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Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 1st Dec 2024
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 1st Dec 2024
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 1st Dec 2024
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Jake Lambert: The Sunshine Kid
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 18th Oct 2024
Jake Lambert is going on his first national tour.
Jake Lambert: The Sunshine Kid
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 18th Oct 2024
Jake Lambert is going on his first national tour.
Variety Film Club: The Commitments (1991)
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 5th Sep 2024
Variety Film ClubThe team behind Variety Lunch Club have hatched a new plan so that you can come and have an afternoon out with friends while watching some of the greate…
Film Noir Frog
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Riddles Court
- 19th - 24th Aug 2024
Film Noir Frog, gripped by a dirty sense of morality, continues their pledge to clean the city.
Sacred Arts Festival Film at St Vincent's Chapel
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Vincent’s
- 16th Aug 2024
La Vie et la Passion de Jésus Christ.
The Sun King
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 12th - 24th Aug 2024
Each summer, young Jamie comes to the same spot on the same beach and speaks with a mysterious figure – the king of a magical realm far, far away.
Would You Like a Bag?
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall
- 12th - 17th Aug 2024
Park yourself behind the counter and take stock during this heartfelt devised comedy.
Riding With the King: The Music of Eric Clapton
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 11th - 20th Aug 2024
Returning to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Czech fusion guitarist and composer Honza Kourimsky blends the music of Eric Clapton with high-energy jazz, funk and soul.
The Stuff of Legends: The Sequel – Music of Tony Bennett and Nat King Cole
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Valvona & Crolla
- 7th - 24th Aug 2024
The Spatz Trio return with part two of their award-winning tribute. Hit songs, and the wonderful stories behind them. Musically polished, fascinating, nostalgic.
Attila the Stockbroker: 14 Days, 14 Completely Different Shows
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans
- 5th - 18th Aug 2024
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
Rat King Gospel
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 4th - 24th Aug 2024
A coincidence or an act of a god? Are the children who created a god as a game truly responsible for the unexplained events unfolding around them? Ten years after their last plea, …
One-Person Shows / Solo Shows: Daily Picks of the Fringe
- Listing Spoken Word / Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Doghouse Hotel
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2024
Start each morning with this curated variety showcase, featuring the very best solo shows at the Fringe! Rotating daily line-ups include storytelling, theatre, clown, cabaret, spok…
The Carole King and James Taylor Story
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall
- 2nd - 24th Aug 2024
Journey through these two remarkable intertwined careers.
WW Double D – What Would Dolly Do? A Dolly Parton Tribute Cabaret!
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic Legends
- 1st - 11th Aug 2024
In this cabaret experience, Tora Himan transforms the stage into a glittering tribute with WW Double D – What Would Dolly Do? A Dolly Parton Tribute Cabaret! Featuring sequins, r…
You're SO F**king Croydon!
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
‘It was my nemesis, I hated Croydon with a real vengeance.
King of Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ 32 Below
- 1st - 13th Aug 2024
Ring-a-ding-ding, you’ve got the King! Master of the crowd and slave to the laugh, Kyle Legacy is back with more riffs and less hair.
Dragon Shows for Babies
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- LifeCare Centre
- 1st - 20th Aug 2024
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
Dreamgun: Film Reads
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024
Dreamgun and special guests read a different film script every night, rewritten with jokes and performed by unprepared comedians.
Variety Film Club: The Beverley Hillbillies (1994)
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 13th Jun 2024
Variety Film ClubThe team behind Variety Lunch Club have hatched a new plan so that you can come and have an afternoon out with friends while watching some of the greate…
THE ILLUSTRIOUS REIGN OF KING LOUIS XIX (IN ITS ENTIRETY)
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Space
- 11th - 15th Jun 2024
One King. One Kingdom. And literally no time to rule. Based on historical events, House of the Onion debuts the untold story of the world’s shortest reigning monarch.
Kid Harrison: Punkswats and Being Lonely
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 25th - 29th May 2024
Becky Harrison, “a wonderful a mysterious mind” (EdFringe 2023), is a typical Gen Z (zed): absolutely mortified.
Alasdair Beckett-King: Nevermore
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 16th - 24th May 2024
Out of the swirling maelstrom he steps, his sword of jokes, his shield of whimsy and his armour made of a third amusing thing.
Alasdair Beckett-King: Nevermore
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 16th - 24th May 2024
Out of the swirling maelstrom he steps, his sword of jokes, his shield of whimsy and his armour made of a third amusing thing.
King of More: #FOMO Clinic
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Bleach (up stairs at the Hare and Hounds)
- 10th May 2024
Do you ever experience the feeling of missing out? Brighton Fringe makes you confused – where to go, what to choose with so many options? Other people might be having more fun? S…
The King of Hollywood
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Hope Theatre
- 28th - 29th Apr 2024
Before Tom Cruise, Cary Grant or Clark Gable, Douglas Fairbanks was the King Of Hollywood! Now virtually forgotten, Doug was a remarkable actor and gifted visionary.
Variety Film Club: Yesterday (2019)
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 28th Mar 2024
Variety Film ClubThe team behind Variety Lunch Club have hatched a new plan so that you can come and have an afternoon out with friends while watching some of the greate…
Variety Film Club: Ghost (1990)
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 29th Feb 2024
Variety Film ClubThe team behind Variety Lunch Club have hatched a new plan so that you can come and have an afternoon out with friends while watching some of the greate…
King Lear
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom Shortland
- London Fringe
- Almeida Theatre
- 25th Feb, 2024
Danny Sapani (Misfits, Killing Eve, Black Panther, the National Theatre’s Medea) is King Lear in this intricate, striking production directed by Yaël Farber.
The King and I
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Dominion Theatre
- 20th Jan - 2nd Mar 2024
Helen George, best known as Trixie in the hit BBC One series Call The Midwife, will star as Anna Leonowens.
Variety Film Club: It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 14th Dec 2023
Variety Film ClubThe team behind Variety Lunch Club have hatched a new plan so that you can come and have an afternoon out with friends while watching some of the greate…
Billie the Kid
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Vaudeville Theatre
- 13th - 27th Nov 2023
Seventeen-year-old Billie Belle is a girl used to having the odds stacked against her.
Josh Wolf: Bring Your Kid To Work Tour
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 27th Oct 2023
Josh Wolf is a comedian, actor and NY Times Bestselling author best known for his work as a round table guest and writer on E!’s “Chelsea Lately” and &…
The Brief Life & Mysterious Death of Boris III, King of Bulgaria
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Arcola Theatre
- 17th Oct, 2023
The play’s excessively long title has a folktale ring to it and with only limited knowledge of Balkan history sounds like a work of comic fantasy.
Film Club: An Improvised Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 26th - 27th Aug 2023
An improvised sketch show recreating the high-stakes scenes from your favourite movies! From the breathless intensity of thrillers, or the fleeting serendipity of romance, to the s…
Film Club: An Improvised Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 26th - 27th Aug 2023
An improvised sketch show recreating the high-stakes scenes from your favourite movies! From the breathless intensity of thrillers, or the fleeting serendipity of romance, to the s…
Niki King
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Rose Theatre
- 25th Aug 2023
Niki King is an award-winning singer, songwriter and producer.
Nightpiece Film Festival
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 22nd - 26th Aug 2023
Nightpiece Media, the production company of filmmaker Al Carretta, have been filmmaking disruptors since 2010.
King of the Table
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 18th - 25th Aug 2023
Xu Xin, Ma Long, Ray Badran, Jan-Ove Waldner, Mark Silcox, Fan Zhendong.
Variety Film Club: Paddington
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 17th Aug 2023
The team behind Variety Lunch Club have hatched a new plan so that you can come and have an afternoon out with friends while watching some of the greatest films ever p…
Sacred Arts Festival Film at St Vincent's Undercroft
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Vincent’s
- 17th - 17th Aug 2023
The Desert in the Heart of the World is a filmic study of the impact of the Carthusian monastic movement on the French landscape.
Dicks and Tricks: A Comedy/Magic Show featuring the Pundance Kid and the Flamboyant Chesney George
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Royal Scots Club
- 16th - 18th Aug 2023
Dicks and Tricks is an old-school comedy and magic variety show featuring the puns and knob gags of the Pundance Kid and the magic tricks and illusions of the Flamboyant Chesney Ge…
Healing King Herod
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 16th - 27th Aug 2023
King Herod, famed for his Massacre of the Innocents, now leads a self-development pyramid scheme.
Adult Film Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 15th - 16th Aug 2023
Adult Film Club is a raucous showcase of comedy short films, bizarro music videos and truly effed-up MP4s.
King of More: #FOMO Clinic
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BlundaGardens: BlundaBus & Magical SpiegelYurt
- 13th - 17th Aug 2023
Do you ever experience the feeling of missing out? The Fringe confuses you – where to go, what to choose? Worry not! After a sold out BlundaGarden show A Divination in 2022, Dr K…
King Kandoro’s Family Meeting
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 13th Aug 2023
Finally, a Family Meeting in the UK.
The Stuff of Legends: The Songs of Tony Bennett and Nat King Cole
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Valvona & Crolla
- 10th - 26th Aug 2023
Celebrating two musical icons, paying homage to their hits, both in melody and lyrics. Musically polished, relaxing, informative. Pure nostalgia.
Joe Wells: King of the Autistics
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth
- 5th - 27th Aug 2023
Rise up against your neurotypical overlords! ‘One of my favourite comics’ (Frankie Boyle).
King of More: Veza
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 4th - 19th Aug 2023
There is secret connection among all of us.
KING
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly @ Dance Base
- 4th - 27th Aug 2023
Olivier and triple Fringe First-winning Fishamble’s KING, by Herald Archangel winner Pat Kinevane, tells the story of Luther, a man from Cork named in honour of his Granny Bee Ba…
The Carole King and James Taylor Story
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 4th - 26th Aug 2023
This nostalgic journey through the lives and careers of music legends Carole King and James Taylor is a masterpiece.
Ross Leslie: Unfit for a King
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
A lot has happened to Ross since last year’s Fringe.
What Would You Do If That Was You?
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Cocktail Mafia
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
Wwyditwy? Is a comedy game show in which contestants are judged on their creativity and ability to improvise when presented with absurd, morally dubious situations.
The Shit Kid
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
Sibling rivalry.
24 Shows in 24 days: Live at the Big Cave
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
Angus Coutts – Short King
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
There’s a new king in town, and his name is Angus Coutts.
Coffee Kid
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
Meet Beanie: the love child of George Clooney and a Nespresso machine.
Lara A King – Midlife at the Oasis
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
In a desert of hot flushes – refreshing repartee from award-winning, climacteric comedian.
Film Club: An Improvised Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 3rd - 13th Aug 2023
An improvised sketch show recreating the high-stakes scenes from your favourite movies! From the breathless intensity of thrillers, or the fleeting serendipity of romance, to the s…
It's a Motherf**king Pleasure
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Rebecca Vines
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 7th Aug, 2023
This is a brilliant show.
The Brief Life & Mysterious Death of Boris III, King of Bulgaria
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 2nd - 28th Aug 2023
Bulgaria just told Hitler to f*ck off, saved nearly 50,000 Jewish lives.
Big Kid Kindergarten
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C aurora
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2023
You played, you cried.
C digital performance and film
- Listing Exhibitions
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C aurora
- 29th Jul - 27th Aug 2023
Hand-picked shows from our digital performance programme and highlights from our critically acclaimed short-film programme.
FUSE Film
- Listing Children’s Shows
- FUSE International
- FUSEBOX
- 3rd Jul 2023
Creative Youth are thrilled to welcome the return of film to this year's FUSE International.
Variety Film Club: The Sting
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 29th Jun 2023
The team behind Variety Lunch Club have hatched a new plan so that you can come and have an afternoon out with friends while watching some of the greatest films ever pro…
Coffee Kid
- Listing Comedy
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 27th Jun 2023
Meet Beanie: the love child of George Clooney and a Nespresso machine.
Edinburgh Preview: Coffee Kid
- Listing Comedy
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 27th Jun 2023
Meet Beanie: the love child of George Clooney and a Nespresso machine.
Alasdair Beckett-King - The Interdimensional ABK
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 17th Jun 2023
Join the award-winning comedian Alasdair Beckett-King on a ramshackle jaunt through a multiverse of wonders.
Alasdair Beckett-King - The Interdimensional ABK
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 17th Jun 2023
Join the award-winning comedian Alasdair Beckett-King on a ramshackle jaunt through a multiverse of wonders.
Dreamgun Film Reads
- Listing
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 15th - 17th Jun 2023
Dreamgun return to Smock Alley with a curated selection of films you probably watch at Christmas.
BARCO & TNS PRESENT: KING TAFARI LOVE MUZIC
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Luna Parc
- 3rd Jun 2023
The one and only King Tafari Love Muzic Sound System bring the Island feels with their authentic sound system.
BARCO & TNS PRESENT: KING TAFARI LOVE MUZIC
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Luna Parc
- 3rd Jun 2023
The one and only King Tafari Love Muzic Sound System bring the Island feels with their authentic sound system.
Brighton Film Studios Tour
- Listing Tours
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Film Studios
- 1st Jun 2023
Join us for an exciting behind the scenes look at the film and TV world at the Screen and Film School Brighton’s newest site.
Brighton Film Studios Tour
- Listing Tours
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Film Studios
- 1st Jun 2023
Join us for an exciting behind the scenes look at the film and TV world at Screen and Film School Brighton’s newest site, which is one of the only film lots of its kind on the so…
'Viewpoints' Masterclass with Screen & Film School Brighton
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Film Studios
- 1st Jun 2023
Viewpoints is an immersive physical theatre training process led by international multidisciplinary creative industry experts - theatre maker Erwin Maas and actor/cinematographer G…
ALGERIAN PERSPECTIVES: Film Screening ‘The Pan-African Festival of Algiers’
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Ironworks Studios
- 30th May 2023
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’
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Ironworks Studios
- 30th May 2023
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…
Kid's Interactive Ukulele Show: Ukeboxbaby
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Luna Parc
- 29th May - 1st Jun 2023
Ukulele interactive show with ukulele lessons, educational games, dances, bubbles, glitter cannons, parachutes, ribbon sticks and more.
Kid's Interactive Ukulele Show: Ukeboxbaby
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Junk Poets / Caravanserai Brighton: Luna Parc
- 29th May - 1st Jun 2023
Ukulele interactive show with ukulele lessons, educational games, dances, bubbles, glitter cannons, parachutes, ribbon sticks and more.
Lara A King: Midlife At The Oasis
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Actors - Theatre
- 27th - 28th May 2023
In a desert of hot flushes – refreshing repartee, rants and banter from award- winning, climacteric comedian.
Lara A King: Midlife At The Oasis
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Actors - Theatre
- 27th - 28th May 2023
In a desert of hot flushes – refreshing repartee, rants and banter from award- winning, climacteric comedian.
Lara A. King: Midlife At The Oasis
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Actors - Theatre
- 27th - 28th May 2023
Award-winning comedian Lara A King brings her unique brand of clever observational comedy, uplifting melodies and lyrical wordsmithery, to her spiritual home of Brighton with this …
Joe Wells: King Of The Autistics
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 19th May 2023
A work in progress show from Joe Wells.
Joe Wells: King Of The Autistics
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 19th May 2023
A work in progress show from Joe Wells.
Film Club: An Improvised Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 14th May - 4th Jun 2023
An improvised sketch show recreating high-stakes scenes from your favourite movies! From the breathless intensity of thrillers, or the fleeting serendipity of romance, to the smoot…
Film Club: An Improvised Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 14th May - 4th Jun 2023
An improvised sketch show recreating high-stakes scenes from your favourite movies! From the breathless intensity of thrillers, or the fleeting serendipity of romance, to the smoot…
Variety Film Club: Mamma Mia! (2008) – Eurovision Special!
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 11th May 2023
The team behind Variety Lunch Club have hatched a new plan so that you can come and have an afternoon out with friends while watching some of the greatest films ever pro…
Yes Anderson: An Improvised Wes Anderson Film
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Presuming Ed’s
- 8th - 27th May 2023
The films of Wes Anderson occupy a unique and vivid universe unto themselves: love and yearning, complicated family dynamics, and existential angst.
The Carole King and James Taylor Story
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Main Space
- 8th May 2023
The friendship between Carole King and James Taylor played a vital part in both of their incredible careers.
The Carole King and James Taylor Story
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Main Space
- 9th May 2022 - 8th May 2023
The friendship between James Taylor and Carole King played a vital part in both of their incredible careers.
Yes Anderson: An Improvised Wes Anderson Film
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Presuming Ed’s
- 8th - 27th May 2023
The films of Wes Anderson occupy a unique and vivid universe unto themselves: love and yearning, complicated family dynamics, and existential angst.
The King's Speech
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Little Theatre
- 6th - 13th May 2023
It’s 1936.
The King's Speech
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Little Theatre
- 6th - 13th May 2023
It’s 1936.
F★★king Men
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Waterloo East Theatre
- 28th Apr, 2023
The current production of Joe DiPietro’s F**king Men at Waterloo East Theatre is an updated version of his original 2009 script that successfully takes note of developments on th…
F**king Men
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Waterloo East Theatre
- 20th Apr 2023 - 26th May 2024
The hit play F**king Men returns to London this Spring for a strictly limited engagement.
Variety Film Club: Encanto
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 6th Apr 2023
The team behind Variety Lunch Club have hatched a new plan so that you can come and have an afternoon out with friends while watching some of the greatest films ever p…
Why Would You Tell Me That?! - Live Podcast
- Listing
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 4th Apr 2023
OUR TWO CURIOUS PODCAST HOSTS TELL EACH OTHER THE MOST INTRIGUING FACTS THEY CAN FIND, AND IN PART 2 OF EACH SHOW MEET A GENUINE EXPERT WHO CAN TELL US MORE.
Variety Film Club: Some Like It Hot!
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 30th Mar 2023
The team behind Variety Lunch Club have hatched a new plan so that you can come and have an afternoon out with friends while watching some of the greatest films ever pro…
Stag King
- Listing Theatre
- Vault Festival
- Studio
- 17th - 18th Mar 2023
Stag King is a performance lecture / drag show about personhood, productivity and what happens when your role is made redundant.
Film Club - An Improvised Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 11th - 12th Mar 2023
An improvised sketch show recreating your favourite high-stakes movie scenes, but with hilarious twists.
Ira Sylvester: Someone Save the King (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 9th Mar 2023
Ira Sylvester in his first one-man show takes to the stage to deliver an auto-biographically generated story of his journey where he tries to delve into where one of mixed-heritage…
RAT KING
- Listing Theatre
- Vault Festival
- Leake Street Arches
- 28th Feb - 5th Mar 2023
Kelly wants change.
Healing King Herod
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 23rd - 26th Feb 2023
King Herod, famed for his Massacre of the Innocents, is now the face of a self-development pyramid scheme.
It's a Motherf**king Pleasure
- Listing Theatre
- Vault Festival
- Cage
- 21st - 26th Feb 2023
“Blindness isn’t sexy.
Brent Would: Would you?
- Listing
- Vault Festival
- The Flair Ground
- 21st - 23rd Feb 2023
In this riotous show, commanding and lightning-quick Drag King Brent takes a deep dive into the fascinating and often confusing world of human behaviour.
Serena Flynn: Lizard King
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Pit
- 10th - 11th Feb 2023
Serena Flynn, as seen on BBC Comedy and at Soho Theatre, and Morag Davies Productions present Lizard King.
Drag King 101 [online] - a Zoom workshop with Dorian T. Fisk
- Listing Nightlife
- UK Regional & Tours
- Online Event
- 17th Jan 2023
Heads up all you wannabe drag kings scattered all over the globe - we are kicking off the Year Of the King by bringing back our most popular online workshop, Drag King 101 with Dor…
VARIETY FILM CLUB: ELF
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 22nd Dec 2022
Variety Film Club The team behind Variety Lunch Club have hatched a new plan so that you can come and have an afternoon out with friends while watching some of the gr…
Dreamgun Film Reads
- Listing Comedy
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 20th - 23rd Dec 2022
Dreamgun return to Smock Alley with a curated selection of film your probably watch at Christmas.
VARIETY FILM CLUB: IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 15th Dec 2022
Variety Film Club The team behind Variety Lunch Club have hatched a new plan so that you can come and have an afternoon out with friends while watching some of the gr…
VARIETY FILM CLUB: MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 1st Dec 2022
Variety Film ClubThe team behind Variety Lunch Club have hatched a new plan so that you can come and have an afternoon out with friends while watching some of the greate…
SUGGS What a King Cnut – A Life in The Realm Of Madness
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Lyric Theatre
- 10th Oct 2022
Due to huge popular demand, after his first tour-de-force, smash hit, sell out tours with ‘My Life Story’, Suggs is treading the boards again.
Drama King
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- 22 Hope St / Watford Museum
- 2nd Oct 2022 - 3rd Mar 2023
A compelling, humorous and emotion-filled solo show, written and performed by Mark Stratford, which charts the life and times of William Charles Macready, one of the greatest actor…
King of More: A Divination
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BlundaGardens: BlundaBus
- 27th - 28th Aug 2022
Join a ritual performance around Bosnian coffee-reading to both slow down time and look to the near future.
Jamali Maddix: King Crud
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 25th - 27th Aug 2022
As seen on Taskmaster (Channel 4), Frankie Boyle’s New World Order (BBC Two), Never Mind the Buzzcocks (Sky) and his critically acclaimed series Hate Thy Neighbor for Vice, Jamali …
Nightpiece Film Festival
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 23rd - 27th Aug 2022
Now in its ninth consecutive season, Nightpiece continues to platform exciting filmmakers from across the globe.
Riss Obolensky: Healing King Herod
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BlundaGardens: BlundaBus
- 19th - 23rd Aug 2022
King Herod, famed for his Massacre of the Innocents, is now the face of a self-development pyramid scheme.
Concept for a Film
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 17th - 27th Aug 2022
‘Extreme close up on a mushroom, glowing softly against the forest floor.
Would You Want Your Daughter to Marry a Weegie?
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Columba’s by the Castle
- 17th - 27th Aug 2022
Malcolm is a resident of Morningside, Edinburgh’s douce suburb.
Edy Hurst's Comedy Version of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of HG Wells' Literary Version (Via Orson Welles' Radio Version and Steven Spielberg's Film Version) of the War of the Worlds
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 16th - 23rd Aug 2022
If you’re not convinced by the title I have no idea what this is going to do.
Mason King – Mind Games
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 15th - 27th Aug 2022
Mind reader Mason King returns to the Edinburgh Fringe for another journey into the inner depths of your mind! In this brand new mind reading, magic and mentalism show, Mason invit…
Alasdair Beckett-King: Nevermore
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 12th - 28th Aug 2022
Out of the swirling maelstrom he steps, his sword of jokes, his shield of whimsy and his armour made of a third amusing thing.
WWKD: What would Kimi Do?
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights / Museum of Comedy
- 11th - 14th Aug 2022
Award-winning comedian and Eurovision enthusiast Kimi Tayler temporarily leaves her blanket fort as she makes her Camden Fringe debut.
WWKD: What would Kimi Do?
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights / Museum of Comedy
- 11th - 14th Aug 2022
Award-winning comedian and Eurovision enthusiast Kimi Tayler temporarily leaves her blanket fort as she makes her Camden Fringe debut.
Dream of a King
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 10th - 26th Aug 2022
On April 3rd 1968, Martin famously gave a speech that was a premonition of his own death.
Film Club – An Improvised Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Revolution Bar
- 7th - 26th Aug 2022
An improvised sketch show recreating the high-stakes scenes from all your favourite movies! From the breathless intensity of thrillers, or the fleeting serendipity of romance, to t…
Riding With the King: The Music of Eric Clapton
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 7th - 23rd Aug 2022
Making its debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, up-and-coming Czech jazz fusion guitarist Honza Kourimsky blends the music of Eric Clapton with high-energy psychedelic jazz.
Kid's Circus Workshops
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- House of Oz
- 6th - 17th Aug 2022
Ever wanted to run away with the circus? Learn how to tumble, juggle and roll with some of Australia’s best acrobats! Learn fun new skills in this free training session with world-…
The Carole King and James Taylor Story
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 5th - 27th Aug 2022
A nostalgic journey through the lives and careers of two music legends in this international sell-out show.
Anna Morris: Kid-Life Crisis (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 4th - 21st Aug 2022
Award-winning character comedian Anna Morris (Channel 4’s Lee and Dean, BBC’s Outnumbered, The First Team, Count Arthur Strong) brings her BBC Radio 4 special to life in this debut…
Alasdair Beckett-King: Nevermore
- Review
- ★★★★
- Alec Martin
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 18th Aug, 2022
Looking like an ethereally pale, and bearded, pre-Raphaelite muse, Alasdair Beckett-King cuts a striking onstage figure.
Ciarán Dowd: King Rodolfo
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
There’s anarchy in the monarchy as renowned swordsman and dumb hussy Don Rodolfo has risen from humble peasant to the highest seat in the land.
Epic Film Music Concert
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2022
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
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2022
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, …
Dreamgun: Film Reads
- Review
- ★★★
- Kate Nora
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 8th Aug, 2022
Don't you forget about Dreamgun! The comedy script re-writers are back for another year at the Fringe with updated material and even a few new movies thrown in.
Secret Cinema X Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy (No Film)
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Secret Cinema
- 8th Sep - 29th Oct 2022
Please note, your ticket will be for the immersive experience ONLY, to include the film, please go to SECRET CINEMA X MARVEL STUDIOS' GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY + FILM Taking the …
Secret Cinema X Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy + Film
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Secret Cinema
- 4th Sep - 30th Oct 2022
Taking the most-loved stories to life through immersive experience of epic proportions, Secret Cinema presents Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy this summer.
King John
- Listing Theatre
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 27th - 29th Jul 2022
Experience the best upcoming talent from the North of England as one cast stage two of Shakespeare’s least known plays… What comes to mind when you thi…
Charity showcase of film-ballet «Vodurudu»
- Listing
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 14th Jul 2022
Vodurudu (meaning: Will, Thought, Movement, Spirit) is a folk-improvisational film-ballet, the origins of which are environment and time.
Disney’s The Lion King (UK Tour)
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Frodo Allan
- UK Regional & Tours
- Multiple Venues
- 9th Jun, 2022
Touring productions of West End musicals can often feel like a poor shadow of their original run as they usually require considerable downscaling to easily fit into a multitude of …
The Last King of Porn
- Review
- ★★★
- Sascha Cooper
- Brighton Fringe
- The Poets Ale and Smoke House
- 5th Jun, 2022
Porn is a form of entertainment that has always had mixed reactions, yet brings a lot of pleasure to many individuals.
The Last King of Porn
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Poets Ale and Smoke House
- 2nd - 5th Jun 2022
What are you willing to do to become a legend? A porn actor performing his last record-breaking movie: a sex marathon with 100 women.
Exploring water through film: Lilith Archive X CESP
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- ONCA Barge
- 21st May 2022
Water has many practical and symbolic meanings, across cultures, geographies and identities.
Exploring water through film: Lilith Archive X CESP
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- ONCA Barge
- 21st May 2022
Water has many practical and symbolic meanings, across cultures, geographies and identities.
Serena Flynn: Lizard King
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 20th - 21st May 2022
Serena Flynn (as seen on BBC Comedy, Soho Theatre) and Morag Davies Productions present ‘Lizard King’.
King of the Swingers
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Unitarian Church
- 20th May 2022
Sensational Brighton swingers The Soultastics are returning to Brighton Fringe 2022 with a brand new show celebrating the icon musician Louis Prima and his sidekick Keely Smith.
Mémoires D'un Amnésique: A Piano, a Film and Erik Satie, in His Own Words
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Wagner Hall & Fig Tree Garden
- 20th May 2022
‘Mémoires d’un Amnésique: A piano, a film and Erik Satie, in his own words’ is, in equal parts, a piano recital, a one-man play and a surrealist film, amalgamated into a unique t…
Mémoires D'un Amnésique: A Piano, a Film and Erik Satie, in His Own Words
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Wagner Hall & Fig Tree Garden
- 20th May 2022
‘Mémoires d’un Amnésique: A piano, a film and Erik Satie, in his own words’ is, in equal parts, a piano recital, a one-man play and a surrealist film, amalgamated into a unique t…
Alasdair Beckett-King: Nevermore (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 19th - 27th May 2022
A work in progress show from award-winning stand-up comedian Alasdair Beckett-King (‘Mock the Week’).
Alasdair Beckett-King: Nevermore (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 19th - 27th May 2022
A work in progress show from award-winning stand-up comedian Alasdair Beckett-King (‘Mock the Week’).
DREAMSCAPE: Brighton Film Quartet
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 15th May 2022
DREAMSCAPE – a concert of sheer escapism with this extraordinary piano quartet.
DREAMSCAPE: Brighton Film Quartet
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 22nd Jun 2021 - 15th May 2022
‘DREAMSCAPE’ is an immersive, breathtakingly beautiful concert of piano, clarinet, cello and violin blending classical, minimalist and cinematic flavours, set to a backdrop of gorg…
The Carole King and James Taylor Story
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Main Space
- 9th May 2022
The friendship between James Taylor and Carole King played a vital part in both of their incredible careers.
WRAP UP – A Kid’s Cabaret Club
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Wrap Play Cafe
- 7th May - 5th Jun 2022
Spun Glass Theatre will once again transform WRAP into a theatrical family playground launching Brighton’s first kid’s cabaret club for the 2022 Fringe! Our Kid’s Cabaret C…
WRAP UP - A Kid's Cabaret Club
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Wrap Play Cafe
- 7th May - 5th Jun 2022
WRAP UP! will harness the energy of a classic cabaret, in a space that will be entertaining and familiar for children and their families.
The Tragedy of Dorian Gray - The Film
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Streaming / The Living Record
- 28th May 2021 - 5th Jun 2022
It’s 1965, the world has changed & London is swinging.
The Tragedy of Dorian Gray - The Film
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Streaming
- 6th May - 5th Jun 2022
The OffFest award-winning hit play of Brighton Fringe 2021, The Tragedy of Dorian Gray, returns with this stunning, black & white filmed version.
POW! Celebrates LGBT History Month - LGBT Film Screenings
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 27th Feb 2022
Comedy & subversion in LGBTQ+ film & artist moving image.
To the ARSEHOLE who ruined my favourite film...
- Listing Theatre
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 25th Feb 2022
Sure It's only the story the bible could have been!Hollywood's Golden Age - meets the Bible - meets 50 shades of Grey - meets.
Coffee Kid | Kinder-Egg Spirits
- Listing Theatre
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 22nd - 23rd Feb 2022
Coffee KidCaffeine, Clooney and teenage calamity Kinder-Egg SpiritsTalking shit until shit gets real.
Suicide Bees | Coffee Kid
- Listing
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 9th Feb 2022
Suicide Bees A laugh-a-minute dive in to mental illness and recovery Coffee Kid Caffeine, Clooney and teenage calamity Suicide Bees - MJ Stokes MJ Stokes talks fam…
Simply The Breast - Drag King Fundraiser
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- The Old Nuns Head
- 8th Oct 2021
SIMPLY THE BREAST - Drag King Fundraiser The m*n, the myth, the legend, Jamie Fuxx, is undergoing some gender affirming surgery this October.
Rat King
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Hope Theatre
- 9th Oct, 2021
Rat King at The Hope Theatre, Islington, is a new production written and produced by Bram Davidovich for Kryptonite Theatre Company.
Behind Desire Film Screening ft Max Disgrace
- Listing Music
- London Fringe
- EartH (Evolutionary Arts Hackney)
- 2nd Oct 2021
Behind Desire Festival is a celebration of sex workers, survivors and sexual minorities.
Queer East 2021 - Film as Resistance: Queer Film Festivals in Asia
- Listing Music
- UK Regional & Tours
- Online Event
- 25th Sep 2021
At Queer East, we believe that arts and culture can contribute to positive social change.
Queer East 2021 - Women Make Film: In Conversation with Naoko Ogigami and Zero Chou
- Listing Music
- UK Regional & Tours
- Online Event
- 18th Sep 2021
This panel will explore how female filmmakers in East Asia have fought to promote equality both onscreen and behind the camera, advocating for the importance of diverse representat…
Dreamgun Film Reads Kids: The Lion King
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Underbelly Earls Court
- 5th Sep 2021
Dreamgun present their first film read that is intentionally for young audiences instead of accidentally for young audiences.
Dreamgun Film Reads: The Shawshank Redemption
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Underbelly Earls Court
- 4th Sep 2021
But I didn’t do it! I was Andy Duframed!" Dreamgun bring their Film Reads parody of The Shawshank Redemption to London for the first time.
Dreamgun: Film Reads Kids
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 28th - 29th Aug 2021
Film Reads Kids takes your favourite childhood movies and completely rewrites with jokes and nonsense.
The Lion King Movie Night
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- The Clapham Grand
- 26th Aug 2021
Find your place on the path to The Clapham Grand for our LION KING MOVIE NIGHT Weve already given you Mamma Mia, but were roaring back to full capacity Movie Nights here at T…
Dreamgun: Film Reads
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 26th - 29th Aug 2021
Film Reads takes your favourite movies and completely rewrites with jokes and nonsense.
Nightpiece Film Festival
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 23rd - 27th Aug 2021
Now in its 8th consecutive season, Nightpiece continues to platform exciting filmmakers from across the globe.
'Selfish' Creativity Workshop with poet Antonia King!
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Friends House
- 17th Aug 2021
Join ‘Selfish’ Creativity Workshop with poet Antonia King to to better understand yourself and events in your life!Workshop overviewSo, this workshop will be all about how to use w…
Paradi Inclusioni Der Film
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Player
- 17th Aug 2021
Roll up, roll up to Paradi Inclusioni: an animation about wonderful, varied characters with and without disabilities on the search for inspiring personalities for the World Parade …
Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 8th - 15th Aug 2021
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Nice Try and Clown Nipples (Two Comedy Solo Shows)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 8th - 15th Aug 2021
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 8th - 15th Aug 2021
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
The Carole King and James Taylor Story
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 6th - 28th Aug 2021
Take a nostalgic journey through the career and music of two award-winning legends in this internationally sold-out show.
King John: A Theatrical Film
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Online@theSpaceUK
- 6th - 9th Aug 2021
King Richard the Lionheart is dead.
Sherlock's Secret Challenge – The Puzzle Solving Game That Shows You The City
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside The Conan Doyle Pub
- 6th - 30th Aug 2021
You will need a group of 2-5 detectives, internet access on your phone, your brain and your legs! We’ll provide the specialist kit.
DREAMSCAPE: Brighton Film Quartet
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 22nd Jun 2021
‘DREAMSCAPE’ is an immersive, breathtakingly beautiful concert of piano, clarinet, cello and violin blending classical, minimalist and cinematic flavours, set to a backdrop of gorg…
Anna Morris: Kid-Life Crisis (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick / Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 21st - 24th Jun 2021
Award-winning character comedian Anna Morris (Channel 4’s ‘Lee and Dean’) brings her BBC Radio 4 stand-up show to the stage.
Anna Morris: Kid-Life Crisis (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick / Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 21st - 24th Jun 2021
Award-winning character comedian Anna Morris (Channel 4’s ‘Lee and Dean’) brings her BBC Radio 4 stand-up show to the stage.
Serena Flynn: Lizard King (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 15th - 16th Jun 2021
Think it’s been a weird year? Meet The Lizard King.
Sara Segovia and Lachlan Werner are making shows (WORK IN PROGRESS)
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Miller
- 15th Jun 2021
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
Serena Flynn: Lizard King (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 15th - 16th Jun 2021
Think it’s been a weird year? Meet The Lizard King.
Divorced, Beheaded, Died: An Audience with King Henry VIII
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Friends’ Meeting House
- 11th - 14th Jun 2021
King Henry VIII is ‘brought to life’ in this most dramatic of performances! In all his splendour and magnitude, the King, now in old age, recounts the events of his long life a…
Divorced, Beheaded, Died: An Audience with King Henry VIII
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Friends’ Meeting House
- 11th - 14th Jun 2021
King Henry VIII is ‘brought to life’ in this most dramatic of performances! In all his splendour and magnitude, the King, now in old age, recounts the events of his long life a…
Divorced, Beheaded, Survived: An Audience with King Henry VIII
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- Brighton Fringe
- Friends’ Meeting House
- 15th Jun, 2021
Period music greets loyal subjects as they enter the Friends Meeting House to attend Divorced, Beheaded, Survived: An Audience with King Henry VIII, written and directed by John Wh…
Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 7th - 27th Jun 2021
Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill.
Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 7th - 27th Jun 2021
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Bruce: Death of a King
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- theSpaceUK
- 7th - 13th Jun 2021
Politics, power and war drive much of our history, but what about those who drive world-changing events? How would one of the history’s greatest winners face the moment of his own …
Bruce: Death of a King
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- theSpaceUK
- 7th - 13th Jun 2021
Politics, power and war drive much of our history, but what about those who drive world-changing events? How would one of the history’s greatest winners face the moment of his own …
Drama King
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Rialto Theatre
- 6th - 13th Jun 2021
This compelling one-man show by Mark Stratford charts the life and times of William Charles Macready, one of the greatest actor-managers of the 19th Century.
Drama King
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Brighton Fringe
- Rialto Theatre
- 8th Jun, 2021
Unless you have studied the history of theatre it's easy to imagine that performances on stage have always been very much as they are today.
Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival: British Shorts
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Electric Arcade: The Pit
- 30th May - 11th Jul 2021
Discover some of the best current British LGBT+ filmmaking.
Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival: Youth Shorts
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Electric Arcade: The Pit
- 30th May - 11th Jul 2021
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…
King Jamsheed: Lonely Piano
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Streaming
- 30th May - 12th Jul 2021
Neo-classical electronic composer King Jamsheed brings together a year’s work.
King Jamsheed: Lonely Piano
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Streaming / St George’s Church
- 29th May - 28th Jun 2021
Neo-classical electronic composer King Jamsheed brings together a year’s work in livestream.
Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival: Becoming
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Electric Arcade: The Pit
- 29th May - 10th Jul 2021
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
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Electric Arcade: The Pit
- 29th May - 11th Jul 2021
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
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Electric Arcade: The Pit
- 29th May - 10th Jul 2021
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
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Electric Arcade: The Pit
- 29th May - 10th Jul 2021
There’s something for everyone in this diverse mix of crowd-pleasers from Iris 2020.
Treasure: What Would You Save?
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Streaming
- 29th May - 12th Jul 2021
If you had a house fire what single item would you save? Treasure reveals the surprising and often touching stories that people have about the one thing they would hate to lose.
The King of Broken Things
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Streaming
- 29th May - 12th Jul 2021
A journey into the broken heart of a young boy, who, through creativity, imagination, and determination, teaches us that the rehabilitation of things broken and discarded gets to i…
Ram of God: The Film
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Living Record
- 28th May - 27th Jun 2021
In the heart of the British countryside, prophet and visionary Ram of God leads his flock in a life of simple devotion.
The King of Broken Things
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Streaming
- 28th May - 27th Jun 2021
A journey into the broken heart of a young boy, who, through creativity, imagination, and determination, teaches us that the rehabilitation of things broken and discarded gets to i…
King Lear
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Living Record
- 28th May - 27th Jun 2021
Armed only with a drum, a guitar, a knife and a chair, this irreverent, inventive and highly accessible one-man adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear’ is presented from the poin…
Ram of God: The Film
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Living Record
- 28th May - 27th Jun 2021
In the heart of the British countryside, prophet and visionary Ram of God leads his flock in a life of simple devotion.
King Lear
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Living Record
- 28th May - 27th Jun 2021
Armed only with a drum, a guitar, a knife and a chair, this irreverent, inventive and highly accessible one-man adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear’ is presented from the poin…
Treasure: What Would You Save?
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Streaming
- 28th May - 27th Jun 2021
If you had a house fire what single item would you save? Treasure reveals the surprising and often touching stories that people have about the one thing they would hate to lose.
SUGGS: KING CNUT, A LIFE IN THE REALM OF MADNESS
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Hertford Theatre
- 23rd Apr 2021
Thursday 22nd October, 7.
film maltings: Clemency
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 27th - 27th Jan 2021
Please note that Tier 2 regulations mean that only members of the same household or support bubble may meet together indoors.
film maltings: Sol
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 20th - 20th Jan 2021
Please note that Tier 2 regulations mean that only members of the same household or support bubble may meet together indoors.
film maltings: Mr Jones
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 13th - 13th Jan 2021
Please note that Tier 2 regulations mean that only members of the same household or support bubble may meet together indoors.
film maltings: 23 Walks
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 6th - 6th Jan 2021
Please note that Tier 2 regulations mean that only members of the same household or support bubble may meet together indoors.
Drama King
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- Pump House Theatre
- 8th - 9th Oct 2020
“Drama King” is a compelling new one-man show, written and performed by Mark Stratford, which tells the story of William Charles Macready, one of the greatest actor-managers of the…
The Carole King and James Taylor Story
- Listing Music
- Brighton
- The Warren Outdoors
- 1st - 7th Sep 2020
An international sell-out show taking you on a nostalgic journey through the career and music of two legends.
King John
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 17th - 29th Aug 2020
King Richard the Lionheart is dead.
Mason King – Mind Reader: Sleight of Time
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall / theSpace on North Bridge
- 17th - 29th Aug 2020
Following sell-out runs in 2016, 2018 and 2019, mind reader Mason King returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with his unique brand of entertainment! Having been a fan of time-th…
Army @ The Virtual Fringe: Live Every Moment - Creating dance for film, tv and theatre with Rosie Kay
- Listing Workshop
- Online & Broadcast
- Online
- 11th Aug 2020
Join Rosie Kay as she talks about working in dance and film, from 5 SOLDIERS to Sunshine on Leith.
Live Every Moment – Creating Dance for Film and TV and Adapting Live Dance for Digital
- Listing Events
- Online & Broadcast
- A Company 6 Scots
- 11th - 30th Aug 2020
Join Rosie Kay as she talks about working in dance and film, from 5 SOLDIERS to Sunshine on Leith.
Soldiers’ Arts Academy Film Night
- Listing Events
- Online & Broadcast
- A Company 6 Scots
- 11th - 30th Aug 2020
A screening of short films curated by Soldiers’ Arts Academy, hosted by Román Baca.
Short Film Night
- Review
- ★★★★
- Monica Yell
- Online & Broadcast
- A Company 6 Scots
- 11th Aug, 2020
Closing the first day of army@thevirtualfinge on Monday 11th of August was an online short film screening and Q&A with Phil Spencer, available to watch online in full.
Al Start's Go Kid Music Club: Tall Tales
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton
- The Warren Outdoors
- 9th Aug 2020
Brighton resident and local legend Al Start is heading to the beach this Summer with an array of stories and songs for kids and their grown-ups.
500 Miles – My Camino – And I Would Walk 500 More
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 7th - 22nd Aug 2020
Based on his book My Camino Walk – A Way to Healing, the author takes you on his life-changing journey through the mythic landscape on the ancient pilgrimage route of the Camino …
The Carole King and James Taylor Story
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 7th - 29th Aug 2020
An international sell-out show taking you on a nostalgic journey through the career and music of these two legends.
Alasdair Beckett-King: Nevermore
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 5th - 31st Aug 2020
Out of the swirling maelstrom he steps; his sword of jokes, his shield of whimsy and his armour made of a third amusing thing.
Women Over 50 Film Festival: Best of the Fest
- Listing Film
- Brighton
- The Old Market
- 31st Mar 2020
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…
All The King’s Men
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 29th Feb 2020
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
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 29th Feb 2020
All the King's Men are a world-renowned, award-winning all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
MANDEMIC: A DRAG KING CABARET
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Omnibus
- 28th Feb 2020
Join The Family Jewels for a full frontal night of comedy, song, and a disarmingly sexy exploration of gendered power.
Kunene and the King
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Ambassadors Theatre.
- 30th Jan - 28th Mar 2020
Don’t miss John Kani’s highly acclaimed play Kunene and the King marking the 25th anniversary of the end of apartheid with a strictly limited London run, following its …
King of Pop - The Legend Continues
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Civic Theatre
- 12th Oct 2019
KING OF POP - THE LEGEND CONTINUES showcases the extraordinary talent of an impersonator who has performed for 28 years in over 350 international shows, 62 different cou…
Carole: The Music of Carole King
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 6th Oct 2019
From the producers of the West End hit shows 'Seven Drunken Nights - The Story of The Dubliners' and 'Walk Right Back - The Everly Brothers Story', t…
Carole: The Music of Carole King
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 6th Oct 2019
From the producers of the West End hit shows 'Seven Drunken Nights - The Story of The Dubliners' and 'Walk Right Back - The Everly Brothers Story', t…
Nightpiece Film Festival
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 19th - 23rd Aug 2019
Hosted by director Al Carretta and now in its sixth year, if you love independent film, then Nightpiece is the event to attend.
Questions for Quiz Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 17th Aug 2019
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Inferno, Kid
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 12th - 17th Aug 2019
Inferno, Kid is a coming-of-age story on a path strewn with violence and vanquished hope.
The First King of England in a Dress
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 12th - 24th Aug 2019
Vikings, giants and magic await you in this fun-packed historical adventure.
Epic Film Music Concert
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse
- 4th - 25th Aug 2019
Venture into a magic land of epicness with this film music concert.
The King of Ghosts: Zhong Kui
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 4th - 5th Aug 2019
This story is based on Chinese traditional myth, Zhong Kui.
Puppet King Richard II
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court
- 2nd - 14th Aug 2019
Two used actors, recycled utensils, hand-carved Czech puppets, live music and you, the court, bring Shakespeare’s poetic drama of power and abdication to life.
Short Film Open Screen: Arts Barge Riverside Festival
- Listing
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 2nd - 4th Aug 2019
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.
The Last King of Porn
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 2nd - 17th Aug 2019
What are you willing to do to become a legend? A porn actor performing his last record-breaking movie: a sex marathon with 100 women.
Mason King – Sleight of Mind
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 2nd - 16th Aug 2019
Following sell-out runs in 2016 and 2018 Mason King returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with a brand-new show! As a child Mason always dreamt of mastering the art of sleight of hand.
Dream of a King
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 9th Aug, 2019
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…
The Carole King Story
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2019
Following sell-out shows and standing ovations in 2017/18, The Carole King Story returns to take you on an incredible journey through the career of six-time Grammy Award winner and…
Dreamgun: Film Reads
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Kate Nora
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 11th Aug, 2019
Dreamgun: Film Reads are back at the Fringe and ready to ruin your childhood! At a time when podcasts are very on trend and live recordings are foisted upon an unsuspecting public …
Ubu the King
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C south
- 1st - 10th Aug 2019
Delightfully deranged and beautifully berserk, Ukrainian group Misanthrope Theatre re-ignite the flames of rebellion and fervour that saw Alfred Jarry’s play close upon its openi…
Lucy Farrett: Lois
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 8th Aug, 2019
Character comedy is a difficult discipline at the best of times and, with a trope as thoroughly picked-over as the oblivious action-hero, it asks at lot from a performer to find so…
Kevin James Doyle: Loud Blond Bald Kid
- Review
- ★★★★
- Claire Louise
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Bar 50
- 17th Aug, 2019
You can never be entirely sure if the material a comedian is sharing is true, based in truth, or completely fabricated.
Shaken Not Stirred: The Improvised James Bond Film
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
Daniel Craig has pulled out of the next James Bond film.
She Sells Sea Shells
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 6th Aug, 2019
Searching through the Fringe guide for a show worth seeing is a job that could perhaps be likened to archaeology – you spend hours carefully probing, sorting the dross from the d…
Who Is Daniel King
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 1st - 24th Aug 2019
A story of a man who decides to be a dancer.
David Tieck: What Would Bill Murray Do?
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
David Tieck is a big absurdist, idiotic, teddy-bear type person.
Down with the Poetry King!
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 31st Jul - 18th Aug 2019
Award-winning silliness and choose-your-own-adventure poems for the whole family as you work to transform your writing skills.
Short Film Showcase: Arts Barge Riverside Festival
- Listing
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 31st Jul 2019
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.
Fringe Film Festival
- Listing Exhibition / Exhibition / Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C south
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2019
Returning for its 14th season, C’s critically acclaimed curated programme showcases silver screen shorts and contemporary filmmakers all day, every day.
Alasdair Beckett-King: The Interdimensional ABK
- Review
- ★★★★
- Isla Whateley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 20th Aug, 2019
Have you ever been to a comedy show by someone who can travel through dimensions, from one world to another? No, me neither.
The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2019
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
All the King's Men
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 31st Jul - 17th Aug 2019
All the King’s Men are a world-renowned, award-winning all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
Alasdair Beckett-King: The Interdimensional ABK
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 23rd Jul 2019
The award-winning Alasdair Beckett-King returns to this timeline with a dimension-hopping stand-up comedy show.
Nomad Short Film Festival
- Listing Film
- London Fringe
- Nomad Festival Greenwich
- 16th Jun 2019
As part of Nomad Festival @ Greenwich pop-up Rotunda Theatre.
King of Pop - starring NAVI
- Listing Music
- London Fringe
- The Broadway Theatre, Catford
- 7th Jun 2019
Led by the world’s number one Michael Jackson tribute artist ‘Navi’, which alone sets this show above the rest.
University of Brighton Refugee and Migration Film Festival, Part 2
- Listing Events
- Brighton Fringe
- Sallis Benney Theatre
- 29th May 2019
“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…
University of Brighton Refugee and Migration Film Festival, Part 1
- Listing Events
- Brighton Fringe
- Sallis Benney Theatre
- 28th May 2019
“Refugees and migration in anthropological cinema” ‘Travel’ (63 mins).
BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Blockhouse
- 20th - 21st May 2019
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
Dream of a King
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 20th - 22nd May 2019
4 April 1968.
What Would Aaron Sorkin Do?
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Werks 1
- 18th - 19th May 2019
You were sort of friends when you were young, and then sometime in the 90s, you’re both at Uni and you bond over your love of ‘The West Wing’, walking and talking your way down l…
Alasdair Beckett-King: The Interdimensional ABK
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 17th - 19th May 2019
Leicester Mercury Comedian of The Year 2017, Alasdair Beckett-King returns to this timeline with a dimension-hopping stand-up comedy show.
King Hedley II
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Theatre Royal Stratford East
- 17th May - 15th Jun 2019
1980’s Pittsburgh, a city in decay.
Timescape: Brighton Film Quartet
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 14th May 2019
‘Timescape’, the Quartet’s new and exciting show for 2019 – a journey into sheer escapism.
KING LEAR
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Simon Lovat
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Blockhouse
- 12th May, 2019
Hands up anyone who was bored rigid by studying Shakespeare at school.
Confessions of a Drag King
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Latest Music Bar
- 8th - 24th May 2019
A pole-esque tale, telling the story of one woman’s journey through pole, from the seedy underworld of Brighton, to her respectable reinvention as a drag king.
Conscious Light documentary film
- Listing Events
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Unitarian Church
- 8th - 16th May 2019
“Conscious Light” is an award-winning documentary film on the extraordinary life of Adi Da Samraj, one of the great spiritual realizers of our time.
Anna and Sarah: Would Rather Do a Sudoku
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 5th - 27th May 2019
Sarah Mann (BBC New Comedian finalist 2018, So You Think You’re Funny runner-up 2017) and Anna Dominey (Bath New Act semi-finalist 2018) are the opposite of party people.
The King Of Pop
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 5th May 2019
This incredible production stars the world’s leading MJ tribute artist Navi who is joined by Jackson’s original lead guitarist - Jennifer Batten.
The King Of Pop
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 5th May 2019
This incredible production stars the world’s leading MJ tribute artist Navi who is joined by Jackson’s original lead guitarist - Jennifer Batten.
The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 4th - 6th May 2019
One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018.
Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival
- Listing Events
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Bunker
- 2nd May - 2nd Jun 2019
Iris Prize brings outstanding LGBT+ film from around the world to Brighton.
film maltings 1969: Carry on Camping
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 29th Apr 2019
Director: Gerald Thomas Cast: Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Barbara Windsor film maltings 1969 is our series of classic films from 1969, as part of our 50th anniversar…
film maltings: Vice
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 24th - 24th Apr 2019
Director: Adam McKay Cast: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Sam Rockwell The story of Dick Cheney (Christian Bale), an unassuming bureaucratic Washington insider, who quietly …
film maltings: The Kid Who Would Be King
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 18th - 18th Apr 2019
KIDS OFFER: free child ticket with every adult ticket purchased, subsequent child tickets are half price.
film maltings: On the Basis of Sex
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 17th - 17th Apr 2019
Director: Mimi Leder Cast: Felicity Jones, Armie Hammer, Kathy Bates, Sam Waterston Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everthing) stars in this adaptation of the story of Rut…
Variety Film Club - My Fair Lady
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 4th Apr 2019
Variety Film Club The team behind Variety Lunch Club have hatched a new plan so that you can come and have an afternoon out with friends while watching some of th…
film maltings: Green Book
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 3rd - 3rd Apr 2019
Director: Peter Farrelly Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali Dr.
film maltings: Can You Ever Forgive Me?
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 20th - 20th Mar 2019
Director: Marielle Heller Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Richard E.
film maltings 1969: The Italian Job
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 19th Mar 2019
Director: Peter Collinson Cast: Michael Caine, Noël Coward, Benny Hill film maltings 1969 is our series of classic films from 1969, as part of our 50th anniversary …
Kid Carpet's Noisy Holiday (3+ yrs)
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Watermans Art Centre
- 17th Mar 2019
The Noisy Animals are looking forward to their dream holidays and have some brilliant ideas about where in the world they want to go.
film maltings: Cold War
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 13th - 13th Mar 2019
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski Cast: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot A passionate love story between two people of different backgrounds and temperaments, who are fatefully mismat…
film maltings: Stan & Ollie
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 6th - 6th Mar 2019
Director: Jon S.
Laibach Live with Film Screening
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
- 1st Mar 2019
Avant-garde music group, Laibach are still the most internationally acclaimed band to have come out of the former Communist countries of Eastern and Central Europe and they’r…
Variety Film Club - Wizard Of Oz
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 28th Feb 2019
Variety Film Club The team behind Variety Lunch Club have hatched a new plan so that you can come and have an afternoon out with friends while watching some of th…
film maltings: The Favourite
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 27th - 27th Feb 2019
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos Cast: Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz.
film maltings: Mary Poppins Returns
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 19th - 20th Feb 2019
Director: Rob Marshall Cast: Emily Blunt, Ben Whishaw, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Meryl Streep, Angela Lansbury In Depression-era London, following a personal loss a now-grown …
film maltings: Bohemian Rhapsody Sing-Along
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 15th Feb 2019
Sing-Along with Queen in this special screening with the song lyrics shown live on screen.
film maltings: Peterloo
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 13th - 13th Feb 2019
Director: Mike Leigh Cast: Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Neil Bell An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-de…
All the King's Men
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 9th Feb 2019
All the King’s Men are a world-renowned, award-winning, all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
Lee Memphis King 2019
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Civic Theatre
- 9th Feb 2019
Duration: Approx 2hrs 20mins More information to follow
All the King's Men
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 9th Feb 2019
All the King’s Men are a world-renowned, award-winning, all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
I Would Like to Get to Know You
- Listing Theatre
- Vault Festival
- The Vaults
- 6th - 10th Feb 2019
Critically acclaimed companies Feral Foxy Ladies & Kaleido Film Collective (★★★★ ‘totally engaging’ - A Younger Theatre) return to VAULT after a sell-out run of Balancing A…
film maltings: Widows
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 6th - 6th Feb 2019
Director: Steve McQueen Cast: Viola Davis, Elizabeth Debicki, Michelle Rodriguez, Liam Neeson, Colin Farrell Widows is the story of four women with nothing in common exc…
film maltings 1969: Hello, Dolly!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 4th Feb 2019
Director: Gene Kelly Cast: Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford film maltings 1969 is our series of classic films from 1969, as part of our 50th anniversar…
My Beautiful Film and Disco
- Listing
- London Fringe
- The Broadway Theatre, Catford
- 2nd Feb 2019
Come and have fun with the We Do Good Disco team on Saturday 2nd February, as we kick off the LGBTQ+ history month in Lewisham with a film and disco extravaganza.
film maltings: The Old Man & the Gun
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 30th - 30th Jan 2019
Director: David Lowery Cast: Robert Redford, Casey Affleck, Sissy Spacek Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker (Robert Redford), from his audacious escape from San Q…
NT ENCORE: THE TRAGEDY OF KING RICHARD THE SECOND
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Hertford Theatre
- 29th Jan 2019
Tuesday 29th January, 7pmTickets: £15 or £11 for school groupsSuitable for: no age suitability has been given yet for this screeningDuration: …
Puppet King Richard II - Dumfries Fringe 2019
- Listing Puppetry
- Scotland
- Container Theatre
- 26th Jan 2019
A “highly engrossing”, ‘pocket epic’ staging of Shakespeare’s Richard II.
Meet Me @ The Maltings
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 24th Jan - 25th Apr 2019
A creative group open to anyone looking for friendly company.
King Crimson
- Listing Music
- West End
- London Palladium
- 3rd Nov 2018
With three drummers, Pat Mastelotto, Gavin Harrison and Jeremy Stacey, as well as the return of multi-instrumentalist Bill Rieflin on keyboards, guitarist and original founding mem…
The Worm King
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton
- Sweet Werks 2 - Werks Central
- 23rd Oct 2018
An audio drama performed live and scored, produced by the team behind the podcast series Whisper Through The Static.
Sooz Kempner: Super Sonic 90s Kid
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Banshee Labyrinth / Globe Bar
- 4th - 26th Aug 2018
Award-winning stand-up Sooz Kempner spent the 90s playing Sonic, going from a little kid to a fully grown teen.
Nightpiece Film Festival
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall / theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 20th - 24th Aug 2018
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
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 20th - 25th Aug 2018
From Show Boat to Showman, there’s always Another Op’nin, Another Show about the sparkling self-obsessed world of musical theatre! And why not? Some of the best shows are all a…
Carmen: A Gender-Flipped Film Noir Fantasy
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Mockingbird
- 20th - 26th Aug 2018
Sultry and cool, Carmen is a gender-swapped film noir fantasy.
The Edinburgh Festival on Film
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- National Library of Scotland
- 13th - 25th Aug 2018
We’re hosting drop-in screenings of Festival in Edinburgh (1955) and Edinburgh on Parade (1970).
All Hail the Rat King!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 13th - 18th Aug 2018
The Skits, Cornell University’s original sketch comedy troupe, has crossed the Atlantic to deliver some cold, hard jokes.
King Lear (Alone)
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court
- 12th - 15th Aug 2018
One-man show telling King Lear’s story in his own words, using text from the original and new words.
King Creosote
- Listing Music / Music / Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Leith Theatre
- 9th Aug 2018
King Creosote, aka Kenny Anderson, returns to the International Festival three years after he performed his glorious soundtrack to the nostalgia-soaked film, From Scotland With Lov…
King John
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 9th - 11th Aug 2018
Direct from the USA, the defending three-time National Shakespearean Acting Champions present Shakespeare’s rarely done history, King John.
King Arthur – The Panto
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 8th - 10th Aug 2018
When Uther Pendragon passes away England falls without king.
Nigel Slater’s Toast
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Traverse Theatre
- 12th Aug, 2018
One of the hardest calls for a reviewer to make is where to draw the line between production and play.
Mason King – Game of Chance
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 6th - 18th Aug 2018
Following a successful Edinburgh Fringe debut in 2016, mind control artist Mason King returns for another journey into the inner depths of the human mind.
All Hail the Poetry King!
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Bourbon Bar
- 4th - 25th Aug 2018
Award-winning silliness for all the family from one of the nation’s most successful spoken word artists.
The Show Between Shows Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BrewDog Lothian Rd
- 4th - 25th Aug 2018
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
The Carole King Story
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2018
After a sell-out run in 2017 The Carole King Story returns to take you on an incredible journey through the career of this six-time Grammy Award winner and 20-time platinum hit mak…
Rob Kemp's Wheel of Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel / Monkey Barrel Comedy Club
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2018
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
The School Film
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court
- 3rd - 7th Aug 2018
‘What are great expectations? It means he’s going to be rich.
The King and Ol' Blue Eyes
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- McSorley’s Irish Bar
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2018
Following his army demob, Elvis Presley joins Frank Sinatra’s 1960 Timex TV show special.
The Cat's Mother
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square / Underbelly, Cowgate
- 12th Aug, 2018
One of the most valuable functions of theatre is to offer us a way to explore difficult issues without fear of blame without fear of censure.
Dreamgun: Film Reads
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Getting it wrong has never felt so right! Irish comedy weirdos Dreamgun amuse and exasperate cinephiles in equal measure with their skewed, joke-stuffed and wholly unrehearsed take…
Joey Page: Perhaps Under Stars That Would Stretch Forever (an Idiot Explains the Universe in Under an Hour)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Tron
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
What’s the point of all this? (Life.
Stephen Bailey: Our Kid
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
From ITV2’s Safeword and CelebAbility, ITV’s Weekend with Aled, Comedy Central’s Live at the Comedy Store, Channel 5’s Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side and having supported …
The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Mockingbird
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Shaken Not Stirred: The Improvised James Bond Film
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
For a fourth killer year, Alexander Fox and Dom O’Keefe are back with a bang! Armed with your suggestions, they weave together a brand-new film in the style of Britain’s favourite …
Jess Robinson: No Filter
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 8th Aug, 2018
Though now a household name thanks to a semi-final place in last year’s Britain’s Got Talent, singing impressionist Jess Robinson is a familiar face of the Fringe.
Phill Jupitus: Sassy Knack
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4
- 12th Aug, 2018
As a huge number of the entries in the Fringe programme could tell you, the life of a stand-up is a tough one – hours and hours of unpaid work just to get a decent set together a…
All the King's Men
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C
- 1st - 10th Aug 2018
Returning to Edinburgh for their eighth year, All the King’s Men are the voices that are defining a genre.
A Fortunate Man
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 15th Aug, 2018
There are books which are called seminal largely because so many people have read them.
Sticks and Stones
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Roundabout @ Summerhall
- 8th Aug, 2018
Free speech is a right fiercely protected in today’s society.
In for a Penny
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 8th Aug, 2018
In For A Penny is Libby McArthur’s true-life tale of the unforeseen consequences of an unpaid parking ticket - how one person can fall foul of a system that sees only the facts a…
Fringe Film Festival
- Listing Exhibition / Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C royale
- 1st - 27th Aug 2018
Returning for its 13th season, C’s critically-acclaimed curated programme showcases silver screen shorts and contemporary filmmakers all day, every day.
Unsung
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 8th Aug, 2018
With the advent of the internet, smartphones and social media, today’s politics happens under an unprecedented level of scrutiny.
Blackthorn by Charley Miles
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Roundabout @ Summerhall
- 8th Aug, 2018
Home is a powerful concept.
A Broad Abroad
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C royale
- 8th Aug, 2018
If there’s one thing the majority of people at the Fringe can empathise with, it’s how hard the life of a jobbing actor can be.
Famous Puppet Death Scenes
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- CanadaHub @ King’s Hall in association with Summerhall
- 12th Aug, 2018
An enigmatic title is the hallmark of many Fringe shows – I’m sure no one knows quite what to expect from Duckpond: An Element of Mystery in Umpteen Samples or Lights Over Tesc…
Exit the King
- Review
- ★
- Simon Ximenez
- West End
- Olivier Theatre
- 27th Jul, 2018
For those who pertain to be students of the Theatre of the Absurd movement prevalent in the 1950s and 60s, there is nothing of value to you in this review.
LJ Da Funk in... When will these fascist bastards all be lined up and f**king shot?
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 25th Jul 2018
Trump.
King Courgette
- Listing Music
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Tea Pot
- 22nd Jul 2018
King Courgette is an old-time vegetable string band Featuring Wild Zucchini Bill from international trash-bashing phenomenon STOMP! Expect a righteous mix of fiddles, ba…
Any Mother Would
- Listing Theatre
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Basement
- 22nd Jul 2018
“They’re all over the world; women that move molehills rather than mountains”Much like David Attenborough shows his viewers the lovingly guarded moment…
Kid's Magic Workshops... Shazam
- Listing Children’s Shows
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 21st Jul - 27th Oct 2018
Presented By West End Magic - Teaching magic to children aged 7-13.
King Lear
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Duke of Yorks Theatre
- 21st Jul - 20th Oct 2018
★★★★★ “Ian McKellen reigns supreme in this triumphant production.
Kid's Magic Workshops... Hocus Pocus
- Listing Children’s Shows
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 23rd Jun - 29th Sep 2018
Presented By West End Magic - Teaching magic to children aged 7-13.
The King and I
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- London Palladium
- 21st Jun - 29th Sep 2018
Tipped to be London’s theatrical event of 2018, the multi-award winning and critically acclaimed Lincoln Center Theater’s production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and…
Kid's Magic Workshops... Abracadabra
- Listing Children’s Shows
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 26th May - 24th Nov 2018
Presented By West End Magic - Teaching magic to children aged 7-13.
Brighton Rocks Film Festival
- Review
- ★★★★
- Alex McCord
- Brighton Fringe
- Dukes @ Komedia
- 27th May, 2018
Brighton has long been a home for artists, creators and the alternative.
AJ Roberts: The Council Flat Baby and the Rise of the Village Kid
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs
- 22nd - 26th May 2018
‘So You Think You’re Funny?’ and ‘Amused Moose Laugh Off’ finalist AJ Roberts debuts his solo show.
Jim Campbell: What Would ... And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead Do?
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Burrow
- 18th - 20th May 2018
Award-nominated comic Jim Campbell has been busy with a chart-topping podcast, an acclaimed book and his personal life exploding.
A Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton - and Other Shows
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Bom-Bane’s Music Cafe
- 18th May - 3rd Jun 2018
By popular demand! Original musical journey from 400 AD Boerthelm’s Tun to present day Bom-Bane’s, with portraits of all the colourful inhabitants along the way.
BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows
- Review
- ★★★★
- Carmen Dupre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 9th May, 2018
Bringing us four short scenes, Puck’s Players – consisting of Bill Poulton, Phillip Lee and Aaron Thaddeus Lee – were able to exhibit outstanding versatility as performers, d…
SOUNDSCAPE: Brighton Film Quartet
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 6th May 2018
Brighton Film Quartet presents ‘SOUNDSCAPE’, a concert of sheer escapism with this extraordinary piano quartet.
King Charles III
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Little Theatre
- 5th - 12th May 2018
Queen Elizabeth II is dead.
Alasdair Beckett-King: Full Velvet Jacket (WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 4th - 6th May 2018
Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2017 Alasdair Beckett-King returns to this timeline with an inter-dimensional, work in progress stand-up comedy show.
LJ DA FUNK in... When will these fascist bastards be lined up and f**king shot?
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 4th May - 2nd Jun 2018
Remember when Nazis were only found in Germany, Austria, and Clacton-on-Sea? Well now they’re in the White House, Downing Street, and Clacton-on-Sea.
Iris Prize: A Celebration of LGBT Film
- Listing Events
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 3rd May - 1st Jun 2018
The Iris Prize Festival, based in Cardiff, celebrates amazing LGBT film and each year awards the largest LGBT short film prize in the world.
All The King’s Men
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 28th Apr 2018
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…
The Golden F**king Years
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Brockley Jack Studio Theatre
- 17th - 28th Apr 2018
Helen and Gordon spend their retirement on their Mediterranean balcony, reading and drinking gin, quite a lot of it.
Suggs - What a King Cnut
- Listing Music
- West End
- London Palladium
- 22nd Mar 2018
Due to huge popular demand, after his first tour-de-force, smash hit, sell out tour, ‘My Life Story’, Suggs is treading the boards again with a brand new show.
Idris Stanton - The Last King of Vaudeville
- Review
- ★★★★
- Frodo Allan
- Adelaide Fringe
- Gluttony
- 14th Mar, 2018
As one quarter of the amazing Pants Down Circus and one half of hit children’s show The Circus Firemen, Idris Stanton has absolutely earned the right to put his name above the ti…
Laconic: A Short Film Festival
- Listing Film
- Adelaide Fringe
- National Wine Centre
- 11th - 12th Mar 2018
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…
King of Comedy UK - Kyle Legacy
- Listing Comedy
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Producers
- 10th - 18th Mar 2018
King of the comedy, master of the crowd & slave to the laugh.
A GREEK TRAGEDY 'OEDIPUS REX-THE KING'
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Adelaide Fringe
- Multiple Venues
- 24th Feb - 18th Mar 2018
AN ADAPTATION BY LOUCAS LOIZOU.
King Jack Queen
- Listing Theatre
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Market Apartment
- 4th - 4th Mar 2018
“Get around pres at Danni’s.
Tommy Little - The Last King Of Stupid
- Listing Comedy
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Garden of Unearthly Delights
- 3rd Mar 2018
As seen on The Project.
Grand Delusions - Kid Dingo
- Listing Theatre
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Lab
- 27th Feb 2018
A sophisticated twenty-three year old grand piano is far from impressed.
'The Elephant of My Heart' Kid's Storytelling Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Adelaide Fringe
- Gluttony
- 25th Feb 2018
A true-life story of hope & the power of imagination! When the writer, Jessica Clements was nine she lived in Canberra.
FLEURIEU FILM FESTIVAL
- Listing Film
- Adelaide Fringe
- Serafino Winery / Yankalilla Golf Club
- 9th - 10th Feb 2018
From a great passion for film, the 3rd FLEURIEU FILM FESTIVAL celebrates Australian filmmaking encouraging filmmakers to interpret the #FFF18 theme, “FIRE”.
King Lear Retold
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Greenwich Theatre
- 5th - 6th Feb 2018
Dark and challenging, epic and shocking, human and uplifting.
Side Shows
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Sadler’s Wells Theatre
- 25th - 26th Nov 2017
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
Nightpiece Film Festival
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on Niddry St
- 24th - 26th Aug 2017
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
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 23rd Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Would You Adam and Eve It?
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Palmerston Place Church
- 21st - 22nd Aug 2017
Take two funny men and ask them to create a hilarious dash through Genesis and Exodus in just under 90 minutes.
All the King's Women
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Central Hall
- 14th - 18th Aug 2017
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,…
King Arthur
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Stockbridge Church
- 14th - 26th Aug 2017
Classical music close up where wriggling is allowed.
Elgar's King Olaf
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Usher Hall
- 11th Aug 2017
World-renowned Elgarian Sir Andrew Davis conducts a rarely heard masterpiece: Elgar’s Viking cantata Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf.
Carry King
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Royal Terrace
- 10th Aug 2017
Brought to you by EnjoyMedia Cultural Company, Carry King is a visually striking, experimental piece of theatre.
US Tour Booking For Small And Independent Shows
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 10th - 21st Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Live Shows in an Internet Media Age
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 9th Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Kid/Dub
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 9th - 27th Aug 2017
Kid/Dub is the all-new, official kid’s version of the Fringe smash, Hot Dub Time Machine.
The Show Between Shows Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 52 Canoes (Grassmarket)
- 6th - 26th Aug 2017
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
What Would Kanye Do?
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Jury’s Inn
- 4th - 26th Aug 2017
Marcy loves Kanye West.
Leaf by Niggle
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Storytelling Centre
- 15th Aug, 2017
With Hollywood’s recent adaptation of his works, the name JRR Tolkien has come to be associated with huge spectacle and epic scope.
How to Be a Kid
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Roundabout @ Summerhall
- 4th - 20th Aug 2017
Molly cooks.
Whore: A Kid's Play
- Review
- ★★★★
- Disa Andersen
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 10th Aug, 2017
In our youth-obsessed society, women become sexualised at a very young age.
Comedians Film Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 4th - 26th Aug 2017
This brilliant show returns to Edinburgh.
The Carole King Story
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 4th - 26th Aug 2017
The Carole King Story premiers at the Fringe to take you on an incredible journey through the career of the six-time Grammy Award winner and 20-time platinum hit-maker.
Would You Want Your Daughter to Marry a Weegie?
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outhouse
- 4th - 26th Aug 2017
Malcolm is from respectable Morningside.
Madame Señorita: 25 Different Shows, Come Every Day!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
What Would Cathy Do?
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C primo
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2017
Cathy’s just been thrown out of the supermarket for stealing, but she’s not a junkie, and she’ll kill any c*nt who says she is.
Steen Raskopoulos – The Coolest Kid in Competitive Chess
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Charlie Ralph
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 26th Aug, 2017
Steen Raskopoulos makes no effort to be cool on stage.
Shaken Not Stirred: The Improvised James Bond Film
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2017
Following killer runs in 2015 and 2016, Alexander Fox and Dom O’Keefe are back with a bang! Armed with your suggestions, they weave together a brand-new film in the style of Brit…
Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
Ding dong the witch is back! Multi award-winning Fringe sensation Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho returns with the most fabulous game show of all! Join the Iron Lady for songs, gam…
Jonny Awsum: Honey, I Promised the Kid
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2017
Jonny Awsum promised his daughter he’d play live on stage at the O2.
Siri
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- CanadaHub @ King’s Hall in association with Summerhall
- 13th Aug, 2017
A two-woman show starring only one woman – not a typo but the conceit at the centre of the latest show by Canadian actress and interactive artist Laurence Dauphinais.
Séance
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 13th Aug, 2017
Theatre today increasingly falls into one of two broad camps.
Siblings
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 18th Aug, 2017
The art of the comedic double act is a difficult one and its success largely based on chemistry between the two performers.
The Gruffalo's Child
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 24th Aug, 2017
Much as it is a pleasure to discover a hidden gem amongst the mass of shows in Edinburgh, there’s also something very reassuring about having a list of reliable prospects.
Britney in: John
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Bedlam Theatre
- 13th Aug, 2017
In 2011, Charly Clive and Ellen Robertson were women without a mission.
Alasdair Beckett-King: The Alasdair Beckett-King Mysteries
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 2nd - 28th Aug 2017
The award-winning comedian Alasdair Beckett-King is legendary, in that there is little historical evidence he exists.
Sooz on Film
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly Med Quad
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2017
Love films? So, does Sooz Kempner (Musical Comedy Awards Best Newcomer, Funny Women Variety Award winner) in a brand-new stand-up show about how great movies can change your entire…
All the King’s Men
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C
- 2nd - 22nd Aug 2017
Returning to Edinburgh for a 7th year, All The King’s Men are the voices that are defining a genre.
A Common Man: The Bridge That Tom Built
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C royale
- 15th Aug, 2017
Victor Hugo once said “You can resist an invading army; you cannot resist an idea whose time has come.
Fringe Film Festival
- Listing Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C royale
- 31st Jul - 28th Aug 2017
Returning for its 12th season, this critically acclaimed curated programme showcases silver screen shorts and contemporary filmmakers all day, every day.
King Jack Queen
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- 84 Great Bridgewater St
- 7th - 8th Jul 2017
A site specific, immersive play invites the audience into Danni’s student flat for pre-drinks and Ring of Fire with her best friend, Jack.
King of the Fringe: Best Of
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Latest Music Bar
- 26th May 2017
Join us for some drag king cabaret by the seaside as we celebrate the bois from previous King of the Fringe competitions.
Jonny Awsum: Honey I Promised The Kid
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 25th May 2017
A comedic whirlwind, Jonny has a feel-good brand of musical comedy.
Sooz Kempner: Sooz on Film
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Lamb @ Nowhere Man
- 18th - 20th May 2017
Cinephile comedian Sooz (Funny Women Variety Award winner) really wants to win an Oscar and in this brand new stand-up show for movie fans, she’ll make the case for how she can.
The Alasdair Beckett-King Mysteries
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 18th - 20th May 2017
Alasdair Beckett-King is a legendary comedian, in that there is little historical evidence he exists.
Bom-Bane's Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton & Other Shows
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Bom-Bane’s Music Cafe
- 18th May - 3rd Jun 2017
An original musical & gastromonical journey from the 5th Century settlement of Boerthlelm’s Tun to Brighton in 1795, with affectionate portraits of the colourful inhabitants of 24 …
Soundscape: Brighton Film Quartet
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 14th May 2017
Soundscape – a concert of sheer escapism with this extraordinary piano quartet.
Refugee Film Festival
- Listing Film
- Brighton Fringe
- Room G7 - Pavilion Parade
- 12th - 26th May 2017
Art projections, feature films, documentaries and accompanying talks including film-makers exploring the experiences of refugees.
Kevin, King of Egypt
- Listing Spoken Word
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Studio
- 11th - 12th May 2017
Escaped psychiatric patient Kevin Haggerty is not pleased about his diagnosis, even less pleased about being on a section of the Mental Health Act and distinctly upset about being …
Luisa Omielan. The INTERLUDE..Politics for Bitches / What Would Mary Magdalene Do?!
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Caroline of Brunswick
- 10th - 17th May 2017
A work in progress from Luisa Omielan.
BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Studio 3
- 8th - 9th May 2017
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
The Life & Death of Puppet King Richard II
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lou Rogers
- Brighton Fringe
- ONCA
- 15th May, 2017
This is Richard II as you’ve never seen him before, in a purple shell-suit wielding power over his puppet kingdom with subjects that range from beautiful two foot high hand carve…
The Shoreditch Improv Festival Sunday Funday Shows
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Water Poet
- 19th Feb 2017
3pm-4pm The first show of the day will feature about as wide a variety of improvisation styles as one could ask for, with three groups that could not be more different from each o…
The Lion King
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Lyceum Theatre
- 17th Feb 2017 - 19th Oct 2024
Set against the majesty of the Serengeti Plains to the evocative rhythms of Africa, this spectacular production explodes with glorious colours, stunning effects and enchanting musi…
Future Film Night
- Listing Film
- London Fringe
- The Albany
- 7th Oct 2016
Explore the future on the silver screen with a night of short films from Hothouse artists and guest filmmakers.
Rab's Videogame Empty - Presented by Glasgow Film Festival
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 27th Aug 2016
Rab’s Videogame Empty is coming to Edinburgh! Come and join Rab Florence for a night of videogame weirdness, music, and entertainment.
Nightpiece Film Festival
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 27th Aug 2016
Like independent film? Support Nightpiece.
Luisa Omielan – What Would Beyoncé Do?!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150 at EICC
- 26th Aug 2016
Luisa Omielan, Queen B of comedy is back for one weekend only.
King Creosote
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Queen’s Hall
- 25th Aug 2016
Fife’s Kenny Anderson, aka King Creosote, has become one of Scotland’s most acclaimed and prolific singer-songwriters: a squeezebox Casanova and a seafaring pop heart-breaker who…
Presentation of the Film Documentation of Jerzy Grotowski's The Constant Prince
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 24th Aug 2016
Carla Pollastrelli will carry the public through an outline of Jerzy Grotowski’s creative biography with a specific focus on the theatrical phase he carried out between 1959 and …
Presentation of the Film Documentation of Jerzy Grotowski's The Constant Prince
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Rose Bruford @ Upper Church, Summerhall
- 24th Aug 2016
Carla Pollastrelli will carry the public through an outline of Jerzy Grotowski’s creative biography with a specific focus on the theatrical phase he carried out between 1959 and …
Presentation of the Film Documentation of Jerzy Grotowski's Akropolis
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 23rd Aug 2016
In this encounter, Carla Pollastrelli, co-director of Fondazione Pontedera Teatro from 1993 to 2012, will introduce and present the video documentation of Akropolis, an outstanding…
Presentation of the Film Documentation of Jerzy Grotowski's Akropolis
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Rose Bruford @ Upper Church, Summerhall
- 23rd Aug 2016
In this encounter, Carla Pollastrelli, co-director of Fondazione Pontedera Teatro from 1993 to 2012, will introduce and present the video documentation of Akropolis, an outstanding…
King John
- Review
- ★★★
- Simon Fearn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 24th Aug, 2016
Performed by a company of young actors, this is a credible adaptation of Shakespeare’s rarely performed King John that revels in the high stakes of its historical narrative.
Nightpiece Film Festival
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 22nd - 23rd Aug 2016
Like independent film? Support Nightpiece.
If I Googled You, What Would I Find?
- Review
- ★★★★
- William Heraghty
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Stand in the Square
- 25th Aug, 2016
It’s a troubling question and most of us probably don’t know the answer.
Jack Lukeman: King of Soho and Other Stories
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ St Bride’s
- 20th Aug 2016
One of Ireland’s most respected, best-loved singers, this renowned international entertainer, ‘a mixture of all the great voices of the 20th century’ (Guardian), has few peers for …
Dr Alasdair Raffe Presents James VII: A Misunderstood King?
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- University of Edinburgh Medical School, Teviot Place
- 19th Aug 2016
James VII (reigned 1685-8), Scotland’s last Catholic king, was overthrown by his son-in-law William of Orange in the revolution of 1688-9.
Nightpiece Film Festival
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 19th - 20th Aug 2016
Like independent film? Support Nightpiece.
Jack Lukeman: King of Soho and Other Stories
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ St Bride’s
- 18th - 19th Aug 2016
One of Ireland’s most respected, best-loved singers, this renowned international entertainer, ‘a mixture of all the great voices of the 20th century’ (Guardian), has few peers for …
Simon Lukacs Shows His Range
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Southside Social
- 15th - 23rd Aug 2016
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
Nosferatu (1922): Silent Film with Live Music
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 13th - 20th Aug 2016
Two late night showings of Murnau’s classic 1922 German expressionist film Nosferatu – A Symphony of Horror, with live music provided by the ensemble Gladstone’s Bag.
Daniel Sloss: So? (Late Shows)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150 at EICC
- 12th - 27th Aug 2016
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
Cradle King
- Review
- ★★
- Joshua Clarke
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Storytelling Centre
- 17th Aug, 2016
In this one-performer play by writer Donald Smith, actor Robin Thomson plays King James – at once James VI of Scotland and James I of England.
Billy the Kid
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 12th - 26th Aug 2016
Cinema screening of live performance.
Mason King – Mind Control
- Review
- ★★★
- Ellie Coote
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 11th Aug, 2016
Mason King’s Mind Control mixes card tricks, deception and mind-reading into just under an hour of delving into the human psyche.
Rory O'Hanlon – You Are Where You Need to Be
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Opium
- 15th Aug, 2016
The show’s stated theme is a philosophical discussion of how we end up where we end up, In actual fact this thread isn’t really followed up.
EIFF Short Film Challenge
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Filmhouse
- 6th Aug 2016
EIFF Short Film Challenge is a free celebration of new and emerging filmmakers from across Scotland through a screening of short films made especially for this competition.
Not the Horse
- Review
- ★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 13th Aug, 2016
Almost twenty years ago, Guy Ritchie changed the landscape of British cinema with his love letter to the charismatic psychopaths of the East End underbelly Lock, Stock and Two Smok…
The Master and Margarita
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- ZOO at St Cuthbert’s
- 14th Aug, 2016
There’s a certain size and scale that one gets used to at the Fringe.
The Suitcase Kid
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on Niddry St
- 5th - 13th Aug 2016
Jacqueline Wilson’s bestseller is brought to life with puppetry and song by a large cast.
The Life and Times of Lionel
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 12th Aug, 2016
New work is at the heart of the Fringe experience; new work by new companies all the more so.
The Suitcase Kid
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on Niddry St
- 5th - 13th Aug 2016
Jacqueline Wilson’s bestseller is brought to life with puppetry and song by a large cast.
Ros & Guil R Dead
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 13th Aug, 2016
When deciding on a show to bring to the Fringe, you have two main choices: one, a piece of new writing - exciting and impactful but harder to market - or two, a take on a classic -…
Comedians Film Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Vintage Mobile Cinema
- 5th - 28th Aug 2016
Our favourite comedians present their favourite films.
Two Kittens & A Kid (A Gay Man Raising His Inner Diva)
- Review
- ★★★
- Gillian Bain
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 7th Aug, 2016
Racial identity, puberty, sexuality and childhood trauma may not seem like the ideal topics for a one man camp cabaret, but here in Edinburgh anything is possible.
Greater Belfast
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Traverse Theatre
- 10th Aug, 2016
The gamut of performers at Fringe brings with it a spectrum of experience; from shiny new student companies, powering forward on naive enthusiasm and off-brand energy drinks, to ve…
Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows
- Review
- ★★★★★
- William Heraghty
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 8th Aug, 2016
Ding dong, the witch isn’t dead! And this time it’s definitely cause for celebration! After her previous success as an ‘international cabaret superstar’ Maggie is back in b…
Shaken Not Stirred: The Improvised James Bond Film
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
After a blockbuster 2015, Alexander Fox and Dom O’Keefe are back with a bang.
Tim Renkow: King of the Tramps
- Review
- ★★★
- Ryan O’Connor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ The Hive
- 18th Aug, 2016
Tim Renkow has a handy tip for anyone who feels uncomfortable around him as a result of his cerebral palsy.
Bob Slayer: 24 Hour Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus
- 4th - 29th Aug 2016
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
WWE Hall of Famer Hacksaw Jim Duggan’s 2x4 Tour One-Man Comedy Show
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 11th Aug, 2016
Just one glance at this year’s stuffed-to-bursting wedge of a programme is enough to see that there are bewildering array of performance disciplines represented at this year’s …
lara A king: Not Broken, Just Bent
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at the Counting House
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2016
My name is Lara and I broke the law.
All the King’s Men: The 11 Tour
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C scala
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2016
Fresh from London, Boston, New York performances, returning to Edinburgh for a sixth year.
Michael Morpurgo's King Arthur
- Review
- ★★★★
- James Beagon
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at the Museum
- 9th Aug, 2016
Story Pocket Theatre bring Michael Morpurgo’s novel about King Arthur to life with a solid and enjoyable production.
Boris: World King
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom Moyser
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 16th Aug, 2016
A lot has happened to Boris Johnson since Boris: World King’s runaway success at last year’s Fringe.
Boris & Sergey: Preposterous Improvisation Experiment
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Theatre
- 10th Aug, 2016
Improv comedy is a tricky beast - when it’s good, it’s very, very good; when it’s bad, it’s pointless.
Joe Stilgoe: Songs on Film
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2016
Sell-out hit returns! Singer, pianist and entertainer Joe Stilgoe pays tribute to much-loved movies.
Tatterdermalion
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Theatre
- 19th Aug, 2016
Puppet pioneers Flabbergast Theatre have made an interesting move this year, establishing their own dedicated performance space, The Omnitorium, within the confines of Assembly Ge…
Brendon Burns and Colt Cabana Do Comedy and Commentary to Bad Wrestling Matches!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 22nd Aug, 2016
I’m sure we’re all used to growing the Fringe brochure and seeing shows with enigmatic titles which tell you nothing about the eventual content.
Fringe Film Festival
- Listing Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C nova
- 1st - 29th Aug 2016
Returning for its 12th season, the critically acclaimed curated programme showcases silver screen shorts and contemporary filmmakers all day, every day.
Go Get 'em Kid
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh
- North Edinburgh Arts Centre
- 1st - 4th Jun 2016
A funny and high-energy dance duet about friendship and sharing.
The Alasdair Beckett-King Mysteries
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 27th - 28th May 2016
Alasdair Beckett-King - “One to Watch” (Time Out) - is a legendary comedian, in that there is little historical evidence he exists.
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical NEW YORK
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Broadway
- Stephen Sondheim Theatre
- 24th May 2016 - 12th Mar 2017
She fought her way into the record business as a teenager and, by the time she reached her twenties, had the husband of her dreams and a flourishing career writing hits for the big…
StrEAT Film
- Listing Film
- Brighton Fringe
- Emporium Theatre
- 23rd May 2016
A screening of Satyajit Ray’s 1963 classic ‘The Big City,’ accompanied by Indian street food.
Would Like To Meet
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lois Zoppi
- Brighton Fringe
- Latest Music Bar
- 27th May, 2016
Would Like to Meet presents an hour of real life dating stories brought into being by the melodramatic Ally, who is desperate to find love and get married; Liz who has grown bore…
The King and I NEW YORK
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Broadway
- Lincoln Center-Vivian Beaumont
- 21st May - 4th Sep 2016
Winner! 4 Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical! Tony Award® winner Kelli O’Hara (The Light in the Piazza, South Pacific) and Jose Llana (Here Lies Love) star in a magni…
King of the Fringe
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Marlborough Theatre
- 12th May 2016
Brighton’s only drag king competition is back! It’s time for bois to become men as they battle it out to win the crown (and 100 quid)! Expect a night of bulging biceps, protruding …
Hetty the King (and Other Women I Have Loved)
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Studio 2
- 8th - 24th May 2016
A show inspired by Hetty King (an emblematic, early 20th century drag king), which embraces the possibility of women making connections across stages, in time.
Hetty the King (and Other Women I have Loved)
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton
- The Warren
- 8th - 24th May 2016
A show inspired by Hetty King (an emblematic early 20th-century drag king), which embraces the possibility of women making connections across stages, in time.
Iris Prize Film Festival/Love Bites
- Listing Film
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 6th May - 4th Jun 2016
Award-winning short films from the internationally acclaimed ‘Iris Prize Film Festival’: a collection of the winners and runners-up from the 2015 prize.
'Would You Rather?' mobile gameshow
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- SpiegelPub
- 6th May - 4th Jun 2016
With a sparkle of one-of-a-kind outlandish glamour, the Dilemma girls host this unique walk-about performance, inviting you to take part in the mobile game show ‘Would You Rather?’…
King Lear
- Review
- ★★★
- Lou Rogers
- Brighton
- Theatre Royal Brighton
- 6th May, 2016
This is the second time Michael Pennington has donned the crown of Lear and this time it’s a Lear clearly made for a 21st Century audience; cut down and pacey.
Locusts Have No King
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- Intar Theater
- 31st Mar 2016
A love-triangle comedy with a supernatural streak, this excellently cast new play by J.
King of the Fringe: Heat Two
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton
- The Marlborough Pub & Theatre
- 11th Mar 2016
Brighton’s only drag king competition is back and tougher than ever! It’s time for bois to become men as they battle it out over three heats to make their way to the final.
King and Country: Shakespeares Great Cycle of Kings
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- BAM Harvey Theater
- 2nd Mar 2016
(performances begin on Thursday) It’s a royal spring at the Brooklyn Academy of Music when the Royal Shakespeare Company arrives with a quartet of celebrated productions: …
King Lear
- Review
- ★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh
- Pleasance Theatre
- 6th Mar, 2016
At the risk of sounding ageist, an immediate concern with any student theatre company taking on Shakespeare’s tragedy of tragedies, King Lear, is that it is in many respects a …
Good King Richard
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Drayton Arms
- 1st - 12th Mar 2016
Drawing on contemporary sources, unsullied by Tudor propaganda, ‘Good King Richard’ dramatises for the very first time, the true events which propelled Richard III onto the thr…
Would Like To Meet
- Review
- ★★★★
- Nicholas Abrams
- UK Regional & Tours
- Rialto Theatre
- 13th Feb, 2016
A show aimed squarely at the date-night crowd that’s silly and fun, providing its mainly female audience with plenty of laughs in this charming production.
King Charles III
- Review
- ★★★★
- Julia French
- UK Regional & Tours
- Theatre Royal Brighton
- 11th Feb, 2016
Mike Bartlett’s beautifully worded imagining of a constitutional crisis without a constitution invites us to witness the starkness of the Royal Family stripped bare whilst presen…
Valentines Shows
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- Littlefield / Magnet Theater / The Stand
- 9th - 14th Feb 2016
Valentine’s Day may have a cheesy reputation, but the heart-filled holiday has inspired plenty of great live comedy for devoted couples, optimistic daters and determinedly si…
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Aldwych Theatre
- 5th Jan 2016 - 4th Nov 2017
Carole King, the chart-topping music legend, was an ordinary girl with an extraordinary talent.
Heres What I Would Say with Jenn & Jay: New Years Eve Spectacular
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- Peoples Improv Theater
- 31st Dec 2015 - 31st Dec 2016
To ring in the new year, Jenn Welch and Jay Malsky host this “evening of comedy, song and unsolicited advice,” featuring live performances, a dance party, prizes and an…
Sally Gross, Kenneth King and Sally Silvers
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- USA Regional & Tours
- University Settlement, Speyer Hall
- 1st Nov 2015
The Construction Company, a 45-year-old arts organization, presents an evening of new and revivified works by the veteran choreographers Sally Silvers and Kenneth King, as well as …
King Charles III
- Listing Theatre
- Broadway
- Music Box Theater
- 1st Oct 2015
(previews start on Saturday; opens on Nov.
Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- Cherry Lane Theater
- 1st Oct 2015
Mr.
Nightpiece Film Festival
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 27th - 29th Aug 2015
Like independent film? You’ll love Nightpiece.
Joe Stilgoe: Songs on Film – The Sequel
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 26th - 30th Aug 2015
Back by popular demand, Songs on Film – The Sequel sees pianist, singer, songwriter and film nerd Joe Stilgoe pay tribute to 100 years of music that aided and abetted the legenda…
Live Score to Buster Keaton's Film The Navigator
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 17th - 21st Aug 2015
Multi award-winning guitarist and composer Graeme Stephen presents his new score to accompany a screening of the classic Buster Keaton film The Navigator.
The King of Monte Cristo
- Review
- ★★★
- J W Close
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 22nd Aug, 2015
The best humour is the kind which refers to shared experiences Luckily, The King of Monte Cristo picks up on the stereotypes and personalities familiar to anyone who’s worked in …
Film in the Old College Quad – Free Family Films
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Old College Quad
- 15th - 16th Aug 2015
Free morning films for the whole family.
EIFF Short Film Challenge
- Listing Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Filmhouse
- 15th Aug 2015
EIFF Short Film Challenge is back for its second year! We will be screening the 10 best short films from around Scotland submitted to us by up-and-coming filmmakers.
Nightpiece Film Festival
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Venue45
- 14th - 15th Aug 2015
Like independent film? You’ll love Nightpiece.
Daniel Sloss: Dark: Extra Shows!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150@EICC
- 14th - 29th Aug 2015
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
King Lear with Sheep
- Review
- ★★★
- Laura Cress
- London Fringe
- The Courtyard
- 14th Aug, 2015
The bard gets replaced by the baaard in Missouri Williams’ eccentric production King Lear With Sheep at The Courtyard Theatre.
Film in the Old College Quad
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Old College Quad
- 12th - 16th Aug 2015
Outdoor cinema returns to the Fringe with a season of classic films in the iconic Old College Quad.
The Secret Life of Suitcases
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Storytelling Centre
- 22nd Aug, 2015
There are some shows that you just get a good feeling about from the moment you step into the theatre.
Harry Baker – The Sunshine Kid
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lettie Mckie
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Banshee Labyrinth
- 17th Aug, 2015
Harry Baker is a young middle-class blonde rapper-turned-poet.
Dean Martin and Friends (Christmas Special)
- Review
- ★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 20th Aug, 2015
The Fringe is a place for new discoveries – the freshest, young talent rubbing shoulders with the world’s best at their craft.
What I Learned From Johnny Bevan
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 22nd Aug, 2015
It’s easy to get lulled by the constant flow of shows at the Fringe, to give in the mid-afternoon slump and the heavy-eyed semi-slumber.
Fairly Tales
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 21st Aug, 2015
This play tells the story of Benji and Alf, next-door neighbours becoming best friends, bonded by their love of the titular ‘Fairly Tales’.
The Star Rover
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Spotlites
- 15th Aug, 2015
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.
What Would Spock Do?
- Review
- ★★★
- Oliver Lennard
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 11th Aug, 2015
What Would Spock Do? is a well-packaged and lovingly-written show held back from greatness only by a loss of potential emotional depth.
I Would: A Hypothetical Sketch Show
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jessica Sydney-Leigh
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 1st Sep, 2015
This sketch show offers an hour of clean-cut and well-rehearsed comedy.
The Underbelly Radio Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly Med Quad
- 5th - 28th Aug 2015
FUBAR Radio and Underbelly present The Underbelly Radio Shows recorded live from 12:30pm each day at Ermintrude, Underbelly hosts a series of live radio broadcasts brought to you b…
All the King's Men Photo Exhibition
- Listing Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 5th - 31st Aug 2015
A series of personal portraits of extraordinary men.
Boris: World King
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Rory Mackenzie
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 13th Aug, 2015
Boris: World King is a giddy, silly and savagely satirical delight.
Bat-Fan
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 17th Aug, 2015
When boredom threatens at the Fringe, a hero will rise.
The Glorious Damnation of Eddie Small
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Bedlam Theatre
- 19th Aug, 2015
The legend of Faustus, the man who sold his soul for knowledge, wealth and power is one which has been in the public consciousness for over 500 years.
Lydia King: A Date with Density
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly Med Quad
- 5th - 31st Aug 2015
If at first you don’t succeed, try online dating.
All the King's Men presents: Radio Gaga
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Dan Parker
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C
- 13th Aug, 2015
Collegiate a cappella has become a major trend in recent years at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Fringe Film Festival
- Review
- ★★★
- Stuart Mckenzie
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C nova
- 22nd Aug, 2015
C’s Fringe Film Festival is a smorgasbord of productions shuffled neatly into one come-and-go styled theatre.
King Henry V
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Union Theatre
- 7th - 18th Jul 2015
An all-new, all-female production of Shakespeare’s war play, King Henry V follows Henry and her band of brothers as they face the challenges of life on the front line, exploring …
King Liz
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- McGinn/Cazale Theater
- 1st Jul 2015
(previews start on July 13; opens on July 27) The career of a sport agent is a high-testosterone avocation, but Liz Rico does it a as well or much better than her male colleagues.
Shows for Days
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Lincoln Center
- 31st May 2015
(previews start on Saturday; opens on June 29) Having just brought us Moss Hart’s entrancing “Act One,” Lincoln Center offers another piece of showbiz reminiscenc…
The Fool and The King Workshop
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- 10 Steine St
- 17th May 2015
Through movement and play participants will identify their own Fools and Kings to explore the beautiful, ridiculous and poignant conflict of this unlikely alliance.
The Improverts - Exam Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh
- Teviot Debating Hall, Teviot Row House
- 14th - 15th May 2015
The Improverts are back for two Exam Specials in the Teviot Debating Hall! A different combination of players will take to the stage each night for a round of high-class, high-ener…
Brighton Film Quartet
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 12th May 2015
Top musicians and beautiful compositions.
King of the Fringe
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Marlborough Theatre
- 8th May 2015
Drag Queens are over and the boys are back in town! Strap on a strap on, bang on a beard and join your hosts for the Drag King competition of the century! Be amazed by the figurati…
The Colin Hoult Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 7th - 25th May 2015
Star of ‘Derek’, ‘Being Human’ and ‘Carnival of Monsters’ returns to the Brighton Fringe with two entirely new shows: Sit on the Ledge and Jump Down to the Ground (7, 2…
Kernow King: Minority Rapport
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Studio
- 4th May 2015
Rebel armies, the pub darts team, political parties, chaps who drive Audi TTs, religion, Cornwall, knitting clubs, men who wear crocs with socks.
Alonzo King Lines Ballet
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- USA Regional & Tours
- Joyce Theater
- 30th Apr 2015
At first glance, Alonzo King and San Francisco make an unlikely pair.
British Sign Language Film Screening Fundraiser for The Deaf & Hearing Ensemble
- Listing Film
- London Fringe
- Genesis Cinema
- 7th Apr 2015
An accessible event featuring British Sign Language films alongside performances from members of the Deaf & Hearing Ensemble, as well as a creative auction, sign name booths and op…
The King and I
- Listing Theatre
- Broadway
- Vivian Beaumont Theater, Lincoln Center
- 1st Mar 2015
(previews start on March 12; opens on April 16) Fans of the midcentury musical are most likely whistling a happy tune as Lincoln Center revives this Rodgers and Hammerstein show fr…
The Improverts - London Shows
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Hen & Chickens Theatre Bar
- 9th - 10th Jan 2015
Always Different, Always Funny! After a sell out run at Edinburgh Fringe 14 and comedy residents during term time Edinburgh University, The Improverts are performing two shows in L…
Film Chinois
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- Beckett Theater at Theater Row
- 1st Jan 2015
(previews start on Jan.
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Broadway
- Stephen Sondheim Theater
- 22nd Dec 2014 - 22nd Dec 2015
This friendly, formulaic jukebox show about the New York-born singer-songwriter might as well be called “Brooklyn Girl,” so closely does it adhere to the template of th…
The King's Kilt
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Grace Knight
- Glasgow
- Oran Mor
- 2nd Mar, 2015
Rona Munro’s comedy drama, originally produced for Radio 4 in 2008, tells the story of a period in the life of Walter Scott when he was tasked with commissioning a kilt for King …
We’d Eat GM Meat: Would You?
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Stand in the Square
- 24th Aug 2014
Would you eat bacon from a lab designed pig? Is GM meat really a solution to future food shortages? Debates about genetically modifying our food raise many concerns.
Luisa Omielan: What Would Beyoncé Do?!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 23rd Aug 2014
Back for one night only.
Nightpiece Film Festival
- Review
- ★★
- Jenny Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 31st Aug, 2014
Nightpiece Film Festival is attempting to do something quite lovely.
Auditions for the New York Film Academy
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 18th - 19th Aug 2014
The New York Film Academy is auditioning students for the New York Film Academy’s BFA, AFA, MFA and Conservatory programs in Acting for Film and Musical Theatre.
Slavery on Film: They Are We
- Listing Film
- Edinburgh
- Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace
- 16th Aug 2014
Can a family separated by the transatlantic slave trade for 170 years sing and dance its way back together? The story of survival against the odds and how determination can triumph…
Slavery on Film: The Price of Memory
- Listing Film
- Edinburgh
- Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace
- 15th Aug 2014
The Price of Memory is a poetic documentary that explores the enduring legacy of slavery in Jamaica and the decades-long movement for slavery reparations.
King David's Wives
- Review
- ★★★
- J. A. Sutherland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Cuthbert’s Church
- 20th Aug, 2014
The Old Testament story of King David is quite a romp.
Careers in Film, the Digital Revolution and Crowd-Funding
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 15th - 17th Aug 2014
Blake Babbitt (383 Productions founder) is a producer and director based out of New York City.
King Creosote
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Queen’s Hall
- 15th Aug 2014
In January 2014, Mercury Music Award nominee Kenny Anderson (AKA King Creosote) completed his first ever film soundtrack for Virginia Heath’s poetic documentary, From Scotland With…
Slavery on Film: Tango Negro
- Listing Film
- Edinburgh
- Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace
- 14th Aug 2014
Angolan filmmaker Dom Pedro explores the contribution of African cultures to the creation of the tango.
Let It Fall (After King Lear)
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 12th - 23rd Aug 2014
Leah wants to rest, Goneril and Regan want to party, Cordelia’s off to France and matricide is in the air.
Harry the King
- Review
- ★★★
- Grace Knight
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo Southside
- 20th Aug, 2014
This is a solid performance of a classic play which, while it doesn’t amount to a re-telling in anything but the literal sense, does a creditable job of rendering the whole thing w…
King Ubu
- Review
- ★★★
- Aron Penczu
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C
- 19th Aug, 2014
King Ubu was performed only once in playwright Alfred Jarry’s life.
Niki King Quintet: The Songs of Duke Ellington
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Brunton
- 10th Aug 2014
King’s exciting new show pays tribute to the timeless songs and musical genius of one of the greatest jazz musicians and composers of the 20th century, Duke Ellington.
The Worm - An Underground Adventure
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 13th Aug, 2014
As anyone who’s ever dealt with a three-year-old can tell you, keeping their attention can be a Herculean task.
Daniel Sloss – Really...?! Extra Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150@EICC
- 8th - 23rd Aug 2014
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
Bloody Trams
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Traverse Theatre
- 11th Aug, 2014
I’ve often wondered how Edinburgh locals truly feel about the Fringe - is it a huge party or just a massive disruption? Given the wealth of subjects from around the world being d…
National Loaf
- Review
- ★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 8th Aug, 2014
There’s a sort of delicious irony to queuing for a show about rationing whilst watching one of the cast frantically stuffing their face with crisps.
Newton's Cauldron
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 7th Aug, 2014
Newton’s Cauldron is an unexpected gem, a brisk little piece which mixes storybook, history book and textbook deftly and amusingly.
Kid Box
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 1st - 24th Aug 2014
Starting with a childhood game, Kid explores the complex relationship between mother and child through simple lighting and sound design, extraordinary movement and unbelievable ima…
I Have an Idea for a Film
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 1st - 24th Aug 2014
Katy Schutte (Maydays, Who Ya Gonna Call) has an idea for a film that she would like to share with you.
The Man Who Would Be King
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Isla VT
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo
- 2nd Aug, 2014
Dawn State’s sharp, modern adaptation of Kipling’s classic novella could be deemed a classic in itself.
The Comedy Cow: Prime Cut
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outhouse
- 24th Aug, 2014
Free Fringe comedy can be a risky prospect but it can be a risk worth taking in service of finding a night worth seeing.
A Journey Round My Skull
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 13th Aug, 2014
Science-theatre is in vogue at the moment.
A Series of Increasingly Impossible Acts
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Northern Stage at King’s Hall
- 5th Aug, 2014
My first clue should have been the warmup.
Joe Stilgoe: Songs On Film
- Review
- ★★★★
- Gordon Noele
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 8th Aug, 2014
Joe Stilgoe and his excellent band create a wonderful atmosphere with their musical stylings, charming personalities, and atmospheric lighting.
Danny Bhoy: 12 Nights, 12 Charities
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Assembly Rooms
- 7th Aug, 2014
There’s a particular pleasure in seeing someone do their job incredibly well.
Kraken
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 12th Aug, 2014
Billed as ‘Comedy (mime, physical theatre)’ I was a little unsure about what to expect from Kraken, but whatever it was that I had been expected was soon proven to be way out.
CineFringe Film Festival
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 31st Jul - 3rd Aug 2014
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.
Richard Herring: Lord of the Dance Settee
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Theatre
- 7th Aug, 2014
Lord of the Dance Settee marks Richard Herring’s 23rd Fringe show, an accumulated Edinburgh residency of just under two years; enough, as he himself points out, to make him mor…
King Arthur
- Review
- ★★★
- James Beagon
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C
- 31st Jul, 2014
Sometimes in this show, there’d come some songs like this.
Hollywood Film Fest
- Review
- ★★★
- Milo Boyd
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C nova
- 20th Aug, 2014
The Hollywood Film Festival is an improvised comedy/drama show taking the standard improvised format onto the silver screen.
Laika: A Space Dogyssey
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 7th Aug, 2014
One of the best things about the Fringe is the energy and ingenuity of the young companies performing here and these are both words that apply perfectly to Double Edge Drama, creat…
Anna Morris: Would Like to Thank
- Review
- ★★★★
- Gordon Noele
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 5th Aug, 2014
This is character comedy at its best.
Dan Jones: New Kid
- Review
- ★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 15th Aug, 2014
Dan Jones: New Kid is a character-based stand up show in which Jones’ hopeless characters try desperately to entertain and showcase their talents.
The Twins Macabre: Small Mediums at Large
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 7th Aug, 2014
As Ethel Merman famously sang in Gypsy, ‘you gotta get a gimmick if you want to get ahead’.
David O'Doherty Has Checked Everything
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Theatre
- 12th Aug, 2014
David O’Doherty is one of those rare stand-ups who is a familiar face without being plastered everywhere, who is successful without being packaged.
BEASTS: Solo
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 7th Aug, 2014
In themselves the Beasts’ sketch personas are fairly standard; the nutcase, the buffoon and the straight man.
Potted Sherlock
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 13th Aug, 2014
Edinburgh stalwarts Dan and Jeff are back for another energetic hour and, following Potted Potter, Potted Pirates and Potted Panto, it’s the turn of Baker Street’s own Sherlock…
Mark Grist & MC Mixy: Dead Poets' Death Match
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 13th Aug, 2014
Standing centre stage in a dress and a dodgy blonde wig, Mark Grist jokes that this is what two guys with Arts Council funding really look like.
Rachel Parris: Live in Vegas
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 7th Aug, 2014
It’s heartening to see a deserving standup successfully transfer from the Free Fringe to the larger potential audience of the mega-venues.
Fringe Film Festival
- Listing Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C nova
- 28th Jul - 25th Aug 2014
Returning for its tenth season, the critically acclaimed curated programme showcases silver screen shorts and contemporary filmmakers all day, everyday.
King Kirby
- Review
- ★★★★
- Amanda Miller
- Off Off Broadway
- The Brick
- 29th Jun, 2014
As the audience takes their seats, they see a man hunched over an easel, drawing pictures on a large sheet of paper with feverish intensity.
King Kirby
- Listing Theatre
- Off Off Broadway
- Brick Theater
- 1st Jun 2014
Crystal Skillman and Fred Van Lente, the husband-and-wife playwrights behind this supple production about the towering comic book artist Jack Kirby, deftly compressing much informa…
King of the Fringe
- Review
- ★★★
- Anna Pitts
- Brighton Fringe
- St James’s Street Pop Up
- 2nd Jun, 2014
Having never been to a Drag King pageant before I was not entirely sure what to expect from King of the Fringe.
Children's Shows and Workshops
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Academy of Creative Training / The Old Market
- 31st May - 1st Jun 2014
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
King & Country World War 1 Opera
- Review
- ★★★★
- Duncan Grindall
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Unitarian Church
- 29th May, 2014
The King and Country World War I Opera is a show presented in a rather strange format at the Brighton Fringe Festival.
The Greatest Shows on Earth
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 17th May 2014
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
King Porter Stomp + Kings Mews
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Green Door Store
- 16th May 2014
Energetic, dynamic and refreshingly unique, King Porter Stomp celebrate the release of their new single ‘pocketfulofrocketfuel’ with an intimate and very special performance.
What would Beyonce do?
- Review
- ★★★
- Anna Gross
- Brighton Fringe
- Southbank Centre Pop-up Festival Area
- 28th May, 2012
A stand up comedy show with a unique twist.
The Colin Hoult Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Burrow at The Warren
- 5th - 25th May 2014
Master character comedian and star of ‘Derek’ and ‘Being Human’ performs all his critically acclaimed, sell-out, weirdly wonderful comedy shows, fresh from his hit Radio 4 series.
BABY/LON
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- London Fringe
- Hackney Downs Studios
- 21st Apr, 2014
‘BABY/LON’, the second work by Hackney-based theatre company The Big House, is a big story; one of homelessness, violence, motherhood on the lowest rungs of society and the strug…
King Lear
- Review
- ★★★
- Abigail Lewis
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Polonsky Shakespeare Center
- 13th Aug, 2012
Act One is a company full of high quality actors, all of whom were captivating to watch.
King Lear
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- Polonsky Shakespeare Center
- 1st Mar 2014
In Arin Arbus’s thoughtful and affecting production, Shakespeare’s most daunting play lowers its voice, the better to be heard more clearly.
The Man Who Thought the Moon Would Fall Out of the Sky
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug 2013
A riotous evening of laughter, live music and a magical story that may or may not be true. A real-life fairy tale followed by a right old knees up.
CineFringe Film Festival 2013
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jack Powell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2013
CineFringe is a small affair, yet its efforts to fly the filmic flag at the Fringe are admirable.
Slap and Giggle: Recharged
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2013
Double act comedy is very difficult.
Who Runs the World?
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2013
For me, female acapella is really difficult to get right.
Murder, She Didn't Write
- Review
- ★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2013
There are two rules to improvised comedy: One, you’re only as strong as your weakest member and two, never, ever say no.
The Jive Aces - King of the Swingers Tour
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th - 13th Aug 2013
UK’s No.
Gavin Crawford - A Bummer Abroad
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2013
I have to admit, I was not convinced by Gavin Crawford to begin with.
All the King's Men - Knight Fever!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Justin McCarthy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2013
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…
All the King's Men Presents
- Review
- ★★★
- Ella Moran-Jones
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2013
Perhaps I’m experiencing a cappella fatigue, but the singers at this show did nothing to wow me particularly.
Slaves of the Kingdom
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2013
Slaves of the Kingdom is a new musical based around the Bible story of Moses and the Exodus and it’s one hell of an ambitious undertaking.
Dinner with the King of the Swingers
- Listing Music / Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th - 25th Aug 2013
Philip Contini and his Be Happy Band celebrate 20 years with our favourite numbers from Prima, Porter, Martin, Sinatra and Naples.
In the Pink - Fabulous Female a Cappella!
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2013
Kourtney Kardashian.
Daniel Sloss - Stand-Up (Extra Shows!)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th - 24th Aug 2013
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
A Play With Songs ... and Music and Film and Dance
- Review
- ★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2013
Playwrights’ Studio Scotland is an independent development organisation for playwrights, working with them across the country, including through its talent development programme.
King of the Swingers
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th - 26th Aug 2013
Philip and The Band celebrate 20 years (!) at the Fringe.
Alaska's King Island Christmas
- Review
- ★★
- Agnes Chambre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2013
Straight from Alaska comes a new piece of musical theatre from a 40-strong cast.
Danny the Champion of the World - Plays for Children
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2013
When you’re looking for a kids’ show at the Fringe, there are a few names which ought to be a safe bet and, of these, none more so than Roald Dahl.
BiDiNG TiME - Various Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th - 24th Aug 2013
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
Oh My Darling
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2013
Folk is a big deal at the moment, with bands such as Mumford and Sons bringing English traditional music to the stadium stage, while American artists such as Alison Krauss enjoy a …
Dick Lee's Swingtet featuring Ali Affleck
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2013
Picture, if you will, your idea of a swing band leader.
Christian Reilly: Songs of Praise
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2013
Christian Reilly is on a mission to save the world through music.
King Creosote
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lily Blacksell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 4th Aug, 2013
King Creosote is no stranger to Queen’s Hall.
The Horne Section Live in a Cow - Extra Shows
- Listing Comedy / Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2013
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
King Kong the Musical!
- Review
- ★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
It’s the 1930’s and a few years have passed since Carl Dunham, the fabled showman brought King Kong from the jungle to New York.
Adam Buxton: Kernel Panic
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2013
To a certain generation of British people, Adam Buxton is a bit of a legend.
The Tom Show: The Grand Tour
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2013
The story of the Fringe is a story of the periphery.
Fast Film Noir
- Review
- ★★★
- Melissa Lawford
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
Howard Hawks’ 1946 film The Big Sleep has been renovated and rewritten.
Sam Rose in the Shadows
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2013
In the right hands, theatre is an immensely powerful tool for taking large issues and bringing them down to a manageable level.
Luisa Omielan: What Would Beyoncé Do?!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 2nd - 11th Aug 2013
Phenomenal word of mouth smash-hit show is coming back to where it all started.
Superhero Snail Boy
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2013
I’m not a morning person at the best of times.
Jamie MacDowell and Tom Thum
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Warren: Main House
- 6th Aug, 2013
My favourite thing about the Edinburgh Fringe is the sheer concentration of talent in creates in the city, an array of people with skills that I can only dream of having.
Superbard: The Flood
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2013
Music, video, comedy and theatre? A physical performance and an eBook? Attempting to tackle the subject of the apocalypse? From reading the show description of ‘The Flood’, you…
Iain Stirling: At Home - Extra Shows
- Listing Comedy / Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 23rd Aug 2013
Having bought a house with his girlfriend the Edinburgh-born comic explores how a decision that comes from a place of love can lead to such fear and uncertainty.
Ellis & Rose: Big in Denmark
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2013
Watching Ellis and Rose in the dank damp of the Bunker gives a moment of odd synchronicity.
The Islanders
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2013
The Islanders tells the simple tale of a young Dorset couple, Amy and Eddie; the beginnings of their love, the slow disaster of their living together and the titanic struggle of or…
Esio Trot
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2013
Often high marks are awarded to those companies who create a new world in the theatre through their use of advanced set, puppetry, props or movement so it is good to sometimes be r…
The King and Queen of the Universe
- Review
- ★★★★
- Justin McCarthy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2013
A poignant adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s tale, The King and Queen of the Universe, produced by Slippers and Rum, tells a story of adulation and bereavement set in the depths of t…
Rich Hall's Hoedown
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2013
We see a lot of Rich Hall on panel shows these days: QI, Have I Got News For You?, Eight out of Ten Cats, Never Mind The Buzzcocks.
Rik n Mix
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2013
Rik n Mix is actually a showcase of three comedians combining their short sets to make an hour long show compered by Rik Carranza.
Micheline Sings Brel
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2013
It’s likely that, when you think of France at its coolest, there are certain figures who spring to mind –Francois Truffaut, Jean-Paul Satre, Brigitte Bardot.
Will Seaward: Socialist Fairytales!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin.
This Was the World and I Was King
- Review
- ★★★★
- Nicole Adam
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2013
The force and power of a child’s imagination against adversity has long been fodder for writers.
Knightmare Live
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Southbank Centre Pop-up Festival Area
- 7th Aug, 2013
I’m sure any fringe veteran worth their salt has had the experience of seeing a famous face from their childhood appearing out of an Edinburgh side-street to bring back a flood o…
Jay Foreman: No More Colours
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2013
Ensconced in an inflatable dome, in the children’s area of the Pleasance, bravely struggling through a voice ravaged by cold and flyering, Jay Foreman does not have an easy job o…
Sotho Sounds: Junk Funk
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2013
Sotho Sounds in the band’s current form is four men: cheerful front-man Khuti, guitarist Tankiso, string-player Josepha and frowning powerhouse percussionist Paseka.
Seann Walsh: The Lie-in King
- Review
- ★★★★
- James Macnamara
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2013
Though a wayward arachnid hanging from the ceiling threatened to steal Walsh’s show on the night I was there, his genuine reaction to it – ‘HOLY SHIT’ – turned into ten m…
Katie Goodman: I Didn't F*ck It Up
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2013
Katie Goodman absolutely delivers – a gutsy comedian with a satirical side and a fairly foul mouth.
My Brother the Robot
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2013
I often revisit companies and venues at the Fringe, simply because I know that their work works for me.
Pajama Men - Just the Two of Each of Us
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2013
Mime and physical theatre can be risky aspects of a comedy show.
Chris Dugdale - Magic and Mischief!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2013
The Fringe isn’t always the best place for magic.
Phill Jupitus and Deborah Frances-White: Voices in Your Head - The Phill Jupitus Experiment
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2013
The Phill Jupitus Experiment.
Fringe Film Festival
- Listing Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 29th Jul - 26th Aug 2013
Returning for its ninth season, critically acclaimed curated programme showcases silver screen shorts and contemporary filmmakers all day, every day.
Inconsiderate Aberrations of Billy the Kid
- Review
- ★★★
- Theo Barnes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2010
Billy the Kid eats his cereal to the sound of live punk rock and then shoots his mum for trying to make him go to school.
Death and the King's Horseman
- Review
- ★★★★
- John C Kennedy
- London Fringe
- 14th Apr, 2009
Set in Oyo, Nigeria in the middle of World War II, Wole Soyinkas Death and the Kings Horseman centres around the battle between British colonialist views and the local traditio…
Red Riding Hood and the Wolves
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2011
There’s been a bit of a pattern to Fringe children’s theatre over the past few years.
The Alchemystorium
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2011
I feel a little drained after seeing this show but in the best possible way.
That Old Noir Magic - A Film Noir Jazz Journey Into Night, in Story and Song
- Review
- ★★
- Laura Francis
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2012
As an avid fan of old noir movies, crooked cops, and general hard-boiled quick witted cynicism, needless to say I was looking forward to this show.
Joe Bor: In Search of the Six Pack
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2011
Joe Bor stands out by sheer force of personality.
Andrew and the Pony
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- Camden Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
‘Andrew and the Pony’ is, oddly enough, the story of how performer Andrew Bridges has always, since early childhood, desperately wanted a pony and of all the bizarre situations…
Humphrey Ker is Dymock Watson: Nazi Smasher!
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2011
Right, listen here.
What Would Helen Mirren Do?
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Jessica Lambert
- London Fringe
- 2nd Mar, 2012
It’s unusual for a play to make you smile before you’ve even reached your seat.
The Big Bite-Size Breakfast /Matinee Shows
- Review
- ★★★★
- Pete Shaw
- Brighton Fringe
- 3rd May, 2009
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
Circus of the Orient
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2011
I haven’t been to the circus for a while and there’s a reason for that.
Daniel Sloss - Extra Shows!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Frankie Goodway
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2012
Daniel Sloss delivers a supposedly darker, meaner show in his later slot but most of his material is relatively clean, geared towards an audience who can laugh at him as well as wi…
Time for the Good Looking Boy
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2011
Five stars only go to a show that is to all intents perfect, that wakens something inside you and keeps you utterly captivated for an entire hour.
King Creosote
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom Moyser
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug, 2012
King Creosote’s iron-clad strengths are his songwriting - whimsical and understated - and his voice - fragile and melodic.
The Shakespeare Conspiracy
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- London Fringe
- 21st Nov, 2012
We live in the age of the cultural mash-up, of old names reimagined into new forms.
Grimaldi: King of the Clowns
- Review
- ★★
- Jock Maitland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2012
This piece, performed by students of Howard Payne University, tells the tragedy-laced story of Joseph Grimaldi, father of the modern day clown.
Brilliant Books for Kids
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2011
Everyone remembers storytime – that happy time at the end of the day when the hard work of colouring in and sticking bits of paper to other bits of paper could be safely put behi…
Brotherly Love - Free
- Review
- ★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 28th Aug, 2011
Barry and Ian are two estranged brothers in their late middle-age.
Evolution 2018: Fresh Faced Film Fest
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
Part of a four day festival of unique and inspiring work from young artists based in London.
The Birdies Film Festival
- Review
- ★★★
- Maria Prassinou
- FUSE International
- 20th Jul, 2014
The Birdies Film Festival at the Odeon in Kingston left everyone with a chippering sensation of delight.
Wee Andy
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2011
There’s a certain type of show that prompts a degree of fatigue in me.
Cu*ts
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2011
Few would argue that the Fringe isn’t all about showcasing up-and-coming talent.
A Christmas Carol
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- London Fringe
- 8th Dec, 2012
There’s a reason Charles Dickens’ stories endures in popularity.
Tim FitzHigham: Gambler
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2011
Tim FitzHigham is a true eccentric and a sucker for a challenge.
Squirrel Party
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2011
It’s a funny thing - children’s TV has changed a lot recently.
We Hope That You're Happy (Why Would We Lie?)
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jonathan
- London Fringe
- 7th Mar, 2012
Made in China’s We Hope You’re Happy (Why Would We Lie?) is a 50 minute snapshot of two lifelong friends, Jess and Chris, sharing a night in, while everyone else is out getting…
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jessica King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2007
I must confess to having felt more than a little embarrassed at turning up at a childrens show in the middle of the day; we had a heated debate in the queue on the way in as to w…
Dracula
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Jessica King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2007
This new adaptation of Dracula plays slightly with the order of the original; the voluptuous vampire orgies of Dracula’s castle take place in the second half as opposed to the firs…
This is an insult to Beckett and Fo
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jessica King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2007
Be prepared, the caption warns, to laugh and cry, probably at the same time! This is unfairly self-deprecating; I felt both shows were well-performed, with considerable ent…
ASBO! The Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Jessica King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2007
A stellar performance from an all-singing, all-dancing cast of miscreants and their formidable opponents from the local neighbourhood watch, Asbo: the Musical is the story of Darre…
Truant TV
- Review
- ★★★
- Jessica King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2007
Do you remember the days of yore? Of gum detentions, boredom pure? Deep in the Smirnoff Underbelly, a group of Scottish students are putting on a play in memory of those school day…
Sordid Lives
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jessica King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2007
Sordid Lives is the story of the overwhelming weirdness of small-town American life and the empowerment of its women, through the discovery of pink sequins and two-barrelled shotgu…
King Lear: The Pantomime
- Review
- ★★★★
- Alan Chorley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2008
Greshams have been performing at the Fringe for many years and have a history of approaching traditional works in a new way.
An Audience with the King
- Review
- ★★★
- Joanna Alpern
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 4th Aug, 2012
Andre King’s style is an endearing one.
All the King's Men - It's Reigning Men!
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Mark Gregory
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2012
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…
Confessions of a Mormon Boy
- Review
- ★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2011
I’ve a confession of my own to make; when I chose to review this show I thought it was something entirely different.
Steve Pretty's Perfect Mixtape
- Review
- ★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2011
Bad things shouldn’t happen to nice people.
Will You Hold My Hand?
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Tom King
- Camden Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2012
There’s something about the marriage of the arcane and the amusing, the faux Victoriana of shows like ‘Bleak Expectations’, that I always find enjoyable.
Fairy Liquid And The Burst Bubble ... And Other Science Shows
- Review
- ★★★★
- Kathryn Mack
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2009
Science Shows for Schools have take three of their popular science presentations for schools and turned them into a 50 minute production for children at the Zoo Aviary.
Revolting Rhymes
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2011
There’s basically no-one who doesn’t like Roald Dahl – he’s been a cornerstone of kids’ literature for 50 years and with good reason.
Take Desire Away by Mansel David
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- Camden Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2012
A one-man show about a spare British poet - a challenging prospect for a sweaty Sunday in a tiny black box theatre.
Too Cool To Care
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Camden Fringe
- 2nd Aug, 2013
There are many things that make for a successful comedian.
Would Like to Meet - Free
- Review
- ★★
- Anna Cory
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2012
Would Like to Meet highlights in its description its daily change of acts which apparently brings ‘fresh appeal’ to the show every day.
An Edam Odyssey
- Review
- ★★
- Tom King
- Camden Fringe
- 2nd Aug, 2013
Sketch comedy is, by its nature, a slightly hit-and-miss affair.
All the King's Men - Putting It Together Again
- Review
- ★★★★
- Emily Priestnall
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 30th Aug, 2011
One song short of a Spice Girls Tribute band, the boys from King’s have smashed another year at the Fringe.
Scales of the Unexpected
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Camden Fringe
- 1st Aug, 2012
Too often, fringe theatre can be overly serious and overly worthy.
One Man and His Masks - Boudicca: Britain's Dreaming
- Review
- ★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2011
British folklore is packed with some of the most iconic figures anywhere in the world.
Peter Pan - Learn to Fly
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2011
I’m upside down, the blood’s rushing to my head and I’m swinging madly like some sort of unwieldy pendulum.
Pretty When I'm Drunk
- Review
- ★
- Tom King
- Camden Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2012
Structuring a review is basically fairly straightforward.
Palimpsest One
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- Camden Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2012
Palimpsest One is a bit of an odd beast.
Pistol & Jack – Smash.Glam.Sex.Music.
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2011
Character comedy is one of the most difficult types to do well.
Pete Firman: Jiggery Pokery
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2011
In a Fringe increasingly dominated by comedy it can be difficult for stand-ups to stand out.
The Red Bus Puppet Shows
- Review
- ★★★
- Kai Sedgwick
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2012
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
The King's Got Donkey's Ears!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ian Billings
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2011
In the perfect setting of the Scottish Storytelling Centre, sixty or so children of varying ages and sizes sat enraptured by the accomplished storytelling and puppetry of the Theat…
Mr Benn: The Extraordinary Adventures of an Ordinary Man
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2011
The things we love as children stay with us forever.
Nick Hodder: Insert Comedy Here!
- Review
- ★★
- Tom King
- Camden Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2012
The Camden Fringe is home to many different types of performer; opera singers, musicians, burlesque dancers and poets.
Much Ado About Nothing
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Tom King
- Camden Fringe
- 7th Sep, 2012
Sat atop a hill in Highgate town, beneath the clouds but throned over London’s starry spread sits a gem of Fringe theatre and a pleasure unrestrained.
King of Scotland
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2011
One-man fringe shows tend towards extremes.
Matt Tiller's Musical Messaround
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- Camden Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2012
Few talents serve a stand-up better than audience rapport and I’m happy to say that Matt Tiller has it in spades.
It's A Puppet Life
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Camden Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2012
On its face, ‘It’s a Puppet Life’ seems like a fairly straightforward concept.
The Phoenix: A Failure On a Mission
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2011
Tania Edwards is a strange sort of stand-up for the Fringe.
Dan Nightingale: The 11 and a 1/2 Ill-conceived Edinburgh Shows of Dan Nightingale
- Review
- ★★★★
- Wayne Cleworth
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2012
A show about shows is not the most original idea there has ever been but Dan Nightingale’s ‘what might have been?’ take on performing in this year’s Edinburgh Fringe provid…
All the King's Men - Picking Up the Pieces
- Review
- ★★★
- Amy Crothers
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2010
Making their Fringe debut under a year since their foundation, All the Kings Men is comprised of twelve charming, charismatic, but, unfortunately, not musically satisfying chaps …
Full Stage Splash: A Comic Look at the Comic Book
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- Camden Fringe
- 28th Aug, 2012
This summer’s clutch of blockbuster popcorn-bait has been dominated by the four colour heroes of the comic book.
Bridget Christie - The Court Of King Charles
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom Powell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2007
You might think that a visual gag involving a woman with hair not dissimilar to that of King Charles II, dressed up as King Charles II might get old after a time.
The Madness of King Lear
- Review
- ★
- Tom Moyser
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2012
Were I a paying customer in the audience of The Madness of King Lear, I would have walked out when Lear - Leofric Kingford-Smith – began his imitation of Rammstein using Shakespe…
Phoenix
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Tom King
- London Fringe
- 30th Nov, 2013
As a rule, I’m not always the biggest fan of ‘issue’ theatre.
Lara A King - People Pleaser
- Review
- ★★★★
- Alasdair Richardson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2012
Lara A.
The Cagebirds
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2011
We all live our lives within walls.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Part II
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- London Fringe
- 5th Apr, 2012
Taking up the action with Kate’s harassment by the rakish Sir Mulberry Hawk and Nicholas and Smike’s return to London, this second half of Space Productions’ revival of the R…
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Five outstanding EdFringe shows scoop a Broadway Baby Bobby in 2023
- Feature
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug, 2023
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
Dominique Salerno - I'm what would happen if Jack Black and Tina Fey had a baby.
- Feature
- James Macfarlane
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Jul, 2023
James Macfarlane chats with Dominique Salerno about her debut Fringe show The Box Show, the relationship between creativity and constraint and just what she gets up to in that box.
4 Family Friendly Shows in Brighton This Half Term
- Feature
- Elanor Parker
- Brighton
- 16th Feb, 2019
Ditch the messy arts and crafts this half-term and entertain your little darlings with the best live family friendly performances Brighton and Hove have to offer instead.
5 Brighton Shows To Entertain You This Christmas
- Feature
- Elanor Parker
- Brighton
- 11th Dec, 2018
It’s the most wonderful time of the year (apart from Brighton Fringe, of course) and there are plenty of delightful performances to entertain you this winter.
5 Brighton HorrorFest Shows To Sink Your Teeth Into This October
- Feature
- Elanor Parker
- Brighton
- 17th Oct, 2018
Welcome to our top 5 picks from the third year of Brighton HorrorFest, the spooktacular celebration from Sweet of all things that go bump in the night.
Black Friday Deals on West End Shows
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- West End
- 23rd Nov, 2017
All this week we've got some fantastic offers on your favourite West End shows. Check back daily for the latest offers.
The King And I - On Sale Now
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- West End
- 17th Nov, 2017
Tipped to be London’s theatrical event of 2018, the multi-award winning and critically acclaimed Lincoln Center Theater’s production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King And...
The Edinburgh Cocktail Festival is this Year’s New Kid on the Block
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh
- 24th Aug, 2017
Back in 1947 the founders of the Edinburgh International Festival could hardly have imagined what their legacy would be.
What Would Kanye Do?’s Clare Marcie on Connecting with Kanye West
- Feature
- Gordon Douglass
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2017
Broadway Baby’s Gordon Douglas is joined by Scotland-based theatre-maker Clare Marcie to talk about her new show What Would Kanye Do?, part of the programme at theSpace @ Jury’...
Eight shows heading to Brighton Fringe with the support of Greenwich Theatre
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- Brighton Fringe
- 27th Apr, 2017
Greenwich Theatre is set to have an unprecedented profile at this year’s Brighton Fringe, with no less than eight productions heading for The Warren either co-produced or support...
Brighton Fringe: 10 Shows to Book Before They Sell-Out
- Feature
- Nicholas Abrams
- Brighton Fringe
- 11th Apr, 2017
With Easter on the horizon it’s time to turn attention to Brighton Fringe with a look at some shows that are likely to sell out. Book early – you have been warned.
SpaceDating: Two Kittens & A Kid (A Gay Man Raising His Inner Diva)
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2016
He prefers getting up early, likes music and isn't adverse to a man in a kilt. We take Canuck Christopher Wilson on a first date (and we quite liked it).
Naman Ramachandran talks Brahman Naman, Indian film, and Masturbation
- Feature
- Francesca G
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Jun, 2016
Naman Ramachandran is a screenwriter, critic, and film journalist whose co-authored monograph Lights, Camera, Masala: Making Movies in Mumbai was published in 2006.
Unmissable shows at Brighton Fringe this year
- Feature
- Nicholas Abrams
- Brighton Fringe
- 7th Mar, 2016
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
King's Head show highlights growing Chemsex crisis
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- London Fringe
- 16th Jan, 2016
Following a successful run at Brighton Fringe in 2015 and two previous sold-out and critically acclaimed runs at the King's Head Theatre, 5 Guys Chillin' returns this February.
Five Christmas Shows You Shouldn’t Miss In London This Year
- Feature
- Pete Shaw
- London Fringe
- 20th Dec, 2015
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
‘What would happen if we take happiness seriously?’ - Agnes Török, If You’re Happy and You Know It – Take This Survey
- Feature
- Carly Brown
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug, 2015
Agnes Török is a Swedish spoken-word performer, poetry events organizer and part of Loud Poets.
Going To Space: The King of Monte Cristo
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Mar, 2015
The King of Monte Cristo will explore the nature of theatre through theatre. Broadway Baby has a little chat to find out more.
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