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.
From award-winning Hambledon Productions (‘Just Like That! The Tommy Cooper Show’, ‘Steptoe and Son’) comes the Godfather of all sitcoms, Hancock…
Rita, Sue and Bob Too is a twisted, dark and hilarious comedy drama that tells the story of Rita and Sue, two working class girls from a rundown Bradford council estate …
New York Times Critic’s Pick (2024).
Patrick Moore is a total Mamas’ Boy.
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
Edinburgh Live’s number one pick of the Free Fringe is back for a third year! A devilishly handsome magician trapped in a straitjacket, mind-melting magic, show-stopping laughs and…
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…
Ready to have your strangest phobias, wildest gossip, and most unusual dramas investigated – by two nosy comedians? Lukas Arnold and Gabby Jordan Brown of the acclaimed Two Nosy …
One of Scotland’s rising comedy stars, Pete Carson brings his debut show to the festival to find out what it means to be an alcoholic, embittered Poundland Santa Claus every year…
A celebration of the enduring friendship between the brilliant and tragic composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and Marion Scott, writer and trailblazer of women musicians, written a…
Join Duane Forrest on an acoustic journey through the roots of reggae to the global influence of Bob Marley.
Pete Carson and Cobin Millage: Two of the brightest young comics in Scotland, and allegedly the best friends the world has ever seen.
‘Alright you lot.
Experience the outrageous humour of the brilliant Matt Adlington – ‘barrels full of Essex boy charm’ (Chortle) – with support from comedy friends, including rising comedy star …
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
A stand-up comedian for over 30 years, Gavin Webster is back at the fringe to share his jokes, routines, set pieces, one liners, dark observations, sardonic ukulele comedy songs an…
A compilation of some of the worst human beings doing comedy.
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!
Does your life feel like a massive fire in a bin? Well don’t worry – because Kanye West made having a breakdown cool, and now Peter Bazely shows you how to turn your pesky publ…
After their sell-out sensation at the Edinburgh Fringe 2023, Insane Magic are back.
The comedic prop-pun lunatic Roger Swift shoots out 200 puns in one hour! With his trademark crazy homemade props, audio cues and PowerPoint slides.
Raul Kohli returns for a fourth year with his sell-out cult hit! No material, no plan, no sad bit at the 45th minute where his pet chinchilla dies.
Rachel Kaly got her first period the same day Saddam Hussein was hanged.
After a sell-out sensation at the Edinburgh Fringe 2023, Insane Magic are back even bigger and even more Insane! Witness some of the most incredible acts of magic from ‘three of th…
Kay’s Pete and Me uses cheerful humour to talk about growing up with his profoundly autistic brother, exploring their relationship from childhood through today.
Acclaimed comedian Kemah Bob comes to the Fringe with their unmissable debut stand-up show.
Join magician, comedian and charlatan Pete Heat on a surreal journey into your own brain.
Five-star reviews and Critic’s Choice from the Guardian, Time Out, and Times.
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
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 …
Acclaimed comedian Kemah Bob comes to the Fringe with their unmissable debut stand-up show.
Meet Me In the Morning is a concert with a twist.
A blistering new hour from Jacob Hatton about home and the people in it.
Join award-winning character comedian Max Norman and friends for an hour of comedy variety packed with hearty nonsense and good old fashioned fun.
Just turned 40, sober as a judge, with a new baby.
Duane Forrest performs acoustic renditions of legendary reggae songs from Bob Marley to Toots and the Maytals that reshaped countless lives including his own.
London’s newest Pub Theatre has opened with a sublime production of Stephen Sondheim’s rarely-staged Marry Me A Little.
An Introduction to Astrophysics for Very Good Dogs Dogs in space! Earthman Bob + the Daisie chain A positive post-apocalyptic one man show.
Danny Sapani (Misfits, Killing Eve, Black Panther, the National Theatre’s Medea) is King Lear in this intricate, striking production directed by Yaël Farber.
Pete goes back to his roots as compere extraordinaire of a classic variety night!Join us in the swish Studio space for an evening of songs and laughter as Pete welcomes …
When you think reggae, there is only one name that comes to mind.
Thirty years ago I stood on The Strand in a queue for eight hours intent on getting my hands on early tickets for the first production of Sunset Boulevard.
WINNER: OFFCOMM COMMENDATION (Off West End Awards, 2023) WINNER: TOP OFF WEST END PRODUCTION (Centre Stage Stars, 2018) ‘Oliver Twist’, Charles Dickens’ dark tale of crime and pu…
WINNER: OFFCOMM COMMENDATION (Off West End Awards, 2023) WINNER: TOP OFF WEST END PRODUCTION (Centre Stage Stars, 2018) ‘Oliver Twist’, Charles Dickens’ dark tale of crime and pu…
Barry is a showbiz stalwart keen to take the next step in his career – onto a bus.
Character comedian and stand-up Rhiannon Shaw (‘a cunning comic mind’ (Chortle.
Despite rumours to the contrary, Bob Doolally is very much still alive.
Stand-up comedian and writer Richard Brown (‘A ruthless and angst-fuelled set with clever, impactful writing’ (TheWeeReview.
Join Sam, a chronically online twentysomething, at the airport in Terminal, directed by Jett Fink and starring Samantha Vita.
Winner: Comedian’s Comedian, Chortle Awards (2020).
What if the great and tragic story of King Lear were to be told through the eyes of his closest companion? In this award-winning, one-woman tour-de-force, Susanna Hamnett plays the…
After his much younger girlfriend leaves him for a better-looking, richer, more successful friend, Searles dissolves into a gibbering, chain-smoking, suicidal insomniac! In despera…
Join me for my first ever one woman show.
Bob Marley – How Reggae Changed the World is a show that is not only thought-provoking but stirs emotion too.
Join me for my first ever one woman show.
A collaborative Work-In-Progress with an exploding star of the UK musical comedy circuit and a newcomer Canadian comedian.
A collaborative Work-In-Progress with an exploding star of the UK musical comedy circuit and a newcomer Canadian comedian.
Peaks and Valleys is a 3-4 piece band, performing original music in an intimate pub basement setting.
Edinburgh Live’s number-one pick of the Free Fringe 2022 returns! A devilishly handsome magician trapped in a straitjacket, mind-melting magic, show-stopping laughs and unexpected …
Award-winning Irish comedian Rory O’Hanlon is a firm favourite at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Lear Alone uses just King Lear’s lines from the First Folio of Shakespeare’s tragedy to explore themes of loneliness, ageing and homelessness: a study of one man’s vulnerabilit…
Cobin Millage and Pete Carson: Two of the brightest young comics in Scotland, and allegedly the best friends the world has ever seen.
Fancy a cackle with the coven? Steph Aritone (Roast Battle UK finalist), Ginnia Cheng (BBC New Comedy Award shortlist) brew up The Witching Hour – a female-led compilation stand-…
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…
With great wisdom comes great applause.
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 compilation of some of the worst human beings doing comedy.
Sharp, charmingly surreal and joyously unhinged, this hilarious modern magic show will break your brain into cute little pieces.
Reformed people-pleaser Jo is 36, single, living in a houseshare with five strangers off the internet (humble brag!) so is ready to take on the big-boy topics, from the world melti…
Insane Magic is a thrilling new magic show that will leave you on the edge of your seats.
Have you ever done anything wrong? Alex has; relationships, sex, feminism, kids, even dancing.
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.
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.
A work-in-progress stand-up show from comedian and writer Rhiannon Shaw.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Hello, I am Charles Quarterman.
A work-in-progress stand-up show from comedian and writer Rhiannon Shaw.
Award-winning gag merchant Masai Graham, UK Pun Championship Winner 2016, Joke of the Fringe Winner 2016, 2021 and 2022, delivers over 100 naughty jokes in an hour.
Award-winning gag merchant Masai Graham, UK Pun Championship Winner 2016, Joke of the Fringe Winner 2016, 2021 and 2022, delivers over 100 naughty jokes in an hour.
Social Media sensation and Chortle Award winner Rosie Holt debuts an hour of comedy based on her smash-hit satirical videos, as seen millions of times online.
Rosie Holt’s The Woman’s Hour is a satirical amalgamation of characters that provides a commentary on British politics.
Their Finest Hour presents the story of the men and women who served with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.
In his next life, Pete wants to be a greenfinch.
Freya Parker (Lazy Susan, Mash Report and Jurassic World: Dominion) and Stevie Martin (Starstruck, Breeders, The Now Show) do an hour of comedy between them.
Alexandra Haddow isn’t quite sure what she wants yet, but that’s ok, because she’s only 18.
Pete goes back to his roots as compere extraordinaire of a classic variety night!Join us in the swish Studio space for an evening of songs and laughter as Pete welcomes …
A work-in-progress stand-up show from comedian and writer Rhiannon Shaw.
What do you do when Ms Alzheimer’s – a hideous and befanged monster – comes to live with you? Local author and journalist, Susan Elkin, talks about her new book, …
‘Oliver Twist’, Charles Dickens’ dark tale of crime and punishment, is stunningly re-imagined in this award-winning stage adaptation, recognised by The Queen for its part in Dicken…
‘Oliver Twist’, Charles Dickens’ dark tale of crime and punishment, is stunningly re-imagined in this award-winning stage adaptation, recognised by The Queen for its part in Dicken…
What if your favourite characters didn’t quite like the way they were written? What if they decided enough was enough? When an unnamed author is found dead, his characters are br…
11 generations, 11 songs, but only one winner in The 11th Hour.
John Carnie and Spider Mackenzie explore Dylan’s bluesier side, which has influenced half of his canon of over 500 songs, as well as interpretations of his other classics.
He’s the man who put the foot into football.
He’s the man who put the foot into football.
Winner: Comedian’s Comedian, Chortle Awards (2020).
Award-winning comedian Elf Lyons invites you for an hour of revelry, raconteuring and comedy, which your great-grandad would consider indecent for a lady to listen to.
This show is about identity, where to buy it, and how to cook it properly to make you stand out with your friends.
One devilishly handsome magician trapped in a straitjacket.
Award-winning Irish comedian Rory O’Hanlon is returning to the Edinburgh Fringe with his brand-new show, Happy Hour.
An experimental reimagining of Shakespeare’s great play.
This is the story of Bob Hecklestein, a boy born without a sense of humour, who learned to overcome his disability and grew up to become the world’s greatest heckler.
Free shots on entry! The title says it all, three comics from Berlin and the UK come in to do an hour of crowd work where the audience is encouraged to heckle – the louder the be…
Charming Scottish mind reader Cameron Gibson has been amazing audiences all over the world with his fun, engaging and interactive style of stage shows for several years.
Do you feel successful? Then this is your show.
Split-bill WIP from Elly Shaw and Elaine Fellows.
Into every generation, a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one.
Formally the world’s greatest Tupperware Lady, Dixie’s show is an air-tight packed hour of fun, filth, and laughter.
Comedy Hour features Prue Blake, Peter Jones and Sonia Di Iorio, three of the freshest stand-ups coming out of Australia bringing a new hour of comedy to the Fringe.
Rosie Holt is much loved on Twitter for her razor-sharp parodies of the thick Tory politician with Good Hair, haplessly spouting any porkie and defending any porker in the hope of …
This wacky, vaudevillian comedy extravaganza takes you on a journey led by the two Irish mayors of Laughtown, USA, where you’ll find absurd characters, silly skits, dynamite music …
A joyously unhinged hour of stand-up and magic.
‘The UK’s leading comedy magician’ (Time Out) returns to the Fringe with an astonishing new show.
Social media sensation and Chortle Award winner Rosie Holt debuts an hour of character comedy based on her hit satirical videos.
Split bill work in progress from Elly Shaw and Elaine Fellows.
Split bill work in progress from Elly Shaw and Elaine Fellows.
This is the story of Bob Hecklestein, a boy who was born without a sense of humour, overcame his disability and went on to become the world’s greatest heckler.
This is the story of Bob Hecklestein, a boy who was born without a sense of humour, overcame his disability and went on to become the world’s greatest heckler.
What is success? Can you define success successfully? Is it twice fired single parent billionaire Elon Musk, or model citizen Pete Wells who currently lives in the dining room of a…
What is success? Can you define success successfully? Is it twice fired single parent billionaire Elon Musk, or model citizen Pete Wells who currently lives in the dining room of a…
Ivor B Gurney and Marion M Scott had a very special friendship.
A celebration of the friendship between the First World War poet and composer, Ivor Gurney, and violinist, musicologist and champion of women musicians, Marion Scott.
In his next life, Pete wants to be a greenfinch.
In his next life, Pete wants to be a greenfinch.
Into every generation, a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one.
Into every generation, a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one.
Robin Morgan (as seen on ‘Mock The Week’) has an hour of new jokes and stories.
Robin Morgan (as seen on ‘Mock The Week’) has an hour of new jokes and stories.
Pete goes back to his roots as compere extraordinaire of a classic variety night!Join us in the swish Studio space for an evening of songs and laughter as Pete welcomes …
Pete goes back to his roots as compere extraordinaire of a classic variety night!Join us in the swish Studio space for an evening of songs and laughter as Pete welcomes …
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.
New to the London Scene, we present UnDragly Hour.
Radio City is under threat.
Radio City is under threat.
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…
John Darwin’s Happy Hour is a poetic celebration of the journey from childhood to middle age.
John Darwin’s Happy Hour is a poetic celebration of the journey from childhood to middle age.
John Darwin’s Happy Hour is a poetic celebration of the journey from childhood to middle age.
John Darwin’s Happy Hour is a poetic celebration of the journey from childhood to middle age.
Pete loves to criticise - though perhaps it’s time he looked at himself.
Pete loves to criticise - though perhaps it’s time he looked at himself.
Character comedian Rhiannon Shaw presents a Work in Progress show about losing a parent, gaining a sense of self and trying to find humour in the strange and wayward people you mee…
Character comedian Rhiannon Shaw presents a Work in Progress show about losing a parent, gaining a sense of self and trying to find humour in the strange and wayward people you mee…
Character comedian Rhiannon Shaw presents a Work in Progress show about losing a parent, gaining a sense of self and trying to find humour in the strange and wayward people you mee…
Join Miss Carmen Aurora for ‘An Hour With The After Dark Cabaret & Burlesque’, offering a glamorous evening right in the heart of Camden.
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.
Hour of Scotland is Scottish history with lots of jobby jokes – if that sounds like your thing then enjoy an hour of hysterical and historical stand-up with Scottish comedian Dan…
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.
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…
A web series based on the first folio lines of King Lear, exploring the intersection of social isolation, homelessness and ageing, the films are presented in partnership with CRISI…
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
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.
Saturday 5th September, 7.
Host of Leicester Comedy award finalist podcast ‘The Comedy Arcade’, Welsh stand up comedian Vix Leyton lives a life of French farce and chaos that she justifies as research for he…
Digital assistants predict Pete’s every move - is he a deepfake, does he exist? An AI buddy comedy exploring how human experience is being transformed by technology.
Digital assistants predict Pete’s every move - is he a deepfake, does he exist? An AI buddy comedy exploring how human experience is being transformed by technology.
The burst of applause did not mark the end of the performance.
Nadia is a veteran journalist of The Balkan and Iraq wars.
In his next life, Pete wants to be a greenfinch.
In his next life, Pete wants to be a greenfinch.
‘It’s not all that glitters is gold, half the story has never been told’ - Bob Marley Lively up yourself and celebrate the story of Jamaica’s global superst…
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…
Lucian begat Goethe begat Dukas begat Disney begat Richard Hough and Ben Morales Frost; for this new musical by the latter writing duo has history.
Kicking off at the end of a particularly boozy and pizza-fuelled wake, then time-skipping over the months of post-funeral aftermath, Good Grief charts the stuttering relationship o…
Broken Britain, 1987, Rita and Sue; two teens hungry for adult adventure embark on a wicked journey that takes them on a very raucous ride – literally! You’ll be shocked, you may…
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…
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.
Since I last saw Simon David on stage in his 2018 Edinburgh Fringe debut, Virgin, much has happened in his personal life.
Dallas Koelling (Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival/ Second City) premieres her half-hour of standup comedy.
Dallas Koelling (Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival/ Second City) premieres her half-hour of standup comedy.
The predictably brilliant writer/director/dame Andrew Pollard returns to Greenwich Theatre again for another triumphant Panto season, marking the 50th anniversary of the theatre’…
Almost inevitably, doing a show at Christmas draws comparisons to Panto – that staple of British theatre that keeps the house funded for the rest of the year; but stood next to L…
A show inspired by The Twilight Zone from the team that brought you The Twilight Hour seasons 1&2, Shorts @ The Canal and Love Shots.
by Matthew Baldwin FREE EVENT There's a cynical old saying, "If it floats, flies or f***s, it's cheaper by the hour".
Set in the shadow of Brooklyn Bridge on a shabby corner, Brooklyn The Musical is a play-within-a-play staged by a rag-tag bunch of street performers who call themselves the Ci…
‘One of the world’s great cabaret singers’ (Time Out) presents unique interpretations of Dylan and Brel alongside her own material.
Kanata: the Haudenosaunee word for Canada.
A comedy special featuring a feast of worldwide laughter from some of the brightest, newest and best comics around the globe, recorded in the BBC’s big Blue Tent at the Edinburgh…
This abstract contemporary dance show depicts the loss of perception of time in an abstract movement form.
Hello, I am Charles Quarterman.
He’s the man who put the foot into football.
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Mrs Shaw Herself is a one-woman show exploring the life of Charlotte Payne-Townshend AKA Mrs George Bernard Shaw.
Five years ago, Pete Nash was about to board a plane to Silicon Valley to sell his business for seven figures.
Emma Shaw needs help.
And other noble-minded nonsense.
Westminster Hour: fatal consequences in this fast-paced and darkly comedic drama with unexpected twists.
The second instalment of Andy Paterson’s dark and funny Westminster drama finds anti-hero Archie Cornwall installed as a Prime Minister who must derail a Scottish Independence refe…
I can guarantee that you aren’t ready for For Only An Hour, the brain- and body- and life- and love- child of dancer Phil Sanger.
Paul Nathan is a name often associated with the I Hate Children Children’s Show, a firm Festival favourite for years amongst little ones, but he is back this year with a brand ne…
Iain’s grandfather was a fearless Scottish war hero, whose painting hangs on the wall of Edinburgh Castle.
Crime of the Hour is a true crime-themed comedy improv show.
Guest Host: Fred MacAulay – 9th, 10th and 11th.
Direct from great success in Australia, A Stand-Up for the Mystery Hour is a show like no other.
A one-man variety mash-up of story, song and stupidity.
Comedy.
Hooray! ‘Bob is an Architect of the hilarious.
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 problem with Scotland is that it’s full of Scots’ (Edward Longshanks, Braveheart).
A new world where cheerful totalitarianism is the fashion; where cities promote hilarious mass deportations and funny exterminations; where its leopard-pattern clad locals will do …
Last year’s ‘chaotically enjoyable’ (Spectator) sell-out hit Shakespeare adaptation returns.
Critically acclaimed comedian Lorna Shaw (Plebs, Newsjack) lays down the law in this brand-new hour of stand-up and storytelling.
When Pete isn’t teaching Jude Law magic for Fantastic Beasts or starring in his own show on Sky, he likes kicking back with a biscuit, forcing a beard out of his chin follicles, tu…
Come and witness the first and possibly final performance of The World’s Greatest Magical Double Act! Award-winning magician/comedian Pete Firman returns to the Fringe with a mag…
An absurd multimedia pelt through the history of everything.
New Yorker Zach Zimmerman packs a breath-taking number of laughs into his 50-minute slot; delivering a narrative about the relationship with his mother at a speed that leaves no ti…
Witness the transformation of Elisa Doolittle from flower girl to duchess in this timeless comedy about social divide, women's rights and the "education" of the working class.
As part of Nomad Festival @ Greenwich pop-up Rotunda Theatre.
An absurd multimedia pelt through the history of everything.
Comedy impressionist Stephen Owen, comedian and ventriloquist Phil Reid and comedy magician Stu Turner come together for a fabulous hour of entertainment.
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.
The leitmotifs of the Lazarus canon shine brightly in their interpretation of Oscar Wilde’s scandalous 19th century play Salomé.
In this brand-new collection for 2019, Barb will turn her acclaimed ability at reinvention and reinterpretation to exploring her relationship with a set of Dylan and Brel songs she…
Five years ago, Pete Nash was about to board a plane to Silicon Valley to sell his business for seven figures.
Hands up anyone who was bored rigid by studying Shakespeare at school.
Seven couples dance in shifting groups.
Comedy storytelling double bill.
Pete Strong just wants to be happy.
Pegasus Opera Company presents the UK Premier of two one-act operas by Philip Hagemann based on Bernard Shaw’s ‘The Music Cure’ & Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Nightingale and the Rose’.
From the producers of the critically acclaimed tours of Round the Horne and The Goon Show comes another radio comedy classic live on stage.
From the producers of the critically acclaimed tours of Round the Horne and The Goon Show comes another radio comedy classic live on stage.
Pete goes back to his roots as compere extraordinaire of a classic variety night! Join us in the swish Studio space for an evening of songs and laughter as Pete welcomes…
He’s back in Greenwich and he’s right back on form.
Join us For Only An Hour, a queer manifesto told through dance, song, spoken word and performance art.
Naming Moby Dick, The Odyssey and All Quiet On The Western Front as the booking which had the biggest impact on his career, Dylan is the only songwrit…
A young couple are viewing a flat and bicker about whether it’s right for them or not.
Pete goes back to his roots as compere extraordinaire of a classic variety night! Join us in the swish Studio space for an evening of songs and laughter as Pete welcomes…
Yes, Bob Saget has starred in many successful television shows, including two of the most family-friendly shows network TV has ever produced ("Full House" and …
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…
The legendary retired football manager turned alcoholic pundit from hell is back.
Anyone unfamiliar with Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book could have been conceivably raised by the same wolves that adopt man-cub Mowgli at the heart of this century-old collecti…
Mark Ritchie, fresh from tours in Australia and America, returns with a hilarious storytelling show that covers the big themes of life… uncles, God and of course beetroot.
In the creepy traditions of the classic American television shows The Twilight Zone and Night Gallery, this collection of medieval tales comes to bone-chilling life in a journey in…
One-man show telling King Lear’s story in his own words, using text from the original and new words.
Bob Slayer’s infamous late-night aftershow that probably isn’t for you.
It’s 4am and, for a group of teens, it’s time to wrestle with the changes in their lives.
Iain’s grandfather is a Scottish war hero.
Award-winning Irish comedian Rory O’Hanlon is a firm favourite at the Edinburgh Fringe.
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Join Nicholas Parsons, comedy actor and legendary host of BBC Radio 4’s Just a Minute, for an unmissable hour of fun and laughter in the company of some very special guests.
Fatal consequences in this fast-paced and darkly comedic drama with unexpected twists.
Becky Williams delivers an emotionally charged monologue about murderess Grace Miller somewhat reluctantly seeking a second chance at series of rehab sessions entitled Notes.
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
Multi award-winning Naughty Corner Productions bring you their most outrageous show yet! Russia, 2018.
What’s the point of all this? (Life.
A blissfully domestic sitting room in a nameless American suburb is the setting for Brian Parks’ riotous comedy The House.
’Have you just got exactly what you wanted by working hard and wanting it?’ A courageous look at the enduring bond of friendship.
Being present and authentic in the moment, it’s all he’s ever wanted to be but the world had other ideas.
See Phil nails all today’s major issues in play in his fast not furious, voiced-based show.
‘Everyone should spend an hour with Bob, loveably chaotic master of one unique Fringe experience after another.
Two actors play 25 characters in this Edinburgh and London hit transplanted to a specially created 1940s-style venue unique to this show, celebrating the 50th birthday of Croft and…
Rising star Kemah Bob and special guests present a shared hour of laid-back stand-up comedy.
The hottest free ticket in town. A selection of the best acts at the Edinburgh Fringe showcased in this hour of power.
No refunds. @catpicsmusicFU #catpicsmusicFU
Matt Rees returns to Edinburgh with his highly anticipated debut Happy Hour.
Pete Firman enters the stage in his trademark three-piece suit, warming the audience up with a cascade of comedy nuggets which sets the scene for what is to come.
Celebrating the friendship between composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and musician and first woman music critic, Marion Scott; written and performed by Jan Carey.
Two actors play 25 characters in this Edinburgh and London hit transplanted to a specially created 1940s-style venue unique to this show, celebrating the 50th birthday of Croft and…
Direct from its hit New York season, Trump meets Lear in this ‘biting political satire’ (Theasy.
Join us exactly 50 years after the first TV broadcast of Croft and Perry’s classic sitcom to celebrate the show’s golden anniversary, as two actors play 25 characters in vintage ep…
★★★★★ “Ian McKellen reigns supreme in this triumphant production.
History; Comedy; Songs.
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 intention of Shakespeare’s plays is writ large under the titles.
A mother asks her daughters, “Which of you shall we say doth love us most?”.
Cult Cabaret legend five-stars worldwide Jungr’s Dylan and Cohen interpretations are groundbreaking.
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…
Crizards come to Brighton via Thameslink with an hour of spicy cromedy concerning bronze, weevils and utility bills.
Strap in for a strikingly alternative show from two of the most original acts rising through the UK stand-up scene: ‘The Robot’ Nicholas Everritt and Pete ‘The Hurricane’ Nash.
Club Cairo presents an evening of live music, dance and theatre from the Middle East and beyond.
This show is the perfect way to start off your night at Brighton Fringe, as you spend an hour in the company of some top-class comedy hosts, such as Vladimir McTavish, in an early …
On the release of the Barb Jungr’s Linn Records Vinyl Celebratory collection of Every Grain of Sand, the cult classic CD released in 2002 which launched her career…
There’s a light bulb moment in A Spoonful Of Sherman when you realise its magic lies not within its high production values, exquisite lighting, fantastic set, immaculate choreogr…
Could you kill a President? That’s what a fairground proprietor asks in this 1990s genre-busting Sondheim musical that explores both the real-life and imagined motives why nine p…
Join Aussie Bob for an intimate evening of Dylan masterpieces.
For an entire hour Guy Montgomery will do the unthinkable as he resists the overwhelming urge to check his phone for any possible notifications, emails or text messages.
William Golding’s seminal tale of children going feral when left to their own devices on a Pacific island gets a trademark Lazarus Theatre treatment on this their second producti…
Mary Tobin Presents has been producing “Almighty” Comedy for over 30 years, and now proudly presents the best value comedy ticket and a vehicle to reintroduce some of the world…
Jeff Jenkins opens the show with a tale of how a young 19 year old Bob Dylan hitch-hiked his way from Duluth Minnesota to New York City with a guitar and $10 in his pocket and went…
Helpmann award winner Michael Griffiths and acclaimed cabaret darling Amelia Ryan celebrate the songbooks of Aussie icons Olivia Newton-John and Peter Allen for one night only.
Have you ever dreamed of performing with a live band? Well here’s your chance.
The Fringe Festival 2018 sees a return of The Brewster Brothers with a difference.
It’s finally happened.
It’s 36 years since Andrea Dunbar’s breakthrough play announced the all-too-brief flowering of a new writing talent – “a genius straight from the slums,” as the Mail on S…
Dark and challenging, epic and shocking, human and uplifting.
Lazarus Theatre kick off their year-long residency at Greenwich Theatre on a visceral note with Christopher Marlowe’s homoerotic epic Edward II.
Dickens’ classic reimagined as a 1940s Christmas special.
If you’re looking for a reason why Panto is the one time of year theatres can guarantee bums-on-seats, then Bromley’s Snow White is surely a perfect example.
Seasonal jokesmith Andrew Pollard marks his twelve years of Christmas at Greenwich Theatre with a presentation of family favourite, Cinderella.
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
There’s a wonderful clarity to Linda McLean’s short play Thingummy Bob, a firm favourite with Scotland’s leading theatre company for people with learning disabilities, Lung H…
The Toxic Avenger – The Musical doesn’t take itself seriously.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
It is brave to reimagine Shakespeare, in particular arguably his greatest tragedy but Lear by John Scott Dance is a deeply moving, subtle and superbly performed interpretation of …
British audiences have had to wait a long time to finally figure out what Sondheim’s backstage musical Follies is.
The legendary retired football manager turned alcoholic pundit from hell is back with a show to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Wembley 1967.
After a sell-out debut show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe last year, Giants return with their sophomore hour.
As artists from across the globe descend on this historic city, this special show, hosted by Nikki Bedi, features top actors, filmmakers, comedians and musicians who live in Edinbu…
The funniest men in Staffordshire encounter local characters old and new. Or do they? ‘The funniest men in Staffordshire’ (Stoke Sentinel).
The funniest men in Staffordshire encounter local characters old and new. Or do they? ‘The funniest men in Staffordshire’ (Stoke Sentinel).
The funniest men in Staffordshire encounter local characters old and new. Or do they? ‘The funniest men in Staffordshire’ (Stoke Sentinel).
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
With the overwhelming amount of options at the Fringe, Bite-Size allows one to see several short and sweet plays in the space of an hour.
Award-winning comedian off telly and radio dabbles in the occult.
To say Nicholas Parsons is a legend, and this being his sixteenth season at the Fringe I imagine he must see this like his own version of an annual end of the pier summer show wher…
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
All the movies in the Marvel cinematic universe in one hour.
For this brief hour, the very attractive Pete Johansson emerges to give all his love and skill and joy and thought to the one true god worth possibly dying for: live comedy.
Something akin to Grand Master of the bits of the Fringe that aren’t ‘a capitalist mess’, as he styles it, a visit to Bob Slayer’s double-decker bus is a source of rejuvena…
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…
Jack Rooke won a scholarship to attend Westminster University to study Journalism.
What does Happy Hour mean to you? To us it only means one thing: karaoke! But there’s been a catastrophe, the karaoke machine is broken! But don’t worry, Aquapella is here to save …
With so many comedy double acts at the Fringe – many of whom are also middle-class white boys from London – Will Hislop and Barney Fishwick have their work cut out to stand out…
Celebrating 50 years of Perry and Croft’s quintessential sitcom, which won the Best One-Liner accolade in a poll of comedians conducted earlier this year by Gold, with the immort…
How do you review a show which involves you spectating other people playing Dungeons and Dragons? Whilst tempting to let a dice roll determine its outcome, I feel the Game Master (…
It’s time to think outside the box, go crazy, go skydiving or just go to a different pub this Friday.
Brighton’s Storyland Press is a place where the story comes first, regardless of genre or where it sits on the commercial/literary spectrum.
Alan Felton and Tim Roycroft will be celebrating Dylan’s 76th Birthday and his Nobel Prize Award for Literature.
From his first eponymous album in 1962 to his latest, Fallen Angels, via his never-ending tour, Bob Dylan has always divided opinion: Upsetting the Establishment as a Folk/protest …
You heard Heather Shaw and Olga Koch on BBC Radio.
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 …
‘Herman’s Half Hour’ is Herman’s hotly-anticipated Brighton Fringe debut show to take to other festivals in the UK and abroad.
This show is the perfect way to start off your night at Brighton Fringe, as you spend an hour in the company of genial Scottish comedian Vladimir McTavish and guests in an early ev…
“One of the best interpreters of Bob Dylan” (Billy Bragg), “Exquisite” (Jazz Review USA).
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Join Jules, Catherine and Roz for about an hour of stand-up comedy.
Opus Clavicembalisticum is perhaps Sorabji’s best known work, even if more talked about than played until the 1980s.
3pm-4pm The first show of the day will feature about as wide a variety of improvisation styles as one could ask for, with three groups that could not be more different from each o…
The workers on Level 3 are racing against the clock to reach their quota of Smiley Faces, but are they really happy enough? A poignant, fast paced, comedy exploring our 21st centur…
More than a century after Wendy was having an awfully big adventure with Peter Pan and the Lost Boys, her Great-Great-Granddaughter – also called Wendy (Louise Young) – is …
A hilarious shared hour from newcomers Jamie Paul (YouTube new comedian of the year winner), and Lia Hatzakis (4Music, MCA finalist).
The legendary retired football manager, turned alcoholic pundit from hell, is back from the European Championships in France, and still talking balls.
A hilarious shared hour from newcomers Jamie Paul (YouTube new comedian of the year winner), and Lia Hatzakis (4Music, MCA finalist).
Starting a show with a song containing the lyrics “it’s a stupid idea and it’ll never work” feels somewhat disingenuous when the song’s fully orchestrated and lit.
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
“The Tribute Act To The Act With No Act”has solved a problem that dogs all but the most innovate of performers: why bother making the effort to come up with something new when …
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
Though the second act is cut completely, half the first act also cut and music transposed into keys more accessible to younger voices, Into The Woods is still a sophisticated show …
The Producers charts the tale of Broadway producer Max Bialystock and meek accountant Leo Bloom as they try to defraud the wealthy widows of New York out of two million dollars by …
So Kayne West walks into a bar, the Three Sisters! And he sees Scott Redmond, Nick Bagshaw and Adam Cook, plus special guests, serving up some next level comedy realness! Scott Red…
Three people’s dreams merge in post-apocalyptic Britain.
Sondheim’s most famous flop, Merrily We Roll Along, was his last notable collaboration with Hal Prince.
Two of Newcastle’s rising stars present two separate half hours of stand up.
Big Bite is celebrating it’s 10-year Fringe anniversary with a ‘best of’ showcase: although an enjoyable selection of short pieces - effectively boiling down to long sketches…
There are plenty of musicals that have versions suitable for younger companies, but Alan Parker’s Bugsy Malone is possibly unique in that it’s a piece that only really works if…
After being raised abroad, Pete Inskip has returned from the New World to his birthplace, London, in search of his true identity and ready to ask some important questions: Why is e…
It was immediately evident upon walking into the jam-packed Cabaret Bar that I was significantly changing the demographic awaiting the arrival of radio and television legend and na…
I imagine Camille O’Sullivan has been called an Irish Chanteuse in reviews more times that you’ve had a flyer thrust at you on the Mile.
One of Edinburgh’s indigenous comedians presents a show with the most factually accurate title on this entire website.
Good People is a light-hearted exploration of what should be a natural journey towards being a better person.
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…
With their friendship and complicity spanning almost two decades, Mauro Paccagnella and Alessandro Bernardeschi meet again for a choreographic project.
Pete Otway takes the opportunity in his first Edinburgh solo show to get audiences up to speed with what’s been happening in his life up to now.
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
Ed Caruana and Tamar Broadbent can’t pronounce their own names (so don’t feel bad).
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.
There’s a lot to be said for injecting a bit of funk into one of Shakespeare’s many classics, particularly when a new twist comes along that hasn’t been seen before.
Power yourself up with a cult Edinburgh favourite.
As the Willie Loman quote goes “Attention must be paid”.
Company is a musical so of its time that a string of directors over the past decade have struggled with the problem of whether to present it as an unchanged period piece or contemp…
Pete Firman’s tenth Edinburgh Fringe show has a short prelude: a montage of the posters of his previous nine shows.
2015 Brighton Squawker award finalist Pete Strong - “walking a fine emotional line.
Bridging a gap of 80 years between author George Orwell’s early life in Paris and a social experiment by Guardian journalist Polly Tonybee in London, Down & Out In Paris And L…
Bob and Jim do ‘The Rest of The Lot’.
A cabaret piece about what happens when women are given just one hour a day to think about what it is to be a woman.
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.
It’s 1984 and the effects of the six-month-old Miner’s Strike is really starting to bite.
Behind me a slightly overweight man in basque, suspenders and very little else is shuffling up the row to his seat to cheers from the back stalls.
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 …
A cast member on “Saturday Night Live,” Ms.
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…
Nearly two decades after its West End debut, Wicked continues to provide a spectacular night out at the Apollo Victoria.
Although only 15 inches tall, Clementine is still a mighty big talent.
The South African artist William Kentridge explores the theme of temporality in a multimedia chamber opera called “Refuse the Hour,” with his own libretto and a s…
Before joining the cast of “Saturday Night Live” in 2014, the 21-year-old Staten Island-native distinguished himself as a stand-up with brutally honest personal materia…
The Community NYC which was founded in 2014, is producing their inaugural theatrical production, Gina Gionfriddo’s award winning play Becky Shaw.
Chris Duffy and Evan Forde Barden host this monthly series that uses humorous presentations and games to teach a bit of a new language.
A show by ‘the funniest men in Newcastle-under-Lyme’, featuring comedy and variety.
Happy Hour with InChorus.
Tearing it up with his own raucous interpretation of traditional blues, Pistol Pete Wearn is a renowned vocalist, slide guitarist, harmonica player and songwriter.
‘O, that way madness lies.
The legendary retired football manager, turned alcoholic pundit from hell is back from his fact-finding mission to Qatar, and still talking balls.
Based on an obscure 1991 feature film, Dogfight is a recent musical from the talented composing duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, that showtune aficionados may know from Edges, a sho…
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
Pete Morton is a folk singer/songwriter with a wealth of powerful songs and stage presence.
Beardyman has been a regular Fringe success for several years and it’s easy to see why.
The bard gets replaced by the baaard in Missouri Williams’ eccentric production King Lear With Sheep at The Courtyard Theatre.
Codpieces are Shakespearean parodies by Perry Pontac told in the form of prefaces and continuations… Meet the wife before Lear decides to share out his kingdom or what happens af…
This double bill of new writing by Tom Coash brings us to Cairo, where we’re welcomed with dates and hookah pipes.
All spit no polish, all show no pony, Goldsmith goes back to the source.
Cynicism is a mistrust of people.
Created by the wonderful Pete Saunders and his lovely ladies Miss Vicious Delicious and the delightful Scarlet Belle, Blues and Burlesque: Happy Hour offers an enchanting evening o…
John Cameron and Stephen Trask’s big, ballsy, gender-bending musical detonates upon Greenside’s Royal Terrace stage with a blast that can be heard clear across Edinburgh.
Bob and Jim do The Lot, from flip-flops to fracking via democracy, pop music, lentils, wrestling, nozzles and everything else ever.
The Morton Players’ production of Lear’s Daughters attempts to give an insight into the complex characters of Goneril, Regan and Cordelia from Shakespeare’s King Lear by examinin…
Once upon a time Bob was a Jockey.
Celebrating 15 years on the Pleasance stage join West End, screen and radio star Nicholas Parsons for his most magnificent show yet! The host of BBC Radio 4’s Just a Minute invites…
Join Nicky Wilkinson for an hour of stand-up, stories, prizes and party rings.
Fringe favourite returns with limited run presenting reworked classics alongside newly crafted tales that always challenge, enlighten and leave you laughing.
A new stand-up and character solo show by the London-based Melbourne comedian and host of Storytellers’ Club.
Join Nicky Wilkinson for an hour of stand-up, stories, prizes and party rings.
The English Rose of the contemporary cabaret scene, Sue Casson, returns for a second year with another mouth-watering smörgåsbord of song, satire and shortbread.
‘It’s fucking magic.
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…
“Doesn’t she look lovely?” Louise Mothersole and Rebecca Biscuit coo again and again, spitting irony.
Brimming with originality and presenting a confidently executed show, Revan and Fennell are a double act that have the potential to succeed the comedy throne of French & Saunders.
Kevin MacLeod’s Call To Adventure is entirely appropriate as the walk-in soundtrack to Morgan and West’s Utterly Spiffing Spectacular Magic Show – For Kids.
West End Magic, a monthly fixture at the Leicester Square Theatre, heads north for a limited engagement at The Great Yorkshire Fringe.
Opening their show with the anthem I’m Every Woman, all-male girl group The Supreme Fabulettes are here to make a statement.
I was reading about a Gay Pride event in Glasgow last week that had banned drag acts from performing for fear they may offend transgendered members of their community who were conf…
You’ve got to hand it to him, Louis Pearl aka The Amazing Bubbleman is a crowd pleaser.
Holding the attention of a room full of six to eleven year olds armed with nothing more than a microphone is quite some feat, but for James Campbell – widely acknowledged as t…
With the blessing of the Cooper Estate, John Hewer takes to the stage in the guise of one of Britain’s most loved comedians.
Over 20 plays, some well known pieces, some new writing, some one person plays, some with a massive cast but all performed in 1 hour or less by numerous theatre companies
(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…
Bob and Jim do The Lot, from flip flops to fracking via democracy, pop music, lentils, wrestling, nozzles and everything else ever.
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…
A rip-roaring 1940s Radio for Stage comedy.
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…
An insight into the life and loves of Pete Seeger, ‘The Godfather of Folk’.
Seven people seeking happiness, most deluded and some heading for self destruction.
Thirty years ago there was a late-night drinking spot in Soho called The Piano Bar.
Taut direction, a spirited cast and marvelous turn-of-the-century costumes animate this revival of George H.
Molly “Equality” Dykeman, the loveable but barely lucid security guard at PS 339 who dabbles in a bit of poetry, a bit of Percocet and a lot of drink is back with an all-new variet…
(performances on Jan.
Molly’s North Korea Armageddon Family Hour features zombies, giant sink holes, Kim Jong Un and a glitzy array of NY hottest stars! Pack your survival gear and hide your ladies ca…
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…
The up-and-coming comedians Griffin Newman and Andrew Tavin host this regular stand-up show in the Peoples Improv Theater underground theater.
Simply See Productions proudly present to you.
Travelling at the speed of thought in his brand new music production spaceship, the world class multi-award-winning musician and comedian, transcends mere mimicry to produce studio…
He claims he’s now been knighted as Sir Robert Downe (you can call him Count Downe, geddit?) but that isn’t the only outlandish claim made at this fabulous frolic of a cabar…
Leah wants to rest, Goneril and Regan want to party, Cordelia’s off to France and matricide is in the air.
The legendary retired football manager, turned alcoholic pundit from hell is back from the World Cup in Brazil and still talking balls.
“And now the moment you’ve all been waiting for!” Fringe Festival folklore is replete with tales of life-changing shows witnessed in less-than-life-changing venues – seeing…
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
‘When evening quickens in the street, comes a pause in the day’s occupation that is known as the cocktail hour’.
This was supposed to be a review of a stand-up comedy show.
Now Until the Hour is a lyrical dramatic monologue starring Jacquie Crago.
One PhD student, one fascinating topic, one café, one hour.
The stars of this years Fringe come together for an hour of madcap fun, with a new line-up every night! A mix of stand up, character and musical comedy, and cabaret all hosted by …
Breakfast, bitcoins and other areas of contention.
Elvis lives! He has not left the building! Elvis’ Stardust is a short, melancholic rhapsody of small gestures, hidden glances and distant rhythms.
Cariad Lloyd prefaced the show with an announcement - her double act partner, Louise Ford, had left Edinburgh in the last few days due to unforeseen circumstances.
Blues and Burlesque: Happy Hour is an enjoyable, if not particularly spectacular, way to spend an hour.
Scottish Youth Theatre presents this funny, fast-moving, emotional roller coaster of a show using sketches, monologues and music to explore young people’s hopes, fears, ambitions…
Celebrating 14 years on the Pleasance stage join legendary West End stage, screen, television and radio star Nicholas Parsons for his most magnificent show yet! The host of Radio 4…
Some way into a verbal onslaught directed at yours truly, Bob Slayers makes an unexpected allusion to the observer effect in particle physics.
They say it’s what’s on the inside that counts, which is good as Bob has an exquisite spleen.
Set at the fictional Celebrity Café, this cabaret features sketches, song, and the baking of mini-cupcakes.
“Ladies and gentlemen, I shall now bid you all good day.
It’s tempting to say that Lear’s Daughters feels like two different plays.
Over 80,000 people worldwide have enjoyed this critically-acclaimed production which included sell-out seasons at London’s Lyric Hammersmith, Off-Broadway and Sydney Opera House.
Matt Forde loves politics, and he’s going to make sure that you do too - whether you want to or not.
Amidst the gimmicky sketch shows and hard-hitting monologues that populate the Fringe every August, sometimes you need to go back to basics.
Trickster sees Pete Firman perform his signature blend of jokes and magic tricks with the usual swag and flair which regulars will have come to expect from his shows.
Strindberg’s classic 19th Century upstairs-downstairs play Miss Julie dealing with social mores is transported to a post-World War I England in which the class system was unde…
Elvis lives! He has not left the building! Elvis’ Stardust is a short, melancholic rhapsody of small gestures, hidden glances and distant rhythms.
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
A Golden Rose nominee at the Rose d’Or Festival in Montreux, Pete Firman is the UK’s leading Comedian/Magician.
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
Spend a stimulating and entertaining hour in the company of philosophers, thinkers and mischief-makers.
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.
If all great truths begin as blasphemies then George Bernard Shaw was undoubtedly the most blasphemous man of his age.
Hold on to your hats, it’s Bob and Jim! “This offbeat duo’s updated take on vaudeville is a delight”(Fringe Guru), “Laid-back and on-point” (Three Weeks), these “old …
Hedwig and the Angry Inch has a cult following.
Written as a contemporary piece in 1954, The Pajama Game is a musical about a rag trade union dispute and the romance that develops between the leaders of the opposing sides of t…
Freshly-graduated and bright-eyed Princeton arrives in Avenue Q looking for his purpose but lacking the funds to afford anywhere better to stay.
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.
Last year, Minnetonka High School brought the school edition of Les Misérables to Edinburgh as part of the American High School Theatre Festival, and to say the least I was blown …
Since Broken Holmes’ last visit to the Fringe with a farcical tale of the eponymous detective in 2009, a certain Benedict Cumberbatch has helped propel Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s…
The mouth of a million sounds BeardyMan brings his beatboxing brilliance to Edinburgh with an extremely ambitious new project.
Armed with a bottle of vodka, this retired football manager wins the applause of both his seasoned fans and those newer to the game.
Merrily We Roll Along is a curious musical.
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
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 was wonderfully refreshing to come upon something on the Fringe that, by its very nature, had blown the one hour slot to smithereens; further, that tapped into a reserve of fun …
Comedian Dave Bailey ‘definitely funny and loads of good gags’ (BAFTA) performs 30 minutes of stand-up and is supported by two top comedians from the circuit doing 15 minute se…
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
University College London’s diverse and left field comedy troupe provide their finest sketches.
Dr Professor Neal Portenza has more titles than I would give stars.
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…
Misnomer number one of the title; it does actually last a full hour.
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
Showstoppers’ spontaneous musical sensation has been a fringe success for many years and the family hour show is no different.
Join two of the most promising up-and-coming comedians, Pete Otway, ‘devastatingly funny’ (Chortle.
Pete Cain, London’s wicked working class hero brings his manifesto for the future of the United Kingdom to the Assembly Rooms, in an attempt to solve each of his audience member�…
Join Bob on Happy Hour in his own Fringe bar, venue, bookshop, for fascinatingly funny, unplugged, gonzo stories.
Having bought a house with his girlfriend the Edinburgh-born comic explores how a decision that comes from a place of love can lead to such fear and uncertainty.
A 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…
Nicholas Parsons has been such popular and uncontroversial figure in the British entertainment industry for so long that I could say almost anything about his show and he would sti…
No animals were hurt in the making of this show though several were eaten during the writing of this show.
From Malmesford to Hollywood, the UK’s favourite neo-vaudeville double act reveals all.
In a new adaptation of Luigi Pirandello’s disturbing masterpiece, Cambridge ADC chop, change and miss the point entirely.
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens is not really a musical, but rather a song cycle, or collection of songs and poetic verse.
Pete Firman is a natural born entertainer and he knows it.
Halfway through this likeable but ill-conceived show, Gráinne Maguire recounts an anecdote of her short-lived stint as a primary school teacher.
Making the story of the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous 99 percent preachiness-free is quite an accomplishment.
A collection of six 10-minute plays all presented in an hour.
Ella Hickson was the darling of the Fringe last year with her debut play, Eight.
Im beginning to think that Musical Theatre @ George Square are like some dodgy wartime butcher, whos keeping all the good stuff round the back.
With a budget that suggests they spent more in the lighting rig than most in Edinburgh spend on their whole show, the production values on Five Guys Named Moe are ridiculously high…
Two plucky and resourceful gals and three authentically moustachioed chaps, the Fitzrovia Radio Show present an earnest and hilarious tribute to the Radio Golden Days of the 1940s …
Nicholas Parsons’ Happy Hour is like a dusty old set of furniture in a stately home.
The audience is introduced to the story behind Her Right Mind via a dynamically-staged sequence showing us the mundanity of protagonist Jack’s life.
An hour can be a long time.
There is something uniquely wonderful about Plane Food Café that makes it a perfect fit for the Fringe.
In a picturesque Croatian village where the main industry is werewolf tourism, the owners of The House of the Night Bed & Breakfast are facing a decline in their business due to th…
Bob and Jim are a self-proclaimed neo-vaudeville phenomenon.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
Bob Slayer treats his audience like a classroom full of unruly students - he is the erratic alcoholic headmaster to lord over them all.
Naked Pictures of my life is a no holds barred look at Petes life as he approaches middle age and starts to experience and think about aging.
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.
RENT charts the story of a group of friends living in New York’s Alphabet City in the early nineties, a ghetto of Manhattan synonymous with starving artists.
Daniel Sloss delivers a supposedly darker, meaner show in his later slot but most of his material is relatively clean, geared towards an audience who can laugh at him as well as wi…
The term improv comedy is usually enough to have me, and any number of reviewers I know in Edinburgh, making excuses and running for the exit.
The legendary Mark Trevorrow brings his comic masterpiece Bob Downe back to the Fringe for an amazing 16th Fringe run and boy does he deliver in spades.
Under original direction by Anthony Hopkins, Bob Kingdom portrays Welsh poet Dylan Thomas as he recites poetry and prose from his last tour.
There is much to commend in Bob Karpers new one-man show at Zoo.
Some comedy shows can be slow burners – they introduce a few seemingly unrelated jokes before linking everything together towards the climax of the show, ending on the ultimate p…
Putting It Together was the product of collaboration between Stephen Sondheim and Julia McKenzie (yes, the same one from Cranford off the telly).
With only three months from concept to stage (not even enough time to make the official printed Fringe programme), and just ten days in rehearsals to put it together, Scott Mills T…
The Creative Martyrs are an absurdist cabaret duo who dress in white face make-up, bowler hats and black suits.
It’s easy to hold preconceptions and pigeon-hole an unproven act in Edinburgh based on the superlatives and hyperbole of a press release, and I admit that I had expected Vicki Fe…
As the lights dimmed for the start of One Hour Only, video projections and voice-overs appeared on stage, calling the audience to attention as the characters set the scene for the …
The BBC has a lot to answer for, not least the wiping out of great swathes of our cultural heritage from the 50s, 60s and 70s.
An author, two actors and an audience member discuss Tim Crouchs last play, an unnamed and violence-filled two-person production whose effects on the actors and writer are slowly…
Assassins delves into the possible motives of nine individuals who have both failed and succeeded in killing an American President.
Tim Burton gave hostage to fortune in his rather splendid big-screen version of Sweeney Todd, which opened in the UK earlier this year.
It has been ten years since American university student Matthew Shepard was murdered by Russell Henderson and Aaron McKinney, bringing the issue of gay hate crime to an internation…
What is the opposite of subtle? A thesaurus will give you antonyms like ‘obvious’, ‘loud’, ‘lucid’, ‘crass’.
I Love You, Youre Perfect, Now Change is a comedy musical from the pen of Joe DiPietro and Jimmy Roberts.
I, like a generation around me, grew up with Jeff Waynes hauntingly powerful War Of The Worlds concept album.
Greshams have been performing at the Fringe for many years and have a history of approaching traditional works in a new way.
Im hardly giving much away by saying Jet Set Go! the Cabin Crew Musical is rather camp.
I am, it is no secret to my friends, a big fan of Sondheims musical about relationships, Company.
You may want to ask Pete Heat down to the pub after the show to bask in his warm, childlike grin and offhand, surreal humour.
Assassins is an uncommon musical, seeking the motivations of nine individuals who have both failed and succeeded in bumping off US Presidents.
Set to a mixture of haunting strings and pumping electro rhythms, Collisions Dance bring their premiere performance to the intimate Studio space at Zoo Southside.
Claiming to raise the bar for the Victorian Zombie Comedy Musical genre, Famished is a show clearly inspired by Monty Python, but also tipping its top hat to Five Go Mad In Dorset …
Watching Jonelle Allen in Harlem Renaissance, you can’t help thinking you’re in the presence of Broadway Royalty.
David Niven tells the bizarre tale of Charles Feldman’s 1967 film, Casino Royale.
Who knew the Germans could be funny? Yes, the butt of most lack-of-humour gags for several decades have actually been laughing at the English all this time.
CapellaJuice describe their show as a ‘clothes-based musical revue’.
Shakepeare’s romantic comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, is one of his most popular works, so it’s not surprising that the majority of hands are up when The Pantaloons ask their au…
If you ever needed proof that Edinburgh isn’t a level playing field, then Kenmac’s production of Company is surely it.
I’ve just spent the most uncomfortable hour of my Festival thus far.
It’s impossible to review a musical about Tony Blair without acknowledging that there are two competing productions about his leadership tenure in town.
Little Shop of Horrors was first produced as a musical in 1982, based on a low-budget movie of the same name, which was shot in just two days in 1960.
Even from the offstage pre-amble, which wryly and shrewdly disassociates the use of the phrase ‘The N Word’ from the word itself - telling us that the former phrase won’t be …
Marry Me A Little started life in 1980 as collection of songs either cut from other Sondheim musicals, or from shows that were never produced.
There’s something of an impressive atmosphere even as you queue for Eurobeat.
The Just So Stories, written in 1902, are Kipling’s accounts of how various natural phenomena came about.
I have the distinct feeling that Fringe audiences are going to approach The Gently Progressive Behemoth a bit like Marmite.
Matthew Collins is a travel journalist and single parent, although not necessarily in that order.
A British Guide to World Peace is Toby Mitchell’s third in a trilogy of ‘British Guide’ shows that started with ‘French Pop’ in 2005 and then ‘World Religion’ last year.
Fringe theatre is often about taking risks, so you have to applaud Croft Vaughn for the bravery of his one-man show in which he plays a nine-year-old boy up in his attic with an ov…
I will freely admit that I had a certain amount of anxiety when approaching Minnetonka’s production of Les Misérables.
There’s a predictable brilliance about Out Of The Blue which explains why this troupe from Oxford are selling out only two days into their month-long run at C Venues this year.
The performing arts are undergoing a shift in inspiration towards the early Twentieth Century: Cabaret is on the up, Burlesque is increasingly acceptable, and in Comedy it is the m…
Sweeny Todd is arguably one of the finest works in musical theatre.
The history of Falsettoland goes back to 1979, when the show ‘In Trousers’ opened at the off-Broadway hub of Fringe theatre, Playwrights Horizons.
There’s something of a dichotomy going on in Jihad The Musical, and I’m not sure whether I should be deeply offended, or laughing my socks off.
If ever there was a perfectly matched pair, like a pie and a pint, a horse and cart or Edinburgh and rent-scalping, then surely Shakespeare is now inexorably linked with Breakfast.
Please ensure your seat is in the upright position and that your tray tables are securely stowed.
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.
Having seen the Janus Theatre Company productions of Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens, perhaps my expectations were simply too high for Mephistopheles …
American comics like to please.
If you’re attending the Festival with some young ‘uns in tow, then I can enthusiastically recommend you drop in on Be a Star in a Juggling Show at Zoo Venues.
The boys of 2FaCeD last attended the Edinburgh Fringe in 2005 with an explosive breakdancing show, appropriately called Acetylene.
In a story that’s somewhere between Mrs Henderson Presents and The Full Monty, Boys In The Buff tells the story of Diane Diamante (Faith Brown), the owner of a failing seaside thea…
Based on the famous 1970’s porn flick of the same name (but with less sex and more satire), small-town girl Debbie Benton dreams of making it as a cheerleader (and marine biologist…
Making its second visit to the Fringe, Collisions Dance and its founder, Laban-trained David Beer, is back complimenting the impressive Dance & Physical Theatre line up at Zoo, thi…
Writer and director Asa Gim Palomera creates fascinating theatre in her play, The Prodigal Daughter, which runs at C until the end of the Festival on Monday.
I lowered my expectations dramatically during the opening scene of Xenu is Loose when the smoke effect obliterated the audience’s view of the action for at least a couple of minute…
Bob Kingdom is an Edinburgh institution.
An understudy of a remote touring version of Miss Saigon, Ric Lau is taking an enormous gamble with debut one-man show in Edinburgh.
The opening few bars of Failed States brilliantly foreshadows the musical to follow.
The Terrible Infants is billed as a children’s show, and I’m a gnarly old hack, just the wrong side of 40.
Io Theatre’s take on the Tony Blair years is a satirical view of his leadership, set to a bitingly funny score.
Paying a second visit to the Fringe, Chris Cox is a contemporary mind reader who strips away all of the sinister nonsense that is often associated with the Derren Brown school of …
The National Student Theatre Company (NSTC) are regular visitors to the Fringe, bringing productions that draw on talent from drama schools across the country and combining with ov…
Pete Johansson warns us that his show will be uncomfortable for anyone who is religious, or has a baby.
I can hardly think of any occasion where I have laughed so hard while watching Shakespeare.
Tina C, who shot to notoriety as host of Sky One’s Yanky Panky show (basically the US-facing equivalent of Euro Trash), returns to Edinburgh once again to give us all a glimpse int…
Set in an imagined European city of the future, a nuclear family’s idyllic existence is shattered when Dad’s past returns to haunt him.
There was a moment during In The Pink’s performance of Think Pink tonight when everyone in the audience collectively knew they were watching a new pop idol.
Sprinkling a little Cinderella magic into the plot, Castoffs Youth Theatre have chosen a worthy subject for their musical The IT Boy, which tells the tale of Chris, a sixteen y…
Let’s make this clear from the start, that this is not the sugary-coated vision of Alice popularised by Disney’s 1951 classic, but the darker, more nightmarish view closer to Lewis…
As she shuffles onto the stage assisted by a Las Vegas showgirl, Ida Barr hardly looks like Grandma-rapper billed in the programme; but Ida is the lesser-known creation of Christop…
My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen - for you delectation, curiosity and amusement, please welcome to the stage The Repertorie Room.
The Soho Comedy Club provided a real mix at their unashamedly late night show.
Set on the private island of recently deceased music mogul Morgan Tremain, where all the people he had a grudge with in his life have been assembled for the reading of his will, Mu…
Author Oliver Lansley garnered considerable and well deserved praise for his Fringe hit, The Terrible Infants, which popped up at the Pleasance in 2007 and enjoyed a runaway succes…
Take six social misfits with relationship worries, throw them into group therapy, and then you have the basis for Conor Mitchell’s brilliant musical Have A Nice Life.
Slap, in gay palare, is make-up; and that’s the central theme to this comedy romp set in the make-up trailer of an 80s music video shoot.
I can’t help thinking that somebody, somewhere must have watched Oliver Maltman’s show, Little Black Book, before he brought it up to Edinburgh; but clearly didn’t have the balls t…
Its what would happen if the cast of Avenue Q had decided to have a knife-fight in the Disney world of Enchanted.
The Oxford Gargoyles are making their debut appearance at the Fringe this year, in their show which, as the title suggests, brings Jazz and a-cappella together.
Few composers have received the critical acclaim of Stephen Sondheim.
Assassins is arguably one of Sondheim’s finest musicals.
Sarah-Louise Young’s show, Confessions of a Paralysed Porn Star, was conceived the day she Googled herself and discovered she shared her name with an adult actress.
Their regular slot on the Johnathan Ross show goes a long way to explaining the largely heterosexual audience in tonight.
There’s some material in Greedy which really is on the furthest reaches of comedy.
Anyone who’s been even close to Edinburgh in August will have heard of Newsrevue.
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens is a collection of songs and poetic verse reflecting the lives of people remembered on the AIDS memorial quilt.
Dancing Brick are a company that have done well at the Fringe over the years.
Coming under a banner of ‘edutainment’ (please remember to shoot whoever came up with that), John and Dan are a pair of real, genuine scientists from London’s Science Museum, who a…
Reading the press release for Caviar & Chips, you’d be forgiven for thinking this was some deep polemic drama.
Every year this pair just get better, and their material gets ruder.
According to Toby Hadoke, hetrosexual Dr Who fans are about as common as a shop selling ginger hair dye.
In a Fringe increasingly dominated by comedy it can be difficult for stand-ups to stand out.
Call it morbid curiosity, but I was keen to see quite what Neil & Christine Hamilton were going to do at the Fringe.
Religious belief is a funny thing - so much so that duo Toby Mitchell and Sarah Thomas Lane have devised an hour long comedy show to describe it.
It is Bobs first date in 2 years.
For this reviewer, Out Of The Blue is one of the shows in my schedule that I look forward to with some confidence that it’s going to be good.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
Hansel and Gretel are the children of a poor wood cutter and his wife, and times are so hard that mother decides it’s time to significantly reduce the number of mouths to feed in t…
Along with some other less family friendly descriptions, Bob Doolally or ‘the man who puts foot into football’, entered the stage to mass cheering from the crowd of Bob look-a-…
Tommy was the first musical to be specifically billed as a ‘Rock Opera’, and to this day remains one of the most defining examples of the genre.
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.
Above all else, Charlie Pickering is an engaging storyteller - even if that contradicts the premise of his Edinburgh show, in which he struggles to write his autobiography.
Despite the University-production origins of Thomas Eccelshare & Dan Mansell’s new play, Brick Walls, there is absolutely nothing amateur about their show currently playing at the …
I had high expectations of Bloodbath The Musical - everything from their high-profile casting to glossy programme gives the impression they’ve spent some money on this show, and th…
Jonny Sweet and Joe Thomas are breaking new comedy turf over at The Underbelly, with their satirical view of the future, called simply The Future.
Pete Firman returns from a stint on BBC 1’s The Magicians with a performance that has everything you need and expect from a magic show.
Bruce Mason’s coming-of-age tale is of a bygone day of innocence, where through a child’s eyes even the village idiot’s tall stories are to be believed.
If there’s one theatre company that can claim to have built an episodic comedy-of-errors at the Fringe, then it’s The Trap.
Though on the wrong side of forty, even I was a little young to catch the original London production of On The Twentieth Century back in 1980 - it’s one of those shows I know wel…
From the moment Pat Candaras takes to the stage in her show at The Underbelly, you just know you’re going to like her.
Iolanthe marks the halfway point, and quite a highlight, of Gilbert and Sullivans enormously successful 25-year collaboration.
Dan & Jeff, the comic storytelling duo from Blue Peter, attempt to summarise all six Harry Potter novels in just sixty minutes.
Featuring what could potentially be the most well-produced programme in the history of the Fringe, David Kingsmill’s one-man show uses song and comic (in both senses) anecdotes t…
If there were a prize for shows that do exactly what they say on the tin, this one clearly would be walk off with a rosette.
It’s obviously easy to draw comparisons between Derren Brown when talking about Chris Cox.
Although their act is only around three years old, Katzenjammer have literally been around the world - and it’s easy to see why they are in such demand.
Chavs are a fashionable target at this year’s Fringe.
When your hairs are standing on end only five minutes into a play - and the singers are just getting into their swing - you know in your gut that you’re in for something special…
Jonathan and Julian Kaufmann both have a great deal of direct experience in teaching.
David Shire and Richard Maltby Jr are one of the most respected lyricist/composer teams on Broadway.
John Irving is a unique modern storyteller who creates rich plots inhabited with vivid characters, much in the same style as Dickens.
Tom Powell explores some interesting ideas in his new play, Thrillseeking, which is currently at C Central until the end of the month.
If you are bored of current TV comedians or just want a bit of old school classic comedy then here is a show for you.
Ok, let’s get this out of the way at the start.
A night out with the lads - or the lasses - is something that most of us have experienced in our teenage years, and that’s the subject matter for John Godber’s sharply observed com…
The Laramie Project is a play documenting the tragic death of Matthew Sheppard, who was kidnapped and savagely beaten before being left to die tied to a fence on the outskirts of a…
Last night’s Jay Aston Party over at C Bar at Adam House attracted an eclectic collection of drag queens and club kids.
Astrakhan Winter falls firmly into the category of challenging theatre.
Rosalind Adler’s monologue, Bruised Blueberries, tackles subjects as gritty as adultery, suicide and paedophilia, from the point of view of five diverse women in a local village co…
Emerging from the fear cupboard for the climax of Radio 1s one-man shows, Scott Mills chose to re-tell the Bourne Identity with an Abba twist in front of a packed-house last …
Editors note: Realising that I did this production a great injustice by only awarding 3 stars the first time around, (Maybe the show I saw before was just too dire), I’ve re-visite…
Once described as the bad-boy playwright of Off-Broadway, Nicky Silver is known for his black comedies.
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.
Three guys sit in God’s waiting room, coming to terms with the fact they’ve slipped off this mortal coil and try to figure out who they need to apologise too in order the gain acce…
For a man who claims never to have done this before, DJ Nick Grimshaw appears very comfortable in the skin of a stand-up comedian.
A breakdancing act may seem out of place at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, but to describe Acetylene as such belittles their talent.
Kicking off BBC Radio 1s series of four one-off, one-man shows by Scott Mills, Nick Grimshaw and the team at this years festival, The One Who Doesnt Speak presented an eclect…
The name Hedwig originates from old German, hadu = battle; wig = fight.
Side By Side By Sondheim was originally conceived back in 1976 as a fund-raiser for a regional theatre owned by Cleo Lane and Johnny Dankworth.
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…
Three talented actors present a passionate performance of Stephen Poliakoff’s seminal play Hitting Town; the show that formed the basis for the film Close My Eyes.
Youth Music Theatre UK are setting new standards in musical theatre at the Fringe with their gloriously rich production of Goblin Market at George Square.
Jo Randerson and Gentiane Lupi are two very brave comedians who find material in places most would be afraid to look.
I firmly believe Ben Woolf is one of the most originally talented writers in the world.
Jonathan Harvey is more widely known for scripting the BBC comedy Gimme Gimme Gimme, but before Tom and Linda were a glint in his eye he wrote the play Beautiful Thing.
Director Sam Yates has changed my expectations of a Fringe show.
Chris Chapman’s take on the classic Faust tale is surrealistically comic.
Making their third visit to the Fringe, the Bite-Sized team are starting to create something of a niche for themselves at both the Brighton and Edinburgh Festivals.
Making a second visit to the Fringe, Out Of The Blue are the Oxford-based all male a cappella group somewhere between Eminem and Gregorian Chant.
Cartoonist Charles Shulz created an icon that lasted over 50 years, when he first drew the irrepressible Snoopy for United Feature Syndicate in 1950.
Pete Firman employs a mix of top-class magic fused with comedy gags.
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…
Narrator Avis Sherman (Michael Legge) introduces the plan twelve twisted tales.
Rent is most notable for the death of its author, Jonathan Larson, the night before the off-Broadway premiere, but owes its longevity to its mould-breaking style; described once as…
If ever there was a comedy institution, Newsrevue is it.
Sondheim at the Fringe is a double edged sword.
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…
With so much excellent improvisation at the Fringe, it must be difficult to compete.
The idea behind The One Hour Plays is that through audience involvement a script can be written, cast and performed with the appropriate costumes, props and music in under an hour.
There is an infectious energy about Hou Hou that you just cant ignore.
This show is certainly value for money.
Up there with The Deer Hunter and The Champ, Love Story came from a decade of schmaltzy tearjerkers that kept tissue manufacturers in healthy profits.
The story of Oedipus is an extremely well known Greek myth which tells the tale of a man who kills his father and weds his mother.
Irish chanteuse Camille O’Sullivan returns to her spiritual roots, singing in a traditional circus Spiegeltent.
Johansson is master of the classic ‘making the audience think I’m just going off on a spontaneous tangent before the show proper starts but actually this is just my show’ man…
Baby is Malty & Shires 1983 musical set on a college campus following nine months of three different couples attempting to have a child.
A great old fashioned radio show with a twist that makes it absolutely perfect not only for light listening, but as a spectacle too.
Music Theatre International (MTI) has announced a fantastic competition for secondary schools and sixth form colleges throughout the UK.
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
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.
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Earlier this month I saw an amusing post on Twitter from Garrett Millerick who decided not to drop £2K on an EdFringe PR and instead buy a top-of-the-range flatscreen TV instead.
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Pete De-Graft Johnson, also known as The Repeat Beat Poet, is a poet and organiser of The PAD, a studio and events space in London.
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.
Brighton Fringe is asking people in Sussex to give the gift of joy this Christmas by helping the Fringe put on its first ever opening night parade.
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
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Family-friendly Story Pocket Theatre is a new company bringing Arabian Nights to the Edinburgh Fringe. Pete Shaw grabbed a moment of their rehearsal period to ask some questions.
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Following sold out performances in Shanghai and New York, Apphia Campbell brings her Nina Simone inspired show to the Gilded Balloon.
Last year, Mzz Kimberley received five-star reviews for her show A Tranny Is Born.
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Never work with children, they say, but comedian Mike Belgrave is back in Edinburgh with a show packed with the sort of mayhem kids adore.
Cameryn Moore's award-winning solo play Phone Whore comes back to the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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