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Making its ENO premiere, this critically acclaimed modern opera set 500 years ago tells the story that still resonates today.
Eshaan Akbar is back doing jokes on tour! Eshaan’s previous tour, the Pretender, was described by The Times as “pretty sick” (not an actual quote) so t…
Giselle is a haunting story of innocence and betrayal – a timeless tale about the redemptive power of love.
A show that is fast becoming a Christmas tradition, we are delighted to welcome Stocking Fillers back to the Studio! Seven brand new ten-minute festive plays to ent…
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
FKPE presents Matt Friend LiveMatthew Friend is an old soul living inside a 25-year-old comedian/actor/impressionist's body.
The Totally Football Show returns to Leicester Square Theatre for all the football analysis you need to know - and plenty that you don't.
Shane Todd is about to hit the road with his biggest ever tour.
Following the huge success of her UK Concert Tour, ‘An Open Book’, actress, author, vlogger and award-winning West End sensation Carrie Hope Fletcher returns to The London Pall…
After a successful SOLD OUT show last year, Hakka the host is heading back to the stage for his live interactive show alongside some of the UK’s biggest influencer…
Celeste Ntuli Is a full-time stand-up comedian and actress, she has come a long way since she was discovered performing in a marquee in Durban more than nine years ago.
Join North London’s finest casual singers for an eclectic mix of sensational songs in all manner of styles from folk to funk, all laced with heavenly harmonies.
Step into the uproarious world of Pitch It Good, where laughter meets lunacy in a show unlike any other.
‘Raw energy and a modern young twist’ (Celtic Music Radio).
Horror! Madness! Secrets! It’s Call of Cthulhu, played live on stage.
Lights Out by Nine bring their live show back to the Jazz Bar for a sixth time, playing a variety of original soul, blues and funk tracks along with their interpretations of classi…
FKSPE presents Adam Ray LiveAdam Ray can most recently be seen recurring on Welcome To Chippendales (Hulu), the story of the founder of the legendary Chippendales strip …
A jam-packed comedy variety show from The Humour Mill, featuring some of the best stand-up, sketch and alternative acts in Scotland.
New York Times Critic’s Pick (2024).
The Glass House, where beauty thrives, where night ends and light begins.
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-…
The Some Laugh Podcast returns to the Fringe with Scottish comedians Marc Jennings, Stephen Buchanan and Stuart McPherson having some laugh – or at least some laughs – discussi…
It’s the early 80s at Cambridge.
Three pioneering musical languages dramatically contrast in this exploration of the concerto form.
Scotland’s hottest new orchestra are back! Since their sold-out shows at last year’s Fringe, Symphonix return to bring together world-class musicians to perform the perfect blend…
Let me take you on a whistle-stop tour of Robert Burns’ life! From birth to death with stories, poems and songs.
‘Love Bridge’ fully shows the characteristics of the Shanghai opera ‘singing the news we talking about’.
Like puns? Like space travel? Like AI? Join Darren for version 2.
Welcome to Hackton! Cyclists can’t get to Hackton library, literacy rates are dropping, cyclists can barely name a single book, library membership is dwindling and Hackton counci…
Join comedians, basic huns and horror stans Hannah Byczkowski (Winner of The Traitors) and Suzie Preece (Finalist, Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year), as they bring you the…
Take a strobe down memory lane with the UK’s premier rave raconteur.
Bernadette Peters, Broadway’s brightest star, will bring a new show, BERNADETTE PETERS – LIVE FROM LONDON to the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on Monday 12 August, for one night only.
Swing with the Spirit! In this innovative performance of sacred Jazz Schola Cantorum, the Catholic Cathedral’s celebrated choir directed by Michael Ferguson, is joined by Scottish …
Join comedians Catherine Bohart and Helen Bauer for a live tour of Trusty Hogs, the show where we tell stories from our perfect lives, bicker over format points, “solve” audience p…
Scottish bagpipe music played by solo musicians and groups.
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.
Through haunting original music and rich spoken word, an actor-musician band deliver a feminist retelling of Mary Queen of Scots’ story.
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…
Queer northern comedians Mary Cross, Jack Horsefield and Jane Postlethwaite bring you a hilarious three-way split bill of stand-up comedy.
Roll up for a brand-new series of shows: it’s election year in the UK and US.
Emmy-nominated sketch duo BriTANicK (Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher) have written for Saturday Night Live, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and other shows that nobody saw.
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.
Twelve years from the 2012 Fringe Street Events, GABEZ return with their international award-winning performance Live Manga! GABEZ create non-verbal performance based on mime.
Andrii Kymach, baritone – a unique recital celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Edinburgh-Kyiv twinning (1989-2024).
The M8s are seven mates and one professional musician (also a mate!) who play all your favourite songs at sing-along volume and dance-along speed.
2022 and 2023 Fringe sell-out show.
Get ready for mischief with this campatious event fuelled by three delicious wines, low tone, a scrumptious pairing and a big fat singalong.
The Spatz Trio return with part two of their award-winning tribute. Hit songs, and the wonderful stories behind them. Musically polished, fascinating, nostalgic.
Boom wer on! With guests, naughty and nice, Mr English will host former serial killers, gangsters, as well as facing his own demons through a spiritual journey live on stage.
Experience Queen’s legendary hits in this electrifying jukebox musical comedy.
Unravel the curious case of Agnes Finnie, a mid-17th century shopkeeper in Edinburgh’s Potterrow accused of witchcraft.
Russell Howard, “one of the world’s top comedians” (Sunday Times) is warming up and trying new material.
Join Nish Kumar and Coco Khan as their hit weekly political podcast hit takes to the Fringe for a live special.
Four comedians and one psychiatrist come together to solve your problems! After becoming a box office hit, selling-out major theatres in Europe the format is coming to Edinburgh.
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
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, …
Come and join us for the original free walking tour of Edinburgh’s historic Old Town and enjoy the stories of the many colourful characters who lived here.
Fun, joyous, raucous… absurd! Join magicians Ava Beaux, Kane & Abel for a riotous evening of wacky games and cabaret performances.
Come and see the Rated 18 Podcast LIVE.
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…
Join Dan Schreiber (co-host of podcasts No Such Thing As A Fish and The Cryptid Factor) as he takes to the stage for a show of oddities and jokes with his hit No.
‘Magic is in his bones.
Thoroughly humorous, deeply vulnerable and exceedingly fantastical, Sex, Camp, Rock’n’Roll is a musical cabaret fantasy that boldly explores sexuality and sex work in a raw, bareba…
Join Rock Choir, the award-winning national phenomenon, for a spectacular concert of uplifting songs! Throughout August, more than 3,000 Rock Choir members will light up the stage …
Journey through these two remarkable intertwined careers.
Based on the novel by Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera tells the story of a masked figure who lurks beneath the catacombs of the Paris Opera House, exercising a reign of ter…
The original late-night show returns with stellar line-ups of your favourite acts from the festival, hosted by the best MCs in the country, every single night of the Fringe.
Jack is a 29-year-old Kindergarten teacher and a hopeless romantic.
‘A flawless blend of Broadway, games, pop and comedy bliss!’ (Fame Magazine).
Step into the electrifying atmosphere of the All Made Up Podcast live show, where storytelling takes centre stage! Join our charismatic hosts Harry Stachini, Ben Hart and Lewis Col…
The BAFTA-winning star of Scot Squad and cult classic Absolutely, returns to the Fringe as Scotland’s favourite cop.
Born in Edwardian England, Mary Whitehouse was a religious moral campaigner and thorn in the side of the BBC in the 1960s and 70s during its modernisation from its formal and staid…
Audience Q&A with hit-making British record producer Phil Wainman (The Sweet, Mud, XTC, Bay City Rollers, Boomtown Rats and more) and special guests discussing some of the icon…
Cop-turned-comedian Alfie returns with a brand-new show ahead of recording his BBC Radio 4 comedy It’s a Fair Cop.
It’s an Edinburgh debut for viral comedian Tom Hearn! This Canadian Comedy Award winner brings his comedic prowess to the Fringe stage, with jaw-dropping musical performances and…
A laugh-filled journey about finding every group you belong to insufferable.
With over 50M views on TikTok join Glesga Da (and his long-suffering boy) for an afternoon of belly laughs (and abuse).
You think you know the story of Mary, Queen of Scots? Think again.
Opera needs a hero.
‘It was my nemesis, I hated Croydon with a real vengeance.
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.
The comedy panel show for goblins ‘n’ geeks.
Ventriloquist Queen: a true African Queen.
Knockout opera-singing stand-up comedian Steph DePrez is back with a new show about dreams, risks and how exactly Americans learn to be so… loud.
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
End your day at the Festival in style at our iconic Edinburgh venue with the very best in stand-up talent.
The only Empress Queen, a model for the modern monarchy, Victoria is a prism through which the entire Crown can be seen.
All the fun and excitement of a late-night Fringe show but at a reasonable hour! Join MC Dan Fardell and a changing line-up of the funniest comedians at the Fringe every night!
Start your day off with a split hour of stand-up from two award-entering comedians! Jack’s from Blackpool, Jimmy’s from Liverpool.
Scotland’s Best Comedians Live in a fancy ballroom for free!* We have award winners, TV acts, radio stars, Instagram legends, every night! All shows hosted by Ross Leslie, introduc…
Bristol-bred, Barcelona-based Alec Snook is decomposing, live.
Acclaimed immersive adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s classic novel, staged in a bespoke venue unique to the show.
Following a critically acclaimed, sell-out run at the Turbine Theatre, Luke Bayer gives a tour-de-force performance in this blood-stained love letter to Broadway – a solo musical…
Join us for a foot-stomping good time as we showcase many traditional Scottish music bands at the Whiski bar during August.
Mary Bourke and guests present an hour of hilarious Irish comedy from the best of the comedy circuit.
This long-running and very popular series of lunchtime recitals features a wide variety of performers, playing and singing in one of Edinburgh’s most beautiful concert spaces.
Celebrating their 10th year as the No 1 party of the Fringe, Massaoke is coming to McEwan Hall! Join Rockstar Weekend, the ‘greatest party band of all time’ according to the Britai…
House of Life is a place of worship with one goal: happiness for all, at any cost.
A bilingual children’s musical in English and Spanish, Baby Rock is the story of Anastasia, a young girl who explores the world and learns how to make a new friend regardless of …
Jamie Denbo, writer/producer (Grey’s Anatomy), presents her alter ego Beverly (meddling mother to all) as she takes audiences on a comedic rollercoaster ride through her golden yea…
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…
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
Have you ever seen a ghost? Comedian Eleanor Morton hasn’t.
Sell-out cult shows in the North East; acclaimed short films; their own web series – now Metroland debut at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Join James for an hour of pure nostalgia, stepping back in time with some joyous singalong tunes to take you back to your Primary School days.
Who’s your go to? Your ride or die? Your best friend? Your mum? Not David.
Star of New Zealand Today and last-place finisher on Taskmaster NZ, Guy Williams makes his Edinburgh debut! Nominated for Best Show, Melbourne Comedy Festival 2023.
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…
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 …
Following sold out performances worldwide, Ireland’s most exciting new music sensation make their West End debut this summer, for one-night-only.
Here he is! Yorkshire’s biggest bastard.
Nazereth Love Jones the number one representative for Hip Hop an RnB performing live.
Dungeons and Dragons Live on Stage! Join Hearthfire Tales as they once again take to the Smock Alley Stage with a Semi-Improvised Fantasy adventure where both dice and …
After a sold-out debut tour in 2023, Blake Pavey’s plan of dying early didn’t exactly pan out… so he’s decided to hit the international waters w…
After a sold-out debut tour in 2023, Blake Pavey’s plan of dying early didn’t exactly pan out… so he’s decided to hit the international waters w…
Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of The Lion King with this Film in Concert spectacular.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!Get your dobbers out because THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocal…
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.
They’re finally coming out! Of their bedrooms! After an excruciating wait, the Boys Gone Wild Podcast (Horatio Gould and Andrew Kirwan) is going live again.
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The Bugle, one of the known universe’s longest running and most successful podcasts, is back on the road.
Better get your tickets quick because this is going to be one big hit once word gets around.
The Bugle, one of the known universe’s longest running and most successful podcasts, is back on the road.
Everyone knows it takes more than a pinch of ruthless egotism to make it to the top of the theatrical tree, but Diva: Live From Hell takes that demonic compulsion and ratchets it u…
Brighton’s very own super-talented MRISI boldly commands the stage in his own inimitable style! Performing a high octane multi-instrumental set, he fuses South African traditiona…
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 - 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…
An hour of great stand up.
Experience the first on-screen adventure of everyone’s favourite archaeologist/action hero, with live orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall.
In a small town in America the Wrights reside.
Is it time to break up with our phones? Based on the critically acclaimed album by indie rock polymath Tim Arnold, ‘Super Connected LIVE’ is a Black Mirror-esque show fusin…
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!Get your dobbers out because THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocal…
“I’ve always had a passion for stand-up comedy, and I’m thrilled to be gearing up for my first solo show.
The award-winning DoDo DRAMATICS returns with its newest Iron Age adventure.
Due to demand The Bomb Squad Pod Live, featuring NI comedy heavyweights Colin Geddis and Aaron McCann, tours the UK this Spring with their hilarious video reactions and …
On a sweltering hot Valentines Day 1900, in the Macedon region of Australia, 4 Australian schoolgirls and a teacher, on a picnic expedition to the remote Hanging Rock, abscond from…
The 2023 Brighton Fringe award-winning show returns! Disability in society: fairytale or pigging nightmare? It seems the Big Bad Wolf’s blown your house down: with two life-cha…
Out of the swirling maelstrom he steps, his sword of jokes, his shield of whimsy and his armour made of a third amusing thing.
Out of the swirling maelstrom he steps, his sword of jokes, his shield of whimsy and his armour made of a third amusing thing.
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.
We’re all a little haunted, aren’t we? Being a woman is complicated.
Catherine, who is from Hong Kong originally and now residing in the UK, is currently suffering from homesickness.
We’ve all felt it! The pounding beat, the thrill of guitars, the legendary lives we can only wonder at: rock music, in its power and promise, has been a myth for our times since …
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…
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 greatest hits of opera in one night; this is a show for everybody – from opera buffs to those who don’t know their Aida’s from their arias.
Dylan and Lucy are best friends and housemates, but the fallout of a tragic accident causes the trajectory of their relationship to descend into unexpected chaos.
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 comedy panel show for goblins ‘n’ geeks.
Government special adviser Elliot has a problem: his two girlfriends are giving birth on the same day in the same hospital.
Riggs (Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year Finalist/BBC New Comedy award Nominated) brings his debut hour ‘We Have Fun’ to The Brighton Fringe.
Playing a dynamic mix of classic and contemporary soul ‘n’ funk, South Coast Soul Revue is a hi-energy eight-piece with two dynamic lead singers, a pulsating rhythm section and…
Jamie Osman and Tom Hollings are two old friends who after over thirty combined years in the music industry decided to challenge their relationships with alcohol and dru…
Jamie Osman and Tom Hollings are two old friends who after over thirty combined years in the music industry decided to challenge their relationships with alcohol and dru…
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.
With two specials, three albums, TV appearances, millions of followers and views across all social media platforms, Morgan Jay brings his unique blend of music and …
With two specials, three albums, TV appearances, millions of followers and views across all social media platforms, Morgan Jay brings his unique blend of music and …
The award-winning The Bridge House Theatre is delighted to invite you to a Three Year Anniversary Celebration this April.
2024 is officially your favourite year because we’ve got THREE Julie’s Top 5 Live events in 3 different cities and we can’t wait to see you! We&rs…
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!Get your dobbers out because THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocal…
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!Get your dobbers out because THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocal…
Wowza! Multi Award-Winning rapping teacher, and World Book Day Ambassador, MC GRAMMAR is LIVE and in the HOUSE! Grab your caps, shades and chains and get ready…
Wowza! Multi Award-Winning rapping teacher, and World Book Day Ambassador, MC GRAMMAR is LIVE and in the HOUSE! Grab your caps, shades and chains and get ready…
Roll for Melanin.
Roll for Melanin.
The Longest Running and most listened to Glasgow Rangers podcast presents a live recording with ex Rangers Legend Paul Gascoigne in his first London Glasgow Rangers show…
The Longest Running and most listened to Glasgow Rangers podcast presents a live recording with ex Rangers Legend Paul Gascoigne in his first London Glasgow Rangers show…
The longest running Tottenham Hotspur Podcast presents a live recording with Spurs and England Legend Paul Gascoigne in his first West End show in many years.
The longest running Tottenham Hotspur Podcast presents a live recording with Spurs and England Legend Paul Gascoigne in his first West End show in many years.
Mary’s Daughters tells the story of Mary Wollstonecraft, the 18th Century intellectual radical, and mother of Western feminism, along with her two daughters: the forgotten-by- h…
The Queen is Mad is a musical psychodrama inspired by the true story of Joanna la Loca.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!Get your dobbers out because THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocal…
West End Sessions a captivating new live music show in an intimate, cabaret style setting located in the heart of Mayfair.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!Get your dobbers out because THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocal…
Richard Blackwood brings his jam packed hour of pure heavyweight punchlines and anecdotes.
Danny Sapani (Misfits, Killing Eve, Black Panther, the National Theatre’s Medea) is King Lear in this intricate, striking production directed by Yaël Farber.
Helen George, best known as Trixie in the hit BBC One series Call The Midwife, will star as Anna Leonowens.
The Royal Court is a Grade II listed building, a magnificent example of one of the best theatres built in the Art Deco style.
CHRISTMAS DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE with a FESTIVE SPECIAL!!! THAT GIRL is ready to show you her baubles!! Bingo baubles! Alright balls, fine…
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…
CHRISTMAS DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE with a FESTIVE SPECIAL!!! THAT GIRL is ready to show you her baubles!! Bingo baubles! Alright balls, fine…
A great family opera sung in English – Antony McDonald’s exquisite production of Humperdinck’s fairytale masterpiece returns in time for Christmas.
There’s a famous quote by Winston Churchill that says that Russia “is a riddle wrapped in a mystery wrapped in an enigma”.
Following the success of last year’s show, Stocking Fillers is back with another seven brand new ten-minute festive plays! A merry mix of comedy and dra…
“If I was English I wouldn’t care if Communism in Czechoslovakia reformed itself into a pile of pig shit.
Looking out at you from the poster for the National Theatre’s latest version of Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba, Harriet Walter cuts an imperious figure.
Phil Wang and Pierre Novellie, award-winning stand ups and podcasters, bring their hit podcast BudPod to the stage for a special festive show! There will be jingles…
A Brixton House Production.
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…
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocals, lip syncs and PRIZES! Host…
Chris Williamson presents ‘Self Discovery’.
To some fans, he’s the Tony Award-winning revolutionary from Evita who grew into a bonafide Broadway star in Sunday in the Park with George.
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
Amadeus – the dazzling story of the tortuous rivalry between world-renowned composers Mozart and Salieri – returns to the screen as part of the Royal Albert Hall’…
What happened last night? The girls turn up to perform their show as usual, but something is wrong.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocals, lip syncs and PRIZES! Host…
Glow Up Live, a fully live stage version of the hit TV show Glow Up: Britain’s Next Make-Up Star, coming for the very first time in Autumn 2023.
Following millions of views, shares and downloads across Instagram, TikTok and Youtube, Jarlath Regan is proud to announce his return to London for one very special nig…
Dannny is a Podcast host, Social Media Star, musician & comedian.
Australian drag diva and cabaret legend Trevor Ashley makes his triumphant return to the Lyric, with a brand new show.
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.
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…
Taking on The Threepenny Opera can be a precarious business, as OVO demonstrate, without flinching from the challenge.
Featuring some of the most powerful and evocative opera music ever written, Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes paints a vivid picture of a small community’s transformation…
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…
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocals, lip syncs and PRIZES! Host…
What if the Big Bad Wolf blew your house down? What if you had to start building your life all over again? Award-winning show about family disability and being an accidental carer…
A special live performance of one of the universe’s longest running and most successful podcasts, The Bugle.
Talk of the Devils - the world’s biggest Man United podcast - is live in London for the very first time, one night only this September.
The boys from Paypigs and Trillionaire Mindset are finally in London!
Niki King is an award-winning singer, songwriter and producer.
Charity spectacular! Watch as an all-star line-up of comedians backstab, manipulate and fight for survival in cult game show Werewolf: Live.
The Freddie and Queen Experience is the UK’s premier Queen and Freddie Mercury tribute band.
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…
‘You don’t know what to be, or not to be’ – Shakespeare’s best loved clown, Bottom, is reimagined in Fresh Life Theatre’s one-person show.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocals, lip syncs and PRIZES! Host…
Catherine McCafferty (Crush on Hulu) and Ellory Smith (3x Emmy Nominated) will perform at Edinburgh’s Free Fringe crafting two separate, equally bizarre, half hours of comedy.
This interactive, nail-biting tail about bravery, curiosity and familial love is created by teachers to inspire young minds in creative writing.
International comedy superstar Jack Whitehall returns to the Fringe with his highly anticipated new live show.
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.
An exclusive event for members and supporters of Edinburgh International Festival.
The award-winning social deduction game Blood on the Clocktower comes to the Fringe as a live comedy show.
Come and join us for a night of singing and joy as we teach you a classic hit that will leave you dancing and singing in the aisles and all the way back to your hotel.
The internationally renowned Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral sings music from coronations and royal occasions past and present.
There are many aspects to the brilliance of this show, but the greatest revelation is the singing.
Strafed by Splendour: Under Paolozzi’s Window.
Xu Xin, Ma Long, Ray Badran, Jan-Ove Waldner, Mark Silcox, Fan Zhendong.
How to live a jellicle life: life lessons from the 2019 hit musical ‘cats’ is as bonkers as it sounds, whilst still adding to the philosophical debate on how to live a good lif…
All the way from Canada, Tim Kraft joins Hootenannies (Hoot 4) at The Apex for an hour of stand-up comedy live at the Edinburgh Fringe, from 17th to 20th August at 18:20.
Do you ever feel like you’re the only one struggling with the complexities of British social etiquette? Then join us for a hilarious show that celebrates all things awkwardly Briti…
Gig Pigs, Ivo Graham and Alex Kealy’s podcast comes to the Pleasance for one night only! Seated or standing? Support band or drinks? Sing along as loudly as possible or watch in re…
King Herod, famed for his Massacre of the Innocents, now leads a self-development pyramid scheme.
Ron Placone’s never been shy about calling out the absurdity of his country.
The hit news satire podcast from The Bugle, hosted by cult favourite Alice Fraser, comes to The Stand for two live shows full of topical comedy and brilliant guests.
Join the Some Laugh Podcast live at the Fringe! Award-winning comedians Marc Jennings, Stephen Buchanan and Stuart McPherson have some laugh – or at least some laughs, discussing…
Like puns? Like space travel? Of course you do.
Where there is charity and love: Schola Cantorum sings the music of Paul Mealor.
Mary is dead.
Scottish tunes played on bagpipes, performed by groups of players and solo: marches, strathspeys, reels, hornpipes, jigs, piobaireachd, and songs.
We invite you to watch our very raw, honest and unfiltered tragicomedy show.
Comedian and crisp connoisseur Adam Evans presents The Crisp Review: Live, nominated for Best Theatre and Best Newcomer at the Greater Manchester Fringe 2022! The show documents th…
Food writer and anti-poverty campaigner.
The podcast where two comedians listen to the best (and worst) albums of all time.
Nosferatu is the mother of all modern vampire films, and provides rich source material for Graeme Stephen’s new composition.
Winner: Comedian’s Comedian, Chortle Awards (2020).
Join guests from the worlds of comedy, literature, music and faith for a series of live recordings of the popular All Terrain Podcast.
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…
In the last full year before the general election the legendary show returns with all the latest political dramas, characters, questions and unreliable predictions.
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For the Many.
Finally, a Family Meeting in the UK.
Gilbert Scott’s dramatic architectural landmark, with its three spires prominent in Edinburgh’s distinctive skyline, provides a magnificent setting for the Opening Service of t…
An enchanting concert of operatic highlights, performed by international operatic bass Brian Bannatyne-Scott and fabulous up-and-coming young singers, accompanied by Polish pianist…
THE STORY OF IRELAND LIVE is an abridged narrated history of the Emerald Isle through music, poetry and song with a talented cast of live actor musicians.
THE STORY OF IRELAND LIVE is an abridged narrated history of the Emerald Isle through music, poetry and song with a talented cast of live actor musicians.
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For the Many.
Scotland’s hottest new orchestra! Symphonix brings together 25 world-class musicians to perform the perfect blend of symphony and rock.
Revered jazz drummer Sarathy Korwar and global dance music pioneer Auntie Flo present their debut collaborative project – a bold sonic exploration of propulsive, tabla-infused rh…
Back by popular demand, Dinosaur World Live returns to Regent’s Park for another roarsome summer season! Dare to experience the dangers and delights of Dinosaur World Live in…
After four consecutive sell-outs, the M8s triumphantly return for another night of singalong, dance-yourself-daft bangers spanning six decades – all played live, loud and for the…
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For the Many.
The comedy panel show for goblins ‘n’ geeks.
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For the Many.
Catch award-winning rhythm and blues band The Blueswater for their only performances at the Fringe this year; five raucous gigs in Edinburgh’s best live music venue, The Jazz Bar.
Celebrating two musical icons, paying homage to their hits, both in melody and lyrics. Musically polished, relaxing, informative. Pure nostalgia.
2022 Fringe sell-out show.
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For The Many.
There isn’t much that scares Kaye Adams.
Graeme’s new score for The Penalty premiered at HippFest Silent Film Festival in March 2018.
Scotland’s most authentic The Who tribute take you on an ‘Amazing Journey’ through the greatest songs of the legendary band.
Get ready for mischief with this campatious event fuelled by quality wine, low tone, a scrumptious pairing and a big fat singalong.
‘Like an O2 concert on a budget!’ (Miss Hope Springs).
From the iconic themes of Super Mario and Legend of Zelda, to the funky beats of Sonic and Persona 5, this gig has something for everyone! With a fusion of different genres and sty…
Come and join us for the original free walking tour, packed with the rich historical sites and tales of the many colourful characters around the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town.
Fun, silly, raucous… absurd! Join magician host Ava Beaux and magical team captains Kane and Abel, for an array of whacky games and cabaret acts.
Do you like comedy? do you want to be rich and drive fast in a Bugatti? Well this is the show for you.
Rise up against your neurotypical overlords! ‘One of my favourite comics’ (Frankie Boyle).
Do you like comedy? do you want to be rich and drive fast in a Bugatti? Well this is the show for you.
Come and hear Andrei Kymach, the world-famous Ukrainian baritone and winner of the 2019 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World opera prize, accompanied as in Cardiff by Llyr Williams, as …
Much more a comedy gig than a lecture, James Sheldrake brings the spirit of his podcast (Sheldrake on Shakespeare) to Edinburgh for an hour of anecdote, insight, performance, analy…
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…
When shy Aaron joins the hotel’s ramshackle team, he encounters volatile guests, inept management and even rumours of singing ghosts stalking the corridors.
An exciting new visual club experience taking you back to the 00s and 90s with singers, dancers, saxophonists, percussion, glow paint and good vibes.
A raw and unfiltered musical comedy show, tackling difficult and often taboo subjects.
A cocksure and impassioned performance.
Enjoy a 45-minute spectacular concert by award-winning national phenomenon Rock Choir, the pioneering contemporary choir of the UK.
A symbol of the 80s, Dirty Dancing is etched into the memories of a generation and defined by its unforgettable scenes, the mesmerising hips of Patrick Swayze and that infamous lif…
Dewey Finn, wannabe rock star, decides to earn some cash by posing as a substitute teacher at a prep school.
Opening with a voice note of the artist’s mother reflecting on overwork, xenophobia and cultural invisibility through the semiotics of the snake and the ingrained tendency of Hek…
The tragicomic tale of two rhyming pirates scuttled on a desert island – sans captain, sans crew, lots of sand.
After a string of sell out UK dates, NOHUN is back with his BRAND NEW stand up show, The Tequila Tour.
There is secret connection among all of us.
The Baroness narrates her eventful riches-to-rags life story with the help of opera and operetta arias, Lieder, and maybe the odd song from a musical.
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…
A rollercoaster ride through the glam rock songbook from the likes of T Rex, Bowie and Slade.
A rollercoaster ride through the glam rock songbook from the likes of T Rex, Bowie and Slade.
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…
Australia’s campest drag queen bares all in this chaotic cabaret about her double life as a drag queen accountant.
Lights Out By Nine bring their live show back to the Jazz Bar for a fifth time, playing a variety of original soul, blues and funk tracks along with their interpretations of classi…
The Fringe’s #1 late night show returns in all its glory with stellar lineups of your favourite acts from across the festival every night.
This nostalgic journey through the lives and careers of music legends Carole King and James Taylor is a masterpiece.
A lot has happened to Ross since last year’s Fringe.
It’s time.
In what could be crowned the most uplifting show of the Fringe, The House of Life aka Ben Welch and Laurence Cole from Sheep Soup combine preaching, live music, comedy and all roun…
How do you top Trainspotting, the defining film of the ‘90s? You top it by making it live.
The Edinburgh late-night institution and antidote to woke comedy returns.
First Dates meets Graham Norton’s Red Chair Stories in this hilarious interactive dating chat show.
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
Drag Queen Story Hour: the theatrical experience is here! (Oh no they aren’t?) Oh yes they are! What do you get when you cross fabulously inclusive stories and fabulously dressed d…
There’s a new king in town, and his name is Angus Coutts.
Shared hour with two absolute stars of the future.
Do you believe in ghosts? Let’s find out, in this recreated Victorian séance.
North-East comedian Amy Wright is going up in the world, even if technically she’s come down.
Mary Bourke and guests present a truly delightful hour about the joys of being Irish.
Wagner turned up to 11! A hilarious dive into the ridiculous world of opera and life as a Valkyrie and Rheinmaiden, peppered with hits from Puccini and Verdi from Berlin’s thrill…
25 podcasts in 25 days! Come along for a live recording of a different podcast every day of the Fringe! Visit our site to see who is on, or just show up and be surprised.
A cowboy rock fantasy.
In a desert of hot flushes – refreshing repartee from award-winning, climacteric comedian.
From humble beginnings in a downstairs bar in London, originally styling themselves as Friday I’m In Love, Massaoke have certainly ventured a substantial journey in their more th…
Like puns? Like space travel? Of course you do.
Silver Stand-Up 2023 winner, Fringe First winner (Tonight I’m Entertaining Richard Gere) and Airbnb’s five-star ‘gem of a guest’, Cecilia Delatori brings her debut full-length musi…
Original music and sharp stand-up comedy epically combust in this hour from comedian Larry Owens.
America’s most potty-mouthed and politically outspoken drag a cappella quartet escaped the morality police in the US.
In 1886, following the death of her husband and child, Sarah Winchester purchased an unfinished farmhouse near San Francisco.
The Chatham House Rule is an agreement which allows those in power to share ideas with impunity: the discussion itself can be reported upon, but names are protected.
At the tender age of thirty, I mostly associate Tony Blair with my very first childhood experiences of politics.
Like puns? Like space travel? Of course you do.
Uplifting and bold, Tones is one-man’s lyrical life story growing up in the ends, exploring black identity in a UK culture obsessed with class and race.
I advise you arrive early and treat yourself to a pre-show pint (or two) because it’s that kind of show!I mean this in the best possible way.
Dazzling divas.
This is a brilliant show.
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…
Paddy McDonnell is well known for his hilarious stories and viral clips from live shows and various podcast appearances and has decided to give his fans what they want, a show full…
Bulgaria just told Hitler to f*ck off, saved nearly 50,000 Jewish lives.
Mary O’Connell is conflicted: she hates capitalism but she loves to shop.
One of the most established comedians in India, Biswa brings his trademark observational comedy to the Edinburgh Fringe for the very first time.
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 …
PLEASURE CHAPTERS: I can’t just live on a salad! Are you tired of seeing constant Instagram posts that are telling you what to EAT or NOT TO EAT? All this information is overwhelm…
Are you tired of seeing constant Instagram posts that are telling you what to EAT or NOT TO EAT? All this information is overwhelming and triggering our food and even life choices!…
Join us at the multi award-winning Whiski Bar and restaurant for a vibrant foot-stomping good time as we showcase many traditional Scottish music bands at Whiski Bar during August.
The remarkably unacclaimed Metroland Comedy are taking their online madness to the stage! Bringing you an all new sketch show that promises laughter, profanity and a generous use o…
The remarkably unaclaimed Metroland Comedy are taking their online madness to the stage! Bringing you an all new sketch show that promises laughter, profanity and a generous use of…
Calling all T-Birds and Pink Ladies: it’s time to immerse yourself in the world of Grease like never before! Step back in time to the 1950s and experience those summer nights…
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bingo…
About the show The year is 32 BCE.
London’s hottest new comedy night returns, headlined by Live at the Apollo regular and star of his own Netflix special, Phil Wang.
Two of Australia’s best stand-ups are in London for a rare double headline show at Soho Theatre on the eve of the Lord’s Test.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bingo…
Join the award-winning comedian Alasdair Beckett-King on a ramshackle jaunt through a multiverse of wonders.
Join the award-winning comedian Alasdair Beckett-King on a ramshackle jaunt through a multiverse of wonders.
A Scottish Drag Queen and an Irish Sommelier walk into a bar in Leith.
From the writers of the internationally successful Grumpy Old Women, award winning comedian Jenny Eclair and producer and writer Judith Holder deliver Older And Wider: L…
Join the cast of the Tifo Football Podcast for one night only at the Leicester Square Theatre.
“An exhilarating rollercoaster ride through the mind of a master” - Forbes Join the “Fox Force Five” — a group of fierce superwomen made up of five of…
The one and only King Tafari Love Muzic Sound System bring the Island feels with their authentic sound system.
As the unending expanse of the pandemic stretched out before him, Adam Evans set out to achieve one thing: receive crisps to taste, for free, from crisp manufacturers.
January Thompson is a California-born, singer-songwriter.
January Thompson is a California-born, singer-songwriter.
As the unending expanse of the pandemic stretched out before him, Adam Evans set out to achieve one thing: receive crisps to taste, for free, from crisp manufacturers.
The one and only King Tafari Love Muzic Sound System bring the Island feels with their authentic sound system.
21 years since it all began… the world’s favourite rock theatrical returns home! The worldwide smash-hit We Will Rock You by Queen and Ben Elton returns to London, nex…
Much more a comedy gig than a lecture, James Sheldrake brings the spirit of his podcast (Sheldrake on Shakespeare) to the stage for an hour of anecdote, insight, performance, analy…
One morning Mary discovers a solid door that has appeared, as if by magic, slap bang in the middle of the sea.
One morning Mary discovers a solid door that has appeared, as if by magic, slap bang in the middle of the sea.
Join the Queen of the O-rings on an epic quest to save her village from the tyranny of the Hateful Pistons of Thrust.
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.
Elle Fire: Queen of the O-Rings.
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.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Join Drag Race UK Season 2 and cabaret legend Joe Black, as he returns to Brighton Fringe festival for an evening of musical mischief, vaudevillian villainy and cabaret chaos in th…
Trawling the dark corners of dive bars across the UK, Frances Widow has gathered the fiercest, captivatingly bizarre, and beautifully odd misfits to bring you, alt-circus, sideshow…
The year is 32 BCE.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Fresh off the back of a sell-out debut tour, Josh Berry returns with a new stand up show.
Amy Wright is going up in the world, even if technically she’s come down.
In a desert of hot flushes – refreshing repartee, rants and banter from award- winning, climacteric comedian.
In a desert of hot flushes – refreshing repartee, rants and banter from award- winning, climacteric comedian.
Amy Wright is going up in the world, even if technically she’s come down.
Live at the Palace is a two-day dance music extravaganza at the stunning grounds of Fulham Palace this May.
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 …
Mary O’Connell is conflicted: she hates capitalism but she loves to shop.
Mary O’Connell is conflicted: she hates capitalism but she loves to shop.
The award winning musical returns in a dazzling new production.
The no-bullshit politics podcast returns to the Leicester Square Theatre for another live crisis conference on Sunak, Starmer, Brexit, the Culture Wars and everything el…
Fresh off a sold-out North American tour, Rob Anderson is bringing his comedy show to Europe! Taking on the role of a young scientist, Rob tries to get a better understa…
As a last minute addition Brighton’s own Suspiciously Elvis performs at the fringe festival bringing his own unique take on the king of Rock and Roll in his glorious Las Vegas ye…
A fantastic 10 piece band dedicated to the Quiet Beatle’s work.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bingo…
A fantastic 10 piece band dedicated to the Quiet Beatle’s work.
From the mind of Jon Griffin (21 Crows, Sairie) comes three tales of terror.
From the mind of Jon Griffin (21 Crows, Sairie) comes three tales of terror.
A work in progress show from Joe Wells.
A work in progress show from Joe Wells.
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…
Wine tasting and drag queens go together like milk and cookies.
1918.
Brighton Fringe seems to be going through an interesting trend at the moment giving characters from well known plays a voice, so they can finally have their say.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
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 …
The Big Bad Wolf’s destroyed everything.
The Big Bad Wolf’s destroyed everything.
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 friendship between Carole King and James Taylor played a vital part in both of their incredible careers.
First Dates meets Graham Norton’s Red Chair Stories in this hilarious interactive dating chat show.
First Dates meets Graham Norton’s Red Chair Stories in this hilarious interactive dating chat show.
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.
It’s 1936.
The play begins when Daniel reluctantly finds himself in a rehabilitation centre and a voice starts speaking to him through the wall.
Don't Rock The Boat explores the idea of addiction recovery through the eyes of Daniel and Alice.
Tabletop Roleplaying brought to life with an Interactive twist! After multiple performances around Ireland, Hearthfire Tales bring their unique live show to Smock Alley …
Caravanserai and Brighton Fringe are delighted to invite you to a Right-Royal-Rave-Up! Coronation Greet, Coronation Meet, Coronation Eat and Coronation Beat.
The play begins when Daniel reluctantly finds himself in a rehabilitation centre and a voice starts speaking to him through the wall.
It’s 1936.
Caravanserai and Brighton Fringe are delighted to invite you to a Right-Royal-Rave-Up! Coronation Greet, Coronation Meet, Coronation Eat and Coronation Beat.
Playing a dynamic mix of classic and contemporary soul ‘n’ funk, South Coast Soul Revue is a hi-energy eight-piece with two dynamic lead singers, a pulsating rhythm section and…
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
London’s hottest new comedy night kicks off with a mega line-up, headlined by star of Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week and Matilda, Sindhu Vee.
Six time Fringe Award winner Alfie Ordinary welcomes you to the House Of Fun! Opening the iconic Brighton Spiegeltent with a conga line of the UK’s most outrageous acts, Alfie retu…
A meaningful meditation on motherhood, love and loss, Symphony of Sorrowful Songs adapts texts in Polish taken from sources spanning the centuries, giving perspectives from both a …
Queen of Roses is an immersive cabaret featuring majestic live performances, exquisite dining and quintessentially British cocktails.
The current production of Joe DiPietro’s F**king Men at Waterloo East Theatre is an updated version of his original 2009 script that successfully takes note of developments on th…
The hit play F**king Men returns to London this Spring for a strictly limited engagement.
A generational rift leads to father and son at odds, with the fate of the family at risk.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bingo…
Whether you remember Tony Blair becuase of the international laws he broke or the fact that he made fox-hunting illegal, TONY! is a raucous, cartoonish musical.
Nicholson Green Productions presents the Park Theatre production of TONY! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera] By Harry Hill & Steve Brown "Look a…
Nicholson Green Productions presents the Park Theatre production of TONY! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera] By Harry Hill & Steve Brown "Look anyone will tell you, I’m a p…
Cantilever Rights and Carrot Productions proudly present the world premiere of the animated feature film, The Amazing Maurice, with the score performed live by a full orchestra.
The Totally Football Show returns to the Leicester Square Theatre just in time for the Premier League run-in.
OUR TWO CURIOUS PODCAST HOSTS TELL EACH OTHER THE MOST INTRIGUING FACTS THEY CAN FIND, AND IN PART 2 OF EACH SHOW MEET A GENUINE EXPERT WHO CAN TELL US MORE.
Notting Hill.
On the Irish border town of Newry, Chrissy promises her sister Claire that after one final drink she will go to The Dry House to get sober.
The weird, wonderful and joyous tale of a genderqueer Londoner who discovers a new historical hero in Mary Lacy, an 18th-century shipwright, who lived her life as a man.
Recently bereaved, Paul is haunted by visions of his deceased wife Marie.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bingo…
Come and Join Mark Steel at Leicester Square Theatre as he tries to answer that age old question: What The F*** Is Going On?! With over 1.
An evening of rock’n’roll music from LIVE band ‘Cabaret Against the Machine’ with performances from internationally acclaimed Burlesque & Cabaret artists.
Stag King is a performance lecture / drag show about personhood, productivity and what happens when your role is made redundant.
One of the UK’s most exciting comedians, Fern Brady is adding extra tour dates of her fifth solo show 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.
Behold - It’s time for the Rise of the Feminine Divine.
Phil Wang and Pierre Novellie, award-winning stand ups and podcasters, bring their hit podcast BudPod to the stage for the first time! There will be jingles, correspo…
One mysterious day in 1900, a group of innocent school girls went missing in the Australian Bush.
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…
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Tamina was from Pakistan but living in London’s Notting Hill area during the 1950s, in the times before the decriminalisation of homosexuality came in 1967.
Ready to get your laugh on? This March, we're bringing you Live at Leicester Square Theatre: a side-splitting lineup of some of the circuit's top comedi…
“Yes, they haunt me, but not for one moment did I agoniseover what I did or ordered.
Promoted as ‘a twisting and darkly comic thriller’, Under the Black Rock, at the Arcola Theatre, has each of those elements in different measures, but probably doesn’t achiev…
NYC-based comedian Modi brings his unique Jewish blend of observational comedy to London for a night of laughs! Hailed as “The Next Jackie Mason” by the New…
45 minutes of fast paced, action-packed workout madness - audience participation is inevitable, injuries are easily avoidable.
NYC-based comedian Modi brings his unique Jewish blend of observational comedy to London for a night of laughs! Hailed as “The Next Jackie Mason” by the New…
Kelly wants change.
This striking reimaging of Ibsen’s classic play is set in Calcutta during British colonialist rule.
King Herod, famed for his Massacre of the Innocents, is now the face of a self-development pyramid scheme.
“Blindness isn’t sexy.
Worst Foot Forward is the comedy-trivia podcast all about failure, celebrating the worst things in the world.
Ireland's last hope: Five immigrant comedians.
Come and party with the UK’s top burlesque diva’s in an epic carnival of costumes, cocktails, glitter encrusted chaos.
When the forging of a prophesied ring of the Rhine proves more problematic than you’d possibly think, the realms of gods and men prove all the more chaotic for it.
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…
The no-bullshit politics podcast returns to the Leicester Square Theatre for an evening of high quality analysis, low quality jokes, and recrimination and blame allocati…
Holding up a glitter encrusted mirror to the crazy times we are currently living in, top UK trailblaizers House of Burlesque bring you PoliTITs - a sizzling, showgirl satire of con…
Professor Slug’s House of Bugs is a show all about bugs.
Serena Flynn, as seen on BBC Comedy and at Soho Theatre, and Morag Davies Productions present Lizard King.
Nominated for Best Comedy at the 2019 Brighton Fringe, queer Australian comedian Henry Moss brings HENRY: QUEEN OF SQUATS to VAULT.
In NAKEDpresents hedonistic utopia expect a cabaret that fuses drag icons, cabaret greats & circus legends into one queer spellbinding show.
Carmen: a woman ablaze with passion, surrounded by men possessed by obsession and jealousy.
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.
Teen Queen Mary Tudor takes to the mic to rehab her so-called “bloody” image.
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…
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bingo…
ROB NEWMAN LIVE ON STAGE Fresh from his BBC Radio 4 series Rob Newman On Air, the award-winning comedian’s new show is a stand-up epic that goes from cave pain…
ROB NEWMAN LIVE ON STAGE Fresh from his BBC Radio 4 series Rob Newman On Air, the award-winning comedian’s new show is a stand-up epic that goes from cave pain…
The Royal Court is a Grade II listed building, a magnificent example of one of the best theatres built in the Art Deco style.
Kathleen Warnock’s play Rock the Line tells stories of people whose lives aren’t often honestly explored in the arts.
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…
FESTIVE DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her baubles!! Bingo baubles! And they drop at 8!(I’ve tried make it festive, basically we’re pl…
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…
Hey Duggee: The Live Theatre Show is going to be huge! Betty wants to make costumes, Happy wants to sing, Tag wants to make music, Norrie wants to dance, Roly wants jelly and they …
Liverpool’s Royal Court Studio has got the perfect gift this Christmas.
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…
In celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, we present a rarely performed gem from Benjamin Britten’s pool of works: Gloriana.
Hurricane Music Company (HMC) presents Hourricane (Live Debut).
Being dead, the great maestro of late baroque composition has the hope of being raised incorruptible.
Join us in 2022 for the gigantic return of Jack and the Beanstalk.
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Opening the London Coliseum festive season is the UK premier of It’s a Wonderful Life, based on the classic 1946 Frank Capra movie.
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…
The Royal Court Christmas show is back baby! You want stupid jokes? We’ve got ’em.
The Tower of London is the scene for a tangled web of melancholy and mirth in Gilbert & Sullivan’s beloved operetta, The Yeomen of the Guard.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 7:30!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bi…
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…
Douglas Henshall has wasted no time in returning to the stage after his years in Shetland.
This punchy, 75 minute production recaptures the passion and the controversy of the famous novel, then globally successful film, and repackages it into an immersive production &nda…
The Bugle, one of the known universe’s longest-running and most successful podcasts, celebrates its 15th anniversary with a series of live performances.
Are you a writer who is interested in having your work produced? Join us for Stage Write Open House where producers, writers and course participants will be giving …
Due to huge popular demand, after his first tour-de-force, smash hit, sell out tours with ‘My Life Story’, Suggs is treading the boards again.
A compelling, humorous and emotion-filled solo show, written and performed by Mark Stratford, which charts the life and times of William Charles Macready, one of the greatest actor…
Compromise is for the weak: and Tosca is nothing of the sort.
House of Flamenka is lavish, extravagant and sexy.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 7:30!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bi…
Boris who? Join the panelists from Britain’s premier rage-driven politics podcast to “welcome” our new Prime Minister – whomever he or she turns …
On A House Like A Fire is a powerful story told through fragments and glimpses - an immersive experience about the nature of memory and the way we remember.
Join a ritual performance around Bosnian coffee-reading to both slow down time and look to the near future.
The Retrophones are a full-on funk band with horn section, playing the 1970s dance classics! They have been funking out the Edinburgh music scene for over 10 years and are regulars…
The Trashfuture crew of Riley, Milo, Hussein, Nate and Alice are back at the Fringe and ready to dissect all of the absolute worst aspects of the age we live in, from nonsense star…
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 …
Glaswegian singer/songwriter with soaring vocals and unique lyrics.
Two Truth and a Lie.
Charity spectacular! Watch as an all-star line-up of comedians backstab, manipulate and fight for survival in cult game show Werewolf: Live.
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…
Join Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Mat Ewins (Harry Hill’s Clubnite, Live from the BBC) and double Edinburgh Comedy Award winner John Kearns (8 Out of 10 Cats, Guessable) as the…
Self-described musical genius James Love and his sequin-clad showgirl wife Stephanie have been married for 12 years.
Ted Banks is a washed-up stand-up comedian desperate to get back into the big time with a comeback tour culminating in a slot at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Come watch the live show of the hit comedy podcast The Year Is where every episode Red and Bobby go back to a year in history and talk about the weirdest and strangest events from …
House of Jack presents Rock What You Got, an event packed full of all-style two vs two battles featuring some of the best dancers from around the UK.
Odd couple Mark Watson (you know, from Taskmaster, and ‘an unstoppably funny superhero’ according to The Times) and Michael Chakraverty (you know, from Bake Off, and a ‘brilliant b…
King Herod, famed for his Massacre of the Innocents, is now the face of a self-development pyramid scheme.
Returning after three consecutive sold-out Edinburgh Fringes, The M8s is a sophisticated blend of live and performance art fusing elements of the gig-theatre medium with the theme …
Music from across the ages marking important royal events from deaths and funerals to weddings and coronations, sung by ‘one of Scotland’s (indeed the UK’s) musical jewels’…
Writers and comedians Stevie Martin (Breeders, Late Night Mash) and Tessa Coates (Feel Good, Starstruck) co-host their smash-hit podcast Nobody Panic live.
Felipe Schrieberg and Paul Archibald return to the Fringe this year in an act that delivers a whisky-soaked night of tremolo and bass that walks through the annals of blues classic…
For the show’s UK premiere, join Desmond Channing in the Seventh Circle - hell’s most squalid cabaret club - as he recounts the grisly events that led him there.
As the unending expanse of the pandemic stretched out before him, Adam Evans set out to achieve one thing: receive crisps to taste, for free, from crisp manufacturers.
As the unending expanse of the pandemic stretched out before him, Adam Evans set out to achieve one thing: receive crisps to taste, for free, from crisp manufacturers.
Come and hear an EdFringe podcast recorded live and listen to the backstage chat and meet the Edinburgh legend/veteran/star.
Damnation has never been so fun in Joe McNeice’s adaptation of Diva: Live from Hell.
‘100% my type on paper.
Comedians Rachel Fairburn and Kiri Pritchard-McLean bring their smash-hit true crime podcast, All Killa no Filla, to the Edinburgh Fringe.
If all the best people are in all the best jobs, why is Britain such a f*cking bin fire? Orwell prize-winning author, BAFTA nominated broadcaster and celebrated hip-hop artist Darr…
He’s the man who put the foot into football.
‘100% my type on paper.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 7:30!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bi…
Schola Cantorum sings MacMillan.
He’s the man who put the foot into football.
A Choose Your Own Adventure comedy show! Mary Flanigan makes the jokes, you make the choices.
A show that provides a jellicle discussion about the jellicle aspects of the jellicle cats in CATS and how you can apply them to your life in order to make it truly jellicle.
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…
The legendary behind the scenes guide to all the epic political dramas and characters… plus unreliable predictions and questions.
Performances of Highland bagpipes and small pipes by the Royal Scottish Pipers’ Society and guests. Featuring light music and piobaireachd.
For one night only, Comic Relief Live! is back.
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast.
Winner: Comedian’s Comedian, Chortle Awards (2020).
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For The Many.
Mary Beth Barone is an expert in bad dating (just lucky I guess!).
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For The Many.
High octane R’n’B performed in the raucous atmosphere of Edinburgh’s world-famous Jazz Bar.
In 1983 schoolboy Michael delivered a petition on a homemade cruise missile to Mrs Thatcher.
Out of the swirling maelstrom he steps, his sword of jokes, his shield of whimsy and his armour made of a third amusing thing.
Bye bye Gatsby! It’s 1933 and Ali is throwing a party with her pals.
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For The Many.
Lockdown phenomenon Gigless goes live! New material from your favourite comedians, as always, presided over by Catherine Bohart, Helen Bauer and Andrew White.
Welcome to Gämez TV, where shows are made up on the spot using suggestions from the audience — you! We improvise TV pilots to create never-before-seen TV, from game shows, roma…
Lockdown phenomenon Gigless goes live! New material from your favourite comedians, as always, presided over by Catherine Bohart, Helen Bauer and Andrew White.
Veteran performer, singer and guitarist, Jack Badcock, toured extensively on four continents, predominantly as frontman and founding member of renowned world-folk band Dallahan.
Welcome to Gämez TV, where shows are made up on the spot using suggestions from the audience — you! We improvise TV pilots to create never-before-seen TV, from game shows, roma…
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For The Many.
THE TWIRLYWOOS ARE BACK FOR A GREAT BIG ADVENTURE! Join Great BigHoo, Toodloo, Chickedy, Chick and their friends as they discover the wonderful world around us! Exp…
On April 3rd 1968, Martin famously gave a speech that was a premonition of his own death.
Royal Scottish National Orchestra and conductor Elim Chan join forces with Czech pianist Lukáš Vondráček to take on works by Dukas, Liszt and Bartók.
A young scientist by the name of Frankenstein breathes life into a gruesome body.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
What’s just happened in the corridor? A comedy inspired by childhood dreams and final goodbyes.
July 1940.
As I take my seat in Mono Restaurant for Drag Queen Wine Tasting, I’m immediately struck by how professional everything looks.
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.
Escape from the House of Mercy is a dance/theatre work which looks at institutions which have compromised the rights of women in the past and the present through the buried stories…
Come join us for the original free walking tour around the heart of Edinburgh’s historic Old Town.
Fade In: Heidi sits at her desk writing the blurb for this show.
Join us for an afternoon of free jazz every Saturday and Sunday during the Fringe at The Grand Cafe.
Triggernometry, the hit political and cultural podcast and YouTube phenomenon is in town for two nights only.
Join us for free music every Saturday night during the Fringe at Southpour with great acoustic artists playing great pop covers.
Mary O’Connell is conflicted: she hates capitalism but she loves to shop.
Join us for a huge selection of free music every Friday and Saturday night during the Fringe at The Golf Tavern with different rock/pop cover bands with a great selection of music …
At St Cecilia’s school, Peter and Jason have a hidden love affair, but what happens when this is exposed to their family and friends? A riveting piece of musical theatre brought to…
Pianodrome Live is back – each night of the Fringe we showcase local and international acts, sharing uniquely intimate performances with you in our bespoke, in-the-round amphithe…
Take an easy walking tour to discover a little-known side of Edinburgh’s Old Town.
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.
Nicole Smit returns with her sell-out show, Queens of the Blues, celebrating the women who have defined blues and popular music over the last 100 years.
Princess Gayatri seeks to preserve her father’s legacy and the survival of her people.
The smash-hit show returns, with top TV comedians – aka the Gladi-Haters – improvising rants on topics suggested by the audience.
A character comedy set in Philadelphia about struggling to maintain one’s authenticity while facing inevitable change.
Join us for free music every Friday night during the Fringe at The Granary with our house musician playing great acoustic pop covers.
Have you ever wondered where the divas go, in between getting married or getting killed, night after night at the opera house? Madame Chandelier’s Opera House Party, of course.
LOBN are an eight-piece soul and rhythm’n’blues band featuring horns, harmonies and the Hammond organ, performing a selection of original songs plus classics from our favourite son…
Pasty-white, loved a round of golf and a bevy, locked in a bitter dispute between Catholics and Protestants, had an adorable wee Skye Terrier dog, married three times, implicated i…
France 1789.
Odds are you’ve seen one of Kinne’s many viral videos from his sketch comedy TV show, Kinne Tonight.
Bold.
Cross over into a whole new plane of performance.
Join police sergeant-turned-comedian Alfie Moore ahead of recording Series 7 of his hit BBC Radio 4 comedy ‘It’s a Fair Cop’.
A nostalgic journey through the lives and careers of two music legends in this international sell-out show.
“The dramatic tension is palpable in this intriguing narrative that cleverly underlines the old adage that money doesn’t buy happiness.
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.
Live! Laugh! Liquidate! is the message 8-year-old Charmian got from Hammer film She.
Acclaimed immersive adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s classic, staged in a bespoke venue unique to the show.
Game changer of an act Sam Serrano showcases their trademark self-deprecating and dark style in their debut show, Make Me Your Queen.
The Leicester Mercury Champion and multi award-winner, Jack Gleadow returns to the Fringe with more old-school comedy for the modern age.
For the fraction of the cost of a fixed penalty notice, pose your question to our fearless leader at this chat-show-cum-Question-Time-cum-work-event (wine/cheese/cake/wallpaper ava…
Start your day with a campatious event fuelled by quality wine, a tasty snack and some low tone.
Join us for a huge selection of free music every night of the Fringe at Biddy’s with different rock/folk cover bands and a big selection of music right through the festival.
The show contains nothing but jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes jokes …
‘The best late-night show on the Fringe’ (Scotsman) returns in all its glory, featuring a stellar line-up of the very best acts from across the festival every night.
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…
‘Absolutely cracking… Great material with fantastic execution’ (The Stand).
Teacher-by-trade Jack’s guide to everything the classroom may throw at you.
Join Paul Mccaffrey and Seann Walsh for a live version of The UK’s Top 10 Comedy Podcast. Comedy’s two angriest friends just got angrier.
“The dramatic tension is palpable in this intriguing narrative that cleverly underlines the old adage that money doesn’t buy happiness.
Forget everything you may know about Bloody Mary; the cocktail, the game, the queen who burned Protestants at the stake.
Looking like an ethereally pale, and bearded, pre-Raphaelite muse, Alasdair Beckett-King cuts a striking onstage figure.
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.
Nightlands is a play about how authoritarianism weaponises nostalgia, about Russia today.
Join us for free live music every Wednesday to Sunday during the Fringe at Ghillie Dhu with different indie and rock/pop artists with a great selection of music.
Mary, Chris, Mars tells the story of two astronauts who share a Christmas Day together after a chance encounter pushes them away from the crippling isolation of their solitude and …
Hot piece of ass Barry rises from the ashes of the pandemic to heal your soul like a hearty dose of medicinal magic mushrooms.
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…
Join Mary Beth for her eagerly anticipated debut hour, as she shares her checkered journey as an aspiring young starlet through to the present day, covering a range of topics like …
This is the funny and sad story store of one transgender woman’s journey through America from both sides of the gender line.
Six Players.
Every night at 11:20pm this Fringe, we bring you the very best in live podcasts, stand-up specials, cabaret and clowning, compilation shows and much more.
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…
Join us at the multi award-winning Whiski bar and restaurant for a vibrant foot-stomping good time as we showcase many traditional Scottish music bands at the Whiski bar during Aug…
‘An x-rated musical-comedy TED talk about the end of human civilisation’.
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…
AC/DC and Dame Maggie Smith loving musical stand-up Cecilia Delatori, has celebrated a big birthday, thrown away the knitting needles, bought an electric guitar and enrolled at The…
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 7:30!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bi…
A man confronts his notions of masculinity and fatherhood as he decides to record a video message to his estranged son, who is competing in a reality TV show… for drag queens! In…
Celebrate the closing of the 2022 Penge Festival with the Heatwave House Party at The Bridge House!An all day party downstairs in the pub with special live music sets in our theatr…
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 7:30!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bi…
By Lucas Hnath There's a knock at the door.
“Have you ever felt so sad you thought you’d never be happy again?” Charles, Billie and Alex live in the same house but they never see each other.
As Lemons, artists Ole Hagen and Hannah Jowett perform material based on Ole’s 2021 poetry collection, Lemon In Orbit (Pindrop Press).
As Lemons, artists Ole Hagen and Hannah Jowett perform material based on Ole’s 2021 poetry collection, Lemon In Orbit (Pindrop Press).
Our Jubilee Bank Holiday Friday special! For the first time live on stage in Vauxhall in too many years, Eagle London is proud to present LIVE on stage, the one and only David Dale…
Touring productions of West End musicals can often feel like a poor shadow of their original run as they usually require considerable downscaling to easily fit into a multitude of …
Porn is a form of entertainment that has always had mixed reactions, yet brings a lot of pleasure to many individuals.
What are you willing to do to become a legend? A porn actor performing his last record-breaking movie: a sex marathon with 100 women.
From stand-up comedian and TV legend Harry Hill and his long-time collaborator Steve Brown comes the premiere of the rock opera the world has been crying out for: a reckless reappr…
'Look anyone will tell you, I’m a pretty straight sort of guy.
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 tells the remarkable true story of Major Denis Rake MC, as seen on the BBC2 programme, “Secret Agent Selection: WW2”.
Welcome to Gämez TV, where shows are made up on the spot using suggestions from the audience — you! We improvise TV pilots to create never-before-seen TV, from game shows, roma…
Welcome to Gämez TV, where shows are made up on the spot using suggestions from the audience — you! We improvise TV pilots to create never-before-seen TV, from game shows, roma…
Get set for another hot performance by the legendary Brighton-based nine-piece.
Get set for another hot performance by the legendary Brighton-based nine-piece.
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 is a dark, psychological drama, set against a backdrop of political upheaval, civil unrest and the fight for equality in late twentieth-century Britain.
The Paramedics was inspired by an innovative idea by director James Burgess, who was a paramedic until five years ago.
The new digital comedy series taking social media by storm is venturing into the live show domain! This won’t be one to miss as we get to hear from Tiff and Chris, the Paramedics…
Two men who’ve been at the heart of the political world - former Downing Street Director of Communications and Strategy Alastair Campbell and cabinet minister Rory…
They were the definition of cool during their Fifties and Sixties Vegas heyday – Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jnr.
Hot piece of ass Barry rises from the ashes of the pandem to heal your soul.
Hot piece of ass Barry rises from the ashes of the pandem to heal your soul.
Leicester Comedy shortlisted podcast bought to life.
Leicester Comedy shortlisted podcast bought to life.
Serena Flynn (as seen on BBC Comedy, Soho Theatre) and Morag Davies Productions present ‘Lizard King’.
Sensational Brighton swingers The Soultastics are returning to Brighton Fringe 2022 with a brand new show celebrating the icon musician Louis Prima and his sidekick Keely Smith.
A work in progress show from award-winning stand-up comedian Alasdair Beckett-King (‘Mock the Week’).
A work in progress show from award-winning stand-up comedian Alasdair Beckett-King (‘Mock the Week’).
Join George Elek and Ali Maxwell from Not The Top 20 Podcast for a night celebrating the 2021/22 EFL season.
Ania Live with special guests Rapscallion is going to be one of those great live music nights full of sparkle and contrasts.
Ania Live with special guests Sy Richards and Rapscallion is going to be one of those great live music nights full of sparkle and contrasts.
KingFast is a Jamaican born and Belfast raised solo artist whose soulful vocals have been gathering traction around the UK.
KingFast is a Jamaican born and Belfast raised solo artist whose soulful vocals have been gathering traction around the UK.
The annual Fringe performance by one of the most exciting live bands in the South - this eight-piece soul and funk band, now in its fourteenth year, just keeps getting better.
The annual Fringe performance by one of the most exciting live bands in the South - this eight-piece soul and funk band, now in its fourteenth year, just keeps getting better.
We are Ania and we are having a bit of a launch party.
Join Drag Race UK Season 2 and cabaret legend Joe Black, as he returns to Brighton Fringe for an evening of musical mischief, vaudevillian villainy and cabaret chaos in the decaden…
Tuesday lunchtime concerts 1.
Tuesday lunchtime concerts 1.
The friendship between James Taylor and Carole King played a vital part in both of their incredible careers.
Teacher by trade Jack Harris brings his guide on how to deal with everything the classroom throws at you.
Teacher by trade Jack Harris brings his guide on how to deal with everything the classroom throws at you.
Robert Inston battles with labels, types and even psychological profiles.
Robert Inston battles with labels, types and even psychological profiles.
Get out of the opera house and into the ‘Opera House Party’ with Madame Chandelier! She’s got jokes, party games, and she’s invited all her favourite opera characters.
Get out of the opera house and into the ‘Opera House Party’ with Madame Chandelier! She’s got jokes, party games, and she’s invited all her favourite opera characters.
Come and discover the locations, inspirations and drama behind Graham Greene’s iconic tale of gangland murder, doomed romance and Catholicism.
Come and discover the locations, inspirations and drama behind Graham Greene’s iconic tale of gangland murder, doomed romance and Catholicism.
Brighton’s award winning Drag Prince Alfie Ordinary presents a night of glittering chaos as he welcomes the silliest Spiegeltent stage.
The Victorian era’s toy theatre movement collides with digital theatre in this live performance video capture of Peter Michael Marino’s internationally-acclaimed, epic, table-top…
The Victorian era’s toy theatre movement collides with digital theatre in this live performance video capture of Peter Michael Marino’s internationally-acclaimed, epic, table-top…
Based in Brighton, Bowiesque are one of the UK’s leading David Bowie tribute acts.
Based in Brighton, Bowiesque are one of the UK’s leading David Bowie tribute acts.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 7:30!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bi…
An impactful floating installation of a house in Ramallah, known, loved and photographed for 35 years.
MUTYA BUENA - LIVE AT THE RVTPLUS STAY ON FREE FOR OUR FRIDAY NIGHT CLUB PARTYThe brilliant Mutya Buena of the Sugababes makes a welcome return to The Royal Vauxhall Tavern followi…
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…
Simon David invites YOU to the live recording of his horrible DEBUT ALBUM From tender ballads (Daddy I Wanna Dance & Shitting On A Dick) to crowd favourites (Straggot, Why…
With mum Sue across the road at the neighbour’s 70s themed soiree, rebellious teenage daughter Abi is left to host a party of her own.
Tremble in terror at the Tower! Sizzle at the Savoy! Give Cleopatra the needle! Be washed away at Westminster! Lose yourself in Lambeth! Get gobsmacked by the Globe! Hold onto your…
Things Fell Apart Strange Tales from the Culture Wars Jon Ronson LIVE Things Fell Apart is the live version of Jon’s hit BBC Radio 4 podcast.
Basically.
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 7:30!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bi…
Live/Wire is The AC/DC Show.
Prior to the release of his new album 'It's OK, I'm still laughing!', the German singer, songwriter and troubadour Martin Praetorius will make his lo…
"One of the funniest things I’ve seen on stage in a long time" FOUR STARS Liverpool Echo "Brilliant, barmy and totally bonkers!" FIVE ST…
"One of the funniest things I’ve seen on stage in a long time" FOUR STARS Liverpool Echo "Brilliant, barmy and totally bonkers!" FIVE ST…
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 …
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…
Has he gone yet…? As the Government teeters on its foundations and the council dog warden comes for Boris “Big Dog, Honest” Johnson, the cult politica…
Live from the Landor presents a night of top notch comedians giving some new material an outing.
Full Disclosure With James O’Brien: Live James O’Brien is recording his podcast live on stage to raise money for LBC’s charity Global’s Make S…
Full Disclosure With James O’Brien: Live James O’Brien is recording his podcast live on stage to raise money for LBC’s charity Global’s Make S…
As recommended by TimeOut LondonThe Enby ShowThe Enby Show brings together the best gender-benders and cis-tem offenders that the UK has to offer, in an all-star variety night popp…
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…
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…
FRESHERSWhy can't she leave her room?Anyone Seen Mary Rose Text me when you're home safely FRESHERS - Caoimhe McGee Síofra is desperate to leave…
Northern Ireland's most exciting and beloved comedian; Shane Todd returns to the Leicester Square Theatre for an hour of hilarious stand-up comedy.
Northern Ireland's most exciting and beloved comedian; Shane Todd returns to the Leicester Square Theatre for an hour of hilarious stand-up comedy.
From the producers of Anything For Love – The Meat Loaf Story comes the classic rock musical sensation that’s been rocking the nation for 19 years.
For the first time ever and for one night only South African comedy aces Celeste Ntuli and Thenjiwe Moseley bring their rib cracking stand up comedy to London.
For the first time ever and for one night only South African comedy aces Celeste Ntuli and Thenjiwe Moseley bring their rib cracking stand up comedy to London.
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…
DIVINA DE CAMPO LIVE AT THE ROYAL VAUXHALL TAVERNDivina De Campo is not only one of the UK’s most successful drag performers, she’s well on her way to be a fully fledged national t…
Totally Football Live The Totally Football Show returns to the stage, and what better place to kick start things than the Leicester Square Theatre in t…
Totally Football Live The Totally Football Show returns to the stage, and what better place to kick start things than the Leicester Square Theatre in t…
Join author, campaigner and podcast host Ruairí McKiernan, Senator Lynn Ruane and special guests for what is guaranteed to be a lively and inspiring conversation …
The Royal Court is a Grade II listed building, a magnificent example of one of the best theatres built in the Art Deco style.
SUNDAY SOCIAL WITH MARY MAC AND SOOZ KEMPNER On Sunday 9th January we welcome back the actual Queen of Scotland and defender of the haggis, Mary Mac and our hugely popular new…
Fresh from music directing in Mandarin for Nederlander Worldwide in China, Juilliard grad Matthew Liu makes the leap from orchestra pit to the spotlight with a concert of original …
1980's era-defining comedian Ben Elton returns to the London stage to explore the modern age, bringing his hilarious perspectives with him! As the 'Godfather' of modern…
TRIGGERnometry, the hit political and cultural YouTube show with over 3 million downloads a month is launching a series of in-person events with some of your favourite g…
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…
After two consecutive sell-out years, Carl returns with a brand new show! Expect stories, observations & audience interaction.
Barrel Organ presents the first event in the relaunch of their highly successful programme, LIVE LDN.
Principal Guest Conductor Elim Chan leads the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in an electrifying concert featuring cellist Sol Gabetta.
Principal Guest Conductor Elim Chan leads the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in an electrifying filmed concert featuring cellist Sol Gabetta.
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.
Steam Down return to the Albany for a special homecoming gig.
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.
The Queer Gaze is a podcast presented and produced by Homotopia Associate Artist Ashleigh Owen.
TRIGGERnometry, the hit political and cultural YouTube show with over 3 million downloads a month is launching a series of in-person events with some of your favourite g…
Internationally touring cabaret and drag artist Peter Groom, presents Dietrich: Live in Liverpool a glittering, poignant and uplifting audience with icon, Marlene Dietri…
Queen’s County is the work on offer from Crooked House’s young Irish ensemble in Kildare Youth Theatre.
Australian playwright Alana Valentine makes her UK debut at the Finborough Theatre with The Sugar House, in its first production outside of her home country, where it was nominat…
Get ready for the best songs from all your favourite female stars in one fabulous fun-packed show.
Mary is pissed.
This Sunday we welcome back the Iron Bru Queen of Scotland and defender of the haggis, Mary Mac and our hugely popular new star Sooz Kempner to Sunday Social, plus DJs Simon Le Van…
Jon Courtenay: Live Jon is the first Golden Buzzer act ever to win Britain’s Got Talent, where he triumphed in the 2020 final.
SIMPLY THE BREAST - Drag King Fundraiser The m*n, the myth, the legend, Jamie Fuxx, is undergoing some gender affirming surgery this October.
After two consecutive sell-out years, Carl returns with a brand new show! Expect stories, observations & audience interaction.
A new music partnership in the making in this film of Isata Kanneh-Mason and Vasily Petrenko joining forces with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
The Royal Court is a Grade II listed building, a magnificent example of one of the best theatres built in the Art Deco style.
After two consecutive sell-out years, Carl returns with a brand new show! Expect stories, observations & audience interaction.
Corinthian King Sisyphus is tired of the holy powers-that-be controlling his humdrum and repetitive life.
Eddi Reader is perhaps Scotland’s greatest living female voice.
TRIGGERnometry, the hit political and cultural YouTube show with over 3 million downloads a month is launching a series of in-person events with some of your favourite g…
Rat King at The Hope Theatre, Islington, is a new production written and produced by Bram Davidovich for Kryptonite Theatre Company.
Romancero Books with the support of the Office for Cultural and Scientific Affairs of the Spanish Embassy in London presents the Festival of Queer Spanish Literature in London…
SING SING SING We can sing.
To launch the book and showcase the podcast, I’m hosting a live event at the Museum of Comedy in Bloomsbury which will feature some of my favourite subje…
Whether you love opera, or need to know more so you can pretend you do, Madame Chandelier’s OPERA HOUSE PARTY is the place for you.
SUNDAY SOCIAL WITH MARY MAC AND LOLA LASAGNEThis Sunday we welcome back the Queen of Scotland Mary Mac and the Brighton Belle Lola Lasagne to Sunday Social, plus DJs Simon Le Vans …
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…
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.
As recommended by TimeOut LondonThe Enby ShowThe Enby Show brings together the best gender-benders and cis-tem offenders that the UK has to offer, in an all-star variety night popp…
WOOF is a neo Drag/Draglesque platform that vows to ‘Redefine Sexy’ and ‘Redefine Drag’.
Ella Gant - amazing new drag artiste - so new and talented flock are proud and very honoured to have her come and entertain on a Friday.
RM Events is proud to announce our new collaboration with Aquum Bar Clapham! Do you like house? Do you like garage? Or do you just want an excuse to party before pride?RM Even…
Join TuckShop, the creators of Death Drop and Gals Aloud, for a hilarious and raucous variety night of drag campery like no other.
WE’RE LIVE, WE’RE HERE AND WE’RE SO READDDDDY.
WE’RE LIVE, WE’RE HERE AND WE’RE SO READDDDDY.
As the audience settle back for an evening of cosmic cabaret, all is not well at Saucy Jack’s.
As the audience settle back for an evening of cosmic cabaret, all is not well at Saucy Jack’s.
As the audience settle back for an evening of cosmic cabaret, all is not well at Saucy Jack’s.
As the audience settle back for an evening of cosmic cabaret, all is not well at Saucy Jack’s.
They were the definition of cool during their Fifties and Sixties Vegas heyday – Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jnr.
Dreamgun present their first film read that is intentionally for young audiences instead of accidentally for young audiences.
Live show, with full band!TOM ASPAULFoxgluvv support Doors open 6pmALL TICKETS NOW ON SALE!Ticket link
BANK HOLIDAY SUNDAY SOCIAL WITH MARY MAC AND KARLA BEAR It’s the August Bank Holiday weekend and there’s nowhere quite like Sunday Social for world-class cabaret and amazing D…
The Britain’s Got Talent finalist returns to Underbelly with fully revamped hour for 2021.
Join Jack Dee as he takes to the road to warm up ahead of continuing his UK tour.
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…
Brand new hour of comedy from acclaimed comic Red Richardson Red is a critically acclaimed stand up comedian, writer, actor and podcaster and is now recognised as one of the most…
Brand new hour of comedy from acclaimed comic Red Richardson Red is a critically acclaimed stand up comedian, writer, actor and podcaster and is now recognised as one of the most…
After discovering his grandparents old love letters, Ben makes a last attempt to uncover the future of his relationship with Alma, after being separated by borders, Brexit, and the…
Part game show and part chat show.
After discovering his grandparents old love letters, Ben makes a last attempt to uncover the future of his relationship with Alma, after being separated by borders, Brexit, and the…
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…
Experience all the drama and wonder of grand opera on a miniature scale, with open-air performances brought to life by a storyteller, two singers and instrumentalists.
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.
Immerse yourself in a pint-sized version of HMS Pinafore, with an unforgettable journey through the opera’s musical and dramatic highlights – in just 30 minutes.
A unique take on the transition from the Ottoman Empire’s period to the Republican era through the story of an old mansion and its demolition.
Join Barrie Kosky and Katharine Mehrling in an intimate soirée and discover the songs of German composer Kurt Weill.
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 �…
SECOND SHOW ADDED!!The Tartan Temptress is BACK for an intimate evening of song and chat PLUS you the gorgeous members of the general public have the chance to ask Mary you’re most…
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 ★…
Aurie Styla is probably the best British comedian that’s never been to Edinburgh.
James Seabright by arrangement with Áine Flanagan presents Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho.
An Audience With Mary MacThe Tartan Temptress is BACK for an intimate evening of song and chat PLUS you the gorgeous members of the general public have the chance to ask Mary you’r…
Frankie is doing some brand new jokes.
Conductor Valery Gergiev and pianist Daniil Trifonov return to the International Festival with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra for a radiant concert.
Join ‘Selfish’ Creativity Workshop with poet Antonia King to to better understand yourself and events in your life!Workshop overviewSo, this workshop will be all about how to use w…
"The legendary BBC Radio 4 series hits London’s Underbelly Festival for the first time in this special live residency starring the dream team of Jon Culshaw, Debra Steph…
What secret did the Chaplins, Carole Lombard, William Powell and a host of other film stars from the last century share? Witness the mystery unravel in one of the most notorious ho…
Dramatic, visceral collision of live music, painting and architecture, created by acclaimed Russian artist Maria Rud with punk rock legend Fay Fife (Rezillos) and Martin Metcalfe (…
Unsolved mysteries meet mixology in Mystery on the Rocks, a very silly podcast hosted by award-winning comedians Sooz Kempner, Masud Milas and Chris Stokes and named as one of The …
Principal Guest Conductor Elim Chan leads the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in an electrifying concert featuring cellist Sol Gabetta.
Unsolved mysteries meet mixology in Mystery on the Rocks, a very silly podcast hosted by award-winning comedians Sooz Kempner, Masud Milas and Chris Stokes and named as one of The …
Are you ready to explore the night with Dance Base’s immersive late-night exhibition? Linked with Dance Base unwrapped, the experience will include the work of Fran.
Still the original, wildest and latest of the late-night comedy shows at the Fringe, Late’n’Live is back for its 33rd year, showcasing unadulterated comedy mayhem to tickle the fan…
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, 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…
Mendelssohn’s bewitching A Midsummer Night’s Dream is performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra with the Edinburgh Festival Chorus, narrated by Dame Harriet Walter.
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…
The Britain’s Got Talent finalist returns to Underbelly with a fully revamped hour for 2021.
Starring the UK’s only dwarf drag queen.
Come and join us online or live for the original free walking tour around the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town.
A new musical partnership in the making sees Isata Kanneh-Mason and Vasily Petrenko join forces with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
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-…
Leicester Comedy shortlisted podcast bought to life.
Interactive Virtual Museum Tour live from Shakespeare’s Schoolroom and Guildhall in Stratford-upon-Avon.
The spectacle marks the 50th anniversary of Tubular Bells, the debut studio album by English multi-instrumentalist, composer and songwriter Mike Oldfield.
Leicester Comedy shortlisted podcast bought to life.
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.
The smash-hit show returns for its seventh year! Top TV comedians hate on topics suggested by the audience.
Celebrate the return to live entertainment with an exciting evening of variety hosted by radio personality Mark McKenzie in the home of the Army.
The untold side to the story of Aladdin’s Jafar and how he went from a selfless royal advisor to a man desperate to make things right again…
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…
Celebrate the return to live entertainment with an exciting evening of variety hosted by radio personality Mark McKenzie in the home of the Army.
Take a nostalgic journey through the career and music of two award-winning legends in this internationally sold-out show.
The Britain’s Got Talent finalist returns to Underbelly with fully revamped hour for 2021.
Interactive Virtual Museum Tour live from Shakespeare’s Schoolroom and Guildhall in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Dramatic, visceral collision of live music, painting and architecture, created by acclaimed Russian artist Maria Rud with punk rock legend Fay Fife (Rezillos) and Martin Metcalfe (…
What is Friedrich Schiller’s Mary Stuart without men? Two actresses meet to rehearse a two-woman version of Schiller’s play.
King Richard the Lionheart is dead.
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.
Come and join us online or live for the original free walking tour around the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town.
France 1789.
Award-winning Ali joins up with pals back in California for this unique show filmed live from the true home of jazz! All-star band of Katie Cavera, Clint Baker, John Reynolds and C…
What secret did the Chaplins, Carole Lombard, William Powell and a host of other film stars from the last century share? Witness the mystery unravel in one of the most notorious ho…
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…
Roll up, roll up! Come and see this bright explosion of love & isolation, joy & celebration and a lot of buffering – you’ll want a ticket for this ride.
Take an intriguing and entertaining stroll with our guide as you investigate some of the old wynds and closes on the Royal Mile, which are steeped in a sometimes violent and bloody…
Meet Jack Hoosie, manager of South Yorkshire’s 3rd Most Hygenic Gay Sauna (1997).
Meet Jack Hoosie, manager of South Yorkshire’s 3rd Most Hygenic Sauna (1997).
When all of his friends go away, Norman Price decides to find adventure in Pontypandy and become the star of a visiting circus.
Meet Jack Hoosie, manager of South Yorkshire’s 3rd Most Hygenic Sauna (1997).
Tomorrow’s Warriors are proud to present the return of Romarna Campbell in our in-person gigs series, Live at the Albany.
Every Thursday, from 7.
Tired of living for other people’s approval, Siân decides to impress an octopus instead.
Russel Brand takes some life lessons from William Shakespeare.
Cult cabaret sensations Bourgeois & Maurice descend on planet earth for two nights at Brighton Spiegeltent! “It’s hard to think of any other act delivering such clever, funny …
Cult cabaret sensations Bourgeois & Maurice descend on planet earth for two nights at Brighton Spiegeltent!“It’s hard to think of any other act delivering such clever, funny an…
Join the bloody funny Elf Lyons for an evening of ghouls, ghosts and gruesome tales of terror as we celebrate all things terrifying, Comedians, drag artists, poets, live artists.
Shutters: A Lesbian Rock Opera explores love, lesbian spaces, and the songs that shape our lives.
We are born.
Relaunching the Underbelly with a bang this Summer, join TuckShop, the creators of Death Drop and Gals Aloud, for a hilarious and raucous variety night of drag and campery like no …
Bumfluffery and other silliness.
“The unmistakable voice of Karen Saunders” launches Brighton’s newest venue The Annun.
“The unmistakable voice of Karen Saunders” launches Brighton’s newest venue The Annun.
Nine-time Edinburgh Fringe First Winner.
Nine-time Edinburgh Fringe First Winner.
Performing songs from the critically acclaimed album Waves on Wire.
Performing songs from the critically acclaimed album Waves on Wire.
Join the bloody funny Elf Lyons for an evening of ghouls, ghosts and gruesome tales of terror as we celebrate all things terrifying, Comedians, drag artists, poets, live artists.
In the first of our in-person gigs in the Live at the Albany series, Tomorrow’s Warriors are proud to present Xhosa Cole.
Whenever we think of Jack the Ripper, immediately we think back to Whitechapel and his gruesome victims.
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…
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…
Brighton’s award winning Drag Prince Alfie Ordinary presents an hour of glittering chaos as he welcomes the silliest Spiegeltent stage.
Brighton’s award winning Drag Prince Alfie Ordinary presents an hour of glittering chaos as he welcomes the silliest Spiegeltent stage.
Think it’s been a weird year? Meet The Lizard King.
Shakespeare’s best loved clown, Bottom, is reimagined in Fresh Life Theatre’s new one-man show.
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
A mysterious package, a private investigator, and a night club performer trapped in a hell of his own making.
Think it’s been a weird year? Meet The Lizard King.
Shakespeare’s best loved clown, Bottom, is reimagined in Fresh Life Theatre’s new one-man show.
Imagine the setting.
From the brilliant mind behind SiriusXM-Kids’ ‘Harry’s Wand’ (Steve Goodie), and best-selling author of ‘Don’t Feed the Bully’ (Brad Tassell), comes the Halloween show that every…
Zany, spooky, fun! That is the way to describe Vampire's Ball Ultimate Halloween Party Live! Although it was on Zoom, and they were up against time lags on the extremely odd oc…
How a Hammer Horror film became the biggest influence on young Charmian’s life with darkly hilarious consequences.
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…
How a Hammer Horror film became the biggest influence on young Charmian’s life with darkly hilarious consequences.
King Henry VIII is ‘brought to life’ in this most dramatic of performances! In all his splendour and magnitude, the King, now in old age, recounts the events of his long life a…
Period music greets loyal subjects as they enter the Friends Meeting House to attend Divorced, Beheaded, Survived: An Audience with King Henry VIII, written and directed by John Wh…
Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Politics, power and war drive much of our history, but what about those who drive world-changing events? How would one of the history’s greatest winners face the moment of his own …
This year, as a part of the National Lottery’s Thanks To You week, we are delighted to be hosting a talk about the heritage of our theatre.
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 …
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…
This compelling one-man show by Mark Stratford charts the life and times of William Charles Macready, one of the greatest actor-managers of the 19th Century.
Unless you have studied the history of theatre it's easy to imagine that performances on stage have always been very much as they are today.
Milkshake Monkey can’t wait to put on a spectacular new musical for you all! But when stage fright hits, his favourite Milkshake friends come to help, creating the…
Based in Brighton, Bowiesque are one of the UK’s leading David Bowie tribute acts.
Based in Brighton, Bowiesque are one of the UK’s leading David Bowie tribute acts.
Neo-classical electronic composer King Jamsheed brings together a year’s work.
Britain’s Got Talent Finalist, West End star and multi-award-winning magician Ben Hart is bringing his unique brand of magic to Brighton.
Bingo to dream about & prizes from your worst nightmare with Wilma Ballsdrop, Topsie Redfern, Ruby Violet & Paul CosmicTicket link
The West End’s only sit down disco with London’s best drag diva DJs playing camp classics all nightTicket link
Britain’s Got Talent Finalist, West End star and multi-award-winning magician Ben Hart is bringing his unique brand of magic to Brighton.
Neo-classical electronic composer King Jamsheed brings together a year’s work in livestream.
Memory, loss, mother-daughter relationships and the hokey-cokey.
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…
Memory, loss, mother-daughter relationships and the hokey-cokey.
A journey into the broken heart of a young boy, who, through creativity, imagination, and determination, teaches us that the rehabilitation of things broken and discarded gets to i…
Armed only with a drum, a guitar, a knife and a chair, this irreverent, inventive and highly accessible one-man adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear’ is presented from the poin…
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…
TV paranormal shows are misleading at best, fake at worst.
Reality and fiction fuse in this interesting piece focusing on the paranormal world, as a TV editor called Sam struggles to accept where the lines of reality lie when asked to chan…
Enjoy the atmosphere of the live music experience with this special online stream of with vocalist Loucin presented in partnership with renowned talent development organisation, To…
What a relief to be sitting in an actual theatre watching something where no one mentions the 'C word', unless it's Cornwall that is.
On A House Like a Fire by Michelle Read and Brian Keegan, presented by Age & Opportunity/BEALTAINE in association with Smock Alley Theatre and Droichead Arts Centre…
MEET YOUR WILD SIDE Conceived and directed by Channing Tatum, MAGIC MIKE LIVE is an unforgettably fun night of sizzling, 360-degree entertainment based on the hit movies.
Ron, Rosetta, Ivy, Charlie, Gloria, Sarah, Sioned and George.
A digital installation inspired by BS Johnson’s celebrated novel, directed by Tim Crouch.
Ron, Rosetta, Ivy, Charlie, Sioned and George.
Thursday 22nd October, 7.
Tired of living for other people’s approval, Siân decides to impress an octopus instead.
Tired of living for other people’s approval, Siân decides to impress an octopus instead.
£7510am-3pmSuitable for ages 18+This workshop is all about signage onto rustic wooden planks that will be prepared for you.
We could all do with a distraction.
Kill The Cat Theatre invites you to play what seems to be a simple game of blackjack in the “The House”.
They were the definition of cool during their Fifties and Sixties Vegas heyday – Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jnr.
They were the definition of cool during their Fifties and Sixties Vegas heyday – Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jnr.
Tickets: All £13.
This event has been rescheduled from Tue 17 November 2020.
Please note that Tier 2 regulations mean that only members of the same household or support bubble may meet together indoors.
Please note that Tier 2 regulations mean that only members of the same household or support bubble may meet together indoors.
This film is a socially distanced film.
Well, 2020 has been a load of old baubles but the gang from the Court will put the smiles back on your faces with this year’s Christmas show - The Royal Court Selection Box!&…
Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat… but 1.
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 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 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…
Before “It’s a Wonderful Life” the angels were still at work.
Booking opens from Friday 18th September at 8am Please note: that this venue will offer available seats based on social distancing.
“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…
To launch the book and showcase the podcast, I’m hosting a live event at the Museum of Comedy in Bloomsbury which will feature some of my favourite subjects includ…
After two consecutive sell-out years, Carl returns with a brand new show! Expect stories, observations & audience interaction.
After two consecutive sell-out years, Carl returns with a brand new show! Expect stories, observations & audience interaction.
After two consecutive sell-out years, Carl returns with a brand new show! Expect stories, observations & audience interaction.
An international sell-out show taking you on a nostalgic journey through the career and music of two legends.
It’s 2086.
King Richard the Lionheart is dead.
Following sell-out runs in 2016, 2018 and 2019, mind reader Mason King returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with his unique brand of entertainment! Having been a fan of time-th…
A wild political landscape opens up – election-winning Boris is not as mighty as he seems; Brexit not done, a new Labour leader, SNP storms: epic dramas for a brand new show.
Join The Rhythm and Booze Project duo as they play you a set of stomping blues music and serve you three top quality drams.
Award-winning Edinburgh band The Blueswater are performing five raucous late night gigs in Edinburgh’s best live music venue, The Jazz Bar.
Join Rosie Kay as she talks about working in dance and film, from 5 SOLDIERS to Sunshine on Leith.
Join Rosie Kay as she talks about working in dance and film, from 5 SOLDIERS to Sunshine on Leith.
Ziggy Stardust takes us on a tragical mystery tour through the life of a nearly-was rock star! Drama, tragedy and hilarity ensue to a live rocking backdrop.
In proud association with Camden Fringe; Whether you love opera or need to know more so you can pretend you do, Madame Chandelier has a show for you.
A showcase exhibition from the 70+ residents of the buzzing Coburg House studio complex.
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…
France 1789.
Join our expert guides for a free walk around the heart of Edinburgh’s historic Old Town.
Dirty Dancing is firmly etched into the memories of the 80s generation, a symbol of 80s culture defined by its unforgettable scenes featuring watermelons, that infamous lift and th…
Witness a spectacular display of uplifting, feel-good pop, rock and contemporary chart songs performed by the national phenomenon, Rock Choir.
An international sell-out show taking you on a nostalgic journey through the career and music of these two legends.
Acclaimed vocalist Nicole Smit returns to the Fringe with her sell-out show Queens of the Blues, a musical celebration of the women who have shaped blues and popular music as we kn…
Discover a little-known side of Edinburgh’s Old Town: behind the historic buildings, find the surprising number of little gardens and green nooks and crannies, all with a story to …
Get ready to experience all your favourite pop divas as the greatest female stars of today appear on the same stage for the first time ever! The UK’s number one girl band, Lit…
Acclaimed immersive adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s classic, performed in a unique tunnel beneath Edinburgh’s streets.
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…
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…
Cork comedian Chris Kent is back with more kids, stories and a keep cup to compensate for his guilt about overpopulation.
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 NEW INTERACTIVE GAME THEATRE PIECE THAT YOU CAN PLAY FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME.
A puppetry adaptation of Emma Dodd’s picture book ‘When.
At the heart of Carlos Acosta’s first programme as artistic director is a mixed bill of electrifying works that showcase the astounding versatility of the company, and in whi…
PLUMMETING INSECT NUMBERS.
Johann Sebastian Bach’s music has influenced so much of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s choreography.
This online, live, interactive family show for kids 3-10 years old puts a wildly comedic, theatrical twist on the traditional kids’ show.
Tonight I figured out how to beam a Facebook video to my TV so I could watch – amongst other things – a burlesque performer do a striptease on a unicycle.
As president of the drama club and star of every school show, Desmond Channing spent most of his short life in the spotlight.
All the King's Men are a world-renowned, award-winning all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
All the King's Men are a world-renowned, award-winning all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
Join The Family Jewels for a full frontal night of comedy, song, and a disarmingly sexy exploration of gendered power.
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.
Welcome to THE ROCK OF AGES EXPERIENCE.
Full Disclosure With James O’Brien: Live James O’Brien is recording his podcast live on stage for the first time to raise money for LBC’s charity Globa…
Full Disclosure With James O’Brien: Live James O’Brien is recording his podcast live on stage for the first time to raise money for LBC’s charity Globa…
Musical theatre sensation Lucie Jones, star of hit musical Waitress, performs her first West End solo concert at the historic Adelphi Theatre on Sunday 16 February 2020 at 7pm.
A riotous adaptation of John Gay’s banned sequel to The Beggar’s Opera, with techno, tracksuits and palm trees.
The Olivier Award nominated producers of 2017's ★★★★★ smash hit La bohème present a brand new Puccini double-bill Opera Undone: Tosca & La bohème Ra…
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 …
Clear the floor and whip out your score cards, because the Strictly Come Dancing The Live Tour is back for 2020 and will waltz its way around the country from January next year for…
In a camp fusion of comedy, cabaret and opera, Madame Chandelier guides you through her favourite opera plots, with jokes, drinking games, and a Nessun Dorma sing-along! Having sto…
Coinciding with his birthday, TJ brings along a few friends to record his Comedy Dynamics debut album at Littlefield. Celebrate!
A charming New Year’s night of music, mischief, tall tales and magic from around the country, brought to life here at Lauriston Castle.
Colin Quinn is a stand-up comedian from Brooklyn (okay, Park Slope).
Tucked away in a long forgotten corner of the city is an orphanage.
Rod Stewart is extending his 2019 UK summer tour into a winter arena tour, which will culminate in two massive shows at The O2 on Tuesday 17 and Thursday 19 December.
Shirley & Shirley went forth and multiplied.
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.
A glittering, seasonal spectacle packed with epic adventure, spell-binding magic, action-packed excitement and heart-warming friendship.
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 …
“We’re leaving the EU!” “OH NO, WE AREN’T.
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.
Wrestling has been around for decades and in dire need of a serious makeover.
Nearly five years old and up to 200 podcasts, successful collaborations with Nike, Red Bull and Deezer, The Halfcast Podcast is hitting the centre of London for a very s…
One of the most authentic and versatile artists to emerge from the region in years, Omar Kamal’s multi-cultural background shines on stage in a thrilling 90-minute set that s…
Marvel fans, assemble for this live, action-packed, legendary battle to defend the universe from evil.
Definitely Oasis are regarded by many Oasis fans and promoters alike as the best Oasis tribute band there is.
Wednesday 6th November, 1.
The Edinburgh University Theatre Company Presents Liz Lochhead’s 'Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off'.
True to its 19th century origins and the original steps of Marius Petipa, David Bintley and Galina Samsova’s production of Giselle is the perfect opportunity to see one of th…
Marvel fans, assemble for this live, action-packed, legendary battle to defend the universe from evil.
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.
In a thrilling collaboration, dancers of Birmingham Royal Ballet and Ballet Black appear on stage together in a mixed bill featuring Cathy Marston’s National Dance Award-winn…
The mission of the Cervantes Theatre “to showcase the best Spanish and Latin American plays in London” is strikingly realised in its closing play of the 2019 season that featur…
Comedian and Impressionist Luke Kempner hosts an ultimate reality show where no one is off limits.
Comedian and Impressionist Luke Kempner hosts an ultimate reality show where no one is off limits.
After thoroughly impressing with their adaptation of Dracula, TRUESTORY return with another legendary gothic tale as they find all the right parts for an excellent take on Mary She…
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s multi award-winning musical MARY POPPINS returns to its original West End home at the Prince Edward Theatre from 23 October 2019.
Mercury - Queen The Legend Lives On.
Sean Lock is one of the UK’s most highly acclaimed and original comedians.
Duration: Approx 2hrs 10mins Award-winning band The Bluejays (featuring stars of Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story, Dreamboats & Petticoats and Million Dollar Quar…
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…
From the producers of the West End hit shows 'Seven Drunken Nights - The Story of The Dubliners' and 'Walk Right Back - The Everly Brothers Story', t…
From the producers of the West End hit shows 'Seven Drunken Nights - The Story of The Dubliners' and 'Walk Right Back - The Everly Brothers Story', t…
Liz Pichon is a legend in our house: she is the author adored by kids who wouldn’t otherwise pick up a book.
Marvel fans, assemble for this live, action-packed, legendary battle to defend the universe from evil.
We got an extension – it’s the Will of the People! After our 7pm show with James O’Brien sold out in record time, REMAINIACS is proud to present a seco…
As Britain hurtles towards No Deal, join the panel from REMAINIACS, Britain’s biggest anti-Brexit podcast, for a night of high quality Brexit analys…
Marvel fans, assemble for this live, action-packed, legendary battle to defend the universe from evil.
Calcutta.
Rock Icons are returning to the UK in October 2019.
Following last year's sell out screening of The Greatest Showman, The Luna Cinema returns to the Open Air Theatre with the long awaited sequel to Disney’s musical ma…
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…
After two sold-out runs – of one show each, but a laurel’s a laurel – Scotland’s top, mainly pentagenarian, rockers (when Primal Scream are busy), the M8s return to the Edi…
They were the definition of cool during their fifties and sixties Vegas heyday – Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr.
Daz Black heads to the Fringe for the first time ever, off the back of his UK tour.
Football and feminism are both huge parts of our culture and everyday lives, but rarely have they been brought together and forced to get along.
To whom should I complain? When a young novice nun is compromised by a corrupt official, who offers to save her brother from execution in return for sex, she has no idea…
100% my type on paper.
Join Nish Kumar as he hosts a line-up of the most exciting comedy talent in the country – Rose Matafeo, Phil Wang, Sara Barron, Catherine Bohart, Sarah Keyworth and Ahir Shah.
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.
He’s the man who put the foot into football.
A One Woman Comedy show, with a dark twist.
After sell-out shows for the last four years, join Scotland’s top jazz stars as they take a trip with everyone’s favourite nanny! Playing all the greatest hits, we guarantee a supe…
Award-winning, rising stars from QM Comedy Society and the London comedy circuit deliver an hour full of social commentary and silliness.
100% Soul: The Voices of Virtue Gospel Choir live.
An exceptional international ensemble with its roots in Scottish culture.
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Global smash-hit podcast returns with its unique live cocktail of up-to-the-second satire, powerhosed hogwash and on-demand puns.
Join Willis & Vere for three evenings of live comedy podcast recordings with special guests.
Nominated for Best New Show at this year’s Leicester Comedy Festival.
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…
Charity spectacular! Watch an all-star lineup of comedians backstab, manipulate and fight for survival in Werewolf: Live.
Three thousand years ago, the Queen of Sheba travelled with a huge entourage and wealthy gifts to listen to King Solomon’s wisdom.
The Pushkinettes (Julia Masli, Tatiana Collet-Apraxine and Julie Nesher) are delighted to invite you to the traditional and very unusual memorial ceremony of Anna Karenina, the tra…
The podcast all about eating: live.
When so many songs written by men are condescending (Wake Up Little Susie), dangerously demeaning (Blurred Lines) or darn right creepy (Every Breath You Take) towards women, it is …
Audible hosts two weeks of completely free live comedy shows, showcasing the finest acts the festival has to offer, all being recorded for the audio series, Audible Live.
The 2018 IPCC Report on the impacts of global warming of above 1.
Gerald Osborne spent three years memorising the Gospel of St Mark.
Vikings, giants and magic await you in this fun-packed historical adventure.
A brand new behind the scenes guide to the latest epic political dramas.
Strangely, apart from the Military Tattoo, there is not a lot of piping in Edinburgh during August.
Adam, a hyper-intelligent AI, is cold, awkward and doesn’t make sense.
House of Jack presents Rock What You Got, an event packed full of all-style two vs two battles featuring some of the best dancers from around the UK.
Quick catch-up: it’s 2026, and we\'ve got four years left to save the world.
Whitechapel, 1888.
Trashfuture, the political comedy podcast about how the future is trash, is doing its first ever show at the Edinburgh Fringe, for one night only on 10th August.
A man and a woman are living in a refugee camp.
Peri is fifteen when her adopted mother dies.
A historical tragedy, a hero failed in battle, his beautiful lover and the handsome warhorse accompanying him towards the end of the inevitable fall of the kingdom, a heartbroken f…
A classic eight-piece soul, funk and rhythm and blues lineup, driven by a powerful three piece horn section, mighty Hammond organ and some very soulful lead and harmony vocals.
Is there a more intoxicating combination than blues music and good whisky? There is – blues music and multiple good whiskies.
In this special one-off event, Plastic Elvis will thrill you with an evening of full throttle charisma, unstoppable rock’n’roll and jaw-dropping excitement.
The original, wildest and latest of the late-night comedy shows is back for its 33rd year, showcasing unadulterated comedy mayhem to tickle the fancy of every twisted night owl.
Live comedy podcast about daddy issues, queerness, trauma and dinosaurs by comedian and (now) author Sofie Hagen and comedian and drag king Jodie Mitchell.
Award-winning Edinburgh band The Blueswater will perform five high-energy, late-night gigs at The Jazz Bar.
I feel ripped off, and frankly you should too.
Billy Joel: Piano Man Live showcases the very best of the dynamic songbook of the legendary Billy Joel.
Guitarist Graeme Stephen performs his new score to a screening of the classic silent film Nosferatu with his trio.
Robert Temple is performing the only traditional hour-long hypnosis show in Edinburgh Fringe this year, so if you’re looking for a show where any number of people can volunteer t…
This story is based on Chinese traditional myth, Zhong Kui.
In our twenties, an independent lifestyle seems liberating.
Comedian Mary Houlihan tells the true (fake) story of her torrid romance with 82-year-old actor Jack Nicholson.
Join us for a huge selection of free acoustic music, duos, bands, singers and more through the day and night on this launch day of Fringe Music on the Grassmarket.
Mark Simmons (ITV’s Out There) brings his hit podcast to Edinburgh for a series of special live recordings.
Free Fringe founder and Comedy Awards Panel Prize winner (2009) PBH returns after illness to serve up waffle, scrud, bilge, tosh and gibbering drivel.
Led by world-famous trials rider and YouTube sensation Danny MacAskill, Drop and Roll make their long-awaited Edinburgh Fringe debut with a brand-new show featuring jaw-dropping st…
Love! Death! And a pantomime camel! After extensive audience research, we listed the 47 things people demanded in operas and shoehorned them into this show.
This one time I got a pre-emptive divorce.
Screwball comedians Dominic Goland and Matthew Tallon (Laugh Factory Chicago, Vodafone Comedy Festival) fight off the Forces of Darkness using the only weapon they’ve got– jokes.
Your best friend (and acclaimed stand-up) Jack Barry is worried about you.
Squeeze in with two talented up-and-coming comedians.
The evil queen usually gets bad press, but not in this show.
Led by acclaimed vocalist Nicole Smit, Queens of the Blues presents a musical celebration of the women who have shaped blues and popular music as we know it, and have gone largely …
Join our expert guides for a free walk around the heart of Edinburgh’s historic Old Town.
Whether you bought a ticket for the slightly unnerving image design or for the sheer length of the title, you would be forgiven for rethinking your choice once you notice a dauntin…
The legendary BBC Radio 4 series hits the Edinburgh Fringe for the first time in this special live residency starring the dream team of Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Lewis MacLeod and D…
Join us down at The Shore for live music every Friday and Saturday evening, and Sunday afternoon during the Fringe.
The rock’n’roll diary of Marshall Stax.
Tony Cantwell’s live feed: a heart-pounding night of incognito browsing.
Rock Choir is the largest contemporary choir in the UK offering the general public the chance to sing without audition or any requirement to read music.
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 …
The brand-new tribute show from Liquid Lunch Productions, Elton John: Rocket Man Live! showcases the very best of the eclectic songbook of the legendary Elton John and Bernie Taupi…
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.
The Guilty Feminist podcast has become a comedy phenomenon with over 60 million downloads since it launched in early 2016.
Booking is essential for this sell-out tour.
Join Captain Jake’s Crew as he takes you on a journey to the high seas in this historic adventure.
What are you willing to do to become a legend? A porn actor performing his last record-breaking movie: a sex marathon with 100 women.
Following sell-out runs in 2016 and 2018 Mason King returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with a brand-new show! As a child Mason always dreamt of mastering the art of sleight of hand.
Actor/writer Christopher Tajah of Resistance Theatre Company gives an impassioned performance in Dream Of A King at theSpace Triplex, as he reimagines the hours leading up to the a…
Miss DQ was born to perform and lights up a stage.
Ziggy Stardust takes us on a Tragical Mystery Tour through the life of a nearly-was rock star! Drama, tragedy and hilarity ensue to a live rocking backdrop.
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…
Georges Méliès is often described as the inventor of cinema.
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.
Featuring an eclectic mix of genres from some of the country’s top musicians, our Live Lounge is back again! Join us every Thursday, Friday and Saturday during the Fringe between…
The Fawlty Towers Live Themed Dinner Show is one of two similar events happening at this year's Edinburgh Fringe; both themed dinners based on the legendary iconic 1970s sitcom…
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…
Join the ultimate mistress of mayhem, JoJo Bellini, as she takes you from the salacious to the sublime.
After a swift rise to fame with her Nobel-nominated book Diary of a Drag Queen, DENIM’s Crystal is back.
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…
The Ghillie Dhu’s very own local artists performing every night of the week with a mixture of traditional and popular classics. Come and join us for drams, jigs and reels!
Shh! If you’re reading this, then you’ve been invited to Ladylikes Top Secret House Party! With all our friends getting engaged, promoted, pregnant and the odd OBE award, we fe…
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…
Drag sensation Glamrou battles to merge their queer identity and Islamic heritage.
Dracula can return to his crypt.
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…
The Artists Collective Theatre consider what could prompt an eighteen year old girl to create one of the most lauded, feared, impressive and appalling tales of the overpowering nee…
A story of a man who decides to be a dancer.
Iconic is not a strong enough word for novelist Irvine Welsh’s generation-defining masterpiece, Trainspotting.
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…
Following sell-out shows in New York, London and LA, award-winning comedian Zach Zucker returns with a new hour of absurdist stand-up! Important: Jack Tucker is a very funny stand-…
The smash-hit show returns for a sixth year with top TV comedians improvising rants on topics suggested by the audience.
Join us for a prime selection of acoustic music every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night with different musicians and duos specially chosen for the Fringe; performing each night i…
This multimedia theatrical experience explores an old Istanbul mansion’s transition from Ottoman to modern eras, through video art and traditional Turkish music, live looping and…
Despite the title, it transpires that Joz Norris is not dead, but is merely busy having a bath.
Madame Chandelier guides you through her favourite opera plots, with jokes, dramatic death scenes, and a Nessun Dorma singalong! The joyfully ridiculous and self-proclaimed anti-di…
A hilarious and cathartic stand-up show by comedian Zane Helberg.
Jack Chisnall (BBC Radio 4 writer, ‘one of the best reviewed shows of Fringe 2018’ (Comedy.
The comic legend and 1991 Comedy Award winner returns to Edinburgh, performing 60 minutes of fresh material ahead of the launch of his new tour show Showbiz this autumn.
Strap on your safety goggles boys and girls! This August Brainiac Live performs at the Garrick Theatre in the heart of the West End.
Award-winning silliness and choose-your-own-adventure poems for the whole family as you work to transform your writing skills.
Your favourite Fringe comedians lie, manipulate and backstab as they try to uncover the murderous werewolves in this fresh take on the comedy panel show.
Following a sold-out run at last years Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Tom Brace returns with a brand-new magic show for the whole family! Featuring Tom’s unique blend of comedy and mag…
Tucked away in a corner of Pleasance Courtyard, Glenn Moore delights a packed crowd with an hour of non-stop puns and twisted humour.
Have you ever been to a comedy show by someone who can travel through dimensions, from one world to another? No, me neither.
Wild and wonderful #Pianodrome house band S!nk bring you to life with a full spectrum of new music and movement in their traveling 100-seat amphitheatre made entirely from upcycled…
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Not many comedy fans would turn down the chance to see the legendary Whose Line Is It Anyway? gang live.
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 …
Musical inventors S!nk designed the Pianodrome – an amphitheatre made from upcycled pianos – as a dream performance space.
All the King’s Men are a world-renowned, award-winning all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
Bring home a part of Edinburgh’s unique style with original paintings, ceramics, jewellery by Edinburgh artists you won’t find anywhere else.
The award-winning Alasdair Beckett-King returns to this timeline with a dimension-hopping stand-up comedy show.
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…
The Apollo Nights Summer Series is a new concert experience for London.
In a reimagined 1590, England is a matriarchy.
Behind the scenes at a shoeshop in Edwardian Salford, headstrong Maggie manages to ditch her drunkard dad, and find success in both love and business.
Small Islandadapted by Helen Edmundsonbased on the novel by Andrea Levy Andrea Levy’s Orange Prize-winning novel Small Island comes to life in an epic new theatre …
Please note: This is a youth theatre production The Mansfield Palace Intermediate Youth Theatre presents this fun, energised and fresh take on scary legend that is…
Birmingham Royal Ballet returns to Sadler's Wells for their first visit of the year with a new triple bill of dance.
Downton Abbey Live Open Air Concert is set the stunning grounds of Highclere Castle performed by The Chamber Orchestra of London with the television show's composer, John Lunn …
Shakespeare’s enduring love story is known the world over.
The Theatre at the Hippodrome Casino has undergone a multi-million-pound transformation to create an intimate, state-of-the-art new home for the show that The Sun calls, ".
There is no person more synonymous with the Australian comedy scene than Dave “Hughesy” Hughes.
Led by the world’s number one Michael Jackson tribute artist ‘Navi’, which alone sets this show above the rest.
All My Sonsby Arthur Millerdirected by Jeremy Herrin Broadcast live from The Old Vic in London, Academy Award-winner Sally Field (Steel Magnolias, Brothers & Sisters…
An unmissable opportunity to see comic legend Frank Skinner perform brand new stand-up in an intimate space.
Award-winning performance from Amsterdam Fringe 2018.
Rachel will never forget Mary Day, the damaged local legend.
Due to increasing demand from her fans, Irish singer Mary Black is performing a one-off headline show in London.
Full-time idiot Jack Stark hasn’t written this show.
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’ is a romp of bizarre happenings that explore the completely fabricated lives of the colourful and controversial.
“Stedman’s voice is sure to melt hearts.
The EU has reset the Brexit Doomsday Clock to October.
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 at GBMet.
4 April 1968.
A multi-sensory meditative journey into the ‘nine celestial bodies’, using pioneering harmonic scales and technology from ancient civilisations augmented by cutting edge scienc…
Rape, beheadings, burnings, and religious persecution run rife.
A cabaret show that takes you from the salacious to the sublime.
The contemporary face of The Royal Ballet is shown in works from three of today’s leading choreographers.
Its supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
What compels a 76 kg, 55 year old bloke from Stoke to tell the story of a singing legend who died at the age of 47, weighing just 39 kg? All will be revealed in this affectionate…
‘Top Secret House Party!’ is the debut comedy hour from LADYLIKES, the hottest new sketch duo in town.
In their Opera Gala Concert, the Sussex Symphony Orchestra is celebrating some of opera’s most iconic heroes and heroines and their wicked stories of lust, passion, death and betra…
Leicester Mercury Comedian of The Year 2017, Alasdair Beckett-King returns to this timeline with a dimension-hopping stand-up comedy show.
1980’s Pittsburgh, a city in decay.
Duration: Approx 3hrs The world’s greatest tribute show dedicated to female rock legends and powerhouse vocalists of the last four decades… With three…
Broadcast live from The Old Vic in London, Academy Award-winner Sally Field (Steel Magnolias, Brothers & Sisters) and Bill Pullman (The Sinner, Independence Day) sta…
£15, (£10 under 18's) COMPOSER: Francis Poulenc Sung in French.
On Sunday 12 May 2019 at London’s Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith, there will be two concerts of The Best of… Rock Musicals for the benefit of The Charlie Waller Memorial …
Jack Cray is The Fittest Man On The Street.
Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads Poulenc’s masterpiece.
Journalist Peyvand Khorsandi never intended to become an obituaries editor at The Independent, nor did he intend to work for the Daily Mail.
Saturday 11th May, 7.
Come into the forest; dare to change your state of mind.
Based on actual historical events, Mary Blandy’s Gallows Tree is a one-woman play that charts the last hour(s) of Mary Blandy as she awaits the gallows in Oxford Prison in 1752, …
Hands up anyone who was bored rigid by studying Shakespeare at school.
A four piece Japanese rock band who formed in 2005.
Bloco Branco: a unique and high energy sound, fusing Brazilian drums, contemporary guitars, vibrant vocals and sassy saxophone.
Following its sell-out run at Wilton’s Music Hall in 2018, Paul Bunyan will receive its first revival at Alexandra Palace Theatre this May.
A pole-esque tale, telling the story of one woman’s journey through pole, from the seedy underworld of Brighton, to her respectable reinvention as a drag king.
The Evil Queen usually gets a bad press, but not in this show.
This incredible production stars the world’s leading MJ tribute artist Navi who is joined by Jackson’s original lead guitarist - Jennifer Batten.
This incredible production stars the world’s leading MJ tribute artist Navi who is joined by Jackson’s original lead guitarist - Jennifer Batten.
Squeeze in with two talented up-and-coming comedians.
Showman, story teller and clown, London cabaret star, Andrew Pepper (“barnstorming, no-holds barred, grab the audience by the goolies and give them everything you’ve got”, Ca…
Based in Brighton, Bowiesque are one of the UK’s leading David Bowie tribute acts.
One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018.
Come and discover the locations, inspirations and drama behind Graham Greene’s iconic tale of gangland murder, doomed romance and Catholicism.
It’s Mary Flanigan and Robbie McShane! One’s a comedian, one’s a robot pretending to be a comedian.
New British musicals are few and far between nowadays, but the Brighton Fringe is the one place where they are bound to be found.
The annual Fringe performance by one of the most exciting live acts in the south, this eight-piece soul and funk band, now in their eleventh year just keeps getting better.
Madame Chandelier’s Rough Guide to the Opera is everything you never knew was funny about opera.
There are many versions of the story of Faust, who trades his soul with the Devil for youth and power, but Gounod’s opera remains one of the most constantly enthra…
Celebrating their 10th year on the road with their Lost Legends Anniversary Tour, Rock n Roll Paradise returns… Backed by the dynamic Paradise Band, legends inclu…
MAJESTY rose from the ashes of a professional touring Queen tribute band that came off the road in May 2011.
All About EveBy Joseph L MankiewiczAdapted and directed for the stage by Ivo van Hove Gillian Anderson (X-Files, NT Live: A Streetcar Named Desire) and Lily James (Mamma…
KIDS OFFER: free child ticket with every adult ticket purchased, subsequent child tickets are half price.
Wednesday 10th April, 2pmTickets: £12 or £44 for a family ticket (4 people, including at least 1 child), Babes in Arms/Children under 18mths go fre…
THEY’RE COMING TO GET YOU, LONDON Based on George A.
£15, (£10 under 18's) COMPOSER: Richard Wagner Sung in German.
Featuring some of the most glorious music ever written—including, of course, the Ride of the Valkyries—Die Walküre is the second of the four operas that…
The world premiere of Iain Bell’s Jack the Ripper: The Women of Whitechapel, following his critically-acclaimed In Parenthesis.
Farnham Festival 2019: Rock and Pop A new inclusion in this year’s Festival; Tuesday’s concert will involve rock and pop groups, as well as singer-songwriter…
The story is set against a wonderful evocation of 16th-century Verona, and includes a bustling marketplace that erupts into a violent sword fight, and a lavish ball held in an eleg…
Miro JAROŠ Live UK Tour The first UK tour of favourite singer Miro Jaroš.
Miro JAROŠ Live UK Tour The first UK tour of favourite singer Miro Jaroš.
This month Jon Davies presents the latest film by Marselle-based Robert Guédugyuabm The House By The Sea, and looks at how French cinema has celebrated France&apo…
Duration: 55 mins (No Interval) From the producers of The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show and Sarah and Duck Live on Stage comes another enchanting show for young audiences…
Mortified is a storytelling event which happens in more than 20 cities around the world and even has its own 6 part Netflix show (Mortified Guide).
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…
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…
£15 (£10 under 18's) COMPOSER: Gaetano Donizetti Sung in French.
Full of wit and invention, Donizetti’s comic opera is a delight.
Join Katherine Ryan and Emily Dean - and their two dogs Raymond and Meg - for a live chat to celebrate the publication of Emily’s new heartbreaking and funny memoi…
Avant-garde music group, Laibach are still the most internationally acclaimed band to have come out of the former Communist countries of Eastern and Central Europe and they’r…
Following a whirlwind year of high-profile tour support slots (Ricky Gervais, Bill Burr, Doug Stanhope), a 2018 Chortle Award nomination and an acclaimed, sell out Edinburgh Fringe…
JESSICAIt's hard to get out Dancing QueenI'll choose happiness every damn time JESSICA - WENDY ALICE ROSE CO.
Cervantes’s story of the bumbling knight Don Quixote has inspired countless artistic interpretations.
Sex! Fantasies! Voyeurism! Vacuuming!In the cosy atmosphere of London’s living rooms and untraditional spaces, Ethan is Coming Clean.
Duration: Approx 2hrs Get ready for the best songs from all your favourite female stars in one fabulous fun-packed show.
Director: Rob Marshall Cast: Emily Blunt, Ben Whishaw, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Meryl Streep, Angela Lansbury In Depression-era London, following a personal loss a now-grown …
In Disney’s “Mary Poppins Returns,” an all new original musical and sequel, Mary Poppins is back to help the next generation of the Banks family find t…
Steve Steinman’s Vampires Rock with special guest star Sam Bailey.
The Royal Court is a Grade II listed building, a magnificent example of one of the best theatres built in the Art Deco style.
The dancers of the future bring their talent to the Royal Opera House main stage for three special performances.
All the King’s Men are a world-renowned, award-winning, all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
Duration: Approx 2hrs 20mins More information to follow
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” explores the turbulent life of the charismatic Mary Stuart.
Mary, Queen of Scots” explores the turbulent life of the charismatic Mary Stuart.
A Small House at the Edge of the World is the story of how one location captures and distills two lifetimes worth of love, joy and sorrow.
A Small House at the Edge of the World is the story of how one location captures and distills two lifetimes worth of love, joy and sorrow.
£15 (£10 under 18’s) COMPOSER: Georges Bizet Sung in French.
Don’t miss this revival of Sir Richard Eyre’s dynamic production.
Something between two refugees gradually changes the shape of their relationship.
Strap on your safety goggles boys and girls, due to popular demand Science’s greatest and most volatile live show is returning with a vengeance.
Saturday 2nd February, 1.
Nominated for César Awards, France 2018 – Best Supporting Actress Winner of two Venice Film Festival Awards 2017 By a little bay near Marseilles lies a pict…
National Theatre Live I’m Not Runningby David Hare I’m Not Running is an explosive new play by David Hare, premiering at the National Theatre and broadcast l…
I’m Not Running is an explosive new play by David Hare, premiering at the National Theatre and broadcast live to cinemas.
The Strictly Come Dancing UK Arena Tour is waltzing back on the road from January 2019 for 29 supersized sequin-filled shows across the country.
In Tchaikovsky’s intense opera of obsession and the supernatural, Gherman is caught between the woman he loves and a destructive fixation.
The Strictly Come Dancing UK Arena Tour is waltzing back on the road from January 2019 for 29 supersized sequin-filled shows across the country.
Tuesday 29th January, 7pmTickets: £15 or £11 for school groupsSuitable for: no age suitability has been given yet for this screeningDuration: …
A “highly engrossing”, ‘pocket epic’ staging of Shakespeare’s Richard II.
Tickets: £26Duration: tbcSuitable for: ages 12+ ‘The Greatest Rock & Roll Band In The World’ is a bold statement but Showaddywaddy h…
DIDO AND AENEAS (PURCELL) &IL COMBATTIMENTO DI TANCREDI E CLORINDA (MONTEVERDI) Purcell’s much-loved masterpiece, Dido and Aeneas, recounts the love of Dido, Q…
Grindr: The Opera! puts the most notorious gay hook-up app into the exaggerated world of opera.
The critically acclaimed, award-winning comedian and actor Catherine Tate, will bring THE CATHERINE TATE SHOW - LIVE to London’s Wyndham’s Theatre.
Don't miss your chance to see a production claimed by a Sunday Times journalist as "Mighty, moving and unstoppable" as eight-piece band, The Goldhawks, deliver a stun…
Angelos and Barry record another of their legendary award winning improvised podcasts in front of a live London audience.
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…
THE GREAT BIG SITCOM GEEKS CHRISTMAS BONANZA AND FUN QUIZ Top comedy podcast Sitcom Geeks goes live to record their 100th episode.
THE GREAT BIG SITCOM GEEKS CHRISTMAS BONANZA AND FUN QUIZ Top comedy writing podcast Sitcom Geeks goes live to record their 100th episode.
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...
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.
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.
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…
IGGETY ZIGGETY ZAGGETY ZOOM! Join the Witch and her cat on their mission to defeat the dragon in Tall Stories’ magical, musical adaptation of the classic picture book by Juli…
Award-winning comedian Diane Spencer is filming her 8th standup special right here in the crypt! Delightfully dark and refreshingly honest, Diane draws on personal exper…
Award-winning comedian Diane Spencer is filming her 8th standup special right here in the crypt! Delightfully dark and refreshingly honest, Diane draws on personal exper…
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…
In Frederick Ashton’s joyous country tale, Lise and her mother clash in a foot-stomping, cabbage-throwing, battle of wills.
An audio drama performed live and scored, produced by the team behind the podcast series Whisper Through The Static.
Calling all Bingsters! Bing and his friends are coming to Greenwich in the first ever Bing stage show!Join Bing, Sula, Coco and Pando as they find out how to tell stories by preten…
Jack Left Town are the greatest band in the world, the only hitch is that they never existed.
Liverpool’s Royal Court 80th Birthday Bash An evening of celebration done the Royal Court way, this is a night where we show off all (well, some) of the goo…
Situated just next to Spinningfields, The Crystal Maze LIVE Experience Manchester is the ultimate team challenge.
A live UK performance of the global smash-hit podcast The Bugle.
Situated just minutes away from Angel tube station in Islington, The Crystal Maze Live Experience is the ultimate team challenge.
The Great Pirate Adventure: PAW Patrol Live! All paws on deck! Spin Master entertainment has announced a 2018 UK tour of Paw Patrol Live! 'The Great Pirate Adventure' this …
The Great Pirate Adventure: PAW Patrol Live! All paws on deck! Spin Master entertainment has announced a 2018 UK tour of Paw Patrol Live! 'The Great Pirate Adventure' this …
The Great Pirate Adventure: PAW Patrol Live! All paws on deck! Spin Master entertainment has announced a 2018 UK tour of Paw Patrol Live! 'The Great Pirate Adventure' this …
Sanspants Radio present Plumbing the Death Star Live.
The Great Pirate Adventure: PAW Patrol Live! All paws on deck! Spin Master entertainment has announced a 2018 UK tour of Paw Patrol Live! 'The Great Pirate Adventure' this …
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…
The Great Pirate Adventure: PAW Patrol Live! All paws on deck! Spin Master entertainment has announced a 2018 UK tour of Paw Patrol Live! 'The Great Pirate Adventure' this …
After sell-out shows for the last three years, join Scotland’s top jazz stars as they take a trip with everyone’s favourite nanny! Playing all the greatest hits, we guarantee a sup…
AART TV Live! Mikey the Aartist return to the Pleasance with his all new AART TV show featuring guest artists Amrit Maghera from Hollyoaks and Jim Parkyn/Aardman Animations discuss…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Charity spectacular! Watch beloved comedians backstab, manipulate and fight for survival in Werewolf: Live.
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…
Join Sara Pascoe as she hosts an exclusive stand up show, bringing with her a line-up of some of the most exciting comedy talent in the country.
Things Live! A variety cabaret of Dragtime’s most unusual and magical drag performances yet.
Springing up from the wreckage of his famous car (a Spider), James Dean talks honestly, candidly and sometimes with discomfort about his life.
The Great Pirate Adventure: PAW Patrol Live! All paws on deck! Spin Master entertainment has announced a 2018 UK tour of Paw Patrol Live! 'The Great Pirate Adventure' this …
One is a comedian doing relatable stand-up, the other is a robot programmed to do relatable stand-up.
Back by popular demand after the most time-efficient total sell-out of the 2017 Fringe (check the laurel), this is the M8s: Live (but not so dangerous).
Thomas Cameron is an English tenor whose voice has been described as having velvet-like qualities and performs classics such as Bring Him Home.
The acclaimed hit podcast Book Shambles, recorded in front of a live audience! Hosted by Robin Ince who‘ll be joined by a different amazing guest each show.
Swarming with highwaymen, thieves, jailors, pimps and prostitutes, John Gay’s savagely satirical and wildly entertaining ‘ballad opera’ invites you into a world of greed, cri…
Prepare for the gay and straight worlds to come together, as unlikely friends James Barr and Dan Hudson bring their hugely successful podcast to Edinburgh – live! James will expl…
The Great Pirate Adventure: PAW Patrol Live! All paws on deck! Spin Master entertainment has announced a 2018 UK tour of Paw Patrol Live! 'The Great Pirate Adventure' this …
Flower arranging is a superb, but neglected art.
Two live editions of the globally popular topical podcast.
Edinburgh multi-arts festival Hidden Door was instrumental in getting the long out-of-action Leith Theatre open to the public again, after years of being used as a council storage …
Dare to experience the dangers and delights of Dinosaur World in this interactive new for show all the family.
Bendy House – an improv duo.
Strangely, apart from the Military Tattoo, there is not a lot of piping in Edinburgh during the Fringe.
Billy Joel: Piano Man Live! showcases the very best of the dynamic songbook of the legendary Billy Joel.
‘The more I drink in real life, the more my babies are taken away by social services in my Sims life.
The Skits, Cornell University’s original sketch comedy troupe, has crossed the Atlantic to deliver some cold, hard jokes.
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.
In a different show every day the audience has the chance to seize back control of Rock’n’Roll Politics as broadcaster and author Steve Richards conducts a tour of the latest seism…
Batman is the world’s greatest scientist and we can prove it.
One-man show telling King Lear’s story in his own words, using text from the original and new words.
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…
The Great Pirate Adventure: PAW Patrol Live! All paws on deck! Spin Master entertainment has announced a 2018 UK tour of Paw Patrol Live! 'The Great Pirate Adventure' this …
House of Jack presents Rock What You Got, an event packed full of hip hop and breakin’ two v two battles featuring some of the best dancers from around the UK.
Our story is about a town.
The Edinburgh Comedy Award winner, Live at the Apollo star, the Lidl Enya, the broken Bublé… DAVID O’DOHERTY headlines.
The ultimate tribute to the music of The Jam.
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…
Direct from the USA, the defending three-time National Shakespearean Acting Champions present Shakespeare’s rarely done history, King John.
The Great Pirate Adventure: PAW Patrol Live! All paws on deck! Spin Master entertainment has announced a 2018 UK tour of Paw Patrol Live! 'The Great Pirate Adventure' this …
Pushan Bose is a South Asian music composer, producer, singer and rapper who has been creating and releasing original music on digital platforms with a reach of 20 million listener…
When Uther Pendragon passes away England falls without king.
What’s that, old sport? Swing classics and Prohibition-era hits from some of the finest talents in the country? Precisely! Prepare to be transported back to the golden age of jaz…
Join British-Chinese provocateur artist Le Fil in a pop gig with extras as he, she or it explores a 24/7 world of gay-straight men, bad romances and the modern constructions of gen…
One of the hardest calls for a reviewer to make is where to draw the line between production and play.
Tilly Mouse lives under an opera house, and she just loves to sing! Her dream is to perform on stage.
A brand new type of spoken word show is coming to the Edinburgh Fringe, with one half open mic and one half live spoken word show.
Arts One Drama Company present Punk Rock by Simon Stephens.
The Blueswater is an award-winning Edinburgh band.
Following a successful Edinburgh Fringe debut in 2016, mind control artist Mason King returns for another journey into the inner depths of the human mind.
All Killa No Filla Live.
Former PM and cabaret superstar Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho is back.
Returning with a brand-new kick-ass sequel, Queen’s bass guitar dances across sexual politics.
The Italian horror soundtrack maestro Claudio Simonetti and his band Goblin perform their classic 1977 score live to a screening of the famous Dario Argento film Suspiria (celebrat…
The Great Pirate Adventure: PAW Patrol Live! All paws on deck! Spin Master entertainment has announced a 2018 UK tour of Paw Patrol Live! 'The Great Pirate Adventure' this …
Award-winning silliness for all the family from one of the nation’s most successful spoken word artists.
Your pictures and regrettable digital utterings are public.
‘Unpretentious, informal, belly-laughs-a-minute stand-up’ **** (ThreeWeeks).
What do you do when you have a best mate who’s so sad he might die? Especially since your friendship is built around a mutual appreciation of 90s hip hop, borderline alcoholism and…
A wanderer believes his destiny is written along the North Carolina Interstate.
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
All About Her — Feminism in Chinese Traditional Opera creatively combines traditional Chinese Opera with contemporary ideas, exploring feminism in the traditional opera repertoir…
In the last year, acclaimed stand-up Jack Barry has been appointed by his parents as their couples therapist.
A new weekly event bringing together some of the Fringe’s most exciting artists for a mix of chat, comedy and performance.
Join us for a huge selection of acoustic music, duos, bands, rock, folk music, singers and more every day and night of the Fringe.
The original, wildest and latest of the late-night comedy shows is back for its 32nd year, showcasing unadulterated comedy mayhem to tickle the fancy of every twisted night owl.
Visit the magnificent Parliament Hall, once the seat of Scotland’s politics, and gain a fascinating insight into the history, traditions and ceremonies of the home of Scotland’s Su…
LOBN play a selection of classic soul and funk songs along with some highly acclaimed original material.
Brothers Barnabus and Donatus of Cambusdonald Abbey are back, now five years on from the events of The Sorcerer’s Tale.
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…
In the Contini Live Lounge we will be featuring an eclectic mix of genres from some of Scotland’s top musicians.
Sister Mary McArthur returns to the Fringe following her triumphant five-star show of 2017.
Take an easy walking tour to discover a little-known side of Edinburgh’s Old Town.
Like stereotypes, labels generally become meaningless upon scrutiny.
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
The smash-hit show returns for a fifth year, with top TV comedians – aka the Gladi-Haters – improvising rants on topics suggested by the audience.
Your Fringe adventure starts here! For the 20th year, Edinburgh’s historic High Street is transformed into a huge open-air performance playground featuring thousands of shows of al…
Fringe madness has descended once again with the weird and wonderful from all over the globe in our bonnie wee city.
Edgar Allan Poe is dead.
November 22nd 1963.
Enjoy a rotating line-up of bands featuring a host of top local musicians doing a collection of familiar and unique covers, a great night to sing along and get your toes tapping at…
Rock Choir is the largest contemporary choir in the UK offering the general public the chance to sing without audition or any requirement to read music.
Tape Face presents an evening with the best acts at the Edinburgh Fringe with a social media twist.
Join our expert guides for a free walk around the heart of Edinburgh’s historic Old Town.
Following his army demob, Elvis Presley joins Frank Sinatra’s 1960 Timex TV show special.
After 30 wasted years, Sean McLoughlin (Chortle Award nominee, Ricky Gervais tour support) is back at the Fringe to perform the show of his mediocre life.
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.
Acclaimed immersive adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s classic, staged in a unique tunnel beneath Edinburgh’s streets.
Come onstage and fight for your life, hunt down the werewolves or laugh from the audience in this immersive comedy game show! A theatrical reimagining of the classic game of decept…
According to WikiHow, you can Live Your Best Life in just 14 steps (with pictures) but can it really be that easy? Emmy Fyles (Comedy Central, BBC Three) sets off on a journey to f…
The Great Pirate Adventure: PAW Patrol Live! All paws on deck! Spin Master entertainment has announced a 2018 UK tour of Paw Patrol Live! 'The Great Pirate Adventure' this …
Two lovers.
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Hope Theatre Company bring us this brutal and beautiful production exploring sexuality through the lens of two boxers.
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…
A blissfully domestic sitting room in a nameless American suburb is the setting for Brian Parks’ riotous comedy The House.
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…
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.
Strap in for the sex-ed show of the century as we debunk the desire industry.
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…
Join us for a prime selection of acoustic music every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night with different musicians and duos specially chosen for the Fringe, performing each night i…
Join Willis & Vere for their live comedy podcast recording with a new guest comedian every day.
It’s Fringe time again and I’m back at The Beehive.
Expect sharp suits and smooth vocals as Frank, Sammy and Dean hit the stage with their live band.
Returning to Edinburgh for their eighth year, All the King’s Men are the voices that are defining a genre.
Blending comedy, drag, song and the grotesque, with absurd character sketches.
A late night slot at the Pleasance Dome perfectly suits the latest offering from The Lampoons, a raucous, defiantly silly parody of the creaky well-loved William Castle classic, de…
Greta’s brother, Kay, has been acting strange.
There are books which are called seminal largely because so many people have read them.
Comedian and impressionist Luke Kempner and his multiple personalities host an ultimate reality show where no one is off limits.
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…
Free speech is a right fiercely protected in today’s society.
In For A Penny is Libby McArthur’s true-life tale of the unforeseen consequences of an unpaid parking ticket - how one person can fall foul of a system that sees only the facts a…
With the advent of the internet, smartphones and social media, today’s politics happens under an unprecedented level of scrutiny.
Home is a powerful concept.
If 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.
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 is the plastic-and-glitter-wearing spiritual sister of shows such as The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
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…
Sheeps are officially back, following previous acclaim and an underground status as one of the Fringe's finest sketch groups and then a three year sebatical.
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.
Fran, Jo and Ger live in isolation.
Hold onto your shades as the smash hit returns – back by popular demand! We’re putting the band back together for rhythm’n’blues to remember.
Every night in the main bar, enjoy live music from local Scottish talent. Drop in and be entertained all night long.
Strap on your safety goggles.
Brilliant multi-instrumentalists S!nk host a nightly cornucopia of new music, movement and more in the world’s first ever #Pianodrome.
Inspired by our sister production of Phil Porter's Blink, Squabbling House Theatre are delighted to present the company’s first collection of new writing shor…
Brought together by a voyeuristic relationship that teeters on the verge of stalking, introverted Sophie and eccentric Esther relive the story of how they met.
For those who pertain to be students of the Theatre of the Absurd movement prevalent in the 1950s and 60s, there is nothing of value to you in this review.
Trump.
Gordons is definitely one of the most hilarious Comedian in Nigeria with his self-composed jokes especially his flair for Ministry-Based jokes “movement to the per…
King Courgette is an old-time vegetable string band Featuring Wild Zucchini Bill from international trash-bashing phenomenon STOMP! Expect a righteous mix of fiddles, ba…
★★★★★ “Ian McKellen reigns supreme in this triumphant production.
Imagine the love-child of Saved by the Bell and Art Attack! That’s Lead Pencil and they've made a sketch show, by literally sketching it.
Thespianage Productions are cultivating a reputation in Manchester for being far too suggestible! From Gregorian chanting life advice, to miming how an amorous dragon made a slight…
by Erik Ransom UNRESERVED SEATING ON ALL PERFORMANCES OF GRINDR: THE OPERA Grindr: The Opera! puts the most notorious gay hook-up app into the exaggerated world of …
“Jen Kirkman is back and she’s not afraid to tell it like it is - again.
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…
Judith Sephuma is undoubtedly South Africa's pre-eminent female artist . She makes her long-awaited appearance at the Broadway Theatre in June.
Critically acclaimed and award winning Stand Up comedian, host of his own TV entertainment show and Stand Up show on Comedy Central, Celebrity Juice regular and the only…
Love at first dance, forbidden passions, dangerous secrets and star-crossed fate combine in this exhilarating classic ballet.
For Queen and Country is a comedy drama inspired by the recent BBC2 programme, Secret Agent Selection: WW2.
A live UK performance of the global smash-hit podcast The Bugle.
Join one of the UK’s top comedians as they host a special ‘Comic Relief Live’ show at the Brighton Fringe, bringing a line-up of some of the most exciting up-and-coming comedy ta…
‘Jack Left Town’ tells the story of the greatest band the world has never known.
Benjamin and Shiva have lived in a refugee camp for two years whilst they work towards completing their citizenship applications.
James Dean.
How can we enhance the impact of a theatre play with live music? An interactive workshop where participants are welcome to bring their own compositions to play or improvise.
A firm rite of the Queens, the boys from Der Wunderlich Revue have been peddling their own unique brand of chaos, smut, nudity and stupidity for ten years.
Welcome, watchers of illusions, to a review that shall dispel your confusion.
Join British-Chinese pop artist, Le Fil, as he, she or it explores a 24/7 world of gay-straight men, desire and objectification through a fusion of gender-bending performance art, …
Get set for another hot performance by the legendary Brighton-based nine-piece.
Your chance to see a 53-year-old, 82 kilo bloke from Stoke portray the life of a singing legend who died aged 47 weighing just 36kg.
Juliet, writer on The Sarah Millican Television Programme and 8/10 Cats, performs her work-in-progress show about loving/cursing both her rescue dog and her spur of the moment deci…
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.
The revolution will not be televised, it will be live.
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…
Pop the champagne.
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…
Mozart masterpieces performed in the wonderful acoustics and historic setting of the Chapel Royal.
Sofie Hagen brings her successful podcast ‘Made of Human’ to Brighton to record live episodes in front of an audience.
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…
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…
Experience the extraordinary atmosphere of the Sussex home of Surrealists Lee Miller and Roland Penrose, whose guests included Picasso, Man Ray and Miró.
Queen Elizabeth II is dead.
Bloco Branco is an 11-piece explosive blend of traditional Brazilian Samba meets contemporary guitar and sax-filled festival vibes.
Discover roller derby: a fast-paced, full-contact sport played on roller skates.
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.
This punchy, 75 minutes production recaptures the passion and the controversy of the famous novel, then globally successful film, and repackages it into an immersive production &nd…
Three regulars from the comedy circuit bring you an hour of stand-up tackling life’s most important issues: sex, dogs and music - there’ll be jokes about other stuff too.
Who are history’s most powerful women? And how can their stories empower us all today? The brilliant Professor Mary Beard shows us who and how, and the wise and witty Natalie Hay…
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.
South Coast Soul Revue is a high-energy band playing a mix of dance-friendly classic and contemporary soul music, with a twist of funk.
Rock Icons is an energetic live rock show that takes people on a journey through the eras and evolution of the ever popular Classic Rock genre by utilising a professional live band…
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…
This uplifting and heart-warming tale by Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott has it all – outrageous costumes, flamboyant choreography and plenty of sass.
The Royal Court is a Grade II listed building, a magnificent example of one of the best theatres built in the Art Deco style.
Helen and Gordon spend their retirement on their Mediterranean balcony, reading and drinking gin, quite a lot of it.
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.
The warrior Macbeth fights on the side of the King of Scotland – but when a coven of witches prophesy that he shall become king himself, a ruthless ambition drives Macbeth an…
The Hodgetwins are taking the show on the road! For years, you have watched them on their various YouTube channels and laughed until your stomachs were in knots.
One of the UK’s top street magicians, Adam Patel, takes to the stage for the first time to showcase his skills of sleight-of-hand, perceptual manipulation and mind…
Hailed a “cultural phenomenon” by Newsweek and celebrated by This American Life, Entertainment Weekly, Time, Wired, The AV Club, The Today Show (twice), and …
You loved them in last year’s smash hit, sell out show at Mary’s Poppin.
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.
Adelaide’s original ‘heaps good history’ podcast brings you AdeLoL Live: a live podcast and comedy extravaganza.
Pet Slugs and Rock and Roll!!! Join the cast of the award-winning I Hate Children Children’s Show as they take your whole family on a non-stop sugar rush of live music, funny so…
Don’t miss Bingo Jack this Fringe.
MESSIAH The Rock Musical makes its Adelaide Fringe return at the iconic Vogue Theatre featuring an exciting and original score, together with stunning visual projections, to hook y…
It’s a giant party when the SeaStar Rock team hits the stage, with all the characters from the famed, locally produced TV Series on Adelaide’s Channel 44.
Adelaide’s premier Rock/Metal band MATTERHORN presents a special one night only fringe show, A NIGHT OF ROCK/METAL WITH MATTERHORN.
As one quarter of the amazing Pants Down Circus and one half of hit children’s show The Circus Firemen, Idris Stanton has absolutely earned the right to put his name above the ti…
Sam Perry is a one-man orchestra who uses only his voice, a loop station, an effect pedal and microphone to create layers of haunting vocal harmonies, heavy bass-lines and break-be…
Legends Band,fronted by perennial popular Adelaide vocalist,presenter and comedian,Paul Reading, present a tribute concert to three of their favourite artists, Rod Stewart,Van the …
Get yourself ready Australia, America’s favourite daytime TV show is coming down under! That’s right Sharon Van de Meer (two years probation DUI) and Shaleese Wildcat (People�…
Your Friday night is in top hands at The Junction, especially if you fancy kicking things off with a few hard-earned drinks.
The apocalypse is here! No-one is sure how it started or what’s going to happen but luckily, Laurie Black has gathered us in the safe environs of La Boheme to wait out the worst …
‘It’s about the randomness of life … of how you’re here one minute and gone the next, and how you’d better get relationships established because there’s not much else tha…
Running with Scissors is the theatre company of Adelaide High School committed to the creation of returns to the Fringe after a [near] sell out season in 2017 with a brand new show…
Fowler sisters, Erin and Tess from local group Sitara, celebrate the Finn Brothers with a tribute to Crowded House and their catalogue of much loved songs.
When Katy, an autistic teenager, meets lonely Ryan, they make a connection that will shake their worlds forever.
We’re bringing all the eye popping, sugar rushing, heart racing fun to The Garden.
★★★★★ - 5AA ★★★★★ - Whats On In Adelaide ★★★★ - The Advertiser ★★★★ - Rip It Up This is a must see Fringe favourite as volunteers are hypn…
The Man - Peter Allen was the quintessential entertainer: women loved him; men loved him but they didn’t quite understand why.
Peter Combe is back with the fast furious and fabulous Juicy Juicy Green Band with songs from his latest ARIA nominated LIve It Up album plus the old favs.
A wonderful program of three concerts featuring voice and organ that make the most of the gorgeous acoustic of this space.
Kaleidoscope Eyes return from their sold out 2017 Fringe season.
Quirky songs from Peter’s new album LIVE IT UP and together with the Theatre Bugs Kids, the old favs as well.
King of the comedy, master of the crowd & slave to the laugh.
Dr Ahmed, the loveable GP, returns to Adelaide Fringe! After making a totally sold out debut in 2016, he is back with more titillating tales from the consulting room.
In a world of synergy and leverage, a shining beacon of resilience remains - the unpicked cherry of the Papercorp empire.
Darryl is suspected of murder.
Silly Billy (noun; informal) 1.
From the House of the Dead is Janáček’s final work and arguably his most powerful.
Come and join us for a Family Friendly Fun afternoon of Music Dancing and great Rock n Roll from the Golden Era of the 50’s and 60’s.
AN ADAPTATION BY LOUCAS LOIZOU.
Tom Smith dresses as a woman to take us on a musical journey through stories of the marginalised and eccentric.
“Get around pres at Danni’s.
UK physical comedy sensation, The Kagools (Winners Best Comedy Show Adelaide Fringe Weekly Award & Amused Moose Best Comedy at Edinburgh Fringe ‘17), visit Stirling with a show ful…
TRIPLE M’s favourite* duo hit The Fringe! Do you want in-depth coverage of the latest News, Sports & Entertainment? Try Google.
As seen on The Project.
The truth can be a very funny thing.
A brand NEW SHOW to top its 15/16 sell out “Turn Up Your Radio” seasons.
Maybe not the best game show.
Ross Wilson & The Peaceniks deliver a blistering set of hits from the 5 decades spanning Ross’ spectacular career as singer, songwriter and producer.
Do you find it hard to leave the Sixties behind? So do “The Marys”! After 5 sold out seasons at Adelaide Fringe, ‘Along Comes Mary’ are celebrating with a fabulously expan…
Fringe 2017 had two sellout shows with rave reviews and now it’s back for 2018.
Virgin.
Marla tries to get The Red Forge Publishing House team to promote the concept of Brenda’s story about Max, an information agent from the Maxden Libary, and his twin sister Charlott…
Long before Marvel and DC, the faeries have been the guardians of nature.
Staged within the famous Buckingham Arms dining room with their traditional “All you can eat” menu whilst being entertained by “Skullduggery” one of Adelaide’s great dynamic and di…
Finger Bun are back! Now and for the first time ever, Finger Bun will put the titans of rock from the UK and Oz head to head in a competition unlike any other.
Songs of beauty, songs of heartbreak, old squabbles and spontaneous nonsense.
Ever wondered where songs come from or what they mean? Legendary rocker Jim Hermel tells the stories behind the songs, and together with the Hot Chix they bring alive the music th…
Sanspants Radio present Plumbing the Death Star Live.
King Leontes, possessed by a mad jealousy, believes his pregnant wife Hermione to be having an affair with his childhood friend King Polixenes.
The Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour is back to keep you dancing into 2018! Pure dancing pleasure awaits as this supersized Strictly Live show comes to an arena near you in January …
The Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour is back to keep you dancing into 2018! Pure dancing pleasure awaits as this supersized Strictly Live show comes to an arena near you in Janua…
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…
The Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour is back to keep you dancing into 2018! Pure dancing pleasure awaits as this supersized Strictly Live show comes to an arena near you in Janua…
Barrie Kosky directs Bizet’s much-loved opera, with Jakub Hrůša and Christopher Willis conducting two casts led by Anna Goryachova and Gaëlle Arquez in the title…
Dark and challenging, epic and shocking, human and uplifting.
The Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour is back to keep you dancing into 2018! Pure dancing pleasure awaits as this supersized Strictly Live show comes to an arena near you in Janua…
Sedos presents a new production of A Doll’s House, by Henrik Ibsen with an English language version by Simon Stephens, at the Bridewell Theatre, off Fleet Street, from 23 to 27 Jan…
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…
The Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour is back to keep you dancing into 2018! Pure dancing pleasure awaits as this supersized Strictly Live show comes to an arena near you…
The peasant girl Giselle discovers the true identity of her lover Albrecht – and that he is promised to another.
Three casts, led by Adrianne Pieczonka, Angela Gheorghiu and Martina Serafin and conducted by Dan Ettinger and Plácido Domingo, star in The Royal Opera’s production of…
Tribute show The Rat Pack - Live From Las Vegas lights up the West End at Theatre Royal Haymarket, transporting audiences back in time to a fictional night at the Sands Hotel hoste…
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.
Rigoletto, court jester to the libertine Duke of Mantua, is cursed by the father of one of the Duke’s victims for his irreverent laughter.
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
The revolution will be crystallised… This innovative and bold show show is like nothing you have seen before.
A mixed programme of new work and much loved pieces.
A cave of riches is waiting to be explored in David Bintley’s glittering production of the classic story of Aladdin and his adventures with the magic lamp.
This hilarious live show of the podcast called Ghosted Stories invites guests to talk about their crappy dating situations & stories of being ghosted to make dating less frightenin…
When twin sisters inherit the house where Poe composed The Raven, their lives take twisted turns that affect the future of mankind.
A comedy verging on farce, by Brian Parks.
Grand Designs Live at the NEC is a four-day celebration of self-building and home improvement.
The World Premiere of Roy Budd’s masterpiece score to the 1925 classic silent film.
Composer/Pianist, Dmytro Morykit, combines work composed over a 30 year period with several new pieces to create an incredible new piano concert to complement Fritz Lang’s Metropol…
If you like murder mysteries and rapid-fire puns, then you’ll love Dead Drunk Detective: Live in the Rotten Flesh.
The joy and the pain, the wisdom and the humour preserved by the humble letter – expertly brought to life by some of the most acclaimed performers from around the world.
Celebrate 60 years of EGO with highlights from much-loved operas by Verdi, Mozart, Puccini, Tchaikovsky, Bernstein and Bizet.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
A rare chance to enjoy an afternoon with Sue Perkins packed full of sparkling wit, great stories, a user’s guide to Mary Berry plus the opportunity to put your burning questions to…
A father’s horrifying sacrifice of his daughter sets in motion a cycle of bloody revenge.
One man, a piano and an unexpected item in the bagging area… the supermarket trip is explored in musical form with a fun, frantic and family-friendly trolley dash to the conveyor…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
In their ninth Fringe run, Shellshock! bring you Shellshock! Improv Live!, a cheery mix of improvised sketches, stories and games.
Join John Bishop and a line-up of some of the most exciting comedy talent in the country to raise money for Comic Relief, helping people living incredibly tough lives, both in the …
Doreen’s One-Minute No-Brainer Lectures have had over 21 million online video views since April 2016.
The best-selling author and most-watched poet of all time makes his Edinburgh Fringe debut.
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…
It’s 1880s Whitechapel is in the grip of Ripper terror.
The first Edinburgh Fringe live performance of the global smash hit podcast.
“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…
Fairich: Live is an immersive audio-visual experience by Gaelic electronica duo WHYTE.
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,…
Music of the Great Highland bagpipe in a variety of forms played by members of the Royal Scottish Pipers’ Society and friends, displaying the quality and enduring appeal of the ins…
In their ninth Fringe run, Shellshock! bring you Shellshock! Improv Live!, a cheery mix of improvised sketches, stories and games.
Let Bendy House take you on a journey – maybe to a Romford kitchen sink or perhaps the weather control arm of the civil service on the planet Zarg.
Classical music close up where wriggling is allowed.
You are asked to explain a purpose, statement of intention and concept.
Visit Topman Edinburgh Princes Street every Saturday in August for live art with Scottish illustrator and artist Conzo Throb.
Visit Topshop Edinburgh Princes Street every Saturday in August for live art with Scottish illustrator and printmaker Tori Grey.
The Polis are Scotland’s number one Police tribute act.
The Scottish Godmother and multi award-winning comedian Janey Godley (acclaimed comic famous for her Trump is a c*nt protest) and her award-winning comedian daughter Ashley Storrie…
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…
Join Aaron Ayjay as he takes a comedic and sometimes musical journey through dating, marriage, divorce, death and other life experience stuff from his point of view…
World-renowned Elgarian Sir Andrew Davis conducts a rarely heard masterpiece: Elgar’s Viking cantata Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf.
Brought to you by EnjoyMedia Cultural Company, Carry King is a visually striking, experimental piece of theatre.
The team behind the hilarious smash hit podcast are coming to Edinburgh for two live shows.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Join the Fringe’s best acts during a free live broadcast where anything could happen! Hand-picked by the Pleasance, every day features a different line-up of brilliant guests from …
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The best-selling author and most-watched poet of all time makes his Edinburgh Fringe debut.
Rock! For nerds! Are you a nerd? Do you like rock? In which case, this is the show for you! It’s a brand new musical comedy show written and performed by award-winning comedian and…
A rap opera written entirely in rhyme, performed as one continuous song.
In the library of a grammar school in Stockport, a group of school pupils gather who appear to lead typical teenage lives.
Shakespeare’s Macbeth is one of the world most renowned plays, however this year the production will be performed in an entirely unique style, that of traditional Cantonese opera…
The Blueswater is the band behind the award-winning show Blues! They will be performing five high-energy late night gigs at one of Scotland’s best small music venues, The Jazz Bar.
Sink is a poignant and fascinating drama about one of China’s greatest playwrights, Lao She; a man who wrote for his country and was once honoured as an ‘Artist of the peo…
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
As a child of the eighties, I dreamed of appearing on Knightmare; the high-tech fantasy adventure game where three adolescent friends used their inability to discern left from righ…
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…
Join Carl Donnelly and Chris Martin for a nightly live podcast with guests, chat, stand-up, and all round fun and games.
‘Still the best late night show on the Fringe’ (Scotsman) is back for its 31st year! Different shows every night, but always the same recipe: one hilarious compere, four amazing ac…
Adapted from Anton Chekhov’s comedy.
Perrier award-winning musical comedian gives LOLternative facts, yuge laughs and bigly hits.
Returning to the Fringe, Stephen invites you to enter the world of the hustler and enjoy an evening of card tricks, cheats and scams in this intimate and interactive show.
Award-winning Wild Productions present Mary and Me written and performed by Irene Kelleher, directed by Belinda Wild.
McSorleys is Edinburgh’s premiere live music venue, showcasing up-and-coming local acts and the best Irish bands, seven nights a week. Edinburgh’s number one Irish bar!
‘You live your whole life and then it’s just you.
A good dose of local acoustic talent, join us for a selection of music treats from some of Edinburgh’s finest musicians.
It’s impossible to miss the irony in the name of the production company behind Priscilla: Queen of the Desert – Car Crash Productions.
It’s the end of the 1980s in Hollywood, and the party has been raging.
Finished just two months before the author’s murder on 18 August 1936 by a gang of Franco’s supporters, The House of Bernarda Alba is now accepted as Lorca’s great masterpiece of l…
Josh finds the outside world a fascinating and frightening place.
Watch free previews of hundreds of Fringe shows.
With Hollywood’s recent adaptation of his works, the name JRR Tolkien has come to be associated with huge spectacle and epic scope.
Following last year’s successful run of ‘Made in Cumbria’, Jane’s back to Cumbria in The House where you’re invited to meet some new characters and get involved in some sinister …
LOLympics is back for the sixth year.
All the way from Austin, Texas, it’s The Cowgirl Mary Old West Puppet Theatre Show.
‘An absolute must… the next big thing!’ (Skinny).
Samurai Drum IKKI rock the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in their 15th anniversary year! For the last year, their show had a record high of 3,167 audiences with ten sold out shows (and…
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.
Join an expert local guide for a historical walking tour around Edinburgh’s world-famous Old Town.
Join Sister Mary McArthur as she battles the blues with her unique comedy and variety.
Take an easy walking tour to discover a little-known side of Edinburgh’s Old Town: behind the historic buildings find the surprising number of gardens and green nooks and crannies,…
Finished just two months before the author’s murder on 18 August 1936 by a gang of Franco’s supporters, The House of Bernarda Alba is now accepted as Lorca’s great masterpiece of l…
This isn’t an eccentric metaphor or a pseudonym for a filthy cabaret, it is exactly what it says.
Witness a spectacular display of uplifting, feel-good pop, rock and contemporary chart songs performed by national phenomenon, Rock Choir.
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
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…
The smash-hit show returns for a fourth year, with top TV comedians, AKA the Gladi-Haters, improvising rants on topics suggested by the audience.
Blackbell House has a new governess: poor, plain, Frances Glass.
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.
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…
Improv comedy at the Fringe? It’s practically become a punchline in itself but the art of making it up on the spot is big business in Edinburgh in August.
This show is about why we should legalise all the drugs.
Stand-up comedian Sam Gore has been taking down celebrities and politicians with his cutting, satirical, absurdist diatribes on Facebook since 2014 and garnered over fifty thousand…
Mary is on the edge of a breakdown trying to keep her foul-mouthed three-year-old in preschool.
‘Revell makes you laugh and think; a rare and cherishable combination these days’ (Scotsman).
Jack Rooke won a scholarship to attend Westminster University to study Journalism.
Meet Diane Chorley, legendary 80s superstar, part-time piccalilli representative and full-time diva.
See Frank, Sammy and Dean’s world-famous recordings brought to life on stage in this sophisticated evening of razor-sharp wit and silky smooth swing.
I’m not sure where to begin in dissecting Sasquatch: the Opera.
Acclaimed immersive staging of Irvine Welsh’s classic, direct from world tour.
A two-woman show starring only one woman – not a typo but the conceit at the centre of the latest show by Canadian actress and interactive artist Laurence Dauphinais.
Theatre today increasingly falls into one of two broad camps.
You are cordially invited to The House of Pigs.
The art of the comedic double act is a difficult one and its success largely based on chemistry between the two performers.
Much as it is a pleasure to discover a hidden gem amongst the mass of shows in Edinburgh, there’s also something very reassuring about having a list of reliable prospects.
New York, 1906.
In 2011, Charly Clive and Ellen Robertson were women without a mission.
The award-winning comedian Alasdair Beckett-King is legendary, in that there is little historical evidence he exists.
The last stand in not-growing-up, Nath Valvo is holding the frontline for all those amongst us who are done shelling out for their brother’s baby monitor, done giving up every we…
Returning to Edinburgh for a 7th year, All The King’s Men are the voices that are defining a genre.
Hold onto your shades as this smash hit returns – back by popular demand! We’re putting the band back together for a night of rhythm and blues to remember.
Victor Hugo once said “You can resist an invading army; you cannot resist an idea whose time has come.
The wildly successful One Man Comedy Men are from Mars Women are from Venus Live! starring Amadeo Fusca.
Konstantin Sergeyev’s entrancing production of Swan Lake, based on Petipa and Ivanov’s timeless masterpiece, creates a lyrical, mysterious world where Prince Siegf…
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 …
One-of-a-kind act’s debut British tour.
One-of-a-kind act’s debut British tour.
One-of-a-kind act’s debut British tour.
One-of-a-kind act’s debut British tour.
One-of-a-kind act’s debut British tour.
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.
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 …
Following her success of last year’s Edinburgh Fringe, Penelope brings her unique combination of stand-up, character comedy and songs in this nationwide tour of ‘I was a penis.
Simple Minds will perform their acclaimed ACOUSTIC show across the UK & Europe in 2017. They will be joined by very special guest The Anchoress [Catherine AD] on the UK dates.
One entertaining community.
A visually stunning and tender story about loss and fate, and the hope that great sadness can pass.
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…
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…
Two of the UK’s best new comics, Sophie Duker (Funny Women finalist 2015) and Sophie Henderson (SYTYF? finalist 2016) ride into Brighton for an unrelentingly hilarious hour of subv…
Join us for some drag king cabaret by the seaside as we celebrate the bois from previous King of the Fringe competitions.
On the hottest day of the year, the Warren was worlds apart from the shady alleyways of Victorian London.
A preview performance of a new jukebox musical is due to take place.
Multiple dungeoneers will be required to take on Lord Fear’s catacombs of evil in a mostly improvised quest.
Sussex Jazz Orchestra plays exciting, driving and dynamic big-band music as well as more familiar Jazz standards with a twist.
A unique rollercoaster of a whole night inspired by the 1968 Rolling Stones extravaganza and specially created for Brighton Spiegeltent.
Alasdair Beckett-King is a legendary comedian, in that there is little historical evidence he exists.
An original musical & gastromonical journey from the 5th Century settlement of Boerthlelm’s Tun to Brighton in 1795, with affectionate portraits of the colourful inhabitants of 24 …
‘Living On The Edge - LIVE’ is the new one-woman stand-up comedy show from Maisie Adam, “one of the UK’s most exciting up-and-coming young comedians” (Ditto Theatre).
Beethoven at lunchtimes.
How do you like your Burlesque – sweet, dirty or perfect? In year four of their wildly successful Wonderground residency, multi sell-out House of Burlesque are back with a do…
Jane Postlethwaite (Funny Women and Squawker Award finalist 2015) brings her multi-character, one-woman show, ‘The House’, to Brighton.
Coming Clean: Life As A Naked House Cleaner is an immersive theatre show about sexual fantasy- it’s also funny and true and asks us to look at our own vulnerabilities.
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…
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 …
New Zealand’s finest Mikey the Aartist returns to Brighton Fringe for the launch of AART TV Live with special guest artists Jim Parkyn (Aardman Animations) and George Egg (Anarch…
A work in progress from Luisa Omielan.
A week long exhibition of visionary art and imaginative Realism in central Brighton.
‘Tree House’ is an original idea devised by Bloody Nora Theatre exploring the relationship between two sisters estranged after their parents’ death.
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Experience the extraordinary atmosphere of the Sussex home of Surrealists Lee Miller and Roland Penrose, whose guests included Picasso, Man Ray and Miró.
Sponsored by the Portslade Furniture Warehouse, this show sees the web’s freshest sketch comedy act revitalised on stage.
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…
Hannah, a 15 year old girl, dies giving birth in a grotto.
A hidden role game a la Secret Hitler or The Resistance, Werewolf is a classic of deduction and bluffing.
Tony Award-winner Duncan Sheik brings his latest musical to the newly rebranded The Other Palace – formerly the St James Theatre for a limited season.
An eerie lighthouse stands on the sleepy East Coast of America.
Jonathan Pie is a respected News reporter for a respected News broadcaster but he has a problem.
3pm-4pm The first show of the day will feature about as wide a variety of improvisation styles as one could ask for, with three groups that could not be more different from each o…
Set against the majesty of the Serengeti Plains to the evocative rhythms of Africa, this spectacular production explodes with glorious colours, stunning effects and enchanting musi…
Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough should be the new tagline for the musical which has just become the 15th longest running show in West End history.
How (not) to Live in Suburbia is Annie Siddons’ new autobiographical story of her life following her family’s decision to move to “Twickenham, Home of Rugby”.
Celebrating 10 FAB-U-LOUS years, the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour extravaganza is back on the road in January 2017 for 30 spectacular super-sized shows across the c…
For the first time in the UK – Whoopi Goldberg – Stand Up Live! With her trademark dreadlocks, wide impish grin and piercing humour, Goldberg is best known for her adep…
Celebrating 10 FAB-U-LOUS years, the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour extravaganza is back on the road in January 2017 for 30 spectacular super-sized shows across the c…
Celebrating 10 FAB-U-LOUS years, the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour extravaganza is back on the road in January 2017 for 30 spectacular super-sized shows across the c…
If politics is about people—specifically the ever-fluctuating power imbalances between people in different situations—then Federico García Lorca was right to focus his “po…
Celebrating 10 FAB-U-LOUS years, the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour extravaganza is back on the road in January 2017 for 30 spectacular super-sized shows across the c…
Celebrating 10 FAB-U-LOUS years, the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour extravaganza is back on the road in January 2017 for 30 spectacular super-sized shows across the c…
Marvel families unite! For the first time ever, iconic Marvel Super Heroes and villains will be brought to life in a spectacular live action family arena show, when Marvel Universe…
Celebrating 10 FAB-U-LOUS years, the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour extravaganza is back on the road in January 2017 for 30 spectacular super-sized shows across the c…
Celebrating 10 FAB-U-LOUS years, the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour extravaganza is back on the road in January 2017 for 30 spectacular super-sized shows across the c…
Celebrating 10 FAB-U-LOUS years, the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour extravaganza is back on the road in January 2017 for 30 spectacular super-sized shows across the c…
Marvel families unite! For the first time ever, iconic Marvel Super Heroes and villains will be brought to life in a spectacular live action family arena show, when Marvel Universe…
As titles go, Picnic at Hanging Rock is a fine conflation of the innocent and disturbing, although the cultural impact of Joan Lindsay’s novel is arguably more down to Peter W…
The Nutcracker is classical ballet at its most approachable and visually entrancing – Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without it! A young girl’s enchanted present…
Marvel families unite! For the first time ever, iconic Marvel Super Heroes and villains will be brought to life in a spectacular live action family arena show, when Marvel Universe…
Marvel families unite! For the first time ever, iconic Marvel Super Heroes and villains will be brought to life in a spectacular live action family arena show, when Marvel Universe…
This Christmas Chiswick House plays host to a remarkable event – within a Big Top in the beautiful walled garden will be a spectacular new stage production of Cinderella.
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.
Taking place over the five years in the seventies that turned out to be the last Labour Government for nearly 20 years and that led to the Thatcher era, the politics being manage…
The opening minute or so of School of Rock immediately sets the stall for what to expect and what to accept in order to enjoy the rollicking fun show ahead.
In an incredible career spanning over seven decades Petula Clark is a true international superstar and legend.
Immerse yourself in a magical world.
Three Shakespeare-inspired ballets that begin Birmingham Royal Ballet’s celebration of the Bard's legacy.
British Youth Opera — English Eccentrics By Malcolm Williamson Libretto by Geoffrey Dunn based on the book by Edith Sitwell.
British Youth Opera: Owen Wingrave By Benjamin Britten.
Rock ‘n’ roll fun alert! Celebrated music writer/musician Zoë Howe sits down with Lach to read from and discuss her upcoming debut rock ’n’ roll novel Shine On, Marquee Moon (…
Cinema screening of live performance.
Mediterraneo is bringing Africa, Cuba and southern Italy to Summerhall for a huge festival edition of their world music concert.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Multi award-winning guitarist and composer Graeme Stephen has built a reputation of creating innovative and original scores to silent films.
If you’ve ever seen Ron White before, you already know what to expect.
A guitar and organ driven blues trio, the band was formed in 2014 by Dundee-born guitarist Simon Kennedy.
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…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Cut the Chat is a forum to discuss the topics people want to talk about.
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.
Improvisation is the one word that can strike fear into the heart of any actor no matter what their experience.
NT Live forms part of the NT’s Broadcast department which is also responsible for producing digital content covering all aspects of the craft of theatre-making and produces Natio…
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 …
Cinema screening of live performance.
Cinema screening of live performance.
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.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, specifically for Fringe participants.
For those who couldn’t get down to London to watch the brilliant Tom Hiddleston boast a magnificent Coriolanus at the National Theatre, the Fringe is hosting the next best thing …
Award-winning Scottish funk septet Das Contras return to launch their third album.
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.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Scooby-Doo is the only dog that makes scary fun, loves solving a good mystery and is totally cool.
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 …
Everyone’s favourite and most ethnically diverse supergroup return.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Loyalty.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Cinema screening of live performance.
With stand-up, character comedy and a sprinkling of original songs, BBC Radio 4 TV critic Penelope (BBC’s Goodnight Sweetheart and Fist of Fun and BBC Radio 2’s Sony nominated King…
A three-man band from Adelaide, Australia, tell an odd and very random story of one man’s travels through spoken word and song.
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
Guitarist Graeme Stephen performs his new score to a screening of the classic silent film Nosferatu with his trio.
Strangely, apart from the Military Tattoo there is not much piping at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Featuring the music of Madness.
Shellshock! returns for their eighth Fringe run with Shellshock! Improv Live!, a fun improvised comedy show filled with scenes, sketches, stories and games improvised entirely on t…
Bringing together leading experts, writers and narrative designers across multiple entertainment verticals, the VR Writers Room focuses on the cross sector knowledge sharing opport…
Following a sell-out run and five star reviews for their recent production of Carmen, Edinburgh Studio Opera return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Jonathan Dove’s Mansfiel…
Staged opera performances from some of Scotland’s most talented young singers.
To be fair to the Hummingbirds, I’m not really the right demographic for their show.
Jack and Louisa stand up so that you can sit down. Or stand up too. Just please stay.
One-man shows are no easy thing to pull off, especially when the subject matter is like something out of Wes Anderson’s daydreams, but Keenan Hurley does just that in The Man Who…
Cinema screening of live performance.
Two late night showings of Murnau’s classic 1922 German expressionist film Nosferatu – A Symphony of Horror, with live music provided by the ensemble Gladstone’s Bag.
Raised in the rural Midwest and seasoned with a decade of big apple living, Rachel Zylstra is a classically trained performing songwriter and sometimes worship leader.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
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.
Cinema screening of live performance.
World premiere: a theatrical adaptation of Canadian Nobel Prize winner Alice Munro’s moving and enigmatic short stories of her Scottish ancestors’ emigration.
A crisis-stricken Southern family within a house “in the eye of the storm” employing a semi-realist dramatic structure.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Thunderstorm is an award-winning modern opera about family, society and corruption in Old Shanghai.
Free lunchtime concerts with emerging professional musicians in ensembles from our national conservatoire.
Cinema screening of live performance.
SUMMER ROCK a new musical will make its world premiere at the Davenport Black Box Theatre, playing for a limited run from August 11th through August 14th.
In a free live broadcast where anything could happen, join some very special guest hosts as they meet the Fringe’s finest acts.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Tristram Shandy’s sizzling autobiography, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, has just hit the shelves and the author has announced a nation-wide tour: a theatrica…
Cinema screening of live performance.
Sometime in between Jak Soroka cracking eggs on her naked body and Sam Reynolds dry humping someone in the audience, you realise nights at Dive’s C U Next Tuesday cabaret can get…
Discover the history of the Auld Alliance with a very special oyster and champagne tasting at Cannonball Restaurant and Bar, situated in a 16th century townhouse at the top of the …
A captivating piece of storytelling that takes the audience back to 1939 and then through to 1945, telling the tale of two best friends in the army, a night club owner and three al…
Cinema screening of live performance.
In 1853, the great art critic John Ruskin delivered four lectures at the Philosophical Institution in Queen Street, Edinburgh.
Mason King’s Mind Control mixes card tricks, deception and mind-reading into just under an hour of delving into the human psyche.
A vaguely outrageous, psychedelic three-piece hip-hop folk funk outfit, hand-crafting screwball anthems deep in the Scottish Highlands.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Returning to the Fringe for the fourth year, Stephen invites you to enter the world of the hustler and enjoy an evening of card tricks, cheats and scams in this intimate and intera…
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.
Late‘n’Live, ‘The best late night show on the Fringe’ (Scotsman), celebrates three decades of unpredictable comedy mayhem this year, and we’ve got no intention of stoppin…
Gus Loomis: Still Live! He has forged a legacy that spans decades, and now he’s ready to explode his musical story onto the stage.
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…
Auld Reekie Roller Girls are back once again for 2016! Expect hard-hitting body slams whilst you watch full contact roller skating in an incredible showcase of the world’s fastest …
Jack & Karen are sick and tired of playing second fiddle to Will & Grace.
A Royal Flush is a dark political comedy turned farce, featuring a princess stuck in a portaloo and a ransoming of The Daily Star.
Rock’n’LOL’s title is a crystal clear statement of intent: Christian Reilly promises to provide both rock and LOL, music and comedy, and, most of the time, he delivers on sol…
Cinema screening of live performance.
Jack Evans’ debut hour.
Comedy, craft beer and curry, all under one roof and served up during the most indulgent lunchtime show Leith has ever seen.
Byron is a bipolar writer.
Liam Hale has died many times on stage.
This production of Mary Poppins draws heavily from Disney’s 1964 film, but fails to conjure the same magic.
Opera Mouse is a pleasant Canadian import presented as a one-woman puppet show by Melanie Gall.
Responding to phenomenal demand, Russian Standard are bringing PingTron, a unique and exceptional take on ping pong, to Edinburgh for the very first time.
This exhibition within the magnificent Parliament Hall gives a fascinating insight into the history, traditions and ceremonies of the home of Scotland’s Supreme Courts.
There’s a certain size and scale that one gets used to at the Fringe.
Previously known for her well received part as a Totally Naff Tart, this is Victoria Jeffrey solo and talking about life.
Often, the expectation brought to mind by the genre “Musical” means that successfully producing a new and original one at the Fringe Festival is no mean feat.
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New work is at the heart of the Fringe experience; new work by new companies all the more so.
When deciding on a show to bring to the Fringe, you have two main choices: one, a piece of new writing - exciting and impactful but harder to market - or two, a take on a classic -…
Join a trained festival guide for a historical walking tour around Edinburgh’s world-famous Old Town.
Your best friend from school has been arrested for having a collection of child pornography on his laptop.
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…
Cinema screening of live performance.
The smash-hit show returns for a third year, with top TV comedians – aka the Gladi-Haters – improvising rants on topics suggested by the audience.
Greenyonder’s most popular tour.
Blueswater go from strength to strength with their all new show, Queens of the Blues, focusing entirely on the often overlooked heroines of Blues music and taking us on an incredib…
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…
Winner Best Comedy Weekly Award 2015 Adelaide Fringe.
Back at the Fringe for its fifth year, LOLympics is an international comedy showcase.
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…
Perhaps one of the most entertaining shows I have seen on the Free Fringe, Lovehard consists of comedians Jacob Lovick and Tyler Harding (see what they did there?), who in what is …
Brand new show for 2016! She’s a Princess who farts.
Tim Renkow has a handy tip for anyone who feels uncomfortable around him as a result of his cerebral palsy.
When the polyrhythm is heard in Nzinga Warrior Queen’s opening, you know this isn’t a comedy of manners.
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
Just one glance at this year’s stuffed-to-bursting wedge of a programme is enough to see that there are bewildering array of performance disciplines represented at this year’s …
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Timelines blur as Queen Mary Tudor stands reading the Financial Times in this capable performance that draws parallels between the purging reign of Bloody Mary and the policies of …
This is an Irish housewife’s guide to life, love and hip hop.
Daily TV Chat Show bringing you the best news, reviews, interviews, performances and much more from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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.
For many Rab Florence and Ian Connell are the unsung heroes of Scottish comedy.
Spend an intimate evening of insightful and intelligent comedy with this British doctor.
Jack Barry has the potential to be an electric comic.
London-based Clean Break fit two plays into one show: House, a tight family drama set in a British-Nigerian household, and Amongst the Reeds, a nondescript tale of homelessness, fr…
The queen who ruled a kingdom (and an empire) as you’ve never dared think of her before.
British-Arab Ella has spent the last few years passing as white: National Geographic Explorer, ‘Achingly funny’ (LooseLips.
Death is a funny thing when you think about it: it’s the only certain thing in this world yet the majority of us deny its existence, but as performer Liz Rothschild points out, i…
Picture the scene: two women in letterbox face paint — a pair of punkish, postmodern clowns — sit on a couple of threadbare armchairs underneath an enormous screen, sipping bee…
My name is Lara and I broke the law.
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.
Fresh from London, Boston, New York performances, returning to Edinburgh for a sixth year.
Story Pocket Theatre bring Michael Morpurgo’s novel about King Arthur to life with a solid and enjoyable production.
Four strangers survive the end of the world and end up stranded in a swan pedalo.
A lot has happened to Boris Johnson since Boris: World King’s runaway success at last year’s Fringe.
Annie Siddon’s (almost) one-woman show, How (Not) To Live In Suburbia, is an absolute treat from Siddon’s first smile to the audience as she takes the stage, until she exits.
With a script and songs by Desmond O’Connor, this new musical tells the tale of the legendary night that TV superstar, Kenny Everett and rock god, Freddie Mercury dressed Lady Di…
Improv comedy is a tricky beast - when it’s good, it’s very, very good; when it’s bad, it’s pointless.
The winners of Best New Sketch Act 2015 return with their highly anticipated new show.
Intergalactic Nemesis was like being trapped in a lift that wouldn’t stop going up or down, it made me angry on so many levels.
Queen has been the soundtrack to Funny Women Variety Award winner Sooz Kempner’s entire life.
Mary Lynn (Chloe from 24) gets knocked up by a hunky stranger, becomes the good wife and mother, blows all her cash, and takes an ex-girlfriend’s advice to invest in miniature ho…
90s-kid’s television hero Dave Benson Phillips brings back his hit children’s game-show Get Your Own Back, but there’s a twist.
Pretend news reporter Jonathan Pie – the creation of actor Tom Walker – has risen to public attention, during the last year, thanks to a succession of videos on YouTube which a…
The self-empowerment of interesting American women from history is a dramatic premise that instantly arrests your attention.
I’m a lover of musical theatre but I’m prepared to be really honest here: the genre is crammed with suitable material for a hilarious and even brutal send-up.
It’s a pretty short drive to Stockbridge, I’ve got a full tank of gas, no cigarettes whatsoever, it’s dark.
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…
See Frank, Sammy and Dean’s world-famous recordings brought to life on stage in this sophisticated evening of razor-sharp wit and silky smooth swing.
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.
For many like me Knightmare was watched with a religious fever back in the 90s.
Cleo Sylvestre tells the fascinating story of the Jamaican/Scottish woman who braved the Crimean War to tend to wounded soldiers, described as ‘a warm and successful physician, w…
Australian musical trio Doug Anthony All-Stars were the anarchic kings of the alternative comedy scene in the late 80s and early 90s, achieving considerable success with such sleep…
Trundling into view as part of C Theatre’s 25th anniversary is The Snow Queen.
We Live by the Sea is a feel-good tale, exploring the day-to-day life of an autistic teenager in Filey.
During thirty years of exhibitions programming Inverleith House has originated and presented some of the most memorable exhibitions ever staged in the UK, and achieved an internati…
A critically-acclaimed and fast-paced piece of theatre exploring manipulation of power, the precariousness of hierarchy, and the change that questions can wreak.
Legendary group, Earth, Wind & Fire have sold over 90 million albums and continues to sell-out concerts around the world.
Barry Manilow O2 Arena show on Thursday 23 June 2016 with premium seating A 5 hours experience! Barry Manilow’s going to be back in the UK for one final set of shows…
Host of the show, Clive Anderson, remarked, “It’s great to be back in charge of the iconic Whose Line Is It Anyway? - joining up with some of the show’…
Enter, stranger! Knightmare Live is back with a brand new concept and offers YOU the chance to wear the iconic helmet of justice and play the dungeon.
Lindsay, Kells, Maria and Lee have just got back from Nicky’s funeral.
A 60-minute, non-stop highly-interactive and energetic show, jam-packed with singing, dancing, spectacular acrobatics and music, featuring original tracks from the hit TV show.
Winner: Most Outstanding Comedy (Melbourne Fringe), Winner: Best Comedy Weekly Award (Adelaide Fringe).
Alasdair Beckett-King - “One to Watch” (Time Out) - is a legendary comedian, in that there is little historical evidence he exists.
Live Forever are Sussex’s premier Oasis tribute act.
Brighton’s all-male cabaret smutsters, Der Wunderlich Revue, celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday with a night of right royal mirth, magic, music, cheerleading and madness.
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…
Get inside your now, taste the Mind Pie and journey into art with Mikey. “Just about the greatest thing ever” **** Best Shows of the Fringe (The Skinny, Edinburgh 2015)
A fast-paced, high-octane sport played on roller skates.
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…
Having left the UK for sunny Australia, Dr Ahmed returns to share the comical aspects of being a modern day GP.
A common preconception of Brecht’s work is that his political views, his ‘anti-theatre’ style and the didactic tag that precedes any conversation about it, creates theatre that s…
Sponsored by the Portslade Furniture Warehouse, this show sees the web’s freshest comedy sketch act revitalised on stage.
Jazz big band, led by effervescent trombonist Mark Bassey, playing exciting contemporary arrangements alongside favourite jazz standards.
The Beatles Recording Session & Concert - a 5-hour experience! There’s not a music fan among us who wouldn’t love to see The Beatles in concert, or to have…
The atmospheric Spiegeltent was bursting at the seams as the three tenors took the stage and the audience with their sunny, easy-going manner.
“We are in uncharted territory when we sit with death,” Liz Rothschild says in her one-woman show, Outside the Box: A Live Show About Death.
This tense and atmospheric silent feature was directed by Anthony Asquith in 1929.
This eight-piece soul and funk band just keeps getting better.
Experience the magic of the stunning popera quartet, Il Divo, live at London’s O2 Arena, and enjoy a pre-show Thames River Cruise! Carlos, Urs, David and Seb are delighted…
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 …
Tuesday lunchtime concerts: 10th: Ensemble Reza - Boccherini and Beethoven String Quintets; 17th: Paul Gregory (guitar) - South American music; 24th: James Larter (percussionist) -…
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).
A show inspired by Hetty King (an emblematic, early 20th century drag king), which embraces the possibility of women making connections across stages, in time.
A show inspired by Hetty King (an emblematic early 20th-century drag king), which embraces the possibility of women making connections across stages, in time.
Urban bateria playing high-octane samba, funk and breakbeats with a soul-coaxing singer and a life-affirming, gotta-dance vibe.
Race down the memory lane of rock with ultimate seven-piece band, Tonight Matthew, in a twin-carb, Mk II Lotus Cortina, revved-up joy ride of homage to The Beatles, Bowie, Johnny C…
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.
Experience the extraordinary atmosphere of the Sussex home of Surrealists Lee Miller and Roland Penrose, whose guests included Picasso, Man Ray and Miró.
Experience the thirteen-time Grammy award-winning Dixie Chicks in all their glory! Let the inimitable Texan songstresses wow you with their unique brand of pop meets alternative…
The Legendary UB40 Live! UB40, featuring Ali Campbell, Astro and Mickey Virtue, are back on tour and ready to wow British audiences following a massive series of shows stateside…
Get the party started with Maclemore & Ryan Lewis! Head downtown to see hip hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis live at the O2 Arena, and enjoy a delicious international mea…
Theatrical serendipity currently means that, after some masculine brutality set during the latter stages of the ancient siege of Troy (in the Royal Lyceum’s new adaptation of H…
As a playwright, David Edgar long ago sped past the number of plays written by Shakespeare, but it’s fair to say that – while often making a big impact at the time – not m…
Aussie heartthrobs and breakout pop-punk superstars 5 Seconds of Summer are setting off on a UK tour, headed to the UK in spring 2016.
Channel the musical spirit of Havana for the evening paired with a delicious pre-concert meal at the O2 Arena! Named after the famous Havana members’ club that closed in t…
Muse massive O2 Arena show on 3rd, 11th & 12th April 2016 with premium seating A 5-hour experience! Devonshire rockers, Muse, are poised to bring down the house at Lon…
All Vampettes of the world, unite! Come and enjoy an evening on unforgettable atmospere on Saturday 2 April 2016! With a brand new album released in November and massive single …
Janet Jackson, one of the best-selling artists in contemporary history, an award-winning singer and actress who's the youngest child of the Jackson family of musicians, is back…
A love-triangle comedy with a supernatural streak, this excellently cast new play by J.
Get excited! Little Mix are coming! March 2016 might sound like an age away, but it can’t come soon enough for the return of Little Mix to The O2.
A-ha Concert and Dinner at Gordon Ramsay's Union Street Café - A 5-hour experience! Norwegian pop icons, A-ha, are back and will enjoy their return in sty…
Ellie Goulding Live O2 Arena show on Thursday 24 & Friday 25 March 2016 with premium seating A 5 hours experience! Head down with a friend to the O2 Arena in 2016 for an …
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.
The adventurous Cantata Profana ensemble teams up for the second time with its innovative sister company, Heartbeat Opera, for re-imagined, contemporary productions of Donizetti…
Wet Wet Wet Live and Dinner at Gordon Ramsay's Union Street Café - A 5-hour experience! Be there for an evening of great entertainment, as soft rock legends We…
You’ve taken the journey with them from those first arena auditions, sat on the edge of your sofa during the dramatic six-seat challenge, followed their path to judges’…
Rudimental’s massive O2 Arena show on Thursday 3 March 2016 with premium seating A 5 hours experience! Rudimental are touring the world with their latest album &lsqu…
(performances begin on Thursday) It’s a royal spring at the Brooklyn Academy of Music when the Royal Shakespeare Company arrives with a quartet of celebrated productions: …
At the risk of sounding ageist, an immediate concern with any student theatre company taking on Shakespeare’s tragedy of tragedies, King Lear, is that it is in many respects a …
Drawing on contemporary sources, unsullied by Tudor propaganda, ‘Good King Richard’ dramatises for the very first time, the true events which propelled Richard III onto the thr…
Keaton Patti hosts this homage to classic stand-up, in which comedians try to “cover” a famous comedy album by performing bits based on the titles of that album…
Indie-pop band Sky-Pony’s lush sound and cheeky style will surround and seduce you into a world of prophecies and forbidden temptations.
Do not miss The Maestro live! With over 500 films and television scores with his name on them, the Italian composer, conductor and multi-instrumentalist Ennio Morricone (born 1…
Strictly Come Dancing The Live Tour! 2015 is finally here Actress Georgia May Foote, Celebrity chef Ainsley Harriott and TV presenter Anita Rani are the next celebrity contestan…
All Time Low and Dinner at Gordon Ramsay's Union Street Café - A 5-hour experience! Pop punk darlings All Time Low are thrilled to announce their return to the…
Mike Bartlett’s beautifully worded imagining of a constitutional crisis without a constitution invites us to witness the starkness of the Royal Family stripped bare whilst presen…
Valentine’s Day may have a cheesy reputation, but the heart-filled holiday has inspired plenty of great live comedy for devoted couples, optimistic daters and determinedly si…
Be there as the phenomenal Jason Derulo culminates his UK arena tour in suitably show-stopping style at London’s O2 Arena on Friday 5 February 2016.
(closes on Tuesday) An invigorating coming-of-age bio-musical about a Holocaust refugee, raised on the Lower East Side, who grows up to become Genya Ravan, a rock singer at a time …
The Corrs and Dinner at Gordon Ramsay's Union Street Café - A 5-hour experience! Irish sister songstresses (and brother), The Corrs, are back in business after…
Carole King, the chart-topping music legend, was an ordinary girl with an extraordinary talent.
A renaissance, this company is calling it: After bankruptcy and a protracted legal battle, the name, at least, has returned.
Two alluring sopranos making house role debuts are on the lineup this week: Nina Stemme sings with a powerful, luxuriant voice and offers an unusually nuanced portrayal of the titl…
(performances start on Wednesday) A tuneful celebration of musical and theatrical experiment, this year’s festival features the world premiere of “Angel’s Bone,…
This energetic small company, an offshoot of the now defunct Amato Opera, offers its production of “La Bohème” directed by Nathan Hull, conducted by Jason Tramm an…
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.
The young singers of Mannes Opera have a chance to demonstrate their vocal and comic gifts in Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’amore,” presented in a fully sta…
We Grew Up in the Back of a Van is a fun and energetic show with a big heart.
Gil Faizon and George St.
This show says it’s based on John Gray’s pop-culture best seller from the 1990s, and he even appears in two video segments, but it’s mostly a monologue by Peter S…
The Crick Crack Club’s Gilgamesh is a tour de force piece of storytelling.
This theatrical tapestry - weaving music, humour and movement through interviews with politicians, and people living with eviction - packs a punch, revealing the human stories behi…
Everybody knows the story of Jack and The Beanstalk.
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…
Beauty & the Beast at Polka is a fun and vibrant production of a classic fairytale that boasts a beautiful set, wonderful costumes and some lovely effects delivering a visual treat…
In their first performances of the season, these reliable students a double bill of dark comedies: Poulenc’s “Les mamelles de Tirésias” and Viktor Ullmann…
Comedy Central shows off its impressive array of comedic talent with this show, which features performances from Hannibal Buress, Nathan Fielder, Big Jay Oakerson, Jeff Ross and Ro…
Chelsea Opera has been admirably committed to “Glory Denied,” the opera by the composer Tom Cipullo.
After disappearing from New York theaters, these prestidigitators are back to dazzle us anew.
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 …
Despite a likable cast, there is less fun and spontaneity here than the brand name might suggest.
Mr. Glazer hosts this night of comically dark takes on sugary pop tunes. His guest is the comedian Michelle Collins, a co-host on “The View.”
Beasty Baby at Polka Theatre is great fun for all the family and a fantastic show to introduce the little ones to the world of theatre.
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Gotham Comedy Club plays host to this weekly stand-up show, which broadcasts live on the cable network AXS TV.
Established Scottish jazz singer Mary May joins a top-drawer set of musicians to follow last year’s sell-out show with a new performance of jazz standards featuring dynamic upbeat …
BBC Radio Nan Gàidheal host an evening of the best new music from Rapal radio.
Margaret Thatcher truly is the Queen of Soho.
Olivier Award winning comedy company Mischief Theatre return to the Fringe for 3 nights only with their improvised movie direct from a sell-out West End run.
Performing some of their classic sketches, some new bits and some bits that will come across as new because they’ve forgotten how they went in the first place.
Angelos Epithemiou (BBC Two’s Shooting Stars) and Barry from Watford (BBC Radio 2’s Steve Wright in the Afternoon) record their award-winning iTunes Best of 2014 podcast in front o…
Bridges: Mary McCarthy – Stevenson, McGuire, Statkic, Mokranjac and Tajcevic.
Rich Batsford’s Classically Chilled Piano is exactly that.
From the dark depths of the mind to the mountain-peak pinnacles of youth, from familiar Edinburgh to fairytale Cambridge University: this teenage poet explores the strange and ofte…
Pressure.
London, 1888.
From the creators of Vampire Hospital Waiting Room and GhostCop comes another cult pop culture theatre comedy show that once again gets its audience in hysterics.
Angie Darcy returns to the fringe with her stellar tribute to and exploration of Janis Joplin.
There is no doubt that Mary McCarthy is a talented pianist whose style of play reflects years of expertise.
For Queen and Country.
How do comedians write? How has comedy changed in the last 20 years? Where is it going? Can anyone be a comedian? What is ‘funny’? Join Edinburgh’s top comedy acts at Liz Fra…
Based on the script Mountains and Seas by Gao Xing-Jian, the play premiered at the National Theatre in Taipei, 2013.
Straight from USA’s Rocky Mountains and season one of NBC’s The Sing-Off, Face creates a high-octane vocal rock phenomenon punctuated by an endearing love of performance.
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…
After a sell-out run in 2014 Josh and Producer Neil return with their award-winning XFM Podcast .
Informal, dramatic presentation of the life and work of this phenomenal Victorian paleontologist featuring music by renowned British composer Judith Bingham.
Piano Transcriptions of Irish and Scottish Music by Mary McCarthy.
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…
Steve Richards Presents Rock N Roll Politics 4.
The moment Jack Lukeman enters the stage, it’s clear this is going to be a fantastic show.
Bound by blood and only by bloody acts will they be free of one another.
This is a show I really wanted to enjoy; each part of the production tries very hard to achieve an ambitious vision, but don’t quite make it.
Dorothy, part of the Wendy House Trilogy, is a humour-infused adaptation of The Wizard of Oz written by Greg and Joe Allen and directed by Joe Allen.
Would you quit your high flying sales job to run a radio station from a Portakabin in a high crime area? Will the station get burnt down by the local kids? Will anybody listen to a…
Shellshock! are back at the Fringe for our seventh year running! Join us as we improvise scenes, stories, sketches and games entirely on the spot, based on your suggestions.
Welcome To The Fringe are delighted to announce a live satellite broadcast from Gaza.
Drama from the pen of one of the nation’s best loved playwrights.
Multi award-winning guitarist and composer Graeme Stephen presents his new score to accompany a screening of the classic Buster Keaton film The Navigator.
The 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 …
Richard is plotting his escape to art college, just as lecturer Graham settles in.
A live recording of the global hit podcast where each week comedian Jarlath Regan meets a person of Irish heritage for a conversation about life, their work and of course, the infl…
Two artists, two different styles in a unique exciting rock show.
Peter is the first show in The Wendy House Trilogy produced by Jealous Whale Theatre.
Shakuntala: A Rock Opera in English, is based on an ancient Indian folk tale by the famous poet Kalidasa.
The thinking person’s late night alternative! Triple award-nominated podcast reveals your favourite comics’ creative secrets.
Would you quit your high flying sales job to run a radio station from a Portakabin in a high crime area? Will the station get burnt down by the local kids? Will anybody listen to a…
The best skaters in Scotland will pit their wits and hits against each other as Edinburgh showcases full-contact, all-female roller derby.
Whistle-stop tour of some of the best African music at the Edinburgh Fringe, with a different line-up each night.
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
The Blueswater is the 12-piece band behind the award-winning show Blues! They will be performing five high energy late night gigs at The Jazz Bar.
Stephen Duffy presents The Jazz House live from Edinburgh. Join us for two hours of jazz performances from some of the best names in Scottish jazz and beyond.
Tilly Mouse lives under an opera house, and she just loves to sing! Her dream is to perform on stage.
The bard gets replaced by the baaard in Missouri Williams’ eccentric production King Lear With Sheep at The Courtyard Theatre.
Hula House, created by Permanently Visible Productions, is an immersive, semi-interactive look at the life of sex workers.
A cacophony of foot-stomping bluegrass musical numbers telling the simple story of a very simple community.
Ruskin Live: The 1853 Edinburgh Lectures.
Join Chris and Carl, plus special guests, for an hour of unedited nonsense in this live version of what the Guardian listed as one of the Top 10 Podcasts on the Web.
See how radio is made.
A haunting and powerful adaptation of Madame Butterfly, Ramesh Meyyappen’s silent movement piece about love, lust and loss is hauntingly powerful and will stay with you long a…
This show has a bad title.
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 …
Christine Bovill has returned to the Fringe once again to grace us with her incredibly heartfelt renditions of some of Piaf’s greatest songs, on the centenary of the icon’s bir…
Join comedians Rachel Fairburn (NATYS finalist 2015) and Kiri Pritchard-McLean (Leicester Mercury finalist 2015) as they explore a shared passion, serial killers.
The original and very best late night comedy show presents its 29th year of unadulterated comedy mayhem! Expect the unexpected from the very best comedians on the Fringe! Comperes …
There are some shows that you just get a good feeling about from the moment you step into the theatre.
Commander Chris Hadfield said that six months on the International Space Station made him feel a great sense of just how much the world is all one place and we are all one people l…
Alternative comedy-themed stand-up from the melancholic David McIver (Tickled Pig finalist 2014), mischievous storyteller Sophie Henderson (Max Turner Prize finalist 2015), absurdi…
Winsome Brown’s one-woman show is an affecting portrait of her mother and the life Brown and her siblings shared with her.
Philip O’Shea is turning 30.
Fans of big hits and speedy whips can get their fill of roller derby at Auld Reekie Roller Girls’ first festival game.
Winner of the 2003 Olivier award for Best New Musical.
Back from their unsuccessful world tour, the singing dictators of dark cabaret have come to Edinburgh.
Fraxi Queen of the Forest is a pageant for children about ash dieback.
Based on the American Emmy Award-winning children’s series, School House uses a wide array of musical styles to teach grammar, math, science and American history while telling the …
Noel Coward, Gertrude Lawrence and Ivor Novello, together for one last time at the The Desert Inn, Las Vegas.
Ludwig van Beethoven has written operas, sonatas, and symphonies.
The Fringe is a place for new discoveries – the freshest, young talent rubbing shoulders with the world’s best at their craft.
Jack started comedy in 2010 after he moved from rural Cambridgeshire to Leicester to study Creative Writing at De Montfort University.
Take an easy walking tour to discover a little-known side of Edinburgh’s Old Town.
Ostensibly, Worbey and Farrell’s show is a piano recital.
Dan Haynes and Pete Richards of Bookends have returned to the Fringe to once again give us their mesmerising renditions of some of Simon and Garfunkel’s most beloved songs.
For actors, writers, directors, performers and creatives of every kind (all of us), this entertaining and interactive talk reveals a fresh way to spark imagination and surprise in …
The Sons of Pitches took the Fringe by storm last year.
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.
This exhibition in the stunning 17th century Parliament Hall offers insight into the life, history and traditions of Scotland’s Supreme Courts.
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…
Stephen is leaving his little Steph, to go to university and refuses to give her any of his time.
Watch free previews of hundreds of Fringe shows.
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.
Extraordinaire and ex-convict Cassandra turns to the noble art of magic in a final desperate attempt for fame.
Inspired by the work of medieval painter Hieronymus Bosch, this stark solo explores issues of religion, religious art, judgement of bodies and quality of life.
From award-winning and internationally acclaimed Irish theatre company Fishamble: The New Play Company, comes this extravagant one-man show.
Take part in the Festival’s longest running show at no charge at all.
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…
Join comedians Rachel Fairburn (NATYS finalist 2015) and Kiri Pritchard-McLean (Leicester Mercury finalist 2015) as they explore a shared passion, serial killers.
Jack’s Ample Wardrobe is a new stand-up show featuring an old wardrobe.
There’s too much love at the Fringe.
This is an Irish housewife’s guide to life, love and hip hop.
This play tells the story of Benji and Alf, next-door neighbours becoming best friends, bonded by their love of the titular ‘Fairly Tales’.
The games are back in 2015! Different international acts compete for comedy gold.
Extraordinaire and ex-convict Cassandra turns to the noble art of magic in a final desperate attempt for fame.
From the writer of Shooting Stars and Mock the Week comes a brand new show with some of the sharpest one-liners you are likely to hear! Like the True or False section from Shooting…
Last year Chris Davis performed brilliantly in Drunk Lion and garnered great reviews.
BBC Radio 4’s smash hit – live! Hancock’s Half Hour, lovingly recreated with a stellar cast led by Kevin McNally as The Lad Himself.
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 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�…
After Flipper Committed Suicide! Giada comes back to Edinburgh with a brand new hour of fun, dark material, from sex to fairy tales.
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.
Join a mixed bill of some of the funniest comedians at this year’s Fringe, at one of the city’s most talked about new venues. Different line-up each night!
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…
Lisa Gornick’s Live Drawing Show opens with an interesting and inventive premise: using the aid of drawing in real time to tell a story.
Big time sketch heroes BEASTS are returning to Edinburgh to film a live DVD of their best ever show.
Set in a West End theatre, the acclaimed hit new musical comes to Edinburgh! Following the lives of the stagiest people in theatre – the Front of House staff – and portraying t…
Live at the Stand is an opportunity to attend the recording of the podcast of the same name, featuring a rotating lineup of comics performing sets and taking part in games and inte…
The Missing Hancocks is a genuine blast from the past.
As the bombastic theme tune starts playing, waves of nostalgia roll across the audience.
Aussie comic and Internet Superstar, Frenchy, has sold out every show he’s done in the last two years – so don’t let Edinburgh drop the ball! The world’s worst adult, Frenc…
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…
A series of personal portraits of extraordinary men.
Boris: World King is a giddy, silly and savagely satirical delight.
If you’re looking for an enjoyable, happy-go-lucky hour of rhythm and blues entertainment, then look no further than this show.
When boredom threatens at the Fringe, a hero will rise.
Fifty minutes of the classic Rat Pack numbers with a full swing orchestra, bringing a little bit of that onstage banter that the trio are known for, and adding in the two Burelli s…
A harmony quartet offering as wide-ranging a repertoire as their name suggests, coming across like a South African Il Divo and a sleepy Ave Maria.
Set in a West End theatre, the acclaimed hit new musical comes to Edinburgh! Following the lives of the stagiest people in theatre – the Front of House staff – and portraying t…
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.
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…
We all know the story of Jack and the Beanstalk – or at least, think we do.
If at first you don’t succeed, try online dating.
Collegiate a cappella has become a major trend in recent years at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
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…
An unmissable evening of traditional Scottish music and performance.
This enterprising young group, accompanied by the Metamorphosis Chamber Orchestra, celebrates the playwright Beaumarchais with operas famous and obscure.
Ding dong the witch is back and she has landed in the heart of York city centre.
Many start-up opera companies focus on baroque works, operetta or chamber operas.
The first day of the first ever Great Yorkshire Fringe was kicked off with a bang - or rather a “Zip! Boing! Whee!” - by Scamp Theatre, setting a high standard for the rest …
What a cracking show this is! What an utterly hilarious, ridiculous and relentlessly energetic show this is.
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 …
Orson’s shadow looms heavily in Austin Pendleton’s play about the prolific director; not only over the protagonist but over the entire play which whilst fascinating and fait…
(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.
This summer the Glimmerglass Festival, which continues to thrive under the leadership of the director Francesca Zambello, offers four main stage productions, all them up and runnin…
Ari Shaffir hosts a live edition of this popular Comedy Central storytelling show. Performers include Janeane Garofalo, Dov Davidoff, Pete Davidson, and Joe List.
John Early and Cole Escola team up with the author Isaac Oliver and the drag queen Hamm Samwich to host this benefit for SAGE, a group that provides care for L.
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…
McQueen Adams brings his dynamic, high-tech blend of music, impressions and stand-up to Brooklyn with this brand new show.
This imaginative company offers a site-specific staging of the “Barber of Seville.
This crown jewel of British ballet was last seen in New York more than a decade ago.
(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…
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I didn’t know what to expect upon my arrival at the Dolphin Leisure Centre.
One of the most exciting acts in the South, this 8-piece soul/funk band goes from strength to strength with their thrilling mix of classic and modern songs.
A guest house sits precariously on the coast keeping watch over a cruel and tumultuous sea.
Hitch a ride back to the heady days of 80s stadium rock with this 100% live and curling event.
One of Brighton’s best kept secrets, the Sussex Jazz Orchestra is a twenty strong big band playing a choice selection of original and familiar tunes.
Through movement and play participants will identify their own Fools and Kings to explore the beautiful, ridiculous and poignant conflict of this unlikely alliance.
The legendary Brighton based Blues Corporation are back for another sizzling night of funky blues and soul.
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…
Charla Lauriston hosts this variety show inspired by her popular web series, “Clench & Release.
The consistently excellent St.
Nora has a secret that she needs to keep from her perfect family life, only one person can help her but they want something in return.
An entertaining and uplifting hour of stunning vocals, luscious harmonies and witty banter from the UK’s premier classical-crossover vocal trio.
Deux Johns Orchestra, formed two years ago by John Trelawney, is a Jazz outfit that adapts in size for varying original material and venues.
House, location, value, location, perceptions, location.
11-piece urban bateria playing high-octane samba, funk and breakbeats with a soul coaxing singer and a life affirming, gotta dance vibe.
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…
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…
Have you ever looked through a window into someone else’s world? The house is for sale but after the move, what is left behind? Staged by twelve actors in a Victorian town house …
The UK’s hottest musical comedians tackle the big issues ahead of the General Election with their acclaimed blend of songs, satire and silliness.
Rebel armies, the pub darts team, political parties, chaps who drive Audi TTs, religion, Cornwall, knitting clubs, men who wear crocs with socks.
Experience the extraordinary atmosphere of the Sussex home of Surrealists Lee Miller and Roland Penrose, whose guests included Picasso, Man Ray and Miró.
The biblical story of Daniel is well-known: the writing on the wall at Belshazzar’s feast, Daniel’s rise to power, his fall at the hands of conspirators - and the lions’ den.
Abandoned by the rest of the cast on opening night of his autobiographical cabaret act, the immortal genius Ludwig van Beethoven and his trusty stage manager Kathy recount the maes…
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Mary Bourke presents an Irish housewife’s guide to life, love and hip-hop “One of the best female comics in the country” (GQ)
A striking and brutally funny comedy, based on the life and times of Jack McRay.
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.
At first glance, Alonzo King and San Francisco make an unlikely pair.
Michael Ricigliano Jr.
The tireless star violinist Itzhak Perlman headlines the centennial gala of the National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene in a musical extravaganza that features stars from the klezmer s…
Every year, opera lovers have a chance to hear the stars of the future during the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Grand Finals concert.
(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…
Short, sweet and still sort of nebulous, William Burke’s play centers on therapy dogs and the people who find solace in their wet-nosed company.
After a near sell-out run at the London Horror Festival, award-winning performer Mary Beth Morossa returns with her second solo show, in which she intertwines dark storytelling, po…
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…
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…
Russian ballet exalts in bravura; American ballet trades in speed.
This friendly, formulaic jukebox show about the New York-born singer-songwriter might as well be called “Brooklyn Girl,” so closely does it adhere to the template of th…
Rona Munro’s comedy drama, originally produced for Radio 4 in 2008, tells the story of a period in the life of Walter Scott when he was tasked with commissioning a kilt for King …
“What might happen if a performing arts center temporarily reimagined itself as an art museum?” That question is a starting point for this enticing series of installati…
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…
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The once imperiled dance space at 280 Broadway, recently revived by Gina Gibney, begins its inaugural series, DoublePlus.
Award-winning performer Mary Beth Morossa presents her second solo show at the London Horror Festival, in which she intertwines dark storytelling, cabaret and theatrical performanc…
Alexei Ratmansky, the resident artist at American Ballet Theater, makes a rare public appearance for this conversation with Paul Holdengräber of the New York Public Library.
THRILLER LIVE is a spectacular concert created to celebrate the career of the world’s greatest entertainer.
Most people know at least the odd line from Samuel Taylor’s epic poem from 1798, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
This series at Pace University, started last year by the veteran impresario Matthew A.
Told through a journey into the comparable worlds of beauty pageants and dog shows, Victoria Melody’s Major Tom explores how easy it is to become obsessed with personal image and…
In addition to free classes and workshops, this all-day event at the Mark Morris Dance Center features performances by members of Mr.
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Jo Firestone hosts this improv show in which the performers (Evan Altshuler, Cory Palmer, Nicole Pasquale, Alexis Pereira, Alexis Rhiannon and Rekha Shankar) dub new story lines ov…
Phoebe Robinson, a stand-up who writes the blog Blaria, and Jessica Williams, a “Daily Show With Jon Stewart” cast member) welcome Sabrina Jalees (“Last Com…
The Free Fringe invites all Fringe performers, wherever they’ve been performing, to its end of Fringe event. Mingle, wind down, dance, drink and reflect. Second annual event.
After her 2013 sell-out show, Lisa Scott is ready to delight your ears and get your feet tapping with laid back grooves and classic big power numbers.
Mary Beard is an unlikely rockstar.
‘I took him to pumpin’ school, for the guys who are not so good with the chicas’ says Cuban Brothers’ frontman Miguel Mantovani of his newest and shyest member of the team,…
In a brand new show, award-winning political columnist and broadcaster Steve Richards takes you behind the scenes as the referendum looms and the next British general election move…
He’s not Nick Grimshaw! Russell Kane is a superstar entertainer who often gets confused for the Radio 1 DJ.
Different is Dangerous is a production from double team Nyla Levy and Fadia Qaraman’s group Two’s Company.
An incredibly ambitious production, House of Tragic She combines dance, physical theatre, song, electronic music and projection with the words of literary characters and writers.
Join the illustrious, world renowned detective duo on an epic mystery adventure for all the family.
Becoming an adult isn’t easy.
Campy am-dram with a pre-school aesthetic, Edinburgh theatre company, Cat-Like Tread’s The Pirates of Penzance is likely to have you humming the Gilbert and Sullivan Songs but …
Hobbit is an acclaimed beat boxer.
My appreciation for the acting in The Bastard Queen was matched by my strong distaste for the actual play.
Punk Rock explores the pressures of teenage life as a group of educated, intelligent young people prepare for mock A-levels and the rest of their lives with the step-by-step, dislo…
“It’s not started.
Jack Dee’s Help Desk sees Dee and a panel of surprise top comedians address problems that audience members put to them.
Jeremy Hunt and Other Spelling Mistakes is a new comedy sketch show from St.
Are you tempted to enter the scarily vivid world of today’s teenager? Focus Theatre combine cutting edge multimedia, live music and physical theatre to bring Simon Stephen’s sh…
Following his sell-out fringe debut, John and curator Dan Schreiber host a live version of the BBC Radio 4 hit in which guests donate their favourite items to an infinitely large a…
Middlesbrough sketch-pros Heavy Petting put on a wacky and fast-paced comedy sketch show complete with a weird fetish for Batman, hitting people with hammers and totally authentic …
The Old Testament story of King David is quite a romp.
A whistle-stop tour of some of the best African music at the Fringe, headlined by popular Fringe performers Samba Sene and Diwan (Senegal) and Rise Kagona, original member of the l…
The established Aberdeen-based singer performs wonderfully evocative Billie Holiday songs, backed by a top-drawer quartet.
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…
Following sell-out shows and five-star reviews, Edinburgh Studio Opera returns to the Fringe once again in Fury and Flirtation: Opera Scenes.
Multi award-winning guitarist and composer Graeme Stephen presents his new score to accompany a screening of the classic silent horror masterpiece The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari.
Radio nan Gaidheal hosts an evening of the best new music from Rapal radio.
Jenan Younis is a surgeon with anger management issues.
Leah wants to rest, Goneril and Regan want to party, Cordelia’s off to France and matricide is in the air.
Opera Alba’s aim is to provide luxury entertainment, accessible to all, offering a wide-ranging repertoire from opera’s greatest hits to traditional Scottish favourites in Derek Cl…
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.
AhhGee presents the #AhhGeePodcastLive.
The New Zealand Music Showcase is a great way to see some of New Zealand’s greatest artists here at the fringe.
John Ruskin: leading art critic of the Victorian era, famous for his volume of essays “Modern Painters” and his endorsement of Turner and the Pre-Raphaelites.
I loved The Dolls of New Albion: A Steampunk Opera because, although the cast are by no means the best dancers, singers or actors, this production has so much charisma and passio…
In the Pink are a young all female 10-piece a capella group who perform variations of hit pop and hip hop.
Bridge Over Troubled Lager (Volume 2) from Rory McGrath and Philip Pope is an evening of easy listening funny tunes and mild jokes.
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…
You are summoned for jury service.
King Ubu was performed only once in playwright Alfred Jarry’s life.
Returning to the Fringe for a ninth year running, the Gargoyles are a class act.
The youthful Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble takes on Purcell’s affecting masque in a fully staged and choreographed production.
In Napoli Mia!, Scottish performer and Naples familiar Phillip Contini sings Italian songs from and about Naples and its people.
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.
A Historical Family Walk starting from Edinburgh Castle, finishing at the Sottish Parliament by travelling down the Royal Mile with a guide.
As anyone who’s ever dealt with a three-year-old can tell you, keeping their attention can be a Herculean task.
Songs by three teachers of the Royal College of Music (Ireland, Howells and Horowitz) and piano solos by Lambert, a student of the Royal College of Music, are contrasted with the g…
High energy, witty and often silly, Josh’s weekly XFM radio programme hits the stage, bringing the humor and voices that you usually hear through speakers into the room.
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
Live music from the best solo artists and bands Edinburgh has to offer. Join us live from 9pm every night.
Here she comes again! The Delta Queen.
The Blueswater is the 12-piece band behind award-winning show Blues! They will be performing a special late night gig at the Jazz Bar, one of Edinburgh’s best live music venues.
Only eight nights available for the Pommery Champagne Café Bar Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo ticket and dining packages.
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.
Mary Queen of Scots was probably a visionary.
Mike Maran in a consummate storyteller; in this show he’s accompanied by the wonderful Rona Wilkie or Morag Brown on Scottish fiddle.
Stephen Duffy presents The Jazz House live from the Fringe.
In Cat Stevens Reconstructed, New York vocalist Jess Abrams performs her own interpretations of Stevens’ classic songs, providing a mellow alto tone and interesting variations on…
Award-winning Ladies Live Longer return with a brand new cult.
The Live Scriber illustrates the words of comedians such as Al Murray, Tony Law, Marcus Brigstocke and Phil Kay, turning their thoughts, quips and comments into inter-connected, qu…
Dean Friedman shot to fame in the late 70’s with the American hit Ariel in ‘77 and then Lucky Stars which made it to no.
Every evening, the understated sacred space of St.
First things first.
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…
There are four productions of Simon Stephen’s Punk Rock being performed at the Fringe this year and ArtsOne Drama School is the first to wade into its murky world of teenage an…
Forget the defendant, it is the cast of this excruciating production who should be in the dock.
Jolt yourself awake.
Whisky for Dafties is a mostly derisive overview of Scotch whisky history and appreciation from whisky-swigging Scottish stand up Alan Anderson, complete with whisky tasting, non…
Through its pulsating rock score and emotionally charged story, Bare has thrilled and moved audiences around the world since its first staging in Los Angeles over a decade ago.
Mary McCarthy and friends have fun at the piano: traditional music, classical music, duets…
Sunday evening live piano with Robert Harrison in Edinburgh’s newest Royal Mile venue by Victor & Carina Contini.
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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 …
Following their gig in Edinburgh, ADF’s after-party comes to Summerhall with a DJ set mixing electronica, jungle, dub, ragga, and some very rare mash-ups.
Fleeced is an original comedy musical that tells the story of the made-up ancient Greek hero Jersephules; a simple farm boy doted on by his parents.
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.
Controversial by name, Deep Throat Live! is simply the most outrageous sex comedy you will ever see.
Nick Hall: Helmet is a splice of easy going, bittersweet stand-up from a man in his early thirties re-evaluating his life.
Sam Avery wanted to be a rock star.
Finding the Will in association with The Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham presents Bard Heads: The Queen’s Speech.
The original and best late night comedy show presents its 28th year of unadulterated comedy mayhem! Expect the unexpected from the very best comedy acts on the Fringe! And after al…
Stephen invites you to enter the world of the hustler and enjoy an evening of card tricks, cheats and scams in this intimate and interactive show.
There’s a sort of delicious irony to queuing for a show about rationing whilst watching one of the cast frantically stuffing their face with crisps.
Newton’s Cauldron is an unexpected gem, a brisk little piece which mixes storybook, history book and textbook deftly and amusingly.
Irritating stand up from an irritating man.
This is the best I’ve seen and heard of the great Irish jazz and blues singer.
With the Metropolitan Opera and labor unions agreeing to a new contract deal, the show can go on.
New York, New York: A Toe-Tapping Journey through the Great American Song Book is just that; a fun night of swing and brass band favourites from Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Gle…
An afternoon of Jazz from the Jazz Bar’s very own Jazz Trio; Ed Kelly on double bass, David Patrick on piano and Bob Kyle on drums.
A powerful tale of resilience and overcoming great obstacles, this production has battled through in the spirit of its eponymous character.
It’s the Late Night Dark Show - take that title as a hint.
The Midnight Comedy Club features different comedians each night showcasing their talents.
This tour is a brilliant way to explore the history of Edinburgh’s famous Royal Mile.
Performed in the stately Edinburgh Elim church, Mary the Last Farewell is a historical drama about the life of the Queen of Scots.
All that non-stop 24-hour rolling news can get a bit much. See the funny side of it with Mr Steve N Allen in this fast-paced hour of topical stand-up.
In the appropriately multi-lingual halls of Espionage is this hidden gem of the Free Festival.
Infinity Repertory Theatre update Shakespeare’s comedy to the 21st century as a musical with a rollicking rock’n’roll aim in mind.
Discover a little-known side of Edinburgh’s Old Town in this very popular walking tour.
A two-hour and fifteen minute walk through Edinburgh’s city centre, with a good coverage of the history of Edinburgh’s Old and New towns.
Watch free previews of hundreds of Fringe shows.
It’s July 1st, 2017, precisely twenty years after China took back Hong Kong from the British.
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.
After the success of her previous show, What Would Beyoncé Do?! Luisa Omielan has returned to Edinburgh with a brand new stand-up act, Am I Right Ladies? It’s a loud and crude t…
Dawn State’s sharp, modern adaptation of Kipling’s classic novella could be deemed a classic in itself.
Hate ‘n’ Live is a night that revels in a non-PC, outrageous and often obscene approach to comedy.
Davies is a dynamo and a wonder to behold on stage.
Do You Remember Rock’n’Roll Radio? Would you give up a high flying sales job to manage England’s worst radio station? Roland Gent did just that.
Seriously funny nonsense and painfully revealing true stories as Jack, ‘slightly quirky’ (Chortle.
Free Fringe comedy can be a risky prospect but it can be a risk worth taking in service of finding a night worth seeing.
Seven years with Ray Charles, Barbara Morrison demonstrates her full range of musicality and fun.
Science-theatre is in vogue at the moment.
Sophie Willian: Novice Detective is a stand up show homage to daytime TV detective programmes like Murder She Wrote and Poirot and when focused on these it’s about as good as you…
Spain during the 1930s.
Short Stories - True Song Tales from the American Edge is an acoustic solo show from Kiya Heartwood, an award-winning American singer-songwriter.
My first clue should have been the warmup.
Nottingham’s favourite under-fives’ music workshop duo make their Edinburgh debut.
This moving piece of new writing from Vivienne Walshe follows two teenagers trapped in their own versions of hell, who find the route to escapism in each other.
Part choral performance, part spoken word, Dreams of Peace and Freedom charts the development of the European Convention of Human Rights, reciting passages from one of its main c…
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.
Billing itself as “The Rocky Horror Show for the new millennium”, this is a raucous, glitter-fuelled ride through a disco universe.
Jim Holland is an introvert who likes hats and two-toned shoes.
“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…
I will hereby abstain from ‘reviewer talk’, probably sacrifice my hopes of a career in journalism, and speak frankly: Go and see this f**king show.
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…
Bill Clinton was one of America’s glowing presidents, a shining democrat in the fashion of Jimmy Carter and even America’s beloved JFK.
Outside, the queue is teeming.
To tell the truth, I’m a little bit scared of Dr.
There’s a particular pleasure in seeing someone do their job incredibly well.
The John Conway Tonight show is an oddball comedy night that could be called A Comedian’s Descent into Madness.
You’ve got to have a bit of a thick skin to go to Russell Hicks: Unprepared.
It’s probably not acceptable for a review to simply take the form of OMG! This show is amazing.
Peter Straker’s arrived in Edinburgh ladies and gentlemen.
Twins Jack and Annie McGrath have put on a sketch show at the Edinburgh Fringe in a desperate bid to find their third, long lost brother.
Not another student sketch show?! Bear with me, this one’s above the rest.
The Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show at the Cabaret Bar in the Pleasance Courtyard claims to be the longest running and most successful lunchtime show at the Edinburgh Fringe.
It is either apt or ironic that a show whose set recreates a building site feels a little messy.
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.
Ned Kelly look-alike Ryan Coffey arrives in the burgh with vocal looping and a Fender Stratocaster to deliver some songs about relationships.
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.
One of the founding members of the Sex Pistols and co-writer of most of their iconic songs, Glen Matlock has arrived at the Edinburgh Festival for one week only for an evening that…
Gooood Morning! Breakfast Baps with Witty Chaps starts at 9am.
Each day different international acts compete for comedy gold.
For those who run at the mere mention of the phrase ‘musical comedy’, this sketch show is for you.
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…
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.
Sometimes in this show, there’d come some songs like this.
These Blues Brothers take a cliché and put their own mark on it.
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…
Despite the geographical specificity of their title, the performers of the Soweto Afro-Pop Opera draw their influences as widely as the so-called ‘Rainbow Nation’ from which th…
The seemingly unwavering appeal of swing music has made the Rat Pack Live an irresistible draw to Fringe audiences year after year and this packed house proves that this year is no…
Winner of the Overall Fringe Award, Adelaide Fringe.
The unsolved mystery of Jack the Ripper has provided constant fascination for people around the world ever since the grisly murders were committed.
With a show based around time travel, Thunderbards make a whole hour zip merrily by.
Dan Jones: New Kid is a character-based stand up show in which Jones’ hopeless characters try desperately to entertain and showcase their talents.
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.
As Ethel Merman famously sang in Gypsy, ‘you gotta get a gimmick if you want to get ahead’.
David O’Doherty is one of those rare stand-ups who is a familiar face without being plastered everywhere, who is successful without being packaged.
It is 1997, and Princess Diana has just died, leaving the country in a state of hysteria.
Shellshock! Improv Live! features a daring band of young performers improvising sketches entirely from audience suggestion.
Produced by C theatre, The Snow Queen is a charming adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic tale by Karina Wilson.
In themselves the Beasts’ sketch personas are fairly standard; the nutcase, the buffoon and the straight man.
Edinburgh stalwarts Dan and Jeff are back for another energetic hour and, following Potted Potter, Potted Pirates and Potted Panto, it’s the turn of Baker Street’s own Sherlock…
For fans of the original kids’ show, Knightmare Live - Level 2 is a dream come true.
David Trent enters to thunderous music and revs up the crowd with a flurry of fist pumps and screaming; only to cut it all off with a delightfully anticlimactic start to the show.
“What is it that frightens you?” Tom Neenan asks at the start of this one-man pastiche of an Edwardian ghost story.
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…
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.
Hands down, Get Up With Hands! is the funniest thing I’ve seen at the Fringe this year.
It’s heartening to see a deserving standup successfully transfer from the Free Fringe to the larger potential audience of the mega-venues.
Keeping it real! I’m alive and well and back at the Fringe telling it like it is! A punter came up and said ‘I love what you do’! I asked him what exactly he meant and he said …
To celebrate the completion of a five year redevelopment project, this exhibition, within the splendid Parliament Hall, gives an insight into the life, history and traditions of th…
Welcome to Edinburgh’s dark and dirty side.
Best known for her role as Chloe on the television series “24,” Ms.
In recent years, the Met has been fielding free concerts with young artists in lieu of its old series of operas in concert.
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.
Elisa Monte, Jacqulyn Buglisi and Jennifer Muller have been prolific contributors to American modern dance.
Direct from London’s West End, Thriller Live comes to Birmingham for Christmas!Record breaking Thriller Live is a spectacular concert created to celebrate the career…
Formed in 2011, the Studio 9 Orchestra performs some of the finest contemporary arrangements for an 18-piece jazz band.
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…
The legendary Brighton-based Blues Corporation are back for another sizzling night of funky blues and soul.
Having never been to a Drag King pageant before I was not entirely sure what to expect from King of the Fringe.
The legendary,Brighton-based,nine-piece blues and soul band are back for one of their rare appearances. Frequently a sell-out so book ahead and don’t miss out!
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
In a blend of physical theatre and contemporary dance, four women explore the effects of loneliness on emotional wellbeing and literature’s constant re-interpretations of madness…
Alessandra Ferri took a break from dancing after her 2007 retirement from American Ballet Theater, but recently she has been drawn back to the stage.
Musical comedy acts are one of the hardest to master, but Die Roten Punkte, consisting of dysfunctional siblings Astrid and Otto Rot, have got the art (pun intended) down to a tee.
The King and Country World War I Opera is a show presented in a rather strange format at the Brighton Fringe Festival.
The Brighton based John Lake Trio will be performing an evening of original melodic modern jazz composed by John Lake along with some covers of modern standards from bands such as …
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.
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
A recital of favourites of the ‘Palm Court Era’ performed by Aspidistra, praised for its lively interpretation of the music that so delighted our (great) grandparents.
A house reverberating with the sounds of different generations; different times – joined together by the walls around them.
Free sex, drugs and rock & droll!* Deadpan comedian Paul Laight and OCD guitar-wielding clown Gwilum Argos present their comedy show ‘Rock ‘n’ Droll’! A free show with songs, jokes…
Energetic, dynamic and refreshingly unique, King Porter Stomp celebrate the release of their new single ‘pocketfulofrocketfuel’ with an intimate and very special performance.
Discover roller derby: a fast-paced, full-contact sport played on roller skates.
Meet Freddie Hammond (Simon de Cintra), a bank manager who wakes up to find the proverbial rock has become a reality - to be precise – a large boulder blocking his drive and prev…
Warning: this operatic cabaret contains no nudity in spite of its name.
Award-winning musical comedian Rachel Parris (IT Crowd, Thronecast, BBC Radio 4, Austentatious) presents a work-in-progress version of her forthcoming show, Live In Vegas, a shrewd…
You think you know the story? Think again.
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.
Feathers, glitter, gold lame and The Weather Girls.
One of Brighton’s best kept secrets, the SJO is a twenty strong jazz big band conducted by Mark Bassey.
Experience the extraordinary atmosphere of the Sussex home of Surrealists Lee Miller and Roland Penrose, whose guests included Picasso, Man Ray and Miró.
11-piece urban bateria playing high-octane samba, funk and breakbeats with a soul-coaxing singer and a life-affirming, gotta-dance vibe.
Fast-paced, topical stand-up from news addicted Mr Steve N Allen.
Welcome to Alice and Harry’s house party.
This excellent group, specializing in the French Baroque, turns its attention to Rameau in honor of the 250th anniversary of his death.
A relatively new player among New York’s shoestring opera companies, this six-member company, which focuses on Baroque repertory, offers “Magdalene’s Dilemma,R…
This show, hosted by Keith Malley and Chemda Khalili, is one of the longest-running and most beloved podcasts.
‘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…
The decadence and debauchery of turn-of-the-century Paris provided a rich setting for Baz Luhrmann’s wildly inspired 2001 film, “Moulin Rouge.
Based on the 1910 novel “Le Fantome de l’Opéra”, The Phantom of the Opera was adapted into a musical sensation by Andrew Lloyd Webber and is currently showing at Her Majesty…
THRILLER LIVE is a spectacular concert created to celebrate the career of the world’s greatest entertainer.
With 24 of Queen’s biggest hits delivered in a show that boasts the scale and spectacle that marked the bands’ legendary live performances, this will be one of the…
This biographical revue is best when the Broadway pro Emily Skinner gets a chance to sing (highlights: her versions of “Swattin’ the Fly” and “I Got Lost in…
Multi award winning comedian Rob Beckett has extended his national tour due to outstanding demand.
“No one dreams of becoming an Usher!” Cry the desperate stars of Ushers: The Front Of House Musical, as they face up to yet another night of flogging ice creams and programmes …
(in previews; opens on April 7) Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s glittering gutter-musical masterwork returns courtesy of Atlantic Theater Company in this production of Marc B…
Act One is a company full of high quality actors, all of whom were captivating to watch.
In Arin Arbus’s thoughtful and affecting production, Shakespeare’s most daunting play lowers its voice, the better to be heard more clearly.
Close of Fringe event for all performers no matter what venue or organisation. Come to famous Jam House: mingle, drink, celebrate, wind down, live music. First annual event.
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 …
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’.
Superb Scottish funk rock octet celebrate their new album Highest Low.
Edinburgh’s favourite blues / rock combo play Heat, Feat and much more.
Multi award-winning guitarist Graeme Stephen performs his new score to the classic silent film Nosferatu with Mercury Prize nominee cellist Ben Davis.
With close to one million Twitter followers, Delaney has been named the ‘Funniest person on Twitter’ by Comedy Central and is one of America’s most exciting US stand-ups.
When it comes to absurdity there are not many names more famous than Eugene Ionesco.
Join the banter with some of the most outspoken writers in independent Scottish publishing.
A series of skits performed by three of what have to be the maddest performers on the Fringe (any madder and theyd be locked up).
With acts like clean-mouthed comedian ‘Tommy Kittens’, this four-man comedy cabaret group could have you wiping away tears of laughter.
CineFringe is a small affair, yet its efforts to fly the filmic flag at the Fringe are admirable.
A flamboyant West African evening hosted by Samba Sene and Diwan.
An ambitious new music showcase combining the traditional influences of the Indian folk music form Bhangra with contemporary electronic elements.
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…
Double act comedy is very difficult.
Somewhat of a fringe legend, Omid Djalili has graced many a theatre on his national tours over the last 20 years since he performed his very first Edinburgh Fringe show.
The Blueswater is the 12-piece band behind award-winning show Blues!, and they will be performing a limited run of five shows at the enigmatic Venue 45.
Wester Hailes, a suburb of Edinburgh, is about as much of a potential tourist destination as the moon.
For me, female acapella is really difficult to get right.
This tense drama, nominated for two best new play awards in 2010, centers around the lives of seven young people as they sit their mock ‘A’ Levels at a public school.
There are two rules to improvised comedy: One, you’re only as strong as your weakest member and two, never, ever say no.
UK’s No.
I have to admit, I was not convinced by Gavin Crawford to begin with.
In the Autumn of 1853 the great Victorian critic John Ruskin delivered four lectures at the Philosophical Institution in Queen Street, Edinburgh.
The Wishing Well, Melbourne’s world-touring seven-piece band create spellbinding sounds with wistful violins, oceanic cello, majestic rhythms, and achingly haunting vocals.
This brave attempt at the musical by Jason Robert Brown renowned for being tricky by Straight Line Theatre company was not an inspiring first encounter with the show.
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…
Lee Nelson’s show begins with a tongue-in-cheek video montage of all his achievements: Lee Nelson has his own show, hosted Live at the Apollo and competed in Let’s Dance for Co…
In 1853, art critic John Ruskin caused a stir in polite society with a series of Edinburgh lectures lambasting the city’s architectural pretensions.
Perhaps I’m experiencing a cappella fatigue, but the singers at this show did nothing to wow me particularly.
I shouldn’t blame the cast of this version excessively for how little I enjoyed Punk Rock: I should instead take it up with Simon Stephens.
Slaves of the Kingdom is a new musical based around the Bible story of Moses and the Exodus and it’s one hell of an ambitious undertaking.
Philip Contini and his Be Happy Band celebrate 20 years with our favourite numbers from Prima, Porter, Martin, Sinatra and Naples.
Kourtney Kardashian.
The Deep Red Sky are Scottish five-piece ensemble which blends guitars and three-part harmonies to create a brand of alternative rock akin to Pacific Northwest bands.
Returning to the Fringe after their sell-out 2012 show to play an acoustic set (one night only!) in what will be a must-see performance! ‘Rich atmospheric sounds with an air of fre…
The presenter of Channel 4’s Superscrimpers with special guests in a show that makes money (or the lack of it) fun. Put a smile on your face and the pennies back in your pocket.
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
The Foodies Festival largely delivers what it promises: ‘Artisan producers’ - check; ‘Michelin-starred chefs cooking live’ - check; ‘the best in fine food and drink’ �…
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…
This was a pretty good performance.
In his new show, Reginald D Hunter carves a far more introspective figure than the jovial presence we are accustomed to seeing on TV.
The Blueswater is the 12-piece band behind award-winning show Blues!, and they will be performing a special late night gig at the Jazz Bar.
One of the Guardian’s top sketch writers at Westminster, will give a hilarious talk about the politicians, prime ministers, poseurs, poltroons and pratfalls he has seen.
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 …
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.
An exciting performance which is very much a modern twist on traditional Scotland. Madcap, mohawked rock frontman Gregor G-man James with guitarist, two pipers and two dancers.
You are what you read! Rowan Pelling will be analysed live on stage by Ella Berthoud, renowned bibliotherapist from School of Life and co-author of The Novel Cure.
Stephen Duffy presents The Jazz House on BBC Radio Scotland.
Centotre’s Italian food is delicious.
The Secret Opera Society event at restaurant Centotre brings together music and cuisine in a stunning fusion of Italian culture with a strong Scottish sensibility and humour.
Philip and The Band celebrate 20 years (!) at the Fringe.
Straight from Alaska comes a new piece of musical theatre from a 40-strong cast.
The Grammy nominated Olivier award winners return.
Mary-Doll Poppins is the story of two spoilt bairns who want a wee bit of attention from their WAG mammy and serious daddy.
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.
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
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…
Setting up within the whitewashed walls of Greyfriars Church, Nitekirk is a gentle affair.
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 …
Jamie Hamilton is an energetic and inventive sketch writer, with an unusual ability to take conventions from other genres and spin them until they become surreal.
The original and late night Fringe show presents its 27th year of unadulterated comedy mayhem.
Completing a hat trick of free Fringe shows, confusingly-named trio Rory and Tim return with a new hour of sketch comedy.
I’m trying to give up cake. Everything else is optional. Perhaps PBH’s final one-man show at the Fringe. Or not.
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, …
Rock and Dole is Sam Avery’s story of how his band dBh (dirty Blue hooks) went from humble beginnings with their mums backstage at their first gig to touring Europe and even open…
It always seems like a good idea to take a chance on the Free Fringe, to discover your new favourite comedian before they start charging a fortune for their tickets.
Picture, if you will, your idea of a swing band leader.
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.
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 is on a mission to save the world through music.
King Creosote is no stranger to Queen’s Hall.
“Faster than pen can set it down, came panic, rushing, crushing—a blind, selfish, cruel chaos.
Comedy duo Dan & Dan, famous such YouTube hits as Requiem for a Wardrobe and the brilliant Daily Mail Song, have graduated to the real world of live comedy.
‘The Canty Hole’ might sound a bit rude to modern ears but it’s actually the title of a Robert Fergusson poem about Edinburgh.
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
It’s the 1930’s and a few years have passed since Carl Dunham, the fabled showman brought King Kong from the jungle to New York.
To a certain generation of British people, Adam Buxton is a bit of a legend.
Discover unexpected gardens and green nooks and crannies behind the historic buildings of Edinburgh’s Old Town, all with a story to tell.
Discover a little-known side of Edinburgh’s Old Town.
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…
Katerina Vrana’s multinational show is the kind of comedy gold that makes the Free Fringe all the more worthwhile.
The explosive duo Ketch! and HIRO-PON all the way from Japan are set to blow audiences away with their furious and action packed show Rock On!.
The story of the Fringe is a story of the periphery.
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…
Will Sidgwick is very new to stand up, having been on the scene for under a year and he clearly has a lot to learn about material and originality.
Watch free previews of hundreds of Fringe shows.
In the right hands, theatre is an immensely powerful tool for taking large issues and bringing them down to a manageable level.
This powerful and intense one man show tells the story of Jacob Rubenstein, also known as Jack Ruby, the man who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald just days after Oswald himself as…
I’m not a morning person at the best of times.
My favourite thing about the Edinburgh Fringe is the sheer concentration of talent in creates in the city, an array of people with skills that I can only dream of having.
Ever wanted to get inside the mind of a comedian? Stuart Goldsmith puts on his interviewer hat in this live version of the critically acclaimed comedy podcast which, as he explains…
You’ve seen them on TV, now see them in a yurt.
What with the febrile state of British society at the moment, Steve Richards’ canter through our political parkland seems perfectly timed.
Sketch is arguably one of comedy’s hardest forms, requiring an individual to have the abilities of a writer, actor, comedian, director, and critic, all at the same time.
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…
This show is billed as a comedian’s comedy show for comedians.
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…
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.
“Fans of Spinal Tap and Flight of the Conchords, say ‘hallo’ to your new favourite band.
Edinburgh’s premier outdoor venue brings live entertainment to the Pear Tree Outdoor Stage, with music, bands, cabaret and more from 12pm-6pm daily - a huge selection of entertainm…
Watching Ellis and Rose in the dank damp of the Bunker gives a moment of odd synchronicity.
The value of art, human redemption, dead labradoodles.
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…
The Games are back in 2013! Different international acts compete daily for comedy gold.
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…
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.
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…
A poignant adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s tale, The King and Queen of the Universe, produced by Slippers and Rum, tells a story of adulation and bereavement set in the depths of t…
We see a lot of Rich Hall on panel shows these days: QI, Have I Got News For You?, Eight out of Ten Cats, Never Mind The Buzzcocks.
If Siegfried Sassoon had written Brideshead Revisited, the result would likely resemble Another Company’s original piece, For The Trumpets Shall Sound.
Sex, heroine and general debauchery - Alistair Green and his alter-ego Jack Spencer want to change the world, three steps at a time.
Rik n Mix is actually a showcase of three comedians combining their short sets to make an hour long show compered by Rik Carranza.
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.
To give a show this title, considering the easy barbs that could be made at its expense, is perhaps brave.
Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin.
The force and power of a child’s imagination against adversity has long been fodder for writers.
Year after year, a plethora of improv acts arrive in Edinburgh for the fringe.
I’m sure any fringe veteran worth their salt has had the experience of seeing a famous face from their childhood appearing out of an Edinburgh side-street to bring back a flood o…
Ensconced in an inflatable dome, in the children’s area of the Pleasance, bravely struggling through a voice ravaged by cold and flyering, Jay Foreman does not have an easy job o…
A muffragette is, according to Mary Bourke, a feminist, just without the toxic baggage of that word.
Davey Connor is a charming, unimposing performer whose style washes over the audience and wins them over seemingly without effort.
‘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…
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 …
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.
‘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 in the band’s current form is four men: cheerful front-man Khuti, guitarist Tankiso, string-player Josepha and frowning powerhouse percussionist Paseka.
For most of this show, Robins’ mind is on the 24th of August, 2001, the greatest day of his life.
Throw on your suit, kick off your shoes and do not be afraid to sing along.
The Rat Pack was a group of actors and musicians who performed on stage and in films in the early-1960s.
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…
‘How’re yez?’ Eilish O’Carroll greets her audience as she steps out to affectionate applause, dressed all in black under her blue sequinned jacket: part theatre luvvie, part salt o…
I have a confession to make.
Katie Goodman absolutely delivers – a gutsy comedian with a satirical side and a fairly foul mouth.
I often revisit companies and venues at the Fringe, simply because I know that their work works for me.
Mime and physical theatre can be risky aspects of a comedy show.
Advertised as a five star crowd-pleaser from Fringe’s past, this show might be expected to drum up a frenzy.
The Fringe isn’t always the best place for magic.
Fringe favourite Alex Horne returns with his accomplished band to entertain the late-night crowds, this time in an inflatable cow.
The title is probably the most interesting thing about this adaptation of Lysistrata, but any potential that it implies is sadly missed by the show itself.
The Phill Jupitus Experiment.
Experienced local guides show you historic places of the Royal Mile, its buildings, narrow closes and secret gardens, describing how its people lived and died, its famous character…
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.
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…
The title ‘Coming into Fashion’ proves incredibly appropriate for this exhibition.
Aptly for an exhibition of graphite and glasswork, Alison Kinnaird’s Luminesce is a gentle and delicate affair.
It could be deemed ironic that our group was thrice threatened with murder before our tour had kicked off.
Situated on the historic Royal Mile, open from 9am – 3am every day.
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…
Whistlebinkies really wants you to know they have free live music.
If you find yourself staggering down the Royal Mile at 2am desperately looking for a drink, there is a string of late-night live music bars ready to keep your liver happy and suppl…
Big hair, thrashing guitars and inspired humor augment dreams of rock stardom in this jukebox musical, which transferred to Broadway in 2009 with the songs of ’80s acts like …
Following a critically acclaimed, sell-out run at the Turbine Theatre, Luke Bayer gives a tour-de-force performance in this blood-stained love letter to Broadway; a solo musical ab…
Edgar Allan Poe is dead.
With a massively deceptive poster, I didn’t know what to expect from Wild West End.
It is one month before Federico Garcia Lorcas death and he has just completed his latest play, The House of Bernarda Alba.
Part of the American High School Theatre Festival, Scarlett High School from Canada present Platus’ 200 B.
It’s fair to say that you may as well put a sofa on a stage as big as the Pleasance Grand.
From Manchester’s Monkeywood Theatre comes a drama set in 1970s-80s Manchester.
La Clique Royale is possibly the least family friendly circus extravaganza you’ll find in Edinburgh and it’s not to be missed.
I have to admit, I had no idea what to expect upon entering Barabbas production of Hairdresser in the House.
Set in Oyo, Nigeria in the middle of World War II, Wole Soyinkas Death and the Kings Horseman centres around the battle between British colonialist views and the local traditio…
There’s been a bit of a pattern to Fringe children’s theatre over the past few years.
Some of the most impressive shows to be found at the Fringe are by lone performers, and Kneehigh’s Tristan Sturrock treads this vein.
Naked Homo Live! is set in a members’ only gay club, with an intimate audience of around twenty people, and one naked – completely hairless – performer.
The 1985 South Bank Show interview with Francis Bacon is a television classic.
Pop-Up Opera are a (very) small-scale touring company taking opera with piano accompaniment to unusual venues in the hope of creating new audiences.
I feel a little drained after seeing this show but in the best possible way.
Joe Bor stands out by sheer force of personality.
A bolshy Scottish schoolboy summed up the show very well immediately after the applause had died down and everyone was still in their seats: ‘I don’t get what the bit behind the …
Jay Parinis adaptation of Kiplings harrowing First World War story Mary Postgate is stiff but visually stunning.
Forget reimaginings and modernisations - Hamlet House of Horror takes the bad Quarto in a vicelike grip and shakes it until there’s nothing left but life, noise, and fun.
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’ 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…
This show is like watching a perverse episode of Come Dine with Me; except there is no food, no drink, everyone plays the role of host and guest, and without Dave Lamb’s sarcastic …
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Within the House of Shadows, there is an explanation for cultural popularity that I found rather endearing.
Live at The Electric promised some of the best sketch comedy of the Fringe hosted by the extremely likable and endearing Russell Kane.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
Often heralded as the most prolific contemporary playwright, expect hot debates in response to Simon Stephens’ premiere of his coming of age play Morning.
‘This has nothing to do with rock ‘n’ roll, it’s a metaphor’ - so if you’re after an hour of Elvis this is perhaps not the show for you.
Panto usually involves a cast of thousands, huge sets and the theatrical magic supplied by trap doors, smoke machines and flying apparatus.
I haven’t been to the circus for a while and there’s a reason for that.
Stick Man has just gone out for an innocent jog, when suddenly he is snatched up by a dog.
There could be an incredible musical story in the tragic rise and fall of Mary, Queen of Scots, leading from her ascension to the throne to her eventual abdication, imprisonment fo…
The Australian cheesmaster is back! Bob returns to Edinburgh after five years to the wonderful and intimate Speigeltent with an action packed, high energy toe tapping show.
Performer Rob Drummond demonstrates how to keep an audience entertained by actually doing very little yourself.
A scream offstage and Laura enters covered in blood.
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…
Mad Mary is a tough nosed, hard living, uncompromising girl trapped in a small town in Ireland who needs a date for a friends wedding.
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…
This pair of independent comedians is sure to evoke a titter from even the stoniest of critics.
An actor Jack Treadwell known to his friends as Tread is giving his very last lecture/performance on dramatic method and the art of acting.
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.
You’d be hard pressed to find a free hour of comedy at the Fringe as well-structured and thoughtful as ‘Stitches’.
King Creosote’s iron-clad strengths are his songwriting - whimsical and understated - and his voice - fragile and melodic.
We live in the age of the cultural mash-up, of old names reimagined into new forms.
A show about one woman’s life-long love for Billie Holiday’s music, for the stars, and for her lost baby brother.
This piece, performed by students of Howard Payne University, tells the tragedy-laced story of Joseph Grimaldi, father of the modern day clown.
Everyone remembers storytime – that happy time at the end of the day when the hard work of colouring in and sticking bits of paper to other bits of paper could be safely put behi…
In this supposedly fifty-minute show, the audience were met with twenty minutes of relatively weak material, often sitting through unjustifiably long stories for their mediocre pun…
Barry and Ian are two estranged brothers in their late middle-age.
In this world premiere from Rachael Coopes, Daniel Goldman’s superb direction reveals a taut piece of drama that is utterly captivating to watch.
The most controversial musical of all time returns to its spiritual home in a production that is so vastly superior to the professional one that it is staggering.
There’s a certain type of show that prompts a degree of fatigue in me.
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…
Magnus Betnér is not for the faint hearted.
In this show, Hannah Gadsby takes us through an art history lecture covering the developing representation of the Virgin Mary in Eastern and Western art since the 3rd Century AD.
Few would argue that the Fringe isn’t all about showcasing up-and-coming talent.
Mr Barrie has a way with mysterious islands.
The stag night: one of the last remaining bastions of masculinity.
There’s a reason Charles Dickens’ stories endures in popularity.
In this collaboration between American and Hungarian theatre companies, a poignant story unfolds about the turning points and decisive moments that can change a life forever.
Tim FitzHigham is a true eccentric and a sucker for a challenge.
It’s a funny thing - children’s TV has changed a lot recently.
I must confess to having felt more than a little embarrassed at turning up at a childrens show in the middle of the day; we had a heated debate in the queue on the way in as to w…
This new adaptation of Dracula plays slightly with the order of the original; the voluptuous vampire orgies of Dracula’s castle take place in the second half as opposed to the firs…
Be prepared, the caption warns, to laugh and cry, probably at the same time! This is unfairly self-deprecating; I felt both shows were well-performed, with considerable ent…
A stellar performance from an all-singing, all-dancing cast of miscreants and their formidable opponents from the local neighbourhood watch, Asbo: the Musical is the story of Darre…
Do you remember the days of yore? Of gum detentions, boredom pure? Deep in the Smirnoff Underbelly, a group of Scottish students are putting on a play in memory of those school day…
he headline of this review was the most prolific tweet of the night at Unravel’s ‘Only Gig You Can Control With Your Phone’ and frankly, it’s a good question.
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…
Opera Shorts was created in late 2007 with the objective of creating a platform for young up-and-coming composers in Scotland.
Greshams have been performing at the Fringe for many years and have a history of approaching traditional works in a new way.
Andre King’s style is an endearing one.
‘I still have such enthusiasm for life’ proclaims Toksvig as she bounds onto the Pleasance stage.
Straight out of Cambridgeshire and truly embracing the spirit of the fringe, Get It On is a stand-up comedy show that showcases two up and coming performers called Ben Hustwayte an…
In three short years, All the King’s Men have gone from a little-known university a cappella group to the third best collegiate group in the world, and from the simply phenomenal…
‘Eyes that flirt with a tear are common round here, and misery loves company they say.
David Hasselhoff has a large and committed international following: Pleasance Grand was sold out on his opening night and at almost £20 a ticket, this is one of the more expensive…
This production is intended as a Hitchcock-esque thriller, but even with strong storytelling techniques, the level of suspense is disappointing.
I’ve a confession of my own to make; when I chose to review this show I thought it was something entirely different.
I really wanted to like this show.
Collision, a dance show that zips through the ages has an appreciation for a host of stylistic influences, and describes itself as an “unashamedly chaotic treat”.
The wacky trio from The Thistle Creek Thespian Society roll into the old saloon at Cactus Gulch, New Mexico, in 1889 to entertain Mayor Maynot and the apparently simple folk of the…
Award winning comedian James Bennison has finally completed Tinder (at its highest difficulty setting) and wants to help his friends find love too.
Bad things shouldn’t happen to nice people.
There’s something about the marriage of the arcane and the amusing, the faux Victoriana of shows like ‘Bleak Expectations’, that I always find enjoyable.
It’s a relief when Mary Bourke promises that she won’t be doing any clichéd ‘female comic’ stuff.
Science Shows for Schools have take three of their popular science presentations for schools and turned them into a 50 minute production for children at the Zoo Aviary.
There’s basically no-one who doesn’t like Roald Dahl – he’s been a cornerstone of kids’ literature for 50 years and with good reason.
The UK loves a good soap opera.
This is the weirdest thing I have ever seen.
Ladylike gets off to a rather standard start with an introduction to the double act’s caricatured personalities, which aren’t anything novel: Victoria Temple-Morris is arrogant…
If you are expecting dance, you’ll be sorely disappointed with Wendy Houstoun’s solo performance which only features a minimal portion of dancing in her experimental, left-wing…
The phrase ‘When life gives you lemons, make lemonade’ is one your parents will most certainly have quoted at you at some point - no doubt when it seemed a particularly unhelpf…
A one-man show about a spare British poet - a challenging prospect for a sweaty Sunday in a tiny black box theatre.
There are many things that make for a successful comedian.
Things we learn from Rasta Thomas’ Rock the Ballet: real men grab their crotches; real men hit their chests in primal elation; real men do grand pliés in second - a lot.
Sketch comedy is, by its nature, a slightly hit-and-miss affair.
Join Bunny Galore in a cabaret set of red plush and fairy lights as she regales the audience with details of her life and career.
The Fringe is often praised for its glorious variety but there are some things listed in the Fringe guide that exceed the proper constraints of a show.
Choc-a-block with catchy tunes and feel-good fun, The Picture House tells the story of Penny and Oscar, a sweet couple torn apart by the Second World War.
One song short of a Spice Girls Tribute band, the boys from King’s have smashed another year at the Fringe.
Too often, fringe theatre can be overly serious and overly worthy.
British folklore is packed with some of the most iconic figures anywhere in the world.
I’m upside down, the blood’s rushing to my head and I’m swinging madly like some sort of unwieldy pendulum.
Structuring a review is basically fairly straightforward.
Palimpsest One is a bit of an odd beast.
Character comedy is one of the most difficult types to do well.
Sitting on the edge of the stage, this adept duo quite literally comes down to the level of the audience.
In a Fringe increasingly dominated by comedy it can be difficult for stand-ups to stand out.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
In the perfect setting of the Scottish Storytelling Centre, sixty or so children of varying ages and sizes sat enraptured by the accomplished storytelling and puppetry of the Theat…
The things we love as children stay with us forever.
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…
The premise for Breakfast Bedlam, Live! is a rich comedy vein.
The Camden Fringe is home to many different types of performer; opera singers, musicians, burlesque dancers and poets.
A rather sad turn out for Taylor Glenn with immensely depleted audience numbers, it was certainly a lonely affair.
Theyre sold out until the end of time (well, the end of the run anyway) so its pretty academic if I say that this is the funniest, silliest, campest, rudest, coarsest, most pre…
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.
One-man fringe shows tend towards extremes.
Few talents serve a stand-up better than audience rapport and I’m happy to say that Matt Tiller has it in spades.
Much celebrated world-class performer Melvin Brown, better known as Movin’ Melvin Brown, gives another uninhibited, inspiring and entertaining performance at the Edinburgh Festiv…
This free Fringe space is unusually suited to Jessica Phillippi’s play, which is cleverly staged by Director Deborah Hannan.
John Irving is a unique modern storyteller who creates rich plots inhabited with vivid characters, much in the same style as Dickens.
From the Red Light district in Second World War Germany to the lost tunnels under the Red Gate of Tibet, this original rock opera by the Maciej Pawlowski Musical School follows the…
An hour of intelligent comedy mostly set to song from this Aussie comic.
On its face, ‘It’s a Puppet Life’ seems like a fairly straightforward concept.
Hans Christian Andersen’s stories continue to enchant children and adults alike and ‘The Snow Queen’ remains a popular favourite on stage.
Scott Mills assistant producer Beccy Huxtable took to the stage last night in the penultimate performance in a series of four one-man shows Radio 1 have brought to Edinburgh this…
Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens is a glam-rock musical that returns to its spiritual home in Edinburgh.
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…
Join Jake, Elwood and the band as they roar their way through the classics from Soul Man to Jailhouse Rock.
Tania Edwards is a strange sort of stand-up for the Fringe.
A show about shows is not the most original idea there has ever been but Dan Nightingale’s ‘what might have been?’ take on performing in this year’s Edinburgh Fringe provid…
Making their Fringe debut under a year since their foundation, All the Kings Men is comprised of twelve charming, charismatic, but, unfortunately, not musically satisfying chaps …
This summer’s clutch of blockbuster popcorn-bait has been dominated by the four colour heroes of the comic book.
Warning: this show will put you in a permanent state of happiness, fill your head with music and make you want to dance all day long.
Theatre Corsair opens its doors to a space that is transformed seamlessly into an apartment where the lives of three women collide in this site-specific performance of The Dead Mem…
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.
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.
It was toe-tapping and finger-clicking all round as the Moonlight Serenade Orchestra transported everyone back to the heyday of swing.
Jack Whitehall is a man on top of his game.
Much has been written about Brechts Threepenny Opera - after all, it was written in 1928 and plenty of critics have had a chance to dissect what has been become one of the earliest…
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.
Musicals bring me out in a rash.
Jack Klaff was outside chatting to audience members for some time before the show, and shook our hands as we entered.
Jonathan Storeys 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 mans hat.
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…
Jack Heal’s Murderthon is as ecstatically funny as the man himself.
I dont live here anymore examines a relationship which draws to its untimely end.
‘I never do half-hearted birthday messages on Facebook… I am not going to insult someone’s intelligence by pretending I remember it or that I actually wanted to see them!’ …
A new play written by Lou May Miller, a modern take on Pedo Calderon’s ‘Life Is A Dream’ ,finds an early grave in this debut performance by Kudos.
As a rule, I’m not always the biggest fan of ‘issue’ theatre.
There are certain criteria that a Free Fringe Show should fulfil when performed in a public bar.
Lara A.
If there’s one thing that Kieran and the Joes know, it’s that if you want to inspire, you have to perspire.
This multi-award winning show returns to the Fringe retelling a stream of real life stories from a handful of survivors of the 2009 Australian bush fires that claimed 173 lives.
Tang-Shu Wing Theatre Studio get the audience on their side before they enter the auditorium, with many a joke bouncing around between adults navigating the corridors of Summerhall…
Veterans of the French theatre scene, Vincent Courtois and Pierre Baux, are two rather extraordinary performers and I would thoroughly recommend that everybody watch this show.
How do you get to Sesame Street? This is a question many of us have asked throughout our lives and receiving a ticket to Sesame Street Live was, for me, like someone had suddenly h…
We all live our lives within walls.
Three brothers with tent peg rifles, colander helmets and a French flag pose for a photograph.
This is an incredibly difficult review to write because to give away anything about the show will ruin it for you.
Graham Woolnough’s lusciously bizarre backstage peek at the lives of royalty is a theatrical treat for those with any political disposition.
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…
Tiny Revolutions, the podcast that asks whether comedy can be a force for social change, comes to Edinburgh for a Fringe special.
What secret did the Chaplins, Carole Lombard, William Powell and a host of other film stars from the last century share? Witness the mystery unravel in one of the most notorious ho…
James MacMillan Quickening Strauss Ein Heldenleben Birth, life, struggles and triumphs: two immensely powerful reflections on our existence, performed by a celebrated Internatio…
Join in with Jack and his friends in this interactive solo show adaptation with music by award-winning Front Room Theatre.
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...
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
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...
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.
Editor-in-Chief, Richard Beck, talks with director Lily Wolff, who is bringing Mrs President to this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
We all have a funny relationship with money, and Alison Spittle, Lane Kwederis and Mary O’Connell are no exception.
We take a look at the intriguing and slightly macabre story of Wendy Weiner's Mystery House at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Ditch the messy arts and crafts this half-term and entertain your little darlings with the best live family friendly performances Brighton and Hove have to offer instead.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year (apart from Brighton Fringe, of course) and there are plenty of delightful performances to entertain you this winter.
Welcome to our top 5 picks from the third year of Brighton HorrorFest, the spooktacular celebration from Sweet of all things that go bump in the night.
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Tipped to be London’s theatrical event of 2018, the multi-award winning and critically acclaimed Lincoln Center Theater’s production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King And...
In 2005 it was revealed that author JT LeRoy was in fact a hoax – written by Laura Albert but played in person by her sister in law Savannah Knoop.
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 ...
As part of the Edinburgh International Festival the Royal Court was invited to present a series of rehearsed readings by playwrights from Chile, China, Cuba, Lebanon, Palestine and...
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...
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 will star as Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough alongside Emma Cunniffe as the eponymous monarch in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Queen Anne.
For the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe free shows will return to The Counting House venue on West Nicolson Street, following a one year hiatus with the venue being programmed under a paid s...
At the end of a remarkable year for the Northampton venue, Royal & Derngate’s Artistic Director James Dacre today announced details of Made in Northampton 2017.
Former Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls, sports presenter Ore Oduba and actress Lesley Joseph are the latest celebrities announced to appear on the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour, wh...
Alice Munro’s short-story collection The View from Castle Rock fictionalises the real-life history of her ancestors’ economic migration from Scotland to Canada.
It’s the late 80s.
Public booking will open on 25 May 2016 for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s West End production of School of Rock - The Musical.
The Sex Workers' Opera rehearses on the third floor of Theatre Delicatessen, a multi-level studio space and gutted workplace that used to serve as an office-complex for The Guardia...
The cast of Thriller Live celebrated in style last night as the show marked its 3,000th performance in the West End with a spectacular cake and an American-themed party at Planet H...
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
One of the Free Festival’s flagship Edinburgh venues, The Counting House, will be operated by The Gilded Balloon at this year’s Fringe it was revealed today.
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.
Bananaman the Musical will mark the live action debut of the Man-of-Peel.
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
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...
In Brite Theatre's production of Shakespeare’s Richard III, Emily Carding stars as Richard but all the world’s a stage and the audience literally players in it - taking on the ...
The Fringe can be a tough place for emerging talent, struggling to be heard over the crowd.
Shellshock! puts you, the audience, in control. Sit back, relax, and watch the madness ensue! Broadway Baby has a little chat.
Broadway Baby and Luca Wu have a chat about his upcoming show.
The King of Monte Cristo will explore the nature of theatre through theatre. Broadway Baby has a little chat to find out more.
Arches LIVE, the annual festival of new performances and artwork by some of Scotland’s most exciting creative talent returns to Glasgow’s The Arches this October.
John Conway is a wacky comedian all the way from Australia.
Kiya Heartwood is an award-winning American singer-songwriter who writes smart, funny and poignant songs about the famous and not-so-famous legends of America.
Cathy SK Lam is a writer, actor and director from Hong Kong.
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 ...
It's time once again for the EdFringe Top Ten Lists - but not just any list.