal Culture Festival at a spectacular waterfront location on the Coorong S. 

The Freakeasy 2 year Special Showcase

The Freakeasy 2 year Special Showcase

Ladies and Gentlemen. 

Swing Out Adelaide showcase!

Swing Out Adelaide showcase!

Join Adelaide’s premier swing dancing school for a night of dance through the 1920s, 30s and 40s! Students of the school of all levels will showcase the dances of the era including… 

Work Makes You Free

Work Makes You Free

WRITTEN BY MICHAEL ROSS Michael Ross’s biting satire delivers a piece very much for our times, reflecting on the dignity and many indignities of labour. 

Gala Flamenca La Chana, Godess of Compas, Flamenco Festival 2018

Gala Flamenca La Chana, Godess of Compas, Flamenco Festival 2018

Four champions of flamenco puro come together in a homage to La Chana. 

Isabel Bayon Compania -Dju-Dju, Flamenco Festival 2018

Isabel Bayon Compania -Dju-Dju, Flamenco Festival 2018

In an extraordinary collaboration, avant-garde choreographer and dancer Israel Galván directs classical dancer Isabel Bayón as she reinvents herself, exploring the de… 

One Mic Stand - OPEN MIC COMEDY

One Mic Stand - OPEN MIC COMEDY

Adelaide’s premier Open Mic night returns! EVERY MONDAY catch 10 different comedians from across the Fringe PLUS a special guest headline act. 

Johnny Cash Tribute Show with BILLY T & the Free Spirits

Johnny Cash Tribute Show with BILLY T & the Free Spirits

BILLY ‘T’ (William Snell) & his 5 piece band present the Johnny Cash Tribute Show. 

Plumbing the Death Star Live!

Plumbing the Death Star Live!

Sanspants Radio present Plumbing the Death Star Live. 

Painter and Flamenco: J.R.T. - Flamenco Festival 2018

Painter and Flamenco: J.R.T. - Flamenco Festival 2018

The Symbolist painter Julio Romero de Torres is famous for his portrayals of the archetypal ‘Spanish woman’. 

Up Stand Comedy

Up Stand Comedy

An exciting twist on stand up comedy! You, the audience will set the tone of the night by choosing who gets to take the stage to try and get you to belly laugh or fall off your sea… 

Maria Pages Compania: Yo Carmen - Flamenco Festival 2018

Maria Pages Compania: Yo Carmen - Flamenco Festival 2018

María Pagés searches for the woman behind the femme fatale of Prosper Mérimée’s novel, a character appropriated by so many generations of men. 

Tempo of Light - Flamenco Festival 2018

Tempo of Light - Flamenco Festival 2018

Featuring the leading voices in Spain today, revered singer Carmen Linares and brilliant rising stars Arcangel and Marina Heredia perform with Miguel A. 

Broadway Bootcamp Showcase

Broadway Bootcamp Showcase

Be entertained by the talented kids from our January Broadway Bootcamp as they perform a showcase of the skills they have developed over our two week award winning program. 

FLEURIEU FILM FESTIVAL

FLEURIEU FILM FESTIVAL

From a great passion for film, the 3rd FLEURIEU FILM FESTIVAL celebrates Australian filmmaking encouraging filmmakers to interpret the #FFF18 theme, “FIRE”. 

Assmonkey: In Conversation @ Vault Festival

Assmonkey: In Conversation @ Vault Festival

A HILARIOUSLY HONEST AND FAST PACED COMEDY ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH ‘A glorious, farcical conglomeration of a show made up of jokes, hilarious characters, song, science experiments a… 

All or Nothing

All or Nothing

1965. 

Footlight ‘Singer Showcase’

Footlight ‘Singer Showcase’

The next Footlight Singer Showcase bounds into the New Year with its hit evening of live music returning to Leicester Square Theatre on 30th January. 

A Sinking Star

A Sinking Star

A young couple is challenged when a husband asks his wife to partake in a thrill seeking adventure to solve their marital problems. 

The Freakeasy Showcase

The Freakeasy Showcase

Ladies And Gentlemen. 

Boys in the Buff the Concert

Boys in the Buff the Concert

Exploring subjects that affect us all: body image, bullying, photoshop, exercise, selfies, diets, weight, beauty treatments, photoshop. 

Side Shows

Side Shows

Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows. 

The Society For The Improvement Of Mankind In All Its Flaws And Wonders plus United

The Society For The Improvement Of Mankind In All Its Flaws And Wonders plus United

A night of celebration – whether it’s cheering or your team or the whole of mankind! United is an improvisation show played with the energy of a sports match. 

Darbar Festival of Sitar & Dance

Darbar Festival of Sitar & Dance

A rare chance to see two internationally acclaimed dance artists. 

Reid Consort - Rachmaninov All Night Vigil

Reid Consort - Rachmaninov All Night Vigil

Launching their 2017-18 concert season, the Reid Consort performs Rachmaninov’s serene All Night Vigil (Vespers) on Saturday 11 November, 7. 

Darbar Festival-Ragas, Sarod and Fiery Dance

Darbar Festival-Ragas, Sarod and Fiery Dance

A triple bill of dynamic new talents with international star of bharatanatyam, Mythili Prakash and noted kathak performer Dheerandra Tiwari, plus a music concert by a remarkable … 

Darbar Festival-Akram Khan

Darbar Festival-Akram Khan

Akram Khan performs an excerpt from his upcoming solo. 

Free Stand-Up Comedy Show

Free Stand-Up Comedy Show

Free Stand-Up comedy show with all donations given to Lady Parts Justice! Come join at Local 138 on Thursday, 11/2 at 8pm. 

Blackshaw's Scare Slam - at the London Horror Festival

Blackshaw's Scare Slam - at the London Horror Festival

Lovers of scary stories, unite. 

"Katharine Ferns is in Stitches" at the Women in Comedy Festival

“It is a pitch perfect performance and a beautifully-written, perfectly-paced comedy script. 

Objectively Funny Festival

Objectively Funny Festival

9 days & 42 shows of the finest live comedians in Britain. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Adapted and directed by Gavin McAlinden and set in modern music Festival culture; this is a radical reimagining of Shakespeare’s tale of youth, love, sex, drugs, music, mistaken … 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Adapted and directed by Gavin McAlinden and set in modern music Festival culture; this is a radical reimagining of Shakespeare’s tale of youth, love, sex, drugs, music, mistaken … 

8th Glamour of Jasmine Chinese Arts Festival / A Midsummer Night's Dream from China by Whispering Lotus Artists (Guqin, Dizi, Xiao, Pipa and Zheng)

8th Glamour of Jasmine Chinese Arts Festival / A Midsummer Night's Dream from China by Whispering Lotus Artists (Guqin, Dizi, Xiao, Pipa and Zheng)

Three elegant women musicians from Suzhou, costumed in Whispering Lotus Chi-pao will give us a concert on Chinese guqin, zheng, dizi and xiao (bamboo flute and end-blown bamboo flu… 

8th Glamour of Jasmine Chinese Arts Festival / Dong Yi's Special Programme on the Zheng for Chinese Lovers' Day

8th Glamour of Jasmine Chinese Arts Festival / Dong Yi's Special Programme on the Zheng for Chinese Lovers' Day

Playing an instrument with over 2,500 years of recorded history, after some 100 public recitals in the UK, international classical Zheng performer Yi Dong, a soloist with five albu… 

Virgin Money Fireworks Concert

Virgin Money Fireworks Concert

Glittering pyrotechnics illuminating Edinburgh’s iconic Castle. 

70th Anniversary Celebration Concert

70th Anniversary Celebration Concert

The 2017 International Festival’s Usher Hall concerts come to a resplendent conclusion in a very special concert celebrating 70 years of the Edinburgh International Festival. 

The Starship Osiris: Special Performance

The Starship Osiris: Special Performance

Join us for a one-off performance of The Starship Osiris, performed the way George Vere originally intended. 

Inverkeithing Big Band

Inverkeithing Big Band

Returning after a second highly successful gig in 2016, the Inverkeithing Community Big Band promises an afternoon of riveting jazz and swing. 

Scocha in Concert

Scocha in Concert

One of Scotland’s leading folk’n’roll bands entertain you with traditional songs and their own material. 

Beyond Borders International Festival 2017

Beyond Borders International Festival 2017

Join politicians, authors, artists and international cultural leaders for a weekend of panel debates, tête-à-tête discussions, music and art in the grounds of Scotland’s oldest … 

Big Band Swing

Big Band Swing

That Swing Sensation, Scotland’s record-breaking big swing band, with another night of toe-tapping music from the era when swing was king. 

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrghhh! It’s the Last Ever Increasingly Prestigious Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards Show – and It’s Free!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrghhh! It’s the Last Ever Increasingly Prestigious Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards Show – and It’s Free!

The final anarchic annual two-hour charity variety show celebrating the life and random irresponsibility of the godfather of British alternative comedy, filled with bizarre acts, e… 

Nightpiece Film Festival

Nightpiece Film Festival

Support indie film! Now entering its fourth year and including the premiere of event director Al Carretta’s 10th indie feature Precious Little Things, we present a curated selectio… 

Sustainable Shows: Emerging Trends

Sustainable Shows: Emerging Trends

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

You're Never Too Old... Are You? – Free

You're Never Too Old... Are You? – Free

Jim Everett, AKA Jimmy Francis, is relatively new to comedy. 

Dino Wiand – Yorkshire Ripper / Free Festival

Dino Wiand – Yorkshire Ripper / Free Festival

Dino Wiand plays the Yorkshire Ripper, who has been allowed out of prison on a rehab program to perform a stand-up comedy routine, which he uses to discuss his plans for orchestrat… 

Paul Zerdin: All Mouth

Paul Zerdin: All Mouth

America’s Got Talent winner, ventriloquist Paul Zerdin, heads to Fringe for three nights only, fresh from headline shows in Las Vegas, with a sparkling new show featuring his all-s… 

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society AGM

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society AGM

The formal meeting where accounts are presented, activity reviewed and directors elected. If you’re passionate about the Fringe, come and be heard. 

Dino Wiand – Yorkshire Ripper / Free Festival

Dino Wiand – Yorkshire Ripper / Free Festival

Dino Wiand plays the Yorkshire Ripper, who has been allowed out of prison on a rehab program to perform a stand-up comedy routine, which he uses to discuss his plans for orchestrat… 

The HandleBards: A Midsummer Night's Dream

The HandleBards: A Midsummer Night's Dream

The HandleBards are the world’s first cycling theatre company. 

2 Girls 1 Capo – Free

2 Girls 1 Capo – Free

If you like profanity, women and very catchy tunes then Meat Market is for you. 

The Other Guys: All Night Long

The Other Guys: All Night Long

The Other Guys from the University of St Andrews return to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the third time, with more energy and excitement than ever before. 

Hear All About It

Hear All About It

Reactivists bring you a new show each week, based on the news of the week before. 

All Night Long

All Night Long

The Other Guys return to the Fringe with their show All Night Long with more charm, energy and dulcet tones than you can shake a stanky leg at. 

Edinburgh Renaissance Band: Passion and Manners – 16th Century Dance workshop

Edinburgh Renaissance Band: Passion and Manners – 16th Century Dance workshop

This workshop is suitable for anyone looking for a fun afternoon of unfamiliar dances, while still providing challenges for experienced dancers. 

I Can Read Your Mind – Free

I Can Read Your Mind – Free

Irish mind reader Tomas McCabe is back with a new show for 2017! Following a hugely successful tour of Ireland, Tomas is bringing his abilities across the sea to the Edinburgh Frin… 

Unprecedented and Unpresidential: How Hillary Clinton Lost the Election – Free Festival

Unprecedented and Unpresidential: How Hillary Clinton Lost the Election – Free Festival

It was the race they said Clinton couldn’t lose. 

Performance of Chinese Culture Festival: Closing Ceremony

Performance of Chinese Culture Festival: Closing Ceremony

Brahma (Sanskrit Brahama) was founded in early 2011 in Beijing, China. 

All Chopin Recital

All Chopin Recital

A selection of favourite variations, nocturnes, fantasias, waltzes, mazurkas and polonaises played by William Alexander (piano). 

Adrienne Truscott's a One-Trick Pony (Or Andy Kaufmann is a Feminist Performance Artist and I'm a Comedian)

Adrienne Truscott's a One-Trick Pony (Or Andy Kaufmann is a Feminist Performance Artist and I'm a Comedian)

Truscott wrestles with: standing up while telling jokes, second shows, stealing material and bad reviews – back in the town where she got ‘em! All while paying homage to her fa… 

Festival Firsts

Festival Firsts

Sir James MacMillan has a long and fruitful relationship with both the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the Edinburgh International Festival. 

Cathedral Choir Concert: Haydn and Mozart

Cathedral Choir Concert: Haydn and Mozart

‘You’ll have to go a long way to hear finer choral singing than this’ (International Record Review). 

Festival Strings

Festival Strings

Talented young string players perform together in a series of concerts at St Giles Cathedral. 

The Music of The Incredible String Band

The Music of The Incredible String Band

Whimsical, surreal, truly inspirational: psychedelic pioneers The Incredible String Band entranced listeners in the late 1960s and early 1970s with their visionary, dream-like so… 

We're All in this Together: Part 2

We're All in this Together: Part 2

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Soft Shoe Skiffle Band

Soft Shoe Skiffle Band

A trip down memory lane, hear again 50s to 70s pop and folk hits like Putting on the Style, Amazing Grace, My Old Man’s a Dustman, Wild Rover, Hello Mary Lou, Nobody’s Child, Singi… 

Creating Contemporary Performance

Creating Contemporary Performance

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Edinburgh Renaissance Band: Musical Migrants

Edinburgh Renaissance Band: Musical Migrants

The contribution of travelling composers and performers to the music of Mediaeval and Renaissance Europe is brought to life by the city’s famous early music group in the vibrant … 

Festival Cup of Golf

Festival Cup of Golf

Watch an almighty golfing battle for festival bragging rights and a trophy! Teams representing promoters, venues, the press and locals play nine holes of golf to discover who the g… 

Cathedral Coffee Concerts – Free

Cathedral Coffee Concerts – Free

John Bryden plays music by Haydn and Schubert in a series of recitals on the Cathedral Steinway. 

Auditions – BA World Performance and MA Acting International

Auditions – BA World Performance and MA Acting International

East 15 is holding auditions for both these creative and challenging courses, exploring global performance and acting for overseas students. 

Mark Watson's Festival of Bad Ideas

Mark Watson's Festival of Bad Ideas

Mark Watson asked a range of top comedians: ‘what is your bad idea? What show would you like to put on, but never dare?’ Now, one a night, they attempt these projects. 

All the King's Women

All the King's Women

The life of Elvis Presley told through 17 women: some enthralled, some appalled, all obsessed! From Tupelo, Mississippi where 12-year-old Elvis wanted a BB gun instead of a guitar,… 

#Vile: The Untimely Demise of a Manufactured Pop Star

#Vile: The Untimely Demise of a Manufactured Pop Star

Satirical pitch-black comedy chronicling the social media-induced breakdown and homecoming of a D-list celebrity. 

Manic Pixie Dream Girls

Manic Pixie Dream Girls

The girls are back in town. 

Hear All About It

Hear All About It

Reactivists bring you a new show each week, based on the news of the week before. 

Re: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Re: A Midsummer Night's Dream

A unique take on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream from a Russian company dedicated to the Bard. 

2 Religions 1 Comedy Show – Free

2 Religions 1 Comedy Show – Free

Henry’s Show Aaaah The Growing Pains of a Neurotic Jew and Joe’s The Confused Sikh Who Loves Curried Mustard. 

Prévert: Piano and Poetry – Free

Prévert: Piano and Poetry – Free

This original one-man show entitled Prévert: Piano and Poetry, was created and interpreted by the 20-year-old French concert pianist Alexandre Prévert. 

Voice Festival UK - An A Cappella Extravaganza

Voice Festival UK - An A Cappella Extravaganza

The Voice Festival UK once again return to the Fringe with an evening of a cappella for all the family to enjoy. 

Allman Brothers Band Appreciation

Allman Brothers Band Appreciation

Safehouse are back at the Edinburgh Festival for a third consecutive year playing their highly acclaimed Allman Brothers set including classics from the At Fillmore East album: Whi… 

Stiff & Kitsch: By All Accounts Two Normal Girls*

Stiff & Kitsch: By All Accounts Two Normal Girls*

(*A real-life quote from a real-life reviewer. 

Old Saint Paul's Festival High Masses

Old Saint Paul's Festival High Masses

Join us for traditional Catholic Anglican liturgy with the renowned choir, organ and congregation of this historic church, directed by City and University Organist Dr John Kitchen. 

Old Saint Paul's Festival Evensongs

Old Saint Paul's Festival Evensongs

Join us for traditional Choral Evensong and Benediction with the renowned choir, organ and congregation of this historic Anglican Catholic Church. 

Chinese Arts and Culture Festival Day Two

Chinese Arts and Culture Festival Day Two

SCCC will carry on the splendid programme during the second day of the event. 

Stand Up to Stand Out: How to Find Your Funny

Stand Up to Stand Out: How to Find Your Funny

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

All That Malarkey

All That Malarkey

‘Four dangerously good singers, with a hilarious MC and pianist’ (ThreeWeeks) – All That Malarkey return to the Fringe with an all-new, outrageous music show, flaunting their… 

The Rock 'n' Roll Relationship Show (Unplugged) – Free

The Rock 'n' Roll Relationship Show (Unplugged) – Free

Join Aaron Ayjay as he takes a comedic and sometimes musical journey through dating, marriage, divorce, death and other life experience stuff from his point of view… 

Chinese Arts and Culture Festival Day One

Chinese Arts and Culture Festival Day One

SCCC is proud to present splendid programme for audiences. 

The Werbeck Ensemble in Concert. Under the Direction of Cristiaan Boele.

The Werbeck Ensemble in Concert. Under the Direction of Cristiaan Boele.

The Werbeck Ensemble sings folk and religious repertoire from around the world including Barber, Britten, Elgar, Rachmaninov, Rheinberger and Stravinsky. 

Dancing With the Star – Movin' With Melvin!

Dancing With the Star – Movin' With Melvin!

Tap into health! A rare, unmissable opportunity to dance with one of the world’s most engaging performers. 

Streetbeat Free Lunchtime Stand-Up Showcase

Streetbeat Free Lunchtime Stand-Up Showcase

A free lunchtime showcase of established and up and coming acts offering tasters of their shows. Six acts plus MC Alastair Sadler. 

Ella Munro

Ella Munro

Ella Munro, the talented young singer from the Isle of Skye, was an outstanding finalist in the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year (2017). 

Divine Melody from Chinese Fiddlers: Shanghai Yangpu Children’s Palace Students’ Art Troupe’s Concert at Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Divine Melody from Chinese Fiddlers: Shanghai Yangpu Children’s Palace Students’ Art Troupe’s Concert at Edinburgh Festival Fringe

With the combination of classic melody and innovative performing methodology, the concert will demonstrate the charms of traditional Chinese music and dance with the spirits of the… 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Shakespeare comedy done right, this play manages to put a modern twist on the well known classic by filling it with quirky characters that look like they’ve picked right out of… 

Blueswater Presents: The Big Blues Showcase

Blueswater Presents: The Big Blues Showcase

Every member of our Blueswater Presents family will be playing a set in a raucous showcase that will present the best blues music the Fringe has to offer. 

Festival CD and Record Fair

Festival CD and Record Fair

Join us at our new venue in Leith! Great selection of collectable vinyl! LPs, 12” and 7” singles and a gaggle of 78s. 

Stand By

Stand By

There’s a real sense of excitement in the run-up to Stand By, not least thanks to the slightly-unusual venue—inside an Army Reserve Centre in the north of the New Town. 

Gala Concert

Gala Concert

Jamaya come from Petah Tikva near Tel Aviv and have been playing together since they were 16. 

We're All in this Together: Part 1

We're All in this Together: Part 1

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

US Tour Booking For Small And Independent Shows

US Tour Booking For Small And Independent Shows

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Dougie MacLean in Concert

Dougie MacLean in Concert

‘Dougie MacLean is Scotland’s pre-eminent singer-songwriter and a national musical treasure’ (SingOut USA) who has developed a unique blend of lyrical, roots based songwriting … 

The Star Seekers

The Star Seekers

Have you ever dreamt of flying to the moon? Meeting an alien? Becoming an astronaut? Join star seekers Alph, Betty and Gammo on a journey through space where you take the steering … 

Budapest Festival Orchestra

Budapest Festival Orchestra

Powerful, poetic, effortlessly charismatic, Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti is one of today’s most admired and cherished performers. 

The Sandy Brechin Band

The Sandy Brechin Band

The king of Celtic ‘ccordion, Sandy Brechin, brings his lightning-fast fingers to the Fringe once again, along with his mad-cap humour, featuring hits from his many albums plus som… 

Live Shows in an Internet Media Age

Live Shows in an Internet Media Age

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Stand Up for Shelter

Stand Up for Shelter

Stand Up for Shelter returns for our fourth year at the Fringe, bringing a fantastic showcase of comedy in aid of Shelter! This year’s line-up is jam-packed and will see Sara Pas… 

Akiko Okamoto in Concert

Akiko Okamoto in Concert

This Japanese-born international pianist returns to the Fringe with a charming programme of music by Chopin, Bach and Mozart and finishes with Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorg… 

All Chopin's Op Ten Studies

All Chopin's Op Ten Studies

Over two recitals, Stefan Warzycki performs all Chopin’s Op 10 études as recast for the left hand by Leopold Godowsky. 

My Mind is Free

My Mind is Free

Nominated for best play by the Anti-Trafficking Foundation in 2016. 

Dance-Forms 74th International Choreographers' Showcase

Dance-Forms 74th International Choreographers' Showcase

Dance-Forms Productions is celebrating 16 years of brilliant performances at the Fringe, presenting the cream of the crop of postmodern creations. 

The Show Between Shows Show

The Show Between Shows Show

New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly. 

Cathedral Festival Evensongs

Cathedral Festival Evensongs

Choral services sung by the Cathedral choir, the only choral foundation in Scotland with a tradition of daily services. 

Festival Masses

Festival Masses

Come and listen to beautiful sacred music in the liturgical context for which it was written in the setting of one of Edinburgh’s finest churches. 

Cathedral Festival Eucharists

Cathedral Festival Eucharists

Join the Cathedral’s choir and congregation for uplifting Choral Eucharists with the finest cathedral music, featuring mass settings by Jonathan Dove, Vaughan Williams and Mozart. 

Cathedral Celebrity Organ Recitals – Free

Cathedral Celebrity Organ Recitals – Free

Organists Duncan Ferguson (St Mary’s Cathedral), Nicholas Wearne (Birmingham Conservatoire) and Joseph Beech (St Mary’s Cathedral) perform popular organ works on the Cathedral’s mi… 

Dominic Holland Eclipsed – Free

Dominic Holland Eclipsed – Free

Been over a decade since this multi-award winning comedian played the fringe. 

All the Fun

All the Fun

A hypnotic, tongue-in-cheek antidote to the glittering circus world. 

The Wendy Weatherby Band

The Wendy Weatherby Band

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

Free Fringe Music

Free Fringe Music

Experience the joy of live music at the museum as the best contemporary talents take inspiration from our Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites exhibition to perform traditional … 

Lee Hathaway: The MagDaddy – Free

Lee Hathaway: The MagDaddy – Free

The man who fooled Penn & Teller hits the Edinburgh Festival to assert himself as the pimp among magicians – or so he thinks! With over 20 years of experience as a professional m… 

John Montgomery String Band

John Montgomery String Band

The band feature multi-stringed instrumentalists playing original music and songs in the folk/country rock genre. 

Roaming Collisions – Free

Roaming Collisions – Free

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The Opening Concert

The Opening Concert

A jolt of surprise and a joyful choral celebration launch the 2017 International Festival Usher Hall concerts with an evening of wit and warmth. 

Battle of the Superheroes: The Great Superhero Debate (Free Festival)

Battle of the Superheroes: The Great Superhero Debate (Free Festival)

Come watch and be part of this interactive, fun mixture of stand-up and interactive comedy debate as a compere and a number of the best comedians from around the Fringe converge in… 

Comedians Against Humanity: Hosted by Yianni Agisilaou – Free

Comedians Against Humanity: Hosted by Yianni Agisilaou – Free

The underground hit of the Fringe returns to Edinburgh after sell-out shows in Perth, Melbourne and Sydney. 

Worst Show on the Fringe – Free

Worst Show on the Fringe – Free

Russell Howard, Miranda Hart, Tim Minchin. 

Andrew O'Neill's Black Magick Fun Hour – Free

Andrew O'Neill's Black Magick Fun Hour – Free

Award-winning comedian off telly and radio dabbles in the occult. 

Skeptics on the Fringe: Enlightening the Fringe - Free

Skeptics on the Fringe: Enlightening the Fringe - Free

We are Edinburgh Skeptics. 

Blueswater Presents: The Porch Band Audience Picks

Blueswater Presents: The Porch Band Audience Picks

A special stripped-down lineup of The Blueswater play an upbeat swampy set of blues songs decided in advance by fans on social media. 

Islam Festival Edinburgh 2017

Islam Festival Edinburgh 2017

Edinburgh Central Mosque opens its doors and warmly invites you to Islam Festival Edinburgh. 

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Courses

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Courses

Learn the skill and art of stand-up comedy performance on this two-day intensive comedy training course. 

All Cashed In

All Cashed In

From Memphis to Folsom Prison to… Glasgow? This unusual story unfolds with the familiar calm bass baritone, crooning Walk the Line. 

Tommy Miah Street Food Festival

Tommy Miah Street Food Festival

After last year’s successful fringe event, celebrity chef, Tommy Miah is running another Street Food Festival experience. 

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe. 

How Not to Pull: Confessions of a Trainee Pickup Artist – Free

How Not to Pull: Confessions of a Trainee Pickup Artist – Free

Ian was as attractive to women as a drunk rhino so Channel 4 television handed him over to seduction “gurus” who taught him techniques to find love. 

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe. 

Fancy Glitter Fanciulla on Tour Without the Band

Fancy Glitter Fanciulla on Tour Without the Band

Rock’n’roll in all its facets. 

Chicago's Stand-Up Showcase

Chicago's Stand-Up Showcase

Chicago, America’s premier city for up-and-coming comedians sends its best and brightest to Edinburgh. 

The Free Fringe Festival Music Stages Launch Day

The Free Fringe Festival Music Stages Launch Day

It’s the launch day of the Free Fringe Festival music stages at Biddy Mulligan’s and the Wee Pub featuring a selection of our favourite musical maestros all day. 

The Free Fringe Festival Music Stages Launch Day

The Free Fringe Festival Music Stages Launch Day

It’s the launch day of the Free Fringe Festival music stages at Biddy Mulligan’s and the Wee Pub featuring a selection of our favourite musical maestros all day. 

A Tutti Frutti Cabaret / PBH's Free Fringe

A Tutti Frutti Cabaret / PBH's Free Fringe

Tragic diva Glenda Campari (Nina Baldini) has travelled the world, searching for her favourite fierce females for this world premiere cabaret. 

We All Have Songs

We All Have Songs

In any amateur production, the most significant moments are those where one forgets that the performers are not professional. 

Vintage Mobile Cinema: Free Daytime Show

Vintage Mobile Cinema: Free Daytime Show

Back in the 1960s there were seven of these mobile cinemas made for the Ministry of Technology. 

Royal Mile Tours – Free

Royal Mile Tours – Free

Join an expert local guide for a historical walking tour around Edinburgh’s world-famous Old Town. 

Angel Comedy Showcase

Angel Comedy Showcase

Award-winning Angel Comedy (Best Club in UK 2015, 2017 Chortle Awards) brings a showcase to Edinburgh for the first time. 

We Are All Going to Die

We Are All Going to Die

We are all Going to Die is a devised piece by Dead Person Productions. 

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

See the very best comedians at the Fringe, alongside some of the UK’s hottest new talent and Edinburgh Fringe newcomers, at this top-rated comedy selection show. 

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

See the very best comedians at the Fringe, alongside some of the UK’s hottest new talent and Edinburgh Fringe newcomers, at this top-rated comedy selection show. 

Piaf and Brel: The Impossible Concert

Piaf and Brel: The Impossible Concert

Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel: two French musical icons. 

Audrey's Absolute Fest of All

Audrey's Absolute Fest of All

Each evening we welcome a top comedian to perform their full Edinburgh show on board Audrey, the most unique venue at the festival. 

All KIDding Aside

All KIDding Aside

From four time Canadian Comedy Award nominee and creator of Fringe Hit ONEymoon (***** Victoria Times Colonist ). 

The Edinburgh Revue's 2017 Stand-Up Show

The Edinburgh Revue's 2017 Stand-Up Show

The Edinburgh Revue returns for its eighth Fringe, bringing you an hour of ‘brave, intelligent, and inventive’ (BroadwayBaby. 

All We Ever Wanted Was Everything
BOBBY WINNER

All We Ever Wanted Was Everything

As the friend with whom I went to see the show so emphatically said, All We Ever Wanted Was Everything is ‘everything’. 

Crazy Horse: A Dream of Thunder

Crazy Horse: A Dream of Thunder

The incredible, true story of the Wild West’s greatest Lakota warrior, this original one-man drama depicts the quiet, brilliant figure who defied the mighty US military, attempting… 

Shaggers (Free Festival)

Shaggers (Free Festival)

The hugely popular show at comedy festivals and theatres worldwide returns for its 10th anniversary year. 

Revill's Selection – Free

Revill's Selection – Free

Get your afternoon off to the perfect start with Revill’s Selection. 

Afternoon Shaggers (Free Festival)

Afternoon Shaggers (Free Festival)

To mark its 10th Anniversary, the worldwide hit show puts on an extra afternoon special. 

Madame Señorita: 25 Different Shows, Come Every Day!

Madame Señorita: 25 Different Shows, Come Every Day!

Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot. 

Aaaaaaaaaahhh. It's 101 Clean Jokes in 30 Minutes – Free

Aaaaaaaaaahhh. It's 101 Clean Jokes in 30 Minutes – Free

Award-winning gag merchant and UK Pun Champion 2016, Masai Graham, delivers over 100 clean jokes in just half an hour. 

Dino Wiand – Yorkshire Ripper / Free Festival

Dino Wiand – Yorkshire Ripper / Free Festival

Dino Wiand plays the Yorkshire Ripper, who has been allowed out of prison on a rehab program to perform a stand-up comedy routine, which he uses to discuss his plans for orchestrat… 

Sarah Bennetto: All My Life's Mistakes, Catalogued (Volume One)

Sarah Bennetto: All My Life's Mistakes, Catalogued (Volume One)

One dimwit comedian’s every dumb decision presented in list form. 

Laugh Train Home Comedy Showcase

Laugh Train Home Comedy Showcase

In its fifth year, the best comics of the Fringe are brought together for this premier comedy showcase. 

Laugh Train Home Comedy Showcase

Laugh Train Home Comedy Showcase

Looking past the sweltering hot and humid room that the Laugh Train Comedy Showcase takes place in, this show is enjoyable enough for a night out. 

Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show

Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show

Have a bite to eat and take a seat – you’re in for a treat. 

Dave Johns: I, Fillum Star

Dave Johns: I, Fillum Star

It is a real privilege to get to spend time with Dave Johns for an hour as he recounts the rollercoaster that he has experienced since being cast as the lead part in Ken Loach’s … 

Gazing at a Distant Star

Gazing at a Distant Star

Gazing at a Distant Star follows three lives individually dealing with their own losses. 

Bronston Jones: God Bless 'Merica (3) – Free

Bronston Jones: God Bless 'Merica (3) – Free

For the third year, American atheist Bronston Jones sees the state of his nation and mutters ‘God Bless ‘Merica. 

A Struggle: Work in Progress / Free Festival

A Struggle: Work in Progress / Free Festival

What happens when we struggle to do anything? A series of in-development clown and theatre pieces. Themes will include difficulty, struggle, Ludwig Wittgenstein and snakes.  

Nik Coppin: Globetrotter (Free Festival)

Nik Coppin: Globetrotter (Free Festival)

The UK-based comedian returns with new and hilarious anecdotes and jokes from his many comedy journeys around the world. 

MARVELus: All the Marvel Movies in an Hour

MARVELus: All the Marvel Movies in an Hour

All the movies in the Marvel cinematic universe in one hour. 

We Are Still All C*nts

We Are Still All C*nts

While the world grips onto its safe space with progressively whitened knuckles, We Are Still All C*nts will be a haven where the left, the right, the old, the young, the rise of fa… 

Martin Mor: All the Best

Martin Mor: All the Best

‘This great big, funny, friendly, hairy bear of an Irishman wrapped us in his irresistible mix of spontaneous humour, hilarious storytelling and total irreverence, and it was a s… 

A Clock Face Exhibition – Free

A Clock Face Exhibition – Free

A near-immersive theatre show encompassing and delving into the lives of six recovering addicts. 

CeilidhKids at the Fringe – Free!

CeilidhKids at the Fringe – Free!

Family workshop suitable for children aged 3-7 years with parents or carers. 

Classic Joke Club – Free

Classic Joke Club – Free

Join the funniest acts in Edinburgh as they share classic jokes handed down to them by their family. 

Paul Revill: Revillations – Free

Paul Revill: Revillations – Free

Paul Revill, Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year 2014, returns to the Fringe with his debut hour. 

Aaaaaaargh! It's the Monster Stand-Up Show – Flamin' Hot – Free

Aaaaaaargh! It's the Monster Stand-Up Show – Flamin' Hot – Free

A selection of five of the hottest up-and-coming comedians at the festival in this stand-up comedy showcase extravaganza, with a different line up daily featuring your headliner Ro… 

Afternoon Shaggers (Free Festival)

Afternoon Shaggers (Free Festival)

To mark its 10th Anniversary, the worldwide hit show puts on an extra afternoon special. 

We Stand Amused

We Stand Amused

A man stands accused of a heinous crime. 

Day Dream

Day Dream

From two former students of Philippe Gaulier. 

The Oxford Revue: Free

The Oxford Revue: Free

The Oxford Revue present a rotating cast of the country’s brightest young comedians. 

Chris Washington: Dream Big (Within Reason)

Chris Washington: Dream Big (Within Reason)

Chris Washington is an ordinary guy; he explains this to us from the very beginning. 

Always Be Rolling – Free

Always Be Rolling – Free

How board games can change your life and save the world. 

The Family Friendly(ish) Stand-Up Show

The Family Friendly(ish) Stand-Up Show

Two world travelled comedians, Dylan Gott (Canada) and Radu Isac (Romania), perform an hour of sort of clean comedy. 

Rik Carranza Presents: Star Trek vs Star Wars

Rik Carranza Presents: Star Trek vs Star Wars

Returning to Edinburgh after a sell-out run at the Fringe 2016, prepare yourself for the ultimate showdown. 

Then There Were None – Free

Then There Were None – Free

A group of actors, desperate for their big break, attend an acting workshop hosted by Andrew – an enigmatic but ever so slightly unhinged former C-lister. 

Funny Cluckers – Afternoon Show – Free

Funny Cluckers – Afternoon Show – Free

One of the least thought out shows on the Fringe, possibly featuring: alternative facts corner, fake news correspondents, pest of the fest and live guests. 

Phill Jupitus Up the Stand

Phill Jupitus Up the Stand

When Phill Jupitus commits to the Fringe, he does so 100 per cent. 

Marcus Ryan – Love Me Tinder – Free

Marcus Ryan – Love Me Tinder – Free

Critically acclaimed one-man show from award-nominated comedian & award-winning storyteller Marcus Ryan! Sold out Perth, Scarborough and Adelaide 2015, Melbourne 2014/15 and toured… 

Laugh Train Home Comedy Showcase

Laugh Train Home Comedy Showcase

In its fifth year, the best comics of the Fringe are brought together for this premier comedy showcase. 

Guns 'n' Rosé With Peter E Davidson / Free Festival

Guns 'n' Rosé With Peter E Davidson / Free Festival

Peter E Davidson is a wine drinking man adrift in a sea of beer drinkers. 

Holt and Talbot Can’t Stand the Sight of Each Other

Holt and Talbot Can’t Stand the Sight of Each Other

Not enough material for solo shows and nobody else will work with them. 

AAA Stand-Up at Underbelly

AAA Stand-Up at Underbelly

Total sell-out 2005-2016 returns with a brand-new line-up. 

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

Ding dong the witch is back! Multi award-winning Fringe sensation Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho returns with the most fabulous game show of all! Join the Iron Lady for songs, gam… 

Aaaaaaaaaaargh! It's the One-Liner Show – Free

Aaaaaaaaaaargh! It's the One-Liner Show – Free

Enjoy an hour of the best up-and-coming one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay. 

John-Luke Roberts: Look on My Works, Ye Mighty, and Despair! (All in Caps)

John-Luke Roberts: Look on My Works, Ye Mighty, and Despair! (All in Caps)

The cult-favourite alternative comic humbly invites you to his brand-new, absolutely brilliant hour of extraordinary-absurdist-character-comedy-nonsense-sort-of-stand-up and hubris… 

101 Comedy Club – Free

101 Comedy Club – Free

‘Funny. 

Conor Drum: All My Friends Are Dead

Conor Drum: All My Friends Are Dead

A show about being the only remaining singleton in a world full of weddings, mortgages, children, security and a lack thereof. 

Sarah Bennetto: All My Life's Mistakes, Catalogued (Volume One)

Sarah Bennetto: All My Life's Mistakes, Catalogued (Volume One)

One dimwit comedian’s every dumb decision presented in list form. 

All Together Irish

All Together Irish

A daily selection of Ireland’s top comics plus guests from other countries. One of the best comedy shows at the festival, all for the low, low price of free! 

Aaaaaaaaargh! It's 101 Naughty Jokes in 30 Minutes – Free

Aaaaaaaaargh! It's 101 Naughty Jokes in 30 Minutes – Free

Award-winning gag merchant and UK Pun Champion 2016, Masai Graham, delivers over 100 naughty jokes in just half an hour. 

Dope Friction – Free

Dope Friction – Free

Tom and Daniel are doing an hour of stand-up. 

Aaaaaaaargh! It's the Monster Stand-Up Show – Free

Aaaaaaaargh! It's the Monster Stand-Up Show – Free

Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comedians on the circuit in this stand-up comedy showcase including your award-winning host, Masai Graham (UK Pun Champion 2016). 

Holt and Talbot Can’t Stand the Sight of Each Other

Holt and Talbot Can’t Stand the Sight of Each Other

They haven’t got enough material for their own solo shows and nobody else will work with them, so Christian Talbot and Rosie Holt will be performing stand-up, sketches and music wh… 

Found Footage Festival

Found Footage Festival

Curating a collection of the most bizarre instances of human behaviour recorded on esoteric VHS tapes, Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher do little more throughout the evening than brief… 

Dana Alexander: The Milk Is Not Free, But Sometimes It Is on Sale

Dana Alexander: The Milk Is Not Free, But Sometimes It Is on Sale

Join Dana Alexander in her fifth Edinburgh Show, as she navigates through the matrix of the modern world of dating. 

Stand-Up Nomad: Backpacking Comedy

Stand-Up Nomad: Backpacking Comedy

Backpackers and travelling comedians have a similar lifestyle, exploring new cultures, traveling light and relying on booze to socialise. 

Vicki Sargent: One Woman Army – Free

Vicki Sargent: One Woman Army – Free

Vicki is done with degrading retail jobs, fed up of waiting around for Mr Wrong and ultimately ready to get out of bed. 

Set List: Stand-Up Without a Net

Set List: Stand-Up Without a Net

Once again, Set List: Stand Up Without a Net returns to the Fringe at Gilded Balloon Teviot, just as loud and energetic as in previous years and with just as much potential for cat… 

All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front

Incognito Theatre’s adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front is a solid, if predictable, production which ticks all of the necessary First World War boxes. 

All Hell Toupee

All Hell Toupee

First Prize winner (Gilded Balloon Sitcom Trials 2016) Kate Bowes Renna brings her new satirical comedy to the fringe. 

Mark Forward Wins All the Awards

Mark Forward Wins All the Awards

Single father Mark Forward has decided the time has come for him to be appreciated as a comedian. 

All My Life Long

All My Life Long

Gloria and Padraic are best friends whose relationship changes forever. 

Aaaaaaaargh! It's the Big Free Fringe Festival Launch Night!

Aaaaaaaargh! It's the Big Free Fringe Festival Launch Night!

Be there at the launch of the massive 2017 Free Fringe Festival! See an almighty selection of performers! Mingle with the acts and VIP guests! Meet our mad Chicken mascot in person… 

The Free Association: Jacuzzi

The Free Association: Jacuzzi

Jacuzzi may have been a random title for the Free Association to use for their improvised comedy show, but this hour is indeed relaxed, warm, and bubbly. 

TUTU: Dance in All Its Glory

TUTU: Dance in All Its Glory

The dance world can sometimes take itself a little too seriously, it often seems to be too caught up in technical comparisons to just enjoy itself, however, Chicos Mambo is the opp… 

All Genius All Idiot

All Genius All Idiot

All Genius All Idiot is a quirky and outrageous piece that explores the animalistic side of human nature using contemporary circus, performance art and live music. 

The Midnight Beast: All Killer

The Midnight Beast: All Killer

Perhaps you’ve heard of The Midnight Beast? Their blend of comic indie-pop-rap began on a humble Youtube channel and moved to Channel Four just a few years later. 

The Cambridge Footlights International Tour Show 2017: Dream Sequence

The Cambridge Footlights International Tour Show 2017: Dream Sequence

When an Edinburgh Fringe virgin asks a seasoned Fringe-lover (that’s me, by the way) for show recommendations there are a number of shows I always highlight before reviews have e… 

Doug Anthony All Stars: Near Death Experience

Doug Anthony All Stars: Near Death Experience

The monster gods of comedy and 2016’s winners of Mervyn Stutter’s Spirit of the Fringe award return to Edinburgh. 

AAA Stand-Up Late

AAA Stand-Up Late

Total sell-out 2010-2016 returns with a brand-new line-up. 

All the King’s Men

All the King’s Men

Returning to Edinburgh for a 7th year, All The King’s Men are the voices that are defining a genre. 

Fauxchella Music Festival

Fauxchella Music Festival

The greatest comeback concert ever! Featuring all your favorite groups you’ve never heard of from the 80s to the present day, including Familiar County, Simon Never Said and The … 

Terry Alderton: All Crazy Now

Terry Alderton: All Crazy Now

From the moment you enter – greeted by several songs in multiple genres, all with the lyrics ‘chops not ham’ – you have already begun to tumble down the rabbit hole into th… 

Cathedral Lunchtime Concerts - Free

Cathedral Lunchtime Concerts - Free

A former Times critic’s choice. 

Free Walking Tour: Sandemans

Free Walking Tour: Sandemans

On this guided walking tour of Edinburgh, an expert guide will show you all the city has to offer. 

Edinburgh – Festival City Explorer Tours

Edinburgh – Festival City Explorer Tours

Join a local guide for this fun and informative walk through 900 years of Edinburgh’s history. 

Phoebe Traquair Song School Murals – Free

Phoebe Traquair Song School Murals – Free

Painted 1888-1892 and restored in 1998, Traquair’s acclaimed murals illustrate the canticle Benedicite Omnia Opera. 

Shaggers (Free Festival)

Shaggers (Free Festival)

The hugely popular show at comedy festivals and theatres worldwide returns for its 10th anniversary year. 

Fringe Film Festival

Fringe Film Festival

Returning for its 12th season, this critically acclaimed curated programme showcases silver screen shorts and contemporary filmmakers all day, every day. 

Huggers (Free Festival)

Huggers (Free Festival)

With comedy, cabaret and fun for all the family to enjoy, the Huggers show returns to Edinburgh. 

Dartington Summer School and Festival

Dartington Summer School and Festival

Present concerts of all kinds of music. 

Curtis Stigers and the Ronnie Scott’s Big Band Perform ‘Sinatra at the Sands’

Curtis Stigers and the Ronnie Scott’s Big Band Perform ‘Sinatra at the Sands’

In 1966, Frank Sinatra performed at the Las Vegas’ Sands Hotel & Casino, accompanied by Count Basie and his orchestra. 

Free Fall by Vinay Patel

Free Fall by Vinay Patel

Two strangers on a bridge in the dead of night, a game of dominoes & a value ready meal – this is a story of humanity, desperation & hope. 

Piggyback: Stand-up And Improv Unite

Piggyback: Stand-up And Improv Unite

Stand-up and improv unite in one explosively funny night as a cast of improvisers weave a (dramatic! funny! exciting!) play in three acts based on the work of three (hilarious! exp… 

Zeal: The Pride Improv Festival hosted by Improvable!

Zeal: The Pride Improv Festival hosted by Improvable!

Our closing night extravaganza features PHIL LUNN IS. 

Zeal: The Pride Improv Festival hosted by The Nursery

Zeal: The Pride Improv Festival hosted by The Nursery

THURSDAY NIGHT LIGHTS features PAPER PLANES with Imaginarium, an improvised musical, plus THE LEMONADE BRIGADE, an all-gay group assembled for the festival, and RITA SUSZEK with Pa… 

Zeal: The Pride Improv Festival hosted by Hoopla!

Zeal: The Pride Improv Festival hosted by Hoopla!

Improv legends Maria Peters and Lauren Shearing are BREAKING AND ENTERING a two-person tour-de-force of improvisation! Plus QI: QUEER IMPROV, all-female 20% LESS, IMOGENE and a MIX… 

Zeal: The Pride Improv Festival hosted by Duck Duck Goose

Zeal: The Pride Improv Festival hosted by Duck Duck Goose

THE BAREBACK KINGS is a new drag king show from Lynsey Bonell, Abbey Kos, Juliet Morrish, Fran Reid, Alice Sanders, Rebecca Schuster and Anne Zander. 

Zeal: The Pride Improv Festival hosted by C3Something!

Zeal: The Pride Improv Festival hosted by C3Something!

MUSIC BOX creates a one-act improvised musical inspired by a title and location from the audience! Plus CITY IMPRO, JESUS LOPEZ, BEYOND THE RIDICULOUS, “RAINBOW SOMETHING” and a M… 

Zeal: The Pride Improv Festival hosted by The Free Association

Zeal: The Pride Improv Festival hosted by The Free Association

Naughty compare LUKE MEREDITH hops into the jacuzzi at The Free Association as their guest monologist! Prepare for a fast-paced and witty evening of titillating banter and scenes! … 

Refugee Cultural Festival

Refugee Cultural Festival

Friday 23 June, 16:00 - 20:30, Z-arts Our Refugee Week programme culminates with a celebratory event organised in conjunction with Manchester Refugee Support Network. 

Free comedy in Greenwich - cooking edition

Free comedy in Greenwich - cooking edition

Stand up comedy at the Trafalgar tavern, a place that has seen William Gladstone and Charles Dickens dining side-by-side. 

Penelope Solomon: I was a Penis at the Royal Festival Hall

Penelope Solomon: I was a Penis at the Royal Festival Hall

Following her success of last year’s Edinburgh Fringe, Penelope brings her unique combination of stand-up, character comedy and songs in this nationwide tour of ‘I was a penis. 

Strike Up The Band

Strike Up The Band

Following its 2016 sell-out Belgian tour, the SLJO is back with an all-new set featuring tunes from the golden era of Big Band. 

STAC @ Northbrook Musical Theatre Showcase 2017

STAC @ Northbrook Musical Theatre Showcase 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. 

Stand by Me

Stand by Me

Opening with the ever-familar chord progression of Stand by Me this tribute to Ben E King and the Drifters by Othello Music had the audience in the palm of their hand from … 

The Dream Mixed

The Dream Mixed

A programme of three great works by Frederick Ashton closes The Royal Ballet’s Season. 

High Top Circus Showcase

High Top Circus Showcase

Join our students for a fantastical cabaret showcase from High Top Circus workshops and our special guests. 

The Greatest Liar in all the World

The Greatest Liar in all the World

Following the story of ‘The Liar’, a broken down, two-bit mentalist act who has reached the end of his tether and threatens to finish it all. 

Anniversary Concert: Federico Mompou

Anniversary Concert: Federico Mompou

2017 marks the 30th anniversary of Catalan composer Federico Mompou’s death. 

Free Mindful Ki & Aikido Taster Sessions: Everyone Welcome!

Free Mindful Ki & Aikido Taster Sessions: Everyone Welcome!

Brighton Fringe free mindful Ki and Aikido taster sessions, everyone welcome! Brighton Ki Society. 

Project2 presents Geekeasy: Star Trek

Project2 presents Geekeasy: Star Trek

Geekeasy is a themed comedy night for nerds with stand-up, musical comedy, improv, storytelling and more. 

Huldebiet: a Dramatic Concert

Huldebiet: a Dramatic Concert

Through the use of film projection, plays, and music by Justyna Ponikowska, 7090 and Hana present a concert about the malleability of meaning. 

ARCO by The Dream Engine in collaboration with Kala Phool

ARCO by The Dream Engine in collaboration with Kala Phool

A stunning acrobat suspended beneath a free standing arch performs to an original live score performed by DJ Tigerstyle, Matt Constantine (strings/keyboards) and David Shaw (percus… 

All Talk: Apples and Snakes and NWS presents...

All Talk: Apples and Snakes and NWS presents...

Apples and Snakes and New Writing South team up to present a programme of poetry, spoken word and live literature. 

The Performance

The Performance

Rowan Atkinson, move over; there’s a new show in town. 

Poetry and Jazz Layer Cake with John Harvey and the John Lake Band

Poetry and Jazz Layer Cake with John Harvey and the John Lake Band

Jazz and Poetry Layer Cake A delicious serving of modern original Jazz and poetry created by the award-winning author John Harvey (author of the bestselling Charlie Resnick series… 

Festival of the Spoken Nerd - Udderbelly

Festival of the Spoken Nerd - Udderbelly

The science comedy phenomenon returns , and this time they're off the chart. 

All In

All In

The latest production by Embolon Theatre, All In is such a hybrid of genres that I am unsure on whether to refer to it as a play, a stand-up comedy show, or a mind-bendin… 

Steve Lee: Sit Down Stand Up!

Steve Lee: Sit Down Stand Up!

46 years in showbiz. 

Sussex Jazz Orchestra Live in Concert

Sussex Jazz Orchestra Live in Concert

Sussex Jazz Orchestra plays exciting, driving and dynamic big-band music as well as more familiar Jazz standards with a twist. 

Northern Soul All-Afternooner

Northern Soul All-Afternooner

Your chance this season to keep the faith and polish up our dance floor with Northern Soul dancing, returning for the third time at Brighton Spiegeltent. 

Bach's Goldberg Variations with a pre concert talk by Rachel Fryer piano

Bach's Goldberg Variations with a pre concert talk by Rachel Fryer piano

We are pleased and delighted to be welcoming the return of Pianist Rachel Fryer performing the Goldberg Variations. 

Festival Tchaikfest

Festival Tchaikfest

An evening of the incredibly powerful music of Tchaikovsky. 

Big Band: Jumpin' at the Spiegel

Big Band: Jumpin' at the Spiegel

Straight No Chaser Big Band combine with JATS swing dance aces Sam and Gabi for a Lindy Hop dance spectacular. 

Tricity Vogue's All Girl Swing Band

Tricity Vogue's All Girl Swing Band

“Anyone else a massive fan of the divine Miss Vogue and her ukulele? Thought so. 

Zach & Viggo: Dream Team

Zach & Viggo: Dream Team

Winner: Best Comedy Award, Brighton Fringe, 2016. 

Stand By Your Nan

Stand By Your Nan

The original Educating Rita met Buddha of Suburbia and pretended to be an ordinary working class housewife whilst she went on strange spiritual quests, educated herself, and got an… 

Bom-Bane's Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton & Other Shows

Bom-Bane's Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton & Other Shows

An original musical & gastromonical journey from the 5th Century settlement of Boerthlelm’s Tun to Brighton in 1795, with affectionate portraits of the colourful inhabitants of 24 … 

Stand Up & Slam!

Stand Up & Slam!

Stand-up comedy: poetry’s idiot relation, right? Performance poetry: comedy’s boring cousin, yes? Let’s find out. 

Strode's College Evening of New Performance

Strode's College Evening of New Performance

An evening of new and exciting work from students nearing the end of their acting training at Strode’s College. 

Stand-Up Comedy Workshop

Stand-Up Comedy Workshop

Have you ever laughed? Have fun learning how to use some friendly comedy basics to boost your writing, performing, work presentations, public speaking, or just for fun! Jill Edward… 

All Cashed In

All Cashed In

What happens when your life seems to mirror that of your musical hero? Greg Moncur is convinced his obsession with Johnny Cash is influencing what happens in his life. 

Refugee Film Festival

Refugee Film Festival

Art projections, feature films, documentaries and accompanying talks including film-makers exploring the experiences of refugees. 

Big Brighton Fringe Festival Ceilidh

Big Brighton Fringe Festival Ceilidh

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

David Ephgrave: All Work, No Progress

David Ephgrave: All Work, No Progress

At thirty-six, David is still unable to function in society. 

The Treason Show: Festival Special

The Treason Show: Festival Special

No one does satire quite like Brighton’s very own ‘The Treason Show’. 

For all the fires not yet lit: Work in Progress

For all the fires not yet lit: Work in Progress

“Stories can conquer fear, you know. 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

“The true mystery of the world is the visible . 

Find Peace by the Beach: A free meditation event

Find Peace by the Beach: A free meditation event

Come to the Brighton Bandstand for some inner peace. 

St Michael and All Angels Church Tours the Cathedral of the Backstreets

St Michael and All Angels Church Tours the Cathedral of the Backstreets

Guided tours of this magnificent Grade I* listed church - one of the finest Victorian churches in the country. 

Mrs H and the Sing-Along Band

Mrs H and the Sing-Along Band

Mrs H and the Sing-Along Band bring their unique family music to Brighton Fringe for the first time. 

Colour Me Choral: A Choral Concert of Gospel, Classics & New Music

Colour Me Choral: A Choral Concert of Gospel, Classics & New Music

Did you know that every sound has a colour? What are your true colours? And what happens when all those colours blend together in a choir? Come and discover an amazing choral rain… 

Choral and Concerto Concert

Choral and Concerto Concert

Roedean community musicians perform classic choral favourites by Monteverdi, Handel and Parry. 

Robin Morgan: Free Man

Robin Morgan: Free Man

The utterly hilarious and utterly heartwarming debut hour of stand-up from Robin Morgan (Writer of ‘Have I Got News For You’, ‘Newzoids’, ‘The News Quiz’ and the ‘Now Show’). 

Not Another Performance

Not Another Performance

Young people get a rough deal, what with social media, normal media, parents, general education (nice one, Michael Gove), friends and worst of all, old people. 

The Story of You and I (A Performance Trilogy)

The Story of You and I (A Performance Trilogy)

If you ever crave the feeling that all the weight has been taken off your shoulders, this show and its desire to unburden you is worth a shot. 

FEM.ALE Brewster Beer Festival

FEM.ALE Brewster Beer Festival

FEM. 

Renegade Brass Band

Renegade Brass Band

8 horns, 2 drummers, scratch-DJ and MC. 

Foodies Festival Brighton

Foodies Festival Brighton

Join us at Foodies Festival, the largest food and drink festival in the UK, returning to Hove Lawns this summer on the bank holiday weekend of April 29th - May 1st. 

All Our Children

All Our Children

"I used to be scared of them. 

All Cried Out

All Cried Out

All Cried Out is an intimate, interactive immersive encounter. 

Honeymoon in Vegas the Musical in Concert

Honeymoon in Vegas the Musical in Concert

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… 

The Orchestra Now: Free Concert in Brooklyn

The Orchestra Now: Free Concert in Brooklyn

As part of its Around Town series, The Orchestra Now will be performing a free concert of works by Glinka, Messiaen, and Tchaikovsky. 

Flamenco Festival 2017-Manuel Linan

Flamenco Festival 2017-Manuel Linan

Choreographer, director, and multi award-winning dancer Manuel Liñán returns to Sadler’s Wells with an emotional voyage back to the memories and instincts of ch… 

Flamenco Festival 2017- Mercedes Ruiz

Flamenco Festival 2017- Mercedes Ruiz

Let me dance for you – this is the caption of this night. 

The Shoreditch Improv Festival Beginner Workshop

The Shoreditch Improv Festival Beginner Workshop

Want to learn the basics of improv comedy in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere? Join Naomi Petersen an actor, comedian, writer and singer, who will introduce participants to the jo… 

The Shoreditch Improv Festival Sunday Funday Shows

The Shoreditch Improv Festival Sunday Funday Shows

3pm-4pm The first show of the day will feature about as wide a variety of improvisation styles as one could ask for, with three groups that could not be more different from each o… 

The Shoreditch Improv Festival Grand Finale

The Shoreditch Improv Festival Grand Finale

Closing-off the 2017 Shoreditch Improv Festivals will be Left Foot First (“I laughed so hard I had to apologise to the guy next to me for accidentally hitting him” ***** - Get Re… 

The Shoreditch Improv Festival improvised tour of Shoreditch street art

The Shoreditch Improv Festival improvised tour of Shoreditch street art

Enrol in Balderdash Academy and join your improv professors on a tour de force of this century’s best street art focused in its natural home: Shoreditch. 

The Shoreditch Improv Festival Saturday Afternoon Giggles

The Shoreditch Improv Festival Saturday Afternoon Giggles

The Water Poet was easy to spot on Saturday afternoon. 

The Shoreditch Improv Festival Saturday Night Smash

The Shoreditch Improv Festival Saturday Night Smash

7pm-8pm Kicking-off the evening’s shenanigans will be… Comedy Shenanigans, who are Irish comedians Aislinn (Best Female Improviser – Improvaganza 2015) and Noel (Best Improv… 

Shoreditch Improv Festival

Shoreditch Improv Festival

Across three days, thirty of London’s best comedy improv and sketch groups will be amazing audiences (and themselves) with their spontaneous, quick witted and absurdly funny scen… 

Shoreditch Improv Festival

Shoreditch Improv Festival

Across three days, thirty of London’s best improvised comedy and sketch groups will be amazing audiences with their spontaneous, quick witted and absurdly funny scenes, sketches,… 

Flamenco Festival 2017 - Eva Yerbabuena

Flamenco Festival 2017 - Eva Yerbabuena

Flamenco superstar Eva Yerbabuena is renowned internationally as being one of Spain’s leading dancers. 

Shoreditch Improv Festival Opening Show

Shoreditch Improv Festival Opening Show

Opening the festival will be City Impro (“Incredibly Good” ****– Arts Award Voice), who make up crazy characters and silly scenes all based on suggestions provided by the aud… 

Flamenco Festival 2017 - Israel Galván

Flamenco Festival 2017 - Israel Galván

Israel Galván likes nothing more than pushing boundaries and surprising with a know-how fed by the best Flamenco tradition. 

The Boys in the Band

The Boys in the Band

Mark Gatiss stars in this strictly limited West End transfer of the first major revival of this iconic play in two decades. 

The Miller Comedy Festival Opening - Sara Pascoe - Carl Donnelly - Glenn Moore - Abigoliah Schaman MC

The Miller Comedy Festival Opening - Sara Pascoe - Carl Donnelly - Glenn Moore - Abigoliah Schaman MC

As Sara Pascoe explains, the peculiarities of a ‘job’ as a comedian, that is more ‘craft’ than job equally applies to describing whether something is funny or not. 

Blackshaw's Showcase Shortlist New Writing Night

Blackshaw's Showcase Shortlist New Writing Night

Come and see the short pieces we’ve selected to shortlist for our Showcase competition at The Hen & Chickens, 30th January at 7pm. 

Fresh Grind Festival

Fresh Grind Festival

The Fresh Grind Festival will showcase ten staged readings of plays/ musicals. 

Gazing At A Distant Star

Gazing At A Distant Star

Gazing at a Distant Star is a melancholy reminiscence on missing people, told by those left behind. 

London International Mime Festival - Familie Flöz

London International Mime Festival - Familie Flöz

Sneak a glimpse of the real drama going on back stage as three stage hands at an Italian opera house are brought to life by the mask theatre masters of Berlin. 

O Come All Ye Divas

O Come All Ye Divas

Join Celine Dion, Adele, Barbra Streisand, Shirley Bassey, Britney Spears & more of your favorite female vocalists, on stage together in the singular form of Christina Bianco!&… 

Christina Bianco's O Come, All Ye Divas!

Christina Bianco's O Come, All Ye Divas!

Join Celine Dion, Adele, Barbra Streisand, Shirley Bassey, Britney Spears & more of your favorite female vocalists, on stage together in the singular form of Christina Bianco!&… 

The Orchestra Now: Free Concert in the Bronx

The Orchestra Now: Free Concert in the Bronx

The Orchestra Now performs a free concert in the Bronx led by conductor JoAnn Falletta. 

The Orchestra Now: Free Concert in Harlem

The Orchestra Now: Free Concert in Harlem

The Orchestra Now kicks off the 2nd season of its Around Town series with a free concert in Harlem, led by conductor JoAnn Falletta. 

Maddy and the Invisible Band...

Maddy and the Invisible Band...

Invisible Flash Theatre presents Maddy and the Invisible Band of Groovers Full of audience participation and using storytelling, puppetry and songs to celebrate difference and frie… 

Broadway in Concert

Broadway in Concert

Following their sell-out run in the Welsh Millennium Centre’s 10th Anniversary production Broadway to the Bay, The Novello Orchestra comes to the London Palladium for a night… 

Petula Clark Live In Concert

Petula Clark Live In Concert

In an incredible career spanning over seven decades Petula Clark is a true international superstar and legend. 

The Antibiotic Apocalypse Threatens Us All!

The Antibiotic Apocalypse Threatens Us All!

A lack of antibiotics to treat infection could soon bring us to a post-apocalyptic era where people die from minor injuries, or following routine operations. 

Rab's Videogame Empty - Presented by Glasgow Film Festival

Rab's Videogame Empty - Presented by Glasgow Film Festival

Rab’s Videogame Empty is coming to Edinburgh! Come and join Rab Florence for a night of videogame weirdness, music, and entertainment. 

Healthy Harmonies in Concert

Healthy Harmonies in Concert

Healthy Harmonies, NHS Fife’s staff choir, grew out of the conviction that singing is good for the soul. 

Nightpiece Film Festival

Nightpiece Film Festival

Like independent film? Support Nightpiece. 

Celebrating Edinburgh’s Traditional Buildings: Craigmillar Castle Craft Skills Festival

Celebrating Edinburgh’s Traditional Buildings: Craigmillar Castle Craft Skills Festival

Something for the entire family! Come along and learn about the science of medieval construction, try stone carving and join our expert guided tours! See website for details: histo… 

Inverkeithing Community Big Band

Inverkeithing Community Big Band

Returning after a sell-out gig in 2015, the Inverkeithing Community Big Band promises an afternoon of riveting jazz and swing. 

NEHH Presents… Mediterraneo Festival Edition: A Wild Night of Live World Music

NEHH Presents… Mediterraneo Festival Edition: A Wild Night of Live World Music

Mediterraneo is bringing Africa, Cuba and southern Italy to Summerhall for a huge festival edition of their world music concert. 

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrghhh! It’s the Increasingly Prestigious Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards Show – and It’s Free!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrghhh! It’s the Increasingly Prestigious Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards Show – and It’s Free!

It’s the annual two-hour charity variety show filled with bizarre acts and very alternative comedy which includes the presentation of three annual Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards. 

Labjovem 5th Showcase

Labjovem 5th Showcase

Labjovem 2016 is a creative platform for a new generation of young artists from the Azorean islands (Portugal), as well as a way to share some experiences, values and different rea… 

The Simon Kennedy Band Live!

The Simon Kennedy Band Live!

A guitar and organ driven blues trio, the band was formed in 2014 by Dundee-born guitarist Simon Kennedy. 

Greyfriars Concert

Greyfriars Concert

Four Scottish Dances – Malcolm Arnold. 

The Dream Team

The Dream Team

Fiona Hunter, Mike Vass, and Innes Watson ride high in the pantheon of young musical talent with which Scotland is blessed. 

Off The Kerb Showcase

Off The Kerb Showcase

From award winners to stadium fillers, OTK are proud to represent the very best in comedy. 

Soft Shoe Skiffle Band

Soft Shoe Skiffle Band

Back at the Fringe again for another trip down memory lane. 

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside hot new talent and Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up at each show, every day, as Laughing Horse’s Come… 

Sandy Brechin Band

Sandy Brechin Band

Wild man of the accordion and frontman of Burach and the Sensational Jimi Shandrix Experience, Sandy Brechin plays fast and funky favourites from his albums, Out of his Box and Out… 

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society AGM

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society AGM

The formal meeting where accounts are presented, activity reviewed and directors elected. If you’re passionate about the Fringe, come and be heard. 

Nightpiece Film Festival

Nightpiece Film Festival

Like independent film? Support Nightpiece. 

Paul Kelly in Concert

Paul Kelly in Concert

Paul Kelly has recorded over 20 albums as well as several film soundtracks. 

Bottomless Coffee Band – The Married Multi-Instrumentalists

Bottomless Coffee Band – The Married Multi-Instrumentalists

Married multi-instrumentalists from South Africa: that’s what this folk duo define themselves as and it describes them perfectly. 

We're All Mad in Here

We're All Mad in Here

We’re All Mad in Here follows the story of Alasdair Carroll, a young gay man living in Edinburgh who comes across an elusive drag club called Curious Appetites. 

All Might Seem Good

All Might Seem Good

Drawing from the likes of renowned theatre company DV8, All Might Seem Good mixes verbatim accounts of fate with physical theatre: mixing the highly natural with the highly stylise… 

Stand-Up From Russia

Stand-Up From Russia

The biggest comedians from Russia are coming to the Fringe for the very first time! Since 2013, seven million people tune in every Sunday to watch these stars on the critically acc… 

The Alex MacDonald Band with Cailean Morison

The Alex MacDonald Band with Cailean Morison

The Alex MacDonald Band plays a unique brand of Scottish folk-rock that has been acclaimed in venues large and small across the country. 

North Sea Gas In Concert

North Sea Gas In Concert

Once again the band take the stage at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with great songs taken from their latest album, Fire in the Glen, and material from previous albums. 

The Groove Band

The Groove Band

Steeped in the funk, soul and jazz traditions, The Groove Band have selected some great classic tunes and given them new life, injecting their own brand of groove, infused with exc… 

The Ukeladeez – Gin Bunnies Free Festival

The Ukeladeez – Gin Bunnies Free Festival

Two ladies who like tea, cake, gin and playing ukulele. 

LuckyMe Festival Party

LuckyMe Festival Party

LuckyMe Records return with the best party of Edinburgh Festival once again. 

Eric Bogle in Concert

Eric Bogle in Concert

Born just down the road in Peebles one dark, stormy night in 1944, Eric’s path through life since has been a bit of a twisty one. 

Hackney Colliery Band

Hackney Colliery Band

From sets at the Olympic Closing Ceremony and Brit, MOBO and Mercury awards to live sessions on BBC Two, Sky Arts, BBC Radio 2 and Jazz FM, from collaborations with the likes of Am… 

Nightpiece Film Festival

Nightpiece Film Festival

Like independent film? Support Nightpiece. 

Cathedral Choir Concert – A Stravinsky Celebration

Cathedral Choir Concert – A Stravinsky Celebration

A concert to celebrate the launch of the choir’s Stravinsky CD, including music by Gesualdo, Bach, Stravinsky and Gabriel Jackson. 

Edinburgh Renaissance Band at St Mark's

Edinburgh Renaissance Band at St Mark's

The music, song and dance of the Medieval and Renaissance worlds is brought to life by the city’s famous early music group. 

M.I.S. – All Night Long

M.I.S. – All Night Long

DON GNU are decked out in hand-knit socks and worn-out sandals and on the hunt for that dang thing called self. 

Creating Contemporary Performance

Creating Contemporary Performance

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

International Shalom Festival Gala Concert

International Shalom Festival Gala Concert

The International Shalom Festival is a celebration of the diverse culture, music, art, dance and food of Israel aiming to build cultural bridges and develop international friendsh… 

Some Men All Biscuit – A Tribute Show

Some Men All Biscuit – A Tribute Show

A tribute to Half Man Half Biscuit’s 30+ years in music. 

Free the Dolphin

Free the Dolphin

The dolphin – a remarkably intelligent animal with uncommon sensitivity, full of wonder and curiosity. 

The Clinic: An Afternoon of Serious Stand-Up

The Clinic: An Afternoon of Serious Stand-Up

Universal Comedy is a Scottish charity that changes lives through comedy. 

All Star Comedy in Aid of STV Children's Appeal

All Star Comedy in Aid of STV Children's Appeal

Join award-winning comedian Des Clarke at the recording of a brand new stand-up TV show featuring the comedy stars of today and tomorrow. 

Stand Up for Shelter

Stand Up for Shelter

It’s back! Another impressive, eclectic mix of comedy talent hits the Fringe in aid of Shelter. 

Leicester Comedy Festival Presents Best of That Other Fest With Sarah Millican & Special Guests

Leicester Comedy Festival Presents Best of That Other Fest With Sarah Millican & Special Guests

Join Sarah Millican and special guests as they celebrate the longest-running comedy festival in England. 

All In

All In

Here’s what happens in order: A parody of bourgeois conversation by actors in black morphsuits; a light show to the gaiety of the Ode To Joy; unembellished description of said pi… 

Penelope Solomon: I Was a Penis at the Royal Festival Hall

Penelope Solomon: I Was a Penis at the Royal Festival Hall

With stand-up, character comedy and a sprinkling of original songs, BBC Radio 4 TV critic Penelope (BBC’s Goodnight Sweetheart and Fist of Fun and BBC Radio 2’s Sony nominated King… 

spiked at the Stand: Free!

spiked at the Stand: Free!

spiked, the radical magazine that fights for your right to offend, returns to the Stand for a night of no-holds-barred comedy. 

Simon Lukacs Shows His Range

Simon Lukacs Shows His Range

Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body. 

Allman Brothers Band Appreciation

Allman Brothers Band Appreciation

Safehouse return to the festival playing their highly acclaimed Allman Brothers set, including classics from the At the Fillmore East album, Whipping Post, In Memory of Elizabeth R… 

All of Me

All of Me

‘When it’s working, you won’t even pay attention to the time; there is no time, there is just that win. 

All Cashed In

All Cashed In

What happens when admiration becomes obsession? When Greg Moncur discovers the music of Johnny Cash, he vows to become his biggest fan. 

Dance-Forms 72nd International Choreographers' Showcase

Dance-Forms 72nd International Choreographers' Showcase

Celebrating the 22nd anniversary of the International Choreographers’ Showcase and 15 years with powerful performances at the Fringe. 

Young Filmmaker Showcase

Young Filmmaker Showcase

Fife Youth Arts is proud to showcase films made by young people from across the country. 

BA Performance in BSL and English: Audition Preparation

BA Performance in BSL and English: Audition Preparation

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, specifically for Fringe participants. 

Carnegie – The Star Spangled Scotchman

Carnegie – The Star Spangled Scotchman

The world premiere of a new musical from Ian Hammond Brown, the composer/lyricist of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Pitlochry Festival Theatre hit: Whisky Galore a Musical. 

Stand Up to Stand Out: How to Find Your Funny

Stand Up to Stand Out: How to Find Your Funny

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Old Saint Paul's Festival Evensongs

Old Saint Paul's Festival Evensongs

Join us for traditional choral evensong and benediction with the renowned choir, organ and congregation of this historic Anglican Catholic Church. 

Chinese Arts and Culture Festival (Afternoon)

Chinese Arts and Culture Festival (Afternoon)

Scotland and China Chamber of Commerce is proud to present to you the second Edinburgh Chinese Arts and Culture Festival. 

Ms Fi & the Lost Head Band

Ms Fi & the Lost Head Band

Edinburgh singer/songwriter Fiona J Thom brings the Lost Head Band together for the fourth year in a row to perform her songs influenced by the songwriting traditions of the Americ… 

Chinese Arts and Culture Festival (Morning)

Chinese Arts and Culture Festival (Morning)

Scotland and China Chamber of Commerce is proud to present to you the second Edinburgh Chinese Arts and Culture Festival. 

Old Saint Paul's Festival High Masses

Old Saint Paul's Festival High Masses

Join us for traditional Catholic Anglican liturgy with the renowned choir, organ and congregation of this historic church, directed by City and University Organist Dr John Kitchen. 

The Voice Festival Edinburgh Showcase

The Voice Festival Edinburgh Showcase

The Voice Festival returns to Edinburgh with another stellar a cappella showcase featuring groups of all ages. 

How to Drive a Bus (All Ages)

How to Drive a Bus (All Ages)

The children’s show on an actual bus: with a bonkers bus driver, a clueless conductor, a double-decker bus and you. 

All Chopin Recital

All Chopin Recital

A selection of favourite ballades, nocturnes, scherzos, waltzes, mazurkas, etudes and polonaises played by William Alexander (piano). 

Dancing with the Star! – Movin' with Melvin!

Dancing with the Star! – Movin' with Melvin!

Tap into health! A rare, unmissable opportunity to dance with one of the world’s most engaging performers. 

Daniel Sloss: So? (Late Shows)

Daniel Sloss: So? (Late Shows)

Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor. 

Into the Shadows of Shakespeare – Free

Into the Shadows of Shakespeare – Free

The Tempest, retold by children whose first language isn’t even English. 

Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously

Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously

The European premiere of the official documentary film on Neil Gaiman, one of the world’s most beloved storytellers (Sandman, American Gods, Stardust, Coraline, Neverwhere, Dr Wh… 

Alex Yellowlees Band

Alex Yellowlees Band

‘Simply outstanding jazz musicianship’ (Turin International Jazz Festival). 

Festival CD and Record Fair

Festival CD and Record Fair

Great selection of collectable vinyl! LPs 12” and 7” singles and a gaggle of 78s. 

Piaf and Brel: The Impossible Concert

Piaf and Brel: The Impossible Concert

Classically-trained Canadian singer Melanie Gall presents this one hour recital of the music of legendary Francophone singers Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel, with songs presented them… 

The View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro

The View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro

World premiere: a theatrical adaptation of Canadian Nobel Prize winner Alice Munro’s moving and enigmatic short stories of her Scottish ancestors’ emigration. 

Laughs With Tricks – Free

Laughs With Tricks – Free

Will the guys be out of bed in time for their lunchtime show? You bet they will. 

What Is an Autism-Friendly, or Relaxed, Performance?

What Is an Autism-Friendly, or Relaxed, Performance?

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Akiko Okamoto in Concert

Akiko Okamoto in Concert

It would be hard to find a piano recital in this year’s festivals better than those by this Japanese-born international soloist. 

Daddy & Robin: Lightbulb (All Ages)

Daddy & Robin: Lightbulb (All Ages)

This is what happens when you ask a four-year-old to name the show while he’s busy playing with an empty yoghurt pot. 

Alice and the Dream Child

Alice and the Dream Child

Transforum Theatre’s adaptation of Alice in Wonderland sets the Lewis Carroll classic in a mental hospital. 

Along the Silk Road: Dance and Sing at a Tibetan Festival

Along the Silk Road: Dance and Sing at a Tibetan Festival

Kids love to be involved when watching a show and we provide you with such a chance! Dance and sing together and even try on traditional ethnic costumes with this group of young da… 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Love is complicated. 

Cathedral Coffee Concerts – Free

Cathedral Coffee Concerts – Free

John Bryden plays music by Bach and his followers, Robert and Clara Schumann and Beethoven, in a series of recitals on the Cathedral Steinway. 

The African Dream Musical

The African Dream Musical

South African sensations return. 

Working With Sign Language Interpreters in Performance

Working With Sign Language Interpreters in Performance

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

The Abridged Dapper Eleven Hour Monochrome Dream Show

The Abridged Dapper Eleven Hour Monochrome Dream Show

Three people’s dreams merge in post-apocalyptic Britain. 

All of the Things

All of the Things

Join Gaulier graduates Georgia Murphy and Evie Fehilly for an hour of surreal comic madness. 

Tales from the American Midwest – Free

Tales from the American Midwest – Free

Award-winning Badger High School Theater presents Tales from the American Midwest, a series of American folk tales centred around the Midwestern states. 

Festival Masses

Festival Masses

Come and listen to one of Edinburgh’s best amateur choirs sing uplifting music in the liturgical context it was written for. 

Cathedral Festival Evensongs

Cathedral Festival Evensongs

Choral services sung by the Cathedral choir, the only choral foundation in Scotland with a tradition of daily services. 

Cathedral Festival Eucharists

Cathedral Festival Eucharists

Join the Cathedral’s choir and congregation for uplifting Choral Eucharists with the finest cathedral music, featuring mass settings by Schubert, Victoria and Kodàly. 

Cathedral Celebrity Organ Recitals – Free

Cathedral Celebrity Organ Recitals – Free

Organists Donald Hunt (St Mary’s Cathedral), Duncan Ferguson (St Mary’s Cathedral) and Peter Backhouse (St Giles’ Cathedral) perform popular organ works on the Cathedral’s mighty ‘… 

Kirsty Newton: Life Begins at Party!

Kirsty Newton: Life Begins at Party!

It’s a party… and you’re invited! Join human jukebox, musical comedy maestro and birthday girl Kirsty for a feel-good celebration of growing older disgracefully. 

The Simpsons Taught Me Everything I Know, Free

The Simpsons Taught Me Everything I Know, Free

Hi, I’m Yianni Agisilaou. 

Star Trek vs Star Wars

Star Trek vs Star Wars

Rik Carranza leads two comedians through an epic debate to finally put to rest which is better, Star Trek or Star Wars. 

Harriet Dyer – Barking Tales (Showcase)

Harriet Dyer – Barking Tales (Showcase)

As heard on BBC Ouch. 

The Butterfly: A Story for Children of All Ages

The Butterfly: A Story for Children of All Ages

The show begins with a strikingly visual movement piece, then a discovery of the characters in the story, revealed through various musical instruments. 

The Butterfly: A Story for Children of All Ages

The Butterfly: A Story for Children of All Ages

The show begins with a strikingly visual movement piece, then a discovery of the characters in the story, revealed through various musical instruments. 

Along the Silk Road: Dance and Sing at a Tibetan Festival

Along the Silk Road: Dance and Sing at a Tibetan Festival

Kids love to be involved when watching a show and we provide you with such a chance! Dance and sing together and even try on traditional ethnic costumes with this group of young da… 

Where Do All the Dead Pigeons Go?

Where Do All the Dead Pigeons Go?

Where Do All The Dead Pigeons Go? This is a production that doesn’t try to answer any of your questions - or refer to pigeons, for that matter, even as a metaphor, throughout the… 

Medea Dream

Medea Dream

What if you could see into the future for a thousand years? Would that be long enough? A battle for the future, a battle for a child, a battle for a dream. 

Putting the Band Back Together

Putting the Band Back Together

Why do we stop playing? What might make us start again? All those guitars propped up in bedrooms. 

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Courses

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Courses

Learn stand-up comedy on this two-day intensive comedy course. 

Free Fringe Music

Free Fringe Music

Experience the joy of live music at the museum with the best contemporary talents from Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales. 

Islam Festival Edinburgh

Islam Festival Edinburgh

Edinburgh Central Mosque opens its doors and warmly invites you to Islam Festival Edinburgh. 

Me, Myself and ISIS – Free

Me, Myself and ISIS – Free

American cop Frank Law lost his partner two days before retirement. 

Free Fringe Music at Stramash

Free Fringe Music at Stramash

Live music throughout the day and night at Stramash, featuring the best Edinburgh-based and visiting musicians. 

It's Thea-Skot in Here (So Take Off All Your Clothes)

It's Thea-Skot in Here (So Take Off All Your Clothes)

Following last year’s five-star smash-hit Some Like It Thea-Skot, ‘comic monster’ (Chortle. 

Free Footlights

Free Footlights

In addition to their main show, the Cambridge Footlights present an hour of stand-up, songs, sketches and more in association with PBH’s Free Fringe. 

Worst Show on the Fringe – Free

Worst Show on the Fringe – Free

Russell Howard, Tim Minchin, Miranda Hart. 

Shanghai Culture Week – Opening Orchestral Concert

Shanghai Culture Week – Opening Orchestral Concert

Shanghai Culture Week opens with a concert featuring three of the city’s top orchestras: Shanghai Young Philharmonic Orchestra, Shanghai City Symphony Orchestra and Shanghai City… 

We're All Imperfect Circles

We're All Imperfect Circles

Inspired by the power of dreams, mythology and the collective unconscious, Alice uses textures, vivid colours, shapes and symbols to stimulate the senses, both consciously and subc… 

A Struggle For Home – Crimean Tatars (Free)

A Struggle For Home – Crimean Tatars (Free)

The film chronicles the rich and tragic history of the Crimean Tatar people from ancient times to the aftermath of the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea. 

One Musical to Rule Them All

One Musical to Rule Them All

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 Star Factory

The Star Factory

Enthused? Inspired? Vibing? You love the Fringe, so participate! Precocious poppy or shrinking violet, you could be on stage making mediocre scripts into something great. 

99 Club Stand-Up Selection – Free

99 Club Stand-Up Selection – Free

Proudly supporting the Free Festival with a selection of four different comics daily. 

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, with a different top-notch comedy line-up each day. 

All Time Greatest Hits

All Time Greatest Hits

Vocal Force is making their Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut! These young, enthusiastic performers from the USA harmonize their way through the past 60 years of chart-topping hits! 

Malones PBH Free Fringe

Malones PBH Free Fringe

Part of the PBH Free Fringe, Malones will play host to a variety of musicians from across the globe. 

Tommy Miah's Indian Street Food Festival

Tommy Miah's Indian Street Food Festival

Experience the delights of India with a blend of delicious Indian street food and traditional dance.  

The Stand Late Club

The Stand Late Club

‘This is late night comedy at its finest’ **** (BroadwayBaby. 

#All of Us in Wonderland

#All of Us in Wonderland

The world of social media is beguiling, engrossing, enriching and deeply disturbing, as was Alice’s famous adventure. 

Phil Mann: Nothingism – Free

Phil Mann: Nothingism – Free

The latest craze is literally nothing. 

Stand-Up History

Stand-Up History

History meets hilarity as stand-up comedians bring the past to life with punchlines. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream in Gotham

A Midsummer Night's Dream in Gotham

A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Gotham is exactly what it says on the tin. 

Funny Cluckers – Best of the Fest – Free

Funny Cluckers – Best of the Fest – Free

Four top quality foul-mouthed acts, hand-plucked from around the festival. For the poultry sum of a bucket contribution on eggsit. Guaranteed to be clucking funny. 

Under Cover With the Naked Stand-Up

Under Cover With the Naked Stand-Up

Miss Glory Pearl is the naked stand-up and she doesn’t mess about. 

Blueswater Presents: The Blueswater Porch Band

Blueswater Presents: The Blueswater Porch Band

A three-piece version of award-winning band The Blueswater plays a mix of original songs and arranged covers, with a raucous sound reminiscent of Mississippi Hill Country blues. 

Festival Folk at the Oak

Festival Folk at the Oak

The Royal Oak, an all year round folk music venue, again hosts Festival Folk at the Oak during August, when the Downstairs Lounge becomes the intimate Fringe hub for folk, acoustic… 

Royal Mile Tours – Free

Royal Mile Tours – Free

Join a trained festival guide for a historical walking tour around Edinburgh’s world-famous Old Town. 

The Edinburgh Revue Stand-Up Show

The Edinburgh Revue Stand-Up Show

The Edinburgh Revue are back at the Fringe celebrating ten years of making the ‘comic talent of the future’ (Skinny). 

All the Things I Lied About

All the Things I Lied About

Lying seems to be getting more and more fashionable. 

A Dream of Dying

A Dream of Dying

It seems almost almost impossible that a man could go through his life and when his naked body is washed up on a shore in Ireland no one knows who he is. 

Nick Revell: Gluten-Free Christ; Seven Easy Steps to Mindfulness, Weight-Loss, Eternal Beauty, Spiritual Detox, Untold Riches, and Dealing with Disappointment

Nick Revell: Gluten-Free Christ; Seven Easy Steps to Mindfulness, Weight-Loss, Eternal Beauty, Spiritual Detox, Untold Riches, and Dealing with Disappointment

There is no doubt that Nick Revell is an amusing and witty comic whose capabilities are evident from both long line of positive past reviews and his catalogue on YouTube. 

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside hot new talent and Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up at each show, every day, as Laughing Horse’s Come… 

Living the Dream

Living the Dream

From the pen of former Royal Court Young Writer, Nick Cassenbaum, comes a brand new absurd comedy for young people about living a dream. 

Along the Silk Road: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Along the Silk Road: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Literature narrows the gap between diverse nations. 

All in the Timing

All in the Timing

Often, first-time Festival goers arriving in Edinburgh can be paralysed by choice as a result of the sheer volume of shows on offer. 

Haven't a Clue! – Free

Haven't a Clue! – Free

Think you know charades? Think again! Comedy meets game show meets improv, as two teams of Fringe comics hilariously pit their skills and wit against each other, in this hysterical… 

Angel Comedy Showcase

Angel Comedy Showcase

Award-winning Angel Comedy (Best Club in UK 2015, Chortle Awards) brings a showcase to Edinburgh for the first time. Award-winning comedians and the best new acts, free! 

All Square

All Square

All Square is a collection of original photographs taken by Ewan Barry and Audrey Pinard of Téte-a-Téte Foto. 

Robin Morgan: Free Man

Robin Morgan: Free Man

A very well-structured and well-performed show, delivered from a fantastic up-and-coming comedian. 

Mat Ewins: Mat Ewins Will Make You a Star

Mat Ewins: Mat Ewins Will Make You a Star

Actor Mat Ewins will make you a star in Mat Ewins: Mat Ewins Will Make You a Star. 

Evan Desmarais: Bad Things, Right Reasons – Free

Evan Desmarais: Bad Things, Right Reasons – Free

Evan Desmarais explores the concepts of good and bad, and right and wrong. 

Camille O'Sullivan: The Carny Dream

Camille O'Sullivan: The Carny Dream

I imagine Camille O’Sullivan has been called an Irish Chanteuse in reviews more times that you’ve had a flyer thrust at you on the Mile. 

Performance Anxiety

Performance Anxiety

Award-winning comedians Benji Waterstones ‘Distinctive worldview’ (Steve Bennett) and Jake Baker ‘Imaginative and original’ (Kate Copstick), explore amongst other things: their… 

The African Dream Musical

The African Dream Musical

South African sensations return. 

101 Comedy Club – Free

101 Comedy Club – Free

‘Funny. 

Beth Vyse as Olive Hands in All Hands to the Pump...

Beth Vyse as Olive Hands in All Hands to the Pump...

Beth Vyse’s sassy, leopard print clad alter ego: Olive Hands (Britain’s number 2 in the morning!), daytime TV wannabe resurrects her career on a cruise ship. 

Hilarity Bites Management Showcase Show

Hilarity Bites Management Showcase Show

Hilarity Bites Management are one of the biggest comedy agencies in the North of England, looking after some of the biggest and brightest talent. 

The Prozac and Cons – Free

The Prozac and Cons – Free

Ian appeared on a televised seduction course to find love. 

Omar & Lee Present: We Are All Idiots

Omar & Lee Present: We Are All Idiots

Witness the inner workings of the idiot as Omar & Lee invite you on an anarchic voyage through their minds, pushing their sanity and friendship to the limits. 

How to Be a Rock Star

How to Be a Rock Star

Winner Best Comedy Weekly Award 2015 Adelaide Fringe. 

Star Wars: A Dating Odyssey

Star Wars: A Dating Odyssey

So you like Star Wars and can’t find a date? Join the club. 

Set List: Stand-Up Without a Net

Set List: Stand-Up Without a Net

‘For anyone genuinely interested in comedy and comedians, this is the must-see show of the festival’ ***** (Scotsman). 

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

Ding dong, the witch isn’t dead! And this time it’s definitely cause for celebration! After her previous success as an ‘international cabaret superstar’ Maggie is back in b… 

Aaaaargh! It's 101 Naughty Jokes in 30 Minutes – Free Show

Aaaaargh! It's 101 Naughty Jokes in 30 Minutes – Free Show

If you find it in your heart to forgive the failings of Masai Graham’s previous show, Aaaaah! It’s 101 Clean Jokes in 30 Minutes, and stuck around for the follow-up, you�… 

Pear Shaped Afternoons – Free

Pear Shaped Afternoons – Free

Unique comedy double act Brian and Krysstal return to the Fringe. 

Wild at Heart – Free

Wild at Heart – Free

Devastatingly original character comedy duo Róisín and Chiara are ‘a pair of improvising geniuses’ and Ones to Watch 2016 (Funny Women). 

CeilidhKids at the Fringe – Free

CeilidhKids at the Fringe – Free

Family workshop suitable for children aged 3-7 years with parents or carers. 

Aaaaah! It's 101 Clean Jokes in 30 Minutes – Free Show

Aaaaah! It's 101 Clean Jokes in 30 Minutes – Free Show

Masai Graham has assembled an act so far from risky that it is bubble wrapped in woefully predictable innuendos, presumably to retain its innocence. 

Katie Mulgrew: Saboteur / Free Festival

Katie Mulgrew: Saboteur / Free Festival

It’s a stand-up comedy show from a stand-up gal about confidence and self-sabotage. 

African-Czechoslovakian / Free Festival

African-Czechoslovakian / Free Festival

She’s been described as the best African-Czechoslovakian comic on earth. 

Matt Green: Writing To Harvey Keitel – Free

Matt Green: Writing To Harvey Keitel – Free

Two years ago Matt spent six hours in a car with Hollywood star Harvey Keitel. 

Paul Revill: Revillations – Free

Paul Revill: Revillations – Free

Paul Revill, Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year 2014, returns to the Fringe with his debut hour. 

We Are All C*nts

We Are All C*nts

What you see is what you get with Ashley Haden’s notoriously dark humour in this aptly-named free show. 

City Cafe Late Nite and Free

City Cafe Late Nite and Free

Classic late show Festival comedy fare. 

Yolav and Graham's Jovial Trauma: Refugee Stand-Up

Yolav and Graham's Jovial Trauma: Refugee Stand-Up

Yolav is a comedian from a country that no longer exists due to the collapse of its government. 

Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show

Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show

The best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics in a great value lunchtime compilation showcase, hand-picked from across the Fringe. 

Aaaaaargh! It's the One-Liner Show – Free Show

Aaaaaargh! It's the One-Liner Show – Free Show

Enjoy an hour of the best up and coming one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay. 

Sarah Bennetto: I Love You All and I Mean That Sincerely

Sarah Bennetto: I Love You All and I Mean That Sincerely

A new stand-up and sketch show by Sarah Bennetto. 

Board Game Smackdown - Free

Board Game Smackdown - Free

Hosted by award-winning comedian and UK board game champion James Cook, the funniest Fringe performers play classic and new board games. 

Laugh Train Home Comedy Showcase

Laugh Train Home Comedy Showcase

In its fourth year, the best comics of the Fringe are brought together for this premier comedy showcase. 

Jeff Seal: The Goddamn Truth – Free

Jeff Seal: The Goddamn Truth – Free

Truth is relative, sure, but as far as I’m concerned I’ve got this shit figured out. 

Last Dream (on Earth)

Last Dream (on Earth)

While categorised in the Fringe programme under theatre, this work – created and directed by Kai Fischer with contributions from its cast – is certainly not a play, at least in… 

Aaaaaaargh! It's the Monster Stand-Up Show – Free Show

Aaaaaaargh! It's the Monster Stand-Up Show – Free Show

Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comedians on the circuit in this stand-up comedy showcase including your award-winning host, Masai Graham. 

The Oxford Revue: Free

The Oxford Revue: Free

The Oxford Revue present a rotating cast of the country’s brightest young comedians together with headline acts from the comedy circuit. 

The Prozac and Cons – Free

The Prozac and Cons – Free

Ian appeared on a televised seduction course to find love. 

Aaaaaaargh! It's the Monster Stand-Up Show – Free Show

Aaaaaaargh! It's the Monster Stand-Up Show – Free Show

Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comedians on the circuit in this stand-up comedy showcase including your award-winning host, Masai Graham. 

101 Comedy Club – Free

101 Comedy Club – Free

‘Funny. 

Always Be Rolling – Free

Always Be Rolling – Free

How board games can change your life and save the world. Award-winning comedian James Cook has read the back of the box and is ready to play. Won’t you join him? 

Bob Slayer: 24 Hour Shows

Bob Slayer: 24 Hour Shows

Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures. 

Ian Fox – Pictures of Things That Make Me Laugh – Free

Ian Fox – Pictures of Things That Make Me Laugh – Free

A comedy show with pictures, and probably not what Fox Talbot had in mind. 

Lynch: Improvised Plays in the Style of David Lynch – Free

Lynch: Improvised Plays in the Style of David Lynch – Free

Enter a world with its veil drawn back, where good and evil battle in darkly hilarious style. 

All My Friends Are Dead

All My Friends Are Dead

Conor lost another friend last year, now he’s on his own. 

Manic Pixie Dream Girls

Manic Pixie Dream Girls

A magical showcase of the funniest, fiercest female comics at the Fringe, curated by Funny Women 2015 finalist Sophie Duker and hotshot Texan improviser Erin Bimmons. 

Ettieboo's Cabaret Boonanza – Free

Ettieboo's Cabaret Boonanza – Free

Ettieboo (Ria Lina) presents the best value cabaret money can buy! Each show is different, with a line-up comprised of the best, brightest and most beautiful acts participating at … 

Fraser Geesin: Jack of All Polymaths

Fraser Geesin: Jack of All Polymaths

Publish the blurb verbatim. 

The Irish Alternative – Free

The Irish Alternative – Free

Three of Ireland’s best up-and-coming alternative comics. 

The Weaning of Life / Free Festival

The Weaning of Life / Free Festival

If you want to see comedy that is a little different, this is for you. 

Mystery Gimmick Stand-Up Show

Mystery Gimmick Stand-Up Show

Ben Clover has been doing stand-up for ages now and is pretty good at it. 

Revill's Selection – Free

Revill's Selection – Free

Get your afternoon off to the perfect start with Revill’s Selection. 

Twisted Edge Showcase / Free Festival

Twisted Edge Showcase / Free Festival

Twisted Edge Comedy presents the participants of their newly founded stand-up workshops. 

Lies. All Lies.

Lies. All Lies.

Through a series of devised monologues, pieces of physical theatre and slam poetry, Lies. 

Adventures of the Singing Acupuncturist Five: Big O Conquers the FOMO – Free

Adventures of the Singing Acupuncturist Five: Big O Conquers the FOMO – Free

Spread your wings of courage and join Big O as she explores the aspects of fear. 

Shaggers (Free Festival)

Shaggers (Free Festival)

Following sell-out shows in Adelaide, Melbourne, Darwin, Singapore, Germany and all over the UK, the hugely popular and hilarious show returns for its ninth successive year at the … 

Stand Up & Slam!

Stand Up & Slam!

Stand-up comedy: poetry’s idiot relation, right? Performance poetry: comedy’s boring cousin, yes? Let’s find out. 

The Free Association Presents...

The Free Association Presents...

Three brilliant, original and hilarious improv acts: DVD Box Set – your new favourite TV show, entirely improvised by a cast of FA players, inspired by an audience suggestion. 

All the King’s Men: The 11 Tour

All the King’s Men: The 11 Tour

Fresh from London, Boston, New York performances, returning to Edinburgh for a sixth year. 

Monkey Barrel Comedy @ The Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Monkey Barrel Comedy @ The Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Every night of the Festival, Edinburgh’s famous Monkey Barrel Comedy Club (Winner, Best Small Comedy Club, Scottish Comedy Awards 2016), brings you a cracking showcase of premier s… 

Mystery Gimmick Stand-Up Show

Mystery Gimmick Stand-Up Show

Ben Clover has been doing stand-up for ages now and is pretty good at it. 

C for free at ibis

C for free at ibis

This decidedly chaotic event includes some of Edinburgh’s best performance artists, with all entertainment at fifteen minutes or less. 

All Aboard the Marriage Hearse

All Aboard the Marriage Hearse

The woman wants to marry, the man does not. 

One Man Star Wars™ Trilogy

One Man Star Wars™ Trilogy

Between Episode IV and V of Charles Ross’s One Man Star Wars Trilogy, the writer/performer spent some time polling the audience. 

Mike Ward: Freedom of Speech Isn't Free

Mike Ward: Freedom of Speech Isn't Free

At the end of his show, Mike Ward took a moment to emphasise the importance of free speech, the vital importance that comedians are free to offend; he even handed out badges to hel… 

AAA Stand-Up Late

AAA Stand-Up Late

Total sell-out 2010-2015 returns with a brand new line-up. 

When You Improv on a Star: an Improvised Disney-Style Musical

When You Improv on a Star: an Improvised Disney-Style Musical

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… 

All Quiet On the Western Front

All Quiet On the Western Front

In the centenary year of the Battle of the Somme, Incognito theatre revives Erich Maria Remarque’s classic tale that exposes the mental and physical strain of trench warfare, All Q… 

The Free Association: JACUZZI

The Free Association: JACUZZI

The Free Association is London’s leading improv powerhouse, and we’re thrilled to bring you our headline show: JACUZZI. 

The Doug Anthony All Stars (DAAS) Live on Stage!

The Doug Anthony All Stars (DAAS) Live on Stage!

Australian musical trio Doug Anthony All-Stars were the anarchic kings of the alternative comedy scene in the late 80s and early 90s, achieving considerable success with such sleep… 

AAA Stand-Up

AAA Stand-Up

Total sell-out 2005-2015 returns with a brand new line-up. 

Cathedral Lunchtime Concerts – Free

Cathedral Lunchtime Concerts – Free

A former Times critic’s choice. 

Huggers (Free Festival)

Huggers (Free Festival)

The hugely enjoyable and popular show returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for its sixth successive year. 

Phoebe Traquair Song School Murals – Free

Phoebe Traquair Song School Murals – Free

Painted 1888-1892 and restored in 1998, Traquair’s acclaimed murals illustrate the canticle Benedicite Omnia Opera. 

Festival Chill Out

Festival Chill Out

Step into an oasis of calm, and escape the hustle and bustle of the festival. 

Shaggers (Free Festival)

Shaggers (Free Festival)

Following sell-out shows in Adelaide, Melbourne, Darwin, Singapore, Germany and all over the UK, the hugely popular and hilarious show returns for its ninth successive year at the … 

Fringe Film Festival

Fringe Film Festival

Returning for its 12th season, the critically acclaimed curated programme showcases silver screen shorts and contemporary filmmakers all day, every day. 

Huggers (Free Festival)

Huggers (Free Festival)

The hugely enjoyable and popular show returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for its sixth successive year. 

Edinburgh – Festival City Explorer Tours

Edinburgh – Festival City Explorer Tours

Join a fun and informative small group tour through Edinburgh’s historic city centre, led by a knowledgeable and experienced local guide. 

Women Redressed: Theatre Festival

Women Redressed: Theatre Festival

Hit theatre festival Women Redressed is back, running for two nights at Park Theatre. 

Crouch End Festival

Crouch End Festival

Crouch End Festival is now the UK’s biggest community arts festival, with over 200 performers, over 160 events, over 10 days in over 70 venues, from cafes to pubs, open spaces to… 

One World Jazz Suite - Part 2: Paul Busby's Bigger Band

One World Jazz Suite - Part 2: Paul Busby's Bigger Band

A selection of pieces dealing with current day issues. 

End Times Steampunk Festival

End Times Steampunk Festival

A Steampunk fandazzle eruption. 

Charity Concert for ICIN: Carl Bahoshy: Piano & Organ

Charity Concert for ICIN: Carl Bahoshy: Piano & Organ

Pianist and organist Carl Bahoshy performs works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Schubert and Rachmaninoff in aid of Iraqi Christians in Need (ICIN) charity. 

Hammer and Tongue Festival Slam Special

Hammer and Tongue Festival Slam Special

Brighton’s biggest monthly performance poetry and open slam event presents a clash of the titans of spoken word: Three-times World Slam Champion Buddy Wakefield v European Slam Cha… 

Marilyn Carino with band

Marilyn Carino with band

Marilyn Carino’s torchy, existential electro-soul has been likened to “Nina Simone coming back from the dead to front Morcheeba”; her latest album, ‘Leaves, Sadness, Science’ deeme… 

The Treason Show: Festival Special

The Treason Show: Festival Special

Treason Show: Festival Special. 

High Top Circus Showcase

High Top Circus Showcase

Join our students for a fantastical cabaret showcase from High Top Circus workshops and our special guests. 

Funk The Format Festival 2016

Funk The Format Festival 2016

Hot on the heels of their sell-out Club Tropicana events and Funk The Family festivals, Funk The Format curates a magical, musical shindig. 

How to be a Rock Star

How to be a Rock Star

Winner: Most Outstanding Comedy (Melbourne Fringe), Winner: Best Comedy Weekly Award (Adelaide Fringe). 

All Saints Church: Flower Festival

All Saints Church: Flower Festival

Our Flower Festival, entitled “LOVE IS . 

Puppet Performance and Workshops

Puppet Performance and Workshops

‘Boipuso and the Grumpy Green Giant’, a folk tale from Botswana and other stories with puppets and percussion. 

Free Mindful Ki & Aikido Taster Sessions: Everyone Welcome!

Free Mindful Ki & Aikido Taster Sessions: Everyone Welcome!

Arrive 14:15 wearing loose, comfortable clothing for the start of the Shin Shin Toitsu Do (Japanese yoga) session at 14:30, where you’ll learn unification of mind and body and natu… 

Funk The Family Festival 2016

Funk The Family Festival 2016

Funk The Family returns for another magical instalment of fantastical fun for all the family. 

Crazy Horse: A Dream of Thunder

Crazy Horse: A Dream of Thunder

A one-man drama about Indian chief, Crazy Horse that captures the high adventure of the Sioux Wars of the Wild West. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

The course of true love doesn’t run smooth for long in this Shakespearian comedy. 

Piaf: Love Conquers All

Piaf: Love Conquers All

This character-driven play from Moving On Theatre had something for everyone. 

Northern Soul All-Afternooner

Northern Soul All-Afternooner

Your chance this season to keep the faith and polish up our dance floor with Northern Soul dancing, returning for the second time at Brighton Spiegeltent. 

Star Wars: A Dating Odyssey

Star Wars: A Dating Odyssey

So you like Star Wars and can’t find a date? Follow dating Padawan, Aaron Ayjay, as he takes a comedic look at his relationship disasters and his passion for all things Star Wars. 

Sussex Symphony Orchestra Children's Concert

Sussex Symphony Orchestra Children's Concert

The Sussex Symphony Orchestra and BBC’s Alistair Appleton present a fun afternoon of music for children and families. 

All or Nothing, The Songs of Billie Holiday: Album Launch

All or Nothing, The Songs of Billie Holiday: Album Launch

Launching Edana Minghella’s new album, ‘All or Nothing’, a tribute to Billie Holiday. 

How Strange It Is To Be Anything At All

How Strange It Is To Be Anything At All

Watch a fuzzy gentlemen do his best to convince you that he’s not a brain floating in a jar, whilst working out precisely how humanity has managed to get this far without totally d… 

University of Brighton's Festival of Social Science Annual Lecture: Fairness and the City - A Better Politics

University of Brighton's Festival of Social Science Annual Lecture: Fairness and the City - A Better Politics

In this lecture, Danny Dorling considers how the UK, one of the 25 richest countries in the world, has become one of the most unequal and is on course to win the ‘global race’ to b… 

Stand Up & Slam!

Stand Up & Slam!

Stand-up comedy - poetry’s idiot relation, right? Performance poetry - comedy’s boring cousin, yes? Let’s find out! Six phenomenal acts go head to head for your approval in thi… 

Carnival Collective vs. Orkestra Del Sol: UK Street Band Sound Clash!

Carnival Collective vs. Orkestra Del Sol: UK Street Band Sound Clash!

Orkestra del Sol’s explosive reinvention of global brass band music has captured imaginations and left a trail of pummeled dance floors across continents. 

Gods Are Fallen And All Safety Gone

Gods Are Fallen And All Safety Gone

‘Gods Are Fallen. 

Sussex Jazz Orchestra Live in Concert

Sussex Jazz Orchestra Live in Concert

Jazz big band, led by effervescent trombonist Mark Bassey, playing exciting contemporary arrangements alongside favourite jazz standards. 

Stand-Up Comedy Workshop

Stand-Up Comedy Workshop

Learn how to use stand-up basics to boost your writing, performing, work presentations, public speaking- or just for fun! Jill’s comedy courses are the most established in the UK. 

Big Brighton Fringe Festival Ceilidh

Big Brighton Fringe Festival Ceilidh

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

The Star Factory

The Star Factory

Enthused? Inspired? Vibing? If you love Brighton Fringe why not become part of it? Loquacious Luvvie or Lounge Lizard, it could be you on stage making mediocre scripts something gr… 

Brighton Showcase at The Brunswick

Brighton Showcase at The Brunswick

The Brighton Showcase hosts the best in new and up-and-coming local talent every Wednesday evening at award-winning venue, The Brunswick. 

All The Nice Girls

All The Nice Girls

Fascinating, touching and truly enlightening, this lesbian musical romance tells the story of forgotten Variety stars Gwen Farrar and Norah Blaney. 

250th Anniversary Concert

250th Anniversary Concert

The concert, which is being held in the synagogue, is in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the first recorded Jewish family who lived in Brighton at 22 East Street. 

Song of Songs: We're All in This Together

Song of Songs: We're All in This Together

A choir meets to rehearse a song to make things better. 

Fraser Geesin: Jack Of All Polymaths

Fraser Geesin: Jack Of All Polymaths

Please ensure you use the right quote: “an imaginative wit that earmarks him as one to watch” with “cracking gags that turn on a smart use of language” (Chortle). 

Musical Refuge: A Choral Concert of Gospel, Classics & New Music

Musical Refuge: A Choral Concert of Gospel, Classics & New Music

We all know the refuge that music and singing can bring. 

Iris Prize Film Festival/Love Bites

Iris Prize Film Festival/Love Bites

Award-winning short films from the internationally acclaimed ‘Iris Prize Film Festival’: a collection of the winners and runners-up from the 2015 prize. 

Kings of the Jazz Trumpet with The SNC Big Band and Steve Waterman

Kings of the Jazz Trumpet with The SNC Big Band and Steve Waterman

The trumpet in the history of jazz featuring compositions and arrangements by the kings of jazz as well as new works. 

FEM.ALE Brewster Beer Festival

FEM.ALE Brewster Beer Festival

Celebrating women in the brewing industry, we’re dedicating three days to the finest brewster stouts, saisons, pilsners and pales. 

Robin Morgan: Free Man (Work in Progress)

Robin Morgan: Free Man (Work in Progress)

A work-in-progress of the debut hour from Robin Morgan, star of ‘The Greatest Welshman You’ve Never Heard Of’ (BBC Radio), writer for ‘The News Quiz’ and Laughing Horse New Act of … 

Huldebiet: a Dramatic Concert

Huldebiet: a Dramatic Concert

Through the use of film projection, plays and music by Justyna Ponikowska, PAND7090 and Hana present a concert about the malleability of identity. 

Gods Are Fallen And All Safety Gone

Gods Are Fallen And All Safety Gone

During the 2008 Spring Season of “A Play, A Pie and A Pint” at Glasgow’s Òran Mór, writer and director Selma Dimitrijevic presented audiences with a delicate, poignant e… 

Foodies Festival Brighton

Foodies Festival Brighton

Enjoy a taste-bud-tickling day out at the UK’s biggest celebration of food and drink. 

All That Fall

All That Fall

Take an extraordinary journey in the dark. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Local thespians in Brighton may be familiar with the Academy of Creative Training (ACT), which strives to offer instruction to the ordinary individual who dreams of a life on the… 

English Concert

English Concert

This impressive period ensemble continues its series of Handel performances in New York, which last season included a memorable “Alcina. 

All Your Wants & Needs Fulfilled Forever

All Your Wants & Needs Fulfilled Forever

Modern-day deadbeat Simon (Eli Kent) would rather natter to his mum, objectify his girlfriend, and play video-games with a pothead gorilla than think about the recent death of hi… 

Sprint Festival 2016

Sprint Festival 2016

This March, Sprint returns: London’s biggest and best festival of new, adventurous theatre from across the UK and beyond. 

World Music Institutes Flamenco Festival

World Music Institutes Flamenco Festival

The 13th iteration of this festival celebrating all things flamenco brings a bright lineup of music and dance to locations throughout the city. 

First Ever: Stand & Deliver Comedy Night - Speak Easy Loft Bar

First Ever: Stand & Deliver Comedy Night - Speak Easy Loft Bar

Steve N Allen (MC): “Apollo-quality live comedy” - ThreeWeeks Rhodders: Award winning radio presenter Rosie Holt: “disgustingly talented” - TheatreWales. 

FREE Smoking Hot Comedy @ RYND Bar

FREE Smoking Hot Comedy @ RYND Bar

Smoking Hot Comedy is returning to Reading in its new home of RYND. FREE Entry with Lineup: - Thanyia Moore (MC) - Bob Munro - Sam Mitchell - Ed Day - Joel Henderson 

Avant Festival

Avant Festival

“Micro-operas” and monster drone epics share billings in this ambitious new-music festival. 

National Sawdust Percussion Festival

National Sawdust Percussion Festival

This five-hour percussion marathon curated by Andy Akiho and Ian Rosenbaum features works by Steve Reich, Jason Treuting, Mark Applebaum, Paul Lansky and a premiere by Mr. 

All Time Low Live at the O2 with Dinner at Gordon Ramsay's Union Street Café

All Time Low Live at the O2 with Dinner at Gordon Ramsay's Union Street Café

All Time Low and Dinner at Gordon Ramsay's Union Street Café   - A 5-hour experience! Pop punk darlings All Time Low are thrilled to announce their return to the… 

Valentines Shows

Valentines Shows

Valentine’s Day may have a cheesy reputation, but the heart-filled holiday has inspired plenty of great live comedy for devoted couples, optimistic daters and determinedly si… 

Stand Up for 826NYC

Stand Up for 826NYC

Maeve Higgins hosts this excellent night of stand-up in support of 826NYC, a nonprofit focusing on improving the writing skills of young New Yorkers. 

Stand-Up Spotlight

Stand-Up Spotlight

Two up-and-coming favorites, Naomi Ekperigin and Matteo Lane, share an hour of stage time. 

VIA Ferus Festival

VIA Ferus Festival

This festival of new music, run by VisionIntoArt, is now in its third season. 

Harlequinade & All On Her Own

Harlequinade & All On Her Own

HARLEQUINADE By Terence Rattigan 24 October 2015 - 13 January 2016 In this rarely seen comic gem, a classical theatre company attempts to produce The Winter's Tale and Rom… 

Composers Now Festival

Composers Now Festival

This worthy festival showcases an eclectic range of composers, including Steve Mackey, beginning on Jan. 

A Dream of Red Pavilions

A Dream of Red Pavilions

(previews start on Jan. 

Focus! Festival: Milton Babbitt

Focus! Festival: Milton Babbitt

The centenary of the composer Milton Babbitt (1916-2011) is celebrated in the Juilliard School’s annual Focus! Festival. 

Exponential Festival

Exponential Festival

(performances start on Wednesday) A collaboration among a quartet of performance spots — the Silent Barn, the Brick, the Bushwick Starr and Cloud City — this new festiv… 

Excognito Dance Festival

Excognito Dance Festival

This Brooklyn-based festival alternates between mixed-bill programs featuring the three participating companies, and programs where each gets the stage all to itself. 

Coil Festival

Coil Festival

The annual performance jubilee from Performance Space 122 has always been a boundary buster, but at this year’s festival, borders are an explicit theme: question them, cross … 

American Dance Guild Festival

American Dance Guild Festival

This annual festival celebrates dance of the past, promotes dance of today and honors those making significant contributions to the field. 

Stand-Up With Planned Parenthood

Stand-Up With Planned Parenthood

The comedian Giulia Rozzi hosts this charity event with a top-notch roster: David Cross, Myq Kaplan, Aparna Nancherla, John Early, Michelle Buteau, Will Miles, the Reformed Whores … 

Twelfth Night Festival

Twelfth Night Festival

Trinity Church’s annual festival gets under way after Christmas. 

Movement Research Festival Fall 2015

Movement Research Festival Fall 2015

Jaamil Olawale Kosoko begins this festival on Monday at Judson Memorial Church, a dance venue that for him raises questions about history, memory and space. 

Blaktino Dance Concert

Blaktino Dance Concert

Blaktino Dance Concert is the final offering of the month-long BlakTinX performance series, featuring artists – many hailing from the Bronx – who work in a variety of d… 

Center for Performance Research

Center for Performance Research

Fall Movement is a short festival featuring six choreographers whose work will each be seen twice over three nights. 

New York Comedy Festival: Comics to Watch

New York Comedy Festival: Comics to Watch

Comedy Central hosts this annual event, which showcases some of the finest up-and-coming stand-up talent in the country. 

Women Redressed : Theatre Festival

Women Redressed : Theatre Festival

Emerging feminist theatre company, Sheer Height, present Women Redressed - a brand new theatre festival showcasing 14 pieces of writing – new and old – that put female characte… 

New York Arab-American Comedy Festival

New York Arab-American Comedy Festival

This annual event — now in its 12th year — showcases the talents of Arab-American comedians, actors, playwrights and filmmakers. 

The 666th Annual Lord Satan Festival

The 666th Annual Lord Satan Festival

A night of comedy, music and horror to celebrate Halloween, this show advertises to “test the extreme horizons of your mind ocean. 

Home Free!

Home Free!

Theatrum Vertitatus is very excited to be taking their dark and haunting production of Lanford Wilson’s “Home Free!” to The London Horror Festival this year after 2 successful runs… 

Twin Peaks UK Festival

Twin Peaks UK Festival

Celebrate the 25th anniversary – and impending rebirth – of the cult television series as the Twin Peaks UK Festival returns to the Genesis Cinema in London’s East End in a f… 

SONiC Festival

SONiC Festival

 This adventurous festival of new sounds spreads its wings wide across the city with a presentation on Friday at Brookfield Place in Battery Park City by the American Composer… 

Stand-Up for the Cause

Stand-Up for the Cause

This fund-raiser show benefits “Tuesday’s Children,” a charity that continues to help victims and families affected by the Sept. 

Moving Sounds Festival

Moving Sounds Festival

This series, organized by the Austrian Cultural Forum, continues on Friday with Michel Galante conducting the Argento Ensemble and the violinist Hanna Hurwitz in the Violin Concert… 

Origins First Irish Festival

Origins First Irish Festival

(performances start on Wednesday) The Emerald Isle meets the Big Apple in this festival devoted to work from Irish artists. 

Free Standup Festival 2015

Free Standup Festival 2015

This festival — now in it’s second year — gathers some of the city’s finest free stand-up shows under one banner for a week of top-notch comedy at venues in… 

Dream a Little Dream

Dream a Little Dream

All This Jazz present a wonderful set of sumptuous songs and dazzling duets by vocalists Alison Bishop and Shelagh Westwater, featuring fabulous virtuoso playing from Robbie Hether… 

Inverkeithing Community Big Band

Inverkeithing Community Big Band

Join Fife’s biggest, most fabulous big band for a sumptuous afternoon of classic tunes from Count Basie to Maynard Ferguson. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

‘If we shadows have offended, think but this, and all is mended… That you have but slumbered here while these visions did appear…’ With a quarrel raging between Oberon, Kin… 

Celebrating Edinburgh's Traditional Buildings: Craigmillar Castle Craft Skills Festival

Celebrating Edinburgh's Traditional Buildings: Craigmillar Castle Craft Skills Festival

Activities for all the family – learn how castles were built, see stone masons in action and hear about the area’s geology. 

Big Band Swing

Big Band Swing

A toe-tapping evening of music from the era when swing was king with classic instrumentals and laid-back vocals – everything from Basie to Bublé. 

Edinburgh Arab Festival 2015

Edinburgh Arab Festival 2015

Marhaba! We invite you to experience the beauty, diversity and richness of the Arab world, right here in Edinburgh! This vibrant two-day cultural festival will provide visitors wit… 

The MaineStreet Band

The MaineStreet Band

Rock’n’roll spectacle! What are you looking for in an American rock band? Energy? Passion? General shenanigans? TMSB is coming to EdFringe! Guitars, keys, harmonies, drums, bass, a… 

Aaaaaaaaaaaaarrghhh! It’s the Increasingly Prestigious Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards Show – and It’s Free!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaarrghhh! It’s the Increasingly Prestigious Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards Show – and It’s Free!

Anarchic annual two-hour charity show celebrating the late Godfather of Alternative Comedy. 

Nightpiece Film Festival

Nightpiece Film Festival

Like independent film? You’ll love Nightpiece. 

Soft Shoe Skiffle Band

Soft Shoe Skiffle Band

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

Greyfriars Concert

Greyfriars Concert

Perth Youth Orchestra is one of the UK’s oldest youth orchestras, having recently celebrated its 50th birthday. 

Sing in the City Concert for When You Wish Upon a Star

Sing in the City Concert for When You Wish Upon a Star

For one night only, Sing in The City’s premier choir The Aw’ Blacks will be performing in this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. 

The Great Scottish Make Off - Free

The Great Scottish Make Off - Free

Live art every day. 

The Great Scottish Make Off - Free

The Great Scottish Make Off - Free

Live art every day. 

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society AGM

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society AGM

The formal meeting where accounts are presented, activity reviewed and directors elected. 

The Happy Accidents: Cheer Up, It Might Never Happen – Free

The Happy Accidents: Cheer Up, It Might Never Happen – Free

Receiving mildly ecstatic acclaim at home, this musical comedy duo are proud to present their debut Edinburgh Fringe show. 

Hackney Colliery Band

Hackney Colliery Band

London’s brass juggernaut makes its Fringe debut for three shows only, fresh from floor-filling gigs across Europe. 

Stand By Your Man - True Crime Cabaret

Stand By Your Man - True Crime Cabaret

Stand By Your Man: True Crime Cabaret presents chilling, thrilling true stories of regular women with one thing in common: they all fell in love with serial killers. 

Cathedral Coffee Concerts – Free

Cathedral Coffee Concerts – Free

A composer a day: John Bryden will play music by Elgar, Mozart and Dvorák in three recitals on the Cathedral Steinway. 

Lorna Reid: All of Me

Lorna Reid: All of Me

Heartfelt jazz, blues and Americana, Lorna and her musicians perform beautiful standards from the great American songbook. 

Face – All Vocal Rock

Face – All Vocal Rock

Straight from USA’s Rocky Mountains and season one of NBC’s The Sing-Off, Face creates a high-octane vocal rock phenomenon punctuated by an endearing love of performance. 

Ben Champion: Don't Look Down – Free

Ben Champion: Don't Look Down – Free

One man (Ben). 

Stand Up to Stand Out: How to Find Your Female Funny

Stand Up to Stand Out: How to Find Your Female Funny

Humour is essential in our everyday lives and defines our humanity. 

Mo Gilligan and Kae Kurd Present: Ticking All the Boxes

Mo Gilligan and Kae Kurd Present: Ticking All the Boxes

Laughing Horse New Act of the Year finalist, Mo Gilligan and BBC Radio 1Xtra’s Kae Kurd join forces for their highly anticipated Edinburgh debut. 

Stand Up to Stand Out: How to Find Your Female Funny

Stand Up to Stand Out: How to Find Your Female Funny

Humour is essential in our everyday lives and defines our humanity. 

Mo Gilligan and Kae Kurd Present: Ticking All the Boxes

Mo Gilligan and Kae Kurd Present: Ticking All the Boxes

Laughing Horse New Act of the Year finalist, Mo Gilligan and BBC Radio 1Xtra’s Kae Kurd join forces for their highly anticipated Edinburgh debut. 

Magners Comedy Festival Winner – Jim Brewsky

Magners Comedy Festival Winner – Jim Brewsky

The Big V comedy competition is the search for a new star across Asia, sponsored by Magners cider. The search is over and Matthew Giffen is here to present the winner, Jim Brewsky. 

Cathedral Choir Concert: Haydn Nelson Mass with Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Cathedral Choir Concert: Haydn Nelson Mass with Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Powerful music by Haydn in the beautiful setting of St Mary’s Cathedral. 

Festival CD and Record Fair

Festival CD and Record Fair

The renaissance of vinyl continues! Great selection of collectable vinyl! LPs and singles from the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s to the present day. 

Chinese Art and Culture Festival

Chinese Art and Culture Festival

Edinburgh’s first ever Chinese Arts and Cultural Festival featuring a traditional opera, authentic singers, a spectacular troupe of young drummers and more all set alongside a thre… 

Chris Cooke's Free Speech

Chris Cooke's Free Speech

ThreeWeeks’ co-editor Chris Cooke always saw free speech as a fundamental right, but then started arguing that Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines should be banned. 

Chris Ramsey: All Growed Up

Chris Ramsey: All Growed Up

Critically acclaimed stand-up comedian, Celebrity Juice regular and the man who once got pizza delivered to a moving train returns to Edinburgh with a brand new show. 

Wild, Scottish And Free

Wild, Scottish And Free

A culinary conundrum. 

Achieving Social Change, Festival by Festival

Achieving Social Change, Festival by Festival

Stella Hall is an agent of social and artistic change. 

The HandleBards: A Midsummer Night's Dream

The HandleBards: A Midsummer Night's Dream

From the Royal Botanic Gardens you can see (when it isn’t raining) almost all of central Edinburgh, the Athens of the north. 

Musical Comedy Awards Showcase

Musical Comedy Awards Showcase

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… 

Farah Rigal in Concert

Farah Rigal in Concert

Come and join French singer/songwriter Farah Rigal as she takes you on a special voyage to the world of folk-rock. 

Mrs Tobit Tells All

Mrs Tobit Tells All

Mrs Tobit Tells All – Blazing Grannies return with a classic quest to claim the treasure, defeat the monster, marry the girl, and achieve health and happiness for all, aided by a… 

Achieving Social Change, Festival by Festival

Achieving Social Change, Festival by Festival

Stella Hall is an agent of social and artistic change. 

Loving Linda Smith Gala Concert: In Aid of Target Ovarian Cancer

Loving Linda Smith Gala Concert: In Aid of Target Ovarian Cancer

Jo Brand, Phill Jupitus, Mark Thomas, Susan Calman, Bridget Christie, Liz Lochhead, Arthur Smith, Jo Caulfield, Fred MacAulay and Angela Barnes. 

Edinburgh Renaissance Band at St Mark's

Edinburgh Renaissance Band at St Mark's

It isn’t just through watching the plays of the Bard that you can get a taste of culture here at the Fringe; the Edinburgh Renaissance Band are bards of a different sort. 

Relaxed Performance: New Ways to Engage Children With Autism

Relaxed Performance: New Ways to Engage Children With Autism

Relaxed Performances now take place around the world. 

China Conservatory Orchestra 2015 Concert

China Conservatory Orchestra 2015 Concert

The history of Chinese folk music is one of the longest unbroken musical lineages in the world, representing over three thousand years of tradition. 

Hooray for All Kinds of Things

Hooray for All Kinds of Things

Sandy Nelson’s comic play examines the intriguing events of the 2010 Reykjavik Municipal elections, in which comedian and actor, Jon Gnarr, became the Mayor of Iceland’s capital, d… 

The Clinic: An Afternoon of Serious Stand-Up

The Clinic: An Afternoon of Serious Stand-Up

Universal Comedy is a Scottish Charity that changes lives through comedy. 

To Sleep To Dream

To Sleep To Dream

To dream or not to dream? For the residents of Lhaytar, the only remaining city on an otherwise flooded Earth, the answer is definitively the latter. 

Tibetan Monks Performance Workshop

Tibetan Monks Performance Workshop

Tibetan Buddhist monks will introduce you to some of the steps from the masked dances, give you the background to their tradition of spirited dialectical debate and teach you the i… 

Sandy Brechin Band

Sandy Brechin Band

Wild man of the accordion and front man of Burach and The Sensational Jimi Shandrix Experience, Sandy Brechin plays fast and funky favourites from his albums Out Of His Box and Out… 

Rock 'N' Roll Radio Idiot (Free)

Rock 'N' Roll Radio Idiot (Free)

Would you quit your high flying sales job to run a radio station from a Portakabin in a high crime area? Will the station get burnt down by the local kids? Will anybody listen to a… 

This Is Stand-Up

This Is Stand-Up

Mark Normand hosts this stand-up showcase full of excellent comics, including Seaton Smith, Sean Donnelly, Carmen Lynch, Yamaneika Saunders and special guests. 

All's Well That Ends Well

All's Well That Ends Well

A sweet, beguiling Shakespearean romance is skilfully reimagined against the backdrop of the Second World War in Youth Action Theatre (YAT)’s appealing production of All’s Well… 

Concert for Piano and Virtual Symphony Orchestra

Concert for Piano and Virtual Symphony Orchestra

Mikel N’Dong will play the solo piano part and the orchestra part will be played live by a sequenced virtual symphony orchestra. 

Free for All

Free for All

Free For All is a very clever verse play with a strong political slant, exploring the ideas of choice and social responsibility. 

Haven't a Clue! - Free

Haven't a Clue! - Free

Think you know charades? Think again! Comedy meets game show meets improv, as two teams of Fringe comics hilariously pit their skills and wit against each other, in this hysterical… 

Baby Wants Candy: The Improv All Star Explosion!

Baby Wants Candy: The Improv All Star Explosion!

Award-winning Fringe favourite musical improvisers present an evening of spontaneous music, monologues, mayhem and hilariously insane fun. 

Gods Are Fallen And All Safety Gone

Gods Are Fallen And All Safety Gone

Four people are onstage at the start of this play: Sean Campion and Scott Turnbull, the actors playing a mother/daughter pair, and a real-life mother/daughter pair. 

Bach to Baby Family Concert - The Soulful Cello

Bach to Baby Family Concert - The Soulful Cello

The critically acclaimed classical concert for baby, tot and you returns to Edinburgh! Children can dance, roam about and listen to music while you take a moment for yourself and e… 

Old Saint Paul's Festival Masses

Old Saint Paul's Festival Masses

Traditional Catholic Anglican liturgy in this historic church close to Edinburgh’s Royal Mile with renowned choir and organ. 

Old Saint Paul's Festival Evensongs

Old Saint Paul's Festival Evensongs

Traditional choral evensong and benediction in the catholic Anglican style with the renowned choir and organ of this historic church close to Edinburgh’s Royal Mile. 

WeddingBingo – Free

WeddingBingo – Free

You are cordially invited to a show that celebrates two of the best things in life: weddings and bingo. 

Free Gaza!

Free Gaza!

Comedians Daniel Kitson, Mark Steel, Mark Thomas and Ivor Dembina join forces to raise money for IMET2000, a charity bringing front-line medical relief to victims of last year’s bo… 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Students of Cambridge University have reinterpreted Shakespeare’s popular comedy, putting a darker spin on the story. 

Make Some Noize Music Festival

Make Some Noize Music Festival

Make Some Noize is Edinburgh’s most anticipated all day music festival featuring some of the world’s biggest music artists. 

All Chopin Recital

All Chopin Recital

A selection of favourite ballades, nocturnes, scherzos, waltzes, mazurkas, etudes and polonaises played by William Alexander (piano). 

Lisa Scott With the Dave Swanson Band

Lisa Scott With the Dave Swanson Band

Twelfth year at the Fringe! From Billie Holiday to Ray Charles, Lisa sings with passion and humour, with ease and sophistication. 

Free Fringe Music

Free Fringe Music

Free Fringe Music all day at the famous Inn on the Mile, at the crossroads at the heart of the Fringe. 

Film in the Old College Quad – Free Family Films

Film in the Old College Quad – Free Family Films

Free morning films for the whole family. 

All in One

All in One

Two staves (and all the leger lines!) become one under Stefan Warzycki’s dextrous left hand, in two virtuoso piano recitals including works by Bach, Chopin (arrangement by Godowsky… 

The Rising – A Tribute to Springsteen and the E Street Band

The Rising – A Tribute to Springsteen and the E Street Band

The Rising – A Tribute to Springsteen and the E Street Band. 

Rock 'N' Roll Radio Idiot (Free)

Rock 'N' Roll Radio Idiot (Free)

Would you quit your high flying sales job to run a radio station from a Portakabin in a high crime area? Will the station get burnt down by the local kids? Will anybody listen to a… 

The David Latto Band

The David Latto Band

The David Latto Band bring their brand of celtic-tinged Americana to AMC@St Bride’s and the Fringe for the first time. 

Nightpiece Film Festival

Nightpiece Film Festival

Like independent film? You’ll love Nightpiece. 

Daniel Sloss: Dark: Extra Shows!

Daniel Sloss: Dark: Extra Shows!

Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox. 

Chris Cooke's Free Speech

Chris Cooke's Free Speech

ThreeWeeks’ co-editor Chris Cooke always saw free speech as a fundamental right, but then started arguing that Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines should be banned. 

Theatre: In All Its Forms!

Theatre: In All Its Forms!

A look at new and original ways of presenting and producing theatre. 

The Rat Pack Stand-Up Comedy

The Rat Pack Stand-Up Comedy

Edinburgh 2013/14 sell-out hit and Time Out Critics’ Choice 2014 returns for a limited run. 

Al Lubel: Al Lubel Free

Al Lubel: Al Lubel Free

‘Al has one of the best jokes I’ve ever heard’ (Jerry Seinfeld). 

The Free Association

The Free Association

The Free Association is proud to present an hour of the finest and funniest improvised comedy on the Fringe. 

Nitekirk – Free

Nitekirk – Free

A place of peace, a sacred space. 

Booking Dance Festival

Booking Dance Festival

This is the seventh year that producer and curator of dance Jodi Kaplan has brought the variety of American dance to the Fringe with this “festival within a festival”. 

Curmudgeon in Concert

Curmudgeon in Concert

Following last year’s sell-out performance, join Edinburgh trio Curmudgeon for more songs on the old familiar topics of deception, drunkenness (dangers thereof), disappointment and… 

Sandbach School Big Band

Sandbach School Big Band

This acclaimed big band return to the Fringe for the third time, having previously sold out. 

Dream

Dream

Be transported by this enormously spirited and fast-moving production to the mischievous world of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. 

The Free Meditation Class

The Free Meditation Class

A new one-man show from performance maker Josh Gardner. 

All's Well That Ends Well

All's Well That Ends Well

This dark comedy uses physical theatre to modernise the themes and settings of this famous Shakespearean play. 

Dance-Forms' 70th International Choreographers' Showcase

Dance-Forms' 70th International Choreographers' Showcase

Dance-Forms Productions will celebrate the 21st anniversary of the International Choreographers’ Showcase and 14 years presenting exciting performances at the Edinburgh Fringe. 

Cathedral Festival Evensongs

Cathedral Festival Evensongs

Choral services sung by the Cathedral choir, the only choral foundation in Scotland with a tradition of daily services. 

CeilidhKids at the Fringe – Free!

CeilidhKids at the Fringe – Free!

Family workshop suitable for children aged three to seven years with parents or carers. 

Cathedral Celebrity Organ Recitals – Free

Cathedral Celebrity Organ Recitals – Free

Organists Steven Grahl (Peterborough Cathedral), Duncan Ferguson (St Mary’s Cathedral) and Donald Hunt (St Mary’s Cathedral) perform on consecutive Sundays on the Cathedral’s ‘Fath… 

The Rat Pack Stand-Up Comedy

The Rat Pack Stand-Up Comedy

Edinburgh 2013/14 sell-out hit and Time Out Critics’ Choice 2014 returns for a limited run. 

The Voice Festival Edinburgh Showcase

The Voice Festival Edinburgh Showcase

The Voice Festival returns to Edinburgh with another stellar a cappella showcase featuring groups of all ages, plus a special collaborative number created at our earlier daytime wo… 

Cathedral Festival Eucharists

Cathedral Festival Eucharists

Join the Cathedral’s choir and congregation for uplifting choral eucharists with the finest cathedral music, featuring mass settings by Stravinsky, Schubert and Martin. 

Set List: Stand-Up Without A Net

Set List: Stand-Up Without A Net

What if someone else wrote a set list of outrageous and original topics for the world’s best stand-up comedians, and they had to perform from it with literally zero seconds to pr… 

Greyfriars Festival Sunday Worship and  Lunchtime Organ Classics

Greyfriars Festival Sunday Worship and Lunchtime Organ Classics

Celebrate the 25th birthday of the magnificent Peter Collins organ at Greyfriars Kirk with festival Sunday worship and a series of classic lunchtime organ recitals, featuring some … 

Festival Masses

Festival Masses

Come and listen to one of Edinburgh’s finest church choirs perform sacred music in the liturgical context for which it was written, in the beautiful setting of this stunning church… 

99 Club Stand-Up Selection – Free

99 Club Stand-Up Selection – Free

Proud to support the Free Festival, The 99 Club brings a selection of some of the best comics at the Fringe. 

Festival Radio Scotland – See Us Live!

Festival Radio Scotland – See Us Live!

See how radio is made. 

David Mills: Don't Get Any Ideas / Free

David Mills: Don't Get Any Ideas / Free

I wouldn’t normally mention a show’s venue in a comedy review, but David Mills is performing in a gorgeous space in the Voodoo Rooms. 

All-in-One Fun – Free

All-in-One Fun – Free

Join West Country comedian Cerys Nelmes as she entertains you and your children for 45 minutes of onesie fun! Wear your onesie, and have some funsie! There will be music, dancing, … 

Camden Comedy Free Lunchtime Showcase

Camden Comedy Free Lunchtime Showcase

An hour of lunchtime comedy could be worse spent than with this quirky collection of occasionally promising comedians. 

Jack Heal: Do Scientists Dream of Synthetic Sheep?

Jack Heal: Do Scientists Dream of Synthetic Sheep?

The answer we get from Jack Heal to the question of his show’s title is that, not only do scientists dream of genetically engineered sheep, but they are actively pursuing how to … 

Al Lubel: Al Lubel Free

Al Lubel: Al Lubel Free

‘Al has one of the best jokes I’ve ever heard’ (Jerry Seinfeld). 

Psalms for All Seasons Worship Gig

Psalms for All Seasons Worship Gig

Dutch worship collective, The Psalm Project, famed for their powerful contemporary reworking of the Genevan Psalter, are joined by Scottish band, Satellite, for this worship gig ro… 

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Audio Tour

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Audio Tour

Download this audio walking tour – any day, any time – and become intimate with Fringe history, even perform yourself if you choose. 

Free Fringe Music

Free Fringe Music

Experience the joy of live music at the museum. 

The Oxford Revue Presents –  Free

The Oxford Revue Presents – Free

Alex Furrow, the compere for Oxford Revue Presents, has a lot to contend with, La Belle is a big venue and it must be difficult to pack it out with an eager crowd. 

Stuart Goldsmith: An Hour (Free Show)

Stuart Goldsmith: An Hour (Free Show)

All spit no polish, all show no pony, Goldsmith goes back to the source. 

Free Comic: Volume Two

Free Comic: Volume Two

Jay Handley’s first show contained ‘. 

Nudity, Free Beer, Good for Kids

Nudity, Free Beer, Good for Kids

A daily challenge to realise the best marketing scheme on the Fringe. 

All Killa No Filla Live

All Killa No Filla Live

Join comedians Rachel Fairburn (NATYS finalist 2015) and Kiri Pritchard-McLean (Leicester Mercury finalist 2015) as they explore a shared passion, serial killers. 

Festival Radio Scotland – Workshop for Children (8-13)

Festival Radio Scotland – Workshop for Children (8-13)

Fun workshop delivered by experienced media professionals. 

Islam Festival Edinburgh

Islam Festival Edinburgh

Islam Festival Edinburgh invites you to gain a genuine insight into Islam. 

Aspects of Joy – Free

Aspects of Joy – Free

Joy Carter’s stand-up centres around a cute theme that works well for its midday slot. 

Cerys Nelmes Presents Pick'n'Mix – Free

Cerys Nelmes Presents Pick'n'Mix – Free

West Country comedian and MC extraordinaire, Cerys Nelmes, returns to this year’s Fringe with a full run of her popular show, Pick’n’Mix! Cerys MCs an hour of comedy featuring th… 

Stand-Up Tragedy

Stand-Up Tragedy

‘Takes in everything from music to comedy and is characterised by an emphasis on truth’ (Independent). 

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Courses

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Courses

Learn the skill and art of stand-up comedy performance on this two-day intensive comedy training course. 

Festival Radio Scotland – Workshop for Young People (14+)

Festival Radio Scotland – Workshop for Young People (14+)

Fun workshop delivered by experienced facilitators and media professionals. 

Martin Croser is an Evil Robot Sent from the Future to Destroy Us All

Martin Croser is an Evil Robot Sent from the Future to Destroy Us All

Happy-go-lucky nihilism from a man in a powder blue suit. ‘Many moments of absolute brilliance’ (Scotsman). As heard on Josie Long’s Lost Treasures podcast. 

Stand-Up Philosophy – Free

Stand-Up Philosophy – Free

Stand-Up Philosophy is a low-key, quirky little Free Fringe show featuring professional philosophers sharing thoughts, answering questions, and trying their hands at comedy. 

James Hamilton Is So Lonely – Free

James Hamilton Is So Lonely – Free

The hotly anticipated solo debut of a multi award-winning sketch comedian is probably happening elsewhere. 

Free Fringe Music

Free Fringe Music

Music all day at the smallest pub in Scotland or probably anywhere. Visit and enjoy. 

Bristol Improv Steals the Show – Free

Bristol Improv Steals the Show – Free

Bristol Improv return with their hit format Bristol Improv Steals the Show! Everything on stage is completely improvised based on you, the audience! Expect to have your programmes … 

Free Footlights

Free Footlights

After a poor showing at last year’s Fringe, the Free Footlights return this year on top form. 

Hydrophobia (Free)

Hydrophobia (Free)

A new human colony, but full of idiots. 

The Celtic Mystery Festival

The Celtic Mystery Festival

The Celtic Mystery Festival will take place at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange. 

Dead Ghost Star

Dead Ghost Star

Free trip to space. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Perhaps Shakespeare’s most famous comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream has the potential to either be comedic gold or irritating lip-service, depending on the quality of the cast … 

From Geek to Goddess – Free

From Geek to Goddess – Free

Kooky, french horn-playing, little Miss K from Massachusetts never imagined she’d become a 1950s-style blonde bombshell with shows in New York and Milan, and a residency at Ronni… 

Hilarity Bites Comedy Club Showcase Show

Hilarity Bites Comedy Club Showcase Show

Hilarity Bites Comedy Club returns to the Edinburgh Fringe following two sell-out runs. 

Two From Texas: New Plays in Performance

Two From Texas: New Plays in Performance

Why go to the trouble of raising the funds and making the trip to the International Collegiate Theatre Festival, only to present plays nobody back home would want to see, much less… 

Set List: Stand-Up Without A Net

Set List: Stand-Up Without A Net

The best in improvised stand-up, Set List presents a daily changing selection of Fringe favourites performing a never before seen set without a moment’s preparation. 

Read All About It!

Read All About It!

Stand-up comic Ben Clover was a local newspaper reporter for six years. 

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside hot new talent and Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up at each show, every day, as Laughing Horse’s Come… 

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

A compilation of comedic talent from across the Fringe, two shows a day, and all for free – the Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe showcases some of the best comedic talent t… 

ABC of Musical Comedy – Luc Valvona – Free Show!

ABC of Musical Comedy – Luc Valvona – Free Show!

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… 

Free Fringe Music Festival

Free Fringe Music Festival

From now until August 31st, visitors can soak in the buzzing atmosphere at Edinburgh’s premiere music venue. 

Foodies Festival

Foodies Festival

Foodies Festival attendees are welcomed with some free cider, ice-cream, and a range of other delicious freebies to try. 

The Dream Sequentialists

The Dream Sequentialists

The Dream Sequentialists is a show about dream goblins. 

Stand Up & Slam! – Free

Stand Up & Slam! – Free

Stand-up comedy: poetry’s idiot relation, right? Performance poetry: comedy’s boring cousin, yes? Let’s find out. 

Parliament House: A Hidden Gem – Free

Parliament House: A Hidden Gem – Free

This exhibition in the stunning 17th century Parliament Hall offers insight into the life, history and traditions of Scotland’s Supreme Courts.  

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside hot new talent and Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up at each show, every day, as Laughing Horse’s Come… 

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Two Tired

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Two Tired

Shakespeare’s classic comedy, as you’ve never seen it before. 

Stand Up & Slam! – Free

Stand Up & Slam! – Free

Stand-up comedy: poetry’s idiot relation, right? Performance poetry: comedy’s boring cousin, yes? Let’s find out. 

Fantastic, Funny and Free

Fantastic, Funny and Free

A fantastically funny show for all the family. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

As one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a very common choice for the Fringe. 

Royal Mile Tours – Free

Royal Mile Tours – Free

Take part in the Festival’s longest running show at no charge at all. 

Stand Rising

Stand Rising

A brand new show for 2015, showcasing the rising comedy stars from The Stand Comedy Club’s year-round comedy bills. 

The Stand Late Club

The Stand Late Club

‘This is late night comedy at its finest’ **** (BroadwayBaby. 

NCCGB Fringe Concert

NCCGB Fringe Concert

With singers from throughout the UK, 200 young musicians from the National Children’s Choir of Great Britain will perform a wide variety of repertoire on their first visit to the… 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A solid and entertaining piece of Shakespeare that’s well handled by its young cast. 

All Killa No Filla Live

All Killa No Filla Live

Join comedians Rachel Fairburn (NATYS finalist 2015) and Kiri Pritchard-McLean (Leicester Mercury finalist 2015) as they explore a shared passion, serial killers. 

Read All About It!

Read All About It!

Stand-up comic Ben Clover was a local newspaper reporter for six years. 

All American Boy

All American Boy

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. 

In Case We Disappear – Free

In Case We Disappear – Free

Vanessa Smythe has a bit of a ‘downer hobby’: she worries about disappearing. 

Ettieboo's Cabaret Boonanza – Free

Ettieboo's Cabaret Boonanza – Free

Ettieboo (Ria Lina) presents the best value cabaret money can buy! Each show is different, with a line-up comprised of the best, brightest, and most beautiful acts participating at… 

Lewis Schaffer is Free until Famous, £5

Lewis Schaffer is Free until Famous, £5

Lewis Schaffer states that although he normally occupies rooms on one of the free fringes during August, for his 2015 run he’s charging folk a fiver. 

LOLympics Live – Free

LOLympics Live – Free

The games are back in 2015! Different international acts compete for comedy gold. 

All Made Up: This Time It's Social

All Made Up: This Time It's Social

Like or hate Facebook, you’re guaranteed to love this all-female social media inspired comedy improv show. 

Laugh Train Home Comedy Showcase

Laugh Train Home Comedy Showcase

In its third year, the best comics of the Fringe are brought together for this premier comedy showcase. 

Now That's What I Call Stand-Up #2

Now That's What I Call Stand-Up #2

After a fantastic first Fringe appearance in 2014, we’re back in 2015 for Volume 2. 

All the Nice Girls

All the Nice Girls

In 1920s London, Gwen Farrar and Norah Blaney have an on and off stage partnership, singing popular love songs of the day to each other in West End revues and living together openl… 

Aaaaaarrgghh! It's 101 Naughty Jokes in 30 Minutes – Free Show

Aaaaaarrgghh! It's 101 Naughty Jokes in 30 Minutes – Free Show

Award-winning gag merchant Masai Graham delivers over one hundred jokes in just half an hour. 

Charlie Dinkin: Child Star

Charlie Dinkin: Child Star

A starry evening with the most famous child star you’ve never heard of. 

Bronston Jones: God Bless 'Merica – Free

Bronston Jones: God Bless 'Merica – Free

With the accompanying subtitle, this show becomes God Bless ‘Merica, Because It’ll Take A Miracle To Fix It; whilst that’s quite a mouthful, it certainly encompasses the sent… 

Spring Day: Kept in Stitches – Free

Spring Day: Kept in Stitches – Free

Cynical Sunshine. 

The Naked Stand-Up

The Naked Stand-Up

At first glance, The Naked Stand-Up might seem like a crowd-pulling gimmick, or a cheap trick to distract from poor material. 

Holly Burn: I am Kirsty K

Holly Burn: I am Kirsty K

Holly Burn, or Kirsty K as she’s known for the purposes of this show, immediately drops her audience into a bizarre and high-energy scenario. 

Ken Crystal Afternoon Showcase

Ken Crystal Afternoon Showcase

Grab a beer, nurse your hangover and relax. 

All Our Friends Are Dead

All Our Friends Are Dead

When Norris – one half of the outstanding comedy duo Norris and Parker (Katie Norris and Sinead Parker, directed by Lucia Fox) – learns that she was lured here labouring under … 

All American Boy

All American Boy

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. 

Helen Duff: Smasher – Free

Helen Duff: Smasher – Free

Epic storytelling, synchronised swimming and subversively simple songs from this Fringe First nominated maker of mischief. 

The Star Rover

The Star Rover

Despite being one of Jack London’s more obscure works, his 1915 novel The Star Rover or The Jacket is one that feels oddly contemporary. 

Othello: An All-Female Production

Othello: An All-Female Production

Despite the fact that it’s 2015, there’s still much debate and handwringing about cross-gender casting in Shakespeare. 

The Improvised Improv Show – Free Show!

The Improvised Improv Show – Free Show!

Taking improv to the next level – we improvise the cast! Now in its third year, the Fringe’s free daily improv jam returns for more comedy scenes and games based entirely on audi… 

Dead Ghost Star

Dead Ghost Star

Free trip to space. 

Ian Fox – Shutter Monkey (A Comedy Show With Pictures) – Free

Ian Fox – Shutter Monkey (A Comedy Show With Pictures) – Free

Forget typewriters, what would happen if you gave an infinite number of monkeys a camera each? **** (BroadwayBaby.co.uk). **** (Comedy.com). 

CeilidhKids at the Fringe – Free!

CeilidhKids at the Fringe – Free!

Family workshop suitable for children aged three to seven years with parents or carers. 

Aaaaaahhhh, it's 101 Clean Jokes in 30 Minutes – Free Show

Aaaaaahhhh, it's 101 Clean Jokes in 30 Minutes – Free Show

Award-winning gag merchant Masai Graham delivers over one hundred jokes in just half an hour. 

Mike Wozniak: One Man Dad Cat Band

Mike Wozniak: One Man Dad Cat Band

Mike Wozniak’s probably best known for playing moustachioed misfit Brian in Channel 4’s sitcom Man Down. 

Alasdair and Nick: Dangerous as Milk – Free

Alasdair and Nick: Dangerous as Milk – Free

Stand-up from award-winning comedians Alasdair Beckett-King (NATYs 2013) and Nick Elleray (Max Turner 2013). 

Don't Just Sit There! – Free

Don't Just Sit There! – Free

Storytelling as you’ve never seen it! Join in with Meg Harper’s unique stories! Maybe you’ll be a princess, maybe you’ll be a frog, maybe you’ll even be a giant head louse! Fresh s… 

Aaaaaarrgghhhh! It's the Monster Stand-Up Show – Free Show

Aaaaaarrgghhhh! It's the Monster Stand-Up Show – Free Show

Feast on five of the tastiest up and coming comedians on the circuit in this stand-up comedy showcase, including your award-winning headliner Masai Graham. 

Brave and Free: Traditional Tales of Scotland

Brave and Free: Traditional Tales of Scotland

There is just something about storyteller Callum Lykan. 

If Men Ruled the World – Free

If Men Ruled the World – Free

‘Demitris Deech is a great story-teller’ (BroadwayBaby. 

Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show

Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show

The best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics in a great value lunchtime compilation showcase. 

#BlurredMinds – Free

#BlurredMinds – Free

A high-octane hilarity blast right in your daft face, featuring two of the funniest new comedians on the circuit. 

Niamh Marron – Stand Up Chameleon

Niamh Marron – Stand Up Chameleon

Effervescent comic and sometime Irish TV face Niamh Marron delivers an unpolished and often forced hour of fairly standard comedy material with occasional witty zingers being the o… 

48 Minutes / Free Festival

48 Minutes / Free Festival

I am not entirely sure why comedians Ben Shannon and Mike Reed decided their set should be forty-eight minutes long, rather than a full hour, but it actually doesn’t really matte… 

Richard Melvin Presents… Live at The Stand Podcast

Richard Melvin Presents… Live at The Stand Podcast

Live at the Stand is an opportunity to attend the recording of the podcast of the same name, featuring a rotating lineup of comics performing sets and taking part in games and inte… 

AAA Stand-Up

AAA Stand-Up

Total sell-out 2005-2014 returns with a brand new line-up. 

NCCGB Lunchtime Concert

NCCGB Lunchtime Concert

This small group of older singers from the National Children’s Choir of Great Britain will perform a rich variety of works, from the glorious tones of the 15th century Ave Verum … 

The Underbelly Radio Shows

The Underbelly Radio Shows

FUBAR Radio and Underbelly present The Underbelly Radio Shows recorded live from 12:30pm each day at Ermintrude, Underbelly hosts a series of live radio broadcasts brought to you b… 

All the King's Men Photo Exhibition

All the King's Men Photo Exhibition

A series of personal portraits of extraordinary men. 

Will Franken: Who Keeps Making All These People?

Will Franken: Who Keeps Making All These People?

One-man sketch show Will Franken serves up another smorgasbord of multi-voiced madness. 

Titus Andronicus: An All-Female Production

Titus Andronicus: An All-Female Production

Smooth Faced Gentlemen have subverted the original performance conditions of Shakespeare’s plays, which were all-male productions, and have tackled his bloodiest tragedy, Titus A… 

K'rd Strip: A Place to Stand

K'rd Strip: A Place to Stand

K’Rd Strip: A Place to Stand is a bizarre yet beautiful blend of Māori culture, contemporary dance, vocals and music, drag and real life stories. 

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical

If you’re planning on making the trip to see Baby Wants Candy, get your title suggestions ready now! The audience for his fully improvised musical comedy has barely taken their s… 

Soweto Spiritual Singers: The African Dream

Soweto Spiritual Singers: The African Dream

These singers know how to dazzle and excite their audience. 

The Kinsey Sicks: America's Next Top Bachelor Housewife Celebrity Hoarder Makeover Star Gone Wild!

The Kinsey Sicks: America's Next Top Bachelor Housewife Celebrity Hoarder Makeover Star Gone Wild!

Critically acclaimed off-Broadway and Vegas runs, two feature films, and now a long-awaited Fringe debut! An unforgettable hour of ‘dragapella’, a unique take on a cappella: stunni… 

David O’Doherty: We Are All in the Gutter, But Some of Us Are Looking at David O'Doherty

David O’Doherty: We Are All in the Gutter, But Some of Us Are Looking at David O'Doherty

This time next year, the Assembly George Square Theatre will not be big enough to contain David O’Doherty. 

Festival of the Spoken Nerd: Just for Graphs

Festival of the Spoken Nerd: Just for Graphs

Festival of the Spoken Nerd present a variety of comedy stylings on maths, physics, and all things ‘nerdy’. 

AAA Stand-Up Late

AAA Stand-Up Late

Total sell-out 2010-2014 returns with a brand new line-up. 

All the King's Men presents: Radio Gaga

All the King's Men presents: Radio Gaga

Collegiate a cappella has become a major trend in recent years at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. 

Jack Barry: This Title Came to Me in a Dream

Jack Barry: This Title Came to Me in a Dream

In his debut hour of Fringe stand-up, Jack Barry delivers an entertaining and energetic set which, despite his insistence to the contrary, contains an undercurrent of awareness and… 

Phoebe Traquair Song School Murals – Free

Phoebe Traquair Song School Murals – Free

Painted 1888-1892, Traquair’s acclaimed murals, restored in 1998, illustrate the canticle Benedicite Omnia Opera. 

Cathedral Lunchtime Concerts – Free

Cathedral Lunchtime Concerts – Free

A former Times Critics’ Choice. 

Scottish Beer Festival

Scottish Beer Festival

Established in 1995, and set in the historical former All Saints Parsonage, Cloisters has been a stalwart of the Edinburgh real ale scene for 20 years. 

Festival Folk at the Oak

Festival Folk at the Oak

The Royal Oak is one of the most famous hubs of folk music in Edinburgh; the 30-seater downstairs lounge has been dubbed the ‘folk living room’ of Scotland’s capital. 

Phoebe Anna Traquair Murals – Free

Phoebe Anna Traquair Murals – Free

Come and visit Edinburgh’s Sistine Chapel, and see the beautiful, scintillating mural scheme by celebrated arts and crafts artist Phoebe Anna Traquair. 

Edinburgh: Festival City Explorer Tour

Edinburgh: Festival City Explorer Tour

New in town? Start your day with a fun and informative walking tour, following a scenic route through Edinburgh’s city centre. 

Fringe Film Festival

Fringe Film Festival

C’s Fringe Film Festival is a smorgasbord of productions shuffled neatly into one come-and-go styled theatre. 

CeilidhKids at the Fringe – Free!

CeilidhKids at the Fringe – Free!

Family workshop suitable for children aged three to seven years with parents or carers. 

Edinburgh Free Tour

Edinburgh Free Tour

The world-renowned Sandemans Free Tour shows you the best of Edinburgh, with enthusiastic local guides providing tours in English and Spanish every day of the week! Starting on the… 

The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars Quintet Presents The Ronnie Scott’s Story

The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars Quintet Presents The Ronnie Scott’s Story

Direct from London’s world-famous jazz club, Ronnie Scott’s musical director and his ‘All Stars’, take to the stage to celebrate ‘The Ronnie Scott’s Story’. 

Battery Dance Festival

Battery Dance Festival

On the water’s edge at the southern tip of Manhattan, this free and popular annual event begins with the Erasing Borders Festival of Indian Dance to commemorate India’s… 

The 2015 Empire Biscuit Comedy Festival

The 2015 Empire Biscuit Comedy Festival

This new indie festival takes over a Southern-style biscuit shop for three nights of stand-up comedy. 

Ballet Festival

Ballet Festival

The Joyce Theater celebrates the diversity of ballet with a two-week buffet of companies and choreographers who are molding the form in interesting ways. 

Stand Up for Charleston

Stand Up for Charleston

Naomi Ekperigin hosts this night of comedy to benefit the Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S. 

Barnes Fringe Festival

Barnes Fringe Festival

It’s your last chance to check out some of Britain’s best performers in London before they head north for Edinburgh at the new Barnes Fringe, 28 July - 1 August. 

Matsuri - A Festival of Music Inspired By Japan

Matsuri - A Festival of Music Inspired By Japan

A man walks slowly onto the stage with his back to the audience, he holds himself in a wide stance and begins to strike the taiko drum. 

One Hour Play Festival

One Hour Play Festival

Over 20 plays, some well known pieces, some new writing, some one person plays, some with a massive cast but all performed in 1 hour or less by numerous theatre companies 

Check Us Out Dance Festival

Check Us Out Dance Festival

Stuyvesant Cove Park, which abuts the East River, is home to over 100 native plants and dozens of native birds. 

Prelude to Performance

Prelude to Performance

Each year the Martina Arroyo Foundation, directed by the renowned American soprano who is its namesake, offers fully staged productions featuring talented young singers from the or… 

Washington Square Music Festival

Washington Square Music Festival

This lively summer festival offers free concerts on Tuesdays on the main stage of Washington Square Park. 

Under One Roof Comedy Festival

Under One Roof Comedy Festival

We have the best of the Edinburgh Fringe Under One Roof in South London for one special week 6th - 11th July. 

Lincoln Center Festival

Lincoln Center Festival

 (performances start on Thursday) All the world’s onstage when this internationally engaged summer festival encamps at Lincoln Center. 

The New York Musical Theater Festival

The New York Musical Theater Festival

(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… 

Tap City Festival

Tap City Festival

This weeklong celebration by the American Tap Dance Association returns for its 15th year to celebrate the form’s pioneers and innovators with award shows, master classes and… 

Institute and Festival for Contemporary Performance

Institute and Festival for Contemporary Performance

Each summer this ambitious institute and festival, founded and directed by the pianist Marc Ponthus, brings together exceptional student performers with established artists and com… 

Stand

Stand

“This is not just about me,” says one of the cast at the start and close of Chris Goode’s Stand. 

Electroacoustic Music Festival

Electroacoustic Music Festival

With ever more sophisticated technology at their fingertips, composers of electronic music are producing a dizzying array of works that often draw on video and performance art, too… 

Shows for Days

Shows for Days

(previews start on Saturday; opens on June 29) Having just brought us Moss Hart’s entrancing “Act One,” Lincoln Center offers another piece of showbiz reminiscenc… 

Festival of the Spoken Nerd vs Go 8-Bit!

Festival of the Spoken Nerd vs Go 8-Bit!

Sunday Night: Nerd Night! Two geek/comedy shows for the price of one: [1] Festival of the spoken nerd: Just for graphs. 

Vulture Festival: Comedy Night

Vulture Festival: Comedy Night

As part of what Vulture calls its city-wide “pop culture extravaganza,” it presents this jam-packed night of comedy, with performances from Kevin Barnett, Wyatt Cenac, … 

Northern Soul All-Afternooner

Northern Soul All-Afternooner

One last chance this season to polish up our dance floor, Northern Soul dancing for the first time at Brighton Spiegeltent. 

Dick Gaughan in Concert

Dick Gaughan in Concert

Hailing from Leith, and one of the most potent artists to emerge from the Scottish folk-music revival, Dick Gaughan tells it like it is. 

Funk The Family Festival

Funk The Family Festival

Following 2014’s debut, sell-out family festival, FTF return bigger and better! Hove Park is transformed into a musical wonderland. 

Musical Theatre Showcase

Musical Theatre Showcase

An eclectic mix of songs, scenes and ensemble numbers from the world of musical theatre accompanied by a live band. 

Amata Showcase

Amata Showcase

AMATA bring the pioneering work of its graduates of music, theatre and dance. 

ACT Kids Theatre Festival

ACT Kids Theatre Festival

A short festival of four fantastic plays for young people performed by young actors over three nights. 

Mike Wozniak: One Man Dad Cat Band

Mike Wozniak: One Man Dad Cat Band

Work in progress. 

Stand-Up Comedy Workshop

Stand-Up Comedy Workshop

Have you ever laughed? Learn to use some practical stand-up comedy basics in your writing, performing, stand-up, work presentations, public speaking or just for fun. 

Sussex Jazz Orchestra Live in Concert

Sussex Jazz Orchestra Live in Concert

One of Brighton’s best kept secrets, the Sussex Jazz Orchestra is a twenty strong big band playing a choice selection of original and familiar tunes. 

Free Mindful Ki & Aikido Taster Sessions: Everyone Welcome

Free Mindful Ki & Aikido Taster Sessions: Everyone Welcome

Please arrive by 9:45am wearing loose, comfortable clothing such as a tracksuit or gi for the start of the Shin Shin Toitsu Do (Japanese Yoga) session at 10am where you will learn … 

The Canterbury Tales: A Promenade Performance

The Canterbury Tales: A Promenade Performance

Stories from the greatest English storyteller, ‘in situ:’ gives you ‘Canterbury Tales’ in a promenade performance of Chaucer’s masterpiece. 

Dance-Dream-Drama

Dance-Dream-Drama

The dance which is like a knife in the shadows, the dance of gamblers and the farewell of lovers - tango! A dreamlike collision of tragedy and unexpected humour. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A festival favourite founded by its current producer in 1989 in Queens Park. 

The Improverts - Exam Shows

The Improverts - Exam Shows

The Improverts are back for two Exam Specials in the Teviot Debating Hall! A different combination of players will take to the stage each night for a round of high-class, high-ener… 

St. Thomas Choir and Concert Royal

St. Thomas Choir and Concert Royal

The consistently excellent St. 

Laura and Jason's Love Flow Concert

Laura and Jason's Love Flow Concert

Join Laura and Jason for an inspirational evening of their live song and music, meditation and chant. 

All Change

All Change

All Change is a short, minimalistic play about old age, dementia and father-daughter relationships. 

Sidewinder Fringe Festival!

Sidewinder Fringe Festival!

Music, magic, burlesque, piñata smashing, sticker workshops, nacho hats, body-doodling, art battles, and loads more brilliant Brighton kookiness! Check www. 

A Concert for VE Day: Martin James Bartlett Plays Mozart

A Concert for VE Day: Martin James Bartlett Plays Mozart

BBC Young Musician of the Year 2014 pianist Martin James Bartlett plays Mozart Concerto No. 

United We Stand: The Story of the Shrewsbury 24

United We Stand: The Story of the Shrewsbury 24

A hard­hitting, powerful, entertaining drama about the 1972 National Builders’ Strike and the trial of the Shrewsbury Pickets. 

The Naked Stand Up

The Naked Stand Up

Join burlesque performer Miss Glory Pearl for a no-holds-barred look at the body and our (usually laughable) attitudes towards it. 

Tectonics Festival

Tectonics Festival

This enterprising new-music festival offers a focus on experimental performance and multi-disciplinary works. 

The Colin Hoult Shows

The Colin Hoult Shows

Star of ‘Derek’, ‘Being Human’ and ‘Carnival of Monsters’ returns to the Brighton Fringe with two entirely new shows: Sit on the Ledge and Jump Down to the Ground (7, 2… 

All Things Must Pass

All Things Must Pass

Alex Eberhard presents a sublime 10-piece electric orchestra. 

All-Male Carmen

All-Male Carmen

Set in the gay community of liberal 1920s Spain, José is the central character in this all-male reworking of Bizet’s Carmen. 

the Free Meditation Class

the Free Meditation Class

This performance takes a critical look at contemporary trends in Western spirituality. 

Free Thinkers in Brighton

Free Thinkers in Brighton

Discover some of Brighton’s secular heroes and heroines with Valerie Mainstone, local historian and Chair of Brighton Secular Humanists. 

All The Nice Girls

All The Nice Girls

A tribute to pioneering performers in Music Hall, Variety and Revue. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Deep in the forest, faeries wait . 

Musical Babble: a Choral Concert of Gospel, Classics & New Music

Musical Babble: a Choral Concert of Gospel, Classics & New Music

MUSICAL BABBLE For twelve years, MJ Paranzino, composer and director has commissioned New Choral Music for Brighton Fringe. 

Foodies Festival Brighton

Foodies Festival Brighton

Foodies Festival returns to Brighton’s Hove Lawns for another fun Bank Holiday weekend. 

Look & Listen Festival

Look & Listen Festival

New-music royalty including the violinist Miranda Cuckson, So Percussion, and the cellist Jeffrey Zeigler take to art venues in Brooklyn and Manhattan for this wide-ranging festiva… 

All Creatures: Art Exhibition by Graham Carter

All Creatures: Art Exhibition by Graham Carter

An absolutely wonderful exhibition presented by Ink_d Gallery, on North Road, of Graham Carter’s “Alphamals” is family friendly and a highlight of this Fringe’s visual ar… 

Hobgoblin's Musical Festival!

Hobgoblin's Musical Festival!

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 … 

Stand-Up Comedy Night at the Artists Institute

Stand-Up Comedy Night at the Artists Institute

As part of the visual artist Carolee Schneemann’s season at the Artist’s Institute, in which she focuses on the body, Miriam Katz hosts this all-female stand-up show de… 

New York Festival of Song: Letters From Spain:
A World of Song in Spanish Poetry

New York Festival of Song: Letters From Spain: A World of Song in Spanish Poetry

Spanish verse is the inspiration for this program, which features music by Shostakovich, Schumann, William Bolcom, Taneyev, Wolf, Peter Lieberson, Xavier Montsalvage and Granados, … 

Fever Dream

Fever Dream

Douglas Maxwell’s new play, Fever Dream: Southside, is set round the corner from the Citz in nearby Govanhill. 

S.N.L. Writers Showcase

S.N.L. Writers Showcase

Bryan Tucker, one of the head writers on “Saturday Night Live,” hosts this showcase of some of his fellow writers from the long-running show. 

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Meet Helena & Hermia, two teenagers addicted and dependent on social media. 

Le Concert des Nations

Le Concert des Nations

The Catalan early-music specialist Jordi Savall leads this period-instrument ensemble in a vivacious program of French baroque music by composers including Lully, Couperin, Rameau … 

Boston Early Music Festival

Boston Early Music Festival

The erotically charged music of Monteverdi’s “L’Incoronazione di Poppea” and glittering arias by Handel are the focus of this concert presented by this cele… 

Cocoon Central Dance Team: Snowy Bing Bongs Across the North Star Combat Zone

Cocoon Central Dance Team: Snowy Bing Bongs Across the North Star Combat Zone

Cocoon Central Dance Team is a patently absurd comedy dance group that enlivens every show it’s on. 

Brooklyn Dance Festival

Brooklyn Dance Festival

This one-night-only affair offers a sampling of 10 dance companies representing a broad swath of contemporary dance in the city. 

The Lord of the Rings in Concert

The Lord of the Rings in Concert

Howard Shore’s score for this blockbuster film trilogy gets the live symphonic treatment at Lincoln Center. 

NYC Improv Festival

NYC Improv Festival

The Peoples Improv Theater plays host to this annual event, which features teams from around the country performing over five days. 

Ecstatic Music Festival: Bang on a Can

Ecstatic Music Festival: Bang on a Can

A highlight of the Ecstatic Music Festival is Bang on a Can’s annual People’s Commissioning Fund Concert, which highlights imaginative new works by a range of composers… 

Third annual Patrice ONeal Comedy Benefit Concert

Third annual Patrice ONeal Comedy Benefit Concert

New York’s best comedians honor the memory of Mr. 

Digital Dance Festival

Digital Dance Festival

To attend this festival, simply tune in on your device of choice. 

Hooray for All Kinds of Things

Hooray for All Kinds of Things

Hooray for all Kind of Things tells the true story of Icelandic stand-up comedian Jòn Gnarr’s decision to run for office in the Reykjavík mayoral elections of 2010. 

We Can All Agree to Pretend This Never Happened

We Can All Agree to Pretend This Never Happened

As an ongoing celebration of –and opportunity for –new playwriting talent, A Play, a Pie and a Pint – originated at the Òran Mór in Glasgow’s West End – has decided to m… 

The Improverts - London Shows

The Improverts - London Shows

Always Different, Always Funny! After a sell out run at Edinburgh Fringe 14 and comedy residents during term time Edinburgh University, The Improverts are performing two shows in L… 

Artek Holiday Concert

Artek Holiday Concert

It’s about time an ensemble chose Haydn’s exhilarating music for holiday fare. 

Little Children Dream of God

Little Children Dream of God

(previews start on Jan. 

Focus! Festival

Focus! Festival

This annual Juilliard School festival, organized by Joel Sachs, is an opportunity to focus, as it were, on a particular place and time, and this year, the theme is “Nippon Ge… 

Meet Me Under the Mistletoe and Tell Me All Your Secrets

Meet Me Under the Mistletoe and Tell Me All Your Secrets

Dave Hill, a suave local favorite, hosts this top-notch night of comedy and music with a Christmas-themed show. 

Le Concert dAstrée

Le Concert dAstrée

The nimble French star soprano Natalie Dessay sings highlights from Handel’s “Giulio Cesare in Egitto” alongside the countertenor Christophe Dumaux in a concert p… 

Stand Up to Hunger

Stand Up to Hunger

The podcaster behind “The Biff Lawson Xperience” hosts this top-notch stand-up fund-raiser for City Harvest. 

WQXR All-Day Bach Organ Marathon

WQXR All-Day Bach Organ Marathon

The superb organist Paul Jacobs won acclaim early on when in 2000, at 23, he played the complete organ works of Bach in a marathon to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the compose… 

Greatest Liar in All the World

Greatest Liar in All the World

Five-star, darkly funny sequel to Pinocchio: the real story behind his infamous origins. 

New York Festival of Song

New York Festival of Song

This popular festival opens its season with an intriguing program,  “Art Song on the Couch: Lieder in Freud’s Vienna. 

New York Comedy Festival: Paula Poundstone

New York Comedy Festival: Paula Poundstone

A favorite of the NPR crowd for her regular appearances on “Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me,” Ms. 

New York Comedy Festival: New Yorks Funniest Finals

New York Comedy Festival: New Yorks Funniest Finals

Carolines again hosts this competition of young local comedians. 

New York Comedy Festival: Eric Andre

New York Comedy Festival: Eric Andre

This host of Adult Swim’s “The Eric Andre Show” is a fearless, energetic performer known for his unpredictable antics and surreal bits. 

New York Comedy Festival: Bill Cosby

New York Comedy Festival: Bill Cosby

At 77, Mr. Cosby continues to perform stand-up, and his clean-cut storytelling is dominated by tales of married and family life. 

New York Comedy Festival: Maria Bamford

New York Comedy Festival: Maria Bamford

This rare gem of a comedian is beloved within the comedy community for her heart-wrenchingly honest stand-up and precise, carefully constructed bits. 

New York Comedy Festival: Emily Heller

New York Comedy Festival: Emily Heller

A bright young comedian seen regularly on TBS’s “Ground Floor,” Ms. Heller was named one of Comedy Central’s Comics to Watch in 2011. 

New York Comedy Festival: Brent Morin

New York Comedy Festival: Brent Morin

Mr. Morin, known to some for his turn on the NBC summer sitcom “Undateable,” is a rising star in the Los Angeles comedy scene and an always charming stand-up. 

New York Comedy Festival: Kathleen Madigan

New York Comedy Festival: Kathleen Madigan

(Friday) A 25-year veteran of the stand-up scene, Ms. 

New York Comedy Festival: Uncivil Union

New York Comedy Festival: Uncivil Union

This comedy and music extravaganza is a fund-raiser for the Ally Coalition and New Alternatives, which works to protect and support L. 

New York Comedy Festival: Josh Rabinowitz

New York Comedy Festival: Josh Rabinowitz

One of the cleverest young comedians in New York, Mr. Rabinowitz performs an hour of material at Stand Up NY. 

New York Comedy Festival: Tig Notaro

New York Comedy Festival: Tig Notaro

Ms. Notaro, whose strikingly candid and piercingly funny “Live” album was nominated for a Grammy, performs her new show, “Boyish Girl Interrupted.” 

New York Comedy Festival: Nate Bargatze

New York Comedy Festival: Nate Bargatze

After supporting Jimmy Fallon on his “Clean Cut Comedy Tour,” Mr. 

New York Comedy Festival: This Is Not Happening

New York Comedy Festival: This Is Not Happening

Ari Shaffir hosts this popular storytelling show, which is set to debut on Comedy Central next year. 

New York Comedy Festival: Time Out New York Women of Comedy 2014

New York Comedy Festival: Time Out New York Women of Comedy 2014

Robin Montague hosts these stand-up shows featuring some of the top female talents in the business, including Sasheer Zamata, Michelle Wolf, Sara Schaefer, Emmy Blotnick, Aparna Na… 

New York Comedy Festival: Shtick or Treat

New York Comedy Festival: Shtick or Treat

An annual tradition in the New York comedy world, this show, hosted by Matt Ruby and Mark Normand, invites dozens of comedians to perform (in costume) as their favorite comics, fro… 

New York Comedy Festival: Stand Up for Heroes

New York Comedy Festival: Stand Up for Heroes

Now in its eighth year, this megastar comedy and music show benefits the Bob Woodruff Foundation, which supports wounded veterans and their families. 

New York Comedy Festival: Friends of the People

New York Comedy Festival: Friends of the People

Kevin Barnett, Jen Bartels, Lil Rel Howery and Josh Rabinowitz, stars of the new TruTV sketch show of the same name, perform a night of sketch and improv. 

New York Comedy Festival: HERsterical

New York Comedy Festival: HERsterical

Cristina Cote hosts this variety show, a fund-raiser for the cancer support charity Gilda’s Club. 

The Band Wagon

The Band Wagon

(performances start on Nov. 

Stand Up for Rockaway

Stand Up for Rockaway

Seth Herzog hosts this stand-up show to benefit the St. 

Brooklyn, Stand Up

Brooklyn, Stand Up

The Knitting Factory’s front bar now features another stand-up show. 

Hudson Valley Dance Festival

Hudson Valley Dance Festival

For 20 years, Dancers Responding to AIDS has been producing a popular potpourri of dance on Fire Island to raise money for its myriad services. 

White Light Festival

White Light Festival

This innovative festival, which explores themes of spirituality, continues on Friday with a performance by the Radio Choir Berlin of Rachmaninoff’s “Vespers” at t… 

Fall for Dance Festival

Fall for Dance Festival

The first program of this frequently sold-out festival features, on Wednesday and Thursday, the San Francisco Ballet; the New Zealand company Black Grace; a premiere by the Mark Mo… 

Bawdsville Cabaret - The Ram Jam's Last Stand

Bawdsville Cabaret - The Ram Jam's Last Stand

Bathe in the risqué for an evening of all girl comedy, cabaret & burlesque hosted by Unruly Scrumptious with resident cabaret wrong’uns - plus special guests. 

Lemonade Stand

Lemonade Stand

Sam Haft hosts this old-fashioned variety show, with stand-up from Hannibal Buress, Nikki Glaser and Mike Vecchione and “dirty folk rock” from Jessica Delfino. 

4x4 Baroque Music Festival

4x4 Baroque Music Festival

The harpsichordist Avi Stein directs this festival, which features some of New York’s top period instrument players. 

Dancenow Joes Pub Festival

Dancenow Joes Pub Festival

Think of it as speed-dating for dance: Over four nights, 40 different artists each get five minutes on Joe’s Pub’s sliver of a stage to win over audiences. 

New York Chamber Music Festival

New York Chamber Music Festival

During what is usually a slow week in the classical music season, the New York Chamber Music Festival has been stepping up for several years with an ambitious series of programs. 

BEAT Festival

BEAT Festival

The Brooklyn Museum is once again the epicenter of this exuberant festival, which inserts dance, theater and music into alternative spaces throughout the borough, including a farme… 

Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival

Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival

Eugene Mirman, a Brooklyn favorite, brings his eponymous festival back to Gowanus and Park Slope for another eclectic weekend of stand-up, music and a bit of science, as Mr. 

Queer New York International Arts Festival

Queer New York International Arts Festival

“Queer” has gained mainstream momentum as an umbrella to capture the ever-shifting terrain of gender identity and sexuality. 

Metropolitan Operas Summer HD Festival

Metropolitan Operas Summer HD Festival

As the Met concludes its free screenings of recent HD movie-theater broadcasts in Lincoln Center Plaza, the focus is on the star soprano Anna Netrebko. 

Cathedral Concert: Dark Inventions

Cathedral Concert: Dark Inventions

The groundbreaking ensemble Dark Inventions returns to St Mary’s with a typically eclectic mix of contemporary and earlier works, including a Scottish premiere of Philip Cashian … 

Richard Thompson in Concert

Richard Thompson in Concert

Critically acclaimed prolific songwriter, Ivor Novello Award winner, recipient of BBC’s Lifetime Achievement Award and named one of Rolling Stone Magazine’s Top 20 Guitarists of Al… 

Cathedral Bach Before Breakfast - Free

Cathedral Bach Before Breakfast - Free

Wake up to Bach and a little Shostakovich in the beautiful setting of St Mary’s Cathedral. 

The Free Fringe and Jam House Closing Event for All Fringe Perfomers

The Free Fringe and Jam House Closing Event for All Fringe Perfomers

The Free Fringe invites all Fringe performers, wherever they’ve been performing, to its end of Fringe event. Mingle, wind down, dance, drink and reflect. Second annual event. 

The Edinburgh Festival Comedy Roast

The Edinburgh Festival Comedy Roast

This will be the most talked about event in Edinburgh history. 

Roddy Woomble and Band

Roddy Woomble and Band

Familiar to many thousands of music fans as the front man in the Scottish rock band Idlewild, Roddy Woomble is also a celebrated solo songwriter and performer. 

Bach to Baby - Family Concert

Bach to Baby - Family Concert

Bach to Baby is the critically-acclaimed classical concert series for babies and their carers to enjoy together. 

The Sound of Seventeen Big Band

The Sound of Seventeen Big Band

Come and join us for a show of classic big band music played by this popular band. 

Stand Up for Shelter

Stand Up for Shelter

London’s favourite comedy gala hits the fringe. 

Classical Concert @ Connected

Classical Concert @ Connected

Enjoy a relaxing evening in an intimate venue with a selection of solo and chamber works ranging from Vivaldi to Shostakovich. 

Aaaaaaaaaaaaarrghhh! It's the Increasingly Prestigious Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards Show - and It's Free!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaarrghhh! It's the Increasingly Prestigious Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards Show - and It's Free!

It seems arbitrary, if not foolish, to award a star rating to something like the Malcolm Hardee Awards Show. 

Cathedral Choir Concert

Cathedral Choir Concert

‘You will have to go a long way to hear finer choral singing than this’ writes International Record Review of the Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral. 

Blazin' Fiddles in Concert

Blazin' Fiddles in Concert

A musically intoxicating evening for all. 

Dr Simon Gage OBE - Director of the Edinburgh International Science Festival

Dr Simon Gage OBE - Director of the Edinburgh International Science Festival

The EClub, the active networking club based at the University of Edinburgh Business School, is delighted to host Simon as part of our Fringe series. 

The More the Merrier - Free

The More the Merrier - Free

A young woman sits on the floor in a bright upper room in the Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, a large rucksack with a sleeping roll dumped by her side. 

Tunder Anniversary Concert

Tunder Anniversary Concert

Franz Tunder (1614-67) was Organist at the Marienkirche in Lübeck and one of the most important composers in the north German school of organ composition. 

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society AGM

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society AGM

The formal meeting where accounts are presented, activity reviewed and directors elected. 

Where Have All the Good Guys Gone?

Where Have All the Good Guys Gone?

A quartet of fifty-something women hit the gym to tone up - but when they look in the mirror they each see what they want to see - their twenty-year-old selves. 

Mike Newall is Here All Week (Almost)

Mike Newall is Here All Week (Almost)

After three previous Edinburgh shows and supporting Alun Cochrane on two UK Tours, Mike Newall performs an hour of stand up. 

The Clinic: An Afternoon of Serious Stand-Up

The Clinic: An Afternoon of Serious Stand-Up

Universal Comedy is a Scottish charity that changes lives through comedy. 

Can Stand Up - Don't Want To!

Can Stand Up - Don't Want To!

Tonally and thematically, Can Stand Up - Don’t Want To! is all over the place. 

Nightpiece Film Festival

Nightpiece Film Festival

Nightpiece Film Festival is attempting to do something quite lovely. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Relive the angst of young unrequited love, the nerves of amateur actors who have to perform for the Duke or risk being hanged, and the mischief and mayhem caused by the fairies. 

Jim Al-Khalili: Quantum - Still Crazy After All These Years

Jim Al-Khalili: Quantum - Still Crazy After All These Years

I gave up studying all forms of science at the age of 15, so on the surface, I would not be the natural choice for Jim Al-Khalili’s Quantum – Still Crazy After All These Yea… 

All About Chopin

All About Chopin

Japanese pianist Waka Hasegawa performs widely in concert and on radio, both as a soloist and in a duo partnership, in Europe, USA and Japan. 

Piaf: Love Conquers All (Abridged)

Piaf: Love Conquers All (Abridged)

Moving On Theatre Piaf: Love Conquers All by Roger Peace is an inspiring roller coaster of a show around Piaf’s life, music, breakdowns and addictions. 

BBC: Free Thinking

BBC: Free Thinking

Free Thinking, BBC Radio 3’s Arts and Ideas programme, in Edinburgh for cutting-edge debate, conversation and interviews about the ideas shaping our lives today. 

Old Saint Paul's Festival Evensongs

Old Saint Paul's Festival Evensongs

Traditional choral evensong and benediction in the Catholic Anglican style with the renowned choir and organ of this historic church close to Edinburgh’s Royal Mile. 

Booking Dance Festival - Split Bill

Booking Dance Festival - Split Bill

See two amazing dance companies captivate through rhythm! The Bang Group bangs it full force and (very) out loud with smiles in tow while Antara elegantly counterbalances the hypno… 

Perchance to Dream

Perchance to Dream

xYMTS are back walking the path of life and picking up pace. 

All Chopin Recital

All Chopin Recital

Come and enjoy a relaxing lunchtime recital of a selection of favourite ballades, nocturnes, polonaises, waltzes, scherzos and other works by Poland’s most famous romantic compos… 

Battlefield Band

Battlefield Band

One of the great institutions of Scottish traditional music. 

Festival Concert

Festival Concert

The choir was founded by Arthur Sutton in 1994 and has performed in Scotland and Germany and we are proud to perform in Edinburgh as a testimony to his vision of two decades ago. 

LuckyMe Annual Festival Party

LuckyMe Annual Festival Party

Club show with special guest DJs. 

Biff! Bash! Bosh! - Free

Biff! Bash! Bosh! - Free

Who would you rather be: a tap-dancing alien or a singing tomato? Biff! Bash! Bosh! Join comic trio Topsy Turvy for 40 minutes of silliness, slapstick and mayhem - sketch comedy fo… 

Big Band Swing

Big Band Swing

With Fringe sell-out show awards and an appearance in the Guinness Book of Records to their name, Jon Ritchie’s Swing Sensation Big Band makes a welcome return to the Edinburgh Fri… 

Alice in Concert

Alice in Concert

See Wonderland like you’ve never heard it. 

The Perch Creek Family Jug Band

The Perch Creek Family Jug Band

Direct from Melbourne, Australia, The Perch Creek Family Jugband are a band of five energetic multi-instrumentalists and vocalists, four of whom happen to be siblings. 

Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival - Calton Hill Geology Walk

Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival - Calton Hill Geology Walk

The Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival celebrates Edinburgh’s traditional buildings and offers everyone an opportunity to learn about the skills and materials used to build an… 

Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival - Traditional Building Skills and World Heritage

Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival - Traditional Building Skills and World Heritage

The Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival celebrates Edinburgh’s traditional buildings and offers everyone an opportunity to learn about the skills and materials used to build an… 

Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival - Roof Slating Demonstration

Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival - Roof Slating Demonstration

The Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival celebrates Edinburgh’s traditional buildings and offers everyone an opportunity to learn about the skills and materials used to build an… 

Nitekirk - Free

Nitekirk - Free

A place of peace, an open sacred space. 

Booking Dance Festival - Showcase

Booking Dance Festival - Showcase

One of the best things about dance is that it can transcend the boundaries of language or culture. 

Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival - Restoration and Development of Riddles Court

Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival - Restoration and Development of Riddles Court

The Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival celebrates Edinburgh’s traditional buildings and offers everyone an opportunity to learn about the skills and materials used to build an… 

The Box – Free

The Box – Free

“I wasn’t cut out to be cursed,” Jill tells us at the start of The Box. 

Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival - Stone Masonry Demonstration

Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival - Stone Masonry Demonstration

The Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival celebrates Edinburgh’s traditional buildings and offers everyone an opportunity to learn about the skills and materials used to build an… 

Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival - Iron Work Demonstration

Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival - Iron Work Demonstration

The Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival celebrates Edinburgh’s traditional buildings and offers everyone an opportunity to learn about the skills and materials used to build an… 

Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival - Georgian Edinburgh Before the New Town

Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival - Georgian Edinburgh Before the New Town

The Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival celebrates Edinburgh’s traditional buildings, offering everyone an opportunity to learn about the skills and materials used to build and… 

Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival - Maintaining Sash and Case Windows

Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival - Maintaining Sash and Case Windows

If you think the Fringe is just about theatrical performances then think again. 

Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival - Lead Roofing Demonstration

Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival - Lead Roofing Demonstration

The Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival celebrates Edinburgh’s traditional buildings and offers everyone an opportunity to learn about the skills and materials used to build an… 

New Zealand Music Showcase

New Zealand Music Showcase

The New Zealand Music Showcase is a great way to see some of New Zealand’s greatest artists here at the fringe. 

Nick Helm's Two Night Stand in The Grand

Nick Helm's Two Night Stand in The Grand

Nick Helm’s Two Night Stand in the Grand is an epic comedy rock show worthy of its massive venue. 

Sandy Brechin Band

Sandy Brechin Band

Wild man of the accordion and frontman of Burach and The Sensational Jimi Shandrix Experience, Sandy Brechin plays fast and funky favourites from his albums Out of His Box and Out … 

Festival Masses

Festival Masses

Come and hear one of Edinburgh’s best church choirs perform beautiful music in the liturgical setting it was written for. 

Old Saint Paul's Festival Masses

Old Saint Paul's Festival Masses

Traditional Catholic Anglican liturgy in this historic church close to Edinburgh’s Royal Mile with renowned choir and organ. 

Marlboro Festival

Marlboro Festival

The penultimate weekend of this first-rate chamber music festival features works by Beethoven (the Quintet for Piano and Winds), Bartok, and Tchaikovsky (“Souvenir de Florenc… 

Cathedral Festival Eucharists

Cathedral Festival Eucharists

Join the Cathedral’s choir and congregation for an uplifting service with the finest cathedral music, featuring mass settings by Rheinberger, Stravinsky and Mozart. 

Cathedral Festival Evensongs

Cathedral Festival Evensongs

Choral services sung by the Cathedral Choir, the only choral foundation in Scotland with a tradition of daily services. 

Cathedral Celebrity Organ Recitals – Free

Cathedral Celebrity Organ Recitals – Free

Organists Duncan Ferguson (St Mary’s Cathedral), Robert Sharpe (York Minster), and Donald Hunt (St Mary’s Cathedral) perform on consecutive Sundays on the Cathedral’s ‘Father… 

The After Party with Alex Rossi and the Rhythmic Circus Band

The After Party with Alex Rossi and the Rhythmic Circus Band

Alex Rossi and friends roll a mash-up of traditional blues, the swagger of hip-hop and the high energy of rock’n’roll into three funky hours of music. Special Fringe guests! 

Musical Comedy Awards Showcase

Musical Comedy Awards Showcase

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. 

Summer Concert

Summer Concert

The Edinburgh Incidental Orchestra returns to the Fringe with a popular programme of English and French Music. 

Dream China

Dream China

A stunning showcase! Orchestra, Peking opera, folk, choir and dancing presented by one of China’s top young performing groups. 

The Voice Festival Edinburgh Showcase

The Voice Festival Edinburgh Showcase

The Voice Festival UK returns to Edinburgh Fringe, with a jam-packed a cappella showcase featuring groups of all ages, plus a special collaborative number created at our workshop h… 

Daniel Sloss – Really...?! Extra Shows

Daniel Sloss – Really...?! Extra Shows

Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox. 

Edinburgh Book Fringe - Free

Edinburgh Book Fringe - Free

Word Power Books hosts free daily events with writers and activists from around the world in Edinburgh’s only independent and radical bookshop. 

Geoffrey Madell’s 80th Birthday Concert

Geoffrey Madell’s 80th Birthday Concert

After many years giving solo recitals at STAGS, Geoffrey is joined in this special year by friends old and new: singers Lesley Bruce and Elizabeth Woollven, pianists Alan Graham an… 

Taekwon Percussion Performance: BIGABI

Taekwon Percussion Performance: BIGABI

Look for BIGABI, the finest Taekwondo players! These players will combine the beauty and spirit of traditional Korean percussion instruments with the power of Taekwon movements. 

Bard Music Festival

Bard Music Festival

“Schubert and His World” is the most ambitious undertaking of the Bard Music Festival in its 25th anniversary summer season. 

Festival CD and Record Fair

Festival CD and Record Fair

Collectors and discerning listeners have long realised the unique quality of music recorded on vinyl; the sleeve, the art, and yes, even the hisses, crackles and pops. 

Club Spiegel Present The Loveboat Big Band

Club Spiegel Present The Loveboat Big Band

Sumptuously celebrating the golden age of shipboard romance, while forging full steam into the future, Scotland’s premier swing sensation The Loveboat Big Band invite you aboard … 

Digital Alchemy in association with Weston Earth Images - Free

Digital Alchemy in association with Weston Earth Images - Free

Professor Richard Weston’s enchanting images of gemstones from around the world, surrounded by award winning gemmologist Stephen Turner’s examples of mother nature’s most preciou… 

Edinburgh Renaissance Band's Viol Rackett Show

Edinburgh Renaissance Band's Viol Rackett Show

Edinburgh Renaissance Band returns with its ever-popular Viol Rackett Show, our best-loved programme of music, song and dance from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. 

The Scottish Diaspora Tapestry - Free

The Scottish Diaspora Tapestry - Free

The Scottish Diaspora Tapestry is a visual tribute to Scotland’s global legacy, crafted by volunteer embroiderers in 25 countries across the globe. 

Dean Friedman In Concert

Dean Friedman In Concert

Dean Friedman shot to fame in the late 70’s with the American hit Ariel in ‘77 and then Lucky Stars which made it to no. 

Leith Artists' and Makers' Festival Exhibition

Leith Artists' and Makers' Festival Exhibition

A mixed show of contemporary paintings, textiles and jewellery produced by artists and makers based at Coburg House Art Studios in Leith. 

Spitfire! Free

Spitfire! Free

Spitfire! is a spiffing new show from the team behind the award-winning multi-five-star BattleActs! Independent on Sunday Top 10 Comedy. 

Dance-Forms' 67th International Choreographers' Showcase

Dance-Forms' 67th International Choreographers' Showcase

Celebrating 13 years at the Fringe, Dance-Forms Productions will rock the house presenting Andrey Merkuriev, Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation and leading soloist of the Bo… 

Free Photography Exhibition

Free Photography Exhibition

If you have 10 minutes to spare and your busy festival schedule has taken you near the Royal Mile, have a look at this exhibition. 

All Through the Night

All Through the Night

Shirley Lauro’s drama All Through the Night opens badly, but it gets better. 

Bristol Improv Steals the Show - Free

Bristol Improv Steals the Show - Free

The premise for this clever improvised show is to poach from the best of the Fringe. 

Concert of the DiapasonG Choir, Italy

Concert of the DiapasonG Choir, Italy

DiapasonG choir from Bolzano, northern Italy performing a wide range of music. 

The Ruffitybuffs - Free

The Ruffitybuffs - Free

Come along and join The Ruffitybuffs, Tara Twinkle, Cara Crinkle and all of their friends in their fantastic free show of music song and dance. 

Stand-Up Comedy Live @ Le Monde

Stand-Up Comedy Live @ Le Monde

The best stand-up comedy in the city from some of the hottest comics in the country - visit our website for full details: www.lemondehotel.co.uk/live 

The Story of Medieval England From 1066 to 1485 at Roughly Nine Years and Two Jokes Per Minute Incorporating The Hundred Years War as a Football Match and of Course Scottish Independence Performed by Paul B Edwards – Free

The Story of Medieval England From 1066 to 1485 at Roughly Nine Years and Two Jokes Per Minute Incorporating The Hundred Years War as a Football Match and of Course Scottish Independence Performed by Paul B Edwards – Free

The Story of Medieval England From 1066 to 1485 at Roughly Nine Years and Two Jokes Per Minute Incorporating The Hundred Years War as a Football Match and of Course Scottish Indepe… 

The Free and Independent State of Merseyside

The Free and Independent State of Merseyside

The Kipple and the Lomax present, in honour of the independence debate, the anarchic, independent spirit of Merseyside and its populace, in word and music. 

Kids Do the Funniest Things! - Free

Kids Do the Funniest Things! - Free

This comedy workshop will get your kids writing their own jokes and performing them onstage - all within an hour! Course leader Paul B Edwards is a hugely experienced professional … 

Jason Patterson - All About the Pattersons

Jason Patterson - All About the Pattersons

Jason Patterson in All About The Pattersons! Jason entertains us with affable tales of growing up in a house and moving to a rough council estate, having a popular older brother, h… 

A Bonanza of Festival Comedy and Cabaret

A Bonanza of Festival Comedy and Cabaret

A Sunday more like Saturday! The comedy version of a Mexican stand-off featuring a smorgasbord of classic international Fringe Comedy, with a selection of the very best acts from … 

A Robot Presents Comedy - Free

A Robot Presents Comedy - Free

The future. 

Free Fringe Music

Free Fringe Music

From bold brass to fabulous fiddlers, soprano soloists to singer/songwriters, enjoy daily live music performances at the museum, showcasing the best contemporary talents from Scotl… 

Ben Champion: Cracking Up - Free

Ben Champion: Cracking Up - Free

Ben Champion is turning into his dad. 

Chris Coltrane: There's No Heroes Left Except All of Us

Chris Coltrane: There's No Heroes Left Except All of Us

Join comedian and activist Chris Coltrane for an hour of uplifting, Tory-smashing political comedy! The world is corrupt, politicians are garbage, but we are awesome! Let Coltrane … 

James Christopher - Partially Sighted in All the Big Venues

James Christopher - Partially Sighted in All the Big Venues

A celebration of human flaws. 

Cracker Jokes - Free

Cracker Jokes - Free

Cracker: noun, a thin dry biscuit that is often salty and usually eaten with cheese. 

PBH's Free Fringe: 5 Characters in Search of a Guitar

PBH's Free Fringe: 5 Characters in Search of a Guitar

Musical comedy meets character comedy in the debut solo show from stand up and improviser, Jacky Wood. 

Invisible Cage - Free

Invisible Cage - Free

Immediate, sense engaging theatre. 

Monkey Poet: Shit Flinging - Free

Monkey Poet: Shit Flinging - Free

Monkey Poet: Shit Flinging is a show much more savoury than its name suggests. 

All Made Up: This Time It’s Social

All Made Up: This Time It’s Social

It’s time to bring improv comedy bang up to date. 

Worst Show On the Fringe - Free

Worst Show On the Fringe - Free

Russell Howard, Miranda Hart and Tim Minchin . 

A History of Rome. With Jokes - Free

A History of Rome. With Jokes - Free

A thousand years of roman history in under an hour. 

Stand-Up Tragedy

Stand-Up Tragedy

Stand up tragedy is a relation of stand up comedy. 

BattleActs! - Free

BattleActs! - Free

With so much improvised comedy around, every group needs a USP. 

The Tight Six Comedy Showcase

The Tight Six Comedy Showcase

Harry Scott-Moncrieff, Faye Treacy, Steve Mclean and Oh Standfast mix comedy and cabaret to deliver much more than just another show. 

Mike Shephard:  M*ther of All Parliaments

Mike Shephard: M*ther of All Parliaments

Having written for BBC Radio 4, NewsRevue and the award-winning TinCanPodcast, Mike takes on the baffling history of the Westminster parliament with wit, rage and twisted logic, ju… 

Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival

Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival

The first weekend of the festival kicks off with the pianist Joyce Yang performing in Schumann’s Piano Quartet for a  benefit concert on Saturday. 

Hard Travelin' With Woody - Free

Hard Travelin' With Woody - Free

‘By equating the conditions of Depression-era America with those of today, writer/performer Randy Noojin invests his one-man show about Woody Guthrie with topicality and urgency, r… 

Present and Correct: Now Recruiting - Free

Present and Correct: Now Recruiting - Free

This young and energetic company have tried to create a sketch show with a storyline. 

CeilidhKids at the Fringe – Free!

CeilidhKids at the Fringe – Free!

Family workshop suitable for children aged 3-7 years with parents or carers. 

Best of Oh So Funny - Free

Best of Oh So Funny - Free

The brilliant London comedy club comes to Edinburgh. 

300 to 1 - Free

300 to 1 - Free

New play. 

Charity Chuckle: Stand Up for Charity

Charity Chuckle: Stand Up for Charity

Charity Chuckle started out as a regular Brighton comedy night, raising money for local charities. 

Peace, Tolerance, Surveillance and Drones - Free

Peace, Tolerance, Surveillance and Drones - Free

The word of God over the ages: from Hernan Cortés to Barack Obama. And skipping three centuries in between.  

Ukulele Workshop With Tricity Vogue - Free

Ukulele Workshop With Tricity Vogue - Free

Last year I bought myself a ukulele but I have to confess that most of the time it looks really cute hanging on my wall. 

The Oxford Revue Presents – Free

The Oxford Revue Presents – Free

For a free sketch show you can’t go wrong with Oxford Revue’s free accompaniment to its main show. 

Luke Toulson: Laid-Back Grouch - Free

Luke Toulson: Laid-Back Grouch - Free

As seen on Russell Howard’s Good News, the award-winning, Perrier-nominated, Amused Moose Top 10 Comedy Show 2013, ‘gifted comic’ (Sunday Times) returns with a new show about l… 

Free Footlights

Free Footlights

The Cambridge Footlights bring you a daily hour of free stand-up comedy. 

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Courses

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Courses

Learn stand-up comedy performance on this two-day intensive comedy course. 

Jay Handley: Free Comic

Jay Handley: Free Comic

If Jay Handley had spent as much time running his business as he did writing this show he wouldn’t be unemployed now and you would have one less thing to see at this year’s Fringe. 

Miss Glory Pearl: The Naked Stand-Up

Miss Glory Pearl: The Naked Stand-Up

‘These are my tits,’ says the woman on stage wearing nothing but a pair of black high heels and a red pillbox hat, ‘Feel free to look at them. 

Fern Brady and Peter Brush - Free

Fern Brady and Peter Brush - Free

Join two of the UK’s finest emerging talents, Fern Brady (8 out of 10 Cats – ‘Wicked, close to the bone gags’ Stage, ‘Obnoxious, rude, and utterly brilliant’ ThreeWeeks… 

All Star Stand-Up Showcase

All Star Stand-Up Showcase

If you’re in the mood for some bawdy, laddish comedy then this is the show for you. 

Free Historical Walking Tours of the Royal Mile

Free Historical Walking Tours of the Royal Mile

This tour is a brilliant way to explore the history of Edinburgh’s famous Royal Mile. 

Free Tour

Free Tour

The world-renowned Sandemans Free Tour shows you the best of Edinburgh, with enthusiastic local guides providing tours in English and Spanish every day of the week! Starting on the… 

Adventures on Air - Free

Adventures on Air - Free

Award-winning comedian James Cook tells the often hilarious, surprising and surreal true story of being the voice between pop records. 

Cathedral Lunchtime Concerts — Free

Cathedral Lunchtime Concerts — Free

Celebrating 20 years. 

Dougie Maclean in Concert

Dougie Maclean in Concert

Dougie MacLean is Scotland’s pre-eminent singer-songwriter and a ‘national musical treasure’ (Sing Out, USA) who has developed a unique blend of lyrical, roots based songwritin… 

Bronston Jones: What Comes Out - Free

Bronston Jones: What Comes Out - Free

‘Let’s see what comes out of my mouth’ is something Bronston Jones says before almost every show. 

Is He a Bit Simon Jay? - Free

Is He a Bit Simon Jay? - Free

With an enviable variety of excellent voices and a real commitment to his physicality, Simon Jay skilfully portrays the various characters crammed into the tragic life story of his… 

Free Fall

Free Fall

Free Fall is Luca Cupani’s first stand up show and an hour of comedy similar in its rambled, improvised form to Ross Noble’s earlier work. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream: The Rock Musical

A Midsummer Night's Dream: The Rock Musical

Infinity Repertory Theatre update Shakespeare’s comedy to the 21st century as a musical with a rollicking rock’n’roll aim in mind. 

CeilidhKids at the Fringe – Free!

CeilidhKids at the Fringe – Free!

Family workshop suitable for children aged 3-7 years with parents or carers. 

Set List: Stand-Up Without a Net

Set List: Stand-Up Without a Net

In Set List, spontaneity is the name of the game; a selection of comics perform completely improvised sets in front of your eyes, with nothing to guide them but key phrases which a… 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Tripped Theatre’s stylised adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream fits one of the Bard’s most famous and fun plays into the space of one hour, with only four… 

Art for Lunch – Free Concerts in St Giles'

Art for Lunch – Free Concerts in St Giles'

Escape the thunderous thrill of the High Street! Unwind and enjoy inspiring music and stunning architecture in the medieval heart of Edinburgh. 

W@nk the Dog - Free

W@nk the Dog - Free

Every night see our pick of the filthiest acts at the Fringe. 

Bottom's Dream

Bottom's Dream

‘I have had a most rare vision. 

Dr Ettrick-Hogg Presents The Bite - Free

Dr Ettrick-Hogg Presents The Bite - Free

This is the show you’ll be telling people about in five years time. 

A Midsummer Nights Dream

A Midsummer Nights Dream

(performances start on Aug. 

Brave and Free: Traditional Tales of Scotland

Brave and Free: Traditional Tales of Scotland

Scotland, a land steeped in myth and legend. 

Phoebe Traquair Song School Murals - Free

Phoebe Traquair Song School Murals - Free

Painted in 1888-1892, Traquair’s acclaimed murals, restored in 1998, illustrate the canticle Benedicite Omnia Opera. 

The Seussification of A Midsummer Night's Dream

The Seussification of A Midsummer Night's Dream

The Seussification of a Midsummer Night’s Dream sees an all female cast embark on a speedy but delightful adaptation of Shakespeare’s comedy. 

Festival Folk at the Oak

Festival Folk at the Oak

The Royal Oak is one of the most famous hubs of folk music in Edinburgh. 

All Back to Bowie’s

All Back to Bowie’s

David Bowie said ‘Scotland, stay with us’. 

Tamar Broadbent: All By My Selfie

Tamar Broadbent: All By My Selfie

Tamar Broadbent’s All by my Selfie seamlessly combines quick wit with a beautiful voice. 

Casual Violence: Om Nom Nom Nominous - Free

Casual Violence: Om Nom Nom Nominous - Free

Sometimes the proof of a great show comes from hints that your body gives you: your face hurts because you’ve been grinning so much, a consistent silent laughter that you are d… 

Outrageous Courageous Highly Contagious: Israeli Style Improv – Free

Outrageous Courageous Highly Contagious: Israeli Style Improv – Free

Straight from the Middle East: an energetic, fast paced, improvised play. 

Together in Electra Dreams - Free

Together in Electra Dreams - Free

Stand-up comedian Clara Electra brings her first ever solo show to the Edinburgh Fringe. 

Hilarity Bites Comedy Club: Showcase Show

Hilarity Bites Comedy Club: Showcase Show

Hilarity Bites, as comedy showcases at the Fringe go, is a solid choice - a mix of an experienced compere and a good range of acts promising a solid hour of entertainment. 

The Stand Late Show

The Stand Late Show

If you’ve ever watched anything by John Robertson before you’ll know just how zany and energetic he can be, which is the perfect reason why he makes a great host for The Stand … 

Comedy Showdown - Free

Comedy Showdown - Free

A host of top comedians from across the Fringe battle it out for the audience’s approval and such.  

99 Club Stand-up Selection - Cowgate - Free

99 Club Stand-up Selection - Cowgate - Free

Luke Benson hosts 99 Club’s pick of the Fringe with a free hour of comedy that shows off the talents (and faults) at this year’s festival. 

Dead Ghost Star

Dead Ghost Star

Like The Mighty Boosh in a minor key, Dead Ghost Star present a weird and wonderful double act of surreal, whimsical and thoroughly endearing comedy. 

Ken Crystal Afternoon Showcase

Ken Crystal Afternoon Showcase

Grab a beer, nurse your hangover and relax. 

The Free Fringe Festival Outdoor Launch

The Free Fringe Festival Outdoor Launch

Launching a season of outdoor performances in the courtyard at the Pear Tree with buskers, musicians, cabaret, comedy and much, much more. And it’s all free! www.freefestival.co.uk 

Marc Burrows in the Ten Best Songs Of All Time - Free

Marc Burrows in the Ten Best Songs Of All Time - Free

Live and let die blares from the speakers as Marc Burrows circles the room, high-fiving everyone in sight. 

Now That's What I Call Stand-Up #1

Now That's What I Call Stand-Up #1

See it before it gets jaded at #249! Four top class comedians doing their best ten minutes. 

Stand-Up Showdown: Singh vs Whitmer

Stand-Up Showdown: Singh vs Whitmer

Two comedians enter the stage to prove who’s funnier. 

Paul Duncan McGarrity: Fail! - Free

Paul Duncan McGarrity: Fail! - Free

Following on from last year’s acclaimed show Awkward Hawk, Paul Duncan McGarrity (Amused Moose finalist 2011) looks at the power of schadenfreude, embarrassment, and how being hi… 

Oberon White: I, Pierrot - Free

Oberon White: I, Pierrot - Free

In his Edinburgh debut, operatic maverick Oberon White presents a one-man show like no other. 

All the Fun of the Fairburn

All the Fun of the Fairburn

Rachel Fairburn is melancholy, she can’t help it. 

Shakespeare in the Garden: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Shakespeare in the Garden: A Midsummer Night's Dream

This production of Shakespeare’s classic and well loved comedy is set in the pretty garden of a church. 

Always Be Rolling - Free

Always Be Rolling - Free

How board games can change your life and save the world. 

Aaaaargh! It's the Monster Stand-Up Show! Free

Aaaaargh! It's the Monster Stand-Up Show! Free

Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comics in this stand-up showcase. 

Clever Peter: Free for All!

Clever Peter: Free for All!

The award-winning sketch group, as heard on their own BBC Radio 4 series, present brand new sketches and old favourites packed into a fun-filled free-for-all show. 

Seriously Now! - Free

Seriously Now! - Free

A confessional comedy performance by literary translator and writer Petra Kindler, on the joys and perils of cross-cultural creative work, surviving homemade hurricanes and the cha… 

Twonkey's Private Restaurant– Free

Twonkey's Private Restaurant– Free

‘A bearded fantasist’ **** (Time Out). 

About 2.5% Ginger Comedy Showcase - Free

About 2.5% Ginger Comedy Showcase - Free

This year will be the biggest year ever for Ginger Ale Comedy as we relaunch the show in partnership with some of Scotland’s best emerging promoters, who run both established stand… 

It's All About George

It's All About George

In 1914 George joined the war. 

Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show

Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show

The Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show at the Cabaret Bar in the Pleasance Courtyard claims to be the longest running and most successful lunchtime show at the Edinburgh Fringe. 

Eddie Hoo: Angry in the Afternoon - Free

Eddie Hoo: Angry in the Afternoon - Free

Offensive and outrageous comedy. 

Donald Robertson Is Not a Stand-Up Comedian

Donald Robertson Is Not a Stand-Up Comedian

What would you do if everyone in the world hated you? Would you run? Would you fight? Or would you try to make them laugh? Donald Robertson has got no mates and he isn’t funny. 

The Rat Pack Stand-Up Comedy

The Rat Pack Stand-Up Comedy

The Rat Pack Stand Up Comedy features swing hits and a changing line up of comedians from the Fringe catalogue. 

Ant Dewson and Mark Silcox: Life in the Bus Lane - Free

Ant Dewson and Mark Silcox: Life in the Bus Lane - Free

Everything seemed against this performance from the start. 

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Comedy presents a stand-up show featuring the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe. 

Baby Wants Candy present The Improv All Star Explosion!

Baby Wants Candy present The Improv All Star Explosion!

Even though this isn’t Baby Wants Candy’s headline show at the Fringe, you would still expect much more from such a highly regarded group. 

Aaaaargh! It's 101 Jokes in 30 Minutes! Free

Aaaaargh! It's 101 Jokes in 30 Minutes! Free

The title of Masai Graham’s show gives the impression that it is a grand test of comedic athleticism, hinting at a Tim Vine like mania. 

Laughter on the Outskirts: The Return - Free

Laughter on the Outskirts: The Return - Free

Intelligent comedy with a puerile twist, Scott Jeffery and Matt T Woodward take turns to do 25 minutes stand-up each, daily tossing a coin to decide who goes first. 

Lovecraft's Monsters - Free

Lovecraft's Monsters - Free

David Crawford is dressed in HP Lovecraft’s favourite outfit for this one-man storytelling. 

All at Sea

All at Sea

Absurd theatre troupe Intuitive Creatures, ‘deity of comedic genius’ ***** (PerformanceReviewed. 

The Improvised Improv Show - Free

The Improvised Improv Show - Free

Taking improv to the next level, we improvise the cast! A daily impro jam that absolutely anyone can take part in, whether experienced veteran or enthusiastic newcomer. 

Ian Fox Presents The Unsearchables - Free

Ian Fox Presents The Unsearchables - Free

Ian Fox: The Unsearchables is an interactive quiz show that asks the questions you can’t Google. 

The Rat Pack Stand-Up Comedy

The Rat Pack Stand-Up Comedy

2013’s sell-out hit returns with top comedians on stage for the whole show, freewheeling stand-up and live Rat Pack music. 

CineFringe Film Festival

CineFringe Film Festival

As featured on BBC Radio Scotland! The number one film event at the Fringe is celebrating its fifth year! Join CineFringe as we proudly present four days of exceptional screenings. 

Start Wars To Save Us All

Start Wars To Save Us All

Gregory Akerman explores the history of war to find out once and for all if it’s good for absolutely nothing or good for very little, however there are a couple of exceptions. 

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

See the very best comedians at the Fringe, alongside some of the UK’s best newcomers, at this top-rated comedy selection show. 

101 Comedy Club - Free

101 Comedy Club - Free

‘Funny. 

Amusia - Luc Valvona - Free

Amusia - Luc Valvona - Free

Is Amusia a fantasia of amusement, or does it really mean something quite different? Musical comedian Luc Valvona plays a selection of his songs and then tries to sell you his CDs. 

AAA Batteries (Not Included) - Free

AAA Batteries (Not Included) - Free

Back for a fourth year at the Fringe - an hour of sharp gags, intelligent observations and blisteringly quick improvised raps from three of the circuit’s best comedians. 

LOLympics Live - Free

LOLympics Live - Free

Each day different international acts compete for comedy gold. 

Electric-Hogg's Dada Garden of Dark Delights - Free

Electric-Hogg's Dada Garden of Dark Delights - Free

An original multi-media performance, this could be one of the oddest hours of your life. Come with an open mind, leave with a broken one. @electricdada 

Cook and Davies Present: Planet Earth and All Who Sailed in Her

Cook and Davies Present: Planet Earth and All Who Sailed in Her

The intimate feel of the basement studio at the Caves adds to the atmosphere of the performance of Planet Earth and All Who Sailed in Her. 

Tom Goodliffe: Thug Liffe- Free

Tom Goodliffe: Thug Liffe- Free

Tom’s an award-winning comedian, thirty-something accountant and big, friendly nerd. 

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical

One of the best known, longest running and most celebrated improv shows in the world. 

Felicity Ann: It Takes All Sorts

Felicity Ann: It Takes All Sorts

A Mary Poppins bag of hilarious characters from a misunderstood Rumplestiltskin, to a yoga instructor who can’t stand the sound of breathing. 

The Edinburgh Revue Stand-Up Show

The Edinburgh Revue Stand-Up Show

Every art needs its new generation of practitioners. 

Celia Pacquola: Let Me Know How It All Works Out

Celia Pacquola: Let Me Know How It All Works Out

Seriously. 

Julian McCullough: Dream Girls

Julian McCullough: Dream Girls

Dream Girls is a masterful collection of comedy mixed with surprisingly (even for McCullough) emotional moments that had the audience in awe. 

Simon Feilder: All The Things I'm Not

Simon Feilder: All The Things I'm Not

One of a stampede of comedians making the London-Edinburgh journey for the festival, Feilder knows his Fringe conventions well and isn’t afraid to use them to meta-comic effect. 

The Greatest Liar in All the World

The Greatest Liar in All the World

Familia de la Noche take the story of Pinocchio and turn it on its head, with the former puppet boy as the titular “greatest liar in the world. 

AAA Stand-Up

AAA Stand-Up

Our host for the evening is Sunna Jarman, and she is certainly engaging. 

AAA Stand-Up Late

AAA Stand-Up Late

Banterous and dangerous, this night of eclectic stand-up comedy is in the hands of three very capable performers. 

The Free Festival Launch Night

The Free Festival Launch Night

The big launch night for this years’ Free Festival! See a show with the best of this years’ free Fringe performers, mingle with the acts and VIPs and dance the night away. 

One Man Star Wars

One Man Star Wars

Much of Ross’s childhood was spent in a galaxy far, far away, watching Star Wars videos over – and over – and over again. 

Andy de la Tour Stand-Up or Die in New York

Andy de la Tour Stand-Up or Die in New York

Only two human activities happen in front of a brick wall. 

Parliament House: A Hidden Gem - Free

Parliament House: A Hidden Gem - Free

To celebrate the completion of a five year redevelopment project, this exhibition, within the splendid Parliament Hall, gives an insight into the life, history and traditions of th… 

Brooks Wheelan Falls Back on Stand-Up Comedy

Brooks Wheelan Falls Back on Stand-Up Comedy

Fresh from proudly posting on Twitter news of his firing from “Saturday Night Live,” Mr. Wheelan will kick off this makeshift stand-up tour in Brooklyn. 

Fringe Film Festival

Fringe Film Festival

Returning for its tenth season, the critically acclaimed curated programme showcases silver screen shorts and contemporary filmmakers all day, everyday. 

Neal's Yard Remedies Festival Chillout Zone

Neal's Yard Remedies Festival Chillout Zone

Step into an oasis of calm at Neal’s Yard Remedies Edinburgh, for a cup of herbal tea and a hand massage (subject to availability). 

Mostly Mozart Festival

Mostly Mozart Festival

The festivities kick off this year with the premiere of John Luther Adams’s “Sila: The Breath of the World,” a site-specific work inspired by Inuit traditions. 

Between the Seas Festival

Between the Seas Festival

This festival enlightens audiences to the Mediterranean region’s growing contemporary arts scene. 

Simon Feilder: All the Things I’m Not

Simon Feilder: All the Things I’m Not

Like many men of his generation, Simon Feilder talks about his insecurities about being a single man, but unlike a lot of them he spices his show up with multi-media presentation… 

HOT! Festival

HOT! Festival

The 23rd edition of this festival celebrates and explores sexuality and gender identity in all forms with humor and compassion. 

Marlboro Music Festival

Marlboro Music Festival

Rising stars perform with prominent musicians at this prestigious festival, directed by Richard Goode and Mitsuko Uchida, who will perform in Brahms’s Piano Quartet in G mino… 

Fire Island Dance Festival

Fire Island Dance Festival

In 1995, the Fire Island Dance Festival began as a way to raise funds for those suffering from H. 

Stand Up on the Spot

Stand Up on the Spot

Stand-ups throw out their planned material and improvise material based entirely on audience suggestions; performers include Todd Barry, Sasheer Zamata, Jim Florentine, Joe DeRosa,… 

The Festival Wheel

The Festival Wheel

Located in the heart of the city centre at East Princes Street Gardens, the newest addition to Edinburgh’s Festival season provides unrivalled views of Edinburgh’s Old and New Town… 

Lincoln Center Festival: The Passenger

Lincoln Center Festival: The Passenger

Suppressed when it was written in Soviet Russia in the late 1960s, Mieczyslaw Weinberg’s unsparing Holocaust opera, based on a radio play by Zofia Posmysz and with a libretto… 

Indie-pendence Day Festival

Indie-pendence Day Festival

Dozens of independent improv teams, including favorites like GUS and Austen Family, celebrate the Fourth of July with 12 hours of long-form improvised comedy and a barbecue. 

International Keyboard Institute and Festival

International Keyboard Institute and Festival

For those who love piano music, this institute and festival at Mannes, now in its 16th season, is a highlight of the summer. 

Glimmerglass Festival

Glimmerglass Festival

It is always worth the four-hour drive to Cooperstown from New York to attend the summer Glimmerglass Festival. 

Randy Newmans Faust: The Concert

Randy Newmans Faust: The Concert

In the mid-1990s, Randy Newman’s song cycle about a contemporary deal with the Devil was staged in Los Angeles and Chicago, but never made it to Broadway. 

Lincoln Center Festival: Rosas

Lincoln Center Festival: Rosas

Last fall, the renowned Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s Belgian company was in New York with a pair of new, starkly minimalist works that bore little resem… 

Aston Magna Festival

Aston Magna Festival

“A season of romance, war, and other human follies” is the theme this year of this prominent period-instrument festival. 

The Up Festival

The Up Festival

In collaboration with IdeasTap, General Gough’s Speakeasy at Earl Haig Hall pub will be showcasing an array of new and exciting work to kick off the Edinburgh Fringe Preview Season… 

Caramoor Music Festival

Caramoor Music Festival

This international music festival at the bucolic Caramoor Center opens with a gala program featuring, as so many gala festival do, the violinist Joshua Bell, who is appearing with … 

Lifeline at Leith Festival

Lifeline at Leith Festival

Lifeline is a highly entertaining portrayal of people from all areas of society facing difficulties in their own way. 

Meet Me in the Bathroom and Tell Me All Your Secrets

Meet Me in the Bathroom and Tell Me All Your Secrets

Dave Hill and his band Valley Lodge host this impressive lineup of comedy and music, with performances from David Cross, Juliana Hatfield, Michael Che, Jean Grae, Kate Berlant, Mar… 

Performance Mix Festival

Performance Mix Festival

This smorgasbord of performance, with a different lineup each night, features 32 artists from New York, Montreal, San Francisco, Salt Lake City and beyond. 

D-Day 70th Anniversary Concert

D-Day 70th Anniversary Concert

Featuring some of the best music evoking the 1940s including ‘The Dambusters March’, ‘We’ll Meet Again’ plus many more popular pieces to commemorate the events of 6 June 1944, in t… 

Mannes Beethoven Institute Concert

Mannes Beethoven Institute Concert

As part of its annual Beethoven Institute, Mannes College The New School for Music presents two intriguing faculty concerts that will juxtapose chamber and piano works by Beethoven… 

Rockit! Brighton Showcase

Rockit! Brighton Showcase

A must for live music fans of all ages, this is your chance to catch the next generation of Brighton & Hove musicians live on stage! This Rockit! Brighton showcase will feature you… 

Budapest Festival Orchestra

Budapest Festival Orchestra

One of the most dependable conductor-ensemble pairings in classical music is Ivan Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra. 

Early Music Festival

Early Music Festival

Jolle Greenleaf and Donald Meineke are at the helm of the inaugural Early Music Festival: NYC, which will present 16 concerts featuring first-rate soloists and ensembles at churche… 

Jacobs Pillow Festival

Jacobs Pillow Festival

Each summer, a lush 220-acre swath of the Berkshires transforms into a hotbed of dance. 

Funk the Family Festival

Funk the Family Festival

8 hours of funky fun for all the family! Keep the kids happy and the grownups smiling at this seaside festival. 

Breaking Free: The Power to Change Lives

Breaking Free: The Power to Change Lives

Listen to the Changing Tunes Band and MJ’s Liberty Choir. 

Chelsea Music Festival

Chelsea Music Festival

Brazil and bratwurst, Bach and potatoes are among the unlikely pairings in this festival, which sparkles with invention. 

Children's Shows and Workshops

Children's Shows and Workshops

A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement. 

Lego Dream

Lego Dream

Lorna is settling into her new life in London while Brian is enjoying a reclusive lifestyle as a night chef; between Lorna’s brave forays into various evening classes and Brian�… 

Stand-up Comedy Workshop

Stand-up Comedy Workshop

Have you ever laughed? Learn to use some practical stand-up comedy basics in your writing, performing, stand-up, work presentations, public speaking or just for fun. 

Piaf: Love Conquers All

Piaf: Love Conquers All

A touching one woman show about Piaf’s life, loves & loss. 

All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front

Metro Chamber Orchestra presents the American premiere of Nancy Van de Vate’s 1 “All Quiet on the Western Front,” based on Erich Maria Remarque’s novel. 

Tiger Lillies in Concert

Tiger Lillies in Concert

Catch the Tiger Lillies on their 25th anniversary world tour and celebrate their unique anarchic Brechtian blues. 

The Unthinkable Mystery of the Indigo Star

The Unthinkable Mystery of the Indigo Star

Sherlock Holmes has been murdered, a priceless jewel has been stolen and Poirot, Clouseau and Maigret find themselves on board the Orient Express in pursuit of the villain … or a… 

Tectonics Festival New York

Tectonics Festival New York

This new-music festival founded in Iceland in 2012 has since spread internationally. 

Accidental Festival 2014

Accidental Festival 2014

The Accidental Festival returns from Thursday 22nd to Sunday 25th May at the Roundhouse, Camden, with an eclectic mix of dance, puppetry, physical theatre, cabaret, film, live musi… 

Simon Feilder: All the Things I’m Not

Simon Feilder: All the Things I’m Not

Simon Feilder is a comedian. 

Brighton YMCA Creative Showcase

Brighton YMCA Creative Showcase

A fascinating and exciting collection of artwork created by Brighton YMCA residents. 

Simon Feilder: All The Things I'm Not

Simon Feilder: All The Things I'm Not

Simon Feilder is a comedian. 

Maria Friedman & Adam Guettel - In Concert & In Conversation

Maria Friedman & Adam Guettel - In Concert & In Conversation

Ambassadors Theatre: 20th May 7pm. 

One Step Beyond: A Varndean Showcase

One Step Beyond: A Varndean Showcase

A jamboree of performances from second-year performing arts students of Varndean College. 

Free Talk on Classical Buteyko Method

Free Talk on Classical Buteyko Method

Prof Buteyko discovered in the ‘50s that people who develop chronic symptoms breathe more than the physiological optimal norm of 3-4 litres per minute. 

Free Ki & Aikido Taster Sessions

Free Ki & Aikido Taster Sessions

Ki Workshop: 10. 

Free Ki & Aikido Taster Sessions

Free Ki & Aikido Taster Sessions

Ki Workshop: 10. 

The Greatest Shows on Earth

The Greatest Shows on Earth

A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals. 

St Ann's Well Gardens Spring Festival

St Ann's Well Gardens Spring Festival

Fun for all ages. 

About Comedy: Stand-up Comedy Course

About Comedy: Stand-up Comedy Course

Learn stand-up comedy on this two-day course plus graduation show,with our comedian and writer tutor Jay Sodagar. 

St Ann's Well Gardens Spring Festival

St Ann's Well Gardens Spring Festival

Community festival for all the family with live music stage,roller disco,skate park,arts and crafts market,samba band,children’s craft workshops,peaceful retreat,concert band,food … 

About Comedy: Stand-up Comedy Course

About Comedy: Stand-up Comedy Course

Learn stand-up comedy on this two day stand-up comedy course, which also includes a performance in a Fringe graduation show. 

Tribeca New Music Festival

Tribeca New Music Festival

Always rich in young composers, this series has taken on venerable status by this, its 13th season. 

Queens New Music Festival

Queens New Music Festival

The composers’ collective Random Access Music presents a vibrant offering of new music. 

Italian Concert with Marcel Xerri, Tenor

Italian Concert with Marcel Xerri, Tenor

Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances, Puccini and Giordano Operatic Arias, Puccini Crisantemi, Neapolitan Songs, Rossini String Sonata in G. 

Straight No Chaser Big Band: Navigation

Straight No Chaser Big Band: Navigation

Hear the thrilling big band sound of 18-piece jazz ensemble Straight No Chaser as they perform original music from their latest CD: Navigation alongside a new piece commissioned fo… 

A Gay Show for All People!

A Gay Show for All People!

Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp host this night of music and comedy with performances from Sasheer Zamata, Eliot Glazer, Justin Sayre and Jason Michael Snow. 

Z-Star / Zee Gachette

Z-Star / Zee Gachette

Z-Star (Sat) - rock with raw funk, sexualised soul and psychedelic blues passion. 

Festival of Oddity

Festival of Oddity

Laughing Horse’s Festival of Oddity is a platform for new work heading to the Edinburgh Fringe by clowns in the ascendant, Cheekykita and Jody Kamali. 

Young Concert Artists Gala

Young Concert Artists Gala

This organization, with an excellent track record of recognizing new talent, showcases three of its gifted musicians at its annual gala. 

The Colin Hoult Shows

The Colin Hoult Shows

Master character comedian and star of ‘Derek’ and ‘Being Human’ performs all his critically acclaimed, sell-out, weirdly wonderful comedy shows, fresh from his hit Radio 4 series. 

Live Concert

Live Concert

One of Brighton’s best kept secrets, the SJO is a twenty strong jazz big band conducted by Mark Bassey. 

All Found and Up for Action!

All Found and Up for Action!

May 1914. 

Poets-SLASH-MC's Festival Showdown

Poets-SLASH-MC's Festival Showdown

Heroes of performance poetry Hammer and Tongue and rap warriors Slip Jam proudly present a spiralling twist on their annual battle (‘A legendary fixture’ Latest 7) Gauntlets thrown… 

Best of British Gala Concert

Best of British Gala Concert

Have your flags at the ready as the Roedean Community musicians sweep you away with ‘Pomp and Circumstance’, ‘Zadok the Priest’, ‘Rule Britannia’, Elgar’s ‘Sea Pictures’, ‘Nimrod’ … 

Foodies Festival

Foodies Festival

Foodies Festival returns to Brighton’s Hove Lawns this May Bank Holiday bringing with it the very best in fine food and drink. 

Brooklyn Comedy Festival Presents: An Evening in the City

Brooklyn Comedy Festival Presents: An Evening in the City

The producers of last year’s inaugural Brooklyn Comedy Festival continue their cultivation of the city’s best comedy. 

Original Festival Ghost Walk

Original Festival Ghost Walk

It was a dark and stormy night in Brighton. 

La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival

La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival

Brimming with bold ideas, this festival continues with performances that range from fiercely political to poetically formal. 

Dream of the Red Chamber: A Performance for a Sleeping Audience

Dream of the Red Chamber: A Performance for a Sleeping Audience

(performances start on May 9) Who could fall asleep in the midst of Times Square? You are invited to try when Jim Findlay and Time Square Arts, in partnership with Allied Partners … 

Young Concert Artist Series

Young Concert Artist Series

This estimable organization presents the cellist Cicely Parnas, accompanied by Noreen Polera, in a program featuring Debussy’s Sonata for cello and piano and works by Brahms,… 

Masterworks Festival Chorus

Masterworks Festival Chorus

Jim Rodde conducts this choir and the New York City Chamber Orchestra in Vaughan Williams’s 1936 cantata “Dona Nobis Pacem,” in which the composer uses texts by W… 

Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival

Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival

This adventurous series, organized by the composer Victoria Bond, continues with the New York debut of the Blue Streak Ensemble, a chamber group founded by the composer Margaret Br… 

The Complete Aspen Music Festival & School (Abridged)

The Complete Aspen Music Festival & School (Abridged)

The storied festival offers a tantalizing program of teasers from its two-month season, including appearances by the soprano Dawn Upshaw and the conductor-pianist Robert Spano, in … 

Festival of the Spoken Nerd

Festival of the Spoken Nerd

‘Everything is easier to explain if you use lots of fire. 

Thriller Live - In Concert

Thriller Live - In Concert

THRILLER LIVE is a spectacular concert created to celebrate the career of the world’s greatest entertainer. 

Paul Sinha is a Stand-up Comedian

Paul Sinha is a Stand-up Comedian

Paul Sinha is a stand-up comedian, but you might know him as ‘The Sinnerman’, from ITV’s tea-time quiz, The Chase. 

Do Bananas Dream Of Plastic Fruit Baskets ?

Do Bananas Dream Of Plastic Fruit Baskets ?

Desky, Dedman and Gramo met in a closet and were so taken with each other that they decided to form a club. 

All the Way

All the Way

Bryan Cranston makes a commanding Broadway debut as Lyndon B. 

The Free Fringe and Jam House Closing Event for All Fringe Performers

The Free Fringe and Jam House Closing Event for All Fringe Performers

Close of Fringe event for all performers no matter what venue or organisation. Come to famous Jam House: mingle, drink, celebrate, wind down, live music. First annual event. 

Scottish Sinfonia Concert

Scottish Sinfonia Concert

Elgar concert overture, In the South (Alassio), Mozart Piano Concerto No. 

Concert Quartetto Energie Nove

Concert Quartetto Energie Nove

The internationally renowned Quartetto Energie Nove plays an afternoon concert at the Fringe! Works by Beethoven and Debussy. 

Scottish Sinfonia Concert

Scottish Sinfonia Concert

Orchestral Concert. 

Big Band Swing

Big Band Swing

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

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

The Rising: a dynamic group of talented musicians who play tribute to Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band. An absolute must for fans of the Boss. 

Summer Concert

Summer Concert

The EIO return to the Fringe with another exciting and innovative programme. 

A Solo Performance of Bharatanatyam by Ashwini Ramaswamy

A Solo Performance of Bharatanatyam by Ashwini Ramaswamy

Ashwini Ramaswamy, a soloist with renowned Ragamala Dance, presents a solo performance of the vibrant and complex south Indian dance form of Bharatanatyam, accompanied by live musi… 

Concert Quartetto Energie Nove

Concert Quartetto Energie Nove

The Quartetto Energie Nove play an exciting programme, including the masterpiece Death and the Maiden from Franz Schubert. 

Summer Concert

Summer Concert

The Edinburgh Incidental Orchestra is a self-run orchestra for 14-24 year olds, but this was no school concert: the playing was of the highest level. 

Musical Comedy Awards Showcase

Musical Comedy Awards Showcase

The WeGotTickets MCA return to the Cowbarn for two showcases of the UK’s best emerging and established musical comedy acts. 

Aaaaaaaaaaaaarrghhh! Free! It's the Increasingly Prestigious Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards Show

Aaaaaaaaaaaaarrghhh! Free! It's the Increasingly Prestigious Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards Show

Two hour charity variety show includes presentation of three annual Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards. 

Musical Comedy Awards Showcase

Musical Comedy Awards Showcase

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. 

Cathedral Choir Concert

Cathedral Choir Concert

The internationally-renowned Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral pays homage to composer Kenneth Leighton, who died 25 years ago this August. 

Perth Youth Orchestra 50th Anniversary Concert

Perth Youth Orchestra 50th Anniversary Concert

Perth Youth Orchestra performs at home and abroad but this is its Fringe debut. 

Cathedral Choristers in Concert

Cathedral Choristers in Concert

The critically acclaimed Choristers of St Mary’s Cathedral present a programme of choral, secular and instrumental music. 

Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival

Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival

This was really quite a wonderful event, although not one I would have necessarily picked for purely entertainment purposes. 

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society AGM

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society AGM

New date, time and location. 

All-Nude College-Girl Revue or How I Made It Through the LSE

All-Nude College-Girl Revue or How I Made It Through the LSE

If you are easily swayed into buying a ticket based on a show’s title, though you may be enticed into seeing the All-Nude College Girl Revue, you may be rather disappointed. 

Stand Up Sat Down

Stand Up Sat Down

St Andrews student Matt Gibson talks about life with Asian parents, being unable to seduce girls and those annoying things in life. 

EttieBoo's Cabaret Boonanza - Free

EttieBoo's Cabaret Boonanza - Free

Ettieboo (Ria Lina) presents the best value for money cabaret can buy! Each show is different, with a line-up comprised of the best and brightest cabaret, comedy, circus and burle… 

Vampire Hospital Waiting Room - Free

Vampire Hospital Waiting Room - Free

I was warned that Vampire Hospital Waiting Room was wonderful and weird but that you had to embrace it - I would encourage any potential audience member to apply this mantra to the… 

The Kirsty Law Band

The Kirsty Law Band

Accompanied by Rona Wilkie (fiddle), Marit Fält (Låtmandola), Kirsty brings Scots traditional material to life and performs her own thought-provoking songs. 

ComedySportz @ Laughing Horse Free Festival

ComedySportz @ Laughing Horse Free Festival

Manchester’s top improv troupe is back for its fifth Edinburgh outing. 

Suman Biswas: Free After Amateur Transplants

Suman Biswas: Free After Amateur Transplants

The mischievous musical medic showcases some of the most popular parody songs from the former duo’s fourteen years together (made suitable for a lunchtime audience). 

Soul to Soul (I Have a Dream) by Movin' Melvin Brown

Soul to Soul (I Have a Dream) by Movin' Melvin Brown

American song and dance man Movin’ Melvin Brown is not content to have just one show at the Fringe (The Ray Charles Experience), or two (an interactive workshop Tap into Health -… 

Booking Dance Festival Split Bill

Booking Dance Festival Split Bill

  • Listing
  • Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
  • Edinburgh Fringe
  • 17th - 18th Aug 2013

Exquisite, enticing, exhilarating dance from two top USA companies. 

North Sea Gas: In Concert

North Sea Gas: In Concert

Veterans of the folk music scene, North Sea Gas, return to the fringe after four previous sell-out runs. 

All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten

All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten

Author Robert Fulghum lists lessons learned in kindergarten and explains how the world would be improved if adults adhered to the same rules as children. 

CineFringe Film Festival 2013

CineFringe Film Festival 2013

CineFringe is a small affair, yet its efforts to fly the filmic flag at the Fringe are admirable. 

Booking Dance Festival - Split Bill

Booking Dance Festival - Split Bill

  • Listing
  • Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
  • Edinburgh Fringe
  • 17th - 18th Aug 2013

Exquisite, extraordinary, captivating dance from two top USA companies. 

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

Gentle, charming, heart-warming stories about what it means to be truly human. 

Nuala Kennedy Band with A. J. Roach

Nuala Kennedy Band with A. J. Roach

Nuala Kennedy has a beautiful lilting voice that suits her ‘cheerful-sounding murder ballad’ songs perfectly. 

Horse & Louis' Comedy Bingo! - FREE

Horse & Louis' Comedy Bingo! - FREE

Cash prizes! Top Acts! Bingo! Musical Comedy Awards hosts Horse & Louis present the best of the Fringe and the chance to win a bucket of money in a game of visual bingo! 

Can You Put This in the Bin for Me? - Free

Can You Put This in the Bin for Me? - Free

This show returns after a sell-out 2012 Fringe. 

The Other Guys: One Night Stand

The Other Guys: One Night Stand

Fresh from YouTube and Top 40 success, St Andrews’ The Other Guys bring their hilarious parodies, exquisite musicality and suspect dance moves for one night only in a show that won… 

Heavy Petting / Free Festival

Heavy Petting / Free Festival

Middlesbrough’s second-tallest sketch group are back with their spookiest show yet. 

BBC: Radio 4 Extra Stand-Up Show

BBC: Radio 4 Extra Stand-Up Show

Showcasing an exciting selection of the brightest and the best stand up comedians at this year’s Fringe.  

Booking Dance Festival Showcase

Booking Dance Festival Showcase

Booking Dance Festival’s annual Fringe show always promises a high-octane hybrid of dance styles, with seven companies participating in one enticing show. 

All Chopin Piano Recital

All Chopin Piano Recital

Come and enjoy a selection of popular preludes, waltzes, nocturnes, ballades, scherzos and larger scale pieces performed to delight you in this lunchtime concert. 

WeGotTickets New Talent Showcase

WeGotTickets New Talent Showcase

WeGotTickets 2013 Award Winners Showcase. 

Booking Dance Festival - Showcase

Booking Dance Festival - Showcase

The Booking Dance Festival is a self-titled ‘dance festival within a festival,’ and their annual Fringe showcase certainly offers the opportunity to experience a smorgasbord of… 

Sion James and Friends - Free!

Sion James and Friends - Free!

Star of Fringe favourite The Good, The Bad and The Cuddly, Siôn James, ‘utterly charming . 

Band on the Run

Band on the Run

Frontman and songwriter Sandy Brechin played traditional accordion from his albums ‘Out of his Head’ and ‘Out of his Tree’, with backing from cajon, guitar, bass guitar, an… 

All the King's Men - Knight Fever!

All the King's Men - Knight Fever!

A capella group All the King’s Men return to the Fringe for their fourth consecutive year with Knight Fever! It is a professional, well presented and well executed performance, t… 

Waist - Free

Waist - Free

A break-up sped up by a mythbeast. 

All the King's Men Presents

All the King's Men Presents

Perhaps I’m experiencing a cappella fatigue, but the singers at this show did nothing to wow me particularly. 

Band On the Run

Band On the Run

Wild man of the accordion, Sandy Brechin, plays fast and funky sets from his albums Out of His Box and Out of His Tree, accompanied by bass, guitar and percussion. 

Cathedral Celebrity Organ Recitals — Free

Cathedral Celebrity Organ Recitals — Free

Organists Duncan Ferguson (St Mary’s Cathedral), Tim Byram-Wigfield (St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle) and Donald Hunt (St Mary’s Cathedral) perform on consecutive Sundays on… 

Old Saint Paul's Festival Evensongs

Old Saint Paul's Festival Evensongs

Traditional choral evensong and benediction with the renowned choir and organ of this historic church. 

Cathedral Festival Eucharists

Cathedral Festival Eucharists

Join the Cathedral’s choir and congregation for an uplifting Sunday service with the finest cathedral music, featuring mass settings by Palestrina (11), Mozart (18) and Kenneth L… 

Cathedral Celebrity Organ Recitals - Free

Cathedral Celebrity Organ Recitals - Free

Organists Duncan Ferguson (St Mary’s Cathedral), Simon Johnson (St Paul’s Cathedral) and Nicholas Wearne (St Mary’s Cathedral), perform on consecutive Sundays on the Cathedral’s ma… 

Cathedral Festival Evensongs

Cathedral Festival Evensongs

Choral services sung by the Cathedral choir, the only choral foundation in Scotland with a tradition of daily services. 

Cathedral Festival Eucharists

Cathedral Festival Eucharists

It is barely a week since I reviewed Cathedral Festival Evensongs at St Mary’s Cathedral in Palmerston Place but these two services are listed separately in the Fringe Programme … 

Old Saint Paul's Festival Masses

Old Saint Paul's Festival Masses

Traditional Catholic Anglican liturgy in this historic church with its renowned choir and organ. 

Old Saint Paul's Festival Masses

Old Saint Paul's Festival Masses

Traditional Catholic Anglican liturgy in this historic church with its renowned choir and organ. 

Dougie MacLean in Concert

Dougie MacLean in Concert

Scotland’s finest singer-songwriter, internationally renowned for his classic ‘Caledonia’ and ‘Last of the Mohicans’ soundtrack. 

Dougie MacLean in Concert

Dougie MacLean in Concert

Describing himself as a ‘troubadour’ musician, Dougie MacLean returns to the Fringe Festival for the twentieth consecutive year with his classic folk sounds. 

Daniel Sloss - Stand-Up (Extra Shows!)

Daniel Sloss - Stand-Up (Extra Shows!)

Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox. 

Sharing the Space: The Role of Collaboration in Contemporary Performance Practice

Sharing the Space: The Role of Collaboration in Contemporary Performance Practice

A workshop exploring collaboration and devising in contemporary theatre, led by Tashi Gore and Jess Thorpe, Artistic Directors of Glas(s) Performance and producers of the award-wi… 

Foodies Festival

Foodies Festival

The Foodies Festival largely delivers what it promises: ‘Artisan producers’ - check; ‘Michelin-starred chefs cooking live’ - check; ‘the best in fine food and drink’ �… 

Festival CD and Record Fair

Festival CD and Record Fair

The renaissance of vinyl continues! This year’s event contains an even greater selection of collectible LPs and singles. 

Festival CD and Record Fair

Festival CD and Record Fair

Great selection of collectable vinyl! LPs and singles from the 50s to present day. 

Dream China

Dream China

A stunning showcase! Orchestra, Peking Opera, folk choir, national dancing, presented by one of China’s top young performing groups. 

Foodies Festival

Foodies Festival

Foodies Festival moves to Inverleith Park this year, opposite the Botanical Gardens, bringing you the best in fine food and drink. 

Doogie Paul Memorial Concert

Doogie Paul Memorial Concert

Doogie Paul may not be the most familiar name in music, but amongst those who know him, both directly and indirectly, he is spoken of with a great deal of admiration. 

Edinburgh Renaissance Band: Thistles and Roses

Edinburgh Renaissance Band: Thistles and Roses

Music, alternately exhilarating and tender, by Edinburgh’s famous 13-strong early music group. 

The Tiger Lillies - Live in Concert

The Tiger Lillies - Live in Concert

The Grammy nominated Olivier award winners return. 

The Gramophone Jazz Band's Late Night Speakeasy

The Gramophone Jazz Band's Late Night Speakeasy

Edinburgh’s up and coming New Orleans Dixieland jazz band means business. 

Are You a Technophile? - Free

Are You a Technophile? - Free

Generally speaking, stand-up showcases are the sorts of show that offer the worst of both worlds, since audiences have to either sit through some desperately unfunny jokes from sta… 

The Blues Band

The Blues Band

The Blues Band are acknowledged throughout the world as being the finest and most entertaining purveyors of rhythm and blues. 

Introduction to Solo Theatre Performance

Introduction to Solo Theatre Performance

A participatory workshop led by Colin Watkeys, Director of Festivals in Edinburgh (Hill Street Solo Theatre) and London (Face to Face Festival) and award-winning solo performers Cl… 

All Our Friends Are Dead

All Our Friends Are Dead

From the moment they step on stage, there’s no denying that Katie Norris and Sinead Parker have talent. 

Danceforms' 63rd International Choreographers' Showcase

Danceforms' 63rd International Choreographers' Showcase

Despite promising an hour’s worth of entertainment, displaying different styles of dance, and highlighting work from various international choreographers, this showcase lacked va… 

BiDiNG TiME - Various Shows

BiDiNG TiME - Various Shows

International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations. 

British Vocal Jazz Festival

British Vocal Jazz Festival

Manhattan has The Carlyle, London has Ronnie’s, Edinburgh has Le Monde playing host to the finest jazz singers - Carol Kidd, Gwyneth Herbert, Clare Teal, Joe Stilgoe, Niki King, To… 

Tom Watson - Read All About It?

Tom Watson - Read All About It?

Campaigning MP Tom Watson talks about taking on the Murdochs and the all-powerful, corrupt media. 

Nitekirk - Free

Nitekirk - Free

Setting up within the whitewashed walls of Greyfriars Church, Nitekirk is a gentle affair. 

A A and A Free

A A and A Free

Three ethnic minorities also referred to as illegal immigrants by the home office, rejected by their own mothers will try to create laughter before their deported back to Southall,… 

Moraletry - PBH's Free Fringe

Moraletry - PBH's Free Fringe

Ethics and morality aren’t typically seen as trendy when it comes to comedy, poetry and performance; they are often seen as unfun and old-hat. 

Matt Lacey: Classroom Warrior - Free

Matt Lacey: Classroom Warrior - Free

Matt set up a new school, and like all good schools this one has a bar. 

First World Problems - Free

First World Problems - Free

Two pm - neighbours changed Wi-Fi password. 

Free Footlights

Free Footlights

In addition to their main shows, the Cambridge Footlights present an hour of stand-up, songs and monologues in association with the Free Fringe. 

BattleActs! Improvised Comedy - Free

BattleActs! Improvised Comedy - Free

Multi five-star, Time Out Critic’s Choice, Smirnoff Hot Picks. 

Free Fringe Music

Free Fringe Music

Head to the magnificent Grand Gallery to celebrate the Museum’s collections through daily live music performances, from Renaissance to the best young contemporary Scottish tal… 

Luke Toulson: I Don't Know How I Feel About My Kids - Free

Luke Toulson: I Don't Know How I Feel About My Kids - Free

Luke Toulson is very ambivalent about his children. 

All That Malarkey Presents...

All That Malarkey Presents...

Dazzlingly versatile, All That Malarkey’s repertoire spans operatic classics to R&B, musical theatre to cheesy pop, jazz standards to their own original material and much more! A… 

The Oxford Revue Presents - Free

The Oxford Revue Presents - Free

From Oxford University come the Butless Chaps, a sketch group brimming with talent and clever ideas. 

John-Luke Roberts: Broken Stand-Up

John-Luke Roberts: Broken Stand-Up

I was absolutely delighted by this truly ingenious comedian. 

Baconface - It’s All Bacon!

Baconface - It’s All Bacon!

It’s the worst kept secret at this year’s Fringe that the UK debut of little-known alternative 80s comedian Baconface is in fact enormously well-known alternative comedian Stew… 

Gary Colman Grind - Free

Gary Colman Grind - Free

Reluctant hedonist and professional snowboarder has it all. 

The  Boy With Tape On His Face - More Tape
BOBBY WINNER

The Boy With Tape On His Face - More Tape

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… 

Licence to Laugh Comedy Club - Free

Licence to Laugh Comedy Club - Free

London’s up-and-coming comedy club brings you some of the finest comedians from the London comedy circuit. Different line-up each day, all hosted by Joe Bains. 

BattleActs! Improvised Comedy - Free

BattleActs! Improvised Comedy - Free

Time Out Critics’ Choice. 

Paul Dabek - Stand Up and Be Conjured

Paul Dabek - Stand Up and Be Conjured

According to the neat-suited Paul Dabek, the Magic Circle demands that all its members must include a card trick at some point in their act, otherwise there’s a terrible risk of ‘m… 

Bristol Improv Presents... / PBH's Free Fringe

Bristol Improv Presents... / PBH's Free Fringe

Watching actors improvise can be the most fun thing ever. 

Dahle and Jones on a Plate - Free

Dahle and Jones on a Plate - Free

Gorge yourself silly on the Brighton Comedy Festival Squawker Award winner and finalist. 

MI4 Espionage - Free

MI4 Espionage - Free

How did two Africans, one Asian and a Mancunian end up at The Espionage Lizard lounge? . 

Ukulele Lunch Date With Tricity Vogue - Free

Ukulele Lunch Date With Tricity Vogue - Free

Of all the ukulele workshops I’ve ever been to, this was by far the best, and let me tell you, I’ve uked a fair bit in my time. 

A Lighthearted Alternative to Culture - Free

A Lighthearted Alternative to Culture - Free

To seekers of silliness, salutations! Set aside those pesky cognitive processes awhile and join four fully certified adults on a stand-up comedy adventure. 

A to Z Improv Comedy - Free

A to Z Improv Comedy - Free

A to Z Improv Comedy, like most shows of its type, includes many of the classic improv games and therefore runs the risk of being too similar to a host of other shows available. 

Free Footlights

Free Footlights

If there’s a theme to Free Footlights, a somewhat eclectic collection of stand up bits, monologues and comedy songs from members of the Cambridge Footlights, it’s a streak of self-… 

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Courses

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Courses

Learn stand-up comedy performance on this two-day intensive comedy course. 

Stand-Up Tragedy

Stand-Up Tragedy

A variety show with a somewhat dark twist, Stand-Up Tragedy offers a medley of media and performers, each with very different takes on telling tragedy. 

Tickled Pig Presents: The Noon Show / PBH's Free Fringe

Tickled Pig Presents: The Noon Show / PBH's Free Fringe

Unfortunately, this three piece act had dwindled to two by the time I saw their performance, however Jack Campbell and Robbie Ormrod were 100% funny enough to carry the show by the… 

Laugh Support Machine - Free

Laugh Support Machine - Free

Hook up to the intensive comedy unit for revitalising laughter and life saving fun on the Free Fringe’s biggest stage. 

Static - Free

Static - Free

In Static, a man in his early twenties describes growing up. 

The Horne Section Live in a Cow - Extra Shows

The Horne Section Live in a Cow - Extra Shows

Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem. 

Worst Show On the Fringe - Free

Worst Show On the Fringe - Free

Russell Howard, Miranda Hart, Julian Clary. 

Evie and the Perfect Cupcake / PBH's Free Fringe

Evie and the Perfect Cupcake / PBH's Free Fringe

Welcome to the Calorie Galaxy, in which Tina Sederholm’s protagonist Evie struggles under a regime of browbeating and humiliation, all in the pursuit of a narrow waist. 

We Are All Orange Ghosts

We Are All Orange Ghosts

Popular culture often gets derided by critics because, unlike many of the so-called ‘great’ works of art (you know, the ones that allegedly make you look good when ‘appreciat… 

Assemble: The Lovely Men - Free

Assemble: The Lovely Men - Free

Prepare to fill a bucket with mighty treasures as four strapping yet amusing Midlands men crack open a case of vintage silliness in a greatest hits show that’s been refined just fo… 

Donnie Munro

Donnie Munro

Former Runrig frontman Donnie Munro performs a unique and intimate acoustic show where he shares with an audience a wide range of material spanning his career with Runrig as well a… 

Huggers - Free Festival

Huggers - Free Festival

This show is something of a smorgasbord of family entertainment. 

The Brethren of Levity - Free

The Brethren of Levity - Free

Brothers and sisters of the Fringe, discard your differences and heed the Brethren’s call. 

Emerging Music Showcase

Emerging Music Showcase

A beautiful way to start your Fringe! Three of Scotland’s most critically acclaimed new artists, Turning Plates, Jo Mango and The State Broadcasters, perform an intimate seated eve… 

Revill's Selection - Free

Revill's Selection - Free

Get set for some irreverent fun as Paul Revill returns with his comic selection. 

Revill's Selection - Free

Revill's Selection - Free

Revill’s Selection is an hour of very friendly comedy, with Paul Revill hosting and three unannounced acts every day. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Gothic fairies . 

That Is All You Need to Know

That Is All You Need to Know

Idle Motion is a theatre group that specialises in physical theatre. 

The Loveboat Big Band Summer Love-In

The Loveboat Big Band Summer Love-In

It’s true: All the nice girls really do like a sailor. 

All Roads Lead to Rome

All Roads Lead to Rome

The real star of this show sits outside throughout the performance. 

Daniel Sloss: Stand-Up

Daniel Sloss: Stand-Up

After a massive year of live touring, television, his debut DVD release and parties comes the new stand-up show from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man… 

Jen Carnovale: Not a Person Person - Free

Jen Carnovale: Not a Person Person - Free

Jen Carnovale will be talking about stuff into a microphone with you watching and she can’t wait! ‘. 

Free - 99 Club Stand-Up Selection - Cowgate

Free - 99 Club Stand-Up Selection - Cowgate

Proudly supporting the Free Festival, the 99 Club brings a selection of four different comics every day. 

A Lol-along-a Luc Valvona - Free Show

A Lol-along-a Luc Valvona - Free Show

Cheeky late night songs! Luc Valvona sings you a selection of his funny, witty and sometimes downright filthy songs on the ukulele, guitar and mandolin, and then tries to sell you … 

Eric Hutton's Favourite Songs - Free

Eric Hutton's Favourite Songs - Free

French, Australian, Jewish, Arctic comedian Eric Hutton’s 2012 show was selected as one of the ‘best free shows at the Fringe’ by TheScotsman. 

One of Us Might Be Famous - Free

One of Us Might Be Famous - Free

Four comedians. 

All Or Nothing?

All Or Nothing?

If you’re dealing in absolutes, you’d better make sure your show delivers. 

All Or Nothing

All Or Nothing

Styling themselves as variety performers, The Drama boys - an all male company hailing from Cornwall - say on their flyers that they cover everything ‘From Shakespeare to slapsti… 

Shaggers - Free Festival

Shaggers - Free Festival

The hit show returns after more sell-out shows around the world. 

Alistair Greaves and Si Beckwith: All Aboard for Funtime!

Alistair Greaves and Si Beckwith: All Aboard for Funtime!

Alistair Greaves ‘moments of comedy genius’ (Skinny) and Si Beckwith don’t need no heavy trips. 

We Will Be Free! The Tolpuddle Martyrs Story

We Will Be Free! The Tolpuddle Martyrs Story

We Will Be Free is an historical tale beginning in 1834 and is based on the true story of George and Betsy Loveless, prominent members of the Tolpuddle Martyrs. 

Ruby Heart Entertainment Presents an All Star Diva Tribute Show

Ruby Heart Entertainment Presents an All Star Diva Tribute Show

Ruby Heart Entertainment presents an all-star diva tribute show each night of the week, including world famous divas Adele, Leona Lewis, Mariah Carey, Lady Gaga and Jessie J. 

Shaggers - Free Festival

Shaggers - Free Festival

An hour long comedy show featuring five different acts talking about sex? After a few pints this starts to seem like a great idea and I would recommend the show to any finding them… 

The Stand Late Show

The Stand Late Show

This is late night comedy at its finest. 

Rhys James Prepares / Free Festival

Rhys James Prepares / Free Festival

Rhys will tell some brilliant jokes, do some incredible poems and then leave. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A commanding, busty Titania sits with her changeling child as drab fairies dance woozily around her to crackly swing music. 

Late Night Laughs at Lunch - Free

Late Night Laughs at Lunch - Free

Australian comedians Eric Hutton and Jen Carnovale present a selection of their favourite Fringe acts. 

Maureen Younger: The Outsider - Free Show

Maureen Younger: The Outsider - Free Show

Maureen Younger presents a solo stand-up show, as part of the Scottish Comedy Festival, which is based around her view of herself as an outsider, both on the comedy circuit and gen… 

Sugar, Spice ... All Things Nice?

Sugar, Spice ... All Things Nice?

Comedy debut of a small town little Welsh lady … who isn’t everything she seems. 

The Stand Late Show

The Stand Late Show

The Late Show attracts a lot more of a local audience than most Fringe events and there is a sense that it doesn’t necessarily mind separating itself somewhat from the hustle and b… 

You All Know Me - I'm Jack Ruby!

You All Know Me - I'm Jack Ruby!

This powerful and intense one man show tells the story of Jacob Rubenstein, also known as Jack Ruby, the man who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald just days after Oswald himself as… 

I'm With the Band

I'm With the Band

The best allegories can stand on their own two feet. 

Paul Dennis: Almost Blunted Purpose - Free

Paul Dennis: Almost Blunted Purpose - Free

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Titus Andronicus: An All-female Production

Titus Andronicus: An All-female Production

Smooth Faced Gentlemen have put together a production of Titus Andronicus that rather beautifully captures the double-edged nature of George Peele and William Shakespeare’s play … 

Facehunters

Facehunters

When the Hungry Bitches take to the stage, booted in Doc Martens and suited in lamé leggings (that’s shiny ones by the way), you can tell this is one company who mean Brick Lane… 

The Human Condition Free Show

The Human Condition Free Show

An in-depth and correct analysis of man and his obsessions with sex, violence, money, sex, war, breasts and sex. 

Tricity Vogue's Ukulele Cabaret - Free

Tricity Vogue's Ukulele Cabaret - Free

Tricity Vogue’s voice has a peculiar tone that suggests everything she says is really an innuendo. 

Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show

Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show

Much like Arthur’s Seat is the bedrock of Edinburgh, comedy is the bedrock of the Edinburgh Fringe. 

CeilidhKids at the Fringe - Free

CeilidhKids at the Fringe - Free

  • Listing
  • Children’s Shows / Children’s Shows
  • Edinburgh Fringe
  • 1st - 25th Aug 2013

Scottish dancing for all the family. 

Hilarity Bites Comedy Club Showcase

Hilarity Bites Comedy Club Showcase

Since 2007 Hilarity Bites alumni include John Bishop, Sarah Millican, Chris Ramsey, Russell Kane, Jason Cook, Pete Firman, Richard Herring, Reginald D. 

Purchase and Revill: Are Not On the Guest List - Free

Purchase and Revill: Are Not On the Guest List - Free

As humble a turnout as it was, Paul Revill was very grateful and welcomed us warmly. 

The Greatest Liar in All the World

The Greatest Liar in All the World

The Greatest Liar in All the World is an extension/parallel exploration of children’s favourite Pinocchio. 

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

A selection of the best in new comedy at the Fringe, alongside some top headliners picked from Fringe shows, national competitions and around the world. 

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe. 

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

See the very best comedians at the Fringe, alongside the UK’s best newcomers, at this top-rated comedy selection show. 

An Improvised Improv Show - Free Show

An Improvised Improv Show - Free Show

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The Rat Pack Stand-up Comedy

The Rat Pack Stand-up Comedy

The Rat Pack did far more than sing. 

Dusty Limits: Psycho - Free

Dusty Limits: Psycho - Free

Cabaret legend and TO&ST finalist Dusty Limits celebrates the crazed pursuit of joy and truth. 

Aaaaargh! It's the Monster Stand-Up Show - Free

Aaaaargh! It's the Monster Stand-Up Show - Free

Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comedians on the circuit including your award-winning headliner Masai Graham. 

The Edinburgh Revue Stand Up Show

The Edinburgh Revue Stand Up Show

Shaggy haired and stunningly bearded, Noah Torn launches the Edinburgh Revue Stand-Up Show with a bang. 

101 Comedy - Free

101 Comedy - Free

Each night see four exciting new acts performing ten-minute sets. 

AAA Batteries (Not Included) - Free

AAA Batteries (Not Included) - Free

Powered by the enigmatic personalities of compère Chris Turner, David Elms and Adam Hess, AAA Batteries is a show brimming full of energy, improvised humour and finely tuned routi… 

Ian Fox - Shutter Monkey - Free

Ian Fox - Shutter Monkey - Free

Ian Fox has come up with a fairly novel twist on observational comedy: his show centres on a series of photographs shown on television screens around the room so that the audience … 

Jody Kamali: Livewire - Free

Jody Kamali: Livewire - Free

Step into the world of Frank Von Nippleman. 

Super Organic Me - Free

Super Organic Me - Free

Tomie James has travelled from Ireland to make a good point: we’re putting an awful lot of rubbish into our bodies. 

Awkward Hawk - Free

Awkward Hawk - Free

In just under an hour Paul Duncan McGarrity (Amused Moose finalist 2011) is made to feel awkward by castles, the French Metro and Ugandan rebels. 

Iain Stirling: At Home - Extra Shows

Iain Stirling: At Home - Extra Shows

Having bought a house with his girlfriend the Edinburgh-born comic explores how a decision that comes from a place of love can lead to such fear and uncertainty. 

A-Z of Backpacking - Free

A-Z of Backpacking - Free

Jody Kamali is a comedian, a clown and based on his YouTube repertoire, an impressive character actor. 

The Pear Tree Live Performance Stage

The Pear Tree Live Performance Stage

Edinburgh’s premier outdoor venue brings live entertainment to the Pear Tree Outdoor Stage, with music, bands, cabaret and more from 12pm-6pm daily - a huge selection of entertainm… 

Three Men and a Saucepan - Free

Three Men and a Saucepan - Free

The funniest show (with a saucepan). 

AAA Batteries (Not Included) - Free

AAA Batteries (Not Included) - Free

Three young talented comics take over with a show full of improvisation, riffing and household observations. 

Aberdeen vs Glasgow vs The World - Final Round - Free

Aberdeen vs Glasgow vs The World - Final Round - Free

First of all, it’s important that you ignore the title of this show because it has absolutely nothing to do with what you’ll be watching. 

Spring Day: Learn How to Take a Punch - Free

Spring Day: Learn How to Take a Punch - Free

As refreshing and witty as ever, Spring Day returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a new show which takes some of the best bits of her 2011 Fringe appearance whilst offering… 

Spring Day: Learn How to Take a Punch - Free

Spring Day: Learn How to Take a Punch - Free

‘Wicked punch lines have the audience falling over themselves with laughter, thinking: “I can’t believe she said that!” They absolutely loved her, no doubt you will too. 

Laughter On the Outskirts - Free

Laughter On the Outskirts - Free

Every twenty years or so, comedy re-vamps itself. 

The Wireless Podcast - Free

The Wireless Podcast - Free

No wires - no script! A completely improvised 50s radio-play adventure, unique every day. 

Set List: Stand-Up Without a Net

Set List: Stand-Up Without a Net

Setlist is just a bloody good idea. 

Adventures On Air – Free!

Adventures On Air – Free!

Ever wondered what radio DJs chat about when they’re off-air? No, me neither - but it turns out the topic provides a wealth of material for James Cook’s one-man show about the tria… 

Stand Up, Woman

Stand Up, Woman

The idea behind Julia Munrow’s one-woman show has the potential to be entertaining: a mother of two at the end of her tether after being taken advantage of by her husband, friend… 

The Equal Opportunities Act 2010 Presents... Free

The Equal Opportunities Act 2010 Presents... Free

Stand-up comedy that fulfils the Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s diversity requirements all in one fantastic show. 

Set List: Stand-Up Without a Net

Set List: Stand-Up Without a Net

Improvised stand-up is a tricky business, but luckily the organisers of The Set List continue to get some of the country’s most well-known comedians to take part. 

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe. 

Ant Dewson: Now That’s What I Call Musical Comedy - Free

Ant Dewson: Now That’s What I Call Musical Comedy - Free

At the beginning of his show Ant Dewson delivers a short warning to those who don’t appreciate overtly crude humour: leave now. 

LOLympics Live - Free

LOLympics Live - Free

The Games are back in 2013! Different international acts compete daily for comedy gold. 

The Edinburgh Revue: Stand-Up Show

The Edinburgh Revue: Stand-Up Show

The University may be out for the summer, but The Edinburgh Revue isn’t and is proud to bring you six of Edinburgh’s best up-and-coming comedians! 

Alan Irwin: The Idiot Wind - Free

Alan Irwin: The Idiot Wind - Free

Alan is surrounded by idiots; fortunately, he’s one of them. 

Tricity Vogue: Calamitous Liaisons - Free

Tricity Vogue: Calamitous Liaisons - Free

  • Listing
  • Cabaret and Variety / Cabaret and Variety
  • Edinburgh Fringe
  • 1st - 18th Aug 2013

New solo show from cheeky diva Tricity Vogue with ukulele tunes and salacious anecdotes - a song for every calamitous liaison. 

Kevin Shepherd: Confess Nothing - Free

Kevin Shepherd: Confess Nothing - Free

In the past Kevin Shepherd has apparently used his Fringe shows as a kind of confessional, finding thoughtful humour in his past social and legal misdemeanours. 

Lewis Schaffer Is Free Until Famous - 20th Year

Lewis Schaffer Is Free Until Famous - 20th Year

Character comedy is slowly but surely leeching into stand-up. 

The Bob Blackman Appreciation Society Bonanza / Free Festival

The Bob Blackman Appreciation Society Bonanza / Free Festival

A mad mish-mash of absurdism and warped nostalgia, encountering the Bob Blackman Appreciation Society felt more akin to my psyche bleeding out into the back room of an old boozer t… 

Nik Coppin - Mixed Racist (Free Festival)

Nik Coppin - Mixed Racist (Free Festival)

Addressing race related issues for an hour can potentially be very uncomfortable. 

Dr Ettrick-Hogg and Guests - Stand-Up Show- Free

Dr Ettrick-Hogg and Guests - Stand-Up Show- Free

Wild, raucous and full of Fringe spirit. 

CeilidhKids at the Fringe - Free

CeilidhKids at the Fringe - Free

Satisfying energetic children can be a task for even the most patient of adults, but CeilidhKids seem to have found a simple but effective solution to combine family bonding with c… 

AAA Batteries (The Symposium) - Free

AAA Batteries (The Symposium) - Free

Award-winning comics seek comedy geeks, hungry for the new stuff. 

Bronston Jones: Life's Short. I'm Not! - Free

Bronston Jones: Life's Short. I'm Not! - Free

The Big Man’s back. 

Free Money Magic Show

Free Money Magic Show

Ian Saville, a self-professed ‘socialist magician’, takes you through the history of money and communism by the medium of magic in a free show that pulls off some rather exquis… 

Desperately Seeking the Exit / Free Festival

Desperately Seeking the Exit / Free Festival

Heard of screenwriter William Goldman’s rule about Hollywood? ‘Nobody knows anything. 

Zapp and Dembina - Comedy After Lunch / Free Festival

Zapp and Dembina - Comedy After Lunch / Free Festival

Inveterate gagster Ivor Dembina **** (Guardian) chaperones you through an hour of comedy, music, guest and surprises, news and reviews all in collusion with the Orchestra of An… 

Tricity Vogue’s Ukulele Cabaret – Free

Tricity Vogue’s Ukulele Cabaret – Free

Tricity Vogue gets her kicks from having somebody strum her ukulele that sits on top of her head. 

The Boss of It All

The Boss of It All

The ‘office comedy’: mastered in ‘The Office’ and storming the Fringe this year in Blam!; here that well-loved genre takes on a new guise in the first theatre adaptation of Danish … 

Britain's Got F*ck All Talent! 2013

Britain's Got F*ck All Talent! 2013

Been to a load of shows already? Tired of sitting back as the passive audience member? Want to have your say? Then Britain’s Got F*ck All Talent is for you. 

PowerCouple - Stand-up Comedy from Stephen Bailey and Gary John Senior

PowerCouple - Stand-up Comedy from Stephen Bailey and Gary John Senior

One of the beautiful things about the Fringe is the way in which so many shows can be supported simultaneously. 

The Magnets: All This Time

The Magnets: All This Time

They may have the charm of a boy band but The Magnets are certainly all men. 

Multi-Levelled Morons - Free

Multi-Levelled Morons - Free

To give a show this title, considering the easy barbs that could be made at its expense, is perhaps brave. 

Twonkeys Blue Cadabra - Free

Twonkeys Blue Cadabra - Free

One of The Scotsman’s Top Ten free shows of 2012. 

Ballad of the Burning Star
BOBBY WINNER

Ballad of the Burning Star

After two years dominating the Fringe with critically acclaimed Translunar Paradise, Theatre Ad Infinitum are back with a brand new show. 

Michael Legge - Free Wi-Fi

Michael Legge - Free Wi-Fi

‘I invented anger’ bellows Michael Legge, as soon as he comes on stage. 

Will Franken: Concert to Benefit the Victims of My Father

Will Franken: Concert to Benefit the Victims of My Father

It seems Will Franken has set himself an impossible task. 

Sugar & Vice: All the Men We've Never Slept With

Sugar & Vice: All the Men We've Never Slept With

Often the sexiest stories are ones you don’t quite finish. Join the sometimes sweet girls of Sugar & Vice for songs, stories and laughs. From the writer/cast of Princess Cabaret. 

Festival of the Spoken Nerd - Full Frontal Nerdity

Festival of the Spoken Nerd - Full Frontal Nerdity

Warning: Do not attend this show if you do not want to learn something new. 

AAA Stand-Up Late

AAA Stand-Up Late

Stand-up variety shows at the fringe can often be hit-and-miss, but this one just gets it spot on. 

Richard Herring - We're All Going to Die!

Richard Herring - We're All Going to Die!

At a time when high-profile comedy seems frequently to constitute pointing out things that people do, Richard Herring’s satirical wit and eye for originality – not to mention h… 

AAA Stand-Up

AAA Stand-Up

Perhaps a case of mis-selling the show at Pleasance Courtyard, the audience for AAA Stand Up was of a distinctly middle age and much of the material used by three comedians in the … 

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical!

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical!

How long does it take to write, choreograph and rehearse a musical? For most musicals it’s a long, drawn-out process. 

AAA Stand-Up

AAA Stand-Up

Total sell-out 2005-2012 returns with a brand new line-up. 

Chris Fitchew in Jack of All Trades

Chris Fitchew in Jack of All Trades

Jack of All Trades is full of energy and will sometimes entertain its audience, but it doesn’t really have enough wit to qualify as comedy. 

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical!

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical!

Critics’ Pick (New York Times). 

Carl Hutchinson: All the Rage

Carl Hutchinson: All the Rage

Carl Hutchinson has a problem: his on-stage persona has been let loose and is taking over his everyday life. 

AAA Stand-Up Late

AAA Stand-Up Late

Total sell-out 2010-2011, returns with a brand new line-up. 

Chaucer All Strung Up (The Franklin's Tale)

Chaucer All Strung Up (The Franklin's Tale)

As the audience enters the theatre, we are greeted by the enthusiastic performers who tell us that they want to make friends. 

David Trent: This Is All I Have

David Trent: This Is All I Have

David Trent has labelled each of his possessions: ‘This is a screen’, ‘This is a laptop’, ‘This is a projector’, etc. 

Gráinne Maguire's One Hour All Night Election Special

Gráinne Maguire's One Hour All Night Election Special

Halfway through this likeable but ill-conceived show, Gráinne Maguire recounts an anecdote of her short-lived stint as a primary school teacher. 

Free History Walking Tours of the Royal Mile

Free History Walking Tours of the Royal Mile

Experienced local guides show you historic places of the Royal Mile, its buildings, narrow closes and secret gardens, describing how its people lived and died, its famous character… 

Art for Lunch - Free Concerts at St Giles'

Art for Lunch - Free Concerts at St Giles'

Churches are great: not only is a marvellous acoustic found within those imposing stone walls, but visitors also feel an inherently peaceful atmosphere upon entry. 

Festival Chill-Out Zone

Festival Chill-Out Zone

The Fringe doesn’t offer many opportunities for a bit of a breather, which is why Neal’s Yard Remedies have created a Festival Chill-Out Zone for the duration of the festival. 

Art for Lunch - Free Concerts at St Giles'

Art for Lunch - Free Concerts at St Giles'

Escape the thunderous thrill of the High Street! Unwind and enjoy tranquillity, inspiring music and stunning architecture in the medieval heart of Edinburgh. 

Festival Folk @ the Oak

Festival Folk @ the Oak

Edinburgh’s famous hub for folk music presents 35 nights of acoustic folk and traditional music, featuring a different singer, musician or group every night, including some of th… 

Absolutely Free Live Music

Absolutely Free Live Music

Situated on the historic Royal Mile, open from 9am – 3am every day. 

Fringe Film Festival

Fringe Film Festival

Returning for its ninth season, critically acclaimed curated programme showcases silver screen shorts and contemporary filmmakers all day, every day. 

Absolutely Free Live Music

Absolutely Free Live Music

Whistlebinkies really wants you to know they have free live music. 

Absolutely Free Live Music

Absolutely Free Live Music

If you find yourself staggering down the Royal Mile at 2am desperately looking for a drink, there is a string of late-night live music bars ready to keep your liver happy and suppl… 

Casual Violence: Om Nom Nominous - Free

Casual Violence: Om Nom Nominous - Free

Like so many shows at the moment, Om Nom Nominous lures in punters with a ridiculous name. 

Michael Pope is Gay for Pay - Free

Michael Pope is Gay for Pay - Free

This gig is a total surprise – just what the Fringe should be. 

An Evening of the Absurd: Are we all still Waiting for Godot

An Evening of the Absurd: Are we all still Waiting for Godot

Tonight was an evening of two plays, one short, one less short, but the action started before the audience were seated with characters roaming into the foyer. 

New York Musical Theater Festival

New York Musical Theater Festival

(performances start on July 7) Summer will become just that much more harmonious when this festival opens its 11th season. 

Black Country Cider Lions - Free

Black Country Cider Lions - Free

The Black Country Cider Lions’ compere Rob Kemp reminds us near the start of the gig that the room we are in is bespoke. 

John McNamara Acoustic Soul / Blues Singer - Free

John McNamara Acoustic Soul / Blues Singer - Free

The Edinburgh Festival has some unusual venues – that is a well-known fact amongst regular Fringe-goers, as avid audience members hop from university building to converted wareho… 

The Ginge, the Geordie and the Geek - All New Show

The Ginge, the Geordie and the Geek - All New Show

In the packed venue an announcement hushes the audience and a video projection introduces the trio: the Ginge, the Geordie and the Geek. 

Taming Goldfish - Free

Taming Goldfish - Free

The Plastic Seat Company’s debut show is a promising mix of comedy sketches, which take great delight in referencing pop culture of today. 

Dream On

Dream On

Dream On is a modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, and is performed here with great energy and humour by Side by Side Theatre. 

All My Friends

All My Friends

On the strength of All My Friends, Danny O’Brien’s first solo show at the fringe, the Irish born comedian is not one for those who like their comedy witty or sophisticated. 

David Kelly is Shameless - Free

David Kelly is Shameless - Free

Advertised in the Fringe guidebook as ‘David Kelly is Shameless’, the show turned out to be rebranded as ‘David Kelly and Laura Carr Have No Shame’. 

Constant Craving - Free

Constant Craving - Free

Sarah Archer’s adorable daughter invites us into the venue and welcomes her mother onto the stage, a fitting introduction for an adorable show. 

Cathedral Festival Evensongs

Cathedral Festival Evensongs

I have reviewed a number of services in ordinary churches and I am comfortable reviewing them as performances while not covering the worship aspects that are between God and the wo… 

Julius Caesar - Free

Julius Caesar - Free

Shakespeare can be hard to do at the Fringe, and even harder to do in an hour. 

One Night Stand: An Improvised Musical

One Night Stand: An Improvised Musical

Returning after their 2007 sell-out Fringe hit, One Night Stand are back and better than ever. 

Snow White: The Whole Grimm Affair

Snow White: The Whole Grimm Affair

Billy Connolly quipped about operas “I like them, but I feel they’re two thirds too long” - this is how I consider musicals, hence my apprehension about seeing this productio… 

Creation and All That Jazz

Creation and All That Jazz

Ged Mann’s apocalyptic comedy has some nice ideas and a few smile-worthy gags, but the plot is obvious and its actualisation painful. 

The Calpol Flashbacks - Free

The Calpol Flashbacks - Free

Its a hard job to get a small, mostly drunken, late night audience on your side. 

Bobby Carroll: Low Voltage - Free

Bobby Carroll: Low Voltage - Free

Bobby Carroll has perhaps been doing stand up so long that he’s become a bit bitter. 

Why Do You Stand There in the Rain?

Why Do You Stand There in the Rain?

During the Great Depression thousands of American World War I veterans gathered in Washington DC to demand payment of promised bonuses. 

Damian Kingsley: Work in Progress - Free

Damian Kingsley: Work in Progress - Free

Openly admitting his show was a ‘work in progress’ and should not be judged on the quality of all of the material, there seemed no need for excuses as Damian Kingsley ushered u… 

Success: A Success Story - Free

Success: A Success Story - Free

‘Success’ is an inventive, endearing and beautifully observed pastiche of self-help seminars. 

Life or Something Like It - Free

Life or Something Like It - Free

Located in the small but cosy performance space underneath the main café area of Captain Taylor’s Coffee House, Life or Something Like it sees Mancunian singer-songwriter Claire… 

The 'Agent, Stylist and PA Wanted' Show - Free

The 'Agent, Stylist and PA Wanted' Show - Free

Amrik Virk looks like a laugh to be with. 

Word Alive Bible Exhibition - Free

Word Alive Bible Exhibition - Free

Staged by Word Alive and hosted by the congregation at Charlotte Chapel, this exhibition tells you everything you need to know about the Good Book and its influence on Christianity… 

All-Star Magic and Comedy - Direct from San Francisco!

All-Star Magic and Comedy - Direct from San Francisco!

The posse return to the Fringe for yet another healthy dose of good old fashioned entertainment. 

The Shaman's Dream

The Shaman's Dream

In the gardens of the Scottish Gallery of Modern Art Two (formerly known as the Dean Gallery), a combined cast of Scottish performers and the Norwegian company Stella Polaris put o… 

Funny's Funny: Fantastic Fringe Finale - Free

Funny's Funny: Fantastic Fringe Finale - Free

‘Funny’s funny, except when it’s not’ seems to be the general message of this compilation show. 

Doug Segal: I Know What You're Thinking - Free

Doug Segal: I Know What You're Thinking - Free

Doug Segal delivers a perplexing array of mind-blowing, mind-reading tricks modulating gradually to a standing ovation climax. 

Kev Orkian in Concert - The World's Favourite Foreigner

Kev Orkian in Concert - The World's Favourite Foreigner

Kev Orkian of Britain’s Got Talent! fame has toured the world and performed for royalty. 

Because I Felt Like It - Free

Because I Felt Like It - Free

After introducing himself four times Arnie Pie gave a bit about his stage name before launching into the set that can define the rest of his show in two words: racial comedy. 

Flowers for the Living - Free

Flowers for the Living - Free

In an interview for the seminal concert movie Stop Making Sense, Talking Heads frontman David Byrne, acting as the interviewer in his own interview asks himself, ‘I don’t think… 

Grim(m) Tales of the Woods - Free

Grim(m) Tales of the Woods - Free

One cannot help but feel , when offered lesser-known tales from the Brothers Grimm, that there is probably a reason that they are not so popular. 

The Iliad, The Odyssey and All of Greek Mythology in 99 Minutes or Less

The Iliad, The Odyssey and All of Greek Mythology in 99 Minutes or Less

Zipping through all of Greek mythology in an hour and a half is quite a lot of fun when it is presented by a company of student actors who tackle the task with enthusiasm; it is ra… 

Eat a Queer Fetus 4 Jesus - Free

Eat a Queer Fetus 4 Jesus - Free

A typical Edinburgh stand-up by Richard Coughlan in the back room of an easily hidden pub, this is truly a gem hidden amongst the Fringe. 

Free Outgoing

Free Outgoing

Straight from The Royal Court, Anupama Chandrasekhar’s poignant drama about the impact of one girl’s sex life on the rest of India can’t help but provoke. 

Andi Neate Band & Guests

Andi Neate Band & Guests

“I fell in love with somebody completely by accident, just by sitting beside them,” is a great way to introduce a song. 

Music at St Michael and All Saints

Music at St Michael and All Saints

This venue has just one entry in the Fringe Festival programme and this covers 11 different events. 

Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us

Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us

When it comes to painting the finer details of life for a working class, Catholic, Scots family, Nobody Will Forgive Us is resolutely unforgiving. 

Free Paint and Play Ukulele Workshop with Tricity Vogue

Free Paint and Play Ukulele Workshop with Tricity Vogue

The Free Paint and Play Ukulele Workshop with Tricity Vogue is exactly as described. 

Piff-Tacular - Free

Piff-Tacular - Free

What do you get if you cross Jack Dee with Paul Daniels? - Piff the Magic Dragon!Piff-Tacular is a magic show and stand-up gig all in one, which despite featuring a cute puppy, is … 

Festival Folk @ The Oak/The Wee Folk Club

Festival Folk @ The Oak/The Wee Folk Club

Byrne’s material tonight takes in a range of styles and moods, but is mostly taken from poetry written in Scots dialect traditions, and there were clearly a number of jokes that I … 

Cracking Yolks - Free Range Comedy

Cracking Yolks - Free Range Comedy

The Yurt Locker is naturally intriguing as a venue and thus when the three performers of Cracking Yolks took to the stage they were playing to an almost full house of casual punter… 

Lewis Schaffer: No YOU Shut Up! - Free

Lewis Schaffer: No YOU Shut Up! - Free

Lewis Schaffer’s schtick is that he is an ex New York Jew making his way in this strange foreign land and hating every minute of it. 

Ha Ha Yum! Maeve Does Stand-up while Lilly makes Cakes

Ha Ha Yum! Maeve Does Stand-up while Lilly makes Cakes

This does largely what it says on the tin, though tinned goods would be beyond the pale for these two sisters as they long for the simple pleasures of the 1950’s: “baking and pr… 

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast /Matinee Shows

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast /Matinee Shows

The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title. 

David Mills is Smart Casual - Free

David Mills is Smart Casual - Free

With a razor-sharp tongue and ever sharper wit – think 1940s American reporter meets cocktail bar swagger – David Mills delivers an hour of comedy that you may mistake for an h… 

The Sussex Harmonisers in Concert

The Sussex Harmonisers in Concert

Like a bit of ragtime? Classic tunes from 1912? Henry Mancini ballads in four-part harmony? You’d be in luck with the animated stylings of the Sussex Harmonisers, a nearly 50-… 

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh! It's the Monster Stand-Up Show - Free

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh! It's the Monster Stand-Up Show - Free

The problems started right from the word go. 

Tricity Vogue's Ukulele Cabaret - Free

Tricity Vogue's Ukulele Cabaret - Free

If you’re looking for a cheeky musical stop to begin your night at the Fringe, then head to the Gothic room in the Three Sisters for the most bizarre Ukulele banter in town. 

Well Done You - Free

Well Done You - Free

‘Well Done You’ calls itself a character sketch show, but Lucy Trodd and Ruth Bratt are in character even when not doing sketches. 

Rom Com Con - Free

Rom Com Con - Free

The premise of Mace and Burton’s show draws quite a crowd into the Medina. 

Music for All

Music for All

Covering a range of singer/songwriter greats, Juliet Nisbet and Bruce Birrell, collectively known as Spirit of Love, take us on a musical journey across Scotland, Ireland, France a… 

Angus and Cameron: Village Idiots - Free

Angus and Cameron: Village Idiots - Free

Angus and Cameron have clearly worked hard putting this sketch show together but the results are far from entertaining. 

Female Hitchhiker: The Truth About Getting Around - Free

Female Hitchhiker: The Truth About Getting Around - Free

In this free one-woman show, Clara Lilly shares a string of stories collected from ten years of hitchhiking. 

Sweethearts of the 40s - Free

Sweethearts of the 40s - Free

For all the atrocities of the Second World War, it was a fertile period for great songs. 

It's Not Us, It's You - Free

It's Not Us, It's You - Free

With so much free fringe it’s can be a daunting prospect wading through the guide to find what’s worthwhile. 

Ryan Withers - One Woman Showe - Free

Ryan Withers - One Woman Showe - Free

‘Just had a moment of self-awareness there,’ Ryan Withers stopped halfway through a joke to announce. 

GirlBand Improv - Free

GirlBand Improv - Free

The GirlBand Improv was an entirely enjoyable experience but not quite what I expected. 

The Secret Garden: In Concert

The Secret Garden: In Concert

This picture-book musical follows a young orphan girl who casts off her mourning clothes and warms the hearts of those around her. 

Star Child

Star Child

A young, game troupe telling a simple tale with some inventive staging makes for an enchanting bed time story. 

Wedding Band: A Comedy by Charlie Baker

Wedding Band: A Comedy by Charlie Baker

For most people, their wedding is the happiest day of their life. 

Freaks at the Movies - Free

Freaks at the Movies - Free

The big songs of stage and screen are being presented at the Laughing Horse Free Festival by the Cabaret Freaks. 

Daniel Sloss - Extra Shows!

Daniel Sloss - Extra Shows!

Daniel Sloss delivers a supposedly darker, meaner show in his later slot but most of his material is relatively clean, geared towards an audience who can laugh at him as well as wi… 

The Andi Neate Band

The Andi Neate Band

In this one-off show, Andi Neate’s band was small and intimate. 

Diane Spencer: All-Pervading Madness

Diane Spencer: All-Pervading Madness

Diane Spencer or ‘Lady Di’ as she is sometimes known, bounces onto stage. 

Cheese-Badger presents... Midge (a Two-Man Musical) - Free

Cheese-Badger presents... Midge (a Two-Man Musical) - Free

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. 

Devvo Dole Queue Hero is Free

Devvo Dole Queue Hero is Free

Devvo, the internet sensation, brings his unique brand of stand-up to the Fringe after a successful string of MC gigs across the UK. 

Behind the Truth: More Lies - Free

Behind the Truth: More Lies - Free

Behind The Truth is an endearing but frustrating show. 

Stitches: Stand-up. Slightly Strangely - Free

Stitches: Stand-up. Slightly Strangely - Free

You’d be hard pressed to find a free hour of comedy at the Fringe as well-structured and thoughtful as ‘Stitches’. 

All the Fun of the Unfair

All the Fun of the Unfair

‘You’ve come on a weird night. 

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Most school kids don’t want to read Shakespeare. 

Fall to the Top

Fall to the Top

The boardroom proved a bold and equally bloody way to shake up old Macbeth in Entita Theatre’s adaptation of Fall to the Top. 

Lucy Cox: Attractive Audience Required - Free

Lucy Cox: Attractive Audience Required - Free

It’s a tough crowd to play to but Lucy Cox wins them around easily with her charming repertoire of comedy songs and savage black humour during her show Attractive Audience Requir… 

The Sensational Alex Salmond Gastric Band presents Oliver Pissed

The Sensational Alex Salmond Gastric Band presents Oliver Pissed

In the second floor of a pub off Grassmarket, a sweaty singer belts out peculiar variations on show tunes from Oliver! This is Oliver Pissed, as presented by The Sensational Alex S… 

Dream or Not?

Dream or Not?

This is easily the most unusual thing I have ever seen at the Fringe. 

All That Gomez

All That Gomez

Marga Gomez is one quirky lady. 

Tiffin Swing Band

Tiffin Swing Band

Reminiscent of a Rihanna concert, the Tiffin Swing Band starts their set late. 

Sex, Drugs and Rheumatism - Free

Sex, Drugs and Rheumatism - Free

The man behind the YouTube ‘smash’ Masturbation Gary Stark is having a funny look at sex, drugs and getting old at his gig in the Laughing Horse Free Festival. 

All In The Timing

All In The Timing

All In The Timing is a collection of one act plays by David Ives, each lasting around ten minutes. 

Danceforms' 60th International Choreographers' Showcase

Danceforms' 60th International Choreographers' Showcase

Holding the attention of an audience for an hour of dance, especially with a mish-mash of different styles, can be a challenge. 

Mark Watson: All The Thoughts I've Had Since I Was Born

Mark Watson: All The Thoughts I've Had Since I Was Born

Stand-up works best in a small space. 

Brotherly Love - Free

Brotherly Love - Free

Barry and Ian are two estranged brothers in their late middle-age. 

The Concert for Lavert - God’s Pottery

The Concert for Lavert - God’s Pottery

These two Jesus loving friends are here from across the pond on a mission, to raise money to help a little boy with terminal cancer. 

Dean Friedman - In Concert

Dean Friedman - In Concert

You could be forgiven for rolling your eyes at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme’s description of singer-songwriter Dean Friedman as ‘legendary’: one single that peaked at #2… 

All That is Wrong

All That is Wrong

I love Ontoerend Goed; whether it’s their audience-dividing masterpiece that was Audience last year or something life changing and unique like A Game Of You, I have been a massiv… 

Free Fringe Music

Free Fringe Music

Thomas Annand and David Day have come all the way from Ireland to prove that there’s far more to African drumming than monotonous banging. 

The Birdies Film Festival

The Birdies Film Festival

The Birdies Film Festival at the Odeon in Kingston left everyone with a chippering sensation of delight. 

Slavery to Star Trek

Slavery to Star Trek

The premise of Slavery to Star Trek is a strange one. 

Raise the Roof! Opening Night Concert

Raise the Roof! Opening Night Concert

Raise the Roof started IYAF 2013 with a bang. 

Him and Me: Sketch Circus - Free

Him and Me: Sketch Circus - Free

Him and Me’s circus of estranged acts consists mainly of them with the occasional homemade video thrown in for good measure. 

The Ginge, the Geordie and the Geek- All New Show 2012

The Ginge, the Geordie and the Geek- All New Show 2012

A comedy sketch show, promising 32 new and hilarious sketches in under an hour. 

One Night Stand

One Night Stand

The plot of One Night Stand is, unsurprisingly, the repercussions of a drunken work night out for two colleagues who wake up in the same bed. 

The Letter of Last Resort and Good With People

The Letter of Last Resort and Good With People

Traverse has presented the most elegant of double bills for the Fringe by showcasing two of Scotland’s prized playwrights, David Greig and David Harrower. 

Alpine Horn with Flange Krammer - Free

Alpine Horn with Flange Krammer - Free

Comedian Neil Dagley is Flange Krammer; German Olympic skiing sensation and interminable ladies’ man. 

Ms Minnelli and the Daring Do: Tim's Last Stand

Ms Minnelli and the Daring Do: Tim's Last Stand

A man singing Liza Minnelli in drag. 

Stand Up, Woman - Free

Stand Up, Woman - Free

Having been ushered onto the top deck of a bus, itself a surreal beginning to a show experience, I was unsure what to expect from ‘Stand Up, Woman. 

Dating George Orwell - Free

Dating George Orwell - Free

Dating George Orwell is a one woman play that looks at the unhealthy relationship between a teenage girl and the books that she has become engrossed in. 

Nick Hayman: Middle Aged, Useless and Talented! - Free

Nick Hayman: Middle Aged, Useless and Talented! - Free

In the press blurb for his show Middle-Aged, Useless and Talented Nick Hayman compares himself to Tommy Cooper and Norman Wisdom. 

Dougie MacLean Trio in Concert

Dougie MacLean Trio in Concert

This concert bore all the hallmarks of a homecoming gig, except that very few people actually seemed to know any of MacLean’s songs. 

Swing A Midsummer Night's Dream

Swing A Midsummer Night's Dream

Courage Performers, a youth performing arts club from Wiltshire, presents a very strong rendition of the Shakespeare classic ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ with a Second World W… 

All Human One Man Magic Show

All Human One Man Magic Show

Mario Morris presents his comedy magic show, the All Human One Magic Show at Zoo Southside. 

Adam Larter: Happy New Year - A Free Comedy Show

Adam Larter: Happy New Year - A Free Comedy Show

Adam Larter splatters onto his stage like paint from Jackson Pollock’s paintbrush, ungainly and definitely not graceful as he crashes all over the place. 

Wet Paint: A Magic Show - Free

Wet Paint: A Magic Show - Free

Wet Paint is made up of two magicians, Ben Hart and Neil Kelso, with ‘ideas so fresh they’re still wet’. 

Dream Pill

Dream Pill

Dream Pill is a tale of modern slavery. 

Lach's Antihoot - Free

Lach's Antihoot - Free

Those looking for a dose of the unexpected, who enjoy wandering off the beaten track, will be delighted by Lach’s Antihoot. 

6 Foot Silly - Free

6 Foot Silly - Free

This free show at the fringe consists very simply of two fairly promising comedians, Mark Diamond and Darren Walsh, alternatively delivering stand up performances. 

The Showstoppers

The Showstoppers

If you’re stopping by the Showstoppers, then you need to come armed with three things: a ticket, a theme, and a favourite musical. 

The Edinburgh International Circus Festival

The Edinburgh International Circus Festival

I have a confession to make: until recently, I’d never been to the circus. 

On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco / Can Cause Death

On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco / Can Cause Death

Nobody said that a one man show bringing Chekhov and Alison Carr together was going to be easy. 

Desperately Seeking the Exit - Free

Desperately Seeking the Exit - Free

What makes a lot of cash in the Musical Theatre? Juke Box musicals: Mamma Mia, We Will Rock You, Jersey Boys. 

Ian Fox - Shutter Monkey (The Comedy Show With Pictures) - Free

Ian Fox - Shutter Monkey (The Comedy Show With Pictures) - Free

Part of the Laughing Horse Free Festival, comedian and photographer Ian Fox delivers an hour of very amusing entertainment through a selection of photos. 

Jody Kamali: Dirty Filthy Rich - Free

Jody Kamali: Dirty Filthy Rich - Free

Dirty Filthy Rich wants to make you stinking, filthy rich. 

Gráinne Maguire: Where Are All the Fun Places and Are Lots of People There Having Better Fun?

Gráinne Maguire: Where Are All the Fun Places and Are Lots of People There Having Better Fun?

Comic and self-confessed ‘try-too-hard’ Gráinne Maguire visits Edinburgh this year with her latest show Where Are All the Fun Places and Are Lots of People There Having Better… 

Upstaging: A Modern Guide to Acting for Gentlemen and Gentleladies - Free

Upstaging: A Modern Guide to Acting for Gentlemen and Gentleladies - Free

Maurice Cock and Belvedere Bagg model their show as a lesson in how to act. 

Richard Thompson in Concert

Richard Thompson in Concert

There are 21 Richard Thompsons listed in Wikipedia, including a Conservative baronet, a racing driver and a Warner Bros animator. 

Andy and the Prostitutes - The Musical

Andy and the Prostitutes - The Musical

Andy and The Prostitutes play one dirty trick by billing their foul-mouthed ditties as a musical but Andy and co. 

Aidan Killian: Free to Obey - Free

Aidan Killian: Free to Obey - Free

Sitting in the dark, cave-like venue of the Hive where the smell of alcohol and sweat still pervades from late-night clubbing and the floors are still just a little bit sticky, it … 

Battlefield Band

Battlefield Band

‘An oasis in the Fringe… with bagpipes’ is how piper and most talkative Battlefield Band member Alasdair White described their show. 

Tom Goodliffe: All in Good Time

Tom Goodliffe: All in Good Time

In his own words, Tom Goodliffe is a big, friendly nerd. 

Dixon of Fogg Green - Free

Dixon of Fogg Green - Free

You’ve got to bless the Edinburgh audience, they are a godsend for bad comedians. 

Apologies from Men: The Concert

Apologies from Men: The Concert

This show was put together by comedian, composer & filmmaker Lauren Maul. 

Dream Plays (Scenes From a Play I'll Never Write)

Dream Plays (Scenes From a Play I'll Never Write)

The Traverse Theatre Company is spending the next fortnight showing breakfast-time script-in-hand readings of pieces of specially commissioned new writing. 

Yorkshire Comedy Cabaret IV: Jokers, Born and Interbred - Free

Yorkshire Comedy Cabaret IV: Jokers, Born and Interbred - Free

The gimmick for this showcase show is that it’s meant to be ‘Yorkshire’ comedy, whatever that may be. 

Footsbarn's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

Footsbarn's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

One of the joys of the Edinburgh Fringe is that every year there are new adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays, which often throw up new ideas and new ways of looking at these old fa… 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

The Chyngton Youth Academy made up of 11 to 15 year olds performs this seasonal Shakespeare favourite with enthusiasm and fervour. 

Aaaand Now for Something Completely Wireless - Free

Aaaand Now for Something Completely Wireless - Free

With so much improvised comedy at the Fringe nowadays it’s difficult to know what to see. 

Cheeky Beggars Banquet - Free

Cheeky Beggars Banquet - Free

It’s all too easy – and all too dangerous – to dismiss the Free Fringe. 

Nik Coppin's Caricatures - Free Festival

Nik Coppin's Caricatures - Free Festival

Sometimes a gig feels like visiting an old friend - the audience have never seen the comedian before, but we have seen comics like him and he’s had audiences like us. 

Edinburgh Renaissance Band's Treasure Chest

Edinburgh Renaissance Band's Treasure Chest

An evening of music, song and dance from the early Middle Ages to the Renaissance period is probably unlikely to set the pulse racing for most and yet while not exhilarating, the e… 

Chris Difford and Norman Lovett: It's All About Me!

Chris Difford and Norman Lovett: It's All About Me!

It always helps a performance when the audience is packed, in tune with the performers and ready for a good laugh. 

The Tom Collins Free Variety Hour

The Tom Collins Free Variety Hour

What is the opposite of subtle? A thesaurus will give you antonyms like ‘obvious’, ‘loud’, ‘lucid’, ‘crass’. 

All The Men We've Never Slept With

All The Men We've Never Slept With

Sugar & Vice are Courtney Powell and Brydie Lee-Kennedy, who get up on stage and bare all. 

Pam Ford Salon Secrets - Free

Pam Ford Salon Secrets - Free

Pam Ford presents a friendly and funny stand-up show focussing on her past career as a hairdresser. 

#Unravel Live: The Only Gig You Can Control With Your Phone

#Unravel Live: The Only Gig You Can Control With Your Phone

he headline of this review was the most prolific tweet of the night at Unravel’s ‘Only Gig You Can Control With Your Phone’ and frankly, it’s a good question. 

In Musical Company

In Musical Company

In the shadow of Edinburgh Castle lies a very beautiful St Cuthbert’s Parish Church. 

Simon Callow - A Festival Dickens. Dr. Marigold and Mr.Chops - The Dwarf.

Simon Callow - A Festival Dickens. Dr. Marigold and Mr.Chops - The Dwarf.

Callow has a strong and long relationship with Dickens including a hugely successful performance as the author himself in “The Mystery of Charles Dickens“, and appearing as the m… 

All the King's Men - It's Reigning Men!

All the King's Men - It's Reigning Men!

In three short years, All the King’s Men have gone from a little-known university a cappella group to the third best collegiate group in the world, and from the simply phenomenal… 

Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Musical - Free

Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Musical - Free

The title of this particular show may lead you to expect certain things that the final product fails to deliver in every way. 

Prototype Festival: Opera/Theater/Now

Prototype Festival: Opera/Theater/Now

(performances start on Jan. 

New Rope String Band

New Rope String Band

Musical comedy is a risky business. 

East End Boy West End Girl - Free

East End Boy West End Girl - Free

Returning to the Edinburgh Fringe after their Australian sojourn is EastEnd Cabaret. 

Big Band Swing

Big Band Swing

26-song set divided into two parts in the tall St Cuthbert’s church (which included tea and biscuits at the interval) provided a nostalgic throwback to the 1920s, 30s and early … 

5-Step Guide to Being German - Free

5-Step Guide to Being German - Free

A show entitled 5 Steps To Being German screams of being packed with old stereotypes and heard-it-all-before jokes of Nazis and efficient trains. 

Why Do All Catherines Call Themselves Kate?

Why Do All Catherines Call Themselves Kate?

The lights go up on a run-down flat with a couple, Pat and Susan, that look like they’re in the middle of one hell of a row. 

Forget Therapy - Just Drink - Free

Forget Therapy - Just Drink - Free

It promised to be a fun show. 

Old Saint Paul's Festival Evensongs

Old Saint Paul's Festival Evensongs

I must start with two clear statements. 

Midsummer Night's Dream

Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays and there’s probably hardly a day when it isn’t performed somewhere in the world. 

All Fall; All Falling

All Fall; All Falling

An amnesiac is being interrogated. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Shakepeare’s romantic comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, is one of his most popular works, so it’s not surprising that the majority of hands are up when The Pantaloons ask their au… 

Grant's True Tales Presents Spark London Storytelling

Grant's True Tales Presents Spark London Storytelling

If everyone has a story to tell, one that’s worth listening to, then why is it that the only stories that shift copies off shelves and set Twitter alight are the births, marriage… 

Oliver Meech: Live Brain Surgery - Free

Oliver Meech: Live Brain Surgery - Free

I really wanted to like this show. 

Bellissima: All-Female a Cappella from The Oxford Belles

Bellissima: All-Female a Cappella from The Oxford Belles

The Oxford Belles are a small set of seven, performing upon a dauntingly massive black stage but as soon as they burst into song they fill the entire space with life. 

Karma Comedian - Stella Graham - Free

Karma Comedian - Stella Graham - Free

Stella Graham’s routine is fun and original: she recounts amusing anecdotes of good and bad things she has done and the audience have to decide if she should go to heaven or hell. 

Super Crazy Fun Fun (Christmas Specials) - Free

Super Crazy Fun Fun (Christmas Specials) - Free

This show is comedy flying by the seat of its pants: not exactly improvised, but certainly thrown together. 

James Christopher: Bring Me the Head of Russell Kane - Free

James Christopher: Bring Me the Head of Russell Kane - Free

James Christopher’s tactic of combining the show titles of award-winning comedians seems a strange choice. 

Belarus Free Theatre

Belarus Free Theatre

The sense of apprehension in the auditorium as the audience settles is at odds with an early afternoon show, but not surprising when one considers that we are about to witness Bela… 

Mark Cooper-Jones: Geography Teacher - Free

Mark Cooper-Jones: Geography Teacher - Free

Mark Cooper-Jones is a Geography teacher. 

Dr Ettrick-Hogg's Manly Stand-Ups - Free

Dr Ettrick-Hogg's Manly Stand-Ups - Free

Dr Ettrick-Hogg is the very macho compere for this evening of male stand-ups talking about manly things and being generally masculine. 

Keira Daley: LadyNerd

Keira Daley: LadyNerd

If you think Lady Nerd is about being geek chic, then forget it. 

How To Pimp Your Kids and Shop For Free at Waitrose

How To Pimp Your Kids and Shop For Free at Waitrose

Matthew Collins is a travel journalist and single parent, although not necessarily in that order. 

A Real Humane Person Who Cares And All That

A Real Humane Person Who Cares And All That

A Real Humane Person Who Cares And All That by Adam Brace is the best piece of new writing that I have seen on the Fringe. 

Sarah Kendall - Get Up, Stand-Up

Sarah Kendall - Get Up, Stand-Up

‘You’re a funny crowd tonight aren’t you? For the first ten minutes I was sure this gig had bombed’. 

Squeaky Dirty Stand-Up Comedy

Squeaky Dirty Stand-Up Comedy

Squeaky dirty stand up comedy offers up three styles of stand up from this trio of comic pals. 

Granny's Gone Wild - Free

Granny's Gone Wild - Free

Lynn Ruth Miller is approaching eighty-years old and she’s on a mission to prove to us all that aging is amazing through a series of real-life stories and a mix of classic pop so… 

Cabaret Whore - Free

Cabaret Whore - Free

Downstairs in a night club that makes an awkward bedfellow for performance, you’ll find seasoned actress & comedienne, Sarah Louise-Young conjuring up three very distinct characte… 

Bourgeois & Maurice - Sugartits

Bourgeois & Maurice - Sugartits

Through a fan of thick, black, fluttery lashes, Georgeois Bourgeois locks his gaze with the audience as he enters, with a microphone in one hand and an ornate, silver platter of ma… 

John Robertson - The Dark Room - Free

John Robertson - The Dark Room - Free

Bringing his YouTube sensation to the Fringe, Australian comic John Robertson’s show The Dark Room is basically a ‘choose your own adventure’ computer game in which selected … 

'Dream Man' by James Carroll Pickett

'Dream Man' by James Carroll Pickett

A word of warning: if an hour of explicit homosexual phone sex is the sort of thing that sends you running to complain to Mary Whitehouse, then look away now. 

Dream of Sancho

Dream of Sancho

Don Quixote has forgotten his role and nature. 

Stand Up for Freedom

Stand Up for Freedom

Hosted by Fred MacAuley and Susan Calman, this year’s Amnesty fundraiser treated the audience to a wide selection of comedy from Fringe stars including The Boy With Tape On His F… 

Men of Character - Free

Men of Character - Free

Men of Character describes itself as two one-man sketch shows that overlap with one another with an overarching plot line. 

Fairy Liquid And The Burst Bubble ... And Other Science Shows

Fairy Liquid And The Burst Bubble ... And Other Science Shows

Science Shows for Schools have take three of their popular science presentations for schools and turned them into a 50 minute production for children at the Zoo Aviary. 

Andi Osho: All the Single Ladies

Andi Osho: All the Single Ladies

Andi Osho, the rising female comedian famous for her appearances on Mock the Week and Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, is taking to pieces what it means to be a single lady in… 

Tom Wrigglesworth's Nightmare Dream Wedding

Tom Wrigglesworth's Nightmare Dream Wedding

Starting with a video of him in distress in the worst hotel room ever, Tom Wrigglesworth spends an entertaining hour spinning us a complex yarn about how his wedding day came to en… 

Be a Star in a Juggling Show!

Be a Star in a Juggling Show!

If you’re attending the Festival with some young ‘uns in tow, then I can enthusiastically recommend you drop in on Be a Star in a Juggling Show at Zoo Venues. 

Joshua Seigal: We All Love Llamas!

Joshua Seigal: We All Love Llamas!

We All Love Llamas is a great free poetry event to take your kids to while in Edinburgh. 

Bordello Blues

Bordello Blues

Shrouded in fans of red, showgirl feathers, our French prostitute heroine Isobel slinked across the stage for the big reveal. 

Sheep Ahoy! (On Grassier Tides) - Free

Sheep Ahoy! (On Grassier Tides) - Free

During this free children’s show in Maggies Chambers at the Three Sisters Pub, Phil the Shepherd introduces himself throughout as he tries to put his sheep, or children, to sleep. 

Lou Sanders and Rachel Stubbings Stand-up

Lou Sanders and Rachel Stubbings Stand-up

Tonight is what the Camden Fringe is all about; two half hour segments from two different comedy artistes offering a peek at what the full hour could be like. 

BDOOL (Best Days of Our Lives) - Free

BDOOL (Best Days of Our Lives) - Free

James and Craig - the comedy duo behind Best Days of Our Lives - earn their stars as much through likeability as humour. 

Absolutely Amazing Adventures of the Singing Acupuncturist - Free

Absolutely Amazing Adventures of the Singing Acupuncturist - Free

It isn’t often as a reviewer that you come across a show with absolutely no redeeming qualities whatsoever. 

My Damage is My Gift! - Free

My Damage is My Gift! - Free

Jonathan Prager’s performance is a mixture of spoken anecdotes and original songs with both lyrics and score written by himself and performed with accompaniment from Ben, his ver… 

Prototype Festival

Prototype Festival

This bracingly innovative festival of music theater is only in its third season, but it has already become a point of reference. 

Aaaaaaaaaaaaarghh! It’s the Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards Show with Miss Behave - and It’s Free!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaarghh! It’s the Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards Show with Miss Behave - and It’s Free!

Given the perpetual debate concerning the over-commercialisation of the Fringe that has been prominent this year, it is with a great sigh of relief that events such as the Malcolm … 

Are We There Yet? - Free

Are We There Yet? - Free

Follow Donna Wannabe and Katherine Withakay (yes, really) through the trials, tribulations and transfers of flying to Las Vegas – all performed in astonishing tongue-in-cheek oper… 

Baker and Thompson: Never Made it to the RSC - Free

Baker and Thompson: Never Made it to the RSC - Free

The infectious enthusiasm of this comedy duo is apparent from the off, their chaotic get-in generating a fair few belly-laughs. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

In recent years Gordonstoun School has put on entertaining versions of some of Shakespeare’s darker plays (Macbeth – That Old Black Magic and Hamlet – Shadow Of A Man). 

101 Comedy Club - Free

101 Comedy Club - Free

With 101 Comedy Club seeing different up and coming comedians performing every night in four ten minute sets, it is perhaps unfair to form a complete judgement based on one night a… 

A Theory of Everything - Free

A Theory of Everything - Free

Someone should tell Danny McChrystal that having a blokish demeanour and a regional accent doesn’t make you a comedian. 

Alistair Ogilvy and Band

Alistair Ogilvy and Band

For those of us with a palette for traditional and contemporary Scottish folk music, Alistair Ogilvy and Band are here with a special treat. 

Foodies Festival Brighton

Foodies Festival Brighton

Now making its third appearance on Hove Lawns, the Foodies Festival is steadily becoming an established name on the Fringe circuit. 

New York International Fringe Festival

New York International Fringe Festival

(performances start on Aug. 

Wet Paint: A Magic Variety Show - Free

Wet Paint: A Magic Variety Show - Free

‘I thought it was a magic show. 

Künt's on Daytime TV - Free

Künt's on Daytime TV - Free

Kunt’s on Daytime TV warns that it’s not for the easily offended. 

All in the Timing

All in the Timing

If one ignores the grating scene-change muzak, this was a rather good production – four short comic plays from David Ives’ All In The Timing, plus another from Mere Mortals. 

Panning for Gold - Free

Panning for Gold - Free

Panning for Gold is a performance about love: finding love, losing love, and moving on. 

An Audience With Tomás Ford - Free

An Audience With Tomás Ford - Free

From the start, you know that Tomás Ford isn’t your ordinary late night showman. 

Would Like to Meet - Free

Would Like to Meet - Free

Would Like to Meet highlights in its description its daily change of acts which apparently brings ‘fresh appeal’ to the show every day. 

All an Act

All an Act

Do you ever wonder what lies beneath the red nose and big shoes? All an Act gives the audience a peek behind the scenes of the circus to see the people behind the make-up, because … 

Going Green the Wong Way

Going Green the Wong Way

Please put up your hand if you would describe yourself as any of the following: eco warrior, third wave feminist, someone who is not afraid of frank discussions about the female me… 

Tim Turnbull's Tales of Terror - Free

Tim Turnbull's Tales of Terror - Free

It ought to be mentioned from the beginning that Tim’s Turnbull’s Tales of Terror aren’t particularly terrifying, but it soon becomes apparent that actual thrills and chills aren’t… 

Dance Theater of Harlem Street Festival

Dance Theater of Harlem Street Festival

Dance Theater of Harlem is back with its annual block party. 

Poe's Last Night - Free

Poe's Last Night - Free

Ideally Edgar Allan Poe’s works should be read in the dead of night, in an armchair by a crackling fire with the slow tap of wintry branches against the window. 

Graham Whistler: Stand-Up, Fall Down - Free

Graham Whistler: Stand-Up, Fall Down - Free

Graham Whistler’s show from last year’s Fringe returns, again mainly focusing on his cerebral palsy. 

Arguments and Nosebleeds - Free

Arguments and Nosebleeds - Free

Arguments and Nosebleeds is becoming a little nugget of tradition, a one-off poetry performance — now in its third year — that gives a platform to a host of Scottish poets, alo… 

All the King's Men - Putting It Together Again

All the King's Men - Putting It Together Again

One song short of a Spice Girls Tribute band, the boys from King’s have smashed another year at the Fringe. 

Confessions of a Paralysed Porn Star

Confessions of a Paralysed Porn Star

Sarah-Louise Young’s show, Confessions of a Paralysed Porn Star, was conceived the day she Googled herself and discovered she shared her name with an “adult” actress. 

Aaaand Now for Something Completely Improvised - Free

Aaaand Now for Something Completely Improvised - Free

The improv group Racing Minds want to tell you a story. 

Sex, Lies & An 80s Tribute Band

Sex, Lies & An 80s Tribute Band

A travel writer returns to Scotland after twenty years travelling the world. 

Do Not Trust the Animals - Free

Do Not Trust the Animals - Free

Gordon Ramsey Sex Dwarf eaten by badgers. 

Know It All

Know It All

Coming under a banner of ‘edutainment’ (please remember to shoot whoever came up with that), John and Dan are a pair of real, genuine scientists from London’s Science Museum, who a… 

Absolutely Agitated Acupuncturist Returns to Find It - Free

Absolutely Agitated Acupuncturist Returns to Find It - Free

The Agitated Acupuncturist Returns To Find It is utterly bizarre. 

Huggers - Free Festival Family Fun

Huggers - Free Festival Family Fun

I imagine as a children’s performer you’re probably prepared for a great deal. 

The Red Bus Puppet Shows

The Red Bus Puppet Shows

It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows. 

Brooklyn Comedy Festival

Brooklyn Comedy Festival

Returning for a second year, this excellent festival showcases the best of New York’s comedy scene in several of Brooklyn’s comedy-friendly venues. 

Second Star to the Right

Second Star to the Right

‘Oh! You’re too old! Don’t let Peter see you!’ That was gently whispered in my ear as I entered the space for this choppy adaptation of Peter Pan. 

Bogan Bingo / Free Festival

Bogan Bingo / Free Festival

A Bogan is an Antipodean term for a somewhat uneducated, mullet-wearing, hard-rock loving man. 

Nick Helm - Dare to Dream

Nick Helm - Dare to Dream

‘I’ll keep you alive. 

The Cubicle - Free

The Cubicle - Free

From what I can gather, this show is set at a wedding reception. 

Club Noir Burlesque - The Games

Club Noir Burlesque - The Games

En route to The Picture House, the Fringe’s home to the UK’s biggest burlesque night, there was just one day left of London’s golden games. 

The Humour League Presents - Free

The Humour League Presents - Free

Farting at a funeral could be quite funny. 

All I Want For Christmas

All I Want For Christmas

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… 

Be A Star In A Juggling Show

Be A Star In A Juggling Show

If there were a prize for shows that do exactly what they say on the tin, this one clearly would be walk off with a rosette. 

Thinking of you - Free

Thinking of you - Free

Knot Theory presents a new piece of writing about the decline of a suburban family in a piece of new writing by Niki Orfanou. 

Cabaret Whore Encore! - Free

Cabaret Whore Encore! - Free

Sarah-Louise Young channels four very different, equally hilarious and rather odd women in this cabaret spectacular. 

Beats

Beats

The Traverse have dropped Beats on the Fringe straight off the back of a hit run at the Arches, and it’s set to go down a storm. 

Agonise, the Comedy Problem Page - Free

Agonise, the Comedy Problem Page - Free

In their free hour, Steve N Allen and Ria Lina read extracts from Agony Aunt pages and attempt to provide better advice using songs along with suggestions from the audience. 

The One-Eyed Men's Friendship Formula - Free

The One-Eyed Men's Friendship Formula - Free

The perplexingly named One-Eyed Men are the very genial trio of Alex, Sam and Ben. 

Pappy's: All Business

Pappy's: All Business

In these financially straitened times, Pappy’s are no longer a Fun Club – this year they are All Business, and the show takes the form of a corporate pitch to us, the shareholder… 

Yianni: Numb and Number - Free

Yianni: Numb and Number - Free

Yianni, an Australian Greek, describes his show as ‘hyperlogical’. 

River to River festival

River to River festival

This summer’s outdoor arts festival in Lower Manhattan continues on June 20 at 7:30 p. 

Festival Fun Ceilidh Dinner

Festival Fun Ceilidh Dinner

The Scottish National Gallery’s Festival Fun Ceilidh Dinner lives up to its claim of being a ‘truly Scottish experience’. 

A Tchaikovsky Gala Concert

A Tchaikovsky Gala Concert

An impressive and beautiful rendition of Tchaikovsky’s music, performed with great talent by the Sussex Symphony Orchestra. 

Do You Still Throw Spears at Each Other? - Free

Do You Still Throw Spears at Each Other? - Free

Prince Philip supposedly coined the word ‘dontopedology’ in describing his talent for ‘opening one’s mouth and putting one’s foot in it’, and in this free show at Espio… 

What All The Rabbits Are Doing

What All The Rabbits Are Doing

Even by the standards of the Fringe, the Zoo has long since been established for pushing the boundaries of modern theatre and displaying provocative, no-holds-barred action in thei… 

Love All

Love All

A two man show by charismatic performers Aideen Wylde and Tadhg Hickey promises fast paced farce within the context of an 1870’s period setting, interestingly established at the … 

Dan Mitchell - Free Egg

Dan Mitchell - Free Egg

As the Phantom of the Opera music played a cloaked figure appeared, sang along for a few bars before ripping off the cloak to reveal he had a Henry Hoover for a head. 

In The Pink - Fabulous All-Female A Cappella!

In The Pink - Fabulous All-Female A Cappella!

I’ll admit that a cappella isn’t usually a genre that fills me with ebullience. 

Edinburgh Folk Club Festival Showcase

Edinburgh Folk Club Festival Showcase

Established in 1973, the Edinburgh Folk Club was represented at the Fringe for the first time this year with a showcase at the Acoustic Music Centre at St Bride’s that displayed … 

Stephen K Amos - All Of Me

Stephen K Amos - All Of Me

One of the top stand-ups at the Fringe, Stephen K Amos crafts a fine hour of comedy based on some deep self-contemplation. 

Dan Nightingale: The 11 and a 1/2 Ill-conceived Edinburgh Shows of Dan Nightingale

Dan Nightingale: The 11 and a 1/2 Ill-conceived Edinburgh Shows of Dan Nightingale

A show about shows is not the most original idea there has ever been but Dan Nightingale’s ‘what might have been?’ take on performing in this year’s Edinburgh Fringe provid… 

Davey Connor, Lucy Beaumont and Ed Patrick - The Big Comedy Showcase Show

Davey Connor, Lucy Beaumont and Ed Patrick - The Big Comedy Showcase Show

When your lineup is three unheard-of comedians, and your venue is the Gilded Balloon’s tiny “Wee Room”, calling your show ‘The Big Comedy Showcase’ is actually a pretty s… 

All Star Stand-Up Showcase - Free

All Star Stand-Up Showcase - Free

As you enter the bar you are encouraged to take a drink; do, you’ll need it. 

Cathedral Concert: Choir of Merton College, Oxford

Cathedral Concert: Choir of Merton College, Oxford

The first thing that was instantly noticeable about this ensemble was its intelligent manipulation of the acoustics of the St Mary’s Cathedral to create appropriate sounds for th… 

All the King's Men - Picking Up the Pieces

All the King's Men - Picking Up the Pieces

Making their Fringe debut under a year since their foundation, All the King’s Men is comprised of twelve charming, charismatic, but, unfortunately, not musically satisfying chaps … 

Booking Dance Festival - Festival Showcase

Booking Dance Festival - Festival Showcase

Thanks to the vagaries of Lothian Buses I missed the first number in this multi-company showcase of short dance items. 

All About the Craic

All About the Craic

With stand up variety shows the aim is always to showcase a variation of comedic talent in order to provide ‘something for everyone’. 

Mad Science Free Dangerous Family Show

Mad Science Free Dangerous Family Show

Professor Kaos exclaims truimphantly that he has the ‘most popular show in the Fringe!’ and with good cause. 

Free and Easy

Free and Easy

For Free and Easy it pays to be very early at the Stand, or that wont just be the venue name. 

All the Queen's Children

All the Queen's Children

This young company have taken on a huge and emotive subject here; the plight of young children who arrive in this country as refugees, unaccompanied by adults. 

Tragedy of Mariam

Tragedy of Mariam

You can pretty much sum up Jacobean era Tragedies in three words: “nearly everybody dies”, and the Tragedy of Mariam is no different. 

Cheap Laughs (Are Better Than No Laughs) - Free

Cheap Laughs (Are Better Than No Laughs) - Free

I’m not sure if I agree with Eric Gudmunsen’s sentiment that ‘Cheap laughs are better than no laughs’ after his alternative evening of late night comedy at Captain Taylor�… 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Much of the Shakespeare at the Fringe this year has been performed with a twist: musicals, dance, physical theatre, spin-offs, the playwright’s words given new meanings or even tak… 

Story Shakespeare: All's Well That Ends Well

Story Shakespeare: All's Well That Ends Well

The story of Helena and her faithless husband, Bertram, has puzzled theatregoers for centuries. 

Edward Reid: Living the Dream One Song at a Time

Edward Reid: Living the Dream One Song at a Time

Like a Glaswegian Louie Spence, Edward Reid bounds through an hour of anecdotes and musical numbers with enough campness and glitter to make you think you’ve accidentally stumble… 

Tea With Terrorists - Free

Tea With Terrorists - Free

Sameena Zehra, the writer and performer of Tea With Terrorists, has led an extraordinary life and has been raised by an extraordinary family but her collection of stories, no matte… 

One Man Star Wars Trilogy

One Man Star Wars Trilogy

One Man Star Wars Trilogy delivers exactly what the title promises. 

Kevin Dewsbury: In...Sane - Free

Kevin Dewsbury: In...Sane - Free

There’s a familiar traditional-northern-comic style about Kevin Dewsbury as he welcomes the audience to the room above the Meadows Bar, mixed with a bit of laddish banter. 

Mr Susan's 'Cheeky Flippin' Nice' - Free

Mr Susan's 'Cheeky Flippin' Nice' - Free

A bizarre hybrid of Avid Merrion and Bob Fossil, Mark Davison’s Mr Susan is immature, crude and downright silly. 

Bus-ting to Laugh - Free

Bus-ting to Laugh - Free

In the wonderful location of the top deck of a stationary Edinburgh bus, two comedians try to find their feet on the comedy circuit. 

Four Women of the Apocalypse - Free

Four Women of the Apocalypse - Free

This one-woman comedy show takes you to the frustrated post apocalypse world where woman has inherited the Earth. 

Tim: Against All Odds

Tim: Against All Odds

When history looks back at the greatness of famous Tims, it will not be particularly favourable. 

Josie Long – All of the Planet’s Wonders (Shown in Detail)

Josie Long – All of the Planet’s Wonders (Shown in Detail)

Josie Long’s effervescent cheeriness and excitement at all this world has to offer turns geeky, untouched topics in comedy goldmines. 

Heaven Bound - Free

Heaven Bound - Free

Mike ‘Dr Blue’ McKeon is a real Blues caricature. 

Hannah Ringham's Free Show (Bring Money)

Hannah Ringham's Free Show (Bring Money)

The old adage ‘a problem shared is a problem halved’ is not one that Hannah Ringham subscribes to. 

Old Saint Paul's Festival Evensongs

Old Saint Paul's Festival Evensongs

I live in Edinburgh and choose to go to this throughout the year because it is so good week after week. 

Dream/Life

Dream/Life

A new play written by Lou May Miller, a modern take on Pedo Calderon’s ‘Life Is A Dream’ ,finds an early grave in this debut performance by Kudos. 

Flawless: Intergalactic Dream

Flawless: Intergalactic Dream

A million miles away from turbulence, Flawless have a smooth take off, a pleasant flight and a well-rehearsed landing that can’t help but bring a smile to my face. 

Lewis Schaffer is Free Until Famous 18th Year

Lewis Schaffer is Free Until Famous 18th Year

Lewis Schaffer’s show is called Free Until Famous. 

Theatre Tasters - Free

Theatre Tasters - Free

The obvious, but often overlooked difficulty with one act plays is their length. 

I am the Dead - Free

I am the Dead - Free

Attending free shows at the Fringe is something of a lottery. 

The Dick Gaughan Band (feat The Bevvy Sisters)

The Dick Gaughan Band (feat The Bevvy Sisters)

Sometimes music does more than simply entertain you – sometimes it grabs you by the scruff of the neck and makes you sit up and listen. 

James Redmond and Ellie Taylor - Free Festival

James Redmond and Ellie Taylor - Free Festival

You may recognise these two from TV. 

Dare I Say It?

Dare I Say It?

If you dare Prohibited Jargon to say it, then they will and they’ll hold no punches. 

The Picts in Concert

The Picts in Concert

Ranking amongst the best Scotland has to offer in folk-rock, The Picts come to the Fringe with a concert show that moves and excites in equal measure. 

The SomeNews Live Show - Free

The SomeNews Live Show - Free

‘Nice breasts. 

One-Man Star Wars Trilogy

One-Man Star Wars Trilogy

I have to begin by saying that I am incredibly thankful to my flatmate, Adam, for taking the time to give me a brief rundown of all the Star Wars films prior to my arrival in Edinb… 

Billy Watson - Sex, Drugs and Marriage - Free

Billy Watson - Sex, Drugs and Marriage - Free

At the start of this show Billy Watson talks about cocks and pubes and soon moves on to describe a tedious pursuit of pussy, which would presumably not be half as tedious if he eve… 

21A - Free

21A - Free

Fans of Garrison Keillor will know the territory covered by this show, the semi-folksy world of Lutheran Minnesota. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Taking Flight theatre’s interpretation of the raucous and farcical Shakespearian classic captured perfectly the sense of carnival at the play’s heart, in their open-access adap… 

Derek Ryan: Time Lord - Free

Derek Ryan: Time Lord - Free

They say the art of comedy is timing; it is therefore ironic that in a show about time we aren’t given enough of it to enjoy the jokes. 

Best of Edinburgh - The Showcase Show

Best of Edinburgh - The Showcase Show

The key ingredients to any successful comedy show have to be a friendly audience, a boisterous atmosphere and a packed venue, all of which the Showcase Show had. 

Three for Free

Three for Free

Three for Free is a fun and friendly showcase of new acts, featuring Alex Kealy and Patrick Morris, plus a special guest every day. 

Jackson Voorhaar's One True Love(s) - Free

Jackson Voorhaar's One True Love(s) - Free

Jackson Voorhaar’s set details the things he loves and loathes. 

Newcastle University Comedy Society Showcase / PBH's Free Fringe

Newcastle University Comedy Society Showcase / PBH's Free Fringe

‘I was going to have a cucumber down my pants’ says compere Marc Smethurst, removing a cucumber from his pants, ‘but there’s a reviewer in tonight. 

One Minute Birdwatching - Free

One Minute Birdwatching - Free

The premise is simple: a group of people meet in a park. 

Stand Up: Edinburgh

Stand Up: Edinburgh

Did you know that Edinburgh has a thriving comedy scene all year? Well now you do! Join Matt Duwell, as he presents the best of Edinburgh’s comedy heroes and the pick of the scene’… 

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrghhh! It's the Increasingly Prestigious Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards Show – And It's Free!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrghhh! It's the Increasingly Prestigious Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards Show – And It's Free!

It’s the annual two-hour charity variety show filled with bizarre acts and very alternative comedy which includes the presentation of three annual Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards. 

Sowhereto Africa: Free to Dance

Sowhereto Africa: Free to Dance

Old and new beats meet performance poetry paying tribute to South Africa’s legends. 

Virgin Money Fireworks Concert

Virgin Money Fireworks Concert

The spectacular Virgin Money Fireworks Concert brings together unforgettable orchestral classics from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and fireworks specially choreographed by inter… 

Bach Keyboard Concertos: Concert 3

Bach Keyboard Concertos: Concert 3

Bach Concerto in G minor BWV 1058 Italian Concerto BWV 971Concerto in D minor BWV 1052 In a very special six-concert series at International Festival 2019, some of today’s most… 

C digital performance and film for kids

C digital performance and film for kids

Hand-picked work for children and families from our award-winning digital performance and our critically acclaimed short film programme. 

Bach Keyboard Concertos: Concert 1

Bach Keyboard Concertos: Concert 1

Bach Concerto in D major BWV 1054Suite in E flat BWV 819Fantasia in C minor BWV 906Concerto in C minor for two harpsichords BWV 1060 Some of today’s finest harpsichordists join … 

Bach Keyboard Concertos: Concert 2

Bach Keyboard Concertos: Concert 2

Bach Concerto in D minor BWV 1059R (reconstructed by Mahan Esfahani)Toccata in D minorConcerto in F major BWV 1057 The second of six concerts in the International Festival’s com… 

C digital performance and film

C digital performance and film

Hand-picked shows from our digital performance programme and highlights from our critically acclaimed short film programme. 

Bach Keyboard Concertos: Concert 4

Bach Keyboard Concertos: Concert 4

Bach Fantasia in A minor BWV 904/1Concerto in A major BWV 1055Prelude in F BWV 809/1Concerto in F minor BWV 1056Concerto in C major for two harpsichords BWV 1061 Two of Germany’… 

Bach Keyboard Concertos: Concert 5

Bach Keyboard Concertos: Concert 5

Bach Concerto in E major BWV 1053Toccata in D major BWV 912Concerto in C minor for two harpsichords BWV 1062 A charismatic, captivating musician, Richard Egarr – currently Music… 

Festival Hellenika

Festival Hellenika

FESTIVAL HELLENIKA Adelaide’s oldest festival celebrating Hellenic connections in the arts. 

Celia Pacquola – All Talk

Celia Pacquola – All Talk

Celia Pacquola returns to the Adelaide Fringe Festival with a brand new show. 

VAULT Announces New London Venue and Return of VAULT Festival for 2024

VAULT Announces New London Venue and Return of VAULT Festival for 2024

VAULT, the creators of VAULT Festival have found their new London home which will open in Spring 2024 with VAULT Festival returning in the Autumn. 

Five outstanding EdFringe shows scoop a Broadway Baby Bobby in 2023

Five outstanding EdFringe shows scoop a Broadway Baby Bobby in 2023

A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year. 

Edinburgh Deaf Festival Aims to Increase Inclusivity

Edinburgh Deaf Festival Aims to Increase Inclusivity

Simon Ximenez talked to the coordinator of this year’s Edinburgh Deaf Festival, Jamie Rea. 

Ted Kaczynski: Parole Board Performance

Ted Kaczynski: Parole Board Performance

John Lampe talks about turning eco-terrorist Ted Kaczynski into the subject his musical The TUNEabomber that premiers at the Edinburgh Fringe. 

theSpaceUK Unveils Spectacular 2023 Programme at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

theSpaceUK Unveils Spectacular 2023 Programme at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

theSpaceUK Unveils Spectacular 2023 Programme: Over 360 Exciting Shows Await Theatre Enthusiasts at the Edinburgh Fringe 

Celebrating its 50th year, the Durham Revue are headliners at the 2023 Durham Fringe Festival

Celebrating its 50th year, the Durham Revue are headliners at the 2023 Durham Fringe Festival

With alumni including Ed Gamble, Nish Kumar and Jeremy Vine, the Durham Revue are celebrating their 50th year with sketch show comedy Death on the Mile at this year’s Durham Frin... 

Fringe Festival Pub Crawl 6: Leith

Fringe Festival Pub Crawl 6: Leith

The sixth pub crawl in our series takes place in Leith. 

Fringe Festival Pub Crawl 5: New Town

Fringe Festival Pub Crawl 5: New Town

The fifth in our festival pub crawls traverses the New Town.  

Fringe Festival Pub Crawl 4: Old Town South

Fringe Festival Pub Crawl 4: Old Town South

Unlike its sister crawl, Old Town North, Old Town South traverses more of the South Side’s bars that lie adjacent to many Fringe venues. 

Fringe Festival Pub Crawl 3: Old Town North

Fringe Festival Pub Crawl 3: Old Town North

The third of our pub crawls, the Old Town North trail has an extensive list of both core and optional bars to choose from. 

Fringe Festival Pub Crawl 1: South By Southwest

Fringe Festival Pub Crawl 1: South By Southwest

The first in our series of Fringe Festival pub crawls 2019 takes us from Morningside to the Meadows. 

Fringe Festival Pub Crawl 2: Newington Drinking Trail

Fringe Festival Pub Crawl 2: Newington Drinking Trail

The second crawl in our festival pub crawls 2019 takes you through Newington.  

4 Family Friendly Shows in Brighton This Half Term

4 Family Friendly Shows in Brighton This Half Term

Ditch the messy arts and crafts this half-term and entertain your little darlings with the best live family friendly performances Brighton and Hove have to offer instead. 

5 Brighton Shows To Entertain You This Christmas

5 Brighton Shows To Entertain You This Christmas

It’s the most wonderful time of the year (apart from Brighton Fringe, of course) and there are plenty of delightful performances to entertain you this winter. 

Can Performance Skills Help Everyone?

Can Performance Skills Help Everyone?

If you’re not a performer, it can be impossible to imagine how anyone is able to get up on stage and entertain. 

5 Brighton HorrorFest Shows To Sink Your Teeth Into This October

5 Brighton HorrorFest Shows To Sink Your Teeth Into This October

Welcome to our top 5 picks from the third year of Brighton HorrorFest, the spooktacular celebration from Sweet of all things that go bump in the night.  

Kinky Boots celebrates its 1000th performance

Kinky Boots celebrates its 1000th performance

Olivier award-winning Kinky Boots celebrates its 1000th performance and has now welcomed over 1,000,000 customers in the West End. 

Black Friday Deals on West End Shows

Black Friday Deals on West End Shows

All this week we've got some fantastic offers on your favourite West End shows. Check back daily for the latest offers. 

Star Inflation is Real

Star Inflation is Real

Mutterings about star ratings are as much a part of the Fringe as plastic pint glasses. 

Kirsty Law, Kirsty Logan and Esther Swift Don’t Want Fairytale Weddings

Kirsty Law, Kirsty Logan and Esther Swift Don’t Want Fairytale Weddings

Songmaker Kirsty Law, author Kirsty Logan and harpist Esther Swift came together at the Edinburgh International Book Festival to perform their dark fairytale reimagining, Lord Fox. 

Bobby Winners All We Ever Wanted Was Everything on Reinventing the Musical

Bobby Winners All We Ever Wanted Was Everything on Reinventing the Musical

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. 

All We Ever Wanted Was A Bobby - Hull's Middle Child is a Winner

All We Ever Wanted Was A Bobby - Hull's Middle Child is a Winner

The second Bobby of EdFringe 2017 has been scooped by Middle Child for All We Ever Wanted Was Everything. 

Laura Albert & Susie Orbach Attempt Live Therapy at the Book Festival

Laura Albert & Susie Orbach Attempt Live Therapy at the Book Festival

In 2005 it was revealed that author JT LeRoy was in fact a hoax – written by Laura Albert but played in person by her sister in law Savannah Knoop. 

The Edinburgh Cocktail Festival is this Year’s New Kid on the Block

The Edinburgh Cocktail Festival is this Year’s New Kid on the Block

Back in 1947 the founders of the Edinburgh International Festival could hardly have imagined what their legacy would be. 

Virtual Reality Comes to the Fringe at Assembly's FuturePlay Festival

Virtual Reality Comes to the Fringe at Assembly's FuturePlay Festival

Could virtual reality and interactive media become a staple of the Fringe programme? Housed in Assembly Rooms on George Street, FuturePlay is an artist-led technology festival that... 

Phyllida Lloyd Transfers her All-female Julius Caesar to the Screen

Phyllida Lloyd Transfers her All-female Julius Caesar to the Screen

When it was first staged in 2012, Phyllida Lloyd’s prison-set Julius Caesar was called “gimmicky, humourless and slow” by the Telegraph and “witty, liberating and inventive... 

Eight shows heading to Brighton Fringe with the support of Greenwich Theatre

Eight shows heading to Brighton Fringe with the support of Greenwich Theatre

Greenwich Theatre is set to have an unprecedented profile at this year’s Brighton Fringe, with no less than eight productions heading for The Warren either co-produced or support... 

Gilded Balloon launches New Town festival hub at Rose Theatre

Gilded Balloon launches New Town festival hub at Rose Theatre

Karen and Katy Koren are thrilled to announce that Gilded Balloon will expand into the heart of Edinburgh’s New Town, as they embark upon an exciting new partnership with the Ros... 

Brighton Fringe: Top 10 Stand-Ups You Shouldn’t Miss:

Brighton Fringe: Top 10 Stand-Ups You Shouldn’t Miss:

Renowned for its comedy, Brighton Fringe is the perfect time to discover brand new talents. Here’s our guide to stand-ups you’d be totally crazy to miss. 

Brighton Fringe: 10 Shows to Book Before They Sell-Out

Brighton Fringe: 10 Shows to Book Before They Sell-Out

With Easter on the horizon it’s time to turn attention to Brighton Fringe with a look at some shows that are likely to sell out. Book early – you have been warned. 

Shoreditch Improv Festival Returns

Shoreditch Improv Festival Returns

In the last two years, improv comedy has experienced a surge of popularity around London with great new groups popping up on the scene. 

Romola Garai And Emma Cunniffe To Star In The West End Transfer Of Queen Anne

Romola Garai And Emma Cunniffe To Star In The West End Transfer Of Queen Anne

Romola Garai will star as Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough alongside Emma Cunniffe as the eponymous monarch in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Queen Anne. 

The Counting House returns to the Laughing Horse’s Free Festival

The Counting House returns to the Laughing Horse’s Free Festival

For the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe free shows will return to The Counting House venue on West Nicolson Street, following a one year hiatus with the venue being programmed under a paid s... 

Alfie Boe and Katherine Jenkins to star in ENO's Carousel

Alfie Boe and Katherine Jenkins to star in ENO's Carousel

Alfie Boe and Katherine Jenkins will star for the first time together in the West End as Billy Bigelow and Julie Jordan in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel, the third productio... 

A Capella Radio Special: All The Kings Men & The Magnets

A Capella Radio Special: All The Kings Men & The Magnets

A capella is something of a phenomenon at the Edinburgh Fringe. 

Interview: ​Natasha Granger & Kerrie Thompson from 90s Girl-band Musical ​2 Become 1

Interview: ​Natasha Granger & Kerrie Thompson from 90s Girl-band Musical ​2 Become 1

Natasha Granger and Kerrie Thompson wrote, produced and star in 90s girl-band musical 2 Become 1, a story about romance, speed dating and the ideal post-night-out meal. 

Rhydian to star as the Dentist in new UK tour of Little Shop of Horrors

Rhydian to star as the Dentist in new UK tour of Little Shop of Horrors

Hit musical comedy Little Shop of Horrors is back, and bringing everyone’s favourite carnivorous plant to theatres across the UK in a brand new tour for 2016, opening at Bournemo... 

Olivier Award-nominated Les Enfants Terribles to open Greenwich festival

Olivier Award-nominated Les Enfants Terribles to open Greenwich festival

A theatre company nominated for an Olivier Award will open the ninth annual Greenwich Children’s Theatre Festival at Greenwich Theatre on Good Friday, March 26. 

New festival launched in Brighton

New festival launched in Brighton

Expectantly waiting for the Brighton Fringe? Then we’ve got the perfect antidote. 

Unmissable shows at Brighton Fringe this year

Unmissable shows at Brighton Fringe this year

Brighton Fringe has officially launched. 

Summer Days Festival Announces Peter Hook, Tom Robinson & Hugh Cornwell

Summer Days Festival Announces Peter Hook, Tom Robinson & Hugh Cornwell

Summer Days – the UK’s newest boutique music and food festival – has unveiled a trio of post-punk legends to bolster an already incredible and eclectic line-up. 

Rona Munro on Writing The James Plays: 'I was working on them all simultaneously'

Rona Munro on Writing The James Plays: 'I was working on them all simultaneously'

Rona Munro is an award-winning Scottish writer for theatre, television and radio. 

VAULT Festival Returns

VAULT Festival Returns

Since its inception in 2012 VAULT has hosted over 250 productions, from outrageous comedy acts to hard-hitting political theatre and experimental new work from Britain’s most exc... 

Shona McCarthy appointed as Chief Executive of Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society

Shona McCarthy appointed as Chief Executive of Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society

Shona McCarthy has been named as Chief Executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, filling the post Kath Mainland will vacate in March. 

Five Christmas Shows You Shouldn’t Miss In London This Year

Five Christmas Shows You Shouldn’t Miss In London This Year

Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre. 

James Plays Playwright Rona Munro does Christmas at the Traverse

James Plays Playwright Rona Munro does Christmas at the Traverse

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... 

Steffan Alun: The Festival is Always Worth It

Steffan Alun: The Festival is Always Worth It

Stand Up Steffan Alun has a fair few things to say about stepping up to stand up at the Free Fringe. 

'Wreaking havoc on the interactive whiteboard' - Richard O'Brien's Free For All

'Wreaking havoc on the interactive whiteboard' - Richard O'Brien's Free For All

Richard O'Brien is the author of several plays and four books of poetry. 

‘The Festival is Like Nothing Else’: Meet Shane Robson from Hedwig and the Angry Inch

‘The Festival is Like Nothing Else’: Meet Shane Robson from Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Hedwig and the Angry Inch, John Cameron Mitchell’s rock opera, has passionate, protective fans. 

‘Did you All Come in the One Car?’ - Worbey and Farrell Interview

‘Did you All Come in the One Car?’ - Worbey and Farrell Interview

Four-handed piano duo Worbey and Farrell (that’s two hands each, silly) have been wowing audiences with their unique blend of pianistic skill and peerless patter for nearly a dec... 

'We are All Possessive of Jane' - Austen Panel with Penny Ashton & Barbara Landis

'We are All Possessive of Jane' - Austen Panel with Penny Ashton & Barbara Landis

Deputy Features Editor Grace Knight interviews two artists from opposite ends of the Jane Austen-adaptation spectrum. 

How to Co-Star with a Robot - Interview with Spillikin’s Helen Ryan, Jon Welch and Jude Munder

How to Co-Star with a Robot - Interview with Spillikin’s Helen Ryan, Jon Welch and Jude Munder

Pipeline Theatre’s Spillikin is the moving story of an Alzheimer’s sufferer who is kept company by a robot made and programmed by her robotics-obsessed husband. 

​Mad Scientist Academy: Interactive Children’s Theatre at Boxsmall Festival

​Mad Scientist Academy: Interactive Children’s Theatre at Boxsmall Festival

Mix ‘N’ Pick Theatre is reinventing the rooftops of Princes Mall this summer with the Boxsmall Festival, providing fun-packed interactive theatre shows for children every half ... 

Sophia Walker offers a hug for all EdFringe performers

Sophia Walker offers a hug for all EdFringe performers

Sophia Walker posted a message to Facebook as encouragement to her fellow Fringe performers. We liked it, and with her permission are re-publishing it here. 

Going To Space: All’s Well That Ends Well

Going To Space: All’s Well That Ends Well

All's Well That Ends Well shows strong women winning the battle of the sexes set against the backdrop of World War II. 

Going To Space: Free For All

Going To Space: Free For All

Have a thing for iambic pentameter and ghosts of politician's past? Then this might be the show for you! Broadway Baby finds out more. 

Going To Space: The Jäger Maestros Oompah Band

Going To Space: The Jäger Maestros Oompah Band

Broadway Baby is talking to Chris Haigh of the The Jäger Maestros, an oompah band that promises to have crowds laughing, drinking and bouncing.  

Glasgow: Arches LIVE festival to present self-help theme this October

Glasgow: Arches LIVE festival to present self-help theme this October

Arches LIVE, the annual festival of new performances and artwork by some of Scotland’s most exciting creative talent returns to Glasgow’s The Arches this October.