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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gary Meikle: No Refunds

Gary Meikle: No Refunds

Gary Meikle is back yet again with another self-written, self-deprecating show to leave you all short of breath. 

Gary Meikle: No Refunds

Gary Meikle: No Refunds

Gary Meikle is back yet again with another self-written, self-deprecating show to leave you all short of breath. 

The Magnetic Fields: Part One

The Magnetic Fields: Part One

On the first night of their two-part gig, beloved orchestral-pop group The Magnetic Fields perform from their landmark concept album 69 Love Songs. 

Big Band Bublé – Scotland's Number One Tribute Show

Big Band Bublé – Scotland's Number One Tribute Show

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

A Night with Janis Joplin

A Night with Janis Joplin

Direct from Broadway!Starring Mary Bridget Davies as Janis, this multi award-winning show is an extraordinary musical journey paying homage to Janis Joplin and her biggest musical … 

Jack Tucker: Comedy Standup Hour

Jack Tucker: Comedy Standup Hour

New York Times Critic’s Pick (2024). 

Unknown Night

Unknown Night

One night in an old museum, an employee tragically committed suicide for reasons unknown, an event witnessed by three colleagues. 

ScotlandsFest: The Queen’s Bahookie, and Other Tales From Scotland’s Castles – Robin Laing

ScotlandsFest: The Queen’s Bahookie, and Other Tales From Scotland’s Castles – Robin Laing

Who saw the Queen’s Bahookie? Which castle had an annual rent of one red rose? Which maiden was most feared by Scottish aristocrats? Which job is worse – turnbrochie or pigeon-… 

A Night at the Musicals

A Night at the Musicals

Exeter University’s Spotlights show choir are returning to Edinburgh Fringe for another musical extravaganza filled with beautiful harmonies, captivating dance and a brilliant li… 

Shakespeare Translate: The Complete Works

Shakespeare Translate: The Complete Works

What happens when you put Shakespeare’s work through Google Translate 15 times? By deconstructing language, we can examine how we interpret classical text in the 21st century, wh… 

A Summer Night's Firefly

A Summer Night's Firefly

In this summer, a story shall journey from China to the UK, from East to West. 

A Room of One's Own

A Room of One's Own

Award-winning Dyad Productions (Lady Susan, I, Elizabeth, Female Gothic, Austen’s Women) return with a 21st century take on Virginia Woolf’s blisteringly brilliant pre-TED talk. 

One Eyed Scouts

One Eyed Scouts

Back for their second run! An international improv team, each member from a different country, presents the premiere (and last ever performance) of a “movie” inspired by your s… 

Logan, a One-Woman Show (Because Only One of Us Survived)

Logan, a One-Woman Show (Because Only One of Us Survived)

The true story of my brother’s murder so of course, it’s comedy. 

Orchestre à Six Mains – Three Pianists, Six Hands, One Piano

Orchestre à Six Mains – Three Pianists, Six Hands, One Piano

Hear our innovative piano orchestra perform finger-gymnastics music for three pianists playing one piano together. 

Sea Yellow by Orange Night

Sea Yellow by Orange Night

Recent drawings and paintings on show by Edinburgh artist Ginny Elston. 

MAN: A One-Woman Show

MAN: A One-Woman Show

Inspired by a Hungarian gangster dad, a Sunday school mother, teenage years with Hell’s Angels, Emma Taylor (NewsRevue producer) takes us on an unforgettable ride. 

My Extremely Skilled Staff Have Been Working Day and Night on This, I Owe Them Everything

My Extremely Skilled Staff Have Been Working Day and Night on This, I Owe Them Everything

An hour of mind-bending semi-improvised physically inflected comedy from dancer/comedian Lewys Holt. 

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

A sophisticated and symbolic exploration and portrayal of the poignant literary works of Shakespeare? Not really. 

Gary John Miller: Goof

Gary John Miller: Goof

From the brain of Gary John Miller who was once described as a ‘mad genius’ by a former teacher comes a solo comedy show about growing up and the urge to refuse to do so. 

Twelfth Night Fever

Twelfth Night Fever

‘If music be the food of love, play on. 

Night Train

Night Train

Tellus Theatre presents Night Train, an exciting physical-theatre production. 

The Sun King

The Sun King

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. 

ScotlandsFest: Meet Mary Queen of Scots and Bonnie Prince Charlie – Barbara Henderson

ScotlandsFest: Meet Mary Queen of Scots and Bonnie Prince Charlie – Barbara Henderson

Well, hello there, Mary Queen of Scots and Bonnie Prince Charlie! With award-winning author, storyteller and drama teacher Barbara Henderson, the Stuarts leap from the page in this… 

Chris Groves: The One About the Cow

Chris Groves: The One About the Cow

An evening of side-splitting stand-up comedy and impromptu silliness from Fringe veteran Chris Groves. 

The Fannies One Night Stand!

The Fannies One Night Stand!

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

Late Night Comedy Rave

Late Night Comedy Rave

Big beats and stand-up comedy join forces for Fringe afterparty antics. 

Mary, Jack and Jane – The Queer Adventure

Mary, Jack and Jane – The Queer Adventure

Queer northern comedians Mary Cross, Jack Horsefield and Jane Postlethwaite bring you a hilarious three-way split bill of stand-up comedy. 

Riding With the King: The Music of Eric Clapton

Riding With the King: The Music of Eric Clapton

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. 

ABC of One-Liner Jokes

ABC of One-Liner Jokes

An hilarious one-hour alphabetical journey in the medium of quick fire One-Liner Jokes. 

The One Couple Show

The One Couple Show

Not a one woman show. 

Charlie Chaplin’s Late-Night Cinema

Charlie Chaplin’s Late-Night Cinema

Relive the golden age of Hollywood as our cinema pianist improvises a film score to Charlie Chaplin’s best silent films including The Gold Rush (1925) – live! During the silent f… 

Comedy Night at the Museum

Comedy Night at the Museum

Join the greatest comedians from across the globe as they blur the line between arteFACT and arteFICTION in a wholly improvised set, prompted by genuine artefacts housed in the Nat… 

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

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

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

Drag Queen Wine Tasting

Drag Queen Wine Tasting

Get ready for mischief with this campatious event fuelled by three delicious wines, low tone, a scrumptious pairing and a big fat singalong. 

The Stuff of Legends: The Sequel – Music of Tony Bennett and Nat King Cole

The Stuff of Legends: The Sequel – Music of Tony Bennett and Nat King Cole

The Spatz Trio return with part two of their award-winning tribute. Hit songs, and the wonderful stories behind them. Musically polished, fascinating, nostalgic. 

Attila the Stockbroker: 14 Days, 14 Completely Different Shows

Attila the Stockbroker: 14 Days, 14 Completely Different Shows

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

Rat King Gospel

Rat King Gospel

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, … 

First Night at The Hub

First Night at The Hub

Kick off your International Festival in style with Festival Director Nicola Benedetti and handpicked music icons. 

Arron Jones: One Hour Straitjacket Escape Magic Show

Arron Jones: One Hour Straitjacket Escape Magic Show

Edinburgh Live’s number one pick of the Free Fringe is back for a third year! A devilishly handsome magician trapped in a straitjacket, mind-melting magic, show-stopping laughs and… 

One Man Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart and The Pit and the Pendulum

One Man Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart and The Pit and the Pendulum

A marathon of the macabre. 

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

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

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

Rob Copland: Gimme (One With Everything)

Rob Copland: Gimme (One With Everything)

Gimme the thrills, gimme the spills, gimme a man with a microphone in his hand and careless abandon in his heart, gimme the winner of the Comedians Choice Award for Best Show, gimm… 

BED: a one man show

BED: a one man show

Set on a bed in the centre of the stage, an unnamed central character explores his dreams and aspirations of traveling the world, finding love, and becoming a stand-up comedian whi… 

Stamptown Comedy Night

Stamptown Comedy Night

Sold-out run: Edinburgh Fringe (2017-2023). 

One Acchord's That's Life in Harmony

One Acchord's That's Life in Harmony

Embark on a musical odyssey with One Acchord: That’s Life in Harmony. 

Late Night With Terry Wogan

Late Night With Terry Wogan

Terry Wogan is back from the dead as part of his ongoing attempts to return to light entertainment no matter the cost. 

The Carole King and James Taylor Story

The Carole King and James Taylor Story

Journey through these two remarkable intertwined careers. 

Liars and Clowns: A Late Night Comedy Show

Liars and Clowns: A Late Night Comedy Show

Returning to Edinburgh for the third year in a row! Liars and Clowns is a jam session for comedians, with a revolving door showcasing the best alternative comedy from around the fe… 

Jack Goes to Therapy: A (Somewhat) Romantic Comedy

Jack Goes to Therapy: A (Somewhat) Romantic Comedy

Jack is a 29-year-old Kindergarten teacher and a hopeless romantic. 

Late Night Drunk Comedy Challenge

Late Night Drunk Comedy Challenge

Join team captains Aaron Wood and Hannah Campbell as they pit top comedians against each other through a variety of games chosen by you! Expect stand-up, absurd challenges and a wh… 

One Man Poe: The Black Cat and The Raven

One Man Poe: The Black Cat and The Raven

To commemorate the 175th anniversary of his death, immerse yourselves in two of Edgar Allan Poe’s macabre classics. 

Jack Docherty in The Chief – No Apologies

Jack Docherty in The Chief – No Apologies

The BAFTA-winning star of Scot Squad and cult classic Absolutely, returns to the Fringe as Scotland’s favourite cop. 

Jack

Jack

1973. 

One in Four

One in Four

A 2017 Capital Fringe Best of the Fringe pick, One in Four is a play about four roommates: each one is an alien, and each one believes the other three to be regular degular humans. 

A Little Night Music

A Little Night Music

On an endless summer night, love’s joys and complications play out in triple-time. 

One Sugar, Stirred to the Left

One Sugar, Stirred to the Left

A heart-warming, poignant and, at times funny play about palliative nurse and ex-singer/songwriter Bronwyn, who is commissioned by her patient (Henry) to write an album of music ba… 

A Night of Drama

A Night of Drama

PEOPLE OF EDINBURGH, prepare to cry so hard you accidentally laugh! Feast on a buffet of hardship and despair, where COMEDIANS lay down their jokes, don the fashion of 18th-century… 

Jack Holmes: Round Man, Square Hole

Jack Holmes: Round Man, Square Hole

A laugh-filled journey about finding every group you belong to insufferable. 

Mary, Queen of Rock!

Mary, Queen of Rock!

You think you know the story of Mary, Queen of Scots? Think again. 

Late Bite – Mixed-Bill Late Night Stand-Up

Late Bite – Mixed-Bill Late Night Stand-Up

A stunning mixed-bill of new and established acts. 

You're SO F**king Croydon!

You're SO F**king Croydon!

‘It was my nemesis, I hated Croydon with a real vengeance. 

One Man Arnie

One Man Arnie

Can one man recreate live on stage, the greatest Arnold Schwarzenegger movie ever? Laurence Tuck is that man. 

King of Comedy

King of Comedy

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. 

Late Night Magic

Late Night Magic

Prepare to have your minds blown in this late-night line-up of the best magic, comedy and variety the Fringe has to offer! Late Night Magic brings you a brand-new cast of magicians… 

American Two in One Comics

American Two in One Comics

America is the land of the free, home of the brave and homeland of two of the freest, bravest men to ever live: Mark Henely and Chris Warren. 

Ventriloquist Queen: A True African Queen

Ventriloquist Queen: A True African Queen

Ventriloquist Queen: a true African Queen. 

Dragon Shows for Babies

Dragon Shows for Babies

The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons. 

Paradise Palms Late-Night Cabaret

Paradise Palms Late-Night Cabaret

Paradise Palms’ infamous late-night cabaret returns for its 10th year at the Fringe! An intoxicating blend of crushed red velvet, cuddly toys, neon, strong cocktails and loveable r… 

Adam Riley: Late-night Comedy in the Afternoon

Adam Riley: Late-night Comedy in the Afternoon

Looking for dark and dirty jokes but want to go to bed early? Then look no further! Join Adam Riley for an hour of flaps-to-the-wall stand-up from the man they couldn’t cancel beca… 

Queen

Queen

The only Empress Queen, a model for the modern monarchy, Victoria is a prism through which the entire Crown can be seen. 

Late Night Party Boyz Do a Legally Mandated Kids Show

Late Night Party Boyz Do a Legally Mandated Kids Show

The Late Night Party Boyz, have messed up. 

Teacher Comedy Night: Classroom Confessions

Teacher Comedy Night: Classroom Confessions

As a teacher, if you don’t laugh you’ll cry, so come and cry with laughter! Award-winning comedian Daniel Delby, an ex-teacher turned full-time comedian as he shares hilarious stor… 

Jack Kelly and Jimmy Shirley: Pool's Gold

Jack Kelly and Jimmy Shirley: Pool's Gold

Start your day off with a split hour of stand-up from two award-entering comedians! Jack’s from Blackpool, Jimmy’s from Liverpool. 

Sid Singh: Table for One

Sid Singh: Table for One

Reigning Comedian’s Comedian and human rights advocate Sid Singh (BBC, NBC, Comedy Central, iUmor) returns with a new hit show that has sold-out all over Europe and Asia for two ye… 

Kieran Flynn and Rachel Baker: Two Reds Are Better Than One

Kieran Flynn and Rachel Baker: Two Reds Are Better Than One

Astute observational humour with an irreverent flair from two of Birmingham’s silliest sausages. 

Preview Night: Breabach

Preview Night: Breabach

Scottish Highland and Island musical traditions collide with brand-new compositions by folk band Breabach. 

69 and Under Date Night Comedy

69 and Under Date Night Comedy

A comedy show that is perfect for date night with friends or partners. 

HALF MAN HALF BULL || PART ONE: THESEUS

HALF MAN HALF BULL || PART ONE: THESEUS

‘This company truly are the best at storytelling’ ***** (ThreeWeeks). 

Sam Blythe: Method in My Madness (A One-Man Hamlet)

Sam Blythe: Method in My Madness (A One-Man Hamlet)

An elastic-bodied reimagining of Hamlet, told entirely from the perspective of the Dane. 

Martin Mor: Three Thousand, One Hundred and Twenty Nine Weeks

Martin Mor: Three Thousand, One Hundred and Twenty Nine Weeks

If you live to 80 years old, you will have lived for about 4,000 weeks. 

200 Puns in One Hour with Roger Swift

200 Puns in One Hour with Roger Swift

The comedic prop-pun lunatic Roger Swift shoots out 200 puns in one hour! With his trademark crazy homemade props, audio cues and PowerPoint slides. 

Friend (The One With Gunther)

Friend (The One With Gunther)

One barista, 10 seasons, 70 minutes! All 236 episodes of Friends retold through the eyes of Gunther, Central Perk’s “seventh Friend”. 

Paddy the Irishman – How Lucky Can One Man Get

Paddy the Irishman – How Lucky Can One Man Get

A fully packed hour of entertainment. 

Two Guys One Pub

Two Guys One Pub

Two award-winning comics deal late-night craic in the mid-afternoon, a wild mix of dark, satirical stand-up and musical comedy. 

Gary Lynch: Middle Age Came Quick

Gary Lynch: Middle Age Came Quick

Gary Lynch is Ireland’s leading mid-life-crisis comedian. 

44 Sex Acts In One Week

44 Sex Acts In One Week

A fruity apocalyptic rom-com from the razor-sharp pen of Fringe First winner David Finnigan. 

Eric Rushton: Real One

Eric Rushton: Real One

Channel 4 Sean Lock Award winner Eric Rushton is a comedian with a chequered past. 

Graham Dickson: No One Deserves This More Than You

Graham Dickson: No One Deserves This More Than You

Can you help me with this audition? It won’t take long. 

One-Man Musical by Flo & Joan

One-Man Musical by Flo & Joan

Award-winning musical comedy duo Flo & Joan present their own original one-man musical about a very renowned gentleman. 

Jack Skipper: Skint

Jack Skipper: Skint

Carpet-fitter turned comedian Jack Skipper delivers his debut stand-up hour with a show about how he went from a tradesman with no qualifications to a full-time comedian (with no q… 

Eddy Hare: This One's On Me

Eddy Hare: This One's On Me

Eddy Hare (BBC New Comedy Awards Nominee) serves up his debut hour. 

One More

One More

Begins with the history of dating from dance halls and slow sets to modern ‘apps’. 

Do This One Thing for Me

Do This One Thing for Me

What does it mean to remember the Holocaust in 2024? How do you bear the legacy of trauma while forging ahead in the 21st century? Jane Elias grapples with these questions through … 

Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows

Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows

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

no one is coming to save us

no one is coming to save us

Maddy is worried that no one is having fun at her party. 

The Old Queen's Head

The Old Queen's Head

Who’s your go to? Your ride or die? Your best friend? Your mum? Not David. 

Demi Adejuyigbe Is Going To Do One (1) Backflip

Demi Adejuyigbe Is Going To Do One (1) Backflip

Demi Adejuyigbe is a writer, comedian, filmmaker, and, inexplicably, a musician, known for his podcasts Punch Up The Jam and Gilmore Guys, his popular September 21st video series, … 

Harriet Kemsley: Everything Always Works Out For Me

Harriet Kemsley: Everything Always Works Out For Me

Ridiculous things always happen to Harriet, but this year it’s out of control. 

The Queen's Head

The Queen's Head

Enter the flamboyant depths of a Victorian Music Hall… When Albert Baggley, the founder of The Queen’s Head, mysteriously disappears, two burlesque numbers, devastated dames, a g… 

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

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

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

Ed Night: The Plunge

Ed Night: The Plunge

The spectre returns to the feast for a fresh new hour of wailing and moaning. 

BED: a one man show

BED: a one man show

Set on a bed in the centre of the stage, an unnamed central character explores his dreams and aspirations of travelling the world, finding love, and becoming a stand-up comedian wh… 

Stamptown Comedy Night

Stamptown Comedy Night

Stamptown presents Stamptown Comedy Night Sold Out Run: Soho Theatre (2021-2024) Sold Out Run: Edinburgh Fringe (2017-2023) A raunchy, chaotic, full-on fe… 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Lion King in Concert

The Lion King in Concert

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

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

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

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

THE ILLUSTRIOUS REIGN OF KING LOUIS XIX (IN ITS ENTIRETY)

THE ILLUSTRIOUS REIGN OF KING LOUIS XIX (IN ITS ENTIRETY)

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. 

BEAUTIFUL: The Carole King Musical

BEAUTIFUL: The Carole King Musical

This brand-new production of the award-winning West End and Broadway musical tells the inspiring true story of Carole King’s rise to stardom. 

Tina, Queen of Rhythm

Tina, Queen of Rhythm

Tina, The Queen of Rhythm brings you a showcase of Tina Turner’s incredible vocal journey from the early 1960s to the greatest hits of her solo career. 

King John

King John

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… 

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

If you’ve never seen Shakespeare performed Aussie style, this is your chance. 

A Night of Drama

A Night of Drama

PEOPLE OF BRIGHTON, prepare to cry so hard you accidentally laugh! Feast on a buffet of hardship and despair, where COMEDIANS lay down their jokes, don the fashion of 18th century … 

Jack Hester: I am Napoleon!

Jack Hester: I am Napoleon!

An hour of great stand up. 

One Way Mirror

One Way Mirror

Jonathan Oldfield brings an intriguing one man show to the stage: sitting in his living room watching the world go by behind his one way mirror out onto the world, safe in the know… 

The Great 80s and 90s One Hit Wonder Songbook

The Great 80s and 90s One Hit Wonder Songbook

Returning to Brighton Fringe after a sold-out three-night run in 2022, award-winning performer Paul Diello and his 8-piece ensemble are back with an all-new version of ‘The Great 8… 

Jack Clay Am I A Going Out Guy?

Jack Clay Am I A Going Out Guy?

“I’ve always had a passion for stand-up comedy, and I’m thrilled to be gearing up for my first solo show. 

Boudica: Warrior Queen

Boudica: Warrior Queen

The award-winning DoDo DRAMATICS returns with its newest Iron Age adventure. 

You Aren't Doing It Wrong (If No One Knows What You're Doing)

You Aren't Doing It Wrong (If No One Knows What You're Doing)

An interactive solo performance about failure, feeling like an idiot and music, by Rachel Blackman and her creative team. 

Alasdair Beckett-King: Nevermore

Alasdair Beckett-King: Nevermore

Out of the swirling maelstrom he steps, his sword of jokes, his shield of whimsy and his armour made of a third amusing thing. 

Alasdair Beckett-King: Nevermore

Alasdair Beckett-King: Nevermore

Out of the swirling maelstrom he steps, his sword of jokes, his shield of whimsy and his armour made of a third amusing thing. 

I Believe In One Bach

I Believe In One Bach

Music was his career, Bach was his passion. 

Richard III (a one person show)

Richard III (a one person show)

Pushing the boundaries of Shakespearean performance, Richard III emerges a bold, engaging solo show. 

The Nine-Day Queen

The Nine-Day Queen

In the aftermath of an attack which puts her best friend in a coma, a teenage girl learns to cope with the help of the ghost of Lady Jane Grey.  

Night at the Harem

Night at the Harem

Step into a world of enchantment and rhythm with "Night at the Harem" – an exquisite bellydance extravaganza show!  Immerse yourself in the allure o… 

Triple Threat (Formerly Known as Two Girls One Mic)

Triple Threat (Formerly Known as Two Girls One Mic)

Triple Threat is a split bill divided by 3 with Monica, Aisha and Anais making jokes about their experiences living in London as hot immigrant girlies. 

Marty and Roger in The Night House

Marty and Roger in The Night House

Award-winning Irish comedians, Marty Gleeson and Roger O’ Sullivan (BBC New Comedy Awards nominees, Leicester Square New Comedian Finalist & Unexplained Legends Podcast) invite you… 

King of More: #FOMO Clinic

King of More: #FOMO Clinic

Do you ever experience the feeling of missing out? Brighton Fringe makes you confused – where to go, what to choose with so many options? Other people might be having more fun? S… 

The Queen, Shakespeare and Me

The Queen, Shakespeare and Me

Affectionate musical comedy tribute to the world’s longest-serving monarch - a thoroughly modern, fully empowered female role model who headed up a country & united a commonwealt… 

Lukey Newms' New Talent Night

Lukey Newms' New Talent Night

Lukey Newms presents a New Talent Night, headlined by one of the hottest talents on the circuit, Onojie Idemudia. 

A Night to Remember

A Night to Remember

The Christmas story, Broadway-style. 

A Midsummer's Night Dream

A Midsummer's Night Dream

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

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

‘What country, friends, is this?’ At a moonlit cafe surrounded by the sea, Olivia sings a lament to her lost brother, watched on by faded crowd. 

The King of Hollywood

The King of Hollywood

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. 

A Night For Mick (Or Electric Micknic)

A Night For Mick (Or Electric Micknic)

A fundraising night of theatre, music, comedy and celebration for our great pal Michael Patrick. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

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

The Queen is Mad

The Queen is Mad

The Queen is Mad is a musical psychodrama inspired by the true story of Joanna la Loca. 

Long Day’s Journey Into Night

Long Day’s Journey Into Night

The Emmy, Golden Globe and Olivier award-winning actor Brian Cox, makes his return to the London stage in Spring 2024 starring in Long Day’s Journey Into Night. 

Opening Night

Opening Night

The incomparable Sheridan Smith returns to musical theatre in the world premiere of Opening Night from the creative minds of Rufus Wainwright, one of the most acclaimed songwriters… 

One Way Mirror

One Way Mirror

Do you ever get the feeling you’re being watched? One Way Mirror is a story about the art of people watching, built for extroverts, introverts and everyone in-between. 

BEASTS | Bad Girl: A One Man Show

BEASTS | Bad Girl: A One Man Show

BEASTSA mixed-race guide to fucking up. 

HUMAN // ROBOT | Just One Law ...

HUMAN // ROBOT | Just One Law ...

HUMAN // ROBOTlaugh_if_you_are_humanJust One Law . 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

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

King Lear

King Lear

Danny Sapani (Misfits, Killing Eve, Black Panther, the National Theatre’s Medea) is King Lear in this intricate, striking production directed by Yaël Farber. 

Stage Write Night

Stage Write Night

Come and join us for an evening of script in hand readings from our new writing programme – Stage Write. 

Just For One Day

Just For One Day

‘We can be us, just for one day’  Relive the day music brought the world together. 

THE LAST ONE

THE LAST ONE

When 24 year old Bess Malone steals from the local ice cream van she doesn’t expect it to impact her life at all, and she certainly doesn’t expect to find a new friendship with… 

The King and I

The King and I

Helen George, best known as Trixie in the hit BBC One series Call The Midwife, will star as Anna Leonowens. 

One Year Itch

One Year Itch

Tania has her heart set on her dream job but has she unwittingly placed a curse on her dating life? Our heroine, ably assisted by her bestie Jayne, comes face to face with the t… 

Get It Together Brother! - surviving showbusiness, with Gary Beadle & Rikki Beadle-Blair

Get It Together Brother! - surviving showbusiness, with Gary Beadle & Rikki Beadle-Blair

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… 

Jack & The Beanstalk

Jack & The Beanstalk

OUR AWARD NOMINATED FAMILY PANTOMIME IS BACK!Once again written and directed by Luke Adamson and choreographed by Brendan Matthew, this Christmas it’s Jack & The Beanstalk!Jack Tro… 

Osric Omand and A Night of Cosmic Comedy

Osric Omand and A Night of Cosmic Comedy

21st Century Cox brings you a Night of Cosmic Comedy! Once again, the land of Monstopia is under threat, and it’s up to Monster Enthusiast Osric Omand and his ex-Nazi caretaker Ha… 

A Night with the Champions: Celebrating 30 years of the PDC World Darts Championship

A Night with the Champions: Celebrating 30 years of the PDC World Darts Championship

To celebrate 30 years of the PDC World Darts Championship, some of the biggest names in the sport will take to the stage in London for a night that no darts fan will wan… 

The Snow Queen

The Snow Queen

This new version sees Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairy tale transported to Scotland with a race against time covering the length of the land to vanquish the evil Snow Quee… 

A Night Of Standing Up Comedy Featuring Sam Tallent

A Night Of Standing Up Comedy Featuring Sam Tallent

Sam Tallent (“the absurd voice of a surreal generation”- The Denver Post) is a comedian, novelist and host of the Chubby Behemoth Podcast. 

Night Shift

Night Shift

A story of the people who work while the majority sleep. 

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

Redbridge Creates’ Shakespeare production this year is Twelfth Night, brought to you by the same team who produced Macbeth and last year’s Romeo and Juliet, using the same imagin… 

Killing Jack

Killing Jack

Illuminating the unheard stories of the real victims of Jack the Ripper in a darkly thrilling plunge into a world where women return to take back their stories 

A Night with Me, Myself & Bipolar Brenda

A Night with Me, Myself & Bipolar Brenda

Natasha Rea fearlessly smashes down barriers and raises awareness of bipolar disorder in this captivating one-woman show, based on the critically acclaimed Amazon bestseller “Me,… 

Trevor Ashley – Queen of the Moment

Trevor Ashley – Queen of the Moment

Australian drag diva and cabaret legend Trevor Ashley makes his triumphant return to the Lyric, with a brand new show. 

The Brief Life & Mysterious Death of Boris III, King of Bulgaria

The Brief Life & Mysterious Death of Boris III, King of Bulgaria

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. 

Whitney - Queen of the Night

Whitney - Queen of the Night

Direct from the West End, and the iconic London Palladium, Whitney – Queen of the Night is a celebration of the music and life of one of the greatest singers of all time: Whi… 

The Old Queen's Head

The Old Queen's Head

A sincerely told story, a captivating performance and a wealth of humour make for a well-spent eighty minutes upstairs at The Lion & Unicorn Theatre with David Patterson, who makes… 

A Midsummer Night’s Dream - The Actors’ Church

A Midsummer Night’s Dream - The Actors’ Church

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

One Under Par

One Under Par

One summer Birdie lost her virginity on the ninth hole of the golf course, to her boss. 

One Under Par

One Under Par

Was she or was she not fully aware of what she was doing? He certainly was, and for that reason should he have stopped before taking Birdie’s virginity? There’s a suggestion th… 

The Ugly One

The Ugly One

'Profoundly moving, bitingly brutal and laugh-out-loud funny!' - Sally CooksonThe Ugly One is a cautionary tale of identity and beauty vibrating with the energy of a pneuma… 

Violence and Son by Gary Owen

Violence and Son by Gary Owen

Liam is seventeen years old, loves Doctor Who and has recently lost his mum. 

Battersea Park in Concert - A Night at the Musicals

Battersea Park in Concert - A Night at the Musicals

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

Niki King

Niki King

Niki King is an award-winning singer, songwriter and producer. 

The Freddie and Queen Experience

The Freddie and Queen Experience

The Freddie and Queen Experience is the UK’s premier Queen and Freddie Mercury tribute band. 

The Queen of England (A Staged Reading)

The Queen of England (A Staged Reading)

The UK premiere of a new and uniquely contemporary American comedy for all of us searching for the essentials in life: adventure, friendship, and a boy who’s kind of like Hugh Gr… 

The Easy Rollers: Late-Night Speakeasy

The Easy Rollers: Late-Night Speakeasy

Grab your dancing shoes ‘cos the 20s are here to stay! Swing classics and Prohibition-era hits from some of the finest talents in the country. 

A Night at the Musicals – Spotlights Show Choir

A Night at the Musicals – Spotlights Show Choir

Is Exeter University emerging as the new powerhouse in student musical groups on the Edinburgh Fringe? Let’s not complicate this - the answer is simply but emphatically Yes. 

Exploring a perspective that's not one's own at The Hub

Exploring a perspective that's not one's own at The Hub

Join author Dina Nayeri and cultural development specialist Fairouz Nishanova in a discussion on listening to different perspectives. 

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

Where would school theatre be without A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Twelfth Night? The latter is certainly a popular Shakespeare play for drama educators, with its saga of shipwr… 

A Night With Me, Myself and Bipolar Brenda

A Night With Me, Myself and Bipolar Brenda

A captivating one-woman show, based on the critically acclaimed Amazon bestseller Me, Myself and Bipolar Brenda. 

The Bite, Late-Night (A Mouthful of Fringe Mayhem)

The Bite, Late-Night (A Mouthful of Fringe Mayhem)

Raucous, wild and an incy bit different – this one-hour compilation show with a changing nightly lineup, gives you a fabulous cross section of Fringe mayhem in one wild bite-size… 

Bennet Kavanagh: One Shod, Sorry I Meant Shot, Can We Take That Again?

Bennet Kavanagh: One Shod, Sorry I Meant Shot, Can We Take That Again?

“Actually. 

Bennet Kavanagh: One Shod, Sorry I'm Meant Shot, Can We Take That Again? (WIP)

Bennet Kavanagh: One Shod, Sorry I'm Meant Shot, Can We Take That Again? (WIP)

“Actually. 

Mustafa Algiyadi: A Little Killing Hurts No One

Mustafa Algiyadi: A Little Killing Hurts No One

The Brighton Fringe sell-out show is coming to Edinburgh Fringe. 

Jack Whitehall: Settle Down

Jack Whitehall: Settle Down

International comedy superstar Jack Whitehall returns to the Fringe with his highly anticipated new live show. 

Jack Whitehall and Friends

Jack Whitehall and Friends

Join Jack Whitehall as he returns to the Pleasance to host a special late-night stand-up show with some of his friends from around the Fringe. 

The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto and Other Works

The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto and Other Works

Sixty musicians perform one of the most popular works in the modern Chinese classical canon, in which Western orchestral influences combine with Chinese folk opera, conducted by it… 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

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

I Believe in One Bach

I Believe in One Bach

Ageing violinist Alan Gottlieb has long been content to sit at the back desk of the seconds, coasting his way to retirement. 

Beefheart – Tropical Hot Dog Night!

Beefheart – Tropical Hot Dog Night!

Orange Claw Hammer take the music of Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band and bend it into shape for the 21st century. 

Gary Tank Commander: Gary Talks (Yous Listen)

Gary Tank Commander: Gary Talks (Yous Listen)

Hiya! It’s me, Gary, and I’ve listened to the fans who said, ‘Gary, you’re amazin’, dae a chat show!’ Sooo. 

King of the Table

King of the Table

Xu Xin, Ma Long, Ray Badran, Jan-Ove Waldner, Mark Silcox, Fan Zhendong. 

Drink Whole Night

Drink Whole Night

‘Who do you think is a better drinker, the Chinese god or the foreign god?’ ‘Do gods talk about fatalism even when they drink too much?’ Combining installation art, theatre, photog… 

Not Another Quiz Night

Not Another Quiz Night

Let’s get 100 people in a room for a quiz night like no other. 

Drink Whole Night

Drink Whole Night

‘Who do you think is a better drinker, the Chinese god or the foreign god?’ ‘Do gods talk about fatalism even when they drink too much?’ Combining installation art, theatre, photog… 

Blink: A one-man gay rom-com

Blink: A one-man gay rom-com

After a fantastic debut run at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2022, Terry Geo’s astounding show is back! Blink gives a raw and emotional insight into modern life for an interracial coupl… 

Healing King Herod

Healing King Herod

King Herod, famed for his Massacre of the Innocents, now leads a self-development pyramid scheme. 

Blink: A one-man gay rom-com

Blink: A one-man gay rom-com

After a fantastic debut run at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2022, Terry Geo’s astounding show is back! Blink gives a raw and emotional insight into modern life for an interracial coupl… 

A Night of the Mind

A Night of the Mind

A Night of the Mind – Fraser Penman, the world’s most unique hypnotist, is an international stage hypnotist and mentalist. 

One Night with Marilyn

One Night with Marilyn

A laugh-out-loud, immersive, comedic, heartfelt tribute to Hollywood’s most iconic blonde bombshell. 

Luke Manning: One Manning Show

Luke Manning: One Manning Show

Sharp, silly and sublime solo character comedy from Luke Manning, formerly one half of veteran Fringe sketch duo, In Cahoots, and a writer-performer for BBC Radio 4’s Sketchtopia a… 

Miss Havisham's Wedding Night

Miss Havisham's Wedding Night

‘Drop by drop we take the poison of men til we become immune. 

Rhiannon Shaw: Wedding Night

Rhiannon Shaw: Wedding Night

Character comedian and stand-up Rhiannon Shaw (‘a cunning comic mind’ (Chortle. 

The Night of the Musicals

The Night of the Musicals

The Night of the Musicals is a dazzlingly fun, exceptionally energetic hour of musical entertainment. 

Dolly Diamond's Rather Large Variety Night

Dolly Diamond's Rather Large Variety Night

An hour of sharp-tongued humour, risqué songs and jaw-dropping physical feats. 

Mustafa Algiyadi: A Little Killing Hurts No One (WIP)

Mustafa Algiyadi: A Little Killing Hurts No One (WIP)

10 years after being refused entry to Edinburgh, Mustafa Algiyadi returns with a work-in-progress show. 

The Fannies One Night Stand!

The Fannies One Night Stand!

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

Auto-Engrain: A One-Woman Show

Auto-Engrain: A One-Woman Show

Toxicity. 

Pick me baby one more time

Pick me baby one more time

Hey! You free tonight? Fancy a drink? Let’s talk films, festivals, and red flags. 

Pick me baby one more time

Pick me baby one more time

Hey! You free tonight? Fancy a drink? Let’s talk films, festivals, and red flags. 

#MeToo, a one-woman show

#MeToo, a one-woman show

Sex cults with fake feminism, pretend shamans, Burning Man, Lower East Side “nightclub photographers” and Tinder f*ck boys all make an appearance in this educational and hilari… 

Auto-Engrain: A One-Woman Show

Auto-Engrain: A One-Woman Show

Toxicity. 

A Little Night Music: Cabaret After Dark

A Little Night Music: Cabaret After Dark

Our show will take you on an exciting journey through the world of Broadway showtunes all the way to some of your favourite pop song classics. 

In Conversation with… Jack Monroe

In Conversation with… Jack Monroe

Food writer and anti-poverty campaigner. 

Jack Tucker: Comedy Stand-Up Hour

Jack Tucker: Comedy Stand-Up Hour

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

King of More: #FOMO Clinic

King of More: #FOMO Clinic

Do you ever experience the feeling of missing out? The Fringe confuses you – where to go, what to choose? Worry not! After a sold out BlundaGarden show A Divination in 2022, Dr K… 

King Kandoro’s Family Meeting

King Kandoro’s Family Meeting

Finally, a Family Meeting in the UK. 

The Night Bus

The Night Bus

The N205 arrives. 

Alexander Klaus, the One-Legged Shoemaker Man

Alexander Klaus, the One-Legged Shoemaker Man

Sander Klaus is an underage soldier in America’s Civil War. 

The Night Bus

The Night Bus

The N205 arrives. 

Gary

Gary

Things are going to change. 

QUIZ NIGHT @ VAGINUS HEMMINGWAY'S CABARET RATHOLE

QUIZ NIGHT @ VAGINUS HEMMINGWAY'S CABARET RATHOLE

Imaginary celebrity Vaginus Hemmingway invites you to stave off the humdrum horror of the ongoing apocalypse with an evening of elegant debauchery at the fabled Cabaret Rathole –… 

QUIZ NIGHT @ VAGINUS HEMMINGWAY'S CABARET RATHOLE

QUIZ NIGHT @ VAGINUS HEMMINGWAY'S CABARET RATHOLE

Imaginary celebrity Vaginus Hemmingway invites you to stave off the humdrum horror of the ongoing apocalypse with an evening of elegant debauchery at the fabled Cabaret Rathole –… 

Gary

Gary

Things are going to change. 

The Stuff of Legends: The Songs of Tony Bennett and Nat King Cole

The Stuff of Legends: The Songs of Tony Bennett and Nat King Cole

Celebrating two musical icons, paying homage to their hits, both in melody and lyrics. Musically polished, relaxing, informative. Pure nostalgia. 

Drag Queen Wine Tasting

Drag Queen Wine Tasting

Get ready for mischief with this campatious event fuelled by quality wine, low tone, a scrumptious pairing and a big fat singalong. 

For Your Entertainment (Charity Comedy Night)

For Your Entertainment (Charity Comedy Night)

2 nights of hilarious stand up comedy in aid of the Scottish Huntingtons Association, with excellent Scottish up and coming comedians at the ready to make you laugh whilst raising … 

The Dead of Night

The Dead of Night

Dead of Night by Hurly Burly is a traipse through gothic romantic literature in an exploration of the nature of humanity and monsters. 

First Night at The Hub

First Night at The Hub

Join Nicola Benedetti and artists from across the 2023 opening weekend for an evening of music celebrating community. 

Arron Jones: One-Hour Straitjacket Escape Magic Show

Arron Jones: One-Hour Straitjacket Escape Magic Show

Edinburgh Live’s number-one pick of the Free Fringe 2022 returns! A devilishly handsome magician trapped in a straitjacket, mind-melting magic, show-stopping laughs and unexpected … 

Stamptown Comedy Night

Stamptown Comedy Night

From the moment Zach Zucker's comedy alter ego Jack Tucker walks out on stage to introduce Stamptown, the audience knows they're in for something truly special. 

Joe Wells: King of the Autistics

Joe Wells: King of the Autistics

Rise up against your neurotypical overlords! ‘One of my favourite comics’ (Frankie Boyle). 

The Night Children

The Night Children

Dara is not a ghost. 

The Weegies Have Stolen the One O'Clock Gun!

The Weegies Have Stolen the One O'Clock Gun!

When Edinburgh’s iconic One o’Clock Gun is stolen by shady Glaswegians only our hero Morningside Malcolm, quiet resident of the douce suburbs, can prevent strife and aggro between … 

Elle Fire: Queen of the O-Rings

Elle Fire: Queen of the O-Rings

Let the Queen of the O-rings take you on an epic quest! In the face of mortal danger from repressive forces she must engage in a cosmic battle to fight for the survival & freedom o… 

Topless: The One Woman Musical

Topless: The One Woman Musical

An exciting new version of Miles Tredinnick’s original 1999 show. 

Queen and Sober

Queen and Sober

A raw and unfiltered musical comedy show, tackling difficult and often taboo subjects. 

Good Grief: Five Deserts in Search of My Father. A One-Man Show by Writer Jon Lawrence

Good Grief: Five Deserts in Search of My Father. A One-Man Show by Writer Jon Lawrence

The poignant tale of a writer and musician, Jon Lawrence, who walked 500km over five deserts on five continents to grieve for his father and raise money for a cancer charity. 

Bad Blood: A One-Man Musical

Bad Blood: A One-Man Musical

A young man visits his dying father in the ICU and uncovers a shocking revelation: his father’s secret second family. 

Gary Little Still Here

Gary Little Still Here

Another year older but still none the wiser, Gary returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with stories and jokes that have earned him his reputation as one of Scotland’s top comed… 

Late Night Drams

Late Night Drams

Join Colin “WhiskyForager” every night for an extra-special flight of three fantastic single malts from his private reserve collection. 

The Wreck of the Queen Thomasina

The Wreck of the Queen Thomasina

The tragicomic tale of two rhyming pirates scuttled on a desert island – sans captain, sans crew, lots of sand. 

King of More: Veza

King of More: Veza

There is secret connection among all of us. 

Gary Delaney: Gary in Punderland

Gary Delaney: Gary in Punderland

Get ready to dive into a rabbit hole of the best jokes in the world – star of Live at the Apollo and sell-out sensation Gary Delaney is back! One of the most sought-after joke wr… 

Queen of the New Year

Queen of the New Year

Alan doesn’t understand Carol after they met via a dating app which was organised by bestie Karen, but now Carol has met Tony to complicate matters as she becomes the Queen Of T… 

One Week in Magaluf

One Week in Magaluf

ERA Productions returns to the Fringe this year with a familiar act that sees the lively quartet of Megan (Mia Taylor), Nicole (Catherine Hutchinson), Amy (Abi Price) and Olivia (M… 

Spend the Night with Tiffany Black

Spend the Night with Tiffany Black

A WIP comedy-cabaret show, tracking one woman’s life from the same night every year of her life, from childhood sleepovers to first sexual experiences and her changing relationship… 

KING

KING

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… 

Skye Scraper: The Life and Times of a Drag Queen Accountant

Skye Scraper: The Life and Times of a Drag Queen Accountant

Australia’s campest drag queen bares all in this chaotic cabaret about her double life as a drag queen accountant. 

Liars & Clowns: A Late Night Comedy Show

Liars & Clowns: A Late Night Comedy Show

Liars & Clowns returns to Edinburgh to showcase the best alternative comedians from around the festival. 

Kathleen Hughes: One of the Girls (WIP)

Kathleen Hughes: One of the Girls (WIP)

Queer feminist and bloody lefty Kathleen has fallen into a settled life with a nice boy who can do maths. 

The Carole King and James Taylor Story

The Carole King and James Taylor Story

This nostalgic journey through the lives and careers of music legends Carole King and James Taylor is a masterpiece. 

Ross Leslie: Unfit for a King

Ross Leslie: Unfit for a King

A lot has happened to Ross since last year’s Fringe. 

Friend (The One with Gunther)

Friend (The One with Gunther)

A lot of laughs and refreshingly comfortable seating await you at Friend (The One with Gunther), playing at the Gilded Balloon at the Museum. 

One Way Out

One Way Out

Winner of the 2023 Edinburgh Untapped Award, One Way Out is a powerful exploration of the injustices suffered by the Windrush generation, through the lens of four boys from South L… 

No One Is Coming

No One Is Coming

‘A love letter to my mother that I’ll never send. 

Late Night Magic

Late Night Magic

Forget rabbits out of hats. 

Aaaaargh! It's the One-Liner Show

Aaaaargh! It's the One-Liner Show

Enjoy an hour of the best up-and-coming, one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay. 

One's a Musical Comedian and One Isn't

One's a Musical Comedian and One Isn't

Do you like musical comedy? Do you like non-musical comedy? Do you not care, as long as it’s good? Then come enjoy either the first half, the second half, or even all of this show,… 

Late Night Comedy Death Camp

Late Night Comedy Death Camp

Returning for its fourth year, Henry Ginsberg presents a possibly anarchic, probably slightly depraved and almost certainly alcohol-fuelled showcase of the best stand-up comedy fro… 

Giddy Aunt Improv: Late Night Laughs

Giddy Aunt Improv: Late Night Laughs

My oh my, you’re in for a treat with Giddy Aunt Improv! These young whippersnappers are putting on a show full of silly games, sketches, songs and more, all made up on the spot and… 

Adam Riley: Late-Night Comedy in the Afternoon

Adam Riley: Late-Night Comedy in the Afternoon

Looking for dark and dirty jokes but want to go to bed early? Then look no further! Join Adam Riley for an hour of flaps-to-the-wall stand-up from the man they couldn’t cancel beca… 

Sid Singh: Table for One

Sid Singh: Table for One

Award-winning lefty comedian and human rights advocate Sid Singh takes you on a hilarious journey as he figures out how to fight the good fight… as far from home as possible! The… 

Philipp and Phriends: A Late Night Comedy Show

Philipp and Phriends: A Late Night Comedy Show

Philipp Kostelecky brings the festival’s best acts together for a late-night extravaganza! No rules, no regulations – it’s late night so anything goes. 

24 Shows in 24 days: Live at the Big Cave

24 Shows in 24 days: Live at the Big Cave

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

Paradise Palms Late-Night Cabaret

Paradise Palms Late-Night Cabaret

Paradise Palms’ infamous late-night cabaret returns with the usual intoxicated blend of raucous stage antics, cocktails and beautifully behaved rowdiness. 

Drag Queen Story Hour

Drag Queen Story Hour

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… 

Angus Coutts – Short King

Angus Coutts – Short King

There’s a new king in town, and his name is Angus Coutts. 

Jack Traynor and Daniel Petrie: Introducing Two of Scotland's Most Exciting New Stand-up Comedians

Jack Traynor and Daniel Petrie: Introducing Two of Scotland's Most Exciting New Stand-up Comedians

Shared hour with two absolute stars of the future. 

Cobin Millage: Lewis Capaldi is Invited and Absolutely No One Else (WIP)

Cobin Millage: Lewis Capaldi is Invited and Absolutely No One Else (WIP)

If we’re technically speaking, there is one (1) person invited to this show, but you (yes, you) are allowed (and inarguably encouraged) to come to the debut Fringe show from Canadi… 

One Man 12 Angry Men

One Man 12 Angry Men

In a world where one man can be one character, Alexander Richmond dares to be twelve of them. 

Lara A King – Midlife at the Oasis

Lara A King – Midlife at the Oasis

In a desert of hot flushes – refreshing repartee from award-winning, climacteric comedian. 

Lost Cabaret: Nonsense in the Night

Lost Cabaret: Nonsense in the Night

A ridiculous variety show featuring the visually absurd, the whimsically witty and the wildly beautiful. 

The Kinsey Sicks: Drag Queen Storytime Gone Wild!

The Kinsey Sicks: Drag Queen Storytime Gone Wild!

America’s most potty-mouthed and politically outspoken drag a cappella quartet escaped the morality police in the US. 

Luke Kempner in Gritty Police Drama: A One-Man Musical

Luke Kempner in Gritty Police Drama: A One-Man Musical

Star of Spitting Image (Britbox), Steph’s Packed Lunch (Channel 4) impressionist Luke Kempner brings his one-man British Police Drama to Edinburgh. 

It's a Motherf**king Pleasure

It's a Motherf**king Pleasure

This is a brilliant show. 

Jack Docherty in David Bowie and Me: Parallel Lives

Jack Docherty in David Bowie and Me: Parallel Lives

Jack’s love of Bowie is the jumping off point for an hour of comedy about his teenage years, first love, hedonism, families, AI, culture wars, mortality and why you should always m… 

Rocky Horror Night

Rocky Horror Night

So! Come up to the lab and see what’s on the slab! Our infamous Rocky Horror themed nights are back at the world-famous Frankenstein! Give yourself over to absolute pleasure by j… 

The Brief Life & Mysterious Death of Boris III, King of Bulgaria

The Brief Life & Mysterious Death of Boris III, King of Bulgaria

Bulgaria just told Hitler to f*ck off, saved nearly 50,000 Jewish lives. 

Improvised Rubbish Shakespeare – The Incomplete Works

Improvised Rubbish Shakespeare – The Incomplete Works

Shakespeare’s gone awol so his cast must make it up. 

One Room Sleep One Night

One Room Sleep One Night

The sold-out NYC hit from award-winning actor Grant Lancaster comes to Fringe! Follow Grant on an outrageous journey home from the mountains of Thailand, all while handling an undi… 

Me, Myself and Mary (Queen of Scots)

Me, Myself and Mary (Queen of Scots)

From award-winning writer Raymond Friel, Me, Myself and Mary (Queen of Scots) is a one-woman play with a cast of thousands! Join citizen historian and proud Shetlander Mary Fraser … 

A Midsummer Night's Dram

A Midsummer Night's Dram

Since we were formed in 1983, we’ve believed in doing things differently. 

Durham Shakespeare Festival - A Midsummer Night's Dream

Durham Shakespeare Festival - A Midsummer Night's Dream

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

Durham Shakespeare Festival - A Midsummer Night's Dream

Durham Shakespeare Festival - A Midsummer Night's Dream

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

FemFest Scratch Night 2.0

FemFest Scratch Night 2.0

Bored of the same-old Summer Saturday nights? Fed up with listening to your neighbour’s kids screaming in the garden? Want to get away from the topless chanting lads who invade B… 

A Night at the Weimar

A Night at the Weimar

Eine Nacht im Weimar!Music, Tanzen und Kabbarett!Come and join us for the heady days of Berlin in the 1920’s. 

Table For One

Table For One

About the show On an ordinary night, in a quiet country village, a series of gift bags appear at carefully selected households. 

Queen of The East

Queen of The East

About the show The year is 32 BCE. 

Maktub Scratch Night

Maktub Scratch Night

Continuing their residency at The Courtyard Theatre. Come and enjoy an evening of live performances. Monologues, Duologues, Music, Spoken Word/Poetry, Stand Up Comedy + more. 

FUSE International Opening Night 2023

FUSE International Opening Night 2023

About the show Celebrate the opening of the 15th festival with an exhilarating night of music and dance including two special guest performances from companies AXIOM and… 

Game Night

Game Night

Your classic, uncensored, alcohol-fuelled noughties sitcom. 

Alasdair Beckett-King - The Interdimensional ABK

Alasdair Beckett-King - The Interdimensional ABK

Join the award-winning comedian Alasdair Beckett-King on a ramshackle jaunt through a multiverse of wonders. 

Alasdair Beckett-King - The Interdimensional ABK

Alasdair Beckett-King - The Interdimensional ABK

Join the award-winning comedian Alasdair Beckett-King on a ramshackle jaunt through a multiverse of wonders. 

Drag Queen Wine Tasting @ Leith Festival

Drag Queen Wine Tasting @ Leith Festival

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

Stage Write Night

Stage Write Night

Come and join us for an evening of script in hand readings from our new writing programme – Stage Write. 

One Last Waltz

One Last Waltz

7 Years after it's first tour, Luke Adamson's critically acclaimed comedy-drama about Alzheimer's is being published. 

BARCO & TNS PRESENT: KING TAFARI LOVE MUZIC

BARCO & TNS PRESENT: KING TAFARI LOVE MUZIC

The one and only King Tafari Love Muzic Sound System bring the Island feels with their authentic sound system. 

BARCO & TNS PRESENT: KING TAFARI LOVE MUZIC

BARCO & TNS PRESENT: KING TAFARI LOVE MUZIC

The one and only King Tafari Love Muzic Sound System bring the Island feels with their authentic sound system. 

Queen of the O-Rings

Queen of the O-Rings

Join the Queen of the O-rings on an epic quest to save her village from the tyranny of the Hateful Pistons of Thrust. 

Queen Mab: The Witching Hour

Queen Mab: The Witching Hour

Welcome to the Court of Queen Mab: The witching hour has descended, ushering in a phantasmagorical feast for the senses as this musical monarch takes to the stage. 

Queen of the O-Rings

Queen of the O-Rings

Elle Fire: Queen of the O-Rings. 

Queen Mab: The Witching Hour

Queen Mab: The Witching Hour

Welcome to the Court of Queen Mab: The witching hour has descended, ushering in a phantasmagorical feast for the senses as this musical monarch takes to the stage. 

I Believe in One Bach

I Believe in One Bach

As his career collapses to an early end, a musician finds solace in Bach – but does this lead to obsession or madness? Music was his career, Bach was his passion. 

One Day When We Were Young

One Day When We Were Young

Leonard and Violet, young, restless and in love, spend their first night together knowing it may also be their last. 

The Last Night Out

The Last Night Out

It’s been a year since Sophie disappeared from David’s life. 

Queen of The East

Queen of The East

The year is 32 BCE. 

I Believe in One Bach

I Believe in One Bach

As his career collapses to an early end, a musician finds solace in Bach – but does this lead to obsession or madness? Music was his career, Bach was his passion. 

The Last Night Out

The Last Night Out

It’s been a year since Sophie disappeared from David’s life. 

Charles Quarterman: An Evening With Charles Quarterman For One Hour

Charles Quarterman: An Evening With Charles Quarterman For One Hour

If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www. 

Lara A King: Midlife At The Oasis

Lara A King: Midlife At The Oasis

In a desert of hot flushes – refreshing repartee, rants and banter from award- winning, climacteric comedian. 

Lara A King: Midlife At The Oasis

Lara A King: Midlife At The Oasis

In a desert of hot flushes – refreshing repartee, rants and banter from award- winning, climacteric comedian. 

Charles Quarterman: An Evening With Charles Quarterman For One Hour

Charles Quarterman: An Evening With Charles Quarterman For One Hour

Hello, I am Charles Quarterman. 

Lara A. King: Midlife At The Oasis

Lara A. King: Midlife At The Oasis

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 … 

That One-Liner Bloke's Comedy Show

That One-Liner Bloke's Comedy Show

Kevin O’Brien in That One-Liner Bloke’s Comedy Show. A must see show for fans of one-liner jokes. 

That One-Liner Bloke's Comedy Show

That One-Liner Bloke's Comedy Show

Kevin O’Brien in That One-Liner Bloke’s Comedy Show. A must see show for fans of one-liner jokes. 

A Long Night in London

A Long Night in London

A deeply moving, fast-paced true story of catastrophe, survival and love from Britain’s home front: these uniquely told stories intertwine and unfold to take you on a journey you… 

A Long Night in London

A Long Night in London

A deeply moving, fast-paced true story of catastrophe, survival and love from Britain’s home front: these uniquely told stories intertwine and unfold to take you on a journey you… 

Gary Sansome: Bald Man Sings Rihanna

Gary Sansome: Bald Man Sings Rihanna

Ever heard a bald man sing Rihanna? The Edinburgh Fringe Favourite comes to Brighton, as seen at the biggest comedy clubs in the world, including Caroline’s on Broadway in NYC. 

The Great 80s and 90s One Hit Wonder Songbook

The Great 80s and 90s One Hit Wonder Songbook

One-hit wonders are like love affairs – intense, but alas, all-too-brief- so join award-winning performer Paul Diello and his eight-piece ensemble as they resurrect some of the g… 

Lilly Buchanan: A Night of Burlesque

Lilly Buchanan: A Night of Burlesque

Let Lilly Buchanan whisk you away for an evening of decorum and debauchery. A night of dancing and singing, and one or two risqué strip teases… 

Joe Wells: King Of The Autistics

Joe Wells: King Of The Autistics

A work in progress show from Joe Wells. 

Lilly Buchanan: A Night of Burlesque

Lilly Buchanan: A Night of Burlesque

Let Lilly Buchanan whisk you away for an evening of decorum and debauchery. A night of dancing and singing, and one or two risqué strip teases… 

Joe Wells: King Of The Autistics

Joe Wells: King Of The Autistics

A work in progress show from Joe Wells. 

Drag Queen Wine Tasting

Drag Queen Wine Tasting

Join us for not 1, not 2, but 3 delicious glasses of carefully selected wines for a campatious evening at Redroaster Café on St James St; fuelled by low tone, audience interaction… 

Pitch Night: Stand-Ups Present Your Startup Ideas

Pitch Night: Stand-Ups Present Your Startup Ideas

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

Drag Queen Wine Tasting

Drag Queen Wine Tasting

Wine tasting and drag queens go together like milk and cookies. 

Jekyll & Hyde: A One Woman Show

Jekyll & Hyde: A One Woman Show

“You must suffer me to go my own dark way. 

Jekyll & Hyde: A One Woman Show

Jekyll & Hyde: A One Woman Show

“You must suffer me to go my own dark way. 

Pitch Night: Stand-Ups Present Your Startup Ideas

Pitch Night: Stand-Ups Present Your Startup Ideas

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

SHORTS: A collection of one-act plays

SHORTS: A collection of one-act plays

Featuring writers including Nick Payne, Elinor Cook and (Oscar, Tony and Pulitzer winner) John Patrick Shanley, SHORTS celebrates the beauty and frailty within human connection, an… 

The Art of a Damaged Soul: The One Woman Show Adaptation

The Art of a Damaged Soul: The One Woman Show Adaptation

Ah, Birthdays. 

THE ART OF A DAMAGED SOUL - THE ONE WOMAN SHOW ADAPTATION

THE ART OF A DAMAGED SOUL - THE ONE WOMAN SHOW ADAPTATION

The author of the bestselling poetry series The Art of a Damaged Soul brings you the hard-hitting , powerful one woman show.  

The Art of a Damaged Soul: The One Woman Show Adaptation

The Art of a Damaged Soul: The One Woman Show Adaptation

Ah, Birthdays. 

Madame Chandelier's Night at the Opera

Madame Chandelier's Night at the Opera

If the encore of a show entails audience members chucking white tennis socks at you, would you consider it a success? You might, if the tennis socks were props for an avalanche so … 

New Act Night

New Act Night

The latest stand-up fledglings from Jill Edwards Stand-Up Comedy Course at Brighton’s Komedia take to the stage for their very first time in our electric atmosphere ‘New Act Nigh… 

The Queen, Shakespeare and Me

The Queen, Shakespeare and Me

Affectionate musical comedy tribute to the world’s longest-serving monarch - a thoroughly modern, fully empowered female role model who headed up a country & united a commonwealt… 

The Carole King and James Taylor Story

The Carole King and James Taylor Story

The friendship between Carole King and James Taylor played a vital part in both of their incredible careers. 

The Carole King and James Taylor Story

The Carole King and James Taylor Story

The friendship between James Taylor and Carole King played a vital part in both of their incredible careers. 

Having the craic with Jack Hester

Having the craic with Jack Hester

Having the craic with Jack Hester. 

Having the craic with Jack Hester

Having the craic with Jack Hester

Having the craic with Jack Hester. 

Proper Melts Returns II The Sequel (the last one was the prequel)

Proper Melts Returns II The Sequel (the last one was the prequel)

Join Ben Carter and Joe Bunn two of the UK’s limpest forces that have been proper melted together for one hour of entertainment. 

The King's Speech

The King's Speech

It’s 1936. 

A Night with Ross Feratu (& Friends)

A Night with Ross Feratu (& Friends)

Brace yourself. 

A Night with Ross Feratu (& Friends)

A Night with Ross Feratu (& Friends)

Brace yourself. 

The King's Speech

The King's Speech

It’s 1936. 

A Little Killing Hurts No One

A Little Killing Hurts No One

In A Little Killing Hurts No One, Mustafa Algiyadi manoeuvres through the European way of life from the lens of an Arab, longing so badly to be part of it, yet confronted with some… 

Caravanserai Opening Night

Caravanserai Opening Night

Celebrate the start of Brighton Fringe 2023 by joining us at the Caravanserai launch. 

A Little Killing Hurts No One

A Little Killing Hurts No One

In “A little killing hurts no one”, Mustafa Algiyadi manoeuvres through the European way of life from the lens of a Libyan Arab, longing so bad to be part of it, yet confronted wit… 

Caravanserai Opening Night

Caravanserai Opening Night

Celebrate the start of Brighton Fringe 2023 by joining us at the Caravanserai launch. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Globe

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Globe

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

Queen of Roses

Queen of Roses

Queen of Roses is an immersive cabaret featuring majestic live performances, exquisite dining and quintessentially British cocktails. 

F★★king Men

F★★king Men

The current production of Joe DiPietro’s F**king Men at Waterloo East Theatre is an updated version of his original 2009 script that successfully takes note of developments on th… 

F**king Men

F**king Men

The hit play F**king Men returns to London this Spring for a strictly limited engagement. 

Violence and Son by Gary Owen

Violence and Son by Gary Owen

Fricative Theatre is remounting its former sold-out run of Violence and Son at the Golden Goose Theatre from 11-15 April. 

Gary Meikle 2.5

Gary Meikle 2.5

Most blurbs are written in the 3rd person so they’ll be like ‘Gary is this, Gary is that, you can expect this from Gary’. 

Gary Meikle 2.5

Gary Meikle 2.5

Most blurbs are written in the 3rd person so they’ll be like ‘Gary is this, Gary is that, you can expect this from Gary’. 

Comedy Bloomers - A Night of LGBTQ+ Comedy March 2023

Comedy Bloomers - A Night of LGBTQ+ Comedy March 2023

Comedy Bloomers returns in 2023 with a lovely lineup of comedy talents. 

Stag King

Stag King

Stag King is a performance lecture / drag show about personhood, productivity and what happens when your role is made redundant. 

Fern Brady - Autistic Bikini Queen

Fern Brady - Autistic Bikini Queen

One of the UK’s most exciting comedians, Fern Brady is adding extra tour dates of her fifth solo show Autistic Bikini Queen. 

Fern Brady - Autistic Bikini Queen

Fern Brady - Autistic Bikini Queen

One of the UK’s most exciting comedians, Fern Brady is adding extra tour dates of her fifth solo show Autistic Bikini Queen. 

Not Another One

Not Another One

Meet Holly. 

Ira Sylvester: Someone Save the King (Work in Progress)

Ira Sylvester: Someone Save the King (Work in Progress)

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… 

Jack Barry: (Work in Progress)

Jack Barry: (Work in Progress)

Hey you, reading this. 

Lloyd Griffith: One Tonne of Fun

Lloyd Griffith: One Tonne of Fun

After Lloyd’s last tour was interrupted by ‘you know what’ and ended up lasting eight years or so, he’s BACK with a brand-new fresh stand-up tour… 

Lloyd Griffith: One Tonne of Fun

Lloyd Griffith: One Tonne of Fun

After Lloyd’s last tour was interrupted by ‘you know what’ and ended up lasting eight years or so, he’s BACK with a brand-new fresh stand-up tour… 

Rat King

Rat King

Kelly wants change. 

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

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

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

RAT KING

RAT KING

Kelly wants change. 

Stage Write Night -Special!

Stage Write Night -Special!

Come and join us for an evening of script in hand readings from our new writing programme – Stage Write. 

Stage Write Night Special

Stage Write Night Special

Come and join us for an evening of script in hand readings from our new writing programme – Stage Write. 

Healing King Herod

Healing King Herod

King Herod, famed for his Massacre of the Innocents, is now the face of a self-development pyramid scheme. 

It's a Motherf**king Pleasure

It's a Motherf**king Pleasure

“Blindness isn’t sexy. 

Flinch | One Hundred Ghost Stories

Flinch | One Hundred Ghost Stories

Flinch A play about everyday pain One Hundred Ghost Stories Based on supernatural samurai game Flinch - Rare AnticsThrough playful vignettes, three performers examine ho… 

No One Deserves This More Than You

No One Deserves This More Than You

A theatrical comedy meta horror multimedia experience - this show has all the adjectives and more! A desperate actor seeks a friend to be the ‘reader’ for their self tape. 

The Wholly Divided Trinity Conspiracy of Queen Elizabeth (Near Dublin) - Act 1 of 2

The Wholly Divided Trinity Conspiracy of Queen Elizabeth (Near Dublin) - Act 1 of 2

We Wrote This Before She Died Disco Trolley Productions A story of two friends, two timelines, one all-powerful wizard, one magical trolley, six Anne Hathaways, and as m… 

One of You Has to Die | HR_final.pptx

One of You Has to Die | HR_final.pptx

One of You Has to DieA post-apocalyptic interactive comedy showHR_final. 

Serena Flynn: Lizard King

Serena Flynn: Lizard King

Serena Flynn, as seen on BBC Comedy and at Soho Theatre, and Morag Davies Productions present Lizard King. 

Henry Moss: Henry Queen of Squats

Henry Moss: Henry Queen of Squats

Nominated for Best Comedy at the 2019 Brighton Fringe, queer Australian comedian Henry Moss brings HENRY: QUEEN OF SQUATS to VAULT. 

Into the Works

Into the Works

Into the Works is a showcase promoting the best in new musical theatre from some of the finest and most exciting composers and writers working in the UK today. 

Nocturne: A Late Night Cabaret

Nocturne: A Late Night Cabaret

Nocturne: A late night cabaret featuring the very best in entertainment from across the UK. 

Maktub Scratch Night

Maktub Scratch Night

An evening of live performances. Monologues, Duologues, Music, Spoken Word/Poetry, Stand Up Comedy + more. 

God Save the Queen

God Save the Queen

A night of Drag from the sweetest Drag Queen in London the beautiful Topsie RedfernTicket price includes a complimentary glass of bubbles & line of white or black snuff. 

Six Plays One Day

Six Plays One Day

Literally what it says on the tin: ‘Six Plays One Day’ offers a wide variety in a short space of time. 

Drag King 101 [online] - a Zoom workshop with Dorian T. Fisk

Drag King 101 [online] - a Zoom workshop with Dorian T. Fisk

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… 

The Scouse Jack & The Beanstalk

The Scouse Jack & The Beanstalk

The Royal Court Christmas show is back baby and it's deffo not for kids!⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I’d go every night this week if I could" Liverpool Ech… 

One Man Poe: A Triple Bill

One Man Poe: A Triple Bill

Renowned as The Godfather of Gothic Horror, Edgar Allan Poe has left a timeless mark on the horror genre. 

One Man Poe

One Man Poe

Renowned as the ‘Godfather of Gothic Horror’, Edgar Allan Poe has left a timeless mark on the horror genre. 

Jack and the Beanstalk

Jack and the Beanstalk

Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum, there’s some GIANT fun coming to East London this December! Join Jack, Jill and a whole host of their hilarious friends as they climb up the beanstalk to Applecart… 

Liz Kingsman: One Woman Show

Liz Kingsman: One Woman Show

Following sensational critical acclaim One Woman Show played sold out runs at Soho Theatre London and Traverse Theatre Edinburgh and was called “the single hottest ticket in … 

OH HOLEY NIGHT - Mark T Cox - A Very Homosexual Christmas Cabaret

OH HOLEY NIGHT - Mark T Cox - A Very Homosexual Christmas Cabaret

Come spend one special winters evening in East Londons favourite hole, The Glory. 

Jack and the Beanstalk

Jack and the Beanstalk

Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum A GIANT panto comes to The London Palladium! This Christmas join comedy superstars Dawn French and Julian Clary as they lead the cast of a brand-new production of Jac… 

Jack and the Beanstalk - Lyric Hammersmith

Jack and the Beanstalk - Lyric Hammersmith

Join us in 2022 for the gigantic return of Jack and the Beanstalk. 

Connections – The One-Acts Festival

Connections – The One-Acts Festival

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

Gary Barlow A Different Stage - Savoy Theatre

Gary Barlow A Different Stage - Savoy Theatre

Due to the huge demand for the first run of London shows, singer, songwriter, composer and producer, Gary Barlow, has announced the final two West End shows for his critically accl… 

Scottish Ballet - The Snow Queen

Scottish Ballet - The Snow Queen

Magic, glitter, snowflake fairies, Jack Frosts, snow wolves and innocent love winning out, what more could you want? Circus acts, Romani travellers? A revival of its 2019 productio… 

Off Broadway Comedy Club Night

Off Broadway Comedy Club Night

 Off Broadway Comedy Club by Giggle GaggleThe Off Broadway Comedy Club is Brightons newest comedy night. 

The Scouse Jack & The Beanstalk

The Scouse Jack & The Beanstalk

The Royal Court Christmas show is back baby! You want stupid jokes? We’ve got ’em. 

One-Man Poe: A Quadruple Bill

One-Man Poe: A Quadruple Bill

Using original texts from the 1840s, Stephen Smith faithfully brings Edgar Allan Poe’s words to life on stage, performing four of the most terrifying examples of gothic literature:… 

One Night of Queen - Gary Mullen & The Works

One Night of Queen - Gary Mullen & The Works

ONE NIGHT OF QUEEN Performed by GARY MULLEN AND THE WORKS   In 2000, Gary Mullen won ITV’s “Stars In Their Eyes” Live Grand Final, with the larges… 

Woolwich Works in Progress: Ed Night + Tadiwa Mahlunge

Woolwich Works in Progress: Ed Night + Tadiwa Mahlunge

Ed Night - who you might have seen seen on BBC Three, ITV2 and Comedy Central - will be bringing an hour of brand-new jokes along with ‘one of the country’s top new comedy acts’, T… 

Boisterous Stage Write Night

Boisterous Stage Write Night

Come and join us for a special evening of script in hand readings from our new writing programme – Stage Write. 

Woolwich Works in Progress: Esther Manito + David Mills

Woolwich Works in Progress: Esther Manito + David Mills

If you missed Esther Manito on Live at the Apollo, this is fantastic chance to see the Lebanese-British stand up in person. 

SUGGS What a King Cnut – A Life in The Realm Of Madness

SUGGS What a King Cnut – A Life in The Realm Of Madness

Due to huge popular demand, after his first tour-de-force, smash hit, sell out tours with ‘My Life Story’, Suggs is treading the boards again. 

Drama King

Drama King

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… 

Not Another One

Not Another One

Meet Holly. 

A Night at the Kabuki

A Night at the Kabuki

Coming to Sadler’s Wells in September as part of its world tour, A Night At The Kabuki is a retelling of Romeo and Juliet to original recordings of songs by Queen. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

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

Gary Barlow A Different Stage

Gary Barlow A Different Stage

Acclaimed singer, songwriter, composer and producer, Gary Barlow brings his theatrical one man stage show, A Different Stage, to London’s West End at the Duke of York’s… 

Arrivalists - A Night of the Written Page

Arrivalists - A Night of the Written Page

One voice. 

Music of the Night

Music of the Night

Building on his award-winning London debut, the new extended show Music of the Night is a feast for the eyes, ears and soul. 

King of More: A Divination

King of More: A Divination

Join a ritual performance around Bosnian coffee-reading to both slow down time and look to the near future. 

Jamali Maddix: King Crud

Jamali Maddix: King Crud

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 … 

Fern Brady: Autistic Bikini Queen

Fern Brady: Autistic Bikini Queen

Fern Brady is here to speak for autistic women who happen to be hot – selflessly giving a voice to the voiceless (or just a very specific group that might not have thought to ide… 

Mozart Chamber Works

Mozart Chamber Works

Musicians from The Philadelphia Orchestra gather for an intimate chamber concert of two iconic works by Mozart. 

Out of Order! The Quiz With Just One Question

Out of Order! The Quiz With Just One Question

The quiz with just one question! Ollie Horn challenges a different comedian friend each show to a deceptively difficult game of putting things in order. 

A Night at the Musicals

A Night at the Musicals

This show presents a collective of exciting musical theatre numbers relating to the theme of being unapologetically you and making a lasting impact on the world around you. 

Game Night

Game Night

One night. 

Plus One

Plus One

Every family has its drama, and every wedding has its secrets. 

A Little Night Music: Cabaret After Dark

A Little Night Music: Cabaret After Dark

Our show will take you on an exciting journey through the world of Broadway showtunes all the way to some of your favourite pop song classics. 

John and James' Tantric Night Out

John and James' Tantric Night Out

John and James’ Tantric Night Out is a conventionally attractive new comedy show from the people behind Final Cut and BIG SHOP. 

John and James' Tantric Night Out

John and James' Tantric Night Out

John and James’ Tantric Night Out is a conventionally attractive new comedy show from the people behind Final Cut and BIG SHOP. 

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

The HandleBards are a cycling theatre company who pedal Shakespeare plays to outdoor venues all across the UK. 

Riss Obolensky: Healing King Herod

Riss Obolensky: Healing King Herod

King Herod, famed for his Massacre of the Innocents, is now the face of a self-development pyramid scheme. 

Taylor & Leigh's Country Blues Night

Taylor & Leigh's Country Blues Night

Taylor & Leigh return to the festival with blisteringly hot country blues. 

One Man Two Guvnors

One Man Two Guvnors

Captivate Theatre brings the smash-hit comedy to the Fringe! ‘You gotta concentrate ain’t ya, with two jobs. 

Comedy Night at the Museum

Comedy Night at the Museum

Join the greatest comedians from across the globe as they blur the line between arte-fact and arte-fiction in a wholly improvised set, prompted by genuine artefacts housed in the N… 

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

Old Fruit Jar Productions are back with a fresh take on one of Shakespeare's classics! After a storm destroys all hope for a relaxing cruise across the ocean, Vi… 

Liz Kingsman: One-Woman Show

Liz Kingsman: One-Woman Show

The Guardian’s #1 Comedy Show of 2021 comes to the Fringe for a limited run. 

One Week in Magaluf

One Week in Magaluf

When Amy, Megan, Nicole and Olivia decide to go on a week-long girls holiday to Magaluf, some of them are excited for sun, sex and sangria. 

The One TEEN Show

The One TEEN Show

A Sri Lankan teenager’s quest to stage a live theatre show amidst post-AL angst, a pandemic and a country in crisis, told through a comedic, musical and dramatic multi-character … 

Last Night

Last Night

David and Emma arrive at work on Christmas Eve – the only two people in the office the morning after the Christmas party. 

Sweet Nothings Present: A Night at the Movies

Sweet Nothings Present: A Night at the Movies

Cinema’s greatest hits performed by an award-winning a cappella group! From international competitions to sell-out shows, singing powerhouses Sweet Nothings have done it all. 

Last Night a Musical Saved My Life!

Last Night a Musical Saved My Life!

We live in a crazy world of fear and anxiety! But don’t worry, Dr Theatre is here to solve your problems in a show packed full of fabulous musical theatre songs with all the answ… 

What Keeps You Awake at Night

What Keeps You Awake at Night

When 18-year-old Eliza doesn’t come home one night, her family and friends are forced to confront their own issues and insecurities in an attempt to find out what has happened to… 

The Fannies Big Night Out

The Fannies Big Night Out

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

Mason King – Mind Games

Mason King – Mind Games

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… 

Silent Night

Silent Night

Based on a true story, Silent Night is set in an Anderson shelter on Christmas Eve in 1940. 

Jack Tucker: Comedy Standup Hour

Jack Tucker: Comedy Standup Hour

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

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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

Late Night Fish

Late Night Fish

Michael and Tony are in the “Waste Management Business”. 

Late Night Fish

Late Night Fish

Michael and Tony are in the “Waste Management Business”. 

Sounds of St Cecilia's – Spinning the Works

Sounds of St Cecilia's – Spinning the Works

Lucia Capellaro, László Rózsa and David Gerrard, some of Scotland’s most exciting period instrument players, explore the musical offerings of two of Germany’s greatest baroque… 

Filippo Spreafico – One Hour of Italian Rhapsody in 50 minutes

Filippo Spreafico – One Hour of Italian Rhapsody in 50 minutes

This show is about identity, where to buy it, and how to cook it properly to make you stand out with your friends. 

Alasdair Beckett-King: Nevermore

Alasdair Beckett-King: Nevermore

Out of the swirling maelstrom he steps, his sword of jokes, his shield of whimsy and his armour made of a third amusing thing. 

Stamptown Comedy Night

Stamptown Comedy Night

Top Comedy Pick, NY Times (2022). 

Jack Badcock

Jack Badcock

Veteran performer, singer and guitarist, Jack Badcock, toured extensively on four continents, predominantly as frontman and founding member of renowned world-folk band Dallahan. 

Dream of a King

Dream of a King

On April 3rd 1968, Martin famously gave a speech that was a premonition of his own death. 

One Single Thread

One Single Thread

One Single Thread is a form-bending character and sketch “solo-ish” show written by NYC comedian Lauren Gamiel, featuring Slaney Rose Jordan. 

Jack Absolute Flies Again

Jack Absolute Flies Again

July 1940. 

Tuesday Night Sleeping Club

Tuesday Night Sleeping Club

Tuesday Night Sleeping Club: a night-and-action radio. 

Drag Queen Wine Tasting

Drag Queen Wine Tasting

As I take my seat in Mono Restaurant for Drag Queen Wine Tasting, I’m immediately struck by how professional everything looks. 

Riding With the King: The Music of Eric Clapton

Riding With the King: The Music of Eric Clapton

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. 

Late-Night Tropical Cabaret

Late-Night Tropical Cabaret

Paradise Palms’ infamous buffet of raucous cabaret and queer performance alongside comedy, spoken word and the darn-right ridiculous. 

Heidi Regan Gives Birth Live on Stage Every Night or Your Money Back

Heidi Regan Gives Birth Live on Stage Every Night or Your Money Back

Fade In: Heidi sits at her desk writing the blurb for this show. 

I Never Saw Another Butterfly – One-Act Version

I Never Saw Another Butterfly – One-Act Version

A beautiful, moving one-act play based on poetry created in a concentration camp by the Jewish children of Prague. 

The Bank Where Your Ex Works

The Bank Where Your Ex Works

Rory wants to pop the question. 

One

One

Very occasionally, a performance transcends the boundaries of the form in ways previously unseen. 

Totally! A One Superwoman Show

Totally! A One Superwoman Show

In this powerful one-hour theater piece, Kimleigh Smith takes the audience through a journey that is totally uplifting, totally heartbreaking and totally powerful! Totally! is the … 

Queen Killers – The We Will Rock You Tribute Show

Queen Killers – The We Will Rock You Tribute Show

A celebration of Queen songs performed by four of the UK’s most talented singers and dancers in a tribute to the musical We Will Rock You. 

Jekyll and Hyde: A One-Woman Show

Jekyll and Hyde: A One-Woman Show

‘You must suffer me to go my own dark way. 

Growing Up Ringside: A One-Woman Show by Mina Liccione

Growing Up Ringside: A One-Woman Show by Mina Liccione

Mina (Comedy Central, STOMP) returns with her acclaimed multimedia show weaving together hilarious and heartfelt stories from her New York upbringing as the daughter of an Italian-… 

Gayatri: The Royal Queen Consort of the Majapahit Kingdom

Gayatri: The Royal Queen Consort of the Majapahit Kingdom

Princess Gayatri seeks to preserve her father’s legacy and the survival of her people. 

One-Man Lord of the Rings

One-Man Lord of the Rings

100,000 characters. 

Gary Little Just About Done

Gary Little Just About Done

Life, relationships, the world! Everything seems to be coming to an end. 

Queen of Fishtown

Queen of Fishtown

A character comedy set in Philadelphia about struggling to maintain one’s authenticity while facing inevitable change. 

Des Clarke: One O’ Clock Fun

Des Clarke: One O’ Clock Fun

Join the award-winning star of Breaking The News, Heart FM and One Show for a joyful new comedy chat show. 

Late Night Comedy Death Camp

Late Night Comedy Death Camp

Henry Ginsberg (FHM Stand-Up Hero, Reading Festival New Act Of The Year) presents a possibly anarchic, probably slightly depraved and almost certainly alcohol-fuelled showcase of t… 

The One Between

The One Between

The One Between, formed from the leaders of both sides of the struggle, is the last hope of restoring balance to the world through a show of strength, spirit, essence and loyalty. 

One Empire, Under God

One Empire, Under God

An epic dystopian drama about the threat of religious extremism and right-wing populism. 

MC Hammersmith: One Man Eight Mile

MC Hammersmith: One Man Eight Mile

MC Hammersmith is the world’s leading freestyle rapper to emerge from the ghetto of middle-class West London. 

The Little Glass Slipper as Performed by the Queen of France and Her Friends

The Little Glass Slipper as Performed by the Queen of France and Her Friends

France 1789. 

The Carole King and James Taylor Story

The Carole King and James Taylor Story

A nostalgic journey through the lives and careers of two music legends in this international sell-out show. 

Gary G Knightley: The Not Knightley Show

Gary G Knightley: The Not Knightley Show

Gary G Knightley (the “Twat out of Hell”) returns with a new passion: quizzing. 

Tom Henry, Jack Hester: Tom and Jack Having the Craic

Tom Henry, Jack Hester: Tom and Jack Having the Craic

Two rising stars of the UK stand-up circuit banging out jokes and stories on topics as diverse as relationships, religion, politics, health and the human condition. 

Charmian Hughes: She! Immortal Horror Queen's Guide to Life

Charmian Hughes: She! Immortal Horror Queen's Guide to Life

Live! Laugh! Liquidate! is the message 8-year-old Charmian got from Hammer film She. 

Russell Arathoon: The Curious Incidents of the Gay in the Night-Time

Russell Arathoon: The Curious Incidents of the Gay in the Night-Time

‘Russell’s mum believes the whole pandemic is one huge elaborate excuse to get Bradley Walsh more airtime on British TV and Russell is just grateful for a chance to catch up on the… 

One Bite Only

One Bite Only

Alternative comedy extravaganza from two bizarre characters! See The Daft Duo as their solo performance personas in this double-bill. 

Paul Sinha: One Sinha Lifetime

Paul Sinha: One Sinha Lifetime

Paul Sinha is probably best known as one of Bradley Walsh’s TV team of ‘Chasers’: a characterful crew of six champion quizzers whose aim is to stop four plucky hopefuls getti… 

One-Man Star Wars™ Trilogy

One-Man Star Wars™ Trilogy

Since Charles Ross first brought his hilarious show to Edinburgh in 2006, it has established itself as a Fringe favourite. 

Make Me Your Queen

Make Me Your Queen

Game changer of an act Sam Serrano showcases their trademark self-deprecating and dark style in their debut show, Make Me Your Queen. 

Jack Gleadow: Jack's Entertainment

Jack Gleadow: Jack's Entertainment

The Leicester Mercury Champion and multi award-winner, Jack Gleadow returns to the Fringe with more old-school comedy for the modern age. 

Late Night Comedy Death Camp

Late Night Comedy Death Camp

Henry Ginsberg (FHM Stand-Up Hero, Reading Festival New Act Of The Year) presents a possibly anarchic, probably slightly depraved and almost certainly alcohol-fuelled showcase of t… 

Drag Queen Wine Tasting

Drag Queen Wine Tasting

Start your day with a campatious event fuelled by quality wine, a tasty snack and some low tone. 

Laugh Etc: Parisian Comedy Night

Laugh Etc: Parisian Comedy Night

Unfiltered compilation show, where the hecklers are being heckled. 

Lou Sanders: One Word: Wow

Lou Sanders: One Word: Wow

If it isn’t your old internet friend, Dr Giggles. 

A Night to Remember

A Night to Remember

The Christmas story, Broadway-style. 

Liars and Clowns: A Late Night Comedy Show

Liars and Clowns: A Late Night Comedy Show

After selling out at the Adelaide Fringe, Liars and Clowns comes to Edinburgh to showcase the best alternative, underground and weird acts from around the festival. 

The Tiger Lillies: One Penny Opera

The Tiger Lillies: One Penny Opera

They’re back! After years away touring the world, the Olivier Award-winning godfathers of alternative cabaret celebrate their 30th anniversary with a triumphant return to the Fring… 

George Fox: Night of the Living Dread

George Fox: Night of the Living Dread

Do you ever lay down to sleep only to be visited by the dread of embarrassing memories and intrusive thoughts? This show is for you! Award-winning Irish comedian and star of mega-p… 

Jack Harris: Teaching Teachers How To Teach

Jack Harris: Teaching Teachers How To Teach

Teacher-by-trade Jack’s guide to everything the classroom may throw at you. 

Alasdair Beckett-King: Nevermore

Alasdair Beckett-King: Nevermore

Looking like an ethereally pale, and bearded, pre-Raphaelite muse, Alasdair Beckett-King cuts a striking onstage figure. 

Ciarán Dowd: King Rodolfo

Ciarán Dowd: King Rodolfo

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. 

Luke Wright's Late Night Dance Floor Fillers (Poems)

Luke Wright's Late Night Dance Floor Fillers (Poems)

Who says poetry is box office poison? Fresh from wowing crowds opening for The Libertines and John Cooper Clarke, Luke Wright serves up banger after banger at the hottest late nigh… 

Nightlands by Jack MacGregor

Nightlands by Jack MacGregor

Nightlands is a play about how authoritarianism weaponises nostalgia, about Russia today. 

One of Two

One of Two

There’s significant anger in One of Two; a sense of injustice felt by a young man whose experience of the not-so-subtle cruelties and discrimination endured by disabled people is… 

Will Mars: My Life in One-Liners

Will Mars: My Life in One-Liners

Will used to think his life was a joke – but he was wrong, it’s more like 300. 

Jack Barry: Don't Happy Be Worry

Jack Barry: Don't Happy Be Worry

Hot piece of ass Barry rises from the ashes of the pandemic to heal your soul like a hearty dose of medicinal magic mushrooms. 

Late Night Dirty Scrabble with Rob Rouse and Friends

Late Night Dirty Scrabble with Rob Rouse and Friends

It’s the late night comedy gameshow that put’s the ‘dick’ in dictionary. 

Song Teller: A Night of LGBTQ+ Songwriters

Song Teller: A Night of LGBTQ+ Songwriters

Camden Fringe presents SongTeller - A one off, immersive celebration of the finest emerging LGBTQ+ songwriters London has to offer. 

Song Teller: A Night of LGBTQ+ Songwriters

Song Teller: A Night of LGBTQ+ Songwriters

Camden Fringe presents SongTeller - A one off, immersive celebration of the finest emerging LGBTQ+ songwriters London has to offer. 

Jack Docherty: Nothing But

Jack Docherty: Nothing But

Jack Docherty, BAFTA award-winning star of Scot Squad and Absolutely, returns to the festival with a tender, playful, darkly comic tale, where he grapples with lost youth, love, fa… 

Nikki Britton: One Small Step

Nikki Britton: One Small Step

‘Few comics reduce their audience to the constant waves of laughter for the full hour like Britton does’ (Chortle. 

Jeena Bloom: The Homecoming Queen

Jeena Bloom: The Homecoming Queen

This is the funny and sad story store of one transgender woman’s journey through America from both sides of the gender line. 

Kylie Brakeman Presents: Linda Hollywood's Big Hollywood Night

Kylie Brakeman Presents: Linda Hollywood's Big Hollywood Night

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

Mischief Movie Night

Mischief Movie Night

"What happens when you combine holy water and squash? Capers," Jonathan Sayer promises us during Mischief Comedy's Mischief Movie Night. 

The Queen's Cartoonists

The Queen's Cartoonists

Six Players. 

Willy’s Lil Virgin Queen

Willy’s Lil Virgin Queen

Award-winning actress and playwright Terra Taylor Knudson uses wit, anecdotes, and creative conjecture to weave Shakespeare’s works into her own coming-of-age story, and illustra… 

Apocalypse Live with Professor Jack Darcy

Apocalypse Live with Professor Jack Darcy

‘An x-rated musical-comedy TED talk about the end of human civilisation’. 

King John

King John

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… 

The Darkest Part of the Night

The Darkest Part of the Night

As Shirley and Dwight bury their mother, they remember their upbringing in 1980s Chapeltown, Leeds differently. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Experience Shakespeare’s best-loved comedy in the heart of Covent Garden with the award-winning Iris Theatre. 

A Night at the Musicals with Veronica Green

A Night at the Musicals with Veronica Green

One of the stars of season 2 and 3 of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, Veronica Green is coming to the Maddermarket Theatre in Norwich, presented by Something Fab Productions. 

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

“THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE NEVER DID RUN SMOOTH. 

King Lear

King Lear

A family feud tears apart a kingdom in Shakespeare’s epic tragedy King Lear in the Globe Theatre this Summer. 

Night of 1000 Queens

Night of 1000 Queens

Night of 1000 proudly present: Night of 1000 Queens! A truly regal clubbing spectacular, hosting tribute to pop royalty. 

Night of 1000 Queens

Night of 1000 Queens

Night of 1000 proudly present: Night of 1000 Queens! You are cordially invited to a truly regal clubbing spectacular as Night Of 1000 hosts tribute to pop royalty. 

Disney’s The Lion King (UK Tour)

Disney’s The Lion King (UK Tour)

Touring productions of West End musicals can often feel like a poor shadow of their original run as they usually require considerable downscaling to easily fit into a multitude of … 

The Last King of Porn

The Last King of Porn

Porn is a form of entertainment that has always had mixed reactions, yet brings a lot of pleasure to many individuals. 

The Last King of Porn

The Last King of Porn

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. 

For Queen And Country

For Queen And Country

For Queen And Country tells the remarkable true story of Major Denis Rake MC, as seen on the BBC2 programme, “Secret Agent Selection: WW2”. 

For Queen And Country

For Queen And Country

For Queen And Country tells the remarkable true story of Major Denis Rake MC, as seen on the BBC2 programme, “Secret Agent Selection: WW2”. 

Killer Queen

Killer Queen

Killer Queen is a dark, psychological drama, set against a backdrop of political upheaval, civil unrest and the fight for equality in late twentieth-century Britain. 

Killer Queen

Killer Queen

Killer Queen is a dark, psychological drama, set against a backdrop of political upheaval, civil unrest and the fight for equality in late twentieth-century Britain. 

In One Eye, Out the Other

In One Eye, Out the Other

Acclaimed Irish comedian Tadhg Hickey, “outstanding physical and comedic performer” (The Scotsman), brings you his weird and wonderful part theatre, part stand-up comedy show, ‘I… 

In One Eye, Out the Other

In One Eye, Out the Other

Acclaimed Irish comedian Tadhg Hickey, “outstanding physical and comedic performer” (The Scotsman), brings you his weird and wonderful part theatre, part stand-up comedy show, ‘I… 

No One

No One

No One is a modern re-mix of HG Well’s The Invisible Man as a high-octane thriller. 

No One

No One

Sometimes you see a piece of theatre that is so superb and shines so bright in every single way that it knocks you sideways. 

Jack Barry: Sexy (Work in Progress)

Jack Barry: Sexy (Work in Progress)

Hot piece of ass Barry rises from the ashes of the pandem to heal your soul. 

Jack Barry: Sexy (Work in Progress)

Jack Barry: Sexy (Work in Progress)

Hot piece of ass Barry rises from the ashes of the pandem to heal your soul. 

Enlightened: Soul Music Night

Enlightened: Soul Music Night

Join us for a night of live music to uplift your soul! Featuring original music from Standing Phase (formerly The Woodville) bringing their unique blend of soul, with funky underto… 

Aaargh It's the One Liner Show

Aaargh It's the One Liner Show

Enjoy an hour of the best up-and-coming one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay. 

Aaargh It's the One Liner Show

Aaargh It's the One Liner Show

Enjoy an hour of the best up-and-coming one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay. 

Enlightened: Soul Music Night

Enlightened: Soul Music Night

Join us for a night of live music to uplift your soul! Featuring original music from Standing Phase (formerly The Woodville) bringing their unique blend of soul, with funky underto… 

The Great 80s and 90s One Hit Wonder Songbook

The Great 80s and 90s One Hit Wonder Songbook

One-hit wonders are like love affairs – intense, but alas, all-too-brief- so join award-winning performer Paul Diello and his eight-piece ensemble as they resurrect some of the g… 

Serena Flynn: Lizard King

Serena Flynn: Lizard King

Serena Flynn (as seen on BBC Comedy, Soho Theatre) and Morag Davies Productions present ‘Lizard King’. 

One Movement Wonders

One Movement Wonders

The newly formed Amiche Quartet are breaking down the concept of the classical concert. 

One Movement Wonders

One Movement Wonders

The newly formed Amiche Quartet are breaking down the concept of the classical concert. 

King of the Swingers

King of the Swingers

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. 

Alasdair Beckett-King: Nevermore (Work in Progress)

Alasdair Beckett-King: Nevermore (Work in Progress)

A work in progress show from award-winning stand-up comedian Alasdair Beckett-King (‘Mock the Week’). 

Alasdair Beckett-King: Nevermore (Work in Progress)

Alasdair Beckett-King: Nevermore (Work in Progress)

A work in progress show from award-winning stand-up comedian Alasdair Beckett-King (‘Mock the Week’). 

Marcus Megastar's

Marcus Megastar's "The Music Of The Night" Fringe '22 Showcase

Out to cause absolute pandemonium, Marcus Megastar’s bringing the party to Brighton with “The Music Of The Night” ’22 Fringe Showcase. 

Marcus Megastar's

Marcus Megastar's "The Music Of The Night" Fringe '22 Showcase

Out to cause absolute pandemonium, Marcus Megastar’s bringing the party to Brighton with “The Music Of The Night” ’22 Fringe Showcase. 

ROOM based on A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf

ROOM based on A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf

Heather Alexander lit up the stage as she portrayed one of the most fearless female writers in history - Virginia Woolf. 

Jekyll & Hyde: A One Woman Show

Jekyll & Hyde: A One Woman Show

“You must suffer me to go my own dark way. 

Barbara Brownskirt's Big Night Out

Barbara Brownskirt's Big Night Out

BARBARA BROWNSKIRT’S BIG NIGHT OUT. 

New Act Night

New Act Night

The latest stand-up fledglings from Jill Edwards Stand-Up Comedy Course at Brighton’s Komedia take to the stage for their very first time in our electric atmosphere ‘New Act Nigh… 

The Carole King and James Taylor Story

The Carole King and James Taylor Story

The friendship between James Taylor and Carole King played a vital part in both of their incredible careers. 

Jack Harris: Teaching Teachers How To Teach (Work in Progress)

Jack Harris: Teaching Teachers How To Teach (Work in Progress)

Teacher by trade Jack Harris brings his guide on how to deal with everything the classroom throws at you. 

Jack Harris: Teaching Teachers How To Teach (Work in Progress)

Jack Harris: Teaching Teachers How To Teach (Work in Progress)

Teacher by trade Jack Harris brings his guide on how to deal with everything the classroom throws at you. 

Jack the Ripper: My Life as a Suspect

Jack the Ripper: My Life as a Suspect

Robert Inston battles with labels, types and even psychological profiles. 

Jack the Ripper: My Life as a Suspect

Jack the Ripper: My Life as a Suspect

Robert Inston battles with labels, types and even psychological profiles. 

Rough Night

Rough Night

We’ve all had rough nights, but this one is one of the roughest. 

Rough Night

Rough Night

Still recovering from the weekend? As usual, you get online and start flicking through social media to see what have your friends been up to. 

Open Mic Night by Mic Records

Open Mic Night by Mic Records

Join The Lion and Lobster & Mic Records as we celebrate live music with our Open Mic Night event - Fringe Edition. 

Open Mic Night by Mic Records

Open Mic Night by Mic Records

Join The Lion and Lobster & Mic Records as we celebrate live music with our Open Mic Night event - Fringe Edition. 

One Day in Wonderland

One Day in Wonderland

Alice is bored and loves to daydream. 

One Day in Wonderland

One Day in Wonderland

Alice is bored and loves to daydream. 

In One Eye, Out The Other

In One Eye, Out The Other

Tadhg Hickey introduces you to Feargal; a downtrodden but cheery man who fulfilled his lifelong dream of becoming an alcoholic. 

The End of the Night

The End of the Night

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

The Tiger Lillies: One Penny Opera

The Tiger Lillies: One Penny Opera

Based on the 18th century Beggar’s Opera and Brecht & Weill’s Threepenny Opera, the band present their own version of this wildly entertaining story as a song cycle swarming wi… 

One Night With Robbie Williams

One Night With Robbie Williams

Meet Dolly: a 20-something Londoner with one hell of a temper. 

Lou Sanders: One Word: Wow

Lou Sanders: One Word: Wow

It's me again, your old internet friend Dr Giggles. 

Lou Sanders: One Word: Wow

Lou Sanders: One Word: Wow

It's me again, your old internet friend Dr Giggles. 

Gary Powndland & Friends Live!

Gary Powndland & Friends Live!

Viral sensation Gary Powndland (Pronounced liked the shop, but not spelt the same) is the back in London with an all new live show for 2022!In this new show he’ll … 

The Night Woman

The Night Woman

A powerful new play about womanhood, blackness and healing by award-winner writer and performer Julene Robinson (The Witcher, Netflix; Get up, Stand Up!, London West End). 

Gary Powndland & Friends Live!

Gary Powndland & Friends Live!

Viral sensation Gary Powndland (Pronounced liked the shop, but not spelt the same) is the back in London with an all new live show for 2022!In this new show he’ll be joined by T… 

Havin' It Large, Kevin & Perry Night

Havin' It Large, Kevin & Perry Night

Friday March 4th from 8pmGARAGE, HAPPY HARDCORE, DRUM & BASSDRESS CODE - BUCKET HATS, SHELL SUITS & 90/00S CLUBWEARFREE ENTRY AND GLOWSTICKSBRING A JAM SANDWICHPurchase VIP… 

Fern Brady: Autistic Bikini Queen

Fern Brady: Autistic Bikini Queen

Following a sold out tour across Europe and Australia in 2019 and her most recent BBC stand up special Power & Chaos, Fern Brady brings her fifth solo show Brain o… 

Fern Brady: Autistic Bikini Queen

Fern Brady: Autistic Bikini Queen

Following a sold out tour across Europe and Australia in 2019 and her most recent BBC stand up special Power & Chaos, Fern Brady brings her fifth solo show Brain o… 

Chiron: A One Centaur Show | A Beautiful Mess

Chiron: A One Centaur Show | A Beautiful Mess

Chiron: A One Centaur Show Lanky horse-boy talks funny A Beautiful Mess To-do lists aren't actually helpful. 

Declan on the Trail Episode One: Dead Cow at Night, Declan's Delight

Declan on the Trail Episode One: Dead Cow at Night, Declan's Delight

The Documentary No One Asked ForThis absurdly hilarious radio play follows the investigations of a disgraced RTE journalist who has travelled to a strange island off the… 

No One is Coming

No One is Coming

No One Is Coming is a storytelling performance about a mother and a daughter inspired by real life events and infused with Irish mythology and comedy. 

Saturday Night Fever

Saturday Night Fever

The classic movie from the 1970’s involving John Travolta donning a white suit to wow audience members as he dances the funky chicken to the iconic Bee Gees soundtrack has now Broo… 

Doll Parts: A Club Night Celebrating Women in Rock

Doll Parts: A Club Night Celebrating Women in Rock

Calling all Rebel Girls and VioletsOn Friday 4th February 2022, XS POP will be tearing up Aatma in the heart of Manchester’s Northern Quarter, to celebrate all of the best women wh… 

Like A Sturgeon: Burns Night Belter!

Like A Sturgeon: Burns Night Belter!

The critically acclaimed LIKE A STURGEON show is back at The Royal Vauxhall Tavern for a Burns Night like no other!Join RIPLEY as the First Minister of Scotland, Nicola S… 

Fight Night

Fight Night

Winner of Best Actor and Bewley’s Little Gem awards at Dublin Fringe, and nominated Best New Play at the Irish Times Theatre Awards, Aonghus Óg McAnally ret… 

Fight Night

Fight Night

Winner of Best Actor and Bewley’s Little Gem awards at Dublin Fringe, and nominated Best New Play at the Irish Times Theatre Awards, Aonghus Óg McAnally ret… 

IMPROV COMEDY NIGHT from SPROUT

IMPROV COMEDY NIGHT from SPROUT

Bringing top improv comedy to Shoreditch “Sprout”, veterans of two sell-out Edinburgh festivals shows, will be presenting “Whose Line Is It Anyway” type games, scenes and sto… 

Jack and the Beanstalk

Jack and the Beanstalk

We are full of beans to announce that the “the doyen of dames” (The Times) Clive Rowe returns to Hackney Empire this year for a sparkling new panto adventure! When happ… 

Forward Trans+ Social - Games Night

Forward Trans+ Social - Games Night

Come and join us for a game night!—You will ideally need 2 devices with internet access to play along with us—Games Available;Jackbox Party Packs 1-7Gartic Phone—Ticket link 

One Night Records - Snake Oil

One Night Records - Snake Oil

"Part gig, part festival, part immersive adventure" - Lauren Laverne "Secret Cinema for live music" - London Live "Best Covid Safe Live Music Event 2020&qu… 

One More Time: 1998

One More Time: 1998

The ultimate deep dive retro night! Re-live your youth and enjoy the hits, forgotten gems and flops from 1998! It was the year pure pop really hit the big time with B*Witched … 

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

There are few things worth travelling the length of the Jubilee Line for on a cold and wet rush-hour on a December night. 

The Queen of Hearts

The Queen of Hearts

When Mark Twain said the only two certainties in life were death and taxes, he clearly hadn’t accounted for Andrew Pollard and the Greenwich team knocking out a cracking panto. 

Forward LGBT+ Social - Trans Day of Remembrance Open Mic Night

Forward LGBT+ Social - Trans Day of Remembrance Open Mic Night

Event Details TBCTicket link 

Homotopia Music Night

Homotopia Music Night

The official Homotopia Festival laid-back vibes closing party. 

DBF Opening Night: RTÉ Radio 1 Arena with Roddy Doyle, Hugo Hamilton, Lisa Harding and Caitriona Lally

DBF Opening Night: RTÉ Radio 1 Arena with Roddy Doyle, Hugo Hamilton, Lisa Harding and Caitriona Lally

Tune in for an evening of conversation with RTÉ Radio 1’s cultural guru, Seán Rocks. 

For Queen And Country

For Queen And Country

Writer/Director Paul Stone has unearthed a gem of World War II history and transformed it into a delightful monologue, now on stage at the King’s Head Theatre, Islington. 

Richard III (A One Person Show)

Richard III (A One Person Show)

New covid-safe version of Brite Theater’s multi award-winning show! The fourth wall has been utterly obliterated, as the audience take on the roles of all the other characters at R… 

Queen’s County

Queen’s County

Queen’s County is the work on offer from Crooked House’s young Irish ensemble in Kildare Youth Theatre. 

Dracula: One Bloody Fang After Another

Dracula: One Bloody Fang After Another

One man. 

Mark Simmons: One-Linerer

Mark Simmons: One-Linerer

‘Master of one-liners’ and DAVE’s Top Ten Jokes of The Edinburgh Fringe 2019 MARK SIMMONS, recently joined Dara O’Brian and Hugh Dennis on BBC2’s  Mock The Week as… 

One Man Poe / Livestream

One Man Poe / Livestream

Online event. 

One Man Poe

One Man Poe

Renowned as the ‘Godfather of Gothic Horror’, Poe was a pioneer in establishing the horror genre. 

One Man Poe

One Man Poe

A marathon of gothic horror masterpieces. One actor performs Edgar Allan Poe’s most spine-chilling classics 

Forward Trans+ Social - Games Night

Forward Trans+ Social - Games Night

Come and join us for a game night!—You will ideally need 2 devices with internet access to play along with us—Games Available;Jackbox Party Packs 1-7Gartic Phone—Ticket link 

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One & Two

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One & Two

There’s magic in every moment at Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the most awarded play in history and “one of the most defining pop culture events of the decade&rdqu… 

Simply The Breast - Drag King Fundraiser

Simply The Breast - Drag King Fundraiser

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

Rat King

Rat King at The Hope Theatre, Islington, is a new production written and produced by Bram Davidovich for Kryptonite Theatre Company. 

Laughing Labia LGBTQ+ Comedy & Variety Night

Laughing Labia LGBTQ+ Comedy & Variety Night

Known from Soho before Corona and on Zoom during Corona. 

One Man Poe

One Man Poe

What’s scarier than a slice of gothic horror? Four slices, that’s what. 

Ladies Night, Monks Park WMC

Ladies Night, Monks Park WMC

Ladies Night at Monks Park Working Mens ClubAdvance tickets are 10 - On the night they will be 15FRIDAY 01st OCTOBER 2021 doors open at 19:00 show starts at 20:30A fun packed eveni… 

Gagstar Comedy Night

Gagstar Comedy Night

Another lovely comedy evening, this time with Russell Arathoon, In 2018 Russell made his Edinburgh Fringe debut with his critically acclaimed show The Curious Incidents Of The Gay … 

Jack and the Beanstalk

Jack and the Beanstalk

Fee Fi Fo Fum! It’s a giant of a show, we’d love you to come! This classic fairytale now gets the Lyngo Theatre treatment so expect lots of surprises and beautiful images as… 

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho

Maggie returns in her smash hit drag extravaganza! Following four sell-out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe, the Iron Lady is back and more fabulous than ever. 

Forward LGBT+ Social - Open Mic Night

Forward LGBT+ Social - Open Mic Night

Come and join us for an open mic night!Ticket link 

Slightly Naughty Night Out (Age 16+)

Slightly Naughty Night Out (Age 16+)

PIE Entertainment Ltd Presents A SLIGHTLY NAUGHTY NIGHT OUT  Prepare to have your ribs, and everything else, tickled, as comedian Paul Eastwood brings h… 

A Country Night in Nashville

A Country Night in Nashville

A Country Night In Nashville recreates the scene of a buzzing Honky Tonk in downtown Nashville, perfectly capturing the energy and atmosphere of an evening in the home o… 

One More Time: 2001

One More Time: 2001

The ultimate deep dive retro night! Re-live your youth and enjoy the hits, forgotten gems and flops from 2001! Its been 20 years since 2001, the year that Atomic Kitten swappe… 

Filthy in Peach - The Bitten Peach Club Night at Colours Hoxton

Filthy in Peach - The Bitten Peach Club Night at Colours Hoxton

Come and get FILTHY IN PEACH at The Bitten Peach’s CLUB NIGHT at Colours Hoxton! PARTY + POP UP PERFORMANCES from 10pm-2am featuring an Asian cabaret dreamhouse of FILTHY FA… 

SpeedQueerzers LGBTQ+ Quiz night

SpeedQueerzers LGBTQ+ Quiz night

A new monthly LGBTQ+ quiz for North London comes to Islington on Wednesday 15th September at The Angelic. 

Be At One Pre-Pride Party

Be At One Pre-Pride Party

London Pride is NOT cancelled!Yes Sadiq said we can’t have our annual parade BUT no one can stop us having fun and celebrating our right to be proud. 

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens

As the audience settle back for an evening of cosmic cabaret, all is not well at Saucy Jack’s. 

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens

As the audience settle back for an evening of cosmic cabaret, all is not well at Saucy Jack’s. 

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens

As the audience settle back for an evening of cosmic cabaret, all is not well at Saucy Jack’s. 

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens

As the audience settle back for an evening of cosmic cabaret, all is not well at Saucy Jack’s. 

Dreamgun Film Reads Kids: The Lion King

Dreamgun Film Reads Kids: The Lion King

Dreamgun present their first film read that is intentionally for young audiences instead of accidentally for young audiences. 

A Night at the Musicals with Classic Brit Award Nominee Thomas Cameron

A Night at the Musicals with Classic Brit Award Nominee Thomas Cameron

‘Singing sensation’ Thomas Cameron is a Classic Brit Award-nominated, chart-topping young English tenor, whose powerful voice has been described as having velvet-like qualities… 

A Night at the Musicals with Classic Brit Award Nominee Thomas Cameron

A Night at the Musicals with Classic Brit Award Nominee Thomas Cameron

‘Singing sensation’ Thomas Cameron is a Classic Brit Award-nominated, chart-topping young English tenor, whose powerful voice has been described as having velvet-like qualities… 

A Night at the Musicals with Classic Brit Award Nominee Thomas Cameron

A Night at the Musicals with Classic Brit Award Nominee Thomas Cameron

‘Singing sensation’ Thomas Cameron is a Classic Brit Award-nominated, chart-topping young English tenor, whose powerful voice has been described as having velvet-like qualities… 

A Night at the Musicals with Classic Brit Award Nominee Thomas Cameron

A Night at the Musicals with Classic Brit Award Nominee Thomas Cameron

‘Singing sensation’ Thomas Cameron is a Classic Brit Award-nominated, chart-topping young English tenor, whose powerful voice has been described as having velvet-like qualities… 

Forward Trans+ Social - Quiz Night

Forward Trans+ Social - Quiz Night

Come join us for some quizzing Time: 18:00 - 21:00Ticket link 

Big Night Out

Big Night Out

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

Sunday Social: Games Night

Sunday Social: Games Night

Join us for an evening of games, and to have some fun! This event will be hosted on Discord. 

Queer Night Pride Fundraiser

Queer Night Pride Fundraiser

We will not tolerate the hate speech & violence inflicted upon us and the murder of our lovers, friends & our LGBTQIA+ families /communities. 

Jack Dee: Work In Progress

Jack Dee: Work In Progress

Join Jack Dee as he takes to the road to warm up ahead of continuing his UK tour. 

The Lion King Movie Night

The Lion King Movie Night

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… 

A Rubbish Midsummer Night's Dream

A Rubbish Midsummer Night's Dream

Fairies. 

Wellness Workshop with Jordan Jack Turner

Wellness Workshop with Jordan Jack Turner

Workshop overview:Jordans aim is to offer all-inclusive mindful approach to health and wellness that take into account your mental health, your physical health, your emotional heal… 

Twelfth Night (In Lockdown)

Twelfth Night (In Lockdown)

60-minutes, 12 characters, 7,500 words & One Actress! A fast-paced comedy with a love triangle, a case of mistaken identity, and a pair of yellow stockings! During the first lock… 

Twelfth Night (In Lockdown)

Twelfth Night (In Lockdown)

60-minutes, 12 characters, 7,500 words & One Actress! A fast-paced comedy with a love triangle, a case of mistaken identity, and a pair of yellow stockings! During the first lock… 

Mark Simmons – One-Linerer: Work in Progress

Mark Simmons – One-Linerer: Work in Progress

Mark Simmons (Mock The Week, Dave’s Top Jokes of the Fringe 2017, 2019) has been busy with his podcast Jokes With Mark over the last 18 months, interviewing the likes of Milton Jon… 

The Little Mermaid Movie Night

The Little Mermaid Movie Night

The seaweed is always greener down at The Clapham Grand such wonderful things surround you, at one of our Movie Nights!  Leave the human world and transport yourselves Under T… 

A Night at the Opera

A Night at the Opera

A Night at the Opera: critically-acclaimed pianist Andrew Wright performs attractive arrangements by Liszt and others, taken from operas by Wagner, Mascagni, Bellini and Rossini. 

A Night With Stars!

A Night With Stars!

Come join Sophia Stardust, Coco Couture and Tiana Biscuit for an evening of delightIf you are booking from your friends separately and wish to be seated together please E-mail us i… 

HENRY: QUEEN OF SQUATS

HENRY: QUEEN OF SQUATS

Nominated for Best Comedy at Brighton Fringe, renaissance man, “Mr Henry Moss takes you into his world of deluded celebrity and he does it with charm and talent” (The Latest �… 

HENRY: QUEEN OF SQUATS

HENRY: QUEEN OF SQUATS

Nominated for Best Comedy at Brighton Fringe, renaissance man, “Mr Henry Moss takes you into his world of deluded celebrity and he does it with charm and talent” The Latest ★… 

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho

James Seabright by arrangement with Áine Flanagan presents Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho. 

Tues Night @ Social Club

Tues Night @ Social Club

Tues Night @ Social Club is one of those 'Marmite' shows that some people would consider their worst nightmare, while others could consider it tailor-made for them. 

One-Hand Piano

One-Hand Piano

Stefan Warzycki presents a programme of piano music for the left hand including Godowsky’s studies on Chopin’s Op 10 Études, Scenes of Iceland by Thordur Magnusson and Scriabin’s … 

'Selfish' Creativity Workshop with poet Antonia King!

'Selfish' Creativity Workshop with poet Antonia King!

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… 

Friend (The One With Gunther)

Friend (The One With Gunther)

As times of heady redolence go, the 1990s lacks the brittle style of the 1920s, sepia-tinted upper-lips of haunted men in WWI uniforms, or groovy pereniorange of the 1960s… And y… 

Tues Night @ Social Club

Tues Night @ Social Club

Nominated for Best Debut Show at Leicester Comedy Festival 2020 Explosive, gag-packed debut from Your Dad’s Mum. 

Tues Night @ Social Club

Tues Night @ Social Club

Nominated for Best Debut Show at Leicester Comedy Festival 2020 Explosive, gag-packed debut from Your Dad’s Mum. 

Tues Night @ Social Club

Tues Night @ Social Club

Nominated for Best Debut Show at Leicester Comedy Festival 2020 Explosive, gag-packed debut from Your Dad’s Mum. 

Friday Night pop songs with Lauran Jacobs

Friday Night pop songs with Lauran Jacobs

Friday night is cocktails and party night at flock - and with a fantastic pop singer who will cover the musicals, pop and disco classics and she can. 

Anthem - Old Skool Reunion: An Almighty Night Out - The Big Reunion

Anthem - Old Skool Reunion: An Almighty Night Out - The Big Reunion

ITS GREAT TO BE BACK. 

Monday Night Improv

Monday Night Improv

The improv comedy supergroup behind Monday Night Improv at The Stand Comedy Club, Glasgow, bring you an hour of improvised comedy madness every afternoon in what can only be descri… 

Swan Night Only

Swan Night Only

Devine Tension Presents Swan Night Only at The Swan (Fuller’s Pub and Restaurant)   Intimate drag extravaganza, featuring River Medway & Sophia Stardust. 

Laura McMahon, One of the Gals

Laura McMahon, One of the Gals

One of the Gals is completely packed. 

Jo Caulfield – Four Night Only

Jo Caulfield – Four Night Only

Award-winning comedian. 

Margaret Thatcher Queen Of Soho

Margaret Thatcher Queen Of Soho

Perfect for fans of disco, politics, and drag (this Venn diagram overlaps more than you'd think), Margaret Thatcher becomes transformed into a cabaret Soho star in this hilario… 

Jack Docherty – Nothing But

Jack Docherty – Nothing But

Jack Docherty, the BAFTA award-winning star of Scot Squad and Absolutely, and one of Scotland’s favourite comic performers, returns to the festival with a tender, playful, darkly c… 

Bard Heads: The Queen's Speech and Happy as Larry

Bard Heads: The Queen's Speech and Happy as Larry

The Queen’s Speech: Miranda’s revels now are ending, but island life looks such fun! 35 years after Miranda and her father Prospero left their island at the end of The Tempest, the… 

KING JOHN: A Theatrical Film

KING JOHN: A Theatrical Film

King Richard the Lionheart is dead. 

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

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

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

Nice Try and Clown Nipples (Two Comedy Solo Shows)

Nice Try and Clown Nipples (Two Comedy Solo Shows)

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

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

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

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

Dark Spirits, Black Humor: A Night of Cocktails and Storytelling

Dark Spirits, Black Humor: A Night of Cocktails and Storytelling

InHouse Theatre and Assembly invite you back to your favourite haunt for a strong drink and a stranger-than-fiction ghost story. 

A Grand Night for Singing

A Grand Night for Singing

Songs from much-loved Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals are reimagined under music director Wayne Marshall in a new staging by Kim Criswell. 

Caba-Cray! With Crayola the Queen

Caba-Cray! With Crayola the Queen

She’s baaaaack! Join Crayola, London’s Queen of Colour, for another turn in The Glorys Cabaret Lounge with an evening of feel good songs, lots of LOLs, and all that trademark Cray-… 

Will Mars: Life in One-Liners

Will Mars: Life in One-Liners

It’s a Fringe 1st. 

Raul Kohli: Works It Out As He Goes Along (Work in Progress)

Raul Kohli: Works It Out As He Goes Along (Work in Progress)

Raul Kohli was going to do a show about how blind faith is rational in 2020. 

Jack the Ripper: My Life as a Suspect

Jack the Ripper: My Life as a Suspect

In this show, I Robert Inston(is), narrate as informatively as I am able, on the mythology that surrounds the murders in Whitechapel in 1888. 

Aaaaaaaaargh It’s the One Liner Show!

Aaaaaaaaargh It’s the One Liner Show!

Enjoy an hour of the best up-and-coming, one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay. 

Gayatri the Royal Queen Consort of the Majapahit Kingdom

Gayatri the Royal Queen Consort of the Majapahit Kingdom

Follow Princess Gayatri from the Singhasari Kingdom evolve and blossom as she strives to attain her youthful dreams alongside preserving the long-time legacy of her deceased father… 

Beware: The Night Witches

Beware: The Night Witches

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The Carole King and James Taylor Story

The Carole King and James Taylor Story

Take a nostalgic journey through the career and music of two award-winning legends in this internationally sold-out show. 

Trudy Carmichael Presents: The Improvised One-Woman Show!

Trudy Carmichael Presents: The Improvised One-Woman Show!

Fiercely fabulous and fictitious Las Vegas lounge legend, Trudy Carmichael has lived (and nearly died), loved (and often lost) more than most mere mortals, but she gets through all… 

King John: A Theatrical Film

King John: A Theatrical Film

King Richard the Lionheart is dead. 

In One Eye, Out the Other

In One Eye, Out the Other

In association with Smock Alley Theatre, acclaimed Irish comedian Tadhg Hickey brings you his weird and wonderful part-theatre, part-stand-up comedy show, In One Eye, Out the Other… 

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

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

You will need a group of 2-5 detectives, internet access on your phone, your brain and your legs! We’ll provide the specialist kit. 

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

Music is the food of love – and we needed to play on. 

Gary Little: Unprecedented

Gary Little: Unprecedented

After sitting in the house for the past 15 months, Gary returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with stories and jokes that have earned him his reputation as one of Scotland’s top comedian… 

The Little Glass Slipper as Performed by the Queen of France and Her Friends

The Little Glass Slipper as Performed by the Queen of France and Her Friends

France 1789. 

Cheryl Martin – One Woman

Cheryl Martin – One Woman

A hypnotic dreamscape. 

Drag Queen Story Hour

Drag Queen Story Hour

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… 

Night on Boob Mountain

Night on Boob Mountain

Night on Boob Mountain is a surreal and raucous teen horror gig theatre show set on the island of Teendom. 

Jack Hoosie and the Leisuregroan

Jack Hoosie and the Leisuregroan

Meet Jack Hoosie, manager of South Yorkshire’s 3rd Most Hygenic Gay Sauna (1997). 

Laura McMahon, One of the Gals

Laura McMahon, One of the Gals

If you hate Laura McMahon, women in general or comedy, then don’t see this show. 

Jack Hoosie and the Leisure Groan

Jack Hoosie and the Leisure Groan

Meet Jack Hoosie, manager of South Yorkshire’s 3rd Most Hygenic Sauna (1997). 

Laura McMahon: One Of The Gals

Laura McMahon: One Of The Gals

If you hate Laura McMahon or women in general or comedy this isn’t the show for you. 

Laura McMahon, One of the Gals

Laura McMahon, One of the Gals

If you hate Laura McMahon, women in general or comedy, then don’t see this show. 

Jack Hoosie and the Leisure Groan

Jack Hoosie and the Leisure Groan

Meet Jack Hoosie, manager of South Yorkshire’s 3rd Most Hygenic Sauna (1997). 

Twelfth Night by Shakespeare's Wanderers

Twelfth Night by Shakespeare's Wanderers

Award-nominated Shakespeare’s Wanderers are delighted to present a new production of Twelfth Night, which will take audiences back to the roaring twenties for an evening of romance… 

TFN Every Saturday Night

TFN Every Saturday Night

TFN: SATURDAYS BUSIEST NAKED NIGHT OUT IN THE UK TFNS NO ORDINARY PARTY!!!SATURDAY 14th August 2021, 9 pm - 2. 

My Night With Reg

My Night With Reg

Is there an issue with capturing plays from the second half of the twentieth century that deal with gay issues of the period? The Southwark Playhouse recently managed a production … 

Groovie Thursdays with Lucien Jack

Groovie Thursdays with Lucien Jack

Every Thursday, from 7. 

Twelfth Night (In Lockdown)

Twelfth Night (In Lockdown)

Washed up in Illyria after a ship wreck, Viola decides that the best course of action is to dress up as a eunuch and go work for the Count Orsino. 

Shelf: One Man Band (Work in Progress)

Shelf: One Man Band (Work in Progress)

Shelf are a musical comedy double act. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Get ready for a fiesta like no other as our ★★★★ (The Times, The Stage)raucous 2019 production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream returns with piñ… 

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

Shakespeare’s comedy of mistaken identity, music and the madness of love, Twelfth Night, finds new life this summer in the Globe Theatre. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

New festival East London Shakespeare Festival launches this summer with an outdoor production of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, July 1st - August 1st in Waltham Forest & Wanstead. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

  • Listing
    • Theatre
  • London Fringe
  • Multiple Venues
  • 1st Jul - 1st Aug 2021

New festival East London Shakespeare Festival launches this summer with an outdoor production of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, July 1st - August 1st in Waltham Forest & Wanstead. 

Music and Arts Night

Music and Arts Night

Join us for a night of celebration! Featuring music from The Woodville, with their blend of soul/funk and gospel influences, playing songs from their forthcoming album. 

Music and Arts Night

Music and Arts Night

Join us for a night of celebration! Featuring music from The Woodville, with their blend of soul/R&B playing songs from their forthcoming album - guest artist Mark Edwards on piano… 

EXIT THE QUEEN: She's The Bees Knees

EXIT THE QUEEN: She's The Bees Knees

Nine-time Edinburgh Fringe First Winner. 

EXIT THE QUEEN: She's The Bees Knees

EXIT THE QUEEN: She's The Bees Knees

Nine-time Edinburgh Fringe First Winner. 

Jekyll & Hyde: A One-Woman Show

Jekyll & Hyde: A One-Woman Show

“You must suffer me to go my own dark way. 

Jekyll & Hyde: A One-Woman Show

Jekyll & Hyde: A One-Woman Show

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is one of Robert Louis Stevenson's most popular novels. 

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

William Shakespeare’s masterpiece and most popular comedy ‘Twelfth Night’, an amazing rounded play for actors and audience alike. 

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

St Ann's Well Gardens in Hove was the perfect idyllic setting for Drama Impact's version of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. 

Jack the Ripper: My Life as a Suspect

Jack the Ripper: My Life as a Suspect

Whenever we think of Jack the Ripper, immediately we think back to Whitechapel and his gruesome victims. 

Live Music Disco-Funk Night

Live Music Disco-Funk Night

This 6-piece live music band play original material interwoven with all the classic disco & funk tracks, guaranteed to get your feet moving, your hands clapping and your spirit sin… 

Live Music Disco-Funk Night

Live Music Disco-Funk Night

This 6-piece live music band play original material interwoven with all the classic disco & funk tracks, guaranteed to get your feet moving, your hands clapping and your spirit sin… 

Serena Flynn: Lizard King (Work In Progress)

Serena Flynn: Lizard King (Work In Progress)

Think it’s been a weird year? Meet The Lizard King. 

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

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

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

The Secrets of Jack Roulette

The Secrets of Jack Roulette

A mysterious package, a private investigator, and a night club performer trapped in a hell of his own making. 

Serena Flynn: Lizard King (Work In Progress)

Serena Flynn: Lizard King (Work In Progress)

Think it’s been a weird year? Meet The Lizard King. 

The Secrets of Jack Roulette

The Secrets of Jack Roulette

Imagine the setting. 

Charmian Hughes: She! Immortal Horror Queen's Guide To Love

Charmian Hughes: She! Immortal Horror Queen's Guide To Love

How a Hammer Horror film became the biggest influence on young Charmian’s life with darkly hilarious consequences. 

Divorced, Beheaded, Died: An Audience with King Henry VIII

Divorced, Beheaded, Died: An Audience with King Henry VIII

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… 

Charmian Hughes: She! Immortal Horror Queen's Guide To Love

Charmian Hughes: She! Immortal Horror Queen's Guide To Love

How a Hammer Horror film became the biggest influence on young Charmian’s life with darkly hilarious consequences. 

Divorced, Beheaded, Died: An Audience with King Henry VIII

Divorced, Beheaded, Died: An Audience with King Henry VIII

King Henry VIII is ‘brought to life’ in this most dramatic of performances! In all his splendour and magnitude, the King, now in old age, recounts the events of his long life a… 

Divorced, Beheaded, Survived: An Audience with King Henry VIII

Divorced, Beheaded, Survived: An Audience with King Henry VIII

Period music greets loyal subjects as they enter the Friends Meeting House to attend Divorced, Beheaded, Survived: An Audience with King Henry VIII, written and directed by John Wh… 

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bruce: Death of a King

Bruce: Death of a King

Politics, power and war drive much of our history, but what about those who drive world-changing events? How would one of the history’s greatest winners face the moment of his own … 

Bruce: Death of a King

Bruce: Death of a King

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 … 

Alyssa, Memoirs of a Queen!

Alyssa, Memoirs of a Queen!

London, are you prepared? For one week only, experience the magic of Alyssa Edwards as she sashays her way into London’s glittering West End from 7 – 13 June! From youn… 

Drama King

Drama King

This compelling one-man show by Mark Stratford charts the life and times of William Charles Macready, one of the greatest actor-managers of the 19th Century. 

Drama King

Drama King

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. 

The Night

The Night

As dusk falls, the indigenous tribes of Brighton & Hove gather at their favourite watering holes. 

The Night

The Night

As dusk falls, the indigenous tribes of Brighton & Hove gather at their favourite watering holes. 

King Jamsheed: Lonely Piano

King Jamsheed: Lonely Piano

Neo-classical electronic composer King Jamsheed brings together a year’s work. 

Drag Queen Bingo & Cabaret every Saturday afternoon

Drag Queen Bingo & Cabaret every Saturday afternoon

Bingo to dream about & prizes from your worst nightmare with Wilma Ballsdrop, Topsie Redfern, Ruby Violet & Paul CosmicTicket link 

Saturday Night Diva - Drag Queen DJs with attitude

Saturday Night Diva - Drag Queen DJs with attitude

The West End’s only sit down disco with London’s best drag diva DJs playing camp classics all nightTicket link 

King Jamsheed: Lonely Piano

King Jamsheed: Lonely Piano

Neo-classical electronic composer King Jamsheed brings together a year’s work in livestream. 

The King of Broken Things

The King of Broken Things

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… 

The King of Broken Things

The King of Broken Things

A journey into the broken heart of a young boy, who, through creativity, imagination, and determination, teaches us that the rehabilitation of things broken and discarded gets to i… 

King Lear

King Lear

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… 

King Lear

King Lear

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… 

Pick of the Fringe: Launch Night Special

Pick of the Fringe: Launch Night Special

Dust off the glitter balls and dig out your best outfit, your 2021 Brighton Fringe experience starts here! What better way to celebrate the return of live performance than with a s… 

Pick of the Fringe: Launch Night Special

Pick of the Fringe: Launch Night Special

Dust off the glitter balls and dig out your best outfit, your 2021 Brighton Fringe experience starts here! What better way to celebrate the return of live performance than with a s… 

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

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

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

Monday Night at the Apollo

Monday Night at the Apollo

An intimate evening of conversation and song hosted by Greg Barnett, Monday Night at the Apollo will see some of the West End’s best-known performers sing an eclectic mix of … 

Gary Meikle: Surreal

Gary Meikle: Surreal

After his meteoric rise through the ranks, Scottish Comedy Award winner and viral sensation Gary Meikle is back with his second tour show, Surreal! A word th… 

Fringe Academy: Learn How to Review Arts and Cultural Works with Voicemag.uk

Fringe Academy: Learn How to Review Arts and Cultural Works with Voicemag.uk

Are you aged 16- 25? Fancy getting involved in Brighton Fringe and becoming a young reviewer for Voice? Join Alice online on Monday 26th April, 2pm for this free workshop where we … 

SUGGS: KING CNUT, A LIFE IN THE REALM OF MADNESS

SUGGS: KING CNUT, A LIFE IN THE REALM OF MADNESS

Thursday 22nd October, 7. 

Steve Hewlett : One Man - Many Friends

Steve Hewlett : One Man - Many Friends

Comedy ventriloquist Steve Hewlett brings his own style of comedy to the Ventriloquist world and his stuffed friends tag along for hilarious situations and improvisation… 

Steve Hewlett : One Man - Many Friends

Steve Hewlett : One Man - Many Friends

Comedy ventriloquist Steve Hewlett brings his own style of comedy to the Ventriloquist world and his stuffed friends tag along for hilarious situations and improvisation… 

Si Cranstoun: Twistin' the Night Away

Si Cranstoun: Twistin' the Night Away

This show has been rescheduled from 17 April 2020. 

Fringe Academy: Producers - who are they, what do they do, where do I find one?

Fringe Academy: Producers - who are they, what do they do, where do I find one?

A two hour introductory workshop for self-producing artists and others interested in producing. 

Emergine Theatre Translators Scratch Night

Emergine Theatre Translators Scratch Night

We open our Out of the Wings winter festivities with an evening of short extracts of translated plays from first-time and early-career theatre translators. 

A Queer Night Out (But In)

A Queer Night Out (But In)

Saturday 27 February, 7. 

The Snow Queen

The Snow Queen

What is magic, really? Is it an evil enchantress who can freeze a person in ice? Is it a crow who can talk? Or is it seeing dozens of little faces light up with joy? The Snow Queen… 

Gary Faulds Live 2020

Gary Faulds Live 2020

Gary Faulds is taking his brand new show on the road in 2020 for his biggest tour to date! His 2019 tour performed to sold out crowds all over the country including a ma… 

Gary Faulds Live 2020

Gary Faulds Live 2020

Gary Faulds is taking his brand new show on the road in 2020 for his biggest tour to date! His 2019 tour performed to sold out crowds all over the country including a ma… 

Drama King

Drama King

“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… 

One Man - Many Friends

One Man - Many Friends

Comedy ventriloquist Steve Hewlett brings his own style of comedy to the Ventriloquist world and his stuffed friends tag along for hilarious situations and improvisation… 

Gary Meikle: Surreal

Gary Meikle: Surreal

After his meteoric rise through the ranks, Scottish Comedy Award winner and viral sensation Gary Meikle is back with his second tour show, Surreal! A word that perfectly… 

Gary Meikle: Surreal

Gary Meikle: Surreal

After his meteoric rise through the ranks, Scottish Comedy Award winner and viral sensation Gary Meikle is back with his second tour show, Surreal! A word that perfectly… 

The Carole King and James Taylor Story

The Carole King and James Taylor Story

An international sell-out show taking you on a nostalgic journey through the career and music of two legends. 

Variety Night

Variety Night

Join us for an evening of variety entertainment hosted by DJ, radio presenter and military husband Chris Keen. 

Poetry & Spoken Word Night

Poetry & Spoken Word Night

An evening of poetry and spoken word curated and hosted by Tim Marriott and guests. 

From One Theatre To Another: Soldiers And The Stage

From One Theatre To Another: Soldiers And The Stage

This virtual live event explores the role of theatre and performance in military life, especially in boosting troops’ morale. 

King John

King John

King Richard the Lionheart is dead. 

Mason King – Mind Reader: Sleight of Time

Mason King – Mind Reader: Sleight of Time

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… 

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE* *But Just The Deaths (and the gory bits too)

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE* *But Just The Deaths (and the gory bits too)

This jaunty little potter through the more gruesome elements of Shakespeare’s works really ‘gets’ the tone needed for this strange 2020 hybrid of live theatre / film / desper… 

Soldiers’ Arts Academy Film Night

Soldiers’ Arts Academy Film Night

A screening of short films curated by Soldiers’ Arts Academy, hosted by Román Baca. 

Short Film Night

Short Film Night

Closing the first day of army@thevirtualfinge on Monday 11th of August was an online short film screening and Q&A with Phil Spencer, available to watch online in full. 

Jack the Ripper: Mary Kelly

Jack the Ripper: Mary Kelly

August 1888, London sees the first of five brutal murders, the callous cruelty of which sends shock waves far and wide and etches the name of the most infamous serial killer into t… 

The Little Glass Slipper as Performed by the Queen of France and Her Friends

The Little Glass Slipper as Performed by the Queen of France and Her Friends

France 1789. 

The Duck: One Autistic Woman's World

The Duck: One Autistic Woman's World

Sometimes we all feel different but not everyone has that confirmed by a professional. 

The Carole King and James Taylor Story

The Carole King and James Taylor Story

An international sell-out show taking you on a nostalgic journey through the career and music of these two legends. 

One for the Road

One for the Road

Perhaps Pinter’s most political theatrical statement rings terrifyingly true as we enter our new decade. 

Shitfaced Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Shitfaced Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream

The genius combination of a one hour long Shakespeare play with a single drunken cast member hurled into the mix for the audience’s delight and delectation. 

Ed Night: Faded

Ed Night: Faded

The kid’s back with another hour of lo-fi stand-up comedy to chill or study to. 

Chris Dugdale: Down to One

Chris Dugdale: Down to One

Chris Dugdale, the only act ever to win the Edfest Bouquet four times! Total sell-out 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. 

The Tiger Lillies: One Penny Opera

The Tiger Lillies: One Penny Opera

They’re back! After years away, touring the world, the Olivier Award-winning godfathers of alternative cabaret celebrate their 30th anniversary with a triumphant return to the Frin… 

Drag Queen Story Hour

Drag Queen Story Hour

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… 

Alasdair Beckett-King: Nevermore

Alasdair Beckett-King: Nevermore

Out of the swirling maelstrom he steps; his sword of jokes, his shield of whimsy and his armour made of a third amusing thing. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

“Are you sure that we are awake? It seems to me that yet we sleep, we dream. 

Phone Whore: a one-act play with frequent interruptions

Phone Whore: a one-act play with frequent interruptions

Truth and taboo collide in this intimate visit with a phone sex operator. 

CURIMBA TRIO - BRAZILIAN NIGHT

CURIMBA TRIO - BRAZILIAN NIGHT

Curimba Trio is the latest project of pianist and composer Sam Watts in collaboration with guitarist Jurandir Santana and percussionist Adriano Adewale. 

Losing the Night

Losing the Night

A show by poet and theatre maker Cecilia Knapp supported by the Arts Council. 

One Jewish Boy

One Jewish Boy

Jesse is paranoid and he's frightened and it's messing up his relationship, his job, his daughter and his life…  In a bittersweet comedy fuelled by anti-Semitis… 

Andrea Hubert: One of The Good Ones

Andrea Hubert: One of The Good Ones

A comedy show by Andrea Hubert, in which she’ll mostly bitch about the people in her group therapy, while attempting to make a point about ageing and being Jewish … 

Paul Merton & Suki Webster’s Impro Night

Paul Merton & Suki Webster’s Impro Night

PAUL MERTON & SUKI WEBSTER’S IMPRO NIGHT Paul Merton and Suki Webster present a night of fast, and fabulously funny improvised games, scenes, stories and laug… 

All The King’s Men

All The King’s Men

All the King's Men are a world-renowned, award-winning all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London. 

All the King’s Men

All the King’s Men

All the King's Men are a world-renowned, award-winning all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London. 

MANDEMIC: A DRAG KING CABARET

MANDEMIC: A DRAG KING CABARET

Join The Family Jewels for a full frontal night of comedy, song, and a disarmingly sexy exploration of gendered power. 

Paquito Forever - A one-man cabaret show

Paquito Forever - A one-man cabaret show

Paquito Forever, performed by Joan Vázquez, is an intimate, personal (and musical!) and fun account of the real-life adventures of Paquito (Paco) Alonso, a gay Catalonian growing … 

Boublil and Schonberg's The Pirate Queen - A Charity Concert

Boublil and Schonberg's The Pirate Queen - A Charity Concert

Based on the story of Grace O’Malley, the personification of Ireland, The Pirate Queen is a sweeping epic of love, honor, and piracy in Renaissance Ireland. 

The Scribbling Ape's Itch: Comedy Scratch Night

The Scribbling Ape's Itch: Comedy Scratch Night

Join us at The Museum of Comedy as we showcase the best of emerging and established collaborative comedy talent. 

Six Plays One Day

Six Plays One Day

Threedumb Theatre returns to the Tristan Bates Theatre for another whole day of one-act plays, showcasing a wide variety of new writing. 

Kunene and the King

Kunene and the King

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 … 

Reigning Women Launch Night

Reigning Women Launch Night

We’re kicking off this year’s Reigning Women with a huge night of live music. 

Whyte & Mackay Glasgow International Comedy Festival Burns Night Comedy Gala

Whyte & Mackay Glasgow International Comedy Festival Burns Night Comedy Gala

From the city that gave you Billy Connolly, Kevin Bridges and Frankie Boyle, celebrate Burns Night with a line-up of the top names showcasing the Whyte & Mackay Glas… 

Whyte & Mackay Glasgow International Comedy Festival Burns Night Comedy Gala

Whyte & Mackay Glasgow International Comedy Festival Burns Night Comedy Gala

From the city that gave you Billy Connolly, Kevin Bridges and Frankie Boyle, celebrate Burns Night with a line-up of the top names showcasing the Whyte & Mackay Glas… 

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

In the country of Illyria, twins Viola and Sebastian find themselves shipwrecked and separated after a violent storm, leaving them both believing the other to be dead. 

MagicFest - Opening Night Christmas Gala

MagicFest - Opening Night Christmas Gala

Be swept off your feet and experience real wonder at Christmas with the best from the world of magic & mind-reading and the most amazing up and coming local talent. 

Night Cap with Tyrone Huntley

Night Cap with Tyrone Huntley

Evening Standard Award winner Tyrone Huntley joins Paul Taylor-Mills in an intimate Night Cap. 

The Snow Queen

The Snow Queen

Tucked away in a long forgotten corner of the city is an orphanage. 

Harry and Chris: This One’s For The Aliens

Harry and Chris: This One’s For The Aliens

Harry and Chris (Guardian Pick of the Fringe 2018) are at the top of their field, having invented the field of comedy-rap-jazz. 

Scottish Ballet: The Snow Queen

Scottish Ballet: The Snow Queen

A wintry tale of fire and ice where selfless love wins, The Snow Queen, choreographed by Christopher Hampson, is a dangerous journey encountering bandits and snow creatures. 

The Snow Queen

The Snow Queen

A glittering, seasonal spectacle packed with epic adventure, spell-binding magic, action-packed excitement and heart-warming friendship. 

Jack and The Beanstalk

Jack and The Beanstalk

Olivier-nominated and award-winning playwright Paul Sirett (REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL, THE BIG LIFE, RAT PAT CONFIDENTIAL) imagines one of the most treasured and classic children’s … 

Whitney - Queen of the Night

Whitney - Queen of the Night

Stage sensation Whitney - Queen of the Night will return to London’s Savoy Theatre for two festive special performances – following its sold out West End debut there this year. 

Paul Merton & Suki Webster’s Impro Night

Paul Merton & Suki Webster’s Impro Night

PAUL MERTON & SUKI WEBSTER’S IMPRO NIGHT Paul Merton and Suki Webster present a night of fast, and fabulously funny improvised games, scenes, stories and laug… 

come to one

come to one

London is one of the most diverse cities in the world, a place where people of different generations class, ethnicity, faith and sexual orientation co-exist. 

Dorrance Dance - Myelination and Other Works

Dorrance Dance - Myelination and Other Works

Game-changer in the world of tap, Michelle Dorrance had dedicated herself to exploring the capabilities of America’s original dance form. 

Emanuel Gat Dance - WORKS

Emanuel Gat Dance - WORKS

Born in Israel and now based in France, the double Bessie Award-winning choreographer Emanuel Gat initially trained as a conductor before shifting his attention to dance. 

Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off

Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off

The Edinburgh University Theatre Company Presents Liz Lochhead’s 'Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off'. 

One Man, Two Guvnors

One Man, Two Guvnors

Christian Patterson returns as the clumsy schemer Francis Henshall! Written by Richard Bean| Directed by Peter Doran| Designed by Sean Crowley This Autumn, the Torch Theatr… 

The Beauty Queen of Leenane

The Beauty Queen of Leenane

Martin McDonagh’s The Beauty Queen of Leenane is an intensely Irish play set in the wilds of Connemara, premiered locally by the Druid Theatre Company in Galway in 1996. 

One Woman Alien

One Woman Alien

In fringe theatre, no one can hear you scream: one hour, one woman, one cult movie. 

Mercury - Queen The Legend Lives On...2019

Mercury - Queen The Legend Lives On...2019

Mercury - Queen The Legend Lives On. 

Dracula: One Bloody Fang After Another

Dracula: One Bloody Fang After Another

DRACULA: ONE BLOODY FANG AFTER ANOTHERWritten and Performed by John Hewer Whitby, England, 1897. 

King of Pop - The Legend Continues

King of Pop - The Legend Continues

KING OF POP - THE LEGEND CONTINUES showcases the extraordinary talent of an impersonator who has performed for 28 years in over 350 international shows, 62 different cou… 

Carole: The Music of Carole King

Carole: The Music of Carole King

From the producers of the West End hit shows 'Seven Drunken Nights - The Story of The Dubliners' and 'Walk Right Back - The Everly Brothers Story', t… 

Carole: The Music of Carole King

Carole: The Music of Carole King

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… 

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

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

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

One Man Two Guvnors

One Man Two Guvnors

After being fired from his skiffle band, Francis Henshall is skint and hungry. 

Margaret Scratcher’s Comedy Scratch Night

Margaret Scratcher’s Comedy Scratch Night

Join us at The Museum of Comedy as we showcase the best of emerging and established collaborative comedy talent. 

Gary Meikle: The iBrow Guy

Gary Meikle: The iBrow Guy

Scottish comedy award winner and viral sensation Gary Meikle has risen through the ranks quicker than most and is now in high demand at the best comedy clubs across the … 

One Night With Marilyn

One Night With Marilyn

Written, created and performed by Isabella Bliss, international star of both screen and stage. 

60s Night Out - Featuring The Dreamers

60s Night Out - Featuring The Dreamers

Join 60's hitmakers - The Dreamers, formerly Freddie & the Dreamers as they recreate their hits including, I'm Telling You Now, You Were Made For Me, If Yo… 

A Night at the Musicals With Thomas Cameron

A Night at the Musicals With Thomas Cameron

Thomas Cameron is a Classic Brit Award-nominated tenor, whose vibrant voice has been described as having velvet-like qualities. 

Acoustic Queen

Acoustic Queen

Returning after three very successful years at Edinburgh Fringe (AMC sell-out award winners in 2016, 2017, 2018), The Boyds premiere their new show, Acoustic Queen, perhaps their m… 

Amusical Club Night

Amusical Club Night

Dance the night away to your favourite songs from the musicals – featuring live music from Amusical house band Dave and The Quavers, plus guest DJ sets from the best comedians in… 

One

One

One is the final part in Bert and Nasi’s trilogy on contemporary questions, following Eurohouse and the Total Theatre Award-winning Palmyra. 

One Good Beating

One Good Beating

A remarkably vivid picture of one merciless family and three desperate lives. 

Angus Munro – One Night Only

Angus Munro – One Night Only

‘The best artist we’ve ever had in session’ (BBC Radio Scotland). 

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

One of Shakespeare’s funniest comedies brought to you by CYD. 

Charles Quarterman: An Afternoon with Charles Quarterman for One Hour

Charles Quarterman: An Afternoon with Charles Quarterman for One Hour

Hello, I am Charles Quarterman. 

Jack Carroll and Friends

Jack Carroll and Friends

Join the star of Live at the Apollo, Sunday Night at the Palladium and Britain’s Got Talent as he and some of his comedian friends try out new material. 

One Woman, One Cello, and 500 Years of Music

One Woman, One Cello, and 500 Years of Music

The multi-stylistic, unconventional cellist and singer Johanna Stein returns to the Fringe. 

Spotlights: A Night at the Musicals

Spotlights: A Night at the Musicals

‘Lively, thrilling and spectacular. 

Queen Mary Comedy Society and Friends

Queen Mary Comedy Society and Friends

Award-winning, rising stars from QM Comedy Society and the London comedy circuit deliver an hour full of social commentary and silliness. 

A Massaoke Night at the Musicals (All Ages)

A Massaoke Night at the Musicals (All Ages)

This is your chance to bring the whole family and sing along with the fantastic and versatile Massaoke Band, guided by giant video lyrics, as they raise the curtains on your favour… 

Questions for Quiz Shows

Questions for Quiz Shows

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

Two Mums – One Cup

Two Mums – One Cup

Funny Women One to Watch and Soho Radio presenter Kelly Ford AKA Book of Mum teams up with Max Turner finalist Naomi Wattis (BBC Two, BBC Radio 4 Extra) to talk about judgment, per… 

A Massaoke Night at the Musicals

A Massaoke Night at the Musicals

This is your chance to sing along with the fantastic and versatile Massaoke band, guided by giant video lyrics, as they raise the curtains on all your favourite show tunes includin… 

Queen of the Mist

Queen of the Mist

Pint of Wine Theatre Company’s acclaimed production of Michael John LaChiusa’s Queen Of The Mist comes to the Charing Cross Theatre for a strictly limited seven-week se… 

Jottings from the Queen of Sheba

Jottings from the Queen of Sheba

Three thousand years ago, the Queen of Sheba travelled with a huge entourage and wealthy gifts to listen to King Solomon’s wisdom. 

One Singular Sensation

One Singular Sensation

The award-winning Fiona Henderson School of Dance returns to the Edinburgh Fringe after their sell-out debut in 2017 with a unique creative dance composition created and rehearsed … 

Three, Two, One...

Three, Two, One...

Narrative subverted for unwholesome purposes. 

The Night With… Evenings

The Night With… Evenings

Three alternating concert programmes over multiple days featuring music by Scottish composers and settings of Scottish poetry. 

Dinner for One oder Der 90. Geburtstag

Dinner for One oder Der 90. Geburtstag

Miss Sophie has invited her four closest friends to celebrate her 90th birthday. 

Kirsty Law: Young Night Thought

Kirsty Law: Young Night Thought

How do you climb a tree without worrying about the fall? Why do you dream up the monsters in the shadows? Kirsty Law’s Young Night Thought binds Scots folklore, song, film, artwork… 

Late Night Ceremony

Late Night Ceremony

Arising out of Berlin and Hollywood open stages, this group showcase raises a fist with one hand and holds a glass with the other against the fact that the world we live in is a co… 

1,000 One-Liners in Support of MS Society

1,000 One-Liners in Support of MS Society

Enjoy watching some of the best one-liner comedians at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe rise to the challenge of performing a total of 1,000 of their best one-liners to raise money fo… 

The Night With... Lunchtimes

The Night With... Lunchtimes

Two alternating programmes featuring music by Scottish composers and settings of Scottish poetry. 

Scottish Jazz and Beyond – A Night at the Queens Hall (Parts 1-3)

Scottish Jazz and Beyond – A Night at the Queens Hall (Parts 1-3)

Three of Scotland’s leading contemporary jazz groups each play a 40-minute set in one stunning concert with world-class musical guests from India and Shetland. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Six actors, neon tutus and the unmistakable lyrics of Agadoo. 

RadioOctave: The Night We Met

RadioOctave: The Night We Met

After a hit Fringe show in 2017, RadioOctave are back in Edinburgh! There’s lots to look forward to as we take you on a journey of love – exploring the highs and lows of this pow… 

One Giant Leap

One Giant Leap

In an unassuming French restaurant, an American news anchor meets with a man who reveals to her that the 1969 moon landing was faked and this time there’s proof. 

The First King of England in a Dress

The First King of England in a Dress

Vikings, giants and magic await you in this fun-packed historical adventure. 

A Slice of Saturday Night

A Slice of Saturday Night

Join Viva for a fabulously funny, nostalgic romp back to the swinging 60s! A Slice of Saturday Night is set in a nightclub where young love, teenage dreams, fashion and music are t… 

2Elfth Night

2Elfth Night

Keane & Doyle have been spies, wizards, witches and cosmological assassins. 

Shreds – The Jack the Ripper Musical

Shreds – The Jack the Ripper Musical

Whitechapel, 1888. 

Stamptown Comedy Night

Stamptown Comedy Night

Sold-out run: Melbourne International Comedy Festival (2019). 

An Objectively Funny Night

An Objectively Funny Night

A fundraiser for your new favourite production company’s mental health partnership with CALM, providing and raising awareness for services to support performers at the Fringe. 

Lizabett Russo Trio: A Night of Romanian Traditional Music

Lizabett Russo Trio: A Night of Romanian Traditional Music

A night of Romanian traditional music with songs from Maria Tanase, Ileana Sararoiu, Liviu Vasilica, Surorile Osoianu and many more. 

Multilingual Theatre: Towards a More Diverse Representation of Multilingual Works and Artists in the UK

Multilingual Theatre: Towards a More Diverse Representation of Multilingual Works and Artists in the UK

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Taylor & Leigh's Country Blues Night

Taylor & Leigh's Country Blues Night

Taylor & Leigh return to the Fringe, bringing soulful Country Blues. 

Classical at One

Classical at One

The Brunton’s series of classical lunchtime concerts. 

Freddie: One Night With Freddie

Freddie: One Night With Freddie

Queen are in Edinburgh and they’re here to rock in a brand-new show guaranteed to blow your mind. 

Ali Affleck's Speakeasy Sessions – A Night in New Orleans

Ali Affleck's Speakeasy Sessions – A Night in New Orleans

Award-winning jazz vocalist, washboarder and early jazz historian Ali resurrects the original outspoken blues and jazz divas who shaped today’s music via their passionate and dange… 

Alex Love: How to Win a Pub Quiz – Late-Night Edition

Alex Love: How to Win a Pub Quiz – Late-Night Edition

This is part stand-up, part actual pub quiz. 

The King of Ghosts: Zhong Kui

The King of Ghosts: Zhong Kui

This story is based on Chinese traditional myth, Zhong Kui. 

Mary Houlihan: Me and Jack

Mary Houlihan: Me and Jack

Comedian Mary Houlihan tells the true (fake) story of her torrid romance with 82-year-old actor Jack Nicholson. 

Mark Simmons – One-Linerererer

Mark Simmons – One-Linerererer

Jokesjokesjokesjokesjokesjokesjokesjokesjokesjokesjokesjokesjokesjokesjokesjokesjokesjokesjokesjokesjokesjokesjokesjokesjokesjokesjokesjokesjokesjokesjokesjokesjokesjokesjokesjokes… 

Arson in the Queen's Swans

Arson in the Queen's Swans

Free Fringe founder and Comedy Awards Panel Prize winner (2009) PBH returns after illness to serve up waffle, scrud, bilge, tosh and gibbering drivel. 

Becky Fury's One Hour to Save the World (in 55 Minutes)

Becky Fury's One Hour to Save the World (in 55 Minutes)

And other noble-minded nonsense. 

Drag Queen Stole My Dress

Drag Queen Stole My Dress

This one time I got a pre-emptive divorce. 

Jack Barry: Alien

Jack Barry: Alien

Your best friend (and acclaimed stand-up) Jack Barry is worried about you. 

Jack Harris and Rajiv Karia: The Squeeze

Jack Harris and Rajiv Karia: The Squeeze

Squeeze in with two talented up-and-coming comedians. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Boy meets girl, they fall in love, and everyone lives happily ever after. If only it were that simple. Hold on to your heart. Cupid is armed and dangerous! 

Evil Queen Rules!

Evil Queen Rules!

The evil queen usually gets bad press, but not in this show. 

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Actors from around the world rehearsed via Skype for four months and then met here in Scotland to put on Shakespeare’s romantic comedy: A Midsummer Night’s Dream! Come join us for … 

One Starts in a Barber\'s. One Starts in a Bar.

One Starts in a Barber\'s. One Starts in a Bar.

A thought-provoking show about haircuts and heartache. 

Olaf Falafel – It's One Giant Leek for Mankind

Olaf Falafel – It's One Giant Leek for Mankind

Surrealist comedian, author, illustrator and Fringe favourite Olaf Falafel presents his latest book It’s One Giant Leek For Mankind. 

Philipp and Phriends: A Late-Night Comedy Show

Philipp and Phriends: A Late-Night Comedy Show

Award-winning comedian and radio presenter Philipp Kostelecky brings the best acts of the Fringe together for one of the latest shows of the festival. 

Psycho Drama Queen

Psycho Drama Queen

When he is attacked on the street, drag performer Anthony, aka Theresa Mayhem, has a choice to make; does he repress the trauma and become a reality TV star? Or listen to his best … 

Puppet King Richard II

Puppet King Richard II

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. 

Candy Gigi Presents – Friday Night Sinner!

Candy Gigi Presents – Friday Night Sinner!

Friday Night Sinner! is a one-woman, horror-comedy musical about a Jewish, sexually repressed, newly married maniac (stick to what you know). 

Comedy Night at the Museum

Comedy Night at the Museum

Join the greatest comedians from across the globe as they blur the line between arteFACT and arteFICTION in a wholly improvised set prompted by genuine artefacts housed in the Nati… 

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

‘Don’t let the bastards grind you down – I know whose faces I’ve got in my sights, the bastards that put the gun in my hands. 

Captain Jake and the Search for the Red Queen

Captain Jake and the Search for the Red Queen

Join Captain Jake’s Crew as he takes you on a journey to the high seas in this historic adventure. 

Late Night Lip Service

Late Night Lip Service

Global sensation Gingzilla – the award-winning, bearded belle of the Fringe’s most debaucherous ball – and the utterly iconic Late Night Lip Service are back! Featuring heart… 

The Last King of Porn

The Last King of Porn

What are you willing to do to become a legend? A porn actor performing his last record-breaking movie: a sex marathon with 100 women. 

Mason King – Sleight of Mind

Mason King – Sleight of Mind

Following sell-out runs in 2016 and 2018 Mason King returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with a brand-new show! As a child Mason always dreamt of mastering the art of sleight of hand. 

Dream of a King

Dream of a King

Actor/writer Christopher Tajah of Resistance Theatre Company gives an impassioned performance in Dream Of A King at theSpace Triplex, as he reimagines the hours leading up to the a… 

The Carole King Story

The Carole King Story

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… 

Romeo & Juliet: One-Man Musical

Romeo & Juliet: One-Man Musical

One man, a guitar, and the most venerated love story of all time. 

Unspoken (One Day in the Life of a Park Bench)

Unspoken (One Day in the Life of a Park Bench)

Ten strangers visit the same park bench on the same day. 

The Snow Queen

The Snow Queen

Kay is playing with Gerda when a tear from the Snow Queen’s mirror becomes lodged in his eye, forcing all the thoughts that make him sad to become magnified. 

Ivy Paige – Queen of the Swingers

Ivy Paige – Queen of the Swingers

It’s the cocktail hour, its cabaret o’clock! Starring international showgirl Ivy Paige! ‘Real-life Jessica Rabbit’ (Sun), with legendary pianist Pete Saunders (Dexys), she celebrat… 

Bondage Queen Sings the Hits!

Bondage Queen Sings the Hits!

Join the ultimate mistress of mayhem, JoJo Bellini, as she takes you from the salacious to the sublime. 

Harry and Chris: This One's for the Aliens

Harry and Chris: This One's for the Aliens

There are worse ways to start a show than with free sweets, and no better way to end it than with a singalong. 

David Callaghan: Dance Like No One's David Callaghan

David Callaghan: Dance Like No One's David Callaghan

A new stand-up show from David Callaghan. 

Late Night Comedy Death Camp

Late Night Comedy Death Camp

Returning for its second year, Henry Ginsberg (FHM Stand-Up Hero, Reading Festival New Act of the Year) presents a possibly anarchic, probably slightly depraved and almost certainl… 

Ubu the King

Ubu the King

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… 

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, It's the One-Liner Show

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, It's the One-Liner Show

Enjoy an hour of the best up-and-coming one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay. 

Gary Little – Kidding Myself On

Gary Little – Kidding Myself On

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

Karam Deo: Table for One

Karam Deo: Table for One

If you’ve been unlucky in love, nothing makes you feel better about yourself than laughing at someone else. 

A Night of Wikipedilove

A Night of Wikipedilove

A unique musical comedy where Noam Osband and Bianca Jaconetty sing original music about sex and love based on Wikipedia. 

Bedlam Late Night

Bedlam Late Night

Bedlam Fringe’s in-house alternative comedy night, back for its fourth year at the Fringe. 

The Lost Musical Works of Willy Shakes

The Lost Musical Works of Willy Shakes

What do you get when you blend the works of William Shakespeare, with an all singing and dancing musical extravaganza? You get the Elizabethan’s answer to Flight of the Conchords… 

Lucy Farrett: Lois

Lucy Farrett: Lois

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… 

Glamrou: From Quran to Queen

Glamrou: From Quran to Queen

Drag sensation Glamrou battles to merge their queer identity and Islamic heritage. 

She Sells Sea Shells

She Sells Sea Shells

Searching through the Fringe guide for a show worth seeing is a job that could perhaps be likened to archaeology – you spend hours carefully probing, sorting the dross from the d… 

Who Is Daniel King

Who Is Daniel King

A story of a man who decides to be a dancer. 

Jack Rooke: Love Letters

Jack Rooke: Love Letters

Dear reader, you may know me from such tragedies as Dead Dad (Radio 4’s Good Grief) and Dead Friend (BBC Three’s Happy Man) but this year I’m dead chuffed to perform comedy about s… 

Jack Tucker: Comedy Stand-Up Hour

Jack Tucker: Comedy Stand-Up Hour

Following sell-out shows in New York, London and LA, award-winning comedian Zach Zucker returns with a new hour of absurdist stand-up! Important: Jack Tucker is a very funny stand-… 

Chris Dugdale: Down to One

Chris Dugdale: Down to One

Chris Dugdale: Down to One. 

Chubby White's Variety Night

Chubby White's Variety Night

After three years of one-off genre-bending shows to sold-out crowds in Bristol, the cult smash Chubby White’s Variety Night make their Fringe debut. 

Jack and Barney Are in the Background

Jack and Barney Are in the Background

Jack Chisnall (BBC Radio 4 writer, ‘one of the best reviewed shows of Fringe 2018’ (Comedy. 

Working On My Night Moves

Working On My Night Moves

At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe it can often feel very hard to be alone. 

Ed Night: Jokes of Love and Hate

Ed Night: Jokes of Love and Hate

‘His stand-up is some of the cleverest, funniest and most unassuming comedy I’ve encountered’ ***** (AYoungerTheatre. 

Richard Fry: O Starry Night

Richard Fry: O Starry Night

Following an epiphany in the Van Gogh Museum, Fry takes a twisted wander through art history. 

Rubbish Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Rubbish Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Runaways. 

Down with the Poetry King!

Down with the Poetry King!

Award-winning silliness and choose-your-own-adventure poems for the whole family as you work to transform your writing skills. 

Dan Soder: Son Of A Gary

Dan Soder: Son Of A Gary

In his new hour of stand-up, American comedian Dan Soder addresses the many questions that the mid-30s bring: should he (if given the chance) have kids? Is wanting to be liked a ba… 

Give Me One Moment In Time by Doug Crossley

Give Me One Moment In Time by Doug Crossley

Doug Crossley’s solo show brings together songs, comedy and the heartache of trying to understand a friend’s suicide. 

Seann Walsh: After This One I'm Going Home

Seann Walsh: After This One I'm Going Home

Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and self-dubbed ‘Lie-in King’, Seann Walsh returns to Edinburgh. 

The Big Free Fringe Festival Launch Night

The Big Free Fringe Festival Launch Night

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

The Stevenson Experience: Takes One to Know One

The Stevenson Experience: Takes One to Know One

As seen on ABC, The Comedy Channel and Channel 11 which featured their one hour comedy special. 

A Midsummer Night's DROLL

A Midsummer Night's DROLL

Award-winning Fringe favourites The Owle Schreame return with a wild, rough, raucous and ridiculous reimagining; a version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream from the 1640s, originally a… 

Gary Lamont: Fancy a Stiff One?

Gary Lamont: Fancy a Stiff One?

Last spotted leaving BBC’s River City in a limo with Claire from Steps – Gary is back at the Fringe following smash-hit runs in 2016/17. 

Alasdair Beckett-King: The Interdimensional ABK

Alasdair Beckett-King: The Interdimensional ABK

Have you ever been to a comedy show by someone who can travel through dimensions, from one world to another? No, me neither. 

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

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

Jack Gleadow: Mr Saturday Night

Jack Gleadow: Mr Saturday Night

Winner of Amused Moose National New Comic and Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year makes his Fringe debut after performing as part of the prestigious Pleasance Comedy Reserve in … 

Gary Tro: The Greatest Superhero Movie Never Made

Gary Tro: The Greatest Superhero Movie Never Made

Finally, after years of toil, Gary Tro has perfected quite possibly the greatest superhero movie screenplay ever written. 

It'll Be Alt-Right on the Night

It'll Be Alt-Right on the Night

In the past 20 to 30 years, our world has drastically changed, especially within the realm of politics and culture. 

A Womb of One's Own

A Womb of One's Own

Part party, part PSHE lesson and part coming-of-age rom-com, A Womb of One’s Own is a heartfelt love letter to women’s bodies everywhere. 

One Duck Down

One Duck Down

One Duck Down. 

All the King's Men

All the King's Men

All the King’s Men are a world-renowned, award-winning all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London. 

The Lost Musical Works of Willy Shakes

The Lost Musical Works of Willy Shakes

EDINBURGH PREVIEW   It's 1616. 

Alasdair Beckett-King: The Interdimensional ABK

Alasdair Beckett-King: The Interdimensional ABK

The award-winning Alasdair Beckett-King returns to this timeline with a dimension-hopping stand-up comedy show. 

Blues in the Night

Blues in the Night

A man is a two-face, a worrisome thing who will leave you to sing, the blues in the night. 

A Night at the Musicals with Thomas Cameron

A Night at the Musicals with Thomas Cameron

Thomas Cameron is a Classic Brit Award nominated tenor, whose vibrant voice has been described as having ‘velvet-like qualities’. 

Jack Gleadow: Mr Saturday Night

Jack Gleadow: Mr Saturday Night

Winner of Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian of The Year, Amused Moose National New Comic and Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year makes his Fringe debut after perfor… 

Hyena Lounge Comedy Club - Gary Delaney, Angelos Epithemiou & Alex Boardman

Hyena Lounge Comedy Club - Gary Delaney, Angelos Epithemiou & Alex Boardman

York’s legendary comedy club makes a welcome return to the Great Yorkshire Fringe with four laughter-packed shows on Friday and Saturday nights featuring the cream… 

Hyena Lounge Comedy Club: Gary Delaney, Angelos Epithemiou & Alex Boardman

Hyena Lounge Comedy Club: Gary Delaney, Angelos Epithemiou & Alex Boardman

York’s legendary comedy club makes a welcome return to the Great Yorkshire Fringe with four laughter-packed shows on Friday and Saturday nights featuring the cream… 

Opening Night at The Arts Barge with Alistair Anderson: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

Opening Night at The Arts Barge with Alistair Anderson: Arts Barge Riverside Festival

We are very excited and privileged to welcome Alistair to play for the opening of York’s Arts Barge. 

The Night of the Iguana

The Night of the Iguana

Golden Globe-winner Clive Owen (Closer, Children of Men) returns to the West End for the first time in 18 years to play Rev. 

Candy Gigi Presents – Friday Night Sinner!

Candy Gigi Presents – Friday Night Sinner!

Friday Night Sinner! is a one-woman, horror-comedy musical about a Jewish, sexually repressed, newly married maniac (stick to what you know). 

The Ugly One

The Ugly One

At first glance, The Ugly One looks somewhat clinical. 

Gary Clark JR

Gary Clark JR

Texas guitarist Gary Clark Jr. 

King of Pop - starring NAVI

King of Pop - starring NAVI

Led by the world’s number one Michael Jackson tribute artist ‘Navi’, which alone sets this show above the rest. 

All The Ladies Mic Night!

All The Ladies Mic Night!

Monsteers Artistry Presents: All The Ladies Mic Night! All the Ladies Mic Night Includes Live Performances from Sarah Dorsett, Pippa Lea, Lauren Garnder, Christine Maia … 

Jack Stark: Tea, Bee, Sea

Jack Stark: Tea, Bee, Sea

Full-time idiot Jack Stark hasn’t written this show. 

Dena Blizzard: One Funny Mother

Dena Blizzard: One Funny Mother

Dena Blizzard, the viral video sensation and creator of the Back to School Rant (125 million views), Chardonnay Go (24 million views) and Chardonnay Go, The Board Game f… 

Jack Gleadow: Mr Saturday Night

Jack Gleadow: Mr Saturday Night

Fresh from Edinburgh Festival as part of the prestigious Pleasance Comedy Reserve, this multi-award-winning comedian brings his debut show to Brighton Fringe. 

Jack Cherry and Friends from the Fruit Bowl

Jack Cherry and Friends from the Fruit Bowl

‘Jack Cherry and Friends from the Fruit Bowl’ is a romp of bizarre happenings that explore the completely fabricated lives of the colourful and controversial. 

David Hoyle: Tuesday Night is David Night

David Hoyle: Tuesday Night is David Night

Fireball of the cabaret apocalypse, avantguardian, all singing, all raging wonder. 

Jack Tucker: Comedy Standup Hour

Jack Tucker: Comedy Standup Hour

WINNER: Best Comedy - Brighton Fringe (Zach & Viggo) Fresh off sold-out shows in New York, London and LA, the bad boy of comedy Zach Zucker returns to Brighton with a brand new ho… 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts at GBMet. 

Dream of a King

Dream of a King

4 April 1968. 

Bondage Queen Sings the Hits

Bondage Queen Sings the Hits

A cabaret show that takes you from the salacious to the sublime. 

Dance Like No One's David Callaghan

Dance Like No One's David Callaghan

A new stand-up show from Comedian David Callaghan. 

One More Cup of Coffee, and Then We'll Save the World

One More Cup of Coffee, and Then We'll Save the World

Majk Stokes is a singer-songwriter, poet, environmentalist, Quaker and self-confessed caffeine-addict. 

One Flew Over the Kyriacou's Nest (Work in Progress)

One Flew Over the Kyriacou's Nest (Work in Progress)

Welcome inside the mind of endearing oddity Kallis Kyriacou. 

The Icicle Works

The Icicle Works

Named after the 1960 short story "The Day The Icicle Works Closed" by science fiction author Frederik Pohl, The Icicle Works joined Liverpool's early 1980s 'neo-p… 

Alasdair Beckett-King: The Interdimensional ABK

Alasdair Beckett-King: The Interdimensional ABK

Leicester Mercury Comedian of The Year 2017, Alasdair Beckett-King returns to this timeline with a dimension-hopping stand-up comedy show. 

King Hedley II

King Hedley II

1980’s Pittsburgh, a city in decay. 

A Night at the Musicals

A Night at the Musicals

It’s hard to resist chocolate in any shape or form, but it’s downright impossible when you’re talking about Le Gateau Chocolat. 

One Woman Alien

One Woman Alien

In Fringe theatre, no one can hear you scream: one hour, one woman, one cult movie! The sell-out Edinburgh Fringe show returns to Brighton, celebrating 40 years of the horror cla… 

Jack Cray: The Fittest Guy on the Street

Jack Cray: The Fittest Guy on the Street

Jack Cray is The Fittest Man On The Street. 

The Untimely Death Of Jack Chooselove

The Untimely Death Of Jack Chooselove

Journalist Peyvand Khorsandi never intended to become an obituaries editor at The Independent, nor did he intend to work for the Daily Mail. 

HSO A Night at the Opera

HSO A Night at the Opera

Saturday 11th May, 7. 

Fringe City Night

Fringe City Night

Party with us all evening at this one-off ‘Fringe City Night’ extravaganza! Join the night creatures, the weird and the wonderful in a celebration showcase of the very best of Brig… 

KING LEAR

KING LEAR

Hands up anyone who was bored rigid by studying Shakespeare at school. 

One Ok Rock

One Ok Rock

A four piece Japanese rock band who formed in 2005.  

Confessions of a Drag King

Confessions of a Drag King

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. 

Friday Night Love Poem

Friday Night Love Poem

Kate is discovering what it really means to be a wife in her close-knit Christian community. 

The Evil Queen Rules!

The Evil Queen Rules!

The Evil Queen usually gets a bad press, but not in this show. 

Tiptree: No One Else’s Damn Secret But My Own

Tiptree: No One Else’s Damn Secret But My Own

Jenny Rowe’s solo show Tiptree: No One Else’s Damn Secret But My Own is about a woman with many lives, who is best known for not being a man. 

The King Of Pop

The King Of Pop

This incredible production stars the world’s leading MJ tribute artist Navi who is joined by Jackson’s original lead guitarist - Jennifer Batten. 

The King Of Pop

The King Of Pop

This incredible production stars the world’s leading MJ tribute artist Navi who is joined by Jackson’s original lead guitarist - Jennifer Batten. 

Jack Harris and Rajiv Karia: The Squeeze

Jack Harris and Rajiv Karia: The Squeeze

Squeeze in with two talented up-and-coming comedians. 

Friday Night Love Poem

Friday Night Love Poem

“So if Matt and I have officially had sex then why does it still hurt? I still don’t get what’s so amazing about it, how can women even come from it - when is that supposed to … 

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

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

Mary Flanigan and Robbie McShane: One of Us is a Robot

Mary Flanigan and Robbie McShane: One of Us is a Robot

It’s Mary Flanigan and Robbie McShane! One’s a comedian, one’s a robot pretending to be a comedian. 

Late Night Gimp Fight: 10 Years Still Broke

Late Night Gimp Fight: 10 Years Still Broke

Late Night Gimp Fight compile their best material from the last ten years to provide a crude and raucous evening of entertainment. 

The Warren: Festivals Launch Night

The Warren: Festivals Launch Night

Come celebrate the start of Brighton’s festival season with a bang, and get a taste of what’s coming up over the month of May to boot. 

Ultimate Tribute to Queen

Ultimate Tribute to Queen

MAJESTY rose from the ashes of a professional touring Queen tribute band that came off the road in May 2011. 

film maltings: The Kid Who Would Be King

film maltings: The Kid Who Would Be King

KIDS OFFER: free child ticket with every adult ticket purchased, subsequent child tickets are half price. 

GARY DELANEY:Gagster's Paradise

GARY DELANEY:Gagster's Paradise

Friday 12th April, 7. 

Night of the Living Dead LIVE!

Night of the Living Dead LIVE!

THEY’RE COMING TO GET YOU, LONDON Based on George A. 

Seann Walsh: After This One, I’m Going Home

Seann Walsh: After This One, I’m Going Home

Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and the self-dubbed “Lie-In King”, Seann Walsh is “unquestionably the best observational comic of his generation" (… 

Jack the Ripper - ENO

Jack the Ripper - ENO

The world premiere of Iain Bell’s Jack the Ripper: The Women of Whitechapel, following his critically-acclaimed In Parenthesis. 

Martin Angolo & Keith Fox: A Night Of Stand Up Comedy

Martin Angolo & Keith Fox: A Night Of Stand Up Comedy

A night of stand up comedy from two of the country’s best up and coming comedians. 

Jack and the Beanstalk

Jack and the Beanstalk

Fee Fi Fo Fum! It’s a giant of a show, we’d love you to come! This classic fairytale now gets the Lyngo treatment so expect lots of surprises and beautiful images as CBeebie… 

Queen C*nt Sacred or Profane?

Queen C*nt Sacred or Profane?

China Blue Fish and Deborah Antoinette first met at Bristol artist’s collective Co-resist where they bonded over a love of feminism, the environment and clowning (the two are bot… 

A Night of Big Band Favourites

A Night of Big Band Favourites

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

WOW! It's Night-Time (2-5 yrs)

WOW! It's Night-Time (2-5 yrs)

The curious little owl is back, and this time she’s ready to discover the wonders of night-time, from the big, bright moon to the bats in the sky and the foxes dee… 

Gary Tro: Idoit

Gary Tro: Idoit

Following his 2017 show SupercalifragilisticexpiGARYTROcious which explored his inability to commit to anything, this year Gary continues the self-deprecating theme, with a sh… 

JESSICA | Dancing Queen

JESSICA | Dancing Queen

JESSICAIt's hard to get out Dancing QueenI'll choose happiness every damn time JESSICA - WENDY ALICE ROSE CO. 

No One is Coming | Family Tree

No One is Coming | Family Tree

No One is ComingMy Mam's different to yours. 

Henna Night

Henna Night

A break-up. 

All the King's Men

All the King's Men

All the King’s Men are a world-renowned, award-winning, all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London. 

Lee Memphis King 2019

Lee Memphis King 2019

Duration: Approx 2hrs 20mins   More information to follow  

All the King's Men

All the King's Men

All the King’s Men are a world-renowned, award-winning, all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London. 

Mary Queen of Scots (15)

Mary Queen of Scots (15)

Mary, Queen of Scots” explores the turbulent life of the charismatic Mary Stuart. 

3 Years, One Week & A Lemon Drizzle

3 Years, One Week & A Lemon Drizzle

3 Years, 1 Week and a Lemon Drizzle pieces together Alexandra and Kate Donnachie’s sometimes heartbreaking but often hilarious memories of growing up together and managing their cl… 

Mary Queen of Scots (15) - Parent and Baby

Mary Queen of Scots (15) - Parent and Baby

Mary, Queen of Scots” explores the turbulent life of the charismatic Mary Stuart. 

One Love

One Love

One Love is a joyous exploration of friendship, what it’s like to be in love and have a learning disability. 

The Royal Opera House Live: The Queen of Spades

The Royal Opera House Live: The Queen of Spades

In Tchaikovsky’s intense opera of obsession and the supernatural, Gherman is caught between the woman he loves and a destructive fixation. 

NT ENCORE: THE TRAGEDY OF KING RICHARD THE SECOND

NT ENCORE: THE TRAGEDY OF KING RICHARD THE SECOND

Tuesday 29th January, 7pmTickets: £15 or £11 for school groupsSuitable for: no age suitability has been given yet for this screeningDuration: … 

Puppet King Richard II - Dumfries Fringe 2019

Puppet King Richard II - Dumfries Fringe 2019

A “highly engrossing”, ‘pocket epic’ staging of Shakespeare’s Richard II. 

Whyte & Mackay Glasgow International Comedy Festival Burns Night Comedy Gala 2019

Whyte & Mackay Glasgow International Comedy Festival Burns Night Comedy Gala 2019

Whyte & Mackay Glasgow International Comedy Festival Burns Night Comedy Gala 2019 From the city that gave you Billy Connolly, Kevin Bridges and Frankie Boyle, celebr… 

A Womb of One's Own

A Womb of One's Own

Babygirl is eighteen, a student, and has just discovered SEX – in spite of her strict Catholic upbringing by two crotchety old women. 

Whyte & Mackay Glasgow International Comedy Festival Burns Night Comedy Gala 2019

Whyte & Mackay Glasgow International Comedy Festival Burns Night Comedy Gala 2019

From the city that gave you Billy Connolly, Kevin Bridges and Frankie Boyle, celebrate Burns Night with a line-up of the top names showcasing the Whyte & Mackay Glas… 

Mother Goose Cracks One Out!

Mother Goose Cracks One Out!

by Jon Bradfield & Martin Hooper songs by Jon Bradfield directed by Andrew Beckett designed by David Shields  Celebrating 10 years of Above The Stag Theatre&ap… 

The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven

The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven

When Jo Clifford ("proud father and grandmother") first performed her play, The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven, at Glasgow's Tron Theatre, it attracted bo… 

Margaret Scratcher’s Comedy Scratch Night

Margaret Scratcher’s Comedy Scratch Night

Join us at The Museum of Comedy as we showcase the best of emerging and established collaborative comedy talent. 

One Tooth

One Tooth

A toothless punk wakes one morning and asks herself the all-important question: why are we here? Expect cod philosophy, serious attitude and a chicken going on. 

House of Jack Christmas Show

House of Jack Christmas Show

House of Jack is excited to present the first House of Jack Christmas Show! This street and urban dance show is jam-packed with dynamic performances from students of House of Jack... 

Nine Night

Nine Night

Mourning is an important part of any family death but this can differ a huge amount depending on where you or your family are from. 

Jack and the Beanstalk

Jack and the Beanstalk

This actor musician version of the popular panto tale is peppered with pop hits from across the decades, bundles of audience participation and hilarious slapstick. 

Jack and the Beanstalk

Jack and the Beanstalk

This actor musician version of the popular panto tale is peppered with pop hits from across the decades, bundles of audience participation and hilarious slapstick.  

Loud & Queer: Free Improv Comedy Night!

Loud & Queer: Free Improv Comedy Night!

From the people behind the sell-out Pride Improv Festival comes another Loud And Queer: Free Improv Comedy Night showcasing the most exciting improvised comedy from the city's top… 

Jack and the Beanstalk

Jack and the Beanstalk

What makes a "traditional" pantomime? It's certainly not just a case of blowing the dust off a 1970s panto script and hoping for the best; here, the Brunton’s now r… 

Mother Goose Cracks One Out!

Mother Goose Cracks One Out!

Book now for next year's fabulously filthy adult panto at Above The Stag Theatre. 

King Crimson

King Crimson

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… 

Moonlight / Night School

Moonlight / Night School

The brutality of family life and the subjectivity of memory are explored in the emotionally raw and richly funny Moonlight, directed by Olivier Award winner Lyndsey Turner, in whic… 

Jack maynard

Jack maynard

 

The Worm King

The Worm King

An audio drama performed live and scored, produced by the team behind the podcast series Whisper Through The Static. 

One Life Stand

One Life Stand

When we can have sex whenever we want, with whomever we want, why settle for a normal relationship? 

New Adelphi Comedy Night

New Adelphi Comedy Night

CSzUK in collaboration with Salford University present a night of Improv, Sketch and Stand Up. 

Jack Left Town: The Improvised Rockumentary

Jack Left Town: The Improvised Rockumentary

Jack Left Town are the greatest band in the world, the only hitch is that they never existed. 

Paul Merton & Suki Webster’s Impro Night

Paul Merton & Suki Webster’s Impro Night

An hour of sensational Improvised Comedy. 

Hancock and Co – One Man, Many Voices

Hancock and Co – One Man, Many Voices

Following James Hurn’s sell-out 2017 tour, he is back by popular demand with his stunning one-man, many voices, show, celebrating over 60 years of Hancock’s … 

Omid Djalili: Schmuck For A Night

Omid Djalili: Schmuck For A Night

Final London shows added. 

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

“If music be the food of love, play on…” In Shakespeare’s bittersweet comedy genders blur, boundaries are crossed and the world is turned upside down, all with music as the engin… 

With One Look

With One Look

This stunning cabaret stars Gregory Hazel, whose dazzling vocals, wit and charm will take you through a celebration of Musical Theatre’s most iconic women. 

Hamlet & A Midsummer Night's Dream

Hamlet & A Midsummer Night's Dream

The Three Inch Fools bring their innovative productions of two of Shakespeare’s most infamous and iconic plays to The George Inn on the South Bank, London’s Shakespearean heart. 

One for the Road / New World Order / Mountain Language / Ashes to Ashes

One for the Road / New World Order / Mountain Language / Ashes to Ashes

Jamie Lloyd must be excreting pheromones of cool right now. 

Max and Ivan's Prom Night

Max and Ivan's Prom Night

You are invited to a real-life, late-night, end-of-Fringe prom! So dress up fancy, get your dad to drop you off at Assembly High – the only high school inhabited by all your favo… 

Friday Night Live, For Jamie's SDR

Friday Night Live, For Jamie's SDR

Friday Night Live For Jamie’s SDR   Join some of your Royal Court favourites for an evening of music and comedy to raise funds for Jamie Denson’s SDR fu… 

Welcome to Night Vale

Welcome to Night Vale

Welcome To Night Vale is one of the most downloaded podcasts in the world. 

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

The HandleBards have cycled 1,500 miles from London to Edinburgh, carrying on the back of their bikes all of the set, props and costumes necessary to perform Shakespeare’s most fam… 

Anna Mann's Late Night Cheese and Sex Party

Anna Mann's Late Night Cheese and Sex Party

Colin Hoult’s ‘masterclass in character comedy’ (Time Out). 

A Show About Shows About Show Biz

A Show About Shows About Show Biz

From Show Boat to Showman, there’s always Another Op’nin, Another Show about the sparkling self-obsessed world of musical theatre! And why not? Some of the best shows are all a… 

Academy and Pitch Fight Present: Buy One, Get One Free

Academy and Pitch Fight Present: Buy One, Get One Free

Having only been in existence for three years, both Academy and Pitch Fight have already shaken up the UK a cappella scene. 

One Woman, One Cello and 500 Years of Music

One Woman, One Cello and 500 Years of Music

One Woman, One Cello and 500 Years of Music. 

Spotlights Show Choir: A Night at the Musicals

Spotlights Show Choir: A Night at the Musicals

After last year’s sold-out, five-star run, Exeter University’s Spotlights Show Choir are back at the Fringe with another set of musical hits! With songs ranging from classics l… 

Night of Glass

Night of Glass

Lewis is numbing himself in his video world, dropping into the rabbit hole of his imagination. 

Party Night

Party Night

December, 1979. 

Judah Friedlander: America... Still Number One

Judah Friedlander: America... Still Number One

Last year Judah’s 84-minute stand-up comedy performance film, America Is the Greatest Country In the United States, debuted on Netflix to rave reviews from across the globe. 

Al Murray's Three Night Stand (Definitely Not a Preview)

Al Murray's Three Night Stand (Definitely Not a Preview)

The nation’s favourite pub philosopher turned pop-up publican, brings his unique comedy genius to the Edinburgh Fringe, serving up his satirical brew of no-nonsense banter for thre… 

Just One Wise Life

Just One Wise Life

To be well or not to be well, that is the question. 

Robbie McShane and Mary Flanigan: One of Us Is a Robot

Robbie McShane and Mary Flanigan: One of Us Is a Robot

One is a comedian doing relatable stand-up, the other is a robot programmed to do relatable stand-up. 

Around the World with Bessy – Part One and a Half: Bessy Goes Busking!

Around the World with Bessy – Part One and a Half: Bessy Goes Busking!

After receiving her sell-out garland in 2017, Bessy returns to the Fringe with a brand-new show. 

Eleanor Colville: Late-Night Pick and Mix

Eleanor Colville: Late-Night Pick and Mix

A sweet late-night mix of up-and-coming sketch, stand-up and character comedy hosted by Eleanor Colville. Join the revels. ‘Catch her while you have the chance’ (BroadwayBaby.com). 

The One

The One

Following on from last summer’s smash-hit Touch, Vicky Jones returns with her award-winning debut play. 

Taylor & Leigh’s Country Blues Night

Taylor & Leigh’s Country Blues Night

Taylor & Leigh return to the Fringe, bringing soulful Country Blues. 

Birthday Girls: Late-Night Comedy Party

Birthday Girls: Late-Night Comedy Party

Ever wanted a lock-in with the cream of the UK’s comedy circuit in a cool cabaret bar late at night at the Edinburgh Fringe? Hell yeah! Well your dreams have just come true. 

Pulp Fiction: The One Woman Play

Pulp Fiction: The One Woman Play

Be transported back to early 90s Los Angeles; the seedy underworld of gangsters, drugs, danger, and a mysterious briefcase. 

The Curious Incidents of the Gay in the Night-Time

The Curious Incidents of the Gay in the Night-Time

Russell Arathoon presents his debut hour. 

David Callaghan: One for Sorrow, Two for Joy; Shoes

David Callaghan: One for Sorrow, Two for Joy; Shoes

A new stand-up show from David Callaghan. 

Ali Affleck's Speakeasy Sessions – One Night in New Orleans

Ali Affleck's Speakeasy Sessions – One Night in New Orleans

Award-winning vocalist Ali transports you to the underground prohibition era with her gorgeously characterful and distinctive voice and a stunning five-piece band of outrageous mus… 

Classical at One

Classical at One

A showcase of the finest piano and chamber music from Royal Conservatoire Scotland and St Mary’s Music School rising stars, featuring great composers such as Bach, Rachmaninov an… 

Seann Walsh: After This One I'm Going Home

Seann Walsh: After This One I'm Going Home

Every year I have to write a 100 word blurb for a new show and basically I’ve now been doing this long enough to know that none of this bullsh*t makes any difference. 

One More Cup of Coffee, and Then We'll Save the World

One More Cup of Coffee, and Then We'll Save the World

Fresh from his tour of Australia earlier this year, comedy singer-songwriter Majk Stokes presents a new collection of witty and whimsical songs and poems covering two of his bigges… 

One Last Look

One Last Look

A man and a woman wait in a flat in Camden for a phone call from a colleague. 

A Midsummer Night's Droll

A Midsummer Night's Droll

Award-winning Fringe favourites the Owle Schreame return with a wild, rough, raucous and drunken reimagining; a version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream from the 1640s, originally adap… 

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

Love, hysteria and deception reign in this Victorian reimagining of Shakespeare’s classic. 

All Hail the Rat King!

All Hail the Rat King!

The Skits, Cornell University’s original sketch comedy troupe, has crossed the Atlantic to deliver some cold, hard jokes. 

One Note at a Time

One Note at a Time

Join us for an evening of chilled jazz as new Scottish quintet The Misinformed Quintet makes their Edinburgh Festival Fringe and AMC debut with One Note at a Time, a one-time perf… 

Queen of the Air

Queen of the Air

Born in Kansas, home of the South Wind, in 1897, Amelia Earhart reigned as Queen of the Air until her mysterious disappearance over the Pacific in 1937. 

A Night of Dark Intent

A Night of Dark Intent

Set in October of 1978, eight women end up together in an abandoned house where Lenora Stark supposedly murdered her parents 13 years ago. 

King Lear (Alone)

King Lear (Alone)

One-man show telling King Lear’s story in his own words, using text from the original and new words. 

One Belt One Road: Chinese Culture and Art Festival

One Belt One Road: Chinese Culture and Art Festival

With the theme ‘the starting point of love, silk road and art’, our festival has a variety of performances and art from countries on the One Belt One Road. 

Twelfth Night: The Ship of Fools

Twelfth Night: The Ship of Fools

Fiesta in sunshine. 

Sounds of St Cecilia's – From Virgin to Queen

Sounds of St Cecilia's – From Virgin to Queen

Catalina Vicens presents keyboard music for and around women in 16th and 17th-century Italy and England – works by Cara, Tromboncino, Valente, Byrd, Bull, Gibbons and others, usi… 

99 Problems But My Beard Ain't One

99 Problems But My Beard Ain't One

Hyde Panaser’s debut show about living a multicultural life with and without a beard. 

Show And Tell at The Queen's Hall

Show And Tell at The Queen's Hall

The Edinburgh Comedy Award winner, Live at the Apollo star, the Lidl Enya, the broken Bublé… DAVID O’DOHERTY headlines. 

Reuse, Reinvent, Reimagine – Art Exhibition Opening Night Party, August 10th, 19:00–22:00

Reuse, Reinvent, Reimagine – Art Exhibition Opening Night Party, August 10th, 19:00–22:00

This art exhibition highlights one of the world’s most pressing environmental problems: the inability of humankind to effectively cope with the disposal of the vast amounts of ho… 

King Creosote

King Creosote

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… 

Stamptown Comedy Night

Stamptown Comedy Night

A raunchy, chaotic and full-on Fringe experience, Stamptown Comedy Night is a late-night variety show featuring the best comedy and cabaret on the international scene! Hosted by Za… 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

‘I simply cannot wait to see more of their magic’ ***** (Tribe). 

King John

King John

Direct from the USA, the defending three-time National Shakespearean Acting Champions present Shakespeare’s rarely done history, King John. 

King Arthur – The Panto

King Arthur – The Panto

When Uther Pendragon passes away England falls without king. 

The Night With... Wooden Elephant

The Night With... Wooden Elephant

The Night With. 

Nigel Slater’s Toast

Nigel Slater’s Toast

One of the hardest calls for a reviewer to make is where to draw the line between production and play. 

The Only One in the World

The Only One in the World

Meet Liv – clever, funny, confident – everything a 15-year-old girl wants to be. 

From One Heart to Another

From One Heart to Another

Inclusive theatre group The Theatre Shed will explore end of life and organ donation in a unique and inspiring way. 

Mason King – Game of Chance

Mason King – Game of Chance

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. 

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Club Nights

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Club Nights

Former PM and cabaret superstar Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho is back. 

Queen of the F*cking World: The Second Coming

Queen of the F*cking World: The Second Coming

Returning with a brand-new kick-ass sequel, Queen’s bass guitar dances across sexual politics. 

Late Night Disco Fight

Late Night Disco Fight

Stamptown presents: Late Night Disco Fight! The anarchic creation of four critically acclaimed performers from four different corners of the globe (Scotland, South Korea, Norway an… 

Late-Night LOLs

Late-Night LOLs

Going to bed so soon? But the night has just begun! Enjoy some Late-Night LOLs with some of the best comedians at the Fringe. 

All Hail the Poetry King!

All Hail the Poetry King!

Award-winning silliness for all the family from one of the nation’s most successful spoken word artists. 

Late Night Lip Service

Late Night Lip Service

Ferocious queens and fierce divas of the world, rejoice! Gingzilla, the giant, ginger, award-winning Glamonster, returns to host Late Night Lip Service, featuring the Fringe’s wild… 

Zillions of Comedians (The One-Man Compilation Show)

Zillions of Comedians (The One-Man Compilation Show)

Watch Zillions of Comedians squeezed into just one hour. 

Mark Simmons – One-Linererer

Mark Simmons – One-Linererer

Following last year’s Amused Moose: Best Show nomination for One-Linerer, Mark Simmons presents the hotly anticipated One-Linererer. 

The Late Night Cabaret Show

The Late Night Cabaret Show

A late-night open mic cabaret night which is open to all Fringe performers: so music, comedy and performance is all on the cards. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

‘If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended. 

The Show Between Shows Show

The Show Between Shows Show

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

Me Plus One – Improv with Two People – Free

Me Plus One – Improv with Two People – Free

Improviser Mara Joy (TBC Improv, The Spontaneous Players) is joined by a different special guest every day to create an entirely unique two-person show based off one word from the … 

Jack Barry: Tango

Jack Barry: Tango

In the last year, acclaimed stand-up Jack Barry has been appointed by his parents as their couples therapist. 

One Musical to Rule Them All

One Musical to Rule Them All

After a sell-out, five-star run in 2016, One Musical to Rule Them All returns to parody everyone’s favourite trilogy about wizards, hobbits and a quest to destroy some magical je… 

Late-Night Lucky Bag

Late-Night Lucky Bag

Every night, a rising star of the comedy scene will curate their own night of comedy. 

Junky Fam's Late-Night Funk Mega Sesh

Junky Fam's Late-Night Funk Mega Sesh

Junky Fam, Edinburgh’s summit of groove excellence, take the drums, bass and guitar to their limits in delivering the heaviest, hardest, fastest, weirdest funk you’ve ever heard. 

Gary Little: Big Mouth

Gary Little: Big Mouth

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

Late Night Comedy Death Camp

Late Night Comedy Death Camp

Henry Ginsberg presents a possibly anarchic, probably slightly depraved and almost certainly alcohol-fuelled showcase of the best stand-up comedy at this year’s Fringe. 

The Carole King Story

The Carole King Story

After a sell-out run in 2017 The Carole King Story returns to take you on an incredible journey through the career of this six-time Grammy Award winner and 20-time platinum hit mak… 

Rob Kemp's Wheel of Shows

Rob Kemp's Wheel of Shows

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

One Giant Leap for June

One Giant Leap for June

June has ambitions of going into space. 

Twonkey’s Night Train to Liechtenstein

Twonkey’s Night Train to Liechtenstein

Reviewing Mr. 

Night at the Museum

Night at the Museum

Join the greatest comedians from across the globe as they blur the line between arte-fact and arte-fiction in a wholly improvised set, prompted by genuine artefacts housed in the N… 

Late Night Nonsense: Variety Show

Late Night Nonsense: Variety Show

A variety show of absurdist comedy. 

The Late Night Evil Show

The Late Night Evil Show

We all have some evil in us: there is a Mr Hyde to our Dr Jekyll, a yin to our yang, a fig roll to our jaffa cake. 

One Woman Alien

One Woman Alien

Heather-Rose Andrews skilfully acts out this minimalist stage version of cult classic Alien. 

The Weegies Have Stolen the One O'Clock Gun

The Weegies Have Stolen the One O'Clock Gun

When Edinburgh’s famous One O’Clock Gun goes missing the city is outraged. 

You All Know Me, I'm Jack Ruby!

You All Know Me, I'm Jack Ruby!

November 22nd 1963. 

The Last One

The Last One

The Last One is the end of all things, and still needing more. 

Two-Man, One-Man

Two-Man, One-Man

**** (TimeOut). 

The One-Thirty Comedy Cabaret

The One-Thirty Comedy Cabaret

Enjoy a showcase of the best comedy talent to kick-start your day with our hand-picked selection – and watch what you should be seeing more of from around the city. 

The King and Ol' Blue Eyes

The King and Ol' Blue Eyes

Following his army demob, Elvis Presley joins Frank Sinatra’s 1960 Timex TV show special. 

The Cat's Mother

The Cat's Mother

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. 

One of Them, One of Us

One of Them, One of Us

Caught between Berlin and New York, Daniel Louis Vezza explores and takes on the differences between these two cities and the lifestyles that come with them, in an hour of observat… 

Lily Lovett and Patrick Monahan: Date Night

Lily Lovett and Patrick Monahan: Date Night

Join Lily and Patrick at the premiere of their brand new, live dating show that connects singles and tests couples. 

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

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

Gypsy Queen

Gypsy Queen

Hope Theatre Company bring us this brutal and beautiful production exploring sexuality through the lens of two boxers. 

Jack and Claire / Free Festival

Jack and Claire / Free Festival

An American-Scottish duo performs wild long-form improv developed at the renowned iO Theater in Chicago! Jack and Claire is Chicago-based improv comedy duo Claire McFadden and Jack… 

Aaaaaaaaaaaaargh, It's the One-Liner Show – Free Entry

Aaaaaaaaaaaaargh, It's the One-Liner Show – Free Entry

Enjoy an hour of the best up-and-coming one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay. 

Tom and Ollie in: One and a Half Men

Tom and Ollie in: One and a Half Men

Tom and Ollie are ‘creative, witty, sketchsmiths’ with ‘a sackful of promise’ (Chortle. 

Jack Evans: Work

Jack Evans: Work

Workers of the world: please stop! Jack Evans, lizard prince of Manchester’s alternative circuit, presents a punchy, out-there hour about work: its history, its present and a futur… 

Gary Tro: Idoit

Gary Tro: Idoit

Guys! I do it. 

Jess Robinson: No Filter

Jess Robinson: No Filter

Though now a household name thanks to a semi-final place in last year’s Britain’s Got Talent, singing impressionist Jess Robinson is a familiar face of the Fringe. 

Phill Jupitus: Sassy Knack

Phill Jupitus: Sassy Knack

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… 

Katharine Ferns: Between One Ferns

Katharine Ferns: Between One Ferns

New work-in-progress solo show from Canadian comedian Katharine Ferns is relentlessly funny with her confessional and brutally honest storytelling style of comedy. 

Phil Cooper: One Phil Over The Cooper's Nest

Phil Cooper: One Phil Over The Cooper's Nest

Join Phil in a lighthearted romp through the the world of collective delusions. 

One-Man Pride and Prejudice

One-Man Pride and Prejudice

It is a truth universally acknowledged that an actor in possession of a woman’s story must be in want of a wife – to help him adapt it. 

Gary Delaney: Gagster's Paradise

Gary Delaney: Gagster's Paradise

One of Britain’s leading one-liner comics returns with another onslaught of lean, expertly crafted gaggery. 

Heard the One About Identity Theft? With the Real Bennett Arron

Heard the One About Identity Theft? With the Real Bennett Arron

This Welsh comedian was the first major victim of Identity Theft in the UK. 

Rocky Horror Night

Rocky Horror Night

The Rocky Horror Night at Frankenstein’s — now in its 17th year — is one of the staple nightlife experiences in Edinburgh. 

Another One

Another One

If you break my heart, I’ll break yours too. 

All the King's Men

All the King's Men

Returning to Edinburgh for their eighth year, All the King’s Men are the voices that are defining a genre. 

Queen C*nt – Sacred or Profane?

Queen C*nt – Sacred or Profane?

Blending comedy, drag, song and the grotesque, with absurd character sketches. 

Baby Paradise: Part One

Baby Paradise: Part One

Power? Sex? Control? Part One: Meet Baby, a prostitute willing to entertain you with Barbie dolls… Experience a bizarre underworld of desire and oppression. 

Gary Dunn: Jokes and Tricks!

Gary Dunn: Jokes and Tricks!

After a sell-out show at this year’s Glasgow Comedy Festival, Gary Dunn returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with his own brand of funny, family magic! Lots of slapstick, schtick and … 

The Snow Queen

The Snow Queen

Greta’s brother, Kay, has been acting strange. 

Gary Meikle – Before All This

Gary Meikle – Before All This

Scottish comedy award winner Gary Meikle premieres his debut hour and lays bare his remarkable life story and how he’s defeated the odds set against him from surviving children’s h… 

A Fortunate Man

A Fortunate Man

There are books which are called seminal largely because so many people have read them. 

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho

Following four sell-out Fringe runs and marking 30 years of Section 28, the Iron Lady returns in her original 80s drag cabaret extravaganza! On the eve of a crucial vote, Maggie ge… 

Sticks and Stones

Sticks and Stones

Free speech is a right fiercely protected in today’s society. 

In for a Penny

In for a Penny

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… 

One-Man Stranger Things

One-Man Stranger Things

Charles ‘One-Man Star Wars’ Ross and Canadian Fringe legend, TJ Dawe, parody the Netflix smash series, Stranger Things. 

Unsung

Unsung

With the advent of the internet, smartphones and social media, today’s politics happens under an unprecedented level of scrutiny. 

Blackthorn by Charley Miles

Blackthorn by Charley Miles

Home is a powerful concept. 

Matt Price: Last Night a Weegie Saved My Life

Matt Price: Last Night a Weegie Saved My Life

Friendly Cornish giant Matt Price was going out with a woman. 

A Broad Abroad

A Broad Abroad

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. 

Jack Docherty: Miekelson and McGlashan – Serious Men

Jack Docherty: Miekelson and McGlashan – Serious Men

Fresh from filming the fifth series of hit BBC One show Scot Squad, Edinburgh’s Jack Docherty returns to the Fringe for the first time in 25 years. 

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens is the plastic-and-glitter-wearing spiritual sister of shows such as The Rocky Horror Picture Show. 

No One Is Coming to Save You

No One Is Coming to Save You

No One is Coming to Save You is an abstract piece of theatre which eschews character development and plot narrative, in favour of exploring recurring images. 

One Woman Sex and the City

One Woman Sex and the City

Parody on love, friendship and shoes. 

Famous Puppet Death Scenes

Famous Puppet Death Scenes

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… 

Irina Titova: Queen of Sand

Irina Titova: Queen of Sand

Making her UK debut, talented sand artist Irina Titova and her audience will travel Around the World in 80 Pictures in the spirit of Jules Verne. 

Late Night

Late Night

Late Night features one-off takeovers from the best of the fest, cabarets stuffed to the gunnels with LOLs, and even a couple of token straight white comedy dudes! Weird, hilarious… 

Metamorphosis of One

Metamorphosis of One

One is found buried in a culmination of emotions when life takes an unexpected turn. 

One Life Stand

One Life Stand

After their five star runaway success with All We Ever Wanted Was Everything, Middle Child were always going to suffer from difficult second album syndrome and it’s a real shame … 

Scratch Night: Our Fears

Scratch Night: Our Fears

Come support some brave new writers while they investigate our fears!The list of our fears is rather long, and some of these accounts are actually based in true events b… 

Exit the King

Exit the King

For those who pertain to be students of the Theatre of the Absurd movement prevalent in the 1950s and 60s, there is nothing of value to you in this review. 

LJ Da Funk in... When will these fascist bastards all be lined up and f**king shot?

LJ Da Funk in... When will these fascist bastards all be lined up and f**king shot?

Trump. 

One Giant Leap For June

One Giant Leap For June

June has ambitions of going into space. 

King Courgette

King Courgette

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… 

King Lear

King Lear

★★★★★ “Ian McKellen reigns supreme in this triumphant production. 

Jeddy Bear and Gary's Picnic

Jeddy Bear and Gary's Picnic

Are you sitting comfortably?If you go down to the woods today you’re in for a big surprise! Hull comedy duo Jed Salisbury and Gary Jenninson are going to tell you … 

Zeal: Queer Improv & Stand-Up Night

Zeal: Queer Improv & Stand-Up Night

A night of queer improvised comedy with Zeal at the Chateau, South London’s brand new queer arts space opening in July! FREE ENTRY. 

Omid Djalili: Schmuck for a Night

Omid Djalili: Schmuck for a Night

Award winning comedian and actor Omid Djalili, known for his legendary stand-up performances, has extended his UK tour for the fourth time, due to overwhelming demand and is at t… 

The Nursery Theatre presents... Saturday Night Improv

The Nursery Theatre presents... Saturday Night Improv

Magicked! – Everyone loves Harry Potter, and in tribute to the world’s favourite pubescent wizard, this summer, tonight’s show assumes the form of an improvised tribute to Ha… 

The Nursery Theatre presents... Friday Night Improv

The Nursery Theatre presents... Friday Night Improv

Standup and improv comedy unite in one explosively funny night! Join us as a group of experienced improvisers weave a (dramatic! funny! exciting!) story in three acts based on the … 

A Midsummer Night's Fringe

A Midsummer Night's Fringe

Join us for our summer showcase fundraising gala at Brighton Open Air Theatre on July 3rd for an extravagant evening of everything Fringe! See all your Fringe favourites from our 2… 

Tom & Ollie in: One and a Half Men

Tom & Ollie in: One and a Half Men

Tom and Ollie are ‘creative, witty, sketchsmiths’ with a ‘sackful of promise’ (Chortle). 

The King and I

The King and I

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… 

Russell Arathoon: The Curious Incidents of the Gay in the Night-Time

Russell Arathoon: The Curious Incidents of the Gay in the Night-Time

Energetic, playful stand-up comedy from Manchester-born comedian Russell Arathoon. 

Henna Night

Henna Night

Judith leaves her ex-boyfriend a desperate message on his answerphone saying that she is not coping with their break-up, that she has brought razor blades & some henna in order to … 

For Queen and Country

For Queen and Country

For Queen and Country is a comedy drama inspired by the recent BBC2 programme, Secret Agent Selection: WW2. 

Mike Birbiglia: The New One

Mike Birbiglia: The New One

Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times called Mike Birbiglia’s recent show 'Thank God For Jokes' “the best night I’ve spent in a theatre in a… 

Women: Work And Power Improv Night!

Women: Work And Power Improv Night!

The Nursery Presents a night of improvised theatre in conjunction with The City of London’s Women: Work And Power programme!We’re excited to present The Maydays Laydays (AKA th… 

Friday Night Spiegel with Gypsy Disco

Friday Night Spiegel with Gypsy Disco

Our last Friday night dancing at the legendary Spiegeltent this season. 

Friday Night Spiegel

Friday Night Spiegel

Our last Friday night dancing at the legendary Spiegeltent this season. 

Jack Left Town: The Improvised Rockumentary

Jack Left Town: The Improvised Rockumentary

‘Jack Left Town’ tells the story of the greatest band the world has never known. 

A Night with Thick & Tight

A Night with Thick & Tight

Thick & Tight, a dance duo like no other, bring all the drama, musicality, farce and face you can cram into a show. 

The Incomplete Works of Dolan, Parsons & Emslie

The Incomplete Works of Dolan, Parsons & Emslie

Joseph Emslie, Amused Moose New Comic Finalist 2017, Kate Dolan, “Lets loose her one liners perfectly” (Broadway Baby), and Joseph Parsons, “High energy, perfectly crafted punchlin… 

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

The University of Brighton’s Drama Society served up laughs in their rendition of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. 

One Woman Alien

One Woman Alien

"In theatre no-one can hear you scream" unless you head down to the Sweet Dukebox this Fringe to see One Woman Alien, billed as a one hour (standard Fringe fair) one woma… 

Katharine Ferns: Between One Ferns (Work in Progress)

Katharine Ferns: Between One Ferns (Work in Progress)

Canadian comedian Katharine Ferns is relentlessly funny with her confessional and brutally honest storytelling style of comedy. 

Brainville at Night

Brainville at Night

A stylish adventure into the film noir-ish world of Ingrid’s memories and imagination. 

Fringe City Night

Fringe City Night

Join us for our one-off Fringe City night-time special. 

A Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton - and Other Shows

A Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton - and Other Shows

By popular demand! Original musical journey from 400 AD Boerthelm’s Tun to present day Bom-Bane’s, with portraits of all the colourful inhabitants along the way. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

The Lyric and Filter’s riotous reinterpretation of one of Shakespeare’s best loved plays comes to Oxford after its critically-acclaimed London and international festival runs. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

The intention of Shakespeare’s plays is writ large under the titles. 

Swing Out! A Night of Live Swing Music and Dancing

Swing Out! A Night of Live Swing Music and Dancing

Rouge your knees, shine your shoes and prepare to enter a razzling dazzling world of Swing! From the decadent 20s Jazz age, the glamourous 30s, the spirit of the 40s, to the rebels… 

Esther Manito: But I've Got One (Work in Progress)

Esther Manito: But I've Got One (Work in Progress)

Esther Manito, a finalist on ‘So You Think You’re Funny? 2017’ and heard on BBC radio 4 Extra, is working on her first solo show. 

Twonkey’s Night Train to Liechtenstein

Twonkey’s Night Train to Liechtenstein

Brighton Fringe’s most reliably unusual auteur returns with a new adventure from the peculiar world of Mr Twonkey. 

Brighton Queen of Slaughtering Places

Brighton Queen of Slaughtering Places

Since the very first tales were told around a fire, it has been human nature to enjoy a good story - especially when the story is full of murder, gore and tabloid-friendly salaciou… 

Radu Isac: One Romanian Answering Questions

Radu Isac: One Romanian Answering Questions

Radu started comedy in 2006 in Bucharest and was known as Romania’s comedian’s comedian. 

Russell Arathoon: The Curious Incidents of the Gay in the Night-Time

Russell Arathoon: The Curious Incidents of the Gay in the Night-Time

Stand-up comedy from Manchester-born comedian, Russell Arathoon. 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

Bringing us four short scenes, Puck’s Players – consisting of Bill Poulton, Phillip Lee and Aaron Thaddeus Lee – were able to exhibit outstanding versatility as performers, d… 

Many Trump Refugees in One Body

Many Trump Refugees in One Body

A panicked run to Canada. 

Gypsy Queen

Gypsy Queen

Meet ‘Gorgeous’ George O’Connell (Rob Ward) and Dane ‘The Pain’ Samson (John Askew), two hard as nails boxers both raised by their traditionalist fathers to defend themse… 

New Act Night

New Act Night

Come and cheer on our latest stand-up fledglings from Jill Edwards Comedy Workshops at Brighton’s Komedia. 

Last Night at the Circus

Last Night at the Circus

It was a balmy Sunday evening at the end of another warm and sunny weekend and many in the audience seem to have to enjoyed the weekend (and perhaps the wine) a bit too much by the… 

Nine Night

Nine Night

There’s little to evoke more anxiety and dread than the phrase ‘Traditional Family Christmas’. 

From One Heart to Another

From One Heart to Another

The human heart. 

King Charles III

King Charles III

Queen Elizabeth II is dead. 

Psychedelic Dream Temple at Point One Coffee

Psychedelic Dream Temple at Point One Coffee

Born from the desire to bring visionary art into greater awareness, the ‘Psychedelic Dream Temple’ is not just a showcase of some of the worlds most talented artists but also a pla… 

Quiz Night: The Musical

Quiz Night: The Musical

There comes an awkward point in some friendships when going to the pub is no longer quite enough entertainment. 

Alasdair Beckett-King: Full Velvet Jacket (WIP)

Alasdair Beckett-King: Full Velvet Jacket (WIP)

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. 

Gary G Knightley: Twat Out of Hell

Gary G Knightley: Twat Out of Hell

Twat Out of Hell features comedian Gary G Knightley, as seen on Channel 4, BBC3 and the West End, performing his debut solo show. 

LATE NIGHT GIMP FIGHT

LATE NIGHT GIMP FIGHT

The washed-up boy band of sketch comedy are returning to Brighton with their first new show in four years. 

LJ DA FUNK in... When will these fascist bastards be lined up and f**king shot?

LJ DA FUNK in... When will these fascist bastards be lined up and f**king shot?

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. 

One Can Not Be Too Careful

One Can Not Be Too Careful

Gallery Lock-In is a makeshift gallery space tucked away in the backstreets behind the beachfront. 

Pick of the Fringe: Launch Night Special

Pick of the Fringe: Launch Night Special

A sensational line-up of Fringe favourites assemble to launch Brighton Fringe 2018. 

Brighton Fringe Opening Night and Fireworks at The Warren

Brighton Fringe Opening Night and Fireworks at The Warren

The launch of Brighton Fringe 2018 at The Warren. 

All The King’s Men

All The King’s Men

All the King’s Men bring their five star, sellout tour to London’s West End… AtKM’s astonishing vocal colour and arresting, creative choreograp… 

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

This uplifting and heart-warming tale by Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott has it all – outrageous costumes, flamboyant choreography and plenty of sass. 

The Golden F**king Years

The Golden F**king Years

Helen and Gordon spend their retirement on their Mediterranean balcony, reading and drinking gin, quite a lot of it. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

  • Listing
    • Theatre
  • West End
  • Multiple Venues
  • 13th Apr 2018 - 5th Sep 2021

The Lyric and Filter’s riotous reinterpretation of one of Shakespeare’s best loved plays, A Midsummer Night’s Dream returns to the Lyric for two performances only… 

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho

Maggie returns in her smash hit drag extravaganza! Following four sell-out Edinburgh Fringe runs, the Iron Lady returns to mark the 30th anniversary of the passing of Section 28. 

One Small Step

One Small Step

Following five-star rave reviews across UK and international tours where it was seen by more than 19,000 people, One Small Step returns to the BT for a fast, furious and full throt… 

Mary's Divas Spectacular - A Night At The Awards

Mary's Divas Spectacular - A Night At The Awards

You loved them in last year’s smash hit, sell out show at Mary’s Poppin. 

Suggs - What a King Cnut

Suggs - What a King Cnut

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. 

Big River Motel Closing Night Party ft. BOOKA SHADE

Big River Motel Closing Night Party ft. BOOKA SHADE

Send off Adelaide Fringe 2018 with RCC at Big River Motel with headline act Booka Shade Check in. Unpack & forget about a good nights sleep #BigRiverMotel 

Night Fever

Night Fever

No 2 Ways takes you on the ultimate BEE GEES bender. 

Bingo Jack's Big Book Magic Show

Bingo Jack's Big Book Magic Show

Don’t miss Bingo Jack this Fringe. 

Late Night Comedy at The Producers

Late Night Comedy at The Producers

Back for a third year join hosts Marcel and Lewis for an awesome range of comedy acts from across the festival, at the funnest Late Show in town. 

Adelaide Night Market

Adelaide Night Market

Soak up the atmosphere at the Adelaide Night Market and be amazed by the spectacular Parade of Light. 

One Act Comedy Spectacular

One Act Comedy Spectacular

Three hilarious one-act comedies - plus a few other bits and pieces that will guarantee a great evening out!!. 

A NIGHT OF ROCK/METAL WITH MATTERHORN

A NIGHT OF ROCK/METAL WITH MATTERHORN

Adelaide’s premier Rock/Metal band MATTERHORN presents a special one night only fringe show, A NIGHT OF ROCK/METAL WITH MATTERHORN. 

Idris Stanton - The Last King of Vaudeville

Idris Stanton - The Last King of Vaudeville

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… 

One Hit Wonderland

One Hit Wonderland

ONE HIT WONDERLAND will be a magical night of unforgettable songs. 

Bogan Bingo - A night on the Green

Bogan Bingo - A night on the Green

Back for a ninth year in a row and still Adelaide’s favorite past time hits the stage and rolls the cage for another year of Bogan Bingo. 

The Junction - Friday night LIVE

The Junction - Friday night LIVE

Your Friday night is in top hands at The Junction, especially if you fancy kicking things off with a few hard-earned drinks. 

GARY TRO-ke Karaoke

GARY TRO-ke Karaoke

UK stand-up Gary Tro (“expect comedic genius” - LondonCalling. 

Gary Little: Scottish Club Classics

Gary Little: Scottish Club Classics

Two time Scottish Comedy Award winner. 

'One Wild Night' - The Australian Bon Jovi Show

'One Wild Night' - The Australian Bon Jovi Show

Australia’s biggest and most authentic Bon Jovi Tribute Show is here! This show captures the essence of what this great band is about, the passion & hunger of the early years and t… 

[Late Night] GameShow

[Late Night] GameShow

The ★★★★½ (Weekend Notes) cult Fringe hit, [Late Night] GameShow is back with a rotating line up of Fringe Celebrity guests all competing to be the best at winning the gam… 

Late Night Nonsense - Variety Show

Late Night Nonsense - Variety Show

A variety show of absurdist comedy. 

Soul Serenade: A Night of Aretha Franklin

Soul Serenade: A Night of Aretha Franklin

Commemorating the queen of soul, Aretha Franklin, local soul cover band Master Blaster present a selection of her greatest hits such as ‘Respect’, ‘Chain of Fools’, and ‘… 

A Night at the Musicals

A Night at the Musicals

From Gypsy to Grease, Annie to Lion King – no musical is safe! UK Drag icon Jonny Woo and Olivier winner Le Gateau Chocolat return with their sell-out fringe hit. 

King of Comedy UK - Kyle Legacy

King of Comedy UK - Kyle Legacy

King of the comedy, master of the crowd & slave to the laugh. 

One Last Waltz

One Last Waltz

Alice is becoming more and more forgetful. 

Alexander Richmond - One Man Titanic

Alexander Richmond - One Man Titanic

An international gross of $1. 

Jack Savage - Silly Billy

Jack Savage - Silly Billy

Silly Billy (noun; informal) 1. 

A Night Of Cream

A Night Of Cream

‘A NIGHT OF CREAM’ the tribute show dedicated to 1960s British rock power trio, Cream. 

Stamptown Comedy Night

Stamptown Comedy Night

Stamptown Comedy Night is a raunchy, chaotic and full-on fringe experience featuring the best comedy, cabaret and circus. 

THE HEARTH: A NIGHT OF READINGS

THE HEARTH: A NIGHT OF READINGS

The Hearth welcomes you to a night of readings on the theme of ‘Masquerade’. 

A Night in Paris

A Night in Paris

Local singer with a very authentic French touch, Louise Blackwell, and band The French Set, are some of Adelaide’s finest jazz musicians, including Mark Ferguson on keys, Julian Fe… 

A GREEK TRAGEDY 'OEDIPUS REX-THE KING'

A GREEK TRAGEDY 'OEDIPUS REX-THE KING'

  • Listing
    • Cabaret and Variety
  • Adelaide Fringe
  • Multiple Venues
  • 24th Feb - 18th Mar 2018

AN ADAPTATION BY LOUCAS LOIZOU. 

King Jack Queen

King Jack Queen

“Get around pres at Danni’s. 

Tommy Little - The Last King Of Stupid

Tommy Little - The Last King Of Stupid

As seen on The Project. 

The Truth About Jack Gramenz

The Truth About Jack Gramenz

The truth can be a very funny thing. 

One more cup of coffee and then we'll save the world

One more cup of coffee and then we'll save the world

UK-based singer-songwriter, poet, musician, environmentalist and caffeine addict Majk Stokes comes to Adelaide for the first time to present a show built around two of his greatest… 

Saturday Night Laughs

Saturday Night Laughs

For one night only, Gordon Southern will deliver a hilarious preview performance before his main show A Man for Two Seasons with funny man Thomas Green as MC along with special gue… 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Based on Shakespeare’s popular comedy, Britten’s opera follows the consequences of a falling-out between the fairy-king Oberon and his queen, Tytania. 

'One Long Night In The Land Of Nod' by Duncan Graham

'One Long Night In The Land Of Nod' by Duncan Graham

After his fall from grace, lawyer Kane returns to the family sheep station for the first time in ten years. 

Late Night Party Boyz

Late Night Party Boyz

Late Night Party Boyz present their 2018 debut. 

A Night With The Pop Idols - Murder Mystery Dinner

A Night With The Pop Idols - Murder Mystery Dinner

The guys and girls from Sourced Up Talent present a night of murder and mystery. 

Buddy Diamond 1960 - A night at The Stardust

Buddy Diamond 1960 - A night at The Stardust

Welcome to 1960. 

One Mic Stand - OPEN MIC COMEDY

One Mic Stand - OPEN MIC COMEDY

Adelaide’s premier Open Mic night returns! EVERY MONDAY catch 10 different comedians from across the Fringe PLUS a special guest headline act. 

Big River Motel Opening Night feat. Hermitude

Big River Motel Opening Night feat. Hermitude

Open for good time, not a long time, we’re kicking off the opening night of Adelaide Fringe 2018 with our biggest party yet. 

OPENING NIGHT

OPENING NIGHT

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Bitch Night - February

Bitch Night - February

Bitch Night is Edinburgh’s premier female and man-bitch friendly variety night, returning monthly with a spectacular lineup to Cabaret Voltaire! 

Queen Cunt: Sacred or Profane?

Queen Cunt: Sacred or Profane?

Blending music, comedy, drag, movement, dance, bouffon and the grotesque - Queen Cunt sees all power to the feminine, the wrathful, the sensual! A multi-character melange of opinio… 

King Lear Retold

King Lear Retold

Dark and challenging, epic and shocking, human and uplifting. 

Long Day's Journey Into Night

Long Day's Journey Into Night

Following its sold out run as part of Bristol Old Vic’s 250th Anniversary season, Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville reprise their roles in Richard Eyre’s acclaimed produ… 

Queen Cunt: Sacred or Profane?

Queen Cunt: Sacred or Profane?

Blending music, comedy, drag, movement, dance, buffon and the grotesque - Queen Cunt sees all power to the feminine, the wrathful, the sensual! A multi-character melange of opinion… 

Bitch Night

Bitch Night

Bitch Night is Edinburgh’s newest female friendly (man-bitches too) variety night! 

Jack and the Beanstalk

Jack and the Beanstalk

With plenty of magic beans, a loveable cow, an enormous beanstalk, a gigantic giant and a massive adventure, this year’s panto looks set to be the biggest ever. 

Mischief Movie Night

Mischief Movie Night

Mischief Theatre, the award-winning company behind The Play That Goes Wrong, Peter Pan Goes Wrong and The Comedy About A Bank Robbery return to their comedy roots with Mischief Mov… 

Side Shows

Side Shows

Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows. 

Reid Consort - Rachmaninov All Night Vigil

Reid Consort - Rachmaninov All Night Vigil

Launching their 2017-18 concert season, the Reid Consort performs Rachmaninov’s serene All Night Vigil (Vespers) on Saturday 11 November, 7. 

One Mississippi

One Mississippi

There’s little obvious theatrical artifice on show; just four actors, in casual clothes, sitting or lying on the plain black floor of an empty stage as the audience comes in. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Adapted and directed by Gavin McAlinden and set in modern music Festival culture; this is a radical reimagining of Shakespeare’s tale of youth, love, sex, drugs, music, mistaken … 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Adapted and directed by Gavin McAlinden and set in modern music Festival culture; this is a radical reimagining of Shakespeare’s tale of youth, love, sex, drugs, music, mistaken … 

8th Glamour of Jasmine Chinese Arts Festival / A Midsummer Night's Dream from China by Whispering Lotus Artists (Guqin, Dizi, Xiao, Pipa and Zheng)

8th Glamour of Jasmine Chinese Arts Festival / A Midsummer Night's Dream from China by Whispering Lotus Artists (Guqin, Dizi, Xiao, Pipa and Zheng)

Three elegant women musicians from Suzhou, costumed in Whispering Lotus Chi-pao will give us a concert on Chinese guqin, zheng, dizi and xiao (bamboo flute and end-blown bamboo flu… 

Sarah Kendall: One-Seventeen

Sarah Kendall: One-Seventeen

Nominated twice for the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show and total Fringe sell-out 2015 and 2016, Sarah Kendall returns with her brand-new show One-Seventeen. 

NEHH Presents: Charlotte Church's Late Night Pop Dungeon

NEHH Presents: Charlotte Church's Late Night Pop Dungeon

Up the dark, dark stairs, upon the bloody gallows of soft rock, through the oubliette of cheese, into the torture chamber of disco, you are welcomed to the Late Night Pop Dungeon. 

I Got Rhythm – Night and Day

I Got Rhythm – Night and Day

One of Scotland’s most respected musicians and a versatile keyboard improviser in all styles, Richard Michael BEM brings his dazzling fingers and presentation skills to the fore in… 

Sustainable Shows: Emerging Trends

Sustainable Shows: Emerging Trends

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

The Curious Incidents of the gay in the night-time

The Curious Incidents of the gay in the night-time

Russell Arathoon brings his previous sold out debut stand up show to London. 

The HandleBards: A Midsummer Night's Dream

The HandleBards: A Midsummer Night's Dream

The HandleBards are the world’s first cycling theatre company. 

Scotland’s Harp – A Celebration: One

Scotland’s Harp – A Celebration: One

Superb duo: Catriona McKay (Clarsach) and Chris Stout (Shetland fiddle/viola). 

The Other Guys: All Night Long

The Other Guys: All Night Long

The Other Guys from the University of St Andrews return to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the third time, with more energy and excitement than ever before. 

One for the Road...

One for the Road...

In the early 1980s Pinter became increasingly interested in human rights abuses and in particular the torture of political prisoners in Argentina and Turkey. 

All Night Long

All Night Long

The Other Guys return to the Fringe with their show All Night Long with more charm, energy and dulcet tones than you can shake a stanky leg at. 

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Club Nights

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Club Nights

Former Prime Minister and global cabaret superstar Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho is back – and this time she’s hosting a club night! There’ll be non-stop 80s hits from a non-st… 

On One Condition

On One Condition

On One Condition draws on stories from Dan Daw’s lived experiences, asking us to question our own perceptions of normal while offering a stripped back look at the world we live in. 

Who Framed Jack the Ripper?

Who Framed Jack the Ripper?

It’s 1880s Whitechapel is in the grip of Ripper terror. 

Schildt Organ Works

Schildt Organ Works

Sweelinck’s pupil Schildt wrote some of the finest north German baroque organ music before his death in 1667. 

Adrienne Truscott's a One-Trick Pony (Or Andy Kaufmann is a Feminist Performance Artist and I'm a Comedian)

Adrienne Truscott's a One-Trick Pony (Or Andy Kaufmann is a Feminist Performance Artist and I'm a Comedian)

Truscott wrestles with: standing up while telling jokes, second shows, stealing material and bad reviews – back in the town where she got ‘em! All while paying homage to her fa… 

Gary Delaney: There's Something About Gary

Gary Delaney: There's Something About Gary

Back due to popular demand! Gary thinks a good joke should be like a drunk Glaswegian, short and punchy. 

One-on-One Surgeries for Creative Artists

One-on-One Surgeries for Creative Artists

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Data Night

Data Night

Data Night is a fun, frothy feminist fable mixing clever and silly in the same test tube. 

One Stop Cabaret Shop

One Stop Cabaret Shop

Two cabaret favourites – Don One from Birmingham and Claire Benjamin from London – join together for this unusual musical comedy pairing to host a variety show with a twist. 

One Step Before the Fall

One Step Before the Fall

‘Theatrical knock-out’ (Times). 

Mary, Queen of Scots

Mary, Queen of Scots

“All I knew was the playground song Mary Queen of Scots got her head chopped off,” says opera singer Louise Macdonald, “until I started learning Schumann’s Maria Stuart Lie… 

Richard III (A One-Woman Show)

Richard III (A One-Woman Show)

It’s Shakespeare performed in a completely new way: a Shakespeare play condensed to the size of one woman, Emily Carding, and the way she deals with the audience. 

All the King's Women

All the King's Women

The life of Elvis Presley told through 17 women: some enthralled, some appalled, all obsessed! From Tupelo, Mississippi where 12-year-old Elvis wanted a BB gun instead of a guitar,… 

One Good Soul

One Good Soul

Musical adaptations of other works often struggle to either make themselves distinct or justify their existence. 

King Arthur

King Arthur

Classical music close up where wriggling is allowed. 

Re: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Re: A Midsummer Night's Dream

A unique take on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream from a Russian company dedicated to the Bard. 

You Are Not the One Who Shall Live Long

You Are Not the One Who Shall Live Long

You are asked to explain a purpose, statement of intention and concept. 

Queen of the F*cking World

Queen of the F*cking World

Unleash your inner queen! Via Shakespeare, Chekhov to RuPaul, a kickass theatre-cum-cabaret tour de force exploring sexual politics and identity, revealing how an exotic dancer bec… 

Chinese Arts and Culture Festival Day One

Chinese Arts and Culture Festival Day One

SCCC is proud to present splendid programme for audiences. 

There Is No One Between You and Me

There Is No One Between You and Me

A woman returns to a hometown she no longer recognises in this haunting new play from Dalia Taha. 

The Rising: UK's Number One Springsteen Tribute

The Rising: UK's Number One Springsteen Tribute

The Rising: the UK’s number one Springsteen tribute brings the energy and precision of the E Street band to the Festival Fringe once more. 

Guitars at St Cecilia's: One

Guitars at St Cecilia's: One

Scottish early guitar/lute specialist and composer Gordon Ferries plays solos by the great 19th-century guitarist/composer Mauro Giuliani including Le Bouquet Emblematique (where e… 

Pianos @ One

Pianos @ One

Showcasing the finest piano and chamber music from RCS and St Mary’s Music School students. 

One Hundred Miles

One Hundred Miles

One Hundred Miles is a physical theatre performance structured around the experiences of a woman traveling through India in a bid to discover a different culture and way of life. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Shakespeare comedy done right, this play manages to put a modern twist on the well known classic by filling it with quirky characters that look like they’ve picked right out of… 

Elgar's King Olaf

Elgar's King Olaf

World-renowned Elgarian Sir Andrew Davis conducts a rarely heard masterpiece: Elgar’s Viking cantata Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf. 

One-on-One Consultations for Small Independent Productions Interested in Touring The U.S.

One-on-One Consultations for Small Independent Productions Interested in Touring The U.S.

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Carry King

Carry King

Brought to you by EnjoyMedia Cultural Company, Carry King is a visually striking, experimental piece of theatre. 

US Tour Booking For Small And Independent Shows

US Tour Booking For Small And Independent Shows

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Taylor & Leigh's Country Blues Night

Taylor & Leigh's Country Blues Night

Edinburgh sibilings Taylor & Leigh return to the Fringe after last year’s sell-out show, bringing their blisteringly-hot country blues. 

ONE: The Man Chosen by the Spirit of the Japanese Drum Vol 2

ONE: The Man Chosen by the Spirit of the Japanese Drum Vol 2

Powerful like a dragon, supple like a dancer. 

The World in One City

The World in One City

A Scottish Documentary Institute production for the Edinburgh International Festival directed by Anne Milne and produced by Noe Mendelle. 

One for the Critics – Networking Event

One for the Critics – Networking Event

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Keyboards At St Cecilia's: One

Keyboards At St Cecilia's: One

Inaugurating the Friends of St Cecilia’s 2017 Fringe season in the stunningly refurbished concert hall on Niddry Street, John Kitchen and David Gerrard will demonstrate the flamboy… 

Live Shows in an Internet Media Age

Live Shows in an Internet Media Age

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Ali Affleck's Speakeasy Sessions – One Night in New Orleans...

Ali Affleck's Speakeasy Sessions – One Night in New Orleans...

Award-winning vocalist Ali transports you to the underground prohibition era. 

Sixth Night: Shakespeare For Those With Short Attention Spans

Sixth Night: Shakespeare For Those With Short Attention Spans

Where there is Fringe, there is Shakespeare, and Rolling In The Aisle Productions have returned to Edinburgh with a fresh faced, family friendly adaptation of Shakespeare’s Twelf… 

The Show Between Shows Show

The Show Between Shows Show

New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly. 

Late Night Lip Service

Late Night Lip Service

A midnight cabaret featuring “the wildest acts from across the Fringe” is setting itself up for some pretty high standards. 

Queen of the F*cking World

Queen of the F*cking World

Unleash your inner queen! Via Shakespeare, Chekhov to RuPaul, a kickass theatre-cum-cabaret tour de force exploring sexual politics and identity, revealing how an exotic dancer bec… 

Rahul Kohli's Late Night Comedy Compilation Show: Kohl and the Gang

Rahul Kohli's Late Night Comedy Compilation Show: Kohl and the Gang

Award-winning comedian Rahul Kohli picks up to five of the best upcoming acts on the circuit right now, for a late-night comedy extravaganza! Including some very secret special gue… 

Mark Simmons: One-Linerer

Mark Simmons: One-Linerer

This show is for people that like jokes. 

Rahul Kohli's Late Night Comedy Compilation Show: Kohl and the Gang

Rahul Kohli's Late Night Comedy Compilation Show: Kohl and the Gang

Award-winning comedian Rahul Kohli picks up to five of the best upcoming acts on the circuit right now, for a late-night comedy extravaganza! Including some very secret special gue… 

300 to One

300 to One

Escaping his war poetry homework, a schoolboy re-enacts the movie 300 to the spirit of Wilfred Owen. 

The Warwick Review presents: Night Shift

The Warwick Review presents: Night Shift

The Warwick Revue are back with a brand new show that’s nothing like you’ve ever seen before. 

Priscilla Queen of the Desert

Priscilla Queen of the Desert

It’s impossible to miss the irony in the name of the production company behind Priscilla: Queen of the Desert – Car Crash Productions. 

Gary Dunn Presents Monkey Magic

Gary Dunn Presents Monkey Magic

Gary Dunn is back! Monkey Magic, is his second show at the Edinburgh Fringe and it’s bigger, badder, and even more bananas than the first! With his trusty sidekick Chico the Monk… 

Leaf by Niggle

Leaf by Niggle

With Hollywood’s recent adaptation of his works, the name JRR Tolkien has come to be associated with huge spectacle and epic scope. 

Baby Mama: One Woman's Quest to Give Her Child to Gay People

Baby Mama: One Woman's Quest to Give Her Child to Gay People

Tucked away in one of Greenside’s smaller studios, Baby Mama is a shining diamond of a show: beautiful storytelling and intimate staging come together to create a heartbreakingly… 

Alive: Music for Night of the Living Dead

Alive: Music for Night of the Living Dead

Almost 50 years after George Romero launched the zombie film genre on a shoestring budget, Night of the Living Dead holds a dear spot in the hearts of horror film fans. 

The Carole King Story

The Carole King Story

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. 

Date Night With Bristol Improv

Date Night With Bristol Improv

Date night: the time when friends, family and lovers come together (though not all together) to spend time, catch up and share stories. 

Marny Godden is One Tooth

Marny Godden is One Tooth

A toothless punk wakes one morning and asks herself the all-important question: why are we here? Expect cod philosophy, serious attitude and a chicken going on. 

Late Night Gimp Fight

Late Night Gimp Fight

The washed-up boy band of sketch comedy are back with their first new show in four years. 

Madame Señorita: 25 Different Shows, Come Every Day!

Madame Señorita: 25 Different Shows, Come Every Day!

Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot. 

One Person Production Gathering

One Person Production Gathering

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Sarah Bennetto: All My Life's Mistakes, Catalogued (Volume One)

Sarah Bennetto: All My Life's Mistakes, Catalogued (Volume One)

One dimwit comedian’s every dumb decision presented in list form. 

The Last Queen of Scotland

The Last Queen of Scotland

The Last Queen of Scotland is a bold and original new piece of writing by Jaimini Jethwa, commissioned by the National Theatre of Scotland and Dundee Rep, and produced by Stellar Q… 

There's Always One

There's Always One

Hi Anne, just put: ‘Low mileage, one careful owner, four new tires and MOT till June 2017’. Don’t mix this Auto Trader ad up with edfringe programme entry please. 

One Man Shoe

One Man Shoe

When the headline act fails to show up, Jango, a bumbling theatre caretaker, is suddenly thrust into the limelight and embarks on a hilarious journey of highly crafted and heartfel… 

Gary Tro: SupercalifragilisticexpiGARYTROcious

Gary Tro: SupercalifragilisticexpiGARYTROcious

This is a show for everyone who feels a lack of fulfilment. 

Two Plus Ones: Huge Night In

Two Plus Ones: Huge Night In

Raucous, fraternal comedy from award-winning sketch trio. 

Chris Martin: The One and Only Chris Martin

Chris Martin: The One and Only Chris Martin

‘One of the UK’s best young observationalists’ (Guardian) went viral in India this year – not in a good way. 

One in One Out

One in One Out

One in One Out spans Davina’s journey from losing a parent and partner to gaining an enormous new nephew and several new partners. 

For the School Colours: The Life and Works of Angela Brazil

For the School Colours: The Life and Works of Angela Brazil

Prolific children’s author, conservationist, believer in fairies – Angela Brazil was a complicated and determined woman with a tendency to write her personal life into her book… 

Nick Coyle: Queen of Wolves

Nick Coyle: Queen of Wolves

Blackbell House has a new governess: poor, plain, Frances Glass. 

Alfie Brown: Whatever Works

Alfie Brown: Whatever Works

Alfie Brown is trying out new jokes. 

One-Man Apocalypse Now

One-Man Apocalypse Now

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… 

Gypsy Queen

Gypsy Queen

Despite Hope Theatre Company’s name, this production did not leave me very hopeful about the issue it was raising – that of discrimination against LGBT people in sport. 

One With Everything

One With Everything

Strange physical theatre with soul-lined theatrics and odd feats. 

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

Ding dong the witch is back! Multi award-winning Fringe sensation Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho returns with the most fabulous game show of all! Join the Iron Lady for songs, gam… 

Aaaaaaaaaaargh! It's the One-Liner Show – Free

Aaaaaaaaaaargh! It's the One-Liner Show – Free

Enjoy an hour of the best up-and-coming one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay. 

John-Luke Roberts: Look on My Works, Ye Mighty, and Despair! (All in Caps)

John-Luke Roberts: Look on My Works, Ye Mighty, and Despair! (All in Caps)

The cult-favourite alternative comic humbly invites you to his brand-new, absolutely brilliant hour of extraordinary-absurdist-character-comedy-nonsense-sort-of-stand-up and hubris… 

Jack Barry: High Treason

Jack Barry: High Treason

This show is about why we should legalise all the drugs. 

Sarah Bennetto: All My Life's Mistakes, Catalogued (Volume One)

Sarah Bennetto: All My Life's Mistakes, Catalogued (Volume One)

One dimwit comedian’s every dumb decision presented in list form. 

Nick Revell vs Lily, Evil Cat Queen of Earth Planet and The Laughing Fridge

Nick Revell vs Lily, Evil Cat Queen of Earth Planet and The Laughing Fridge

‘Revell makes you laugh and think; a rare and cherishable combination these days’ (Scotsman). 

Jack Rooke: Happy Hour

Jack Rooke: Happy Hour

Jack Rooke won a scholarship to attend Westminster University to study Journalism. 

Gary Little: Club Classics

Gary Little: Club Classics

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

Vicki Sargent: One Woman Army – Free

Vicki Sargent: One Woman Army – Free

Vicki is done with degrading retail jobs, fed up of waiting around for Mr Wrong and ultimately ready to get out of bed. 

Sarah Kendall: One-Seventeen

Sarah Kendall: One-Seventeen

In 1986, the Kendall family stood in their back-garden, staring at the Australian sky and hoping to catch a glimpse of Halley’s comet. 

Late Night

Late Night

Strap in tight to the most rad, bizarre, awe-inspiring comedy and alt-performance rollercoaster at the Fringe! We’re back for our third year with one-off takeovers from your favo… 

Siri

Siri

A two-woman show starring only one woman – not a typo but the conceit at the centre of the latest show by Canadian actress and interactive artist Laurence Dauphinais. 

Séance

Séance

Theatre today increasingly falls into one of two broad camps. 

Sean Patton: Number One

Sean Patton: Number One

Flatulence, fornication and filth; Sean Patton brings his show Number One to Edinburgh armed with a New Orleans attitude and an unashamed subject matter of all things vulgar and bo… 

Rocky Horror Night

Rocky Horror Night

For the 16th year, twice a week during the festival, Frankenstein’s pub is taken over by Frank N Furter and the gang for Rocky Horror Night! It’s a raucous fun-filled evening o… 

Bin Laden: The One Man Show

Bin Laden: The One Man Show

‘Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, I am going to show you how to change the world…’ The world’s most notorious terrorist tells his remarkable, provocative and multi award-winnin… 

Gary Lamont: Dropping the Soap!

Gary Lamont: Dropping the Soap!

After eight years on BBC’s River City, Gary’s leaving his role as hairdresser Robbie behind. 

Aaaaaaaargh! It's the Big Free Fringe Festival Launch Night!

Aaaaaaaargh! It's the Big Free Fringe Festival Launch Night!

Be there at the launch of the massive 2017 Free Fringe Festival! See an almighty selection of performers! Mingle with the acts and VIP guests! Meet our mad Chicken mascot in person… 

Siblings

Siblings

The art of the comedic double act is a difficult one and its success largely based on chemistry between the two performers. 

The Gruffalo's Child

The Gruffalo's Child

Much as it is a pleasure to discover a hidden gem amongst the mass of shows in Edinburgh, there’s also something very reassuring about having a list of reliable prospects. 

Britney in: John

Britney in: John

In 2011, Charly Clive and Ellen Robertson were women without a mission. 

Alasdair Beckett-King: The Alasdair Beckett-King Mysteries

Alasdair Beckett-King: The Alasdair Beckett-King Mysteries

The award-winning comedian Alasdair Beckett-King is legendary, in that there is little historical evidence he exists. 

Four Go Off On One! A Jolly Good Romp Through Childhood

Four Go Off On One! A Jolly Good Romp Through Childhood

This ‘highly energetic laugh-a-minute show’ (TheTab. 

Boris & Sergey's One Man Extravaganza

Boris & Sergey's One Man Extravaganza

The technical choreography from Flabbergast Theatre that delivers this consistently joyful, yet bleak, puppetry extravaganza is exceptional. 

Night at the Museum

Night at the Museum

This show is described as an ‘unrehearsed show-and-tell’ from ‘the best comedians from across the globe’. 

All the King’s Men

All the King’s Men

Returning to Edinburgh for a 7th year, All The King’s Men are the voices that are defining a genre. 

Ed Night: Anthem for Doomed Youth

Ed Night: Anthem for Doomed Youth

Anthem for Doomed Youth is the hilarious new debut hour from Ed Night. 

A Common Man: The Bridge That Tom Built

A Common Man: The Bridge That Tom Built

Victor Hugo once said “You can resist an invading army; you cannot resist an idea whose time has come. 

One Hander

One Hander

This extremely famous one-handed actor shares his hilarious encounters with the world. 

Girls' Night OOT!

Girls' Night OOT!

The smash hit comedy musical comes to the Edinburgh Playhouse for the very first time! Join the girls on a hen night you wont forget, with fantastic songs from 1960s - today! Gua… 

For the School Colours: The Life and Works of Angela Brazil

For the School Colours: The Life and Works of Angela Brazil

For the School Colours is an interestingly educational piece of theatre about a forgotten pioneer of school-based children’s literature made popular by Enid Blyton and J. 

Stacey by Jack Thorne

Stacey by Jack Thorne

STACY by Jack Thorne A bleakly funny and disturbing play from Jack Thorne, writer of This Is England ‘86 and the stage adaptations of Let The Right One In and Harry Potter & The … 

King Jack Queen

King Jack Queen

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. 

The Maydays feat. Scott Adsit plus Swipe Right and Me Plus One

The Maydays feat. Scott Adsit plus Swipe Right and Me Plus One

The Maydays present their signature brand of freewheeling black comedy and surrealism with special guest Scott Adsit (Second City, 30 Rock, Veep), plus Edinburgh sellout show Me Pl… 

Queen Anne RSC

Queen Anne RSC

Following a critically acclaimed, sold-out season at the Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Queen Anne transfers to the Theatre Royal … 

Sunday Night at the Palladium

Sunday Night at the Palladium

Giles Cooper by arrangement with Metropolitan Grand Lodge presents ‘Sunday Night at the London Palladium’ – a night of variety to celebrate 300 years since the fo… 

One Man Two Ghosts

One Man Two Ghosts

Three idiots spoof Noel Coward in a unique and ridiculous vision of ‘Blithe Spirit’. 

The Queen Has Vanished

The Queen Has Vanished

A visually stunning and tender story about loss and fate, and the hope that great sadness can pass. 

Fringe City Night

Fringe City Night

Join us for our one-off Fringe City night-time special, celebrating the Brighton Fringe finale weekend. 

A Night In... Double-Oh Heaven

A Night In... Double-Oh Heaven

Warning: this review contains numerous cheesy James Bond puns. 

The Curious Incidents of the Gay at Night

The Curious Incidents of the Gay at Night

Stand-up comedy from Manchester-born comedian, Russell Arathoon. 

Night Light

Night Light

A magical journey through the dark and beautiful night until the black bird sings again to welcome a new day. 

Jack Rooke: Good Grief

Jack Rooke: Good Grief

With a coffin full of sympathy snacks, Jack Rooke and his 85-year-old Nan, Sicely, invite you to the happiest town in Britain, where Dad’s dead and the only thing to eat is lasag… 

Jack Left Town: The Improvised Rock Documentary

Jack Left Town: The Improvised Rock Documentary

An improvised rock documentary is a tall order, and Jack Left Town sets out with boundless enthusiasm, a strong absurdity curve and sick air guitar to deliver, even if some areas a… 

Femme Fatale Show: Cabaret & Burlesque Night

Femme Fatale Show: Cabaret & Burlesque Night

Join us for a show-stopping night of music and dance, as we shimmy through the hits of ‘Chicago’, ‘Cabaret’ and ‘Sweet Charity’, before turning up the heat for our classic burlesqu… 

King of the Fringe: Best Of

King of the Fringe: Best Of

Join us for some drag king cabaret by the seaside as we celebrate the bois from previous King of the Fringe competitions. 

Jack and I: The Jack the Ripper Musical

Jack and I: The Jack the Ripper Musical

On the hottest day of the year, the Warren was worlds apart from the shady alleyways of Victorian London. 

One Man and his Dog

One Man and his Dog

A dog is man’s best friend, and is for life. 

Cabaret Boheme: A Night at the Movies

Cabaret Boheme: A Night at the Movies

Sexy provocateur Veronica Blacklace is back with seasoned cabaret talent and fresh faces from her own burlesque school. 

One Board Man

One Board Man

One Board Man is one of the most unique shows I have ever seen. 

John Hastings: Works!

John Hastings: Works!

John Hastings is a fence-sitting former drag queen. 

Carnesky's Finishing School: Brighton Fringe Graduation Night

Carnesky's Finishing School: Brighton Fringe Graduation Night

Described as an esoteric St Trinian’s for the queer cabaret generation, Carnesky’s Finishing School has been helping people discover and hone their creative talent since 2010. 

One in Four

One in Four

A newly-devised piece exploring issues of mental health. 

The Alasdair Beckett-King Mysteries

The Alasdair Beckett-King Mysteries

Alasdair Beckett-King is a legendary comedian, in that there is little historical evidence he exists. 

Bom-Bane's Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton & Other Shows

Bom-Bane's Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton & Other Shows

An original musical & gastromonical journey from the 5th Century settlement of Boerthlelm’s Tun to Brighton in 1795, with affectionate portraits of the colourful inhabitants of 24 … 

Richard III (a one-woman show)

Richard III (a one-woman show)

Richard III. 

Saturday Night Spiegel

Saturday Night Spiegel

Saturday night late dancing at the legendary Spiegeltent. 

Poe's Last Night

Poe's Last Night

A name as loaded with dark, romantic foreboding as Poe’s Last Night incurs comparison with the titles of Poe’s own works; it suggests mystery, a locked room of buried secrets. 

Mararet Thatcher Queen of Gameshows

Mararet Thatcher Queen of Gameshows

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, games and catchphrases as audien… 

Kevin, King of Egypt

Kevin, King of Egypt

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 … 

Quiz Night: The Musical

Quiz Night: The Musical

Every Wednesday night is ‘Quiz Night’ at Brighton Fringe this year! An intimate, original musical portrait of two friends (with benefits) as they try to avoid discussing real life,… 

New Act Night

New Act Night

The latest fledglings from Jill Edwards Comedy Workshops at Brighton’s Komedia take the stage in our electric ‘New Act Night’. 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

“The true mystery of the world is the visible . 

The Late Night Shop Cabaret

The Late Night Shop Cabaret

“Blurring the lines between burlesque and performance art, their prodigious dumb shows are an unparalleled joy in British variety” (This Is Cabaret). 

The Life & Death of Puppet King Richard II

The Life & Death of Puppet King Richard II

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… 

BLINDFOLD: The Night of the Hunt

BLINDFOLD: The Night of the Hunt

I wasn’t entirely sure what I’d witnessed after walking out of BLINDFOLD: The Night of the Hunt, a surreal play by Greek company THE. 

Odjo: King of the Ocean

Odjo: King of the Ocean

Odjo. 

They Built It. No One Came.

They Built It. No One Came.

Twelve years ago, Tobias and Alexander came together to form a spiritualist commune based on their shared visions of a peaceful and harmonious community. 

Pick of the Fringe Launch Night Special

Pick of the Fringe Launch Night Special

Pick of the Fringe Launch Night Special, kicked off Brighton Fringe at The Warren with fragments of 7 shows. 

One Man Shoe

One Man Shoe

Children’s entertainer Jango Starr is a total clown, but that’s certainly not meant as a criticism; sans white-face, he instead relies on a pair of trousers just sufficientl… 

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

It’s said that one first eats with one’s eyes. 

The Shoreditch Improv Festival Sunday Funday Shows

The Shoreditch Improv Festival Sunday Funday Shows

3pm-4pm The first show of the day will feature about as wide a variety of improvisation styles as one could ask for, with three groups that could not be more different from each o… 

The Shoreditch Improv Festival Saturday Night Smash

The Shoreditch Improv Festival Saturday Night Smash

7pm-8pm Kicking-off the evening’s shenanigans will be… Comedy Shenanigans, who are Irish comedians Aislinn (Best Female Improviser – Improvaganza 2015) and Noel (Best Improv… 

The Lion King

The Lion King

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… 

Blackshaw's Showcase Shortlist New Writing Night

Blackshaw's Showcase Shortlist New Writing Night

Come and see the short pieces we’ve selected to shortlist for our Showcase competition at The Hen & Chickens, 30th January at 7pm. 

Woolf Works

Woolf Works

The first revival of Wayne McGregor’s critically acclaimed ballet triptych to music by Max Richter, inspired by the works of Virginia Woolf and starring Alessandra Ferri and … 

One More Dance

One More Dance

you thought Gleb was sizzling in the Master Chef kitchen and Kristina was stunning on Strictly then imagine how spicy it will be when you see the… 

Jack and the Beanstalk

Jack and the Beanstalk

There’s no doubting the energy in Edinburgh’s King’s Theatre before this show starts; many kids are already singing along to a soundtrack of current chart hits. 

Give Me Back My Broken Night

Give Me Back My Broken Night

Combining theatre, technology and a cinematic soundtrack, Give Me Back My Broken Night takes you on a walk through the city streets, inviting you to imagine the future of your area… 

Future Film Night

Future Film Night

Explore the future on the silver screen with a night of short films from Hothouse artists and guest filmmakers. 

One Man, Two Guvnors

One Man, Two Guvnors

A new production of the award-winning National Theatre comedy play. 

It's Gameshow Time - Gameshow and Comedy Night

It's Gameshow Time - Gameshow and Comedy Night

Join us for the legendary gameshow and comedy night. Take part in hilarious challenges to win prizes and enjoy comedy from some of the funniest alternative comedians in the UK. 

One Stop Body Shop

One Stop Body Shop

Please! Come in and browse. 

Andrew Hunter Murray: Round One

Andrew Hunter Murray: Round One

Andrew Hunter Murray, star of Fringe smash-hit Austentatious ***** (Times), QI podcast No Such Thing as a Fish and No Such Thing as the News (BBC Two), presents his debut solo hour… 

NEHH Presents… Mediterraneo Festival Edition: A Wild Night of Live World Music

NEHH Presents… Mediterraneo Festival Edition: A Wild Night of Live World Music

Mediterraneo is bringing Africa, Cuba and southern Italy to Summerhall for a huge festival edition of their world music concert. 

King Creosote

King Creosote

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… 

BBC: The One Show

BBC: The One Show

Live from the BBC’s venue in Edinburgh, featuring topical stories and big name guests. 

One for the Road

One for the Road

Harold Pinter’s short play, One for the Road, concerns torture, and you can assume it’s talking about state-sanctioned torture, given Rising Phoenix Repertory’s decision to t… 

Omid Djalili: Schmuck for a Night

Omid Djalili: Schmuck for a Night

Omid Djalili’s not used to a four o’clock crowd. 

King John

King John

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. 

Two and One More

Two and One More

‘You hungry?’ A boy breaks into a London house during the Blitz and is discovered by the man living there. 

BBC: Asian Network's Big Comedy Night

BBC: Asian Network's Big Comedy Night

The BBC Asian Network return to Edinburgh for a fourth year, hosting an evening of the best Asian talent from across the festivals. 

Jack Lukeman: King of Soho and Other Stories

Jack Lukeman: King of Soho and Other Stories

One of Ireland’s most respected, best-loved singers, this renowned international entertainer, ‘a mixture of all the great voices of the 20th century’ (Guardian), has few peers for … 

Dr Alasdair Raffe Presents James VII: A Misunderstood King?

Dr Alasdair Raffe Presents James VII: A Misunderstood King?

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. 

ONE – The Man Chosen By the Spirit of the Japanese Drum

ONE – The Man Chosen By the Spirit of the Japanese Drum

A masked figure, all in white, carries the biggest drumstick you’ve ever seen and drops it on the biggest drum you’ve ever seen. 

Gary Tro: SupercalifragilisticexpiGARYTROcious

Gary Tro: SupercalifragilisticexpiGARYTROcious

Next year Gary will be in his mid-thirties. 

Jack Lukeman: King of Soho and Other Stories

Jack Lukeman: King of Soho and Other Stories

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 … 

Beardyman: One Album Per Hour

Beardyman: One Album Per Hour

Starting a show with a song containing the lyrics “it’s a stupid idea and it’ll never work” feels somewhat disingenuous when the song’s fully orchestrated and lit. 

M.I.S. – All Night Long

M.I.S. – All Night Long

DON GNU are decked out in hand-knit socks and worn-out sandals and on the hunt for that dang thing called self. 

Poe's Last Night

Poe's Last Night

On October third, 1849, Edgar Allen Poe was found delirious on the streets of Baltimore, Maryland. 

Simon Lukacs Shows His Range

Simon Lukacs Shows His Range

Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body. 

It Just Takes One

It Just Takes One

Fans of The Office and The IT Crowd, we’ve found the answer to the gaping sitcom shaped hole in your life: an office where the graduate dream has died. 

Jack & Lou: Agents of Farce

Jack & Lou: Agents of Farce

Jack and Louisa stand up so that you can sit down. Or stand up too. Just please stay. 

The Curious Case of the Doc on the Night Shift

The Curious Case of the Doc on the Night Shift

Hospitals can be surreal places at night. 

Taylor & Leigh's Country Blues Night

Taylor & Leigh's Country Blues Night

Taylor & Leigh return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with their sell-out show of blisteringly hot country blues. 

One-on-One Surgeries for Creative Artists

One-on-One Surgeries for Creative Artists

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Hamlet, Ophelia – Part One

Hamlet, Ophelia – Part One

Hamlet is a woman, she is living the play from the lovers’ point of view, going into the depths of humanity. 

Stories to Tell in the Middle of the Night

Stories to Tell in the Middle of the Night

Stories to Tell in the Middle of the Night is both exactly what it says it whilst also proving to something rather different altogether. 

Daniel Sloss: So? (Late Shows)

Daniel Sloss: So? (Late Shows)

Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor. 

Pianos at One Lunchtime Concerts

Pianos at One Lunchtime Concerts

Showcasing the finest piano and chamber music from RCS and St Mary’s Music School students. 

Cradle King

Cradle King

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. 

Around the World With Bessy – Part One: Europe

Around the World With Bessy – Part One: Europe

Come join Bessy Bass and share in her adventures as she leaves her Scottish, coastal home to embark on a journey to visit musical friends and family in several European destination… 

Monty Python Live (Mostly): One Down Five to Go

Monty Python Live (Mostly): One Down Five to Go

Cinema screening of live performance. 

Gary Lamont – What a Riddy!

Gary Lamont – What a Riddy!

The scissor-wielding star of BBC’s River City and Scotland’s favourite sassy strawberry blonde hairdresser was once a wee boy from Castlemilk struggling with ginger-vitis. 

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

Cinema screening of live performance. 

One Person Production Gathering

One Person Production Gathering

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Love is complicated. 

Gary Delaney: There’s Something About Gary

Gary Delaney: There’s Something About Gary

Gary Delaney has been touring all over the UK for months. 

Mason King – Mind Control

Mason King – Mind Control

Mason King’s Mind Control mixes card tricks, deception and mind-reading into just under an hour of delving into the human psyche. 

Gary Delaney: There's Something About Gary

Gary Delaney: There's Something About Gary

Gary thinks a good joke should be like a drunk Glaswegian: short and punchy. 

One for the Critics – Networking Event

One for the Critics – Networking Event

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Rory O'Hanlon – You Are Where You Need to Be

Rory O'Hanlon – You Are Where You Need to Be

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. 

30 Minutes of One and Half an Hour of the Other

30 Minutes of One and Half an Hour of the Other

Two of Newcastle’s rising stars present two separate half hours of stand up. 

Not the Horse

Not the Horse

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… 

Luke Benson's Big Night Out (In the Afternoon)

Luke Benson's Big Night Out (In the Afternoon)

Celebrate good times! Come on! The Geordie Giant brings an upbeat hour of observational and joke-filled stand-up about our drinking culture and nights out. 

Jack & Karen

Jack & Karen

Jack & Karen are sick and tired of playing second fiddle to Will & Grace. 

One Hundred Years of Jazz Song

One Hundred Years of Jazz Song

In the setting of voice, bass and guitar, Sophie Bancroft and Tom Lyne create a dynamic, entertaining and intimate interpretation of beautiful songs. 

Jack Evans: Melancholy Poontang

Jack Evans: Melancholy Poontang

Jack Evans’ debut hour. 

Twelfth Night or The Ship of Fools

Twelfth Night or The Ship of Fools

Fiesta in sunshine. 

The Master and Margarita

The Master and Margarita

There’s a certain size and scale that one gets used to at the Fringe. 

Victoria Jeffrey: Dancing With Jack

Victoria Jeffrey: Dancing With Jack

Previously known for her well received part as a Totally Naff Tart, this is Victoria Jeffrey solo and talking about life. 

Long Day's Journey Into Night

Long Day's Journey Into Night

Cinema screening of live performance. 

One Musical to Rule Them All

One Musical to Rule Them All

An “Original Lord of the Rings Parody” One Musical to Rule them All is full of puns, mocks the bits of Lord of the Rings that we all thought were a bit ridiculous and illogical… 

Late Night Old Town Bloodbath

Late Night Old Town Bloodbath

Released from the family basement after 300 years, alleged cannibal James Douglas (1697-1715) invites you to join him and his guests for a depraved late night horror show splattere… 

Girls Night Out

Girls Night Out

Ever wondered what takes a girl so long to get ready on a night out? This girl will tell you! Written and performed by Eme Essien, this hilarious new one-woman show invites viewers… 

The Life and Times of Lionel

The Life and Times of Lionel

New work is at the heart of the Fringe experience; new work by new companies all the more so. 

A Midsummer Night's Dreaming

A Midsummer Night's Dreaming

Celebrating 400 years of William Shakespeare, the award-winning ST@UIBE company from Beijing presents Shakespeare’s classic tale of love and misunderstanding in a refreshing new … 

Ros & Guil R Dead

Ros & Guil R Dead

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 -… 

A Midsummer Night's Dream in Gotham

A Midsummer Night's Dream in Gotham

A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Gotham is exactly what it says on the tin. 

Spiders by Night: A Double Bill of Exciting New Monologues

Spiders by Night: A Double Bill of Exciting New Monologues

Spiders by Night is one of the more intimate Fringe shows: two monologues about spiders and mental health difficulties. 

Fraxi Queen of the Forest

Fraxi Queen of the Forest

Some stupid adults, having forgotten what it’s actually like to be children, are often surprised, disturbed and horrified by the serious issues lurking in the heart of the most s… 

One, Two, Three, Yippee

One, Two, Three, Yippee

Welcome to Woodburn. 

Along the Silk Road: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Along the Silk Road: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Literature narrows the gap between diverse nations. 

Greater Belfast

Greater Belfast

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… 

Shakespeare in the Garden: Twelfth Night, or What You Will

Shakespeare in the Garden: Twelfth Night, or What You Will

Will poor Viola ever find her twin brother Sebastian? Expect adventure, suspense and lots of laughs. 

Gary Little: A Little Bit of Personal

Gary Little: A Little Bit of Personal

After a successful 2015 Fringe, Gary is back with a brand new show. 

Gary Dunn’s Family Feast

Gary Dunn’s Family Feast

Gary Dunn comes to the Fringe with his one-man (one chicken) magic show! Sixty minutes of family fun and some great magic from Scotland’s No 1 comedy magician and his trusty side… 

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

Ding dong, the witch isn’t dead! And this time it’s definitely cause for celebration! After her previous success as an ‘international cabaret superstar’ Maggie is back in b… 

Late Night Laughs at Lunch

Late Night Laughs at Lunch

Sam Kissajukian (really funny prick), Jen Carnovale (crackin’ lass), and Kyle Legacy (what) bring you the funniest acts from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in a hysterical lunchtime… 

Two Girls One... Mug!

Two Girls One... Mug!

Three top-line comics bring their fast-paced comedy showcase to the world’s most famous comedy festival. 

Poe's Last Night

Poe's Last Night

Enter the fascinating mind of Edgar Allan Poe. 

Just A Quick One

Just A Quick One

Brought to you by Northumbria Drama Society, Just a Quick One by Hannah Sowerby, is a mockumentary-style comedy that follows a day at Blackpool’s most controversial cafe: coffee sh… 

Aaaaaargh! It's the One-Liner Show – Free Show

Aaaaaargh! It's the One-Liner Show – Free Show

Enjoy an hour of the best up and coming one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay. 

Saturday Night Forever

Saturday Night Forever

I’ve left theatres in all sorts of states from elation to depression, anger to jubilation, in tears and totally numb. 

Five Go Off on One!

Five Go Off on One!

Who is that strange Frenchman signalling from the island? What’s in Aunt Fanny’s famous fish pie? Has anyone actually seen Timmy? The Famous Five are back! Shedload presents Robert… 

Tim Renkow: King of the Tramps

Tim Renkow: King of the Tramps

Tim Renkow has a handy tip for anyone who feels uncomfortable around him as a result of his cerebral palsy. 

Nzinga Warrior Queen

Nzinga Warrior Queen

When the polyrhythm is heard in Nzinga Warrior Queen’s opening, you know this isn’t a comedy of manners. 

Gary Tro: SupercalifragilisticexpiGARYTROcious

Gary Tro: SupercalifragilisticexpiGARYTROcious

Next year Gary will be in his mid-thirties. 

Night at the Museum

Night at the Museum

Join the best comedians from across the globe as they blur the line between arteFACT and arteFICTION in an improvised set prompted by genuine objects found in the National Museum o… 

Bob Slayer: 24 Hour Shows

Bob Slayer: 24 Hour Shows

Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures. 

WWE Hall of Famer Hacksaw Jim Duggan’s 2x4 Tour One-Man Comedy Show

WWE Hall of Famer Hacksaw Jim Duggan’s 2x4 Tour One-Man Comedy Show

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 … 

The One Legged Man Show

The One Legged Man Show

A gunshot on New Year’s Eve on a beach in Thailand changed musical theatre artist Nils Bergstrand’s life forever. 

Fraser Geesin: Jack of All Polymaths

Fraser Geesin: Jack of All Polymaths

Publish the blurb verbatim. 

Queen Lear

Queen Lear

Queen Lear is a re-telling of Shakespeare’s Lear story from the perspective of his queen, confined in her chamber while pregnant with his expected male heir. 

Jack Barry: You Don't Know Jack

Jack Barry: You Don't Know Jack

Jack Barry has the potential to be an electric comic. 

Mr Kingdom's Queen Victoria (Or a Little of What You Fancy)

Mr Kingdom's Queen Victoria (Or a Little of What You Fancy)

The queen who ruled a kingdom (and an empire) as you’ve never dared think of her before. 

Here's Some Black for the Union Jack

Here's Some Black for the Union Jack

British-Arab Ella has spent the last few years passing as white: National Geographic Explorer, ‘Achingly funny’ (LooseLips. 

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch. 

The Late Night With Boabby Roaster Show

The Late Night With Boabby Roaster Show

From award-winning character comedians Andrew McBurney (SYTYF finalist 2013) and Jack Kirwan, plus filmmaker Damien Hyde, comes a dark, original and very funny live show. 

lara A king: Not Broken, Just Bent

lara A king: Not Broken, Just Bent

My name is Lara and I broke the law. 

The Snow Queen

The Snow Queen

Theatre Anon’s production of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen is a heart-warming family show, complete with a bit of sing-song. 

One Hundred Homes

One Hundred Homes

Yinka Kuitenbrouwer welcomes you into her shed, pours you a cup of tea, gives you a house-shaped biscuit, and the words come out in a torrent. 

All the King’s Men: The 11 Tour

All the King’s Men: The 11 Tour

Fresh from London, Boston, New York performances, returning to Edinburgh for a sixth year. 

Michael Morpurgo's King Arthur

Michael Morpurgo's King Arthur

Story Pocket Theatre bring Michael Morpurgo’s novel about King Arthur to life with a solid and enjoyable production. 

Lords of Strut: Late Night TV Talk Show

Lords of Strut: Late Night TV Talk Show

Lords of Strut is hands-down the most fun I’ve had at Fringe this year. 

Jake Yapp is One in a Million

Jake Yapp is One in a Million

You won’t find many performers at this year’s Fringe trumpeting their lack of uniqueness. 

Boris: World King

Boris: World King

A lot has happened to Boris Johnson since Boris: World King’s runaway success at last year’s Fringe. 

Boris & Sergey: Preposterous Improvisation Experiment

Boris & Sergey: Preposterous Improvisation Experiment

Improv comedy is a tricky beast - when it’s good, it’s very, very good; when it’s bad, it’s pointless. 

Sooz Kempner – Queen

Sooz Kempner – Queen

Queen has been the soundtrack to Funny Women Variety Award winner Sooz Kempner’s entire life. 

One Man Star Wars™ Trilogy

One Man Star Wars™ Trilogy

Between Episode IV and V of Charles Ross’s One Man Star Wars Trilogy, the writer/performer spent some time polling the audience. 

One Day Moko

One Day Moko

‘It’s a bit weird when I talk to you, eh?’ says Tim Carlsen’s Moko, the vulnerable and homeless protagonist of this curious one-man-show from New Zealand. 

Yokes Night

Yokes Night

A loophole in Irish law allows for the legal of consumption of Class-A drugs for 24 hours, and the youth of Dublin are not going to let Yokes Night slip by without taking full adva… 

Andrew Hunter Murray: Round One

Andrew Hunter Murray: Round One

Star of Austentacious, No Such Thing as Fish (and its television transfer - No Such Thing as the News), the QI Elf finally has his one-man-show. 

Rocky Horror Night

Rocky Horror Night

Get down to Frankenstein every Wednesday for a Rocky Horror Night you’ll never forget! Come up to the lab and see what’s on the slab as Brad, Janet and Dr Frank-N-Furter give i… 

The Late Night Sexy Show

The Late Night Sexy Show

A celebration of sex through song! Using his unique brand of satirical striptease stand-up, let Australian musical comedian Grant Busé take you on a joyous taboo-tackling explorat… 

Tatterdermalion

Tatterdermalion

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… 

Seann Walsh: One for the Road

Seann Walsh: One for the Road

Seann Walsh is a brilliant observational comic, with an ability to tease out the comicality of even the most mundane, everyday occurrence. 

They Built It. No One Came.

They Built It. No One Came.

This is the story of two men who were very, very good at failing. 

Ed Night: I'm Amazed It Has a Title

Ed Night: I'm Amazed It Has a Title

Asthmatic newcomer and 2015 So You Think Your Funny finalist Ed Night is coming to ruin Edinburgh. 

Brendon Burns and Colt Cabana Do Comedy and Commentary to Bad Wrestling Matches!

Brendon Burns and Colt Cabana Do Comedy and Commentary to Bad Wrestling Matches!

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. 

Late Night at Bedlam

Late Night at Bedlam

Every night of the Fringe there’s something different on at Bedlam. 

The Snow Queen

The Snow Queen

Trundling into view as part of C Theatre’s 25th anniversary is The Snow Queen. 

Short & Curly: A Curly Night In

Short & Curly: A Curly Night In

This hilarious comedy sketch follows comic-actor duo Curly (Paul F Taylor) and Short (Rebecca Shorrocks) through a night of trying to prove they can act– Curly’s laminated CV i… 

A Night at 64 Emptiness Lane

A Night at 64 Emptiness Lane

Peter is a lonely socially awkward dysfunctional mess, looking for love, and tonight he has a date with Kate. 

'Damned' by Jack Harrison

'Damned' by Jack Harrison

A critically-acclaimed and fast-paced piece of theatre exploring manipulation of power, the precariousness of hierarchy, and the change that questions can wreak. 

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night, the opening show in this season’s Bard in the Botanics, takes place outdoors in Glasgow’s beautiful Botanic Gardens. 

The Wee One

The Wee One

Following the lives of Marie, John and their thirty-something son Danny, The Wee One is a heart-warming original comedy about the true-to-life challenges of a modern day family in … 

The Wee One

The Wee One

The Wee One starts with a scenario familiar enough from numerous television sitcoms – a couple well into middle-age who appear to be stuck with an adult child who has failed t… 

One World Jazz Suite - Part 2: Paul Busby's Bigger Band

One World Jazz Suite - Part 2: Paul Busby's Bigger Band

A selection of pieces dealing with current day issues. 

Copperdollar Club Night

Copperdollar Club Night

A night of debauchery at the hands of Kat Lil and a whole rabble of Skellies, there in numbers like never before! Immerse yourself in the land of the carnival. 

The One-Eyed Men

The One-Eyed Men

Does anyone ever read these blurbs? Here’s an experiment: if you are actually reading this right now, text your favourite animal to Alex at 07450 846 211. 

The Gary and Robert Blues

The Gary and Robert Blues

A funny, angry and poignant story of one man using his creation of a new stand-up comedy act to find a path through his confused and damaged mind, and reconnect with the world. 

The Queen Bee Gets Stung

The Queen Bee Gets Stung

Lindsay, Kells, Maria and Lee have just got back from Nicky’s funeral. 

The Gary & Robert Blues

The Gary & Robert Blues

A funny, angry and poignant story of one man using his creation of a new stand-up comedy act to find a path through his confused and damaged mind; and reconnect with the world. 

Just Right: A Tale of One Girl, Three Bears & Lashings of Porridge!

Just Right: A Tale of One Girl, Three Bears & Lashings of Porridge!

From the creators of ‘Three Excellent Little Pigs’ and ‘Gorrid the Horrid’ comes another spell-binding musical puppet show. 

Fringe City Night

Fringe City Night

Join us for our one-off Fringe City night-time special, as part of the Fringe All-Nighter. 

Eggs Collective present Late Night Love

Eggs Collective present Late Night Love

A tender and ridiculous show that clambers up your drainpipe with a rose between its teeth. 

The Alasdair Beckett-King Mysteries

The Alasdair Beckett-King Mysteries

Alasdair Beckett-King - “One to Watch” (Time Out) - is a legendary comedian, in that there is little historical evidence he exists. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

The course of true love doesn’t run smooth for long in this Shakespearian comedy. 

A Night In... Double-Oh Heaven

A Night In... Double-Oh Heaven

After a sell-out show last year, Double-Oh Heaven returns to the Spiegeltent! Expect Bond Girl burlesque, skilled circus acts and show-stopping live renditions of classic 007 theme… 

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical NEW YORK

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical NEW YORK

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… 

The King and I NEW YORK

The King and I NEW YORK

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… 

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time NEW YORK

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time NEW YORK

The acclaimed theatrical phenomenon is Broadway’s Tony®-winning best play. 

Charity Gala Night

Charity Gala Night

Welcome to an evening of fun and entertainment featuring the fantastic poet Alice Denny, cocktails, raffle prizes and more. 

Short & Curly: A Curly Night In

Short & Curly: A Curly Night In

Join Curly for an evening of his classic high brow solo sketches. 

Traumfrau presents Disco Outrage - Spiegeltent: The Queer Takeover (A Night of infamous disco and disgraceful performers)

Traumfrau presents Disco Outrage - Spiegeltent: The Queer Takeover (A Night of infamous disco and disgraceful performers)

Dance until the late hours. 

Gary Buseys One-Man Hamlet as Performed by David Carl

Gary Buseys One-Man Hamlet as Performed by David Carl

Mr. 

It's Bound to be Right on the Night

It's Bound to be Right on the Night

“Actually” Gay Men’s Chorus are celebrating their 10th anniversary with performances dating back to the very beginning. 

King of the Fringe

King of the Fringe

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 … 

Debra Stephenson: Night Of One Hundred Voices

Debra Stephenson: Night Of One Hundred Voices

The star of BBC’s ‘Dead Ringers’ and ‘The Impressions Show’, ITV’s ‘Newzoids’, ‘Coronation Street’ and ‘Bad Girls’ takes to the stage for an evening of comedy, music and impression… 

New Act Night

New Act Night

It’s time to spot future stars, as the latest fledglings from Jill Edwards’ comedy workshops at Komedia take the stage for their first time. 

Fraser Geesin: Jack Of All Polymaths

Fraser Geesin: Jack Of All Polymaths

Please ensure you use the right quote: “an imaginative wit that earmarks him as one to watch” with “cracking gags that turn on a smart use of language” (Chortle). 

Hetty the King (and Other Women I Have Loved)

Hetty the King (and Other Women I Have Loved)

A show inspired by Hetty King (an emblematic, early 20th century drag king), which embraces the possibility of women making connections across stages, in time. 

Hetty the King (and Other Women I have Loved)

Hetty the King (and Other Women I have Loved)

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. 

Bach, Brahms & Scriabin: Works for Piano Left Hand

Bach, Brahms & Scriabin: Works for Piano Left Hand

Pianist Stefan Warzycki performs works for piano left hand. 

One Man, Two Guvnors by Richard Bean

One Man, Two Guvnors by Richard Bean

Oh what a man! Francis Henshall is a man driven by his needs, whether its food or a good woman, he is totally consumed and motivated by his desires. 

Adrienne Truscott's Asking For It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pussy and Little Else!

Adrienne Truscott's Asking For It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pussy and Little Else!

Dressed only from the waist up and ankles down, Truscott undoes the rules and rhetoric about rape, comedy and the awkward laughs in between. 

King Lear

King Lear

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. 

Boris: World King

Boris: World King

BoJo. 

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

There’s a storm. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Local thespians in Brighton may be familiar with the Academy of Creative Training (ACT), which strives to offer instruction to the ordinary individual who dreams of a life on the… 

Long Days Journey Into Night

Long Days Journey Into Night

(previews start on Sunday; opens on April 27) The Roundabout revives Eugene O’Neill’s “play of old sorrow, written in tears and blood. 

Locusts Have No King

Locusts Have No King

 A love-triangle comedy with a supernatural streak, this excellently cast new play by J. 

The Wind Up: Comedy Night

The Wind Up: Comedy Night

Josh Gondelman, a comedian and writer for HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” hosts a special show as part of the Jewish Museum’s after-hours series… 

Ted Alexandro Presents a Night of Stand-Up

Ted Alexandro Presents a Night of Stand-Up

Mr. 

King of the Fringe: Heat Two

King of the Fringe: Heat Two

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. 

Revolutionaries: The Late Works of Beethoven and Ginastera

Revolutionaries: The Late Works of Beethoven and Ginastera

As part of the Concerts at One series, Trinity Wall Street is presenting an imaginative festival titled “Revolutionaries: The Late Works of Beethoven and Ginastera,” pa… 

King and Country: Shakespeares Great Cycle of Kings

King and Country: Shakespeares Great Cycle of Kings

(performances begin on Thursday) It’s a royal spring at the Brooklyn Academy of Music when the Royal Shakespeare Company arrives with a quartet of celebrated productions: … 

King Lear

King Lear

At the risk of sounding ageist, an immediate concern with any student theatre company taking on Shakespeare’s tragedy of tragedies, King Lear, is that it is in many respects a … 

Good King Richard

Good King Richard

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… 

Works & Process, Shen Wei Dance Arts

Works & Process, Shen Wei Dance Arts

Fifteen years ago, Shen Wei burst onto the dance scene with a mesmerizing blend of starkly beautiful visual art and propulsive yet meditative movement. 

Night at the Theatre

Night at the Theatre

  • Listing
    • Children’s Shows
  • Vault Festival
  • Multiple Venues
  • 27th Feb - 24th Apr 2016

Combining a mixture of dance theatre, audio-description and imaginative storytelling with Casson & Friends’ trademark interactivity; Night at the Theatre is a fun, family adventu… 

First Ever: Stand & Deliver Comedy Night - Speak Easy Loft Bar

First Ever: Stand & Deliver Comedy Night - Speak Easy Loft Bar

Steve N Allen (MC): “Apollo-quality live comedy” - ThreeWeeks Rhodders: Award winning radio presenter Rosie Holt: “disgustingly talented” - TheatreWales. 

New Works 2016

New Works 2016

Theatre company STAG’s annual festival celebrating the best new and original theatrical writings within Glasgow Uni. 

King Charles III

King Charles III

Mike Bartlett’s beautifully worded imagining of a constitutional crisis without a constitution invites us to witness the starkness of the Royal Family stripped bare whilst presen… 

Valentines Shows

Valentines Shows

Valentine’s Day may have a cheesy reputation, but the heart-filled holiday has inspired plenty of great live comedy for devoted couples, optimistic daters and determinedly si… 

Night Train with Wyatt Cenac

Night Train with Wyatt Cenac

For the next installment of this always excellent show hosted by Mr. 

Scott Adsit & Oliver Chris Cant Get Into Level One

Scott Adsit & Oliver Chris Cant Get Into Level One

Mr. Adsit, a longtime improviser, teams with Oliver Chris for a night of impromptu comedy that promises to defy its title, which refers to a beginner- level improv course. 

An Evening of Comedy With Two People Whose Faces Look Weird as One Face

An Evening of Comedy With Two People Whose Faces Look Weird as One Face

Aparna Nancherla and Josh Gondelman join forces (and faces, for a somewhat off-putting promotional poster) in this excellent stand-up show. 

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

Carole King, the chart-topping music legend, was an ordinary girl with an extraordinary talent. 

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Christopher, fifteen years old, stands beside Mrs Shears' dead dog. 

Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical

Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical

Australia is home to many curious creatures; a place where men are macho, except when they put on a frock, heels and make-up to sing along to disco classics. 

One Night Only With Joe Zimmerman

One Night Only With Joe Zimmerman

An opening act for the universally beloved Brian Regan, Mr. Zimmerman is an endearing young absurdist with a clever approach to observational stand-up. 

Twelfth Night Festival

Twelfth Night Festival

Trinity Church’s annual festival gets under way after Christmas. 

Giant Night of Comedy

Giant Night of Comedy

Rashad Jennings of the New York Giants hosts this celebrity-studded fundraiser, which benefits his literacy and community outreach charity. 

Jack and The Beanstalk

Jack and The Beanstalk

Everybody knows the story of Jack and The Beanstalk. 

JACK Quartet and Anthony McGill

JACK Quartet and Anthony McGill

The American Music Project, a new organization dedicated to fostering performances and commissioning American music, presents its first concert in New York — an enticing prog… 

One, Two, Three, Yippee

One, Two, Three, Yippee

There is an intrinsic roughness to this latest production from Edinburgh-based Blazing Hyena productions: performed “in the round” in a student bar within city’s Art College, th… 

Works & Process at the Guggenheim

Works & Process at the Guggenheim

This edifying series continues with two unrelated programs on consecutive nights. 

PS321 Fundraiser: A Night of Comedytainment!

PS321 Fundraiser: A Night of Comedytainment!

Jon Glaser hosts this fundraiser for a local elementary school with a stacked line-up, including Janeane Garofalo, John Hodgman, Wyatt Cenac, Andy Blitz, Scott Adsit, Eugene Mirman… 

A Night of 100 One Liners

A Night of 100 One Liners

In support of the comedian Erik Bergstrom, a master of dry one-liners who was recently diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, 100 comedians will perform their favorite gags to ra… 

Sally Gross, Kenneth King and Sally Silvers

Sally Gross, Kenneth King and Sally Silvers

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 … 

Night Is a Room

Night Is a Room

(previews start on Tuesday; opens on Nov. 

One Last Thing (For Now)

One Last Thing (For Now)

Some lives are touched by war. 

King Charles III

King Charles III

(previews start on Saturday; opens on Nov. 

Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King

Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King

Mr. 

Late Night Basement

Late Night Basement

Chris Rose hosts this free monthly show at Livestream Public, and as the venue’s name suggests, the event will also be livestreamed. 

Another Big Night in With the Silver Darlings

Another Big Night in With the Silver Darlings

Settle back and enjoy another big night in with the Silver Darlings. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

‘If we shadows have offended, think but this, and all is mended… That you have but slumbered here while these visions did appear…’ With a quarrel raging between Oberon, Kin… 

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho

Margaret Thatcher truly is the Queen of Soho. 

Jack the Ripper: Facts, No Fiction

Jack the Ripper: Facts, No Fiction

London, 1888. 

For Queen and Country

For Queen and Country

For Queen and Country. 

Church Night

Church Night

Church Night takes place as a monthly variety show in Washington DC, where they attract large crowds every night. 

BBC: Asian Network's Big Comedy Night

BBC: Asian Network's Big Comedy Night

The BBC Asian Network return to Edinburgh for a third year, hosting an evening of the best Asian talent from across the festivals. 

The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven

The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven

Written and performed by legendary trans playwright, performer and poet Jo Clifford, this unique and extraordinary show combines theatre with storytelling, spoken word and ritual i… 

BBC: Sue Perkins' Big Night Out

BBC: Sue Perkins' Big Night Out

Join Sue Perkins for BBC Two’s Festival highlights show, with live music, discussions, performance and comedy.  

Taylor & Leigh's Country Blues Night with Special Guest Zara Janjua

Taylor & Leigh's Country Blues Night with Special Guest Zara Janjua

Heather has the voice of an angel with the power of a hurricane. 

Pianos at One Lunchtime Concerts

Pianos at One Lunchtime Concerts

Enjoy a showcase of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s finest piano students in this exciting nine concert series. 

Classical Music Night

Classical Music Night

Classical Music Concert @ connected - musical miscellany with the Rasaratnams. Enjoy a relaxing evening in an intimate venue with a selection of solo and chamber works. 

The HandleBards: A Midsummer Night's Dream

The HandleBards: A Midsummer Night's Dream

From the Royal Botanic Gardens you can see (when it isn’t raining) almost all of central Edinburgh, the Athens of the north. 

Liam Williams: Bonfire Night

Liam Williams: Bonfire Night

Hench-souled Pilsner socialist talks career, climate, breakup and the 1%. 

A Haggis Queen Abroad

A Haggis Queen Abroad

Enjoying the perks of self-imposed exile in England, the Haggis Queen finds herself suddenly adrift when the Independence Referendum hits and she must decide on which side of the b… 

Late Night Phantasmagoria With Jack Lukeman

Late Night Phantasmagoria With Jack Lukeman

The moment Jack Lukeman enters the stage, it’s clear this is going to be a fantastic show. 

Maria Stuarda – Mary Queen of Scots

Maria Stuarda – Mary Queen of Scots

Bound by blood and only by bloody acts will they be free of one another. 

John Godber's Happy Jack

John Godber's Happy Jack

Drama from the pen of one of the nation’s best loved playwrights. 

The King of Monte Cristo

The King of Monte Cristo

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 … 

Night Just Before the Forests

Night Just Before the Forests

A theatrical proposal filled with poetry. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Students of Cambridge University have reinterpreted Shakespeare’s popular comedy, putting a darker spin on the story. 

All in One

All in One

Two staves (and all the leger lines!) become one under Stefan Warzycki’s dextrous left hand, in two virtuoso piano recitals including works by Bach, Chopin (arrangement by Godowsky… 

Bruhns Organ Works

Bruhns Organ Works

In the 350th anniversary of Bruhns’ birth, David Hamilton presents his complete organ works in the superb surrounding of Canongate Kirk. 

Late Night Variety with The Martini Encounter

Late Night Variety with The Martini Encounter

A cheeky dollop of late night variety, hosted by the witty and playful ukulele strumming, close harmony singing trio – The Martini Encounter. 

Daniel Sloss: Dark: Extra Shows!

Daniel Sloss: Dark: Extra Shows!

Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox. 

The Colour Ham – One. Last. Time. (A Best Of)

The Colour Ham – One. Last. Time. (A Best Of)

Last show ever – will sell out. 

Beardyman: One Album Per Hour

Beardyman: One Album Per Hour

Beardyman has been a regular Fringe success for several years and it’s easy to see why. 

Rocky Horror Night 2015

Rocky Horror Night 2015

Frank N Furter and the gang are back for the 14th year of Rocky Horror themed fishnet fun and frolics at the one and only world famous Frankenstein! So Dammit Janet! Dress to impre… 

King Lear with Sheep

King Lear with Sheep

The bard gets replaced by the baaard in Missouri Williams’ eccentric production King Lear With Sheep at The Courtyard Theatre. 

Night of My Life

Night of My Life

Sketch Club 7 has six members. 

Edinburgh Gin's Night of Literature and Liquor

Edinburgh Gin's Night of Literature and Liquor

Much what it says on the tin, Edinburgh’s Gin Night of Literature and Liquor waltzes you through the history of gin distilling and the drink’s use and abuse by the literary world’s… 

Poker Night Blues

Poker Night Blues

In Poker Night Blues, Williams’ masterpiece A Streetcar Named Desire is undone – dismantled and distilled to its essential elements. 

Pianos at One Lunchtime Concerts

Pianos at One Lunchtime Concerts

Enjoy a showcase of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s finest piano students in this exciting nine concert series. 

Scaling Up: From Fringe to Number One Touring

Scaling Up: From Fringe to Number One Touring

Producers David Hutchinson and Phillip Rowntree discuss how they grew touring company Sell a Door from a shoestring Fringe company to a large scale and West End production company. 

Mambalsa – One Man's Quest to Launch a New Partner Dance

Mambalsa – One Man's Quest to Launch a New Partner Dance

For 20 years Alastair has taught salsa dance. 

All-in-One Fun – Free

All-in-One Fun – Free

Join West Country comedian Cerys Nelmes as she entertains you and your children for 45 minutes of onesie fun! Wear your onesie, and have some funsie! There will be music, dancing, … 

Gary Colman: Tickling Mice

Gary Colman: Tickling Mice

Along with Part Troll and I Would Happily Punch All Every One Of You In The Face, Gary Colman’s Tickling Mice is not only one of my favourite show titles, but also one of the mos… 

Oliver Suddon – For One Night Only!

Oliver Suddon – For One Night Only!

Oliver Suddon, comedian and broadcaster, hosts a relaxing evening of comedy and music with a variety of selected performers from the Fringe and creates radio broadcast inserts for … 

Jack Heal: Frankenstein's Love Monster

Jack Heal: Frankenstein's Love Monster

This show has a bad title. 

Jack Heal: Do Scientists Dream of Synthetic Sheep?

Jack Heal: Do Scientists Dream of Synthetic Sheep?

The answer we get from Jack Heal to the question of his show’s title is that, not only do scientists dream of genetically engineered sheep, but they are actively pursuing how to … 

The Secret Life of Suitcases

The Secret Life of Suitcases

There are some shows that you just get a good feeling about from the moment you step into the theatre. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Perhaps Shakespeare’s most famous comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream has the potential to either be comedic gold or irritating lip-service, depending on the quality of the cast … 

Fraxi Queen of the Forest

Fraxi Queen of the Forest

Fraxi Queen of the Forest is a pageant for children about ash dieback. 

Dean Martin and Friends (Christmas Special)

Dean Martin and Friends (Christmas Special)

The Fringe is a place for new discoveries – the freshest, young talent rubbing shoulders with the world’s best at their craft. 

Is This the Best of Jack Campbell?

Is This the Best of Jack Campbell?

Jack started comedy in 2010 after he moved from rural Cambridgeshire to Leicester to study Creative Writing at De Montfort University. 

The Sons of Pitches

The Sons of Pitches

The Sons of Pitches took the Fringe by storm last year. 

Mary Queen of Scots – The Edinburgh Story

Mary Queen of Scots – The Edinburgh 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. 

The Bastard Queen!

The Bastard Queen!

NSDF darlings of 2014 Naughty Corner are back with their winning original play The Bastard Queen! Set at the end of the world, the play sees five young people fight for survival an… 

The Night Shift With Gloria Hole

The Night Shift With Gloria Hole

Loud, crude and primarily drunk, Gloria Hole has been entertaining crowds of boisterous gays for 27 years. 

Late Night

Late Night

Every night of Fringe there’s something different on at Bedlam. 

What I Learned From Johnny Bevan

What I Learned From Johnny Bevan

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. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Two Tired

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Two Tired

Shakespeare’s classic comedy, as you’ve never seen it before. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Picture this. 

One for My Baby

One for My Baby

Frank Sinatra is one of those rare artists that is universally loved and respected by all. 

Gary Little: Just Trying to Be Friendly

Gary Little: Just Trying to Be Friendly

“The Facebook,” Little moans, is a hub of narcissism and platform for vapid boasts. 

One Above

One Above

A slick absurdist piece, PALP’s One Above is an intelligent offering from the young company. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

As one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a very common choice for the Fringe. 

Afropella Night

Afropella Night

An a cappella concert with a unique sense of indigenous African rhythms, beats and sounds all of which are vocally generated. A musical journey into the spirit of Ghana. 

Summerhall's Opening Night Party – Prosumer with House of Traps

Summerhall's Opening Night Party – Prosumer with House of Traps

Prosumer aka Achim Brandenburg has a fever for Chicago’s Jack flavour with a vision, passion and knowledge which makes Prosumer a guardian of house music history and one of the f… 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A solid and entertaining piece of Shakespeare that’s well handled by its young cast. 

Jack Samuel Warner in Jack's Ample Wardrobe

Jack Samuel Warner in Jack's Ample Wardrobe

Jack’s Ample Wardrobe is a new stand-up show featuring an old wardrobe. 

Cat Loud's Big Night In

Cat Loud's Big Night In

If you’re living right, this could happen to you. 

Night + Daze

Night + Daze

Sheffy is a lad on a mission. 

slut (r)evolution (no one gets there overnight)

slut (r)evolution (no one gets there overnight)

In this fun one-woman show, a self-described bi-dyke shares with us stories of her sexual evolution, from Mormon adolescent scanning second-hand books for smut, to monogamous domes… 

Fairly Tales

Fairly Tales

This play tells the story of Benji and Alf, next-door neighbours becoming best friends, bonded by their love of the titular ‘Fairly Tales’. 

Hamlet (A One Man Play)

Hamlet (A One Man Play)

Even the most seasoned audience member has to concentrate to grasp every line of a Shakespeare play. 

One Day When We Were Young by Nick Payne

One Day When We Were Young by Nick Payne

Nick Payne’s bittersweet love story One Day When We Were Young charts Leonard and Violet’s tangled relationship across five decades of love and longing. 

Christina Bianco: Party of One

Christina Bianco: Party of One

Broadway performer and YouTube sensation Christina Bianco takes you on a hilarious musical comedy journey, showing you what led her to become a multi-faceted, multi-voiced party of… 

Gary Busey's One-Man Hamlet as Performed by David Carl

Gary Busey's One-Man Hamlet as Performed by David Carl

Every serious actor wants to do his Hamlet. 

One Fine Day

One Fine Day

One of Korea’s most celebrated contemporary dance companies, who have toured to over 30 countries, make their UK debut with a double bill of two of their most acclaimed works. 

Late Night Laughs at Lunch

Late Night Laughs at Lunch

Late Night Laughs at Lunch brings you the funniest acts at the Fringe, we looked so you don’t have to. 

Late Night Dark Show

Late Night Dark Show

Bobby Mair, Tim Renkow and Dylan Gott roll out some of the darkest jokes at the Fringe. 

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens follows the unfolding story of a group of misfits working the infamous den of iniquity – Saucy Jacks space bar. 

Jack Rooke: Good Grief

Jack Rooke: Good Grief

Jack Rooke: Good Grief could probably win a prize for ‘comedy show with the least likely to be funny subject matter ever that actually turns out to be absolutely hilarious�… 

The Star Rover

The Star Rover

Despite being one of Jack London’s more obscure works, his 1915 novel The Star Rover or The Jacket is one that feels oddly contemporary. 

Centred: A One Clown Comedy About Stuff

Centred: A One Clown Comedy About Stuff

Attention customers: the store will be closing in five minutes. 

Mike Wozniak: One Man Dad Cat Band

Mike Wozniak: One Man Dad Cat Band

Mike Wozniak’s probably best known for playing moustachioed misfit Brian in Channel 4’s sitcom Man Down. 

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

There are many productions of reimagined Shakespeare plays that try to add a unique twist to the Bard’s work. 

Phone Whore (A One Act Play With Frequent Interruptions)

Phone Whore (A One Act Play With Frequent Interruptions)

Phone Whore is a show that is equal parts witty, sexually frank and dripping with cynicism. 

Jellybean Martinez: Mr Saturday Night TV

Jellybean Martinez: Mr Saturday Night TV

Back in the day, Saturday night TV was the thing to stay in for. 

Liam Williams: Bonfire Night

Liam Williams: Bonfire Night

Hench-souled Pilsner socialist talks career, climate, breakup and the 1%. 

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho

Fringe sensation, Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho, returns after 2014’s total sell-out run (and at London’s Leicester Square Theatre) in the drag comedy musical extravaganza like… 

One Man Breaking Bad: The Unauthorized Parody

One Man Breaking Bad: The Unauthorized Parody

Sixty episodes. 

The Underbelly Radio Shows

The Underbelly Radio Shows

FUBAR Radio and Underbelly present The Underbelly Radio Shows recorded live from 12:30pm each day at Ermintrude, Underbelly hosts a series of live radio broadcasts brought to you b… 

All the King's Men Photo Exhibition

All the King's Men Photo Exhibition

A series of personal portraits of extraordinary men. 

Boris: World King

Boris: World King

Boris: World King is a giddy, silly and savagely satirical delight. 

Adrienne Truscott's A One-Trick Pony!

Adrienne Truscott's A One-Trick Pony!

One Trick Pony is the follow up to the critically acclaimed mouthful of a fringe show, Adrienne Truscott’s Asking For It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pussy and Little… 

The School of Night: Rhapsodes

The School of Night: Rhapsodes

Improvisation in any context can be challenging, but throw in some Shakespeare and an incredibly complex collection of rhyming structures and it seems nigh on impossible. 

Bat-Fan

Bat-Fan

When boredom threatens at the Fringe, a hero will rise. 

Mistaken: A Quartet of Plays for One Actor

Mistaken: A Quartet of Plays for One Actor

Mistaken presents four short monologues, written and directed by Nick Myles and performed by William McGeough. 

The Glorious Damnation of Eddie Small

The Glorious Damnation of Eddie Small

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. 

The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven

The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven

Written and performed by legendary trans playwright, performer and poet Jo Clifford, this unique and extraordinary show combines theatre with storytelling, spoken word and ritual i… 

Charlie Baker: Just the One

Charlie Baker: Just the One

Charlie Baker blends song with stand-up, as he intersperses his versions of one hit wonders with tales from his life. 

Jack and Molly and the Beanstalk

Jack and Molly and the Beanstalk

We all know the story of Jack and the Beanstalk – or at least, think we do. 

There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis

There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis

Prestwick, Scotland – 3 March 1960. 

Lydia King: A Date with Density

Lydia King: A Date with Density

If at first you don’t succeed, try online dating. 

All the King's Men presents: Radio Gaga

All the King's Men presents: Radio Gaga

Collegiate a cappella has become a major trend in recent years at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. 

Jo-Jo Bellini: This and That – A Late Night Tasty Delight

Jo-Jo Bellini: This and That – A Late Night Tasty Delight

In this debut performance, Miss Bellini will play, sashay, season and sauté an evening of song and salacious sensations that will pique your senses and get your juices flowing wit… 

The Night Watch

The Night Watch

Set in the Spanish war, The Night Watch is a gripping period drama. 

Jack Barry: This Title Came to Me in a Dream

Jack Barry: This Title Came to Me in a Dream

In his debut hour of Fringe stand-up, Jack Barry delivers an entertaining and energetic set which, despite his insistence to the contrary, contains an undercurrent of awareness and… 

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho

Ding dong the witch is back and she has landed in the heart of York city centre. 

One Man Breaking Bad

One Man Breaking Bad

When Breaking Bad came to an end at season five, everyone thought that this would be it for the franchise. 

One Hour Play Festival

One Hour Play Festival

Over 20 plays, some well known pieces, some new writing, some one person plays, some with a massive cast but all performed in 1 hour or less by numerous theatre companies 

King Henry V

King Henry V

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 … 

Under One Roof Comedy Festival

Under One Roof Comedy Festival

We have the best of the Edinburgh Fringe Under One Roof in South London for one special week 6th - 11th July. 

King Liz

King Liz

(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. 

A Night With the Upright Citizens Brigade

A Night With the Upright Citizens Brigade

The four founding members of the Upright Citizens Brigade – Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts and Matt Walsh – began performing together 25 years ago. 

Night Late

Night Late

Every month, a group of writers from the UCB select a comedian to host one episode of their own talk show, then build an entirely original program around that performer. 

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

Iris Theatre’s promenade production of Shakespeare’s comedy Twelfth Night is a sumptuous romp around and inside the magnificent St Paul’s Actors’ Church in Covent Garden… 

An Evening With the Queen of Mean

An Evening With the Queen of Mean

Known for her caustic humor and unabashed insult comedy, Lisa Lampanelli talks with the comedian and radio host Ron Bennington about her new outlook on life and her forthcoming sta… 

Caramoor Opening Night

Caramoor Opening Night

Bucolic, picnic-friendly settings and a programming philosophy that balances hedonism and exploration have made this festival a must for music lovers. 

Works and Process: Wendy Whelan & Edward Watson

Works and Process: Wendy Whelan & Edward Watson

In October, Wendy Whelan retired from the New York City Ballet after 30 years. 

Shows for Days

Shows for Days

(previews start on Saturday; opens on June 29) Having just brought us Moss Hart’s entrancing “Act One,” Lincoln Center offers another piece of showbiz reminiscenc… 

Vulture Festival: Comedy Night

Vulture Festival: Comedy Night

As part of what Vulture calls its city-wide “pop culture extravaganza,” it presents this jam-packed night of comedy, with performances from Kevin Barnett, Wyatt Cenac, … 

A Night In...Double-Oh Heaven

A Night In...Double-Oh Heaven

Bond girl burlesque, skilled circus acts and show-stopping live renditions of classic 007 themes, served with a dash of titillation and a double measure of glamour. 

Late Night Writer Review

Late Night Writer Review

Jon Fisch presents this look at writers and performers from New York-based late-night shows, with comedy from Jeff Maurer of “Last Week Tonight,” Travon Free of “… 

Undefined: A Night of Who Knows What

Undefined: A Night of Who Knows What

Jeremy Wein hosts this unpredictable variety show, with a mix of stand-up, storytelling and more from Ophira Eisenberg, Kevin Allison, James III, Carla Rhodes and Liam McEneaney. 

Mike Wozniak: One Man Dad Cat Band

Mike Wozniak: One Man Dad Cat Band

Work in progress. 

Three Poets - One Mic

Three Poets - One Mic

Three Brighton-based performance poets grab hold of the microphone at Over Broadway in order to shout at you on the subject of politics, sexuality and death. 

The Fool and The King Workshop

The Fool and The King Workshop

Through movement and play participants will identify their own Fools and Kings to explore the beautiful, ridiculous and poignant conflict of this unlikely alliance. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A festival favourite founded by its current producer in 1989 in Queens Park. 

The Improverts - Exam Shows

The Improverts - Exam Shows

The Improverts are back for two Exam Specials in the Teviot Debating Hall! A different combination of players will take to the stage each night for a round of high-class, high-ener… 

Gary Colman: Tickling Mice

Gary Colman: Tickling Mice

Another one hour preview show from “One of the hardest-working and funniest comics on the circuit. 

Bullseye Comedy Night

Bullseye Comedy Night

Jesse Thorn, host of NPR’s pop-culture interview program “Bullseye,” hosts this exemplary night of stand-up comedy, with stand-up from Aisha Tyler, Maria Bamford,… 

King of the Fringe

King of the Fringe

Drag Queens are over and the boys are back in town! Strap on a strap on, bang on a beard and join your hosts for the Drag King competition of the century! Be amazed by the figurati… 

The Late Show: Election Night Special

The Late Show: Election Night Special

An evening of polls, puns and psephology, spin, sleaze and swingometers, battling past the ballot box with a cabaret cabinet packed with a parliamentary portfolio of political ente… 

The Colin Hoult Shows

The Colin Hoult Shows

Star of ‘Derek’, ‘Being Human’ and ‘Carnival of Monsters’ returns to the Brighton Fringe with two entirely new shows: Sit on the Ledge and Jump Down to the Ground (7, 2… 

New Act Night

New Act Night

The latest fledglings from Jill Edwards Comedy Workshops at Brighton’s Komedia take the stage in our electric New Act Night. 

Kernow King: Minority Rapport

Kernow King: Minority Rapport

Rebel armies, the pub darts team, political parties, chaps who drive Audi TTs, religion, Cornwall, knitting clubs, men who wear crocs with socks. 

To the One who Might be There: Multiple Personality Re-Order

To the One who Might be There: Multiple Personality Re-Order

The world is not quite right, so she decided to listen to the voices in her head. 

Ensemble Studio Theater Marathon of One-Act Plays: Series B

Ensemble Studio Theater Marathon of One-Act Plays: Series B

Martyna Majok’s stealthily devastating “John, Who’s Here From Cambridge,” an indelibly acted portrait of intimacy and entitlement, makes this a must-see. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Deep in the forest, faeries wait . 

A Human Being Died That Night

A Human Being Died That Night

(performances start on Friday) In Nicholas Wright’s volatile two-character play, the South African psychologist Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela (played by Noma Dumezweni), who wrote … 

Jack

Jack

A striking and brutally funny comedy, based on the life and times of Jack McRay. 

Ensemble Studio Theater Marathon of One-Act Plays

Ensemble Studio Theater Marathon of One-Act Plays

(previews start on Wednesday; opens on May 18) Let’s hope local playwrights have been running wind sprints and agility drills, because Ensemble Studio Theater’s Maratho… 

Copperdollar Club Night

Copperdollar Club Night

Kick off the Spiegeltent season in spectacular style. 

Ensemble Studio Theater Marathon of One-Act Plays: Series A

Ensemble Studio Theater Marathon of One-Act Plays: Series A

Ensemble Studio Theater’s evening of one acts races between decades, places, genres and forms. 

Jack Grant: I Exist

Jack Grant: I Exist

Jack Grant stands looking back at his receding youth and hairline, exploring why he became a comedian and why he couldn’t do anything else. 

Alonzo King Lines Ballet

Alonzo King Lines Ballet

At first glance, Alonzo King and San Francisco make an unlikely pair. 

A Queen for a Day

A Queen for a Day

Michael Ricigliano Jr. 

One Hand Clapping

One Hand Clapping

This adaptation of Anthony Burgess’s 1961 comic novel, part of Brits Off Broadway, is moderately amusing but is more interesting for the perspective. 

Stand-Up Comedy Night at the Artists Institute

Stand-Up Comedy Night at the Artists Institute

As part of the visual artist Carolee Schneemann’s season at the Artist’s Institute, in which she focuses on the body, Miriam Katz hosts this all-female stand-up show de… 

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Meet Helena & Hermia, two teenagers addicted and dependent on social media. 

A Night in with TiTs and Bosh & Babbs

A Night in with TiTs and Bosh & Babbs

If you like a night in but want to go out … Join sketch duos TiTs and Bosh & Babbs for an evening of contagious comedy. 

Hot Tub Hijacks Night Train

Hot Tub Hijacks Night Train

Kurt Braunohler and Kristen Schaal, hosts of the long-running variety show “Hot Tub,” return to New York to reclaim Littlefield’s Monday night comedy spot for an … 

??HANK Comedy One Year Anniversary

??HANK Comedy One Year Anniversary

HANK, the mostly online comedy duo of Dan Fox and Betsy Kenney, celebrates its one-year milestone with this live show, featuring new videos and stand-up from Jo Firestone, Carmen C… 

Bideawees Laugh for A-Paws Comedy Night

Bideawees Laugh for A-Paws Comedy Night

This night of stand-up raises funds for Bideawee, an animal welfare organization that rescues and adopts dogs and cats around New York. 

The King and I

The King and I

(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… 

Twelfth Night (or What You Will)' and What You Will (or Twelfth Night)

Twelfth Night (or What You Will)' and What You Will (or Twelfth Night)

(previews start on March 11; opens on March 22) Expect lots of cakes and ale, though very few actors, when Bedlam offers two versions of Shakespeare’s comedy in repertory, bo… 

Night of Too Many Stars

Night of Too Many Stars

Jon Stewart hosts this annual star-studded fund-raiser for autism programs nationwide. 

Works & Process: Pam Tanowitz & David Lang

Works & Process: Pam Tanowitz & David Lang

The Guggenheim’s behind-the-scenes series usually features new works and creative collaborations in their incubator stage. 

Village Pub Theatre: Bill Murray Night

Village Pub Theatre: Bill Murray Night

American film actor and comedian Bill Murray allegedly fields offers of work via a voice mailbox which, according to Wikipedia, “he checks infrequently”. 

A Night With “Kroll Show” Characters

A Night With “Kroll Show” Characters

Nick Kroll and John Mulaney will be in character as Gil Faizon and George St. 

Works and Process: Justin Peck and Shepard Fairey

Works and Process: Justin Peck and Shepard Fairey

Among his many exciting projects, Mr. 

JACK Quartet

JACK Quartet

This fearlessly adventurous and virtuosic quartet, known for its exciting performances of envelope-pushing new music, presents a program anchored by Elliott Carter’s bra… 

The Improverts - London Shows

The Improverts - London Shows

Always Different, Always Funny! After a sell out run at Edinburgh Fringe 14 and comedy residents during term time Edinburgh University, The Improverts are performing two shows in L… 

Let the Right One In

Let the Right One In

(previews start on  Jan. 

Kwanzaa Celebration: Regeneration Night

Kwanzaa Celebration: Regeneration Night

This Apollo tradition returns with performances by Abdel R. 

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

This friendly, formulaic jukebox show about the New York-born singer-songwriter might as well be called “Brooklyn Girl,” so closely does it adhere to the template of th… 

The Macaulay Culkin One-Year Anniversary Show

The Macaulay Culkin One-Year Anniversary Show

Brett Davis and Sally Burtnick celebrate the first birthday of their monthly comedy show (which remains unconnected to the titular actor). 

Gary Gulman

Gary Gulman

A 20-year veteran of the stand-up scene, Mr. 

The King's Kilt

The King's Kilt

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 … 

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

(previews start on Sept. 

Fabulous! the Queen of New Musical Comedies

Fabulous! the Queen of New Musical Comedies

This show about two drag queens aboard a cruise ship, pretending to be real women, is a little “Some Like It Hot,” a little “Anything Goes” and a lot of goo… 

The Experiment Comedy presents Manifesto!: A One-Year Extravaganza

The Experiment Comedy presents Manifesto!: A One-Year Extravaganza

Mo Fathelbab and Tim Ellis go all out to celebrate the first anniversary of their weekly comedy show. 

Comedy Night at the Knit Front Bar

Comedy Night at the Knit Front Bar

Hannibal Buress hosts this popular stand-up show in the Knitting Factory’s front room. Seats fill up hours ahead of showtime, with patrons hoping to catch a big-name star. 

92nd Street Y Opening Night

92nd Street Y Opening Night

92nd Street Y is going back to the well to open its season with Bach’s spectacular, daunting six solo violin sonatas and partitas: Christian Tetzlaff played the same program … 

The Night of Too Many Women

The Night of Too Many Women

The satirical women’s magazine Reductress presents  this all-lady lineup, hosted by Anna Drezen. 

As One

As One

This new opera by Laura Kaminsky, with a libretto by Mark Campbell and Kimberly Reed, stars the baritone Kelly Markgraf and the mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, husband and wife in real … 

' “I Just Have to Do This.” A Night of New Material with Jen Kirkman

' “I Just Have to Do This.” A Night of New Material with Jen Kirkman

Jen Kirkman, a performer based in Los Angeles, brings a show of brand new stories and jokes to Brooklyn. 

One Night with Ragged Glory

One Night with Ragged Glory

This well-known, local band simply enjoy entertaining their audiences. 

A Big Night in with the Silver Darlings

A Big Night in with the Silver Darlings

Settle back and enjoy ‘a big night in with the Silver Darlings’. 

Late Night Gimp Fight: The Worst of Late Night Gimp Fight

Late Night Gimp Fight: The Worst of Late Night Gimp Fight

Late Night Gimp Fight have spent the last five years violating the British comedy circuit, picking up awards and infections along the way. 

Ali McGregor's Late Nite Variety Nite Night

Ali McGregor's Late Nite Variety Nite Night

Australian chanteuse and cabaret royalty Ali McGregor returns with her cult hit show. 

B.J. Novak: One More Thing

B.J. Novak: One More Thing

Inspired by the public performances of Charles Dickens and Mark Twain, the less decorated but more alive writer and actor B. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Relive the angst of young unrequited love, the nerves of amateur actors who have to perform for the Duke or risk being hanged, and the mischief and mayhem caused by the fairies. 

Late Night TED

Late Night TED

Zig zag down to see five comedians give indispensable life advice that you will probably heckle and forget by the morning. Danny Dyer said, ‘5 stars. Proper inspiring’. 

Jarred Christmas and Jack Hobbs: The Christmas and The Hobbit -A Beat Box and Stand-Up Collaboration

Jarred Christmas and Jack Hobbs: The Christmas and The Hobbit -A Beat Box and Stand-Up Collaboration

Hobbit is an acclaimed beat boxer. 

The Bastard Queen

The Bastard Queen

My appreciation for the acting in The Bastard Queen was matched by my strong distaste for the actual play. 

Jack Gardner and Liberty Hodes On Ice

Jack Gardner and Liberty Hodes On Ice

“It’s not started. 

Jack Dee's Help Desk

Jack Dee's Help Desk

Jack Dee’s Help Desk sees Dee and a panel of surprise top comedians address problems that audience members put to them. 

Martin Croser: One Night Only! (For Entirely Practical Reasons)

Martin Croser: One Night Only! (For Entirely Practical Reasons)

One performance only! ‘Several of the best one-liners you will hear. 

Life on the One Wheel

Life on the One Wheel

Life on the One Wheel experiments with everyday experience and elements of popular culture to explore the fragile simplicity of human emotion. 

Reduced Shakespeare Company in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (Revised)

Reduced Shakespeare Company in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (Revised)

This fun and fast production attempts to abridge the complete works of Shakespeare into the space of an hour. 

Smashed to Pieces in the Still of the Night with David Leddy

Smashed to Pieces in the Still of the Night with David Leddy

Practical workshop about making experimental multi-artform performance. 

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

Get Over It Productions present their all-female psychedelic shakedown of Shakespeare’s most captivating comedy. 

King David's Wives

King David's Wives

The Old Testament story of King David is quite a romp. 

Billy Kirkwood's Show Me Your Tattoo - One Night Only!

Billy Kirkwood's Show Me Your Tattoo - One Night Only!

The world’s only stand-up/improv/tattoo-chat comedy show returns with host comedian Billy Kirkwood. 

King Creosote

King Creosote

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… 

Beardyman: One Album Per Hour

Beardyman: One Album Per Hour

Travelling at the speed of thought in his brand new music production spaceship, the world class multi-award-winning musician and comedian, transcends mere mimicry to produce studio… 

Richard Wiseman: Night School

Richard Wiseman: Night School

Night School is an odd ‘show’ that seems to hover somewhere between an entertaining lecture and a TED talk. 

One Man Breaking Bad

One Man Breaking Bad

Sixty Episodes in 60 Minutes. 

Blues! The Late Night Sessions

Blues! The Late Night Sessions

From the band behind award-winning show Blues! comes a selection of not quite family friendly blues songs that couldn’t be picked for the show. 

The Magic Flute (or One Flew Over the Birdman's Nest?)

The Magic Flute (or One Flew Over the Birdman's Nest?)

Her daughter has been taken, she sends in three dodgy nurses who enlist the disaffected youth and his somewhat feather obsessed friend. 

Let It Fall (After King Lear)

Let It Fall (After King Lear)

Leah wants to rest, Goneril and Regan want to party, Cordelia’s off to France and matricide is in the air. 

Jack

Jack

Pilgrimage to Loch Ness and a chance at redemption, Jack is an exciting new work that examines Scotland’s modern identity through the stories of her people. 

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Tyrannical Nurse Ratched rules her ward in a British mental hospital with a strict, unbending routine. 

Nick Helm's Two Night Stand in The Grand

Nick Helm's Two Night Stand in The Grand

Nick Helm’s Two Night Stand in the Grand is an epic comedy rock show worthy of its massive venue. 

The One Ensemble

The One Ensemble

Following their sell-out Summerhall shows at last year’s Made In Scotland showcase, this genre-defying quartet take a break from performing with Scottish Dance Theatre to perform… 

The Accidentals: 99 Problems But a Pitch Ain't One

The Accidentals: 99 Problems But a Pitch Ain't One

After a phenomenal run at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe, The Accidentals are back with ‘99 Problems But a Pitch Ain’t One’. 

The Night I Died

The Night I Died

The must-see cult chat show where three comedians reveal their worst on-stage moments to BBC Radio 4’s Viv Groskop. 

Harry the King

Harry the King

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… 

The Trial of Chimpanzee Jack

The Trial of Chimpanzee Jack

You are summoned for jury service. 

King Ubu

King Ubu

King Ubu was performed only once in playwright Alfred Jarry’s life. 

The Oxford Gargoyles: Jazz a Cappella

The Oxford Gargoyles: Jazz a Cappella

Returning to the Fringe for a ninth year running, the Gargoyles are a class act. 

This Wide Night

This Wide Night

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. 

Fairy Queen

Fairy Queen

The youthful Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble takes on Purcell’s affecting masque in a fully staged and choreographed production. 

Niki King Quintet: The Songs of Duke Ellington

Niki King Quintet: The Songs of Duke Ellington

King’s exciting new show pays tribute to the timeless songs and musical genius of one of the greatest jazz musicians and composers of the 20th century, Duke Ellington. 

The Worm - An Underground Adventure

The Worm - An Underground Adventure

As anyone who’s ever dealt with a three-year-old can tell you, keeping their attention can be a Herculean task. 

Daniel Sloss – Really...?! Extra Shows

Daniel Sloss – Really...?! Extra Shows

Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox. 

Lillian Boutté: The Delta Queen

Lillian Boutté: The Delta Queen

Here she comes again! The Delta Queen. 

Taylor & Leigh's Country Blues Night

Taylor & Leigh's Country Blues Night

Taylor & Leigh return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with their blisteringly hot country blues. 

One Or Two Things About Us

One Or Two Things About Us

1 or 2 Things About Us is a community production from Mixit Days, an inclusive theatre company who work with disabled people and give them a chance to perform on the stage. 

Al Murray: One Man, One Guvnor - Special Previews

Al Murray: One Man, One Guvnor - Special Previews

Al Murray’s One Man, One Guvnor is only in its preview stages, but already it is a spectacularly funny set. 

Rocky Horror Night

Rocky Horror Night

Frankenstein celebrates its 13th year of The Rocky Horror Picture Show party. 

Adrienne Truscott's Asking for It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pussy and Little Else!

Adrienne Truscott's Asking for It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pussy and Little Else!

Eight shows only! Winner Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award 2013. 

The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven

The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven

Every evening, the understated sacred space of St. 

Riding With Night

Riding With Night

Riding with Night opens with an ensemble of black-cloaked figures, their faces masked, and a voiceover providing an epilogue to the play we are about to see. 

Bloody Trams

Bloody Trams

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… 

To Chekhov With Love: Afterplay and The White Peacock (Two One-Act Plays)

To Chekhov With Love: Afterplay and The White Peacock (Two One-Act Plays)

From the critically acclaimed SU Drama company comes a double play performance that combines Brien Friel’s Afterplay and an original piece named The White Peacock. 

Gary Little: The Thing Is

Gary Little: The Thing Is

Gary Little isn’t. 

All Through the Night

All Through the Night

Shirley Lauro’s drama All Through the Night opens badly, but it gets better. 

Queen B

Queen B

The older-man-meets-younger-girl premise might have been done - and done well - with An Education, but with its delicate narrative, Nottingham New Theatre’s Queen B shows that … 

Gary Colman: ChUNT - The Verb to Grumble

Gary Colman: ChUNT - The Verb to Grumble

Gary Colman (no not that one) has been a strong force at the free fringe for some time now and he certainly hasn’t dropped the ball this year round. 

Irish Late Night Mayhem

Irish Late Night Mayhem

Late night adventures from some of Ireland’s brightest, rowdiest and most fearless comedians take on the challenge of a very late compilation show in the Fringe’s best venue. 

The Queen's Speech

The Queen's Speech

Finding the Will in association with The Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham presents Bard Heads: The Queen’s Speech. 

National Loaf

National Loaf

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

Newton's Cauldron

Newton’s Cauldron is an unexpected gem, a brisk little piece which mixes storybook, history book and textbook deftly and amusingly. 

Night of the Living Tories

Night of the Living Tories

In this hour of fine free comedy Joe Well combines his two greatest loves; political satire and zombies. 

One Dissection: That's What Makes You Surgical

One Dissection: That's What Makes You Surgical

Medical student music group One Dissection from St George’s, University of London escape the dissecting room and break into a different kind of theatre to present a medical a cappe… 

Nzinga - Warrior Queen

Nzinga - Warrior Queen

A powerful tale of resilience and overcoming great obstacles, this production has battled through in the spirit of its eponymous character. 

Freddie Farrell: Lock, Stock and One Joking Farrell

Freddie Farrell: Lock, Stock and One Joking Farrell

Now that Freddie is a family man he is trying his best to be responsible. 

Late Night Dark Show

Late Night Dark Show

It’s the Late Night Dark Show - take that title as a hint. 

One Man Breaking Bad

One Man Breaking Bad

One Man Breaking Bad is impressionist Miles Allen’s attempt to squeeze 60 Breaking Bad episodes into 60 minutes. 

One Foot in the Gays

One Foot in the Gays

This is the debut show by one of the UK’s finest comedians. 

Katerina Vrana: Feta with the Queen

Katerina Vrana: Feta with the Queen

In the appropriately multi-lingual halls of Espionage is this hidden gem of the Free Festival. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream: The Rock Musical

A Midsummer Night's Dream: The Rock Musical

Infinity Repertory Theatre update Shakespeare’s comedy to the 21st century as a musical with a rollicking rock’n’roll aim in mind. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Tripped Theatre’s stylised adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream fits one of the Bard’s most famous and fun plays into the space of one hour, with only four… 

The Ukulele Evangelists Bang One Out

The Ukulele Evangelists Bang One Out

Much as if I’d been with real-life evangelists, I imagine, I left this show wondering what on earth had just happened. 

Mary Queen of Scots – The Edinburgh Story

Mary Queen of Scots – The Edinburgh 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. 

The Seussification of A Midsummer Night's Dream

The Seussification of A Midsummer Night's Dream

The Seussification of a Midsummer Night’s Dream sees an all female cast embark on a speedy but delightful adaptation of Shakespeare’s comedy. 

Das Vegas Night 3 - Zis Time We Win!

Das Vegas Night 3 - Zis Time We Win!

The ubermeister of dark comedy cabaret’s war machine rolls into Edinburgh. 

The Man Who Would Be King

The Man Who Would Be King

Dawn State’s sharp, modern adaptation of Kipling’s classic novella could be deemed a classic in itself. 

Darius Davies' HBÖ Special Uncensored

Darius Davies' HBÖ Special Uncensored

Davies is a dynamo and a wonder to behold on stage. 

Jack Samuel Warner and John Pendal: Men and Myths

Jack Samuel Warner and John Pendal: Men and Myths

Seriously funny nonsense and painfully revealing true stories as Jack, ‘slightly quirky’ (Chortle. 

The Comedy Cow: Prime Cut

The Comedy Cow: Prime Cut

Free Fringe comedy can be a risky prospect but it can be a risk worth taking in service of finding a night worth seeing. 

Barbara Morrison: Dinah Washington – Queen of the Blues

Barbara Morrison: Dinah Washington – Queen of the Blues

Seven years with Ray Charles, Barbara Morrison demonstrates her full range of musicality and fun. 

Conversation at Night With a Despised Character

Conversation at Night With a Despised Character

In a totalitarian state, a writer of controversial literature is about to be killed by an executioner, and he’s expecting him. 

A Journey Round My Skull

A Journey Round My Skull

Science-theatre is in vogue at the moment. 

Gary Lynch - Missed Life Crisis

Gary Lynch - Missed Life Crisis

What happens when a geezer only starts doing all those wild and crazy things he should have done in his youth when he is approaching his 50s? When a guy gets himself married young,… 

Me, Bill Nighy and the Goblin - A One-Woman Show Performed by Nalika de Silva

Me, Bill Nighy and the Goblin - A One-Woman Show Performed by Nalika de Silva

Yorkshire girl Nalika comes to London to make it but reality hits when she ends up living with a violent squirrel. 

A Series of Increasingly Impossible Acts

A Series of Increasingly Impossible Acts

My first clue should have been the warmup. 

John Robertson: The Dark Room

John Robertson: The Dark Room

Returning to the Fringe for the third year running, this text adventure game-gone-big seems to have more lives than it gives its players. 

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens

Billing itself as “The Rocky Horror Show for the new millennium”, this is a raucous, glitter-fuelled ride through a disco universe. 

Bulletproof

Bulletproof

“What happens when you think you’re being hilarious and other people just think you are causing anarchy?” Despite beginning with a gripping premise about censors, sensitivity a… 

FanFiction Comedy

FanFiction Comedy

Big-time book nerd Lev Grossman once told Time magazine that “fan fiction is what literature might look like if it were reinvented from scratch after a nuclear apocalypse by a band… 

Shakespeare in the Garden: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Shakespeare in the Garden: A Midsummer Night's Dream

This production of Shakespeare’s classic and well loved comedy is set in the pretty garden of a church. 

Anil Desai's Last Night at the Movies

Anil Desai's Last Night at the Movies

The fastest and funniest globe-trotting impressionist returns for more comedy action, laughable adventures and romance in this mix of stand-up and stories featuring over 50 movie s… 

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho

Outside, the queue is teeming. 

Dr Professor Neal Portenza Performs His Own Autopsy Live On Stage. One Night Only. (Obviously).

Dr Professor Neal Portenza Performs His Own Autopsy Live On Stage. One Night Only. (Obviously).

To tell the truth, I’m a little bit scared of Dr. 

Danny Bhoy: 12 Nights, 12 Charities

Danny Bhoy: 12 Nights, 12 Charities

There’s a particular pleasure in seeing someone do their job incredibly well. 

Goose (An Odd New One-Man Comedy Whodunit)

Goose (An Odd New One-Man Comedy Whodunit)

How do you go about describing Goose (An Odd One-Man Comedy Whodunnit)? It’s one of those shows that you just have to see with your own eyes to understand it’s sheer awesomenes… 

No Strings

No Strings

Not another student sketch show?! Bear with me, this one’s above the rest. 

Phone Whore: A One Act Play With Frequent Interruptions

Phone Whore: A One Act Play With Frequent Interruptions

If you wander the streets of the Edinburgh Fringe, you might run into Cameryn Moore. 

Sparks

Sparks

It is either apt or ironic that a show whose set recreates a building site feels a little messy. 

Baby Wants Candy present The Improv All Star Explosion!

Baby Wants Candy present The Improv All Star Explosion!

Even though this isn’t Baby Wants Candy’s headline show at the Fringe, you would still expect much more from such a highly regarded group. 

One Man Lord of the Rings

One Man Lord of the Rings

Are you a huge fan of The Lord of the Rings? If so, look no further, this will be the highlight of your Fringe experience. 

Kraken

Kraken

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. 

Berliner and Stamell: One of Us Will Die

Berliner and Stamell: One of Us Will Die

British comedian Gareth Berliner and Australian comedy actress, Kiruna Stamell present a dynamic, funny, edgy, fresh, new double-act comedy show, One of Us Will Die. 

Jody Kamali: One Man Variety Show

Jody Kamali: One Man Variety Show

A spectacular variety show featuring a plethora of unforgettable characters, performed and hosted by one man from Bristol. 

The One-Eyed Men's Cult of Lactos

The One-Eyed Men's Cult of Lactos

Join the One-Eyed Men’s new cult today! They’ve dedicated their lives to the worship of the great prophet Barry Ashworth, inventor of long-life milk! It’s just a matter of time unt… 

Big Brass

Big Brass

For those who run at the mere mention of the phrase ‘musical comedy’, this sketch show is for you. 

Richard Herring: Lord of the Dance Settee

Richard Herring: Lord of the Dance Settee

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… 

Lords of Strut: Chaos

Lords of Strut: Chaos

If you were the kind of kid that rocked out in your room with hairbrush in hand (or if you do it to this day), you’ll like Lords of Strut: Chaos. 

King Arthur

King Arthur

Sometimes in this show, there’d come some songs like this. 

The Blues Brothers- Live

The Blues Brothers- Live

These Blues Brothers take a cliché and put their own mark on it. 

Shirley and Shirley: Late Night Lock In

Shirley and Shirley: Late Night Lock In

Like any sketch show there is often a sense that the evening may play out something like lucky dip. 

Laika: A Space Dogyssey

Laika: A Space Dogyssey

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… 

Jack and I

Jack and I

The unsolved mystery of Jack the Ripper has provided constant fascination for people around the world ever since the grisly murders were committed. 

Thünderbards: Seconds

Thünderbards: Seconds

With a show based around time travel, Thunderbards make a whole hour zip merrily by. 

Night Bus

Night Bus

Linda Marlowe and Sarah Louise Young present a surreal take on the blunt reality of the night bus service. 

Celia Pacquola: Let Me Know How It All Works Out

Celia Pacquola: Let Me Know How It All Works Out

Seriously. 

Will Seaward's Spooky Midnight Ghost Stories!

Will Seaward's Spooky Midnight Ghost Stories!

On a dark and stormy night at the Fringe, Will Seaward’s Spooky Midnight Ghost Stories will warm your cockles rather than chill you to the bone. 

One Thing Led to a Mother

One Thing Led to a Mother

Five years of IVF and love going down the tubes and a sex life reduced to cold rooms with plastic cups. 

The Twins Macabre: Small Mediums at Large

The Twins Macabre: Small Mediums at Large

As Ethel Merman famously sang in Gypsy, ‘you gotta get a gimmick if you want to get ahead’. 

David O'Doherty Has Checked Everything

David O'Doherty Has Checked Everything

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 Snow Queen

The Snow Queen

Produced by C theatre, The Snow Queen is a charming adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic tale by Karina Wilson. 

BEASTS: Solo

BEASTS: Solo

In themselves the Beasts’ sketch personas are fairly standard; the nutcase, the buffoon and the straight man. 

Potted Sherlock

Potted Sherlock

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… 

Knightmare Live - Level 2

Knightmare Live - Level 2

For fans of the original kids’ show, Knightmare Live - Level 2 is a dream come true. 

Lee Griffiths: Post Traumatic Sketch Disorder

Lee Griffiths: Post Traumatic Sketch Disorder

Lee Griffiths: Post-Traumatic Sketch Disorder lays out the comic’s psyche by following Freud (just about) through funny family hang-ups by way of kid’s books, cock lengths and cr… 

Mark Grist & MC Mixy: Dead Poets' Death Match

Mark Grist & MC Mixy: Dead Poets' Death Match

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. 

The Free Festival Launch Night

The Free Festival Launch Night

The big launch night for this years’ Free Festival! See a show with the best of this years’ free Fringe performers, mingle with the acts and VIPs and dance the night away. 

Beth Vyse: Get Up With Hands!

Beth Vyse: Get Up With Hands!

Hands down, Get Up With Hands! is the funniest thing I’ve seen at the Fringe this year. 

Rachel Parris: Live in Vegas

Rachel Parris: Live in Vegas

It’s heartening to see a deserving standup successfully transfer from the Free Fringe to the larger potential audience of the mega-venues. 

One Man Star Wars

One Man Star Wars

Much of Ross’s childhood was spent in a galaxy far, far away, watching Star Wars videos over – and over – and over again. 

One Of Those

One Of Those

Creator Tom Ward-Thomas has written a two-act comedy that peers into the lives of passengers commuting to Cornwall. 

King Kirby

King Kirby

As the audience takes their seats, they see a man hunched over an easel, drawing pictures on a large sheet of paper with feverish intensity. 

King Kirby

King Kirby

Crystal Skillman and Fred Van Lente, the husband-and-wife playwrights behind this supple production about the towering comic book artist Jack Kirby, deftly compressing much informa… 

King of the Fringe

King of the Fringe

Having never been to a Drag King pageant before I was not entirely sure what to expect from King of the Fringe. 

Children's Shows and Workshops

Children's Shows and Workshops

A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement. 

That Pair: That Night

That Pair: That Night

The comedy stylings of Kat Bond & Lorna Shaw make up this fantastic double-act who received lovely press at Edinburgh 2012 with ‘Happy to Help’. 

King & Country World War 1 Opera

King & Country World War 1 Opera

The King and Country World War I Opera is a show presented in a rather strange format at the Brighton Fringe Festival. 

Jack Bull

Jack Bull

Jack Bull creates mixed media paintings; this is his first solo exhibition showcasing a selection of new and unseen pieces from over the last four years. 

The Night Witches by Steven Young

The Night Witches by Steven Young

Premiering in the UK, ‘The Night Witches’ is an intriguing, fictionalised account of the first all-female bomber squadron. 

One Step Beyond: A Varndean Showcase

One Step Beyond: A Varndean Showcase

A jamboree of performances from second-year performing arts students of Varndean College. 

The Greatest Shows on Earth

The Greatest Shows on Earth

A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals. 

King Porter Stomp + Kings Mews

King Porter Stomp + Kings Mews

Energetic, dynamic and refreshingly unique, King Porter Stomp celebrate the release of their new single ‘pocketfulofrocketfuel’ with an intimate and very special performance. 

The One-Eyed Men: Join Our Cult

The One-Eyed Men: Join Our Cult

Join the One-Eyed Men’s new cult today! They’ve dedicated their lives to the worship of the great prophet Barry Ashworth, inventor of long-life milk! It’s just a matter of time unt… 

Gary Colman: ChUNT (The Verb to Grumble)

Gary Colman: ChUNT (The Verb to Grumble)

A work in progress for another joyous, uplifting show about the crushing banality of life from “the best deadpan act since Jack Dee” (GQ), “Highly inventive and very funny” (Frank … 

Tell No One About Sarah Callaghan (WIP)

Tell No One About Sarah Callaghan (WIP)

Touted as the next big thing in comedy, Leicester Square New Comedian Finalist and One to Watch Winner 2013, Sarah asks you for at least one more year of anonymity by keeping this … 

New Act Night

New Act Night

The latest new comics from Jill Edwards Comedy Workshops at Komedia take to the stage. 

New Act Night

New Act Night

The latest fledglings from Jill Edwards Comedy Workshops at Brighton’s Komedia take the stage in our electric New Act Night. 

Jack and the Beans... Talk

Jack and the Beans... Talk

You think you know the story? Think again. 

The Colin Hoult Shows

The Colin Hoult Shows

Master character comedian and star of ‘Derek’ and ‘Being Human’ performs all his critically acclaimed, sell-out, weirdly wonderful comedy shows, fresh from his hit Radio 4 series. 

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho

Feathers, glitter, gold lame and The Weather Girls. 

Lewis Black Presents: Big Stars, Big Cure An Unforgettable Night of Comedy and Music to Fight Cystic Fibrosis

Lewis Black Presents: Big Stars, Big Cure An Unforgettable Night of Comedy and Music to Fight Cystic Fibrosis

Mr. 

The Very Best of Late Night Gimp Fight

The Very Best of Late Night Gimp Fight

The Gimps bring the very best of their depraved award-winning minds to Brighton. 

Fly by Night: A New Musical

Fly by Night: A New Musical

(previews start on May 16; opens on June 10) On Nov. 

Blues In The Night

Blues In The Night

“Blues in the Night” is a compilation revue, a tribute to the black performers and music of Harlem in the 1920s and 30s. 

Friday Night Freakshow

Friday Night Freakshow

After multiple sell-out smash hit shows in 2010/2011, the twisted showcase of dark and delicious variety returns to the cow. 

BABY/LON

BABY/LON

‘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… 

Night Train

Night Train

Wyatt Cenac, a former “Daily Show” correspondent, hosts this reliably great weekly show. 

Two Into One

Two Into One

Menier Chocolate Factory: 3rd Apr 3pm. 

Let The Right One In

Let The Right One In

Take a 2004 Swedish vampire novel that was made into a subtitled horror film as your starting point. 

Act One

Act One

(in previews; opens on April 17) Moss Hart’s classic autobiography becomes a play courtesy of James Lapine, who also directs this Lincoln Center Theater premiere. 

King Lear

King Lear

Act One is a company full of high quality actors, all of whom were captivating to watch. 

King Lear

King Lear

In Arin Arbus’s thoughtful and affecting production, Shakespeare’s most daunting play lowers its voice, the better to be heard more clearly. 

This Wide Night

This Wide Night

A common factor in the best sitcoms–and dramas, for that matter–are situations from which the characters can’t escape, most notably from each other: the binds of family (t… 

Twelfth Night or What You Will

Twelfth Night or What You Will

For those not familiar with this Shakespearian classic, it opens with a shipwreck which leaves a brother and sister stranded on the coast of an island called Illyria. 

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

Twelfth night is a time of chaos, mess and topsy-turvy. 

Tony Law: Night-Time Nonsense Overdrive

Tony Law: Night-Time Nonsense Overdrive

Tony Law presents a deeply hidden, powerfully meaningful show for night-time freaks. 

Yianni in Think Big (The Big One)

Yianni in Think Big (The Big One)

In his hugely popular free show Think Big, Yianni sets out his ambition to sell-out the biggest venue at the Fringe, have Michael ‘HackIntyre’ open for him and to enter the stage ‘… 

Ross Couper and Tom Oakes

Ross Couper and Tom Oakes

Hailing from Shetland and Devon respectively, Ross Couper (fiddle) and Tom Oakes (guitar, flute) are a dynamic duo who incorporate many of the elements of traditional Scottish and … 

VAMM

VAMM

Halfway through their electrifying set at the Assembly Rooms, VAMM paused to tell us that their name is an old Shetlandic word meaning ‘to bewitch or entrance’. 

Another Night in With The Silver Darlings

Another Night in With The Silver Darlings

‘Spine tingling, carefully crafted arrangements, intriguing harmonies, voices that breathe together’ (Scott Murray). 

Scheidemann and Hindemith Organ Works

Scheidemann and Hindemith Organ Works

Scheidemann (1595-1663) and Hindemith (1895-1963) are two great German composers with important anniversaries in 2013. 

Whatever Gets You Through the Night

Whatever Gets You Through the Night

Nighttime. 

Charlie Chuck's Grande Night Out

Charlie Chuck's Grande Night Out

Charlie is back with a wild cabaret of musical, magical drum-smashing mayhem, accompanied by Judd (Booze for Baby) Jones, Edie Wakefield and wild frontman for an 80s rock band car… 

Whatever Gets You Through the Night

Whatever Gets You Through the Night

Whatever Gets You Through The Night is a wide-spanning arts project: an album, a film, a stage show and a book have all come together under the umbrella heading of ‘somewhere in … 

Jack, Or the Submission

Jack, Or the Submission

When it comes to absurdity there are not many names more famous than Eugene Ionesco. 

CineFringe Film Festival 2013

CineFringe Film Festival 2013

CineFringe is a small affair, yet its efforts to fly the filmic flag at the Fringe are admirable. 

Vegas! A Night Of A Thousand Stars

Vegas! A Night Of A Thousand Stars

Martinis and moonlight, roulette and romance, blackjack and burlesque, showgirls and sophistication, cabaret and cool at Scotland’s swingin’, award-winnin’ vintage club night. 

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare - Abridged

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare - Abridged

Thirty-seven Shakespeare plays, three actors, less than two hours. 

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged

An hysterically funny, fast paced, witty, tongue-in-cheek romp through the nooks and crannies of Shakespeare’s 37 comedies and tragedies, performed through the hearts and funny b… 

The Other Guys: One Night Stand

The Other Guys: One Night Stand

Fresh from YouTube and Top 40 success, St Andrews’ The Other Guys bring their hilarious parodies, exquisite musicality and suspect dance moves for one night only in a show that won… 

Beardyman: One Album Per Hour

Beardyman: One Album Per Hour

The mouth of a million sounds BeardyMan brings his beatboxing brilliance to Edinburgh with an extremely ambitious new project. 

A Career in Theatre Management

A Career in Theatre Management

To present such a talk upon the ins and outs of theatre at its bare business-driven bones is both innovative and opportune during the fracas of the Fringe, when an attentive audien… 

Slap and Giggle: Recharged

Slap and Giggle: Recharged

Double act comedy is very difficult. 

The School of Night's Spontaneous Shakespeare

The School of Night's Spontaneous Shakespeare

Cards on the table: this is an incredibly impressive show. 

Gary Myers: The Psychopathology of Everyday Laughs

Gary Myers: The Psychopathology of Everyday Laughs

With a psychologist explore your subconscious. 

Who Runs the World?

Who Runs the World?

For me, female acapella is really difficult to get right. 

Murder, She Didn't Write

Murder, She Didn't Write

There are two rules to improvised comedy: One, you’re only as strong as your weakest member and two, never, ever say no. 

A Hundred Minus One Day

A Hundred Minus One Day

Playwright Idgie Beau sets out the parameters of A Hundred Minus One Day quickly and economically; 20 year old Jen, who has lived away from home for many years, has returned to her… 

The Jive Aces - King of the Swingers Tour

The Jive Aces - King of the Swingers Tour

UK’s No. 

Gavin Crawford - A Bummer Abroad

Gavin Crawford - A Bummer Abroad

I have to admit, I was not convinced by Gavin Crawford to begin with. 

All the King's Men - Knight Fever!

All the King's Men - Knight Fever!

A capella group All the King’s Men return to the Fringe for their fourth consecutive year with Knight Fever! It is a professional, well presented and well executed performance, t… 

All the King's Men Presents

All the King's Men Presents

Perhaps I’m experiencing a cappella fatigue, but the singers at this show did nothing to wow me particularly. 

Slaves of the Kingdom

Slaves of the Kingdom

Slaves of the Kingdom is a new musical based around the Bible story of Moses and the Exodus and it’s one hell of an ambitious undertaking. 

Dinner with the King of the Swingers

Dinner with the King of the Swingers

Philip Contini and his Be Happy Band celebrate 20 years with our favourite numbers from Prima, Porter, Martin, Sinatra and Naples. 

In the Pink - Fabulous Female a Cappella!

In the Pink - Fabulous Female a Cappella!

Kourtney Kardashian. 

Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches

Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches

Tony Kushner’s Angels in America: Part One, Millennium Approaches is given new wings by St Andrews Mermaids Theatre. 

Daniel Sloss - Stand-Up (Extra Shows!)

Daniel Sloss - Stand-Up (Extra Shows!)

Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox. 

Foodies Festival

Foodies Festival

The Foodies Festival largely delivers what it promises: ‘Artisan producers’ - check; ‘Michelin-starred chefs cooking live’ - check; ‘the best in fine food and drink’ �… 

Get Conceptual

Get Conceptual

The concept of a conceptual art discussion, held in a faux-Victorian salon-style parlour is the epitome of metaphorical marmite: some people would love a chance to languidly wax ly… 

Reginald D Hunter: In the Midst of Crackers

Reginald D Hunter: In the Midst of Crackers

In his new show, Reginald D Hunter carves a far more introspective figure than the jovial presence we are accustomed to seeing on TV. 

Last One Out

Last One Out

A haunting glimpse into one family’s past, Last One Out is a bittersweet tale of loss, memory and grief. 

The Hour

The Hour

Littered with pickled brains and collectible little curios, Hendrick’s Carnival of Knowledge feels as much an absinthe-addled emporium of wonders as it does a gin-slinging sales … 

Edinburgh: A Literary City

Edinburgh: A Literary City

It is difficult to discuss Allan Foster’s talk, Edinburgh: A Literary City, in division from its glorious venue: the ostentatiously oddball Hendrick’s Carnival of Knowledge. 

Tickling Jock: By Night

Tickling Jock: By Night

See the Portrait Gallery come alive with Scottish comedy greats after hours. 

King of the Swingers

King of the Swingers

Philip and The Band celebrate 20 years (!) at the Fringe. 

Alaska's King Island Christmas

Alaska's King Island Christmas

Straight from Alaska comes a new piece of musical theatre from a 40-strong cast. 

The Gramophone Jazz Band's Late Night Speakeasy

The Gramophone Jazz Band's Late Night Speakeasy

Edinburgh’s up and coming New Orleans Dixieland jazz band means business. 

Danny the Champion of the World - Plays for Children

Danny the Champion of the World - Plays for Children

When you’re looking for a kids’ show at the Fringe, there are a few names which ought to be a safe bet and, of these, none more so than Roald Dahl. 

BiDiNG TiME - Various Shows

BiDiNG TiME - Various Shows

International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations. 

Jack and Jill and the Red Postbox

Jack and Jill and the Red Postbox

Sensitive, humorous and challenging theatre performance using projection, nursery rhymes, live and recorded sound/music which encourages us to think about how we live and work alon… 

Twelfth Night: Unplugged

Twelfth Night: Unplugged

Featured as part of the American High School Theatre Festival, St. 

Nitekirk - Free

Nitekirk - Free

Setting up within the whitewashed walls of Greyfriars Church, Nitekirk is a gentle affair. 

One Last Thing

One Last Thing

A host of eclectic characters emerge in this electrifying play / poem. 

A Midsummer Night's Savoy

A Midsummer Night's Savoy

Advertised as A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the music of Gilbert and Sullivan, A Midsummer Night’s Savoy is actually a bizarre tale of love and trickery, with only tenuous lin… 

School Night

School Night

School Night joins the ranks of late night, best of the fest numbers at Pleasance Courtyard, the setup being the audience are the pupils and the comedians the teachers, all there t… 

Oh My Darling

Oh My Darling

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 … 

If the Queen Can Have an Official Birthday, So Can I, and These 22 Days Are It

If the Queen Can Have an Official Birthday, So Can I, and These 22 Days Are It

I’m trying to give up cake. Everything else is optional. Perhaps PBH’s final one-man show at the Fringe. Or not. 

Jack Jerome

Jack Jerome

SYTYF semi-finalist and Max Turner New Act finalist Will Cooper presents his comic creation Jack Jerome who will educate you on how life should be lived, not in a patronising way, … 

Gary Colman Grind - Free

Gary Colman Grind - Free

Reluctant hedonist and professional snowboarder has it all. 

One Step Before the Fall

One Step Before the Fall

One of a trio of pieces that make up the Czech dance showcase at this year’s fringe, One Step Before the Fall uses a contemporary style to explore the life of Muhammad Ali. 

Charmian Hughes: Odd One In

Charmian Hughes: Odd One In

From being a Nazi war criminal’s daughter and only girl in boys school to snogging politician Chris Huhne and a bishop. 

Dick Lee's Swingtet featuring Ali Affleck

Dick Lee's Swingtet featuring Ali Affleck

Picture, if you will, your idea of a swing band leader. 

Late Show

Late Show

For its 12th year Comedy Zoo’s Late Show moves to the Cabaret Bar, providing Pleasance Courtyard with a dose of raucous late-night stand-up. 

Uncle Henry's Happy Hour

Uncle Henry's Happy Hour

Claiming to have made millions with an 80s boomtime business in the corrugated iron industry (before subsequently nose-diving into bankruptcy), Uncle Henry is certainly rather rich… 

Christian Reilly: Songs of Praise

Christian Reilly: Songs of Praise

Christian Reilly is on a mission to save the world through music. 

The Weegies Have Stolen the One O'Clock Gun

The Weegies Have Stolen the One O'Clock Gun

Comedian Robin Cairns is famous throughout Scotland. 

King Creosote

King Creosote

King Creosote is no stranger to Queen’s Hall. 

The Full Bronte! Literary Cabaret

The Full Bronte! Literary Cabaret

“Faster than pen can set it down, came panic, rushing, crushing—a blind, selfish, cruel chaos. 

On the One Hand

On the One Hand

Paper Birds’ On the One Hand looks and feels a lot like a John Lewis advert. 

Pick a Card, Any Card (No, Not That One!)

Pick a Card, Any Card (No, Not That One!)

  • Listing
    • Cabaret and Variety / Cabaret and Variety
  • Edinburgh Fringe
  • 3rd - 24th Aug 2013

Close-up card magic with a true English gentleman. Hear tall tales of a magician learning his craft and be confounded by events which are not easily explained. 

The Horne Section Live in a Cow - Extra Shows

The Horne Section Live in a Cow - Extra Shows

Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem. 

King Kong the Musical!

King Kong the Musical!

It’s the 1930’s and a few years have passed since Carl Dunham, the fabled showman brought King Kong from the jungle to New York. 

Adam Buxton: Kernel Panic

Adam Buxton: Kernel Panic

To a certain generation of British people, Adam Buxton is a bit of a legend. 

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

‘A tour de force on the Fringe’, ***** (RemoteGoat. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Gothic fairies . 

Give Me a Tune

Give Me a Tune

Away from the bustle of the festival’s main late-night venues in the attic room of The Outhouse, Chris Clark and his band provide a relaxing evening with tunes from the Great Ame… 

Gary Lynch - Dark Charisma

Gary Lynch - Dark Charisma

Unlike history’s megalomaniacs, Gary is too distracted by X Factor, I’m A Celebrity, Facebook and YouTube, to actually take over the world, but it doesn’t stop him expressing a ra… 

Katerina Vrana: Feta With The Queen

Katerina Vrana: Feta With The Queen

Katerina Vrana’s multinational show is the kind of comedy gold that makes the Free Fringe all the more worthwhile. 

Frank Sanazi's 'Das Vegas Night II'

Frank Sanazi's 'Das Vegas Night II'

I probably should have guessed from the name, but there was nothing that could have prepared me for what Frank Sanazi’s musical comedy had in store. 

One of Us Might Be Famous - Free

One of Us Might Be Famous - Free

Four comedians. 

The Tom Show: The Grand Tour

The Tom Show: The Grand Tour

The story of the Fringe is a story of the periphery. 

The Suicidal Tendencies of Sheep and a Dog Called the Hoff

The Suicidal Tendencies of Sheep and a Dog Called the Hoff

In this new play from the Just Like The Precipitation Theatre Company, Declan drags his childhood friends JJ, Alistair and Robbie to a decidedly grotty hotel in Edinburgh during th… 

One Giant Leap

One Giant Leap

There, in the midst of the darkness, sits the earth, glowing eerily, surrounded by silence. 

Sam Rose in the Shadows

Sam Rose in the Shadows

In the right hands, theatre is an immensely powerful tool for taking large issues and bringing them down to a manageable level. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A commanding, busty Titania sits with her changeling child as drab fairies dance woozily around her to crackly swing music. 

Late Night Laughs at Lunch - Free

Late Night Laughs at Lunch - Free

Australian comedians Eric Hutton and Jen Carnovale present a selection of their favourite Fringe acts. 

You All Know Me - I'm Jack Ruby!

You All Know Me - I'm Jack Ruby!

This powerful and intense one man show tells the story of Jacob Rubenstein, also known as Jack Ruby, the man who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald just days after Oswald himself as… 

Superhero Snail Boy

Superhero Snail Boy

I’m not a morning person at the best of times. 

Jamie MacDowell and Tom Thum

Jamie MacDowell and Tom Thum

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. 

Adrienne Truscott's Asking for It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pussy and Little Else!

Adrienne Truscott's Asking for It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pussy and Little Else!

I was so ready to tear this show down. 

Superbard: The Flood

Superbard: The Flood

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… 

The Epicene Butcher and Other Stories for Consenting Adults

The Epicene Butcher and Other Stories for Consenting Adults

The art of kamishibai - a Japanese form of ‘paper play’ in which tales are told with illustrated slides drawn one by one through a central frame both physical and fictional - i… 

Ali McGregor's Late-Nite Variety-Nite Night

Ali McGregor's Late-Nite Variety-Nite Night

Let Ali McGregor (‘La Clique’ and ‘Opera Burlesque’) with Saxon McAllister guide you through the festival’s finest stand-up comedians, burlesque dancers, sideshow acts, and musicia… 

Iain Stirling: At Home - Extra Shows

Iain Stirling: At Home - Extra Shows

Having bought a house with his girlfriend the Edinburgh-born comic explores how a decision that comes from a place of love can lead to such fear and uncertainty. 

Anil Desai's Another Night at the Movies

Anil Desai's Another Night at the Movies

Anil Desai is a very personable and talented impressionist. 

Ellis & Rose: Big in Denmark

Ellis & Rose: Big in Denmark

Watching Ellis and Rose in the dank damp of the Bunker gives a moment of odd synchronicity. 

The Islanders

The Islanders

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… 

Phone Whore: A One Act Play With Frequent Interruptions

Phone Whore: A One Act Play With Frequent Interruptions

Truth and taboo collide in this intimate visit with a phone sex operator. 

BrainSex

BrainSex

It’s official – science is now sexy. 

Robin (A One-Man Comedy)

Robin (A One-Man Comedy)

In this rather indie-style, little comedy, Robin is a lonely continuity announcer with only his imagination to comfort him. 

Foil, Arms and Hog - Late Night Irish Sketch Comedy

Foil, Arms and Hog - Late Night Irish Sketch Comedy

Foil, Arms and Hog are an Irish sketch comedy trio who combine innovative ideas with silliness and boyish charm. 

The Bob Blackman Appreciation Society Bonanza / Free Festival

The Bob Blackman Appreciation Society Bonanza / Free Festival

A mad mish-mash of absurdism and warped nostalgia, encountering the Bob Blackman Appreciation Society felt more akin to my psyche bleeding out into the back room of an old boozer t… 

Ali McGregor's Late-Nite Variety-Nite Night

Ali McGregor's Late-Nite Variety-Nite Night

From the moment you walk into the room, the mood is set. 

Bangalore Rock

Bangalore Rock

Indian trio Thermal And A Quarter arrive in Edinburgh on their Bangalore Rock tour to brighten up the Fringe with their impressive brand of funky rock music. 

Esio Trot

Esio Trot

Often high marks are awarded to those companies who create a new world in the theatre through their use of advanced set, puppetry, props or movement so it is good to sometimes be r… 

The King and Queen of the Universe

The King and Queen of the Universe

A poignant adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s tale, The King and Queen of the Universe, produced by Slippers and Rum, tells a story of adulation and bereavement set in the depths of t… 

Rich Hall's Hoedown

Rich Hall's Hoedown

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. 

For the Trumpets Shall Sound

For the Trumpets Shall Sound

If Siegfried Sassoon had written Brideshead Revisited, the result would likely resemble Another Company’s original piece, For The Trumpets Shall Sound. 

Alistair Green Is Jack Spencer: Sex Addict

Alistair Green Is Jack Spencer: Sex Addict

Sex, heroine and general debauchery - Alistair Green and his alter-ego Jack Spencer want to change the world, three steps at a time. 

Shall We Just See This One?

Shall We Just See This One?

It’s a stand-up comedy show. At half 11 in the morning. In a tent. Two comedians. We’re not seeing anything else at that time. It’s a yurt tent apparently. Let’s definitely go.  

Rik n Mix

Rik n Mix

Rik n Mix is actually a showcase of three comedians combining their short sets to make an hour long show compered by Rik Carranza. 

Voices Made Night

Voices Made Night

‘You can tell the bits, but can never complete the picture. 

Micheline Sings Brel

Micheline Sings Brel

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. 

PowerCouple - Stand-up Comedy from Stephen Bailey and Gary John Senior

PowerCouple - Stand-up Comedy from Stephen Bailey and Gary John Senior

One of the beautiful things about the Fringe is the way in which so many shows can be supported simultaneously. 

Multi-Levelled Morons - Free

Multi-Levelled Morons - Free

To give a show this title, considering the easy barbs that could be made at its expense, is perhaps brave. 

Fight Night

Fight Night

The name Ontroerend Goed packs a punch. 

Johnnie Walker's Guest Night

Johnnie Walker's Guest Night

‘Revealing, thought provoking and at times hilarious’ reads the flyer. 

Will Seaward: Socialist Fairytales!

Will Seaward: Socialist Fairytales!

Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin. 

This Was the World and I Was King

This Was the World and I Was King

The force and power of a child’s imagination against adversity has long been fodder for writers. 

Knightmare Live

Knightmare Live

I’m sure any fringe veteran worth their salt has had the experience of seeing a famous face from their childhood appearing out of an Edinburgh side-street to bring back a flood o… 

Jay Foreman: No More Colours

Jay Foreman: No More Colours

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… 

Amateur Transplants: Adam Kay Is Going For A Number One

Amateur Transplants: Adam Kay Is Going For A Number One

With a show that is definitely not for the easily offended, Adam Kay reels off a series of his inimitable brand of parody songs with expert comedic timing and the hilarity that onl… 

Gary Delaney 2: This Time It's Not Personal

Gary Delaney 2: This Time It's Not Personal

Gary Delaney gets straight to the point of this one-man performance, declaring ‘I’ve just written some new jokes - this isn’t a ‘my dad’s dead’ kind of show. 

Ivo Graham: Binoculars

Ivo Graham: Binoculars

Ivo Graham is posh. 

Richard Herring's Edinburgh Fringe Podcast

Richard Herring's Edinburgh Fringe Podcast

‘The King of Edinburgh’ returns to The Stand with the daily podcast all the cool kids are calling ‘RHEFP!’ Running almost every day throughout the Fringe, each show consist… 

Don't Drop the Egg

Don't Drop the Egg

Comedy troupe GibbensMagnusJones’ YouTube mockumentary Don’t Drop The Egg, following the lives of three members of the fictional Clapham Falcons RFC, provided an effective and … 

Chris Fitchew in Jack of All Trades

Chris Fitchew in Jack of All Trades

Jack of All Trades is full of energy and will sometimes entertain its audience, but it doesn’t really have enough wit to qualify as comedy. 

Nick Helm: One Man Mega Myth

Nick Helm: One Man Mega Myth

Nick Helm has endured pain and suffering to become the greatest living example of not giving up the world has ever known and he will entertain you until it kills him. 

WitTank presents The School

WitTank presents The School

‘Bastardi Sumus Absolutam’ (‘We Are Absolute Bastards’) reads the school motto beneath the crest that welcomes the audience on arrival to WitTank’s The School. 

Sotho Sounds: Junk Funk

Sotho Sounds: Junk Funk

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. 

John Robins - Where Is My Mind?

John Robins - Where Is My Mind?

For most of this show, Robins’ mind is on the 24th of August, 2001, the greatest day of his life. 

Late Night Gimp Fight

Late Night Gimp Fight

Now in their fifth year of performing at the Fringe, Late Night Gimp Fight is NewsRevue’s dirtier younger sister. 

Late Night Gimp Fight

Late Night Gimp Fight

It begins in Kubrick fashion, with a giant gimp face in space accompanied by Strauss’ celebrated Also Sprach Zarathustra, implying the stratospheric status the gimps have achieve… 

Seann Walsh: The Lie-in King

Seann Walsh: The Lie-in King

Though a wayward arachnid hanging from the ceiling threatened to steal Walsh’s show on the night I was there, his genuine reaction to it – ‘HOLY SHIT’ – turned into ten m… 

Katie Goodman: I Didn't F*ck It Up

Katie Goodman: I Didn't F*ck It Up

Katie Goodman absolutely delivers – a gutsy comedian with a satirical side and a fairly foul mouth. 

My Brother the Robot

My Brother the Robot

I often revisit companies and venues at the Fringe, simply because I know that their work works for me. 

Pajama Men - Just the Two of Each of Us

Pajama Men - Just the Two of Each of Us

Mime and physical theatre can be risky aspects of a comedy show. 

Bin Laden: The One Man Show
BOBBY WINNER

Bin Laden: The One Man Show

What if I told you that Adolf Hitler was going to do a reading of Mein Kampf for a small audience, offering you tea and biscuits while you sit together and discuss his ideology? No… 

Gráinne Maguire's One Hour All Night Election Special

Gráinne Maguire's One Hour All Night Election Special

Halfway through this likeable but ill-conceived show, Gráinne Maguire recounts an anecdote of her short-lived stint as a primary school teacher. 

A Night to Dismember

A Night to Dismember

A miraculous story, beautifully told by a charmingly hairy idiot. 

Chris Dugdale - Magic and Mischief!

Chris Dugdale - Magic and Mischief!

The Fringe isn’t always the best place for magic. 

The Horne Section Live in a Cow

The Horne Section Live in a Cow

Fringe favourite Alex Horne returns with his accomplished band to entertain the late-night crowds, this time in an inflatable cow. 

Phill Jupitus and Deborah Frances-White: Voices in Your Head - The Phill Jupitus Experiment

Phill Jupitus and Deborah Frances-White: Voices in Your Head - The Phill Jupitus Experiment

The Phill Jupitus Experiment. 

Mary, Queen of Scots

Mary, Queen of Scots

In precisely the same manner as is the sumptuously propagandist portrait that opens it, this exhibition is one transparently motivated by an effort at pure populism. 

From Death to Death and Other Small Tales

From Death to Death and Other Small Tales

A few hours spent interrogating From Death to Death and Other Small Tales - the Scottish National Gallery’s brilliant new exhibition - feels as much like a psychic regression ses… 

Coming into Fashion: A Century of Photography at Condé Nast

Coming into Fashion: A Century of Photography at Condé Nast

The title ‘Coming into Fashion’ proves incredibly appropriate for this exhibition. 

Art of Alison Kinnaird - Luminesce

Art of Alison Kinnaird - Luminesce

Aptly for an exhibition of graphite and glasswork, Alison Kinnaird’s Luminesce is a gentle and delicate affair. 

City of the Dead Haunted Graveyard Tour

City of the Dead Haunted Graveyard Tour

It could be deemed ironic that our group was thrice threatened with murder before our tour had kicked off. 

Terror Tour

Terror Tour

The name Auld Reekie Tours, our intrepid tour guide informs us, is taken from an old affectionate nickname for Edinburgh herself; it refers to the stench and smoke of olden-day roa… 

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Given that the original award-winning novel by Mark Haddon is told from the very singular, focused perspective of a 15-year-old boy on the autistic spectrum, it’s surprising that… 

La Clique Royale - The Queen’s Selection

La Clique Royale - The Queen’s Selection

La Clique Royale is possibly the least family friendly circus extravaganza you’ll find in Edinburgh and it’s not to be missed. 

One Night Stand: An Improvised Musical

One Night Stand: An Improvised Musical

Returning after their 2007 sell-out Fringe hit, One Night Stand are back and better than ever. 

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

The Duke of Illyria, Orsino, is madly and unrequitedly in love with the Lady Olivia. 

Death and the King's Horseman

Death and the King's Horseman

Set in Oyo, Nigeria in the middle of World War II, Wole Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman centres around the battle between British colonialist views and the local traditio… 

Red Riding Hood and the Wolves

Red Riding Hood and the Wolves

There’s been a bit of a pattern to Fringe children’s theatre over the past few years. 

The Alchemystorium

The Alchemystorium

I feel a little drained after seeing this show but in the best possible way. 

That Old Noir Magic - A Film Noir Jazz Journey Into Night, in Story and Song

That Old Noir Magic - A Film Noir Jazz Journey Into Night, in Story and Song

As an avid fan of old noir movies, crooked cops, and general hard-boiled quick witted cynicism, needless to say I was looking forward to this show. 

Joe Bor: In Search of the Six Pack

Joe Bor: In Search of the Six Pack

Joe Bor stands out by sheer force of personality. 

The Pauly Show - Episode One

The Pauly Show - Episode One

The Pauly Show – Episode One, is a brilliant idea on paper: a stand up comedian with a ramshackle sitcom pilot live on stage. 

Jack and Nikki: Killing Machines

Jack and Nikki: Killing Machines

Likely the most enjoyable corporate seminar you’ll see at the Fringe, Jack and Nikki: Killing Machines is warm and entertaining from the start. 

Andrew and the Pony

Andrew and the Pony

‘Andrew and the Pony’ is, oddly enough, the story of how performer Andrew Bridges has always, since early childhood, desperately wanted a pony and of all the bizarre situations… 

Humphrey Ker is Dymock Watson: Nazi Smasher!

Humphrey Ker is Dymock Watson: Nazi Smasher!

Right, listen here. 

Night Heron

Night Heron

If you’ve ever been anywhere near the Fens you’ll probably have realised that they’re fucking mental, but if unlike me you haven’t visited Spalding’s Springfields Centre for a fun … 

More Lives Than One - Oscar Wilde

More Lives Than One - Oscar Wilde

An hour long performance constructed out of the colourful and controversial life, ambitions and writings of Oscar Wilde was always going to be an evening well spent. 

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

The beginning of this production of Shakespeare’s most bitter- sweet comedy is stunning. 

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast /Matinee Shows

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast /Matinee Shows

The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title. 

Foil Arms and Hog - Late Night Sketch Comedy

Foil Arms and Hog - Late Night Sketch Comedy

Irish trio Foil, Arms and Hog, or Sean Finegan, Conor McKenna and Sean Flanagan to their parents, barely leave the stage for the duration of this dizzying hour of sketch comedy. 

Haverfordwest

Haverfordwest

Schooldays. 

Growing Growing ... Gone! The Story of Jack and the Beanstalk

Growing Growing ... Gone! The Story of Jack and the Beanstalk

Panto usually involves a cast of thousands, huge sets and the theatrical magic supplied by trap doors, smoke machines and flying apparatus. 

BBC: Radio 1's Fun and Filth Cabaret - Night 1

BBC: Radio 1's Fun and Filth Cabaret - Night 1

BBC: Radio 1’s Fun and Filth Cabaret returns to the Fringe with its hosts Scot Mills and Nick Grimshaw. 

Circus of the Orient

Circus of the Orient

I haven’t been to the circus for a while and there’s a reason for that. 

One Touch of Venus

One Touch of Venus

‘One Touch of Venus’ is Kurt Weill’s most ‘commercial’ American score, attached to a kind of variation on the Pygmalion theme, in which an ancient statue of Venus, brough… 

Late Night Laughs

Late Night Laughs

Late Night Laughs is a simple compilation of stand-ups, tonight held together by the bizarrely attired MC Paul Sweeney. 

Ryan Withers - One Woman Showe - Free

Ryan Withers - One Woman Showe - Free

‘Just had a moment of self-awareness there,’ Ryan Withers stopped halfway through a joke to announce. 

The Night Porters

The Night Porters

Neither hilarious nor haunting, the claim this play makes to such titles falls as flat as the claim that it is a comedy. 

The School of Night

The School of Night

There was a rumour in the 16th century that it was not Shakespeare who wrote his plays, but rather a group of underground artistic intellectuals named The School of Night. 

Major Jack Union's Victorian Monster-Hunting Tea

Major Jack Union's Victorian Monster-Hunting Tea

Entering a room full of trays of sandwiches, scones, cakes and ‘tea’ which turned out to be minty cocktails in tea-cups (it is sponsored by Hendricks after all) held a whole lo… 

Anna the Slut and the (almost) Chosen One

Anna the Slut and the (almost) Chosen One

Hunger Warrior Theatre, a group of young American Theatre professionals present this tale of lust and its dangers, written Andrew J Hungerford. 

Daniel Sloss - Extra Shows!

Daniel Sloss - Extra Shows!

Daniel Sloss delivers a supposedly darker, meaner show in his later slot but most of his material is relatively clean, geared towards an audience who can laugh at him as well as wi… 

Jack Barry and Patrick Turpin: Your New Mild Friends

Jack Barry and Patrick Turpin: Your New Mild Friends

This pair of independent comedians is sure to evoke a titter from even the stoniest of critics. 

Time for the Good Looking Boy

Time for the Good Looking Boy

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. 

Stitches: Stand-up. Slightly Strangely - Free

Stitches: Stand-up. Slightly Strangely - Free

You’d be hard pressed to find a free hour of comedy at the Fringe as well-structured and thoughtful as ‘Stitches’. 

King Creosote

King Creosote

King Creosote’s iron-clad strengths are his songwriting - whimsical and understated - and his voice - fragile and melodic. 

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Most school kids don’t want to read Shakespeare. 

The Shakespeare Conspiracy

The Shakespeare Conspiracy

We live in the age of the cultural mash-up, of old names reimagined into new forms. 

Grimaldi: King of the Clowns

Grimaldi: King of the Clowns

This piece, performed by students of Howard Payne University, tells the tragedy-laced story of Joseph Grimaldi, father of the modern day clown. 

One Man and His Masks - Arthur: Britain's Making

One Man and His Masks - Arthur: Britain's Making

Imagine if David Starkey did a Fringe show. 

Brilliant Books for Kids

Brilliant Books for Kids

Everyone remembers storytime – that happy time at the end of the day when the hard work of colouring in and sticking bits of paper to other bits of paper could be safely put behi… 

Brotherly Love - Free

Brotherly Love - Free

Barry and Ian are two estranged brothers in their late middle-age. 

The Late Night Shack Show

The Late Night Shack Show

The Shack Comedy Club is a new venue just beginning to find its feet. 

Up The Gary

Up The Gary

Given the subject matter of this piece from Bad Penny Theatre the start couldn’t be more chilling. 

Lloyd Langford: One Day in the Life of Lloyd Owen Langford

Lloyd Langford: One Day in the Life of Lloyd Owen Langford

Talented Welsh comedian Lloyd Langford has the infectious ability to find hilarity and absurdity in the banality of his everyday routine. 

Last Night Things Happened ...

Last Night Things Happened ...

The surreal, imaginative landscape of Chris Harrison’s Last Night Things Happened is a journey to the implausible, back-flipping through the nonsensical, spiraling into the whims… 

Raise the Roof! Opening Night Concert

Raise the Roof! Opening Night Concert

Raise the Roof started IYAF 2013 with a bang. 

One Night Stand

One Night Stand

The plot of One Night Stand is, unsurprisingly, the repercussions of a drunken work night out for two colleagues who wake up in the same bed. 

The Pajama Men: In the Middle of No One

The Pajama Men: In the Middle of No One

The Pajama Men are impossible to describe, or do justice do, in a review. 

Wee Andy

Wee Andy

There’s a certain type of show that prompts a degree of fatigue in me. 

One Hour Only

One Hour Only

As the lights dimmed for the start of One Hour Only, video projections and voice-overs appeared on stage, calling the audience to attention as the characters set the scene for the … 

One Up One Down

One Up One Down

In this highly energetic performance, dancer-actor John Macaulay welcomes the audience and ushers them in, attempting to build up a friendly rapport. 

Jack The Lad

Jack The Lad

The poster for Perfume Productions’ presentation of this new play by Matt Harris is one of the most eye-catching and provocative, asking “Have You Been To A Male Prostitute?” I… 

Swing A Midsummer Night's Dream

Swing A Midsummer Night's Dream

Courage Performers, a youth performing arts club from Wiltshire, presents a very strong rendition of the Shakespeare classic ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ with a Second World W… 

All Human One Man Magic Show

All Human One Man Magic Show

Mario Morris presents his comedy magic show, the All Human One Magic Show at Zoo Southside. 

A Slice Of Saturday Night

A Slice Of Saturday Night

Viva Youth Theatre have an excellent record of success at the Fringe. 

Chris Martin: No. Not That One

Chris Martin: No. Not That One

Three years ago, at my first Fringe, I saw Chris Martin do a fifteen-minute free set in a basement room. 

Gary Le Strange: Beef Scarecrow

Gary Le Strange: Beef Scarecrow

Writer, musician and actor, Waen Shepherd presents his 3rd show as 1980s misunderstood musical genius, Gary Le Strange. 

Cu*ts

Cu*ts

Few would argue that the Fringe isn’t all about showcasing up-and-coming talent. 

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

There are some novels so enduring, that their stories can be told again and again in any medium, whether that be written word, stage or film. 

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

There’s a reason Charles Dickens’ stories endures in popularity. 

Cycle One (60º)

Cycle One (60º)

As promised in the blurb, In-Transit Dance Company deliver a fast-paced and energetic dance performance, to the degree that at times the onstage action is almost dizzying. 

Tim FitzHigham: Gambler

Tim FitzHigham: Gambler

Tim FitzHigham is a true eccentric and a sucker for a challenge. 

Squirrel Party

Squirrel Party

It’s a funny thing - children’s TV has changed a lot recently. 

Footsbarn's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

Footsbarn's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

One of the joys of the Edinburgh Fringe is that every year there are new adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays, which often throw up new ideas and new ways of looking at these old fa… 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

The Chyngton Youth Academy made up of 11 to 15 year olds performs this seasonal Shakespeare favourite with enthusiasm and fervour. 

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

I must confess to having felt more than a little embarrassed at turning up at a children’s show in the middle of the day; we had a heated debate in the queue on the way in as to w… 

Dracula

Dracula

This new adaptation of Dracula plays slightly with the order of the original; the voluptuous vampire orgies of Dracula’s castle take place in the second half as opposed to the firs… 

This is an insult to Beckett and Fo

This is an insult to Beckett and Fo

“Be prepared,” the caption warns, “to laugh and cry, probably at the same time!” This is unfairly self-deprecating; I felt both shows were well-performed, with considerable ent… 

ASBO! The Musical

ASBO! The Musical

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… 

A One Man Hamlet

A One Man Hamlet

What is Hamlet if not a man that stands alone and, in his isolation from others, tries to discover truth where validation is impossible?If you think about it this way, perhaps the … 

Truant TV

Truant TV

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… 

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

This is one of Shakespeare’s most beautiful plays. 

Sordid Lives

Sordid Lives

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… 

12th Night: Serenade

12th Night: Serenade

There have been countless different interpretations of Shakespeare over the years, many of these attempting new, humorous spins on the classic plays to invoke reactions from jaded … 

King Lear: The Pantomime

King Lear: The Pantomime

Gresham’s have been performing at the Fringe for many years and have a history of approaching traditional works in a new way. 

An Audience with the King

An Audience with the King

Andre King’s style is an endearing one. 

Ben Hustwayte & Jack Campbell: Get It On

Ben Hustwayte & Jack Campbell: Get It On

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… 

All the King's Men - It's Reigning Men!

All the King's Men - It's Reigning Men!

In three short years, All the King’s Men have gone from a little-known university a cappella group to the third best collegiate group in the world, and from the simply phenomenal… 

The Lonely One

The Lonely One

This production is intended as a Hitchcock-esque thriller, but even with strong storytelling techniques, the level of suspense is disappointing. 

Confessions of a Mormon Boy

Confessions of a Mormon Boy

I’ve a confession of my own to make; when I chose to review this show I thought it was something entirely different. 

Midsummer Night's Dream

Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays and there’s probably hardly a day when it isn’t performed somewhere in the world. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Shakepeare’s romantic comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, is one of his most popular works, so it’s not surprising that the majority of hands are up when The Pantaloons ask their au… 

Liam and Owen - A Cracking One Off Show!

Liam and Owen - A Cracking One Off Show!

Free comedy is like cinema pick n’ mix. 

Midsummer Night's Madness

Midsummer Night's Madness

You have to go to extreme lengths to make a version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream stand out. 

Night of the Big Wind

Night of the Big Wind

The Night of the Big Wind is an innovative puppetry performance inspired by the book of the same title, written by Peter Carr. 

Steve Pretty's Perfect Mixtape

Steve Pretty's Perfect Mixtape

Bad things shouldn’t happen to nice people. 

Will You Hold My Hand?

Will You Hold My Hand?

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. 

One Man Lord of the Rings

One Man Lord of the Rings

First, a confession: I am a Lord of the Rings film fanatic, nay zealot. 

A Dark And Stormy Night

A Dark And Stormy Night

This is a very unusual and enjoyable production. 

Pam Ann - One World Alliance

Pam Ann - One World Alliance

Please ensure your seat is in the upright position and that your tray tables are securely stowed. 

Fairy Liquid And The Burst Bubble ... And Other Science Shows

Fairy Liquid And The Burst Bubble ... And Other Science Shows

Science Shows for Schools have take three of their popular science presentations for schools and turned them into a 50 minute production for children at the Zoo Aviary. 

Revolting Rhymes

Revolting Rhymes

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. 

Alzheimer's the Musical: A Night to Remember!

Alzheimer's the Musical: A Night to Remember!

Alzheimer’s The Musical is a peek into the lives of those who might be getting slightly older in body but who are most definitely young at heart. 

The School of Night

The School of Night

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 … 

Dickens Unplugged - The Complete Works of Charles Dickens (abridged)

Dickens Unplugged - The Complete Works of Charles Dickens (abridged)

This show was written by Adam Long, a founder member of the Reduced Shakespeare Company. 

Let The Right One In

Let The Right One In

There is one word that, quite deliberately, is never uttered by anyone on stage during the National Theatre of Scotland’s Let The Right One In—vampire. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

In recent years Gordonstoun School has put on entertaining versions of some of Shakespeare’s darker plays (Macbeth – That Old Black Magic and Hamlet – Shadow Of A Man). 

PCUK - A Midsummer Night's Remix

PCUK - A Midsummer Night's Remix

Now I’m all for messing with Shakespeare. 

Take Desire Away by Mansel David

Take Desire Away by Mansel David

A one-man show about a spare British poet - a challenging prospect for a sweaty Sunday in a tiny black box theatre. 

Too Cool To Care

Too Cool To Care

There are many things that make for a successful comedian. 

An Edam Odyssey

An Edam Odyssey

Sketch comedy is, by its nature, a slightly hit-and-miss affair. 

Poe's Last Night - Free

Poe's Last Night - Free

Ideally Edgar Allan Poe’s works should be read in the dead of night, in an armchair by a crackling fire with the slow tap of wintry branches against the window. 

Irish Shorts One

Irish Shorts One

Comprised of two one-act plays, The Words Upon The Window-Pane (W. 

All the King's Men - Putting It Together Again

All the King's Men - Putting It Together Again

One song short of a Spice Girls Tribute band, the boys from King’s have smashed another year at the Fringe. 

Scales of the Unexpected

Scales of the Unexpected

Too often, fringe theatre can be overly serious and overly worthy. 

One Man and His Masks - Boudicca: Britain's Dreaming

One Man and His Masks - Boudicca: Britain's Dreaming

British folklore is packed with some of the most iconic figures anywhere in the world. 

Peter Pan - Learn to Fly

Peter Pan - Learn to Fly

I’m upside down, the blood’s rushing to my head and I’m swinging madly like some sort of unwieldy pendulum. 

Pretty When I'm Drunk

Pretty When I'm Drunk

Structuring a review is basically fairly straightforward. 

Cammy and Phil's Late Night Nonsense

Cammy and Phil's Late Night Nonsense

Imagine being sat in a stand-up comedy show where the comedian in question makes one faintly amusing joke. 

Palimpsest One

Palimpsest One

Palimpsest One is a bit of an odd beast. 

One Fine Day

One Fine Day

A one-man show is a terrifying prospect for any actor. 

Pistol & Jack – Smash.Glam.Sex.Music.

Pistol & Jack – Smash.Glam.Sex.Music.

Character comedy is one of the most difficult types to do well. 

Gary Delaney: Purist

Gary Delaney: Purist

Most comedy shows, like most reviews, come with some kind of inbuilt narrative, some trajectory from A to B that allows the performer to hook on their best jokes, anecdotes and obs… 

Jack Foster and Carolyn Anona Scott

Jack Foster and Carolyn Anona Scott

Sitting on the edge of the stage, this adept duo quite literally comes down to the level of the audience. 

Pete Firman: Jiggery Pokery

Pete Firman: Jiggery Pokery

In a Fringe increasingly dominated by comedy it can be difficult for stand-ups to stand out. 

The Red Bus Puppet Shows

The Red Bus Puppet Shows

It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows. 

Proper Night

Proper Night

A group of college friends and associated mates head to a festival, expecting a proper night of drink, drugs and dancing. 

The King's Got Donkey's Ears!

The King's Got Donkey's Ears!

In the perfect setting of the Scottish Storytelling Centre, sixty or so children of varying ages and sizes sat enraptured by the accomplished storytelling and puppetry of the Theat… 

Mr Benn: The Extraordinary Adventures of an Ordinary Man

Mr Benn: The Extraordinary Adventures of an Ordinary Man

The things we love as children stay with us forever. 

Jack Whitehall - Nearly Rebellious

Jack Whitehall - Nearly Rebellious

Last week, after a particularly late night out getting my major organs in training for the month that is simply referred to as ‘Edinburgh’, I had my first Festival encounter of J… 

Nick Hodder: Insert Comedy Here!

Nick Hodder: Insert Comedy Here!

The Camden Fringe is home to many different types of performer; opera singers, musicians, burlesque dancers and poets. 

Robin Hood Queen Of Thieves

Robin Hood Queen Of Thieves

They’re sold out until the end of time (well, the end of the run anyway) so it’s pretty academic if I say that this is the funniest, silliest, campest, rudest, coarsest, most pre… 

Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing

Sat atop a hill in Highgate town, beneath the clouds but throned over London’s starry spread sits a gem of Fringe theatre and a pleasure unrestrained. 

King of Scotland

King of Scotland

One-man fringe shows tend towards extremes. 

Matt Tiller's Musical Messaround

Matt Tiller's Musical Messaround

Few talents serve a stand-up better than audience rapport and I’m happy to say that Matt Tiller has it in spades. 

Late Night Gimp Fight!

Late Night Gimp Fight!

What makes for a memorable show? What transforms an enjoyable night out into an unforgettable experience? It’s not always possible to assess the permanence of a performance upon … 

McNeil and Pamphilon: Which One Are You?

McNeil and Pamphilon: Which One Are You?

Traversing the line between the silly and the outrageous whilst keeping a comic dignity is a difficult skill to master. 

The One-Eyed Men's Friendship Formula - Free

The One-Eyed Men's Friendship Formula - Free

The perplexingly named One-Eyed Men are the very genial trio of Alex, Sam and Ben. 

There's Only One Lord Byron

There's Only One Lord Byron

The poet Bryon was famously described by one of his countless paramours as ‘mad, bad and dangerous to know’. 

BBC: Radio 1's Fun and Filth Cabaret - Night 3

BBC: Radio 1's Fun and Filth Cabaret - Night 3

To get through the third night of BBC Radio 1’s Fun and Filth Cabaret you needed a strong stomach or a repressed gag reflex as the show went truly dirty in pursuit of the utterly… 

BBC: Radio 1's Fun and Filth Cabaret - Night 2

BBC: Radio 1's Fun and Filth Cabaret - Night 2

BBC Radio 1’s Fun and Filth Cabaret is the perfect late-night entertainment show: the cream of the Fringe’s weird and wonderful crop is given short slots to impress a sizeable … 

Anything But (A One-Woman Play)

Anything But (A One-Woman Play)

Agnes, played by Abi Tedder, is hosting a wake for the father who abandoned her as a child. 

It's A Puppet Life

It's A Puppet Life

On its face, ‘It’s a Puppet Life’ seems like a fairly straightforward concept. 

Night of a Thousand Jay Astons

Night of a Thousand Jay Astons

Editors note: Realising that I did this production a great injustice by only awarding 3 stars the first time around, (Maybe the show I saw before was just too dire), I’ve re-visite… 

Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen

Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen

Hans Christian Andersen’s stories continue to enchant children and adults alike and ‘The Snow Queen’ remains a popular favourite on stage. 

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens is a glam-rock musical that returns to its spiritual home in Edinburgh. 

Alistair Green: Jack Spencer - Why Anything?

Alistair Green: Jack Spencer - Why Anything?

While Green’s professionalism for going ahead with his solo performance with a tiny audience is worth a mention, this shouldn’t distract from the most important point: that his… 

Night Time

Night Time

With its poetic language and truthful performances, Night Time is one of the most professionally done Fringe shows I’ve seen in some time. 

The Phoenix: A Failure On a Mission

The Phoenix: A Failure On a Mission

Tania Edwards is a strange sort of stand-up for the Fringe. 

The One That Doesn’t Speak: Silent But Deadly

The One That Doesn’t Speak: Silent But Deadly

Kicking off BBC Radio 1’s series of four one-off, one-man shows by Scott Mills, Nick Grimshaw and the team at this year’s festival, The One Who Doesn’t Speak presented an eclect… 

Dan Nightingale: The 11 and a 1/2 Ill-conceived Edinburgh Shows of Dan Nightingale

Dan Nightingale: The 11 and a 1/2 Ill-conceived Edinburgh Shows of Dan Nightingale

A show about shows is not the most original idea there has ever been but Dan Nightingale’s ‘what might have been?’ take on performing in this year’s Edinburgh Fringe provid… 

Late Night Chill Out Song Recital!

Late Night Chill Out Song Recital!

After an evening of song recitals from Soprano Rachael Wheatley and Pianist Ingrid Sawers, I left late, feeling very chilled out. 

All the King's Men - Picking Up the Pieces

All the King's Men - Picking Up the Pieces

Making their Fringe debut under a year since their foundation, All the King’s Men is comprised of twelve charming, charismatic, but, unfortunately, not musically satisfying chaps … 

Full Stage Splash: A Comic Look at the Comic Book

Full Stage Splash: A Comic Look at the Comic Book

This summer’s clutch of blockbuster popcorn-bait has been dominated by the four colour heroes of the comic book. 

Joan Collins: One Night With Joan

Joan Collins: One Night With Joan

The claws may not be fully out for this night of name dropping and gossip mongering with the Queen of Dynasty, but there’s certainly still a lot of fun to be had, especially if t… 

All the Queen's Children

All the Queen's Children

This young company have taken on a huge and emotive subject here; the plight of young children who arrive in this country as refugees, unaccompanied by adults. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Much of the Shakespeare at the Fringe this year has been performed with a twist: musicals, dance, physical theatre, spin-offs, the playwright’s words given new meanings or even tak… 

Bridget Christie - The Court Of King Charles

Bridget Christie - The Court Of King Charles

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. 

A Little Night Music

A Little Night Music

A Little Night Music is one of Sondheim’s most exquisitely written shows- somewhere between Wilde’s comedies of manners and Chekhov and Ibsen’s simpering naturalism. 

Jack Whitehall: Learning Difficulties

Jack Whitehall: Learning Difficulties

Jack Whitehall is a man on top of his game. 

Jack the Ripper: Facts, No Fiction

Jack the Ripper: Facts, No Fiction

Jack the Ripper is undoubtedly acknowledged as a tall figure in a top hat, creeping through the foggy streets of London’s East End and pouncing on lascivious ladies of the night. 

To Become One Flesh

To Become One Flesh

Four young men and women in their underwear lay in a pool of dim light. 

Edward Reid: Living the Dream One Song at a Time

Edward Reid: Living the Dream One Song at a Time

Like a Glaswegian Louie Spence, Edward Reid bounds through an hour of anecdotes and musical numbers with enough campness and glitter to make you think you’ve accidentally stumble… 

Jack the Knife

Jack the Knife

Jack Klaff was outside chatting to audience members for some time before the show, and shook our hands as we entered. 

Garrett Millerick: Which One's Fergal?

Garrett Millerick: Which One's Fergal?

Garrett Millerick impersonates different characters from standard British life in Which One’s Fergal? Millerick only had three audience members and was performing at the back of a … 

One Man Star Wars Trilogy

One Man Star Wars Trilogy

One Man Star Wars Trilogy delivers exactly what the title promises. 

Henna Night

Henna Night

The intense naturalism of this piece is realised in the staging. 

Jack Pratchard

Jack Pratchard

Jonathan Storey’s beautiful paper theatre is the setting for the tale of Jack Pratchard, the falling-piano casualty who discovers the City of the Dead under a drunk man’s hat. 

The Madness of King Lear

The Madness of King Lear

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… 

Only One Wing

Only One Wing

Two storytellers kick start the play as a fairytale, but with a difference like none other we have seen before. 

The One Hour Plays

The One Hour Plays

With so much excellent improvisation at the Fringe, it must be difficult to compete. 

Jack Heal's Murderthon

Jack Heal's Murderthon

Jack Heal’s Murderthon is as ecstatically funny as the man himself. 

One Man Lord of the Rings

One Man Lord of the Rings

The creator of One Man Star Wars returned to the Fringe last year to put on One Man Lord of the Rings - a certain hit for all who are fans of the book, and one that clearly has had… 

Bowlympics

Bowlympics

God, I love talented people. 

Rob Deering - The One

Rob Deering - The One

Rob Deering presents an exponentially better performance than the few silly guitar songs he delivered when I last saw him take to the stage. 

The One Hour Plays

The One Hour Plays

The idea behind The One Hour Plays is that through audience involvement a script can be written, cast and performed with the appropriate costumes, props and music in under an hour. 

Phoenix

Phoenix

As a rule, I’m not always the biggest fan of ‘issue’ theatre. 

Lara A King - People Pleaser

Lara A King - People Pleaser

Lara A. 

Kieran and The Joes: Teampowered

Kieran and The Joes: Teampowered

If there’s one thing that Kieran and the Joes know, it’s that if you want to inspire, you have to perspire. 

The Works Of Fate

The Works Of Fate

I must remember throughout this that ‘The Works of Fate’ is a free show, and as a result will give you value for money if it doesn’t make you walk out. 

The Cagebirds

The Cagebirds

We all live our lives within walls. 

One Rogue Reporter

One Rogue Reporter

One Rogue Reporter describes its presenter Rich Peppiatt’s progression from Daily Star lackey to vehement tabloid terror. 

One-Man Star Wars Trilogy

One-Man Star Wars Trilogy

I have to begin by saying that I am incredibly thankful to my flatmate, Adam, for taking the time to give me a brief rundown of all the Star Wars films prior to my arrival in Edinb… 

A Little Night Music

A Little Night Music

A Little Night Music promised a delightful evening of choice piano pieces associated with the night-time. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Taking Flight theatre’s interpretation of the raucous and farcical Shakespearian classic captured perfectly the sense of carnival at the play’s heart, in their open-access adap… 

Jackson Voorhaar's One True Love(s) - Free

Jackson Voorhaar's One True Love(s) - Free

Jackson Voorhaar’s set details the things he loves and loathes. 

Tea with the Old Queen

Tea with the Old Queen

Graham Woolnough’s lusciously bizarre backstage peek at the lives of royalty is a theatrical treat for those with any political disposition. 

One Minute Birdwatching - Free

One Minute Birdwatching - Free

The premise is simple: a group of people meet in a park. 

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Part II

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Part II

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… 

Ed Night: An Aesthetic

Ed Night: An Aesthetic

‘Ed Night stands at the dawn of the new age of stand-up’ (Fest). 

Night Walk for Edinburgh

Night Walk for Edinburgh

Edinburgh’s Old Town breathes history, sometimes with a roar, and sometimes with a whisper. 

Emma Hack - New Works

Emma Hack - New Works

EMMA HACK is an Australian artist working in the unique medium of body paint installation and photography. 

Ready, Set, Read: Jack and the Beanstalk

Ready, Set, Read: Jack and the Beanstalk

Join in with Jack and his friends in this interactive solo show adaptation with music by award-winning Front Room Theatre. 

Death Is A Friend of Mine: Interview with Jack Avison

Death Is A Friend of Mine: Interview with Jack Avison

​Returning to the Edinburgh Fringe after a sold-out Scottish tour and an OFFFest win for Best Musical/Circus at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe, writer and musical director of 'Godfath... 

Frozen: Where Right and Wrong Melt Into One

Frozen: Where Right and Wrong Melt Into One

We ask the director and cast of Frozen at the Greenwich Theatre about their experiences of putting on this hugely demanding play. 

Five outstanding EdFringe shows scoop a Broadway Baby Bobby in 2023

Five outstanding EdFringe shows scoop a Broadway Baby Bobby in 2023

A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year. 

The Queen's Court with Monét X Change

The Queen's Court with Monét X Change

Comedy Editor and Scotland Editor James Macfarlane sits down with RuPaul's Drag Race royalty Monét X Change to discuss her debut Fringe show Life Be Lifein', why audiences today a... 

One on One With The Portuguese Papi!

One on One With The Portuguese Papi!

James Macfarlane sits down with André De Freitas to discuss his Edinburgh debut What If, some of the best advice he's received from his peers and the unexpected moment that got hi... 

Dominique Salerno - I'm what would happen if Jack Black and Tina Fey had a baby.

Dominique Salerno - I'm what would happen if Jack Black and Tina Fey had a baby.

James Macfarlane chats with Dominique Salerno about her debut Fringe show The Box Show, the relationship between creativity and constraint and just what she gets up to in that box. 

Alice Malseed Aims to GIve Women a Voice, One Play at a Time

Alice Malseed Aims to GIve Women a Voice, One Play at a Time

Four women. 

4 Family Friendly Shows in Brighton This Half Term

4 Family Friendly Shows in Brighton This Half Term

Ditch the messy arts and crafts this half-term and entertain your little darlings with the best live family friendly performances Brighton and Hove have to offer instead. 

5 Brighton Shows To Entertain You This Christmas

5 Brighton Shows To Entertain You This Christmas

It’s the most wonderful time of the year (apart from Brighton Fringe, of course) and there are plenty of delightful performances to entertain you this winter. 

5 Brighton HorrorFest Shows To Sink Your Teeth Into This October

5 Brighton HorrorFest Shows To Sink Your Teeth Into This October

Welcome to our top 5 picks from the third year of Brighton HorrorFest, the spooktacular celebration from Sweet of all things that go bump in the night.  

Brighton Fringe: Opening Night Fireworks

Brighton Fringe: Opening Night Fireworks

The Warren once again joined with Brighton Fringe to celebrate the opening of Brighton Fringe 2018 with a fantastic free firework display on Thursday 3rd May.  

Black Friday Deals on West End Shows

Black Friday Deals on West End Shows

All this week we've got some fantastic offers on your favourite West End shows. Check back daily for the latest offers. 

The King And I - On Sale Now

The King And I - On Sale Now

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... 

Jack Rooke Opens Up about Mental Health

Jack Rooke Opens Up about Mental Health

Jack Rooke's career was launched by his 2015 Fringe meditation on loss and mourning, Good Grief, which took him on a national tour, sold out at the Soho Theatre in London, and saw ... 

Eight shows heading to Brighton Fringe with the support of Greenwich Theatre

Eight shows heading to Brighton Fringe with the support of Greenwich Theatre

Greenwich Theatre is set to have an unprecedented profile at this year’s Brighton Fringe, with no less than eight productions heading for The Warren either co-produced or support... 

Brighton Fringe: 10 Shows to Book Before They Sell-Out

Brighton Fringe: 10 Shows to Book Before They Sell-Out

With Easter on the horizon it’s time to turn attention to Brighton Fringe with a look at some shows that are likely to sell out. Book early – you have been warned. 

Romola Garai And Emma Cunniffe To Star In The West End Transfer Of Queen Anne

Romola Garai And Emma Cunniffe To Star In The West End Transfer Of Queen Anne

Romola Garai will star as Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough alongside Emma Cunniffe as the eponymous monarch in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Queen Anne. 

Yokes Night’s Scott Lyons & Zoe Forrester on Anger at the Status Quo in Ireland

Yokes Night’s Scott Lyons & Zoe Forrester on Anger at the Status Quo in Ireland

If all drugs were legal for twenty four hours, what would you do? It really happened - in Ireland, 2015. 

Tim Carlsen on the Real-life Homelessness Behind One Day Moko

Tim Carlsen on the Real-life Homelessness Behind One Day Moko

One Day Moko is a devised solo show following the life of a homeless busker and the characters he meets in his daily life. 

​Rachel McCrum talks Rally & Broad, Stage vs Page, and the ‘Thing’ of a Night

​Rachel McCrum talks Rally & Broad, Stage vs Page, and the ‘Thing’ of a Night

Rachel McCrum, inaugural BBC Scotland Poet In Residence in 2015, has just wrapped up the last shows of Rally & Broad, a spoken word, music and live lit events series she ran with J... 

One-man play sweeps the board at Brighton Fringe Awards

One-man play sweeps the board at Brighton Fringe Awards

Groomed, a powerful play about child abuse written and performed by Patrick Sandford ex-artistic director of Southampton’s Nuffield Theatre, swept the board at the Brighton Fring... 

SpaceDating: It Just Takes One

SpaceDating: It Just Takes One

Broadway Baby chews the fat with It Just Takes One - something that ought to appeal to any fans of The IT Crowd or The Office. 

Brighton Insider: Opening Night Highlights

Brighton Insider: Opening Night Highlights

Brighton Fringe’s month long arts festival kicks off this Friday, 6 May, with several unmissable shows and a spectacular fireworks display at The Warren. 

Unmissable shows at Brighton Fringe this year

Unmissable shows at Brighton Fringe this year

Brighton Fringe has officially launched. 

The night Princess Diana went to a gay bar. New musical opens tonight.

The night Princess Diana went to a gay bar. New musical opens tonight.

The night Freddie Mercury and Kenny Everett smuggled Princess Diana into an iconic gay venue is the stuff of legend. 

​Sarah McIntosh: 11 hours of James Plays in one day? Challenge Accepted.

​Sarah McIntosh: 11 hours of James Plays in one day? Challenge Accepted.

It’s been nearly two years since The James Plays made their considerable impression at the 2014 Edinburgh International Festival and today audiences have the opportunity to spend... 

King's Head show highlights growing Chemsex crisis

King's Head show highlights growing Chemsex crisis

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. 

Brighton Fringe Crowdfund Opening Night Parade

Brighton Fringe Crowdfund Opening Night Parade

Brighton Fringe is asking people in Sussex to give the gift of joy this Christmas by helping the Fringe put on its first ever opening night parade.  

Five Christmas Shows You Shouldn’t Miss In London This Year

Five Christmas Shows You Shouldn’t Miss In London This Year

Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre. 

​‘You can get away with anything dressed as Thatcher’ - Matt Tedford on inhabiting the Iron Lady for Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho

​‘You can get away with anything dressed as Thatcher’ - Matt Tedford on inhabiting the Iron Lady for Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho

Matt Tedford’s drag incarnation as Margaret Thatcher started life as a simple Halloween joke but has since taken on a bit of a life of her own, winning him Best Male Performer at... 

‘Did you All Come in the One Car?’ - Worbey and Farrell Interview

‘Did you All Come in the One Car?’ - Worbey and Farrell Interview

Four-handed piano duo Worbey and Farrell (that’s two hands each, silly) have been wowing audiences with their unique blend of pianistic skill and peerless patter for nearly a dec... 

Going To Space: One Above

Going To Space: One Above

Broadway Baby and PALP have a chat about One Above. 

Going To Space: The King of Monte Cristo

Going To Space: The King of Monte Cristo

The King of Monte Cristo will explore the nature of theatre through theatre. Broadway Baby has a little chat to find out more. 

The Jack Holden Three Minute Interview

The Jack Holden Three Minute Interview

Best known for playing Albert in the National Theatre's War Horse, actor Jack Holden is about to star in Awkward Conversations With Animals I've F*cked, Rob Hayes's new play about ... 

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