Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Following a sold-out, award-winning run at the Fringe last year, the People’s Princess is back! Do you know the story of Diana? Probably.
A rollercoaster ride through modern and post-modern musicals, rock opera, epics, jukebox theatre and the latest hit shows.
Persistent Shadows is a narrative-driven piece of work exploring the historical, political and social landscape of Britain throughout the 1980s and drawing parallels to issues face…
An autobiographic comedic feast following stories from growing up on an Australian pineapple farm, misadventures abroad, Laura’s crazy family, and her forever loving husband.
A journey through the golden age of musical theatre.
A Stallion’s misadventures: a playboy’s politically incorrect romp –ah, the tale of a young playboy whose antics were as wild as a nearly untamed stallion! This dashing fellow’s …
The true story of Isabella MacDuff and Mary Bruce, condemned to hang in cages for all to see and abuse, a warning to any who would defy Longshanks.
Moscow 2001.
Star of Taskmaster, Ghosts, and Stath Lets Flats, Kiell Smith-Bynoe brings his unmissable improvised comedy show back to the Fringe for one week only! Featuring the very best impro…
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.
Presented by Rockology Productions Australia, this is a rockumentary showcasing Janice Smithers fronting a world-class band performing the hits of superstar Janis Joplin whilst gui…
She’s an LA actress.
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 story revolves around A-êng, a young boy who lives in Hêng-Chhun and strongly desires to eat a chicken leg.
Do you ever feel like you’re meeting yourself again and again in a bad way? Winner of the 2018 Edinburgh Comedy Award and creator of Starstruck, Rose Matafeo returns to the Fringe …
From its earliest known existence pre-1700s through to the golden age of 18th-century masters Niel Gow and William Marshall, onto the 19th century and beyond, the fiddle in Scotlan…
The Spatz Trio return with part two of their award-winning tribute. Hit songs, and the wonderful stories behind them. Musically polished, fascinating, nostalgic.
Martin Atkins is the definition of entrepreneurial activity in cultural arts endeavours.
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
This show shines a new light on Peter Allen in his capacity as incredibly gifted composer/songwriter, while also showcasing Annaliesa Rose’s unique and diverse vocal expertise, wit…
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, …
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…
Sam Dodgshon has been collecting photos.
Two robo-clones, born of a mad professor and separated by family and class, must find a way to love where all odds are against them.
The incredible story of middle-aged homeless alcoholic, Myra, living rough on the streets of Dublin.
Journey through these two remarkable intertwined careers.
Hannah Richards returns to Edinburgh with the award-winning Night Owl Band to tell the story of one of music’s most iconic artists.
A Bee Story is a uniquely Australian physical theatre show for children and families incorporating a kaleidoscope of circus, acrobatics, dance and live music.
A high-octane trip through the music of one of the architects of the Punk/New Wave movement.
Making its UK debut, a celebration of the 100 million record-selling giants of music.
Journey through the life and music of the 150 million record-selling Piano Man in this uplifting show.
After two consecutive sold-out runs, the celebration of the 120 million album-selling supergroup returns to Fringe.
Boiler Room Six tells the impossible true survival story of Titanic stoker Frederick Barrett.
The awe-inspiring journey of one of the all-time musical greats delivered by one of the UK’s finest Angus Munro and Night Owl Shows.
‘It was my nemesis, I hated Croydon with a real vengeance.
Fringe debut by Edinburgh native, single mum and rising comedy star, Sophie Rose McCabe.
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.
In December 2023, Sam See left his home country of Singapore and moved to London because clearly, now’s the best time.
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
An elastic-bodied reimagining of Hamlet, told entirely from the perspective of the Dane.
A year after inexplicably winning Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe, and therefore killing comedy (Sun), Lorna Rose Treen brings her sell-out debut character comedy show back to t…
Emmy-nominated actress, Naomi Grossman made a name for herself as Pepper on American Horror Story, the fan-favourite and first crossover character.
Humans have started developing a genetically modified onion that doesn’t make you cry when you cut it.
Pussy-poppin’ Mel & Sam are yanking you by ya ponytails through a chaotic hour of musical sketch.
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
Indo-Kiwo-Ausso comedian Runi Talwar (writer for Hypothetical) presents the incredible story of a guy who once heard someone say ‘get your name out there’ and took it too seriously…
Have you experienced the intensity of being famous without any of the perks? Been doppelgäng-banged to the point you no longer exist? Lube up for this deep dive into fame and misf…
An uplifting new show about coming out as Spanish, grief and the Ice Age movie franchise.
When his mother was diagnosed with cancer, Ricky was faced with a question: Is now the right time to come out? After rave reviews at Edinburgh Fringe 2023, Ricky Sim returns with t…
With rosé-tinted glasses, award-winning Flat and the Curves piece together bygone years of revelry.
The Guardian’s Top 50 shows to see! Jillian is back at the Fringe with her yoga mat and blender after a hit premiere at last year’s Fringe and subsequent sell-out runs in New York …
Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of The Lion King with this Film in Concert spectacular.
Persistent Shadows is a narrative driven piece of work exploring the historical, political and social landscape of Britain throughout the 1980's and drawing parallels to issues…
Hourglass tells the story of Lady Caroline Braithwaite who enters the suffrage movement blind to the pitfalls that lie ahead, with Cordelia, her daughter, following in her footstep…
An autobiographical play about being a rockstar (‘s sister) which documents Lucie’s experience sharing a London flat with her brother Carl Barat during his rise to stardom with…
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.
Better get your tickets quick because this is going to be one big hit once word gets around.
King John - Terrible King, Even Worse Play? Well, that’s not the view of Rendered Retina theatre company who, in their own words, have cut two hours, added plenty of songs, and t…
A show about getting older but not wiser.
Naughty Ever After has been ruining childhood memories at festivals around the world since 2017 .
Winner of the Best Comedy Show and Best Comedy Partnership at Liverpool Fringe Festival 2023.
Two robo-clones are born of a mad professor and split up at birth.
In December 2023, Sam See left his home country of Singapore and moved to London because clearly, now’s the best time.
Out of the swirling maelstrom he steps, his sword of jokes, his shield of whimsy and his armour made of a third amusing thing.
Out of the swirling maelstrom he steps, his sword of jokes, his shield of whimsy and his armour made of a third amusing thing.
Sam Dodgshon has been collecting photos.
Sam Dodgshon has been collecting photos.
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…
Figment Arts will be sharing the folklore, heritage and history of Sussex this May in association with Artist Open Houses.
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.
This one woman show charts Rose’s fascinating and life changing journey with Shakespeare from childhood to recent times.
This one woman show charts Rose’s fascinating and life changing journey with Shakespeare from childhood to recent times.
Beneath the Currents Dive beneath the currents and listen Rose I can't remember her voice.
Danny Sapani (Misfits, Killing Eve, Black Panther, the National Theatre’s Medea) is King Lear in this intricate, striking production directed by Yaël Farber.
Helen George, best known as Trixie in the hit BBC One series Call The Midwife, will star as Anna Leonowens.
Join us at The Hope Theatre for The Gangsta Baby University: a fundraiser for the play Gangsta Baby!The Gangsta Baby University is set up to give you an intensive-crash course on n…
Join us at The Hope Theatre for a transformative series of workshops and talks designed to unite and uplift working-class and queer individuals.
A Rose Original Production Next Christmas, an enchanting adventure awaits.
GOLDA is the remarkable true story of Jewish Ukrainian musician, Golda Amirova, who fled Ukraine following the Russian invasion.
Sam Tallent (“the absurd voice of a surreal generation”- The Denver Post) is a comedian, novelist and host of the Chubby Behemoth Podcast.
The Offie-nominated Five Star hit show is finally coming to Ireland after sold out shows across the UK!Do you know the story of Diana? Probably.
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.
Set on the streets of Dublin and described by many as a devastating yet heartfelt piece of theatre, Myra’s Story follows Myra, a homeless woman who awakes in a hostel in Dubl…
Niki King is an award-winning singer, songwriter and producer.
Set in Paris, during the Olympic Games of 1924, we see the struggles Eric Liddell faces in staying true to his principles.
Acclaimed Canadian comedian J Murphy has been on some very strange dates.
Star of Taskmaster, Ghosts and Stath Lets Flats, Kiell Smith-Bynoe hosts a late-night improv show featuring the best improvisers at the Fringe.
Xu Xin, Ma Long, Ray Badran, Jan-Ove Waldner, Mark Silcox, Fan Zhendong.
After a huge UK tour, Sara brings her Success Story to the Fringe for one night only.
Michael Dillon, Mary Read, Bayard Rustin, Vesta Tilley, Hatshepsut.
Michael Dillon, Mary Read, Bayard Rustin, Vesta Tilley, Hatshepsut.
World-class entertainer Brown returns from his five-star musical A Man, A Magic, A Music presenting a dazzling journey through Sam Cooke’s life: The King of Soul Music.
Despite the allegations… The champ is back!!! The show will only go for ten minutes but you will remember it for longer.
Edinburgh Comedy Award winner and creator of hit sitcom Starstruck (BBC/HBO) Rose Matafeo returns with an hour of work-in-progress stand-up.
King Herod, famed for his Massacre of the Innocents, now leads a self-development pyramid scheme.
The critically acclaimed Fringe 2022 smash hit returns to Edinburgh for two final shows.
Set in the city slums of 1920s Australia and based on true events, Shadows of Angels sees four women recollect the part each played in a crime on one hot, volatile day.
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…
Finally, a Family Meeting in the UK.
THE STORY OF IRELAND LIVE is an abridged narrated history of the Emerald Isle through music, poetry and song with a talented cast of live actor musicians.
THE STORY OF IRELAND LIVE is an abridged narrated history of the Emerald Isle through music, poetry and song with a talented cast of live actor musicians.
Ross Wilson, aka Blue Rose Code, writes songs straight from, and to, the heart.
Celebrating two musical icons, paying homage to their hits, both in melody and lyrics. Musically polished, relaxing, informative. Pure nostalgia.
Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee Sam Fletcher is back at his spiritual comedy home, Aces & Eights, to try out all new jokes, tricks and games.
Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee Sam Fletcher is back at his spiritual comedy home, Aces & Eights, to try out all new jokes, tricks and games.
How did a Jewish immigrant to London’s East End end up as a General in the Chinese army and become “Two Gun” Cohen? This incredible true story is recounted by Cohen from his cell i…
Story of two friends who find themselves facing extreme climate events.
Immrama were ancient voyage tales, allegories of our journey through life.
A tale about life, loss and love after the well-known happily-ever-after.
Rise up against your neurotypical overlords! ‘One of my favourite comics’ (Frankie Boyle).
A fun cabaret, stories and songs intertwined about the romance, or not, of travel.
For casual Blondie fans, it might be easy to forget how many hits the genre defying band have had over the decades.
Cleopatra Higgins gives a fierce performance in The Whitney Houston Story, along with her band, Higgins sings Whitney Houston’s most recognisable hits while exploring Whitney Hou…
How to build a story – for everyone! Want to be the best storyteller you know? Come and join the Story Builders! You’ll learn the secrets of every great story and together we’ll …
The Aretha Franklin Story is back at Edinburgh Fringe by popular demand, with Cleopatra Higgins of 90s girl group sensation Cleopatra, returning with the Night Owl band to take you…
A nostalgic celebration of the 120 million album-selling supergroup.
By the end of 1928, all three Fail sisters will be dead: expiring in reverse order, youngest to oldest, from blunt object to the head, disappearance, and finally consumption.
Hannah Richards returns to Edinburgh with the award-winning Night Owl band to tell the story of one of music’s most iconic artists.
A Bee Story is a uniquely Australian physical theatre show for children and families incorporating a kaleidoscope of circus, acrobatics, dance and live music.
Night Owl Shows delivers a worthy and memorable spectacle with The Billy Joel Story that sees the talented troupe of Angus Munro on piano and vocals, Daniel Watts on drums, Alex Be…
There is secret connection among all of us.
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 whole family knew he was a good dad.
Scotland’s greatest bands/artists can often disappear under the title of UK artists.
If you still chuckle at those Twilight memes making fun of Kristen Stewart’s awkward portrayal of Bella Stark, or harbour some nostalgia for the immortal (and problematic) YA ser…
This nostalgic journey through the lives and careers of music legends Carole King and James Taylor is a masterpiece.
A lot has happened to Ross since last year’s Fringe.
Sam Jacobsen is an acclaimed writer, penning award-winning scripts for the three S’s.
The ‘storytelling genius’ ***** (Scotsman) returns with a greatest hits compilation featuring the best and funniest stories and routines from her best Fringe shows.
Acclaimed Canadian comedian J Murphy has been on some very strange dates.
***** (On The Mic, podcast) **** (FestMag.
Join rising stand-up chart-toppers James (Chortle Student runner-up, BBC New Comedy Award shortlist, Amused Moose New Comedian runner-up) and Sam (Komedia New Act nominee, West End…
Part-time naked butler, full-time Ariana Grande super fan Sam Williams has quickly become British comedy’s brightest ‘good-looking chap’ (Chortle.
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
Drag Queen Story Hour: the theatrical experience is here! (Oh no they aren’t?) Oh yes they are! What do you get when you cross fabulously inclusive stories and fabulously dressed d…
There’s a new king in town, and his name is Angus Coutts.
With such an emotionally heavy title as An Asian Queer Story: Coming Out to Dead People, I was a little worried what to expect from this comedy show.
In a desert of hot flushes – refreshing repartee from award-winning, climacteric comedian.
Palermo is clear about his sexual experiences and reminiscences of his teenage years in Rome, where he honed the art of picking up tourists and getting laid.
Sam Lake wants to be a Daddy.
Do you know the story of Diana? Probably.
This is a brilliant show.
The works of Tennessee Williams rank as some of the greatest and most iconic plays ever written.
Bulgaria just told Hitler to f*ck off, saved nearly 50,000 Jewish lives.
Character comedian Lorna Rose Treen has been pretending to be other people for fun since she could dress herself.
Trotting down Memory Lane with feline steps in the wee small hours of the morning with the moon lingering, one of Hong Kong’s most iconic dancers and choreographers and her felin…
‘This Girl’ tells the story of Cynthia Powell, a shy student from Hoylake, who fell in love with a young musician called John when they met at Liverpool Art College in 1957.
‘This Girl’ tells the story of Cynthia Powell, a shy student from Hoylake, who fell in love with a young musician called John when they met at Liverpool Art College in 1957.
Uair den t-saoghal is beag fios a bha aig mòran dhaoine air beul-aithris na Gàidhlig taobh a-muigh na Gàidhealtachd fhèin.
A musical about the life of Cynthia Lennon, who married the Beatles’ John Lennon.
Part-time naked butler/full-time Ariana Grande superfan Sam Williams has quickly become British comedy’s brightest ‘good looking chap’ (Chortle).
The whole family knew he was a good dad.
Relationships, and break-ups in particular, are a common focus for stand-up.
Stand-up comedy Sam Morril joins us at Leicester Square Theatre on July 1st as part of his "The Class Act Tour.
Join the award-winning comedian Alasdair Beckett-King on a ramshackle jaunt through a multiverse of wonders.
Join the award-winning comedian Alasdair Beckett-King on a ramshackle jaunt through a multiverse of wonders.
The one and only King Tafari Love Muzic Sound System bring the Island feels with their authentic sound system.
Fresh from a critically acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Vault Festival ‘Mohan A Partition Story returns to Brighton as part of its farewell tour.
After his “Gut Bustingly Funny” (Deadline News) debut show last year, Sam Lake is back and he is DADDY.
After his “Gut Bustingly Funny” (Deadline News) debut show last year, Sam Lake is back and he is DADDY.
The one and only King Tafari Love Muzic Sound System bring the Island feels with their authentic sound system.
Pioneers of Signdance theatre, Signdance Collective (SDC), bring their new street theatre production to Brighton Fringe.
International award-winning signdance pioneers, Signdance Collective, return to Brighton Fringe with their “creatively brilliant, inclusively cool street theatre” (AMI Awards & Int…
Take a nostalgic journey from Dolly’s humble beginnings in the Smoky Mountains to her arrival as ‘Queen of Country’.
Take a nostalgic journey from Dolly’s humble beginnings in the Smoky Mountains to her arrival as ‘Queen of Country’.
Sam Jacobsen is an acclaimed writer, penning award-winning scripts for the three S’s.
Sam Jacobsen is an acclaimed writer, penning award-winning scripts for the three S’s.
Part-time naked butler, full-time Ariana Grande superfan, Sam Williams has quickly become British comedy’s brightest ‘good looking chap’ (Chortle).
In a desert of hot flushes – refreshing repartee, rants and banter from award- winning, climacteric comedian.
In a desert of hot flushes – refreshing repartee, rants and banter from award- winning, climacteric comedian.
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 …
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A work-in-progress character comedy show from award-winning comedian Lorna Rose Treen (Funny Women 2022 Stage Award and 2022 Comedy Shorts Award, Chortle Best Newcomer Nominee).
Fresh from a critically acclaimed and extended run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, ‘Mohan, A Partition Story’ by renowned storyteller Niall Moorjani, returns to London.
'We don’t in general take to foreigners here… unless they take to us first' With characteristic humour, passion and pathos, Inspector Sands offer a fresh take …
Martin Sherman’s Rose is already an award-winning production that received widespread critical acclaim during its sell-out runs at the Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester, and the Park T…
Direct from a sell out worldwide tour and standing ovations at every performance, The Simon & Garfunkel Story arrives at The London Palladium! Using huge projection photos and …
A work in progress show from Joe Wells.
A work in progress show from Joe Wells.
Fresh from his off-broadway run and “Late Night with Seth Meyers”, Sam is coming to London.
World-class acclaimed entertainer Movin’ Melvin Brown is back in Brighton with his smash hit soulful Musical ‘Me and Otis’.
Award-winning supernatural thriller 2.
The friendship between Carole King and James Taylor played a vital part in both of their incredible careers.
The friendship between James Taylor and Carole King played a vital part in both of their incredible careers.
Brighton comedy stalwarts Sam Savage (creator of viral hit comedy character Linda Larkin) and Dan Fardell have teamed up to bring you a double dose of their formative brand new wor…
SHADOWS Is a one-man show that entails the stories of individuals who have been abused, depressed and also suicidal.
Brighton comedy stalwarts Sam Savage (creator of viral hit comedy character Linda Larkin) and Dan Fardell have teamed up to bring you a double dose of their formative brand new wor…
SHADOWS Is a one-man show that entails the stories of individuals who have been abused, depressed and also suicidal.
It’s 1936.
It’s 1936.
There’s a growing dark cloud above the Rosenberg house.
There’s a growing dark cloud above the Rosenberg house.
Rose Theatre and Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Theatres in association with Swinging the Lens A Rose Original Production Following her critically-acclaimed production of Richa…
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…
The hit play F**king Men returns to London this Spring for a strictly limited engagement.
By Nigel Williams Adapted from the novel by William Golding In the midst of a raging war, a group of British school children are left stranded after surviving a devastating plane c…
Stag King is a performance lecture / drag show about personhood, productivity and what happens when your role is made redundant.
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…
SKIN PIGEON is a WIP character comedy show from award winning comedian Lorna Rose Treen (Funny Women 2022 Stage Award and 2022 Comedy Shorts Award).
Kelly wants change.
Fresh from a critically acclaimed and extended run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, ‘Mohan, A Partition Story’ returns to London.
King Herod, famed for his Massacre of the Innocents, is now the face of a self-development pyramid scheme.
“Blindness isn’t sexy.
The Greatest Story Ever CastThe Devil is in the detail You Who!Knock knock: who's really there? The Greatest Story Ever Cast - Frank Notions Mary is auditionin…
Serena Flynn, as seen on BBC Comedy and at Soho Theatre, and Morag Davies Productions present Lizard King.
Rose Johnson is 37 and all she’s got to show for it is nine chin hairs, a Love Island addiction, and a world-class talent for over-thinking (plus jokes re: all the above).
Debut hour from nice young man, Sam Lake.
Stacey and Rose have watched all the films.
Earth is a story of a little boy Drop who dreams of travelling to space.
The World’s Premier show in celebration of DIANA ROSS and THE SUPREMES.
The World’s Premier show in celebration of DIANA ROSS and THE SUPREMES.
The West End theatre event of the year will return for a fifth season by popular demand.
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…
From Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, writer of the Olivier Award-winning Emilia, comes a brand-new retelling of Charles Dickens’ timeless classic.
The royal affair that is Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story, is the most unhinged piece of theatre in existence.
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.
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…
Blending the personal with the political, this sharply drawn portrait of a feisty Jewish woman traces Rose’s story from the devastation of Nazi-ruled Europe to conquering the Ame…
Following a hugely successful award-winning online run, which was later broadcast on Sky Arts, Dame Maureen Lipman returns to the title role of Rose for a new production starting o…
Join a ritual performance around Bosnian coffee-reading to both slow down time and look to the near future.
Join classical trio Oscen Ensemble as they explore works by female composers in their Song for the Forgotten Rose.
There are 400 million pigeons on the Earth.
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 …
There are 400 million pigeons on the Earth.
10 years of war have ended.
At the 2022 Camden Fringe, Matt Rouse(“Solid attitude which he skilfully exploits” - Chortle) and Sam Picone(“Slick timing and effortless delivery” - Mo Gilligan) will atte…
At the 2022 Camden Fringe, Matt Rouse(“Solid attitude which he skilfully exploits” - Chortle) and Sam Picone(“Slick timing and effortless delivery” - Mo Gilligan) will atte…
Tim performs songs he composed for Frederick McKinnon’s musical about Captain James Cook, and tells the story of the 18th-century explorer.
King Herod, famed for his Massacre of the Innocents, is now the face of a self-development pyramid scheme.
For centuries philosophers have asked the question, Who am I? But it’s now time to ask, Am I Sam Smith? Through the camp ecstasy of comedy cabaret, Dan Wye, creator of Séayoncé, …
Are you reading this? Wow.
How to build a story – for everyone! Want to be the best storyteller you know? Come and join the Story Builders! You’ll learn the secrets of every great story and together we’ll …
Take songs that stop conversations, a voice that could stop wars and a fiddle that stops at nothing, and you have the icon Elsa McTaggart.
Warning: I want to be worldwide performer. I hope you do not mind but this show will pretty much just involve me going up there and being nice with it.
Immrama: Columba’s Journey, Your Story.
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…
A celebration of the life and songs of one of the most influential performers and humanitarians of the 1970s.
The songwriting genius of Neil and his writing partners will go down in history as one of the most successful of all time.
The West End theatre event of the year will return this summer by popular demand.
Out of the swirling maelstrom he steps, his sword of jokes, his shield of whimsy and his armour made of a third amusing thing.
On April 3rd 1968, Martin famously gave a speech that was a premonition of his own death.
Billy Parva is the greatest man who ever lived.
Billy Parva is the greatest man who ever lived.
Veteran singer/songwriter/keyboardist Charlie Wood takes you on a live listening tour through the rich musical history of his hometown, performing songs by WC Handy, BB King, Otis …
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.
Chortle Student Comedy Award winner Joe Kent-Walters and runner-up Sam Williams join forces to bring you an absolute home run of a comedy show, covering two bases: stand-up and cha…
Zany music and a psychedelic multimedia screen await the audience as we take our seats for Sam Nicoresti’s show Cancel Anti Wokeflake Snow Culture.
‘Elsa is one of these very few people with a distinctive enough voice to do the music and songs of Eva Cassidy justice’ ***** (Tom King, Southside Advertiser).
Gecko’s playful story-songs will take you on a journey via ignored characters in Italian renaissance paintings, pig outlaws and tooth fairy admin.
A simple concept: Peter reading on his usual park bench is approached by Jerry, a bizarre young man full of questions and stories.
Look through the smoke.
Nostalgic journey from Dolly’s humble beginnings to becoming Queen of Country.
‘Five stars are not enough to do it justice!’ ***** (Daily Mail).
Playwright, composer, actor, singer; Noël Coward defined and shaped the 20th century.
Variety died on the 11th of March 2018, the day Ken Dodd died.
Sammy, an artist with a love of music, has a dark secret.
Multi award-winning show taking you through the life and music of the record-breaking superstar, from humble beginnings in Nutbush to her crowning as Queen of Rock’n’Roll.
Multi award-winning show taking you on a journey through the life and music of Aretha Franklin, the most-charted female of the 21st century, with high-energy versions of Think, Nat…
Following standing ovations and raucous singalongs worldwide, The Nashville Story returns, taking you on a tour through time in Music City.
Scotland’s greatest bands/artists can often disappear under the title of UK artists.
Incredible songwriter and entertainer, Neil Diamond has wooed the world with 38 singles in the top 10, and 10 number one hits! Timeless classics that are as relevant today as they …
A nostalgic celebration of the 120 million album-selling supergroup.
A nostalgic journey through the lives and careers of two music legends in this international sell-out show.
‘There’s real steel in his comedic bones’ **** (BroadwayBaby.
Sharlin Jahan (BBC 4’s The Now Show, BBC Essex Radio) is a Bangladeshi, British, Canadian Comedian.
Disney villain.
A timely piece of theatre for 2022, which is the 75th anniversary of the Partition in India.
Looking like an ethereally pale, and bearded, pre-Raphaelite muse, Alasdair Beckett-King cuts a striking onstage figure.
Debut hour from nice young man, Sam Lake.
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.
One of Australia’s best stand-up comedians returns with his new show Yoho Diabolo.
It’s a sticky situation.
Dealing with grief is something that is very difficult because it’s so personal and particular to the individual.
As the crescendo of complaints and controversy was rising over the comedy circuit I was persuaded to abandon the safe confines of the theatre category and go in at the deep end, so…
Like binge-watching a season of MTV’s Catfish on acid, Henry Charnock’s ambitious new comedic drama ¿Rob or Rose? leaves us with the question, “what if reality .
Like binge-watching a season of MTV’s Catfish on acid, Henry Charnock’s ambitious new comedic drama ¿Rob or Rose? leaves us with the question, “what if reality .
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…
It’s Leigh’s 21st birthday, and they want nothing more than to just have a quiet night in.
It’s Leigh’s 21st birthday, and they want nothing more than to just have a quiet night in.
Provocative, crude and iconic, Fat Rascal Theatre’s production of Unfortunate is nothing short of a showstopper.
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 …
Porn is a form of entertainment that has always had mixed reactions, yet brings a lot of pleasure to many individuals.
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.
Pioneers of Signdance theatre, Signdance Collective (SDC), bring their new street theatre production to Brighton Fringe.
Sam needs to step up.
Sam needs to step up.
Alfie Packham and Sam Eley have turned up in Brighton to perform a blistering hour of their best stand-up for the first time.
Alfie Packham and Sam Eley have turned up in Brighton to perform a blistering hour of their best stand-up for the first time.
This highly acclaimed production continues to captivate audiences across the UK with its spectacular celebration of the classic songbook that made The Carpenters a legen…
Sam Rhodes is a Musical Comedian from South London.
Sam Rhodes is a Musical Comedian from South London.
Serena Flynn (as seen on BBC Comedy, Soho Theatre) and Morag Davies Productions present ‘Lizard King’.
Award-winning stand-up and nice young man Sam Lake presents an hour of hilarious and camp stand-up shaped into a heart-warming love story, talking about his life goals, and how he …
Cake is the debut hour from stand-up comedian, Sam Lake.
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.
A work in progress show from award-winning stand-up comedian Alasdair Beckett-King (‘Mock the Week’).
A work in progress show from award-winning stand-up comedian Alasdair Beckett-King (‘Mock the Week’).
Sam Jacobsen is an acclaimed writer, penning award-winning scripts for the three S’s.
The new show from ‘Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2021’ Sam Nicoresti.
The new show from ‘Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2021’ Sam Nicoresti.
A timely piece of theatre for 2022 - the 75th anniversary of Partition in India.
A timely piece of theatre for 2022 - the 75th anniversary of Partition in India.
Guava Palava Arts present an award-winning comedy theatre show.
The sweet journey of an unlikely pear of lovers.
The friendship between James Taylor and Carole King played a vital part in both of their incredible careers.
An avant-garde performance created from three elements: words, dance, and projection mapping.
An avant-garde performance created from three elements: words, dance, and projection mapping.
THE STORY OF GUITAR HEROES“If you like music and guitars you will LOVE this show!”We all love a bit of guitar wielding in a song, it’s iconic, soulful …
FRESHERSWhy can't she leave her room?Anyone Seen Mary Rose Text me when you're home safely FRESHERS - Caoimhe McGee Síofra is desperate to leave…
THE DIANA ROSS STORY The World’s Premier show in celebration of DIANA ROSS and THE SUPREMES Theatre audiences prepare to be taken on a spellbinding journey visi…
THE DIANA ROSS STORY The World’s Premier show in celebration of DIANA ROSS and THE SUPREMES Theatre audiences prepare to be taken on a spellbinding journey visi…
Bart Lambert and Jack Reitman were joint winners of the OffWestEnd Award 2020 for Best Male Performance in a Musical for their roles in Thrill Me: The Leopold and Loeb Story at The…
Mark Gatiss (The Madness of George III, Dracula, The League of Gentlemen, Doctor Who) stars in his own retelling of Dickens' classic winter ghost story.
Anything For Love – The Meat Loaf Story: It’s all about the music! Following his sell out 2019 national tour, the highly acclaimed Steve Steinman brings you …
Turn back the dial to 1949.
Welcome to “Autumn Rose Garden” – student’s talent showcase of Cairo Rose belly dance studio at The Space theatre in London.
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 at The Hope Theatre, Islington, is a new production written and produced by Bram Davidovich for Kryptonite Theatre Company.
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Capitalism has the city of Dollaropolis in its grasp, and only The Chosen One can extinguish its smog: Karl Kommufist, boy wonder! Can Karl, aided by his best friends Emily and Max…
Capitalism has the city of Dollaropolis in its grasp, and only The Chosen One can extinguish its smog: Karl Kommufist, boy wonder! Can Karl, aided by his best friends Emily and Max…
Capitalism has the city of Dollaropolis in its grasp, and only The Chosen One can extinguish its smog: Karl Kommufist, boy wonder! Can Karl, aided by his best friends Emily and Max…
Capitalism has the city of Dollaropolis in its grasp, and only The Chosen One can extinguish its smog: Karl Kommufist, boy wonder! Can Karl, aided by his best friends Emily and Max…
Using evocative imagery, video and narration to enhance the magic, Hello Again… takes you on a musical journey through Neil Diamond’s glittering 50 ye…
Dreamgun present their first film read that is intentionally for young audiences instead of accidentally for young audiences.
The whole family knew he was a good dad.
Farmers-turned-entertainers David & Sam are ploughing up to George Square with their rambunctious family comedy, littered with the absolute best showmanship they can muster.
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…
The Johnny Cash Story returns to Edinburgh Fringe to take you on an incredible journey through the career of the Man in Black.
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With 21 convictions for 76 offenses, beginning at the age of 13, including arrests for stabbings, shootings and murder; losing an eye and being told he would never walk again, Marv…
A series of quick-fire sketches riffing on ten years’ worth of observations on the bizarre quirks that make the Edinburgh Festival Fringe the collection of misfits and mishaps that…
This 5-star show takes you on a journey through time in Nashville to experience how music influenced the bible belt city and in turn how Music City influenced the world of music.
Cake is the debut hour from stand-up comedian, Sam Lake, a show about our obsession with goal setting, why we feel pressure to achieve things before a certain age.
Cake is the debut hour from stand-up comedian, Sam Lake, a show about our obsession with goal setting, why we feel pressure to achieve things before a certain age.
Award-winning stand-up and nice young man Sam Lake presents an hour of stand-up talking about his #GOALS, and how he copes with succeeding and (more often) failing at them.
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…
The awkwardness of a blind date.
The awkwardness of a blind date.
Nicola Benedetti performs a new multimedia concert, journeying through the musical history of the violin from Bach to the present day.
You may be asking “Who even is Sam Carlyle?”, but after this cabaret you’ll certainly know her name (along with way too much else.
You may be asking “Who even is Sam Carlyle?”, but after this cabaret you’ll certainly know her name (along with way too much else.
After an outstanding premiere at VAULT Festival 2020, farmers-turned-entertainers David and Sam are ploughing across to Islington with their rambunctious family comedy, littered wi…
‘Better than Sex’ is a one-woman tantalising and timeless cabaret reflecting on the infamous 1930’s sex-symbol, Mae West.
‘Better than Sex’ is a one-woman tantalising and timeless cabaret reflecting on the infamous 1930’s sex-symbol, Mae West.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Children’s TV royalty Sam and Mark, as seen on CBBC’s Big Friday Wind Up, Copycats and Crackerjack are delighted to be joining the hotly anticipated line up at Underbel…
After sell out shows at Fringes worldwide, this show returns to Edinburgh to take you on Dolly’s incredible journey from the Smoky Mountains to her arrival as the Queen of Countr…
The untold side to the story of Aladdin’s Jafar and how he went from a selfless royal advisor to a man desperate to make things right again…
Take a nostalgic journey through the career and music of two award-winning legends in this internationally sold-out show.
King Richard the Lionheart is dead.
Lockdown Love Story is a UK-based comedy created by Alice Fforde and Charlie Dryden, highlighting the ups and downs of online dating during a pandemic.
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.
An avant-garde performance, created from three elements: words, dance, and projection mapping.
Through storytelling, poetry and illustration, this show transports you back to Westeros to narrate a different version of the Game of Thrones story.
A ninety-minute monologue about a homeless person? Embrace it.
An avant-garde performance, created from three elements: words, dance, and projection mapping.
Let’s get fabulous! An interactive and inclusive storytime like no other storytime you will ever be involved with! Are you sitting comfortably? Why? Get on your feet and let’s read…
Immrama were ancient voyage tales, allegories of our journey through life.
When all of his friends go away, Norman Price decides to find adventure in Pontypandy and become the star of a visiting circus.
Journey through the life and music of this phenomenal record-breaking superstar from Tina’s beginnings in Nutbush, through to the crowning of the stadium-filling Queen Of Rock �…
Journey through the life and music of this phenomenal record-breaking superstar from Tina’s beginnings in Nutbush, through to the crowning of the stadium-filling Queen Of Rock �…
The average person will speak about 123,205,750 words in a lifetime.
The average person will speak about 123,205,750 words in a lifetime.
Think it’s been a weird year? Meet The Lizard King.
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
Think it’s been a weird year? Meet The Lizard King.
“Elsa is one of these very few people with a distinctive enough voice to do the music and songs of Eva Cassidy justice ” ★★★★ (Southside Advertiser) “Blown away from sta…
“Elsa is one of these very few people with a distinctive enough voice to do the music and songs of Eva Cassidy justice ” ★★★★ (Southside Advertiser) “Blown away from start…
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…
After sell out shows at Brighton, Edinburgh, Perth and Adelaide Fringes, this show returns to Brighton to take you on Dolly’s incredible journey from the Smoky Mountains to her a…
After sell out shows at Brighton, Edinburgh, Perth and Adelaide Fringes, this show returns to Brighton to take you on Dolly’s incredible journey from the Smoky Mountains to her a…
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…
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…
You may be asking “Who even is Sam Carlyle?”, but after this cabaret you’ll certainly know her name (along with way too much else .
You may be asking “Who even is Sam Carlyle?”, but after this cabaret you’ll certainly know her name (along with way too much else .
In this new show, singer-songwriter Gary Edward Jones not only recites the music of one of his idols but also tells the unique story of Paul Simon combining visuals, stage design a…
In this new show, singer-songwriter Gary Edward Jones not only recites the music of one of his idols but also tells the unique story of Paul Simon combining visuals, stage design a…
Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
Saturday 5th September, 7.
A trip to Story Corner is the perfect way start to your Fringe day.
Cake is the debut hour from stand-up comedian, Sam Lake.
Neo-classical electronic composer King Jamsheed brings together a year’s work.
Char Brockes and Jack O'Neill (Ava Cardo) brought the Rialto Theatre to life with their unique styles of drag and slapstick comedy, in order to explore the theme of Romantic Co…
Neo-classical electronic composer King Jamsheed brings together a year’s work in livestream.
Every little girl dreams of being special, but Ellie Rose doesn’t just dream – she knows she’s special.
Ellie is a schoolgirl with a very bright future ahead of her.
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…
How have ways of seeing and being seen reshaped the nuances of accessibility under lockdown? Three film vignettes released throughout the year explore the subjective relationships…
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…
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…
How have ways of seeing and being seen reshaped the nuances of accessibility under lockdown? Three film vignettes released throughout the year explore the subjective relationships…
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…
It was the feel-good film of the year - the unlikely story of how a Pakistani boy from Luton was inspired to change his life by the music of Bruce Springsteen.
After phenomenal sell out tours, Walk Right Back is.
Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes is a fun evening of storytelling through song and over gesticulation.
Thursday 22nd October, 7.
The Simon and Garfunkel Story (50th Anniversary Tour) Direct from a weeklong run in London’s West End at the Vaudeville Theatre, a SOLD OUT Worldwide tour and stan…
With the support of Darbar Festival, Akram Khan Company present: We are but Shadows.
“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…
Light a candle, turn off the light, and let us begin.
Mama G is out of lockdown and on her way to Brighton with an array of fabulous frocks and stories about being who you are and loving who you want! There’ll be singing, laughter,…
An international sell-out show taking you on a nostalgic journey through the career and music of two legends.
Through storytelling poetry, this show transports you back to Westeros to narrate a different version of the Game of Thrones story.
Get started with writing that story you’ve always dreamed of telling in this interactive one-hour workshop.
The Neil Diamond Story follows the tale of the boy from Brooklyn through to becoming one of the most popular singer-songwriters of all time, selling over a million records worldwid…
This multi-award-winning show takes you on a journey through the incredible life and music of Aretha Franklin, the most charted female of the 21st century.
In proud association with Camden Fringe; Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes is a fun evening of storytelling through song and over gesticulation.
Tableaux.
King Richard the Lionheart is dead.
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…
Multi-award-winning show taking you through the life and music of the record-breaking superstar, from her humble beginnings in Nutbush through to her crowning of the ‘Queen of Ro…
A celebration of the life and songs of one of the most influential performers and humanitarians of the 1970’s. Performed by ‘one of Scotland’s best singers’ (Tom Paxton).
Learn how archival material can inspire your next creative project in this live virtual event.
Following sell out shows and standing ovations at Edinburgh Fringe, ‘The Dolly Parton Story’ premiers at Brighton Fringe to take you on an incredible journey through the career of …
This multi-award-winning show takes you on a journey through the incredible life and music of Aretha Franklin, the most charted female of the 21st century.
Multi-award-winning show taking you through the life and music of the record-breaking superstar, from her humble beginnings in Nutbush through to her crowning as the Queen of Rock’…
After previous successful runs at Edinburgh, Adelaide and Brighton Fringe, follow Dolly’s incredible journey from the Smoky Mountains to her arrival as the Queen of Country.
Discover the stories of the musicians who have stayed, played and made music in Scotland’s capital city with these entertaining, guided walking tours.
Mama G is out of lockdown and on her way to Brighton with an array of fabulous frocks and stories about being who you are and loving who you want! There’ll be singing, laughter,…
Following countless sell-out shows at Edinburgh Fringe 2019, this five-star show takes you on a guided tour through Nashville so you can experience how Music City influenced the wo…
A blistering celebration of a legend who, in his short career, sold over 20 million records and redefined his instrument and genre.
UK premiere: from his years as the visionary in one of the most successful duos through to his many solo hits, travel through one of the greatest back catalogues of all time.
An international sell-out show taking you on a nostalgic journey through the career and music of these two legends.
Beowulf sets out to save the Danes, redefine heroism and crack some legendary jokes along the way.
A nostalgic celebration of Fleetwood Mac, who have sold over 120 million records.
If you want to make the finest wine, use the sweetest grape on the vine.
Disney villain.
Are you sitting comfortably kids? It’s time for Drag Queen Story Hour – an interactive storytime like no other! Join in on the interactive fun with sing songs, stories and lots a…
After an outstanding premiere at VAULT 2020, farmers-turned-entertainers David and Sam are ploughing up to Bristo Square with their rambunctious comedy spectacular decorated with t…
Out of the swirling maelstrom he steps; his sword of jokes, his shield of whimsy and his armour made of a third amusing thing.
Written by King Joffrey himself (after recently executing his ghost writer Sam Went) Joffrey! The Story of Joffrey: A Pantomime tells the true story of Joffrey’s f…
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It was the feel-good film of the year - the unlikely story of how a Pakistani boy from Luton was inspired to change his life by the music of Bruce Springsteen.
It was the feel-good film of the year - the unlikely story of how a Pakistani boy from Luton was inspired to change his life by the music of Bruce Springsteen.
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 are a world-renowned, award-winning all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
The time is 4.
Join The Family Jewels for a full frontal night of comedy, song, and a disarmingly sexy exploration of gendered power.
The time is 4.
Join us, farmers, David and Sam, under the watchful eye of our rumbustious Gran, as we courteously portray to you our untold and epic adventures right here at VAULT Festival, in th…
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 …
Apprentice Angels are looking for a Shepherd, a Shepherd is searching for a lost Sheep and a disguised King is hunting for a very special baby.
Suspended from the ceiling of the Coronet Theatre are five crystalline orbs that almost look like faces.
Steve Steinman brings you his brand-new production featuring Meat Loaf’s greatest hits with special guest star Lorraine Crosby, the female lead vocalist on Meat Lo…
It’s a Wednesday night in Brighton and Komedia is packed.
He’s the man with the sunglasses and the black suit who delivered some of the world’s darkest and most emotional ballads, yet Texas-born Roy Orbison remains …
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…
Choreographer Matthew Rawcliffe (BBC Young Dancer Grand Finalist) presents The Sun Rose: a duet between two female dancers - celebrating fantasy and queer intimacy.
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…
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…
Duration: Approx 2hrs 20mins Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Hank Marvin, Brian May and Slash are just some of the outstanding guitar heroes you will have chance to experien…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
A new play by John Knowles written for the students of the PQA.
The Edinburgh Comedy Award 2018 Best Show winner returns for one week only.
This contemporary ballet choreographed by Helen and Emily Garner and Bryony Sullivan will take you on an emotional, yet uplifting journey, as these young performers sensitively po…
What is Caledonian Soul? Ross Wilson (AKA Blue Rose Code) will, with help from some very special guests, attempt to answer this question by offering his unique take on generations …
All the way from Macao and Taiwan comes a magical production of traditional and modern Chinese shadow plays! Mingled with stories from Journey to the West and famous animation figu…
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
It needs to be said, you must go into this show with an open mind.
Vikings, giants and magic await you in this fun-packed historical adventure.
A solo, autobiographical performance by singer-songwriter Chiara Berardelli relating her experience of being childless-not-by-choice and her quest for being OK with that.
First-century Jerusalem and the political climate is a hotbed of corruption and civil unrest.
Elliot Wengler lives at home in a village in the middle of nowhere and is fine with that.
Journey across three southern states of the US and revel in the sweet sounds of Southern Soul.
A celebration of the life and songs of one of the most influential performers and humanitarians of the 1970s. Performed by ‘one of Scotland’s best singers’ (Tom Paxton).
Scottish Jazz Award-winners Rose Room present ‘a dazzling night of classy vintage swing and gypsy jazz played by a band that combines brilliant musicianship and warm personality’ (…
Interactive story telling, plus an all day Riddling Competition! Mums, dads, teenagers, juniors and little ones over 5.
This story is based on Chinese traditional myth, Zhong Kui.
An hour of gorgeous stand-up from two gorgeous comedians.
How to build a story – for everyone! Want to be the best storyteller you know? Come and join the Story Builders! You’ll learn the secrets of every great story and together we’ll …
This thought provoking production by Want the Moon Theatre is a compelling exploration of connectedness – to ourselves, to those around us, and to reality.
Miss Irenie Rose sings the well-loved songs written and sung by Joan Baez.
Entertaining and informative guided walking tours that tell the stories of the musicians who have stayed, played and made music in Edinburgh.
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.
A portrayal of the life of Eva Cassidy.
Journey through the incredible life and music of the Queen of Soul – the most charted female of the 21st century! Featuring hit artist Cleopatra Higgins, as seen in West End hit …
Journey through the life and music of this phenomenal record-breaking superstar – the world’s only artist to have US top 40 hits in every decade since the 60s! Featuring hit ar…
Who is Analeise? I don’t know.
Take a journey through time in Nashville to experience how music influenced this Bible Belt city and in turn how Music City influenced the whole world.
Following two consecutive years of sell-outs and critical acclaim, the James Taylor and Joni Mitchell stories combine into one exciting show to take you on a journey through the in…
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.
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.
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…
After receiving standing ovations last year, The Dolly Parton Story returns to the Fringe to take you on an incredible journey through the career of the Queen of Country who curren…
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…
The Johnny Cash Story returns to the Edinburgh Fringe to take you on an incredible journey through the career of the 18-time Grammy winner.
Nominated for Best Comedy at Fringe World 2016 and sold out all 23 Edinburgh shows in 2016-18.
Award-winning comedian Joe Bor retells the story of the friendship between his grandad (world-renowned town planner Walter Bor) and his grandad’s best friend (world-renowned comedy…
Tokyo Rose is a complex story, told phenomenally well by a company quickly proving itself to be one of the hottest theatre groups in the country.
The story of middle-aged homeless alcoholic woman, Myra McLaughlin, living rough on the streets of Dublin.
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…
2019 eh? Why is politics? When is religion? Who is gender? Where is race? Confused? So is Sam.
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…
In 1998, Sam Nicoresti was abducted by aliens.
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…
A story of a man who decides to be a dancer.
It’s a fact of life that any standup on the Fringe who is neither white nor straight is likely required to spend at least part of their show addressing it.
Sam Lake and Chloe Petts are Household Essentials.
Meet Sam Morrison: a 24-year old American comedian with a theatrical flair and a penchant for daddies.
Sam Haygarth was arrested recently.
Childhood memories can sometimes be blurry but you never forget your first school trip, especially when it turns into a permanent stay in Cote d’Ivoire.
Award-winning silliness and choose-your-own-adventure poems for the whole family as you work to transform your writing skills.
Winner: Pinder Prize, 2019 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Have you ever been to a comedy show by someone who can travel through dimensions, from one world to another? No, me neither.
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Move aside Maleficent, Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch is the new anti-hero tale in town.
From the creator of the international sensation Eleanor’s Story: An American Girl In Hitler’s Germany comes the highly anticipated sequel, detailing life after war.
Perhaps the end of Romeo & Juliet wasn't quite as tragic as we remembered.
All the King’s Men are a world-renowned, award-winning all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
In 1998, Sam Nicoresti was abducted by aliens.
Eliot Wengler lives at home in a village in the middle of nowhere and is fine with that.
In this, the 60th Anniversary of one of the world’s most iconic music venues, the Ronnie Scott’s All Stars take to the road to celebrate the ‘Ronnie Sc…
Berk's Nest and Avalon present: WINNER: Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2018 - Best ShowRose Matafeo has kissed nearly 10 men in her life, AKA she’s a total horndog.
The award-winning Alasdair Beckett-King returns to this timeline with a dimension-hopping stand-up comedy show.
‘When on Earth did everyone become a detective?’ The voice rings out across the Almeida Young Company ensemble as they huddle beneath Sasha Venmore Rowland’s grief-stricken g…
Elliot Wengler lives at home in a village in the middle of nowhere and is fine with that.
Story is a short (15 minute) one person spoken word drama exploring the means of recovery from mental collapse and heart break - written and performed by @nickhollowayvox - FREE EN…
Nat and James work together, struggling against a possibly imagined attraction.
The subversive, satirical, darkly comic story of the Victorian Music Hall with a twist of Weimar Cabaret! A wickedly fun singalong show, ‘Now Here’s A Funny Story’ reveals Music…
Following another sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Angela Barnes (Live at the Apollo, Mock The Week, BBC 2's Insert Name Here, BBC R4’s The News Quiz and…
Featured in the NYTimes and Time Out, this 24-year-old American sensation is set to make a bizarre and touching Edinburgh debut.
After a phenomenal sell out tour in 2018, Walk Right Back is.
Led by the world’s number one Michael Jackson tribute artist ‘Navi’, which alone sets this show above the rest.
50 years on from the release of Rod’s first album, Some Guys Have All The Luck is back in theatres in 2019 with a brand new show, bringing to the stage a…
The View From Behind the Futuristic Rose Trellis enthusiastically sings and dances its way through inner and outer realities, sifting through its characters to reveal moments of go…
Night Owl Shows have bought another crowd pleaser to Brighton Fringe.
HALFWAY TO PARADISE: THE BILLY FURY STORY Billy comes alive via giant screen, re-united with his own Furys’ Tornados.
Sam Went got dumped and did the very normal thing of transferring his feelings onto the 17th worst movie of all time - ‘Bicentennial Man’.
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
4 April 1968.
There was once an industry joke that Sam Kydd was in every British film ever made.
Leicester Mercury Comedian of The Year 2017, Alasdair Beckett-King returns to this timeline with a dimension-hopping stand-up comedy show.
1980’s Pittsburgh, a city in decay.
Sam Carlyle: My Life and Other Jokes is a fun evening of storytelling through both song and over gesticulation.
Adrien Mastrosimone presents ‘Une Vie en Rose: The Life and songs of Edith Piaf’.
A man wearing a black suit walks on stage.
The Joni Mitchell & James Taylor Story played to a packed out audience at the Komedia.
Hands up anyone who was bored rigid by studying Shakespeare at school.
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.
The latest offering in Above The Stag’s main auditorium takes us back in time to a Victorian Working Men’s Club in Bermondsey.
A hilarious cabaret musical about depression that sings and throws glitter about how it’s OK to not be OK.
In a world where it is North Islington, only one man stands between Camden and Holloway.
How do you fit into a chaotic high-flying world when all you have ever really wanted from life is a smaller forehead and some biscuits? And what happens when you are ready to fight…
This incredible production stars the world’s leading MJ tribute artist Navi who is joined by Jackson’s original lead guitarist - Jennifer Batten.
Today he’s going to tell you a story – but he has no idea what it is.
This incredible production stars the world’s leading MJ tribute artist Navi who is joined by Jackson’s original lead guitarist - Jennifer Batten.
Have you ever witnessed a couple’s divorce? When these people are your parents, your life turns upside down, especially if you’re 8-years-old.
One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018.
A trip to Story Corner is the perfect way start to your Fringe day.
Unspoken thoughts and heavy silences become deafening in this gripping production of Sam Steiner’s Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons by First Floor Productions.
Performed by The Liberties, the songs and tunes of Luke Kelly, Ronnie Drew, Barney McKenna, Ciaran Burke and John Sheehan is brought to life using the exact same instrum…
KIDS OFFER: free child ticket with every adult ticket purchased, subsequent child tickets are half price.
From the Producers of That'll be the Day, the show tells the story of the most successful duo of all time - The Everly Brothers.
Parenthood is a crafty beast.
Following its sold out smash hit debut tour, Seven Drunken Nights – The Story of The Dubliners returns to theatres in 2019 with an even bigger production.
Following its sold out smash hit debut tour, Seven Drunken Nights – The Story of The Dubliners returns to theatres in 2019 with an even bigger production.
Following another sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Angela Barnes (Live at the Apollo, Mock The Week, BBC 2's Insert Name Here, BBC R4’s The News Quiz …
Following another sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Angela Barnes (Live at the Apollo, Mock The Week, BBC 2's Insert Name Here, BBC R4’s The News Quiz …
Award-winning comedian Joe Bor retells the story of the friendship between his grandad (world-renowned architect Walter Bor) and his grandad's best friend (also wor…
Steve Steinman’s Vampires Rock with special guest star Sam Bailey.
Listen to the “Queen of the New Wave of Storytellers” (BBC Radio 3), as she reclaims and reconfigures a lost Arthurian epic following a non-binary knight on a quest for equalit…
All the King’s Men are a world-renowned, award-winning, all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
Duration: Approx 2hrs 20mins More information to follow
I didn’t actually see this performance; not by virtue of being absent, but rather because I had followed the request of actor and spoken word poet, Paul Daly, to blindfold myself…
All the King’s Men are a world-renowned, award-winning, all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
Snow White and Rose Red – sisters, twins, best friends – have lived in the forest since they were Babes in the Wood.
Friday 1st February, 7.
Tuesday 29th January, 7pmTickets: £15 or £11 for school groupsSuitable for: no age suitability has been given yet for this screeningDuration: …
Parenthood is a crafty beast.
A “highly engrossing”, ‘pocket epic’ staging of Shakespeare’s Richard II.
Parenthood is a crafty beast.
Roy Orbison, the man with the sunglasses, who delivered some of the world’s darkest and most emotional ballads remains one of the most distinctive performers in modern music.
From the songwriting team behind the smash-hit Tony Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen and the Academy Award-winning films La La Land and The Greatest Showman, - A Christmas St…
Snow White and Rose Red – sisters, twins, best friends – have lived in the forest since they were babes in the wood.
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is 200 years old and yet the universality of the novel’s core message keeps her creation in the very centre of popular culture.
Direct from a SELL OUT worldwide tour and standing ovations at every performance.
Bestseller Sam Blake brings you some of the strongest new voices in crime fiction and finds out just how they did it.
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…
An audio drama performed live and scored, produced by the team behind the podcast series Whisper Through The Static.
The packed audience at The Old Market leant in expectantly towards an ordinary looking closed shipping container dominating the stage, oblivious to the surprises enclosed inside.
The hypnopompic boy king slam-dunks a sleepover-themed show so hard the hoop disintegrates.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
One tube ride, 7 scenes, 67 years.
The year is 1940, the last Kindertransport to escape the German forces has arrived in England.
By the pricking of my thumb, something wicked this way comes.
‘A dazzling night of classy vintage swing and gypsy jazz played by a band that combines brilliant musicianship and warm personality’ (JazzScotland.
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…
In an original play by Alex Jones, an awkward Halloween dinner party between friends and a new boyfriend is interrupted by an invader with an unhealthy obsession with horror.
The true and ongoing struggle of a family ripped apart, after Nazanin and her baby daughter were taken in Tehran in 2016.
In the beginning was the Word, but I honestly don’t know which word to begin with when trying to describe this production.
What is Caledonian Soul? Ross Wilson (aka Blue Rose Code) will attempt to answer this question with the help of a 14-piece band and some well-known musical friends.
Osric Omand and the Story of Hope is a horror-action-comedy that follows Osric Omand and his ex-Nazi caretaker Hans as their institute of monsters suffers an outbreak.
Brian Kellock, piano.
Laurel and Hardy – arguably the best comic duo ever, with never a bad word between them.
‘A collection of.
The Skits, Cornell University’s original sketch comedy troupe, has crossed the Atlantic to deliver some cold, hard jokes.
One-man show telling King Lear’s story in his own words, using text from the original and new words.
Lonesome Highway are delighted to bring Sam back to Edinburgh with his wonderful band for their only Scottish show of the year.
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…
Inspired by a true events, a young black woman rises to power in the Hollywood entertainment industry while suffering through an illness.
Direct from the USA, the defending three-time National Shakespearean Acting Champions present Shakespeare’s rarely done history, King John.
When Uther Pendragon passes away England falls without king.
One of the hardest calls for a reviewer to make is where to draw the line between production and play.
A captivating show suitable for all encompassing a variety of dance styles, colourful costumes and entertaining narrative.
AD1 Youth Dance Company presents an original contemporary dance work She Rose.
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.
Summer.
Six friends.
‘Ethereal tricks and awesome stunts fall effortlessly from his hands’ **** (TheWeeReview.
These entertaining and informative guided walking tours tell the story of the musicians who have stayed, played and made music in Edinburgh.
Award-winning silliness for all the family from one of the nation’s most successful spoken word artists.
It’s Story Slam time! Bristol Improv’s brand new show uses your ideas and experiences as the basis for its improvised stories.
NY comedian and Vice contributor Harmon has made a career infiltrating extremist groups.
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
The Joni Mitchell Story returns to take you on an emotive journey through the life of the nine-time Grammy winner and folk music pioneer.
The Dolly Parton Story premiers at The Fringe to take you on an incredible journey through the career of the Queen of Country, who currently holds an astonishing 153 major awards i…
Travel with the boy from Tupelo through his teenage years in Memphis, tentative footsteps into Sun Records studios, to his meteoric rise to the worlds biggest selling artist.
Miss Irenie Rose sings the well-loved songs written and sung by Joan Baez.
The James Taylor Story returns with the addition of Carly Simon to take you through Taylor’s career as he embarks on a journey into superstardom and his turbulent relationship wi…
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…
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
How to build a story – for everyone! Want to be the best storyteller you know? Come and join the Story Builders! You’ll learn the secrets of every great story and together we’ll …
Trev Tokabi, from the Ivory Coast, has a knack for putting himself in compromising situations! If you have a mate, friend, partner, homeboy, homegirl, brother, sister, husband, wif…
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe (often referred to as simply The Fringe) is the world’s largest arts festival, which in 2017 spanned 25 days and featured 53,232 performances of 3,398…
Returning for its fifth year, the smash-hit, sell-out show returns to Edinburgh! Written and directed by award-winning playwright Liam Rudden and featuring the hit Bay City Rollers…
A portrayal of the life of Eva Cassidy.
The Johnny Cash Story premiers at the Fringe to take you on an incredible journey through the career of the 18-time Grammy winner.
Following his army demob, Elvis Presley joins Frank Sinatra’s 1960 Timex TV show special.
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.
Comedy.
Sam (Australia) was nominated for Best Comedy at Fringe World 2016.
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Married to a corporate lawyer, owner of a pitch perfect Elmo impression and being the very definition of straight, white, male privilege.
’Have you just got exactly what you wanted by working hard and wanting it?’ A courageous look at the enduring bond of friendship.
She is arguably the most famous Hollywood screen icon and pin-up.
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.
Comedians Bronston Jones (USA) and Martin Mor (IRE) are joined each day by a different guest.
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…
Nominated for Best Comedy at Fringe World 2016 and sold out all 23 Edinburgh shows in 2016 and 2017.
Soar with Sam on his thrilling migration North! Journey through wondrous landscapes, meet the creatures that inhabit them, and see the impact of pollution and climate change.
In 1966, Joe Welch, a skipper, sails into dingle harbour with a very unusual catch.
After reviewing your application, Sam & Tom are pleased to offer you the opportunity to interview for the position of audience in their new cult comedy show.
Returning to Edinburgh for their eighth year, All the King’s Men are the voices that are defining a genre.
Discover the story of Scottish pop from the 1950s to the present day at this major exhibition.
There are books which are called seminal largely because so many people have read them.
If you enjoy relatable comedy which is sprinkled with a dusting of political satire, then Angela Barnes: Rose Tinted is the show for you.
Hairy, ever so slightly scary tales for kids from the multi award-nominated wizard (alias John Henry Falle) and his arch-enemy, Mandy the Witch Who Lives Under The Sink (Funny Wome…
Free speech is a right fiercely protected in today’s society.
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…
Eleanor Ramrath Garner’s best-selling memoir of her youth, adapted for the stage and performed by her granddaughter Ingrid.
With the advent of the internet, smartphones and social media, today’s politics happens under an unprecedented level of scrutiny.
Home is a powerful concept.
If silent Hollywood star Buster Keaton is remembered for anything, it's his emotionless, mask-like expression; so the initial shock here is that this Buster speaks and smiles.
As the audience file in Rose Matafeo is playing table tennis with members of the front row, in a gimmick that does not factor into the later story at any point.
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.
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…
Come help jolly Mr Fizzywigg create a new story before his beloved factory is shut forever! Using all the tools of the trade, including the giant wheel of silly voices and the mass…
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.
Trump.
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…
★★★★★ “Ian McKellen reigns supreme in this triumphant production.
After review of your recent application Sam & Tom would like to extend to you the opportunity to interview for the position of ‘Audience’ for their new c…
"Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon" (II Samuel 1:20) is a line that does not appear in Knights of the Rose.
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…
Chris Woodley’s autobiographical solo show ‘The Soft Subject (A Love Story)’ invites us back into the classroom to learn about love, loss and The Little Mermaid.
Some Guys Have All The Luck is a fantastic theatrical production celebrating the career of one of rocks greatest icons, Rod Stewart – from street busker through to…
Edinburgh Comedy Award winners Max & Ivan (as seen on BBC2’s ‘W1A’ and heard on Radio 4’s ‘The Casebook of Max & Ivan’) bring their critically acclaimed origin story to Brighton, a…
The Foster’s Edinburgh Best Newcomer award-nominated ‘Story Beast’, “a bearded force of nature” (The Guardian) and critically-acclaimed “charming storyteller” (Chortle), …
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.
Winner of Nordic Fringe Network Award at Brighton Fringe 2017.
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…
Queen Elizabeth II is dead.
Brighton’s number one, award-winning traditional city walking tour.
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.
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.
A trip to Story Corner is the perfect way start to your Fringe day.
Do you believe in.
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…
Helen and Gordon spend their retirement on their Mediterranean balcony, reading and drinking gin, quite a lot of it.
Walk Right Back tells the story of the most successful duo of all time - The Everly Brothers.
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.
Think you know everything about the feminist Latin art movement of urban Puerto Rico in the 1970s?!?! Well think again as Sam Simmons turns this world inside out and upside down.
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…
Sam Perry is a one-man orchestra who uses only his voice, a loop station, an effect pedal and microphone to create layers of haunting vocal harmonies, heavy bass-lines and break-be…
Nominated for Best Comedy at Fringe World 2016 & selling out all 23 shows at Edinburgh Fringe 2016 & 2017.
Sisonke Msimang is a South African writer and activist.
Mr Badger tells this much loved, classic story celebrating the joys of nature and friendship.
Rich acapella singing opens this show as Melvin Brown takes to the stage.
Curator, Dr Patty Chehade, invited 10 female artists to explore a text by Albert S Lyons MD and R Joseph Petrucelli II MD: ‘Medicine: An Illustrated History’.
Fresh from SOLD OUT performances in 2016 and 2017 to standing room only crowds for The Adelaide Fringe, Motown Connection are back by popular demand at The Gov to present “The Moto…
King of the comedy, master of the crowd & slave to the laugh.
Ingrid Garner wrote and performs the internationally acclaimed, theatrical adaptation of her grandmother Eleanor Ramrath Garner’s award-winning memoir, detailing her youth as an Am…
Jeff Jenkins opens the show with a tale of how a young 19 year old Bob Dylan hitch-hiked his way from Duluth Minnesota to New York City with a guitar and $10 in his pocket and went…
AN ADAPTATION BY LOUCAS LOIZOU.
“Get around pres at Danni’s.
As seen on The Project.
Winner – Best Comedy at 2016 Sydney Fringe Festival ★★★★ - Herald Sun ★★★★ Theatre People ★★★★ The Australia Times Rose Callaghan (ABC, triple j, Nova…
Dark and challenging, epic and shocking, human and uplifting.
“DON’T YOU REALISE OUR HISTORY’S ALL WE’VE GOT LEFT.
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
The first night of our season of songs about stories and stories about songs.
Direct from a SELL OUT Worldwide tour and standing ovations at every performance, The Simon & Garfunkel Story arrives in London’s West End! Using huge projection photos a…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The Paper Cinema’s Macbeth is a dazzling feat of storytelling.
Story Poker is a game where five comedians tell their true stories, to win a round of Story Poker.
Uncovering the true and still unfolding story of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: a charity worker detained in Iran while on holiday, visiting her family.
As the industrial world collides with agricultural life, China’s traditional folk arts are in decline.
After sell-out productions of Sunshine on Leith, Oliver! and Les Misérables School Edition, Captivate Theatre brings you the most uplifting and rousing songs from the world of mus…
Fuaigh – Interweaving is a collaborative project about belonging, language loss and home.
A theatrical twist on the traditional magic show, A Case of Wonders combines magic, comedy and special effects in its Edinburgh Fringe debut promising to be something out of the or…
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,…
Period production set in India in the 1940s, staging a spiritual journey two people take as they step foot into the theatre of life.
Michael John McCarthy’s Turntable is a project that has been touring Scotland for four years now, with the simple premise that music can help total strangers open up to one anoth…
Tom Wells’s Me, as a Penguin, performed this August by Exeter University Theatre Company, is both a fun and melancholy look at loneliness, love and family.
Classical music close up where wriggling is allowed.
Snow is the newest prisoner at HMP Young Offenders Institution, Hull.
In a modern cabaret format, Now Here’s A Funny Story is a jaunty romp through the golden age of music hall, often delving into its dark underbelly.
Charlie Dupré’s Macblair reimagines the political life of Tony Blair as, to quote the production’s marketing, ‘a Shakespearean tragicomedy’.
Sam Simmons is a dad now.
World-renowned Elgarian Sir Andrew Davis conducts a rarely heard masterpiece: Elgar’s Viking cantata Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf.
Scottish Jazz Awards finalists Rose Room have become one of Scotland’s leading ensembles influenced by gypsy jazz.
Brought to you by EnjoyMedia Cultural Company, Carry King is a visually striking, experimental piece of theatre.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Meticulously crafted and uplifting, ‘stellar stand-up’ (Age).
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Come, meet our oriental beauty, mother of a great ancient nation.
This August, Durham-based Wrong Tree Theatre are bringing three shows to Edinburgh; currently on offer is Souvenirs, a light-hearted adventure that draws on the heavy use of props,…
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
A theatrical twist on the traditional magic show, A Case of Wonders combines magic, comedy and special effects in its Edinburgh Fringe debut promising to be something out of the or…
1960s America.
Three decades of killing - 24 hours to break the case.
Tash Goldstone and Sam Lake are queens.
Navigating the intricacies of a one-night stand can be a tricky social and biological journey.
Bone Woman is a quiet, strange and beautiful production.
Natural philosophers Edmund Halley and Robert Hooke are engaged in a scientific wager that will crown the man who can prove why the planets move elliptically the victor.
I’ll make no bones about it: Pike St.
Following a turbulent year of politics and current affairs, this year’s Fringe programme is unsurprisingly loaded with all manner of shows trying to make sense of the world in 20…
With Hollywood’s recent adaptation of his works, the name JRR Tolkien has come to be associated with huge spectacle and epic scope.
In 2015, Henry C Krempels was commissioned by VICE to write an article on the refugee crisis which was then at its peak.
Opening with an audio recording of various real-life political statements – given by both normal citizens and political leaders – Sleepwalkers quickly registers its interest in…
Inspired by a Kafka story, writer Josh Luxenberg and Brooklyn-based Sinking Ship have created a weird and wonderful piece of theatre in A Hunger Artist (Kafka Adaptation).
The James Taylor Story is one of a series of shows at the Fringe under the Night Owl Shows, the company created by Dan Clews.
A portrayal of the life of Eva Cassidy through video, voice and song.
Direct from a sold-out appearance in Toronto, the 2014/15/16 smash-hit sell-out show returns.
The Symposium Hall is an ideal venue for an acoustic music show with great views from the whole of the theatre.
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.
The Crossing Place – Romantika has an absurdly joyous opening, which is unexpected considering that the show is marketed as a study of loneliness, anxiety and desire.
The premise of Caridad Svich’s Iphigenia Crash Land Falls on the Neon Shell That Was Once Her Heart (A Rave Fable), here performed by Clumsy Bodies Theatre, is truly exciting.
Frogman is an oceanic coming-of-age drama split between two time frames.
Join us as we present to you the untold story of Snow White’s forgotten sister, Rose Red, and her attempts to escape her happily ever after as mistakenly predicted by the Brothers …
For a one-man play, Enda Walsh’s Misterman feels almost mythically large in its intensity.
Mairi Campbell, acclaimed Scottish folk musician, is a joy to listen to.
Today’s class is about love, heartbreak and The Little Mermaid.
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
Post-sketch revival.
Apocalypse Now, with its 153 minute running time, multi-million dollar production costs and jungle location, might not seem like the most obvious contender for adaptation into a on…
Peter E Davidson is a wine drinking man adrift in a sea of beer drinkers.
Accidental clown turned multi award-winning performer Sam Goodburn plays a dumbstruck young man the morning after his first steps into manhood.
Is it a curse to stay? What if we couldn’t travel, could never leave home and see the world? Can we still be happy? A girl looks across the ocean and longs to discover.
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…
Follow in the footsteps of power on this walking tour of capitalism from British Empire to banking crisis, with jokes.
By the pricking of my thumb, something wicked this way comes.
Ninety-four word limit? Well, better not waste any.
Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story won the first Broadway Baby Bobby Award in 2014 as one of the most outstanding productions of that year’s Festival Fringe.
Creature is a contemporary dance show that tries to capture the essence of being human through what the publicity calls ‘aerial acrobatics and earth-bound choreography’.
Despite failing to romantically woo Matthew in the front row, who resolutely resisted her bookish clumsiness and snazzy jacket, Rose Matafeo delivers a tour-de-force performance in…
Form is a wordless physical tragicomedy about escaping the pressures and boredoms of contemporary life, if only momentarily.
Jelly Beans is a really, really horrible play.
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.
Theatre today increasingly falls into one of two broad camps.
Staging Wittgenstein is a difficult production to categorise.
Swan Bake is a riotously trippy and acerbically funny show.
The Backyard Story, directed by Chen-Chieh Sun with lively music composed by Chien-Hsun Chen, is a charming black-light theatre show for children aged 5+.
The art of the comedic double act is a difficult one and its success largely based on chemistry between the two performers.
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.
Kinabalu is an astutely clever and astutely silly hour of stand up from British-Malaysian comic Phil Wang.
In 2011, Charly Clive and Ellen Robertson were women without a mission.
The award-winning comedian Alasdair Beckett-King is legendary, in that there is little historical evidence he exists.
Life has three guarantees: you’re born, you die and if your name is Rio, you dance on the sand.
A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad) is about a woman’s struggle with depression, told through a simple, storytelling format and soundtracked by original music from Fris…
Returning to Edinburgh for a 7th year, All The King’s Men are the voices that are defining a genre.
Medea on Media is not your average spin on an Ancient Greek classic; Seongbukdong Beedoolkee’s production is fearless, irreverent, unsettling and, most surprisingly, a lot of fun…
Told through contemporary and ancient physical storytelling techniques, the National Theatre of China’s Luocha Land is a visual treat.
Andrew Bovell’s Speaking in Tongues: The Lies is one half of a Doughnut Productions double bill showing at the Pleasance Courtyard this August.
Victor Hugo once said “You can resist an invading army; you cannot resist an idea whose time has come.
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.
“Some stories didn’t make it into the history books” In 1943, young Mid-Westerner Stu serves in the army as a photographer for Yank Magazine, the journal ‘f…
‘Eve’s Dawning’ combines storytelling, live music and animation to tell the dystopian fairy tale of Eve, the last girl in the world, as she navigates a post-apocalyptic waste…
The Foster’s Edinburgh Best Newcomer Award-nominated ‘Story Beast’ (“a bearded force of nature” (Guardian)) and critically-acclaimed “charming storyteller” (Chortle), Ric…
Join us for some drag king cabaret by the seaside as we celebrate the bois from previous King of the Fringe competitions.
CTRL ALT DEL: Restart, Repeat, Restart, Repeat.
Alasdair Beckett-King is a legendary comedian, in that there is little historical evidence he exists.
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 …
Blooming Ludas presents Power Story – a tooth-achingly sweet participatory, environmentally friendly piece of storytelling.
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 …
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
After Muofhe’s thriving musical career in her region in the northern province of Venda in south Africa, she has decided it’s time to introduce her African rhythms to the rest of …
Brighton’s most popular 90 minute traditional city walking tour.
Sam and Ben fled a supernatural wizard realm 700 years ago after being challenged to a deadly game of Shnozzleball, which they were too chicken to accept.
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…
If you ever crave the feeling that all the weight has been taken off your shoulders, this show and its desire to unburden you is worth a shot.
Amid the abundance of hard hitting and harrowing new work presented at the Fringe, one could be forgiven for wondering why we’re all taking ourselves so seriously.
Nostalgia is big business.
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…
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…
Warning: Contains text of a sensitive nature In the 70s and early 80s, the well-known Manchester band, Joy Division, took their name from events had nothing to do with joy.
For 9 weeks only, Dirty Great Love Story makes its West End debut! Two hopeful hapless romantics get drunk, get it on and then get the hell away from each other.
Scottish Jazz Awards finalists Rose Room have become one of Scotland’s leading ensembles, influenced by the gypsy jazz genre.
If you’ve ever seen Ron White before, you already know what to expect.
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…
Traditional, contemporary Scottish songs by five of Scotland’s celebrated folk musicians.
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.
There’s always a good smattering of obscure, seldom-performed or minor plays at the Festival Fringe.
Saudha, ‘one of the prominent Indian classical music promoters in the country’ (BBC Radio), offers a hypnotic and ‘breath-taking’ presentation (Rhapsody of Soul, Guardian) of India…
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 …
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.
Sometimes a little simplicity can go a long way in the theatre, and in this case, the title of this piece about the life of composer and performer Ivor Novello is very apt, as it r…
Join award winning, West End performer Sharon Sexton in this smash hit one woman, musical rollercoaster.
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 …
This tragic romance has always been about the individual consequences of divisions in society.
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
Following extraordinary interest in his 2016 Fringe show, Blue Rose Code has added a second gig at AMC @ St Bride’s for the Fringe.
The tale of one daredevil’s quest for glory! This mischievous show will fire up your engines with dangerous feats, epic story and jaw-dropping magic.
‘I feel like I’ve been forever a child of exile, a wanderer.
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
The Tempest, retold by children whose first language isn’t even English.
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.
This legendary singer/songwriter and pop-icon performs his chart hits Ariel, Lucky Stars, Lydia and more.
A world within a world, a tale within a tale; A Story of Stories is the visually stunning and innovative production that will capture a parent’s imagination as much as a child’…
Mason King’s Mind Control mixes card tricks, deception and mind-reading into just under an hour of delving into the human psyche.
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.
The show begins with a strikingly visual movement piece, then a discovery of the characters in the story, revealed through various musical instruments.
The show begins with a strikingly visual movement piece, then a discovery of the characters in the story, revealed through various musical instruments.
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 story of Edinburgh’s beloved Margaret Sinclair and her everyday sanctity is vividly brought to life in this one-woman play.
Following their ‘simply superb’ (AllEdinburghTheatre.
Now in its third year at the Fringe, I Ran With The Gang written by Liam Rudden for his company LR Stageworks returns this year to the cosy yet lavish surroundings of Le Monde in u…
Kevin Hely stares, bares his teeth and darts along the stage.
This educational, charming piece on an American folk-rock visionary is fittingly presented by an up-and-coming sensation of the same genre, Dan Clews.
There’s a certain size and scale that one gets used to at the Fringe.
Huge is a musical comedian from Asia.
New work is at the heart of the Fringe experience; new work by new companies all the more so.
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 -…
There were two actresses in Strindberg’s play: one I called his white rose, the other his red rose.
Mission accepted.
ShakeShakeTheatre present the tale of a man named Bumblegrum in a quirky and enjoyable puppet show for children.
Ellis and Rose’s act is dated, unfashionable and belongs in the comedy bin – according to one famous and respected comedian.
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…
Running since 1997, Faulty Towers the Dining Experience has become a Fringe staple and international success.
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…
Uplifting, illuminating and meticulously crafted comedy, from a ‘stellar stand-up’ (Age).
David Longley’s act is structured almost like Shakespeare, summarizing the course of the evening in its first moments: “I’ve always wanted to do standup that’s like talking…
Tim Renkow has a handy tip for anyone who feels uncomfortable around him as a result of his cerebral palsy.
A beautiful flower is born with the help of something dirty, trivial and unexpected.
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
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 …
Suzi Ruffell greeted the audience at the door with a charming and cheeky smile on her face, perfectly setting the tone for her hour of standup.
My name is Lara and I broke the law.
Florence Read’s play takes place in a hotel room.
Fresh from London, Boston, New York performances, returning to Edinburgh for a sixth year.
“It’s a bit tense in here tonight.
The Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Newcomer nominee and CBBC star, Sam Fletcher, presents his usual heady, mid-afternoon blend of jokes, lo-fi showbiz flair, idiotic theatrics and so…
Story Pocket Theatre bring Michael Morpurgo’s novel about King Arthur to life with a solid and enjoyable production.
Fossils is an intriguing play where scepticism meets the loch ness monster.
A lot has happened to Boris Johnson since Boris: World King’s runaway success at last year’s Fringe.
Neil Frost can’t speak, so his audience must tell his tale and help this nervous man change the monotony of his life by taking a risk.
Improv comedy is a tricky beast - when it’s good, it’s very, very good; when it’s bad, it’s pointless.
It is hard to tackle a subject such as campus rape in America and get the tone right.
Winner, Director’s Choice 2016 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
The hype for Nina Conti is huge.
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…
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.
Sam Carrington: Awkwardly Mobile is intended as a celebration of the awkward moments of social life.
Max & Ivan are celebrating the anniversary of when they met – and having in recent years become a staple of the Fringe, it’s easy to understand why.
Watching Orlando Baxter perform is like sitting down with your favourite teacher again: you hang on his every word.
The initial conceit of this show is that we’re all present at the funeral for Rose Matafeo.
There’s a simple idea at the heart of Australian company cre8ion’s show Fluff; rescuing and giving a new home to lost and abandoned toys.
The award-winning duo return with their unique brand of anarchic idiocy - join them as they take comedy into another dimension, in the high budget arena spectacular!
The physical core of the The Little Gentleman is a large wooden crate, addressed to the show’s venue, which is slowly revealed to include numerous small doors and openings from…
As he shimmied onto stage, Gregoire Aubert’s performance of Queer Side Story could be nothing other than entertaining.
Alasdair Beckett-King - “One to Watch” (Time Out) - is a legendary comedian, in that there is little historical evidence he exists.
Short stories set to music.
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…
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…
Neil Frost has a story to tell.
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 …
Surreal one-liners, flights of fancy and a totally absurd storyline from the NATY 2013 winner.
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.
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.
A stunning exhibition in a beautiful, spacious setting.
Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy regains girl, and they live happily ever after.
Award-winning, ‘one woman wonder’, West End performer, Sharon Sexton.
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.
Brighton’s No.
A love-triangle comedy with a supernatural streak, this excellently cast new play by J.
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.
(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: …
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 …
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…
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…
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…
ON YOUR FEET! is the new Broadway musical about two people who believed in their talent, their music and each other and became an international sensation.
Carole King, the chart-topping music legend, was an ordinary girl with an extraordinary talent.
When it comes to retelling Cinderella, two of the three most important roles in terms of plot and audience participation are Cinders’ best pal Buttons and her Fairy Godmother.
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In the 70s and early 80s, the well-known Manchester band, Joy Division, took their name from events had nothing to do with joy.
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 …
These excellent musicians return to Carnegie Hall for a program featuring two major works of the piano-violin duo repertory — Beethoven’s “Kreutzer” Sonata …
While this troupe normally presents acts based on stories written by and for children, “After Dark” draws from the same material for an adults-only performance.
(previews start on Saturday; opens on Nov.
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Panto legends Payne & Pearce bring their new, hilarious and live stage show to Clapham! Expect chaos, jesters, princesses and tons of giggles for the whole family.
A riotous non-verbal comedy about a nervous man who decides to change the monotony of his life by taking a risk.
Since March 2015, Skottes Musikteater has been taking part in a huge theatrical event in a renovated industrial site at Gävle (200 km north of Stockholm), where Gävleborg´s Folk…
Dutch jazz punk veterans The Ex, have been going for thirty-five years.
Caroline Horton enters laden with suitcases against a pastel French tricolour.
We are on the border between England and Scotland, life and death, fluid and solid.
Join Morran, Weatherby, Brechin, Duff and Freeman on a musical journey through the centuries, a multicultural Scotland (Angles, Vikings, etc) rising from waves of settlers.
The Gospel of John is the most interesting of all the New Testament gospels.
Musical comedian Jamie Kilstein has an utterly charming stage presence.
To dream or not to dream? For the residents of Lhaytar, the only remaining city on an otherwise flooded Earth, the answer is definitively the latter.
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 …
The room smells of Deep Heat.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous creation is given a shaky new lease of life in this parody adventure by Tobacco Tea.
Ross Wilson of Blue Rose Code has gone through quite a transformative journey in the past 18 months.
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
If the name isn’t familiar, the tunes will be.
The bard gets replaced by the baaard in Missouri Williams’ eccentric production King Lear With Sheep at The Courtyard Theatre.
Todd and Kali are a young couple.
Fusion Theatre return to Greenside with a Poe-faced and incoherent piece of physical theatre that often makes even less sense than its overwrought title.
Sometimes a production doesn’t come together and it’s not for a lack of trying.
Want to know the Edinburgh the tourist brochures won’t tell you about? Beattie and Scratchmann tell it like it really is in this spoken word show about the city’s sinister side w…
An ambitious clown show from veteran performer Chris Lynam, ErictheFred never quite lives up to its multimedia promise despite some impressive and funny moments along the way.
Emily Johnson and Maeve Bell are a double act from Ireland.
There are some shows that you just get a good feeling about from the moment you step into the theatre.
In April 1968, Martin Luther King Jr went to Memphis.
Baba Brinkman (science rapper, Fringe First winner, and half the cast of Off The Top) really loves his wife.
As any GCSE maths student will tell you, a prime number is one that has only two factors: one and itself.
Ashley (Ellice Stevens) has just moved to a new town.
It’s one of the very few natural certainties that as we begin, so we must end – everything that lives, one day, has to die.
A charming, witty and engaging show, Writing is an exploration of just that - the process of writing, as seen from a child’s perspective.
This production portrays the tempestuous love affair of two teenagers.
Six passengers travel on the tube from Stratford to Ealing Broadway.
The Fringe is a place for new discoveries – the freshest, young talent rubbing shoulders with the world’s best at their craft.
The 2014 smash-hit sell-out show returns, starring Alan Longmuir.
A hotel room in Vienna, 1950.
Nelson: The Sailors’ Story.
There have been many books, films, documentaries, etc on Mary Stuart, giving us many perceptions of Mary, those involved with her, and incidents in her life.
A gallery space with assorted artworks: chainsaw, feathered headdress, a map of the world.
Macbeth gets the prequel it never needed in Chiaroscuro’s portrait of the thane as a young warrior.
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.
Peculiar Spectacles’ Somebody Out There Loves Me is another theatrical examination of the trials and tribulations of online dating.
Sachli Gholamalizad moved from Iran to Belgium when she was five.
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Sam and Tom! are an anarchic double-hander made up of comedic wunderkinds Tom Burgess ‘coldly psychotic’ (Chortle.
Cryptozoology is the posh word for ‘the pursuit of hidden animals’ – those creatures that are theorised to exist, but haven’t yet been proven to by science.
This play tells the story of Benji and Alf, next-door neighbours becoming best friends, bonded by their love of the titular ‘Fairly Tales’.
I’m pretty certain this is the first comedy show I’ve ever been to with an audience dance break.
PAN, the Korean word for festival, is a showcase of traditional dance and drumming and forms an eye-opening if not always compelling introduction to the country’s performance.
Traces has been amazing audiences around the world for nigh on a decade; it is a testament to the visual and theatrical power of the show that it’s lasted as long as it has.
It’s your classic love story, really: inflatable crocodile meets mannequin head, they fall for each other but soon enough cracks show and they fall apart.
Franz Kafka’s short story A Report to an Academy takes the form of an informative lecture given by an ape called Red Peter.
Mitch (Eric Sigmundsson) loves movies.
‘A raconteur extraordinaire! One of a kind! Sunshine is star!’ (Japan Times).
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.
Return of acclaimed and libellously funny storytelling show on how to find outrageous nightly adventure on a budget of £5.
In 1942, a girl traded some food for a Persian bear cub.
Winners of the 2013 and 2014 Billy T award.
Spillikin, expertly directed and written by Jon Welch, follows two periods in the life of Sally, a charming and rebellious woman who married her unlikely childhood companion, the c…
Pantomime is not just for Christmas, according to Òran Mór, whose take on the genre is a wonderfully satirical look at the corridors of power.
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…
John Henry Falle (of Radio 4, Chortle-nominated sketch idiots, The Beta Males) hath now become The Story Beast.
A series of personal portraits of extraordinary men.
Boris: World King is a giddy, silly and savagely satirical delight.
Award-winning comedian and failed Buddhist monk Sam Brady explores his ongoing struggle to be a good person, and asks why kindness is so undervalued and so hard to practice.
Rose’s earliest memory is a ruined birthday party at the age of eighteen.
When boredom threatens at the Fringe, a hero will rise.
A short and beguiling piece of theatre, As Thyself is presented here as the first part in a conceptual series of plays by Isla van Tricht, although it was originally a standalone p…
Sparrow-Folk are Catherine Crowley and Juliet Moody - a female comedy duo who hail from Canberra, Australia.
Sam Simmons’ show is completely mad right off the bat.
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.
A crucifix, a menorah, the smell of incense.
When their estranged father dies, twins Nicky and Jake reunite to execute his will.
If at first you don’t succeed, try online dating.
Archimedes (Alexander Wilson) is interested in scopophilia, pleasure derived from looking.
Collegiate a cappella has become a major trend in recent years at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Direct from London’s world-famous jazz club, Ronnie Scott’s musical director and his ‘All Stars’, take to the stage to celebrate ‘The Ronnie Scott’s Story’.
Sam Nicoresti and Tom Burgess used to be on Nickelodeon until “the incident we can’t talk about”, happened.
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 …
(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.
(previews start on July 9; opens on July 23) Colin Quinn recently complained that his boyhood neighborhood, Park Slope, had subsided into “Whole Food lesbian baby carriage st…
(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…
Internationally acclaimed singer Kate Dimbleby & Naadia Sheriff on piano, explore the songbook & life story of cult 70’s songwriter Dory Previn.
In this critically acclaimed new play, an ex-soldier casts an unflinching and at times darkly humorous eye over his childhood, its impact on his relationships, his experiences of w…
Look how we’ve evolved! Learn about women in policing.
Through movement and play participants will identify their own Fools and Kings to explore the beautiful, ridiculous and poignant conflict of this unlikely alliance.
Join Adam Blampied “Delightful” (British Theatre Guide), Richard Soames “Excellent” (Sunday Times) and The Story Beast “Bearded force of nature” (Guardian) as The Beta Males finall…
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…
Noëlle Rimmington and Colin Pinney give a new insight into the lives of the Brontes: Branwell, mistaken for a doctor but dismissed from three posts; Emily, whose only friend when …
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…
A hardhitting, powerful, entertaining drama about the 1972 National Builders’ Strike and the trial of the Shrewsbury Pickets.
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…
People with Parkinson’s Disease, researchers, graphic artists and comic creators have come together to capture a sense of being diagnosed with the condition.
The Vikings have a reputation of having been awful people.
Rebel armies, the pub darts team, political parties, chaps who drive Audi TTs, religion, Cornwall, knitting clubs, men who wear crocs with socks.
In the shot and smoke of battle 4 crew aboard HMS Victory strive to destroy the Combined Fleet of France and Spain.
Brighton’s No.
At first glance, Alonzo King and San Francisco make an unlikely pair.
(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…
In “Sister to a Fiend,” Ms.
Always Different, Always Funny! After a sell out run at Edinburgh Fringe 14 and comedy residents during term time Edinburgh University, The Improverts are performing two shows in L…
This 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…
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 …
This new show pays tribute to one of the greatest icons of popular music: Dolly Parton.
Alison Jackson has made a name for herself creating fake behind-the-scenes photographs and videos of celebrities with look-alike models.
Georg Büchner’s fragmented masterpiece Woyzeck has always attracted experimentation, from one-man shows to Punchdrunk’s latest, The Drowned Man.
This intelligent piece of theatre focuses on the religious faith of the famous Scottish Olympian Eric Liddell and his trainer, Tom McKerchar.
From the slums of Manchester to the dark heart of colonial Asia, bungling revolutionaries Marx and Engels rattle through the mid 19th century rewriting history and common morality …
The expectations and contradictions of the modern world are explored in Deborah Gibbs’ well-meaning but heavy-handed production inspired by Franz Kafka’s The Trial.
Anni Dafydd emerges onto the stage wearing layers of mismatched technicolour clothes.
This contemporary ballet choreographed by Helen, Bryony and Emily Garner will take you on an emotional, yet uplifting journey, as these young performers sensitively portray the har…
Putting on Sea Wall at the Fringe is a bold move.
The story of how big band music became the first worldwide pop phenomenon, inspired the first ever youth culture revolution and became a byword for sexual liberation and teenage ex…
The Old Testament story of King David is quite a romp.
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…
Youth Music Theatre Scotland return for another successful year at the Fringe, this time with a remarkably professional and well-executed production of West Side Story, perhaps t…
The true roots of fiction are often misunderstood, strangely explained and just plain lied about.
There’s an hour to go before an amateur production of Hamlet – the star of the show still hasn’t turned up, the rest of the cast hate each other and the director’s an egoma…
Leah wants to rest, Goneril and Regan want to party, Cordelia’s off to France and matricide is in the air.
Ivor Novello: glamorous stage and screen star, author and matinee idol is mostly known today as a glorious melodic theatrical composer.
Bringing a show to the Fringe is a daunting prospect even for established theatre companies.
The Sad Story of the Moon and the Sun is a shadow puppet adventure.
The Year Out Drama Company’s adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing begins with a game of charades and its brisk humour quickly melts away my scepticism.
A soldier sits in an anonymous room.
Aberdeen’s Literal Lines bring their confused and incoherent sketch show to Edinburgh for the first time.
Chicago’s Forks & Hope Ensemble brings Lewis Carroll’s famous nonsensical poem to magical life in this youthful and ebullient adaptation.
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 was performed only once in playwright Alfred Jarry’s life.
Chloë Moss’ 2008 play about two women reunited after getting out of prison is confidently revived by SUDS in Eliza Gearty and Tom Herbert’s searing production.
Boy meets girl.
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.
In Hong Kong, thousands of people – poor families, students, white-collar workers – live in dystopian-sounding “sub-divided units” that sometimes only amount to 50 square f…
As anyone who’s ever dealt with a three-year-old can tell you, keeping their attention can be a Herculean task.
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
An evening of candle-lit poetry about anything and everything.
From the gospel parlors of black Florida to the racist salons of white NYC, Sevan learns that it takes more than an NKOTB t-shirt to become a white American.
Blue Rose Code is not folk music.
In the mid-19th Century, Madeleine Smith was accused of poisoning her lover, Pierre Emile L’Angelier.
Every evening, the understated sacred space of St.
This piece of surrealist theatre successfully dramatises the issues it sets out to explore and uses neat theatrical devices to do it.
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…
Plunge Theatre’s Edinburgh debut unflinchingly explores 21st century femininity in this confrontational piece of modern feminism in which three women explore perceptions of…
What happens when the past collides with the present? If the philosophical is made tangible, does it still have the power to transform? And can myths ever hold any relevance to our…
The Story of Medieval England From 1066 to 1485 at Roughly Nine Years and Two Jokes Per Minute Incorporating The Hundred Years War as a Football Match and of Course Scottish Indepe…
If the title’s not really doing it for you, it’s probably going to take more than these 100 words to bring you round.
An Amazonian tribe, a German arch-nemesis and The Bourne Ultimatum are just three of the things on the mind of world-renowned adventurer Stackard Banks, played with much gusto …
Sam Avery wanted to be a rock star.
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 is an unexpected gem, a brisk little piece which mixes storybook, history book and textbook deftly and amusingly.
In 1964, a young bride is discovered standing on a high window ledge at her own wedding reception.
Award-winning comedian and failed Buddhist monk Sam Brady explores his ongoing struggle to be a good person and asks why kindness is so undervalued.
How many kilos of flour does it take to tell a good story? In the case of Heather Lai, over fifty during the course of her Fringe run and every gramme is put to excellent use.
Never has pre-show music been better selected: upon entering the second theatre space at Surgeon’s Hall we are greeted with a single mournful violin battling against heavy acoust…
ThreeWeeks Editors’ Award winner 2012 Scottish singer/songwriter and fiddler Elsa Jean McTaggart returns with her sister Miss Irenie Rose nominee for best newcomer in the Scottish …
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A late night lock-in with elf loving, Edgar Allen Poe and speech impediments on the agenda.
In a bare room, ex-soldier Danny (Kevin Hely) tells his life story: a troubled childhood, new beginnings in London and the horrors of Kosovo and Iraq.
Arcos describe themselves as a ‘multimedia dance company’ and they certainly deliver.
New theatre company Gin & Tonic makes an assured debut with an abridged version of Hamlet that breathlessly energises Shakespeare’s masterpiece with a confidence not often seen i…
Sometimes less is more.
The Tulip Tree is a very intelligent piece of theatre that crams a lot of subtlety into a short period of time.
There have been many books, films, documentaries etc, on Mary Stuart giving us many perceptions of Mary, those involved with her and incidents in her life.
Dawn State’s sharp, modern adaptation of Kipling’s classic novella could be deemed a classic in itself.
Free Fringe comedy can be a risky prospect but it can be a risk worth taking in service of finding a night worth seeing.
Set inside a mental hospital, Plastic Rose has been compared to One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
Science-theatre is in vogue at the moment.
There is only one way that Gavin Robertson can possibly start Bond!, his one-man parody of Ian Fleming’s greatest creation.
The award-winning comic’s libellously funny story-telling show on how to find outrageous adventure on a nightly budget of £5.
My first clue should have been the warmup.
There’s a particular pleasure in seeing someone do their job incredibly well.
In 1912, Captain Georgy Brusilov sailed to the Arctic.
The God Box is a show which is well worth seeing.
A taut piece of modern drama about broken homes and broken lives, Red Tap/Blue Tiger marks Richard Vincent’s successful return to theatre and sees the emergence of exciting young…
MommAutism is one-woman show about raising a son with autism.
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.
The world of high-level economics is no less mystifying after this one-man show by Jamie Griffiths, but he does at least shed some light on the individuals caught up in the financi…
The African Sahara, a wrecked plane, a stranded pilot and a vastness of sand.
Anna-Mari Laulumaa’s one-woman show about the life of troubled poet Anne Sexton is as uncompromising and uncomfortable as Sexton’s work itself.
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…
Sometimes in this show, there’d come some songs like this.
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…
As Ethel Merman famously sang in Gypsy, ‘you gotta get a gimmick if you want to get ahead’.
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.
The now infamous case of the 1924 ‘thrill killers’ Leopold and Loeb is a well-mined source of theatrical material, from Patrick Hamilton’s 1929 play Rope, in turn transform…
In themselves the Beasts’ sketch personas are fairly standard; the nutcase, the buffoon and the straight man.
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…
The king of surrealist stand-up, Sam Simmons, brings his incredible and irreverent style to the Udderbelly in Death of a Sails Man, the gut-achingly funny tale of a windsurfer lost…
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.
It’s heartening to see a deserving standup successfully transfer from the Free Fringe to the larger potential audience of the mega-venues.
This musical adventure will have you exploring magical kingdoms, meeting wonderful characters and singing along by the end.
The exhibition includes paintings of early links courses in Bruntsfield, Leith and Musselburgh, and features the greatest golf painting of all time, Charles Lees’ The Golfers (18…
Condemned as a racist, revered as a prophet, Enoch Powell is the most divisive figure in British politics.
The up-and-coming favorites Sam Morril and Joe Machi host this weekly stand-up show, with performances from Josh Gondelman, Nick Vatterott, Anthony DeVito and Seaton Smith.
Leicester Square Theatre: 30th Jun 7pm.
Buddy is the story of the last three years of Buddy Hollys life, from when he made his first record at the age of 19 to his death, at 22, in a plane crash.
It’s had the audience on their feet in every corner of the globe and now Buddy “the world’s most successful rock’n’roll musical” is back and ready to explode on to th…
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.
Ben has been told he committed high treason.
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…
Having never been to a Drag King pageant before I was not entirely sure what to expect from King of the Fringe.
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
Sam LOVES hiding, especially at bath time.
The King and Country World War I Opera is a show presented in a rather strange format at the Brighton Fringe Festival.
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
Energetic, dynamic and refreshingly unique, King Porter Stomp celebrate the release of their new single ‘pocketfulofrocketfuel’ with an intimate and very special performance.
If I told you there was a Liza tribute act at the Fringe, you’d probably expect sequins, smoke, mirrors, lights, kick lines and, of course, an awful lot of dancing around chairs.
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.
Glenn Wool is a 20-year veteran of the comedy circuit.
This revolving showcase of Brighton Fringe’s top comedians sees five different acts performing short sets every night throughout the festival.
Paul Grifiths is an artist, not because he spent a lifetime studying the grand masters or painting portraits and landscapes from a young age, but because of something primal that d…
Award-winning comedian and failed Buddhist monk, Sam Brady explores his struggle to become a ‘good person’ and asks why kindness is so undervalued.
Explore hidden Brighton on this 90 minute walking tour of Brighton’s fascinating old town.
‘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…
Act One is a company full of high quality actors, all of whom were captivating to watch.
In Arin Arbus’s thoughtful and affecting production, Shakespeare’s most daunting play lowers its voice, the better to be heard more clearly.
Award-winning comedian and failed Buddhist Monk, Sam Brady, takes his comedy show, Kindness on UK tour, starting in Leicester on 22nd February.
Critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Kim Edgar played to an appreciative and reverent audience at St Mark’s on Castle Terrace, during a set that featured songs from both of her…
Given that Edinburgh is something of a Glastonbury equivalent for guardianistas, Steve Bell’s show seethes with lively, middle-aged enthusiasm.
A reliable vein of new talent since its inception in 1988, the So You Think You’re Funny? comedy awards have provided a steady stream of ingenious new acts.
To describe this show as a love letter to drugs would probably undersell the level of pro drug propaganda that this tripe puts forward.
Rannel Theatre’s breakthrough 2009 show Flhip Flhop is back in Edinburgh for a limited run and they’re as brilliant as ever.
In celebration of the 90th anniversary on the birth of Michael Flanders, Tim FitzHigham and Duncan Walsh-Atkins return to the Fringe armed with suits, songs and plenty of style.
A Killer Story is a fast-paced, noir style detective play about passion, science, sex, and the incredible power of stories.
All singing, all dancing, all Werther’s bearing Sue MacLaine and Emma Kilbey bring to the Fringe their characters Sid and Valerie Lester.
If you thought that ‘Neighbours’ was about as mundane as Australian stereotypes got, then you were wrong.
Veterans of the folk music scene, North Sea Gas, return to the fringe after four previous sell-out runs.
Bringing together traditional Scottish folk songs, bluegrass and Americana, Ragged Glory present an hour of curated folk for a more discerning Fringe audience.
Shadows is an original piece devised from the actual experiences of students.
Hailing from Canberra Australia is The Other Side, a group comprised of Mike Lyons and John McCarthy, joined by Mary.
Folk stalwarts Yard of Ale are in residence at the Guildford Arms for the duration of the 18th Caledonian Folk and Blues Festival and they play with the confidence and verve of old…
Even on paper, this ‘reconnaissance mission into the no-man’s land where death borders storytelling’ has the potential to be either really good or a recipe for self-indulgence; a…
Double act comedy is very difficult.
Meet Marx and Engels, hard-fighting, hard-drinking, mad, bad and dangerous to know.
Comprised of 9 silent short films with musical accompaniments from Dmytro Morykit, Music in Manufacture seeks to bring together two different mediums to create something entirely n…
For me, female acapella is really difficult to get right.
There are two rules to improvised comedy: One, you’re only as strong as your weakest member and two, never, ever say no.
Although Merrymouth may not be instantly recognisable to the lay-person on first glance, they are a band that after one listen grab hold of you and don’t let go.
UK’s No.
I have to admit, I was not convinced by Gavin Crawford to begin with.
With a formidable line-up and a jam-packed room in the Stand’s main auditorium, the Alternative Comedy Experience was always going to be one of the most promising comedy events i…
Living a homeless existence in Wei Village during the late Qing Dynasty, the poor, fumbling Ah Q is faced day after day with his own short comings.
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…
Year Out Drama Company, in association with Stratford-upon-Avon College, present one of Shakespeare’s rarely performed plays.
Perhaps I’m experiencing a cappella fatigue, but the singers at this show did nothing to wow me particularly.
‘A successful bachelor is always a puzzle to others,’ says the singer James Dinsmore, playing the composer and actor Ivor Novello.
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.
Philip Contini and his Be Happy Band celebrate 20 years with our favourite numbers from Prima, Porter, Martin, Sinatra and Naples.
Kourtney Kardashian.
With sketches ranging from speed dating to a prostitute on Dragons Den and women talking at the toilet mirrors, At Wit’s End is a sketch comedy that covers lots of bases but fails …
Bringing their fusion of guitar and mandolin to the Fringe Festival, Steve Rutherford and Mark Barnett set out a show that promises ‘a depth of soul seeking and cerebral intensity …
The Deep Red Sky are Scottish five-piece ensemble which blends guitars and three-part harmonies to create a brand of alternative rock akin to Pacific Northwest bands.
Describing himself as a ‘troubadour’ musician, Dougie MacLean returns to the Fringe Festival for the twentieth consecutive year with his classic folk sounds.
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
A really interesting, informative and helpful performance, particularly for all those budding authors and performers out there.
What with the recent Les Miserables fever, everyone has been fussing over Victor Hugo and ignoring that other cheerful scribe of poverty and dying children - our very own Charles J…
Philip and The Band celebrate 20 years (!) at the Fringe.
Straight from Alaska comes a new piece of musical theatre from a 40-strong cast.
Twenty years on from his first performance, Pip Utton returns to the Fringe Festival with his one man show Adolf.
Generally speaking, stand-up showcases are the sorts of show that offer the worst of both worlds, since audiences have to either sit through some desperately unfunny jokes from sta…
The story of Anne Frank is one that many in the world are familiar with.
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.
Gareth Morinan likes his women the same way he likes his data: compatible with Microsoft Excel.
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
It is now 43 years since Love Story hit our movie screens and caused a generation to weep as one with its emotional storyline.
Set in the fictional Rust Belt town of Eldritch, Missouri, Lanford Wilson’s play The Rimers of Eldritch is brought to the Fringe by Bronxville High School.
Claiming to ‘hilariously’ address the issues of high-school and create a helpful guide, Memorial High School from Houston Texas have come to the Fringe Festival with their show ent…
The Love Story attempts to expose the nature of the individual in our relations with one another and our ability to cope of our own accord.
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 …
The first Prime Minister of India speaks his truth.
From the country that gave the world fjords, A-Ha and open sandwiches comes Lars and Martin with their stand-up comedy act Norwegians of Comedy.
Picture, if you will, your idea of a swing band leader.
Ever found yourself sat in the audience for a stand-up and thought: ‘This is all very well and good, but I don’t think they know much about physics’? If you’re the sort tha…
Jessica (whose name isn’t actually Jessica but people at work have been calling her that too long to be corrected) has a theory about love.
Christian Reilly is on a mission to save the world through music.
Many of my formative childhood memories involve the cinema – the first time I was taken to see Star Wars on the big screen, or watching an animated African savannah unfold in The…
One of the saddest things you can see at the Fringe is a good act being ignored.
King Creosote is no stranger to Queen’s Hall.
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
One imagines that the members of the Principio Attivo Teatro are absolutely lethal at charades.
Early afternoon gigs are generally seen as low-profile, low-quality slots in the hierarchy of festival scheduling, but sometimes they can hide events that definitely shouldn’t be…
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.
To a certain generation of British people, Adam Buxton is a bit of a legend.
Describing itself as ‘lecture-demonstration’ in its program introduction, Laquearia attempts to answer whether the chess match in Samuel Beckett’s 1938 book Murphy could be used as…
Styling themselves as variety performers, The Drama boys - an all male company hailing from Cornwall - say on their flyers that they cover everything ‘From Shakespeare to slapsti…
Jump on board this unique venue-on-the-move for songs and stories for families with Peter Snow.
What exactly is your teenager doing on the computer? Who are they talking to? These are two questions that many parents are asking in this internet-dominated era.
The story of the Fringe is a story of the periphery.
We Will Be Free is an historical tale beginning in 1834 and is based on the true story of George and Betsy Loveless, prominent members of the Tolpuddle Martyrs.
Chronicling the near three-year journey of a theatre company based in New York, The TEAM Makes a Play is a documentary film that lays bare the creative process and takes the audien…
In the right hands, theatre is an immensely powerful tool for taking large issues and bringing them down to a manageable level.
A sketch comedy with an overarching narrative, The Birmingham Footnotes Disagree is this year’s offering from the Birmingham University’s sketch troupe.
Just how easy is it to be a comedian? Why are some things funny and others not? These are just some of the question that Punchline, written by Ross Ericson, poses.
A piece of new writing from Durham University’s Hyena theatre company, Cut! stages the tumultuous and often frustrating journey that it can take to put on a theatrical production…
I’m not a morning person at the best of times.
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.
In the saturated comedy-magician subgenre, it can be hard to stand out from the crowd, but Peter Antoniou’s show ‘Comedium’, blending Derren Brown-esque mind reading with a q…
Mike Wozniak seems too nice to make a good job of murdering his mother-in-law, even though he seems to fantasize about it a hell of a lot during his show Take the Hit.
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…
Sam tells a dark story of hidden Edinburgh - a tale of desperation, existentialism, slow jazz and, of course, a woman.
Making his solo stand-up debut at the Fringe, Jonny Donahoe brings us his show Class Whore that has a message both political and emotional.
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.
In this one woman show by Renee Lyons, accidental hero Nick tells the remarkable true story of Nick Chisholm, a New Zealand native who suffered a brain stem stroke and his recovery…
Watching Ellis and Rose in the dank damp of the Bunker gives a moment of odd synchronicity.
‘I knew we should have booked a longer time slot,’ said one of the actors as another struggled to make it offstage while pretending to be a beached shark.
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…
Pointing his target at corporations, appealing to the lowest common denominator and anthropomorphism, John Gordillo’s Cheap shots at the Defenceless is a satirical look at aspects …
Part of the duty of a Fringe reviewer is to tell the entire world when they’ve found the worst act in the festival, so that the rest of the public can avoid it and save themselve…
My only experience of the confessional comes from mafia films, but after The Maydays’ brilliantly funny afternoon show at the Underbelly, I might just start attending on a regula…
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…
Sometimes, you’ll see a comedian so bad, so poor, so earth-shatteringly unfunny that you’ll ask yourself: is this supposed to happen? Fortunately for Jacob Edwards, it is part …
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…
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.
Romeo and Juliet is a story that has been told countless times on stage and screen, in almost every guise under the sun - yes I’m looking at you Baz Luhrmann.
Consisting of four different acts each night, Big Value Comedy Late seeks to bring its audience variety and humour in equal measure whilst also giving them a sample of some of the …
Arguably one of Scotland’s finest comics, Susan Calman returns to the Stand with the air of a returning champion.
Rik n Mix is actually a showcase of three comedians combining their short sets to make an hour long show compered by Rik Carranza.
For many, a stand-up show themed around the worst moments of a performer’s life sounds like the least comedic thing imaginable, but Hannah Gadsby’s show is nothing if it is not…
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.
Chaos and Order - A True Story.
Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin.
Most of us remember our early teenage years with a mixture of mortification and despair, but then again, most of us don’t have the ability to translate our stories into devilishl…
The force and power of a child’s imagination against adversity has long been fodder for writers.
Terry Alderton is the sort of comedian that will delight the more jaded comedy fans amongst this year’s Fringe crowd.
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…
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…
Marking the 25th anniversary of Lockerbie, Lockerbie: Lost Voices tells the story of the infamous Pan Am flight 103 and seeks to provide a voice the those who now can’t speak.
Winner of the 2008 Leicester Comedian of the Year, Henry Paker brings his show Classic Paker to the Fringe to put some surrealist comedy into your life.
In this wild and raucous show, two comedians face off against each other with the aid of the audience.
The world is out to get Garrett Millerick.
Gavin Webster is on a mission.
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.
For many people, Sam Lloyd will probably never be anything other than Ted from Scrubs, something that is understandable given the distinct part he plays in the famous series.
With his sex offender specs and wiry frame, Sam Fletcher is a high-octane Jarvis Cocker.
Taking into account the sheer amount of posters and placards bearing Iain Stirling’s inquisitive countenance, one might expect that the quality of his show might prove to be simi…
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 absolutely delivers – a gutsy comedian with a satirical side and a fairly foul mouth.
I often revisit companies and venues at the Fringe, simply because I know that their work works for me.
Any show at the Fringe that has an audience carries an inherent risk – that said audience will contain drunks, crazy people or some slurred combination of both.
Pattie Brewster is a normal girl desperately in need of three things: friends, cat food and a crash course in Microsoft PowerPoint.
Mime and physical theatre can be risky aspects of a comedy show.
The Fringe isn’t always the best place for magic.
Reprising their show Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised are Daniel Roberts, Tom Skelton, Chris Turner and Dougie Walker; together they make up Racing Minds, returning t…
Life must be hard if you want to be a different gender.
The Phill Jupitus Experiment.
Since West Side Story was my first ever pocket-money album purchase, I am unbelievably, unreasonably touchy about its treatment onstage and off.
Flamenco dancing is perhaps not the first thing I would associate with the legend of the Minotaur and indeed neither is the idea that the conflict between the monster and Theseus h…
If growing old quietly was the status quo nowadays then clearly no one informed Barry Cryer and Ronnie Golden.
Kicking off their first gig together, Madge Wildfire put on a brave face and played through an admirably well-worked set.
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…
There’s been a bit of a pattern to Fringe children’s theatre over the past few years.
‘Success’ is an inventive, endearing and beautifully observed pastiche of self-help seminars.
I feel a little drained after seeing this show but in the best possible way.
Another Tarantino Story promises to challenge conventional dance practices while incorporating a multidisciplinary approach to dance theatre.
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.
What do you get if you mix Gogol Bordello with Bob Dylan, but without Dylan’s lyrical genius? The New Gondoliers.
When folk music is mentioned in conversation, images of rolling hills, heather covered moors and pale skinned damsels are amongst those that spring to mind.
End to End tells the story of three girls’ journey from Land’s End to John O’Groats using as many forms of transport along the way as possible.
Joe Bor stands out by sheer force of personality.
‘I shall be remembered!’ cries Dame Elaine Montgomerie for the fifth time in her one-woman show about the life of Madame de Pompadour.
‘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…
Right, listen here.
Titan Knight sure knows how to put on a show.
After playing in support of her latest album for much of the last year, Kelly Kellner brought her show to the Fringe down at the Acoustic Music Centre at St Bride’s.
Within the House of Shadows, there is an explanation for cultural popularity that I found rather endearing.
Set in rural Quebec, The List is a one-woman play which gives the audience a window into the ostensibly simple world of a housewife who has an unhealthy obsession with lists.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
It is unclear why, forty years after the release of the original, Get Carter requires a transfer to stage.
This is as good a play as Ive ever seen about the absurdity of prejudice.
Inspired by the later life of abstract artist Roger Hilton CBE, when he effectively lived in self-imposed exile, Botallack O’Clock is a black comedy by playwright Eddie Elks that…
Panto usually involves a cast of thousands, huge sets and the theatrical magic supplied by trap doors, smoke machines and flying apparatus.
Rising star Rosie Nimmo played an intimate gig in the Back Room of the Acoustic Music Centre, performing songs from both of her albums ‘Home’ and ‘Lazy and Mellow’.
I haven’t been to the circus for a while and there’s a reason for that.
Initially I had high hopes for this young company.
It’s surprising to find Hit Comet in the Comedy section of the Fringe Guide as the heartfelt friendship at the core of the piece is far more successful than some of the comic ele…
With pre-festival recommendations from The Guardian and The Scotsman as well as a slot at one of the Fringe’s most prestigious theatres, performances of Ten Plagues have been pac…
Daniel Sloss delivers a supposedly darker, meaner show in his later slot but most of his material is relatively clean, geared towards an audience who can laugh at him as well as wi…
Five stars only go to a show that is to all intents perfect, that wakens something inside you and keeps you utterly captivated for an entire hour.
Whilst much of the Acoustic Music Centre’s programme for the Fringe involves folk and blues artists, Alba Brass provide a shot of variety into the arm of this venue.
King Creosote’s iron-clad strengths are his songwriting - whimsical and understated - and his voice - fragile and melodic.
Fire and the Rose faces up to the more harrowing articles of the human condition.
Carl-Einer Häckner returns to the fringe after a seven year absence with his new show Handluggage.
Country Air ‘A Contemporary Ghost Story’ is, to be frank, confusing and confused about what it is.
We live in the age of the cultural mash-up, of old names reimagined into new forms.
It’s a tough crowd to play to but Lucy Cox wins them around easily with her charming repertoire of comedy songs and savage black humour during her show Attractive Audience Requir…
The witty and charming pair Richard Marsh and Katie Bonna give us a beat poetry rom-com ballad that, while not groundbreaking, at least treads old ground with the comfort and warmt…
This piece, performed by students of Howard Payne University, tells the tragedy-laced story of Joseph Grimaldi, father of the modern day clown.
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…
Woody Guthrie was an Oklahoma folk musician, famous for his protest music and probably most famous for the song This Land Is Your Land.
Barry and Ian are two estranged brothers in their late middle-age.
Those looking for a bit of relief from the frenetic pace of the Festival can find it underground, in the idiosyncratic Jazz Bar on Chambers Street.
This is not a show that actually merits any stars.
There’s a certain type of show that prompts a degree of fatigue in me.
Dating George Orwell is a one woman play that looks at the unhealthy relationship between a teenage girl and the books that she has become engrossed in.
In the press blurb for his show Middle-Aged, Useless and Talented Nick Hayman compares himself to Tommy Cooper and Norman Wisdom.
The excitement in the audience is palpable as the lights dim in St George’s West, a beautiful venue that lends itself well to theatrical transformation.
It’s impossible not to like Sam Fletcher.
Based on an early 20th century poem by Juan Ramon Jimenez, Platero Y Yo tells the story of an old poet and his faithful silver donkey, and the life that they lead in the town of Mo…
Taking a seat for The Rabbit and the Rose is a treat.
Those looking for a dose of the unexpected, who enjoy wandering off the beaten track, will be delighted by Lach’s Antihoot.
A Dastardly Fiction tells the story of a struggling author’s ill-advised deal with a demon and the ensuing consequences.
Tin Girl Story is an interesting production but I am unsure as to whether 29 Shoes Theatre Company chose the appropriate setting, or listing for their creation.
Few would argue that the Fringe isn’t all about showcasing up-and-coming talent.
The scene is set by a pumping house tune with a countdown.
Mr Barrie has a way with mysterious islands.
Dirty Pretty Money is a play that looks at the relationship people have with power and money in today’s society.
There’s a reason Charles Dickens’ stories endures in popularity.
Tim FitzHigham is a true eccentric and a sucker for a challenge.
Hailing from Bath, Mikhail Asanovic and Jake Wright are two guitarists that together make up the Showhawk Duo.
It’s a funny thing - children’s TV has changed a lot recently.
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…
With its modest and pretty title, Some Small Love Story sets the tone for its performance.
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
Greshams have been performing at the Fringe for many years and have a history of approaching traditional works in a new way.
Andre King’s style is an endearing one.
Straight out of Cambridgeshire and truly embracing the spirit of the fringe, Get It On is a stand-up comedy show that showcases two up and coming performers called Ben Hustwayte an…
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…
Following the interweaving stories of a community in 1940s Austria, Tales from the Vienna Woods largely focuses on the domestic disputes of the characters rather than the effects o…
I’ve a confession of my own to make; when I chose to review this show I thought it was something entirely different.
Based around the last 12 months of comedian Jeff Leach’s life, Boyfriend Experience looks at the journey Leach has undertaken to change his outlook, both generally and also speci…
Anybody who thinks that you can perform Love’s Labour’s Lost without doing something serious to the script probably hasn’t read the play.
Sam Simmons takes absurd comedy to new extremes in his latest offering All About the Weather.
Bad things shouldn’t happen to nice people.
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.
Musical comedy duo Horse and Louis attempt to take their brand of zany, self-aware songs to the next level, indulging in madcap special effects and a paranormal storyline for their…
Science Shows for Schools have take three of their popular science presentations for schools and turned them into a 50 minute production for children at the Zoo Aviary.
There’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.
Brand spanking new, home-grown theatre company The Brighton Laboratory arrive at Brighton Festival in the most impressive style with their adaptation of Albert Camus’ modern clas…
The tale of an orphan - sheltered by her rich aunt, charming the snobs she meets with her sense of fun - Pollyanna is a relentlessly idealistic story.
The School of Night may take their name from an intellectually exclusive Elizabethan collective but what this improvisational group performs is high culture made accessible to the …
Last night saw some of Glasgow University’s funniest alumni return to their student union for a comedy showcase held in support of Stonewall.
A one-man show about a spare British poet - a challenging prospect for a sweaty Sunday in a tiny black box theatre.
There are many things that make for a successful comedian.
Having just won ITV’s Show Me the Funny the previous night, Patrick Monahan’s mood was one of pure ecstasy as he was pushed past a queuing audience into the venue two minutes b…
Ophelia is a strange concept: take what is widely considered to be Shakespeare’s masterpiece and try and rewrite it yourself, using lines from the original plus a couple of other…
Sketch comedy is, by its nature, a slightly hit-and-miss affair.
Graham Macpherson, aka Suggs, has produced a show with a clue in the title.
One song short of a Spice Girls Tribute band, the boys from King’s have smashed another year at the Fringe.
What a joy and a rarity it is to see a cross-generational cast of performers, ranging in age from 28-78, share the stage in dance theatre of this calibre.
After several sell-out Fringe shows and a run of worldwide appearances that have seen them tour almost continuously for the last four years, Dead Cat Bounce have honed their dysfun…
Too often, fringe theatre can be overly serious and overly worthy.
British folklore is packed with some of the most iconic figures anywhere in the world.
Thrill Me is based on the real-life story of wealthy law students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, who killed a school friend to test themselves at living life beyond limits as Nie…
Musicals are a challenge to perform on a budget at the best of times but the problem is made worse when the performance space is absurdly tiny.
I’m upside down, the blood’s rushing to my head and I’m swinging madly like some sort of unwieldy pendulum.
Structuring a review is basically fairly straightforward.
Palimpsest One is a bit of an odd beast.
Character comedy is one of the most difficult types to do well.
In a Fringe increasingly dominated by comedy it can be difficult for stand-ups to stand out.
Poison invites the audience into the world of Rachel de Quincy and her close friends and family.
It’s sentimental, it’s a journey, it’s the story of Doris Day’s life.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
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…
The things we love as children stay with us forever.
The Camden Fringe is home to many different types of performer; opera singers, musicians, burlesque dancers and poets.
Based on the novel of the same name by Norwegian author Knut Hamsun, Artem Kretov brings his one man production of Hunger to the Fringe.
Making sure that I arrived exactly five minutes early, as instructed by the lady at the box office, I promptly passed my telephone details to a stranger and had left the venue in n…
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.
It’s not often you would describe a story about shit as one of life-affirming transcendent beauty, but the moral fable ‘The Dandelion Story’ is all that and more.
One-man fringe shows tend towards extremes.
Few talents serve a stand-up better than audience rapport and I’m happy to say that Matt Tiller has it in spades.
Taking a break from their work in popular folk band Shee, Laura-Beth Salter and Rachel Newton present an hour-long set comprised of found songs, previous material and their new sol…
From the outset Captain Ko and the Planet of Rice sets itself firmly at the surreal edge of fringe theatre.
Josie Long, arguably the highest profile comic on this year’s Free Fringe, and newcomer Sam Schäfer are an odd pairing.
The Little Mermaid was never going to be the easiest text to adapt to the stage, especially in light of the Broadway production’s recent failure to delight audiences under the se…
Bandwagon Theatre Company bring this short story to the fringe as they tell a murky tale of the secret sale of the then-Indian-Ocean island of Diego Garcia by the US and Britain.
On its face, ‘It’s a Puppet Life’ seems like a fairly straightforward concept.
There was something very apt about this production.
From the moment the audience is met at the entrance by the overenthusiastic Mr Alesbottom, it becomes clear that the duo are desperate for us to like them.
Established in 1973, the Edinburgh Folk Club was represented at the Fringe for the first time this year with a showcase at the Acoustic Music Centre at St Bride’s that displayed …
Tania Edwards is a strange sort of stand-up for the Fringe.
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…
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 …
This summer’s clutch of blockbuster popcorn-bait has been dominated by the four colour heroes of the comic book.
Part physical theatre, part comedy, part history lesson, It’s So Nice is a two women play that describes the relationship of two cousins who never met.
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 story of Helena and her faithless husband, Bertram, has puzzled theatregoers for centuries.
I had an inkling that The Dick and The Rose was going to be something special when I was handed a silver poker chip in lieu of a ticket at the box office.
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…
Kin is one of those rare, precious shows that could only ever be found at the Fringe.
Some Small Love Story, as the title may suggest, is a short, self-contained and in the end inconsequential story about love and loss, with some songs thrown in for good measure.
The old adage ‘a problem shared is a problem halved’ is not one that Hannah Ringham subscribes to.
The title’s unnecessary exclamation mark is testament to the relentless glee on show in London Gay Men’s Chorus latest musical jaunt.
Grapple Theatre Company, starring a cast from Bristol Grammar School, take to the stage in this adaptation of two Gothic stories by Edgar Allan Poe.
As a rule, I’m not always the biggest fan of ‘issue’ theatre.
Flesh Eating Tiger is a frequently over-complicated little beast but one that prides itself on confusing its audience.
Up there with The Deer Hunter and The Champ, Love Story came from a decade of schmaltzy tearjerkers that kept tissue manufacturers in healthy profits.
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Ranking amongst the best Scotland has to offer in folk-rock, The Picts come to the Fringe with a concert show that moves and excites in equal measure.
Life is spectacular.
We all live our lives within walls.
Rachel Rose Reid is a young storyteller who places herself firmly within a long tradition of oral storytelling.
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…
How far would you go to instil good religious values into your child? Would you send them to work against their will? Cleansed looks at one young girl’s journey at a Magdalene la…
Kings Hall has been taken over by Summer Hall and transformed into the Canada Hub over the festival, showcasing a series of Canadian acts exploring the issues surrounding Canada’…
It’s 1870.
A timeless love story; an electrifying spectacle.
From the creator of the international sensation ‘Eleanor’s Story: An American Girl In Hitler’s Germany’ comes the fascinating sequel, detailing life after war.
Barry McStay tells us about his experience of writing and revising his play, Breeding
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
We talked to Clare Cockburn, who, at the age of 54, is presenting her debut play Tennessee, Rose at this year's Edinburgh Fringe.
Ditch the messy arts and crafts this half-term and entertain your little darlings with the best live family friendly performances Brighton and Hove have to offer instead.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year (apart from Brighton Fringe, of course) and there are plenty of delightful performances to entertain you this winter.
Welcome to our top 5 picks from the third year of Brighton HorrorFest, the spooktacular celebration from Sweet of all things that go bump in the night.
Caitlin is a one-woman play by Mike Kenny about Dylan Thomas and his wife's tempestuous life together, written entirely from her point of view.
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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 final day! Richard's alcohol-fueled quest to find Edinburgh's best bar staff ends up at WestRoom, where he found Sam Leishman, a 20 year old Guinness drinker with a passion for...
The Scottish Storytelling Centre is, in its own words, ‘a vibrant arts venue with a seasonal programme of live storytelling, theatre, music, exhibitions, workshops, family events...
Greenwich Theatre is set to have an unprecedented profile at this year’s Brighton Fringe, with no less than eight productions heading for The Warren either co-produced or support...
Karen and Katy Koren are thrilled to announce that Gilded Balloon will expand into the heart of Edinburgh’s New Town, as they embark upon an exciting new partnership with the Ros...
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.
It’s the 1600’s, and a blind boy from a village in Yorkshire wants an education.
Experienced industry professionals are offering personal time and advice to fringe performers at a How to Market Your Show event hosted by C venues.
Neil has a story to tell.
West End performer, Sharon Sexton, stars as broadway legend Liza Minnelli recounting tales, secrets and blasting through her famous hits.
Broadway Baby chats to acclaimed playwright and novelist Alex Martinez. He's bringing The Rose of Jericho back to Edinburgh and we can't wait to hear more.
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
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.
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
The King of Monte Cristo will explore the nature of theatre through theatre. Broadway Baby has a little chat to find out more.
Sam O’Rourke is co-writer and co-director of Much Ado About Zombies, a play coming to theSpace this August that.
Family-friendly Story Pocket Theatre is a new company bringing Arabian Nights to the Edinburgh Fringe. Pete Shaw grabbed a moment of their rehearsal period to ask some questions.